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land Daily Aj Ll NO. 297 s ROCK ISLAND. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 4, 189S Slagte OoplM B Omn Par Week ISM Cl (OCK rgur THE LONDON. Our "Iron Clad Combination Suits" for chil en a genuine cellar-door slider. Coat, Two Pants, And Cap. All to Match.. Age 5 to 11. The Greatest Line in Town. STORM RAVAGES. Appalling Loss of Life in Lou-isiana. f.'ORE THAN 300 LIVES LOST. The Storm at New Orleans and Vicin ity Greater Than at Firs Reported. PRICES much less Than any other house. Come and look. Big Store. The London Blue Front. ! Open evenings. r HEY ARE BARGAINS. A car load ot handsome bed rcom suits going the following prices. worth f 1.5 00 go at 20 00 25 00 27 50 30 00 35 00 40 00 $12 50 15 00 18 00 20 00 25 00 27 50 30 00 Remember we have only one car load to dis- Jcse of at the above manufacturer's prices. CLEMANN & SAUMANN. to and 1527 Second Aveniw. 124 126 and 128 Sixteenth Street. pr Purpose In Advertising a to let everybody who buys clothing that's all Man kind here about know that, our fall suitings are in, and tut tLe finest ever displayed in the c.ty. You are ies l ectfally invited to call and see the latest in patterns ana styles, in fall and winter wear. J. B. ZIMMER, Call and leave your order Stir Block Opposite Hakpeb House: SAVED! LABOR. TIME, MONEY BY USING ANTI-WASHBOARD SOAP. Use it your own way. Lt is the beet Soap made For VV ashing Machine use. MADE BT , WARNOGX & RALSTON. sold everywhere Is Life Worth LiviDs? JOHN GIPSON, THE FIRST-GLASS Horse: s.hoer " I-Jta'ed in hie new shop. At 324 Seventeenth Street. mc a specialty. Opposite the Old stlnd. That Depends Upon Your Health. MONROE'S TONIC Will cure you and keep you well. For sale at Harper House Pharmacv. Joiin Volk & Co., GENERAL CONTRACTORS AND HOUSE BUILDERS. Manufacturers of Sash, Doors, Blinds, Siding, Floorin" Wainscoatinrr, o And all kinds of wood work for bailders. Eighteenth St- bet. Third and Fourth.'avanuoi. KOCK ISLAND. Bayoa Cook, a Village or 300 People, Da. stroyed, and of the Total Population Only Thirty Kscape Death The Village! of Bohemia and Shell Beach, In the Farish of riaqueniine, Completely Wiped Out Grand Island, a Summer Kesort, Thought to Have Shared in the General Destruction, and Grave Fears for Its In habitants Kntertained Property Losses Enormous Pensacola, Fla., Wind Swept. New Orleans. Oct. 4. The great storm if Monday has passed, and although the wires are still down bits of intelligence continue to come in from various parts which impart the information that the loss of life, to say nothing of the destruc tion of property, is tremendous. From Bayou Cook, the great oyster field which leads to the gnlf, it is reported that the settlements of the fishermen have been completely demolished and that the loss of life has reached the appalling figure of SG0. Grand Isle, a summer resort lying in the gulf, direct ly in the path of the storm, is said to have been utterly destroyed and it is known that the loss of life is large. Many people were here spending the de lightful early autumn seasouj anil num bers of those who had spent the late sum mer month in thtir cottages here, had not yet started for their homes. The hotel and the two long rows of cottages which constituted the resort are said to be no more, and it is feared "that the loss of lifo at this point will be very great. Villages Wiped Out. In the parish of Plnquemiue. the villages af Bohemia, on the Mississippi, and Shell Beaoh.on Lake Borgue.were wiped out and i at least four lives lost iu each place. On ' l,fh ciilnu .if tin. I.;... ,1... ..: 1 orange crop suffered a great deal of duningeand on the west side the loss of life is reported to have been very great. It will be some days before the full extent of the damage wrought will 'be known, but it is feared here that the grand total will pale into insignificance the cumber of deaths reported from the storm 'winch re cently devestated the Atlantic coast. Ow ing to the fact that all wire communica tion is temporarily interrupted and that no vessels of any discription have ar rived from the remote sections the infor mation as the havoc wrought along the Gulf coast is necessarily meagre. Only Thirty Escaped. ' " Monday a lone and ragged fisherman who had been a metuiier of the fishing colony at Bayou Cook, where all the oys ters bearing that name are fished, and which is located about seven miles back of the Burns settlement, came to the !?oeoia cau.