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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-02-02
Illinois Street Railway Legislation.

Springfield, Ills, Feb. I'm the houSe
the report of the elections committee
recommending the dismissal CT the con-
tests of Benjamin Mitchell vs. Charles
Johnson, John Mierer and Daniel Har-
kin, Nineteenth district, was adopted.
Berry introduced a street railway bill
in the senate creating in cities OF more
than 100000 inhabitants a street railway
commission having charge of street
railway matters. and limiting licenses
to thirty years. Drew introduced in the
house a bill prepared by Charles Bon
ney, representing the Chicago street
railway interests. 1t provides for plac-
ing all railways under the supervision
OF the railroad and warehouse COM
mission, empowering that body to fix
rates,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-02-02
Masters Sale.
s. r. KenwOrthy and Jackson * Hurst
Attorneys

s. r. KenwOrthy and Jackson * Hurst
Attorneys
State of Illinois, -
Rock Island County.
In the Circuit Court. in chancery Par
tition. general No. 4405.
Jabob summon ". Louisa DeiSenbach Charls 5
SimmOn. Catherine WiiSO1. Elizabeth Che
ney. Henry j. SimmOn. and George II. Sim
mon. Peter C Summon. and Harrison Il.
immon in their own right and a. trustees
for Harry Fieener. George F1eener. Title
Eleener and While F1eener under the last
viii OF Phillip Simmon. deceased. and Maria
+ Darling. Cynthi. NJ Simmon. Harry Flee
uer. George tleener. Title F1eener and VII
lie Fleener
Notice Is hereby given that by virtue of a
decree OF sid court. entered in the above en-
titled cause. on the seventeenth day of jan
uary, A d 1899. shall on Saturday, the eigh-
teenth OF day of February a. ID. 1889 at the hour
of two O'Clock in the afternoon. at the east
door of the court house. in the city of Rock
Island. in said county OF Rock Island. as di-
rested by said decree. sell 1T public auction 10
the highest and best bidder for cash in hand a
certain parcel of land. situate in the coun Y
of Rock Island and state of Illinois. know a
and described follows. to-wit:
The southeast quarter 90 OF section six 90
in township sixteenth 90 north range one %
west OF the fourth 9TH principal meridian. n
Rock Island county, Illinois
Dated At Rock Island Illinois. this eigh-
teenth day OF January A. D. 1899
ELwIS +. PARMESrER.
Master in Chancery, Rock Island Comfy, Ill
-. r kENwORTHY.
JACKSON & HURST.
ComplainsEtS Solicitors
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-02-02
Executors Notice,


Estate of Emma johnson. deceased.
The undersigned having been appointed ex-
ecutor of the estate of the last will and
testament of Emma Johnson late of The
county of Rock Island. state of Illinois,
deceased, hereby gives notice that he will
appear before the county court of Rock
Island county, at the county court room in
the city of Rock Island. at the April
term, on the first Monday in April next,
at which time all persons having claims as ainst
said estate are notified and requested to at
tend, Tor the purpose OF having the same adj
are requested to make immediate payment
TO the undersigned.
Dated this 26th day OF January. A. D. 1899.
OSCAR NELSON.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-02-02
LEGAL.
Administrators Notice.

Estate of John Powell. deceased.
The undersigned having been appointed
administrator of the estate of John
tAoweu. late of the county of Rock
Island, state of Illinois, deceased, hereby
gives notice that he will appear before the
county court of Rock Island county. at the
county court room, in the city of Rock Island.
at the March term, on the first Monday
In March next, at which time all per
sons having claims against said estate are
notified and requested TO attend, for the pur-
pose of having the same adjusted.
All persons indebted said estate are re-
quested to make immediate payment to the
undersigned.
Dated this 10th day of January. A. d. 1899
w. II. kISTLER, Administrator
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-02-02

Washington. Feb. 2.-The Compression
al Record of yesterday contains a long
statement signed by Agoncillo. the rep
resentative OF Aguinaldo. introduced by
Johnson Of Indiana as a part of the
debate on the army bill The statement
is the points of which were given in
these DISPATCHES Tuesday.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-02-02
Administrators Notice.


