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ROCK ISLAND ARGU FRlbs TERES G23T8. VOL. XT.TTT. NO 299. ROCK ISLAND, ILL., MONDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1895. DE ATH TO ELEVEN. Defective Timbers at a Church Corner-Stone Laying. k LITTLE GIP.L KILLED OUTRIGHT, Vliilc Trn other Persons Are So Badly Ilnrt That They Cannot Live Three lliin-lrrd nml Fifty I'rnple 1'iled Into a li.i-r:i I'mwil by a Floor Giving Way Ki'iiri- Severely to Slightly Wounded iiines of the Victims. Lokais, O., Oct. 7. While a great cruwil cf people was assembled to witness tliij laying of tho corner-stone of the new r-t. Miiry's I toman Catholic church a tem porary lloor on which many of the piKiplo Wens stanilinsr suildt-uly gave way, pro cipitatiiiK many men, women and chil dren into tlia basement. One was killed outright, ten were fatally injured, and lw twivii thirty and forty others were l;idly hurt. Tlii! sen ices wcn just alrmt to be irin when the accident hapiH-ncd. Fully S.O'iO prruons were assembled on and around tho platform, which had beam con htructed ncruss tlie fountlation of tho cdi llce. The boanls forming the temporary floor had Inn laid ucrossthe joists, which vcpj support! il in the middle by upright posts. Tli :.e supports broke aud the floor went down with u crash. 'I In re llamlri-d Persons Oo Dawn. Fully : iiersonu were thrown Into tho pit forim .1 liv tlie sagging in the mlddlo' of the f!oor. For a moment everybody was paralyzed by the calamity, but soon there wiu u rush forwanl by those willing to ii iiil nWst.-inco to tho crushed and i.tn;j.vl'"i H-opIi!. This luadu matters wiir-v, for fifty more px-mims wens crowded forward into tho hole upon those who went down with tho floor. When tho c infusion li.il Kuhsidcd somewhat many of those who ver! nblo to extrii-ute tliem-ra-lvj.-i did so by walking and crawling over thi'ir lis fortunate companions. Tho work of n scue v. as Ix-icun ct once uud all were lma'ily taken from thy pit. J:ievtl on the lt-uth Hull. Following is a list of tho killed and fatally wounded: - Killed Mary NVelx-r, 3 ears old, of r'hoflh-hl. Fatally injured Itosa Meie , :t year? old, skull fractured; Katie (iriflln. K y ars old, hurt internally; Mrs. Mary Mi-liroeith, left leg crushed ami hurt internally; Mrs. John Fu.-.tin, ii'jed wi inati, left h jr crushed and chest injured; Mrs. t'o-nclius Sullivan, spine. iiiiuri.it nml left li'K crusbrd; Mary (huIht, chest crushi il and i hurt internally; Mrs. MleliH'-l Ki'llin;;, injured internally; Mrs. Kate Dieilriek, both li'sw broken and hurt internally; John Ficldcamp and Mrs. Margaret MaekiTt, hurt internally. Will tome out if It Alive. Those foully injured, but who will re cover, are: Neliie Dullard, head cut; Nicholas Wapner, nkull fnirturetl; Iaii Thi'oluild, : years old, head cut; Colonel AV. I. Urown, leg and arm braised; Mn. John Fox, both h-us broken; Mrs. Will lam Du llurp tt, hurt internally; Mrs Mary J-artincr, rtizht li-ij crusheil; Mrs. Jacob Kcefvr, hurt internally and le;r will liave to be amputated; John Martin, lei; broken; John Kustiu, balk hurt; Mrs. M. Uriiiv, nnl-.le broki-ii; William Iiynn, le;; broken. Many others were severely bruised. The old Itoman Catholic church nml parochial school with at oui-o turmii into hospitals, many doctors, were called, anil tin y were ke t busy for hours caring fr tin? injur. 1. CmtM l by peferllvo Timorr. Th.e lu cidi nt was due to defective tiiu-l-rs. The cohtnietor was told that tho platform was ins. cure, but ho said it would hold all the people lhat could lie crowded upon it. There were between 1,500 t ",W.t Nople unit when it gave way. Despite the accident the services were continued nn.l tho laying tho corner stone was comileted. THICK.: UILI.F.D ItV 1'OISON'OtS OASES. I on taut Death f Men Lowered Into a Well One After Another. Toledo, Oct. 7. At lVintiervillo a well thirty-five fvt deep was shot with dyna. mite to luc.va-ie the llow of water. Two hours after the shot Henry Fapel descend ed to note the effect. Aftjr he) 114 In tho well some time and no response being piven to rcpeati-d signalling I.ouis on man nh.o descended to bring him to the surface. He, too, failed to respond to the calls of his friends, and his brother I'imrle:: w.is tlieu lowered into the hole only t mi-el witli