The Rock Island daily Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1872-1873, 1873-03-04
IELEGRAREH RHlG.
The Presidents Salary to
be Doubled.
Congressman to get 81 500.
v. P, Speaker and Judges
to get 10000.
The People to pay it.
The Military Prison Bill
passes the Senate.
- --
Rock Island Arnory gets
$3.50, 900.
Oakes Ames has his little
Joke.
A Grant. omce-holder gets
away with $54, 900 of the
the peoples cash.
New York Street Railways
to pay the city 5 per cent.
Eorgeries on the Bank of
England-Great Ex-
element.
A Grant ofhce-ho1der gets
away with $54, 900 of the
the peoples cash.
New York Street Railways
to pay the city 5 per cent.
Eorgeries on the Bank of
England-Great Ex-
element.
Other Items of Interest.

| W WASHINGTON, March 3.-The commit
/ tee of conference agreed to fix salaries as
follows: President, $4,000; Vice Presi-
dent, Speaker, Judges Of the Supreme
Court, $4,000; Senators and Represen-
! tatlves, 81 800 per annum, without other
allowances.
The bill appropriating $3.50. 900 for Rock
Island armory and arsenal has passed both
Houses.
SENATE. Logan called up the bill
to establish military prison, Passed
HoUsE.-The item of $3.50. 900 for 4
shop at the Rock Island Arsenal was re
tanned
Pennsylvania Avenue. along which the
grand inaugural parade will move. is al
ready decorated along its entire length.
Numerous military organizations are al
ready represented here, and West Point
cadets are conspicuous The streets and
public departments are throneed with
strangers, and a holiday appearance is
presented
A member Of the House of Representa-
uyes on Saturday sent a page to various
members, requesting that they not only
write their names in his autograph book.
but append motto or sentiment. When
the book was presented to Oakes Ames he
wrote with his signature: Put what YOU
have where it viii do the most good.
The deficiency In the accounts of the late
Postmaster at New Orleans, Mr. Lowell.
amounts to $4,000
BosToN, March IA majority of the
Committee of the Legislature on the sub
Ject Will report tomorrow in favor of
woman suffrage
NEW YORK, March 3-The several or
ganizations of German Republicans pro
pose meeting protesting against the char
ter
During a Spiritualist conference at
Apollo Hall last night one of the mediums
exhibited certain pasteboard faces and
false heads, which he said the medium
Gordon has been in the habit of present
ing at his seances as genuine spirits.
A large number of clubs, associations
and companies left last evening and this
morning for Washington.
Chas F. Durant, the famous aropaut
died at his residence in Jersey City.
A note OF issue in the appeal of Stokes.
has been filed in the general term, but will
not be argued at present.
The Board of Assistant Aldermen this
afternoon concurred with the Aldermen in
the adoption OF resolution that the differ
ent street railroad companies pay the CITY
five per cent of their gross receipts.
LONDON, March 3.-The discovery of
frauds on the Bank of England
causes the greatest excitement in financial
circles. 1t is impossible to state the
amount Of the forgeries, as everything is
involved in mystery 1t is thought the
torgeries were perpetrated by a ring of
American Swindlers. i
SAN FRANcIsco, March "A dispatch
from San Buenaventura tonight saws
geo Martin, a native of Huron county,
ohio, engaged in dispute about land
boundary with Geo. Hogrand when the
after shot him dead The neighbors
'elzed the murderer, refused to give him |
Up, held him till he had an examination
before the coroner, then took him to the |
nearest tree and hanged him. He con |
essed to the murder but said he intended |
Q have killed two other persons in the |
'laee. His son and his father had killed |
wo men before he murdered Martin.
CINCINNATI, March "a dispatch
rom Frankfort, KY, says that on Satur-
lay night band of men seized and whipped
white man named Hayden, four miles
rom that place, 50 severely that it is
heught he will die from the injuries.
TOLEDO, March 3.-The wooden ware
nanufaetory belonging to the Union Man
Itacturing Go. was destroyed by fire this
morning, together with its contents.
Ioss, $4,000; insurance, $4,000.
New YORK March 3.-This evening a
ire broke out on the fifth floor of the build
ng Nos 35 and 81 Vesey street Owing
o the high winds the FIRE spread rapidly,
nd in short time the fine building was a
mass of ruins Pelletrain & Raynor, htho-
iraphie printers, occupied the four upper
leors and basement, lose about fifty thou
and. The Christian Leader was dam
:gea $4,000. The building, which is en-
n nIeaY destroyed was valued at $4,000.
:,s AiineTlean me, ca, lea Co. occupied an ad-
oinlng building. and lose $4,000.