Estate Vi henrN harrlSon- ueceaSeu
The undersigned having been appointed
Administrative with will annexed of the eS-
ta'e of Henry Harrison late of the coun-
" of Rock Island. state of Illinois, deceased,
hereby gives notice that she will ap-
pear before the county court of Rock Island
county, at the county court room. in the city
OF Rock Island, At the April term. on the
first Monday in April next. at which time
all persons having claims against said estate
are notified and requested to attend for the
purpose of having the same adjusted.
All persons indebted to said estate are re-
quested to make immediate payment to the
undersigned
Dated this 3lSt day of January, A. ID. 1899.
MARY A. HARRISON, Administrative with will
annexed.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-02-02
Tommy Ryan surprises sharkey.

Syracuse, n. Y. Feb. 2.-Eighteen
hundred people witnessed the six-round
bout between Tommy Ryan and Tom
Sharkey before the Monarch Athletic
club last night. The event was an ex-
hibition in which the Syracusan clearly
demonstrated that he was far the SUI
perior of his antagonist as a boxer.
landing freely. Sharkey was somewhat
dazed at the showing and frequently
laid himself open.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-02-02
Meeting of County Judges.

Springfield, Ills, Feb. 2.-Some forty
county judges from various counties of
the state met here yesterday and or
ganized the Illinois County Judges as
ISOLATION, the object of which is the
working in harmony and simplification
of laws pertaining to their courts. Judge
Potts, of Christian county, was made
chairman, and Judge Hanlor, of Gala
tin county, secretary. A committee on
permanent organizat ton was appointed.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-02-02
Considering the Ocer of a Trust.

Martins Ferry. o., Feb. 2.-The direc-
tors of the Aetna Standard Iron anG
Tin mills have favorably considered an
offer of s3,2s1, 0O0 from the American
Tin Plate company for their plants here
and at Mino Junction. The question of
the sale will be submitted to the stock
holders. who are understood to favor
the deal
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-02-02
Heire.s Wa. Lost with Her Father.

St Louis. Feb. 1.-The will of Harry
c. Yocum. who was lost on the launch
Paul Jones in the Gulf of Mexico. was
offered for probate yesterday in the
probate court. The instrument was
dated June 25 1894. and bequeathed his
possessions to my daughter. Florence
Louise Yocum. my only heir Florence
Yocum was lost with her father
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-02-02
SsDs speaks TO students.

Ann Arbor, Mich. Feb. Am audi
ence of LOO persons greeted Eugene V.
Debs in Newberry hall Tuesday night.
Debs said that trusts are gradually
forming to such an extent that every
thing would eventually resolve itself
into one gigantic cooperative system,
in which all the people would assert
and have control of their rights.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-02-02
Anarchist Plot Discovered.

London, Feb. 2.-According to the
Rome correspondent of The Daily
Chronicle many arrests of anarchists
have been made at Leghorn, capital of
the province OF that name. fifty miles
southwest of Florence. where plot
has been discovered for the wholesale
murder Of pOlicernen
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-02-02
Beer for Our Bows az Manila.

Vancouver. B. c., Feb. 2-The steam
ship Empress of Japan. which sailed
yesterday for Yokohama and Hong
Kong, carried over 1000. GOO bottles of
beer for Americans in the Philippines.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-02-02
Milwaukee Shoe Dealer Fails.

Milwaukee, Feb. 2.-Edward c. Wehe,
a shoe dealer doing business at 357
Third street, filed petition in bank
ruptcy yesterday. His liabilities are
placed at s33, 9O7 and assets at s45, 147. a
large part of which is real estate.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-02-02
Revolt in UruRuaY.

Montevideo. Feb. "A revolt of the
Colorados against Senior Cuestas, pro-
visional president of Uruguay, has
broken out.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-02-02
Mrs. Krebs Gets Ten Years.

Junction City. Kan, Feb. Mrs.
John Krebs. who was convicted last
week of numbering Mrs Lizzie Craig
Dec. Is. was sentenced yesterday by
Judge o. L. Moore to hard labor in the
state penitentiary for ten years. She
received her sentence without the slight
trace of emotion.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-02-02
Shaw Discusses FINANCE.

