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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-08-03
WILL RECOGNIZE THE NEW BOARD
So the Council ResoIves-Sor,e Core
spondsncc of the Governor.

sponGsncc of the Governor.
The council adopted resolution "that
until otherwise finally determined by the
courts the police commission, composed of
w. j. Broatoh A. G. Foster and Paul
Vandorvoort, acting under the new law
taking effect Aug. ], 1895, is the only one
which will be recognized by the city coun-
Gil, and all interested parties will govern
themselves accordingly"
Governor Hoicomb has written letter
to Attorney General Churchill in which
he says: II, as chief executive of the
state, respectfully and most earnestly
urge you to begin quo warranto proceed
ings in the supreme court at the earliest
possible date in order to try the title Of
the respective claimants to said offices,
and that by proper collateral proceedings
you will restrain any effort which may be
made to take possession OF sail offices by
force, surrcptitiously, or in any other un-
lawful manner"
The governor received the following
wire from Hon. W. J. Bryan. Of Chicago:
"Our state must not be dlsgraeed by mob
law. The courts must finally settle the
question. Il is no time to discuss whose
duty it Is to apply TO the courts. Both
police boards should Immediately begin
suit and public opinion will support the
board which shows its respect for our
form of govern ment by first appeal ng TO
the courts
Governor Holcomb replied as follows:
Assisted by peaceful and patriotic c!ti-
:sns | am using every endelvor to get an
immediate adjudication of the Omaha
police middle, despite the attitude OF The
World Herald and certain state officers
antagonistic to adjudication by the su-
premc court"
At IL O'Clock last night the district
court issued a second in njunction, restroom
ing the new police commissioners from
! interfering with the old forcc, or any
municipal property, or from acting in
any capacity. The case will be heard to-
nay. The new commission has not yet
indicated its action on this injunction.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-08-03
STATUS OF THE LAW IN TEXAS.
As 1t Affects the "Puiiing or Of the Grea,
Prize Eight at Dallas.


DALLAS Aug. 3 - Ex-Circuit Judr re
Charles T. Ticker, who for many years
sat upon the bench and and greatly
distinguished himself for legal ability.
states the law gorcrning prize fighting
as follows: The last legislature adopted
a new criminal code, in which it made
prize fighting misdemeanor. punishable
with fine of not less than $50 nor more
than s. 900 and imprisonment for thirty
days. This law went into operation on
July % just passed. That legislature
also, and subsequently, passed a civil
code, and it enacted tina, a ii yht may take
place by taking out q license of $500.
This law goes into effect on Sept. l. or
sixty days before the Corbet;- -Fitzsim-
mons contest. There IS no doubt that
our supreme court Will hold that is. or
will be, the law after Sept. /. The civil
code was adopted last, and, therefore
will take precedence over the other" I"
This statement of facts about these laws
is concurred in by every lawyer in Dallas
who has read them. Around club head
quarters everything is quiet The sale of
seats goes merrily along. 1t is singular
that moro railway officials have bought
tickets than any other class.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-08-03
ILLINOIS ARBIrRATION LAW.
Provisions Of the Act Passed by the Late
Extra Session.

EXtro session.
The labor arbitration law that was
passed by the legislature and signed by
the governor provides for board of labor
arbitrators composed of three persons
The functions of the board will be to set-
tie, II possible, by arbitration all matters
involving n dispute between EMPLOYERS
and workingman. OF the three ap>
pointees Mr.. Thornton, Of Shelbyville. il
the only one not directly connected with
labor, either as employer or otherwise.
William z. Rend's appointment is due to
the fact that he is large employer Of la.
Dor, and Riffler owes his nomination to
his being a member Of labor orsaniza.
tion. Each member Of the board will re.
ceive salary Of 81, ,oop year with travel
ing expenses, and the appointment carries
respectively one, two, and three years of
office.
After the terms Of the present board e r
pire their SUCCESSORS will be appointed
each year for . term OF three years. For
the purpose Of taking testimony tho
board is authorized to employ a stenug.
rapher at q salary Of 81, 30 a year, who
will also accompany the board from place
TO place wherever it may be found neces.
cary to hold sessions Semi-judicial fuuv.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-08-03
GREAT VICTORY FOR TIE MINERS.
Obtain the Concession of Almost Every DE.
nand and Aver: u strike.


