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1 i '.Rock Island VOL. XXXIX. NO. 174 ROCK ISLAND, WEDNESDAY, MAY 13. 1891. Single Copies 5 Centt Per Week 18H Cents Daily Argus It III Owing to the unprecedented success of Our Great Special Labor Day Sales April 25 and May 2, we have decided to deal out our enormous bargains all through the house for the rest of the month of May, so that everybody will have a chance to obtain goods of the very latest styles and best makes for less than half price. We feel confident that , out of the thousands that visited our store during Our Great Special Labor Day Sales not one went away dissatisfied. All were fully convinced that we do not misrepresent, but fully live up to all our advertisements. Prices Quoted for the Month of May; Will be Far Below Anything Ever Named or Heard of. tTHE L0ND0N'S3S InllEAT Prices Cut in Half -Goods Almost given Away! For the Rest . of the Month of May the Greatest Bargain Sale on Record! The object we have in view we are deter mined to carry out, i. e. For the Rest of the Aonth of Aay the Greatest Bargain Sale on Record! TO GET YOUR TRADE. Once a Customer- Always a Customer ! BMb Succeeds Like Success. i SALE ABBREVIATED TELEGRAMS The cashier of the Georgia Pacific rail road was assaulted by robbers while working in his office at Birmingham, Ala., Monday night, and dangerously wounded. The safe was robbed The Tillage of Walkersville, Mich , was destroyed by forest fires. Of the 600 In habitants, some have reached Lading ton, but it is feared - that many hare per. ished.- The First National bank, of Cannons- burg, Pa., capital $50,000, has been authorized to begin business. Att the Murray Hill hotel. New York, Tuesday, Ogden Armour, eldest son of Phillip Armour, of Chicago, married uoli ta B., only daughter of Martin J. Shel don, of Suffield, Conn. Only a few friends were present. In the New York Presbytery, holding a session at New York city Tuesday, reso lutions were adopted to appoint a com mittee to prepare charges against Dr. Briggs, a professor of the Presbyterian Theological seminary, who is chaged with heresy. Jules L) Grande, an alleged American, has been sentenced to be hanged for mur der at Nowoug, India. It is said tnat the Chilian insurgents have been uniformly successful and that President Balmaceda's case la almost hopeless. A dynamite bomb was exploled in the building of the ministry of the interior at Lisbon, Tuesday. Some damage was done, but nobody hurt Mrs. Mary Coursen, of Wilkesbarre, Pa., is a widow for the sixth time since 1863. Each of her husbauds has been a crippled veteran of the late war, and each husband has died of wounds received therein. dfli ' The latest arrest in connection with the Itata incident is that of Ricardo Tram bull, agent of the Chilean Insurgents at San Francisco. He says he will not be held long, and that there will be no fight between the Charleston and Eimeralda, Sixteen soldiers have been arrested at Walla Walla, Wash., for complicity in the lynching of Gambler Hunt a couple of weeks ago. One of the silver mines in the Thunder Bay (Mich.) district is .eportedto be turn ing out ore paying S'.'O.OJO a ton. James M. Turner, late Republican can didate for governor of Michigan, is report ed in financial deep water, much to the surprise of people who believed him to be a millionaire. He says he can pay. up if given time. Railway Conductor Convention. St. Louis, May 13. The Ordr of Rail way Conductors began its annual con vention in this city yester.lay with 823 delegates