The Rock Island daily Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1872-1873, 1873-06-16
TELEGRAPHIC.
Gen. Sherman's Views on
the Modoc Question.
The Douglas Estate.
Bill to set aside a Judgment
Scheme to Suppress
Publicity.
Farmers' Meeting in Ind.
AAC < GOSkOOAt WALL 80 ~
Philadelphia on the
Fourth.
The Cholera.
An Enraged Father at
tempts to Murder the
Lover of his Daughter.
One Negro Kills another.
and then commits Suicide
to avoid arrest.
An Enraged Father at
tempts to Murder the
Lover of his Daughter.
One Negro Kills another,
and then commits Suicide
to avoid arrest.
Fires, Crimes,
Etc. Etc.

New YORK, June l4-Gen. Sherman
had conversation with a reporter last
evening, and is made to say Of Gen. JEFF.
{. Davis, concerning his Indictment of
Capt. Jack and the preparations tor hang
ing him and some Of his associates If /
the statement is correct. there is no doubt |
that Gen. Davis must have exceeded his /
duty. and he will be held responsible for /
his act He should be guided by military |
rules and the law. We all know they are
murderers The President himself says
they are mUrdererS. and, had Gen. Davis !
shot them while they were being pursued |
do not think that he would have exceed !
ed his duty He did not do this, and
could not afterwards shoot them in cold
blood Gen. Davis report u Gen Scho-
field, Gen. Sherman said, may differ
from that published in the papers Davis
is too experienced an officer 10 do anything
that would bring Odium upon the army, or
lay himself open to q military court martial
for exceeding his duty as an officer The
General thinks there will be no difficulty
about disposing of the Modocs who are un-
der arrest Those found guilty Of murder
will be hanged or shot. and if it Is proved
that there was an agreement for a general
uprising among the tribes, others will re
ceIve some punishment as q warning II
Indians. He remarked, huwrser, thai 1t
was pity that the guilty MOd0cs were not
shot at first, and then all this Commission
/ business and expense would have been
avoided As 10 the killing, already, Of a
/ few prisoners Gen. Sherman says that
/ those who committed the deed are low
blackguards and murderers, who had
nothing whatever TO do with the army
/ SAN Francisco, June 1.-THE report
/ ed conversation of Gen Davis with Bunker.
the representative of the Bulletin, is un-
questiouably correct 1t came here in the
form of an interview, with questions and
answers The War Department did not
believe the report that Davis had engaged
Modoes against ModOcs, and gone on a
scout with them. Events proved the cor
rectness Of the account that Davis had
prepared timbers for the scafolds to hang
the Modocs, and only orders from Wash
ington prevented the execution of his plans
CHICAGO, July Robert NJ Doug
las. Stephen \. Douglas, Jr., and Adele
Williams, by their next friend. have begun
an action In the Superior Court against
Susan W Harris and Robert Williams, to
set aside Judgment obtained in the Su-
perior Court by Mrs. Harris against the
plaintiffs for $50, 0,62S. &C. 1t is claimed in
. the bill filed that there is nothing due de.
t PENDANTS in the judgment The property
e against which said Judgment was obtained
l is in Cook county. Considerable energy
has been displayed to keep the facts of the
case away from the public but although
0 for the nonce successful, in a day or tw(
' they will be obliged to return the bill tt
Il Ill, Al
the case will receive the fullest publicity
possible.
INDIANAPOLIS, June IA large meet
ing of farmers and labOring men was helt
at Shelbyville, Ind, to-day Several ad
+ dresses were made, and resolutions Wer
!, adopted, condemning the salary grabbers
: railroad monopolies, and m0neyed aristoc
4 racy.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa, June 14-Presi
i dent Grant has accepted the invitation q
o the Centennial Commission to participat
|, on the approaching 4th of July, in the cer
e emonies attending the transfer of tn
4 grounds in Paramount Park to the CommiS
sion for the exhibition of 1876.
MEMPHIS, June l4-There were oul
e twelve interments here to-day from all di,
Is eases, against seventeen yesterday. FC
d, the week ending last evening the intel
70 ments were ll9, of which only So were {
e cholera.
!" SPRINGFIELD, ILLS, june 14.-Abor
n noon to-day, John Taylor, negro, she
y and killed another negro, Monroe Brow
e. and afterward killed himself to avoid a
ly rest These men had quarrel about te
in days ago, and since then Taylor has threa
:; ened to punish Brown Taylor lived nei
: the northeast part of the city. Brown ha
IL small farm at a short distance. Th
It, morning Taylor children went into one
d. Brown fields, from which the owner e.
PEELED them This enraged Taylor and |
& went into the field, and this provoking
quarrel, Taylor was badly punished. I
- then went to his house aud got a doub
- barrel gun, with which he approached Il
! n premises, and, seeing Brown, fred one ba
rel The charge took effect in his breas
but Brown rushed toward the murdere
who fred a second charge which strut
Brown in the head The wounded In;
then walked across the street and expir'
as he entered house Taylor then we
T to his own house, told his wife what he h;
- done, and reloaded his gun. He then i
a declaring that he would kill himself rath
q than be taken. The police went to Il
iR scene of the murder as soon as possib
and followed Taylor about three miles ca
OF the city. Ihey soon came in sight
him and he saw them, but did not run
m try to hide. When they came within
III short distance he halted, placed the o
to his left side and fired into his body 1
lived about two hours, and said he Kill
Brown because Brown had whipped hi
and that he committed suicide because
could not afford to be tried
L. EVANSVILLE, Ohio, June 14.-Last e.
ming DR.. Lewis, physician of the Eigh
Ward, was informed that his daugh
had left home with one Thomas Smi
chief clerk of the Baltimore & Ohio r;
road shops at this place, in buggy LIE
is followed them, and found they took [
~. pike toward New Concord, and at Il
- point had turned towards home, find