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Rock Island Argus., 1895-11-07
Rritons Win the Big Eaca.

AUSTIN, Tex, Nov. 7.-Contrary to all
expectations Bubear and Barry, the Eng
lishmen, won the doublc-scu!l race and a
purse of $1,000 in the regatta here. The
distance vas three miles and the Amer
icans-Teemer and Rogcrs-had made the
distance In the trial heats in 1S:O2, while
the Engiishmcn's time was 1894. The
betting was all on the Americans consc-
quently. The Americans passed the Eng
lishmcn Mt the thrce-qunrters flag, but the
Britons made the pace so hot that ten
lengths from the finish Tccmer collapsed
and the Englishmen won in the lightning
time Of i'!i0, lowering che worlds recor,.
American sports are dead broke, whili
BritisherS "hayc money to burn"
Rock Island Argus., 1895-11-07

Tho Journal stereotypine room on the
NTH door was directly in the path of the
explosion, and went down in the wreck
a rev had miraculous escapes, and came
ssAeGer1ng tfom the ruins after the awful
e"oSH. scarce knowing themselves what
naa pefailen them. NJ Jacobs. a paper
oeaier who had been in Hillier's bindery.
had Just left the building when the crash
came He thought there must have been
twc:iry girls and four or five boys in tho
hndery, besides George j. Hitler, the pro-
9rsetor, Of whom nothing has been seen OF
heard since the accident.
From the lists of tenants and employees
secured 1t seems certain that fifty people
In all were in the collapsed section. There
are still twenty-sevcn persons unaccount-
cd Tor, and it is more than fair to presume
that most of them are among the dead.
AT every hour reports are received of 9TH
ers who are missing. Two of the injured
who are In the hospital will probably not
recover. or those who are now, in tho
ruins 1t Is impossible that any will bo
rescued alive. Those who were not killed
outright have undoubtedly perishcd, either
from suffocation or exhaustion.
The total death rate will not be known
before tonight. 1t may be even longer be.
fore the workmen reach tho basement
floors Of the ill-fated building, and tho
total number of lives lost is known to a
certainty. The work of removing the de.
bris and searching for the bodies was go.
Ing on all night by aid of electric lights,
but the task Is big one.
Rock Island Argus., 1895-11-07
HE SAW A CRUEL SARPIENT.
Snake Said To Have Legs and Wings and
Inhabit the Lakes.

1nhabit the Lakes.
TOLEDO, O., Nov. 7.-William Myrtle,
well-known citizen of Monroe, Mich,
had bad scare while fishing and is glad
today that he is alive. Myrtle was fish
ing IN the Raisin river when he saw what
seemed to be n huge snake swimming by
his boat. He raised his oar to strike it,
ehcn 1t dartcd its ugly head several feet
into the air. Myrtle says it resembled
that Of pug dog with tapcring neck
like giraffe. When the oar struck its
body it emitted a noise resembling an en-
ginc blowing Off steam, and thin vapor
arose from its mouth, nearly strangling
.hc fisherman.
The reptile appeared to be over twenty
Ave feet in length and had wing-l like fins,
beginning several feet from the head. Sew
,ral feet from the wings, Myrtle says, it
seemed to have n pair of rudimcntary legs,
but he was uuable to distinguish them
distinctly. The body at its largest point
was Gbout twenty inches in diameter. The
story makes the animal identical with the
sea serpent seen by Tony Dusscau near
Pclton creek and also the curious beast
seen by lake captain near Port Clinton
few days ago. Myrtlc's serpent did not
show fight but divcd rs soon as it was
struck
Rock Island Argus., 1895-11-07
TOTAL DEATH ROLL NOT KNOWN.
tnrricssness the Cause of the Horror, hut
the rv-pcu.ibility l-uflxcl.

cnrrlcssness the Cause of the Horror, but
the Responsibility Cnaxed.
Car'lcssncss Is undoubtedly the cause OF
The disaster, but where the responsibility
rrsts is yet problcmatical. Thomas Thoma-
SON. The engineer, was painfully injured.
He said he could assign no reason for the
explosion. City Boiler Inspector Nc
Grcvor says he Inspected the boilers last
August and had found them up To the ~.
quircmcnts. some Of the employees in the
building assert that the boilers were old
and known to bc unsafe. still others
have theory that the explosion was
caused by chemicals owned by the Davis
Company stored In the basement. Anotber
circumstance is also considered siunif,.
cant, namely. that carpenters were en-.
gagged in snoring up the floor Of the scc-
ond story directly over the boilers in or.
der TO sustain the weight Of heavy ma.
chincry which had been placed in Dun.
laps machine shop.
The men who were Mt work at this iob
were buried In the ruins. Little cr,x,cnce
l. given to any theory, however, cxccpt
the original one. that the boilers exploded.
,icmolishing the lower floors and knock.
ing away the supports from the upper
ones. which fell with the weight Of tho
machinery, etc, which they supported
The most shocking scene attending the
holocaust was "a struggle between Coroner
Butler and an undertaken in the employ
cf Gics Bros. against Undertaken Gibbs
The latter clung to the stretcher while the
body was being carried on. through the
Rock Island Argus., 1895-11-07
ABBREVIATED TELEGRAMS.

