The Rock Island daily Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1872-1873, 1873-04-11
Prof. Big Lie don't Fly.
Gree1ey's Life Insurance
Paid.
More Railroad Swindling,
Accidents, Fires, Grimes,
Etc, Etc.

ALBANY, April I0.-In the assembly
tonight resolution was adopted to arrest
and bring before the bar Of the House VIM.
NJ. Tweed, Jay Gould and John B. Dutch
er, for refusing to appear and testify before
the Erie investigation committee.
NEW YORK, April l 0.-The Suns Al
bany correspondent gives the following as
the list of Senators who last year receiv-
ed $1,000 each for voting against the pro
rata freight bill, as brought out in the
Erie investigation: George Bowen, Laren
Allen, Gabriel 7. Narrower and james
Wood
Professor Cantell A. Biglie, of the Wis
consn University, failed to keep his APP
pOintment yesterday to fly from the pinnacle
of Trinity church steeple to Bowling Green,
disappointing thousands of scientists and
patrons Of science who congregated on the
street and house tops in the neighborhood
IN response to a special invitation. In the
light Of the disappointment they are able
to syllable the professor S name.
The insurance on Horace Greeley life.
$l00,000, has been collected This policy
is the largest paid in the last decade,
Specie dealers are complaining Of the
United States mint for delaying the issue
of new silver coins The officials statesthat
the new dies are not ready and they cannot
issue the coins from the old ones
The first yellow fever patient seen at
Quarantine this season. arrived yesterday
from Rio Janeiro The authorities have
taken every precauti0n to arrest the pro
gress Of the disease and have no fears of
an epidemic
John Hanly, the youthful hero of the
Atlantic disaster, visited the stock ex-
change to day and received $233.
Paris letters say that Of twenty millions
of francs subscribed in France for the CON
struction of the imaginary memphis 4 FL
Paso railroad eighteen and a half millions
went into the pockets Of those engineering
the scheme, and the remainder was used
to make extravagant contracts, that the
sale OF bonds might be further stimulated
In the postal car investigation to-day
Mr.. Hinckley argued in favor Of railroad
companies being paid by measurement in
stead Of weight for carrying mail matter
and against being compelled to use patent
heating apparatus in postal ears n Da-
Wis, associate superintendent of the postal
service, replied for the government and
read statement showing that Middle and
Eastere State railroads were paid an ad-
vance OF twenty per cent. since 1867, and
IN some instances on western roads as high
as 100 and even 80 per cent.
Davis said he considered postal cars a
necessity, because of the time saved in de-
livering mail matter and the relief given
to large post offices, which otherwise
would have to be provided with additional
appointments for distributing and regulat
ing mails. Hinckly believed the new
postal bill would compel railroad c0mpa-
MES to carry mails at a compensation
which they regarded inadequate, and leave
it optional with the companies to carry the
mail or not Adjourned
HALIFAX, April l0.-Two schooners ar
rived this morning with lot of goods saw
ed from the wreck of the steamer Allan
tie. The Collector of Customs went down
| to the wreck to-day
The New J York wreckers arrived at the
scene of the wreck to-day. They got all
their apparatus in order, and Will com
mence work tomorrow morning. They
will probably blow a hole in the shin.
Three bodies of strange passengers were
recovered to-day The body of Brindly
was washed ashore at Lewenburg to-day,
40 miles west Of the wreck. There was
| life preservers on the body
| SAN Francisco, April l0.-This after
noon John Samuels shot and Instantly kill
| ed Ehhu 4 Marchant, in the office of the
latter on Montgomery street, firing four
shots, two taking effect in one side and the
other through the head, Samuels gave
himself into custody. 1t is reported that
| Marchant attempted to seduce one of Sam
uels daughters over a year since. De
ceased was married and the father of sew
| enteen children.
| DETROIT, April l0-Robert McFadden,
| the tax collector of Pittsfeld, ILL.,, who
was detaulter in the sum of $4,000, was
| arrested here a week ago. and Benjamin
| Lightworth, one of his bondsmen, came
here for him. As Lightworth had no war
rant, Governor Bailey refused a requisi-
ton but this morning McFadden decided
to go with the officers.
THoMsv1LLE Ont, April l0.-The
greatest food known here for fifty years
is devastating this locality. Many fami-
hes have been compelled to move and
others have taken refuge in the upper
stories of their dwellings. Farm houses
are inundated and horses and cattle are
struggling to reach places of safety. In
the principal street the water is four feet
deep. The post office and several stores
can only be reached by boats Four
bridges on Grand river have been carried
away.
AUBURN, n. Y, April l0.-The Os-
wego river is the highest since 1865.
Several frame buildings have been swept
away and others injured The dam at
and the goods carried down stream, in
volving loss of $1,000.
ROCHESTER, N. Y, April IO.-The
flood is about the same as yesterday, but
much higher in the upper valley Of the
Genesee
TITUsvILLE, April I0.-The Allegheny
river still continues at a food stage.
Trains on the Franklin branch of the At
iantlc X Great Western railway, are dis
continued between Franklin and Oil City,
Ehe track in some places being three to
Tour feet under water.
sr; Louis, April I0.-As mail train on
the st, Louis, Kansas Citv Il Northern
railway passed a point two miles cast of
Mlllsyllle- yesterday morning rupning al
hlgn rate OF speed, it jumped the track,
and the whole train, excepting the @ engine tie'
tumbled down the embankment. the ear,
turning bottom up in the fall Henry p
Darlington, of Philadelphia, was emf abont
the head, not dangerously W 4 r' Rar
row, Boston, leg broken, and several oh, oth
ers, whose names are not known, were
more or less injured The accident was
caused by loose rail
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