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If ROCK ISLAND ARGUS. I VOL. XLV. HO. 67 BOCK ISLAHD, tt.t., FRIDAY. JANUARY 8. 1897. COOPER IS COOPERED, South Carolina Desperado Dispatched. KILLS A FAMILY WITH AN AX. Barricades Himself and is Killed by a Posse. Miners' Trouble in Illinois Other Late News. Sumter, 8. C. Jan. 8. Word was received early this morning that Simon Cooper, the negro outlaw who yesterday with an ax murdered three members of the Wilson family and a negro at Magnolia, is in hid ing in the house of a negro near here. The sheriff, with a posfe of nine, left for the place and found Cooper en trenched in the house alone with several Winchesters and a supply of ammunition. The house is on a hill in the open, so the posse cannot come within range with safety, as Cooper keeps up a fusillade. The posse has secured a 6-pounder cannon and will load it with nuts and bolts and en deavor to demolish the house. Cooper is dead. News has just beea brought to town that he was shot by the besieging posse before the cannon arrived. Miner.' strike In I llnol.. Ottawa, 111., Jan. 8. Sheriff Yoekey and 20 deputies from here arrived at Rutland early this morn ing, where the striking miners are threatening to burn the conl shaft. A lively scrimmage occurred, lasting half an hour. The miners were fin ally dispersed. Two men were se verely injured. More trouble is ex pected. t) the Topic. Washington, Jan. 8. The tariff schedule, including earthenware, glassware, marble and stone, was be fore the ways and means committee today. A large delegation of glass blowers was present, (or them Louis Arrington, of Alton, 111., an nounced that they desired the re-en actment of the McKinley rates. To Restrain Federal Court. Washington, Jan. 8. A bill limit ing the powers of judges to punish for contempt of court was acted on favorably by the house committee on judiciary. stubborn Kum Strike Pi tiralascl Ma IHon 0 Jan. S. Ahat promises to be a stubborn light was inaugurated by the coal miners in tin M&ssltlon dis trict last evening. Th. convention of Independent miners which assembled here represented l.soo men. Resolutions were adopted refusing to accept the 10 cents a ton reduction Ordered by the operators a few days since. A commit tee was nann 1 to confer with th" oper ators and the latter expressed their determination to stand by the "d-cent rat". When the committee reported the convention decided to accept 61 cents or nothing. Senator Palmer Has a I'rch Colli. Springfield. Ills.. Jan. I A report was sent out again from here yesterday to the effect that Senator Painter was seriously ill. bat it was not justified by (acta. senator contract- d a cold Several days ago, and under the orders Of Ms physician remained in the house for b day er two. Having seemingly recovered, he ventured out again rat:; r Indlscrettly, It seems, for he tookufrn-h cold. Wmm 1 Mcu for the Cabinet. Chicago, Jar.. 8. Wiliam E. Curtis t'legrapbs from Washington that tl best Information there is that McKinl. has chosen four members of his cabinet as follows: Sherman, department of state; Bliss, navy, probably; Nathan B. Goff, of West Virginia, attorney Cent ral; J. It. MoKenna. f California, interior. Allison v. as offered the treas ury and declined. Engineer I uiullv Injured. Stephen. Mlpn., Jan. s. As the pas senger train (Mt enmins into D.-nald son station, seven miles north, it struck n snow drift, throwing the front engit off the track, burying Engineer Duke Jewell In the wreck. The engineer Is not expected to recover. Many others were injured, but none fatally. Appointments by the President, Washington. Jan. 8. The president sent to the senate the following nomin ations of postmaster: nm. J. Messier. Chatsworth. Ills.: Peter Freyman. Dy ersville. Ia.; M. J- Kelley. Farkersburg, la.: David H. Kirby. Seymour. Ia.; Stephen C. Maynard, Grand Junction, la , and W. J. Simons, Pringhar, Ia. Prison I-atoor Deal 1. On. Marquette. Mich., Jan. S. Warden J. R. fan Evers. of the branch prison, yes terday received notice from Chicago that a deal he had on with a big cloth- inn manufacturer to start a prison fac tory and use the labor of 200 convicts confined here will not n consummated, Pending hostile agitation against the sale of prison