tho same fate. Tho men wen' overcome by the poisonous gases in the well and all were taken out uead. Two len Drowned by a Fish. tJFSOA. Wis., Oct. 7. While attempting to hind a big fish, nun of a party of four nu n overturned tho boat and Luther !. Hyatt and William lirot.', both -Jf Wheat- oti. Ills., wen- drowned in I'owers' lake eight miles northwest of this place. As near as can be learned Hyatt caught tho Ush, aad. being unable to pull it In, calh-d uixin tiroie to assist him. The lino broke uiuier the strain and they wero thrown to the opj.jsito side of the boat, capsizing it. SENT A CHILL THROUGH THEM. An Incident of the l'as..,Kef LIlK-rty Bell Thnm;.h lrKinla. PrTKnlri:i?. Va., O. t. 7. An incident which occurred here at the iv-ccption given to tho Liberty Uu is the talk of the town, A meuilicr of the Philadelphia escort com- mittee leaned from the platform of tho t ar in which the hell was riggi-d. and lift- ing a smell negro baby from the arms of Its mother wrapped it in the American ling and pcntitt it upon the lieaui from which tho bell was hung. The incident ik-nt a chill through the resident, and al- tUocgh th-re were no hisses or other (lemon7.tr.it ion of disapprobation many of them thcin turned on their heel aud Walked away. Kko.willk, Tenn., Oct. ".After a trip that has Ist-n an ovation from the start the Philadelphia LilM-rty bell reached here and rested last night. Thousands visited the relic and the Daughters of the Invo lution buried it in flower. It started on it journey to Atlanta this morning. Hcncrai onniiuo M. Poe, the distin guished engineer who had dnnc,e)o much for lake navigation, was buried with mil itary honors from Christ church. Detroit, j THE MOB AT THE FOOT BALL GAMS Disgraceful Doings at the Iteloit-North- western Context at C hicago. CniCAGO, Oct. ".The foot ball game between the Xorthwcstcrn university and Bclolt college came very nearly resulting In a riot. Although this was avoided by prompt action, the bitterest kind of fad ing was engendered between the friends of the opposing teams, and there were a number of personal encounters. During tho progress of tho frame Thorne, the Northwestern left-truant, for some un known reason st mek Baker, t)io Brloit half-back, a tremendous blow in tho fuc.3, breaking his noje and stretching him un- sonsciuus on the rr;is.i. The attack was apparently entirely unprovoked and in an instant Thorne was surrounded by tlie entire Beloit team. Many spectators sruwded over the ropes to see that their men were given a fair show if it came to a Mit. In a short time the two teams were sur rounded by 2IKI half-crazy students from both colleges, In the midst of whom alurgo police detail which had been sent to pre serve onler at tho game was utterly powerless. The memU-rs of the teams cursed "each other right and left, nnd it seemed as if the game was bound to end in a riot. Finally a few cooler heads cleared the field and .he game proceeded. Thorne was ruled off the field. MASSACHUSETTS REPUBLICANS. Opposition to (ircruhnlge Does Not Develop Voljits froia the 1'latforuu Boston-, Oct. 7. The Massachusetts Re publicans held their state convention and nominated tho following ticket: For governor, Frederick L. Grcenhalge, of Lowell; i leu tenant governor, Koger Wol eott, of Boston ; secretary of state, Will lam M. Olin, of "Boston; treasurer and ro ceiver general, Kdward P. Shaw, of New. buryport; auditor, John M. Kimball, of Fitchhurg; attorney general, Iloseu M. , Knowltoti, of New IScdford. There wen; no sensational features. What opposition was made to the majority was simply a lemunstrat km of the stn-ngth of the opposi tion and tl.,'ro viis no contest over the uom illations,. The plat form is for proti-ctivo tariff without Nil, philged to any schiilules; opposis the- free oiinage of silver at any ratio not established by international agreement, ft.i-hiring gold the pnn(?r tamlard, aiM ilii-lans "that this hemi sphere is no longer a subject for Karopean colonization, or aggressive and oppressivo occujiiition; that the Monroe doctrine is a true guide for American statesmanship and should lo maintained towards small nations without blustering, towards Great Britain without cringing, but always de-lilH-ratcly, temperately, resolutely." JOHN BULL TALKS TO .THE PORTE. (Jive