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J Rock Ft - GITS. bL. SLI NO. 226. ROCK ISLAND, WEDNESDAY, JULY 12. 18S3. ln;l. uupltiil) (nt Per Weak ISVf OnH ANT) OAILY i Big Store- E ARE AFTER Want you 7.39 worth $15.00. OU KNOW US- Underselling Everybody on Everything. We hav'nt said a word about Itfieht price. Big Store. NEW SPRING , WALL PAPER. Our selection of new designs for the coming sea son, is nearly all in stock, and we feel confident your insnection will oronounce it overwhelm ingly superior to any we have ever shown. We have taken advantage of every opportunity in making our selection, in ord?r to ive the people of this ciiy and viciuity the cWast design f ro n th-j predict of nearly every inanufacturer in this country, at the very lowest pric-:s. VVe enioloy oaly first class workmen, and shall be pleased to receivs your orders for Pap r Uan?lag,"Faiating or anything pertaining to lnterijr Decorating: Room Moulding Window shades ready made and to Picture Frames latest styles. R. CRAMPTON "Wholesale and retail book sellers and stationers. Men's Artistic The Fashionable Fabrics for Spring and Summer have arrived at J. B. ZIMMER, 0 - Call and leave your order tar Block Opposite Haider House: SAX&RCE, ROCK ISLAND, ILL. YOU- to take a look at Ave are selling for SAX&R1CE, ROCKSLANDjJLL, to match wall paper. 1727 Tailoring. Blue Front. our Suits Summer Coats, Blue Front. order, all colors & CO. Second av-nu Bock IsUud. Is Life Worth iiviDg? That Depends Upon Your Health. MONROE'S TONIC Will cure yon and keep ycu well. For sale at Harper House Pharmacy. OVEB A SOOKE DEAD Ten Corpses in a Heap at the Exposition. EECOVERY OF THE CHAEEED BODIES Burned So That Many Were Unrecog nizable Terrible Suspicion That the Tale Is Not All Told and That the Full List Will Never ISe Known Talk of the Responsibility Croat Scheme of Itelief Proposed Alleged Find at the liaxe of the Elevator Mi aft. Chicago, July 12. The Herald says that it is learned "that ten more bodies were found in the ruins of the cold storage warehouse last evening. The meu who made this discovery trie.l to keep tho knowledge from reaching the public ear. But it came out in some way, and was a widespread rumor aljout tne fair grounds. The report was afterward verified. Nino of these bodies are of men and one of a woman. "The corpses of the dead lay piled all in a heap mar the foot of the elevator shaft. When the se.irchii.o; party discovered tho remains a large crowd of morbid specta tors surrounded the fire lines. The enor mity of the unexpected find staggered the firemen who had made the fearful discov ery. After a hastj- consultation it was de cided not to take the bodies out in the presence of the watching thousands." TAKING OUT THE BODIES. A Tangled Network That May Hold Some More. YVoki.d's Fair Gnorxus, Chicago, July 12. At this period after the occurrence of the calamity which shrouded the hand some AVhite City in gloom the most con servative estimates of the number of the killed have fallen o:T to twelve, while two sufferers arc lyins in the Emergency hos pital gasping away the few hours of life which uru yet allotted them. The num bered dead include those who died in the hospital fivm t heir injuries nnd the un fortunates who.-.;' charred and blackened truiik.-; were tiikcn from the mass of debris once the storage warehouse. There is a streiig belief in some ijunrters that several lives were lost of whom no account will ever be heard, but this is speculation. List ol i!ie Iead Urvisod. The actual known dead are ns fal lows: James Fitzputriek, captain en gine company No. 2; John II. Freeman, lieutenant company No. 1; 'William Den ning, truck company No. 8; N. Hartman, a lineman; Phillip V. Breen, truck com pany No. 8; Captain James A. Garvey, en gine company No. 1; John McBride, pipe man, engine company No. 8; John Cahiil, track company No. 8; Paul Schroeder, truck company X. 8; Burton E, Page, captain truck company No. S; Charles Purvis, lieutenant engine company No. John A. Smith, driver, engine company No. 4. Fatally injured L. J. Frank, eng'im company No. 1; Sigmund Nordrum, engine company No. 2. The four Columbian guards who were reported in the list of missing have '.e :i heard from, and are not hurt, having bv. :i on duty elsewhere. Condition of the BodieB Recovered. A hard day's work was put fa 6n the '.'