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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-10-28
PERSONAL AND SOCIAL.

Hon. l.. Virtue, mayor of Owatonna,
Mimi, is visiting in Rock Island.
Thomas X. Hill, of Quincy. is in the
city visiting his friend, Aid. H. d.
Elwell.
The Misses Agne and Bride Egan
have returned from their visits at
Lincoln and Omaha.
Harry w. Barton, formerly manag-
ing editor of the Ottawa Free Trader,
was in the city today.
Mrs. G.. NJ. Bowen, of Aledo, is
visiting her daughter, Mrs. j. Junge,
on her way home from Omaha.
William J. Coyne and Miss Viola
Sanders, both of Albany, Ill. were mar
ried yesterday in Davenport by JUS
tice Altman.
Mrs. George Wittick and daughter,
Miss Annie, and Joseph Fox, of South
Rock Island, returned from Omaha
this morning.
w. G. Edens, assistant superintend-
ent of the postal free delivery service,
having charge of the western states,
visited Postmaster Thomas today.
Miss Nellie Scully returned yester-
day from Chicago, where she left her
niece, Miss Alice Smith, who has been
desperately ill from typhoid fever,
slightly improved.
James O'Connor was surprised by a
party of his friends, at his home on
Eleventh street, last night. He was
presented with a handsome pair of
diamond set cuff buttons.
A delegation of A Rock Island pub
lie school teachers. headed by Supt.
r. G. Young, left this morning over
the Rock Island for LaSalle, to attend
the meeting of the Northern Illinois
Teachers association.
The concert social last night. at Me-
mortal Christian church, given under
the auspices of the Christian Endeavor
society, was delightful affair, the
program of music and Rotations
being enjoyed by about 400 young
people.
Most of the Tri-City day visitors ar
rived home today, Mayor Medill and
the majority of the Rock Island dele
CATION coming in on the c., r. /. &
P. special. A number also returned
by the Burlington route. Mayor Me-
dill is generous in his praises of the
Omaha people for their treatment of
the tri-cityans, and says the event
was a great success and fine boom
for this locality.
THE ARGUS yesterday published an
extract from the Davenport Times
chronicling the marriage of Edward
Hayes. Jr., of South Rock Island, and
Miss Perry, of Galesburg. The young
man, who is a barber at the Downs
hotel in Davenport, says the whole
story was without foundation, and
was inspired by his friends for the
purpose of playing a huge joke on
him. He declares he is still living in
single blessedness.
Wednesday at Sacred Heart church
occ urred the marriage of John E.
Murray, of Joliet, and Miss Mary E.
DAILY, of this city, Rev. Father j. F.
officiating. The groom has
many friends in Rock Island, having
formerly resided here. His bride is
an estimable young lady. whose par
ents resides at 1900 Fourteenth ave-
nue.. The happy couple will be at
tended by the best wishes of a wide
circle of acquaintances in their we'd
ded life
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-10-28
CLUB A POPULAR PROJECT.
Committee Takes in 81 900 In Initiation

Committee Takes In 81 900 In Initiation
Fees
At last nights meeting of the direc-
tors of the Rock Island Club at the
Harper house President F. W. Balm
sen and Secretary j. I. Stafford were
instructed to visit those who have
signified desire to join the organiza-
ton and collect the initiation fee, and
today these gentlemen, with the assist
ance of Treasurer Meyer Rosenfield
and Director Charles McHugh, are
making canvass of the city. 1t is
hoped to begin with about one hundred
members.
The committee had raised 800 up
to noon, and expected to have $1,000
in by night. Every one is taking
hold of the project with enthusiasm
and earnestness, and the club, one
that will be a credit TO Rock Island
and its people, is now assured.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-10-28
MATERIAL FOR THE LEVEE.
Flick s. johnson Pushing the Filling
Work.

Flick s. johnson Pushing the Filling
Work.
Material for the levee fill is rolling
in from the pit, where the big steam
shovel is at work, by the train load
over the Rock Island & Peoria railway,
which is doing the hauling. Mr..
johnson, of the Flick & johnson Con-
struction company, which has the
contract for making the fill, said to-
day that they intended pushing ahead
with the work as rapidly as possible.
Everything is now operating in good
shape, and with a continuation of the
present article of weather there is no
reason why the improvement cannot
be completed even earlier than con-
templated
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-10-28
That JOYFUL Feeling

With the exhilarating sense of renewed
health and strength and internal clean
illness, which follows the use of Syrup
of Figs, is unknown to the few who
have not progressed beyond the old
time medicines and the cheap substi-
tutes sometimes offered but never ac-
cepted by the well informed. Buy the
genuine Manufactured by the Cali
fornia Fig Syrup Company.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-10-28
THE NEXT CONGRESSMAN.
Hon. f. f. Andrews. the Democratic Nom
inee, In Town.