-.l, which is located on the west back of the Mississippi opposite l'ointe a la llache, and reported to the keeper of the locks of the, Ozei.e Martin, that of the 8;i(t people who composed the colony but thirtv dad succeeded iu escaping the fury of the elements. The fishermen had all retired Sunday night as usual, and though the wind was blowing pretty hard there was uo forerunner of the terrible catastrophe that followed. As the night grew apace the wind increased in velocity until the timbers in the houses began to creak in an alarming manner and the roar of the waves grew louder and louder. The water rose with startling rapidity and before the unfortunates, who had no possible means of escape, had time to grasp some floating object they were overwhelmed with the awful might and found their fats in watery graves. He bad clung to a tree throughout the night, and when morning dawned the scene of wreckage that appeared before his view was simply terrible. Of the many little cabins which had sheltered the pros perous colony the night before, barely a one was standing. Of the 300 or more human beings who inhabited them about a tenth of the number lived to tell of the night of experiences filled with horrors which they will never forget. He de scribed the visitation as in the nature of a tidal wave which swept everything be- lore it. I While nothing definite was received from Green Isle, there whs a general im pression at Poiut-a-La-Hache that dire disaster hud occurred there, and it wus even reported that the water had swept over the island, carrying everything be fore it in its awful fury, and much con cern was felt for the safety of the 200 or 300 inhabitants who were known to have been there. The report also said that the big hotel had been blown away. While this has not been confirmed, such a calamity was possible in view of the ter rible violence of the storm at Bayou Cook as reported by the lone fisherman. Ke port had it that the settlements at Chanier Amanada, which is directly across the bay from Grand Isle, had been the scene of a terrible loss of life, but this also lacked confirmation. PENSACOLA GETS A TOUCH. Buildings I'nroofed, Trees Blown Down, and Fences Destroyed. PEXSACOLA, Fla., Oct. 4. The most de structive storm that Pensacola has ex perienced In twenty years began at 6 o'clock Monday morning and raged with increased fury until a late hour in the afternoon. At.4j p. m. the storm reached its climax, the wind at that time having a velocity of sixty-six miles an hour. The rain fell in torrents and was swept in blinding sheets through the streets. At the bay front people stood in a drenching rain watching the elements In their work of destruction. No loss of life has been reported, but upon every Btreet up-rooted trees, broken fences aud roofless buildings testify to the storm's fV"rp. On Bay lei; street wharf, .a lame building used by Warren &' Co. for smok ing fish, was blown into the bay. On the same wharf a dwelling together with its contents was lifted from its foundation and dropped into the bay. The greater damage was tn the bay. The Port uguese bark Josephine and the Norwegian bark Wilhemia were blown on the beach. One of the vessels is in a dangerous position. Railroad communication is cut off. The mail train on the Pensacola & Atlantic road, which left here "for Jacksonville Monday morning at 6:30, could go no farther than Bohemia, on the bay shore, and was compelled to return. The 1:35 p. m. train on the Louisville and Nashville also encountered washouts and was com pelled to return to the city. The only train reaching the city during the day was from the north at 4:35. All telegraph communication was cut off before 10 olclock Monday, railroad companies' wires being down in every direction, and no news of the storm could be sent out sooner. SENSATIONAL DECISION. A Ten as Judge Renders Over Thousand Marriages Illegal. AUSTIS, Tex., Oct. 4. News has just been receivpd of a decision by Judge Shep ard, of Bowie county district court, in which he makes illegal over 1,000 mar riages in the county of Bowie, Tex. For more than ten years prior to January 1 last it has been the custom of the county clerks for the general convenience of peo ple desiring to marry to fill out a marriage license blank and leave the same with the justice of the peace in each precinct where they were supplied to person making ap plication for such license, the justice filling out the name desired and collecting the legal fees. It is estimated that more than 1,000 couples residing in Bowie county were