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Rock Is LAN D A1LY A RGU VOL. XL. NO. 308. ROCK ISLAND, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 3. 1892. CLE MANN & SALZMANN, GREAT B A-RGAINS IN BEDR00I sum 1525 and 1527 Second Avenue. 124, 126 and 128 Sixteenth Street. TRI-OITY : Shirt Factory: Our Shirts . NORTH FIELD POCKET KNIVES and SCISSORS took the highest premium for quality. If you want a good knife try one. One need not he told what a nice present an elegant Caxviu Set like those I have to show wll be. Also those Gold Medal Carpet Sweepers Every woman that keeps house wants one. Wrought Iro finish Fire Sets and Irons. Acorn Stoves and Ranges are the leadeis made in Illinois for our soft coal and every oi guarant-ed. These are all good things to buy at Christmas o any other time. Come in an J see how much I have to show yo that is usef al and novel in housekeeping goods. JOHN T. NOFTSKER, Cor. Third Ave. and Twentieth 8treet, Rock Teland. Are nor s;ecialty. We make them ourselves, i wouc home indnstry. Our Suits . Are made to your order, and they are tailor-made prices ranging from S16 np. Our Pants . Are down in prices nnd we invite competition. Call and make your (election from over SOU differ ent samples at prices from (8 and np. Our Prices . Cannot be duplicated, onr workmanship cannot be excelled, oar goods we warrant, and last, bat not least, yonr patronage is solicited. Call and see as at the Tri-Oity Shirt Factory, 1609 second avenae, over Looslcy'e crockery store. FRA.NH ATTWATER, Proprietor. aundry, Washes Everything from a fine silk handkerchief to a circus taut; Lace curtains a specialty. No. 1724 THIRD AVE. A. M. & L. J. PARKER, T1tihonf No. 1214 Jolin Volk Sc Co, GENERAL- CONTRACTORS AND HOUSE BUILDERS. Manufacturers of Stsh Doors Blinds, Siding:, Flooring, Wainscoating, and all kinds of wood work for ssildere. Ujhteenth 8U. bet. Third and Fourth aves, HOCK ISuANB. MTW TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN. Jt If you are needing Wool Half Hose, Now is you time to buy them One-half Hose worth 35 cents per pair for only 25 cents per pair. This is a special for this week only. THE LONDON you will see our window full of them. Also, something very interesting in window Chi nese Sacred Fowls, imported from China at a great cost. THE LONDON. WASHINGTON NEWS Some Further Remarks Regard ing U.S . Marshals. REPORT OF MINT DIRECTOR LEECH. "o-tf Quantity or Silver Purchased Since la" 8, Its Fluctuations and Lowest l'rlce Profits on the Coinage Our Stock of Precious Metals How the Supreme Court Reaches a Decision The Chicago Lake Front Case The President Re turns Thanks. Washington, Nov. S. Solicitor General Aldrich, acting in the absence of Attorney General Miller, as attorney general.saia toa United Press representative yesterday morning that all be knew about the elec tion troubles in the state of Alabama was what he learned from the newspapers; that he had received no complaints from United States officers in Alabama, and of course in the abeence of such could not take cogni zance of reports of contemplated alleged violations of law. If any complaints were made they would receive prompt considera tion. Aldrich was inclined to treat the matter rather lightly, ana thought the sit uation of affairs was not so serious a indi cated. He said the circular issued by At torney General Miller would Im upheld by all the authority of the federal government. Tlit Nation I Paramount. He particularly empbasi.cu tue closing paragraph of that circular, which read as follows: "The duty and the authority of the supervisors and the deputy marshals in the premises are too plain to ! misunder stood. IJeariiig in mind always that they are officers of t Ik? peace as well as officers of the election, and never forgetting that where the state statute io::l!iets itli the statute of the United States touching these elections the national si.Mttite is paramount and must lie obeyed, these tinkers should go forward quietly, but resolutely, in the discharge of their duties, without fear or favor, with the firm determination, so f::r as in them lies under the law, to see that there is an honest, free and fair election and a fair return and canvass of the vote." OPERATIONS OF OUR MINTS. Interesting Facts From the Kcport of the Director Oeneral. Washington, Nov. 3. Director General Leech, in his annual report on the opera tions of the mints and assay offices of the United States for the fiscal year endi-d Jane 30, lN'J, says: "The value of the gold deposited at the mints and assay offi ces during the year was fi,470,&75, ot which 31, 961,546 were the product, of our own mines, and 4,075,34a foreign gold coin and bullion. The deposits and pur chases of " silver ' aggregated 