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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-03-16
COMBINE IN WHEELS.
Made Possible by the invention
of the Bicycle That Has
No Chain.
INVOLVES $4,000, 900 IN CAPITAL.

Nc SiGs Spirit Is 4. G. SpaIding-He Goes
Abroad for His Health and Gets Control
of French and British Patents for the
Trust-Bicycle saddles. Steel Tubes and
Wooden Rims Also in 1t, Says the New
York Herald.
New York, March 16.-The Herald
says: Makers of bicycles have ar
ranged the details for the formation of
a trade combination that Will involve
capital to the amount OF S5o.C00,Coo. It
is understood that ter of the leading
makers OF wheels have entered the COM
bination. and that several others viii
probably be persuaded TO add their sig
natures to the agreement. \. G. Spald-
ing is credited with being the moving
spirit in the proposed combine. With
him are associated A. \. Pope and Il.
Philip GOrmully. of the Gormully <
Jeffrey Manufacturing company, of Chi
CaEO. Attempts to form 4 bicycle COM
bne have been made in the past, but
all have been futile primarily because
the small manufacturers could not be
eliminated.
Coming of the Chainless Wheel
With the coming of the Chainless
bicycle. however. the situation was al
tered. While the transmission OF power
by means of shaft ard gearing is not
novelty the adaptation OF it to the use
of the bicyclist. involving the cons rue
ton OF the complicated machinery nee
Cssary to turn out the Gears, is said
to have cost one company five years of
labor and an expenditure of more than
100000. y company was formed in New
Jersey and licensed to manufacture
bevel geared bicycles. 1t is upon the
foundation afforded by these licensed
concerns that the new organization is
to be based. All the companies licensed
have agreed not to cut prices under
penalty of forfeiture of license and the
payment of u cash penalty. said to be
5000
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-03-16
Notice of Final Settlement.

Estate of Matthias Grant Mounts, dece ased.
Public notice il hereby given that the under
signed. ErnarGt -. rickeuSchCr- administrator
of the cst ate Of said deceased. has this
dav fled his final report and settl- ment as
such in the county court Of Rock Isl md
county. and that order has Deeu entered by
aid cou.t approving the said report. unless OBJ
iectious thereto cause TO the contrary be
shown on or before the Sd day of April
A ID iSgI. and upon the final approval of said
report the said Er1ardt g. FlckenScher VIII
ask for an order Of distribution. and viii also
ask TO he discharged. All persons interested
ar.. notified to attend.
Rock Island. Ill. March II. 1899
ERHAHDT g. FICKENSCHER-
Admin traitor.
The Worcester spy., 1899-04-25
OVELAW AK KENINC
Contractor Cunning
hams Peculiar
Experience.
.DAZED FOR MONTHS
His Reason Restored at Mo
bile and He Returns
To Clinton.

Clinton, April 24.-William F. Gun
ningham, the contractor, who disap.
peared from Clinton about year age
during the construction of the sewage
plant, was in this town today.
Hale and hearty. he greeted The Spy
man, and talked of affairs in genera
and in detail.
The mystery that surrounded that
affair of last winter when in cold and
frosty weather Mr.. Cunningham depart
ed this town and friends, is over, and
Mr.. Cunningham is happy,
The correspondent of The Spy talked
with Mr.. Cunningham tonight. Mr.,
Cunningham said it was in The Spy
that he first received news Of himself,
as it were. He said: Il found copy
Of The Spy on a hotel table in Mobile,
Ala. 1t told about a man seeing me on
the train between Providence and Bos-
ton. 1t told the story of my contract
in Clinton. That brought all the cir
cumstances fresh to my mind, and
gradually brought me to a realization
Of my position.
''It was a few weeks afterward that
fully understanding my position, l re-
turned to my home in Somervllle. AS
say, 1 have The Spy to thank.
Those who saw Mr.. Cunningham be-
fore he went away, would hardly rec
ognize him now. He weighs S5 pounds
more. Then he looked like man with
nervous prostration. He will spend a
few days here and in Lancaster.
The Worcester spy., 1899-04-25
COURT HouseFuRNIsHINes
a Second Advertisement for Bids Possible
Proposals Opened Today.

