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4 I 'V sland Daily Am VOL. XLI NO. 54. ROCK ISLAND. TUESDAY DECEMBER 20. 1892. I Blag-le Copies a I Per Week ISfi Oeats LlOCK GUB tl. every THIS WEEK. We must unload our immense stock; Prices must do the Business; we will sell Overcoats worth $12.00, 13.50, 15.00. 16.50, and 1800 JXTI3XTE; IMUXTBTY-KTIlXrES, $w $9.99, $9"' Look at Overcoats quoted for much more money and see if ours are not as good. Child's Overcoats worth $7.00 to $9.00 for $5.00. Child's Overcoats worth 5.00 to 7.50 for 4.00. Child's Overcoats worth 3.50 to 4.50 for 3.00. Child's Suits worth $7.oo to $9.oo for $5.oo. Child's Suits worth 5.oo to 6.5o for 4.oo. Child's Suits worth 3,5o to 4.5o for 3.oo. In order to get cut price on Child's Overcoats and Suits this advertisement must be brought with you. Underwear at greatly reduced prices as usual only more so, underselling everybody on everything; the only house who sell as they advertise. Santa Glaus Dropped Into our furniture establishment, and here he intends to stay until CHRISTMAS EVE He was so well pleased with our beautiful line that he "dropped in." By the way, why not drop in your self and select vour Christmas presents. We have the most artistic, the largest, in fact the finest display we have ever shown consisting of the finest parlor suit to the baby's high chair. Nobody in the Tri Cities can show as complete assortment or treat you better in the way of price, etc. Call earlyjand make your selection at CLEMANM & SAIItf ANN, 1625 and 152? Second Ayenne. NORTH FIELD POCKET KNIVES and SCISSORS took the highest pramhm for quality. If yon want a good knife try one. One need not be told what a nice pres mt an elegant Carrin? Set like those I hare to show will be. Aleo those Gold Medal Carpet Sweepers. Every woman that keeps house wants one. Wrought Iron finish Fire Seta and Irons. Acorn Stoves and Ranges arethe leaders made in Illinois for our s oti coal and every one guaranteed. These are all ood things to buy at Christmas o any other time. Come in and see how m ich I have to she r you that is useful and novel in housekeeping ;ooJs. JOHN T. NOFTSJIER, Cor. Third Ave. and"Twentieth Street, Rock Island. mil THE LONDON, SAX & RICE, Proprietors, Rock Island, 111, 124, 123 and 128 Sixteenth 8treet. Nothing reserved; every thing goes in Children's department as advertised. S.& R. vusr TRI-CITY :SWrt Factory: Our Shirts . are our specialty. We make them ourselves. Patronise borne minttry. Our Suits . Are made to yonr order, and the? are tailor-made at pilot ranging from f 16 up. " Our Pants . Ire down in prices nnd we Invite; competition, OaU and make yonr selection from orcr aoOMlffer ent samples at prioee from $3 and np. Our Prices Cannot be duplicated, our workTnsnshipIcanaot be excelled, oar goods we warrant, and last, trot not least, yonr patronage la solicited. Call and see us at the Tri-City Shirt Factory, W09 Second steim, otct Loocley crockery store. FRANK ATTWATER, Proprietor. PARKERS' Landry, Washes everything from a fine silk handkerchief to a circus tent; Laoe curtains a specialty. No. 1724 THIRD AYE. A. M. & L. J., PARKER, Telephone No. 1214; JohinJVolk: Sc Co, SXHaBAL CONTRACTORS HOUSE BUILDERS. Manufacturers f Saab Door Blind. Siding, Flooring, Wtinacofttlng. aad aQ kind at wand work t .iu attafrfrseta St. bet. Third and renrs;sves. OOK JtuaXD SIN'S WAGES PAID. 1 he Sinner Footing the Bill with Cold Lead. FAST LIVING AND A QUICK DEATH Tells the Story of El Foerstel's Career An Attempt to Cover 'p a Shortage in' a City Treasurer's Office Fails, and the Apparent Culprit "Takes Arms .tcainst a Sea of Troubles" His Father Lett to Carry the Itnrden or Trust Brtrayed and a Deficit of S63.000.. . ST. Louis, Dec. 20. Sixty-three thousand dollars short. That is what Comptroller Stevenson tells the mayor in the brief re port of a partial examination of City Treas urer Foerstel's books, which was ordered yesterday because of a fire and a tragedy which occurred early in the forenoon. The fire was in the city treasurer's private office and the tragedy