New York Feb. 1.-THE Manufacturers
association of New York held its an
nual dinner last night. Governor Leslie
NJ. Shaw, of Iowa. was the first speaker
and he made a long address on The
Evolution of Finance" 1t was a plea
for the gold standard.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-02-02
Killed by a Premature Explosion.

Rich Hill, Mo-, Feb. 2.-Tommie John
son and Mart Shoemaker, shot-frers,
were killed last night by the premature
explosion of blast in the Rich Hill
Coal company's shaft No. 20, located
five miles northeast of here.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-02-02
Potterie. Complete Their Combine.

New York. Feb. 2.-Negotiations for
the consolidation of the leading pot
terry interests were concluded yesterday
by the formation of the American Pot
teries company with a capitalization CT
OOO nn0
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-02-02
Temperature Fails 4s Degrees.

Denver. Feb. 2-The mercury fell ~
degrees between p. m. Tuesday night
and p m. yesterday. At the latter
hour it stood at degrees below zero
and was still falling.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-02-02
SPANS Offer to the Filipinos.

Madrid, Feb. 2.-The government has
authorized General Rios to offer a ram
som for the liberation of Spanish pris-
oners in the hands of the Philippine in
SurgentS.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-02-02
List ofLosers and Losses.

The losses. roughly estimated. are as
follows: Green, Joyce & Co., building.
$50 600; Green, Joyce & Co. stock. $780,
900: Dunlap. building, 10000; Chicago
Clothing company. stock, 100000
Soulder. Bright & Co. building, $4,000;
MacCauley, millinery stock, s25. 900;
Jones, building. $4,000: Gratigny,
restaurant. unknown; Columbus Elec-
trio Light company, $500; Columbus
Gas company $500.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-02-02
c. T. FOSTER, NJ. d.
Physician and Surgeon.

once between Third and Fourth avenues on
twentieth street. once hours: 9 to II n M
2 to D. m and 10 Q p N. Night calls from
ONCE. Phone 1854
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-02-02
Physicians.

once Tremanu block once hours to IL
n m 1 to and to D. m Phone No. 4O92-
Rock Island, Ill. Night calls answered from
once.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-02-02
DIR. CORA EMERY REED,
Homeopathic Physician

SpecIal attention to- diseases of women anC
children also diseases of eye, ear, nose and
throat once hours-9:30 to ~ a. NJ, to p
M 321 Sixteenth street, Rock Island.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-02-02

]. r. BURKHART, N. d
MRS. HADA NJ BURKHARr. n d
DRS. BURKHART & BURKHART,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-02-02

Miss Carrie Johnson, young lady,
was knocked down and run over by
hose reel. Her right leg was broken,
the bone being crushed out of all shape.
She has numerous other injuries and is
in a precarious condition. Scores of
other people were slightly injured when
the walls gave way by the flying de-
hriG
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-02-02
THE MARKETS.
Chicago Grain and Produce.

Chicago, Feb. 1.
Following were the quotations on the
Board of Trade TODAY.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-02-02
DIS. a. MILAER, Z
veterinary Surgeon and Dentist,

AIldIseases of horses and cattle treated on
APPROX ed principles Surgical operations per
formed in n scientific manner Dogs treated.
1905 Fifth avenue. Telephone on 1867. once
and Infirmary. I6i5-1617 Fifth avenue Games
Maucker's stabe), opposite No. hre house.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-02-02

Fortunately the police had kept the
street clear. or the loss of life would
have been enormous. AS it was a num-
Der of firemen were caught while flying
from the crumbling walls. w. Davis
is missing, and while his comrades and
the police made every effort to discov-
er his remains they have not yet been
found. Captain Jack Welsh is badly
bruised about the legs and body. and
seriously injured: Otis ". Kilbourne,
bruised about head and body, may die:
John Donahue. hurt internally and bad
scalp wounds: Charles Corners, badly
injured; Bob Kerrins, badly bruised; Al
Reeves, Pat Sullivan and VIM. Swift,
TIT,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-02-02
WIPES OUT A MILLION.
Fire at Columbus, o., Destroys
Half Block of Fine
Buildings.
COSTLY STOCKS 60 WITH THEM

Two walls Tumble and Catch a Number
of Firemen, Seriously Injuring a Dozen
Young Woman Run Over by q Hose
Reel and Badly Hurt tt Blaze Makes
Sport OF q Four-Foot Fire Wall-One
Man Missing.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-02-02
Milwaukee Grain.