gooas in s. is iivcu h : senor sovu a -s.uo ine npan- porTrcuUtte'reg Tmpndln. cabinet changes are unfounded, BRYAN AT A JACKSON BANQUET. Substance of a Speech He Made for the Chicago v. S. Bryan League. Chicago. in the banquet haii of the J Tremont House tne silver Drancn or the 1 in e.llira: ton of "Jackson T)av." Th banquet was under the auspices of the I W. J. Bryan League, and was held one day iri advance of "Jackson Day" prop er, as the distinguished guest of the league, William J. Bryan, could not be present tonight, he having an engage ment in Omaha. The banquet hall was tastefully and lavishly decorated with greens, cut flowers and national colors, and presented an extremely handsome appearance. The banquet lasted until midnight and speeches were then made by Bryan; Governor Altgeld, ex-Post master Ridgely, of Springfield, Ills., and J. W. Tomlinson, of Alabama. In opening his speech Bryan objected to associating his name with any club or league for the reason that he did not want any individual's name put for ward, because the principle should stand first. Another reason was that he did not want to stand before the country for four years as a presidential candidate. When the time came the people would nominate a man to rep resent the principle. He argued to prove that the Chicago convention was a true and l. gal Democratic national conven tion in other words that it was "regu lar" and those who refused to be bound by its Uil I alias were bolters. Ho devoted tiv latter part of his speech to declaring that the silver question was not settled: that th flsht was still on hand, and urged that organization should go right on so as to be ready for 100. Governor Altgeld declared that thf three Democratic conventions preced ing that of 1Sj6 had beea dominated larirely by corporation interests, and that th- nominations had practically been dictated by the corporations. The convention last year was, he declared. the first time the people hid brok-n aw.iy from these influences and mad; a start for themselves. He predicted a brilliant future for the silver party. and in closing paid an eloquent tribute to Bryan. FLOOD "SUFFEERRS IN ILLINOIS. Rescuer. Have to Cut Their Way Through Ice to Reach Them. Quim-y. Ills., Jan. 8. Farmers who have been down from the Indian Grave district report that the water in the flooded portion, fifteen miles above here, is subsiding very slowly, and that there ifl much suft'erinir among the water-bound families and their stock. Several men went to the aid of the stif fen is, and after working most of the night, cuttinir their way through the ice, they reached four families who had been calling for help for two days and art of whom had lived on parched corn for three days. The Qafcacjf Hu mane society is also taking an active part In relieving the washed-out and water-bound families. THIS DOES TAKE THE CAKE. Chicago Bandit. Ho a Deed to Co Dotrn iuto History. Chicago. Jan. S. Th-' cashier in the buffet at the Auditorium Annex was held up and robbed of $10") by two men with revolvers at 1 o'clock this morn ing. At. the time of the robbery at least a dozen guests of the hotel were eating luncheon at the tables in the place, and the hold-un created the greatest excitement in both the Annex and the Auditorium proper. I Diabolism of the American Thng. Kansas City. Jan. 8. Frank Stewart an Ottawa. Kan., farm hand, staggered into the Kansas City, Kan., police sta tion suffering from the loss of blood He had been held up and robbed fiv miles west of the city by two footpads. who, after shooting him through th groin, placed his body across the Mis souii Pacific tracks. Stewart was scarcely able to roll himself off the tracks before a train approached. H lay in the snow unconscious for several hours before being able to start toward the city. Escape from an linp.