Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1871-10-24
Shipwreck Disaster.
General Summary
Market Reports.
Reported Expressly fer the AHsus.l

New YORK, Oct 23.-No definite intelli- |
gence has been received concerning the |
ku-klux and the troops at Broad River,
). c., though it is believed that the latter
we're victorious. Women and children are
thus far the heaviest sufferers from The de-
clkration of martial Law in South Carolina.
Whole families are fleeing from Spartans
burg, Union and York counties. Nineteei
| citizens we're lodged in jail at Iorkville
| yesterday. Private soldiers have been I'm
prisoned for advising citizens TO fly to
escape arrest.
| A Times special from Scranton, Pa,
SAWS that Rev. d. Evelin attempted TO de-
Iver an anti Catholic lecture in the public
streets, Saturday night but was compelled to
retire from attacks made upon HIM oy the
crowd. Yesterday afternoon he Attempted
20 speak again, but when he referred to the
Catholics a. being theives, murderers AND
cut throats, the box on which he stood was
licked from under him and he tell to the
p.vement. He was seriously hurt and had
20 withdraw under police protection. There
IA grsst excitement in the town. e
CHICAGO, H., Oct. 23.-The Times this
morning publishes highly sensational and
: altogether improbable story of the origin oi
4 the great con Aagration here, purportIng to be
tbs confession OF @ member of the lnterna
,onsl Society, who declares that the hrs
vas se. in the first place by him, and ths
It. rapid spread was the work OF him aDc
Q his associates. The account il minute l.
" detail, and says that this was the third 81
A. tempt, the fret having been made on tn
3Oth of Sc epiember last, when The Burlingte
warehouse WAS 6rsd, and the second on tn
Saturday night preceding the great hre
when the CauAl-street conhagration Occur
90 red.
to The writer saws further that Georg
he Francis Train is q member OF the Soclet
International, and quotes the following lar
guAge used by him in an address dehvers
a: Fsrwell Hall on the night OF the disaster
Il "This 10 the last address that will be d.
livered within these walls; q terrible caisu
ity 10 impending over the city of Chicsg
more ! cannot say-more | dare D
utter"
30 The Times says that it can be atteste
,od that Train used this language, but it fc
Us bears to express any opinion as to the q
en-, ,hentioity of the alleged confession.
hs s1ox Cry, Oct. 23.--The Ysllowsto
,us- expedition returned from Ft. Rice on
10th inst, without losing man or seei
and an Indian. Gen. Rosser reports hnding
""S % splendid country. and plenty Of game 9
Oub, good water. The expedition reached
will Yellowstone Q short distance below
L. mouth Of Powder River, distance OF Aot
.l two hundred and eighty miles from RI. NJ
ans = The entire trip was made in twenty 10
days. The expedition has been imminer
cas-. suooessful in every respect
, pA- George Francis Train spoke two no
after and half before an immense audience
nsdi- the Academy Of Music 10 this city, to-ni(
iA OF he says he was 10 Chicago at the time
p,os i article was written which appeared in
so ~ Times, and that II was started for the
,uul. pose of getting mob after him to take
and life. He read the article as sent in
alter Associated Prass reports from Chicago,
spouted at great length on being prote,
says by destiny. he made no mention Of the
1at. tern ationae society during his speech.
blood AUBURN, N. Y, Oct 24.-About I
acres of forest. known as the Ches
'eore' Ridge, near this city, was burned Sun
Ro,. DErRoIr, Oct 24.-The high wind
b.um- rsk;ndled the fires in the woods OF
~ish military reservation near Port Horon,
fuiOus much anxiety is felt for the safety OF
obie. city.
Years RocHrsrER, N. Y, Dot. 24.-Exte
or his 6res are prevailing In the sWam ps sna
pur- Of Monroe, NiAgsrs, Gensses, Wayne
o. Seneca counties.
tn. THoY, N. Y, Oct. 24.-The WOODS
!, Bal. the Shaker settlement, abou, SIX miles
70 here, are on Ere and considerable %
'''r il bsi' q done.
SAN FsAxomoo, oOI 24.-TAs Psh'