Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1872-05-14
FIRES.
FOREIGN NEWS.
General Summary,
Reported Expressly forths AReus. ]

KEITHsBURG, Ill.,, May l3.-John Cal.
houn, an old citizeD, was drowned Yesterday
afternoon BY the cspsizing of boat in
which he and his wife had been riding.
The body WAS recovered shortly after the
occurrence.
CHICAGO, May I3.-The parade of the
trades unions on Wednesday promises to be
an immense demonstration. The leaders of
the movement say the parade is merely in-
tended to display the strength Of the organ
lzaslon and not to Influence wages or hours
for work.
SPRINGFIELD, May l3-To-morrox the
State Register will publish list of forty
four Democratic Illinois newspapers that
support Greeley and Brown, and three that
advocate a straight Democratic ticket at
Baltimore. There remains twenty nine
Democratic newspapers in the State not
heard from.
CHICAGO, May l3 "A mason named
Miller, at work on she fifth story of build
ing being ersc cted on Clark street near Mad
ison, slipped and fell to the basement to day
and was instantly killed
The Fort Wayne and Michigan Central
roads have arranged to carry passengers to
=
round trip.
NASHVILLE, May l3.-Tbe Industrial
Exposition is so far decided success. Visi-
tors are in attendance from ell parts of the
country. The attendance to day 10 increased
oy excursion parties coming in from various
quarters. Additions are daily made to
articles on exhibition.
The Republican State Convention meets
in this city on Wednesday next, and will
nominate a candidate for Governor and ap-
point delegates to Philadelphia. The con
| vention will take steps to put Presid ential
electoral ticket in the field. The prominent
aspirants for the gubernatorial nomination
are Horace Maynard, Thos. S. Caldwell and
A. A. Freeman.
NEw ORLEANS, May l3.-Judge T. Heard
to-day rendered q decision restoring the con-
fscated property of the late Jno. Siidell 10
the heirs of the deceased.
CHICAGO, May ia dispatch from Mar
quette says the SGult St. Marie canal opened
on last Sunday morning. Navigation on
Lake Superior is fully resumed.
DETROIT, May l3.-The Free Press will
pu bllsh to morrow the following dispatches,
showing the gravity of the situation a.
Calumet and Hecl& copper mines in Lake
Superior:
"HoUGHToN, May l3.-To Con. Baldpin:
The situation ID alarming will want more
than one company please use all possible
dispatch.
BARTHOLOMEW SHEA, Sheriff"
"HOUGHroN, May l3.-To Coz. BaldoiH 4:
The rioters have rescued the prisoners
/ E.. Al
want troops very badly, we are over
powered.
| "BARTHoLoMEw SHEA, Sheriff"
! Prof. Wamboy, Of Ann Arbor observa
| tory, reports the discovery in the constella-
ton Ophiuohus another planet, hitherto IN
known. Ii shines like q star of the eleventh
magnitude. Its position this morning is as
follows Right ascension sixteen hours
twenty-one minutes J.; declinAtion, eight de-
grees and fifty seven minutes, south daily
motion, forty seconds retroarade in right as
cension, and quarter of minute south in
| decliuation.
LFAvENwoRTH, Kan, May l3.-The Kan
sas Pacific and Chicago, Rock Island Il Pa
cihc roads have made arrangements to run
through trains between Chicago and Denver,
LthSSHWOTtut over sno new hbH
bridge across the Missouri.
In the suit between Senator Caldwell and
Burke, former editor OF the Bulletin, In the
District Court of this county to-day, three
witnesses swore that Senator Caldwell sub
sidized the Bulletin in the recent Leaven'
worth Atchison & Northwestern imbroglit
with the city of Leavenworth, by paying the
Bulletin $4,000. 1t was proved that Oald-
well paid the Bulletin $4,000 to support his
election. Senator Caldwell now brings sui
to recover the money. The evidence is very
dam ging to him.
BUFFALO, MAY i4-The Liberal Repub
licans held meeting hore tonight to rstify
the Cincinnati nominations. r. G. Wood
ruff, 8 personal friend of Horace Greeley
was present. Speeches were made by Wm
Dorsheimer, late U. S. District Attorney
for Western New York, and James NJ
Humphrey, late Democratic member from
this district.
WASHINGTON, May l4.-The President t'
day transmitted to the Senate, the CORES
pondence relative TO the treaty of Washing
> ton, accompanied with q brief message
The envelope bore the word confidential.
The Senate went into executive sessioi
when they were read.
RI New ORLEANS, May l4.-A Ere in tn