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The San Francisco call., 1896-04-08

Hepburn's objection that the appropria-
ton bill carries no pork for his district
was valid enough to base kick on. but all
the same he should have made his kick be-
fore the committee when he might have
saved his bacon.
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-08

The proposal to make the Southern Pa
clfc Company of Kentucky responsible for
the debt of the Central Pacific under the
refunding scheme is absurd. The South
ern Pacific owns nothing except railroad
leases and could very soon iuggle those
out of reach of the Government. If a
surety is required it should be demanded
from the private estates of the directors Of
the road.
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-08

Catchings is Democrat, but he ad-
mitted that the appro opriation bill of this
Republican Congress is tine most scientific
ally drawn of any bill of the kind ever
submitted to the country in his time. Hep
burn of Iowa, though opposing the bill,
also conceded its scientific character. but
he did not express ii in that way. He said
sit has distributed the pork with even.
ness"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-09-26
GOV. ALTGElD IN DANGER.
Comes Near Being the Victim Of n Euna-
way Horse incident.

Dlnville. Ills, Sept. &c. - During n
Democratic pole-raising yesterday
morning Governor Altgeld had n narrow
osCap" from Il similar misfortune to
that which overlook Captain Tanner
ut Quincy. The governor. with T. i.
Donovan. of Kankakee, and Congress-
man Cufrcau. of Woyming. was seated
Ia n carriage. Mr. Donovan was max
ing a speech when one of the horses
b"Cam. rrstive and began to Kick. one
or the traces became unfastened. and
the animal. finding itself comparative
ly free. made a wild plunge and
started to run away. Bystanders
seized him after he Rad dragged the
carriage several feet to- the side of the
road and succeeded in quietinr him.
preventing n runaway which might
have ended In a serious accident.
During the whole time the governor
sat calm ard unmoved as if he had no
fears whatever. Great excitement pre-
walled among the crowd. who expected
n catastrophe would follow.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-09-26
Ia FOLLETTE'S SIDE OF THE CASE.
Denies Emphaticaliy All of the Allegations
Of Mooney.

New York. Sept. 26-When seen in
Ludlow Street Jail Harry NJ. LaFoI-
lcttc. who is charged by Harry +.
Mooney with dcfraudinS him in a bond
transaction, most emphatically denied
in whole and in part every one of the
allegations set up by Mooney. For Il
couple Of years, in connection with
other financiers of the east and Vest,
LaFollcttc has been engaged in de-
vcloping the coal and timber lands of
Tennessee. In this venture he invested
almost S6OO.O OF his own money, to-
gcthcr with vast sums furnished him
by Boston, Philadelphia and Indiana
friends.
The transfer of the bonds to Mooney
occurred long before the owners of the
Jc!lico coal fields attempted to neEo-
tiatc with LaFollette for the property.
The bonds. he claims. came to him in a
deal. and he insists that in SO far as he
figured with them and with Mooney his
transactions were strictly legitimate
The bonds We're a part of other secUr-
tiles. which also include Indianapolis
bank stocks. disposed of from time tC
time i'm order to raise money, and once
ont of his hands had not interested hin
i'm any NIy
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-09-26
DARING ROBBERY AT CHICAGO.
Two Men Get Away with 81, 800 and Shoo:
One Pursuer.

Chicago, Sept. c6.-Two men careful
ly disguised committed a daring rob-
berry at the Union Foundry company s
office in Brighton Park yesterday aft
ernoon. and robbed the company of
81 600. They then escaped by means of
q buggy, but not before they had shot
one man and fired several shots into
n crowd of people which was chas-
ing them. y patrol wagon gave chase, but
did not succeeded in capturing the rob-
bers The foundry is in a lonesome
place. and no other buildings are near
it. In the office when the robbers en-
tered We're D. Z. O'Neil. president IF the
company; N. \. Rourke, treasurer; c.
II. Hopke, general superintendent:
Charles OGorman, clerk, and john
O'N.il, clerk.
Eourke was engaged in filling the
envelopes of the men preparatory tC
paying off, and the top of his desk was
covered with money. The robbers com
PEELED the five men to line up. and
while one kept them covered with two
his. revolvers the other scopped up al
the money in siCht-about sl,600-anC
both made dash for the door They
had left the buggy near the building
ing. and springing into it drove rapidly
north across the prairie.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-09-26
THE coRsETT-sHARKEY FIGHT.
Looks at Present as Though the Eurek
Club Would Get 1t.

