The Rock Island daily Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1872-1873, 1873-05-06
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DIXoN, Ill, May G-Words cannot des-
eribe the terrible calamity Of Sabbath P
NJ Mourners and their sympathizing
friends are to be found iu nearly every
household here. There were i funerals
yesterday. To day the funerals Of the
following take place Mrs. Col H. T.
Noble, Miss Kate Sterling Miss Irene
Baker, J. r. Mason. Emma Deming, Bes-
sic Pavne, Mrs. Wm Eann and her
daughter Ida, Mrs. f. Wallace, Mr.
Dana daughter Minnie, and others. Mr.
Seth Heviemore and Mrs VIM. \. Nanu,
reported among the wounded. died last eve
ming, and Mrs. ?. NJ. Alexander on Mon
day forenoon.
There has been large derrick erected
on the north side Of the bridge and the
net work of the bridge in the bottom of
the river is being removed, and it is hoped
that the bodies Of those not yet recovered
will be found
Il is feared that the extent Of the calam-
ity has not yet been learned rs there may
have been many on the bridge from the
. the country whose names have not yet been
reported
Special artists are q; work here in the
interest of the various illustrated papers
Col Il. T. Noble had d narrow escape
He held Mrs. DIR. Smith little child. two
+ years old and went down to the bottom of
+ the river with it and came up and saved
! the little girl and barely saved himself
| Noble work was done by Sheriff Berkley
Judge Crabtree and others in recovering
the victims
COLUMBUS, May 5.-The House to-day
adopted the following
/ WHEREAS The action of the last Con
gress, increasing the compensation Of mem
bers thereof. the present United States
and other officers, was unnecessary,
uncalled for, distasteful to the pe0-
pie of Ohio, and, it Is believed, to the
whole nation, Its speedy repeal is earnestly
demanded by the people therefore
Resolved, That our Senators and Repre-
sentatives be requested to zealously use all
honorable effort to procure the repeal Of
said law or 50 much as relates to such
compensation, at the earliest practical pc
rod
NEW YORK. May Capt. Hindley, Of
this city, has received letter dated Lava
Beds, April 20th, in which the writer says;
" have just come in from Capt Jack
stronghold. where | have been in a fight
for the last three days | went as volun-
teer, and was attached to Maj Thomas
battery OF four corpora mortars, and II was
the mOrtars which drove the Indians out
five thousand infantry could not have done
it in six months, without the loss of one
half Of the command " urds cannot de,
scribe the character of these beds News
paper reporters may try to do it, but they
cannot convey an idea Since the fight
have been through part of the beds ant
that was enough for me: it isimpossible Il
tell what damage we have done to the In
dians, as they concealed or buried theil
dead, and the former is very easy as al
they have to do is merely to throw the bod
les into crevice and"Then fill it up witt
rocks. We have however found ii dea(
bodies. The beds are full of caves. ant
many are undoubtedly hid away, for ever!
once in a while a stray shot comes out
Our cavalry have gone out in pursuit w
have here six dead, 20 wounded and abou
the latter number on crutches, iron
sprained ankles from falling over rocks
To give you some faint idea of the sharl
rocks, one-half Of our men went in witt
with new shoes and came out mostly bare
footed and feet bleeding,
4 detachment of $50 United States sol
, diers left here yesterday for the Modo
country
A c. White, a member Of the Stoc
Exchange, was found dead in bed at hi
house on Staten Island yesterday.
/, JAS. Ledwith, while drunk, yesterday
attacked Edward King with a eutlass an
fatally injured him.
corpus Christ letter, dated Apr
list says that two bands of Mexican rot
pefs, numbering thirty each, are operatin
! III Nueces county, Texas. saeking store
and roDDlng travellers Farmers have bee
compelled to leave their work to prote,
:, their homes A party of fifteen citizer
! pursued one gang discovered evidence IL.
over 200 cattle had been stripped of the
T. hides, caught up with the band. and s9t.
afght, captured seven horses whose sat
dies were empty.
, WASHINGTON May 5.-(fen. Sherman
In a conversation on Modoc affairs, shoy
that he fully appreciates the situatio
II All reinforcements required will be sent
Gen Schofeld without delay, to the la
ee man that can be spared. A regiment W
be conveyed to Omaha, to be in readine
for prompt movement A body OF tol
hundred Indian scouts viii be raised +