~ OeCoHu advertisement TOR bloS Possible
Proposals Opened Today.
A second advertisement for bids for
the furnishing of the interior of the
new court house is possible, as the
county commissioners are determined
to have nothing if full satisfaction is
not secured, and unless the bids
which are to be opened today prove
entirely complete and in accord with
the specifications, they will advertise
again, so that the new court house may
have furnishings thoroughly modern
and up to date.
The time for the submission of the
bids for this work expires this day, and
the commissioners will open the bids.
and if all is well, the contract will be
well let. Mr.. Andrews of the firm of
Andrews, Jacques & Rantoul, is to be
present, and upon his advice the final
outcome of the matter will be deter
mined. Thus far there have been very
few to examine the specifications, only
a few having called at the Worcester
office. However, there have been plans
and specifications on exhibition in Bos-
ton and there more have critically ex-
amined them.
The contractor who gets the award
will have until September 1 in which
to fulfill the contract, as that is the
date fixed by the commissioners. The
court house itself will probably not be
ready for occupancy and use before
October l, which will afford ample time
for the faithful execution of all plans.
The Worcester spy., 1899-04-25
RICHARD oeLEsBY DEAD.
Four Times Elected Governor of Illinois,
and Once to the Senate.

Lincoln, H., April 24.-Ex-Gov. Rich
ard J. Oglesby fell dead near this city,
at / o'clock this afternoon. He had been
in ill health for some time, but his sud
den death caused surprise.
Gen Richard ]. Oglesby was born in
Oldham county, Kentucky, July 25. 1924.
His parents were of Scotch extraction.
In 1886 he was taken by his uncle, Willis
Oglesby, to Decatur, Ill, and grew up in
that city He was a farmer three years
and then returned to Kentucky and
learned the carpenters trade. At the
age of 19 he returned to a farm in Illi-
nois
of law at Springfield. and upon his adj
mission to the bar located In Moultrie
county, where he practiced until the
Mexican war broke out, in 1S46, when he
enlisted as a volunteer. At the close
of the war he returned to Decatur, and
in 1S47 drove overland to California in
search of gold. Returning, he was promi-
nent in the campaign of 1852.
He was nominated state senator and
elected He was placed in command of
federal troops at Cairo and Birds Point
in 1861 and served throughout the war.
In 1854 he was elected governor of Illi-
nois and served two terms. In 1872 he
was again elected governor and made
United States senator at the following
meeting of the legislature. His fourth
election as governor was in 1884 After
this term he retired to private life.
The Worcester spy., 1899-04-25
FUNERAL OF HENRY TEEHAN

A new mound in st. Johns cemetery,
half concealed by a profusion of floral
designs, marks the last chapter in the
life of Henry M. Teehan.
With fearful prayers the casket was
closed yesterday morning and the funeral
cortege proceeded slowly to st. Johns
Catholic church, where a solemn high
mass was sung at 10 o'clock by Rev.
James A. Hurley. After the impressive
services, Rev FIR Hurley read the office
for the dead and pronounced the absolu-
ton of the body. The funeral train took
up its way to St Johns cemetery, where
the body was inferred in the family lot.
Rev FIR. Hurley accompanied the fune-
raj to the cemetery and when the earth
had closed over the young man, rectted
final prayers, all present uniting in re-
sponses The pail bearers were Nicholas
ri. Skerrett, of The Spy. John G. Sullivan
of the Telegram, with whom Mr.. Teehan
was associated in newspaper work, John
j. Clifford, John M. Connery. Michael H
Shea and William H. Keegan.
There were many floral pieces from
friends of the family and large mound
from the associates of the deceased on
The Spy, where Mr.. Teehan did his last
work
The Worcester spy., 1899-04-25
A new SURPRISE.
Parmenter Manufac-
turing Co.'S Case
Going Higher.
MANY LEGAL POINTS
The Litigation Has Been
Bitterly Contested From
the First.