San Francisco, Sept. $50 far as
the National club is concerned the
fight between Corbett and Sharkey In
this city is off. The Eureka club seems
sure of the contest. This association,
which was formed by Elinghouse and
StockwelI, has already secured per-
nit, and has offered $4,000 as purse.
The managers are willing to post s6VO0
as a guaranty. THIS money VIII De put
up. and Curbet: has agreed TO accept
the amount. When he is notified by
telegraph that tho money is up he Will
start for California, as Will atso Shar-
key.
On their arrival in this city each OF
the pugilists Will deposit Sl,5oo as a
guaranty OF his good faith and to Sc
cure his appearance in the ring. This
arrangement meets with the approval
of the Eureka club managers. The
only point that has not been definitely
determined upon is as to the RESPONSE
blity in case there should be hitch il
brn ng:ng off the match. That Will he
arranged, however, when Corrbett and
SEarkey reach here.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-09-26
Issysn ON for Boston.

Nau-hs, N. H.. Sept. 2G.-ilnn-
drcds Of people were n, the depot to
see Bryan leave FOR Boston this morn
ing. Ga the arrival at Lowell the
platform was crowded with bowling
humanity. lie was enthusiastically y
cheercd. but was unable to speak
during the five minutes the train
stopped. Nashua was out in force
TO greet him.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-09-26
DUN & co. ON THE TRADE OUTLOOK.
Moderate bu. Distinct Improvement Noted
in Several Directions

New York. Sept. 2G-R. c.. Dun &
70 q weekly review of trade says: A
very moderate and yet distinct i'm
provcment IS seen, no longer only in
the buying Of materials-which con-
tinues and stiffens prices-but also in
orders for products Of some industries,
in the money markets. and in exports
OF staples. 1t IS as yet little more than
q step towards better things. but al
ready has rtarted some important
works and prompted few considera-
blc contracts. Continuing arrivals OF
gold have raised the treasury reserve
above Si25 200 600. strengthened the
hanks and relaxed the stringency in
commercial loans, so that at about 1
per cent. lower rates snorc business
was done than in three previous weeks.
IIuardHE is no longer reported, but
some boards are being unlocked. The
movement Of crops continues large,
and purchases for export have ad-
vanced prices or prevented depression.
While the gain in working force is not
great. 1t seems clear that for the first
time in many months there is some net
gain. An important change is the gen.
cral advance in produce markets. espe-
clally in wheat. which rose sharply on
Thursady and Friday. closing So
higher for the week. with much buying
apparently on foreign account.
Finished products of iron meet more in.
quiry. and the placing OF contracts for 15,,
Opl tons Of steel for the three new battle
ships. for one large building here. and fol
several bridges explains the starting of two
or three works. Failures for the weel
have been 3l5 in the United States. agains
aiG last year, and 30 IA Car ada, against 81
L.,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-09-26
ABBREVIATED TELESRAMS.

4 case of leprosy is said to exist near
Ranger. Perry county, Ind.
Alexander Wilson. an old Scotch her
nit of Madison, Wis. is dead. He was
well-knoWn ali over the state.
+. o. Prince has been finally agreed
upon by the (gold) Democrats of Massa-
chusetts as a candidate for governor.
Mary d. Myers. a wealthy widow of
Fort Wayne, Ind, sued William De-
camp for $1,000 damages for severed
heart strings.
Forest fires are raging in the vicinity
of Superior, Wis, and are dangerously
near that city. Several settlers have
been burned ont.
Sherry's bathing pavilion at Nara
gansett pier. the finest on the Atlantic
coast. was destroyed by fire, the loss
being about $4,000.
Joseph Brown and Jacob Schott had
an egg-eatinS match AZ New York on
a wager. Schott ate siXty-eight and
Brown sixty-three.
The Illinois state fair opens next
Monday and will continue all week.
Everything indicates that it will
eclipse all previous events.
Eugene c. Gregory. u Yale student.
committed suicide at New York by
inhalng Illuminating gas. He was q
victim of melancholic spells.
Delegates to the national Bankers
| association convention went to Spring
field, Ills. from st. Louis. and visited
Lincoln's town, home and tomb.
thinner, Cleveland's base ball catch
| er. was robbed in his room at Cleve-
| land by masked men and relieved OF
his watch and money and diamonds.
| Ten tanks of oil belonging to the
| Waters-Iierce Oil company at East st
| Louis We're destroyed by fire. Many
| thousand of barrels Of oil were burned
causing a loss of $4,000 to SIS 900, fully
| insured.
Lazard Freres. of New York, have
| engaged for import to this country
| 81 500, 900 in gold for the steamship Au-
| gusta Victoria and 5000 900 in gold fol
| the La Bourgogne, making a total o!
| s., 100 600
An official dispatch from Manila
capital of the Philippine islands. say:
| that after three days fighting the in
| surgents We're repulsed with the los:
of fifty killed, including their leader
Cabecillafuen.
Louis Tobin. a high school studen
at Danville, Ills, has brought sui
against the faculty for $1,000 damage:
for being expelled for publishing il
defiance of the school authorities 6
lpaper entitled The Hornblower."
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-09-26
VENEZUELACASE.
Progress Made in Digging Up
the Necessary Facts.
MOST ALL OF THE TESTIMONY IN
Investigation of Dutch Records Still In
Progress and De>aying the Opinion of
the Commission at Washington Which
Is Inquiring into the Justice of British
Claims for Territory-The Work Going
on All the Time, However.


