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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-03-07
SHOT AT THE POLLS.
MURDER Done at the Troy, New
York, Election
FOUR ENMADE TARGETS FOR LEAD

o"e Dead, Another MOrtally and n Third
Daneero"siy wounded-A Quarrel Over
alleged Repeating Leads to the Trouble
and No One Knows Who Shot-Turbu-
fence In West Virginia Abating-Train
Robbery In Illinois.
TROY, N. Y, March "A mayor was
elected in this city, but the record Of
the election is spotted with blood, and
scenes such as the Oldest resident in Troy
mas no recol,ectiOns were enacted. In a
darkened room in the family residence
ii@s the body of Robert Ross, who left his
nome in the morning to aid in the election
Oh MS candidate. In another room in the
same house lies his brother, William, per-
haps mortally wounded. In another part
OIL the city lies wounded notorious rough
and ward heeler, Bat Shea, ard in still an
other part of the city is John McGough,
who received n bullet and is seriously in
Jured Among the watchers at the Twelfth
ward, hrst precinct, polling place were
Robert Ross and his brother William,
both Of them being there in the interest of
the Republican party.
beginning of the Trouble.
There was also there n well.known char
acter of the name of "Bat, Shea About
80 O'Clock . ,ono of .. Las, sf,oo,,
strangers s,ood ,,.ni,;, -
,vho.a - - ~, "N' M,
D-. ' we'e oii 'he Po'i-iis'-oo'u
Democrats and Republicans-werec crowded
away. Robert Ross objected to this and
had words with Bat Shea The story
told by the surviving Ross is that bat"
- hnn l..
He says that the trouble began in the
polling booth where a crowd of repeaters
headed by jeremiah Cleary and Shea at
tempted to vote. When the vote was chal-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-03-07
Plaint of George Erancis Train.

NEW YORK, March s-Gcorgc Francis
Train has written a letter TO Superinten-
dent of Police Byrnes complaining that
three large trunks filled with manuscript
written by him for publication in book
form, have been lost. The trunks We're in
u storage warehouse. In the course of his
letter Mr.. Train says: Can it lie possible
trunks Were disposed Of to the Chicago
secret police, as Chicago spies were on my
tracks the from moment 1 tried to rescue
the Chicago men."
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-03-07
Cloud on the Titles.

NEW YORK, March Two thousand
people who bought suburban property of
Benjamin W. Hitchcock are finding out
that their titles are not clear and they may
have to pay again for their homes. Hitch
cock made an assignment Aug. 1, 1893.
He was II music publisher and was unable
to complete his real estate schemes and
the deeds given innocent purchasers of
lots conveyed no clear titles because of
blanket mortgages covering all the lands.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-03-07
M'kANE AND HIS CHURCH.
If He Does Not Resign and Confess III
Will BE Rut Ont.

Will BE Fut Out.
NEW YORK, March AT the monthly
meeting of the Methodist ministers of New
York and the surrounding cities at the
Methodist Book Concern the uncomfort-
able topic of Convict John Y. McKane and
his standing in the Sheepshead Bay church,
OF which he is a trustee, leader and Sun
day school superintendent, was once more
averted. After the meeting the Rev. DIR.
Dodge, the secretary, said: "McKane has
not yet severed his connection with the
church and Sunday school, but he will un-
doubtedly have to do so. A vigorous in
vestigtion will be held, and if by that
time he has not resigned and publicly con-
fessed and recanted he will be put out of
the church. l do not know when the
quarterly conference of the chur n will
meet, out that conference will c,fsaiply
take hold of the matter"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-03-07
Assistant Cashier the Robber.

DEXTER, Mich, March 10. c. Greg
ory, assistant cashier of the Dexter Saw
ings bank, has confessed to Detective
Baker of Detroit that he himself stole the
So, 200 from the vault of the bank last
Thursday and that his story of being at
tackled and slugged- by masked robbers
was purely fiction.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-03-07
PRESIDENTIAL HUNTING PARTY.


