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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-07-17
ABBREVIATED TElEGRAMS.

Mrs. Halliday, whose crimes where de-
tailed in these dispatches and convicted of
at least three carefully planned and exc
cuted murders which she as carefully tried
to hide, is not to suffer death, commits
sion of experts in New York having de-
clared her insane.
More than 200 dead and thousands OF
houses destroyed is the record of the earth
quake in Turkey.
At the funeral of Mrs H T. Love, at
Babylon, l. l., the husband, now in his
e5th year, insisted that the head of the
coffin he turned west instead of east.
Rose Austen aud her brother George,
trapeze performers, fell into the net at
Coney Island, striking their heads to-
gether. George soon came to- but Rose
was taken into the hospital delirious.
l he cause of the accident was the faint.
Ing of Rose us she was about to catch her
brother IN the flying trapeze act.
The amount of tin produced in 1898 for
the whole world was 61,232 tons
A young man found lying on a grave
In Greenwood cemetery. New York, sui.
cide, left a note saying the cause O!
his death was nobody's business and
signed Robert Frank"
Obituary: At Baltimore William Sin
clair, aged -. At Minneapolis, PHILLIP
Hezcg, aged &c. At Munich, Piglheim
the painter. At Paris, jules Em:! Saiu.
tin, the French artist.
The total dis burSements on account of
the eleventh census have been so, 3G5, ,677
Ferd Schlegel, of Chicago. has been
elected president of the Northwestern San.
gerbund. The next meeting will be held
at Dubuque Ia in 1896
Fifty-two persons were poisoned by eat
ing ice cream at West Union, His,
church supper, and one OF tLeul, Mrs. r.
l.. Donhanh. has died.
The electlcn for city marshal Of Dublin
resulted in victory for Clancy, son of
Sub-Sheiitf Clancy. Jeremiah O'Donovan
Rosa, whose candidacy gave special in.
terest To the election, received only three
votes.
cyclone swept Upper Bavaria on Sat-
urday, destroying 200 houses in its path.
1t is reported that Da Cana, the late
Brazilian rebel admiral, wants to sur.
render to PeiNoto.
\ shooting competition open to womer
firing the service rfi, or carbine is to be
held at the next rifle meeting at Alder
shot, England.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-07-17
DiABOllCAL CRIME COMMITTED.
An Unknown Miscreant Outrages n Girl
and Cuts Her ThrOut.

HUMBOLDT, Tenn, July l7.-Miss Partia
Wellington, the lG-year-old daughter of
Wellington, n wealthy planter, was out
ragged and murdered by an unknown fiend
near her fathers home at Pierson, Tenn.
Miss Wellington left home in company
with younger sister to gather black
berries. The girls became separated and
after some hours the younger one started
in search of her sister, but she could not
be found.
An alarm was given and the whole
neighborhood was aroused. She was
finally found about sunset i'll dying con-
dition. Her throat was cut and she had
been criminally assaulted. Sine was taken
home, but died without speaking II word.
The crime has aroused the whole country
and hundreds of men are securing the
woods searching for the fend. If he is
caught he will he burned at the stake ut
the spot where the murder was COM
mittcu
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-07-17
PLAN 80 AVERT STRIKES.
~""sressmcn Think Maritime I.
contracts May I.s. Anu,,..,


contracts May he Appli.a.
WASHINGTON, July l1.-Tbcre !. so,,.
u'nerence OF opinion among conpressuan
as 10 whether the commission to bs o.
po""eed oy the president to investigate the
causes OF the Chicago strike will Interfere
with the investigation proposed nv The
mouse committee on inter state comm erco
Mem oers OF the committee hold that tha-.
wiz oe no interference. since the work Of
the congressional COMMITTEES will, ta o..
.ne purpose OF recommending Legislation
70 prevent strikes. 1t was deyelonad d,r-
ing the discussion in COMMITTEES of th.
N'saoility OF congressional investiua-
,''n 'hat more than one mem ber of the
oouy VIII go into the work with views
winch may bring about decided results.
Inc members referred to think that the
laws governing contracts with emploves of
companies engaged in interstate commerce
'nouiu provide that corporations sbould
not discharge men or cut down their
wages without due notice, and that on
,he other hand, men should not be al.
iowed 10 stop work without notice tn their
employers They would not interiors
win the rights OF employees TO strike in a
oody or otherwise, but would prevent the
sudden strandinG of commerce, as well nc
sympathetic strikes entered upop witbout
notice. There is "A belief that some feat.
ures oil the maritime law regulating con-
tracts might be advantageously applied 70
Interstate commerce.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-07-17
SUMMARY OF THE RESULTS.
What the Leaders of the Teams Have t
Say of the Contest.