-nlWduhccs
Wheat-5zc lower; No. 1 northern,
731z473Hc; No. 2 northern. re. Oats
&c lower; 3o63e1zc- Rye-1c lower; No.
]. 57q5Sc. Bariey-Easier; No. 2, 521z
Q53c: sample, 47@521zc.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-02-02
PHYSICIANS.
j. A. BALL, NJ. d.

j. A. BALL, NJ. d.
Physician and Surgeon.
ONCE 1907 Second avenue. Residence 800
Wenty-fourth street. Telephone lilo. once
hours from 10 to IL a. m; 20 p. m; and to
d. N, Sundays to 10 a. N
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-02-02

Gus conf1agration which has visited CO.
lumbus since the million-dollar Chit
tenden hotel fire of 1893 visited Column
bus last night Half block of fine
buildings in the heart of the business
portion of the town have been de-
stroyed. The fire is thought to have
started IN the basement of the Dunlap
building. occupied by the Chicago Bank
rupt Clothing company. 1t swept up
the elevator shaft and soon the whole
building was ablaze. Several alarms
were sent in, ant the whole department.
although doing its best work seemed to
have little effect in staying the prog
ress of the flames. The audience in the
II - Street theatre, which is across an
az from the burning block. was dis
missed in a hurry, and this crowd was
soon swelled to enormous proportions
by a mob of excited people from all
nf he rir
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-02-02
DENTISTS

Once hours to I2 a n. 80 to go . m
10 Eighteenth street Opposite Union once,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-02-02
Two Walls Suddenly Collapse.

The fire soon communicated to the
Jones block on the left. and to the
Soulden and Bright building on the
right. and these, with the wholesale
millinery store of Soulden & Bright, and
the store of d. S. Ambach, clothing,
were quickly as complete wrecke as the
Dunlap building. A fire wall four feet
thick separated the fine block of Green.
Joyce & Co, wholesale dry goods and
notions, from the others, but this was
no barrier, and at 1 o'clock this morn
ing the fire had eaten its way through
and was burning fiercely in the upper
stories. At 11:5O, with scarcely any
warning, the front and rear walls of
the Dunlap building. as though rent
asunder by an explosion, fell, one on
High street and the other completely
filling the alley in the rear with bricks
and debris.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-05-30
CHEAP GASOLINE.
It's Advertisement in Topeka Calcu-
lated to Mislead the People.

CHEAP GASOLINE is being adver-
tised by the Standard Oil Trusts as the
best gasoline Why don't they come
out as business men and advertise
STANDARD Oil Co.'S best gasoline 12c
per gallon.) No, the trusts prefer an
anonymous style in their efforts to de-
ceive the public. They hope by thus
advertising a cheap gasoline to mislead
the consumer and discredit a large
number of Topeka's most reputable
business men who are handling the
White Rose GaoIine for which they get
a few cents more per gallon than they
do for the cheaper grade which the
Trust wishes them to represent as 1.-The
best gasoline. White Rose Gasoline
being of far superior quality to the
Trusts cheap gasoline cOmmends itself
to the consumer in the point of economy,
even if it-costs a few cents more per
gallon Thousands of gallons of the
Trusts best goods have recently been
condemned by the state oil Inspector;
not only in Kansas but in Oklahoma
territory.
BY using White Rose gasoline you not
only secure the best results but encOur-
age independent competition. and refuse
to bend the knee to the Trust which in
sister cities is exacting a greater price
at wholesale for their cheap products
than you are asked at retail fer the
White Rose gasoline
THE NATIONAL OIL co.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-05-30
WHY PULLMAN FAILED.
CFrom the Chicago Inter OceanO

