The Rock Island daily Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1872-1873, 1873-11-01
TELEGRAPH. I
Failure of the Spragues.
Financial Embarrassment
Everywhere.
of Wages and of
Employment.
The District of Columbia
Owes Ten Millions.
They want the United States
to pay it.
Congress Costs Four Mil
lions a Year.
Another version of the
Goodrich Murder.
Suit for Property Stolen by
3. Butler.
Accidents, Suicides, Crime
Etc, Etc.
Another version of the
Goodrich Murder.
Suit for Property Stolen by
3. Butler.
Accidents, Suicides, Crime.
Etc, Etc.

PROVIDENCE, Oct, 5l.-lne NOTES VI a Va
& ". Spaague went to protest this after a
noon. Ii
New YORK, Oct. 3l--J. i. 4 A. II. e
DAILY, 40 New street, in the Southern ship
ming trade, are among the failures an t
nounced /
Hovt. Sprague & Co.'S wooden mills at |
Oswego, n Y, close today, throwing 300 5
operatives out Of employment: "
AT Portsmouth. n H. -four fundred men
were discharged from the navy yard, yes
terday. Il
| The pooling operations of the Associated
Banks stopped to-day. 1t IS not thought
/ that it will interfere with business
The feeling on Wall Street this morning
was not good, though there is no apparent
inclination towards a panic |
Ii is thought that the assets OF the two
houses of Hoyt, Sprague 4 20. and A. d" /
" Sprague. will exceed the liabilities
eleven millions but their fate Is IN the
hands of their creditors.
The feather factory at West hopoKen
has been closed Two hundred HANDS
were thrown out of employment The Erle
, Railway is reducing the force in the shops
! Those retained put in three quarters time
: At meeting of the directors OF the
= Cbesaneake & Ohio Railroad, to-day, no
q provision was made for paying the coupons
due tomorrow, but instead it was decided
to ask the bondholders to fund the four
z coupons next maturing, into : per cent. IN
r come bonds. The company promises an
early statement to the creditors and bond
holders. The Express says the default
will. no doubt, damage American railway
4 credit in Europe. and the result here is
=, serious inconvenience to many small IN
. veStors,
Ii BATAvIA. ILL.,. October 3I-The United
States Wind Engine and Pump Company,
l. the Newton Wagon Mandatory and the
h Challenge Mill Company, all of this place,
l.. have each reduced their working time to
> nine hours per day Fortunately the
stockholders in these institutions are pecu-
as niarlv 80 situated and the goods they man
it ufacture are so greatly in demand that
q they will be enabled to run with quite q
strong force throughout the winter. The
sc papermill is at present compelled to ruf
re night and day in order to supply its orders
in The stone quarries, which give employ
mr. mept TO a large number OF men IN the sum
mer season are employing but few men a
present.
LIP. Barker. one of our heaviest stone
dealers and railroad contractor, ha
III ceased work on his contract in Indiana
'lo discharged his workmen, and has returne
III 10 Batavia, from his inability to procure
tcS present, money to carry forward his enter
he prise.
n -rr' WASHINGTON, Oct 3l.-Mr Dent, tn
Mt father of Mrs Grant, is lying dangerous
les i'll. with no prospect of recovery.
IN The clergy of Washington have arrange
,,a for general collection for the relief of ii
To yellow fever sufferers in Memphis.
mol From statement prepared by Comm
!, a sioner Drummond, of the General Lar
IRA Office, for the forthcoming report 1t a
mi pears that the total number of acres
the public lands disposed of by the departme
ac- the past year is over l3,0O0,0U0, an exec
and of !, l65, 900 over the previous year. III
ntIy cash receipts foot up to S3,4OS,000.
ned, the lands pa $40 were located with milit
der ~ warrants and nearly 1000, 900 taken
e of hOmesteads.
: The bonded Indebtedness of the Distri
of Columbia is 50, 902, psi, including t
corporation of Washington and Georg
e of town.
A. 1t is estimated that the expense of t
iuis- legislative branch of government salar
dlf- for the year shows large increase. /
ess !; total is S., $4,000.
smb- DUBUQUE, Oct 31.-Sheriff Leddy y
: q ance companies in this city for the amor
- u of $2l7, 800. Suits are brought beca
the the companies neglected to file with
with Auditor of State sworn statement of Il
,binr condition and procure certificates autho
ma ing them to engage in the business.
am The farm of Sheffield, the default
daI i' President of the Merchants Bank,
I'll an sold Yesterday and bought by Bishop H
D"~" messy, one of the principal creditors of
p p bank. r. A. Babbage, the defaulting
u az shier of the bank has absconded.
# nse ST. JOSEPH, Mo-, Oct, 3l.-A. Bro
, II manager of the Northwestern departn
owing of the Life Ins. Association of Amer
+ p was arrested. charged with the embei
meut of four thousand dollars. He
m;ta- sent to Jail in default of eight thou:
ron is dollars bail He refuses to explain
drug New YORK, Oct 3l.-Mrs. Anna
nd try Park, of Brooklyn, who from the MOI
when of Lucette Myers arrest on the charg
Iron. completely in the Goodrich murder i
put up ested herself in Lucette s behalf and
wrap her to her own house after her disch
he pro, has n ade public Lucette' S contesslo
per oi which the following is a summary il
photo te was followed to her home III Sta
always street, New York by Goodrich and
ten visited her afterwards Roscoe
street, beach also visited her. Kate Stod
Win called several times on Lucette to lie;
Goodrich visited her and manifested
Tder tened to A qoodrsS S s oas ni sRa
diseases went to Goodrich house, in Degray !
,,es and and entered with false keys hid in
nm, it is set. Kate Stoddard and Goodrich Ell
Olives eda ", soon afterward and quareled for some
N Then Lucette heard shot and thr
---- four more in succession. She burst
loo the closet and saw Roscoe, pistol in
1Oc' leaning over Goodrich and Kate k
the blood from his forehead. Rosco,
/. atened to shoot Lu cite, but let her
=. nm Mass her promising secrecy. She then