-ejrnahle Jail. Minneapolis, Jan. S. There was a sur prising jail delivery Wednesday night from Hennepin county's new jail, lo cated on the top floor of the recently completed court house building. Owing to the fact that the jail is 10") wet abov the ground and the only possible exit is down through the building, escapes were supposed to be impossible, and the cage was built of soft steel, but three prisoners sawed their way out. Decision In a Whisky Trust Case. Chicago. Jan. 8. The I'nited States court of appeals has handed down an important decision in the whisky case. The court decided that the leases made by the old whisky trust cannot lie en forced and are void. This rids thi American Spirits Manufacturing com pany of about fifty leases running for about twenty years and involving some thing like tl.5ea.Mt, Female rttje Expert Badly Burned. Anderson. Ind., Jan. 8. Miss Lillian Cody, an expert ri..e shot, well-known all over theci-urtry. was making target balls at the Casino theatre here when the stuff exploded. She was fright fully burned about the face and hands, the stuff filling both eyes. Her condi tion is critical. She tame here from In dianapolis and had rust began an en gagement. Auembiymau-E'ct : Arrestee. Ashland. Wis.. Jan. 8. King G. Staples, assemblyman-elect for Sawyer, Bayfield and Washburn counties, was arrested yesb rd.iy at his h me in Iron River on char, e of embezzling funds Wb.il- chairman of the town. Keeping Patent Leather. Pretty. Patent leather shoes should be rubbed - ' to the shape of the foot with the hand. and they will not then be so liable to -wrinkle and crack when wearing. ophite of egp rubbed on them will re ftore their gloss. Catarrh is a constitutional disease Md require, a constitutional remedv I !? g fB wkich pi- iM Wood. BILL HAS A CINCH. No Senate Opposition to the Pro- posed Silver Conference. TEXT OF THE PROPOSED, MEASURE. Provide. 100,000 for Enpen.es Chandler Ha. the Senate Canvassed and Discover a Foregone Conclusion House Doing Some Heavy Eloquence on the Faclfie Kail ways Morgan' Flan in That Regard Mills Differ, with Secretary Gluey, Washington, Jan. 8. Chandler has practically made a canvass of the sen ate on the proposition for an interna tional corJference on silver, and concludes that there will be no opposition worth the nam?. Still the bill will not be in troduced in the senate until it is ac cepted by the Republican caucus, as the committee was instructed to report to 6"ATOR W. E. rnANDLEHb the caucus. The language of the bill is substantially as follows: That whenever th- president oT the United Stat- s shall, after March 4. lstr. determine that the I'nited States should ;ie represented at any international cuii- feren e called either by th .- i'nited States or the government of some other untry with a View ta secure interna tionally a fixity of r iativt value be tv e -n gold and silver, as money, by means of a common ratio between th- se metals, with f-. mintage at such ratio. :ho I'nited States shall ! repres-nt-d at bmi.Ii conference by live or more deb - gates to be selected by the president. For the compe-n- itb n of said del -gates. together with ail reasonable expens s connected therewith, to be approved by the secretary of state, including the proportion to be paid by the i'r.it d Itates of the joint expenses of su li conference, the sum of Sl'i'OO'i or si much thereof as may lie necessary i3 hereby appropriated." It is unoe: stoo.l that the Republican caucus to formally decide upon the bili will le held next week. Pacific Railway. Funding Bill I n, The Pacific railroad funding 1 111. which is consider-..! the most important piece of legislation which will come before congress at this session, came up yesterday in the house under a special order which allows two days for pen al debate and one day for amend ments and debate under the five. min ute rule with provision for a final vote Monday next. There was a great Seal of interest in the measure, and the members gave all the speakers Tery close attention. A huge man of the roads with their feeders was hung on frame ere fd In the area in front of the speaker's rostrum, and served t illustrate many of the points mad- There were only four speakers. Powers, chairman of the Pacific railroad com mittee, who opened with an exhaustlv two hours' argument in support of the il: Hubbard, the minoilty member the commute', who has charge of the opposition, and Grow- and Bell, who spoke respectively for and against th measure. MORGAN'S PACIFIC RAILWAYS RII.I- Government t Take Possession of the Lines "VI ill's Cuban Resolution. Morgan yesteraay introtiuceu a new bill in the senate provi iing a method of settlement of the Pacific railroad debts. It directs the appointment of a board of trustees for the I'nlon Pacific and Central Pacific and for the fund ing of the debts of the roads. It au thorizes the secretary of th treasury to issue bon.ts ot tne i n.f.a states in such amount as may be necessary I the redemption of tne hrs; ni'itg-ig.