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Rock Island Argus., 1896-03-26

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who can come well recommended. Try this
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you viii get one.
Rock Island Argus., 1896-03-26

"ANTED-SCHOLARS TO LEARN! THE
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avenue. The complete system embraces the
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French basting and boning for only $40. Usual
price for system complete, SIS. Mrs. NJ. f.
Lawson.
Rock Island Argus., 1896-03-26
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Rock Island Argus., 1896-03-26

MAGNETIC HEALEE-DI. H. BLUNT
ASl VIII Oe found ut his room at the resi-
dence of Mrs. Stanton. SU; Fifteenth street
coraer Third avenue. IRON 10 4 and to II
y.
Rock Island Argus., 1896-03-26

GOOD TAELE EOAED AT $50 PER WEFs
~ a. 1918 T1ird avenue, opposite SPENCE
square.
Rock Island Argus., 1896-03-26

I .OST-A LADY'S GOLD WATCH BE,
IL tween IcCabes store and Eleventh ave
nue. and Nineteenth street. Liberal rewar,
wiz be paid for its return to the Office ut Nc
Cabe Bros.
Rock Island Argus., 1896-03-26

III HARI:Y B. IRWIN. DEALER IN NEW AMI
! l. secondhand goods: also goods hard ed
on commission. Cash paid for all saieaOle .ur
niture. Before buying. give me a call-l5il
Second avenue Rock Island.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-09-24
BROOKLYN woRKINGMEN.
Democratic Inboriug Men Hold n Big
bryan Ratification Meeting.

Democratic Inboring Men Hold n Big
Bryan I,ntiGcntion Meeting.
NEW YORK, Sept. 22ss--There has
perhaps never been such a significant
demonstration for William Jennings
Bryan in the east as that given tonight
in Brooklyn by the combined labor In
terests. II has been a mooted question
whether the labor people Of the east
would respond 10 q call for mass meet
ing In favor OF Mr.. Bryan, but there was
no mistake about the demonstration at
the Clermont Rink. e :. \,
{ The capacity of the building was esti-
mated at 5000 md every available cor
ner was filed with. good-natured hu.
manity, while thousands besieged the
doors and were refused admission. It
was n typical labor gathering and even
the women and children present were
filed with the enthusiasm Of the occa-
sion. - ~ q $50 70 no
Tho meeting was presided over cntire-
ly by labor organizations and tho stage
contained n representative from each
local labor organization.
Il When the meeting was called to order
every aisle and each corridor was
crowded and when letters OF regret
were read from Eugene ". Debs and
John w. Hayes. secretary OF the X. OF
L., there were vociferous cheers. The
meeting passed resolutions endorsing
Bryan and Sewnll.
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SENATOR ELKINs
Sure OF West firgInin-Brynn Hippo
potlromc Tour In this State. f5

