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1L. VVi J JL llkJ I i - ! N II y U AW i T,vi n II 3- sold. and made Wool VOL. XL. NO. 289. ROCK ISLAND, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1892. I glngle Copies S CeBSa 1 PuHkimOllt OYS and CHILDREN'S READY TO WEAR The greatest desire of every parent is to get the best made, stylish and original clothing for their children at as Little Cost as Possible. We are prepared to show you by LARGE ODDS a more complete line of boy's and chil dren's clothing than you have heretofore seen in this city, and at much less cost. Why Pay $6 and $6.50 for a Child's Suit elsewhere when you can get a first-class suit at The London for equally as well made if not better and much more stylish. We have made a special effort this season in our children's department to be leaders in price, style, quality and workmanship. Don't buy your boys and children's clothing until you have looked through our beautiful line. THE LONDON, SAX & RICE, New Props,, The only Cash Clothing House. Don't forget we have the largest line of Men's dress and busi- , ; ness suits, under- j The best mnt. ur. Unlaundried Shirts wear, hats, caps, ! in town neckwear and f AQ . L for 48 cents, gloves. worth 7$ cents. PLATT OPENS FIRE. The New York Republican Lead er Begins Work. CAMPAIGN WIDE OPEN AT GOTHAM. Comment and CriticiHms on Cleveland's for months past spread through their columns all sorts of incendiary appeals anil bogus information in regard to this alleged force bill. There hr.s never lieen a force hill which was endorsed ly the Republican party, and the information furnished oa that subject is of the charrctcr of the cable despatchesof interviews with nismarek and the imaginary discoveries in tlie geography of Mars. The issue is forced, fictitious and fraudulent. The Republican jiarty will not condone political fraud and theft, no Letter urn-. c,u.-h xvhit.i. ' matter i;y wnom committed, whatsover . , ' his name and howsoever high si Held, Warner Miller and Ienew Also n the List of Speakers Resolution Adopted Democracy lias a Iay Out at Slielbyville, Inil. Klght Stands for Speakers and a l east of Itarbeeued Iteef A Cireat Attendance. Xew York, Sept. 29. The first big Re publican meeting of the campaign was held last night at Cooper Union. The news that ex-Senator Warner Miller, ex -Senator Piatt, Chauiicey M. Dcpew and Whitelaw Reid were to speak attracted a large crowd. The speakers arrived at aliout 8:30 o'clock. escorted by the Lincoln Pioneer corps of the Kighth assembly district. Their recep tion was most enthusiastic. Pepew en tered first, followed by Reid. Miller, Piatt, Marshal .Tocobus, William IJrookfiehl, Kli- hu Root, anil other notable men in the party. As soon as they were seated Rrook lielil. chairman of the Republican state committee, stepped to the front and pre sented as the Am-siding oflicvr the lion. Thomas C. Piatt. Piatt was received with applause. Tffot a FrodiETnl Son. As soon as the applause subsided Piatt thankiil the audience for its warm recep tion and said he must protest against ljeing stigmatized as a prodigal son. He was a . v.blii'an and never expected to le any thing else. He then referred to the lively contest which took place at the last conven tion leiecn the friends of the different aspirants for the presidential nomination. id. continuing said: Only two conven ons have occured since the republic was founded in which the fiercest strife has not !een engendered and these were the conven tions which nominated for the second time the father of his country, George Washing ton, and the savior of his count rv. Vlvsses Grant. Applause. The Republicans who supMirted the different candidates at Minneapolis have nothing for which to apologize. Tri!itte to Itluine and lcKinlcy. 