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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-08-10
ABBREVIATED TeLEeRAMs.

Ormonde, the great English race horse
who won all the classic events over there
has arrived at New York in good condi
ton. He is the property of W. OBJ. Mac
donough, who gave $4,000 for him.
Charles W. Townley, of Chicago, used
$500 belonging to his wife-without hel
knowledge-to speculate with, lost it and
then committed suicide.
Another man has hit on the proper
treatment for whitecaps. A mob attacked
John F. Wiler, of Sweet Springs, W. Va.
and he killed one and fatally wounded
another.
The fire in Pennsylvania colliery, Sham
okin, Pa, has been extinguished and
work will be resumed, giving employment,
to 1900 hands, S.ETf III.
The report stating that the First Nation
al bank Of Hutchinson, Kan, hadbeen per
mitted to open up for business by Comp
troller Eckels, should have read "The
Hutchinson National bank" the First Ma
tional had not been closed.
Robert H. Coleman, the Lebanon CPa.)
iron king, has made an assignment. The
liabilities are 5000, 900 and the assets s1O,-
0O.oOO, but they cannot be realized upon.
The Oklahoma statehood convention at
FL Reno voted to appoint a committee tc
prepare a memorial to congress showing
the reasons and necessities why Oklahoma
should be admitted to immediate state
hood, in connection with the Indian-Terri.
tory.
Governor Osborne, of Wyoming, will not
appoint any one to the senatorship mada
vacant by the resignation of A. C. Beck.
with until the senate shall have decided
whether or not senator appointed after
the failure of the legislature to elect Is
entitled to a seat.
Checks marked payable through the
clearing house" are coming into use as
current money in Philadelphia.
The Illinois state board of equalization
has elected David Gore as chairman and
w. H. Eubanks secretary.
Attorney General Moloney has decided
that railroads are not compelled to build
stations at small towns in Illinois.
Nat Parker, supposed to be from Chi.
cago, was found dead in bed in a Mime.
apolis hotel, Death is supposed to have
been caused by an overdose of morphine
The woods all along the north shore OF
Lake Superior from Two Harbors to Grand
Portage are afire and burning fiercely.
The Cadwallader Touring mill at Eos,
toria, o., was blown up by boiler explo
sion, and G. Davis, secretary of the mill
and Fred c. Myers, bookkeeper, being in
the Office over the engine room, lost their
lives.
The village of Millbrook, in Dutchess
county, \. Y. counts eleven millionaires
among its residents.
David 5. Patterson, of Nebraska, is 81
years old, and has been totally blind from
infancy, and yet he has invented and re.
Gently patented an improvement in the
driving gear of locomotives.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-08-10

Then, after they're taken, instead of dis
surbing and shocking the system, they act
no chance for any reaction afterward Their
help lasts. Constipation, Indigestion, Bilious
Attacks, Sick or Bilious Headaches, and all
arrangements Of the liver, stomach, and
bowels are promptly relieved and perman-
emily cured.
They're put up in glass vials, which keeps
them always fresh and reliable, unlike the
ordinary pills in wooden or pasteboard
boxes.
And they're the cheapest pills you can buy,
for they're guaranteed to give satisfaction,
or your money is returned. You pay only
for the good you get.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-08-10
Captured the Robber of Pollock.

KANSAS CITY, Aug. l0.-James Burke,
alias Kid Mccoy, alias Frank Shercliff
and with several other assumed names,
has been arrested at Gilman, Colo. BY
Pinkerton men, charged with the robbery
Of $4,000 from w. q. Pollock. diamond
salesman. on train near Sioux City .ast
November. THE Pinkerton agent here
says that he has been positively identified
bv Pollock
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-08-10
OHlo's DEMOCRACY MEETS.
A Resolution Committee of Which Every
Member Is Silver Man.

CINCINNATI, Aug. 10.-The Democratic
state convention met here today, being
called to order by Chairman Critics, of t, e
state committee. The hall was packed
and the delegations were full from each
county and very enthusiastic. In calling
the conven lion to order Critics made brief
address, doing little more than inform the
delegates what they are here for"
5. H. Bsrgar, Of Columbus, was tempo
rary chairman and his address declared
the state OF Ohio normally Democratic
state. The resolutions committee was at
work last night on platform. II is com
posed entirely of free silver men
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-08-10
Rowing Regatta at Detroit.