IIIlu Soma Advice That May Be Adopted liodles of Riot Victims. CossTAXTivor-iE, (jet. 7. On Saturday Sfr l'hillip Currio, the British ambassador, had an intcrx'iew with Klamel I'asha, the grand vinier, In which he made strong rep-rr-scntations and forcibly urgin! uin him to cease malting arrests of Armenians. kiamcl Pasha m reply expressed his anxiety to improve the situation. It is co llected that he will advise the suit. in to grant amnesty to ull the Armenians who have been nrrcsted in connection with tlie riots. The ambassadors of the powers held a conference ami drew upacollective note. Afterwards they went to the porte person ally and ma:le verbal representations on the subject of Armenia. Sir. l'hillip I'urrie has asked leave of tho government to visit the Armenians now In prison in order to draw up a report. Kightv ImkIics have Ixt-n registered as vic tims of tlie disorder, all of which had been terribly wounded. Some of them con tained over twenty gashes, esidcs millet wounds nnd others had been battered with bludgeons so us to bo unrecogniz able. Tlie gen d'armes killed a few of tho Wounded. Uistipx, Oct. 7. A Constantinople dis patch to the Daily News savs that the Armenian patriarch has received a list of the names of 4 Armenians who have Uvn missing since Sept. .HI, exclusive of ninety-two Unties which have been sent to the Armenian hospital. Freak of an Kscapeil Lunatic Mamsos, Wis., Dot. 7. An escaped lunatic from Mendota drove the engineer and fireman from a freight on the North western rftail standing at the station near the hospital and took possession of the train. Fearing he would open the throttle worn was sent over the road in both di rections to prevent collisions but before he discovered the combination by which t!ie steam was turned on sewn men nr- rived from tho hospital and took him back. Plenty of "War" In That One Suit. Cmc.vuo, Oct. ".The whisky trust war is ended. An order has been entered by Judge Show-alter under the terms of which Grccnhut and Morris nnd the reorganiza tion committee b"come a happy family, each dismissing nil the suits against tho other with one exception an action to re- over W.Mn from Grccnhut. Morris, ex Secretary Hennessey and Sam Woolncr, which it was alleged they wrongfully di verted. Clermons Fine an American Veteran. BKULIS, Oct. 7. Louis Goldstein, a na- Uuralized American citiz -n. of New York. a native of Daiitzir, arrived there ir. August with the rest of the veterans from the I'nited States. He was arresti-d while visiting his horn? nn.l fined l.V) marks for evasion of military duty in l:-i. after his I umignttlon. Tho money was paid under P101- Wisconsin t !irt:an Kudeavom. LaCuossf.. Oct. 7. The state Christian Endeavor convention fixed on Madison as ! the place of next r.iifting nnd ch-ctcd the ! following principal oCiwrs: President, j a. G. l.ttingwell. Apnleton; secretary, j C-ore Faniaia. laCross.'; tr.isur. r. Miss ; ittip Owens Milwaukee. Total numiicr of s-iclctlcs i. KM. in the suit.-, members, A lllre4 tiirl Wanted. Not bv me. Since osinij Zo- Phora I can do rov own work. It is woman's friend, indeed." So sny scores of women todaj. SoM by T. II. Thomas and Marshall & Fisher. In 1775 hailstones raid to weigh '20 onuccs fell at Murcia, in paiu. ALIBI IS A WRECK. Nothing Left of Currant's Very Weakly Structure. TTASITT AT DE. CEEHXrS LECTURE C'n That ratefal Afternoon When Blanch Lauiont Disappeared One of His Class mates Will Swear So and That the Al leged Miiereaut Asked for a Copy of Ills Notes of That Lectare-rNcgro Tortare on the Paris, Tex., I lan. a: Fp.axcisco, Oct. 7. Tho Examiner gays: One cf tho greatest sensations in th-s Durrcnt case, and one which comes now as a climax with crushing weight rpon tho accused, litis become the property of the prosecution. Theodore Durrant r.ot only confessed to a classmate that ho hud no notes of Dr. ChcnGy's lecture,' but ho begged his friend to take his notes to his mother, Mrs. Durrant, that they might be copied. '"I have no notes of that lecture," the accused student said, "and I only need them to complete my alibi." When tho student to whom Durrant mndo this confession takes the witness stand tho crumbling fabric of tho defense will fall. The student to whom Durrant made the fatal acknowledgement is his classmate