-- bonds of th - road and in exchange for them, dollar f.-r aetata, the bonds not to be otherwise sold. The b rids are to run for thirty years, though it is t be optional wttn tne gov-rnm- r.t whether they shall be redeemer! at any earlier or later date. The bonds are t bear I per rent, interest. Th y are t be payable to bearer and the title to pass by delivery. The secretary of the t-etsury is to take immediate peissessii n of the lines of road, together with t- legraph line roiling stork and other property, the roads to be conducted as the property of the I'nited States by a lioard trustees composed of nine m-n to 1 nominated by the president and con firmed by the senate. The office o Pacific railroad director is to le abolished. The bill provides for a sink ing fund of one per cent per quarter o the bonds issued i n account of th reads, to be invested in government securities, the fund to be used at the discretion cf the secretary r f the treas ury for the payment of the Pacific bonds. It is provided that the I'nion andCen tral Pacific and the:r branches shall be operated Jointly as one through line The amount of stock is to be reduced to correspond with the value of the property. It is expressly provided tha the United States shall not be resp insi ble for other than the bonded debts o the roads. No stocanoiaer is to receive any dividend antil the non-bonded debts are paid, nor until th interes on the bonds ia paid. There Is a - "thal tie lie tsmjf ftfeeS benetr of creoltors. and W b" restored to the stochhoulers whtn all the debts are paid. The senate had a long and busy ses sion, passing a numlier of bills on the calendar, including several amend ments to the law of navigation. Prog ress was made on the bill fur free homesteads on Indian lands, but a final vote was not reached. Piatt opposed the bill in a lengthy speech pointing out that it would cost the govirnnvnt a lorn of many millions. It was disclosed during the day that Representative Elert Edward B. Bobbins was the au thor of the letters from Havana read In the senate Wednesday. The other Cu ban development of the day was a Joint resolution offered by Mills declaring that the power of recognizing a new republic resides in congress, recognizing the independence of Cuba and appropriat ing $10,000 for a I'nited States minister to the republic of Cuba. The f- nate adjourned over until M. inlay. WOOL 1IAM IAI II RERS HEARD. They Say the Wilson La a II - Closed the Mills - What Th.-y Wnnltl Like. Washington. Jan. S. The wool manu facturers furnish."! nn inter- sting day yest-rday in the tariff hearings. Th-y did not ask for free wool, but rcpre- nted that the Wilson law had closed half of their mills and hnd proved de structive to the country's business gen erally. They wanted compensatory' du ties on wool. n go ds an-1 a mors oderate tariff than the wool growers id asked. Their chl-f sMikman was the secretary of the W,hI Manufactur- aasociation, S. D. X. North, of Boston. Wiliam Whitman, at the Ar lington mills, of Massachusetts, urged he commit!. .- : consMer th t question f permanence nl.ve everything else in framing the tariff, and It. C. M. of Maine, suggested discriminating du ties against consign I .-Ictrnnd Muhlhauser. ol dev. bind, th" proprie- r of the larg- t shoddy factory In the country, ass it.-', tb.it tin- w.t.l-n man ufacturers :.ll liouirht his goods, and promised to give the committee a list of his customers. SETTLES AE1.IMN-S STATt S. lie Say Minis. If I lot He Will Not He la Mekinli )'. Cabinet. Washington. Jan. S. Senator APIs -n arrived in Washington yest rdny from Canton, w h'le h-- ba t a tv le-ur.-' conference with President-clot t McKin ley. In answer to inquiries by the As sociated P: r-s he 1 in substance th it his conference with Hi Kinl.-y was of a nndential ch.-ra -i -. as- I therefore h- Was not al liberty to discuss it. As for himself, howov: -e. ),P n . 1 1 . 