DETROIT. Aug. lo.-The National Asso
citation Of Amateur Oarsmen had fine
day for its first series of races Following
are results: Senior singles-frst heat.
Mcdowell, OF Chicago; second, Hedley, Of
Newark; third, Ryan, Of Toronto. Senior
fours-frst heat n Y 4. c. team; second
Wyandottes. Jun or singles-first heat
Hall; second, Russell. Eight-oared she'll
-Dauntless team, of New York. Inter
national fours-frst heat, Miunesotas:
second, Argonauts
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-08-10
Cannot Leave Their Bn.iness

NEW YORK, Aug. lo.-The following no.
tce, issued from the Office Of the Ameri-
can Bankers association, explains itself:
The executive council OF the American
Bankers association have decided to post.
pone to future day hereafter TO be fixed,
the convention advertised 10 be held at
Chicago, Sept. o. proxlmo, This action
Is owing to he present crisis and the in
ability Of bank officers 10 cave their posts
of duty"
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-08-10
Only Listened to n PRAYER.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 10.-About the only
thing the senate did was listen 70 the
prayer of the c"Gplain, which was a ell
logy of the late Senator Stanford. On a
motion to adjourn offered by German, so
that the Democratic senatorial caucus
could proceed, the following Republicans
voted aye: Dubois of Idaho. Jones Of
Nevada, Perkins of California, Power Of
Nevada, Teller and Wolcott-ali silver
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-08-10
HAS DISAPPEARED.
The Mystery as to j. B. Mere.
dith's Whereabouts.
MISSING SINCE THE 25TH OF JULY

A Chicago Man Drops Out of Sight q, ST.
Louis After an Extraordinary Order for
Whisky that Gave the Porter a Panic.
Troubled, So the Doctor Says. With
'Negrasthenis " - Relative. Searching
for Him.
ST. Lofts Aug Johannes B Meredith,
man of family and affairs, late of Chi
cago, later of Dallas. Tex, and later Of the
St. Louis City hospital. is miss ing and his
absence, dating from July 25, is taking the
shape OF a flrst-class mystery. Some
weeks before his advent in this city he left
his home at "a Twenty fifth street, Chit.
cago. to take position at Dallas, Tex
When he left Chicago he is said by those
who know him best TO have had with him
fully S5o0 in money. He remained in Dali
las but few weeks and while there claim.
ed to be i'll, finally resigning his position
for that reason, as he claimed in writing
to his friends.
Remarkable Order for Tanglefoot.
The real cause of his leaving Dallas now
seems TO be too much conviviality. He
came to ST. Louis and sought lodgings at
the Leland hotel. About the first thing
he did was to ring the porter and give
him an order for twelve drinks Of whisky
in twelve glasses. each glass to be accom-
panied by its own appropriate glass Of
water and the whole to be arranged on a
tray in two geonetricsl rows. The porter
tarried in the room but just long enough
TO give apparently respectful hearing to
the order, and then broke for the bar.
room-but not to get the liquor
Thought He Had the "Katzenjammer."
He told the proprietor that there was a
man with -katzenjam- ner" in No. 10, and
advised that the police be called to take a
look at him. DR.. Warren G. Priest came
over and scrutinized the patient and or.
dered him sent TO the city hospital, dag
nosing his case as one of neurasthenia. On
July . he was discharged, and the entry
partially cured" completed the hospital
record. He had left at the LELAND a trunk
and valise, and carried tue gold watch
and well filed pooketbook. He did not
return to the Leland.
Chicago Man on the Trail.
About week ago gentleman claiming
to be Meredith's father-in-law, giving the
name of W. H. Fuller, OF Chicago, called
on the police of this city and was placed in
possession Of what the police knew Of the
case. w. h. Fuller, ,Merediths father-in-
law, wrote the missing man note before
leaving St Louis. The note gives FuIler's
address as "a Twenty-ffth street. Chi
cago."
Had "Blowed In" That Money.
1t was reported after Meredith's COM
mitment to the city hospital, on the 18th
Of July. tina, he had large sum of money
when taken in charge by the police, but
this was an error, as only S2ls 50 were in
his possession when the police got him
He is said to have had trouble that preyed
upon his mind
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-08-10
THINKS IT 4 NEAT DEVICE.
Catchings' Opinion Regarding a Chang
of House Rules.

