The Rock Island daily Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1872-1873, 1873-03-18
The New Cabinet.
Strike of Locomotive En-
gineers.
Great Demonstration in fa-
vor of Home Rule in
Ireland.
Other Items of Interest.

New YORK, March l1.-ClarksOn n.
Potter, Democratic member of Congress
| from this State, declines to receive the
back pay due him under the recent act in
creasing salaries.
/ WASHINGTON, March IA Cabinet
meeting was called by the President this
morning to consider nominations to the
Senate the President being desirous Of
completing this business in order that the
/ Senate may adjourn sine die at its c0nven-
fence. All the members excepting Mr..
Cresswell were present
/ The President has sent TO the Senate
I the nomination Of William 4. Richardson
with the rest Of the Cabinet for renewal
/ Of Office.
/ ST LOUIS, March IA partial strike
! of engine drivers on the St Louis, Kansas
/ City l. Northern Railroad took place
at Kansas City and one or two other
points on that road Saturday night, and
several freight trains stopped and few
passengers were'delayed The demonstra-
/ ton grew out of demand on the part Of
the members of the Brotherhood of Loco
motive Engineers that Chas Chapman
not a member of the brotherhood, who
had been given an engine should be dis
charged. The company refused this de-
mand.
The strike on the St. Louis, Kansas
/ City 4 Northern Railroad assumed a Sc
riOus character to-day Several locomo
tives have been thrown from the track a
| Moberly, and some property destroyed
Water tanks have been tapped at Hunts
vile, and emery put in the axle-boxes o
running trains Governor WoodsOn ha
ordered Companies 4 and B, Nationa
Guards, Of this city, to go up the road to
morrow, arrest the rioters, and preserve
order
SYRACUSE, y. Y, March Saturda.
night man named Smultz was stabbed
and killed by two brothers named Andres
with whom there had been dispute con
cernlng a game Of cards. The Andre
were arrested.
This afternOan man named keeler
aged p, murdered his cousin, Ida Spencer
aged IA, in her mothers cellar, with al
iron bar used for breaking open boxes
keeler then ran down towards the Centra
railroad depot 4 freight train had jus
started for the east, and he attempted t
jump on the caboose for the purpose c
escaping, when, missing his hold, he fe
back upon the track, his head striking
rail killing him Instantly The cause fo
the crime is not known The parties NOV
ed in good society
INDIANAPOLIS, March l1-Chas Hunt
a well-known tobacconist of this city SUI
cided this morning by shooting hinself /
the head Financial trouble is the SUI
posed cause
Louis BaZan an ex- journalist, shot an
kill Conrad Hartman in saloon fight
Evansville, Ind, yesterday
MEMPHIS, Tenn. March lT.-Jac
ketchum, notorious desperate, was she
and killed Saturday night at Mason depo
e on the Louisville railway, by a negro calle
The Butcher, while attempting to brea
| into his house. The Butcher ordere
him off, and Ketchum not needing th
command, was shot through the body wit
load of buckshot The Butcher fee
LONDON, March 1.-The demonstri
tion by the Irish population in favor {
home rule in Ireland, and amnesty fl
imprisoned Fenians, for which arrang,
ments had been making for some tim
took place at Hyde Park yesterday, au
was participated in by very large nun
, bers.
! The authorities made every preparatiC
for the suppression of disorder, but thel
r was no disturbance except in one cas-
: where an excited person attacked one
| the grenadier guard because the latter ha
3 on red coat In the scufle which ensue
| the arm OF the soldier was broken.
E LONDON, March I7,-Gladstone wi
probably resume the premiership. In IL
d House of Commons this afternoon. |
r stated that last evening he received con
e munication from the Queen, announcir
/, that there was no prospect that the oppos
Y ton would form a new Government. H
replied, placing his services at her MAZE
. tvs disposal, and undertaking TO consu
:. with his colleagues They were now el
gagged in considering what steps they shoul
: take and he proposed meanwhile that ii
House adjourn until Thursday.