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ROCK- ISLAND ARGUS. VOL TUT. CO C3. BOCK ISLAXXD ILL, 8ATUHDAY. JADUAIIY'6, 1834. BDTnfi I Fee Week. VmCMiH. TJUlfaS Single Cony, Tnren Centa. Boston Store DAVENPORT. COST SALE. Previous to Stock-Taking, Beginning Wednesday, Jan. h and con-, tinuing for ONE WEEK. All q,ods sold retail at whole sale prices. cveryining inciuaca, irom a pin to a silk dress, or a pair of blankets. On many things cost will not be considered. It is oitr,1Jpose to do the JfrntSki Inuarv business t.,.. "Til' -V XI v- nave eve- L.J" "c realize that we have some big records to beat, how ever. This fact docs not dismay us. but rather is an incentive to do still greater, things, and noth ing will do it quicker than L07 PRICES. This week will record the greatest values in Dry Goods in the history of the three cities. It Must be Remembered that, although we shall re duce everything to whole sale price, yet there are many things that will be reduced to a point far below, as some things will be sold at half price, and even less. It would be impossible for us to give you an intelligent idea by quoting prices, and hence leave the above facts for your careful considera tion. Horned, Pursel & Von Maur. UEDV LATEST BAD FIRE RAGING. The Business Portion of Al bany, N. Y., in Flames. Worst in Years, and Not Yet Under Control. Terrible Explosion in a Pow der Mill at Kingston. A City Prison Filled With Tramps Goes Up. LGencral News From the Na tion's Capital. Alkaxt. S. T.. Jan. 6. Fire broke out in the Albany theatre early this morning, which has developed into the wont conflagration known here lu year. The building covered half a Mock, and In now in ruins, while the city buildings adjoining are burn ing fiercely and cannot le sared. The entire fire department is at the scene, and outskie aid has been num. tnoned. The entire heart of the city is threatened. In Um lieu... uamiinotox. D. C. Jan. C In the house this sfternKn, Rt prescn-J tatlve Itoutcllv insisted on the Ha waiian resolution, heretofore offered by him, coming before the house. The speaker directed the ayes and nays on the report of the committee on rules. The roll call showed a quorum present. Representative Wilson, of West Virginia, moved to dispose with further proceedings un der the call, and a division was de manded, whereupon Messrs. Heed and Catchings were appointed tell ers, and the roll Is proceeding. fferriOe PewaVr Csplaalow. Kisoston, X. Y.. Jan. 6. Through the carelessness of an. empiove in overturning a lantern If' a bin Laflm & Band powder mill this morn ing, a territic explosion took place in the main building, and all on the floor were killed or injured. The dead are Gardner Friedenburgh, Sol omon Friadenburgh, Joseph Saund ers and Joseph Kipp. MkUarte Caatle Uratrayed. Heklix, Jan. 6. The Uncal cattle of Hamburg. rerenif -Tised for the oinces oi tne district ant Monties, was burned this morning, cremating the district director and his coachman. A number of valuable duennivcts were consumed. A rrlma filled With Tramps FdhfiI. SIassilox. U., Jan. 6. The citv prison filled with tramps was d stroyed by fire this morning. While all w ere rescued, a numlier were un conscious w hen taken out. Child I.nlKir In t'rnns.iliama. llAI-.l:tnt l:. Ia., Jan. . Kutury Ire spertor Hubert nit horn has siilmiitteil hi tov.rth annua; report to Uovminr I'at- tin. On Jurte 3. Is'.";!, there were em ployed in the various establishment which are aiiietiahie to tin' lactnrr law about 5. 0 children uinler 13 year, ol age. The silk and wuuleu nmnsifrv turvr em ploy luliy TJ er cent, ot the- children, lie is Mitwlied that by next June there will not Iw any child nuiler 13 employe d'iu rstaMihtuents amenable to the factory law. Want am.ooo rrmn A. J. Mnw. f'ltia Am. Jan. To protect theuiM-lves, as they say, for spits, as the lief. nilant ny. A. M. Hilliuits. the Home Cnvintt Imnk. and the Home National bunk, of this eity. have secure J Judgment for over flWsio auainst A J Hone, son in law of Millionaire Miell. who was miinlerrd as is ujpoeil bv Tacott- He say lie has prop rrt) ennuirli to ny three limes the amount. 