Hon. F. +. Andrews, the demo-
cratic candidate for congressman for
the Tenth district, is spending the
day in Moline. He speaks at Library
hall, Moline, tonight. Mr.. Andrews
has been making a thorough can
vass of the district, and everywhere
he has met with enthusiastic recep-
tions and assurances of support, in
many instances heretofore pronounced
republicans giving him pledges of
their votes and influence Mr.. An
drews is a convincing and logical
speaker, is thoroughly posted on the
main issues of the hour, and knows
how to e1pound the doctrines of true
democracy in manner that wins
votes.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-10-28

a lunch-plenty to eat-at Heinie's
place tomorrow night.
A hot time and hot turtle soup at
the Santiago Saturday night, sol
Third avenue Ike Bysinger. caterer.
Plenty of ducks to be disposed of
at Chris Vogle's saloon, corner Sew
enth avenue and Fourth street Sat
urday night
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-10-28
HEART BAzAR,
Busy Nightly Scene at the Roller
Skating Rink on Fif-
teenth Street.
SUCCESS ATTENDS UNDERTAKING.

Attractive Booths, Presided Over by Par
ish Ladies', Engaged in the Sale of
Goodies and Enterprise Given for
Purpose of Paying Debt on Temporary
Church.
Probably the busiest place in town
these nights is the old roller skating
rink, corner of Fifth avenue and Fiji
teenth street, where the Sacred Heart
church bazar is in progress. The pur-
pose of the enterprise is to gather
funds with which to defray the cost of
the temporary edifice that the congre-
CATION has had built, and, if possible, do
something in financial way toward
the handsome church that it is pro-
posed to break ground for the coming
spring. Father j. f. Lockney, the
pastor. is an interchangeable worker, and
his Pensioners have all united with
him to the end that the bazar might
be the success it deserves to be.
1t was the intention originally to
hold the fair for one week only, but
since the weather has been so dis
couragingly disagreeable during the
past few nights, it has been decided
to continue it until Wednesday of
next week.
The interior of the rink has been
tastefully and attractively arranged.
Here and there are booths presided
over by ladies, whose praises of the
goods and wares on sale are eloquent
and convincing, and seldom fail of re-
suits.
There is an array of.articles on dis
play, donated by merchants, and on
which chances are being taken.
The altar society booth is in charge
of Mrs. Mary P. Buford, Mrs. c. p.
Comegys, and Misses May Larkin and
Eta Shields; flower booth, Mrs.
George Wagner, Misses Kate Larkin,
May and Sadie Kennedy, Anna Me
Neill and Jennie Kelly; Sacred Heart
church booth, Mrs. NJ. V. Archer, Mrs
John Daily, Mrs. Frank Hodgdon, Mrs.
w. w. Scott; cigars and candy, Misses
Maggie Shields and Kate Mcmahon;
ice cream, Misses Mary Heelon, Alice
Green, Mamie Brennan, Matte Dunn
and Margaret Sexton; coffee and sand
Witches. Mrs. w. H. Bragdon, Mrs.
NJ. Archer, Mrs. John Cullom, Mrs.
jeremiah Cunningham, Mrs. Kate
Roche.
st. Anthony's hospital booth is in
charge of two trained nurses. Frank
Wheelan and John L. Brown preside
over the wheel of fortune.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-10-28

A cough is not like a fever. 1t
does not have to run q certain course.
Cure it quickly and effectually with
One Minute Cough Cure, the best rem
edy for all ages, and for the most
severe cases. We recommend it be-
cause it's good. T. H. Thomas, A j.
Riess and N. F. Bahnsen, druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-10-28
Last Evenings Program.

Each evening program is given.
Those contributing their services to
last evenings entertainment were
Mrs. Mae Richards-Casey and E. r.
Maloney, of this city, and Miss Alice
O'Connor and James Lindley, of Dav-
export, who sang two quartet num-
bers, and Mrs. Ida Archer Smith, who
gave a vocal selection.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-10-28

To Cure Constipation Forever.
Take Cascarets Candy Cathartic iOc or PIC
II c. G. c. fail to cure. druggists refund money.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-07-10
DARING PIECE OF WORK.
How American Gunboats Destroyed
the Spanish Steamer Alfonso.

