The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-08-02


Suffrage MISUNDERSTANDING
Examination or the Raftsmen-
Match Game OF Base Ball.
CHICAGO, July 31-A dispatch
from rIuskegon, Michigan, says that
on Thursday at Whitehall, in that
county, w. B. Smith took double
barreled gun and walked into the
street. Proceeding a few rods, he
met j. Il. Platte and shot him dead.
He then went to the house. of Mr..
Snow, near Dy, and threatened to
shoot him, but Snow made his escape.
He again went into the street and
meeting Mr.. Morse, threatened to
shoot, but declined to do so on Mr..
Morse turning his back. which Smith
ordered him TO do. A little further
on he pointed his gun into the store
of Wolf 4 Gels and fired. hitting q.
I'll. Hopkins In the arm. Smith was
then captured and lodged In Jail. He
is laboring under fit of lunacy.
The laborers working on the rail-
road bridge across the Missouri Riv-
er at Omaha, having struck, an agent
has been dispatched to San Francisco
to get Chinese to- take their places.
The Executive Committee of the
Woman's Suffrage Association have
called Woman's Suffrage Conven-
tion to assemble In this city on the
9Th and 10th Of September next.
In a case before the Circuit Court,
Matthew Latin and others VS.. the Ill
inOis Central and other railroads, ask
ing for an injunction restraining the
railroad from possessing and occupy
ing the lake front, In conformity with
a law passed last Winter by the lii
nOis Legislature, Judge Williams to-
day denied the injunction. Thomas
Hayne, on behalf of Latin, then made
a motion to restrain the railroads from
taking the submerged land on the
lake shore front, but the matter was
made of record to be taken up before
a Master in Chancery.
The. preliminary examination OF
the raftsmen engaged in the murder
Gus riot on board the steamer Du-
buque at Hampton, on Thursday, on
the Mississippi River, was commenced
to-day at Rock Island. Yesterday
was occupied in preliminaries, and
little or no testimony was taken.
To day up to two o'clock four wit
nesses had been examined. Thus far
twelve of the leading rioters have
been recognized and securely chained.
1t is thought that at least thirty-five
of the forty-tWo will be bound over to
answer. The Mate and Second Clerk,
a number Of cabin passengeas and all
the negro deck hands have been de-
tanned as witnesses. The prisoners
have secured the services of a mum
Der of lawyers to defend them. The
examination will last FIVE or six days
A dispatch from James Medin, ol
the Chicago Commercial, says the
party have with them two wealthy
Chinese merchants. doing business il
San Francisco. They will spend {
week in Chicago and then go East.
The match game cf base ball to
day between the Red Stockings, o
Cincinnati, and the Forest Citys, o
Rockford, ILL.,, took place at Ogdel
Park this forenoon, and, as was anti
cipated, was won by the Red Stock
ings, the score being % to 30. Th'
Red Stockings went to bat first, ant
scored one. The Forest Citys fol
loved, with the same count. Neithe
counted on the third. Red Stocking
nine, and Forest Citys four. Tn
largest run by the Red Stockings wa
nine; by the Forest Citys, ten. Their
were from 5000 to 10000 person
present, and so closely packed tha
they broke through the ropes, consid
erably interfering with the playing.