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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-06-09
Thug Work i'm Michigan.

Niles. Mich, June 9.-Edward Anneck,
wealthy farmer of this county, resid-
ing near Sodus, was terribly assaulted
oy two unknown highwaymen near In
dian lake. He was returning home from
the lake when he was attacked. He was
terribly battered and his face disfigured.
His body was dragged into an adjoining
wood, where 1t was found late next day.
A small sum Of money and his gold
watch were taken. He has not yet re-
covered consciousness and his wounds
will probably he fatal.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-06-09

Princess Ann, Md, June 9.-Wil-
liam Andrews (colored). alias
''Cuba," WAS taken from an officer
ut she door Of the court house and
killed BY . mob. Andrews had been
today tried, convicted and sentenced
to death for felonously assaulting
Mrs. Benjamin T. Kelly near Marion
May B. Judge Bage. who passed the
death sentence. endeavored to reason
with the excited mob, but In vain.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-06-09

Chicago, June 9.-League scores on the
diamond yesterday were: At Boston
Pittsburg 4. Boston 8. Other five games
postponsd-bad weather.
Western League: At Detroit-St. Paul
5. Detroit 8; at Celumbus-Kansas City
5, Columbus 6; at Indianapolis-Mil-
waukee 2, Indianapolis 5; at Grand Rap
4. Grand Rapids 5.
Western Association: At Des Moines
Quincy s, Des Moines z; at Peoria
Dubuque Z, Peoria 8: at St. Joseph
Burlington 8, st. Joseph 9; at Cedar
Rapids-Rockford 1, Cedar Rapids 3.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-06-09
Tax ON Iron Han Funds,

Indianapolis, June g.. The supreme
court yesterday reversed the decision of
the lower court TN which an Injunction
was granted forbidding the county au-
ditor and treasurer from collecting taxes
against $52e,S47 Iron Hall funds which
Receiver Failey held on deposit in the
banks In this city. The appellants con-
tended that the taxes should be as
sessed against the $1,000 members Of the
order, scattered over the country. The
decision holds that as the property is
In the hands of the receiver in this state
it comes within the Jurisdiction of the
state. The taxes amount to $S.626.96.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-06-09
PssssAsassai Appeiasnsnts.

Washington. June s.-The presi.
dent sent the following nominations
to the senate: Henry L. Wilson,
Washington, minister to Chill; Will
liam F. Powell, New Jersey. to Hayti;
JOIN e. Leishmsn, Pennsylvsnis, to
Switzerland; Jshn F. Convey, WASH
ington, consul general to Kanagawa,
Japan; c. w. Warner, postmaster at
HosPesten, Ill.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-06-09
National A. O. Uw. in Session.

Milwaukee. June 9.-The twenty-fifth
stated meeting Of the supreme lodge.
Ancient Order of United Workmen OF
the United States and Canada is in
session here. Officers of the Degree Of
Honor. the woman's branch Of the order.
were elected yesterday afternoon as fol-
lows: supreme chief of honor, Mrs. N.
J. Stewart. of San Francisco; supreme
recorder, Mrs. Mary Tinker, Of jackson.
Mich.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-06-09
Knight. es Honor I. Cou,e,l.

81. Louis. June s.-Supreme Dictator
Muliigan. of New York. presided at the
session OF the supreme lodge knights Of
Honor which opened here yesterday aft
srRoon. The sessions are secret.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-06-09
ola Fi.herm.n Fou.d Partly Crem.sed

Mountain. Wis. June 9.-The charred
remains of q man were found In the
ruins OF q small fishing shanty about
nve miles north OF Maiden lake, this
county. by John McDougall, a cruiser.
The walls of the shanty were still smok-
ing and the body was 90 badly burned
that Identification is impossible. but 1t Is
supposed to be the body of an old
frontier fisherman by the name Of Dur
ply. who lives In the vicinity Of Middle
Inlet. Wis. A bottle OF alcohol was
found near his person. His team was
found browsing close to the shauty.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-06-09
SAYS He Is HEALER scALArreA


Han st Cleveland Laughs q Ma nspssssa
Starving to Dea&A.
Cleveland, June 9.-A man who de-
clares that he Il Francis SchlAtter, the
alleged healer who was reported to have
starved to death In Mexico, arrived In
Cleveland yesterday and II stopping at
. boarding house on Huron street. With
him Is q man named Hollandberger, of
New York, who says they intend to
open an institute in this city. It II dif-
ncult to prove or dfsapprove the claim
Of the alleged healer. because II he Il
Schlatter he has shaved his beard en-
tirely on. but there is certainly q strong
resemblance between his features and
some Of the published picturesof Schlat-
ter.
He laughed when his attention was
directed to the starvation story and de-
clared that he had been visiting his
mother In Bordeaux. a few miles from
Nashville. Tenn. Schlatter says that
at once he win engage q theater or
church In which to give clinics.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-06-09
DONE eY THE PHILIPPINE REBELS
Dcvilish Atrocity Committed on Twenty
hve Monks Who Were Loyal.

