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MIHIC CO t PON I "GATHEMD JIWILS Of 8QRC 5 Six of these and Ue far ? m uompieie book. j ROCK ISL4ND ARGUS. IRTCOCTOK. f -esque America." ; of these u4 10c for 5 Each Put. - VOL. XUL BO. la,. BOCK ISLAOT, m,, WEDNESDAY. MARCH 7, 1894. ; HUCB HIMB CdTaT- rie Boston Store DAVENPORT. Of Interest To E Ladies. 1 The ladies of Dav enport and vicinity will be interested 1 I tn k-nr.u trior ua to 111 mf WW lllUb TT W have just received a large invoice of Julius Stein & Cos Jackets and Capes This popular firm has acrain main- - tained the highest standard of repu tation on leading styles and perfect fit as in the past. We shall be. very much pleased to have you call and acquaint yourself with the styles for the spring of '94. EARNED PIEL & VON MR. Cor. Second and Brady SHOT AT THE POLLS. Murder Done at the Trey, New York, Election " M'KANE CHURCH. Ha FOUB MEN MADE TAKGETS FOE LEAD One Dead. Another Mortally and a Third ftangernasly Wounded A Quarrel Over Alleged Repeating Leads to the Trouble and No One Knows Who Shot Turbu lence In VhI Virginia Abating Train Kobkery In Illinois. Tr.ov, N. Y., March 7. A mayor was elected in this city, but the record of the election is spotted with blood, and scenes such as the oldest resident in Troy has Do recollections were enacted. In a darkened room in the family residence Ites the body of Robert Ross, who loft his home in the morning to aid in the election of his candidute. In another room in the same house lies his brother, William, per haps mortally wounded. In another part of the city lies wounded a notorious rough nd ward heeler, But Shea, and in still an other part of the city is John McGough, who received a bullet and is seriously in jured. Among the watchers at. the Twelfth ward, first precinct, Hilling place were Robert Ross aud his brother William, both of them being there iu the interest of the Republican party. Heglnning or the Trouble. There was also there a well-known char acter of the name of "Rut" Shea. About l-.no o'clock a gang ot at least fifteen strangers stood waiting to vote, while men whose names were on the poll-list both Democrats and Republicans were crowded away. Robert Ross objected to this and had words Nvith "Bat" Shea. The story told by the surviving Ross is that "Rut" Shea was the man who killed Robert Ross. He says that the trouble hcuan in the polling booth where a crowd of repeaters headed by Jeremiah Cleary and Shea at tempted to vote. When the vote was chal lenged the men went outside and immedi ately started an argument with the Ross boys. Suddenly the crowd aurged forward, and in nn instant revolvers were drawn and shots tired. The Tough Will Probably live. Robert Ross fell to the roadway and his brother William cried, I'm shot." Then the firing ceased, us suddenly as it had commenced. Before a surgeon could reach the scene Robert Ross was dead. William Ross was shot in the neck just Mow the base of the brain and will prohuhly died. John McGough is dangerously wounded, while Shea's wound is not considered serious. John Ross said: "I did not tire pistol. It was murder, deliberate mur der, and It was premedinted. I Inly about an hour nnd h half before"" tins man Shea struck my brother William full inthe face. I dragsed William away and told him to take the blow and say nothing: the blow would not hurt him. I did nut think at the time that they would ne their gnus." Mayor Whelan said: "It is a stain on the city." Senator Kdward Murphy wjis busy all afternoon attending to the dele gations of Cuff and Collar Workers who came to tulk about the Wilson bill, but he found time to say: "It is a most deplora ble affair and I um greatly grieved at it." TROOPS AWE THE TURBULENTS. Trouble In the West Virginia Coal Re gions Thought To Ho Over. Charleston, W. Vu,, March 7. The governor informed the Associated I'ress lust night that there was no apprehension of any further trouble among the Kanawha miners. The officers are continually mak ing arrests and the troubles are well in hand. Four more arrests have turn made, making a total of twenty-seven strikers apprehended thus far. The prclimiimry cxamination