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ROOK AND ARGUa VOL XLH CO 251 . XJL miZZZZ KOCE ISLASD, ILL., Fill DAY, AUGUST 10. 1S34 wrri r i i m i : ' - - GRAND CELEBPOt! -ON- OFFEIIMTS n Under the Auspices of the Columbia Band Sunday, August 12th. Base Bail West Ends vs. the Grays. Two Bands One on the Boat, and one down on the Island. Boat Leaves Davenport at i :3o, 2:30, 4:30 and 7:30 p. m. Rock Island 15 minutes later. The last boat leaves the Island at 1 1 130 p. m. Everybody Cordially invited Come one, come all, and spend your after noon of rest in this beautiful summer resort. NO GO YET. The Tariff Conferees Agree to Disagree. Republicans Advised of the Situation. A Deadly Duel Fought in the City of Mexico. General News Brought by Wire. VUsnixG-rox. Anjr. 10. The re publicans of the tariff conference were this morning told that a disa greement would be reported and asked if they would a-;ree. Thcv consented, and a disagreement will, it is said, be reported this after noon. A motion to discharge the con ferees will follow the disagreeing re port. . The Situation In the War Cnnntrlrs. San Fkaxcisco, Aug. 10 July 17 British mariners numbering S7 crossed the line of defense adopted by the Japanese commander, and there was a slight collision, but the marines forced their way through in order to go on dutv to protect the British legation at Seoul. Thev were not subsequently molested. The ex citement in China is not so great as in Japan. Ant i-missionare riots at Funglaun and Shelalung are of the most alarming chnracter, and the American Presbyterian church at the latter place has "been destroyed. Irally Duel In .Mexico. St. Louis. Aug. 10. A special to the Globe-Democrat says that in the City of Mexico yesterday Senor Jose Vertstegui, chief of the" government stamp department, was killed bv Francisco Kolero, a well known con gressman, in a duel fight about a wo man. Prominent government offi cial!! acted as seconds. There are seven other duels being arranged for. The Vigilant Crippled. Cowes, Ang. 10. The Vigilant did not appear for the start in the race for the German emperess challenge cup in the regatta this morning, f.nd the Brittania went over the course alone. There was much disappoint ment. The Vigilant is in drv brick .....a.a,unij w;i lift" liolidui badiy scraped. Caught Short lu Corn. Siorx ClTV, In.. Ang. 10. Tlie bncket shop ul Mnmtghuu & Co. has tailed. Tbey were cnugnt snort in corn's bij jump. Omaha. i.b., An. 10. The Ilawkeye ComiuifMion company closed its doors. It is one of tiie results of the high pressure iu corn. Another lnble Tragedy at Chicago. ClllL'AUO, Aug. 10. J Mines lost in quar reled with his wife and stepdaughter. When John Stnbich interfered iu behalf of the women U.-stia shot him nnd then attempted buicide. ltoth uiea will prob ably die. The people quickly recognize mer , and this is the reason the sales of Hood's Sarsaparilla are continually increasing. Hood's is "on top." cur.M BAKING POUDEfl IS ON TOP BECAUSE ".".ST Good No ethar Cheap Is so Costs less than Half and plsasas much better than the over-priced and over-"endorsed" kinds. Judge for yourself. la Cans. At your Grocer's Reidy Bros. Real Estate, Insurance and Loans. Buy, sell and manage property on commis sion. Collect rents. Room 4, Mitchell & Lynde b'ng. Telephone 1512. w fcAUL.tO OUT AT OMAHA. Dep.ty Sher,ff. rTc-aW. ,. Pre. ! Violence to Workmen. Omaha. Aug. io. The state militia has been sent to the scene of the strike. Omaha, Ans. In. With SOT dedntiee on the sc ene of the packing house strike the -""j wiwv.cuw js t iirti. matters appears little more quite on tda fcurface than be fore. One hundred deputy sheriffs were sent to the plants in the morning and at night they were reinforced with 200 mora. The deputies were armed with buggy Ruokesno firearms being alloweL The strikers refused to withdraw their picket line at the approach of the officers, and while avoiding a collision paid litte at tcntion to the deputies. Q'tite a crowd of new men arrived on the Burlington Inst evening and a squad