hve Monks Who Were Loyal.
Vancouver. b. c., June 9.-Further
interviews with officers of the steamer
Hupeh. now in port, elicit the fact that
twenty-five Catholic monks were roasted
by She rebels In the Philippine islands,
and net by Spanish troops. as previous
ly reportsa. The Information was fur
nished by . prominent resident Of Ilo-
1lo. in the group OF islands. and corro-
borated. by a foreign consul.
The monks. being loyal. had betrayed
the rebels to the Spaniards. The GUS
tomary mode Of roasting sucking pigs
in the island Ii by thrusting a bamboo
through the pig and then fastening It to
an iron and roasting II over slow fire
This was done to the monks. the bam-
boo being thrust through them while
they We're alive.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-06-09
Two Police men Shot.

Omaha, June 9.-While trying to
arrest three burglars this morning.
Police Officers Tiedman and Glover
were shot, the former probably ia
tally. Glover's wounds are not
thought to be serious. The burglars
escaped.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-06-09
IT WAS CHAIR AGAINST PISTOL

Man with the Chair II Dead and judge
Lynch II Talking.
Junction City. Ark. June "a bloody
tragedy was enacted here yesterday in q
Justice court room In which one man
was murdered. and which may result in
the lynching Of the murderer. The mur-
dered man was w. 8. Coffee, Of Eldor-
ado. and the murderer is J. ]. Sheppard,
Of the same place. Both men were law
yers. Coffee and Sheppard were opos-
fng counsel in q trial before Justice
Wright.
During the progress Of the case the
attorneys became involved in a dispute
and abused each other, shocking pro-
family being used. Coffee picked up
chair and Sheppard drew a pistol and
ared four shots in rapid succession into
Conee's body. killing him almost in
stantly. Sheppard is in the city jail un-
der q heavy guard to prevent lynching.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-06-09
BorEers Was Very Desperate.

Holland, Mich, June 9.-John Borgers,
Jr., an employe Of the Holland furni-
ture factory, tried to kill President Her
man Van Ark. of the company, in an al
tercation over wages. He shot three
times, but failed to hit Van Ark. After
being arrested he tried to take poison
and was prevented.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-06-09
~ssREvIATED TELEoRAMs

Florence Nightingale. who has 1ust
celebrated her 77th birthday. is i'll and
not expected to recover. She has long
been an invalid.
Chicago board Of trade men do not
Governor Tanner. who stated in his
criticism Of President Baker that the
board Of trade was the biggest gambling
institution on earth, Monte Carlo not
excepted.
Commissioner Fricke, of Wisconsin.
has revoked the license Of the Schuyixill
Insurance company Of Philadelphia, for
writing insurance in Wisconsin through
nonresident agents.
Returns. that are reliable show that
Iowa last year. A fair average price Of
a hog is SO, 80 the loss will be over
$22. .00e, 900.
The mills Of the Cirkel Manufacturing
company located at Boyd, Wis, were
destroyed by fire. This concern is en-
gagged in the manufacture of slaves and
heading.
Negotiations extending over three
years were necessary before a Michigan
man could buy two islands comprising
five acres from the government. The
price paid was $3.50.
Naples Is in CONSERVATION because the
blood Of San Gennaro has failed to
liquefy this year. The failure OF the
miracle is a portent Of misfortune.
Parties digging trenches for water
mains at Lancaster, Wis.,. came upon q
1ecayed coffin and the decaying bones
Of its occupant. 1t proved to be the
remains Of Edward Oliver, who was
hanged there in the latter part Of 1888
for the murder Of John Russell at Cass-
willie.
The Southwestern Winter Wheat
Millers' association. embracing all mill
ers in the entire southwest. is In ses-
sion at Kansas City.
DR.. J. B. McMichael, president of
Monmouth ulls.) college, has resigned
his Office after twenty years Of service.
Rev. T. d. McGiH, Of Allegheny. Pa.
has been elected to succeed.
The president left Washington at noon
today for Nashville to visit the Tennes-
see exposition. which he will do Friday.
Governor Tanner, of Illinois, put in
Tuesday listening to Chicago speeches
for an against the Allen street railway
hill
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-06-09

