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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-09-07
MARKETS BY TELEGRAPH.
New York Financial.

New YoRK. Sept q
Money on call easy. Offered at l per cent
Prime mercantile paper s15lx per cent:
sterling exchange dull with aetna, business
IN bankers taiis 4s54@4s5 for demand and
as. G1so for sixty days. pSstel rates as
4s6k. Commercial bills sstGtS4,i
Silver certificates s-,Js5it no sales: bar
silver e4sz- Mexican dollars so
United States bonds. SIS regular. lissz:
do SIS coupons li,ss. do As regular 1884:
dofs coupons. llis4 do rs. VI bid. Pacific
IS Of p5. lol bid.
Chicago Grain and Produce
CHICAGO. sept. 9
Following We're the quotations on the Bard
Of Trade TODAY: whea,-Sep,ember opened
Ssssc. closed $40; December. opened 5j;fc.
closed 5ss4c: May. opened &c. closed d.s.c.
Corn - September. Opened SIC. closed sstSc:
October. OPENED 6kc. closed Selac: May. Opened
5ssc. closed .6c- Oat--Sertemt,er. opened
5ar. CLOSED S,lsc: October. opened 3ssc. closed
dc; May. opened 55lsc. closed aS:<c. Pork
September. OPENED sl4o5. closed $,4l0 Jsnu-
airy. opened SiAos closed SI4oi Lard-sep-
temh'r. opened $sdst< closed ss65; January.
opened e; closed .
Produce: Bstter-Extra creamery. &c per
10: extra dairy, SC. packing stock. lIGi2c.
Esgs-Fresh stock. i5Gl5.sc per doz Live
poultry Chickens. .,ec per Id. spring chickens.
aooo per doz- Pota,oes-Roee. <l-.sSi.s5 per
bbl early Ohio. g. j01l6l Apples. $l.OOds IS
per BIOL Berries berries. Sl.Uoskl.50 yer
t-Qt case. Honey-Wkite clover, lib sections
l21is5sc. broken comb. lU1lic. dark comb
good condition, loc. strained California. 5sr c
Per ID.
Chicago Live stock.
CHICAGO, Sept o.
Live Stock-Prices a, the Union Stock yard,
TO-DAY ranged follows: Hoss-Estimated
receipts for the day s.goD. sales ranged at
S..5g1.O pigs. S5.a5gs.0 light s5.%sy5.GO
< In frnaN I'D
do heavy packing and shipping iots
Cattle-Receipts Tor the day. l3.00o quota
lions ranged st S5.<sGGU choice to extra
shipping steers. S..6Jss5.:5 good 10 choice do
y. st2 1 % fair TO good ss.i0da.5 common to
neliun do. S2S5a~i5U butchers steers. Sl-O
02.s5 stockers. S2-otfssS5 feeders, Sl.25.aaO
COWS, ss.ssishSj heifers. sl-Sg-a5 bulls
Sssrs'iIst Texas steers. and S25sx.A25 Yea!
calves
she~p and Lanhs-Receipts for the day,
e.ur prices ranged at $Le5Ga<O western.
slAs.t2.s5 Texans, s2.<od350 natives aud SD,
Ii.2o lambs
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-09-07
Harter Sums Ur for Free Trad..

AUBURN. n. Y. Sept. 7.-Democratic
day at the county fair brought a good
attendance. Governor Flower aud Repre-.
sentative NJ d. Harter. Of Ohio, were the
orators. Harter's speech was plea for
free trade from beginning to end He
reviewed legislation On both systems and
The advocate., 1894-06-06

AFTER this year if it is necessary
for an industrial army to invade the
capitol grounds at Washington, it
will be necessary for them to carry
something else than white badges
with scriptural notices.
The advocate., 1894-06-06

IT's strange that some Of the con-
gressmen who want to kill off the
Coxeyites instead Of putting them to
work, favor the issuing Of bonds to
assist foreign capitalists to build a
canal across Nicaragua.
The advocate., 1894-06-06

A MIDDLE OF the road Populist is q
man to be admired, but to be true
Populist q man must do more than
stand up and bawl middle Of the
road" One may talk continually
about his own political virtue and be
q villain still.
The advocate., 1894-06-06