was the suicide of t he treasurer's son. Acting Mayor Walbridgp, upon hearing of this big shortage, imme diately suspended the treasurer and ofli cially notified him of the fact. Charles Parsons, a prominent banker, has been ap pointed to succeed Foerstel as treasurer temporarily. He filed his bond within an hour. He is ex-president of the American Hankers' association and one of the best Known financiers in the United States. The Fire lu the City Hall. About S o'clock yesterday morning fin! was discovered i:i the city treasurer's office in the city ball. The fire department re sponded and the fire was soon extin guished. Then it was discovered that the vault of the city treasurer was open and a qnautity of paper had been taken from the vualtand placed on a table in the treas urer's office and set on fire, which was the cause of the alarm. There was a hole near :he vault calculated to leave the impres sion that the vault had been burglarized. A Tragical Coincidence. About the time the discovery was niadc news reached the city hall that young Kel Foerstel, son of City Treasurer I'oe-i-ste!. committed suicide by shooting himself through the head at his room at No. 2112 Pine street. He went home Sunday night shortly after 11 o'clock appearing perfectly natural, went in to see Mrs. 1a wis. who kept the bouse he roomed in, and with whom he was on the friendliest terms, and then bid them good-night and went to his room. Just after 8 a. m. yesterday a shot and a heavy fall were heard in his room and when the door was burst open hisilead body Was found on the tioor with a bullet hole in the temple. Some Sinuous Financial Ioirig. The occurrence it lated in the foregoing, are supposed to Ik- the culmination of some sensational suits and developments con cerning the city treasurer and certain money lenders. About Sept. 20 suit was brought in tiie supreme court by San ford M. Harton against City Treasurer Foerstel aggregating ,0.i0, drawn by W. F. Vow, an employe of the city treasurer, and pur porting to bear the endorsement of Mr. Forestel. The notes were held by the Si. Louis National lMik for account e.f Ix-arer of Barton, who had discounted them mi Yow. Mr. Foerstel at once repudiated the ! endorsements on the notes, claiming that his name had been forgeii on them. On the other hand 1'arlou claimed the endorse ments were genuine, and that the money had been obtained with the full knowledge of Mr. Foerstel, to be used in coricealiusr a shortage in his cash .it the regular ii-.ont hly auditing of the treasurer', accounts. A lot More of the -Votes Ont. William F. Vow, the maker of the dis honored notes, claimed that they were not he first by any means which he had nego tiated bearing City Treasurer Foerstel's indorsement, but that on the contrary he had been negotiating such notes with .!. Brooks Johnson, John H. Vette and Saud ford M. Kart-on, all money brokers, for a year past. He claimed that not only were the indorsements of Treasurer Foerstel genuine, bnt that fully two-thirds of the money borrowed on them went to the city treasurer. FOERSTEL ACTS RATHER QUEERLY. Be Charges Forgery, bnt Doesn't Try t Find the Forger. It is also said that Foerstel paid as high as 5 per cent, a month on the money thus obtained. When the city treasurer was seen he stated that he had refused to pay the notes becanse his alleged endorsement of them was a forgery. Although Mr. Foerstel claimed that hla indorsement had been forged .he , said he would . make no effort to unearth the forger or to prosecute him, bnt would merely defend the civil suit. When asked if he knew what caused his son's death Foerstel said he only knew of the reported suicide. Up loan hour and a half after the shooting it is said to hare occurred toe-city treasurer had apparent ly made no effort whaterer to iseailelii whether the rumor that his son had killed himself! was true or false. He said that Eddie's" family affairs were pleasant and that Eddie was .in a cheerful mood Satur day night when he saw htm last and that Eddie was not short in his accounts, he knew; but that to about all