Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-03-04
ABBREVIATED TELEGRAM

The trustees of the Aston and LCnn0x
libraries and Of the Tilden trust fund
have agreed to consolidate the three and
give New York the largest public library
in the country. 1t will start with 40, 900
volumes and %, 00O, 0O endowment. a-~sJ
Professor John Stuart Blake, author
and Greek and Latin scholar, Is dead at
London aged g. Ismael Pasha, one
time khedive OF Egypt, but who was SUI
perseded, Is dead at Constantinople,
aged %.
The Gould property at White Plains,
N. Y, including the beautiful residence
at Ivington, has been attached at the
instance OF certain bondholders Of the
Kansas and Pacific railway, who charge
improper flnanciering, by which securities
belonging to the st. Louis Soldiers Or
phnns' Home have been sacrificed.
By the explosion Of . boiler in John
McCroom's sawmill, near Adelphia, O.,
three men named Snyder, Brown and
Mcbride were blown to pieces, -
Schmidt's skull was crushed, McCroom's
legs were broken and - Augsburg was
badly hurt about the head and back
Secretary Gresham will deliver the ad-
dress at Galena, Ills, ON the celebration
Of Grants birthday there, April "a next.
Three convicts attempted to escape from
. rock quarry near Falsom, CAL, by max
ing q dash up the cliffs. The single
guard, Ellis, brought all three down with
five shots from his rifle. One OF the con-
victs is probably fatally hurt.
The latest cabinet rumor from England
is that Roscbery will resign the premier
ship within a very short time, owing to
ill-health. He is much troubled by in
sOmnia.
oor.;<<o- - $1,000 "a ,vo,-o,, P~or,
eastern Colorado is at Chicago asking aid
/ for destitute people in the eastern part of
that state. The first need Of all is said to
be feed for live stock.
George Heilman, school trustee at Indi.
anola, Ills. was found guilty at Danville
of embezzling school funds. The pun.
ishment fixed was one year in the peni.
Tertiary.
| Ives had to leave Leadville, Colo, with
out playing the scheduled billiard game
with Schaefer. Bleeding at tho nose at
tackled him and was constant until he left
the town.
ID. Clint Knapp went crazy on a Wa
bash train near Decatur, Ills. All he could
say was my darling girl" 1t was
learned that he had been Tilted by girl
at Blossburg, Pa.
| A Cuban named Cordova asked to b.
naturalized by Judge Pryor, at New
York. Cordova coolly remarked that HI
might become mixed up in the insurrec
ton going ON in Cuba, and if SO hi
wanted Uncle Sam to fall back upon
Judge Pryor refused to naturalize him.
| The boiler of q westbound locomotive
drawing heavy freight on the Central
Georgia road. exploded near Weems
Ala, instantly killing Engineer F. A
Mcclure and Fireman William Reeves.
| During the recent student riots at st
Petersburg twenty of the students wert
badly wounded and arrested, while at
least fifty others are in hospitals.
Rev. DIR. Samuel Wakefield, of West
Newton, Pa, claiming to be the oldest
Free Mason and minister of the gospel, in
point of service, in the world, will celc-
brate his 96th birthday anniversary
Wednesday. He has been q Mason fol
seventy-flve years.
A receiver has been asked for the Greer
Bay, Winona and st. Paul, the bondhold
ers being the applicants.