Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-06-11
ABBREVIATED KILOGRAMS.


Worlds fair managers have sent TO
| stock hoiders dividend of 10 per cent de-
clared some time ago. Chicago city gets
about S250.oO0.
A movement has been started ut New
York to build monument to George
William Curtis.
AT the Augustana synod Swedish Luth-
cram now in session at st. Peters, Mich,
a resolution has been introduced that both
English and Swedish be taught in paro-
chial schools.
Ordinations are row going on ut the
Nantional Military academy, West Point,
n. \. The first ten in standing on gem
eral merit in the order o. excellence are:
Ladue, Barden, Pence, G. G. W Hams,
j. NJ Williams, Joyes, Ohern, Hof, Lang
and Castle.
n Wabash freight train was blown from
the track near West Grove, Ia, by storm
which reached the proportions of cyclone
in that vicinity,
The total vote cast ct the recent election
for justice of the supreme court in the
Fourth supreme circuit i'll Illinois is as
follows: Carter, 2i,Ss9; Bonncy, 23 6ssa;
Carriers majority Ar.
Satolli, the papal representative in this
country, comes out in favor of woman suf.
frage.
at the residence of Simon p. Kase,
philadelphia, number of spiritualists
gathered and report that during their
presence the spirits painted a beautiful
picture of Il woman.
William Walter Phelps is reported bet
ter
Senator Mcpherson is at his home in
| New Jersey i'll from the eject of enlarge
ment OF veins about the heart.
Frank Wright and Emmett Shaw in
dulged in fight nj Shelbyville His, and
IA relative of both. Mrs. James Skaggs, in
| trying to stop it became SO greatly cX.
cited that sac fell in tit and died in a
| few minutes
| The Reformed Episcopal church has re.
/ fused in general convention ut Chicago &c
require the reordination of presbyteriaus
or Others coming to that sect.
| Hill of New York is quoted as saying
that he would support Adiai +. Stevenson
| for president i'll 1896.
! Delavan Smith. of Lake Forest, Ills,
who was hurt in the Colorado Central
/ train wreck, will not he able to star, home
! in less than n week. Ills wounds are no,
dangerous, however.
| New York Socialists held state conven.
| ticn at which they con- nned the PRO.
tectives" and nominated ticket with
Charles II. Matchett at the head for gov
ernor.
1t will never be known how many CoXey-
| ties Were dro Aned IN tie Platte river ont
of Carriers army but the number is put
at sixteen at least.
j. NJ. lckes, eN-postmGster of Newark
| o., has been fined S4C0 under the civil
| service reform law for withholding from
his clerks campaign assessment.
/ The decision of the city attorney Of Nil
waukee that koman Catholic Archbishop
katzer's residence Is subject to taxation
has raised a storm of protest among the
/ adherents CT the church OF Rome in the
Cream City.
Mayor hopkins, of Chicago, has issued
n proclamation calling on the people OF
that city for aid to the Pullman strikers
who are liz a condition approaching star
Walton. The proclamation WAS in accord
ance with resolution of the council.
David Ellsworth and H. Montague
trainmen, We're killed and two other men
seriously injured by wreck on the Mid.
land railway in Colorado caused by u
landslide