Newspaper Page Text
Rock Island Daily VOL. XL NO. 45. KOCK ISLAND, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER IG, 1891. TEN PAGES. Singl CopI5 Cetts Per Week. 13 Cent 1UU 1W Lll i'0 All Dressed Up in their Holiday Clothes. New Stock.-New Men.-New Capital S3 r HERE TO STAY AND BETTER THAN EVER. THE NEW LONDON CLOTHING CO., WILL START THE U ALL ROLLING. DQ CO o GO a q r I CQ r t t Men's Overcoats at a bargain. CO -4 O O $-0 CD o WORTH Storm Overcoat, - - $ 5 00 Tor $ 190 Chinchilla Overcoats, - . - 7 50 3.00 Dress Box Overcoats, - - 10 00 ' 6 00 Dress Overcoat', all Shades, the Crown, 15.00 " 9 78 Irish Frieze Overcoats. - - IS.OO ." 1150 o o o j Men s Overcoats at a bargain. Men's Suits at a bargain. B B CD P GO CD CD CO ! Good Substantial Suits, rJ) Elegant Suits, Sacks and Cutaways, J Elegant Dress Suits, in Many Styles, C Suits eold the world over. Genuine Tailor-Made Suits, WORTH $ 6.C0 for $ 2.10 9.00 " 5 00 12 00 " 7.65 15.00 " 10.00 2000 " 14.00 rD m CO c ( -T- en Men s Suits at a bargain. CO 03 CO C CD Mens Pants at a bargain. Men's Pants. worth i $0 75 for $045; 1.00 " .59 2.00 " 1.00 2.10 " 1.500 4 00 " 2.50 All Wool Pants, press Pants, Wool and Worsted, Men's Pants at a bargain. CO p r- co i Furnishing Goods at a bargain. CD r- 3 Ply Linen Collars, Wire Buckle Suspender?, Underwear, WcKTII ' $0 15 for $0,021 .25 " .09 ,50 .18 .75 " .39; $100 to 1.25 " .67' G p rT rD Furnishing Goods at a bargain. CQ IP P CQ CD P O P CD CD O pr CD WANTS IT PERFECT. Senator Cuilom Working at the Commerce Law. A BUDGET OP CHANGES PE0P0SED. An immense line ot Boys and Children's Clothing almost at YOUR OWN PRICE. For the Holiday Trade at the ONE PRICE S. ew London O0 C0fflPany- We have yet about $12,000 worth of goods of the former stock, odds and ends, to which we will continue to apply the knife.untildisposed of. Sfhfmp for Hailway Men to Vote on a Cai Coupler Tlie Chinese iiovernment TelH Why It Will Not Be at the World's Fail Representative M ills' llltics Simp on Not Happy Over ren"er' Latent 3love Silver Men to Confer National Capital Notes. ' Washixgton.Doc. 1. The bill to amend the interstate commcrrc law introduced in the senate yesterday by Culluni aims tc perfect all' the imperfections that have lieen discovered in the law. Section 8 cl the act, providing for the printing and posting of (schedules of rates, fares and fhaixtes. is amended so as to provide that i vory conimcn carrier subject to the pro visions of the act shall print and keer, open to public inspection schedules show ing 1 he r;:les and fares for the transport lion of passengers and property which any common carrier has established,. and which are in force at the time upon its route. hhipmetits TlirougH Foreign Counties. Common carriers receiving freight in the I'nited States to le carried through a fop eign country to any place in the I'nited States are also compelled to print and keep open to public inspection at every depot or office where such freight is re ceived for shipment, schedules showing the through rales established by ihe ci .li mon carriers m all points beyond the for eign country to which it accepts freight fot shipment: and any freight, shipped from tiie I'nitetl S.ates through a foreign conn try into Ihe United States, ihe through rate on which shall not have been made public as required by the act. must. ln-fort it can he admitted into the United States from the foreign country, be subject to cits toms duties as if the freight were of for eign production. Notice of Change In Kates. It is also provided in the sixth section that ten days' public notice of advance in rates and three davs" notice of reduc tion in rates shall Ik- given, and that the published rate must not be deviated from. Copies of schedules of rates, fares ami charges, of contracts and agreements ai.d joint tariffs, it is provided, must le filed with the commission. Neglect or refusal to file or publish rates, fares and charges makes liable stoppage of all traffic on tht line of the offending common carriers. An Kxtended Line of Kvidenee. f?tatistics. labels and figures as contained in the annual reports of carriers to the commission.it is provided.are to Vie received as prima facie evidence, and copies of. ot extracts from, and schedules, tariffs, con tracts, agreements, arrangements or re port, certified by the secretary of t he com mission, are to lie received in evidence. The commission is empowered to inves tigate any complaint forwarded by the railroad commissioner or railroad commis sion of any state or territory, and it m.y also institute any inquiry of its own motion in the same manner and to the same enect