Insnd and Aver; u strike.
PITTsDUIG, Aug. 3-rhc coal miners
and tho operators have finally reached al
agreement and there will be no strike
The agreement is claimed as the biggest
victory ever made by organized labor. AL.
most every demand was granted, and the
operators gave a written guarantee foI
their fulfillmcnt of tho contract. The
papers were signed last night which in
crease the wages of 100000 miners in
Pennsylvania Ohio, Indiana and Illinois.
The terms of the agreement are that tn,
present rate of wages shall continue in
force until Oct. I, when every operator in
the PIttsburg district will pay the 6g-ceni
rate with II dlfferential of cents in favor
of operators who do not have company
stores.
The agreement further provides for an.
other advance on Jan. l. IL is understood
that the rate Will then lac made 30 cents.
Above all W. L. Dearm,tt, who has
whipped the miners at every turn here
toforc. has been brought over and Will
pay the 6icent rate rs he docs not have
the company stores. The effect of this
settlement is to advance the mining =
rate in Ohio and Indiana from 81 cents
to 90 cents. IL also helps the rate in Illi-
nois, and brings the strike there to an
end. 1t also changes the end of the scale
year from April 30 to Jan. /. This is the
first time "A ditferential has ever been
granted against company stores, and ii
as expected that it will result in having
all of them abolished.
Another feature OF the miners victory
is that a convention of Miners and opera
tors is to be held on the second Thursday
of October in each year to fix the mining
rate for the next year. SO that the rate for
each year can he settled before the scala
year expires The first joint convention
under this agreement is to be held next
Ocfobpr
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-08-03
Ohio Populist Ticket.

COLUMBUS O, Aug. 3.-The Populist
state ticket complete is: Jacob ;. Coxey,
of Stark. for governor; John II. Crofton,
of Hamilton, lieutenant governor; Geo.
Harper. Of Greene, treasurer; William
Baker, of Licking. attorney general; 5.
ID. Stark, of Cuyahoga, supreme Judge;
William 4. Gloyd, of Tuscarawas, public
whrks; Thomas NJ. Hickman, of Morrow,
clerk supreme court.
Aside from the Endorsement of the
Omaha platform the Endorsement of
Coxey's non-interest bond scheme and
good roads bills and the denouncing of
the trial of Debs Were the principal
points in the platform.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-08-03

Zoa-phora is compounded solely
for diseases of women. In its sphere
it has no equal. For testimonials
and advice. address ii. G. Colman,
secretary of the Zoa-Phora Medicine
company, Kalamazoo. Mich, or ask
your druggist. Sold hv L. II. Thom-
as and Marshall & Fisher.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-08-03

HoUGHToN, Mich, Aug. Blush fires
ore burning all through the heavily.
wooded portion of the upper peninsula.
SO far little damage has been done, ex-
cept in Delta and Schoolcraft counties,
but exceedingly dry weather favors u
spread of the fires.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-08-03

GLASGOW, Aug. 3-The AGchen Harvie
colliery at salt Coats, n town on the Bay
of Agra, twenty-four miles southwest of
here, has been flooded. Sixty men have
been rescued and fourteen are entombed
in the mine, and it is believed that they
have pershed.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-08-03
Massacre OF Cnr.t,an, IN Caina.

SHANGHAI Aug. - Advices from
Foochow are that n telegram received
there says that fearful massacre of
Christians has occurred at ku Cheng.
murdered
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-08-03
Another Strike in Michigan Mines

IRON MOUNTAIN, Aug. 3.-Miners en-
pioyed at the Dunn mine in the Crystal
Fails district have struck for an advance
in wages 10 the same scale as is paid here,
and all work is at q staudstilL
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-08-03

PEsHTIGo, Wis. Aug. 3.-Forest fires
have again made their appearance in
Marinette county. At present they are
confined to the territory lying between
Ellis Junction and Marinette, but fears
are entertained of a more widely spread
calamity, as vegetation is rs dry as
ripiar
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-08-03

Druggists say that their sales of
Hoods Sarsaparilla exceed those of
all others. There is no substitute
for Hoods.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-08-03
Sustain
Home Industry
On Tap everywhere.
Only Union labor employed.

