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Rock. Isl and Daily Argu VOL. XL. NO. 306. ROCK ISLAND, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1892. 1 ! Copies S Cents Per Week I Ceil? 10 Quotations to draw you into the store, but Lower Prices for better goods; better goods for lower prices. Our competitors are not in it when it comes to Low Prices for good honest, re liable merchandise. No credit house can give you as low prices as a cash house; we are the only CASH CLOTHING HOUSE in Rock Island. See if $10.00 will not buy "as much of us as you will buy for $13.50 at a credit tibuse. CASH is what knocks. 500 Pants worth $3.75 to $5.00 for &3.00 this week - Children's Suits worth $4.00 to $5, 3.50 go this week for - Underwear Worth 75c go this week for zj-Qe All wool Socks worth 35c, this week for Overcoats worth $10.00 to $12.00 go 75() this week for ... Overcoats worth $13.50 to $16.50 go 12.00 this week for - - Children's Shirt Waists worth 50c. go this week for - Our Prices are always the Lowest, Or Money refunded. SAX & RICE, Proprietors of the THE LONDON, AIL the latest styles just received in Neckwear. IN A WILD PANIC. A Chicago Hotel Suddenly Emp tied of Guests. BOTJTED OUT BY A flEE NEXT DOOE. The New Chicago Athletic Association Building Darnacrd About S80.000 in Spite of Its "Fire Proof" Construction A Sad rhase of Chicago Life Exhibited by the Panic, While the Crowd "Cheered" Difficult Ulaxe to Get Under Control. Chicago, Nov. 1. The beautiful new Chicago Athletic association building on the west side of Michigan avenue, . just south of Madison street, was burned after 1 o'clock this morning. It was believed to be a fireproof building, but even under a rainfall it went like a pine knot, and before the first engine arrived it had been thinned to a blazing shell, and was threatening the big Chicago Bank Note building on the corner, the St. Bernard hotel on Madison street, and the cyclorama of the Chicago fire next door south of the clubhouse. The loss to the athletic building will be about $30,000. for the entire woodwork of the building was destroyed and the Gothic stone" front is damaged by smoke al most beyond complete repair. The walls are safe. Spread with Terrific Rapidity. The spread of the fire was so rapid that most of the damage was done before more than a few of the firemen could get to work. Before the firemen of the engine company across the street could leave their engine house the flames had rushed through the rear end of the building and were seen blocks away to the west. The street in the vicinity, however, were soon full of fire apparatus anil a perfect flood of water wm poured into t he fare. It was a bad fare to handle and, one of the hottest the firemen have encountered in months. Hut by 2 o'clock it was well in hand, and by 2:30 entirely under control. Played Havoc with Ornamental ork. While the fire was raging it played havoc with the facade on Michigan avenue. Big pieces of sloue cracked from the heat and tumbled to the sidewalk. All the pretty windows and ornamental work on which Henry Ives Cobb had done some of his most artistic work went, and for a few minutes the crashing or the tiling Kept the firemen on the jump. The middle of the building where the great amphitheatre stood was t.till blaxing even after the de partment knew it had the fire beaten. INCIDENT OF CHICAGO LIFE. Habitues of a Shady Hotel Knt.li Pell-Mell into the Street. The rear wall of the Athletic association building joined the south wall of one of the most notorious "hotels"' in Chicago. This was the St.. Bernard, a house having the patronage of what is called "first-class" people. The roaring flames sent rushing down the halls and stairway leading to the street a fantastically attired crowd of highly excited men and women. Among them were at least half a dozen well-known men alxjut town and as many women who were recognized. The Advent of the Proprietress. A big policemen rushed up the stairway and pounded on the door of the room occu pied by the proprietress- She came scream ing out into the hall. The blaze had been greeted with her awakening eyes, and she evidently thought her own walls gave forth the light. Before the officer could stay her she plunged down the stairway and into the rain-soaked