Obituary: At Carlyle, Ills, DR.. John
Meyer, aged SO. At Saginaw, Mich,
George H. Durand, Sr., aged 81. At Wa
bash, Ind. DIR. d. ". Stradley, aged So
At Rockford, Ills, Thaddeus Davis; Mrs,
Almira Woodward, aged So. At James
vile, Wis. DIR. Thorwaldsen Judd. At
Juneau, Wis, Leonard L. Sprout, aged 7S.
Mrs. Bloomfield Moore denies the report
that she has sold her interest in the Kecly
motor to John Jacob Astor.
The Minnesota supreme court has rem.
dered a decision holding husbands respon-
sible for ISLANDERS uttered by their wives.
Sidney Martin, carpenter who was
mistaken for burglar and shot by Peter
Stichter, at Chicago, died at the Dunning
hospital.
Theodore A. Sittig, an insane Chicago
lawyer, has been taken to DIR. Dewey
sanitarium at Wauwatosa, Wis, by order
of friends. During the stop in Milwaukee
Sittig became violent and vainly tried to
escape.
A white man named Barney Thomas
went to a negro festival in Texas and
while there drew his pistol and killed
negro named Jim Davis. He also shot
q negro woman named Laura Harris. He
has not been lynched.
Fourteen bishops of the Methodist Epis.
copal church and nearly forty laymen and
ministers are in Chicago to attend the an
niversary session of the general committee
of the Church Extension society.
A company is being recruited among
militiamen at indianapolis to fight for
Cuba.
Mrs. George Rapp, of Chicago. when she
retired left valuable cow staked to a
post on the prairie near her home. Some
time during the night unknown persons
killed the COW, leaving behind the four
legs and few hairs
The total loss by the Decatur Ills, fire
was S243, 1856; insurance, s1S0,000.
Another plot to restore the monarchy in
Brazil has been discovered. Those en-
gagged in it are refugee monarchists who
are resident in Europe.
Ex-Representative Jehu Baker is re-
ported to be dying at his home in Belle
vile, Ills.
The fire that broke out at Broadway and
Bleecker street, New York, destroyed
s750, coo worth of property, not 5000, 600
as reported.
1t is stated that the contest of the will
of James ID. Fair has been discontinued,
the children of the dead millionaire hav-
ing made terms with the trustees.
Nothing has yet been heard of the lake
steamer Missoula, which is five days over
due at Duluth. She had a crew of fifteen.
Rock Island Argus., 1895-11-07
GROUP AT THE ALTAR RAIL.
Words Said That Give John Bull Another
American Duchess.

Words Said That Give John Bull Another
American Duchess.
At the chancel-rail the bridal procession
was met by the groom, who stepped fer
ward to meet his bride, and by the follow
ing distinguished prelates and clergy, who
were grouped around the communion
table: Rt. Rev. Bishops Littlejohn and
Potter; Rcvs. DR.. J. Wesley Brown,
rector of st. Thomas; DIR. J. II. Rylance,
rector of St. Marks; the rector of
Islip, l.. l., DR.. Bridges, and Rev. Waldo
Burnett, of Southborough, Mass, who
was chaplain for many years to the sew
enth duke of Marlborough at Blenheim'
When the bride reached the chancel-rail
the choir, accompanied by organ and harp,
sang hymn 23s 80, Perfect Love, All Per-
feet Love Abounding' At its conclusion
DIR. Brown, the rector, came forward and
intoned in sonorous tenor voice the in-
troductory and charge.
When Bishop Littlejohn asked: "Who
giveth this woman TO be married to this
MANI" her father, W. K Vanderbilt,
stepped forward and gently raised his
daughters right hand and placed it in the
hand OF the bishop, who caused the duke
to clasp it with his right, both the bride
and groom repeating the troth together,
as man to woman, and again as woman
to man. The duke then handed a plain
circlet of gold to the bishop, who handing
it back, requested that it be placed on the
fourth finger of the brides left hand.
The benediction was then pronounced
and the bride, leaning on the arm Of the
groom and followed by her father, two
brothers, Sir Julian Pauncefote. and
bridesmaids, entered the vcstry, where the
marriage register was signed and wit.
messed by Mrs Vanderbilt, w. X. Van.
derbilt, Sir Julian Pauncefote, DR.. Brown
and Bishops Potter and Littlejohn. The
bridal procession then reformed, and leav-
ing the vestry the newly-created duchess,
leaning on the dukes arm, walked down
the central aisle to the chords of Men
delssohns "Wedding March,
As the wedding couple appeared the
crowd gave hearty cheers. The duke and
duchess We're driven to the brides home,
where recci,tion was given followed by a
wedding breakfast, at which a cable from
the queen and prince of Wales was read
congratulating the couple. The duke
mad. a felicitous reply to the toast to him
self and wife, and shortly afterward the
young couple lett for Oakdale, where they
will pass brief honeymoon at W. X.
Nandcrbilt's residence. Later the couple
will go south on a honeymoon trip.
Rock Island Argus., 1895-11-07
MAY LOVE ABIDE.
Here's to the Duke and to His
American Duchess.
MAY GOOD LUCK GO WITH THEM

