The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1870-01-05
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TEXAS ELECTION.
Cabinet Meeting.
Gen. Hoar's Case.
GOVERNMENT POSTAL SYSTEM
AND FUNDING BILL.
Earnings Of the Illinois
Railroad.
Supreme Court.
THE NEW GOVERNMENT BUILDING.
Collection of state War Claims.
A MYSTERIOUS AFFAIR.
PUBLIC SCHOOLS, COTTON, RAIL
ROAD INTERESTS AND con-
SENTATIVE VICTORY In
NASHVILLE, TEAM.


deaths from small pox in the city, and 2t
at the small pox hospital, in the last three
months. The increase of the disease has
been as follows Twenty fve deaths in
! October; forty three in November; sixty
! five in December
/ CIScIsNATI, o., Jan. There is no
! particular charge in the telegraph opera
tors strike. The operators were in session
this morning, receiving dispatches from
other points. The officers of the telegra ph
company here are confident of their ability
to continue to attend to ell the business.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 5 The President
yesterday received dispatch from General
Reynolds, stating that the official vote of the
State of Texas gives Davis 775 majority.
The first Cabinet meeting since the ad-
iournment of Congress was held Monday.
All the members were present. Secretary
Fish presented voluminous budget of cor
respondenee from Ministers abroad.
The President is very reticent respe ctin z
the action he intends to take in the Attorney
General Hoar's case
A strong movement is on foot here to
carry bill through Congress to establish
the Government Postal Telegraph system.
Several leading New England and Western
lobby men are already on the ground to
work it up.
Secretary Boutwell's Funding bill is in
the hands of the members of the Senate
Finance Committee for their private consid
Grafton. The Committee look upon it with
favor.
Commissioner Delano gave an order to
the public printer for the FIRST instalment of
blanks of income returns, the number of
oh he ! +Ia
over II tons.
Nothing has been decided regarding salt,
but it is thought that the two classes may
be reduced from "a to 20 cents, and from
20 TO Is cents.
There has yet been no change in sugars.
Supervisor Conklin, of New Orleans. hiss
recommended that the gamblers IN the state
of Louisiana be taxed per cent. on their
gross receipts, as well as on their govern.
meut license.
Impeacher Ashley, Governor of Montana,
is making a most vigorous effort to remain
in Office. He has written to the President
and several republican Senators, insisting
on his loyalty to the administration, and on
his efficiency as Governor. The name Of
his successor is still pending in the Senate.
The removal OF Gen. Hugh Ewing, our
minister at Hague. is asked for on the
ground that he is a democrat. and has al
ways been opposed to republican admin
is.rstion; tha. be is not, and never has
been, resident of Kansas. the state to
which be ia accredited; that he has habits
which unfit him for the position. The Kan
sas delegation have already presented pa
pers signed BY themselves and the state Off
GERS, asking for his removal on the first
three named grounds. They are to see the
President again. Mr.. Ewing is supported
by Gen. Sherman.
LoNDoS, Jan. 4-The Times. this morn
ing, in commenting on the democratic ad
vocacy of reputation, says: "No tears
from that quarter are due to the fact that
the American bonds, bearing twice the in
.erest, are not ss near par as consois.
New YonK, Jan. A terrible tragedy,
resem bling in some of it's features the fam
Gus Helen Jewett murder, and invested, in
addition, with shadows of dark mystery, oc
Cured at SO Elizabeth street, last evening.
The house is one of assignation, kept by
Mrs. Beck. Among the visitors to and c.
cupants of back room every Sabbath at
Iarnoon for the past FIVE months has been
an unknown gentleman and a closely yelled
lady. Nothing is known of the parties BY
Mrs. Beck, except that the man engaged
the room every previous Saturday that the
mysterious woman, whose face she had
never seen, met him at the usual time. At
half past SIX O'Clock pistol shots were heard
in the chamber Mrs. Beck and police
man hastily broke in the door and found the
man lying on the floor insensible, with
pistol shot in the right temple, and his com
panlon, handsome and q >parently refined,
Intelligent lady, lying near him with
ghastiy wound in the left temple. The low
ers were taken to Bellevue Hospital, where
they died shortly after arriving, without
speaking word to clear Up this m ystery.
From papers found in their pockets it is
believed that the name of the man ia George
Bauman and that of the woman Annie Nc.
Nanars, and that they were both school
teachers in Brooklyn. The bodies were
placed in the Morgue for Identification
Great excitement prevailed last night in the
vicinity of the tragedy.
SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,, Jan. 1.-The gross
earnings of the Illinois Central Railroad
Company for the six months ending October
81, 1869, are: Freight, $2,529, 24.S2; pas
senger, $9e0,220.l5; extra baggage, ST.
027.O4; mails, $38, 1922; express, etc.,
$l65,537.l6. Total, $3,642, 708.05, seven
per cent. of which was paid into the State
treasury this morning, amounting to $254,'
989.56-an increase of S45,945.Sl over the
six months ending April 2, 1869.
The Supreme Court of the Second Grand
| Division convened this morning, all the
Judges on the Bench.
| The Custom House in this city is now
completed, and will be thrown open to night
for tire inspection of the public. The court
| is pronounced the best in the West, and
the offices are furnished in the highest
style.
Gov. Palmer has received treasury draft
for So, ,397.69 on account of the State Wa,
debt against the general government, being
on rejected claims which, with additions
vouchers, were again presented by Col. Cool
and this result secured.
NASHVILLE, Jan. An view of the prob
able suspension of the public schools. the