'Any one of them is qualified to rule this nation in the darkest hour of trial or in the golden day of its prosperity. rP" plause. t'ontcmplatp the illustrious trio and mark well these remarkable men. There was the champion of t he great prin ciple of protection to American industries, a statesman who has weighed in lialance and never found wauling: a Republican, tried by every test anil .-is l-ur as the steel of a ll.imascas hl.-ulc. Ohio's favorite sou and governor. Y:!!;;:i .McKinlcv. Jr. Applause. Grandly as ever loomed up in the list the stalwart form of the man whose name has stirred the hearts ,.f mill- 'lis of Republicans throughout the laud as tnev have l.ccn inspired liv no man of ins generation. You anticipate his name and I need hardly mention .lames G. ISlaine. of I Maine. Apilaus:-.'j j The -Man Wlm -.ot There." j "Rut a majority of the eonveui ion decided j that he who four years ago rescued the ii;t- i turn tiiim Democratic mi-rule, who during ' 1 he years of his incimihcney hail so faith- J fully bori:e the Republican standard, and whose administration had so signally pro- j moled national prosperity, should had us again to victory, and llenjaniin Harrison, i of Indiana, became the Republican nonii- igh sounding his title. The senate of Xew York has been stolen from the electors of this state and those who commited the crime have lieen rewarded by high oflicial station." Piatt was cheered vociferously as lie closed. Resolutions Adopted. Chairman Rrookfiehl then read a list of rice presidents including Ixvi P. Morton, IJejiew, Kvarts, Rliss, Choate, Pic-rpont Morgan, and others, and introduced Klihu ltoot, who read a set of resolutions setting forth that the Republicans of Xew York declare "'their devotion to the principles, their pride in the record, and their conti nence in the future of the Republican par ly; reciting the wise laws honestly and Ably administered under Republican rule; the advantages accruing to the country un der the Republic an olicy of protection and reciprocity, and contrasting the definite and certain presentation of the policy of the administration and the m suits of Re publican government in Piident Harri son's admirable letter of acceptance with the vague and meaningless gencralit ies by which the Democratic candidate seeks to commend himself. The resolutions were enthusiastically rccc ived and adopted unan imously. Wliitelaw liel.l Speaks. White-law Reid next sjxike. saying that following as he did Plait and Hrooklicld. and to Ik- followed by M illcr. Dcjm-w. and Hisc-ock. his siM-e.-h was already made, and this was the opjort unity of his life for si lence. He then enlogi.ecl the administra tion, and thought that t henuest ion whe t her Vie country would abandon the Wnctits .;crcof depended much on whether the Re publican of Xew York did the ir duty. He lielicved they would, and urged them to justify his U-Iicf. At the close of Reid's seech Plat I introduced- Warner Miller, re marking that there was harmony every where in the party. -Xolmdy tonight is outside the breast works." Miller made an extended speec h, and after other short ad dresses the meet ing ailjoiiriicd with cheers for the ticket. Tt GREAT MEETING ' Mielnwille IN INDIANA. llarlM-cue 1 eni4Mrat io Success. HK1 KYVl'l.l.K. Illil.. Sept. -Jit. D lega tions of Democ rat s from all tlie neigiilxir ing counties and from ar's of the state stiii further aivnj: aKo from numerous Mints in Ohio: a splendid da as to weather and t lie our Hiuriui: of at. nit eVeiy Democrat in this county made the great political Km-Ihi hi' here yt-st,-iil.