What the Leaders of the Teams Have to
Say of the Contest.
The following is summary of the in
ternational athletic contest which Oxford
won by 5J3 events, not points, to Yale's
3J3 events:
One hundred yards dash-Charles b. Fry
University college, second; Ashley Pond,
Jr., Yale. third. Time, 10 % seconds.
One hundred and twenty yards hurdle
William J. Oakley, Christ Church. first;
q. b. Hatch, Yale. second; Thomas G
Scott, Hertford college, third Time,
16 is seconds.
-Four hundred and forty yard runs-Gil-
bert Jordan. University, first; G.. F. San
ford, Yale, l.. s, second; Ashley Pond
Yale, third. Time, O:51.
Half mile run-Wilfrid Fl. Greenhow
Exeter, first Francis W. Rathbone, New
College, second; w. S. Woodruff, Yale
third. Time, Q 4-5
One mile run-Wilfrid II. Greenhow
Exeter, first; j. +. Morgan, Yale, second
Time, 4:24 2-5.
Running broad jump-L. p Sheldon
Yale, % feet IL inches; c. B. Fry Wad
ham, 81 feet q inch: W. J. Oakley
Christ church, - feet 4 inch.
Hickok, of the Yale team, and Fry, OF
the Oxford, were interviewed by the AS
sociated Press correspondent after the
games. Fry was very happy He sale
the Oxford team was deli GIFTED with the
Yale athletes. He thought the American
had not done their best, and certainly
were not up to the record. This was be
cause they were over-trained. While tht
Oxford men had not reached their best
form because they were under-trained
All the members of his team were sur
prised Mt Hickok's work with the hammer
and weight. lie regretted that the condi
tions were not better and he thought thai
if the track had been dry Sheldon would
have cleared twenty-four feet in the run
ming broad jump.
He said further that, although it wa.
difficult to ind 1.ce the Oxford men to trail
in the summer tine, he was determined
if possible, to get Oxford to agree to a re
turn match with Xale in 1895. He hope,
that the athletes Of the two universitie
,, could meet annually. Hickok said he wa
bitterly disappointed, not SO much becaus,
the Yale team was beaten as because tn,
men did not do as Yel as thew did in tn
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-07-17
Marriage In Urban and Rural Regions.

In the north Atlantic division, which
constitutes the principal manufacturing
section Of the country, section made
up largely of urban populations, the
single are found in smaller proportion
than IN any part of the country and tho
married and widowed i'll larger proper
hons. Conversely the south Atlantic
aud south central divisions, which are
almost purely agricultural and rural,
contain the largest proportion of single
persons and the smallest proportion of
the married. These results are directly
opposed to popular belief. 1t is assumed
that the development of urban popula-
ton diminishes the number of the mar
ried. The explanation which naturally
suggests itself is that the larger proper
ton of marriages i'll the manufacturing
sections of the country is due not only
to the fact that the native white popu-
Iation married young and i'll large pro-
portion at all ages, but also to the fact
that the foreign whites, who have set
tied in large numbers in the north At
lantic division, were either married or
ct marriageablo age ut the time Cf
their Immigration
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-07-17

UrIais. Il have thrown the hammer" ne
said, lover 125 feet, but today could not
exceed 10 feet. However, there is no use
in looking for reasons. They got there
first and we were beaten. They are a
splendid lot of fellows. and there is moth.
tlg to regret but the result"
On the water it went the same way-the
e riton was the best runner-in other
words the Britannia got away again
= the seventh time - with the Vioi-
liant. The latter had been alb
breviated as to topmost, bowsprit,
and spinnaker boon, and her ballast
reduce@. the object being to reduce the
time allowance from minutes to 1
minute and seconds. It was no use,
however, in the lace. The Vigilant got
ahead in the first part of the race but in
the latter part the Brittania paesed her
and got in minute and 33 seconds ahead
Of her competitor.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-07-17
No Wonder:
His teeth he still did z ini
And Grimly gnash. "-SpeI Ger.

For he suffered all the organizing iortures OF
dyspepsia. In the morning his eyes were dim
and bloodshot. horrible nausea was e. per: :enced
food was to him reyolting, and yet enaw ms
craving for food pcrvaded his whole system His
heart palpitated violently after the least exerion
Hope had nearly left him, when he read
of the mlrvelous cur.s effected by DR..
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. He hurried
TO the drug store. bought bottle, and the fleet.
were SO satisfactory that he now gnashes hii
teeth VIXEN he thinks Of the agon ee he might
| have prevented had he used &c. M D."
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-07-17
Til. strike at st. Louis.