Key West, Fla, July 9.-There is now
little doubt that the Spanish steamer
destroyed by the Hawk, Prairie and
Castine at Mariel on Wednesday last
was the transatlantic liner Alfonso
XII of nearly 5000 tons.
Although the American ships were
unable to approach close enough to
clearly establish her identity, on &C
count of the brisk fire from the steamer
and shore batteries, her appearance
corresponded almost exactly with the
description of the Alfonso XII as
given in Lloyds.
The destruction of the ship was a
daring piece of work. The credit does
not all belong to the Prairie, whose
big guns finally encompassed the Span
iard's ruin and left her a mass of
blazing wreckage on the beach. The
work of the little converted yacht
Hawk was heroic to a degree. 1t was
she who first discovered the enemy
and alone gave chase. running back at
a distance, when the SpaniardS drew
in under the Mariel batteries and close
to two Spanish gunboats lying in the
harbor.
Before seeking aid, however, the
Hawk lowered a small boat, manned by
Ensign Schofeld and a crew of six. In
the bright light of the tropical moon
they pulled boldly to within a ships
length of the Spaniard. after she had
gone aground, their mission being to
learn her name. From the time they
left the Hawk until their return the
small boat and her crew made a bril-
liant target for the machine guns and
small arms aboard the steamer and
incessant fire was directed at them.
Nothing daunted, they drew close
enough to hear spoken orders on the
pnenV'S deck Shots were fiVinO all
around them, but none struck, and
they were eventually compelled to re-
turn to their ship without having full.
filed their purpose.
The fire. not only from the Spaniards,
but also from the Mariel tower, a sand
battery, and Spanish gunboats, con-
tinued until the Castine and Prairie
came up and silenced them and de-
stroyed the Alfonso XII.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-07-10
SAVING SPANISH VESSELS.
Sampson Reports the Cristobal Colon
In Good Condition.

Washington. July 9.-Admiral Sampson
has cabled the navy department that IN
may be saved The Colon is certainly
in good condition, he reports, and there
are reasonable hopes of saving the Maria
Teresa and the Vizcaya.
The text of Admiral Simpsons dispatch
is as follows:
Preliminary report from board ordered
to examine wrecks states that wreckage
appliances should be gotten here I'M
mediately. Think no doubt about saving
Vizcaya. Maria Teresa and Christobal
Colon, if haste is made. Colon is much
the most valuable, being in perfect order
Would recommend most perfect appll-
ances be sent at once.
The department had already arranged
with the Merritt-Chapman Wrecking
company to undertake the salvage or
these vessels, and two of the vessels OF
that company are now on their way TO
Santiago. As Simpsons dispatch makes
out much stronger possibility or saving
the ships tl<n was supposed. a coPs5 of
it has been sent to the contractors, with
the request to hasten the work and to be
prepared to send additional assistance If
found necessary.
The authorities are pleased with the
prospects of recovering some of these YES
navy. The only approach to this type of
arrnored cruisers in our navy are the
New York and Brooklyn. In the terrible
running duel of 60 miles July the Span
iSh vessels showed more than once the
possibility not only of escape. but Of
making a destructive fight had they been
handled with anything like the skill ana
GOODNESS displayed by our own naval com
manders The Colon in particular came
near getting away and from Captain
Evans recital of The chase it appears
that had it not been for the Oregon's
splendid execution the Spanish cruiser
given our navy endless trouble before be-
ing run down
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-07-10
Wrecks of Cervera'S Warships Pre-
sent Chastity Spectacle.
DESTRUCTION AND RUIN
CHARRED AND MANGLED BOD
LES OF SPANIARDS.
Cuban Coast Uttered With the Bat
tered Remains of SPANS Splendid
Armored Cruisers-Cristobal Co
Ion Can Probably Be Saved
To Promote Sampson and Schley.