married with such license during the last decade, including a number of persons of high social standing in Texarkana aj wglL It was on tjje question of legality of such licences and piarriage ceremoijijs per formed under them t hai the judge ren dered his decision. The court holds such marriages to be irregular, illegal ahd con sequently void. The case will be appealed immediately to the supreme court. It is thought that the decision will affect other part- of Texas ulso. - TROUBLE AHEAD FOR BRYAN. Likely to Meet With Opposition In the Nebraska Convention. Lincoln, Neb., Oct. 4. When the Demo cratic state convention which meets today is called to order it will find two questions facing it fusion and free silver, as op posed to hard money and straight Dem ocracy. Congressmen W. J. Bryan, who is a delegate from this county, wilj cham pion the cause of silver and, jjttempt (a commit the party In the state to in en dorsement of his views. He has a formid able following, but his task is likely to be ft hopeless one, a majority of the delegates, it is expected having been instructed to uphold the financial policy of the Cleve land administration. Bryan supporters are also credited with Laving iu mind the endorsement of the Populist nominee for associate justice of the supreme court, Judge Holcomb, of Broken Bow, but it is the rank and file of the party that oppose- this. Two regents of the 6tate university are also to be nomi nated. bUt tlierp IS llttln vtl-i.Mr,,, .. ' i'fc il u 11 J 11. the places, and no names have thus 'far been prominently mentioned. TO BE SHOT IN THE BACK. Pallas, the Spanish Anarchist, To Be Shot iu That Manner. Barcelona, Oct. 4. It is stated that the supreme council of war has ratified the sentence of death prononnced by the court martial that tried Pallas, the anarchist, who recently sought to kill General Mar tiuiz de Campos by throwing two bombs at him. To make the death of Pallas as disgraceful as possible the court-martial decreed that he should be shot standing with his back to the firing party. The place of execution will be behind Mont Juich. Pallas' family has visited him to bid him farewell. He maintained a stolid demeanor until it became tirre for him to say his last good-bye to his little children. Then the manhood in him asserted itself, and kissing them over and over again, he bade them not to follow in his footsteps, in the meantime crying bitterly. His mother asked him whether he believed in God.and he dryly responded "No." Pallas now de clares he has very importaut information that he intends to reveal at the last moment. Were Not Foxy Enough. Louisville, Oct. 4. A bold scheme to beat the Frankfort lottery was frustrated by detectives when they caught four men iu the office of the lottery at Third and Green streets. Three of the men were arrested, but the fourth, William Linn, a clerk in the lottery olliee, made his escape. The men arrested arc F. D. Jeffries, alias Frank Euright, telegraph operator; George W. Keeley, photographer, and Henry Gaulbert, colored linemen for the Postal Telegraph company. The seheme was to put a wire iu a room next to the office and by signals furnish the operator with the numbers as they were taken from the wheel. Fatal I'anic In a Church. City or Mexico, Oct. 4. Advices have been received from Parangarientero, State of Michoacan, of a horrible accident at a church Sunday. The parish church was crowded with people attending a religious festival when a rocket set fire to the roof, and the fact being announced by the ring ing of the church bell a panic seized upon the assembled multitude, who made a sim ultaneous break for the doors, with the re sult that ten persons were killed, three of them being rhildreu. Mauy others were seriously injured. Giveu the Be ne lit or a Doubt. SrniNGFlELE, Oct. 4. A pardon has been granted by Governor Altgeld to George Lander, who was convicted at the Decem ber term, 18SC-, of the Macon county cir cuit court of the crime of rape upon au aged woman and sent to the penitentiary for twenty -five years. The pardon is based upon tue assumption that there is now doubt whether the prisoner was the assailant. KILLED WHILE SLtEPiNU. Two Colored People at Paris, Ky., Killesl With Dynamite. Paris, Oct. 4. Some unknown fiend placed a dynamite cartridge between Eliza Dent and Houston Kelly, colored, while they were asleep at the former home. The cartridge exploded and killed them both. The dynamite was evidently placed directly beneath them with a fuss attached. The right arm of one