~ I0yIs,. Mo-, July 1.-THE railroad
strike here is almost reminisence. In.
terest u IL, however. was revived slightly
by the admission of National Director NJ.
!. Elliott that so far as St. Louis and vi
ciui'y j. concerned the American Railway
tuion has lost the contest. According &c
Director Elliott fully one-third of the
strikers have returned to work. These,
witu the men now employed. almost fill
the positions vacated at the beginning OF
tue strike. The situation is the same on
10th sides of the river.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-07-17
SHOT BY ROBBERS.
Terrible Experience of the Postmaster at
Somerset Center, Mich,

Terrible Experience OF the Postmaster at
Somerset Center, Mich.
JACKSON, July ia bold robbery was
attempted at Somerset Center Three men
in a buggy drove up to the store of Eugene
WetherwaX. One man remained in the
buggy, the other two came in and one said
he wanted some cheese. Mr.. Wetherwax.
who is also the postmaster, started down
stairs after the cheese. As he raised the
cellar door both men covered him with re-
volveTs and demanded the contents of the
safe.
WetherwaX is a small man, but game.
He struck the revolver from one man with
the lamp he held. but the other man fired
twice ut the storekeeper, both shots tax
ing effect. One entered through the right
hip and the other entered the right side.
struck a rib and glanced The men ran
ont and jumped into the buggy and fed
Officers are i'll this city after them, as il
is believed they are ex-convicts from here.
The safe contained $500 in cash.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-07-17

RAD CLirrE. Colo. July 1T. \. Haw-
~.. practical joker. took up u loose
p,hus Ia a bridge at Edwards, twenty
mile below here. and when Minnie and
iHr-uce F,eick aud William Burnison
drove Upon the bridge Hawley said: "You
eiuu1t cross here" The horse became
frightened aud backed off the bridge.
litN,ey jumped into the river and res cued
the lira He went back for the brother
asd both were drowned. Buruison swan
.ut
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-07-17
Wiped Out by II Prairie Fire.

ST. Louis, July IA special TO The
Republic from Pierre. 5. d., states that
IA great prairie fire on the ceded Sioux
reservation lands has burned over tract
fifty by seventy miles i'll the past twenty
four hours. y settlement of Russians on
Medicine creek was wiped out and several
fatally burned. The damage to property
aud stock cannot he stated, but it is
enormous.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-07-17
Deadly Dynamite Explosion

HAlELrJS. Pa. July H. Two
hundred sticks of dynamite exploded
,hi. morning ut No. 5 Stockton mine
a. the men were preparing work.
The killed numbers between eight
and eleven. The cause of the explo-
sion j. unknown, rs none of the men
are living.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-07-17

ScoTTsDALE, KY, July H.-Marion
Howard, colored, was taken from the
court room here by mob aud hanged to q
tree in the yard. Howard was being tried
on charge of raping Beurah Davidson,
10 years old. He was married, "a years
old, and bore a bad character. The mob
WAS orderly but determined.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-07-17
RAGING FOREST FIRES.
rive Thousand Acres Swept Over in the
state of New Jersey

state of New Jersey.
EGG HAEBoR CITY. July 17.--Forest
Tires that have been raging in this sec.
tion for several days past have swept over
an area of more than five thousand acres.
The condition OF affairs looked SO seri-
Gus that the residents for several miles
around were called out to fight the flames.
Although they met with some success in
changing the course of the fire, there is
still great danger that many buildings
will yet be destroyed. Among the build
inSs already burned We're those on the
farm OF Congressman J. J. Gardner. in.
Guiding his fine country residence Near
bridgeport the dwelling of Captain Gus
Williams was also destroyed
A fierce fire is now sweeping through
the dense woods in the lower part of Gal.
ioway township and is headed directly to-
ward Hewittown. 1t is impossible to
form any estimate of the loss at present.
The principal losers. however will be the
owners of the timber lands, large sections
OF which have been swept by the flames.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-07-17

Dr. MOiSEs, July 17.-Hon. Thomas
MITCHELL the oldest settler of Polk coun-
y, GIed ut his home in Mitchellville. He
built three log cabinsa near the pres
ent site of this city IN lSii-at that time
Tie oaly houses outside of the fort. He
wIss = years old.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-07-17
The Proceedings Begin in the
Chicago Federal Courts.
Dynamite Causes Dire De.
struction.
Explodes in a Coal Mine in a
Mysterious Manner.
A Number of Golfers Meet
Their Death.