Latest of the Recent Numerous Interna.
tiOnal Marriages-Consuelo,D Daughter of
w. X. Vanderbilt, Married to the Master
Of BIenheim and Descendant of the Great
British soldier-social Function of Ex-
traoSdinary Brilliance.
NEW YORK, Nov. THE marriage of
the duke Of Marlborough and Miss Con-
suelo Vanderbilt occurred at 1890 o'clock
yesterday at the st. Thomas Episcopal
church in the presence of a vast assem-
biage, and with vast throng clamoring
about the entrance Of the church, seeking
a glimpse of the wedding party, and many
distinguished personages present. 1t was
the most conspicuous social function the
metropolis has seen in recent years. For
many weeks preparations on the most
sumptuous scale had been in progress,
and these eliminated in a ceremony of
impressive solemnity and in a spectacle
almost unexamplcd for its lavish magnifl-
cence.
Crowd Cheers the Bride and Groom.
The doors of the church were opened at
10 o'clock and the guests.were received by
where their cards of invitation were
scrutinized and they were then conducted
to the pews allotted them. The duke, ac-
companied by his best man, Hon. Ivor
Guest, drove to the church, and Cn alight-
ing they were accorded a warm reception.
When the bride, who was accompanied
by her father, arrived at the church the
cheering was something tremendous. The
interior of the church was floral bower.
so covered We're the walls, the columns,
the altar, the organ and every other point
with flowers.
Wealth and Prominence Were Spectators,
And it was comfortably filled with the
wealth and beauty of New York city. A
list of those present would name nearly
every man and woman of especial promi.
nence in any walk of 10 in the city and
there were others eminent in other cities.
For an hour the organist played a varied
programme. Shortly before noon the
orchestra, accompanied by the harp and
organ, commenced playing the wedding
march from "Lohengrin' and immediate.
ly afterward Mrs. Vanderbilt, accom-
panied by her two sons, entered the
church. simultaneously, Sir Julian
Pauncefote, accompanied by members OF
the British embassy, was escorted to a
pew.
The Bridegroom Waits His Bride.
Immediately after Mrs. Vanderbilt and
Sir Julian Pauncefote had taken their
seats the bridegroom and his best man
walked from the vestry to the chancel
rail, where he waited the coming of his
bride. A few minutes after the dukes
entrance the bridal procession formed in
the tower room and proceeded to the
chancel. Every head was turned as the
bridal procession emerged from the tower
room and dresses and flowers We're sadly
crushed in the eager attempt Of the mul
titude to catch glimpse of the bride, as
the slender girl appeared, leaning upon
her father, who measused his step to hers
Rock Island Argus., 1895-11-07
MAN OF ACTION, THAT WHITE.
Marries His Best Girl After Flankin. He
FOStcr-Father,

FOStcr-Father.
WASHINGTON, Nov. Pretty Gertrude
Hislop, who was adopted early in life by
DIR. William l.. Hislop and his sister, DIR.
Margaret Hislop, all formerly of Chicago,
but now living here, fell in love with and
promised to marry J. Kenneth White, Of
this city. The union was opposed by the
Hislops. White heard that the Hislops
We're to send Gertrude to an insane asy-
lum. White Immediately had DIR. Hislop
arrested and then going to the Hislop
home with policeman helped Gertrude
to pack up and carry her belongings across
the street to II friendly neighbor's Then
while Gertrude recovered her breath
White got n marriage license and min.
lister and by the time DIR. Hislop returned
home Gertrude was Mrs. White.
Rock Island Argus., 1895-11-07
Funeral OF Eugene Field.