72,121,-iVS standard ounces, ol the coining value of fSS.JC-'.asO; of which ti3,UO,0OU stand.i: 1 ounces, of the coinage value of $73.4tl.l7:2. were the product of domestic mines and refineries. Fluctuations of Silver. The net profit on the coinage of silver during the fourteen years ended June 30, has aggregated $V2,7:6,0G5. The total amount of silver bullion purchased under the act of Feb. 28, 1878, from the com mencement, March 1.1878, to the end,Aug.l3, 1890, was 33,635,576 standard ounces, cost ing e308,19!,261, an average cost of (1.058 per fine ounce. The price of silver fluctu ated during the last fiscal year from (1.006 per fine ounce, which was the price at the beginning of the year, to (0.855, March 2, the lowest price, closing June 30 at (0.S73, a variation of (0.17 an ounce during the last fiscal year. At the lowest price of silver during the fiscal year the commercial value of the pure silver contained in a silver dollar was 66 cents; at the highest price it was (0.786,and at the average price $0,734. World's Stock or Precious Metal. The coinage of gold and silver in the var ious countries of the world during the cal endar year 181)1, so far as reports have leen received, aggregated: Gold, (119,1 S3. -5; silver, (135.0US.143. The stock of gold M silver in the United States on Xov. 1, l ' based upon official tabulations brought for ward from year to year, was, approximate lv: Gold, $ti!Vi,041.l63; silver, (6S7,614,951; total, (1,243,656,814. SUPREME COURT METHODS. llull rajrfjtMl by 11 Ketlskill. WA.-HINUTON, Nov. Daniel L. Shipley, Indian agent, writes from Fort Defiance asking that enough United Slates military may be put under his instruction to enable him to enforce resect for the United States from Chief Black Horse. This doughty warrior, on the occasion of the agent going to Hound Hock for for some Indian chil dren to put into school, not only refused to firs, up the children but threatened to kill the assent, brutally beating one of the couts, and finally forced the agent, on threat of instant death, to agree to never isk for any more children from the reserva tion. The Presdent's Gratitude. Washington, Nov. 3. The president has sent ont for publication an earnest ex pression of his gratitude to the many per sons, clubs, societies, conventions and other bodies which have sent him their smpa Ihy during the time of Mrs. Harrison's ill ness and death. He closes as follow: "May God give to each of you in every trial that grace and strength which you have asked for us." A New Postal Agreement. Washington, Not. a An agreement has been entered into between the United States and Austria-Hungary, pursuant to the provisions of the universal postal con vention at Vienna, by which the limit of weight for packages of samples of merchan dise in the mails exchanged between the two countries is increased from 84 ounces to 12 ounces on anil after Nov. 1, 1893. j I CLOSE OF THE WOMEN'S CONGRESS. I 1 Resolutions Adopted lty the W. C. T. V. j Other llusiness Transacted. Denvkk. Nov. 3. In the W. C. T. U. j convention yesterday the whole matter of j the convention at Chicago during the World's fair was left to the general olli- j rers. It was decided to establish as son as possible a daily noon prayer meeting at Chicago at the national headquarters. Kn- j couraging reports from the auxiliaries were received. Mrs. Jennie Smith, j of Indiana, announced that she ! could no longer find time to do the duties j of superintendent of the railway employes' j department. Mrs. Clara Parish, of Illinois, ! was appointed natianal organizer toco-op- I erate with Mrs. Barnes. North Carolina, I New York. Missouri'and Iowa were award- j ed banners forliffercnt kinds of pre-emi- nence in the work. A beautiful silver sot:- ( venir'was presented to Iad v Somerset by the Colorado W. C. T. U. The Kcsolitt ions Committee Reports. The report of the committee on resolu tions, which was adopted, pledges the moral supiaiyt of the union to the party which fa vors prohibition, woman suffrage, and Sun day rest: asks congress to investigate the liquor traffic, and publish the facts ob- tained: favors a uniform naturalization law and the refusal, of ..citizenship to for-. 