1 he plaintllfs sny lie has positively refu-ed tr secure the deht uu the aforesaid ptt;- ty. Were lHlu( Nothlea tur Hint. SlMit I.NF.T. Ia.. Jan 6 Dep.u y I'liited States Murshal Kulti.n has arrested Will iam A. Hell, of William A. Ik 11 ic Com pany, and John Will, of the Iowa Mate IV.ant Investment coinpony. churiced with u-inc mails for fraudulent purposes. They tamed on a patent sellimt attency, wimld collect money to negotiate sales and then ilropthe matter until tue mtent owner Hiu,uired what they were dmuu for him. Urand Raplda l urnltare Plant Kutd. ii:AM IlAI'His. Mich., Jim. 0 The pl.int and stock of the Nelson & Matter Furniture company was sold by the re ceiver at auction by order of the court. The entire projierty was bid in by the old National, Urand Rapids National and People's iSavinirs batiks of this city. The property broiiKht tlto.otsl above the mortgaxeof (UI.UlW. This is about otie- half the appraised value. Attacked by Bandits. LoSuoS, Jan. 8 The Standard's Shanx hai correspondent says that while the rm peror was pruceeiliuK to his winter palace bamliU attacaed tne processiou ana cured a quantity of valuable They aUo cured a o kidnaped several imperial official FIRT WEEK OF THE NEW YEAR. Wrt VrUllaat le lartfcatlenn) of the "Gout Time Caaalns.- Xiw York, Jan. 6R. (i. Dan tc Co's weekly review of trade say It is qnestion able whether the working force in the great industries has Int-rms-i as yet, though about the first of the year considerable In crease i ejcpecM. The n Mm her of mills starting and stopping work is about the mi Will lower price are recorded in Iron and steel both at Philadelphia and Pittsburg withont Increase in volume of business... It Is believed that the output of Ilia, though 40 per cent, less than a resr to. exceedi"the present consumption. The volume oftliines represented by txchanges outride' Sew York is 19.2 per rent, leu than for the same wejlc last year. Kefmnlinn the extent of decrease in rri on branches of business during the Int half of tswj, actual sales have been re ported by 1.117 houss or companies, Sft cnemting r.'13.t(XI.G-J this year, acaiust 304,409.11 in the same months last year, a decrease or !. per cent. In textile manu factures the decreie is 41 percent., over 4T per cent. In all woolens. 43 per cent, in silk and 87.1 per cent, in cotton manufac ture. 80.3 per cent in toiery and 85.6 in mixed textiles. In dry goods the sales decreased only 13.3 per rent., Mntk previously held having been much mhired anil the reported de crease in sales of clothiiii! is only 113 per rent.; in iron and sttel manufacture the decrease is Si.s per cent., hut in hardware only 1.S per cent.; in boot and hlinc manufacture the decrease is 16.6 ier rent., but in the retail trade enly 11.6 percent : in jewelry !i S per rent., and in rales of bats only 19.(1 per rent. The final classified returns of failures for 1X are not yet complete, but the re port received for the In tier part of De- remlier Lave swelled thcaggrccate of com mercial lial.ilitias to f.Tts..4'.r3,-ti;i, of which ..i45.Wl5 are of manufacturing failures. H-JP.SW,.:) of trailing fuilures and MT, Si,ZW of ether concerns. Cntuplcte. re turns will Vc given, it is hoped next week. THE FRANKLIN GROVE BANK. t,ethj tt.eHnrci.ry N..w stated ata,ooo Mi ml of Currency. KoTKronn. Ills., .Tan. C The officials of the Franklin throve bank have made a statement that less than f,000 in gold and silver v.as seen red by the rohliers. They iilso chum to have a correct account ol nil the currency destroyed iu the explo sion, which w ill enable them to get it re deemed bv the I'nited Slates trVusurcr. The fragments of currencv picked up from the floor of the liank in pieces of smullfxt size to lull only a littie mutilated filled nearly a peck measure, and will ! sent to the treasury dcpartnint. The rob lx-rs. hfter the explosion, apparently ili- videu tueir spoils, ot Kiilit sr.'