The Rock Island daily Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1872-1873, 1873-08-27
Senator Morton gives up his
Steal.
An attempt to Smuggle
Diamonds.
Crime. Fire. etc.

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New YORK, Aug. 2G.-Competition be-
tween the trunk lines for W Nestern freights
continues and another general reduction
in the tariffs BY the Erie, New York Cen
tral, and Pennsylvania Central has lust
been adopted The following is the list of
stations, with the reduction and new rates
per hundredweight, for first-class general
merchandise, which includes dry goods,
boots and shoes, ready-made clothing etc:
From New York to Toledo, reduced from
IS cents to 81 cents Detroit, reduced from
50 to 2S Cleveland, reduced from 45 TO %;
Columbus, reduced from 60 to 80 Cincin-
| natl, reduced from 20 to 81 ; Indianapolis,
reduced from 81 to IS; Louisville, Ky,
reduced from S6 to 40; Nashville, Tenn,
reduced from 81. .IUto73; Memphis, Tenn,
reduced from 5 81 to 9S st. Louis, Mo,
reduced from 81 TO 55; Fort Wayne, Ind,
reduced from % to 35; Chicago and Mil
waukee, reduced from 53 to Is. Atchison
and Leavenw0rth, reduced from 5 39 to 81;
/ Kansas City and St Joseph, reduced from
| 81 SO To O..
/ To Lake Erie ports which include Cleve-
I land, Toledo and Detroit, steam rates have
/ been reduced to twenty-tour cents, and to
/ Lake Michigan ports, which include Chic
ago Milwaukee and Green Bay, with steam
around the lakes, the tariff for tirst-class
goods is twenty-seven cents.
! Several of the outside city railway ticket
offices have recently made a considerable
reduction in the price of tickets TO promi-
nent points in the " est,
Fare to Cleveland is thus reduced from
Sl4.2j to $3.50; to Chicago, from So u
/ $3.50; to Cincinnati. from $50 to SIS.
None Of the regular Broadway offices
have been authorized u make a reduction.
but they will probably be compelled to
come down to the cheap rates, or lose bus
mess
WORCESTER, Mass, Aug. 2G.-Gen.
Butler opened the gubernatorial campaign
tonight by speech 10 Mechanics Hall,
which was filed to overhowing When
Butter appeared on the platform three
cheers were teebly given and yolley OF
hlsses, but the speech was attentively lis
tened TO and effective portions applauded
After two hours mingled sarcasmS and
statistics well woven in his own defence
the General closed without interruption
from any source
| BosToN, Aug pa raid was made to
day upon prominent liquor dealers by the
State cOnstabulary Some $1,000 wortl
OF liquors were seized.
/ WORCESTER, Mass. Aug % - The
trial of the German beer dealers in thi
city was concluded to-day. The defense
offered was that the beer sold was Schenk
beer and not Intoxicating The jury wa,
out six hours but failed TO agree, severa
being for conviction and six for acquittal
After the jury had reported the court ad
journed sine die The result is considered
as a victory for the Germans, and the cas
will probably be dropped by the govern
ment.
CAIRO, Aug. 26.-The counsel for tn
murderer, Campbell. failed to secure wri
, of supersedeas, owing TO the fact tina
| Judge Breese found the record imperfect
An attempt will probably be made to in
duce the Governor to commute the sent
/ ence or grant a respite from next Friday
$ the day set for the execution,
t CHICAGO, Aug 26-John Puffenberger
the engineer involved in the slaughter a
Lemont, will tomorrow be admitted to ba
3 i'll $1,000.
New YORK, Aug. 2G.-N. L. Lancaste,
n of Chicago, returning there for the benef
e OF his health, arrived from Europe on Sat
urday. having with him 100000 worth c
diamonds obtained in the gold fields c
South Africa. On landing at the piel
n Custom Officer Livingston took from Lar
+ caster the small satchel containing the dia
DO IL Il.
caster denied having dutiable goods. TIL
Q latter gentleman, however, asserts he tol
= the inspector he had diamonds and az
counted for their possession by saving h
had dug some and purchased others
@ South Africa, He also claims there is n
a duty on uncut diamonds and denies h
made any attempt at concealment, havin
c displayed them among his fellow -passer
- gers and refused offers of purchase, desil
h ing them for his own use Lancaster goe
= to Washington to demand the restoratio
of his property, and will bear with hiI
n aflidavits of late associate travellers, cer
titylng to the truthfulness of his own stat.
ment.
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal. Aug. AT Sa
Jose. Orin Dubois has had in his employ
Chinese cook, young man, who fell
/ love with his daughter Alice, Il years ,
age, but his passion was not reciprocate,
The Chinaman obtained her photograp
? which she demanded should be returnet
IF Y yesterday he gave back the picture and
the same time fired three shots, but h,
C. steel corsets turned the bullets The gi
t ran Oft, when the Chinaman blew his ow
+ brains out. The girl was not hurt
le ST. LOUIS, Aug. 26.-The bodies of Pl
y mer and Rexrods, killed on the Tolet
~ ~ road, were yesterday taken to Blander
le vile, where an inquest was held. The We
II dict OF the Coroners jury was that tn,
nc u had been murdered by parties unknov
Vi and placed on the track to conceal Il
rs crime; Several bullet holes were found
lie their bodies.
d. The citizens of Fulton. Mo, held
meeting yesterday, at which resolutio
G. were adopted strongly condemning Il
OK mob law and In favor of bringing all tho
m engaged in lynching Peter Kessier to il
tice, and that all law abiding citizens shou
- assist the officers of the law in ferretil
r. out the guilty parties.
I WASHINGTON, Aug. 26.-Judge ADV
j cate General Holt publishes a stateme
nd defending himself from the charges that
ith when presenting the record of the trial