-c a r-il let ter affair in Democratic histoiy. How many people there were i a matter of spivnlat ion or p.. rt ' nt h isia-m. bi't there were clii -ugh to .iinniiii.i i igl.t shaking staini- at once, wl.i!,- ti.e tlirotig.s tliat poll Id not gel near eiioiig!; the rest of the fair grounds. There lla, I'ltnl.v of lleef. Thirty fat cattle had i e:; slaughtered Ulid cot into ouartei s am! eight!:, l.ach of t lie fourtiu townships iu Shc-lby county donated one animal tor the feast. Tcri-c Haute sent another, neighboring towns siiipniii in hogs and sheep. I h n t he c-otn-mi; U'c bought l he !" si . and t ut all t he bak ers in town at work l o t urn out 4. mo loaves of bread. As a coiis-o'teiice i l.e t'ofal hall at the fair grounds resembled the commis- nee. lAppinuse. I 1 lie Democratic conven-i ... " .. . , . , , ; nearly thirty feet long and eight feet deep. : and half full of live coals. This abundance ! of food was distributed upon sixty-live ta I bles each sixty feet long. A Long List of Speakers. tion at Chicago denounced the McKinley tarilT as a cheat and fraud, denied the gov ernment the right to protect the working men, threw the plank of tariff reform over board to the fishes, and substituted another plank sawed out long ago by the late Sam- I uc 1 J. Tilden. viz: "Tariff for revenue only." On that plank the Republican party j joins i:-sue witn the Democracy. Applause. CRITICISM OF CLEVELAND. liemarUs on tliel-etter of Arrcptann fersto tlie "Force" Kill. "Mr. Cleveland and Mr. Hill agree ia de claring that protection is a cheat, but neither of them dares indorse absolute free trade, so they are lxith comiH-lled to repu diate the plat form and straddle the issue. In his letter of acceptance Mr. Cleveland lias lie-en forced to wrestle with a condi tion, not a theory, viz: he has been forced to spit upon the platform and expectorate asa consistent Democrat. Laughter. There arc other conditions that are not theories to which he neglected to address himself. For instance one of the vital cpuestions, which cannot be ignored, and which is dec-ply agitating the Democratic 'machine politician' of the? state and the nation, is whether it is ordained thnt the Mugwump tail shall wag the Democratic dog. laugh ter. Comment on I'ec-k and Dana. "Again, he overlooked that embarrassing condition which was eniiwidicd in the re- j cent rcjiorr or mat excellent Democratic oflicial known as t!ie commissioner of sta tistics of lalxir. He should have definitelv settled the question whether Peck should be crucified to appease the wrath of the free trade Mugwumps and thus lc put on tlie list of martyrs to the holy cause of pro tection. He ba.- been driven to embrace the tariff ideas of his arch enemy and to humilintingly adopt the imaginary issue of the journalistic statesman who has stig matized him as "a stuffed prophet." In the expressive language of that same Dem cratic oracle, 'the tariif part of Mr. Cleve land's letter is full of carefully considered maxims, and is as elastic as caoutchouc Laughter and applause. A Kaji nt the Mugwumps. "For the future the party of Andrew Jackson, John C. Calhoun, James Bucha nan, and Dnvid K Hill may lie considered as relieved from the necessity and trouble of holding natioual conventions. A self constituted committee of all all-wise Mug wumps can be relied upon to furnish the candidate, and their candidate will never fail to be a platform unto himself." (Laugh ter. Piatt then went on to define the posi tion of the Republican party on money and reciprocity, and to say a few words in re gard to the "force" bill. rorced and Fictitious Iks ass Of the "force" bill question Piatt sold: 1 "Democratic newspapers bare persistently Among the speakers were Adlai E. Ste venson. L. T. Xeal (of Ohio), Representa tives llolman and Cooper, Senator Turpie, J. G. Shanklin, Represen tative Byniim, ex-Governor Gray, J. A. McKenzie (of Kentucky). J. W. Kern (of Indianapolis), A. G. Smith (candidate for attorney general) and others, the tarilT was discussed at every stand, and there were always great audiences at each. Those who pot tired of listening giving tip their places to others eager t hear. The crowds were full of enthusiast.; nd all the speakers were loudly cheerell. "The Ouest of tlie Kay. The guest of the day was Stevenson. He arrived at 11 o'cloc k a. n. and after lunch at the Ray House was escorted to the fair ground by a procession two miles long. He sTv"se to lO.non people, according I to fir.c estimate?. After the sjMaking he I held an informal reception at the Ray 3 ; . -.i : -.