.i of ruins and all examined except such as was inaccessible owing to the network of freezing-pipes used to make ice in the building. This network covers a large area and upon what they fear is under neath it those who look for a larger death list base their apprehensions. Today the men are lifting this away with machinery. Every body recovered wnf burned t: cin der or otherwise mutilated, so as to be unrecognizable, except in a few instances. In one case a pair of steel wire-cutters was found wit li the body, showing that it was that of a lineman. This also shows that others besides those reported as missing were caught by the crash. TUitrshiil Murpliy'.s Opinion. Marshal Murphy is convinced that there are more bodies under the mass of stuff. "We have accounted for the firemen and a lineman, lint what of those carpenters nnd painters? The 'joint' was full of men when I went up there, and I noticed par ticularly two men carrying little blast stoves used in soldering. They, as was the ease with the carpenters, did not real ize the extent of the danger and were standing around.'' He also believes that the cause of the flames breaking out lie low was an explosion of ammonia, while the operators of the ice making plant de clare that such n thing was impossible. He says there were four previous fires in the building and that he called the atten tion of Director of Works Burnbani to each of them in writing. Council of Administration. The first act of the council administra tion at its meeting was to pass a series of resolutions "extending its sympathy and condolence to the bereaved, attesting its high appreciation of the heroism of the dead and surviving, and commending to the executive committee of the exposition the propriety of making such appropria tion to the fund for the sufferers as it should deem adequate; also authorizing President Higinbotham to present a medal to each of the survivors whose conduct was marked by personal bravery. BURNHAM IS RETICENT. Will Tell Ilia Story to the Coroner Ac tion of the Commission. Director of Works Burnham was before the council of administration for over an hour, but none of the officers would say what phase of the fire had been discussed. It is known, however, that Mr. Burnham was subjected to a thorough cross-exami nation as to the reports and complaints he had received affecting the safety of the building in case of fire, its fire-trap smoke stack, and the steps he had taken, if any, to have part of vie construction changed. Mr. B rnham declined to go into any de tailed statement as to what he had done or notWne, prererrtng to tell nis story at the J coroner's inquest. J When the commissioners met President ' Palmer urged that action be taken at once ! to prevent a similar catastrophe in some of the other buildings. The public he 6aid, would not hold the commission guiltless, and he desired action taken to have tho roofte of other buildings, which are daily crowded with people, inspected regarding proper exits. The result was the adoption of resolutions that the com mittee on buildings and grounds should request the chief of the Chicago lire de partment to inspect the roofs of the build ings and report any defects found and that ; the underwriters should present a similar j report as to the construction of the build ings with reference to fire risks. I There is a good deul of speculation I as to whether the council of administra- tion had been notified of the danger at the stcrage warehouse. The council says no, and it is said that Director of Works Burnham did all his correspondence with : the proprietors of the building. Theclaim 1 that a reduction of the numlier of Coluni- ' bian guanls was the primary cause is again put forth.and tlmt the reduction last j week forced Colonel ttice to take the guards who have formerly been put in and ; on top of the buildings to watch for fires t and put them to looking after exhibits and ; other matters of equal importance. A ' guard had been on duty day and night in ' the very tower where the fire occurred j until last week. j There is a good deal of wild talk of Aim- ' sy construction, etc., being iudulged in. Thi3 sort of construction was a necessity of the case. As a matter of fact there is but ; one building on the ground that is in any measure fireproof, and that is the Art Pal- J ace. To have built for permanence and ' perfect safety for such a thing as the j World's fair would have been impossible j financially in any country iu the world, j All of the buildings are of necessity what J might be Milled "flimsy." The safety from 1 accidents is to be looked for only in "eternal j vigilance.'' Whether there were any rad- j ical faults of construction in the storage