Copyright, 1898, by the Associated Press.)
Off Santiago de Cuba, July THE YES
sells which compose Admiral Cervera s
squadron converted into wrecked charnel
houses, are littering the Cuban coast and
the scenes of desolation, ruin. horror and
death battle description.
At the entrance of the harbor of San
tiago de Cuba lies the Reina Mercedes,
sunk al midnight on July D. Westward
five miles from the harbor is torpedo
boat destroyer, stuck fast in the rocks
close in shore, and battered by the SURF.
Rocks jutting out of the water in front
where she lies hide her hull from view.
Her davits and the top of her coming
tower alone mark her resting place.
Visible from the sea few miles further,
in an inlet embraced by two mighty arms
of black rocks that extend half a mile into
the sea, are the remains of the twin
cruisers Infanta Maria Teresa and AL
mirante Oquendo formerly the pride OF
the Spanish navy.
On beyond lies the Vizcaya, mass of
ruins and q miles away from Santiago
de Cuba the Cristobal Colon lies helpless
on her side, with her smokestaclzs under
water. a,
mirante Oouendo stand upright, stuck
fast on the rocky shoals. All that is lett
of them is their outer hulls, the neaEy
armor defying total annihliatlon. INSIDE
of them the work of destruction is COM
plete Their boilers. engines, bunkers ana
magazines have been blown into unrec-
ogniZable masses of twisted, melted iron
Exploded shells. burned rifles and reVolV-
ers pieces of yellow brasswork and gold
and silver coin melted by the intense
heat are strewn all over the remains of
the once proud armored cruisers, whose
protective decks only stand in places.
But the most CHASTITY horrible sights IN
those steel collins are the mangled,
SCARED and charred bodies of hundreds
of brave sailors, sacrificed for their coun-
try. Buzzards are feeding off the dead
and others are lowering over the wrecks
on the beach other fiocks of vultures sit
in silence waiting for the Nsea to give up
it's dead Every tide adds to the tale OF
horror. washing up such objects as for
instance a sleeve enclosing a wasted arm,
other portions of bodies gnawed by hun
CRY sharks and countless relics of the
battle.
Attention has been given to the burial
of the dead of the enemy and over lO0
bodies taken from the ships or washed
ashore have been inferred upon the beach
by Rear Admiral SIMPSONS orders. These
which now remain are either almost total
w consumed by fire. charred beyond be-
lief or lie in the depths of the sea. These
form the food of the buzzards who keep
constant vigil about the wrecks.
Bodies. lie 'insa confused mass unnum-
bered IN unnamed In "A huge pit OF the
sandy beach where the vessels went
ashore A rude wooden cross from the
wreckage alone marks the grave-a grave
over which Spain may well mourn.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-07-10

oners of war are expected to arrive at
Portsmouth, n. H., tomorrow on the
steamer ST. Louis. Captain Crowinshield,
chief of the navigation bureau, has just
returned to Washington, having prepared
quarters there for the enlisted men and
non-commissioned officers. Being given
carte blanche by the secretary of the
navy, this officer succeeded in having
erected in IS hours eight buildings 100
feet long by Is feet broad each, for the
accommodation of the prisoners. The
site is at Seavey's island, in Portsmouth
harbor, where it will be easy to confine
them without bounds. Considering the
limited time allotted for the preparation
of quarters for these men. much has
been done. There is a hospital. marine
barracks for the guards. a complete sys-
tenn of waterworks. including piping for
the reservoir, cooks quarters and all
the things that go to make up a COM
plete military prison ground.
The st. Louis will land the enlisted men
at Portsmouth and they will be conveyed
across the harbor to Seaveys island.
The Spanish officers will not be landed
at Portsmouth, but viii remain aboard
the st Louis and be taken to Annapolis,
where they should arrive about the middle
of next week. On the ST. Louis there are
40 Spanish officers and 500 men.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-07-10
CLOSELY INVESTED.
American Flags Are Waving All
Around Santiago.

| Copyright, $685. by the Associated Press.)
In Front of Santiago, July S.-There
has been absolutely no change in the
situation at Santiago de Cuba during
the past "a hours. The Spanish author
tiles are taking time to consider the
proposition to surrender and no an
sWer Will be made before noon to-
morrow.
Gable operators, at the request of the
Spanish officials, have been allowed to
enter Santiago, and the matter of the
surrender of that city is now being
considered with Madrid direct
The general feeling among the Amer
lean officers is that the surrender will
be made, not necessarily tomorrow
Saturday, but they believe that date
will be the beginning of the final nego-
tiations.
The Spanish authorities request that
hereafter all communications be made
to them in Spanish, as 1.-The officers who
did the translating for US are no longer
with u.s.
Orders have been issued that each
regiment in the American lines hoist
q flag on the trenches in front of the
position it occupies. This gives the
Spaniards an excellent idea of the eX-
tent and location of our lines, but it
also makes a very imposing appear
standards were fluttering at different
points along the works, which are now
nearly four miles long, and enclosing
the city on two sides.
1t has been proposed that a battal-
ion of sharpshOOters be formed from
each regimental battalion in the army
to be commanded by officers Of prac-
teal proficiency as marksmen. 1t is
said that this battalion would be able
to clear the region near the army of the
pestiferous guerillas who from tree tops
or other covers make many attempts,
some of them successful to assassinate
wounded men as they are being car
ried to the rear. During the truce,
which has now lasted four days, there
has been none of this murder business
going on, and the American officers
therefore conclude that the guerillas
have been engaged in this miserable
work under the direct orders or con-
troll of the Spanish leade.s. Several
commissions from Spanish authorities
to act as guerilla leaders have been
picked up on the battlefield of San
Juan and FL Carey.
The story published by a New York
paper to the effect that the Spanish
prisoners were turned over to the Gu
bans. who killed them, is without the
slightest foundation in fact
No prisoners have been turned over
to the Cubans at any time.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-07-10
SPANISH REPORT.
An Official Account, Written By a
Spanish Officer.