CHICAGO, Nov. 7.-Solemn services over
the remains of Eugene Field, poet and
writer, were held yesterday afternoon in
the Fourth Presbyterian church. corner of
Rush and Superior street. The casket was
adorned with. flowers as pure and beauti-
full as the sentiment in the children 5
stories which have made the author fl.
nous. The church was filed with friends
and admirers Of the dead writer.
Rock Island Argus., 1895-11-07

PRINCETON. Ills, Nov. The trial OF
the thirteen spring Valley men for riot
was given up to witnesses for the defense
and the evidence was all in the nature OF
an alibi for the various defendants. From
three to six witnesses testified that each
Of the defendants was either at home dur
ing the riot or had nothing to do with the
Rock Island Argus., 1895-11-07
Never Rains But It Pours.

PERRY, o. T., Nov. From four to five
inches Of rain have fallen here and through
out Oklahoma territory. No rain of con-
sequence had fallen since the middle of
July. and water was getting quite scarce.
1t is reported here that the long bridge on
the Santa Ee over the South Canadian
was wrecked, but this cannot be verified
Rock Island Argus., 1895-11-07
Avoid Cure-AIis.

Zoa-Phora is compounded solely
for diseases OF women. In its sphere
it has no equal. For testimonials
and advice, address H. &. Colman.
secretary of the Zoa-Phora Medicine
company. Kalamazoo, Mich, or ask
your druggist. For sale by 7. H.
Thomas and Marshall & Fisher.
Rock Island Argus., 1895-11-07
Terribly Afflicted Family.

WEST SUPERIOR, Wis, Nov. Mrs.
Dalbcrg and two children were helpless
with typhoid fever when the house caught
fire last evening The 5-year-old boy was
burned to death and his sister fatally
burned The mother escaped. Two chill
dren of the family died Of the fever few
days ago.
Rock Island Argus., 1895-11-07
south Carolina.. Suffrage Article.

COLUMBIA, Nov. The convention has
completed the article on suffrage, adopting
i; rs reported by the committee. Several
amendments were offered looking towards
making it beyond peradvcnture that regis
tration books should always be open to
public inspection, but the matter of regu-
lating such details was left to the lie gis-
Rock Island Argus., 1895-11-07
Ex.Gov. severidre Gains strength.

SANDWICH, Ills, Nov. 7-Ex-Governor
Beveridge passed a comfortable night and
seems to be gaining strength. There have
been no new complications, and if he can
keep on the same up grade for few days
the extreme danger mark will have been
passed.
Rock Island Argus., 1895-11-07
Whole Family Burned to Death.

NEW YORK, Nov. Fire started on the
first floor Of tenement house at 81 Van
Brunt street, Brooklyn, in which a family
OF six persons lost their lives. They We're:
Charles Ryan, aged -; Mrs. Ellen Ryan,
As, Johanna Ryan, 20; Sarah Ryan, IL;
Maggie Ryan, IA; Lizzie Ryan, Il.
Rock Island Argus., 1895-11-07

PEORIA, Ills, Nov. Nearly half of
the 500 lodges OF the Brotherhood of Rail-
road Trainmen have reported their vote
on removing headquarters to Peoria, and
it is practically unanimous in favor Of so
doing. They will probably be here by
Ian
Rock Island Argus., 1895-11-07

PARIS, Ills, Nov. AT the shooting
tournament here Irwin bested Bogardus,
the champion wing shot of the world.
Score, II to Al, in fifty live birds.
Rock Island Argus., 1895-11-07
MADAM KELLOGG.
To the Ladies Of the Trl-CiieS and Vicinity
CUT AND MAKE YOUR OWN CLOTHING.

Ladies wishing to do their own dress making
should secure and learn the famous KELLOGG
SYSTEM. which is equal if not superior to all
others in the market by calling on or addressing
the undersigned. Will also teach the new
method of boning, the only stiffening in dresses,
ETC., that does its work in a satisfactory manner
The Kellogg System with full instruction given
for $40, and moderate terms for learning the
boning process.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1895-08-17
His Notion of Hospitality,

There is nothing like making people
feel at home. There is one man in our
street, says a Washington writer, who
prides himself Oh it. My friend Lucy
called at his house not long ago, and, as
everybody urged her to stay to dinner,
she staid They had beefsteak for dinner
that night, and it was simply ideal beef
steak. TIE host urged Lucy to take a
second helping, and after politely de-
murring she accepted it. She was eating
it when the young son Of the family
asked for more too
'Don't be a pig, Jim," said his IA
Their, with the utmost cheerfulness.
"There isn't any more for you. You
see," turning to Lucy with a smile Of
keenest hospitality, ''we weren't expect
ing company.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1895-08-17
Why he Shook the Child.