If you don't want to insult West
ern workman be careful what you say
TO him about tariff. Touch the sub
ject gently, and if you have nothing
but the old story about the tariff pro-
tecting American labor, better say
nothing at all. He can't be fooled
with that kind of nonsense any
longer.
The advocate., 1894-06-06

WHATEVER prosperity existed in the
country during the last twenty years
was not because of the republican
party, but in spite Of it. The Cleve-
land democrats hadn't sense enough
to observe this fact, therefore, they
have followed in the footsteps OF
their predecessors.
The advocate., 1894-06-06

We fat money cranks have been
trying for a long time to find out
what is the difference between q sill
YER dollar and piece of pure silver
bullion Of the same weight, but no
body seems to answer. If that diff
ference is not 60 cents worth Of fiat
when the silver Is worth 40 cents),
what is Iti
The advocate., 1894-06-06

THE on to Washington movement
has increased steadily since the very
hour Coxey and his associates were
convicted for walking on the grass
and carrying banners. Where will
it end?
The advocate., 1894-06-06

N0@~O ~AA@ A@A0S&S0 AA N1hRAo tASA 1GSA40 VIC
well-being of your trade. In alliance with
party you can at least only look for tho
faVors that party has TO bestow. Standing
independent, all parties will seek your IA
Vor and influence, and will readily grant
you any reasonable relief.
This 10 frank and honest, and it
must be confessed that as parties are
now constituted-resdy to barter
principle for sucCess-it is good poli-
tics. Did all parties stand upon
sound, moral principles, refusing such
disreputable bargains, those engaged
in the liquor trade would, of course,
be deprived of their power, They
exercise this power now by throwing
it in the balance for the party that
offers the best terms. Cut off by
themselves or divided, they would
lose their power. Their politics is
the interest Of their trade, and they
know very well how to secure that
interest.
Now, a word with regard to their
strength. We shall not be able to
give it accurately for the whole coun-
try, but the Wine and Spirit Gazette
gives it for the state of New York SO
fully and so fairly that we shall be
able to judge something Of the power
that is welded in the politics of the
nation. The New York Sun called in
question the statement of this power
as published in the Gazette of Janu-
ary 20, and correcting the Suns oriti-
cisms, the Gazette of February 10
says:
The commissioner Of internal revenue re-
ports the issuance of 40,978 licences to re-
tail liquor dealers in this state last year.
That is 978 more than our figures, and 49,
978 more than the Sun writer's estimate. OF
course, this army Of 40,978 did not pay for
federal licences to sell liquor unless they
meant TO use them. -
But now that the question is reOpened, We
may az well 60 farther. In addition to
these 40,978 liquor dealers licences, the
commissioner Of internal revenue reports
the issuance Of 1884 licences to retail malt
liquor dealers only. The beer saloon is
quite as much foe to prohibition az the
liquor saloon. Therefore we have an army
Of 1862 retail liquor dealers; and allowing
two bRrkespeTs to each, which the Sun
writer considers too moderate, we have H.
686 men, "all voters, without counting the
other employees and dependents OF che
Saloons" TO offset the 10000 prohibition
voters of the state.
Nor is that all. The Sun writer points
out that there are 450 distilleries in the
state, employing an average of thirty men
each, or say 1850 in all; $50 brewerieS
averaging eighty men each, or $4,000 in all;
with an indefinite number Of men employed
in other industries dependent upon the ga
looms. To which we may add 939 wholesale
LIQUOR dealers, whose bookkeepers, clerks,
etc., will easily make 5000; and 6S2 whole
sale dealers in malt liquors (some Of whom
may be brewers as well and counted abOve)
say 1900 more. Thus we have q Wellde-
fined army of 1981S6 voting men, all de-
pendent upon the liquor traffic directly,
making no account Of the indefinite num-
Der who earn their living in allied indus
tries. Surely little mutually among this
vast army, q little consideration Of self-in-
terest, would enable them TO absolutely
control any election in the state.
The advocate., 1894-06-06
THE LIQUOR QUESTION.
A Progressive Political Party Must Necessar.
lily GHapple With It.