that coold be got ont of him. . Thaary the Felloe Weal to Work Oa. The police went to work on the theory that It was Yonng FoersUl who forged his father's name to the notes. "Eddie" was his father's chief assistant in the treasu rer's office. He was very wild and spent large Sams of money on fast horses, wine and women, and ft waa not a matter to be surprised at should he prove to be short a large sum of money in his accounts. The police say that he had made elaborate ar rangement to prove an alibi. He had gone home at a late hour Sunday night end was known to have gone to bed. Then it is supposed that he slipped oat of the house and set fire to his father's office and then waited in the vicinity of the building to watch developments. Seeing that the prompt efforts of the firemen had frus trated his plans be went back to his room and sought the only means by which he could eseape the penalty of his crime. Seme Papers Caasoanea by the Fire. Almost immediately after the fire in the treasurer's 'office was subdued the comp troller, acting under the law, took charge of -the -treasurer's office. The door of the vault was wide open. Inside are two Urge safe, one en top. of the other. The doarofthelowe safe was locked, but both the outer aid the Inner door of the upper safe were open ana me money cr.ij- cpau to view. Two held paper money and one silver. Treasurer Foerstel, when he came, attributed the outfit doors to an oversight, which, he said, sometimes occurred. The fire did not reach these safes, but papers outside were entirely consumed. These may be impoitant, but that is not certain. The Boy Had a Kaklsta Fibre. "Honest Alike" was Foerstel 's soubriquet while he was a contracting butcher in a mall way, and long before he thought of becoming a politician. That there waa a rakish fibre in the son is indicated by the fact that about ten months ago he rented a room downtown (the scene of the morn ing's tragedy), declaring at the time that FoM!clville, the suburb where his father lived, and which bore his name, was to far away for him, and beside that he want ed a place where he could come and go al his pleasure. In relating this yesterday his landlady, Mrs. Fannie Lewi.", added significantly: "He kept all sorbs of hours." The police theory seems to be generally ac ceptedthat "Eddie" is responsible for th shortage. HOW THE DEMOCRATS STAND Regarding the Tariff ami Free Silver Coiu "Re Onehtions. New Vohk, Dec. 20. The Press presents a nearly complete poll of the new con gress. Personal letters sent to 210 Demo cratic representatives asking five question elicited replies from ICS. Republican rep resentatives were not questioned. The questions asked the views of those ad dressed as to prompt repeal of the McKitv ley bill, an extra session for that purpose, radical or moderate reduct iou of the pre sent tariff, free coinage of silver. Argentiferous Men Not flash Till. The opinions of the westerners and south erners in favor of free silver is blunt and decided, while from the conservative agri cultural district of Montrose. Pa., comes the remark of Congressman -elect Searle: "Yes, and no asking Kugland or any other nation what we want.'' Congressman-elect Campbell, of Iowa, answers: "We must and will have more debt, paying money." Liv ingston of Georgia says: "There is no more reason for an international currency than an international tariff. How th Members Divide I p. Amerman and Sipe, of Pennsylvania, want modifications in the McKinley law and Wright says he does not want the law repealed as a whole. Patterson of Ten nessee says protection is a "prostitution of the constitution." Wheeler and Turpin. of Alabama, favor a gradual reduct ion of the tariff. The result of the entire poll shows that 164 favor and 4 oppose a prompt repeal of the present tariff law; that I'M favor radical reductions and .'