Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-07-23
ABBREVIATED TElEGRAMS,

The Sherman bank at Eighteenth street
and Broadway, New York, has gone into
liquidation. All debts will be paid.
The body Of John Witt, of Bristol,
Tenn, has been found in a cave near
Chilhowie. Tenn. The abdomen was cut
open ard filed with stones. He had been
missing for a month.
A cyclone near Elk City, Ida, swept
the pine timber from large tracts of land,
but no loss OF life is reported. The loss of
property aggregates $4,000.
In quarrel in Wetzel county, O., Friend
Garner, son of wealthy farmer, was
killed by Harrison higgins, and Joseph
Parson, Lincoln Evans. George, Harrison
and William +. Higgins were terribly
slashed and bruised.
The rebellious Polish Roman Catholics
of Cleveland have called national con-
vention of nli who are dissatisfied with
the papacy. The convention is to be held
ai Cleveland.
Mrs. John A. Fitch, of West Union, Ills,
died from the effects of being poisoned by
the bite of large spider She lived only
a short time after being bitten.
Rene Baker. years old, and Nellie Ba-
ker, years Old, are dead, and Mrs Mori-
nus Baker and Mrs. Isabella Laugenberg,
all Of Paterson. y. j., are dying from the
effects of cherry beer, which they drank.
Coroner Wiley is Of the opinion that the
poison was generated by the cherry bark
1t is announced at Plainfield. n J., that
Herman SImons, of that place, is engaged
to marry daughter OF President Peix-
oto, of Brazil.
Republicans of the Fourth Illinois dis
triot tChicaCo) have nominated George T.
hi
Democrat.
y violent wind, rain and hail storm at
Lockport, y. Y, is reported to have done
damage to fruit aud farm property to the
amount of Si,0o000U
Durango, Mexico, has suffered a
drought for five years. which has Just
been broken by copious rains.
After a has,y examination of the eastern
books OF the Atcnisou, Topeka and Santa
Fe railway an expert has ANNOUNCED that
from 1889 TO 1898 the income of the rail-
way has been s.. .0JO.000 less than reported,
most of the money having gone IN rebates
to shippers IN violation of the interstuts
commerce law.
Mrs. Springer, wife of Warren Springer,
Chicago millionaire. is charged with at
tempting to br.be two jurors in IA case in
which her husband Is interested. The
wife of the juror in one case swea Rs posi-
| lively to the truth OF the charge
w. J. +. Lanard. of New York, has in
vented n bullet proof coat, but it is ~ of
an inch thick, and Captain Cation, l.. ;.
~, says "Iou might we'll equip an
army with metallic shields
Cashmere Arcane, of Antonito, Colo.
| shot and killed his wife and her para
mour, Refugio Ortiz, ut the town of Ort IL.
The two were caught in tlIgrante Gelictu.
The next meeting of the Baptist Young
Peoples union will de held at Baltimore
| 1t Is stated that the Masons have ex-
PEELED W. {. =. Breckinridye from the or
der, upon the alleged production by a
| Mason of the correct roll of members of
his lodge, on which his name does not ap-
pear.
Edward Fennely, ex-county clerk OF
Ashland. Wis. was found guilty of en-
bezziement to the amount of Si6. .2S2 30.
The battlt flags of the Iowa regiments
which participated in the late civil con-
| hict, which have remained in the posses
sion of the regiments until now, will be
transferred to the capitol at Des Moines
on Aug. 10 with appropriate ceremonies
The senate of the Nat ional union has
elected these office: President. Frank
falrman, Chicago; vice president, J. ).
Lake. st. Louis; speaker. II. II. Ca5aniss,
Atlanta. Ga,; ex-president, II. Il. Bryan
Washington. chaplain. NJ. Il. Brown
Chicago; secretary, j. w. Myer, Toledo
| The National union has about 5000
members i'll the United States, and is an
assessment INSURANCE. society.
The Nigilaut beat the Britannia in tn G
ninth race between those two yachts III
Dablin bay. The popularity was that the
wind this time was light and fluky.
The Christian Arbitration and Peace SO.
ciety is in session mt Asbury Park, n. j.
| Maniac Cuts His Throat.
TALMAGE, Neb., July 23.-While sher.