Sire OF West Iirginin-Brynn Hippo
podromc Tour In this State.
WASHINGTON. D. c., Sept. %
Senator Elkins, of West Virginia, is In
the city for a few days before starting
again on his stumping tour in West
Virginia. Mr.. Elkins has made ten or
dozen speeches In the northern part
OF the state and In a few days will be-
gin the campaign IN the southern por-
tion. The. senator has entirely, recov-
cred from his recent indlsposition. He
repudiated the insinuations that he Is
luke-warm as to the results OF the COM
Ing election and declares that he will
continue inthe campaign until the end
and will probably speak, In Ohio, Indi-
ana and Illinois and possibly other
states. F5af fG fl = .si sF S
or his own state he feels no doubt OF
the result and says It Will give McKin-
ley majority of from 10000 to III, 900.
There Is some dissatisfaction among
Republicans In the state on account OF
the silver question. but this Mr.. .Elklns
says, viii be more than made up by the
vote OF the gold standard" Democrats.
The senator has kept In close touch
with the leaders and from the lnforma-
ton he has received expresses the be-
lief that Major Mckinley will have a
walk-over. II =. W sssG {Gta
"The Republicans are certain OF Ohio,
Indiana, Illinois, Iowa. WISCONSIN.
Michigan. West Virginia, Maryland
and Delaware" he says. "and the
chances arc favorable for Minnesota,
Nebraska, California and Kentucky
The Democratic leaders here have
arranged for a trio OF well known
campaign speakers TO assist Mr.. Bry-
an on his stumping tour through West
Virginia. They VIII include Represents.
tive Benton McMlllin, of Tennessee;
JEFF Chandler, of California, and Still
son Hutchjns, OF New Hampshire All
OF these speakers Will not be present q t
E the same time nt each place, where the
candidate speaks. but they Will be
shifted about so that one or more will
precede. or follow HIM as the case may
be. Thus, while Mr. Bryan Is at one
place, another speaker Will be ahead Of
him at the next point on his itinerary
and will open the meeting an hour or
more before Mr.. Bryan&arrives, The
speaker that follows Mr.. Bryan at n
meeting, will, after he Is through, take
the next train for the next point; on,
the route and be prepared to begin the
speech making preparatory to tho can;
dIiate's coming. The managers believe
byEths means that with these speakers
greater enthusiasm will be aroused and
good results obtained s5i s. II z 1FG
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-09-24
DIEDILIKE HEROES.
Crew Of German Gunboat Go Down. %
Death Cheering for The Emperor and
Singing the National Hymn. q y 81

Crew. Of German Gunboat Go Down. 20
Death Cheering for Tho Emperor and
Singing tho National Hymn. 81
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 2s.-whno
the story OF the loss Of the German
gunbost, Tits, has already been told.
tho Doric which arrived from the ori-
ent yesterday brought additional par
ticulars as to the death Of all but eight
OF her crew. a ; sS
After the vessel struck on tho reef
near Southeast Promontory. and be-.
gan to break up, It was realized by the
officers and men that no human Efforts
could save them. The majority OF the
crew were gathered aft. where Com
mander Lieutenant Captain Braun and
the officers OF the watch and Lieutcn-i
ant Prasse were standing on the bridge.
81 At the moment OF the gravest danger
the captain gathered the doomed crew:
about him and called upon them to
give three cheers for the emperor
They. were given with n Will. and wav-s
Ing their hats at the flag that floated
over them, the brave sailors showed
their fidelity to the fatherland and
took a farewell got life. While thu
cheering was going on the ship broke
In two near the foremast. The nasts,
toppled and fell and as they went down
they crashed through sthe bridge and
swept several of the men into the sea
with their tangle OF rigging. Just as a
big wave came curling toward the lost
vessel, gunner, Raehn requested the,
men to Join In singing the national an
them. They grasped each others
hands and with their voices mingling
with the bowling of the storm, they
went down to death sinfthe sea.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-09-24
4 his CAMPAIGN BUTTON.
~, New York Recorder.

tire town OF Palatlne, and many from
Fairmont and surrounding country,
turned out TO hear Hon. p. b. Laird,
notwithstanding the fact that Candi-
date Watts and Joe Chiffon We're booked
for a meeting at the Opera House at
Fairmont the same evening. A great
effort had been made by the local Demo-
cratic committee get the country
people and those from nelghboring
towns to come and swell the number.
so as to make q good showing. but 1t
was evident that, they were greatly.
disappointed, as the meeting did not
show as much enthusiasm as was an
tlGipated.
The meeting, at Palntine was called
10 order by Chairman WV. Scott, can
didate for clerk of the circuit court.
After few well chosen remarks he in
troduced Hon. P. B. Laird as the speak
er Of the evening, who talked for more
than an hour, receiving the most hearty
applause, md cries for him to go on
when he was about TO close his re-,
marks. = *
After the speaking was over they
formed In line. headed by the Watson
band. and marched through the streets
OF Palatine, across the bridge and
through the streets of Fairmont. The
widest enthusiasm prevailed.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-09-24
A LYNcH1NG BEE /
VIII be the Result OF u Terrible Crime. In
Louisiana. < :. sf