warehouse will be developed in the exami- i nation, which will be thorough. j OR EAT SCHEME OF RELIEF. lienelit Iay at tho Fair for the Widows anil Orphans. Practical hunmn sympathy has been aroused by the terrible disaster and that is one piece of silver lining to tho xcloud. Subscriptions aud offers of help are coming in all the time. Besides those reported yesterday the following have been re ceived: Potter Palmer, $1,000; Secord & Hopkins, f 100; Director Schwab, $200; for eign commissioners from Italy, Germany, Austria, Hussia, France, Spain, Turkey, Euypt, Switzerland, Sweden and Ceylon, f50 each; British, Guiana and the Nether lands, $25 each; Commissioner Hovey, ot Massachusetts, $.")0, and Commissioner Mackie, of Monaco, $10, making a total of $745 from the foreign commissioners. Everybody is anxious to contribute money. The Cliff Dwellers company will give a performance for the benefit of the dead. A substantial sum will no doubt be realized from a special benefit perform ance of the Military tournament today in the Stock pavilion. There will be a pa rade of the entire brigade in the Court of Honor before the performance and the band will play requiems in memory of the he roes who perished in the flames. All the receipts will go to the relief fund. The British soldiers volunteered their services at the fire and helped to keep the mass of frightened people in order. Employes of the exposition and concessionaires and others who are engaged in various work at the fair will contribute the price of an admission, 50 cents eachtomorrow. But the banner proposition came by letter to President Higinbotham from Charles T. Yerkes, the street railroad president and a director of the fair. He suggested that the directors should desig nate one dRy on which all the receipts at tne gares should be contributed to the re lief fund. His idea is also that persons of means who can come to the fair that day should pay as much over 50 cents as they felt inclined for a ticket of admission. 1'resident Yerkes said he would pay $2,500 for his ticket. "I am in favor of the prop osition,'' said President Higinbotham, "audi shall submit it to the executive committee." WHOLESALE CHEESE POISONING. Sixteen Families Containing Eighty-Five IVisons Twelve May Die. Mansfield, O., July 12. The wholesale ease of poisoning by the eating of cheese in this city is much worse than was at first supposed. Nearly every person in sixteen fam ilies who purchased and ate of the cheese are now afflicted, and for twelve persons there are slight hopes of recovery. The following and members of their families to the number given were poi soned: Fred Ackerman, five jiersons; William Bient, five persons; William Both, two persons; John Cross, six per sons; George Cunningham, six persons; Henry Faust, four persons; George Fickel, seveu persons; John Fisher, nine persons; John Gerlack, three persons; Charles Hans, four persons; Frank Hess, three persons; K. Kelser, five persons; H. Kuess, four persons; J. W. Stewart, three persons; George Wetherby two persons; Paul Wingert, eleven persons. Nine doctors, together with the coroner, are in charge of the afflicted, and although no deaths are yet reported several persons are expected to die hourly. Health Officer Keed procured two pounds of the cheese and sent it to the health department at Columbus for analysis. The Cruiser New York. Philadelphia, July 12. The armored cruiser New York is now within a few days of readiness for commission. The Cramp company have begun the final plan ing of her deck and mounting of her tur ret batteries. Shipment of her crew is proceeding rapidly at the League Island Navy yard. The first cruise of the New York will be an event in the history of the navy. She will first be made the flagship of the squadron. Then she will go to Eu rope and probably around the world. Uase Ball Score. Chicago, July 12. Scores made by League clubs at base ball were as follows: At ClevelancU-Boston 4, Cleveland 12; at Cincinnati Baltimore 10, Cincinnati 12; at Pittsburg New York 2, Pittsburg 12; at Chicago Washington 5, Chicago 15; at Louisville Brooklyn 18, Louisville 13; at Et. Louisa-Philadelphia 2, St. Louis 0. ' lnurcolJeia.te Amherst 8. Virsinia 6. A French-Canadian 'Movement. Manchester, N. II., July 12. The Can adian annexationists have started on a vigorous campaign of education among their compatriots in the United States. A committee composed of the leading French-Canadians of this section has been appointed to keep the enthusiani alive here, and similar