The Rock Island daily Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1872-1873, 1873-09-13
Bishop Simpson Declares
for Female Suffrage.
Great Competition and Re-
ductiOn in Railroad
Charges.
Assassination of General
McCook.
Exciting Races.

Exciting Races.
New ORLEANS, Sept. l2.-The Picay-
une prints the following private letter from
Shreveport: we are now passing
through an wfuiscourge. The yellow fe-
yer has come, and like some awful black
pail thrown its folds about us, spreading
fright terror and death amongst u.s. The
town is nearly depopulated by stampedes
and sickness There have been, as near
as | can ascertain up date, about 80 deaths,
and a great number sick. There is one
awful character about the sickness, and
that is, no one as yet has recovered.
Some are what they call doing well, while
others die. One day your hear Of case
doing as well as could be expected; the
next thing corpse is awaiting the hearse.
In point of malignant fatality it surpasses
any yellow fever ever known here; it ap-
pears as if the fell monster ever gets its
pestilential fangs fastened on its victim il
never lets go its grip until the poor vic
tim is stiff and stark dead A few more
cases at first dropped dead in the streets
before reaching house these cases, how
ever have been rare.
A private dispatch from Shreveport say:
the city is in great need of help. The yei
low fever is of malignant type and does
not yield readily to the treatment. There
is great scarcity of people to attend the
sick.
New ORLEANS, Sept 12.-The deaths
at Shreveport to-day were eighteen. Ev.
cry stage leaving for Little Rock is crowd
ed by terror stricken people. 1t is be
lieved that the removal of the Red river
raft has much to do with the epidemic
New YORK, Sept. l2.-President Or
ton, of the Western Union Telegraph
Company, has been informed that the of
fee at Shreveport is closed, all the opera
tors being sick with the yellow fever.
The Graphic balloon collapsed at ALL
P. NJ, making the humbug very trans
parent one.
CHICAGO, Sept l2.-The Irish and Ger
man elements, controlled by Daniel o Hars
and A. C. Hesing, tonight formed coal
ition based on the declarations that tenn
perance can be secured only by raising the
standard of morality through education
and that no class has the right to prescribe
how Sunday or any other day shall be en-
joyed by free people.
SOUTH BEND, Sept. l2.-At the Meth
odist Conference to-day, the venerable
Bishop Simpson struck into politics, b.
saying Pardon a depression / wan
the day to come when woman will vote
without her vote, fear, We will never b,
able to put down the houses of infamy anG
liquor saloons. Nothing is SO ruinous t.
the country.
CLEVELAND, O., Sept. l2.-The genera
freight agents have adopted the following
basis of rates on eastward bound fourth
| class freight: Decatur, ILL.,. Hannibal
Mo-, Bloomington, ILL., Peoria, ILL.,, Quincy
Ill, Rock Island, ILL.,, Burlington, Iowa
St. Louis, No, Davenport, Iowa, sixt,
cents: East St. Louis, 81; Des Moines
Iowa, 20; Pekin, ILL.,, Vincennes, Ind, So
LEAvENwoRTH, Sept 12.-Tremendou
excitement prevailed here, to-day, cause'
by cutting down railroad fare to the Quake
Convention at indianapolis The first Gu
was by the Kansas City, St, Joe & Counci
Bluffs Railroad, selling tickets via tn
North Missouri road for $25 the roun
trip. The Hannibal 4 St Joe the
dropped to $40, and the Missouri Pacif
reduced to SIS As these tickets wer
good for sixty days, the various offices wer
thronged with purchasers either for specu
lation or use to the st. Louis fair and CHI
cago Exposition. In the afternoon tn
competition became stronger The Har
nibal & St. Joe road taking part, and far
to Chicago, via st. Louis was reduced I
$40. which was subsequently lowered I
$3.50. The Offices tonight are densel
crowded with purchasers, and the rate
are now to St. Louis Sc, and to Chicag
$3.50.
| WASHINGTON, Sept. I2.-The followin
dispatch was received at the White Hous
this morning:
"YANKToN, Oak. Sept II.
To .. s. Grant. President Of the INIT
States.
General Edwin c. McCook was assa
sinated at public meeting last night
p 7. Wintermute, a banker of this plac
(Signed) John A. Burbank, Governor
Sioux CRY, Iowa, Sept 12.-General
s. McCook, Secretary of Dakota, was sh
through the breast last night at Yankto
by 2. p. Wintermute, and died this NOR
ing at o'clock. General McCaok a
tempted to enter the courtroom where
railroad meeting was being held, was M
at the door by Wintermute, who, aft
some high words, drew a pistol and sh
McCook, the ball entering near the le
shoulder, severing an artery. The latt
then seized Wintermute, who fred tv
more shots without effect. In the strugg
they both fell to the floor and were sepa
ated by friends. McCook was carried
his room at the St. Charles hotel, bleedir
profusely. A consultation of physician
pronounced the wound fatal. and still pr
serving consciousness he gradually saI
until the hour mentioned. But little
known of the origin of the difficulty. 1t
generally sopposed to be a long standil
ieud in regard to railroad bonds voted
1ankton county. Wintermute is now
custody. Considerable excitement exist
and some threats Of summary ,engean
are made.
IANKToN, Sept. l2.-The body of &c
Mceook IS dressed in uniform, and the 9,
ha draped In the American flag. A lar
concourse of citizens will tomorrow esct
the remains to the depot. Governor Bu
bank will accompany them.
Previous to the tragedy the parties b
an altercatlon in the billiard room of I
st Charles Hotel in which Wintermr
got cut about the face, on which he VIC
five blocks for a revolver and returned
the railroad meeting in order to murder /
General =
LEXINGTON, Sept. I0.-At the races
day the, mile for two-year olds "
won easily by ! bi ,son's Asteroid colt
LA 3-4, the taaest mile for swo year O
), ever made.