The Rock Island Brewing Company, success
ors to George Wagner's Atlantic Brewery. |.
Rock Island Brewery, as we'll as Julius Junge's
Bottling Works, has one of the most complete
Brewing establishments including Bottling de-
partment in the country. The product is the
very BEST Beer is bottled at the brewery and
delivered to any part Of the tri-cities, and may
he ordered direct from the head offices on Mo-
line avenue by Telephone.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1895-04-05

The slate quarry owners of Fair Haven
and vicinity have formed pool in order to
secure uniformity in prices.
The national board of fire underwriters
has offered reward of $1,000 for the ar
rest, conviction and sentence of the party
or parties who fired the buildings of j. r.
Booth at Burlington March 10. --sa 81
Mrs. Paran Stevens, the well known So
ciety leader, died of pneumonia Wednesday
at her home in New York. She took cold
at the GOuld-Castellaue wedding, and grip
followed, developing into pneumonia,
Thirteen hundred hands, mostly girls,
employed in silk mills in Scranton. Pa.
refused to work last Monday because of the
predictions of a mind-reader that there
would be a great explosion in one of the
mills in which a hundred girls would be
killed.
The Chicago Herald says a gigantic cor
poration has been formed with S160,O
600 capital backed by the Standard OIL
the Sugar Trust, G.. Crocker of San Fran
cisco, Pillsbury of Minneapolis, and j. s.
Clarkson, to parallel the lines of the Bell
Telephone company.
Fresno county, Cal, grape growers are
considering a plan of establishing a bis
pork packing house. The second crop of
grapes, if dried, seriously interferes with
the first crop of raisins, hence the new
scheme is to turn hogs into the vineyard.
and fatten them on these late grapes, which
mature in November. 1t is estimated tha
$4,000 tons of these second-crop grapes ar,
produced every year around Fresno.
Capitalists from Massachusetts, were a
Burlington Wednesday for a consultation
with business men of that city. The result
is the positive announcement that Burling
ton will have another cotton mill, with
capital of half million, to give employ
ment to $50 hands. Cotton can be laiC
down in Burlington cheaper than in Fal
River and New Bedford and coal fully a
cheap.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1895-04-05
A Confederate Badge

Tne railroad conductor who shot Col.
II. c. Parsons of Natural Bridge, Virginia,
last June, has been acquitted on a second
trial, on the ground of "sef defence"
The murder was as cold-bloOded as it is
possible for a murder to be. Col. Parsons
complained to the railroad company of the
conductors official conduct. The con-
ductor, Goodman, promptly threatened to
fill Parsons body with lead, and when he
met him in a hotel soon after calmly pro-
ceeded to do so, firing four bullets into
him and then swapping the revolver over
the dying mans body. Parsons was en-
tirely unarmed. On his first trial Good
man was convicted and sentenced to prison
for Is years. Exceptions were taken,
change of venue was granted, and on his
second trial. few days ago, Goodman was
acquitted amid the applause of his friends
who treated him like a conquering hero.
All this is not so very strange, as legal
trials sometimes go. The interesting and
significant fact is that one of Goodman's
five counsel contrived to introduce during
his argument, and let the jury see, Good
mans confederate badge. Col. Parsons
was Union soldier from Vermont who
did loyal service in the Vermont cavalry
and was wounded at Gettysburg. Good
man was confederate soldier and the jury
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1895-04-05
BismarcI,'s Birthday.