A new surprise now develops in the
now famous case Of the Parmenter
Manufacturing Company of Brookfield
which has abounded in surprises since
the first petition was filed in the insols
vency court, praying that the concern
be declared bankrupt.
The case is to go to a higher court,
and on an assignment of errors which
is to be filed today, the matter will be
taken to the United States court of
appeals, from the United States dis
trict court. where it has been pend
ing.
This case has been bitterly contested
from the first. and has been the bat
tleground Of many a hotly contested
legal engagement. Morgan & Stewart,
who have appeared for the Parmenter
Manufacturing Company throughout,
have won great success in connection
herewith. and are now preparing for
another engagement. The involuntary
petition in bankruptcy was dismissed
by the Massachusetts supreme court,
which sustained the contention of Nor
gan & Stewart, that the national bank
ruptcy law did not become operative
at the time the petition was filed, and
that for this reason, the petition was
filed in the wrong court.
Following this, bills in equity flew
fast. until the air was thick with legal
points, and now, after the case has
been contested in the district court, it
goes to the United States circuit court
of appeals, on an assignment Of errors
in the case. The document to this end
is lengthy, reviewing the history of the
case. and will be filed today. The
appellate court will sit in Boston in
Nav
The Worcester spy., 1899-04-25
vnn, Mass, and G. L. Perrin of Bos-

Lynn, Mass, and G. L. Perrin of Bos-
ton.
Middletown, Conn, April Estates
Attorney John M. Murdoch today re-
ceived an official communication from j.
Branchi, consul general for Italy at New
York, asking for a transcript of the tes-
case of Marcello Ullisano, for transmits
sion to the Italian government
Boston, April A.-About 75 New Eng
land delegates to the international Sun
day school congress at Atlanta, Ca,
sachusetts delegation carried a hand
some wreath to be placed upon the grave
of the late Henry Grady, as a tribute
from the Sunday school teachers of this
state
Providence, R. l., April 24.-Fire broke
out in a wool store house on India street
of wool belonging to the Atlantic Mills
Company and $4,000 worth of yarn be-
longing to the Blackstone Knitting Com
pany were stored. The firemen quickly
put out the flames, but damage amount
ing to $5O,000 was caused by smoke and
water
Rome, April 24-In the senate today
Admiral Canevaro, minister for foreign
affairs, replying to interpretations re-
garding the Anglo-French Nile convex
tion and its effects upon Tripoh, one OF
the Barbary states in the north OF
Africa, on the Mediterranean, said that
Great Britain and France had given am
pie assurances that they had no designs
either for present or future execution on
Tripoli.
The Worcester spy., 1899-04-25
RECEIVES A SETBACK.
Pingree's Scheme of Municipal Ownership
Not All Smooth Sailing.

Detroit, Mich, April 24-A committee
of g. citizens, by their attorneys, today
filed a bill of complaint in the circuit
court, asking that Gov. Pingree and the
other members of the Detroit street rail-
way commission and the city of Detroit
be temporarily and perpetually enjoined
from taking any further steps toward
the purchase and operation of Detroit's
street railways, under the Mcleod act,
and all proceedings Hereunder be de-
creed to be void.
The bill makes the objection that the
special meeting of the common council
at which the street railway committee
was appointed was not called for that
purpose. They assert that the purchase
of roads would increase the bonded in
debtedness of the city beyond the limit
permitted by the charter A preliminary
Injunction will doubtless be granted by
the court. pending a hearing.
The Worcester spy., 1899-04-25
IRRePResslBLE STEVE.
The Case on This Morning-Party of Inter
ested New Workers Arrive Today.

