Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1871-08-29
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~ Il w YORK.
Arrest of a German Physician
Base 8all-wall street news
Worge than reported.
| WASHINGTON.
Opinion of Attorney 0eneral-srb-
scriptions to the new loan.
ILLINOIS.
Shot through the Heart-Resigna-
tion-ohsrged with Dragging.
10" a.
The forthcoming Fair at Des
Hxoines-eeott County Fair.
Fearful Eteamboat The
Killed and Wounded.
Foreign News.
Attempt to explode a monument
Allotment of new loan-AlIiance
between Prussia and Italy
Attempt to explode monument
Allotment of new loan-AlIiance
between Prussia and Italy
Wrecked and lives lost
Cholera in Europe.
Market Reports.
reported Expressly for the AEGUs.l

NEw YORK, August 29.-Jaoob Rasen-
zinieg, German physician, was arrested
here to-day for causing tbe death of the
Young lady whose body was found at the
depot iu s trunk addressed to Chicago. The
truckman who carsed the trunk containing
the corpse to the station oame forward and
and gave the information which led to the
arrest of the Doctor. He was arrested in y
hquor store, and struggled desperately with
the officers The people rushed upon him,
and it took large force Of police to prevent
the excited crowd hanging him to lamp
host. Rasenzinieg is q German Jew, and
mas been carrying on the business of female
doctor for six years.
The game of base ball between the
White Stockings of Chicago, and the Musu-
ais of New FORK, was won by the former by
six to four. This wins the series with the
Mutuals, for the ChicAgos.
PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 29.-The Athletics
beat the Forest City of Rockford to-day-l7
to TO-
At this hour e p. m stocks are strong
aud leading speculative shares generally
higher. Governments steady. Gold firm at
u2B@l23.
The explosion of the Ocean Wave, say
private kilograms, was worse than first re
ported. 1t is stated that over 80 were killed
and wounded, many of the latter so terribly
| soalded that they cannot survive.
Washington, Aug. 29.-The Attorney
General has given his opinion that when the
| lowest bid for contract is informal, 1t
| should be awarded 10 the next lowest bidder.
This ooeasions much surprise here among
government officers, who declare that not
one bid in ten is strictly formal, and accord
| ing to the Attorney Generals decision, the
government must either award to the lowest
| formal bidder or re-adyertise, which is at
tended with much expense. The practice
has been TO waive informAlity On the lowest
Did II the bidder Was willing to adhere to the
Did and enter into the contract, and then
furnish necessary security. The loss to the
government under this decision is estimated
annually at 81 100000.
Subscriptions to the new loan, TO P. NJ,
we're 81 ,725,OO0. It is expected that the
entire amount will be subscribed to-day,
closing the loan for the present. Probably
no more bonds will be offered till next De-
cember.
ST.. LOUIS, August 28.-The body of a
man with q bullet hole through the heart
was found near Atlanta, Illinois, on Sstur
day. He is supposed to have been mur
dered.
Hon. E. G Cook, member of Congress
from the Sixth District in Illinois, has ten
dered his resignation, to take effect Octobe
lst. His successor will be elected at th
Move mber election.
QUINCY, ILL.,, Aug. 2e.-Dr. P. NJ. Bren
men, q travelling Doctor, who has been sto ?
ping at the Quincy House some time, and
young man named George Lyon, who hs
also been here but short time IN the paten
right business, we're arrested here at / o
clock this afternoon on q warrant sworn ou
BY George Davis, charged with druggin
Davis and stealing diamond ring wort
three hundred dollars Both are in the loo
a up awaiting bail, which they will probsbl
d get this afternoon. Davis is lying in 9 cri
r icAl condition.
y, MOBILE, Ala, August 28.-The Low pref
O. sure steamer, Ocean Wave, exploded he
s. boiler at $3.50 on Sunday afternoon, at tt
ID wharf at Point Clear. There we're Abot
Two hundred excursionists on board, City
o. sixty of whom were killed and wounded
A portion OF the bodies were brought TO tn
city by the steamers Fountain and Ann
n last night others will be brought here t.
as day. Efforts are being made for the r
covery of bodies drowned. The cause of Il
o, disaster has not been ascertsiued, but Q
RS RS in vestg CATION will be made Out of seve
" !" persons comprising one Creole family, g
q were killed The captain, engineer CT
pilot were killed. Only three officers e
capped.
Al LATER.
The steamer Ocean Wave left the city I
Sunday morning with about two hundr
persons on boasd, for an excursion to III