One of the most notable demonstrations
on record was that in which the whole err
man empire joined last Monday in honor
of Prince Bsmarck's s0th birthday. Seven
thousand students went to Fredrchscue,
the ex-chancellor's county-seat, to join in
the demonstrations there. In his address
to them Bismarck cautioned the students
to stand by German unity first of all, and
to "stand by your imperial Emperor" as
the point of concentration. The gift of the
young Kaiser was costly sword, accom-
panied by the assurance, which must have
been more gratifying to the venerable
prince than aught else, that the helm of
state, which had been so haughtily snatch
ed from his hand, should in the future be
directed by his wisdom. There were dem
onstrations in every German city, and al
together it was day of proud triumphs for
one of the most commanding figures in
modern history.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1895-04-05
Honors to the Author of "Amerlcr.,

There was a notable demonstration in
Music hall, Boston, Wednesday, when a
public testimonial was given to Rev. DR..
Samuel Francis Smith, the author of the
national hymn "America," on his seth
birthday. In his speech on this occasion
Mr.. Smith said: 81 found the tune first
in book of German school songs. ! was
first struck by its simplicity and by its
adaptability to being sung by vast audiences.
Glancing at the words, l observed,
first of all, that they were of a patriotic
nature, so thought of writing an Ameri.
can patriotic hymn to this tune" This
was when Mr.. Smith was a student in An,
dover Theological seminary, % years old
At the same time and place he wrote the
well-known missionary hymn, "The morn
ing light is brea king"
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1895-04-05

The Iowa supreme court has rendered a
decision sustaining the constitutionality of
the Iowa statute for the regulation of the
liquor traffic, fanilarly known as the
muct law The muct law was passed by
the last legislature as a compromise
measured between license and prohibition.
Under its provisions prohibition remains
the general law of the state, but upon the
petition of a majority of the voters of
cities of over five thousand population, and
of siXty-iive per cent of the voters of the
counties having no cities of that size, city
councils and township authorities may in
lict a mulct tax of 5000 and upwards per
annum upon places where liquor is sold,
and the payment of this tax shall be a bar
to prosecution under the prohibtory law.
The constitutionality of the measure was
attacked in the lower courts Immediately
after it became n law.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1895-04-05
The Cmbnm KebclIinn.

1t begins to look as if the Cuban rebellion
were much more formidable than Spain
has been willing to admit. Spanish troops
are being hurried to the island as fast as
possible, and Premier Canovas declares
that he will send 100000 troops there, if
need be. 1t is probable that even that
large number will not suffice. The patriots
are better armed and prepared than when
they inaugurated their struggle in 1865.
Even then $4,000 Spanish soldiers were
landed in Cuba during the first five years
of the war; and over $780, 600, 600 were ex-
pended. The thickly-wooded central and
eastern districts of the island are ad-
mirably adapted for a guerilla warfare of
the most desperate and protracted kind.
Havana dispatches say that yellow fever
has broken out among the Spanish troops.
Ii this is so it will be far more deadly
foe than the bullets of the rebels.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1895-04-05

Owing to unavoidable delay in
arranging details of plans for remod-
cling my store, l shall be obliged to
postpone for the present, the general
tearing out contemplated and al
though have had phenomenal bus
mess for the past six weeks, still
have too many fine goods on the
shelves which must be cleared off,
and shall endeavor to make it of
special interest for all who have not
taken advantage Of the low prices
offered in the closing out sale of the
last six weeks, to call at once and
examine. Shall make extra cuts
in prices, and shall also reinforce
each special line with higher cost
goods, as well as with some new
things'just out which ought to bring
niger prices.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1895-04-05

The post-otlice department has just made
a common-sense decision in regard to
the use of postal cards in sending out bills
or requesting their payment, saying
"What the department particularly desires
to exclude from postal cards is not a state
ment of the amount due nor a respectful
request for the settlement of an account.
but those that are of a threatening nature,
or calculated by their manner or style OF
display to reflect injuriously upon the ad-
dressee." The case in question was as to
the use of postal cards by icity tax col
lector in giving notice Of taxes due and
requesting payment. Such use is per
mitted, but a clause implying a threat in
case of non-payment was stricken out.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1895-04-05
Spring Elections
Give no Comfort TO Democrats, and
Show no Ebb in the November Tidal