of the Wyunt ami strikers is now in progress at Fuyetteville. It will probably consume several days. The Wy unts nre out on bail. The Galling gun which was taken to Knirle has been placed in position there, nnd it is thought will huve a good effect in quieting the strikers. It is in plain view of the railway, and the great crowds of strikers that puss on every freight train look at it as long as it is in view. The Montgomery authorities who huve been friendly to the miners, re sisting the attempts ;of the sheriff nnd posse to arrest strikers within the corpor ation limits, have ls-en completely uwed by the state authorities, and a telegram to The Daily Gazette states that they aru do ing all in their power to uid in making ar rests. THE CANS AT FOREST LAWN. UoliU t'f Another Train on the Mobile and Ohio. c-r T i-w Mnrrh 7. Ijlbt niciit nlimit Q o'clock the Mobile and Ohio train which left here at W:;u o ciock was ueiu up ty three robbers at Forest Iawn, Ills., about four miles from East St. Louis. This is the third time within the past six months .i-... h.iI Imu ftiiffered from mlilMw ut- l till i iiiia . w. ..... . . this point. It is thought lust night' hold up WUI perpetruieu m; "rcmwra ui me until tZtllltZ which committed the other robberies. There is tin telegrapn omce at r orest Lawn and particulars are very hard to ol ...: '. Kiirest . Liwu the Raltinwirv. v ui it. . Miriinirh n KWnttin Tlla lilt: V7II HI - rt ai.w tracks have been built up high nlmve it a : nliititr there that the 1-iiIiIm.i-w miiu . " " " j occurred. It cauuot lie ascertained at this hour what the rouoers got ior their trouble. Ten Thousnud for a Leg. Wtvr siri'KitloK. Wis.. March 7. Fred- v..l..n won lrfven a iudimient nt $10,OU0 against the Duluth, South Shore and Atlantic railway oy a jury in a per- 1 .1 .nit Tll llldilltifT'tt Imct Wii. BOI1U1 UHllinHv d... p cut off at the hip while crossing the track at Iron River, tie ciuuiiuu mm- uo signal .-i ...liiuflM Itlitwn. was given ii ....." - Iron-clad Anti-Cigarette Law. rumm i Knn.. March 7. The citv W...... . J council has passed over the mayor's head an ordinance prolimiung mesuie or giving away of cigarettes or cigarette paper to any person under tiie Hue of 21 years, under a penult y of $100 line or thirty days imprison ment IU Jill. wv . hevenfv-flvu employes of the National sewing machine factory, Belvidere, Ills., re on a strike on account of a new rale of wages. If Ha Does Not Resign and Confess Will Be I 'lit Out. Xew York. March 7. At the monthly meeting of the Methodist ministers of New York and the surrounding cities at the Methodist Book Concern the uncomfort able topic of Convict John Y. McKaueand EEEH3 A CASE OltPBIV ATE MALICE. us iniiuiiiK miueisneepsueau Uaychnrcb, VANDAL AND BOMB. The Two Partially Wreck a Chi cago' Building. of which he Is a trustee, leader and Sun day school superintendent, was once more averted. After the meeting the Rev. Dr. Dodge, the secretary, said: "Mi-Kane has not yet severed his connection with the church and Sunday school, Imt he will un doubtedly have to do so. A vigorous in vestigation will be held, and if by that time he has not resigned and publicly con fessed and recanted he will be put out of the church. I do not know when the quarterly conference of the ehur 'h wiil meet, but that conference will certainly take hold of the matter." NO SPECIAL PRIVILEGES. Ielega Reply of Brooklyn's Mayor to tion of Irl.hmcn. New Yoi:k, March 7. A delegation rep resenting the Irish societies of this city called on Mayor Schieren of Brooklyn and asked him to allow the Irish flag to lie hoisted on the city hall on St. Put rick's day. The mayor replied that he was the mayor of all nationalities aud would give special privileges to none. "I suppose we must take that as a nega tive reply," said the spokeswau, James O'DntiuelL "You may be the judge of that," replied his honor. An the delegation was retiring some of the members reminded Muvor Schieren of the fate of Abram S. Hewitt. "I care nothing about the fate of Abram S. Hewitt," said Mayor Schieren. "As long as I urn mayor I shall grant special privileges to no nationality." THREE SISTERS GO