-. t ::;t "'t it v.: .s a continual roc tii iti. thousands t a'lir.g on the vice prcsi- i. cTitiai cr.m.eUn .' to si:a;e Ins :iand. lie left for his home at Iilooit.ington, 111;,., tit 11 p. m. S'cctics In Gie Kvening. ShdbyviiV -as n icin , v. :ta people d it r-i:n- tl e cv. :-.;: " t"-vsi was l;riili.ii.t with i''n- '':' i v-.s r.r, flic-works, and ring iTtg with l : c- i:t:-s;- of bands and the tramp of i;,:;-1. s. Features of the procession ant: tl-.e display were a delegation of "Fncle Siu!!" fixim Indiana txdis, dressed in the stars and stripes, each wearing a long goatee: and Frank Wilson's regiment of Democratic soluiers, fK) strong, in uniform. It was late ere the streets were free from shouting throngs. in the courthouse yard in this city yester day, making an cl.iln.rate enunciation of the Democratic platform anil policy, espe cially with reference to the tariff. Can't Find Time to Itun. Lowki-I, Mass.. Sept. 2S. Hon. Charles S. Lilly, non.inated for attorney general Tuesday by the Democratic state conven tion, will decline owing to pressure of his law business. Cleveland Coins; to New York. BrzzARp's Hat, Mass., fscpt. 29. Cleve land left Gray Gables this afternoon by the Fall River line for Xew York. Ticket llrokers Win n Victory. CiucAiM), Sept. Indictments against thirteen ticket brokers charged with vio lating the law prohibiting brokerage in railway tickets wire cpiashcd in Judge Tuthill's court yesterday morning on the ground that the law is unconstitutional. Tin? Weather We Slay Kxpect. Washington. Sept. -5'. The following are the weather indications fur twenty-four hours from S p. ni. yesterday: For Indiana and Illi nois Fair weather, except occasional light raitu in southern Illinois; easterly to southerly winds; slightly warmer. For Michigan Fair weather; winds liecomintr easterly to south erly; generally warmer. For Wisconsin Fair weather; eitsterly To southerly winds; warmer. For Iowa - Fair, warmer weather; southerly winus; probably local windstorntsj LIVE STOCK AND PRODUCE MARKETS. Chieago. Chicago, Sept. SSL Following were the quotations on the board of irade tod:y: 'Wheat September, opened 74c, i-liMil Ji'.i'; tK-tols r. opened 7480, c-Iosed 7:vic; liec-emlHT. c.ik :i. ,1 77',c-, closed Tcisgc t 'c.rn Septi-inlM-r. iH-ned 4Cc, closed 4-iHc; tH-tols-r. opc-util It'-, closed 4-Vr; May, oiH-ned 4l-.c, c-lis4-d -tt,li-. Oats September, iili-nnl itc. close;! jji-: OetolH-r. oiened tf 'ije, e!-se,i :i.,:isc; May. openc-d is's"'. closed Js'Ami-. Fork s pTi-ii'ln-r. ojNMied SUMiV, closed lu.".o; m-tolH-r. ii .,-d lil.cvV, closed 10.!1; January, opened $c'.10, closed $12.25. Ljatl Septenito r. oened 7.VA. elised $7.M7C;s Live St t k I 'rites at the Fnin Stock yard IcMlay raiigi d as lollows: Hogs Market active and teeiiitr tirm: all luirties bnxing; priisj-s well maintained: sales ranged at $4.1(. 5-ln pigs. .'.! c.'.Y liirlit. f4.w-.Vl" rongu packing. Jo.oV, .-.".. 'mixed, and S-'CX'-Jio) heavy laekiag and shipping lots. t'attle Markc-t dull and weak; buyers back ward; prices were " tc liik-lier; quotations ranged l 54. s.'- r.-' choice to extra shipping steers. Tf 4.-V ts" kh1 to choice do. $:i.70.i.4Jil fair to (timmI. slo-iil.isi cuniiLnn to medium do..s;tnr. butchers' ste.rs.3.r1oG5;i.i5 8totk ers. $l.T.?t5.7.! Ti m rteers. 2.7.V;A75 range st rrs. il.a;5.e) feele rs. $1.7.Yi;2.75 cows, $2.u0 i:!.7. bull-, and $zIj.'