Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1872-04-11
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Nav YORK, April l0.-Henry R. Conklin,
the fugitive Secretary of the Market Saw
ings Bank, was indicted on Tuesday for
forgery, In that he had used fictitious names
for the Purpose of Abstracting funds of the
bank. Other indictments are to be found
against him.
An officer yesterday went to Washington
TO procure q demsnd for the extradition oi
CoDktn, and bring him back from Mon.
treal Conklin's friends say that startling
revelations of the frauds may be expected
on the trial
A mass meeting of the friends of Presi
dent Grant was held at the Brooklyn Aca-
denny OF Music tonight The building was
filed. \. B. Morgan presided. Letters
we're read from 8. B. Chiitenden and Gov.
Jewell, ofConneosicus, favoring the renomi.
nation of Grant and Coalfax. Resolutions
eulogizing the administration and urging
the denomination of Grant end Coslfax were
adopted, amid applause. Henry Ward
Beeoher was the principal speaker.
WASHINGTON, April 1O.-In the investiga
tlon to-day nothing in the evidence showed
that Secretary Robeson had been guilty OF
anything wrong, and TIE Secretary made q
speech in bis own behalf, denouncing the
charges against him as outrageous. The
committee adjourned to Friday.
The Senate arms committee examined
Secretary Robson and others, bu, nothing
important was developed.
CINCINNATI, April lO.-Ths Conptitu
adj journed yesterday. The constitution was
passed to q final reading by 9 vote Of sixty.
one to three. The proposition to give
negroes the right to hold Office is submitted
to the people, to be voted on as q separate
proposition.
LoNDOE, April l0.-The claimant to the
Tichborne estate appeared in the Criminal
Court to-day and pleaded n OF gnilty to the
indictment against him. A writ was issued
removing the case to the Queens Bench,
where the prisoner will be tried in June
In the meantime he is recon mitted TO New
gate.
CINCINNATI, April l0.-The Chronicle s
Washington special says an important con
ference was held there yesterday BY Liberal
Repu blicans and leading Democrats in and
out of Congress, to reach some understand
ing by which cooperation might be secured
at the Presidential election. The Liberals
insisted that it would be indispensable to
nominate two Republican reformers at Gin
cinnati and that they could not put forward
q ticket divided in politics.
| The Democrats urged that the Colum bus
| ticket was composed of one Republican su
one Democrat, and that the Liberals ought
to accept it as q compromise. The Liberals
would not yield their original position, SO
| finally the Democrats signi6ed their willing
ness to take Davis and Curtin. and req uest
ed the Liberals to advise their friends tha,
this was the EXTREMIST point that the Dem
ocrsts would yield
| The Democrats said that with tickel
other than Davis and Curtin they would
lose the vote Of Pennsylvania, New Jersey
| Illinois and Indiana. Among the promi
neut Democrats who took par: in the con-
ference were George b. Pendleton, Genera
Morgan, Dan Voorhees,, and ex-senator
| Doolittle.
ALBANY, April l0.-The election o.
Thaoher, Denocrst, for mayor, is still IL
doubt. In the Fourth ward the lights were
put out and the ballots seized, and the
Eoughs we're very disorderly. The fret coun'
before the lights were put out would have
defeated Thaoher. The second count made
difference in his favor Of three hundred
votes. The Republican inspector was com
PEELED under thrests to sign returns, whicf
he did under protest.
New YORK, April 10 The Republican
State Committee met this morning for th'
purpose of electing delegates to the Ma
tional Convention at Philadelphia, bu
owing to the non attendance of sufh Glen
number of mem bers the committee ad iourn
ed.
New YoRK, April l0.-A terrible disaste
occurred near Haokensack, on the New
Jersey Midland railroad, this morning Th'
bridge over Saddle river suddenly gave va
while passenger train was passing. ant
the entire train was proci pitated into th'
river Twenty-Five or thirty passenger
were taken from the wreck in 9 more o
less injured condition. J. r. Doremus
breskmAn, was instantly killed Davit
Blsnvelt, conductor, il is feared is fatal,
hurt; Isaac Worsesdy, Judge of Boigen
county, is terribly injured.
Had the water in the river been at 1T
usual depth, none of the passengers couic
have escaped. A large force Of men hav'
been engaged since tae accident IN clearing
away the wreck and Allevissing the suffer
ings Of the wounded.
MADRlD, April l0.-Fuller returns frou
elections for the Cortes make the list stant
minisserislsts, 2Ol radical, 62; republicans
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