INSANE. They Claim To lie "Tho Three 8potted iirl in White." Niagara Falls, N. Y., March ;. A re markable case of insanity affecting three women has developed at Sanborn, east of here. The women nre sisters, and the un married daughters of Joseph II. Schenk, a wealthy man of that village. They are named Ellen, Mary nnd Maria, aged from 2.1 to 3.") years. T..ey put on their night clothes and in their bare feet went out into the street and commenced walking up nnd down, claiming they were "the three spotted girls in white." They were ;tak into tiie Douse and have been violent e since. The three women are well educated and handsome. The cause of their insan ity is not known. PRESIDENTIAL HUNTING PARTY, It Returns to Washington Loaded Dong ""'''um Wiwmw vm mmuu. Washington-, March ".The president. Secretary Gresham ncd Captain Kvaus arrived at the wharf here at IsiS p. m. ou their return Lome from their gunning trip in North Caroliua. The pMsidenlJ looked remarkably well and vigoroas, a did the other memliers of the parry. .;Cnf luck evidently fell to the lo: of the sports men, for there was a lavgo collection of wild swan, geese and ducks on the Violet's decks, l'rivate Secretary Thnrlier met the party nnd the pre-ident, was driven to the White House. Old I -ady I :ally Trampled. ClllCAiiO, March 7. Mrs. Patrick Riley, aged m, who livesivith her aged and feeble husband iu a single room in the rear of iStJ Peering street, was badly injured at the county agent's office. With lur hus band she was Ost in line and was liorne lyLdown and trlthipLil on by the crowd of llitfuggling men and women iu the rear. Two of the ribs en her right side were "broken and she was rendered unconscious. Ihe Despluines str.'et ambulance took the old couple home nud a physician restored her to consciousness. Tho old lady has sustained herself will husband all winter i ssaidmnj, lU wasukca sick aud resorted 10 me counry agciy ior rent I. Plaint of George Francis Train. New Yokk, March 7. George Francis Train has written a letter to Superinten dent of Police Byrnes complaining that three large trunks filled with manuscript written by him for publication in book form, hnve been lost. The trunks were in a storage warehouse. In the course of his letter Mr. Train says: "Can it lie possible trunks were disposed of to the Chicago secret police, as Chicago spies were ou my tracks the from moment 1 tried to rescue the Chicago men?" Cloud on the Titles. New York, March 7. Two thousand people who liought suburban projierty of Benjamin W. Hitchcock are iiudiug out that their titles arc not clear aud they may have to pay ugaiu for their homes. Hitch rock made an assignment Aug. 4, 1S1KI. He was a music publisher and was unable to complete his real estate schemes and the deeds given innocent purchasers of lots conveyed no clear titles liecnuse of bluuket mortgages covering all the lauds. Action of a I'euiule OHIriul. Leavenworth, Kan., March 7. Mrs. Eva Bluckmun, Leavenworth's woman po lice commissioner, who recently cuused the removal of ull the bachelors from the iwilice force, hits now set iu to rid the towu of variety theatres. She had official no tices served on the proprietors of such places to close up and leave the city within thirty days. Mrs. Bluckmuu's new movement may lead to un interesting le gal contest. Hanged Himself with Biuiliug Twine. Waukesha, Wis., March 7. George Peckelumn, an employe iu the brewery of W. A. Weblier, committed suicide by banging alter having made a murderous assault upon bis wife. His liody was fouud in the cellar, with a piece ot doubled binding twine uttucued to a beam aud the end around his neck. Assistant Cashier the Rubber. Dextek, Mich., March 7. O. C. Greg ory, assistant cashier of the Dexter Sav ings bank, has confessed to Detective Buker of Detroit that he himself stole the 5t,2UO from the vault of - the bank last 1 hursday aud that his story of being at tacked and slugged, by inusked robbers was purely fiction. Negroes Returning to Africa. ATLANTA, Go., March 7. A party of thirty negroes has left here for Africa. Three thousand negroes were at the sta tion to see the emigrants off, and there was great