street clad only in her night rolx?. The crowd greeted her with a cheer, which only tended the more to confuse her, aud she darted through the jibing specta tors until her headlong race was stayed by a big policeman. He brought her back to the "hotel" Hnd told her to "go put on Uer clothes." It Was a Saddening Sight. Just as she was about to climb up the stairway the outer door burst open and out came the motley crowd. There were young girls, young widows, young matrons. There were gamblers, business and pro fessional lights. The officer who had brought Mrs. Jennings back to her own doorway had the sense to tell them all that the "hotel" was in no immediate dan ger and to go back and decently clothe themselves. By the time the fire actually came in contact with the "hotel" building all had regained their senses and order marked the exodus. The crowd kindly cheered each white faced woman and man as they appeared in the street. The "Fire" Cyclorama. Adjoining the burned building on the west is the structure occupied by the great "Chicago Fire" cyclorama, and it is feared that this vaj liable painting may have been somewhat damaged by smoke and heat. The building was closed this morning and the extent of the injury done, if any, could not be learned. Found Two Bodies In the Rains. St. Johssburt, Vt, Nov. 1. The bodies of James Mitchell and Mrs. Marshall were found yesterday in the ruins of the Cald peck building, burned in Sunday night's fire. The two were seen at a window and urged to jump, but they refused for some reason or other, and fell back into the flames before ladders could be secured and firemen get to them. Actual Loss at Milwaukee. Milwaukee, Nov. 1. The entire loss by Friday night's fire is now cut down to $3,- 875,000, with about two-thirds insurance, which is widely scattered. TOg-res of the lama Ci Pittsbcro, Nov. 1. The testimony in the lams ease yesterday was similar to the statements printed at the time he was hung tip by the thumbs. It generally agreed that the orders were to give him no more punishment than could be inflicted without physical injury. He was cut down at Stro tor's ' orders. One witness said the sight sickened him. Hanged by a Mob for Incendiarism.. - Birmingham, Ala., Nov. 1. News comes from Monroe county of the lynching of Allen Parker, colored, near Monroeville, Saturday. He had been arrested for burn ing a gin house and fifteen bales of cotton. and was being taken to jail by one dep uty, xwo miles from town a mob of twen ty masked men met the officer and took the prisoner from eitn ua naaiceo z-- o tree. . 1892 NOVEMBER. 1892 Su. Mo. Tu. We. Th. Fr. Sa. 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 25 227 25 JL9 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 ABBREVIATED TELEGRAMS. of Grand Duchess Olga, dowager queen Wurternberg, is dead. Colonel William M. Strachan, of Bos ton, commander of the Ninth regiment, M. V. M., was killed in a runaway accident at Beachr.ont. His wife, who was riding with him, escaped uninjured. A loss of fciOO.000 was caused bv the burn ing of Gruenewald hall at New Orleans. ! James Martelle, the Italian who killed John Perrello at Saratoga last May, has been sentenced to be catelectrhted at Dan nemora in the week beginning Dec 11. i Nebraska Knights of Pythias lose $3,000 by the failure of the Ainsworth bank. John Reed, 9fl years old, the oldest resident of Logan county, died at Lincoln, I Ills. I Mrs. Mary Goode, who was one of the two girls shot by George H. Burrus some time ago at Chicago, died at Magnolia, Ills. I James R. Bartlett, one of the survivors of the Jeanette expedition, committed suicide at San Francisco after shooting his wife and killing her sister. Bartlett's mind is believed to have been weakened by his ter rible experience in the arctic regions. j An explosion on the Potomac river steam er Wakefield caused the death of three deck hands. ' About fifty bodies have been washed ashore from the wreck of the steamer Rou mania near P niche, Portugal. Floods in the state of Paxaca, Mexico, caused over fJHO.Oi) damage to property and the loss of fifty lives. E. C. O'Brien, United States commis sioner of navigation, in his annual report, says that the tonnage of shipping on the great lakes has been increased from 711,209 tons in lsl