upon this subject. There has been a
constant agitation of it throughout
the country for many years, and still
the great problem presented for So
luton remains unsolved. Notwith-
standing the work Of the various
temperance societies and churches,
and the Legislative experiments thus
far tried, the evils of the liquor traffic
are still on the increase. This fact
may not be apparent to all ADVOCATE
readers, but we shall sndeavor in this
article to make it 80, and likewise to
show that new methods must be
adopted if those evils are ever to be
RbRted.
Years ago the evils Of the traffic
were limited to individual abuses, the
wOste Of property and the misery and
the suffering naturally incident to
such abuses. Not so now. There
are far more serious questions now
presented for solution; and, without
stopping to discuss the causes that
have been instrumental in the de-
velopment of these new phases Of the
evil, we shall speak only of their
character and the remedies that must
be applied.
It must be apparent to any candid
observer that the legal methods thus
far employed with q view Of restrain
ing or prohibiting the traffic have
been, to q large extent, q disappoint-
ment, even to their friends. 1t is not
our purpose to say that they have
done no good. We do not care now
to discuss this question. Grant that
they haze done good. The evil sought
to be abated nevertheless exists, even
where the most effective measures
thus far tried have been longest in
successful operation. We need only
cite in proof of this the fact that in
the single city of Portland, Me-, there
were ], 1,457 arrests for drunkenness in
1893, while in every city in our own
state scarcely day passes that
drunken men are not arrested upon
the streets. High licence laws and
prohibitory legislation fail, there
fore, in the suppression Of the evils
against which they are aimed
There is another fact that must not
be overlooked by those who honestly
seek to abate these evils. There has
been FOR several years q distinctive
political party, the leading plank Of
whose platform has been a demand
for the enactment and enforcement OF
prohibitory legislation. That this
party has failed during all the years
Of its existence TO achieve any sub
stantial victory in any state in the
Union is q fact that Will not be seri-
ously questioned. In fact its vote in
manv nlaces has fallen of, and with
out entering into any discussion Of
the merits of the prohibition party or
of its method of dealing with the
liquor problem, il must be apparent
that the masses OF the people do not
The advocate., 1894-06-06

uAu0r6SblUlhGO buS 0blA1 VI Auuu1BSuSo
in strong drink or of the suffering
brought to individuals, to families
and to communities in consequence
Of it, there is a still greater public
danger growing out Of the liquor
traffic which threatens to undermine
the foundations of the republic and
to become the chief instrument in the
subversion Of the liberties of the peO-
pie. This danger lies in Its power in
politics through the almost unlimited
agencies of corruption at it's COM
mand. Setting aside every other
consideration, it is a matter Of SUI
preme Importance that the people,
irrespective of all party considers
tions, should be awakened to the
magnitude of this danger. Regard
ing the manufacture Of and traffic in
liquors simply as an industrial pur-
suit, calling it strictly legitimate it
you choose, as a large contingent Of
the American people do, and the
danger is none the less. Take any
industrial pursuit whatever, in which
any part of our people are engaged,
no matter how unquestionably legit-
innate or respectable it may be, who
will say that it would be safe to per-
NIT that portion Of the people en-
gagged in il to control the politics Of
the country2 And If such a priv
lege cannot be safely extended to
those who are engaged in other pur-
suits, how can it be safely entrusted
to those engaged in the manufacture
and sale Of liquors? 1t is to this
phase of the subject that we now in
vite attention; and the first question
that arises is, does the danger really
exist?
It is a well known fact that the
liquor manufacturing interests in this
country have been organized into
colossal trusts backed by unlimited
capital, and that the stock of these
is largely held abroad. The ADvO-
CATE published some time ago a list
of American breWeries that are owned
by British subjects. Itiss well known
fact also that the stock Of the dis
tilleries is largely owned by foreign
ers. This fact is material, however,
only as indicating the source Of the
power that directs the operations OF
the organized forces. The character
of these operations would be much
the same whether directed by an
American or q foreign head. The
material fact Of interest to the Ameri-
can people is to know that those who
are engaged in the manufacture and
sale of liquors, while not identified
with any political party, nevertheless
control the elections in behalf of the
party with which they can make the
best terms In proof of these things
we shall quote from the Wine and
Spirit Gazette, the leading journal OF
the United States devoted to the In
terests of the wine and spirit trade.
We will add that it is an honest ex-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-07-25

