The Rock Island daily Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1872-1873, 1873-03-29
How Congressman neglect
their duties.
Gathering of Railroad men
in New York.
Strikes, Mcbs, Lynchine
and Hanging.
Other Items OF Interest.

New York, March 2S.-t4en Fremont
thinks he has had injustice done him in
Paris. In reading the testimony he found
many witnesses who perjured themselves
IN the trial there. He is undecided what
to do He may go to Paris and have the
case reopencd and tried on its merits.
Ex-Congressman Roosevelt iu a lecture
here last evening on corruption in Congress
said that Of eight hundred bills passed dur
ing the past year there were not more than
one-twentieth that the members knew any
thing about This is attributed TO the
bad rules Of the House. He smoke at
length OF corrupt legislation and said the
only legitimate business done was lust be
fore the close Of the session.
\ very large number Of railroad men
from various parts of the country are in
the city for the purpose of having a CON
ference upon railroad matters. the nature
Of which is not stated. Among those
present are Oakes and Oliver Ames. Tom
Scott, Sidney Dillon, General Fremont.
General Anson Stager, Of Chicago, and
General Burnside.
On being questioned concerning the
$1,000 Credit M0bilier stock which Repre-
sentative Kelly, not considering his prop
erty, recently wanted turned into the
treasury, Oakes Ames states that he has
been requested to indorse the bonds that
they might be available To the treasury
The question occurs. however. that as
Kelly did not consider the bonds his he
never had an ownership in them Hence
Ames leaves the matter with his attorneys
for settlement Ames also says he has
written To the Attorney-tIeneral that the
Credit Mobilier company does not intend
to give up its books to the nited States
but will offer them for inspection.
Dos Passes, counsel for Stokes. made
application to Judge Brady to-day toameud
the judgment record Of Stokes first trial.
by inserting the fact Of the abscnsc of the
Judge and prisoner during portion Of the
trial. Decision was reserved.
Judge Brady to-day decided to admit
Geo. Francis Train in 81 .00O bail but the
prisoner declined t. furnish it.
Barnum has recovered from the ashes
OF his third destructive confagration, and
to-day paraded the streets Of the city with
new show two miles in length. Great
crowds, gathered to witness the display.
Catharine Herman. married was taken
from liquor saloon, No. 81 Washington
street this evening, covered with wounds
and eio9de aPd} Pd}ed G soon afterwards Her
husband has been arrested on suspicion Of
inhicting the wounds The neighbors say
the pair were constantly drunk aud fre-
quentIy qUarrelling.
CINCINNATI, March 26.-The Liberal
Republicans ct this city to-day ind0rsed
the following Democratic nominees: Geo
c. johnson, Mayor Paul Remelin, Trus
tee of Water W orks \ Marchant, Judge
Of Police Court. The rest Of the ticket
conceded to the Liberals, is as follows q,
Judge Of Superior Court, NJ Fl. Tilden /:
Prosecuting Attorney, H. Plunkett City
Solicitor, Ii. d, Peck
BosToN, March 2S.-In the case OF
Timothy Hogan, one Of the striking horse
shoers for threatening and assaulting Pc
ter Pinkington for going TO work in the
Horse Shoe Railway Companys shops,
/ Judge Parmenter to-day decided that the
offense came within the statute in relation
to compelling persons to do acts against
( their will by threats, the punishment tor
which is Imprisonment in State prison moi
exceeding ten years or by a fine not ex-
ceeding $4,000, or both imprisonment and
/ fine, In reviewing the matter Judge Par
menter said the acts alleged and proved in
/ this case are peculiarly offensive to the
free principles which are prevalent in thi,
country and if such practices could enjoy
impunity they would tend to establish 4
( tyranny of cooperative persons over labor
and mechanical business which would be
/ extremely injurious to both The Judge
/ held Hogan in 81 GOO bail on both com.
I plants for trial at the Supreme Court
+ BALTIMORE, March 2S.-John Thnmp.
son Mason, ex-Secretary of State of Mary
land, died suddenly this evening at Elk.
tor. Judge Mason had been engaged il
trying ease in court during the forenoon
and was in his usual health At the din
ner table he was attacked with paralysis
ALBANY, March 2S.-Adams' oratior
on the late Mr. Seward has been set dowr
for Friday, April 18th, at the North Re
formed church in this city. Seward ora
ton on Adams was delivered in the SAINT
church
! CLEVELAND, March 2S.--A scclnt
meeting tn take further steps for the or
ganization Of society for the prevention
OF cruelty n animals. was held last even
ing, The report OF the committee to pre-
pare memorial to the General Assem-
bly, of the State, praying for some legisla
ton to give more effect TO the law passe,
| April 4th, 1871, entitled An act to pre-
vent cruelty to animals, was adopted
ST. Louis, March 2S-George Bryan
negro, was hanged by a mob at Chilli
cothe, Mo, on Wednesday night, for com
mitting an outrage ON Miss Fiske,
highly respectable young lady, Twin
twenty miles from that place.
ALEXANDRIA, March 2S.-Charles Man
ley, colored, convicted of the murder of a
old white man, named Monroe, in Jul
| last, was hung at noon in the presence o
r a large eoncourse of people. The root
I OF ten houses in the vicinity, the steeple
1 and M all prominent points were crowded
S Manley made short speech attributin
ms tate to whisky.
r n, LOUISVILLE, March 2S.-The negr
e Ihomas Smith was hung to-day for Kill
j ing J0seph Braden, in MAY, 1871, twclv
e miieS peioW the city. He declared incey
i sanity nus innocence, even on the scaflolt
e until told to take his stand under the fra,
I when he gave way and confessed II
n guilt, The execution took place nm j
r open common south of the city. prol
e ably 1000 people were present
J, SAN Francisco, March 2S.-John u,
y vine, for the murder of August Lamb. wa
to-day sentenced to be hanged on May 9tI
J. The prisoner desired to make statemel
/ to the court before the sentence was pr
nounced, but the counsel would not pc
nit it.
Of
ID SAN Francisco, March 2S-Last wee
I the schooner Lark sailed from San Dies
for Eursendas She took six convictt
rrrHa 30, Il