to 1.183,58: in 1.. The government of Paraguay offers a lony list of premiums on farm and factory products as an inducement to foreigners to settle in that country. A gan4 of counterfeiters who have been doing a thriving business with spurious silver dollnrs in Boston were captured by secret service oilicers. One of their num ler, who gives the name of William D. Fuller and who claims to hail from Chi cago, says thit he and his partners have floated fctO.OUO in bad money in Boston. Brigands made a raid upon the town of San Juan, Mexico, and after securing con siderable money were about to start for the country when they were attacked by the rural guards. In the fight that ensued three of the bandits were fatally and four of the soldiers vere seriouslv wounded. FOUR DEAD AND ONE DYING. A Farm Residence Itnrned with 111 Its Occupants. Des Moines, la., Nov. 1. The farm resi dence of George Cage, a mile southwest of. the city, was burned yesterday. Four of the inmates perished in the flames, and George Cage inhaled the flame and will die of his injuries. The dead are: Mrs. John Cage and child; two children of George Cage, aged 5 days and 2 years. Ryan Tells a Strange Tarn. -.'v. J Norwich, Conn., Nov. 1. Thomas Ryan, aged 17 years, arrived in the city Sunday from New York in the fishing schooner "Ploughboy." Early yesterday evening he was found nailed fast in a box in an tin frequented alley near the docks. He says that while on his way aboard ship a well dressed man knocked him down, put him in the box and nailed it up. Kvan is very weak, and is now in the hospital. Back at His Desk Again. WASHINGTON', Nov. 1. The president re sumed his official duties at the White House yesterday, and devoted most of the forenoon to the consideration and dis ' patch of routine business requiring bis action, a great deal of which accumulated during the past few weeks. It is expected that the official routine of the White House j will be fully re-established before the elose of the present week. ' LIVE STOCK AND PRODUCE MARKETS. Water Scre In I'ennsj lvania. HAZELTOX, Pa., Nov. 1. Much apprehen sion is felt here over the scarcity of water. Streams are almost dried up and the res ervoir is nearly empty. Water is allowed to run through the supply pipes only for a short time mornings and evenings, dustrial establishments using steam emlarrassed by the lack of water. Some of them have already been compelled to shut down. Gen. Roecrans Quite 111. Washington, Nov. 1. General W. S. Rosecrans, register of the treasury, is quite ill. He was at the department yesterday for a short time, anxious to finish his an nual report, but was unable to do so and had to return to his hotel. Chicago. Chicago. Oct. 38. Following were the quotations on the board of trade today: Wheat October, opened 70?c, closed Ttc; December, opened 72c: closed 7Z?6c: May, opened 78c, closed T&Jo. Corn October, opened 41$c, closed 41c; De cember, opened 41Jc, closed 41?ic: May, opened closed 46c Oats October, ojened 28vfcc, closed 294c; December, opened aif-jc, closed : May, opened 344c, closed 858C l'ork October, opened $11.80, closed $11.50; November, opened $11.80, closed $11. SO; January, opened $13.15; closed ' $2.&l- Lard October, opened $8J6, closed $8.35. Live Stock Prices at the Union Stock yards I today ranged as follows: Hops Market 1 only moderately active and feeling weak! prices ruled 1015c lower than reported Sat urday morning: packers purchase slowly: j sales ranged at $4.ii5.ao pips, $5.00S5. liKht, f-Unt.lS.ai rough packing, $5.155.60 ' mixed, and $o.j&5. 70 heavy packing and ship ping lots. Cattle Rather quiet on local and ship , ping account, and prices without material ' change; quotations raned at $3.(O5.60cholos to extra shipping sterns, J t.a.Vi.-l.tW good to choice do, $3.7iK?4.30 fair to good, $3.003i3. common to medium do, $2.WirS.3.nO butchers steers, &.'. r&!.8j stockers, $-1.2 fr.3.U0 Texas ' eteers, f-J.T.V .30 range steers, $2.trrv3.40 feed ers, 51.2.VJV2.75 cows, 1.5m&!.3u bulls, and $i25 6.50 veal calves. Pheep Market rather active and prices ruled sternly and unchanged; quotations . ranged at SS.UtfM-Ki per 1J lbs, westerns, $3J2 (&J.25 natives, $'.." j.4.:i Texas, and $3.5Ui&a.jO lambs. Produce: Butter Fancy creamery, ZT& 2Sc ier lb; fine dairy, S.Vtj.'iSc; packing stock, 14tfiljc Kggs Strictly fresh, 21c per dos; cold storage, 18c Live poultry Spring chick ens. fuj.S'hiC ' er ' lb; hens, 8c; roosters, 5c; turkeys, 12o: ducks, 3.10e; geese, S0.UWS7.OO per doz. Potatoes Fancy Burbanks, on track Sti8c perbu: Ilebrons, tQSvtvic; rosa, Hi52c; i peerless. mixed. 