CHICAGO. July 17.-District AttorI
ney Milrhrist has prepared crimina
information against Debs, Howard.
Krlihar and Rogers. of the American
Railway Union, which will be, pre-
.eutsd In court today.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-07-17
Dynamite for a Negro Workman.

HARRISBURG, Pa, July 1.-THE front
Of the residence of colored man named
White at Steelton, was demolished by
dynamite. White went to Punxsutawney
two weeks ago to work in the mines, and
ever since then threats have been made
by strike sympathizers to kill the family.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-07-17
Drowncd While swimming.

ST. PAUL, July ia special to The
Pioneer Press from Chamberlain, s. d..
says: Olson Oslnen and Sausen SOrensOn,
the former aged IL and the latter 10, both
sons of prominent buffalo county farmers,
were drowned while in swimming.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-07-17

The earlier symptoms of dyspep-
sia, heartburn and occasional head
aches should not be neglected. Take
Hoods Sarsaparilla to be cured.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-07-17
Everything in our great big store at Special
Prices. We do just as we advertise.
SAX RfcE e THE LONDON
Have You Money
To Invest?
If so. read this:
Per Cent Loans.

The following is a partial
list of completed gilt-edged
first mortgage loans on hand.
which We offer for sale. sub
ject to previous selections.
for their face and accrued
interest. These lc"~s have
been carefully elce;ed by
us. and are first-class in
every respect. They are all
z PER CENT net to the inves-
tor. We have many other
loans to offer, if these are
not in amounts to suit the
investor:
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-07-17

Every great literary work has heeE
followed by host of limitations .AI.T7
the publication of the "Faerie Queen
the press was deluged with fairy stories,
as after Bunyan's "Pilgrim's Progress
hundreds of similar works appeared
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-07-17

AsdTABULA, o., July l6.-Work began
on the docks, the strike having lasted just
q week. The men We're beaten.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1894-04-10
DIED.

CRANMER.-April It'll, at Mount Holly, Zadoc
Cranmer, in his s2d year.
Relatives and friends of the family are re-
spectfully invited to attend the funeral, to-
day, (Tuesday) April 10. Services ut st. An
drew's Church, at 3 O'clock P. NJ.
OATMAN.-April ., at Lumberton, johnson
Oatman, ST., aged " years.
vited TO attend the funeral from his late resi-
dence at Lumberton, N. j., ON Thursday,
April H. 1894, at 1880 O'Clock. Services at the
NJ. e. Church, Lumberton, at 80. Inuerment
in Nj. E. cemetery, Vincentown.
BIsHoP.-April 2, ut Fairview, Joseph c., son
of Jeremiah and Esther Bishop, aged 10 years.
DAWSON - April 8, at Moorestown, Walter
Dawson, aged "A years.
FRY.-Apnl ?, at Burlington, Essie A.,
daughter OF Frank IL. and the late Lizzie Fry.
GRANT.-April 1, at Burlington, Emaline,
wife OF Joshua L. Grant, in her 62d year
GUsRANe.-April A, at Darlington, Sadie,
daughter OF George e. and Margaret A. Gus
rang aged yeaIs, month and 10 days.
HARKINs.-April o. near Burlington, NJ. Ella,
daughter of Albert and Joanna Harkins, in
the l4th year of her age.
HEULINGs-April l, at Mount Holly, Samuel
b. HeuIings.
KALE-April 4th, at Charleston, Mrs. Annie
kale, widow of the late Richard kale, aged ~
years.
LovE.-April 5, at Edgewater Park, James
Stewart Love, in the Goth year of his age.
MARPLE.-April I, at Camden, Mary H..
73d year. Inferred at Mount Laurel.
PowELL.-April 4, at Burlington. Lewis, son
OF John IL. and the late Mitchell Powell, aged
40 years.
PERKINs.-April s. at Beverly, Anna e.,
wife of Francis ID. Perkins.
PmoKITT.-March 81, at Charleston, Eliza
beth w :, widow of the late Ner Prickltt, aged
70 years Inferred at Medford.
REEvEs.-April 2, at Burlington, Isaac
Reeves, aged 80 years.
sIsoM.-Apri /, at Burlington. Bloomfield
Sisom In his j6th year.
SMITH-April 2 at Tuckerton, Hettie s.,
wife of Joseph /. Smith, aged 80 years.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1894-04-10
DON'T Accept INVITATIONS.
THE PROCTOR a GAMBLE CO.. OMIT.