! Copyright 1898. by the Associated Press.)
Guantanamo, July S.-Lieutenant
Adolphus Kentros, the executive officer
of the Spanish cruiser CristObal Colon,
has written to Spain an official account
Of the movement of Admiral Cervera's
squadron in the fight. The Colon came
out last, at full speed, and tried to es-
cape the Brooklyn and Oregon, but was
compelled to beach 60 miles west of
Santiago. at lis. and not at o'clock,
as stated in Admiral SIMPSONS re-
port
The translation of the letter by Exc
cutive officer KentroS is as follows:
About 8 o'clock the squadrOns5Ot I'M
der way, the ships one cable distance
from each other At $50 the Infanta
Maria Teresa cleared the entrance to
the harbor without receiving any fire
until she had passed the Moro. The
Vizcaya felt the fire when at the head
of the entrance, as well as the CristObal
Colon. and it is certain that the AL
mirante OquendO opened fire while
within the channel.
when clear of the entrance, the
Cristobal Colon went ahead at her
maximum speed. The Infanta Maria
Teresa, at $50 a. m, when hardly
clear of the entrance, was seen to be
on fire in her after part, and in a, few
minutes afterward was headed for the
beach.
After an hour later, the.-Almirante
Oquendo was seen to be on fire, and
she, too, was headed for the beach at
the same point.
1.-The Vizcaya and Cristobol Colon
continued the fight. The former about
II o'clock. seeing herself Overhauled by
the Brooklyn, Unanswered as if to
ram, ard without doubt at that mo-
ment must have received the projectiles
that started the fire on her, and she
was seen to head for the beach, in order
to strand herself.
''The Cristobol Colon alone remained,
staying the fire of the Brooklyn, the
only ship within range, but a few mo-
ments later she observed the Oregon
closing up, and later the same with the
other ships.
1.-The projectiles of the Oregon began
reaching us at 1 p. M, and that, to-
gether with the fact that it was impos-
sible to fight with the after guns, on
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-07-10
A THRILLING LEAP FOR LIFE
MAN FELL SIX STORIES WITH.
OUT SERIOUS INJURY.
Another Struck On His Head and
Was Instantly Killed-Big Block
at Cleveland Was Burned.

Cleveland, O., July 9.-The Parson
block. six stories high, at the corner of
Erie and Vincent streets, was ruined
by fire shortly after noon today. 1t
was owned and mainly occupied by the
Clark Britton Printing company,
though a dozen smaller concerns were
located in it.
There was only freight elevator and
no fire escapes. The flames spread
quickly, and the escape of Charles w.
Asbrand, proprietor of stained glass
establishment on the sixth floor, and
one of his employees, Horace E. Potter,
was cut off.
Asbrand got out of a window, and
after hanging for a moment, dropped.
He struck a wire sign projecting from
the fourth story, and hung there a mo-
ment by one foot. Then he descended,
head foremost, to the tagging on the
street. and was instantly killed
a minute later the tiremen spread a
net below the window where Potter was
seen. He got out, hung by his hands.
and. after dropping, by marvellous
strength and skill, caught the sill of
the fifth story window below him. The
wire sign was beneath him, to one side,
and after swinging his body back and
forth. he again let go, and struck the
sign to break his fall. Thence he
glanced off and landed on the small
sloping roof of a bay window at the
second story. He rolled off and fell
squarely into the life net He was
quickly carried to the Huron street sta
ton. where the doctors say his injuries
consist only of several bruises and a
dislocated elbow. He is % years of
age and unmarried.
The loss on building and stock to the
Clark Britton Printing company will be
$1,000, and that of the other tenants of
the block about $50, 600. There will prob
ably be a rigid investigation into the
cause Of the fire and the condition the
building was in.