The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1870-05-12
By Telegraph.
WASHINGTON.
Cuban Dispatches--Tax Bill
New Pacific RailrOad--Postal
Teiegraph---North Pacific
Road--New State Depart
ment Building.
n Il w YORK.
The Taa2,n,any Fight.
Gold Medal for Gorilla Du Chail-
iu--Temperance Organs--Uni-
ted WOman'sSuffrage Secie-
ty--McFarland would be
recOneiled to his Wife.
ENOreion Ne~S
Market Reports.

'AohtN'ASHt sphiCncs "tEe
received at the Navy Department from
Admiral Poor today, dated Havana, May g.
Ne political news of Importance. Genera
Coro, sent out from Spain to relieve Genera
almsseda, had arrived bringing with him
nine hundred troops, which had been dis
/ trlbuted among the forts at Havana
The Ways and Means Committee consum
ed the entire session in considering the Tax
bill. The reductions proposed IN the bill
will be nearly the same as IN the Senate
bill. The Funding bill was called up, but
mporsrily laid over
The Senate Pacific Railroad Committee
were in session last night, and again to-day,
maturing Railroad bill to tie Pacific on
the thirty second parallel, 1t is proposed
to combine sll conflicting interests.
Mr.. Orton, President of the Western
to-day before the SPECIAL Telegraph Com.
mittee in opposition to Washburne's Postal
Telegraph scheme. The committee meets
tonight to allow him to finish.
The House has just recommitted the
North Pacific Railroad bill, with amend
ments, to the Pacific Railroad Committee
The Senate Judiciary Committee to day
continued the investigation into the Georgia
newspaper editors.
The Senate to CAV resumed the considers
ton of the proposition to appropriate $500.
600 to build new State Department, and
carried it by six to fifteen; also the PROPOSE
ton to enlarge the grounds around the Cap
isol, and appropriasing s5G0,O00 therefor.
New YORK, May l2-At q meeting of the
Republican General Committee last night,
the committee of twenty-one appointed at
the last meeting to couier with outside Dem
ocrstIc organizations opposed TO TammaDy,
asked for power to make nominations. Chss.
Spencer and others expressed themselves
opposed to granting such power to the com
miltee, and fiually it was resolved that the
committee report the action taken by them
to the General Committee at meeting to
be held TO night
Two thieves entered the house Of John
Motion, in Hudson City, during the absence
of the family, and stole furniture to the
amount of TWO hundred dollars. The furni-
ture was recovered in New York auction
house.
At meeting of the American Geogrsph
icsl and Statistical Society, held last even
ing, Paul du Cheillu, the eminent African
traveller, was presented with silver medal
by President Daley, which had been award
ed him by the Imperial Geographical Socie-
ty of London.
The fth anniversary of the National
Temperance Society was held last evening
During the year ending April 30 the Society
has stereotyped and published thirteen new
books and pamphlets and thirty six new
tracts. l,294,700 copies Of the Youths
Temperance Banner have been printed. itf
circulation being ITO, 900 monthly; $4,000
copies of the National lem mperance AtmGnat
aud l4I $40 copies of the National Temper
ance Advocate have also been published
( Total receipts last year, $5l 1922: expen
SEES, SCI 400 90; treasury overdrawn, S22S.
/ 10 The Indebtedness of the Society is over
/ $4,000.
! The premises II and 75 Bovery, occupied
/ BY Joseph Schneider as a tobacco factory
were damaged by fire last light to the exten
of SIS, 900. Fully insured.
Alta meeting of the Woman Suffrage
/ Association on Tuesday night, union wal
effected with the Fifth Avenue Woman
| Society the united organization to be known
| as the Union Suffrage Society. Theodor'
| Til,on was elected President. This coalition
does not fully unite all the woman suffrage
people. as the Boston Branch, Of which Henr
Ward Beecher is President. is still distinc
organization, and is indisposed TO join tn
New Workers, unless large concessions ar
made.
On Tuesday indictn euts against Messr;
Jay Gould, James Fisk, Jr., Wm. H. Res
son and C. \. Rasson, for conspiracy II
overcharging for freight transportation, wer
called up for the fifth time in the Passsi
I(N.J,l county court The indictments wer
found on complaints of the Rogers LocomC
tive and Machine Works Company, VIII
? alleged injury to their business by defend
ants conspiracy to increase transporsato
rates. Defendants appeared In court befor
the close of the term, and gave bail /
sl.O 900 each for trial. The case has bee
called up from time to time sl1ee the ba
WAS given. and was on Tuesday brought u
again. the defendants each time failing
appear. and their bail was declared forfeited
The securities are Messrs. Phillips Ratfe
" and Samuel Smith.
The Standard this morning published q
Interesting interview with Mcfarland la
night, in which be laid the whole blame {
his trou bles on Mrs. Sinclair and Mrs. Ia
houn He intended to question the Indian
divorce: spoke affectionately of his wife, int
: mating his present love for her in the MOI
burning words; said that he could receiE
: her back, and be delighted at the chance
He leaves not the slightest possibility
doubt as he dwelt long on his love for he
His brother looked saddened, and followin
she reporter to the door, he said, ~ ou Sc
he is crazy, and we will have to watch him
PARIS. May l2.-The following ofhci
returns have been received from some OF II
= principal cities: Paris, ayes" III -
q 'No" l56,376; Nantes, "Yes" 32,9l6, Nc
1888; Marseilles. ayes" l8.4l2, Nc
34,s29; Lille. 'Yes" 65.a67, "No' l3'so
Bordeaux, Yes" l0,l29, "No" 1916
Toulouse, "Yes" 9, ,1l2, "No" 1854.