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

sEhle Allen, who few weeks ago killed
John III. Clapp in a row over a woman at
St. Paul and who was indicted for man.
slaughter in the first degree, has COM
mitted suicide.
George Croft, barber of Tahleouah, 1.
T.. was murdered by two unknown per-
| sons and not robbed, although he had a
| watch and $3.50 in money with him at the
time. His skull was crushed and neck
broken
At Nashville Van Pritchitt shot and
killed his father, H. c. Pritchitt, because
the latter was forcing his wife to play the
piano when she was weary and wanted to
stop.
Two of the striking features of the
monthly summary of the foreign trade of
| the United States issued by the bureau of
statistics are the continued increase in
the proportion of our exports Of manu-
features AMI the reduced importation of
| articles now subject to high duties.
Five companies of Michigan militia are
now in the Gogebic range to protect the
men who want to work from the attacks
| of the men who do not want to work at
| going prices.
Judge Baker, of indianapolis. declares
| that he never'told the Monon officials that
| the way to run the line was to drop the
Pullmans. He says the report ''is wholly
| false, us ut no time or place did i ever
utter or entertain such a sentiment
William Murphy,a son of F. T. Murphy,
| of East st. Louis, the Republican candi-
| dat for congress in the Twenty-first Hi
nois district, was seriously injured July
| by a powder explosion. His nose was
| torn of, his cheek bones broken and his
| left eye put out, and it is probable that
| he will lose the sight of his right eye also
Philip Jaeger, a New York saloonkeep-
er, died and left instructions that his body
| be cremated and his ashes scattered to the
winds cut at sea. His friends have just
| carried out his wishes.
Total clearances at the principal cities
| during the week ended July aggregated
$50 5G6, 0S1, decrease of 1!.2 per cent.
from the corresponding week of 1898
The cash balance in the treasury yester-
day was Sll9,020, 095, of which S54, Ill ,3y7
| was gold reserve.
| Frank SchertZ was crushed to death by
horse that squeezed him against the side
OF a stall at Lilly, Ills
| Lucas Elders was drowned while out
| sailing near Holland, Mich.
\ dozen Lawrence miners seized an
east-bound Wheeling and Lake Erie
iitIS III Train ~ -h.SS!llOu, " SOUuuCtOr
| Albert Grant in the battle fatally injured
| Robert Davis with a stone.
! The Kansas City, Fort Scott and Men,
| phis wired its Chicago connections to
route no through passengers over its line
until further notice.
a. s. Williams OF Chicago, claiming to
be a grain operator, was arrested at
| Mount Clemens, Mich, charged with
| swindling.
The Louisville Southern will be sold at
| auction in Louisville, Aug. l6.
| Linnie Slater, aged II, was killed at
New Buffalo. Ind. by being struck in the
eye with sky rocket.
| The Illinois state board OF health has
received reports from health officials at
| Chicago showing that smallpox is now
| practically wiped out.
! \ young son of Charles Gillespie, at
| Brazil, Ind, was fatally crushed under a
| large street scraper.
| The cash balance in the treasury July
was Sl19,o.9, 1923, of which s65, 142, .36 was
! gold reserve.
/ John McAndrews. aged II. Was robbed
and murdered at Iitusville. Pa.
! Officials OF central Illinois and Indiana
| lines are surprised ut the large demand for
cars for loading wheat. They believe the
| IirlilerS VIII sell wheat Eucn sooner imam
| usual.
| Hugh Macarthur received probably fatal
injuries at Fairbury from the explosion
| of gun that he was firing
! Burglars robbed Mrs. Albert Hayward
| of Warsaw, Ind. of jewe!ry and cash TO
| the amount of SOD
Elmer johnson committed suicide at
! Farmer City.
Only 525 miles Of track have been laid in
the first six months of 1894. Colorado
| leads with forty-four miles. Less than
one mile has been laid in Illinois. The
total showing is less than in any CORE
| spending Sin months since 1865
! Daniel Lumby OF Jacksonville, His,
was run over by Il train and killed.
Edward Smith. a farmer near Pana.
His, WAS killed by Il Baltimore and Ohio
! Southwestern ght train ut Pana.
Fred Oepping Of Moscow, Ia, a bonds
man for Auditor jones, the defaulter
| committed suicide.
Miss Francis l.. Willard, of the W. c.
T. L., is tied-up on the rail en- route to
Chicago. The strike.
The wholesale house of Ely, Blaine g.
Co., at Toronto, Ont, which annually
turned over 81 800 coo worth of business
has been forced to wind up