! nlver in a Ufijrl.borms lnmber yard. fcrnsatlona! Labor Kestutimi. TortKA. Knn . Jan. 0. S?cretary Snm nalson. of the KariMis Federation of ljilir. hassrut to the governor sensational and MrVna passed at t he 1 veaven worth nieeUatsxtrt flot made public till they were seutta executive oflice. The resolutions deaannd the immediate re moval of State Vabor fommi-sioner Todd snv he Is uotssmly .unlit and incompetent iMit was not a wnsje-wia-ker identified with liilior interests or eligible when appointed. Thev utve evcrv labor organization strive for the defeat of the retiomination of lA'WellinK. or defeat at the polls if n'jmi i.sted, because of the governor's actiua in liuming and retniuinu Toild. Tbe lase-Lrwelliuc Troohlf. TorKKA. Kas , .Inn. C Instead of piiinc to lleloit with the several niemlcr tf the Ixuird of charities Mrs ljeae remniued in Topeka at t!ic request, of Judge IXaiter, who is actintias a peacemaker nnd went tii coufcrrinir with her at the National hotel. lKster was in clos' conference wit h the gnveniot for several days and is evi. deutlv doinc his utmost to stop hostilities. A memla-r of the Isiard said to a rejsiner iu-t as he took the train for Jlcli.it: "Mr. Lease and FreelRiru have both been pre. etit at the meetings. Nothing transpired, however, to mr:ke a test. The lioard will n'it net as a tribunal. Mrs. Lease and Free bom understand this." ralorado Allianre mm Morton. DEWKU Jaa C A. K Southworth, tary of the Farmers' Alliauce and Indus trial I'uion of Colorado, ha tran-niitted by onler of the council of the union a copy of the following resolution to President Clevclund and J. Sterling Morton, secre tary of agriculture: "That we condemn the course pursued by J Sterling Morton, secretary of agriculture, in Lis ungentle manly and unfarmerlike, ignorant and vicious attack at Chicago upon organiza tions of the tillers of the soil, and e earli est iy urge I'resident Cleveland to displace h:m with a competent man wtiohasat least aorue sympathy with the agriculturists." The t'nrwln Bark from Hunolnln. Fas Fhasi Isco. .Jan C The f . S. fe. Com in, which sailed for Honolulu la-t th with dispatches, to Minister W illis has return eil. Her commander refused to ci ve an v information and declined to alio a messenger from the Merchanra' exchange to lNird the vessel. The Corwm avohle-j the S.in Francisco sidoof the bay and went to Mare Island navy yard, thirty miles away. An officer presumably having gov ernment dispatches was landed in a small boat near I'residio military reservation, wet of san Francisco. The officers of the cutter absolutely refused to hold any com munication with any one. Talk ml Another Hallway Receivership. New Youk. Jan. 6 A rumor was cur rent in Wall street that a receiver would be appointed for the Missouri Pacific. In renl v to an inuuirv at the office of the coa- puny the following statement was made: "The rumor ot a receiver is aosaiuieiy false. No receiver has been applied lor and none is contemplated." He Cracked a kafe Iw, Years Age. Eau Claike. Wis.. Jan. .-Sheriff Riley has arrived here from Elgin, III., with Fred Strickland, alias Silver, who two years ao cracked a safe and escaped while under hail. He was discovered by getting into a gambling row at Peoria. Earltlng Cowncil Meeting. Mamiiu. Jaa. 6. The meeting of the new municipal council of this city was of a deriilMllv exrit'as descrintion. There I nrers several tights among the councillors I and much other disorder, causing the I meeting to be adjourned abruptly. SICILY IN FERMENT Pillage, Incendiarism, Murder and. Rapine Abounds declieation or . state of siege it Marine in Which Thirty Are Killed and Fifty Wenaaea Another Tnaaalt la Which Tea Uvea On Out Be fore the Soldiers Rifles Secret Society Manifesto Issued Calling en Workmen to Organ lie. Bat Cease Rioting. Rome, Jan. 6. The dec res proc'.attning Sicily in a state of siege is prefaced