Washington. Sept. 26.-The report Of
the Venezuelan commission appointed
last January to investigate the Brit
ish- Venezuelan boundary line in dis
pute probably Will be made to the pres
ident shortly before congress ccnvenes
IN Decembei. 1t was expected that the
report might be ready by Nov. /, but
complications in connection with the
work i'll Holland have caused delay.
The several members of the commits
sion have been at work on different
branches of the subject all summer
with view to reaching decision as
early as possible. Justice Brewer, the
chairman of the commission, has called
a meeting OF the commission for Oct.
., and it was thought that at that meet
ing all the necessary data could be
submitted and the decision arrived at.
Most of the Evidence Completed.
All the work of the members of the
commission had been arranged with
this purpose in view. The material COL
lected in Spain by the British and
Venezuelan governments relative to the
original Spanish possessions in the ter
ritory in dispute and the material from
the propaganda at Rome. where the
records of the old Roman Catholic mis-
| sionS are kept is in the possession or
| the commission. and copies were dis
| tributed to the members as rapidly as
| they were obtained. This material, with
| the exception of some documents which
| Frederick Coudert. one of the men,
| bcrs of the commission. will bring with
| him from Rome is complete.
Dutch Testimony Causes Trouble.
Tie prospective delay vii be incident
| to the work of Professor Baer. who has
| been charged with the task of ransack-
| irS the Dutch archives in Holland
| Professor Baer was instructed to make
| most thorough search for anything
that might have a bearing on the sub
| ject. and to obtain accurate copies OF
| all documents. His Investigations led
him to London. Justice Brewer has
| received a cabIegram from HIM saying
| that his work in London had been com
| pleted and that he would return tC
| Holland, but could not finish before The
middle of October. This information
was a disappointment. to Justice Brew
er, who had hoped that all the origina
material would be in hand by oct. ..
| Commission Is Making Progress.
| However. the commission esn pro
ceed with the examination of the othel
material until Professor Baer arrive!
| in Ale latter part of October. Profes
| sor Eacr has Kept Justice Brewer in
| formed of the progress of his work, am
his information had been promptly dis
| tributed among the members of th'
| commission. but as Justice Brewe
| says, in the decision of Il question o
such grave Importance and far-reach
ing effects each member will be oblige,
to examine the documents for himself
With the submission ofthe report TO tn
president, the commissions worl
. | ceases.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-09-26
Massachusetts, Democrats.

Boston, sept. 20. The democrats
in the state convention in Fancuil
hall endorsed Bryan and Sewall and
the Chicago platform by large ma.
iority. and the gold standard mem
bers of the state committee, together
with the gold standard delegation,
withdrew in body.
The convention also nominated q.
Fred Williams for governor and
Christopher 4. Callahan for lieuten.
ant governor.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-09-26
P.orian. At Canton.

Canton, Ohio. Sept. ga special
train bearing several hundred COM
mereial travellers from Peoria. H..
reached Canton this morning and
went direct to Mckinley's residence.
They were presented by Congressman
Graif. Of the Fourteenth district, Of
Illinois.
Mckinley greeted them in spec b
which was frequently aPp!auded.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-09-26
For senator Ibabois.

Boise. Idaho. Sept. 26.-Secretary
Walsh. Of the democratic national
committee, who was sent here to try
to secure the democratic endorse
ment Of Senator Dubois. failing. has
issued letter to the democrats of
Idaho, releasing them from the obli-
cation tc sttnd by the agreement be-
tween the democrats and populists
and leaving DUBOIS out. and telling
them to vote for him.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-09-26
She Has Wandered Back Again.