Washington, June s.-The senate yes
terday confirmed the following nomina-
lions: Ellis n. Roberts. Of New York,
to be treasurer Of the Cnited States;
Conrad n. Jordan. Of New York. to be
assistant treasurer OF the United States
at New York city: l. A. Pradt, Of Wis.,
consin, to be sssistant attorney general.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-06-09

New York, June 9.-Much. money
10 wagered on the Maher-S Sharkey
battle tonight. The prevailing odds
are 10 to 8 In Maher's favor. The
sale Of ssats Is unpr ented, and the
largest crowd ever seen at Q ring
side may witness the mill.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-06-09

Rockford. Ills. June s.-The Central
Labor union has asked the council 20
reduce the working hours OF city en-
ployss from ten TO eight. action being
deferred until the next meeting.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-06-09
Es-Gov. Upha.n Paid the Tar.

Madison. VIA. June a-Ex-Governor
Cpham appears to have gotten the best
Of City Assessor Taylor In the contro-
versy over the payment OF taxes on the
team Of horses he drove while in Madi-
son. the amount OF the tax assessed on
them here being 3454.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-06-09

Warrington, June 9.-It 10 learned
today that the president has offered
the Spanish mission to ex-Gov. Ja-
cob d. Cox, Of Ohio.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-06-09

Barbourvi.le, KY. June 9.-Rev. Ber-
~ Lawson. a Methodist divine Of this
county. was shot and sinstantly killed
yesterday by his 15-year-old son, Isham.
The father whipped the boy Sunday for
some slight offense and he left home.
The punishment ranked in the young
thugs heart and he returned home and
finding his father in q cornfield, slipped
up behind him and blew his head from
his shoulder with q shotgun.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-06-09

Galena. Ills, June 9.-Miss Maggie
Hart. teacher OF the miners district
school In East Galena, presides daily
over q school consisting OF one solitary
child Of six years. the only person Of le-
gal school age in the district. The patrons
Of the school decided to provide a teach
er and daily sessions. as the alternative
Of disintegration Of the district, which
would unite them with contiguous and
heavily tax-burdened districts. while
waiting patiently for the newer genera
tion to populate the community.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-06-09
or Courss He signed It.

Springfield. June 9.-Gov. Tanner
signed tho famous Allen street rail-
way bill this forenoon.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-06-09

Houghton. Mich. June s.-wild ami
mails are more In evidence this season
than for q number OF years past. Two
deers recently passed through the city
OF Iron Mountain. town OF 10.0oo peo-
pie. and were seen by several hundred
people ~ they traversed the main busi-
ness street for . couple Of blocks dur
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-06-09
Brutal OUTRAGE I'm Alichiean.
General strike Of Pl.sterer..

New York. June 9.-General strikes Of
plasterers, it is announced, will be or
dered by the board Of walking delegates
today In all shops where the employers
refuse to allow the union to elect a
foreman. There are about $1,000 plas-
terers In the city.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-06-09

Springfield. Ills. June 9.-The appro-
priations voted by the fortieth assembly
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-06-09

Chicago, June 9.-The association Of
coal dealers Of the states of Illinois and
Wisconsin. formed in this city a year
ago, held its first meeting here yester-
day. The association is composed Of 240
members. and its object is mutual pro-
lection through the publication of credi-
tor lists. and combining for other mu-
tual purposes. The following officers
were elected for the ensuing year: Pres
ident, c. L. Dering. Chicago; secretary,
q. A. BidWell. Rockford. Ills
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-06-09

Boston, June Sin compliance with
the order Of the union the sheet and
plate giazlers Of this city struck last
night to enforce q nine hour work day.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-06-09
TAILORS ON AFRAID
New York Strikers Make an A.
tack on the Shops.
mDUW NAIY HEH TO our WORK.