and nearly "0'J other members present. The day was devoted to wel coming speeches and routine business. The order is in a prosperous coudition. The I hate of the Itata. Cur of Mex;o, May IK The Itata is sailing uuJjr difficulties and making slow headway. The United States war ship in pursuit of her is gaining on her and it is expected that the two ships will reach Acapulco within a few hours of one another. The lleceut Elections in Spain. Mapiud, May 13 Full returns from the elections for municipal councillors held throughout Spain on Sunday last show that iu ail 2,753 Monarchists, b54 Re publicans, 10'.) Independents, 31 Cariists, and 4 Socialists were chosen. Secretary Blaine's Condition. New YonE, May 13. Mr. Blaine's phy sicians issued the following bulletin lat lat night: "Mr. Blaine is feeling much better this evening and Lis condition is satisfactory. He is not going to Wash ington to-morrow." Collieries Betmut Work. ASHLaSD, Pa., May 13 Several col leges iu the Schuvlkill coal fields, which have been idle for many months, re tamed Monday. Over 3,000 miners were given employment. THE MARKETS. Chicago. Chicago. May U. Following were the Quotations on the board ?l0m. closed SI Ul!4; July, opened 99c, 1 .. 1 CI II I?'. - lijl -a .Iaaa S6c Corn Mo. 2 May, opened 2$c closed oMc. ujy, openeu oryy ciosea wtjc; AUirass, opened , closed Oats No. 2 May, opened , closed 51c; July, opened 45c, closed 404c; September, 6pend S5c, closed 35HC Pork - May. opened , closed (U-X; July, opened tll.724, closed HI.); September, opened (U.00, closed SU.S5. -Lard-May, nnn-t 1 Ci 1-11 Live stock Following were the price at the Union iStoek yards: Hoiw Market active on packing1 and shipping account.' and prices wall mnint'ttintk-1 an 'o rnno-Ml f d fh 1 CJ ftrt -nirr-B ti VVrl(ll ti.rVif tl IV,'. A 7rt aviiVU U ing, $4.di& mixed, and 4.7j(&5 05 heryy ij i . . v. : : i account and prices well supported; quota- nuns rangea ac a 43 &o.3u ior cuoice to lancy shipping steers $5.005.70 good to choice do. 4.&J(&4.M) common to fair do, $3-50 4,25 butchers steers, f 2 80&3.5i) stockers, $&0J(& o.s& rexans, 44.au feeders, L5U4.00oowb, ti iMflw uuiis. ana tom.au Teal calve. steady; Quotations ranged at t4.T5(J 7U west-. o-ua, pj.wg.iiiaaiiTiM, ua 9o.uu4.w lamos. rrouuee: Butter iancy separator, 27o per lb: dairies, iancv fresh. ZKf25rt mu-lrin stock, fresh, liaitc. Eggs-Southern stock. lS(aic per doz; northern, lie. Live poultry Old chickens. 10c per lb; spring, tl.SU136.OJ per doi: roost ers, 55j5J4c; turkeys, mixed, 9c; .)....... IV". 111.. ) 1 . 11 1 uu&a, riw, ikw, cu.w'ij.iaj per uoa. po tatoes Rose, 75iic pfr bu; Hebron, W)35c; Peerless. 85a.9)e: Burbanks. SLUDfi l OS: mixnL ToCitiic Strawberries Tennessee, poor to fair, fL502.0J; good, $3.2IVa2 5u per 24-qt case; Mississippi, poor to fair, tLtW&l TS per 24-qt ' case. New York. New York. May 1L Wheat Na 2 red winter cash. H H; do May, $L12?: do June. (1.114; do July. (LOTH; A .1 i.II C ,1 tVLlA Pnm Vst V mi-mA dl do May, Tic; do June, 67c; do July. 6tic; do Aa- kusv, oui-uuu out urin: no.z mixed cash, 681.; do July, &t4c Rye Neglected. Barley-Neglected. Pori-Dull; (iaai 73 for new mesa. Lard a toady, June, Stt.65; July. (5.98. - ' Livestock: Cattle Market Steady, but no trading in beeves; dressed beef, slow: native steers, 8Hriluc V a. Sheep and Lambs Mar ket dull, at a decline of f) t; clipped sheep, . (5.2524.00 V 100 ls: spring lambs, (8.25 9.00 v head. Hogs-Market steady; Uve hoes, KlOftS V 100 Ds. 8 Si H 1 1 . - it- 5 1 : J ) i' t i ' t r r IB' ill V