Fredonia, Kan, sept. a6.-Miss Myrtle
Gillett, who attained notorie;y on ac.
count of her connection with Stockman
Tuttle. who committed suicide at the Lin.
dell hotel, St. Louis. and who has 70,
some time been lost TO her friends and
thoroughly searched for the past few day.
in Chicago, has arrived at her father
home be: in n weak condition.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-09-26
What a British Newspaper understands.

Manchester. Sept ao--The Guardian un-
derstands that an agreement is probable
between Great Britain. Russia and France
in order 10 bring about a settlement of the
eastern question, the cooperation of France
being purchased by an understanding re.
ga-din- Egypt. Continuing The Guardian
expresses the belief that the scheme sug
cested i, to neutralize both Egypt and
Turkey unde- an international guarantee
with their rulers under international tn
tvlaCe
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-09-26

Chicago. sept. 26.-Base ball scores made
Ivy League clubs wrSs as follows: AT
Observation-Disclosures Washington ); at
Philadclp lphia-Brooklyn l. Philadelphia Is:
al Clcycland-louisvillc 10. CleveIand1; :; u.
New Hork-Baltimorc To- New York 5; AT
= Lnuis-PittsburE Il, St Louis D.
Indianapolis, sept 26.-indianapolis cap
turcd the second game of The Free Press
cup series by the following score: Indian
apolis IL Minneapolis 9.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-09-26
rsary After Iiis Nctcorite.

North sidney. &. II. sept. 90 The
pcary expedition steamer, Hope. is
passing in here. She left ST. Johns.
New foundland. July 10. with Lieut..
reary aud party. The main objec,
Of the cruise is TO bring home ~.
ton motecrito discovered by PeIry =,
Capc York.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-09-26
BIKE RECORD IN THE COLISEUM.
Riders at Chicago Beat the American
Twenty-four-Hour Record.

Chicago. Sept. 26.-The American rec
ord was broken by four men in the
twenty-four hour bicycle race which
closed at the Coliseum at o'clock last
night. The score at the finish was:
Grimm, 4S6 miles, l,l5l yards; Waller
4s2 miles. eos yards; Simmer, 4S2 miles
5s- yards: Miller. 40 miles, 233 yards;
Myers. Az miles. SS1 yards. The Ameri-
can record for twenty-four hours is 45.
miles. The worlds record is 53S mile:
made in 1888 by Riveirre.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-09-26
Uncarthins n Coun,erfeiiing Conspiracy.

New York. sept. ~ Tho arrest in this
city of William +. Knapp. his wife. and
Taomas scott. for coin countcrfciting may
lead to the discovery OF an extensive con-
spiracy for coming and passing bogus sill
yer. Two Brooklyn street railway con-
ductors, James \. Griffin and Joseph II.
Casey. have been arrested by United
states secret service agents with guam
tity of counterfeit half dollars in their pos
session
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-09-26
ASSAYS $4,000 to the Ton.

san Diego, Cal. Sept. .6.-R w. Eames.
n mining engineer just returned from
Lower California, declares in an inter-
view that he has discovered phyolite on
the peninsula assaying $4,000 per ton in
gold. He says three districts III Lower
California are as rich and extensive as
Cripple Creek. He refuses to divulge the
locality OF the new finds
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-09-26
Literary puacLs.

Litcraturc has her quacks no l.ss than
medicine. anu they arc divided into twc
classCS-thos, who have ,ruditiCl With
cut genius and these who have volubil'
ity without depth. We get secondhand
sense from the enc and original non.
sense from the othcr.-Colton.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-09-26
Tra,np. Fight Over a Reg of Beer.

BUSHNELL, Ills, sept. "a party oil
twelve tramps fought over a kcg Of beer AT
the T.. p. and w stock yards in this city
yesterday, and Tom Hamilton, Of At
lantic. Ia. was fatally stabbed with a dirk
in the right shoulder by a stranger, who il
in the county Jail at Macomb. The pris
oper claims eelf- -dsfensa
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-09-26
Another rAssi rrsc,,cs, .,se.

New Orleans. Sept. 26.-lIarry
Goldsmith and Joseph Go!ds,ciu,
young busiaess men, quarrcied over
prank which one played on the
other. Goldsmith shot and Killed
Goldstein and then blew out his own
brains
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-09-26
Had lows Town Fire.