and the left arm of the other victim were torn off at the shoulder. They were lying on a feather bed on the floor and the terrible force of the explosion blew a hole two feet square through the floor, and shattered all the glass in the two windows of the roo.m, as well as breaking ornaments and scat tering remnants of bedclothes all over the floor. The bodies of the two unfortunates were entirely nude. It is alleged that tha Dent woman had quarreled with two negro men over the ownership of the cot tage in which the tragedy occurred, . which may lead to their arrest on suspicion. The Case of Col. A Ins worth. WasiiixgtoK, Oct. 4. The case of CoL Ainsworth and the other defendants, in dicted for manslaughter in connection with the old Ford's theater disaster, ia still before the district court undergoing; argument on a preliminary technical de murrer. In the course of the hearing a question was raised as to whether the lack of extreme care was not found in the Bud densick case of New York. Mr. Davis, ot counsel for the defense, argu ed that there was considerable difference between tha case at the bar and that of Buddensickl Here only omission of care was charged by the indictment, whereas in the other case it was omission and commission. Should the demurrer be overruled the case may be brought to trial on its merits at a later stage of this term. LIVE STOCK AND PRODUCE MARKETS Chicago. j CntcAoo. OcU 4 Following were the qujlaUoiij oa the Board of TraJe today: Wheal October, opened 6614c, closed 6Jc; December, opened toc, closed, 69c; May, opened "tc, closed 76Hc. Corn October, opened 400, closed 4&iio; December, opened tUJic closed' 41c; May, opened 44)4c; closed 443. Oats Oc tober, o.enei 2c, closed zsc; December, opened ifcji closed 2ic; May. opened 82c, closed 3i'i?. Pork October, opened 115.50. closed $15.50; January, opned (14.50 closed 14.ic. Lard October, opened 59. 4' i, closed $1.45. Live Stock: The prices at the Union Stock yards today ranged as follows: Hogs Estimated receipts for the day, 12,000; quality poorer; left over abaut 10,0)0; market rather active on packing and shipping ac count; good lots firm; common lota easy and in some instances 5c lower; sales were made ai3.Ui((Hi.ou pigs fo.oosgj iigat, te.1 ruutu patamg. ta.iWL0.aj mixed, arid oa.5 heavy pScktiS indshictlniloflr Cattle Estimated receipts for tha dtr. o.uuo; cuauty fair; market fairly active on local and shipping account and pflfeB well maintained; quotations ranged at $5.35&5.7o choice toextra shipping steers, $4.85 H5.2i good to choice do, J 4.000,1.55 fair to good, 3.8,'(&3.8J common to medium do, 3.0( 3 70 butchers' steers, $2.0032.75 stock ers.$K.&Ji33.3U feeders, $1.00(52.81 cows, 12.00 i.00 heifers, $1.50,43.50 bulls, $3.1 &t.o Teias steers, $2-54.15 western rangers, and $S.602 5.50 veal calves. Sheep Estimated rjceipts for the day, 10,000; quality fair; market rather active; feel ing firm; prices rnlei 10315c higher; quota tions ranged at $2.2533. ;5 jer loj lbs west erns, $.10&3.50 Texas, JiCCSta natives and $2.0u&i.00 lambs. Produce: Butter Fancy separator, 28 G29c per lb; fancy dairy, 2:i2c; pack ing stock, 15ai5l$c. Eggs Freeh stock, JU4C per doz. Live Poultry Chickens. Do per lb; turkeys, li&12.4c; ducks, 6ac: geese. $3.0U&a.tW per doz. Potatoes Wis consin Hose, fie stock, 58380c per bu. Sweet Potatoes Jerseys. $3.0033.25 per bbl. Ap plesFair to fancy, $2.5t)&4.5. per bbL Honey White clover, 1-lb sections, 14a 15c per lb; broken comb, 1012c; dark comb, good condition, 10312c; extracted. 63c New York. New York, Oct . W heat October, 7lKc; November. ?3c; December, 7J$375 M6c; May. 82 l-lfl3e2o. Corn No. 2 qmet and firm, iHi October. 4e 48c: November. 43yc; December. 4t)ft34'; May. 61Vs351ic. Oats-No. quiet and grmer; state. S7340c; western, WK2.4 :c; November, Hc; No. 2 white. Oc tober, 3614. Pork Quiet and firm; new mesa, $18.03318.25. Lard Quiet and ateaay; team-rendered, $9,8538.80. The Loral llarketa. KAIB.ITC. Wheat 74a76a. Corn 4(Ka. iJc. New oats 27330c. Hay Timothy. -009.00: upland. $93$10: sloui,lti.003$7.00; baled. $10.0039.00. PRODUCE. Butter Fair to choice, Sti.&iSc; creamery, SOc Eeet Fresh, lc. Poultry Chickens, 13c; turkeys 1-4 ; dicks l-'Kc; geese. 10c. Ji.uacasi rarrr and veobtabies. Apples :j00ff?:,.00 per bbl. Potatoes (It ic 05c. Onion Wc per hu . Turnips 40c per bu. LIVE STOCK Cattle Butchers pay for corn led steers 435C' C0 tn1 Qc,fel8, tiSVc calves Hoes 5!4c". Saeep ac. tumt 'POWDER.- PUREST AHD BEST. P0UNDS,20$. HALVES,! 0 $ .QUARTRS,5$. 11 t f i i r