.k slight re ductions; that 1M are in favor and 51 op posed to an extra session. One hundred and one favor and 47 oppose a free silver bill. WENT DOWN WITH THE "SLUMP." A Chicago Hoard of Trade Man ISnys Tun Much Corn. CniCA(.o, Dec. 20. Dennis K. Sibley, one of the olde.st and best known board of trade dealers, was forced to make an assignment, yesterday for the benefit of his creditors. The failure, though uot wholly unexpected, caused consternation on the board, where, just before the day's proceedings closed, not ice of Sibley's inability to settle bis deals was posted. Iu round numbers Sibley's liabilities will reach 1270,000. His assets are as yet undetermined, but it is thought that they will not exceed $70,000. bnt possi bly may reach $0,000. ISought Heavily on a Mistake. The failure, it is, said, was due to a slump in the corn market. Mr. Sibley had been buying corn heavily for December delivery in New York, expecting that when naviga tion closed freight rates would go up with them, consequently the price of corn and other cereals. Accordingly he was caught with 6.000.UK) bushels of corn when the roads cut the freight rates in two and the bottom feli out of the market. Board of trade men would assiga the failure to an attempt by Sibley to corner the corn mar ket, but such an attempt is denied by Sib ley. When the drop came his margins began to pile up and inability to cover them forced him into bankruptcy. Caught Forty or His Tlrethrea. By the failure a list of over forty Chicago board of trade men are caught for sums varying from tM.OOO to $1,000. Logan & Co. are among the heaviest losers. Sibley has been operating on the board for over twenty years. The Crm was once Kldridge & Sibley, but of late he has been dealing alone. Until a short time ago he was president of the Sibley Elevator company. Mr. Sibley's credit has always beeu genii and he was considered a wealthy man. THE SUNDAY QUESTION IN COURT. A Cesa Before Jade Totey at hiraga 'Which Is Interesting. Chicago, Dee. 20. The question f clos ing the World's fair on Sunday was brought into the courts yesterday for the first time. The matter came np before Judge Tuley in connection with a bill filed last October by the South Shore Transpor tation company, no organisation com prised of the various steamship companies doing DuslneBS at the foot of Van Buren street. The 8outh Park commissioners, the elty of Chicago, the Illinois Central Railroad eompany, the World's Columbian exposition were made defendant. In ad dition to the application for en Injunction to restrain the complainant from landing at the grounds an amendment was filed whieh brings direct to issue the question whether the World's fair people or even the government has the right to close the grounds on Sunday. Judge Tuley allowed the amendment to be made and will take op the case early In January. 1 1 saasaaasBva. waa , AdlaJ Peases Thmga EvaaavUJ. EvAjrsvriXK, Ind., Dec 9a General Adlal K. Stevenson, vice president-elect, and party arrived here yesterday noon from St. Iiouie. They were met by J. Q. Shanklln and a reception committee of prominent Democrats and a general hand, shaking followed. Stevenson made a brief speech, touching on the grand victory of his party and thanked Indiana DemocraU for their help. After remaining a few mo ments the party departed for Atlanta. i faster Workmaa Draapsejr Sneaiee.' Pittsburg, Doc, ao. District Attorney Burleigh took a hand In the Homestead poisoning ease yesterday. He had warranto issued for the arrestof Dempsey and David son. rJempeeysnrrendered.aad was bailed to O.QQ0, waiving a hsmring. Davidson had not been arrested at last aerounts. v'arnot vr;n nava a ranee. Viessa, Dec. 90 President Carnot, ays a dispatch from St. Petersburg, has Informed the czar that he will remain at his post under any circumstances to save France from internal disturbance. Latest Furrhase ol hilver. Washington, Dec ao. The treasury de partment Saturday purchased 475,000 ounces of silver, from $0.8348 to t0.8355. Will Keep Christmas oa Saturday. New York, Dec. 30. By a vote of 518 ta. favor, to 104 against, the produce exchange will be closeel on Saturday, Dee. 24. Cholera In Hamburg. Haiibuhg, Dec, 20. The cholera com mission announces that two patients who were taken to the hospital Sunday were found to be suffering from Asiatic cholera. The Borsenhalie states that one of the cases had its origin In the elty and Jo other in one of the su burbs. It adds tluy there has not been a single case of the dis ease in the harbor district since Oct. 13. LIVE STOCK AND PRODUCE MARKET8. Chicago. CmcAejo, Dee. 19. Following were the quotations on the board of trade today: Wheat December, opened TOc, closed IHc; January, opened TCtye, clewed TUe:; May, opened Te4e, closed Tdj-ic. Corn December, opened 41fjc, closed Hnt January, opened 4'o, closed . 