ANTE CITY. La, Sept. 23,-Last
night about midnight, John Johnson,
colored, killed Mr.. and Mrs, John Cotton
and Mervln Stevens. aged seventeen
.nnd seriously wounded Misses Agnes
and Lizzie Miller. Ali these people and
Miss Maud Miller and three children
live In the same house on a farm about,
one milo east Of Tickfaw Station and
are well to do whites.
2 Miss Maud Miller was awakened by
some noise and she saw John Johnson,
one of the farm hands In the room with
an axe raised above his head. She
screamed and the negro fed. The
alarm was given and the neighborsi
came and found the dead and wounded
as above. stated. No motive, can be as-1
signed for the deed.
Johnson lived hero a while and has.
had a bad reputation His mother says
he called at her house here this morn.
ing at2 O'Clock and was admitted where
he remained until about 6 o'clock, when
he took q gun and said he was going
hunting About two hours later-he was
seen in Matalata6y swamp fIFe miles
from here. Searching parties are after
him and it caught he will furnish the
central figure for a lynchins bee.
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WATTS AND Chiffon.
The Popocrntic i'!isnllyn at Grafton u
FaiIure-Mr. Watt, too Ill to Speak.

Inc popocrnttc l'NnllyD at Grafton n
Failure-Mr. Watts too Ill to Speak.
Special Dispatch to the 1ntelllgencer.
GRAFTON, W. Va. Sept. 2s.-There
was witnessed here to-day political
object lesson that spoke stronger thnni
any words could to show that the free
silver craze Is. not only dying out but IS
about dead In this section. The Popo-
Gratis intended to open their campaign
in Grafton to-day in blaze of glory.
They billed widely and throughout the
county that C. C. Watts, late a Cleve-
land gold standard Democrat, now the
free silver candidate for governor would,
open. the campaign here In a grand rally:
The campaign was opened, but the blaze
of glory was painfully absent. The,
meeting was held In the opera house and
was called for l o'clock. A brass band
waited inspiring strains OF music for an
hour in front of the opera house.
II The speakers appeared at Just half
past with General Watts and Major
job Chiffon the main attraction. There
was gathered the smallest audience,
without any question: ever seen at.
political meeting held in the opera house
at Grafton. & & +. a.
Among those present were number
of Republicans curious to see and hear
Watts and Major Joe. Also number
OF ladies'. The audience was carefully
counted as 1t emerged from the opera
house after the meeting. Including
ladies, Republicans, Democrats, Popo-
Gratis and all there were 1S2 persons.
The meeting was opened by, Prof. Shaw,
of the, state reform school, who intro
duced Mr. Watts. Mr.. Watts appeared
and said he was too III to speak. He.
however, remained while Mr.. Chiffon
spoke and prompted him several times.
Mr.. Chiffon started his speech with the
statement that he had to catch a train at
3 o'clock and could not talk long. The
crowd for q grand rally was too slim to
encourage speaker to make. an OK!
tended address. He talked for fifty
minutes. He started out by saying that
we were afflicted with hard times, In
which everybody agreed with him. He
then went on to say that two-thTrds OF
the people alleged that this was due to
two different causes, one set claiming
that the circumstances OF the past twen-.
ty-three years, dating back to 1873, when
the alleged decentralization OF silver oc-
CURED, was the the cause, while the
other side claimed that 1t was due to
the circumstances OF the pnst three
years, when the people were fools
enough to vote the Democratic party
into power, In 1892, and baslng the silver
argument on his circumstances of the
past sttwenty-three years he failed to ex-
plain'th the marvellous prosperity that this
country enjoyed up to 1892 {. f.h
a The tariff question was never men
toned, though everybody In the audi.
ence remembered that in 1892 Mr.. Chill
ton and his party told the people that all
they needed was the reform OF the tariff
to give the country great prosperity and
the farmer. and laborlng people o fair
distribution Of the country's great
wealth. Altogether the meeting proved
n great success for the cause Of the st.
Louis platform and the Republican cam
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-09-24
5BRYANSIN BROOKLYN.
lie Addres,e. a Big Gathering In the
Academy Of DIusic--Popocrats Wildly!