Esse>. Iowa. Sept. 26.-five busi-
ness houses were consumed and the
contents OF four Others ruined by fire
last night. Shenandoah and Red
Oak sent assistance. The 10 5 is
St2 900
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-09-26
Will he Another Shooting at Havana.

Havana, sept. 26.-The local guerrilla
force of La Jas, province Of Santa Clara,
has captured the insursent leader Aniceto
Hernandez The steamship Santiago ar
rived here yesterday from Spain with fifty
nine officers and 2oJ0 soldiers to reinforce
the Spanish army here. There were sew
eral eases of smallpox on board the steamer
and she was fuInigated before the troops
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-09-26

London. Sept. 26.-adsices from
Spain. France aud the west coast of
England. show numerous wrecks.
and the gale has Done much damage
|. everywhere.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-09-26
Northern In,no,. Coiisge Gone.

Clinton. Iowa. Sept. 26.-The
Nothern Illinois college at Fulton
was burned this morning. with loss
of BOO. 600.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-09-26
Charged witt. Killing Her Sister.

Metropolis. Ills, Sept. 2G.-The sheriff
last night arrested Mrs. Catherine
Worthing in the eastern part of this
county. charged with killing her sister,
Mrs. Eveline Worthing.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-09-26

Starched collars and cuffs are good
barometcrs. III dry weather these ar
ticles arc stiff and hard, but when rain
is coming the moisture Ill the atmos-
phere makes them soft and pliable.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-09-26

Mexico. Mo, sept 26-Al of those who
Were injured in the fire which destroyed
tine Missouri Military Academy are doing
as well a, could be expected. and it is now
almost certain that no fatalities will re-
suit 1t WAS at first thought that Walter
Wolf. of East -. Louis, would die Of his
injuries. but he is greatly improved and
will recover
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-09-26
.,Tho Armenian era, hogan. Tues

INV <NisIN tII''Ii 'IH N'EDi IUVe-
day. July 8. y. II. 80, whom t,.s coun-
Gil of the AEmCuIaus formally .parat-
ed from th, church # t.c Gu, -. thu,
definitely cstIhlisEiuS separate ec.
clcsiastical Osgaul.ltiJr
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-09-26
New York Democratic Can.
didate Declines.
BAY STATE IS FOR SlvLeR,
Convention Indorscs Bryan
and Nominates.
Peorians Call on Mckinley
Other Politics.

Albany. n. Y. sept. 26.-John
Boyd Thacher has declined the demo-
cratic nomination for governor in
n statement TO the notification COM
mittee.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-09-26

Hoods sarssparilla purfe. the
blood. overcomes that tired feeling,
creates an appetite. and gives re-
freshiug sleep.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-09-26

BoNFIELD. H., Aug. IA. 1895.
81 am subject to cramps snd collie,
and have used many remedies, but
find Foley's Collie cure beats them
all. w. l.. YEATS"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-09-26

To Cure q Cold In One Day
Take laxative Bromo Quipine Tab
lets. All druggists refund the
money if it fails to cure. 25 cents.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-09-26

Sold by NJ. F. Bahnsen.
Evening journal., 1896-05-27
Among the Rhnaiman.

Sixty homing pigeons owned by vii
mington pigeon breeder, were liberated
At Magnolia this morning at 9 AZ O'Clock
and made remarkably quick fly to VII
mington.
Everything Is now in readiness for th .
opeaing OF the new RAGS track at River
vie" Tomorrow. Some fest people are
entered, and hrst class races are looked
for. The track is one Of the fastest in
the county now, having been rolled and
acrapsd thoroughly.
Edward Holvick. Of Rlverton, ana Jack
Spiddle, OF Point Bfeezs. and their string
Of riders are at the Hotel jennings, and
are putting in to day At Rlvervlew get
ting In shape for o.morrow's races Car
roll B. Jack formerly OF Wilmington.
but now Of Reading. Pa, Edward Aker,
Thompson, Edward BriDghurst aud j.
Bartholomew are among the riders
Luther Johnson Is entered In three Of
to-morroW's races
The time Of s NJ Warns bstween
Philadelphia and Baltimore, nine hours
aud thirty minutes, has been accepted as
the record between those cities BY the
Century Road Club.
Road race rules are very strict this
year The Century Road Club has adopte d
the following:
In an interclnbor team road race each
rider to be eligible to compete must have
been an active or a resident member of
the club he desires TO represent for st
least two months Immediately prior to
the date OF the race, and have paid into
the treasury Of said club full dues during
such period.