WASHINGTON, March 1.-The president,
Secretary Gresham and Captain Evans
arrived at the wharf here at l:2S p m on
their return home from their cunning
trip in North Carolina. The president
looked remarkably well and vigorous, as
did the other members of the party. Cost
luck evidently fell to the 10; Of the sports
men, for there was IL large collection of
wild swan, geese and ducks on the Violet's
decks. Private Secretary Thurber met
the party and the president was driven to
the White House
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-03-07
NO SPECIAL PRIVILEGES.
Reply Of Brooklyn's Mayor to a Delega.
tion of Irishmcn.

tion of Irishmen.
NEW YORK, March A delegation rep
resenting the Irish societies of this city
called on Mayor Schieren of Brooklyn and
asked him to allow the Irish flag to he
hoisted on the city hall on St. Patrick's
day. The mayor replied that he was the
mayor of all nationalties and would give
special privileges to none.
Il suppose we must take that rs mega
tive reply" said the spokesman, James
O'Donnell.
You may be the judge of that" replied
his honor.
AS the delegation was retiring some of
the members reminded Mayor Schieren
OF the fate of Abram S Hewitt.
Il care nothing about the fate of Abram
;. Hewitt" said Mayor Schieren. "As
long as am mayor / shall grant special
privileges to no nationality"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-03-07

LEAvENwoRTH, Kan, March 7.-AIrs.
Eva Blackman, Leavenworth's woman po-
lice commissioner, who recently caused
the removal of all the bachelors from the
police force, has now set i'll to rid the town
of variety theatres. She had official no
tices served on the proprietors of such
places to close up and leave the city
within thirty days. Mrs. Blackman's new
movement may lead to an interesting ie-
gal contest.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-03-07
WOMAN BURNED TO DEATH.
An Old Lady's Clothes Catch Fire witt
Fatal Results.

An Old Lady's Clothes Catch Fire with
Fatsl Results.
CHICAGO, March with her face
charred out of all recognition and with
hardly whole spot on her feeble body
Mrs. Piernan died at her house, $500 At
lantic avenue. She was an old, worn-out
woman of 20. living by herself on her pen
sion as soldiers widow. She was raking
out the ashes OF her fire preparatory to go
ing to bed when her clothes caught fire.
She did her best to eXtinguish the flames,
but her efforts only seemed to increase
their power. Her screams finally attracted
the attention of sone of her neighbors and
they at last relieved her But il was too
late by that time, and she died an hour or
two later of the III uries she had received.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-03-07
THE GANG AT FOREST LAWN.
Holds 70 Another Train on the Mobile
and Ohio.

ana onlOs
ST LOUIS, March Last night about 0
o'clock the Mobile and Ohio train which
left here at s:35 O'Clock was held up by
three robbers at Forest Lawn, Ills, about
four miles from East st. Louis. This is
the third time within the past six months
tha, this road has suffered from robbers at
this point. 1t is thought last nights hold
mn was perpetrated by members Of the
same gang which committed the other
rObberies.
There is no telegraph office at Forest
Lawn and particulars are very hard to OBJ
tain. Near Forest Lawn the Baltimore
nnd Ohio runs through a swamp. The
tracks have been built up high above it
nnd it was along there that the robbery
occrrred. 1t cannot be ascertained at this
hour what the robbers got for their
trouble.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-03-07
Negroes Returning to Africa.

ATLANTA, Ca, March IA party of
thirty negroes has left here for Africa.
Three thousand negroes were at the sta
tion to see the emigrants off, and there
was great commotion among those left be-
hind. The emigration fever is epidemic
among the blacks here and many more are
anxious to 60
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-03-07
Ten Thousand for u Leg.

WEST SUPERIOR, Wis, March Fired
erick Nelson was given Judgment of
slO.OO against the Duluth, South Shore
and Atlantic railway by q jury in per-
sonal damage suit. The plaintiffs leg was
cut off at the hip while crossing the track
Mt Iron River. He claimed that no signal
was given or whistle blown.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-03-07
Hanged Himself with Finding Twine.

WAUKEsHA, Wis, March 1.-George
Peckelman. an employe in the brewery of
w. A. Webber, committed suicide by
hanging after having made n murderous
assault upon his wife. His body was
found in the cellar, with piece of doubled
binding twine attached to u beam and the
end around his neck.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-03-07

SCHoFIELD Mich, March THE result
of six days work by detectives in attempt
ing to ferret out the murderers of Mrs.
Gierman serves to bring the suspicion near
home. Some dozen residents of Exeter
township are under suspicion. The re-
ported arrest and confession of Mosbar is
untrue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-03-07
.ror-c,.d Anti.Cigarette Law.