as tnougn complaint naci uvea made. Other Point of Amendment Provision is also made for the manner ot admitting evidence and conductiiiK inves tigations. Carriers found to he violat ing, the law are to be notified to desist or make reparation for injury. Punishment for violation of the law is to lie obtained through United States circuit courts, on certification of the commission, according to ordinary law practice. The accused common carrier is given the right to de mand trial by jury. Full power is given for the collection of judgments. The bill provide s that district at torneys may represent the interstate commerce commission in certain cases, and the commission is given authority to em ploy other counsel. AH SIN WILL STAY AWAY. Why China Will Not Take Tart in the World's Fair. Washington. Dec. Id. The Chinese em pire has officially not i lied 1 he state depart ment that it will lake no part in the World's fair. The einK-ror holds that it his subjects arc good enough to come to the Columbian exposition they are good enough to be admit ted to the United States at all other times. This ultimatum was delivered to t lie state department through Minister Detiby. Mr." Hitchcock, rcpre sentating tl.c exposition, has leen working hard to jiersuade t he-empire to take lart in the fair. Would If nmillMte Chinamen. At the final conference held tietween the commissioner ami the Chinese authorities the emperor made known his position. The emperor's grounds for declining to send an exhibit are that the I'nited States has dis criminated against the citizens of the em pire, and that, the Chinese could not conic to the exposition without Wing put in the humiliating attitude of needing a special passport to be granted by special act of congress. ; -. . To Vote on a Car Coupler. ""Washington-, Dec. 10. The question of car coupler has been long ln-fore the inter state commerce commission, and much testimony heard, no two witnesses agree ing as to which coupler was best and safest tfo handle. Cuilom introduced a bill in the senate yesterday providing that the rail way companies vote on the question, one iote being given each company for each freight car in use, and each train man being also given a vote.. The conpler receiving the highest number oi votes m excess ot o v.oou is to oe ac cepted as the standard. If no coupler re ceives Snu.OlHi votes then the matter is to be decided by a commission of five expert to be appointed by the president. Fefler Disgust Jerry himpnon. VTABlllNGTOS, Dec. 16. Senator Peffer lias incurred the displeasure of the other Alliance members of congress by his action in accepting committee assignments from the Republican majority of the senate. Jerry Simpson is particularly angry, and when asked what the Alliance thought of the senator's action he said with considera ble emphasis: "I told that old demagogue be ought to be careful, but it seems he has gone over to the enemy." Mlver Men to Hold a Meeting. Washington, Dec, it;. The Hon. A. J. Warner, chairman of the national silver committee, has called a meeting of the committee here for .Tan. !V. General War ner says in his call that in view of the probable action of congivss at its present session on the silver question the meet ing of the committee will be an important one. It is ralievmi that the disposition of a majority in bo! h houses of congress is favorable .o the t -kll remonctization of sil ver. Proceed i n ! In the Senate. Washington, Dec. lfi. Hills were intro duced in the senate yesterday: To pro mote and encourage the display of the na tional ensign; to erect a statue of Coin m bus: amending the interstate law; to con nect T.ako Krie and the Ohio river; to pro vide rations front the war department -for the Grand Army encampment in ISirJ. Senator Morrill, of Vermont, was appointed a regent of the Smithsonian institute. Mills Ouite 111 with l.a Grippe. Washington, Dec. V. Congressman R. Q. Mills, of Texas, is quite ill with the grip at Willard's hotel. Mills has lieea confined to his room for nearly a week. Dr. Sowers, the attending physician, has called in Dr. Hyatt, a specialist in this city, who pronounced Mills' luntrs somewhat affect eti. Pneumonia was feared, but the physicians now say that the danger is pa.st. Approve! the Committee Assignments. Washington, Dec. 1. The Republican senators had a caucus yesterday and ap proved the list of committee assignments prejwmtl in the caucus committee. The senators composing the Democratic caucus or steering committee also hel l a short session prior to the meeting of the senate, but their work was not completed. ABBREVIATED TELEGRAMS. AN The UNDERGROUND