and friend, Dr. Gilbert F. Graham. Wanted o Shield His Old Friend. It was not Graham's purpose to tell what ho knew for tho sake of an old friendship, for tlie memory of his college days with Durnint, Graham had held back part of his story. Ho had informed the po lice that Durnint lia.l asked him for his notes, but he aid not wish to tell the prose cution the whole story and repeat Dur- rant's confession that ha had no notes if that lecture. Like Charles A. Dukes ho did not wish to injure his classmates. enso, but now he has dot troyed its last support. He has given the prosecution what they (sought so li in vain. He supplies through Durrant himself the proof that tlie accused studc j was not at the lecture delivered by Dr. . F. Cheney tin April 3. He explains why Durrant "quizzed"' with K. F. Glaze r en April It), lie reveals Dur- rant's purpose in asking Charles A. Dukes to suv that he saw him at tin: lift ore. Durrani's "otivc Laid Jtnrc He tells why an attorney for the defense copied tuazer s notes in lull after tliey s.sd !:c"!i placed In custody of the property clerk of the police department. Ho un covers the motive which inspired Durrant to plead wiih C. V. Cross nnd nsk him to n -member that they, talked on the steps of Cooper college until tTiejweru lato for Dr. Clicuey's lwture. Gratl mil comes into the case as a witness of the greatest possi ble importance to destroy the only possi ble alibi which Durrant has attempted to prove. Counsel for tho Defense Informed. For tlie sake of his friend Graham . held back the most important part of his knowl edge of the case, but now ho tells It all just as it occurred. In addition to that ho repeats a conversation which ho had wltu AttorneysDickinson nndjDuprcy a few days ago. He has even informed them of tho important confession which Durnint made to him. Durrant miulo his damag ing request of Graham when the latter visited him in jail. HAS SOKE STAKTLINHJ SECKET5. A Woman Whose Daughter Has llcen Kid naeil Tells a Lurid Tale. OTTCMWA, la., Oct. 7. MrS; Bishop, mother of Grade Harper, who was kid naped from this city last Friday morning, has disclosed the plans of a liand of thieves nnd counterfeiters who have operated in aud around Omaha and Council Bluffs for years. Her first husliund, named Harper, Is said to bo a member of the band. Among numerous, crimes sho detailed was that of counterfeiting, which she says the men carried Ms to a largo extent. Ilarjier is now very rich and mndo his money through the workings of what used to lio known as tho Yidette society, which ojur rated in tho west. The business of the hand was to manufacture spur'-us money, make duplicate bonds, wori; themselves into high offices, nnd to use these high positions for the purpose of workiugoflf tiie money und bonds Among the members of tlie band whom Mrs. Bishop mentioned was a senator who lives iu Nevada. She claims that the band numbers up in tht hundreds, and that many of the members are in higli ixisi tions. She has often beard the oath of the society administered and named to tho correspondent the different punishments. Mrs. Bishop claims she ias secrets which, if divulged, would shake every large city in the west to its foundation. The miss ing girl is highly educated and has visited ull the courts of Europe in her travels THE AMERICAN ltASHI BAZOCK. What's This We're Saying About China and the t'nspeakable TilrUT Chattanooga, Oct. 7. Tennessee Is close on the heels of Paris Tex. JCeal Smith, a negro, who had assaulted and prolwbly murdered a white girl, was taken from tlie sheriff by a mob. The father of the girl mutilated the negro while yet alive in a fearful manner, and later cut off his ears While this enter tainment was going on other products of our s-dvancd civilization pounded the victim's fingers joint by joint and finger by finger, until his hands were pulp this was because the negro had bitten off one of the girl's fingers. Then the whole crowd of 2,io took turns shooting at tho negro and when his body was left it was a mass of bloody pulp. SAMioltx, . u.. Oct. 7. Two men bound, pagped and burned Stven Muo son, an old farmer, in tho endeavor to ex tort money from him. They found no money on his person, and lwiieving that he had some hidden they poured oil over his feet and lighted it. He stoutly main tained that he had no money, although the Iain was excruciating. They finally left him bound, but he managed to crawl to m cei?h Iter's and give the alarm. 