The Rock Island daily Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1872-1873, 1873-11-01
TELEGRAFlFf-C.
Failure of the Spragues.
Financial Embarrassment
Everywhere.
Reduction of Wages and of
Employment.
The District of Columbia
Owes Ten Millions.
They want the United States
to pay it.
Congress Costs Four Mil
lions a Year.
Another version of the
Goodrich Murder.
Suit for Property Stolen by
3. Butler.
Accidents, Suicides. Crime
Etc, Etc.
Another version of the
Goodrich Murder.
Suit for Property Stolen by
q. Butler.
Accidents, Suicides, Crime,
Etc, Etc.

hON 1DENCE, W.. hS ltACS " -
& ". Spaague went to protest this after
noon.
New YORK, Oct. 31--J. i. & A. H.
DAILY, 40 New street, in the Southern ship
ping trade, are among the failures an
nounced
Hoyt, Sprague & Co, 5 wooden mills at
Oswego, \. Y, close to day, throwing 500
operatives out of employment,
At Portsmouth.N H. four undred men
were discharged from the navy yard, yes |
terday i
The pooling operations of the Associated
Banks stopped to-day, 1t is not thought
1 that it will interfere with business
The feeling on Wall Street this morning
was not good, though there is no apparent
! inclination towards panic.
II is thought that the assets of the two
houses of Hoyt, Sprague 4 90 and a. q
W. Sprague, will exceed the liabilities
eleven millions. but their fate Is IN the
hands of their creditors.
The feather factory at West Hoboken
has been closed. Two hundred hands
were thrown out of employment. The Erie
Railway is reducing the force in the shops.
Those retained put in three quarters time.
At a meeting Of the directors OF the
Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad, to-day, no
, proyision was made for paying the coupons
due tomorrow, but instead it was decided
To ask the bondholders to fund the four
coupons next maturing, into per cent in-
r come bonds The company promises an
early statement to the creditors and bond
holders. The Express says the default
will no doubt, damage American railway
/ credit in Europe. and the result here is a
q serious inconvenience to many small IN
vestors.
BATAVIA, H., October 81 The United
, States Wind Engine and Pump Company,
/ the Newton Wagon Mandatory and the
h Challenge Mill Company, all of this place,
y have each reduced their working time tC
! nine hours per day. Fortunately the
l. stockholders in these institutions are pecu
IS niarly so situated and the goods they man
it ufacture are so greatly in demand thai
q they will be enabled to run with quite {
: strong force throughout the winter. The
" papermill is at present compelled to ruI
'e night and day in order to supply its orders
n The stone quarries, which give employ
,r mept to large number of men in the sum
- mer season are employing but few men a
present.
LIP. Barker, one of our heaviest stone
dealers and railroad contractor, ha
"A ceased work on his contract in Indiana
~ ~ discharged his workmen, and has returne'
- - to Batavia from his inability to procure, a
= present, money to carry forward his enter
no prise.
n. WASHINGTON, Oct. 3l.-Mr Dent, tn
t. father of Mrs Grant, is lying dangerousl
es i'll, with no prospect Of recovery.
to The clergy of Washington have arrange
a for a general collection for the relief of tn
to yellow fever sufferers in Memphis.
ol From statement prepared by Commi
a sioner Drummond, of the General Ian
"a Office, for the forthcoming report, it al
nj pears that the total number of acres (
he public lands disposed of by the departmer
,c- the past year is over 100000, an exec:
nd of l,l65,000 over the previous year. III
tlv cash receipts foot up to S3,40S, 900. I
Id, the lands PA, $40 were located with milit
Ter ry warrants and nearly 1000, 900 taken Fl
of homesteads.
The bonded Indebtedness of the Distri
of Columbia is 50, 900, ,25l, including Il
corporation of Washington and Georg
of town.
H. 1t is estimated that the expense of Il
80 legislative branch of government salarl
III for the year shows a large increase. /
SIS total is So, $4,000
NIB DUBUQUE, Oct 3I-Sheriff Leddy "
ght terday served notice on sixteen life inst
of ance companies in this city for the amou
:, of $2l7 800. Suits are brought becau
the the companies neglected to file with t
nth Auditor of State sworn statement OF tn
ing condition and procure certificates author
lrd ing them to engage in the business.
'oa The farm of Sheffield, the default
i, IL . President of the Merchants Bank, v
,n aet sold yesterday and bought by Bishop Fl,
lrn messy, one of the principal creditors of {
90 bank. r. A. Babbage, the defaulting
r;se aa shier of the bank, has absconded.
use ST. JOSEPH, Mo-, Oct, 3l.-A. Broo
II manager of the Northwestern departm
ling of the Life Ins. Association of Ameri
r was arrested, charged with the embez,
mept of four thousand dollars. He
,ita- sent to Jail in default of eight thousi
m is dollars bail He refuses to explain.
rug New YORK, Oct. 3l-Mrs. Anna
| try Park, of Brooklyn, who from the nom
Ihen of Lucette Myers arrest on the charge
ron completely in the Goodrich murder in
t up ested herself in Lucette's behalf and t
rap her to her own house after her dischal
pro- has n adeA public Lucettes confession
II VI winch the following is a summary Lu
loto- te was followed to her home in Star
ways street, New York, by Goodrich and he
ten visited her afterwards. Roscoe
rect, Beach also visited her. Kate Stodd
I'm called several times on Lucette to lear
. Goodrich visited her and manifested
Ter to Iii Goodres i ip ssS's oas seRs eRs IN
parting with Goodrich, Lucette and B,
seases ,a,t 10 Gnodriob,S e bo,,so 4; n1 80 - -
estiye "en' w ~ iu DegfaW stl
and aud entered with Ialse keys, hid in
i, ii is set X ate Stoddard and (ioodrieh ont
yes in - f.-,,l IL ...,.oI1 q - ~'io
added. sooh a.Soi al "a anu 1oai Clcu ioF soIne
Then Lucette heard shot and thre,
- four more in succession. She burst 1
ac the closet and saw Roscoe, pistol in |
Oo' leaning over Goodrich and Kate kee
the blood from his forehead Roscoe
atened to shoot Lu ette, but let her Q
III Mass her promising secrecy. She then