BALLROOM. the 1elieiniis Avernus" Where l'rinee f Wales Will Dance. I.ONiHiN, Dec. Hi. The Prince of Wales yesttrday arrived at Wellieck Abliey. near Worksop. Nottinghamshire, the seat of the duke and duchess of Portland, famous all the world over for its mysterious under ground domains. There will be a series of magnificent entertainments, including an underground lill, during the prinv'a stay at Wellieck Abbey. A special corre spondent of The Daily Telegraph, of this cily, has had the honor of Wing one of the chosen few who has inspected these under ground mysteries, anil descriles a ball he witnessed in these subterranean apart ments. A Delightful Hole In the Ornnnd. He says: "The descent tothisdeliciousAver nushas lieen so easy, theelegance of these vast apartments so completelydispels ideas of vault, catacombs, cellars, and other hor rid places, that really when a lady begs her partner to onen the window so that she may strengthen her faith by looking at the garden mold outside, one half expects him to throw oiien some secret casement and disclose the blackness, not of earth, but of heaven. Moreover, the'airis delightfTTTTy " warm, owing to the hundreds of concealed hot water pipes, while the myriad sky openings make ventilation absolutely per fect. Worksop Will Be a Gay Tlace.. "It is wonderful, too, how the advan tages of underground dwellingvjcome for ward. The dwellers in caves, hermits, and smugglers of all nations, the Swiss family Robinson, and even Hans Christian Andersen's self ish mole, are cited as persons who were to been vied forf requenting habitations which, unlike those of the lri in rose league, were never in evidence." Worksop has Iw-en lavishly decorated in honor of the l'rinee of Wales' visit and a grand round of festivities is anticipated. Upon his arrival at that place the prince was met by a deputation of citizens, headed by the local authorities, who accorded a warm welcome to the heir apparent. A CRANK OF THE MIDDLE AGES. He Took the Metropolitan Opera Hons at otham for a Castle. Nkw Voi:k. Dec. Hi. -As Officer Wilbur, of the West Thirt icth street station, walked up Hroatlway he saw a man raggedly dressed pounding on the main entrance of tin-Metropolitan Opera house. The man did not appear to be intoxicated. Vint he was talking aloud. When Wilbur got within a few steps lie heard the man cry: Vhat ho. within' there! Ix-t down the drawbridge." ''Come, move on." said Wilbur. The man turned, and with a troubled air said: '-Good morrow, sir. Art thou the seneschal of the castle? Ts the good Sir Kdward at homey At the main portal, here, thev let not the drawbridge down. Art thou the guardian of the gate?"" Till- Good Sir Ftluard Had Moved. ''No. sir: I'm the guardian of the jH-ace," replied ihe officer, "and I want you to move on." "Nay. good mam unhand me. Such conduct is unbecoming of tlu-e. The good Sir Kdward will not warrant such net ion." L "That may Ik-," said the officer as they walked down Rroamvay, "but Sir Ldward does not live there any more. That draw bridge is out of order and has not been opened since the king died. Sir Kdward lives in a white bouse on West Thirtieth street now, with green lights iu front oi the door". He Wanted His Coach and Four. The man appeared satisfied with this ex planation and walked to the station house quietlv. There he gave his name as Sir Hubert- Waldron, and called upon the mas ter of the household to announce his arri val. "And whither wend we now our way?" asked Waldron as the prisoners were marched out of the station later. "To the court," was the reply. All the way to Jefferson Market Wal dron persisted in demanding his coach and four, which he said was stabled at the Ho tel Marllioi-ough. He was remanded foi examination as to his sanity. The Strike of Telegraphers. Df.NVEK, Colo., Dec. 16. A special U Ihe Republican from Albuquerque, N. M., States if the situation in the strike of the telegraphers on the A. and P. road was changed at all yesterday it assumed a more serious aspect. The switchmen and brake men, firemen and engineers have taken up the cause of the strikers because it has been reported that the company would Mr "scabs'' to till the vacancies. The Democrats etirrii-d Host on for mayor their candidate, Matthews, getting 15,086 plurality. Cyrus W. Field is improving rapidly. A marked change for the better has been ex perienced. The western waterways convention is in session at Kansas City, with too delegates in attendance. Kdward M. Field was indicted by the New York grand jury on the charge of grand larceny. The villages adjacent, to Colima, Mex.