The Rock Island daily Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1872-1873, 1873-08-20
The Gold Gamblers of New
York.
Mr. Grant still trott;ne
/ around.
Death of Several Distin-
guished Men.
r. r. Accidents and other
Crimes.

WASHINGTON, Aug. l9.-'rihe Attorney
General has to-day recommended to the
President that pardons be granted TO ). /
Hood, Of South Carolina, and Adolphus
Dupriest and Geo. Holland, of North Car
ohna, who are now serving out terms in
the Albany. penitentlary for Kuklux out
RACES
The Postnffice department has ordered
the establishment of the free delivery Sys-
ten in Burlington, Iowa, St. Joseph, Mo,
and Leayenworth, Kan, the first two
cities to have six carriers each and Leav-
enw0rth five at an actual compensation Of
/ 5000 The free delivery system has been
1 extended to thirty-one cities since the first
/ Of July, the whole number now being
eighty
1 Phelix r. Bruno telegraphs to Secretary
/ Delano from Bozeman, Montana, that the
commissioners have been successful in the
negotiation of treaty with the Crow In
dianS by which they cede all their present
( reservations, taking territory one-third as
/ large on the Missouri river, near Judith
basin.
I The object of the treaty was to secure
/ the cessiOn OF the valuable mines III the
Grow reservation. The Crows have al
ways been friendly to the whites, and are
hereditary in lines of the Sioux. Their res
eryation is between the settled part Of
Montana and the formerly hostile Sioux.
This has been a protection to the people of
Montana.
Attorney General Ewing was sent to as
sist Judge Burkhardt Of the Circuit Court
in the investigation of the lynching ot hes
ser last week and earnestly appeals TO
them to render all aid possible in the mat
ter, in the way OF giving Information which
may lead to the arrest and conviction OF
those engaged in the affair He expresses
a determination that the guilty parties
shall be brought to justice.
\ number OF letters have been receive d
here from Quakers and other friends of the
Indian peace policy throughout the cOun-
try. asking executive clemency in behalf Of
the Modoc Indians lately on trial for the
murder of Gen. Candy. Many of these
letters raise the question that the trial OF
the offenders was Illegal undOr the decision
of the Supreme Court in the Milligan case,
and that the civil courts as q military tribu-
nal had no Jurisdiction Another question
raised is that Gen. Candy was killed while
acting as Peace Commissioner and not as
an officer of the army in war These ques-
tons will come up directly before the Pres
ldent Tor his action, as the court for the
trial of the ModocS was organized in pursu-
ance of an opinion of the Attorney-tieneral
that military court had jurisdiction in the
premises, The Judge Advocate of the
Army takes the same views as the Attor-
ney General and will approve the findings
: of the court, as well as. also, the Secretary
OF War. The President, however, must
approve and order the execution of the
sentence, and upon him will be brought i
t, pressure to set aside the findings.
DUBUQUE, Aug. l9.-The Herald this
morning states that Rev L. NJ. Scheuler
r in charge Of the Lutheran Orphan Asylum
at Andrew, jackson county, has been de
tcted in a systematic course of seduction Of
= the girls in that institution. His first vie
tim was Della Pardee, but twelve or four
teen years of age. who is now living witt
her parents in Des MONIES. The next was
; Mary Meeker, fourteen years old whom ht
{ outraged III November last The state
ments of these girls received little ere
dence. Three weeks since Bertha Nellis
tlfteen years OF age, exposed Schueier
whereupon he confessed his crimes to Rev
d Mr.. Mintwood, of Galena, ILL.,, and re
sisigned his charge He left Andrew las
week Monday for Europe He is know
to have violated six of these children, tn,
d last being Ielta Meeker, Rosa Shater, Lib
bic lngham, and Jennie Adir
New YORK, Aug. ia fight amone
u the operators the Pacific Mail & Pana
ma railroad is expected to eliminate to
day. 1t seems the Panama Railroad Com
pany undertook, recently, the considera
ton of proposition to loan half million
dollars to the Pacific Mail Steamship Com
pany, and take mortgages on new steam
ers now being finished Some of tn
. stockholders OF the Panama Company op
s posed the measure and made public thei
reasons why the loan should not be grant
ed, ana now friends of the proposition
= who claim to be in the majority, give thei
! reasons for lavoring the loan.
. Six tons of gold coin, brought by tn
!, Treasury officials from San Francisco +
z Washington, have been forwarded to tn
q New York sub treasury.
CHICAGO. Aug. l9.-Ihe Exposition
, building is rapidly approaching completio
,f and every inch of space has already bee
.s secured by exhibitors No provision ha
lp bCFii uidtAt lbI itNC ctO0As DuL tNNif Nt
/ partment of industry will be represented
The display will continue from four to 81
q weeks, but the prizes will not be awarded
/ There is no fee for the privilege of exhibit
m ing articles The fare will open Septen
ber 23d or 25th.
- The deaths for the week we're 300
three were of cholera and ninety nine
cholera iniantum.
PORTLAND, Aug. l9-President Graz
II, arrived at the Glen House this A. NJ, an
was at the TipTop House at O clock P. ,
Of, WILLIAMsPoRT, Aug. l9.-The Niagai
express train which left here at five p. Il
- going east, and the Elmira mail trai
which left Harrisburg at 30 D. M. goir
west, colllded at Montgomery station f
L, teen miles east of here. Two passenge
were slightly injured
ROCHESTER, Aug 10 The EXPIRE
v. train due here at seven o'clock this NOR
ing from Detroit on the Great Weste
railroad, isin the Welland canal at Thorol
The train was drawn by two locomotive
p. and consisted Of several baggage and e
press, and an unusual amount of passe
n ger coaches The open draw was n, 0
w. sarvad hu the enpinaar and both anUin