San Francisco. July 24.-William Mel
1ville, the correspondence clerk of the
Bank of California, has made a con-
Ifession that has astonished the bank
officials and startled the community.
Melville says that during the past
thirteen years he has stolen $4,000 of
| the banks funds.
| The bank people at first refused to
believe this story, claiming that their
system of doing business was so per-
feet that it would be impossible for
any shortage to remain long undis-
covered.
About a month ago. Melville dfsap-
peared. His canoe was found floating
| bottom up near the Marin county Shore
and it was thought he had been
drowned.
Later, however, he was traced to
Stockton. His bank, becoming sus-
lpicious, discovered a small shortage in
| his accounts. A detective was sent IN
pursuit of Melville and followed him
over the mountains by team into Ne
| vada.
| The absconder started east from Ne
vada by train, but was intercepted at
Carlin and was brought back to San
Francisco.
| He arrived here yesterday, and then
made his confession.
He hal been in the bank for nineteen
years, and was one of it's most trusted
employees.
He commenced s;ca- ing in a small
way thirteen years age. His knowl-
ledge Of the banks affairs was so thor
ough that he was able to shift the
shortage fir I'M one eccount to another,
without detection.
Finally, the amount to be transferred
in this way became so great that Mel
vile knew the end was near, and he
made one last cleanup of $1,000 and
fed. Expensive clothes and living be-
yond his means caused his downfall
He Is a brother of Emily Melville, the
well known comic opera singer, and
was prominent here as d society and
tclub man.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-07-25
c,eveIand,s Circuit Races.

Cleveland. July 24.-The grand circuit
races were fairly started today, the two
races began yesterday being finished and
the card disposed of. There was a good
attendance. The track was in good con-
dition.
A surprise was furnished in the three
year-old stake, when Expressive took the
first heat away from Red Bud.
In the next heat Red Bud beat Express
sive under the wire, but it was such a clear
case of foul that the judges gave the heat
to Expressive and sent Red Bud to the
stable In the Eli class, there was no fa-
vorte, but Miss Nelson, after losing the
first heat, took the next three with ease
year-old, eligible to 2:SO class
purse, $1,000, Diminished yesterdays: Elk
pressive won the third, fourth and fifth
heats and race Red Eud won the first
and second heats. Time-2:17, 2:iSK
2:17sI; 2l8A; 2:21A. Limneo, Mayfiower
Glide Sunup Comanche, Burlfngame,
Flossie, Besant also started.
Four-year-old, eligible to 2:25 class
purse, $1,000 Diminished. )-Sallie Simmons
won the first second and third heats
Lovelace Why Not, Red Bird. Miss Rach.
am, Mambrino Swift, Cantilever Wilkes
Cornelia, Howard also started
2:f7 class, trotting; purse, S2,000-Miss
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-07-25
AT Saratoga.

Saratoga, N. Y, July 24-The first ex-
ira day of this years Saratoga racing
season was ushered in by a heavy
shower which developed into cold,
drizzling rain. Of course, the track was
badly affected, although force of men
worked over it and kept it in passable
shape. The programme offered was by
no means an attractive one. There were
only three entries in the second-Lamp-
lighter, Candelabra and Madrid-and it
was finally declared off and another sub
stituted which was run as fifth.
First race, six and one-half furlongs-
Swede won, Rossmar second, Derelict
Second race. SIX furlongs-Gayle won,
Fred Douglass second. Senella third.
Time-1:16.
Third race, mile and an eighth-Chant
won, The Pepper second, Miss Dixey
third Time-1T.
Fourth race. five furlongs = Torch
mento third. Time-1:0214.
Fifth race, seven furlongs-George
Beck won, Walcott second. Future third.
Sixth race. one and one-fourth miles,
over hurdles-Marcus won, Tom Flynn
second, Prize third. Time-2:24s4.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-07-25

Coffeyville, Kan, July 24-Between
/ and 2 o'clock this morning, Coffey-
vile experienced a subterranean ex-
plosion strongly resembling an earth
quake, which terrified the citizens for
miles around and caused much dam
age.
Just north of town is situated a
strong natural gas WELL
About the time mentioned, several
distinct explosions, rapidly following
one another, awoke the startled citi-
zens, who jumped out of bed to find
the town Illuminated.
The earth trembled perceptibly,
shaking buildings and causing china
to rattle, while showers of rocks could
be seen bursting from the we'll
The showers kept up for several
minutes, causing terror among the
citizens.
Huge rocks were hurled high into
the air and descending, crashed into
the cottages in the neighborhood of
the pit.
One rock, weighing fully thirty
pounds, fell through the roof of a
house and barely missed the occup-
ants.
AS far as known. however, no one
was hurt.
Daylight disclosed a dismal sight.
| For thirty acres around the we'll, the
earth was torn up as if by a volcano.
! Huge boulders lay about while
several holes. many of them fifteen to
thirty feet deep, showed whence they
came.
Houses had been shattered, barns
toppled over, and masses of earth ap-
peared where before the ground was
level
The strange phenomena is unac-
countable.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-07-25