.V.Ahi veal calves. Sheep -Market ratlier active: prices ruled Easier; inotatiotis ranged at Jk7o6J 4iS per lti lbs westerns. .U04M.7." natives, SLH.OO Texas, and :ur1.3.vi lamlis. Produce: Ktuter-Fancy separator, 24ft2.c.; fine crFiimi riis, SF'tiV: ciairiis, fancy, fresh, a;'22c; . king stc-k. t'n-s!,. i:l.r Kit-jc. Kgcs Strictly fresh, stock. IsV-jC lxr doz. loss off; ica boue st,vili. 17c 17s.-. Uve poultry liens 1u.i- j.er lb; spring chickens, loc; roosters, 5, 5ir.-: ilec!;-. sprii.g ducks, lni-jr;. turkeys, niiM-u lot-. l'J1- ; I'rii, i-irkeys. i:ic; geese, 4.-,' ;.iii n r lviutocs. Wisconsin rose. 40.. 4:- jh r br.: Hel-r..ris. VI. ' Hk-; hturhanks, 46j, 4S . swe, t ;. .t. u- -Jersey, .7r..1i u per brl: itaitiiiK-re. --'. '2.;"i. Apples ood gr en tock. i -.."i:i;;. per brl; poor to fair, j-I.m. . I-. r b:i: giaMi to fancy red, .3i ii."'. l'eai li c jtlifnriiia. ?l.4o 1.75 per box; Michican. H- per 1-5 bu biisket: 7.Vi.S1.5 I-. r )pi b.H-k. t. Nw Vork. Nl 'V VoHK.Sept. -TS. 1! i?l!e-r !:. r Wheat N 7s-,r: Novci.i! c "ora No. -' i Ni'i ember. .e Iliixeil ' cns!i :. 37e. Ke . i. Mead;, i'.,:-5il.i- Novell. ber. 17. I.iwilock: of rs.:1ic l-T steers, -J.yv "l.l-." $;i.iir"i: buiis and Ilf.ie- 1UI ills A FIGHT OVER A TICKET. The Democratic Ticket of Colorado In Some loubt. Dexvf.U, Sept. 211. An application was filed yesterday afternoon in the district court for an injunction restraining Secre tary of State Kaston from receiving and filing the McDaniel's certificates, being what is known as the Cleveland and Steven son electoral ticket, eniling the hearing of an application for a mandamus compelling the filing of tlie certification of the O'Dou- nell ticket, which is known as the Weaver and Field electoral ticket, the secretary of of state having announced that the Mc Daniel's certificates represented the regular Democratic ticket and would be so accepted by him. The case will be carried to the supreme court. Temporary injunction was granrca. Gov. Boles on the Stomp, GlJIJrwoOD, la.. Sept, 29. Governor Boles addressed more than 3,000 people assembled h. -i' jc: October. V ' m 1 ' .-ember. s,"",e. . ; ciioii-r. Pc; :.iis-r. .. e. '.i.-- No. -; t i:ibvr. -iii1.!-: -OctolK-r. f-,r e.tr lo;s. iliirley It Icieiy; old mess, jaiet; ic-toijer, ;--' Lid; Trading slow at a decline IHM,rest to best native per lim 11m: Texatis S2.Vi ry cciws, SI JiV'"vi.a(l. Sheen and I-ciniis Slu-ep. firm; lamls active and Hc pe r lb higher: shc-ep. tAnri.) per 1U0 lbs; lamlis. i.;i7 ur'Hi-T-V. Hgs Market liriu; livo hogs, Ki 6.i i ler luu Il. The Ioenl nirktH. eUAIHtKTC. Wheat- !ia!c Corn 4TX?t44c. Rye TWsle. Oats- 2sa31c. Bran -Kcpercwt, Shij'nff f 1.00 per cwt. llav Timothv. $-aiO; noland. SSaiO: rloush S629; baled. C11UU12.G0. PRODCCR. Batter Fair to choice, 18c : creamery , S3&24C Egg Freh, 15c; packed 10c. Poultry Chickens. 10&12-4; turkeys docks, 1-Hc: geere, 10c. FKVIT AND TBOSTABLK8. Apples t.!iS&2. 75 perbbl. Fotatoc B .WJr.Oi H5. Onions 80S."c Turnips 46a 50c LIT K STOCK. Cattle Butchers par tor eorn fed steers SH(ft.4Hc; cows and beifers, 2K&3c; calves S4Hc. Hos 4c. Bhecp &SC. COAL. Hard 7 SOfftt T5. Soft 1 10&a 80. iciBcn. Common boards $16. Joist scantling and timber, lito 1R feet. Jll. Every additional f oot io length 50 iei:tg. X A X Shingles S 75 Lath Si SO. Fencire 12to 16feet f 18. ock boardi'.rough (16. PARDON US For referring to a subject so cnasual. bat It may possess Interest tor som to know that UMAX Is sold for half the price of tlie other kinds. Is sL.IJ. we say If the quality was not what it should be, of coarse it would cot sell at all. The Millionaire Ttif ("ff Fowder Companies say nothing of their exorbitant prices, but tais: con tSBsaily of chemical analysis, Ac Let the sctenttsts lead the scientists, but lt practical women try Climax, aui Jislss for themselves. n it ii :i c i i