The Rock Island daily Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1872-1873, 1873-10-27
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Adjournment Oh mo ~ % eaon
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Dea1n Va .
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Large Shipment of Tea over
the Rock Island Road.
Editors Indicted for Libel.
Snow in Wisconsin.



President announced that the Executive
Committee had reelected Charles Ran
delph, Secretary and Treasurer, and select
ed Baltimore as the place for the next
meeting. The report Of the Committee on
Finance was thea taken up for discussion
| CHICAGO, Oct. 25.-The National Board
| of Trade re assembled this morning and
| the consideration of financial questionswas
resumed. Nourse, of Boston, favored the
report of the committeeman amendments, |
providing that Treasury notes cease to be
/ legal tender after specie resumption, the |
| st Monday in July, 1877. After limited
debate the question was postponed to an
adjourned meeting. The amended report |
OF the Transportation Committee was sub
mitted and discussed The first PROPOSE
ton. that Congress may prevent unjust
State restrictions or interstate commerce
was lost BY two thirds vote The second
and third, rejoicing in canal Improvements
eastward. and recommending the improve
ment of the Mississippi river. and referring
to the subject of double track railway
from East to West, with questions ger
: main, to the Executive Committe for future
consideration were adopted favoring recip
rocal trade with Spanish colonies. After
the customary resolutions of thanks the
Board adjourned TO meet at Baltimore, the
second Tuesday IN January next.
CHICAGO, Oct 25.-Judge Sam'l ".
Fuller, one of the Oldest and ablest mem
bers of the bar in this city, died at his res
idence here to-day,
5 The jury in the case of Joshua Puffen-
berger, engineer of the freight train which
, caused the disaster on the Chicago L Al
ton road, near Lemont, brought in YER
dict this noon of Not Guilty Putfen
. berger had been indicted for manslaughter,
a / COLUMBUS. Oct. 25.-The official re.
turns from ali but one county insure the
election of all the Republican State ticket
i but Governor
DpxvpR Col Oct 94-.Iohn G. Hee-
o nan f,rn,arlv noted nng;list the Rene
l. n;a Row came IN This cirv about two
, - o,,o g. do honss, of bic ba.I,b he
t. ba,;,,+ n,erted s,,n,nton,s IT ,n,,t;on
J. - -. a. .bs.sss n tha Ie4,
If I,ne and wh;nb ,ras snnar;ndncad bv the
8 brnst;n@ of a Hood vnssel While SHARING q
J. Ettla mare than half wear ago sfter us
=, iting several points in this territory, in
"a comnanv with Jim Cusick. his former
Is trainer and an old personal friend, he re
is turned to Denver. and, after remaining q
/ short time, started from this city for Cali
foruia Yesterday. While on his Journey hi
|, died at Green River Station, Wyoming, a
Y o clock this morning.
}! MEMPHIS Oct 25-The weather i.
or thick cloudv damn and gloomy TIL,
noon mortuary report gives 25 deaths from
yellow fever. The increase of application
for nurses at the Towards indicate an in
No crease of new cases. Ten nurses arrived
!. from New Orleans last night and all are o.
IT, duty this morning, and there is deman
US for more. DIR. E.A White died this morn
he ing.
a MEMPHIS, Oct. 25.-The yellow feve
deaths TO-DAY were "a. for the week l69,
decrease OF 70 from the previous week
I'd The Board of Health urges absentees t
ty thoroughly entilate and disinfect resider
LIST ces before returning to the city. Notwitt
\ standing the untayorable weather, report
'"' from all sources are very promising this /
at NJ, though the effect of the last sudde
he change from cold to warm and damp weatt
ut err may be seen in day or two in an il
nr creased death list.
Us SAVANNAH. Oct, 25.-A dispatch fro
IL Bainbridge, Ga, says a great many ne
'he cases of yellow fever are reported tn
of evening. The dangerous cases, reporte
~ this morning relapsed and the Deaths
his are hourly expected -Four hundred pc
- sons have left the city and the streets a
1ho deserted. The outgoing trains this eve
eat ing are crowded and vehicles cannot be hs
for love or money.
rec SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,, Oct. 25.-The Graz
jury in the United States District Con
ou were discharged, having done their wor
anu In addition to the indictment for part,
owe pating in the embezzement of Harpe