The Rock Island daily Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1872-1873, 1873-06-20
Great Fire in Burlington.
Four Squares Burned over.
49 Buildings Destroyed
Loss s400,O 900.

eridge, Auditor Lippineott, Secretary OF
State Harlan Colonel Macomb and others
of the Uuited States Engineer corps, are
here to-day inspecting the mouth OF Cop
peras creek, for the purpose of viewing the
site proposed for the new lock and dam.
The Government has agreed to spend
ssu.OOD on the enterprise.
New YORK, June ia long session
of the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad
Directory u day resulted in the resigna-
ton Of j +. Tracy, the President, and
the election of Albert Keep. Director of
the Lake Shore Railway, i'll his place e. X.
Marvin, Secretary OF the Chicago and
Northwestern. also resigned, aud VI. L.
Sykes was chosen his successor.
CANANDAIGUA. June l9.-At 2 o'clock
this afternoon Judge Selden sAade u mo-
tim IN the case Of Miss Anthony for new
trial, upon grounds ot mIsdlrecrion of the
Judge IN ordering verdict OF guilty with
out submitting the ease to the Jury. The
court in brIet review oi the arguments OF
the {, unSel, Geuied the molten. 1he Dis
trIct Attorney immediately moved that
ghe judgement OF the court he pronounced
upon the defendant. The court made iu-
qulry of Miss Anthony II she mad anything
60 say why sentence should not be pro
n0unced Miss Anth my answered and said
she haj great uauy things To say, anJ
declared that IN her trial every principle
Of justice had been violated that every
right had been denied that she had had
~ trial by her peers that the court aud
+ jurors were her political superlars and not
Ger peers, and announced her determine
ton to continue her labors until equality
was obtained, and was proceeding TO dis
cuss the question involved 10 the case when
/ she was interrupted by the court with the
remark that these questions could not be
/ reviewed Miss Anthony said that she
wished it fully understood that she asked
! n cleuency tr.m the court that she de
sired aud demanded the full rigor Of the
law Judge Hunt then said The iudg-
uIent OF the court Is that You pay hne OF
800 and the casts Of the prosecution" and
Immediately added, There is AN order
that You stand cHnuiitied until the fine Is
paid. aud 50 the case ended.
New YORK, June l9.-The customs
authority are making an investigation int
an attempt t. defraud the revenue by what
Is characterized heavy and hitherto res
pectable mercantile house 1t seems that
the house involved imported from Hud-
dersfield England twelve large cases ot
6ne Mexican shawls and shipped them tt
Mexico, seven of which were represented
at this pert and invoiced from Mexico al
81 81 shawl The examination showed
the invoice value OF the shawls at Hudders
field to be l06 shillings sterling, or abou
100 per cent. more,
An adjourned meeting of the busines,
men interested in the soluti N Of the rail
road transportation problem was held yes
terday and permanent organizati IN Wa
effected by the election Of Wm. Duryei
chairman and I. b. Thurber secretary
The organization is designed be an activ,
and influential auxialiary to the Americal
Cheap Transportation Association. Th
promoters OF the latter organization favo
the construction OF double track roat
exclusively tor freight, to be owned bnt no
operated by the government by means O
which goods can be laid down in Chicago
Cincinnati and St. Louis from New Eor
I'm about three days. 1t is not intende
that this movement shall be political on
any further than the present monopohe
compel Ii to be.
: The postmaster at Batavia, n ! :, ha
informed the postmaster of this city tina
the mail matter which left this city at hall
past o clock on Tuesday morning, by tn
New York Central and Hudson River raj
!. road, was ,arly all burned before
{ reached that place The matter was neal
:. ly all intended for delivery in the Nester
d States, aud included, besides the Ne
d York mail. forty eight sacks OF papers an
eighteen pouches of letters, the large eas
ern mail received at Albany An invest
Cation has been ordered
WASHINGTON, June 19-The Presiden
a ,companied by Gen. Babcock, arrive
here early this morning He will retur
tto Long Branch by Friday nights traiI
!. 1t is not supposed there will be any tofuii
i cabinet meeting, although heads OF depar
nlents will call on him for the transactie
n If business Of a routine character
The Postmaster General to-day signe
- Additional articles TO the present post
treaty with Canada, providing for an il
terchange of postal cards OF the Unite
States and the Dominion at "a prepa
rate OF two cents in full tp its destInatll
IN either country, the prepayment to
D. effected BY athxing to the. card an ordl
airy one cent postage stamp The a
rangement Will doubtless 60 into effect {
July lst.
n The Postmaster General to-day dete
IL mined to issue an order directing that !
postal cards which canu,,t be delivered
the pers N addressed shall be Immediate
returned to the writer without char, e.
WHEELING, W. Va, June 1T
Rev. Mr.. Laalpe. Of This city, pastor Of /
Second Church, and teacher OF Germ
L. in the public school, was arrested yests
day for an attempted rape on a young &
u years of age, one Of his sehdl lars.
denied the charge and gave bail for his a
pearance Parties clgnizant are abb
equally divided as to his guilt or innocen'
~ BURLINGTON, Iowa. June IA
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