Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1872-03-15
A MARINE DISASTER!
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RICHMOND, Va, March l4.-Messrs, De-
male and Riddlebarger had q personal alter
cation on the floor of the House to day, and
were about TO proceed TO blows when they
we're arrested BY the ssrgeant-At-Arms, and
were placed under bonds to keep the peace
and await the action Of the House.
LONDON, March l4.-A telegram from
Gibraltar reports q distressing disaster in
shat hsrbor, whereby . number Of propel-
lors belonging to the royal navy we're lost.
Three life boats belonging TO the British
steam frigase Ariadne at anchor off the
town while going from the vessel to shore
capsizsd. Eleven persons were drowned
including two officers.
ST. Louis, March 1.-THE committee
appointed by the Liberal Republican mass
meeting held ct Jefferson City, January
24,h, TO sslsc. thirty delegates to the Lib
eral National Mass Con vsntion, to be held
at Cincinnati May lst, have reported . list
Of delegates. Among them are Senator
Sohurz, Gov. Brown, Geu. Jno. Mcneil,
ChAs. P. johnson, Enos Clark, Henry G.
Hsastiok, all of 81. Louis, sx-Congress man
Geo. ". Anderson, and quite Q mum Der oi
members Of the Legislature. Among the
Alternases are Lieut.. Gov. Grsvely, Score.
ssry of State Weighed, x-Congressman
Joel F. Spear, and several members of the
Legislature.
LONDON, March l4.-Ssoretary Fishs re.
ply TO Granville's note, relative 90 the Ala.
bAma matter, reached Minister Sohsnck
last night The tone of the communica.
tion is sminsntly pacific. but intimation i.
given Of the regret and surprise of the
/ Amarioan 0nvarnmanf ~ kha EnrI;sk - tar
probation Of the treaty.
ROCHESTER,, N. Y, March l4.-Col. D.
q. Abel, formerly an active politician, and
known as Farmer Abel, died last night ai
his residence in GrovelAnd.
WAsHIsGroS, March l4.-The Senate
com mittes on the sale Of arms to-day re.
sumed the examination of Benst. He tes,
tIfsd that there were 682,869 serviceAble
arms on hand, and the total number Of
armS OF all kinds was l,l5l,06s.
The select committee to investigate the
charges against the Secretary of the Navy
met to-day, when the chairman was author
lied to invite the edi'or Of the New Yorl
Sun to appear and give such intormat tior
as will afford a basis for examination. Tn,
committee will afford the largest liberty t.
sccusers Of proving their charges. In or
der to give time for this the committee ad
journed till next Thursday.
CHICAGO, March l4.-LAst night . maj
named Lenemeysr, with his wife, had ,
quarrel with Mrs. Bender and her son,
young man about twenty, about g trad
between the latter and Lensmyer. Dur
ing the quarrel Mrs. Bender was knocked
down by Lenemyer and then kicked aut
beaten by his wife, receiving fatal injuries
Young Bender, it appears, did not astemp
to interfere. Lensmyer and his wife wer
arrested Yesterday.
Gov. Palmer received an spplica tion
signed by large number of prominen
citizens, petitioning for the release Of Al
derman Fl. o. Glade, now serving o tern
OF six months in the county jail for bribery
The Governor declined to interfere in tn
matter. he has, however, ordered the ply
sicians Of the State Penitentiary to examin
into the condition Of the health OF ex Alder
man Montgomery, whose release 10 peti
toned on grounds that he is about to die
ALBANY, March 14.-In an examination
by the Postage Stamp Committee, Nj
French testified tina. Mr.. Cushman, forme
clerk of the House, furnished him with fift
dollars worth of one cent stamps, and b
the instructions Of the deputy post master
q subordinate expended $1,000 worth @
stsmps on documents and bundles from th
legislature. He stamped everything for sh
, egislAtors-Evening Journal almAnacs b
the wagon load, packages of dirty linen an
dirty stockings
EI-clerk Tsrwiliger said he did not hav
his accounts, but thought the State los
aoihing in these transactions. he CAV
the stamps to Senators without charge
Ieswiiger was formerly chief clerk unde
Collector Murphy.
New York, March I4.--There was
: meeting Of about o thousand unemploye
wofkingmen this afternoon in Tompkiu
Square, under the auspices Of the Iu,erus
tional Society. G.. W. Maddox presided
, and speeches we're made by Robert D.vi,
; TAeo. Banks and others, an
, resolutions adopted that railroads, mine,
: canals, gas works. expresses. telegraph
&C., ought to be owned and run by the 90,
: ernment in the interest Of the people Q
cost, that the public lands should be dispo,
ed of only to actual settlers; that all Aci
of legislation should be submitted TO th
people for approval on rejection, an
demanding Of the city authorities work fe
unsmplcye ed msa.