Give no Comfort TO Democrats, and
Show no Ebb in the November Tidal
Wave.
1t has been a week of spring elections
and the Republicans have been almost
unanimously successful. Rhode Island
held her state election Wednesday, when
the Republicans repeated their victory of
last year and made it still more emphatic.
Lippitt, the Republican candidate for gov
ernor, was elected by about 10000 plural
ity. In its legislature the Democrats have
only seven members out of total of 100
Every city in the state and nearly every
town went Republican.
The most important and gratifying tri-
umph of the week was that in Chicago,
where Geo. b. Swift, the Republican can
didate for mayor, was elected by plurality
of at least 40, 600, and there was practically
a clean sweep of the other city officers.
The result is more than partisan victory /:
it is an emphatic condemnation of corrupt
methods in city government, and a declar-
alton for clean and business-ike admins
tration. A proposition to place the entire
civil service of the city on the merit basis
was carried by 10000 majority
In a general election for Judge of the
supreme court in Michigan the Republicans
appear to have been successful by 10000
plurality. In Wisconsin, where a Judge
was also elected, the Republicans have
probably chosen their candidate by 1000 to
1000 plurality.
In municipal election held at St. Louis
Tuesday all the city offices but two were
turned over to the Republicans. In the
other cities of the state the Republicans
were generally successful. Denver, Colo,
elected a Republican mayor Wednesday,
In FL Reno, Oklahoma, the Republican
city ticket was elected after campaign
fonght with great bitterness.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1895-04-05
SPORTING.

Two of the old l.. J. Gum players will be at
Lewiston, Me, this season-Flack in the outield
and Tony Hart behind the bat
Sedgwicks is Andovers heaviest hitter He is
also showing up well in the box, but has had
skilled batsinen TO face in the Harvard and Brown
players.
Richard and Miles StandiSh of Montpelier will
play with the HaveThill professional team. They
were the battery for the Vermont Methodist sem
mary last season.
An Amsterdam n. y, correspondent writes:
M F. Hickey, who played such great ball in this
lie ague last season, and whom Manager hladdocks
of Toronto has been after all winter, has finished
his trip for the OVerman company, and is here,
ready 10 play ball with the Amsterdams this sea-
SON.
The University of Vermont boys have had a
succession of defeats on their southern trip, but
with one exception have played close games.
They were greatly Handicapped in having too
many games arranged, necessitating so much
travelling that the players could not keep in good
condition. Pond IS showing up in his old time
form. He had 20 strike outs in ten innings
against the University of Virginia Wednesday,
but the Vermonters lost 3 to .
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1895-04-05

1t is possible it may prove that this
country has more intimate interest than
has been supposed in the territorial ques-
ton between Venezuela and Great Britain.
Two prominent residents of Fairbault,
Mimi, have just returned from Venezuela,
where they obtained concession of land
at the mouth of the river Orinoco, running
ming 225 miles south, and from Is to so
miles east and west. 1t is rich in
minerals, mahogany, rosewood and dye
woods. The concession is in the heart of
the territory long in dispute between Vene-
zuela and Great Britain, and the fact that
citizens of the United States now, by this
concession, are thrust, so to speak, between
Great Britain and Venezuela, considerably
increases the measure OF the United States
responsibility.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1895-04-05
Gov. WOOdbury's Fast Day PrOcIama-
tim.

The Christian people of this state have for
more than a century considered it a duty and a
privilege annually to observe some day desig-
mated by the chief executive as day of fasting,
humiliation and prayer.
In continuance of this time honored custom,
and believing that its observance will receive Di-
vine favor, /, Urban A. Woodbury., governor of
the state of Vermont, do here designate Friday,
April 12, as Fast day
recommend that upon that day the people of
this state abstain from their secular pursuits and
assemble in their usual places of worship, and
with humble and penitent hearts confess their
sins and pray Almighty God to bestow upon them
abundant spiritual prosperity and invoke His
continued favor upon the labors of their hands.
Given under my hand and the state seal, in the
executive chamber at Burlington, this second
day of April in the year of our Lord one thous-
and eight hundred and ninety-ive, and of
the independence of the United States the one
hundred and nineteenth and of the indepen-
dence of this state the one hundred and eight
eenth.
URBAN A. WOODBURY..
By the Governor:
MAX L. POWELL.
Secretary Of Civil and Military Affairs.