CFrom the Chicago Inter Ocean.)
ambassador to Germany, Andrew D.
White, referred to the town of Pullman
problems Of modern civilization His re-
mark made after visit to the town,
ests in it. It gave his deiiberate Judgment
Not that he regarded the evidence as con-
elusive, but he saw in the project Moth
ing to criticise and much to admire. Its
protector. Mr.. George NJ Pullman, put
business with philanthropy. But the whole
scheme will have to be set down among
the melancholy failures 1t belongs in the
same class. practically. with New Har-
mony and other Utopian schemes.
The town Is not to be bandoned. On
the contrary. it is destined to become more
populous from year to year, but its dis
tnctve character IS doomed 1t Will take
its place with Englewood and many other
have developed with the general growth of
the city into an indistinguishable part of
characteristtcs cha survived annexation but
could not survive the hard blow dealt
That tribunal held that the Pullman COM
pany had no right under its charter to
its business The surveyors stakes which
have just been driven into the delightful
the inexorable logic Of that decision. The
alteration or abandonment of many other
peculiarities of the place, more important
but less noticeable, is also the logic OF
From a business point of view the
change is no doubt an advantage to the
company. Ever since the great Strike the
fmpract cticability of the enterprise has been
painfully evident. The original project
involved. for one thing, more restriction
of personal liberty than the average
American citizen. native or foreign born,
viii submit to without chafing. 1t is true
that many luxuries not ordinarily enjoyed
in the households of the working people
were enjoyed, yet in some cases these
were regarded as a burden. while in 9TH
ers the feeling was that there was too
much compulSion about them. The great
strike brought out this latent feeling.
Mr.. Pullman, did not reckon sufficiently
with the American citizens passion for
personal liberty. In many ways Ameri-
can villages and cities could be materially
improved if the people would submit to
additional regulations, but there is a very
narrow limit the restrictions upon per
sonal liberty which will be tolerated The
average American would rather suffer
want in his own way than live in luxury
under the supervision of another man. 1t
is this inherent disposition of the people
which makes the United States the most
inhospitable land on earth to the social
istic agitator and the communistic
schemer
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-05-30
SHIP-LOAD OF SCIENTISTS
Going to Alaska For a Summer of In
vestigation.

Portland, Ore, May 30.-Two score
scientists of note, constituting the Har-
riman exploring expedition to Alaska,
arrived in Portland this morning by a
special train over the Oregon Railway
&, Navigation line. This afternoon they
left for Alaska, going down the COlum-
pia river on the fleet steamer HaSSalo
to Kalama, and there boarding a spe-
cial Northern Pacific train for Seattle.
There they will embark on the steam
ship George w. Elder, which sailed
from Portland Saturday to take on a
supply of coal for the two months
cruise in Alaskan waters. In order
that the fullest benefits may come from
the expedition, Mr.. Hartman has en-
listed the cooperation of the Academy
of Science of Washington, D. c. The
following is list of the members of the
party:
Edward H. Hartman, patron of the
expedition; William H. Brewer, Yale
university; John Burroughs, ornitholo-
gist, West Park, n. Y; Wesley r. Coe,
Phi. d, assistant professor OF compara-
tive anatomy, Yale university; Leon ].
Cole, taxidermist, Ann Arbor, Mich; /;
Fred v. CovfIle, botanist of the depart
rnent of agriculture, Washington, D.
C; Fred S. Dellenbaum, artist, Crag-
more, N. Y; VIM. D. Devereaux, min
ing engineer, Glenwood Springs. Colo; /;
Miss Dorothea Draper, New York; Dan
iel G.. Elliott, curator of zoology in Field
Columbian museum, Chicago; Benjamin
Emerson, professor of geology in Am
herst college; b E. Fernow. professor
of forestry of Cornell university.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-05-30
AT THE PLAY LAST NIGHT

The Madison Square Theater COM
pany, which opened an enga cement at
the Crawford theater last night, will be
seen during the remainder of the week
at the Garfield park casino A matt
nee performance of THE Lunatic'' will
be given at O'Clock this afternoon
and tonight the comedy drama "Di-
Vorce' will be presented.
The work of the members of the COM
pany seemed to satisfy the audience
that saw the opening performance last
night.
A rather tedious production entitled
Destiny was the bill, and the COM
pany handled it probably better than
many popular price organizations could
have done. Between the acts vocal and
monologue specialties We're introduced
with apparent pleasure to the audience
The price of admission at the park
will be 10 cents, and a charge of 10
cents will be made for reserved seats
Tonight any lady accompanied by a
person holding a reserved seat ticket
will be admitted free.