State Board of Education shall appoint
the Supervisor of the Census. There was
a spirited debate, pro and con, and the
amendment was agreed to, 40 to 6.
Other bills passed were House 279,
permits fishing with set lines and fish
weirs above tide water in streams; House
rs, transfers all moneys received from sale
of riparian lands and leases to the school
fund; House 254. provides that it shall
be lawful to catch sturgeon in the Della
ware river after June 80 of each year ;
House 256, exempts fremen in villages
from poll tax and general tax to the same
amount as firemen in cities; House 229,
creates the township of Palmyra, in Bur-
lington county; House 1913. provides that
all coroners' juries shall hereafter consist
of six men, who shall each receive 81 fee
House 1856, Dewsnap's anti-hazing bill
came up on third reading, and was vigor-
ously opposed by Mr.. Storrs, who claimed
that innocent hazing should not be made
a misdemeanor, but should be regulated
by the faculty of the several colleges.
Hazing he said, is mere playing, and
should not be made criminal offense.
Mr. Salinger favored the bill, and said
the law should step in and prevent the
brutal sport of the collegians. The bill
was lost by vote of 20 to 49,
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1894-04-10

and seized about $4,000 worth of struggled
opium. 1t is claimed that these men and
others have been for months engaged in a
wholesale smuggling scheme.
"A 81 story tenement in Memp his
Tennessee, collapsed without warning
Sunday morning and of the % persons,
known to have been in the building, four
were taken from the ruins dead, five in
jured, and SIX escaped without serious
injury. The remaining seven are unac-
counted for, and may still be under the
ruins. The cause of the disaster is not
known.
The two-masted schooner Benjamin
B. Church, Captain Allen, from Philadel-
phia to Fall River, loaded with coal, went
ashore, Saturday night of Mecox life
saving station, Long Island. Captain
Allen and crew of seven men were taken
off in the surf boat by the crew of the life
saving station. The vessel will probably
be total loss.
The Horn Silver Concentration Works
and ore houses, at Frisco, Utah, were
destroyed by fire Thursday morning. The
burning timbers fell into the mine and
the fire was communicated to the timber
and shafting, so that every level was soon
a roaring furnace. The loss to the surface
works will not be less than 5000, 600,
while the loss in the mine is yet I'M
known.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1894-04-10

A NUMBER of elections were held
throughout the United States, last Tues
day, and the result shows a wave of feel
ing against the misrule of the Democratic
party In Rhode Island, Brown, Repub-
liean, was elected governor by 1873 plu-
rality, and in the Legislature the Demo-
Gratis elected only three senators and
three representatives, as against 90 in the
last Legislature. One year ago the DEM
ocrats carried the state by plurality.
The result last week is tremendous for
Rhode Island. In 1892 Harrison got but
$500 plurality, but Brown beats him more
than twice over.
In the municipal elections in the West
ern states the Republicans also made
great gains. In Chicago, which was DEM
ocratic in 1892, the Board of Aldermen,
just elected, is heavily Republican.
Cleveland carried Milwaukee in 1892. but
last week the entire city Republican
ticket was elected by over 5000, Repub-
lican maioritles were increased in other
towns and cities in Wisconsin.
In Springfield. Ill, the home of Con-
gresham William r. Springer, the free
trader, the Republicans won for the first
time in many years.
Great gains were also made in Missouri,
and in Colorado, where the Populists car
RED the elections In 1892, the Republic
cans this year get "a out Of 80 towns and
cities. Michigan and Ohio tell the same
tale.
The Republican cause is triumphing
again. The people are getting tired of
Democratic failure. Business has suf-
fered enough and the people want the
Democrats in Congress to so understand.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1894-04-10

New YORK papers have been telling q
recent McKane trial was bribed, and on
being confronted with his guilt, consented
to 90 into court with verdict of guilty to
which was tackled a recommendation to
mercy. His fellow jurors were the men
who brought the accused man to terms.
1t would seem to have been better for the
ends of justice if they had exposed the
whole matter to the court. While there
are some who doubt the truth of this par
ticular case, yet there are well grou nded
suspicious that approaching jurors is no
new business nor is it confined to any
particular locality. More than once has
there been evidence of such work being
attempted in our own county. There
should be stop put to all actions that
give rise to even ouch a suspicion. The
jury system is based on the supposition
that integrity will govern the delibera-
ton of the bodies, and when that SUPPOSE
ton is shaken in the slightest degree, the
entire structure trembles, and public con-
fidence weakens. The remedy lies with
in the reach of the individual Juror. The
slightest attempt on the part of anybody
to make improper advances should be re-
scented and reported to the Court. A
juror improperly approached in any way
fails in the performance of his public
duty when he neglects to expose those
who insult him and attempt to tamper
with justice.