The Rock Island daily Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1872-1873, 1873-01-30
The Tweed Case Drawing to
a close.
Phelps, Dodge & Co., going
to the Courts.
Frauds in Boston.
The Weather, Accidents,
Etc, Etc.
Other 1tems, Etc.

SNAkOA 4ScA1Ss SAASs
TOPEKA, Jan. 29.-The Legislature met
in Joint session at noon to vote for
United States Senator. The hall was
denscly packed with people of both sexes.
Senator Y York, of Atchinson, made re
markable speech, in which he asserted
that Senator Pomeroy had given him
York money as a bribe. He produced |
bank bills from his pocket and said Here
is s. 900 paid to me by Pomeroy, which | |
now desire to place in the hands Of this !
Joint convention
At the conclusion of Mr. York speech,
a motion was made for recess until z, |
NJ, to give Pomeroy an opportunity to de- /
fend himself which was defeated by
large majority, and a motion to proceed /
Immediately to ballot for Senator was car I.
ried amid great excitement.
Before the Senate roll was finished it /
was clearly evident that ingalls, would +
carry the great body Of the Legislature
both the Pomeroy and the i-Pomeroy
vote. The Senate stood ingalls,, 26 !; +
Lowe, 4 ; Harvey, ? York, /. The vote
of the House stood; ingalls,, 80; Lowe, 5;
Clarke, 2; Robinson. Sangamon, l !; /
York, ; Blank, ingalls, was declared
electe and the joint convention adjourned.
Immediately after the adjournment COM
plant for bribery was entered in Court
against Senator P0merOy. and he was ar
rested and gave bail
WASHINGTON, Jan. 29.-At the sitting
of Poland committee this morning James
Brooks appeared and desired to make
record of the fact that in the present ex-
hibit of the Supreme Court of Pennsylva-
MIA january 9th, in the suit of McComb
/ against the Credit Mobiher, there was filed
and sworn to list of Credit MobiGer stock
I holders dated December 18th, 1861, that in
that list is Charles H. Nelson, 100 shares
80 shares of that, therefore, nearly three
months before Brooks became member or
government director. 1t was matter Of
notoriety in the highest court of Pennsyl-
vania that Nelson owned $50 shares in his
own name
/ WASHINGTON, Jan. 29.-In Poland
Credit MobiIier committee, c. H. Swayne,
Cashier of the First National Bank, testi-
fed that the same day Colfax deposited
81, 200 he checked 81 200 and purchased
a draft on New York which he ind0rsed
over to A, H Connor. of Indianapolis
The draft was subsequently paid in New
York
Oakes Ames testified that Mr.. Allison
sent his stock back and said he would have
nothing more to do with it. Witness sup
posed he had really given it up Allison
had the idea that there was a excited polit-
, ical contest in his State, and he preferred
not to have stock Witness supposed the
stock returned to him by Allison was a
real transaction. and not nominal one.
Before the Wilson Credit Al0bilier in
vestigation to-day, j. T. Wilson said he
r had telegraphed to J. NJ s Williams to
: the effect that Spence yesterday testified
: that Williams told Spence to give Wilson
: check for $4,000 March 49, 1871 and
/ asked Williams did you do it at that time
e. or any other p To which telegraph
p Williams replied, I never gave him
5 directions to give you any portion of Sl26,
: 900. Do not believe you had anything tC
= do with it.
e In the House, Mr. Wilson. of Indiana
= chairman of the select committee on the
= Union Pacific railroad and Credit MobilieI
; investigation reported that a witness who
j had been called before the committee
= Joseph T. Stewart, of Washington, haC
refused to answer certain questions as Il
the disposition made by him Of larg,
S amount, of bonds which had been givel
: him in 1864 for the arrangement of stand
q ing difficulties with other companies; wit
ness grounded his refusal on the principl
y Of communications between counsel an
:, client being privileged The committe
Il moved for an order that the Speaker issu
G. his warrant to the Sergeant Arms com
: manding him to take into custody, whercve
+ to be found. the body of Joseph p Stew
: art, and to keep him in custody, subject t
II the further orders and direction of tn
.s House In long discussion of the ques
ton, the committee was sustained by it
+ members and by Messrs. Eldridge, Potter
:. Poland and others, and was controverte
4 by Messrs Maynard, FarnsWorth an
Bingham. Bingham moved to amend tn
order 50 as to have Stewart brought befor
the House forthwith, to show cause VIII
he should not be committed for contempt
- Bingham 5 amendment was agreed to
yeas 1876, nays 81. The resolution as thu
amended was adopted,
d. NEW YORK, Jan 29.-In the Twee
v ease this morning the defense announce
I'd that they would call no more witnesse
ar The counsel for the defense then asked til
:. exclusion from the record of all secondar
~ evidence admitted on trial, which was II
a, fused. Judge Fullerton concluded his az
he dress to the jury this afternoon and NJ
of Peckham began summing up for ii
r people.
+ Phelps, Dodge. & Co. have Withdraw
ne their compromise made to the governmel
MS and will allow the case to go to the cour
n. BosToN, Jan. 29-Alleged frauds {
=, the revenue have been discovered in the o
~ tensible shipment of whisky from BostC
IN to St Pierre, but in reality landing it
the coast Of Maine, whence it is conveyt
No., in boats to Portland. Several Boston pa
re- ties are implicated.
,ly CHARLESTON, S. c., Jan 29.-Gener
in y. A. Gilmore, who conducted the boz
:; bardment of Charleston during the war,
HI now superintendent of operations for Il
In Improvement of the harbor entrances
ct, Charleston
,d- ATLANTA, Ga, Jan. 29.-In a Difficult
on the 10th, in Forsythe county. betwe,
number OF United States Denntv Ma
& shals and citizens charged with v;olat;,
the revenue laws, seventy-Gve shots VIC
- exchanged One citizen was L;liad =,
two Deputy Marshals wounded,
. New York, Jan. 90 The thermomot
at eight clock this morning stood j de-
above zero.
MEMPHIS, Jan. 29.-Last night was {
coldest of the season. 1t was degre
72. above this morning, and 20 degrees abo
- at noon
SAIRo, ILL.,, Jan. 29.-The Ohio river
N, Iull OF new mazda ion fuo nr three incl