-, are threatened with destruction by vol canic discharges. From present indications Governor St. John will again lie the Prohibition candt date for president. William F. tiennings, one of the most prominent Republicans in Virginia, died at Richmond of heart disease. Freda, the wife of Max Hlack, of New York, and her 4-year-old boy were mur dered in their home by a roblier. (iovernor-eiect McKinley is confined to his lied with la grippe ami complication, lie is not allowed to see any one. The parent of Henry Ij. Xorcross hav positively identified the head ofthebomb thrower, in the New York morgue, as their son. Alfred Down, colored, is to be hanged at Charlotte. N. C, on Friday, for burglary, lie broke into a residence and stole a syr inge. All the dispatchers and operators on the Atlantic and Pacific road from Albu querque, N. M., to Mojave, Cal., have quit work. Hadfielil iv- Co., of Waukesha, Wis., have assigned. The assets are 100,000, and it is expected that creditors will not lose anything. Senator Hawley's wife is dangerously ill at Washington. A surgical operation on an abscess was performed recently and the issue, is awaited with great anxiety. The compositors on The Times, Record, Inquirer nnd North American, Philadel phia, struck for 4.i cents per 1,000. All ex cept The Record conceded the demand. The Record is working with non-union men. The grip is pjaying havoc all over the country. North of the Ohio river, in nearly all the great cities, the cases are mimbeietl by thousands, ami smaller places are not neglected. There is also much pneumonia ami typhoid, with the diphtheria doing deadly work in localities here and there. The markets. Chicago. Chicago Dec 15. Following were the quotations on the boar-! of trade to-day: Wheat Dt-ceinber, opened Kise, closed 91!4c; January, opened ftc, closed ft-'lijr?: May, opened 87- closed 7-o. Corn December, opened 54c closed Slta January, opened 4014c close I 45c; Mar: opened and closed 4Tc. Oaia December" opened $.'-?4c, closed &:H:: January, opened SSC closed SJVc: May. opened and closed X!4c Pork Detember, opened and closed Jb.l.'i: Jauuary, opened $W.S5. cloeed SlO.Kfc May. o;ened $U.32V. cloed tll.40. Lard January, opened and closed $1.U. Live Stock Price at the Union Stork yards ranted as follow: Hogs Market acti and tlrm: prices rather favor fellers, especial ly for the better )Tial tit sales fanned at $.) pitfs. $3.a&l.t light. i3.&u3.ti5 rough packing. H..SV2-1.7.5 mixed, and f3.65&3.M heavy packing and shipping lots. Cattle Market rather active on local and ehippinc account, and feeling strong er; prices 5(2 MV higher, especially on better qialilies:quotatiou ranged at $5.713.15 choic to extra shipping Meers. $4-BJG-M good to choice do. 4.m,it4.7i fair t-.i good, J3.UI 6,3. S 1 common to me liuin do. $3.Wd4.S5 butcn m' steers. Jl.HnaA) stokers. $2.0tk3.UJ Tezans. SS.6&3WI ranger. S2.5U&4 4H food- ers. tl.M j;t.Vi cows. Jl.:2.7.i bulls, and veal calves Mieep-MarWet rather quiet an I price unchanged: notations ranged at KlSOj 4.ISU westerns, So.4'jj,4.9U natives, and $3.au&&u5 -lambs. Produce: Butter Fancy separator. 284c per lb; dairies, fancy, fresh. iAj,n-. packing stock, fresh, 148.1'"ic. Ek-rs Fresh candied, loss off, 4t2tVac per 6ok ice bouse stock, l'ij,18'-c. Live poultry Old hens. Be ier lb: spring, ire roosters, 4o; mixed turkeys. OjjklOo ducks, mixed, c; gease, S5.0U55..Ttl per do. Potatoes Home grown, 4t4iAic per sack: Wis consin and Michigan, commo.i to fair, &kc; go. d to choice, :1:c per bn: ve-t ii t Illinois. $i-UtJ.'ii per b )1: Jerseys. $2-iii lancy, $3.?-V Apples t'l.-mmtm. i 1 . t ift 1.5i per bhi; g kxI. !.; o i..- iM; ea -e e ti. a-e-y, J'.ii,(j.'.i. ratibtr: ics Cp-- Cot. ;i ji e S.30 per iibl: iiini-ii per bot:,.Iei'e Mt.u 4l.7."t. Mew York. New Yohiv. Der. IV Wheat No. 2 red wm'er t 'i. tl. A Mfl'-s: January, ii.l'5-i February. il.'7!i; March. JUS'S. Corn No. - imxr.t citsu, ftitiilc; December. 60,: Jr.uuury. -16c; Feuruary. 540. Oat Dull but it a ly: No. 3 mixed 1 ash. tOitto'c: January. -.,.!a.-: May. al4C. Rye--Nominal: whole rnu-e. 6jUVs- Barley-Weak; . - .Milwaukee, 7ii74 Pons iuil: .moderatly active and steady; new mess. il". l. i-ard- Stuiei: Jan uary i6.4': February. $iL.V. l.iv; St H-K: Cat tie -Market weak; no trad ing iu beeves; ires-ed beef, lower, native sides, KW.fiB si: p.:r lb. siht-ep and Lnmbs sUoep, 1111rr.i t stea:i; lambs, weak; sheets $--5J tit per 1UI lbs la iu tai. . i Sslti. '.K. Hog Nominal.? steaiy; live hots. t.Jj.4.tS par Housekeepers YOU CAN HaveLoaf Keep Money &86 WHICH COSTS iLesw than Half the price of other kinds. . A Tkixl will prove this. Fetaas, 20e. Halves, 19e. Q aarters, Sc. fiold by Oroceis j is Csna OBiJr 1