of special policemen was sent from Cudahy's to escort them to the house. Three or four striker;,' pickets who were mounted on horses hastened to J their headquarters and noti fied the leaders. Men Afraid to Go to Work. A crowd went out to meet the new men, but the special prlice would not let the strikers get near uough to talk to them. and beyond some mutteredrthreaU noth- Tier woo c-iii.I , l. .u ..oo ,,cu luomru qmi, work insi uigui me U;llcrent packers told tliem to return to work today or not, as they saw fit, as they did not want any of their men to endanger their lives nnd their fam ilies in going to and from work. A grent number of men did not show up for work yesterday morning, and the -forces at the packing honses were considerably less than almost any day since the strike was inaugurated. I'nrfcrrs in Favor of a Shnt Don. The sentiment of the prkcrs is unani mous in the determination to shut down entirely for an indefinite period, and a? Manager Foster, of Swift's. expre?s?d it, "If a city, county and suite cannot give us protection nnd do not care to protect the great industries o South Omaha we can stand it if they can, and as we were losing money before the strike we are not going to fight the strikers and lose more money; ronj equently the best thing we can do is to shut down entirely." Cannot tJet a Warrant Served. The puckers complain that they cannot get a warrant served on any man after complaints have been made. "oteven aflT min nrrniiwt. trlinm ul to Imv. been filed are pointed out to the police aud constables will they serve the war rants and you see," raid one of the pack ers, '"with all the police and specials we can get no protection or justice done and we do not care to run if we cannot get protection." feprcimrn Assanlt on a "Scab." List night as a workman was passing from the packiug house two or three men took after him. He siarte.l to run and in a few seconds 1.000 men were after him, shouting "scib" and other vile epithpts. First one striker would hit the if?-. tht. ti ti 1 f Tb -t-n V i rw t .-.(I down aud ikicked. After he vhs oratt. . and chased for two blocks the police final- ly got between the mob and the man nnd stopped the assault. Kscnrted Home by Tnliee. Cnnfam Connf!! UMtl s r.r.lrfr in ii.f.hl , , , .. . -"""line roue -ss 01 ine . nneu iMaies. it hand and swors he wonld shoot the first isj favo s coM. silver and paper as a man wno continued the tight. Ihe police escorted the man home. Later he eaid that he would go to work in the mornme, and that it meant death to the m.-in n he assaulted him while he was minding his own business. The conduct of the strik ers iu this case is critici.-ied severely. COLLISION OF TROLLEY CARS. Twenty-five Persons Mure or Less Hurt Ut of the Serionaly Injured. HAZELTOX, Pa., Aug. 10. Twenty-five people were iujured, some seriously, in a collision between two trolley cars on the electric road near Oakdale. Toe seriously injured are: Motorman Scanlan, head and face cut, body bruised; A. W. Drake, head and face cut; William Ward, body squeezed and face cut: Duvid Owens, of Tamaqua, badly cut and bruised about the head and face; Mr. Mcireehnn end daughter, of Eliervale, cut; unknown woman, arm broken: DiiJpprt), of Freelnnd, face cut. WheiJ the collision occurred the cars were going at a high rate of speed in opposite directions. '1 he passengers iu the car bound for this city, which was an open one, saw the ap proaching dancer and jumped for their lives, falling among the rocks that lined the road. The curs came too ther with a terrific crash, thrcwing thos who re mained in them to the ftjor and splinter ing the fronts of the cars into kindling. Not a single passenger escapei injury. Among those who jumped from tlie open car and fell oa the rock" was Mrs. (J.