Roueo Co11oo o0, Due Arc u No VofUD -
ths shop-Owners-Asoeag Capeurea
In One Clothine Csatrsctsr A.
tackled By . Nob-Dloodshed Over .
striks In nlinois-Twe Nsn Dead. One
Being . superintendent
New York. June s-Not since the com
mencement Of the strike. nearly four
weeks ago. have the striking tailors ex-
hibited such q boisterous disposition a.
that which marked their every move
yesterday. Inspired with new ideas In
culcated at Mondays nights meeting in
Cooper Union. committees armed with
authority from the Brotherhood Of Tall
ors called on the non-union men employ
ed in shops where proprietors have up to
the present ignored the settlement COM
mittee. Contractor Rottenberg, in East
Houston street, whom they first visited,
protested against the Interference of the
committee and sent for the police. At
the arrival OF the latter twenty-five
non-union men were induced to quit
work and leave the building. A fight
between Rottenberg and the '-pickets''
followed. which resulted in slight injury
to the former and the arrest of three of
the latter.
No Interruption to the March.
The committee then called on Contrac-
tor Tack in Attorney street and lessened
his force by twenty-five. When going
upstairs somebody shouted fire." and
the house was soon in an uproar. In
obedience to the order Of the union party
twenty operators left their benches and
went to the rendezvous Of the striking
tailors in Orchard street The last place
in this tour visited by the picket force
was the shop Of Contractor SamuelLew-
Is in Delaney street. where twenty-five
hands quit work. A boy was sent for
the police, but was held captive by the
pickets until they thought fit to with
draw.
Tried to Mob an Employer.
Meanwhile Louis Stubeck, proprietor
Of a sweat-shop in Willett street, was
defending himself with a revolver at
Broome and Pitt streets from the fury
Of a mob Of 500 striking tailors. The
sight Of the weapon kept the mob at
distance until the Intervention of a DO
iceman, who escorted the frightened
contractor to his home. The strikers in
assigning q reason for the attempted on
slaught on Subeck said that he never
paid his operators. According to the
strike bulletin issued early yesterday
over 5000 coat tailors and 200 children's
Jacket makers resumed work under
conditions stipulated by the Brotherhood
of Tailors.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-06-09
MURDER DURING A STRIKE RIOT.
Assaulted Company Man Kills an Assail
ant and Il Beaten to Death.

AesouIteQ Company Man Kills an A1got1.
ant and Il Beaten to Death.
Minonk. Ills. June 9.-John vetosli,
Jr., was killed yesterday morning about
$50 by A. w. Norman. superintendent
Of the Chicago and Minonk Coal and
Tile works, who was escorting q colored
miner to work. and was stopped by a
mob Of strikers. When Norman pulled
his pistol and fired a body Of Polish
strikers rushed upon him and beat him
into insensibility. Besides being injured
internally he had twenty-three wounds
in the head and his hip bone was broken.
He never regained consciousness and
soon as it was known that he was dead
all desire for revenge was over and
things quieted down.
The jury in the inquest on vetoski's
body rendered a verdict just stating that
he met his death by gunshot wound fired
by A. w. Norman. who was dead before
a verdict had been reached. The inquest
on Morhan's body will be today. Joe
Erbland, a company man. also pulled a
revolver, but 1t failed to go on, which
doubtless saved his life, as the revolver
was wrenched away from him and he
was beaten over the head with 1t.
Brutal Outrage in Michigan.
Traverse City, Mich, June 9-Trouble
Of several weeks standing between Man.
ager Ludgate, Of the Traverse City
Lumber company, and the Longshore-
mems association eliminated Monday. As
Ludgate went down to the dock he was
met by a large number Of the longshore-
men, thrown down. brutally assaulted,
and badly hurt. The assault was caused
by the refusal of. Ludgate to allow the
longshoremen to load lumber upon YES
sells chartered to carry 1t and insisting
upon handling It with his men, shutting
down his mill for that purpose.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-09-22
BAD NEW S.

They are having very serious times
South Of us-the whole country is dry
ing up. Food is going to be scarce.
We quote from a Chicago paper of Sept.
Is:
Wells are drying, corn is scorchinS, pas
lures are bare. dust is inches deep and the
pastors are calling special meetings and
joining their tiocks in earnest prayers for
rain.
Illinois, Indiana and Iowa are parched.
Until last evening Kansas was in the
same condition. but rain came. Weather
bureau men say grateful showers are due
in the other states in few days.
In southern Illinois the temperature has
averaged 80 degrees for fourteen days.
Northern Illinois and Chicago are having
an unusually hot period for so late in the
season. Corn is being destroyed in all the
Egyptian country. and no such record has
been made in heat and drought since the
September of 1879.
The Sangamon Mackinaw and EermiiOn
rivers are nearly dry. and the cattle off a
thousand hills believing in vain and
dying for want of water.
In Indiana no drop of moisture has fallen
for two months, the corn is being burned
to death, the pastures o ta.A,:nable
as powder, and fires are raging. All over
northern and eastern Indiana prayers for
rain are being offered in all the churches.
Iowa has had an average of nearly 80 for
ten days and never in the states history
has there been much suffering in Sep
TENDER. Public schools are closed in many
towns. workmen are forced to quit their
toll and prayers for rain are going up on
every hand.
Michigan. too. is scanning the skies and
watching every newspaper and weather
bulletin for the promise of q downpour.
Farmers are anxious, fruit raisers are
tdowncast and the people of the cities are
discouraged. Rain is needed in every nook
and corner and until it comes the state is
stricken.
1t is great pity the lying newspapers
cannot lie the rain out of the dry skies.
In the meantime Minnesota is blessed
with abundant showers and cool nights
1t is the best country in the world af-
ter all-if our wheat crop is a failure.
T. D.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-09-22

