The Rock Island daily Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1872-1873, 1873-08-29
And the horrible Massacre
which followed.
Another Story about the
Iowa Robbers.
Accidents, Suicides, MUIR
ders, etc.

CHICAGO, Aug. 2S edward Beane, the
freight conductor involved in the Lemont
disaster, was at noon yesterday captured
at Nance, ILL.,, and driven here in buggy.
He is now in Jail The person making the
arrest is Simon Miller, a merchant of Ma
nee, who will receive the $1,000 reward
offered by the railroad company for Beane
arrest
LANCASTER, Aug. 2S.-Henry Ward
Beeeher, in the open air last evening, de
livered the closing address of the Women's
Suffrage Convention, to about 1000 people
NEwBURG, n Y, Aug. 2S. "A commit
tee of citizens have undertaken to improve
the appearance of W Washington' s headquar-
ters in this city.
ST. Louis, Aug. 2S-The Spanish fever
or the Texas cattle disease, has broken out
in the diaries Of this city, and some twenty
five cows have died in the past two days.
1t Is not known how the disease was com
municated to the dairy cattle, but the san
itary officers are making thorough inves-
tigation of the matter There are no evi-
dences OF the disease in the stock yards,
and every precaution will be taken to pre-
vent the spread Of the plague.
/ San Francisco. Aug. 2S.-A man
named irwin in Jail here c0ntesses himself
the murderer Of Benjamin Nathan, of New
! y Hork. He says the housekeeper' son got
/ them to do the murder. They determined
/ To use chlorofornl. He SAYS: The dog
was stolen from ship carpenters chest
( We entered the house at the back. The
/ hOusekeepers 5 son went in and left the
/ latch up So We could get in without trouble
/ After we got into the cellar | heard the
/ bell ring nine. 1t seemed o. me an hour
or an hour and half that we were there
/ in the dark. When the man came down
! he said I've finished the old. | have got
in my house in New York some Pacific
mail stock, some Boston, Hartford
and Erie, and some other
things / took from the old man.
We only got between 10000 and $1,000.
The safe was open when we went up. We
stayed till about o'clock in the morning.
just as we went out the front door a man
was passing on the other side of the street
with tin pail. He looked at US; then a
girl came along, shop girl; she looked
around and took particular notice of us
My wife is in New York and | have q
daughter Is years old | don't want tC
tell you the names Of either of these men
have told the chief of police, but | an
afraid they are not going 10 work about il
the right way I've been expecting to see
it come ever since. | don't want to be
hung, but | am willing to suffer justice.
. was born at Sunnyside they call it liv
ingston. | am related to Washington Ir
win.
NEW ORLEANS, Aug. 2S.-A specia
from Waco, Texas, to the Pcayune, say
the stage driver brings in news that
large body of Indians surprised and cap
, tured Fort Sill, in the Indian Territory
massacreing the women, children anC
nearly half of the fourth United State
Cavalry.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 2S.-The War De
partment up to three P. NJ, has not receiy
t ed any advices concerning the reported
massacre by Indians at Fort Sill.
; LEXINGTON, Mo-, Aug. 2S.-It is as
serted by those who know, that four or fivt
of the Iowa train robbers have made thei
rendezvous in this (Laiayette) county. Tw,
of them were at Dover, Just below Lexlng
ton, day before yesterday, mounted OF
. splendid horses. tbs believed the other
were near by, as they do not trust them
selves far away from each other. Thre,
days ago three of the gang rode through
; the streets Of Lexington and publicly mad
some purchases and went away. The citi
zens are awed by them
+ COUNCIL BLUFFS, Aug. 2S.-A fata
e stabbing affray occurred near this city to
a day. the parties being two farmers name,
respectively Thos E. Davis and Chas
e Granville The trouble seems to hav
- originated while the parties were engage
h IN attending threshing machine and re
80 suited IN Davis plunging knife into til
bowels OF the latter, causing almost instan
n death.
HALIFAX, Aug. 2S.-Over 100 vessel
were drive ashore at the several barber
of Cape Breton during the recent storm
which was by far the most severe one fo
years The destruction of property o
/ land was immense.
LITTLE Rock, Aug. 2S.-IIon. Elish
? Morse, judge Of the thirteenth judicial di.
f trict, was shot last night by some unknow
person, and died to-day A criminal il
/, timacy is believed to have been the caus,
/ BosToN, Aug, 2S.-Wm. r. Boyc,
iSsluell vi lbe IHltu Atdtluiidi DdHk
e Lynn, committed suicide last evening.
z PoUGHKEEPsIE, n. Y, Aug 2S-J.
% Rosenquist, Cashier of the First Nations
n Bank of Tarrytown, has committed suicid
D, LOUISVILLE, Aug. 2S.-Capt. Edwar
Of halbrock, who was thrown from the sire,
RS ear last night, died of his injuries tn
lie morning. lie was one Of the pioneers
NJ the tobacco trade in this, city.
New York, Aug. 2s.-Thomas Co
4 nelly was this noon killed by the fall of
TX derrick at the custom house.
III Troy, y. Y. Aug. 2s.-A blind ma
- and his wife were Killed to-day at Batt
by Hudson River Railroad train.
n. TERRE HAuTE, Ind, Aug. 28.-By
he collision at Macksville, on the Vandal
Of, road this afternoon, J. w. Candague, fo
mt mer superintendent, and four others, we
cir badly hurt and two engines totally wrecke
LEwIsTowN, Me-, Aug. 2s.-By ct
lision on the driving park this morning
a.. a. tween the horses Bismarck and Mary, Il
l. III Al a L n