-orge Boyle, of this city, who carried h baby iu her arm. Beyond a few urni.1 moth er and child CRCHjx d injury. AECUT AS BAD A3 AN EARTHQUAKE. Cave-iu Iuvulvcs rrierty Worth a Quar ter of a Million, StUAKToX, Pa., Aug. 10. A mine un derlying part of the western portion of the city has caved in for a l i-t.iuce of thtvc blocks, affecting property to the extent of t"J."iO,!0 and causing au excitement which almcBt verges on (mine among the resi dents of tlie locality. TneciVd-iu was caused by robbing the pillars which sup ported the roof of the mine, r or some time past men have been takiug out those supports iu the Diamond breaker of the Delaware, Luckawauua and Western com pany. With scarcely a moment's waruiug a large section of the roof fell, carrying the upier surfni with it. The property ex tending from the corner of Fellows and Eighth streets sank Irom one inch to four fe-t. Tweuly-i'ight houses were wretk-il nnd the inhabitants are desperate from their loss aud 1rty of another c ve m. No one was at work iu the mines when the accident happened. Iteluackauie KfetrlC4l 1'licuouieuou. CltKKliK, ColoM Aug. 10. During a rain storm here what appeared to ha three balls of fire, each as large as a mau's two fists, struck the ground simultaneously within a radius of titty feet. As aoou ti they struck the buds burst, throwing out innumerable khi ks. Oelknte Disease Of either cex, however Induce !, rrompily, thor oushlf and permaiie tly cured. Sead 10 cents in stampi for lanre Uinstratod ttsitire, Biatied lb plaia sea' e 1 eavelone. World's Dispeossry Med icat AttoclaUon, 3 Kaia street, Buffalo, S. T, i i - -TVVnOI fTO. 4 T rilTtT " XV ALUllVU. Prepare for the Political Fight fn the Fall. -T LEADEE3 AHD PLATTOMIS CHOSEN. Michigan' TrYotiinltlonlota Adopt the Ftm Silver, te-to-1 Idea and Generally An nes tlia rau!lttto Declaration A Knr Scheme for Tarter Adjustment Action ' Taken tT the Mars-laud Win Mtiuiualt- fled by Xun-I'ayment of Foil Tax. Kalamazoo, Aug. 10. At the state Prohibitiou convention held here the fol lowing nominations were made: Gov ernor, Albt-rt M. Todd, Kalamazoo; lieu tenant governor, A. C. Wisner, Calhoun; secretary or statu, Charlie D. Schermer horn, HiIL dule; trensurer. It. D. Scott, Oakland; tuJitor general, C K. Perrin, Jacksou; attorney general, John Uibersou, Clare; commissioner of state land office, George Kotdofs, Kent; member of state boiird of education, Harvey B. Hatch, M.-tiquette; superintendent of public in struction, l-'rtd M. White, Washtenaw: I United State senator (long term). Johu Kusll, Macomb county; short term. . . . - - . i'roressor Samuel Dickie, Alliion. Points In the Platform. The platform adopted after reciting the evils of the liquor traffic and declaring in favor of laws wiping out the whole busi ness iu municipalities, state and nation, declares in favor of free and unlimited coinage of gold and silver at a ratio of 1G to 1, supplemented by full legal tender greenbacks and fractional currency in sufficient ai-.ionnt to maintain a uniform circulation jf fc0 per capita. It also fa vors women suffrage and the set tlement of disputes between la bor and capital hy compulsory arbitration: advocates the settlement of tariff questions by nou-pnrtisan boards and the election of XTuited States sena tors by dire-1 vote of the people; also govj ernment ownerships of railroads, tele graphs, t' -pboues and other industries of public character and necessity, when they becotr monopolies to the exclusion of r.ompe ition; demands that public schools lie taught only iu English aud op poses npptopriatiou of pnblic funds for snpport of denominational institutions of any kind. It also declares for rigid re striction it immigration ana lavors a ' graduated iucome tax. MARYLAND PROHIBITIONISTS. ConcrjMioual Candida ea Nominated and a 1'latform Adopted. BaltiM'i IE. Aug. la The state Prohi bitiou co veutionat Ulyndon Park has nominated congressional candidates as follows: jecoud district, J. D. Parker, Ilaltimore- Fifth district. Colonel J. C Lee of I'-iuce George county for the shorter u." iu, and W. 1L Silk of Anuc conda for the loug term; Sixth district, ju. Shoemaker, Montgomery he plat form j bsolfite rohi -ition f the li-uor tmrtm i tlii. Kta . linil naXioa, and a-serts tnat . (ile t.m(l , .om ju v rr .