1 eigners until they Tiavea thorough knowl edge of our laws and institutions;" opposes ; the opening of the World's fair Sundays, and thanks congress for shutting it upon that day. Other resolutions passed protest ing against the sale of liquors on the fair grounds, against the tobacco habit and favoring the movement for short skirts on the street. The balance of the session was devoted to discussions and at the close of the evening session the convention ad journed sine die. Today the delegates have gone on an excursion around the "loop." DEATH OF LIEUT. SCHWATKA. Gambling Started Him Downward. New York, Nov. 3. Charles A. Howes, an expert forger, who has traveled from one end of the country to the other and proudly boasts that he has swindled banks and merchants in ever) state in the Union, was arrested Tuesday afternoon and is locked up at police headquarters, Howes has made a full confession of his crimes. He says he began life as a real estate agent at Gray's Harbor, Wash., but lost the money he made over the gaming table. Doable Suicide at 'Frisco. San Fbancisco, Nov. 2. The badly de composed body of Mrs. J. Johnson and her 15-year-old son Gu stave were found at their home yesterday. It was a doable suicide, caused by destitute circumstances. Neither had been seen since m week ago Monday. Seised a Big Lot of Opium.' San Francisco, Nov. 3. Customs offi cers have made a seizure of 1,640 tins of ' opium, valued at (16,400, on the steamer Oregon from Portland. The opium was In five cases marked "playing cards." Bow It Arrives at a Decision Chicago Lake Front Cases. Washington, Nov. 3. Rumors pub lished in regard to the supreme court hav ing arrived at a conclusion in the Chicago lake front cases in favor of the Illinois Cen tral Railway company can be traced to no authentic source, and are believed to be entirely sensational guess work. Eanh jus tice of the supreme court carries a locked book in which he makes his own entries of the cases under argument and his own memoranda of his views of the law in the matter. Every Saturday the judges meet' in their consultation room and compare their notes of the cases under advisement. Haven't Taken the First Step. If it is found that on all important ques tions involved there is a substantial agree ment of a majority of the court, one of the justices is assigned to the duty of prepar ing an opinion. In all important cases this opinion is read to the full bench on a sub sequent consultation day and is then an nounced on the following Monday. No deviation is made from this method of precedence. Enquiry of court officials fails to establish the fact that even the pre liminary consultations have yet been held on the Chicago lake front Amount of Monejr in Circulation. Washington. Nov. 3. The circulation statement issued by the treasury depart ments shows the amounts of gold sad silver coins and certificates. United States notes and national bank Botes In circulation Nov. 1, to be (1,006.130,735, a net increase for the mouth of October of $10,089,7il. and an increase since Nov. 1, 1891, of (41,647.574. The circulation per capita, based on a popu lation of 65,993,000 people, is (34.34. New Leader of the Marine Band. Washington, Nov. 3. Professor Fran cisco Fanciulli was duly installed yester day as leader of the marine band, in place of Professor tiousa, who has gone to Chi cago. Professor Fan'! 11 IH is a member of the New Tork Press club, by whom he was highly reeom mended fa- -"TointmeuL. The Noted Arctic Kxplorer Takes Too - Much Laudanum. Portland. Ore., Nov. 3. Lieutenant Schwatka, the famous arctic explorer who had the record for the longest sledge jour ney ever undertaken by a white man, was picked up dying on the street here yester day and died soon after being taken to the police station. He hod taken an overdose of laudanum either by mistake or for sui cidal purpose. He was born at Galena, Ills., Sept. 29, 1849, and was graduated from West Point Military academy when 22 years of age. He served against the In dians in Arizona awhile, studied law and was admitted to practice in Nebraska in 1875, and was graduated from a medical college in New York a year later. Might Have Been Apoplexy. Lieutenant Schwatka had been suffering from a complication of troubles, and had shown symptoms of apoplexy on numerous occasions. His stomach had of recent years given him much trouble, and for the purpose of finding relief he used small nn.int it ies nf laudanum iiviinllv fmm tiin to twentv ilrous. Tuesdav evening hi ! stomach trouble came on with such sever ity that he complained bitterly, and sought relief, fie went into a drug store and ob tained two ounces of laudanum, but ap peared in excellent spirits, except that he talked aUiut his ailments. The city phy sician thinks the lieutenant's life might have been saved if a physician had been immediately summoned. Subject for the Psychologists. New York, Nov. 3. Joseph Wiersky, a ! genteel-looking youth of 18, with the fair i complexion which accompanies German parentage, was arraigned before Judge Cowing for burglary. "I am guilty," said the boy. "I cannot help stealing. I am a born thief. When I see anything like jewelry or watches I steal them because I cannot help it. I do not steal them be cause I want to get money, because I don't get anything for them. I give