OF hules-
WASHINGTON, aug l0-Regarding the
rules of the Fifty-third congress Repre-
sentative Catchings said that in his opin-
ion the provision Of the rules Of the Fifty
second congress sufficiently provided for
closure AT any time said he, when
the house feels that it has had enough
discussion OF a question il may order the
committee on rules to bring in an order
to fproceed to vote at fixed time, and
when that order is adopted it becomes
effective. ! consider ii a very neat device.
1t does not put any arbitrary power in the
hands of the speaker or of the committee
on rules, but leaves the house TO determine
when it will close consideration of a sub
ject.
The committee on rules could initiate
an order TO stop discussion, but it never
has done so, and at the last session adop-
ted the policy OF requiring a majority of
the majority to request the committee to
bring in an order for closure before one
would be reported. Whether or not that
policy should be dopted in this congress
am not prepared ID say But it was a wise
and safe measure hen"
There is still rothing but spec latior
possible concerning the regular commit
tees, Speaker Crisp listens to all sugges-
tions, requests and recommendations from
members and others, but says nothing
Bland and Springer. who had been
marked by the " seacres for decapitation
as chairmen of the committee on coinage,
weights, and measures and ways and means,
respectively, were ciosetef with the speaker
for an hour or so, separately. They camg
out of his room smiling and apparently
confident, and the latter insists that be
will again be at the head of the leading
t.a. If tho I
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-08-10
Tried to Destroy Church Records.

NORTH PLATTE, Neb., Aug 10.-A party
Of men secured an entrance in the rear
door Of the Roman Catholic church at this
place and drilled hole in the top of the
safe, which was used for the purpose OF
keeping records, and exploded dynamite
within, blowing the door of and arousins
the neighborhood. The parties mounted
horses and ESCAPED
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-08-10
Organized Incendiari.m in Frisco.

FRESNO, Cal, Aug. l0-AnonyInous let
tiers have been received by one of the losers
in Sundays big fire and b. City Marshal
Morgan, stating that an organization had
been effected in San Francisco for the pur-
pose of burning property here. Arm ID
guards will be stationed about the packing
houses and warehouses at night in future
There have been several iucendiary fires
since that OF Sunday
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-08-10
SENATORS DECIDE ON NOTHING.

The Democrats Caucus Both Morning and
Afternoon Without Result.
The Democratic senators began a caucus
at 1890 a. m, which was fruitful of moth
ing except animated talk. The Democra-
tic senators are as divided on the silver
question as the Republicans, and more so.
and the talk went on until time for the
senate to convene without anything hav-
ing been accomplished in the direction Of
"fopping together" An adjournment was
taken and Immediately Hopping to-
Gather" took place that was significant
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-08-10
Natures Wise Provision

Hushand-Do you know that every time
a woman gets angry she adds new wrinkle
to her faces
Wife-No, did not, but If it is so pre-
sumo it is a wise provision of nature to let
the world know what sort of husband
woman has.-Exchange
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-08-10
Another Choleraic Patient.

QUARANTINE, Aug. lo.-The following
bulletin has been Used by DR. Jenkins:
Vincenz' c gliostro, aged % years, pass
enger of the steamer karamania, was re.
moved from H offman Islam to the hos.
pital at Swinburne Island suffering with a
slight diarrhoea. The meteorological ex-
mination reveals the presence Of the spiril-
lum OF Asiatic cholera
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-08-10
They Conoede a Couple of Points.

TOPEKA, Kan, Aug. l0.-The state ex-
ecutiye council held special meeting to
discuss President Cleveland's message to
congress. The members were unanimously
In favor of free coinage. and sent the fol.
lowing telegram TO Senators PETER and
Martin: @The president in his message asks
no CON promise. Give none. Free coinage
is to by decree of the executive couns ii
OF the state of Kansas" The council Is
composed of Populsts
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-08-10
Silver Advances in Price.

WASHINGTON. aug. 1o.-The treasury
department purchased ll7,OO0 ounces of
silver at 50. 7515 an ounce The price paid
is an advance Of cents over the price
on the first purchase day of the month
Aug. 2-and is = 1920 cents above the
amount paid for silver on Monday.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-08-10

LOUISVILLE. KY. Aug l0-One of the
four suspended national banks will re-
sumo sooner than expected, aud the Others
will not be far behind The Fourth Ma.
tional will be the first Its officers expec,
to open its doors next Monday.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-08-10
Steel Plant to Resume.