The Case on This Morning of Inter
ested New Workers Arrive Today.
A party of weli-known New Workers
is due to strike the city of Worcester
this morning, and the suits against the
irrepressible Steve Brodie in the cen
tral district court is the occasion there
of. During the past few days, sulli-
van & O'Connel. who appear in the
interest of William Redmond ct ais. of
New York, who bring the suit, have
secured depositions of prominent New
Workers. to the effect that Mr.. Brodie
has proprietorship connection with "On
the Bowery," which occupied a week
at Lothrop's recently, and in which
Steve Brodie played his part with per-
fection. The party which accompa-
MES Mr.. Brodie comprises f. Millard,
Harry Rossiter and John c. Marshall.
They will leave New York for New
London. coming here from that city
without change. The case comes up
for trial Wednesday morning before
Judge Utley, and an interesting trial
is anticipated.
The Worcester spy., 1899-04-25
.7'RAINMEN ELATED
Think 8-Hour Day is
An Assured Fact
For Them.
WILL DEMAND IT.
Already Granted to Con-
solidated's Boston
Employees.

Conductors, sWitchmen and brakemen
in the local yards Of the New
York, New Haven and Hartford Rail
road held an informal meeting yester-
Gay to consider the S-hour day question,
and are to ask from the management
of the road that in the future eight
hours shall constitute days labor.
For long time the local men have
been considering this subject, and yes
terday mild form Of Utopia seemed
at last within their reach. L. M. Blake,
a Worcester employe of the Consolida-
ted, was in Boston Yesterday and
brought back the report that at last
the New York, New Haven and Hart
ford Railroad had listened to the ex-
pressed wishes of the Boston conduc-
tors, brakemen and switchmen in the
yards there, formal notice having been
posted that henceforth the manage
ment would accept eight hours work
as a day, all hours over this time en-
titling the employe to extra pay. The
movement is announced to strike Wor-
cester, and the local men are cores
pondingly elated over the prospect OF
the future.
The road management and the en-
ployes have held several consultations
over the subject, and the result has
been reached without any friction OF
heated argument between the road an6
men whatsoever. Other employees OF
the road feel confident that they, too
will be given shorter hours. Severa
instances of a raise of wages to EN-
ployes have been presented in the case
of the Consolidated road.
The freight handlers have taken the
initiative in the matter of an S-houl
day, and now they feel encouraged by
the success gained. The .novement fol
an S-hour day is not confined to the
Consolidated, bul employees of Other
roads which have termini in Worces
ter, are seriously considering the mat
ter.
A delegation of Worcester conductors
brakemen and switchmen will be ap
pointed at once to wait upon the man
agement for this purpose.
The Worcester spy., 1899-04-25
EXEMPT FROM ATTENDANCE
Chief Justice Excuses Lawyer Goulding
From His Cases While at f4oIyoke.

Chief Justice Excuses Lawyer Goulding
From His Cases While at HoIyoke.
Lawyer Frank P. Goulding is a priv
ileged character, and while he is con-
Quoting the big Holyoke water cases
which are now being heard in Spring
field, he enjoys from the chief justice
of the higher court what is better than
writ of protection in an exemption
from attendance upon cases in other
courts, while the Holyoke cases are
being tried. The suits against the city
of Holyoke are for property taken by
the city in the perfection of its water
system, after the manner of the Kettle
brook seizure, and the amount at stake
is over million dollars. Yesterday, in
the superior court, before Judge Hop
kins, Blackmer & Vaughan. counsel for
the inhabitants of Leicester, in the
suit brought by the Leicester water
supply district, asked continuance Of
the case until the next term, owing to
the absence of Lawyer Goulding.
Judge Hopkins gave no decision up
the copy of the chief Justices order can
The Worcester spy., 1899-04-25
TURNS THE TABLES.