Tho plaintiff claims that defendant only
uses the building ana loan laws Of this
state. which exempt such companies from
the usury laws. as q makeshift under
which 1t seeks to exact exorbitant rates
of interest. Plaintiff alleges that he
paid H,204 as interest, fines and dues. The
amount of legal interest on this loan
the plaintiff claims was but $336 and brings
suit to recover under the statute, the
sum Of 1900. This case will be of much
interest to mortgagors and persons bor-
rowing and loaning money. John Knauf
of this city Is attorney for DR.. Vidal.
That's right. man has no more
right to violate the law fixing the rate
of interest than he has to violate the
law as to stealing. It Is indeed a less
crime to stop a man on the highway
and clap a pistol to his head and take
a few dollars from him, than it Is to
combine with others ina political party,
to render money scarce, and then de-
mand for it's use more than the law
prescribes, and rob the unoffending citi-
zen, through his necessities, OF thous-
ands of dollars.
Put them through, every time. Show
them the mercy they show you and
others. I. D.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-09-22
MORE PROSPERITY.

1.-THE Security Savings and Loan assoc
citation, Of Minneapolis. went INTO volun-
tary liquidation under the law Of 1891,
chapter $50, yesterday.
THE cause assigned is Withdrawals and
accumulations of unstable real estate.
Public Examiner Kenyon's office has made
an examination of the concern and found
it in such condition that the examiner
deemed it best for it to discontinue Dusi-
ness and liquidate it's debts
1.-The assets Of the concern IRE placed at
81. 202, 900. 70. of which $500 10 was in real
estate The stock liabilities were 81, COS, 1871. So
and 1t owed $4,000 on mortgages and
$799.02 in miscellaneous accounts. One-third
of the stock has been filed for withdraw
al. "-Minneapolis Tribune, September Is.
And here are some items from the
Chicago TimesHerald of same date,
showing how workmen and women are
Agent Of Prosperity has arrived
John Bloom. an old ship carpenter we'll
known to Chicago shipbuiiders, committed
suicide Saturday evening by jumping into
a coal slide in the Calumet river at Ninety
fourth street, after tying rope about his
hands and weighing his pockets with scrap
iron. The body was found yesterday morn
ing. Bloom had been without employment
and had often threatened to commit sui
eide. Saturday evening he was eVlcted
from his clearinghouse because he was
unable to pay the proprietor, Samuel
Wnsck. $50. He then told Wnsck and Mar
tin Benin that he intended to jump into the
lake. Bloom was 65 years old and unmar-
ried. He lived at 1890 Ewing avenue.
Clarence E. Pier, 26 years old. was found
dead in his bed yesterday morning at his
home $50 West Madison street. Laudanum
poisoning seems to have caused the death
Pier had d bicycle repair shop in the base
ment Of his home. and having fallen behind
in his rent received notice to move out.
Mary Shipway. 81 years DID, of 1884 India
ma avenue, died at the county hospital yes
terday from the effects of arsenic poison,
taken while dehpondent.I D.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-09-22
Don't take up our space with begging,
but send in your delinquent subscrip-
WHAT THEN.

Suppose the Bank of England forces
the restoration of silver to it's old place
because of governmental necessities,
growing out of the ruin of India, what
will become Of the wiseacres in our
party who want us to give up all our
principles except free silver?
They would have to hold meeting
and pass resolutions as follows:
Resolved, That we are all ID fools;
we have got no sense, and never had
any. and never will have any.
Resolved, That we now proceed to
cut our own throats-metaphori
speaking-to slow music while the
choir sings:
81 must and will get married,
For the fits got On me now"
Resolved, That we select for a bride
a party that has no more principles
than we have; as the great end and aim
of craftsmanship Is to eliminate pre-
judices" and run on trades and dickers
and so get the offices.
Resolved, That reform consists in
enriching a few men and letting the
others go to thunder. Selah!" l. D.