committees will be or ganized in every French-Canadian center in the United isiates. Say They Can Pay All Debts. Chicago, July 12. The Hercules Iron works, of Aurora, Ills., made a voluntary assignment, uuscd principally by the destruction of their eold storage building at the fair. The cashier says the company is solvent and can pay every dollar of its liability. La.t Chief of the Six Nations. New Youk, July 12. General Ely S. Parker, last surviving chief of the Six Na tions Indians, ex-scout and guide for the late General Grant, and now a clerk at po lice headquarters, was stricken with par alysis while at his desk. The general is Tl years old. He was on General Grant's stair during the war, aud at tho close was brevetted brigadier general. National Convention of Liquor Dealers. Chicago, July 12. Liquor dealers from New York, New Uersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, Missouri, Texas, Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, California, Mississippi and Illinois met at Turner Hall here to discuss the advisability of forming a nutioual as sociation and resolved to do so. Cheap Kates to the Fair. New Youk, July 12. The Trunk Line association, including all the principal roads from New York to Chicago, has agreed on a World's fair schedule. Excur sions will be run four days each week. The rate for the round trip will be a single fare. Tickets are to be good for ten days. LIVE STOCKAND PRODUCE MARKETS. Chicago. Chicago July 1L Following were the quotations on the board of trade today: Wheat July, opened 6614c, closed t"4e; September, 0Mned T0Jio, closed C'JHjc; December, opened 55c, closed Corn July, opened closed 4ilc; August, opened 4Ls(, closed 4 September, opened 41"c, closed 41; Oats July, opened 2SHc, closed -9,'c: September, opened So-ic, closed lahic; Pork July, opened f 19.5.1, closed $19.50; September, opened $30.55, closed ?-U35. Lard July, opened $10.15, closed $3 bj. Live Stock: Tho price at the Union Stock Yards today ranged as follow$; Hogs Estimated receipts for tho day 20,000, left over about 2,(ioi; market active on packing and shipping account; opened rather strong at 5c advance, but advance lost; prices Bteady; sales ranged at $3.0J1iti 10 pigs, $6.10 6.3i light, $ti.0J3tU0 rough packiag, $8.10 &tl.3j mixed, and ttf.1536.ij heavy packing and shipping lots. Cattle Estimated receipts for the day, 9.OJ0, of which about 7,0 0 are Texans; quality fair; market moderately active on local and hipping account; quotations ranged at $5.1035.00 choice to extra shipping steers, $4.60 &5.3J good to choice do., S4.UU34.5J fajr to good, $3.7534.25 common to medium do., $3.63 4.U) butchers' steers, $2.5033.50 stock 3rs, S3.5034.JSJ feeders, $1.2533.50 cows, 3.7o33.8J heifers, $2.m33.75 bulls, $2.3034.15 Texas steers, and $2.5035.75 veal calves. Sheep Estimated receipts for the day, 9,000; quality fair: market fairly active and prices steady; quotations ranged at $3.7534.75 perlUOlbs westerns, $.2.5034.40 Texas, $2.00 5-25 natives, and S3.5u39.50 lambs. Produce: Butter Fancy separator, 19320o per lb; fancy dairy, 10317c; packing stock, 13 (313$c Eggs Fresh northern stock, 13c per dozen. Live Poultry4i5pring chickens, 143 17 per lb; old hens, 11c; turkeys, 10&311c; ducks, 831 c; geese, $3.5036.00 per dozen. New potatoes, S1.7532.5J per barrel. Apples Choice to fancy, $3.7534.00 per barrel. (straw berriesMichigan, 5o375c per ltt-qt case. Honey White clover, Mb sections, 15317c; broken comb, 10c; dark comb, good condition. 10314c;extracteJ, C3c per lb. New York. New Yobk, July 1L Wheat July, 72.jc; August, 734373c; September, ISH.ateJso; October, 774376?:; December, Sl!3b2c. Rye Quiet and firm; western, 562froc Corn No. 2 dull, weaker; August, fio&cJMc: September, 4!34?sc; No. 2, 4o-434!'-!. Oats No. 2 steady: active; Jul-., oOVicbid; August, 32?ic; September, SlJsSlH; state, 37343j; western, 3733c. Pork Light demand and bteady. Lard Dull and Bjoniinal. , The Local .Markets. SBAIB.ETC Wtieai 743760. Corn 4i e. Oats S331c. liny Timothy. $14. f; "plami, $10311 : gleugb fSOO; baltd. $10.00311. 10. PBODDCK. Better Fair to choice, 20c ; creamery, 20c Eirirs Fresh. 14215 Poultry Chickens, 12!4c; turkeys ducks. 124c; geese, 10c. THCIT AND rEGSTABLEf. Apples $4 00 per boi. Potatoes S.'VJiftic. Onions $4.(0 per libl. Turnips COc pur bu. LIVE STOCK. Cattle Butchers pay for corn lea 4ft4Vic; cows aud Oeifci, 2tf(&3!c 45c Hoi;s-737V4c. Btieep 35c. Lit f teei s caiv a IT IS THEPEOPLrr 4 wttri PMSTU AND NOT THE TESTIMONIALS OF PURCHASABLE CHEMISTS If