55frJi0e. Sweet pota- I toes Jersey, S3.0U&3J25 per bbl; Illinois, $1.75. Apples Choice, $3.(33JH per bbL Cranber riesCape Cod. $0.511,7.00 yer bbL Js'ew York. ' New York. Oct. 31. Wheat No. 2 red winter cash. 7575jc: November, 744c; May. Kfljc Corn No. 2 mixed c&sh. SHUc: November. SOU: December. In j &ic: May, 52c. Oats No. 2 mixed cash, are 35c: November. 3.A4c; December, 37?fc& Rye Uuiet western: 5U(&aic in car lots. Barley Nominal. Pork yuiet; old mess, $12jl;t.SL Lard Juiet: November, $8.1(1. Live Stock: Cattle Trading active for all grades, and common to medium offerings fullv 10c ier 1 it lls higher; poorest to best native eteers, $:2nVi.27Vj per KM lbs; bulls and dry J cows, $l.;iY&3.T0. Sheep and lambs Sheep, active and hrm: lambs, in good demand, but values a shade easier; sheep, $2.30&5.2S per lull lbs: lambs, f-YHHtfc5.1-t- Hogs Steady; live logs, Si-AOCiiUo per 100 lbs. The Weather We May Expect. Washington. Nov. 1. The following are the weather indications for twenty-four hours from 8 p. ru. yesterday: For Indiana and Illi nois Generally cloudy; light showers; south easterly winds. For Lower Michigan Light rains: southeasterly winds. For Frper Michi gan Showers: northeasterly winds. For Wis- j consin Mains: en.-tcrly winds, becoming varia ble. For Iowa Showers; winds shifting to northerly; cooler m southern portion. CLAIM NEARLY A WHOLE COUNT r Trying to Gobble a Tract of Land Thirty- three Miles Square. DuKAXiio. Coh)., Nov. 1. A claim has just been filed in the United States court . of private land claims at Santa Fe, N. M., I which involves a tract of land thirty-three ; miles square in the southwest corner of this state, claiming that the grant was made by Senor Corpus Christi by the king of Spain 211 years aia. The plaintiffs . are Benjamin Hodges and several relatives, j all of whom reside in the neighborhood of . Rockford. O. They are great-grandchil-' dren of the ancient senor. The United States government and all person laying claim to any part or parcel of the land are the defendants. Hlg Enough to Make a State. The claim embraces almost the whole of Montezuma county, an area of nearly 700, 000 acres, considerably greater than the area of the state of Rhode Island. The county now has 1,529 inhabitants, and Cor tes, its largest town, has 332 people. In Dolores precinct are 373 people and in Man cos precinct 635. The larger Dortion of these people are members of families that bave taken up homestead claims, and should this case go against them it would create widespread hardship. The case will of course be bitterly contested. Tried toXell Goods Dy Frand. Springfield, O:, Nov. 1. -The New burgh Bros., of Cincinnati, were bound over to the grand jury yesterday on the charge of using the Cigarmakers union label on non-union goods. The Cirgar makers union here is prosecuting the case A Wreck That Cost One Life. Petersburg, Va., Nov. 1. Early yester day fourteen freight cars and two locomo tives were badly wrecked at Disputana station. A white tramp was killed and three men injured. Increased the Miners Wag. Pottsvillk, Pa., Nov. I. The Schuyl kill coal exchange has increased 2 per cent, the wages of the miners and laborers of the Schuylkill region. The Loral Hiirket. eRAIK, ETC. Wheat-SKa 92c Corn-"4Tl4c. Kye 7ftsi-. Oais-2-!;31c. Bran -SSc per rwt, Shi s nff $1.00 per rwt. llav 1 mivhv. SstfllO: npland, $8&10; sloagb S6&8; baled. $11 ! .ML PKODCCI. Bntter Pair to thoice, 18c: creamery 9&34c Eggs Fresh. 15c : parked 10c. Poultry Chicken. KK&12i4 ; tnrkeys l-'He darks, r-'ttc; geese, 10c. I.IVB stock, Cattle Butchers pay lor corn fed steers 8H34Hc; cows and Deireis, 2H3c; calves 34Mc Hogs 4c. Sheep 435c. COAL. Hard 7 75. fcofl IO&a 30. Common hoards $16. Toist Scantling and timber. If. to 16 feet. $18. Every additional foot in length 50 cents. X A X Sliiniiles f 8 75. Lath $2 50. FenciDB 12 to 16 feet $18. oct boirdK.ronirb $1A. POWDER PUREST AflD BEST. P0UNDS,20t. HALVES, 10 t.QUARTERS.5. LESS