- u . snl,iect ()r wttl- lent by wav of compromise by n . . V- , . .. . cirni-.t'n n.,ii.,m n r .,n i t ... i a,.- .!, , .trw.ti, .t man stiff ige and government control of the railro .ds and telegraphs. f.'j oniing lcniorrats. Chutes ce, Aug. 10. In the democratic state conv -utiou the committee on resolu tions subt iiud a modification of the reso lution offt red denouncing the attempt of the admit 1st rat ion to place t be country on a gold bai s. The committee eliminated all nference to the udmiuist ration. The platform adiptei favored the free and utdimiUd coinage cf silver at the ratio of 16 to 1, d nounees the Democratic aup porterj of the senate tariff bill and pro nounces 'he Wilson bill ouly a partial f uiUllmei of the pledges of the last Dem ocratic na ional convention, favors au iu come tax, dedans iu favur of selecting seuators 1 y pupular vote. lijl.or Nominated lurConrtm G'KMNt., Ia., Aug. 10 The Demicmtic congrcssi' mil convention of the F.ightli tiistnet cf Iowa nomiuatetl F. Q. Stunrt, tditor of the Chariton Democrat, unani mous: y. TEiiliE iACTE, Aug. 10. George Wash ington Faris was nominated for congress in this, t!:o Sixth Indiana district, by the Republican convention, defeating 'Colonel Thomas Nelson, ex-minister to Chili and to Mexico. I?an't Puid His Ioll Tax. ST. Ixi is, Aug. I1'. A special to The Hepublic from Little llock. Ark., says: D. E. BarUer, the Ponuliat candidate in this state for governor, has not lutid his poll tax. rnd is, therefore, ineligible to hold otlicj in the state. Tho discovery was mad.; by the receipt of a letter from bts home county. Drew, stating that he bad not aid his poll tax fur three years past. An Kdacatlunal Qualification. ALBANY, X. Y., Aug. 10. Among the recommendations to be made to the con stitutional convention by the suffrage committee will be one that ability to read and write shall be a ierquisit to exercise the electie franchise. Federation and Knights at War. PlTTSlifUG. Aug. 10. The American Federatioa of Labor is waging a warfare against the Knights of Labor. The Brew cry orknieu s union has issued a rircu lar denouncing the local K. of L. officials for adopting a scale lower than that of the anion, andalleging that tbey are in collusion with the brewery proprietors to destroy unions nfflilmted with tne A. F L. The K. of L. officials deny this. Philadelphia Opticians FaiL Philadelphia, Aug. 10. (jieen & Co., incorporated, one of the oldest firms of opticians in this city have made an as signment lor the benefit of creditors. As signee Gray will not make a statement uutil Monday. The compauy had a capi tai uf ,0j0l Cowboy Attacks a 1'rto-st. Mahdan, X. D., Aug. 10. A drunken cowboy named Collins attacked Father Wilhelm at tbe latter' house. He at tempted to pound the priest over tbe bead with a eari ridge belt and waa shot Uixouca tiac aiinuluer. Lis vill raaavtiC More Room The London A GREAT MEN'S SUIT SALE $5 THE LONDON Big Store. Blue Front. Tri-City Ball Park Davenport, Rock Island and Moline Eight Evenings, Com. AUGUST 12 Brilliantly Lighted AmphitheatreThe Greatest Pyrotech nical Spectacular Pageant Ever Produced, Three Beautiful Ballets Superb Costumes, Magnificent Fireworks, Novel Specialties. Including Hassan Ben Mi's Troup of Bedoin Arabs, 22 in Number. Marvelous Battle Scene An Enormous Stage Beautiful Scenery Band of 40 Pieces. 400 People General admission 50c. Excursions on all railroads and steamboat lines. RESERVED, SEATS may now be had at Thomas' Drug Store, Rock Island; Clendenin's Drug Store, Moline; and Fluke' Book Store, Davenport. Must Have More Room Is the word that comes from our proprietors, who are in the eastern markets buying an immense stock of Fall and Winter Clothing. We marked prices down from our former low prices all last month. C .t now we have jumped on them again. has now started - $5 Our windows are full of them. We have more in the store. $5 is the Price. Lots of them, worth more than double. None of them worth less than double. You can't afford to miss this sale. RIC w O 1 'Si (A Si Impossible to miss the place. Seating Capacity lOaCCO