ENPoRLi, Kan, March T. The city
council has passed over the mayors head
an ordinance prohibiting the sale or giving
AWAY of cigarettes or cigarette papert to any
ucrson under tine age of 81 years, under a
penalty of 500 fine or thirty days imprison-
m mt in jail, or both
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-03-07

Perfect health is seldom found, for
impure blood is SO general. Hoods
Sarsaparilla really does purify the
blood and restores health.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-03-07

sevenfy-five employees of the National
sewing machine factory, Belvidere, Ills,
arc ON "a strike ON account Of "a new rate Of
wages.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-03-07
VANDAIA AND BOMB.
The Two Partially Wreck a Chi.
cago Building.
SEEMS A CASE OF. PRIVATE MALICE.

No One Hurt by the Explosion-Soldier's
Widow Fatally Ifnrned-TrampIed in the
Struggle for B4ead-Smalipox Patient
Who Cannot Be Found-City OniciaIs
Shaken Up-A Days News Gleanings at
Chicago.
CHICAGO, March THE three-story
building at 152 Nineteenth street was bad
ly wrecked early in the morning by a
bomb which was thrown in the hallway.
The windows We're shattered, the wood
work in the hallway blown away and TIE
stairway was broken to pieces. From the
evidence in the hands of the police it is be-
lieved that an attempt was made to kill
every one in the house but who the guilty
parties are is a mystery. When the police
arrived on the scene the inmates of the
tenement house were in a state of terror.
Various theories were advanced as to
the cause of the outrage but none
seemed to fit the case. Whoever the perpe-
traitors We're they made good their escape.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-03-07
Gene r..I shaking Tn.

CHICAGO, Marcel. Mayor Hopkins has
demanded the resignation of every mag.s-
trate, clerk and bailiff doing business in the
city police courts. ltisthe intention of the
administration to make many changes
among the officials of the petty courts, and
TO that end the mayor desired to be abso-
lutely free to act as in his opinion will be
in the best interests of the city. Upon
the receipt of the designations asked an
order VIII be issued abolishing several of
the police courts entirely, the names of
several Justices will be taken from the pay
roll and there will be "A general shake-up
among the clerks and bailifIs.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-03-07
Suit That Looks Like Attempted Robbery.

CHICAGO, March Cook county desires
that tine city OF Chicago shall at once move
out OF the west balt Of block 80, original
town. That is, the county proposes to fire
the city out OF its present city hall. The
county commissioners have ordered the
commencement of ejectment proceedings
to that end and County Attorney Judd
will begin the suit at once This is because
the county wants more room. The build
ing was built by the city and county under
an agreement that Judd seems TO think
can be set aside by law.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-02-03
An Honest One.

very ragged tramp applied one day re-
Gently at II house on Howard street for
some old Clothes and the charitable woman
living there fitted him out in full attire
from head to foot, and he went away in a
cheerful mood. Next day he came back
quite rs ragged us ut first except us to his
coat, carrying the clothes the lady had
given him.
We'll" she asked in astonshmcnt as he
presented himself and his bundle, what :,
the mattcr?'
I've brought back the clothes. lady" he
said simply.
why did you do that? Don't you need
them in the cold weather:''
He laid them down on Il chair determine
edly. NO, lady," he replied, II can't say
as l do. You see. lady, I've been used to
wearin' ventilated shoes and hats and clos
so long that when tried those you give me
/ felt so kinder smothered | had to cit
back in the old ones; and ben' honest, eff |
am poor, | thought I'd bring 'em back,
SOS you could give 'cm to some of the BOYS
that amt been in the pcrfesh quite us long
as me-" And with bow and thanks and
warm pie, he struck manfuly out into
the cold morning .-Dctroit Free Press
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-02-03
Swearing.

1t may DO said without exaggeration
that swearing forms an important fac
tor in the masculine vocabulary of
nearly every civilized nation. Great
writers like Shakespeare knew this. A
collection of Shakespearean oaths and
epithcts with their etymology would
ill a volume. Shakespeare realized
that they were inseparable from faith
full portrayal of virile human charac-
ter; that no truthful picture of COM
mon life would be possible without the
use of that strong vehement language
in which men express their emotions.
But conventionality forbids to nine
teenth century writers what tho Eliza
bethan age not only tolerated, but APP
proved. -Philadelphia Press.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-02-03
The Crawfinh and the I.eyecs.