by a report of the ministers to the king which says that the deplorable neglect and grow ing evils of recent years has led to a se rious situation requiringexceptional treat ment. The ignorant and deluded popu lace is lei by individuals addicted to every kind of crime who : have fomented pillage, incendiarism, murder and rapine- It is evident that aa organizing commit tee exists which is responsible for the dis orders which have occurred and which is abusing the constitutional guarantees. The committee, it is staled, meets daily at Palermo. Great Slang-liter at Rioters. A dispatch has reached Naples from the correspondent of a Neapolitan paper at Palermo announcing a most serious riot at Marinoo. eleven miles southeast of Pa lermo, a town having 9,010 inhabitants. T he dispatch says that a. body of rioters who were demanding the abolition cf the octroi duties made an attack upon the town hall which resulted in thirty of the riottrs being killed and fifty woundtsl by the troops which were called upon by the niux,:cipu! authorities to quell the disturb- Lnce. ttrrd a IK-ailly Valley. A dispr.tch from Caltinesetta says that there was a demonstration there last even ing under the auspices of the Fasci Dei Ijivoratori, which wound np in a conflict between the troops and the peasants One of the soldiers was wounded by a peasant, and when this was learned the troops fired a volley into the crowd of rioters and killed ten and wounded several ot hers. lTivate dispatches from all parts of Sicilv say that the proclamation of a state of siege has produced a feeling of greater confidence among the people. Manifesto to the Workmen. A telegram from Palermo says that the central committee of the rasci Dei Irora tori has issued a manifesto demanding con' cessions from the government in onler, the writers claim, to test, the genuineness o! the humanitarian declarations of the hour geoise. Continuing the manifesto pro ceedsto call upon the workmen to otgan ixe: but it advics them to cease engaging iu disorderly outbreaks.on the ground that no durable advautages are povible from isolated and convulsive actiou. I'ulire bisaotve m tMn-lety. It Is now annonneed that it was this manifesto which led to the arrest of the leaders of the Fasci Dei Lavoratori society. The police of Pniernio have dissolved the local branch of tue rasaDfl Lavoratori societv at Palermo, and have seized many important documents which will lie used iu the prosecution cf the men now iu cus tody. CHARGES OF RAILWAY SKINMNS. The K. and T. II. Has Sstmethlnk lnkiod te Say uf U. J. Mackey. New Yoi:k. Jan. : The Evansville and Terre Il.iute Hallway eomimny has issued a circular to stockholders stating that suit has lieen instituted ag:iinst II. I. Nich olas & Co., Imukers, for W.(0 alleged to have lieen diverted from the ireasurv of companv. An accounting has also leen asked for iu respect to other sums arising iitmi the hypothecation of ci rtain bonds. The com tainy is claiming the sum of S'.V from ex President Mackey. In brief thecir cul.'.r alleges that lit arly si .100,000 ha ve been taken from the treasury illegally. Becatiss uf this, the dividend has been passed. The cciupnny owes c'vil,(HW for Coating debt and equipment notes. lieu shown the foregoing a membcrof the firm of II. I. Nicholas gave the reporter the following statement: "We have seen the circular referred to. So far as it re fers to us it is false and untrue. We can not trv our law suits in the papers, and therefore must decline to make nnv ex tended statement for the puWic. Thestate- tucct is evidently intended ' to make us scapegoats for the faults of others This is unjust and in due li'.i.e) will be cor rected." The Cleveland Hawaiian Pollry. Washington. Jan. 6. It is understood that Congressman Kaynor, of Maryland, of the committee on foreign alairs. has re ceived a communication from Secretary Gresham outlining the policy of the ad ministration iu the Hawaiian matter. Kaynor declines positively to give the