PUEBLO, Colo. Aug. 1o.-The steel plant
of the Colorado Fuel and Iron company
here will resume operations Monday with
full force Of LOCO men, after shut down
for three weeks for repairs.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-08-10
He Is Candidate for Governor.

DEs MONIES, Ia, Aug 10.-Iafayette
Young, editor of The Evening Capital OF
this city, prints in his paper these few
words to the Republicans of Iowa: "The
editor of The Iowa Capital is candidate
for governor and solicits your support"
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-08-10
Making Rash Wagers,

A Chester man made bet of $50 that he
could find six women in that city who
would marry him, and he won it. Now
he's ready to give ESQ to anybody who Will
show him way to get out of his engage
ments.-Isondon Tit-Bits.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-08-10
The Political Assassin Abroad.

CHAMPAIGN, Ill, Aug 10.-The attempt.
ed assassination of Editor F. B. Chaplin,
of The Champaign News, has given this
town sensation which will last for
many days. The assault was undoubtedly
due to political hatred, and Chaplin came
very near Laying with his life for his at.
tacks on his political opponents
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-08-10
Armour Hurs 300 600 Gold

CHICAGO, Aug. TO- Armour & Co. have
bought 100000 of goli in Europe for i'm.
mediate Importation This is said to be
the first purchase of this kind ever N de
by purely commercial house Furt.e
purchases OF the same kind are contepa.
Mated
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-08-10
The State Cuts Wages.

MADISON, Wis. Aug 10-The state
board of control has made general re-
duction Of wages averaging S per cent. In
all state hospitals, prisons, reform schools,
blind and dumb institutes etc
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-08-10
Florists Convene at s.. Ionis

ST. Louis. Aug 10-The Society CT
American Florists is holding its annual
session here. About $50 delegates are in
attendance
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-08-10
Failure of a Conce.sion,ire

CHICAGO, Aug 10.-Judge Dunno has ap-
pointed the Equitable Trust company re-
ceiver for tie New England Clam Bake
company, one of the concessionaires doing
business at he Worlds fair.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-08-10
Gone Out on a sympathy Strike.

MACON. Mo, Aug. l0-All the coal
miners-4OO in number-employed by the
Kansas Coal company at Ardmore, Maco n
county. have gone out on strike in sym.
patty with the Kansas strikers.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-08-10
JUST FULL


of improvements
DIR. Pierce's Pleas
ant Pellets. To
begin with, they're
the smallest, and
the easiest to take.
TIL y're tiny,
sugar-coated anti
bilious granules,
scarcely larger
than mus ard
seeds. Every child
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-08-10
A Chicago Man on the Trail.
Had "Blowed In" That Money,

It was reported after Meredith's com
mitment to the city hospital, on the 18th
Of July. that he had a large sum of money
when taken in charge by the police, but
this was an error, as only SCI 50 were in
his possession when the police got him.
He is said to have had trouble that preyed
upon his mind.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-05-24
MORNING SMILES.

Little Boy-"Papa, may l study clo-
may, my boy, If you wish. You desire
to become great orator, don't you"
Eyes, that's it." "And some day, per-
haps, have your voice ringing through
the halls OF congress2" ~ shouldn't
care for that. Iwant to BIO IN after din
ner speaker" "Ah, you are ambitious
for social distinction, then?" "No; l
want tho dinners. GOOD McuS.
Old Party-"Thank you, Antoine
thank you very much. Aldo they al
low tipping hereP" Antoine : "Oui,
m'sier." Old Party-And are the guests
liberal?" Antoine-"Non, m'sier, ze
rule is 20 ozzaire way" Old Party
every well, Antoine, here is cent for
you. l do not wish to break the rules"
-Harpers Weekly.
"flow did YOU ever get Henderson to
propose?" "Why, I declined to 60 to
the opera with him one night because
l was going with his friend Martin, and
then got papa to write to Henderson
and ask II Martin was man OF means.
Henderson came around that night
Bulletin.
Fortune Teller-"Would you like u
glimpse into the future2" Patriot (who
has not been appointed to office mo.
What l want is glimpse into the past.
would like to know II l voted for
Grover Cleveland just for my health. -
Life
1--WE been sitting quietly on this
fence Just twenty-five minutes by the
watch" he said, watching that cat
crouChing by that rat-hole, and che
hasn't 80 much as moved an ear, for
I've kept my eye on hor steady. What
fool cat isI"-Puck.
"Your wife is run down, that's all.
Two prescribed Jamaica rum and honey.
Thatll bring her around" Jamaica
rum and honoyp by Jove, doctor, I'm
feeling sorter run down myself. up.
and s. S. Co.'s Bulletin.
Hicks-You found good deal OF fault
with that pudding ana yet you ate the
whole OF II. WickB-Yes; II tasted so
abominablY, knew 1t must DO good for
me.-BOSion Transcript
Girl-But his father has left him we'll
Off Honest Fripnd-WUll Off lilo has
left him a taste iorliquor aud not a cent
Of moneyi-Lte
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-05-24
BREAKFAST BUDGET.

