The Rock Island daily Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1872-1873, 1873-07-11

MASS, July sNsttit
of fraudulent importation from Canada of
ready made clothing and dress goods,
which probably has been carried on for sew
eral years, has been unearthed by United |
States secret service officers, and consid-
cradle amount of such goods seized here, !
and several arrests have been made at
Montpelier.
. SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,, July 9.-The Rail-
road and Warehouse Commissioners were
in session to-day, and had under consider
alton numerous complaints in writing from
various sections of the State, in which the
writer's charge that the railroads have
raised their freight tariffs 100 per cent in
some places, and the general evidence con
tanned in the communications went TO show
that the rates had been increased an aver
age of 80 per cent The Commissioners
directed answer to be sent to each OF the
writer's, of which the following is a sam
pie:
OFFICE OF RAILROAD AND WAREHousEl
COMMISSIONERS,
SPRINGFIELD, July 9, 1873.
DEAR SIR: Your communication of the
Tth inst, is duly received and was consid-
cred by the Commission to-day. 1nreply,
| am directed by the Board to say that IN
der the law, the schedules now being pre-
pared by the Commissioners cannot be
used as prima facie evidence of reasonable
maximum rates in the courts until Jan.
-, 1874. Actions must be brought under
the first and second sections of the act of
May >, 1878 If you have sufficient evi-
dence To convict of extortion before a jury,
your course Of proceeding is plain The
Committee will be thankful for the receipt
n NJ m
knowledge Of the extOrtions in charges for
freight transportation by railroads, and will
gladly give any information in their power
at any time to assist you in enforcing the
law. In conclusion, the Committee assure
you that all means in their power will be
used to secure to the people their just
rights under the law.
Very respectfully,
(Signed A. MCLAUGHLIN,
Sec'y R. and W. Commissioners.
| So far as the Commissioners have com
pared the new with the old schedules, they
agree with the complaints that have been
made, that there has been a general in
crease in the rates. They propose, so soon
as it can be done, to show exactly what the
amount of the increase in detail is on each
road in the State The data or evidence
is being collected, with view Of bringing
"a number of suits to recover damages un-
der the first and second sections of the
railroad law. The Commissioners intend
to hasten these suits with vigor.
The State Board of Equalization will meet
in this city on the second Tuesday in Au-
gust
MEMPHIS, July l0.-Only one death from
cholera reported to the Board of Health
to-day
NASHVILLE July l0.-There were II in
terments in the city to-day, 3 of which
were from cholera. The weather is clear
and pleasant.
Seven deaths in Chattanooga to day all
colored people. There was not a cholera
case among them.
| CINCINNATI, July lO.-Five deaths from
cholera reported to-day.
CLEVELAND, July lO.-The schooner
Annie Mayer arrived at Ashtabula HarboI
from Lake Superior with cargo of SOC
tons of iron ore, consigned to Pittsburg via
the Ashtabula, Youngston 4 Pittsburg r
R., as new route The schooner, which
draws III feet of water, experienced nc
difficulty in entering the harbor during the
heavy sea that prevailed, which fact pre-
diets fiattering future for the new lake
ports.
| CINCINNATI, July lO.-Hugh Doherty
shot and killed Geo. H. Schlagehey al
Lancaster, Ohio, this morning.
ST. Louis, July 1o.-J. Golden, who
has been engaged with the party of Gen
Barrett, in surveying the Cheyenne and
2 Arapahoe Indian reservations has arrived
here from Cheyenne about one hundred
miles north of Fort Scott, Indian Terri
tory. He reports about two thirds of tn,
work completed, and also reports that tn,
Cheyenne Indians, after celebrating theil
medicine festivities, to do which they lef
their reservations, started for Antelop,
hill 1t is not known where they will turI
up next, but their agent does not seem t,
apprehend any trouble.
E Iowa CRY, July lO.-A wind and rain
J storm here at 3 P. NJ. yesterday, was ac
! companied by hail, which devastated tn,
trees, orchards and crops over a limited
area, as effectually as by fire. But fou
farms those of lillian, Hedges, Crawfort
( and Singleton, were SO visited. The storm
} was unusual and remarkable for the com
pleteness of its destructive effect and tn
narrowness OF its range,
, RICHMOND, July lO.-Ihe grand Jur.
4 has found an indictment for the wilfu
murder of Mordecai against four of tn
seconds in the recent duel
NORFOLK, July lO.-George Sands
mate of the United States Navy on dut
. on the q. s. receiving ship New Hamp
shire, at the Navy Yard, committed SUI
eide to-day, by shooting himself throug
= the head with navy revolver The SUI
clde is believed to have been caused b
disappointment in love. The decease
; was son of Joshua r. Sands.
r ST. LOUIS, July l0-J. w. Coan, trave
ing agent for Bamberger & Co., of Phil;
delphia, attempted suicide to day. b
= shooting himself with revolver. He ha
9 wife and children at Elgin, ILL.,
WASHINGTON, July 1o-Ex- Vice Pres
1 dent Schuyler Colfax has written lett,
reiterating his innocence of the Oak,
), Ames charges, and expressing his detern
" ination to have matters cleared up by IL
L next Congress. Abiding to Mr.. John
N Drew, the Burlington VT, attorney, !
writes they will be able to prove that Il