The Rock Island daily Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1872-1873, 1873-11-15
Political, --- Miscellaneous.


his brother Col G. c. Stewart is one of the
slaughtered passengers of the Virginius is
as follows: Il will subscribe $4,000 to
every $l50,000 that they will raise, will
do more / will agree to raise | 900 men,
well oficered, all ablebodied, and all having
seen service, and put them aboard of a
suitable vessel that the Cubans shall fur
nish, properly equipped and provisioned,
at some point on our coast that | may Sc
lect. As guarantee to perform what
propose, | will put up forfeit of Si00, 600
TO be used for the benefit OF the families
who have lost their protectors by the Span
ish butchery.' Stewards Post Office ad-
dress will be, for the coming week, at
Yonkers. n Y, and afterwards at Rich
mond, Va
The United States steamer Kansas sailed
to- day for Santiago de Cuba
| 1t is believed here that one of the most
probable events will be armed Intervention
in Cuba and war with Spain as the demands
made on Spanish Government by the Uni
! ted States are of such nature that it will
be impossible for the former TO accept, and
| that it will result in a rupture between the
two powers. The demands of the United
States have been transmitted by telegraph
to Minister Sickles at Madrid.
! BosToN, Nov. l5.-Orders have been
received to fit out the frigate Brooklyn, 10
sail the 18th of December 1t is reported
| that the frigate Franklin will also be got
! in readiness for sea- Two hundred sailors
leave, receiving the ship Ohio, tomorrow
for the Brooklyn navy yard.
WASHINGTON, Nov. l5.-The reception
of the news of the execution of all the crew
of the Nirginius, III in all has created a
strong war feeling among all classes. The
Secretary Of the Navy has ordered nine
war-vessals in the Brooklyn navy yard and
two or three in the League Island navy
yard, near Philadelphia, to be got in read
ness for immediate service. 1t is further
stated that these preparations do not NEAR
war against Spain or Cuba but are signif
cant TO the determination of the govern
ment to protect American interests at any
hazard, and to prevent, in future, such
massacres as those which followed the cap
ture of the Virginius Our naval officers
will be instrusted to inquire diligently anC
closely into the condition of the affairs o
the island, and promptly report the fact
to the proper department Our govern
ment is now awaiting to see what the Span
, ish government will do in response to ou
earnest protest against the outrage perpe
trated upon the victims of the Nirginius
, LITTLE Rock, Nov. l2.-The election re
turns show for the Senate, II Democrats
) Is Republicans. House, 81 Democrats
2S Republicans.
CINCINNATI, Nov. 15.-The Board of Al
dermen to-day refused to repeal the Sun
day ordinance.
ST LOUIS, Nov. 15.-There is the mos
intense indignation here against the Span
T ish Cuban murderers. A mass meetin
will be held this evening to express tn
sentiment of the people and demand som
q action by our government Prominen
: men of the state are expected to take par
in the meeting
f OMAHA, Nov. l5.-The Circuit Court tC
e day granted a mandamus in the case c
: the Union Pacific Railroad VS.. Lincol
County, to prevent the county from issuin
: bonds.
DEsMoTNEs, Iowa, Nov. 14.-There
reason to suppose that the two horst
thieves who were recently arrested
Southern Kansas, and who are now in th
Madison county jail, know something abol
!, working it up.
. The official canvass of the October ele
ton in this state makes the average r
publican majority for State officers abol
!, 24,0O0.
;, RICHMOND, Nov. AT. T. Banks h;
l been held in $4,000 bail for examinatit
j. on the charge of embezzling 100000
the funds of the Merchants National Bar
Of Petersburg, of which he was Presiden
PEORIA, ILL.,, Nov. 14.-Efforts are {
d foot to again start the mammoth plo
works in this city, which have been stan
ing still for some time If the moveme
is successful the works will give emplo
ment to $50 men.
CHICAGO, Nov. l5.-The official maio
ity of H. d. Colvin for Mayor of Chica,
is 10, $50. The official majority in city al
county for Fl. B. Miller for County Trea
urer is l0,S25. The total vote of the ci
tfor Mayor was 47,337 The total vo
Of the city and county for County Trea
urer) was 53,047
The cheerful feeling on Change he
continues. The grain markets are mo
active aud prices higher. The banks he
report better and improving state of /;
fairs, and advices from nearly all the br
iness centers of the country are becomi
daily more encouraging.
LONDON, Nov. 1.-THE Tinchbone Ca
was adjourned to Dec 18th, and not a ye
hence, as was announced in previous
r. patch, owing to an error in transmissiC
l The steamer City of Durham"
- gone in search of the City of Richmond
LONDON. Nov. IA = The steamsl
City of Montreal arrived at Queensto
this afternoon with the disabled steamsI
City of Richmond in tow. All well.
} All the morning journals express
- hope that the shooting of the Virgin
prisoners will be avenged by the Uni
w States
A famine prevails in Greenland, by
failure of the fisheries. In one village
hundred and fifty have starved to death
A dispatch from Cartagena report C
nonadlng all day yesterday. Notwithsta
ing the violent Storm tho az, raoa;,yaJ ~