Some notion OF the vastness Of the
Western forests may DO had from the
fact that new logging camp, just es-
tablished at the headwaters OF the SKA
git river, in Washington, is under con-
tract 10 turn out an average OF about a
million feet every month, Five camps
on the Skagit will turn out 25,000 900
feet Of fir logs alone this year.
Aristide Mary, reputed to be the most
wealthy colored man in Louisiana, COM
mitted suicide at New Orleans on Sum
day, The deceased is credited with
having boosted that he never worked u
day In his life,
DR.. II. Hallister of Scranton, Pa,
claims to own the largest private col
lection Of Indian relics in the world, 1t
embraces over 10000 different objects,
all found within q radius OF thirty
miles Of Scranton,
The Giants Organ is magnificent
pile Of Basltic pillars bearing a striking
resemblance to the instrument after
which it is named, in the Giants
Causeway, Ireland.
Statistics complied by the Trunk Line
Association show thar travel between
New York aud Chicago has increased
fully fifty per cent during the past
month.
A Parsons Kan, man who attempt
ed to rob pawn shop, was not only
shot to pieces by trap gun, but was
sentenced to the penitentiary for seven
years,
A twin chicken, with two bodies, four
legs, two sets OF wings, two necks and
one head, was, 1t il claimed, born on u
farm ut Athens, Ala, recently.
Roland's breach, the natural mount
ain pass leading from France into
Spain through the Pyrenees, is 200 feet
broad, 800 feet high and so feet long.
A Mrs. Perkins, of Missouri, has gone
extensively into the farming business in
New Mexico. She is said TO own the
largest farm in the territory.
Chesil beach is q remarkable ridge Of
pebbles, sixteen miles long, which
forms natural breakwater capable OF
resisting the heaviest seas,
At the close OF 1891 there were 1928,
900 basket willows planted along the
Australian railways-an average OF l.
l5G per mile OF road.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-05-24
PERSONAL POINTS.

Thomas Dunn English, tho author OF
'Ben Bolt" is living in Newark, N. j.,
at the age OF seVenty-four years. Mr..
English says that the song was set to
music and sung for the first time in
Charles Fosters theatre, in Pittsburgh,
in 1886, by a Phiiadeiphian named Nell
son +. Kneass.
The king and queen OF Greece live in
very simple style, cheerfully adopting
their expenses to the impecunious
plight OF the country and his majesty
often "boards tho tram" (street carl
when he wants to run down to the port
(the famous Plreus) ut Athens.
Eli Harvey, OF Chadd's Ford, Pa, has
q collection of relics OF the battle OF
Brandywine, and u letter on parchment
signed by William Penn while he was
yet in England in tho year 1878, and d.
rected to a meeting OF Friends in that
county.
The collection OF books illustrating in
q photographed sense tho history OF
the art of Typography, formed by George
Edward Sears, has passed ut private
sale for $4,000 into the possession OF
William Eyarts Benjamin Of New York
City.
Judge Chrisman, who made short
work Of the Mississippi white caps, has
been presented by the New Orleans
Cottage exchange with handsome
ebony gavel.
The sultan OF Turkey has conferred
on Mime. Albani the order OF Chelakat.
The star forming the decoration is set
in diamonds.
The pope's handwriting is clear, deli
cato and upright, and is more the cali
graphy Of poet than that Of achurch-
man.
Mr.. Gladstone forty.two years ago
was appointed n justice OF the peace
for Flintshire, Eng, but never qualified.