Mrs. Demaris Petitions for Separate Main
tenance Against Her Husband
The wife turns the tables upon her
husband, and while the. latter failed
before the courts, his wife now appears
on the scene to get the victory. Re-
Gently John Demars of this city applied
for a divorce from his wife on the
ground that she had deserted him.
There was an interesting hearing in the
superior court, and at the close, Mr..
Demars' petition was dismissed. Now
Mrs. Julia Demars has AIed in the pro-
bate court, through her counsel, Shee-
han & Cutting, petition for separate
maintenance against her husband, not
on the ground of desertion but upon
the ground of non-support and cruelty.
Mrs, Demars claims that she had been
obliged to support her two children by
her own hand.
The Worcester spy., 1899-04-25
INJUNCTION GRANTED.

Lawyer eoodelI Brings Suit Against Kim
ball Mfg. Co. to Recover Counsel Fees.
E. w. Goodell has filed in the supe-
rior court bill in equity against the
Kimball Industrial Manufacturing
Company, seeking to recover for coun-
sci fees due for securing a patent for
the defendant company. as claimed,
with the prayer for an injunction re-
straining the defendant company from
transferring or disposing of further
patents until further order Of the court.
At the hearing before Judge Hopkins,
the prayer for an injunction was
granted and the case will be heard on
its merits later
Lawyer Goodell was patent attorney
for the Kimball Industrial Company in
getting through claim for letters pat
ent. Mr.. Goodell alleges that $72S.25 is
due him as balance on account.
The Worcester spy., 1899-04-25

George Bieberbach received congratu-
lations from host of friends yesterday
on the occasion of his 18th birthday.
He is remarkably strong and rugged
for a man of advanced years, and cele-
5rated the anniversary of his birth yes
terday by day of work at his desk in
his office, 11S Summer street.
Mr.. Bieberbach was born in Uffen-
helm, Batavia, April "a, 1924, and came
to Boston in 1S49. Immediately begin
ming in the business of brewing. He
brewed the first barrel of lager beer
ever brewed in Boston, and continued
in business there until 1867, when he
The Worcester spy., 1899-04-25
New England.

removed to Worcester. He is believed
to be the first man that ever brewed
a glass of lager beer in this city. For
II years he has conducted his business
at it's present location, erecting the
new block which he now occupies, five
years ago. He has been twice mar
ried and has four children, George Bic
berbach. Jr., Richard Bieberbach, John
G. Bieberbach and Mrs. Elizabeth
Sandner.
Mr.. Bieberbach has an extended ac-
quaintance among prominent German
citizens of New England, and has many
friends in Boston and vicinity. He is
a member of Gesang Verein Frohsinn
and has been prominent figure in the
affairs of the club.
The Worcester spy., 1899-04-25
nEATHS.

LELAND-In Grafton, 22d, Cynthia A.
Leland, daughter of the late John w.
Slocomb, 70 yrs.
Funeral at her late residence, Tuesday,
April 25 at p. m. Relatives and friends
are invited to attend without further
notice.
DORSEY-In this city, 24th, Bridget
(Simpson), wife of James Dorsey, As yrs.
Funeral from her late residence. No. 125
Summer street, Wednesday morning at
SIS Requiem high mass in St Anne's
church at o'clock Relatives and
friends are invited to attend, and kindly
requested not to send flowers.
HoRNE-In Leicester. 2ad. Roger wolcott
Horne, infant son of Charles d. and
Della M. Horne, 1 yr. mos days.
Funeral from the parents residence on
Pleasant street, Wednesday Afternoon
at / o'clock. Relatives and friends are
invited to attend.
The Worcester spy., 1899-04-25
LAYING DUST WITH OIL.
Railroads Will Adopt This Means of Keep
log Dirt Where It Belongs.