lie Addresses. a big Gathering in the
Applaud Him.
BROOKLYN. N. y, Sept. 23,-Eefore
6 o'clock every entrance to the Academy
OF Music In Brooklyn was the battle
ground OF a howllng,. tumultuous mob
to see Candidate Bryan, and when the
doors were flung open q little pastithat
hour It took less than ten minutes to
fill the big building from the front
steps TO the rear wall. s,s5
II was n good-humored crowd. and 1t
had a great deal OF amusement with
itself pending the arrival OF the cam
didate. >. : - VS.,
q, In one corner. OF the orchestra, space
was brass band, which helped the
fun along by playing patriotic airs. /
:. The first note was the signal for some-
body on the upper part Of; the house to
scatter through the air a great number
OF small American flags. and moment
later! the entire audience was on Its
feet wildly waving the tiny emblem to
the tune OF THE Star Spangled Ban
Iler. This; sort of amusement was
varied by cheers for Mr.. Bryan.
e A very considerable portion OF the
audience consisted Of women, every box
containing a party, while q number
were seated upon the stage.
BY 7:30 every inch of space In the
house was occupied except the two
main aisles OF the orchestra, which
4 the police kept clear until after the
arrival Of Mr.. Bryan and his party.
Fully 1000 were in the house. Among
them, were many Of Brooklyn's promi-
,nent Democrats, including Hugh Nc
Laughlin. the local deader. and the
members of the county organization.
There We're few prominent New York.
ers there. however. ",
BY! 8 o'clock the crush had become
so thick that all the doors TO the Acad-
emy were closed. shutting out a clam
orlng crowd of thousands who thronged
the entire block. l5fsj
On Mr. ;Bryans appearance he re-
celved a great ovation and his speech,
which was in the usual vein, was en-
Enthusiastically applauded. Z
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-09-24
Z HILLS STATEMENT,
Denies That There wns TronbIe at III
g Committee NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. for T,,,.,,

Denies That There was Trouble nj The
E Committee eNfeeting-H Waiting for Thach.!
or. to spenis. IS.
NEW YORK, Sept. % ees--senator David
B. Hill said to an Associated Press re-
porter to-day before returning 10 SAl-3
bany: ~ y Il 81
35%Thc final outcome OF. the meeting of
the state committee last night was
victory for those who are anxious to
preserve our state organization no
matter what the divisions may be. upon
national Issues. 1t was a victory Far for
those who do not believe that u man Is
not q gS'od party man unless he swal-
lows everything or cannot stand upon a
platform unless he believes In every
statement In 1t tunquallnedly. THE,
stories this morning to the effect that
the resolution finally adopted was for
2the purpose OF sending a committee TO
see Mr, Thacher! as to his Views Is un-
iqualinedly false, Z a : III 8 e
resolution adopted was the usual
one and merely asks that u COMMITTEES
be; appointed TO tell Mr.. ,Thacher that he
ala tho nominee. OF tho party, No quall-
ticatinns2of any kind are Included. Mr.
Grady offered a resolution us n substi-
5tute for Mr.. Shea's and which read 8sss5s1
g =; Resolved, That committee OF 3flvo
be appointed 10 wait upon. John Boyd
Thnohert and request hts acceptance OF;
the nomination of governor, upon an unt3
qualified endorsement OF the: Buffalo
platform ~
y 4i'l pointed out thnt such a RESOLUTION.
was impossible and when thc debate
had progressed, far enough taG substiuiinl
was introduced. which read: & ;ss'5
s y. Resolved. Thai ten committee ofsflve
beuppolnted to notify the ecandidates{on
theatate Ticket OF their nomination, and
that;such committee report pacK5 % the
State committee nt N meeting to besshsldi
Monday sseptemberys Goth. Il Ess S3S l9sip
ts'.'No,s, said Senator Fl II that tnieans
just what 1t 50 VS. and 1T took thGS place
.uflall the other resolutions y Acting tn.i
der It the committee has no power to-
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project its yiewp at AR. Thaeher, but
Sr ne enh1uace .iS nS 20 n'm nIs
Senator Hill smiled q sratiiied smile.
r The clerk and secretary of the COM
mittee later verified the text OF the last
resolution M given by Senator Hill.
There were only. two votes oguinst II,
and one. Senator Grady not voting.
while the lndicat lions are that Senator
Hill has thus far controlled tho action
OF the state committee. It II possible
that there may DO trouble ut tho leet-
ing next MONDAY unless by TINT time
Mr.. Thacher Ehnll haye made his POSI-
ton clear, ii
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-09-24
LOCOMOTIVE FIREMEN
Condemn Debs but Do Not Endorse the
Charges OF of1rregulnrity. tfii