Washington, July 24-Another dram
etc scene occurred in the Senate to-
day. but President Cleveland, instead
of being, as on yesterday, the object OF
attack by the leader of his party, was
defended with vigor and vim.
Mr.. Cleveland's champion today was
his old political rival and enemy, Sen
ator David Bennett Hill, of New York.
The New York senator spoke almost
two hours to breathless galleries and a
full Senate.
Several times the presiding officer
was unable TO restrain the enthusiasm
his remarks evoked, notably when MIR.
Hill declared personal considerations
would not prevent him from defending
the president when he was unjustly at
tackled.
He defended Mr.. Cleyeland's letter,
his right to send it and the sentiments
it contained, and made a strong point
against his adversaries when the point
ed out that they criticised the presi-
dent for siding with the House, when
they admitted they had used all their
influence to induce him to interpose il
behalf of the Senate amendment to the
&ariff bill. He took up Mr.. German
argument and met it point by point in
8 manner satisfactory TO himself al
least, and concluded with a piece OF
satire that stung those on the floor and
tickled the galleries.
Mr.. German on yesterday compared
Mr. Hill TO Iago. Today. Mr.. Hill Xix
ened those who had Joined in the as
sault on Mr. Cleveland TO the conspira
tors who stabbed Caesar to death a
the foot Of Pompey's statute in the Ro
man senate.
Mr.. German. he characterized as the
lean and hungry Cassius; Mr.. Jones
Marcus Brutus, the honest BrutuS OF
the Senate; Mr.. Vest, who struck the
VOORHEES,, as Trebonius "testy but
earnest" and Mr.. Harris as Metellu:
Climber. They HAD struck down The
president, Mr.. Hill said. not that they
loved Mr.. Cleveland less, but that they
loved the Senate compromise more.
And yet" he concluded, and eacF
word rang out like a hammer on ar
anvil, Il can say with Antony: They
are all honorable men.
Mr.. Caffery, who followed Mr.. Hill
with a brief speech, also gave to tn
country his share of the secrets of thu
political prison house. He detailed tn.
manner in which the sugar schedul,
had been prepared, insisting it wa.
made by and in the interest of tht
sugar trust.
He then gave way in order to give
the Democrats chance to caucus.
Altogether it was a very exciting
day and the indications are that Others
as interesting viii follow.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-07-25
other Business.

Washington, July 24.-The House today
passed, by a party vote, the bill for the
Reinstatement of clerks dismissed from
the railway clerks between March 10 and
May 1, 1899 The vote was: Yeas, l4O; nays,
So.
he PRESBYTERIAN board of home missions
for land in the Omaha Indian reserVatlon
for church purposes to authorize the sec
rotary of the interior to lease sites IN the
Hot Springs, Ark, reservation Tor cold
water reservoirs; bill to confirm the IT,
ties of settlers who entered lands IN Cal
ifornia, Nevada, Oregon, and Arizona, I'M
der the timber and stone act, put whose
entries have been declared invalid because
tie lands have been offered at public
sale according to law, but nave not been
cancelled to confirm titles TO lands
where citizens made homesteads of pre-
emptions or desert land entries on unsur-
viewed land, and afterward discovered
them to be within railroad land grants
and one permitting settlers on public
lands to secure surveys by depositing the
amount of probable expense with the land
Office of the United States.
The bill providing. for the examination
land classification of lands in the grants
| of the Northern Pacific road in Montana
/ and Idaho in regard to mineral deposits,
passed after a running debate led by its
author. Mr. Hartman of Montana.
bill authorizing the secretary of the
| interior to sell to railroads operating in
nubIic lands necessary lands for reser-
| yoirs and gravel pits, passed and at 4
| o'clock the House adjourned