Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-03-16
ABBREVIATED TGIEeRAmx

For procuring q woman to swear false
~ in behalf Of H. H. Holmes, the Pitzel
murderer. William A. Shoemaker, his at
torney, has been disbarred Tor one year.
The assets of the Albion Paper COM
pany. recently failed at Springfield,
Mass, are s745, 076; liabilities. 1854 I6l
Daniel L. Bowersmith, formerly mana
ger Of the Ohio State Journal and one OF
the best-known newspaper men in Ohio,
Is dead
John Francis q Cleveland pauper, has
just received news that he is heir to ESQ.
600 in England. He is 81 years old
Passenger officers of all the important
lines between Chicago and the Ohio river
have entered into an agreement which
stipulates that each road shall Immediate
ly abolish what are known as mileage ex.
change tickets. These exchange tickets
have been fruit for the scalpers for years.
An unknown Chicago thug who tried to
rob Miss Ida Hansen ON the street shot
the girl in the leg because she tried to hold
him until the police came up He then
got away.
The snow that has fallen pretty much
oil over the country during the past week,
though causing southern farmers anxiety
for their garden truck" has delighted
the northern and western granger because
IL protects his wheat
Mr.. and Mrs David Carpenter, Of Rock
ton, Ills, have just celebrated their six
tieth wedding anniversary, he being IS
and she s. years Of age.
At Rockford, Ills. Charles Bergstrom's
little daughter Louisa swallowed a screw
which she had in her mouth while play.
ing and choked to death.
1t is announced that Princess Kaiulani,
Of Hawaii, who is now in northern Italy,
Is to be married to an italian noblcman
Easter Mond,y.
AT the Mormon conference now in ses-
sion at Independence, Mo-, Elder Clark,
president OF the Iowa mission and chair.
man Of the conference, stated that Christ
will soon visit the earth.
Two-thirds Of the counties of Wisconsin
have held Republican conventions and all
but five have instructed for Mckinley.
Two dozen freight handlers in tho
Southern railroad yards ut Alexandria,
Va, are out on a strike. The men refuse
to work with negro labor.
The boiler OF Iiarkin & Griggs' mill at
Selma, Ala, exploded, killing one white
man and fatally injuring three others.
An Irish agitetor named Phelan, of
Kansas City, has challenged Representa-
tive Linton, of Michigan, to fight duel,
because of Unions prominence in defeat
Ing appropriations for the Roman Cath
Ole church and his objection to the Mar.
I quette statue in Statuary Hall in the
Capitol. Linton has received large mum.
Der Of threatening letters also.
The Nicaraguan government troops
have won another victory over tho rebels,
defeating force Of 1,5Oo of them at Pital
and killing and wounding about ZOO
Prince Bismarck has consented to re-
ceive on his birthday, April 1, a big torch.
light procession from Hamburg.
The Perrine comet which was to have
collidcd with the earth last week is now
6l,O0oUO miles of and still going. 1t
was never nearer than 32 600, Oo0 miles,
Captain w. H. p. Norris, aged 20 years,
who won honOrs in the civil war as a
member OF the Second Iowa regiment, died
at Kansas City Saturday.
The strike of 1850 Berlin joincrs was
ended last week. The workmen have oh.
taincd higher pay and shorter hours.