Condemn Debs but Do Not Endorse the
Charges soflrregulnrity.
Z GALVESTON. Tex, Sept 23.-Thei
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen to-
day selected Toronto for the next BIZ
ennial convention. The report OF the
committee on constitution and bylaws
was heard. To make its position clear
on the Debs matter. the convention to-
day adopted the following resolutions:s
Resolved, That this convention does
not endorse any alleged Irregularities
which the experts report has been;
brought by light which occurred during:
Mr.. Debs' administration, and was, per-
haps, the alleged Irregularities of 4 his
assistants; that we earnestly condemn
any acts that Mr.. rDebs has made as an
officer Of the American Railway Union
against the Brotherhod Of Locomotive
Firemen," .ii. 81 .sfa = q Z; i Va Z s :, III
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SHERMAN REPLIES
To Irynm's Charge About tho Alleged R
y q Crime or173. 3 a

To Dryhms Charge About tho Alleged
Z q Crime of,73. 4.
!. CINCINNATI, Sept ga local pa
per publishes a signed article from Sem
ator. John Sherman; dated Mansfield, In
which hG3replies 10 Mr.. Bryan and 55oth-i
ers who refer to the crime OF ,73. 4
& Senator Sherman says that many
pages of the Congressional Record;
In the act OF 1873 stopping the, coinage or
the silver, dollars was not eisurreptitlnusly3
and clandestinely passed through Cons,
gress. The senator reviews this histo-i
.ryi OF that legIslatlon, showing that
there was mn unusually long agitation;
not. only in both branches Of Congress-
( but; also In the committees OF both.
houses, and also In the treasury depart.s
ment before the bill was prepared. 4
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DENVER. Colo,. Sept. GA petition
asking United States Senator Iyolcott
which had been circulated all
over. tho states Is now being collected. by
j. n. Holmes, of this city. Mr.. Holmes
said to-dny;; i& = slls s al d ,lstS Z Y il Z
propose 10 allow him TO Inspect,
them ind then ask him to resign II he
does not, every II petition Will h be filed
with tho United States ,spnnt tej demands .
Ing the attention of that body. { III! Gaze
.they5should neglect or refuse TO nc, 4 tic,
matttrjj;will De taken Il To- the United
StnteS supreme court y y 4 V ssS
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.IN.THISSTATE
The campaisnIs Warming Up All
Along the Line,
TIE TlIERANK3MlsREPREsENTATION.

Nv tn. i,,g,.ter OF tho Day.on-sra,on-
SEatts.chilton Debate at Petsr,burg-A
Challenge by Dayton and hason to
Watt. and Chiffon to Meet Them gain.
True Story OF the Epi,ode-APopoeratic
Rally at Grafton that Failed-ltspubll-
can Fires Biauing In Marion County. 4,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-09-24
IN MARION COUNTY. /
The Fires of Republican Enthnsinsm arc
Binzing Brightly Everywhere.