The Boston and Maine railroad has
adopted the system of laying the dust on
the roadbed of its tracks, by the use of
petroleum.
Two cars have been fitted at the shops
of the Boston & Maine road for the work
and will be used as soon as the weather
permits. The cars are similar in construc-
ton to those used by the Boston & AL
bany The cars are fiat and the oil is
supplied/from a big tank line car coupled
to the rear of the distributing car. The
oil flows through four-inch pipes on
either side of the car to the three sprink-
lers, which are controlled by Independent
valves. One goes from the centre of the
car and floods the space between the rails
and two extension sprinklers hung on
swivel joints from the ends cover the
beds
The Worcester spy., 1899-04-25
SUES THE 3. & A.
Brakeman Lefford Wants Big Sum for
Personal Injuries Sustained.

Suit for $4,000 is to be brought
against the Boston & Albany
Railroad through the Office of
Lawyer James F. McGovern, as
counsel for Joseph J. Lafford of
this city, who recently sustained severe
personal injuries. Lafford is brake
man in the employ of the defendant
road, and recently while in the per-
formance of his duties, met with ter
rible accident, which has necessitated
his confinement at the city hospital for
several weeks. Yesterday Lawyer Nc
Govern served notice upon the road
The Worcester spy., 1899-04-25
COMMUNICATES WITH SHIP
Marconi Successful in Telegraphing From
shore TO Sea.

London. April 24-Signor Marconi, the
electrician, whose experiments in wireless
telegraphy are attracting International
attention. has successfully communicated
from South Foreland, Kent. England. to
the French armed dispatch vessel Ibis
while sailing in the English channel.
IN conducting the experiment he was
accompanied by a French naval officer.
The feat marks also the first success In
concentrating messages at one point to
the exclusion Of all Others
The Worcester spy., 1899-04-25
CANDIDATES ARE NUMEROUS.

There will now be fight for the
place to be left by Mr.. Knowlton. The
number of candidates will largely in
crease from day to day, but, at any
rate. Mayor Camplin of Cambridge,
District Attorney Weir of Lowell and
District Attorney Parker of Worces-
ter county will try for the nomination
for attorney general-Boston Globe.
The Worcester spy., 1899-04-25
OLD FASHIONED PARTY.

The old fashioned party which is to be
given tonight in Mechanics hall under
the auspices of the Sisters of Notre Dame,
promises to be the most successful en-
tertainment ever given Tor this cause. On
the program are Louis K. Brennan, Flank
M. NARROW and Harry W. Foley, and
many other attractions, Whist will be
indulged in, the prizes for which have
been given by several Worcester firms.
NOrman's orchestra will furnish the
music and there will be dancing
The Worcester spy., 1899-04-25
ATTACHMENTS.

Baker, -Ricketson Company VS.. Charles
Baker & Company; Worcester, $4,000,
superior court; writ served by Hayter.
Frank p Goulding, William c. Mellish
for the plaintiff.
Arthur E. Leach ct AL VS.. A. G.
] Broad, Worcester, $10O. central district
court; writ served by Hayter.
Alfred S. Hudson VS.. Henry NJ Stone,
Newburyport, $1,000, superior court Of
Essex county,
The Worcester spy., 1899-04-25
DUTlABLE ARTICLES.
They Cannot Be Sent Free Through the
Mails Any Longer.

Postmaster ]. Evarts Greene has re-
ceived the notification prohibiting the
importing through the mails of all duti-
able articles, with the exception of books.
The postmaster has notified those who
have been receiving such articles to that
effect. To those having receiving photo
graphs from abroad this notification was
particularly sent. The means of col
lecting the duty on such articles through
the mails is as follows:
customs officer looks over all mail
as soon as it comes off the steamers
and places a stamp on all letters which
he suspects contain dutiable merchan-
disc. The stamped letter then goes on
to its destination and is held by the
postmaster. who notifies the receiver of
the receipt of the letter. The receiver
must open the letter in the presence of
the postmaster and, should it contain
anything for which duty is required it
is taken TO the nearest customs officer
and appraised. This duty or fine must
be paid to the postmaster before the
receiver can have the letter and its con-
tents