1 s-.iy that he would not be in McKinl ' eaMawL As to others t.b.se -innie-i had I "-n roniin.ntly mentioned in connection with the cabinet he knew lit 1 1 -. Wr. th-r Be raster SberaMw or C m 'litis v .-- hud be-n or would I fT. I p rtfoMan did not know. N it!:- r. added. had he much definite Infonnattt n ta re gard to Dingb y. s to tin p nt.inr Cuban r solutions Allison said that for li s ...n p.nt h thought it wot:, ! b for th United States to take any precipitate action in the man r. Xf.i Objection to I lie Haines I.sw. Wash B L :u Ian. s. The agricultur al d- p.-irtnn nt has i-sued a bull-tin on the history, dev. lepmeal nnd pt I condition of th.- cl.ee--. industry of New irk state. l'nd"r "The future of th merit an eheesc trade." some causes o the C?nadian and Australian comp-li tion. the immense quantities of nil. d cheese manufar Hired and s..i.l as "full cream cheese," ami Hi th Raines law. which forbids the saloons to offer free lunches, and thus close an annual market fur at least li.000.0w pounds of cheese. New Mi, n.l a: it lor Bread. Washington. Jan. S.-An acricultural department report on the composition and cost of bakers' bread In New J,-r y cities, based on recent ir.v t.g.t tions. Indicates the necessity of th adoption of a bread standard 1 ss varla- 1 le than the loaf, so that a definite number of ounces may be found in each loaf. Another Three r'riemls Lied Nailed. Washington. Jan. 8. Th" report that the government Interds to prosecute the alleged filibuster. the Three Fri. rds, and h r offlc-rs mm a charge of piracy is without foundation. Olt -earns to Lack to Lack Gallantry. Guthrie. O. T.. Jan. 8. Felix tut, wh clalros to ha,e be. n tl - - 1 out of $20 by J- m.ie And. rson and her moth assaulted the two women. The elder woman had three rllis broken and h skull c rushed and will die. Her daught wr. s- riously hurt, but will rec-jv- r. Ot is in Jail. To Car a Cold In One Day Take laxative bromo (Juinine Tab lets All druggists refund the money if it fails to core. 5 cents lae. Tis true: Foley's Honev and Tar is tne nest congu medicine. Hold by M r. uannsen. Absolutely Pure. Celebrst- d tor it. great le vesta ftreru-s sad hcilUifnlne - Assess, t llW-a"V I is tab if1 P0WDER D ONT let your Boys go to school half frozen; there's no use of it. The fol lowing price will tell the rest: Boys9 and Children's Overcoats and Ulsters Ages 2 years up. worth $4 and $S, to sell the put one price on the lot Your choice of any Overcoat in the lot for Interested Call You know when we advertised. THE Your Money's Worth On every purchase at the Davenport Furniture Carpet Co. It Pays To trade where the assortment is the best. It Pays To trade where the de- igns are the latest. It Pays To trade wheie the qiality is guaranteed. It Pays To trade where prices are the lowest. It Pays To trade at the Davenport Mm & Carpel Co., """ffl&B, It NTr TLm pS" w -s t i i i I at Once. have a special sale it's LONDON DOLLY BROS. VOTING CONTEST First Prize Miss Mamie Mct nan, 2714 Eighth avenue. 112 votes. $25 cash. Second Prize Miss Lillie Strecklus, Twenty third street, 64 votes. Si 5 cash. Third Pri Mrs. J. Cunningham, 2436 Eighth avenue, 47 votes, $5 cash. Fourth Prize Miss Agnes Twomey, 2533 Fifth-and-a-half avenue, 42 votes, $4 shoes. Fifth Prize Mrs. Ella Sniffer, 529 Fifteenth street, 32 votes, S3. 50 shoes. Sixth Prize Miss Lillie Tonn, South Rock Isl and. :b vote s. $2.50 shoes. Seventh Prize Mrs. Ellen Callahan, 730 Elev enth street, 26 votes, S2.50 shoes. Eighth Prize -Miss Agnes Nabb. Twelfth street and Seventh avenue, 24 votes, S2 shoes. Ninth Prize- Miss Tillie Vogel, 1136 Third ave nue, 24 votes, S2 shoes. Tenth Prize Miss Emma Redicker, South Heights, 23 votes, $1 slippers. Eleventh Prize -Miss Zue Miller, 1918 Third avenue, 21 votes, Si slippers. Twelfth Prize Miss Maggie Pender, Twenty first street, 21 votes, $1 slippers. Thirteenth Prize Mrs. W. E. Davis, 541 Forty fifth street, 21 votes, $1 slippers. Fourteenth Prize Miss Lizzie Orr, Hillsdale, 20 votes, Si slipiers. Fifteenth Prize Mrs. Emil Schadt, Barstow, 18 votes. Si slippers. OILY ' rat rev - mmt jBjKiaBBBRkllVilB 'dny 1 aVdBaaaaVPnatAei' i ffTBiTn ,,TeysVaCr " " 'Rock entire line we have iiiii v ws . $2.69 facts and just as Winners IN- Arthur BurralL i