The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1870-05-14
WASHINGTON.
The Income Tax--The Funding
: Bill--The Army Reduction
THE Canons Of the
Colorado.
ADJOURNMENT Or TIE CONSTI-
TUTI0NAL CONVENTION.
The Missouri Railroad
Disaster.
~ Il " YORK.
n Il =" YORK.
Anniversary Of the American
congregational UniOn---Wo-
mans Suffrage Convention
"A Card from Daniel Nc
Farland--Reeeption of
the Poet Whittier.
Market Reports.

! WASHINGTON, May 1.-THE WAYS and
means committee had a long discussion yes
terday on the income tax. 1t is understood
they do not agree with the action OF the
SeLste hnance committee In reducing il TO
| three per cent. They are disposed to leave
II at i've per cent, but increase the e1emp-
non to s.. 500.
The committee decided to sit to-day, and
go on with the funding bill, so as to get it
before the House next week.
Secretary Boutwell, informed several
memb bers of the ways and means committee
! that he hoped they would not report the long
four per cent. bond /; that he did not believe
! II good policy, and, if they did, it would
defeat the object which the government
had in view of reducing the rate of interest
The House Pacific railroad committee
considered the trans continental bill, but did
not reach any conclusion. The North
Pacific bill was not taken uD.
The House military committee have
decided TO insist on the bill for a reduction
of the army as it passed the House. They
do not regard the bill which passed the
Senate on Thursday Of any account.
MAJ Powell made al argument Yesterday
before the House appropriation committee
urging an appropriation of fifteen thousand
dollar 10 make q survey of the cauons of
the Colorado river.
he House commerce committee are load
ing down the river and hsrbor bill to sach
an extent that 1t will never pass.
The steamship interests are in large force
and are urging schemes of all kinds. There
IS very little prospect OF any steamship
subsidy scheme passing this session
SPKlSGFIELD, May l4-Tha Convention
met yesterday morning pursuant 10 adjouEn
meat.
Mr.. Turner presented q resolution author
izing the d ayPolntment of Hon. Joseph Me
dIll and General Cameron as d committee to
measure and superlntend the printing done
for the Convention. The resolution was
referred.
Mr.. English offered q resolution providing
that the mem bers be paid tor the number of
days covered By the recess. The resolution
received three votes.
| Mr.. Moore, from the committee on expen-
/ ditures, presented report estimating the
| cost Of reporting ST $50, 600.
| 4 resolution wos adopted to adjourn sine
die at o'clock 10 day
! Mr.. Hay, from the committee of Iuvestiga-
ton, reported that the examination made
! into the Secretary of State account pre-
sentad to the Convention had convinced the
committee that q profit of fifty per cent.
upon the stationery furnished was made by
/ the stationer, but that there was nothing i'm
plcatIng the Secretary of State IN dIshon-
est transaction.
Mr.. Underwood presented an address
/ prepared TO accompany the Constitution. 1t
asserts the need of e new Constitution,
-, -.
therefor, etc.
In the Convention, At the last moment,
! Mr.. Buxton moved TO reconsider the vote
refusing to enroll the section not prohibit
ing the Legislature from legalizing certain
subscriptions made by tRe city of Quincy
To this section Mr.. Allen offered substI
,ute, making the section applicable to a.
cities hs 7ing incurred municipal indebted
ness. The substitute was on the table
The section was so amended that no portion
Of the subscription shall be paid from tbs
State Treasury. Adopted, and ordered en-
rolled.
Mr.. Carey moved to consider the vote
giving the Secretaries of the Convention twt
dollars per dav extra. The motion wa
adoptad A substitute was offered provid
ing that the Secretaries be paid per dleu
during the recess The substitute Wa
adopted.
Mr. Bromwell offered resolution, re
questing the Illinois Representatives t
, secure the opening of ship canal on tn
line of the Hin Dis and Mich gan Canal.
Adjourned.
,, ST. LOUIS, May 1.-THE train bearin
the bodies of the killed by the collision q
Eureka yesterday arrived here at about tw
afolapk this Tho u i'll hDi
an inquest this morning. The total numbe
/ of killed is nineteen, and wounded aboi
n thirty.
The follow wing additional names complet
the list of killed James NJ. Smith ,Sey mou
2 Indiana: N Ballentine Sedalia, Mo-; A.
8 Flint, St Louis; Geo. W. kiger, Cornell
! Station. johnson county, Mo young me
supposed to be E. r. Spaulding, of Bosto'
G W. Tucker, Waterville, n. \ c. Soo
enberg, Leevenw ortb; F. r. Wilson, res
dence unknown; Wm, Taylor, of the fri
of Rest, Tenner Co, New oEk; Jas.
Mckee, of Anderson, Kan.
The only additional wounded are Ira
C Warner, United States Express messenge
and Maria Clark, colored.
New YoRK, May i4.-Daniel Mctsrlar
), publishes in this mornings papers numb
of letters written by ms vile before ~
acquaintance with the Tribune peopi
overlooking with affection, showing h
. providence for her, and qualification at
love she expressed at his kind treatmen
Appended to these letters is the followir
statement The pretended statement of n
wife published in the Tribune, induces me
send for publication in various journals
this city, letters which we're written to n
= by her at the several times to which Il
pretended statement has reference. 1t Is
- serted that | ives drunken brute. and VI
Z very cruel to my wife. Alter reading the
letters, the public will Judge for itself. q,
s even without them, / consider the vero
, of the jury justifies my course, espec'a
= when it is considered that the prosecuti
y was unable to prod uce. on the witness star
. a single person from the locality where