Whenever hear of break in the
lcvce down in my district, | know that
nino chances to one crawfish have
caused it. The assertion may sound
slightly exaggerated, but it is fact
nevertheless that the troublesome little
crawfish work more danger to the lc-
wees than does the water. On big rise,
when the bed of the river is stretched
from embanlment to cmbankment, the
crawfsh burrow into the lcvees and
live there i'll the moist earth. They
multiply faster than maggots and loosen
mp the earth worse than molcs.
Tho levee may be completely sodded
with grass and you see no external evil
dcnce of the damage going on within,
but when the next big rise comes you
will see it. L have frequently known
the water to break through the levee two
or three feet from the top, and you can at
tribute it to nothing but the destructive
work of crawfsh. This was particular
ly true of the break at Oifut's in 1889,
when portion of tho town of Green
vile was submerged. The builder of
tho levee in tho future will have to take
into account the crawfish as ono of his
most stubborn foes. st. Louis Globe
Democrat
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-02-03
Cracking ofTrceS.

The catalpa never shows tho "sero
and yellow Leaf in autumn like the
snmac, hard maple, ETC., for tho rea-
son that its leaves arc caught in Il
green, unripened state by tho first severe
frosts. In one night their bright green
is turned to Il dingy black. This sud
den check gorges the calnbium layer
and new wood of the stem with water.
An excess of water swclls tho proto-
plasm of the cells to such an extent rs
to rupture tho inclastic bark, and in
trees where the cell structure of the
wood is not ripe the crack will extend
into the wood often with Il noise like
an explosion. This often occurs in the
fall when it is not cold enough TO stop
blowing. Sometimes wo have much
loss i'll nursery in this way with varie-
ties not fully ripe when tho first frosts
come. Sometimes indeed it Injuries
very hardy varieties. In such cases the
swelling of tho protoplasm comes from
tho water absorbed at the ground sur
face when combined wet and cold come
together in autumn. The cracking of
cherries and pears comes from the same
cause-that is, by absorbing water on
wet days, causing an expansion of the
protoplasm. With trees the best treat
mcnt is to cover the rupture with moist
clay and then wrap to exclude the air
as much as possible. Iowa State Reg
lister
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-02-03
Obcdient.

Little Nelly, while at the seashore with
her mother, was very fond of making calls
upon some ladies in a neighboring cottage,
and the frequency with which sho would
bring home little presents of cards and pic
lures, etc, led her mother to fear that she
might be in the habit of asking for these
things. She therefore gave the child strict
orders never to do such Il thing The next
day Nellie returned from her visit laden
down with pretty odds and ends of various
sorts, and when her mother called her and
questioned her severely if she had asked for
these things she replied, with conscious
virtue:
No, mother dear. You told me 1 must
never ask for things, so just took 'em."-
Harper's Bazaar.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-02-03

If you want to see a disglsted man,
just whistle OH shipboard before n sail
or. You never knew sailor to wills
tie. He will tell you all about wills
ting down the wind, " but he could not
get up quicker to save his ship. You
remember that old story about sea
captain who refused to take aboard Il
woman who whistled, and knowing tho
old superstition feared that with her
on board he would he sure of ship
wreck | do not know how it is with
the captains of vessels now. for almost
every woman seems to know how to
whistle and keeps up the fashion. De
troit Free Press.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-02-03
A BIT OF RAlNMAkING.
An Effort In the Hebridcs Islands That
Was Brimful of Success.