con tents of the letter or even admit the receipt of it. But it is understood among con gressmen that Kuyuor has 'been in com munication with the president and state department for Mime time, and that he has been designated to outline the policy of the administration on the floor of the bouse in reply to Boutelle. Mate Elcvatora Are Illegal. FT. Pavu Jan C Judge Mitcbe'i has handed down an opinion of the supreme court declaring the law providing for tiie building of a state elevator at Duluth to be unconstitutional. The supreme court declares that the state has no right to go into t-r elevator business. Crank A tier Ueorge Uonld. New Yohk. Jan. 9 A crank of the name E. C. Chirk went to the Lakewood hotel. Lakewood, N. J., and wanted to see Mr. George J. Gould in order to collect 100,009, which he says the latter had promised him. Chick was lately released from an insane asylum. The Cold Wave l Cowing. DEN v KH, Jan. 6. The cold wave adve: tised by the government as due here Wednesday was here early yesterday morning, two days late. It brought the coldest weather experienced iu Colorado this season. - Thrown froea His Barty. Cincinnati, O. Jan. 6. Mr. Joseph Taylor, of the f.rni of Taylor 4t Co., whole sale grocers, was fatally injured by beii5 thrown from bis buggy ia a oollisiou wita a fire eugme. He was years eld. . Bit? Gtore. PANTALOONS! Away down Your choice Worth 5 and 6. - Fasts M $3.50 and H for $2.39. An Accident Life Insurance Policy for $500 given with every pair of 50c suspenders. Big Store. THE PEOPLE'S FARTY. Chairman TaulM-ner k Says Its Chances Arc Much UriKhtrr. Indianapolis, Ind.. Jan. 0. H. K. Tau beneck. chairman of the naticu;U commit tee of the People's party, arrived lit re from Marshall, Ills., his home, and later left for Washington to open the national head quarters of t he People's party committee. "I expect to remain in Wr.shington until every ftnte election next year is over."' taid lie. "The Populist congressional committee will occupy my time for a while, but I will Mil! retain active charge of the national committee. We are goinp to have a ticket in every c-onpvssional distict in the I'nited Hutes, an 1 will make a bitter linlit at the state elections. We will contend for evuy inch of ground. and will force the old parties to discuss the money qne-tion." ' hat of Peoples party prospects? was asked. Merely this,' replied the chairman: "I regard oxir chuaccs as much brighter tliau they have ever lieen heretofore. With the financial depression, which has lieen pre valent so long, workuig on their minds.tlie common people are uot inclined to look kindly toward either of the old parties and the returns next fall will show results hat will lie surprising. As for the talk that the Wilson bill will better comlitious there is but one thing to be said and that is that the bill will never bi tested, as it will never uiss the senate. William Hunter an-t William Hunch, rivuls forthe affections of a womam.fought at Ijuiiana, Mo. Hunter shot Punch dead and then blew out his own brains All the parties are colored. PUREST Al ID DEST AT L.E5S,TnAN IDE PRICE 0P OTHER BRANDS. -OI-D IN CANJSJDNLY, SfiX&RICE, KCCKSLAMD,LU in price. of any Pants in the house for $3.99. SAX&RJCE, ROGKISLANDj You Never Such Shoes as we are offering for Ladies and Misses at $1.50. Ladies' square toe, patent tip shoes. Ladies' opera toe, patent tip shoes. Misses' square toe, patent tip shoes. Misses' opera -toe, patent tip shoes. ALL SOLID. Save money by buying your shoes of "The BOSTON," 162? Second Ave.. Under Rock Island House. Our Purpose In is to let ererybody who bays clothing that's all Man kind here about know that our fall suitings are in, and that the finest erer displayed in the city. Ton are xes peetfully Invited to call and ase the latest in patterns and styles, in fill and winter wear. J. B. ZTTiTT.TFiR; Call tad leave your order Stik Block Oppositx Haktkb Hocbs: Blue Front. Worth 5 and $6. Blue Front. ILL Saw Advertising '