The Rock Island daily Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1872-1873, 1873-06-28
Arrival of a Log Raft in
Chicago.
Death of the sculptor
Powers.
The Walworth MI
Trial.
Accidents. Fires, Crimes,
Etc, Etc.

SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,. June 2J.--The board
Of railroad and. warehouse commissioners
has been in session here to-day. The
new rules for grading grain in Chicago
have not been fixed upon, but probably
will be tomorrow. The committee of ap-
peals will not be appointed until the regu-
lar meeting in July. 1t appears that a
firm in Chicago. :. 5. Green 4 Co. are
making an unauthorized inspection Of
grain. They claim to be shippers agents
and when grain is delivered on vessels or
cars, they examine it and certify that it il
grain of a certain grade according to the
laws Of Illinois This action Is considered
by the board illegal, and it is probable the
firm named will be prosecuted for viola
ton of the law.
The board to-day discussed communi-
eau N from Mr. Merrick, large dealer IN
coal, who finds has market in Chicago.
He state, that he has heretofore had the
benefit Of i special rate over the railroad
leading from his mine TO Chicago, in con
/ sIderatiJn Of the large amount oi business
he does, and that he has been notified by
the road that his special rate must cease
after July l. He also states that withou,
the benefit Of d special rate he cannot com
pete with the mines in Indiana, which als1
furnish coal in Chicago The board has
not made any final or formal decision Oh
the question thus presented but the opin-
Ion Ot the members seems to be that when
+ a shipper agrees TO ship certain quantity
q freight, the railroad company may give
! him a special gate therefor. provided the
company also offers the same privilege Il
other shippers of ike freight in ike quan
titles. The third section of the new Law
reads as follows:
| SEC 3. If any such railroad corporation shal
charge. collect or receive for th transportation
any passenger or freight of any description upon it
road, for any distance within the state. the same
OF greater aUogut Of toll OF compensation thar
J. the same time charged. collected. or received
for the transportation in the same direction Of an!
passenger or ike quantity OF freight OF The SAM
Class greater distance OF the same railroad
etc, etc, the fact shah br prima facic evidence
uHjust discrimination, and shall be punished a.
The words like quantity seem, in Ii,
Iopinion Of the board, TO justify giving spe
eial rates TO persons who agree TO shil
given quantities Of freight, and if thi
iruling should be finally adopted by tht
board aud sustained by the courts, ther,
seems to be no reason why grain and cattl
Dealers manufacturers and other heav.
and regular shippers, may not obtain al
the advantages they have ever enjoyed.
| SPRINGFIELD, Ills. June 27.-The Rail
road and Warehouse Commissioners hav
decided that railroads may make specia
freight rates to heavy or regular shippers
/ CINCINNATI, June 27.-There was ST
deaths from cholera to-day
NASHVILLE, June 27.-Twenty death
! from cholera to-day. Rainy and sultr.
weather.
MEMPHIS, june p. Nine cholera inter
ments to-day. Comparatively few ney
cases reported.
OTTAWA, Ill, June 26-It was report
ed in our city to-day by gentleman troI
Utica, eight miles west Of this city that
lady died there yesterday of cholera Sh
came from LaSalle on a canal boat. Th
physician pronounced it genuine case.
JACKSONVILLE, Ill, June 26.-NIr Al
mitage proprietor Of the Exter Mills, a
Exter, Scott County, was at last account
very low with cholera morbus or Asiati
p cholera.
New ORLEANS, June GA dispate
from Carrollton states that the jury in tn
case of Kellogg, vs. Bailey in the shootin
case, came into court at l0:45, and render
, ed verdict Of not guilty.
! HEARTS CONTENT, j une q. The Gres
Eastern is in sight, coming in the bal
The shore end Of the cable has been tram
> terred to the steamship Hibernia
HEARTS CONTENT, June 27.-The Grea
Eastern having paid out all the cable
: within 50 miles Of Hearts Content, ;
nine O'Clock this morning cut and buoye'
/ L IL eral los htpu
r. ing. which made it imrrudent TO pass
- the Hibernia for splicing to the shore EN-
Z will be splieed and run IN as soon as Il
weather moderates. The Great Easter
arrived here at eight clock this morning
WASHINGTON, June 27.-The Secretai
M of " ar has not yet completed his invest
cation concerning the alleged abstraetiC
Y OF documents from his department Thu
far, he has made no discovery in that d
reetion.
-s CHICAGO, June IA raft of $500
- feet OF logs arrived here to-day, from u
dlpgton, Mich, in tow Of the John A. Di
Slxty-three hours were consumed IN Il
DR passage, and the cost was $5ON, saving
,or 81 500 over the old style OF freightin
r. The raft was 100 feet long and IS wild
he A sample Of growing wheat from fie
he sixteen miles from Chicago was broug
'uI on Change to-day, in superb conditio
ne but the vandals soon laid it waste. ABB
he three weeks of good weather would ma
=; a; it ready for the harvest
Ie. FLORENCE. Italy, June 27.-Hir;
Powers, the American sculptor, died at
II O'Clock this morning, after a lingering
ness
New York June 27.-The Walwol
trial was resumed to-day before crowd
L court room. Many women, young and 0
were present, and the prisoner, as on p
b vious days, was surrounded by his relatiy
: Argument was continued by counsel