42c; May, opened 4Jle, closeel 4G?ic Oats December, opened 30O, closed UOc; Jano,ary, opened 3Uc, closed Mayopeted A4J$e. closed 34)ic. Pork December, opened tl4.sa, closed tH.. January, opened (1S.T4. closed Sl&JBH; Msy, opened $19,0, closed $15.30. Lard De cember, opened SlG-05, closed fl0-- J Produce: Butter Fancy creamery, 63fo per lb: fancy dairy, 23&.'4c; packing stock, IS 10c. Eptrs Fresh stock, Zic per dos.; Ice house, WjJlSc. Dressed poultry Spring chick ens, v;3.10o per lb; hens, c: tarkeys, lsHS 18c; ducks, BUct geese, 8&!le. Potatoes-" Wisconsin Rose, 62t)nc per bo; Hcbrooe. 80Q 63 per bu: Wisconsin Ktirbanks, AfVg7Tla per ba; Michigan Burbanks,63&6rie per bu; mixed lota. 5oaic. Sweet potatoes Illinois, $3.5033.711. Apples Common and poor stock, $1.60&&2S per bbU fair So good. $3.t3.Tik fancy, $&M Cranberries Jerseys, $t.S(37.50 per bbl; Cape Cod, 55.003,7.00; fancy, $s.la!.tX; Wisconsin Bell and Bugles, $7.!i08.iWl Live Block Prices at the Union Stock yards today ranged as follows: Market rather no tice on packing and shipping aocount aad feellnn rather easy: prices &CdOo lower; sales ranged at S-i.00 pi 6.1o pigs, $tllOg (1.41) light, ?4.r $ 6.30 rungh packing, S6.2fX2-. mixed, and $6.a C 6.70 heavy packing and shipping lots. Cattle Marke fairly active on local andihipping account; feeling easy; prices fa vor buyers; Christmas beeves in fair supply and quotable at $n.st.ipt;jS; other qualitie-s wero quotable at $'i.(K) 6.63 choice to extra Bhipping steers, 4.1.V&1.85 good to choice do, $3.7U$4.1U fair to good, f3.00&&SO common to medium do, 2.l(.'t.i0 butchers' steers, 52.(inQ-'.75 stoekers, ip.Ulir2.75 Texas steers. $:.7.V&i.iM range steers, $.tk&U0 feed ers, $1 2."C'" cows, 51.SVW.W bolls, and $&S &5..V veal calves. Sheep-Market active and prioes steady. Quotations ranced at Sl.Oltifc.S.W per 1001b wenterns. S-i.i'XtVJ.QO natives, $..10'$ t 71 Texas, and S-'.7Tiyi.t lambs. 'ew York. - - ' Vons, Dec IS. Wheat Xo: Tc-fl-'ajntrr cash, 7576ic; January, Tot-. MntMV 77!-; May.TOJJc. Corn No. mixed ca.-'h.' !Clc; Lccember, 60c; January. ttUJ-tV February; Olfeic: May, BSfyfa. O.tta-No. 8. miked cash. 3tHJ(&36Hc; Janu ary, B7c; May, 3!4o. Rye Quiet and steady: western. 64SSe. Barley-Doll aad unchanged:,, western,: 603Ur.; six -rowed state, Pork-Qaietbut firm; old mess, $15.00il.i.iV ' irew mess. J 16.0WJ16-5O. Lard Quiet but firm; December, $10.40; Hsv, $10.10. ' j Live Stock: Cattle Trading dull and alow from start to finish: poorest to best native' steers. $3.Kr.(o ;x-r KO lbs; Texas and Col-1 orado, $3.7Sc"fcl-a'; bulls and dry cows. ILOO1 .75. Hiep and L;ml bhe"ep, very firm;1 Iambs, active at an advance of He per lb;1 sheep, Sa.0044li.OU per KO lbs: lambs, $5.60T.23.! Hogs Nominally steady; live boga, $3.9026.6$ per 100 lbs. - .The L,oral .Tl ark eta. SSAtll.BTC. Wheat-soaftJc. Corn 4B34c. . Rye T8S8le. Oat-03ea4c Bran Sfic per ewt, 6hipstnff-$1.00 per twt. Hay Timothy, $SG10: upland, $8ai0: stoacfe $638; baled. $11.00I.60. ' ' Z raonves. " Batter Fair to choice, JBc: creamery aac. Eggs Fresh. Mc; packed. 15c. Poultry-Chickens, WaUJi; turkeys ttMe dncks,l2Mc; geese, 10c. ' ' raurr amd vsearaBtB. ' Apples-$.S6C$a.7B per bbl. Potatoes 88i0c. Onions 804t85c Turnips UO&Oe. COAL. Bard 7 B07 76. boft-S I0&S 80. uvsnoca, .iEle-BntCner" ,or d eteess HJMMle; cows sen fceifer, a sC3c calves HoKste. Bheep sOe. ttnn. 1 OosBBoe boards fit. Jobt ocanthuf sad timber. It to It feetlM. iB '" eentT. L$4llJ!W,'' ' ' renclsgUieUfeettlt eck boarss,iOBCh$lt. AND BEStff IBM LESSTHAN HALFTHSI SOLD 111 CAHSOICJ 'II Hi t: n