A man riding in Broad street onni-
bus the other day, with small child in
his arms, was the object Of many frowns
from the other passengers, because he
persisted in vigorously shaking the lit
tie one on account Of her crying. The
shakings he gave the child did not ap-
pear to have any effect except to make
her cry the harder. The women in the
bus glared at the man and said mean
things about him to each other The
men looked over the tops Of their papers
occasionally and swore inaudibly. The
father wore worried look, and the baby
continued to cry. Occasionally it would
stop, and its head would nod sleepily.
Then the father would shake the young
ster vigorously, waking it up and start
ing it's tears afresh.
Finally woman, who had been nerv-
ously watching the unnatural father,
walked over and asked him why he was
maltreating the youngster "Why,"
said he, tive got to shake her to keep
her awake. She swallowed some kind
Of drug, and if she goes to sleep she IL
die. ~ Just then the bus stopped at
Broad and Thompson, and the father
and child got off and entered the Chill
dren's hospital. philadelphia Record
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1895-08-17
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The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1895-08-17
THE ElSH'S BALLOON.

Mystery That Scientists Have Not Yet
Been, Able to Solve.
Naturalists long ago studied the COM
position Of the gas contained in the
swimming bladder of fishes and discov-
cred that it consists of the principal
constituents Of the air-namely, oxygen,
nitrogen and carbonic acid. But these
constituents are not mingledin the fsh's
balloon in the same proportions as they
are in the atmosphere, and besides their
proportions do not remain always the
same in the fish. Sometimes the bladder
contains hardly any oxygen; at others
oxygen constitutes nine-tenths of the
whole contents.
The variation in the quantity of oxy-
gen is somewhat mysterious, and nat
uralists have offered several different
suggestions as to the cause Of it. Some
think the fish may be able to control the
quantity Of oxygen in it's bladder by it's
own will Blot, distinguished French
naturalist, thought he had solved the
problem by discovering that the proper
tion of oxygen was larger in fish that
lived at great depths and smaller in
those that lived near the surface of the
sea.
But quite recently new observations
made from the Prince of Monaco's yacht,
Princess Alice, seem to prove that Blot
was mistaken and that the deep dwell
ing fish carry no more oxygen in proper
ton than do those living in shallow wa
tor. Some Of the fish whose swimming
bladders were examined by the natural
lists on the Princess Alice came from
depth of no less than mile
They were compared with fish which
seldom descend below 900 feet in depth
and with others which prefer depth of
about 500 or 600 feet, and all had near
~ the same proportion Of oxygen to aid
them in swimming
The variations mentioned above seem
therefore to depend upon some other
cause than the depth of the fish s dwell
ing place.
It is these unsettled questions that Of
fer to young naturalists some Of their
most brilliant opportunities for distinc-
ton. It is a, great mistake to suppose
that there does not remain plenty of
room for discovery in science. Youth S
Communion.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1895-08-17
May Have Been Sane.

A correspondent of the Minneapolis
Times, writing from Coney Island on
July 81, said among other things: "Day
before yesterday went down to the pier
to see J. Adam Bede of for Europe. He
had his wife in one hand, two bicycles in
the other and corset string tied to his
hat for trolley. They sailed on the
Campania and will tour Europe or their
wheels, which will afford Mr.. Bede op-
portunities for gathering valuable mater-
ial to be used in the numerous lecture
field, which he will soon enter.'
It is barely possible that those people
who Thought s9Ad am a I'd a fool en-
tirely" when he resigned the Office of
United States marshal may have been
slightly off in their calculations. The
fact that he has been travelling nearly
all the time since his resignation would
indicate that he did not step out of the
office pauper by any means. A man
intending to go upon the lecture plat
form could receive no more valuable ad-
yertising than Mr.. Bede did when he
resigned that fat Office His name was
upon every mans tongue and his res1g,
nation a nine day wonderful was dem
ocrat, you know, and democrats rarely
resign. Being newspaper man he new
the value of advertising and he has re-
ceiyed full value on his investment. Mr..
Bede may be sane after all.-Mesaba
Range