Lieutenant Boyle Il. Somerville of
the English navy, who lived many
years in tho Hebrides islands, tells the
following interesting tale regarding the
work of Il professional native rain
maker. Toward the end of the year,
just after yam planting, there came an
unusual period of drought, so that an in
land tribo i'll tho island of Ambrym
went to its rainmaker and demanded his
immediate attention thereto.
Ho mt once set to work to weave n
sort of hurdle of tho branches and
leaves of Il tree famed for its rain pro-
ducing qualities, which, being finished,
was placed, with proper nominations,
at the bottom of what should have been
II water holo in the now parched bed of
tho mountain torrent There it was
then held i'll place with stones. Down
camo the rain; nor did it cease for 4S
hours, by which time it had become too
much of good thing. Soon the rain
producing hurdle was quito 1 0 feet I'M
der water i'll tho seething torrent, and
the people, much to their dismay, saw
that their yams and tho surrounding
earth were beginning to wash away
down tho hillsides.
Tho lieutenant continues: Now
mark what comes of fooling with tho
elements! No man of the hill country
was able to dive to the bottom of the
water hole to pull up the hurdle with
its weight of stones, so the merciless
rain still held on. AT last tho shore ma
tives, accustomed to swimming and div
ing, heard what tho matter was, and
some of them coming to the assistance
the compeler of the elements was re-
covered from it's watery bed and-the
rain stopped"
1t is such II coincidence as this, hap
pening perhaps once in decade, which
causes this people, now thoroughly
Christianized, to refuse to give up their
rain doctors, although all other out
ward forms of rank superstition appear
to have been freely abandoned. Louis
Vile COurier-J ournal.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-02-03
An Optical Illusion,

Twilight was falling. Herbert McSquaz-
zle stepped into the porch. Marguerite
Tubbins was there to greet him, but he
seemed not to realize her presence 1t was
soon evident that he was doing it Oh pur.
pose
"Oh. speak to mep' she cried.
No" he answered resolutely, 81 shall
not. From this time forth you shall hear
ME Keeping silence"
"Oh, heavensl What have done to de-
serve this?"
what have you not dones" he asked
scornfully. MANY things"
II cannot believe it. Yet you trusted me
once"
II did, but now there is perfidy on your
face"
mo, mol Whatever else may have done,
| have never used that or anything else
My complexion is my own"
He laughed hoarsely, SO hoarsely that she
pitied him and handed him cough drop.
ut is well that l discovered this before
our marriage" he muttered with clinched
teeth.
discovered WHAT" she asked with Wis
lille emotion for she was easily moved, was
Marguerite Tubbins-so easily moved that
she had long since ceased to trust herself
OH roller skates. After Il minutes emo
ton she repeated the question in another
form:
"What have you discovered?"
THAT you receive the attentions of an
other man."
"'Tis falsev'
81 saw you driving with him last We'd
nesday night"
You saw II e last = Wednesday =
night" she faltered. And this is why
you refuse to speak to me?"
ut is"
II can explain all. You are mistaken"
perhaps am" he answered haughtily,
"and perhaps am not"
ut WAS my aunt you saw"
go togo tor
III will not" she cried Indignantly "Not
till you have heard me through You have
blnndered upon our family's secret. My
aunt ISL
"Well?"
"a bearded lady"
She hung her head and blushed deeply
Did she blush because of the painful dis
closure she had Just made, or because he
was showering rapturous kisses OH the back
of her neck?-Tit-Bits
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-02-03
An Indians Diplomacy.

| heard good story of n celebrated
3dian potentate who took an English
Ter, who was staying with him, out
4ooting. Truth to tell, the peer shot
Try badly, and the eastern prince was
RELY puzzled 10 combine oriental com
ament and empty gamcbags. At last,
tn low bow, he said, Your excel
hey shot splendidly, but God was
f'y merciful to the little birds!"-
1ndon Gentlewoman.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-02-03
a Different Application.

Elder Sister-Comc, Clarence, take your
powder like man. You never hear me
making any complaint about such little
thing rs that
Clarence Callipers (sourly) = Neither
would if could daub it on my face. 1t
is swallerin it that object to.-Life
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-02-03

MIR. Emerson of Boston, am deeply in
terested in the effort to secure uniform
laws in the several states.
Mrs. Emcrson-I don't know that care
much about that.
Mr.. Emerson-Why, my dear, in some
states less than 60 pounds of beans is le-
gal bushel
Mrs. Emerson with ation)-Horrors,
-Pittsburg Chronicle.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-02-03
One WAY.

Have you read that article on How to
tell bad eggs'"
mo, haven't, but my advice would be:
If you have anything important TO tell a
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-02-03
Out of the Question.

Maudc-We had private theatricals last
evening. They went off first rate only the
folks would laugh in the wrong place.
Uncle Henry-There is no such thing,
Maude, as laughing III the wrong place in
private theatricals.-I}oston Transcript
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-02-03
The Wherefore OFT.

Il wonder why Saller doesn't marry"
lie hasn't found the woman"
rs !.c 80 very particularly
NO. but ;.c women arc."-- Brooklv,
-,