the things 1 get away. My parents sent me to Amer ica because I stole and they could not stop me." The boy can speak eight languages, but has stolen everything he could get hold of since he was a little child. Fury of a Woman Scorned. Columbia, Pa., Nov. a John R. Child, a married man, not reciprocating the at tentions of young Sarah Had don, the lat ter at the supper table Tuesday night of fered him a glass of milk in which she had placed strychnine. Childs took two swal lows and noticing a bitter taste refused to drink it. Miss Haddon then took the glass and saying she would throw the milk out, went to another room and swallowed the potion. She died soon afterwards. Childs was made ill by drinking a portion of the mixture, but recovered. . . ii Parnell's Securities Auctioned OfT. New York, Nov. 3. A number of west ern and southern railway securities, be longing to the estate of the late Charles Stewart Parnell, have been sold at publio auction. . LIVE STOCK AND PRODUCE MARKETS. Chicago. Chicago. Not. X. Following were the quotations on the board of trade today: Wheat December, opened 71-ic, closed 715c; January, opened TSc; closed 72c; May. opened iTSfc, closed 77io. Corn November.opened 41;c, closed 414jc; De cember, opened 41)C, closed 41!Hc: May, ojened 4T?4C, closed VAik. Oats November, oH-ned 2&;c. closed .')0Hc; December, opened 3 fie, closed 31 '4C: May, opened Sc closed 3.V4C. Pork November, opened $11. 'JO. closed $11. 4; December, opened $I1--714, closed $11. SO; .lanusry. opened fiiTit; closed fl-'.'.o. l.ard November, opened 5",S0, closed JT.'.-T'ii. Live Stock Prices at the Union Stock yards tolny ranged as follows: Hogs Market only fairly netive on racking and shipping account, though packers slow to purchase; too many coarse, heavy hogs on the niaeket: prices fully Hf lower; sales ranged at Sit...ri.l5 pigs. $4.iiASn liqht, $4.iKf-i.l5 rough packing, "u (..'. .To mixed, and $5.3ij.5.ti0 heavy packing ami shipping lots. Cattle Rather active on local and ship ping account, and prices steady and un changed; quotat ions ranged at S-i.AxA-'i.td choioe to extra shirping steers, $4.4.ViV5.15 frnod to choice do, jyi.SVji 1.40 fair to good, S3.1033.7S common to medium do, J'-'.Wj.iiO butchers stuers, ja.i,ii.K"i stockers. 2.:r.115 Texas steers. S T.") .& range steers. .'.Hm33.40 feed ers. $l.V.&2-: cows, il.'' h.M bulls, and 5.5U veal calves. Sheep Market rather active and prices ruled steady and unchanged; quotations ranged at jy.UKrt.HO per 10U lbs, westerns, $3.2V (,V - natives, .'.5tk34.:r Texas, and $3.3Uft.T lambs. Produce: Butter Fancy creamery, JSm per lb; tine dairy, liVSR-; packing stock, 14..,1."jc Kgns Strictly fresh, -'lc per dot; cold storage, ISc Live poultry Spring chick ens, i2Hc t er lb; hens, 8c; roosters, Ac; turkeys, 12c; ducks. U&loc; geese, S0.OU1&7.OO per doz. Potatoes Fancy Rurbanks. on track tiU&USc per bu: Hebron, tijVc; rosa. tit&Sta; peerless. tyi: mixed. S&i&dOc. Sweet pota toes Jersey, .Urira.i"i per bbl; Illinois, $1.74. Apples Choice, SM.uij,'i.3S per bhL Cranber ries Cape Cod, Ji(Kat.7.U) yer bbL New York. New York. Nov. J. Wheat So. 2 red winter cash. 734X November, 74fic; December, 75c;March, ssjc; -April, K-'fic Corn No. 2 mixed cjwh. 61Hc; November, 4S-c; December, filtc; January, -iPTfcc; May, UHc. Oats No. 2 mixed cash. 3&iz November. 3bia December, Stjfm May, Rc Rye Dull; quoted at Go&aO. Barley yuiet; two-rowed state, OUSttc Pork Lees active and steady; old mess, 12.iaart.5a Lard Qniet; November, f8- Live Stock: Cattle Trading doll tor all grades at a slight redaction from previous values; poorest to beet native steers, S.flfcaV hJX per 100 lbs: bulls and dry cows, $1 snpssa. Sheep and lambs Sheep, firm; lambsslow and s shade easier; sheep, 3.2.&4.S0 per 100 lbs; lambs. -V-q3S. Hogs Market steady; live hogs, S5.tiu3o.15 per lO) lb The Local markets. sraik, rrc. Wbeat-IXKaific. Corn 4SSt4c. Kye 7!S1-.. Oats- 2-31c. Bran -S.V per rwt, Shipslnfff 1-00 per cwt. Ilay Timothv. S-tlO; upland, $8210; glongh S&38; baled. 911 U012.6O. FBODUCK. Bntter Fair to choice, 18c: creamery 924c Er(rs Fresh, 15c: packed 10c. I'oultry Chickens. 1012H; tnrkeys 12)e docks, l'-ttc; geese, 10c. PKC1T AND VEGSTABLSS. Apples JS.2S1$2. 76 per bbl. Potatoes Jifi0c. Onions SfxaWic. Turnips 45350c, I.IVK STOCK.. Catt'e Butchers pay for corn fed steers 3V4(TMHc; cows and neifcr, S&3c calves Hos 4c. Sheep 44JSC. COAL. - . nard 7 50(3.7 75. Soft X 10&2 30. LCkSZB. Common boards Joist Scant line and timber, 13 to 16 feet, $1. Every additional foot in length 50 cents. X A X Shingles 3 75. l ath fi 50 Fencine 12 to 16feet f 18. ock bosrde, touch (16. eUMM II If Ml l PUREST AND BEST LESS THAN HALF THE PRICE-OF OTHER BRANDS 4- POUMDS.20 -fc: HALVES,! 0 QUARTERS54 SOLDIH CANS ONLY