Rock Island Argus., 1895-09-16
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All the bodies recovered from the Os-
ceola mine near Calumet, Mich. have
been buried Three corpSes are yet miss
ing.
r. p. Scarle, who started from Chicago
Sept. for New York on record getting
bicycle trip, has reached Gotham and his
ambition, having cut the record for the
distance hours and 25 minutes.
The building on the southeast corner of
Vine and Water streets. Cincinnati,
burned causing loss of about 500, 900.
This is the third time the building has
burned
The congress of the National Prison as
sociation is in session at Denver with $50
delegates present.
The Mora claim against Spain, which
has been the subject of dispute for TWEEN.
ty-six years, has been paid by II draft for
nearly Si,5O0,0J0 drawn in favor of the
United State. The division of the money
among those entitled thereto promises to
give Uncle Sam lot of trouble.
Fifty thousand dollar bonus asked by
the Firmenich Manufacturing company
of Chicago, having been raised the Mar
shalltown, Ia, glucose works will be re-
moved at once TO Ottumwa, Ia.
Louis Birnbaum, an insurance agent.
fell eleven stories down an elevator shaft
at Milwaukee and died in IL few hours
with nearly every bone in his body broken
Governor Altgcld, notwithstanding the
reports in the Chicago papers Ia the con-
trary, has received II regular invitation to
the Milwaukee centennial celebration, and
has accepted the same.
Owing TO the giving out of feed pump
the steamer Paris was twcnty-four hours
OF, more behind time, but has arrived mt
New York safely. Among her passengers
was ex-Mayor John p. Hopkins, of Chi
cagD.
Professor c. V. Riley, the cx-cntomolp-
sist of the department of agriculture at
Washington, was seriously injured by be-
ing thrown from n bicycle and died later
at his home i'm the csapi.s city. He was
born in England.
Captain Kolb, the famous Alabama Pop
ulist, advises southern farmers to hold
| their cotton, declaring that the whole
American crop for sale will not be greater
than 100000 bales.
There will be low rates from all points
in Illinois to the atlanta exposition.
Joseph Wolf. Joe Bowers, Roy Spittle,
Albert Wesis and Aaron Schciblcy. min
crs, were badly burned by an explosion of
gas in the East Brookside colliery at Tower
| City. Pa.
Captain Albert T. Spencer, a veteran
steamboatman, passed away at Wauke-
gan, Ills, his fatal illness lasting just a
week. He was a years old and for forty
years past had been identified with lake
steamers.
\ man and two children. names AN
known, We're swept away while attempt
ing to cross the Nerdigris river, near
| Talalal, /. i.
Secretary Olncy has returned to Wash
ngton from New England where he has
been spending the summer.
Judge Sanborn, of the United States
court, has decided that the Great Northern
Northern Pacific agreement is authorized
| by the Great Northern's charter and that
Minnesota could not impair that author
| ity by legislation made subsequently, to
| the charter.
The entire business portion of Lcnox-
dale, Mass, has been destroyed by fire, en-
failing n loss of S:55, ,OoO.
Conductor w. l.. Brown, of .inniston,
and tlagmnn Joseph Long. of Birming-
ham, Ala, were killed in freight wreck
near Sordon, Ala.