Blnzing Brightly Everywhere.
Special Dispatch to tho Intelllgencer. 5.
\ ( FAIRMONT, W. Va, Sept. 23.-The
, Republican campaign Is fairly on In
Marion county. Enthusiastic meetings
are being held In each and every dis
trlct. On Monday night the issues OF
: the campaign were discussed to crowded
houses at Worthlngton and Catawba. 5
Sol. r. Z. Fast, OF Morgantow1,, and
W. S. Meredith OF Fairmont, addressed
Worthington. To say that the meet
Ing was n success is unnecessary when
1t is known that Mr.. Meredith and Col.
S Fast were the speakers, advocating
4 protective tariff and sound money us
against free trade and free silver. = z
The meeting at Catnwbn was called
to order by. Chairman Madison Carter,
who introduced Mr.. Il. L. Hartley, OF
FnIrmont as one of the speakers OF tho
evening. Mr.. Hartley confined himself
chiefly to the financial question. BY
sound argument and logical reasoning
he showed some OF tho dangers and dIa-
astrous results that would necessarily
follow the adoption of free and unllm-
tlted coinage 2of silver at the ratio OF
16to by the United States. His speech
WAS DUH ,lutcleStiIlS uiiu llblTuCllNe.
jia The neXt speaker was the Hon. p.
B.. Laird, OF New York. who addressed
his. remarks chiefly to the laboring men,.
He showed to them that tho protective
tariff Is not n dead Issue; that the tariff
question Ia not settled; that what the
5laboring man needs, as do oil other
clnsses. II a restoration OF the NTcKin-
ley tariff of 1890, and with that our
mills Will open, our laborcrs Will be
employed, our farmers will have a mar..
ket for their products. Ipauperism will
be reduced 'nnd our country Will again
ienjoyta season of{prospcrIty. After The
speech iof Mr., Laird Harry Shaw, can.
Edidate for prosecuting attorney, was
called und entertained the audience FOR
n short time. Mr.. Shaw imprtsscs ALI
with whom lie meets iHs lan earnest aud
capable. young man. deserving the con-
tiidence of the esneople esf Z,
Y lu Afrunpdn " an N " MIN, nuf l,f 49,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-09-24
GEN. BUcKNER
Speaks at Richmond-Bryan Men Hiss
Gov. O'Fel rail-. S

= =
e 5RICEMoND, Va, Sept 2S.-The Acad-i
cmy OF Music was packed tonight In
honor Of General Simon B. Buckncr,5
nominee OF the Indianapolis convention.
for vice president John r. Fellows did
not come with General Buckner. He,
has lost his voIce by speaking and re-.
mained in New York. General; Peytons
Wise was chairman OF the meeting. He
presented Governor o. 'Ferrall 10 intro,
duce General Buckner. The governor
explained that he could not t3vote " for
Bryan because he was a Populist nom,
mated on a Populist platform. There
were many Bryan menin the house and
they hissed the governor X 5.ts
& General Ruckner talked an hour maxi
Ing n dignitled argument for tho gold
standard. He was often Interrupted by
cheers for Bryan. ~ Y < 3 n, ls!s
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Fine Meeting IN Brooiss.

Special Corrcspondence. z -lg u A
BETHANY, w. Va, Sept. 23.-Last
night Charles Burdctt Hart addressed
one of.the best meetings ever held; here,
Notwithstanding the rain OF the early.
part OF the evening tho people came.
out In force and gave! close attention,
to The discussion OF thcthmoney and
tariff questions. Mr. Harts explanation
ofEirce coinage was 80 clear that ev-s
crybodyS could grasp It. The wool ques.;
,tion was brought home siny way that
made a profound impression. Holmes
Curtis presided over the meeting. l;,Y{l.l