commotion among those left be hind. The emigration fever is epidemic among the blacks here aud many more are anxious to go. No Arrest in the Glmnu Case. Sciiokielo, Mich,, March 7. The result of six days work by detectives in attempt ing to ferret out the murderers of Mrs. Gierman serves to bring the suspicion near home. Some dozen residents of Exeter township are under suspicion. The re ported arrest and confession of Mosbar is untrue. . . . . . ... No Ona Hurt By tjhe Explosion Soldier's Widow Fatally llurned Trampled in the struggle for Ksad Smallpox Patient Who Cannot Be Found City Officials Shaken I'p A Day's News Cleaning at Chicago. Chicago, March 7. The throe-story building at KJ Kijue teenlh street was bad ly wrecked early, in the morning by a bomb which was thrown in the hallway. The windows were shattered, the wood work in the hallway blown away and tie stairway was broken to pieces. From the evidence in the hands of the police it is be lieved that an attempt was mails to kill every one in the house but who the guilty parties are Is a mystery. When the police arrived on the scene the inmates of the tenement house were in a state of terror. Various theories were advanced as to the cause of the outrage but none seemed to fit the case. Whoever the perpe trators Were they made good their escape. WOMAN BURNED TO DEATH. An Old Lady's Clothes Catch l ire mltH Fatal Results. Chicago, March 7. With her face charred out of all recognition and with hardly a whole spot ou her feeble body Mrs. Pieman died at her house, 4olN At lantic avenue. She was an old, worn-out woman f 70, livW by herself on her pen sion as a soldier's idow. She was raking out the ashes of her fire preparatory to go ing to bed when her clothes caught fire. She did her best t extinguish the flumes, but her efforts Cjtily seemed to increase their power. Her awsms finally attracted the attention of sajneof herneii;hlmrs,and they at last relieved her. But it was too lute by that time.'ntid she died an hour or two later of the iu uries she hud received. Milk Thief Shot. Chicago, March 7. Harry Clark was shot and mortally wounded ou State street a few minutes after C o'clock iu the morning. Leslie Newton, n milk dealer who lives at l:,1? Plymouth place, did the shooting. While jjoing his rounds New ton hatl missed several cans of milk from his wagon, and Is? determined to cutch the thief, hi order to do this he em ployed a man to drive the wagon aud de liver the milk while best, oil watch over the wagou. While the driver was making a delivery of milk Clark walked up to the wagon aud carried away u can of milk. Newton pursued him and in the struggle which followed he shot him. . iu n.1 Minting I'p. Chicago, March' . .Mayor Hopkins has demanded the resolution of every magis trate, clerk and ii-ii liil doing business in tho city police courts. Jt is the intention of the aduiiuist ration to make many changes among the officials of the p.-tty courts, and to that eud the mayor desired to be alfcto lutely free to act as in his op.uion will lie in the best interests of the city. I'pon the receipt of the resignations a -keii an order will be issued abolishing scxerul of the police courts entirely. Hie names of several justices will lie taken from the pay roll and there wiil be a K. lit ral shake-up umoiig the clerks and bailiffs. $ Suit That Looks Like Attempted Robbery. Chicago, March 7. Cook county desires that the city of Chicago shall at once move out of the west hulf of block oil, original town. That is, the county proposes to lire the city out of Its present city hall. The county commissioners have ordered the commencement of ejectment proceedings to that end and Uounty Attorney Judd will Is'gin the suit at once. This is because the county wants more room. The build ing was built by the city and county under an agreement that Judd seems to think can be set aside by law. Perfect health Is seldom found, for impure blood is up general. Hood's Sarsaparilla really doc9 purify the blood and restore health. IT IS THcPEOPLtr m PORESTLBESI AMD NOT THE TESTIMONIALS OF PURCHASABLE CHEMISTS. THE LONDON. 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