1T a-t 1 .Trri-n,uii t) r,. .7 IrAmmi. jiun'.pnrcy, a wcac-minoep sjisinn ing in inc eastern enp oirs i taken out of his house br a wutec, beaten end left for dead. Hujnpltr. : uis wiie irccucnuv auarreieu nulla The Auols, only 10c a weei. pa Absolutely Pure. A cream of UrJar baking powder. Ftlghegt of 11 In lesvec!n; streacth. Late a CrMtd Statu tiotirnmnl Food EtporU RoTALBAxroarownxBCo..lW.;i BI N.T. IMFCRTANT TO MEAT PACKERS. . Secretary Morton Issues an Order Relating to Krpnrts of the Prodact. Was-hisgVoX, Oct. 7. In accordance with section 2 of the act of congress ap proved March 3, 18M, and as amended in tlie act approved March lSiS, Secretary Morton has issued tho following: "It is ordered that all beef offered for exporta tion, whether fresh, salted, canned, corned or paeked, shall be necouipanied by a cer tificate of an inspector of this department showing that the catth.- from which it was produced wero froo from disease, and that tho urcat was Sound and wholesome. "And in order that it may be determined whether all beef exported has been go in spected and found free from disease and wholesome It is further ordered that tho meat 'if all other species of animals v.hich is p;ickitl in barn-is cases or other pack ages, shall be ligioly marked in such manner as to clearly indicate the species of animals from which the meat was pnv ducitl. Meat which is not so marked and which is not accompunkil by a certificate of inspection will l:o subject to unpacking andexaminathm in otder tj osccrtani if it is uninspected fiecf. "Notice is hereby given to exporters of beef, whether said be.-f is fresh, salted, canned, corned, packed or otherwise pre pared, and to owners and agents of vessels upon which said beef is exported, that no clearance c.--i lie given to any vessel hav ing on board said loef until the provisions of this order an- complied with." The onler, however, does not into force until Jan. 1. . KAKti-rn 72ori:iai aclicioi lor initio!. Sl'ia:;t;FiELl, Oct. 7. At .the meet ing of tho board of trustees of tlie new Eastern Normal school they examined five different plans for a building. There wero tkvo bids from Chicago, one iroi-.i Indianapolis, ono from Rockfovd and rem from Joliet. Tho plan submitted by Mo Phcrson & Bowman, of Indianapolis, was accented. The building, t j cost iloii.irju, will lie erected ut Charleston, Coles count v. Took Over 7,."!0 ISallott. Piotx ClTV, la., Oct. 7. Tho RepuoU- ran representative convention at ltolfo, la., which had beet deadlocked since July 1(5, has finally adjourned without making nominal iouT Seven thousand one hun dred and thirty-seven ballots were taken in the convention during its intermittent sessions. Iowa Miners Demand a liaise. DE8 MolNF.s, Oct. 7. The miners of Polk county licld a deh-g.-.te meeting and called a mass convention for next Wednesday. All tlie sentiment of the delegates was favorable to a general strike, and it is practically certain one will lie ordered unless a raise in the scale of 10 cents pv. ton is grunted. 312i;re lllot-ilnlii il in Ini-sim's llitle. IDUlOr ALLs, I.i.i., Oct. 7. A report has l.?;-:t brought here that 'three men were k'.lled by Tudiaus ;:t the lov.vr end of Jackson's Hole oil tho morning of the Sid lust, i ho men were shot from ambush, una oao v.-.ia Captain Smith, who precipl fcitca Li.e lutiiau trouble there l;u;l July.' Hicli l'.rreiHnc. My dam, von ercct the biron to prortoso l-. r the hand of your daughter. Is she then in Kve with hir.i?" "Sir. a well bn-d young pesrson uovcr falls in luvow i'.ii a iur.a until ha bus tnuiie her an offer of luoriiue. " Ila- nicnstische Blatter. Wear of Shoo Leather. We wear away two inches of shoe leather iu a year. A pair of boats that won Id "last a lifetims" '.vonld couse queut'y have to bo provided with soles from eight to niuo icct thick. The best is what you want when vou arc iu need of a medicine. That is why you should insist upon Hood Sarsaparilla. thinness The diseases of thinness are scrofula in children consumption in grox people, poverty of blood in cither. They thrive on leanness. 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