The Rock Island daily Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1872-1873, 1873-10-09

Island, Ill, as follows: Colonel Nelson
A. Miles, of the 9Th infantry; Lieutenant
Colonel William H. French, of the I'd ar
tillery Major Thomas F Barr, Judge
Advocate; Rev. f. c. Wines, Of New
York, Secretary of the National Prison As
sociation, and 5. r. Brockway of Detroit.
Major Barr is appointed Recorder OF the
Board The prison is to be exclusively
for the confinement and reformation of OF /
tenders against the rules and laws OF the
army. The Secretary of ar Is to visit 1t |
at least semi-annuaily, for inspection. /
The Commissioners from civil lite shall |
hold their offices for three years, and shall
be paid s. day while on duty and their
necessary travelling expenses, while ofhcers
of the army shall be subject TO removal by
the Secretary Of War.
| CHICAGO, Oct. S.-There is considerable
/ feeling here over the action Of the State
/ Board of Equalization in nearly doubling
/ the assessment in Cook county. The pa
pers condemn the increase as unjust. The
Times in an editorial suggests the creation
of new State, to include the counties OF
Cook, Lake and DuPage.
New YORK, Oct. S.-Senators Morton,
of Indiana, Carpenter, of Wisconsin, An
thonv. of Rhode Island, and Bayard, of
Delaware members of the Committee on
Privileges and Elections, of the Senate OF
the United States, to-day closed their con
ferences, which have been continued from
day to day for the past week in this city.
In reference to the mode of electing Presi-
dence. the substance of their deliberations
thus far have involved the following pro
positions First, 10 abolish Electoral Col
Ieges: second that the President and Vice
President be elected by the people voting
directly for the candidates; third, that
each State shall be divided into as many
districts as the State is entitled to repre-
; sentatives in Congress, to be composed OF
> contiguous territory, compact IN form, and
as nearly equal in population as may be,
and the person having the highest number
; of votes for President in each district shall
/ receive the vote of that district for Presl-
r dent which shall count one Presidential
:. vote: that each State shall be entitled tc
= two Presidential voters at large which
T. shall be counted for the person having the
It highest number of such Presidential vote;
p in the United States shall be President
fifth, these provisions are to DE applicable
to the election of Vice President; sixth
: Congress shall have power to provide To-
l. holding and conducting elections for Pres
e ident and Vice President, and to establish
e tribunals for the decision of contests as t.
the vote in any district or State and max
= regulations governing the proceedings 0
:, these tribunals.
u The second Geneva convention OF tn
II Roman Catholic total abstinence s0cletie
of the United States began to-day by sol
: emn high mass in the cathedral. Ate
= mass the delegates marched to Irving Hal
" " and were called to order by Rev Fathe
u McDeyitt, of Washington, who preside
a. - and made an address, saying one object {
the convention was the establishment OF
newspaper, that the virtue of temperanc
:. might be spread throughout the land.
n committee on credentials was appolnte
III and recess taken. On reassembling, se1
eral addresses on temperance were mad
>. by clergymen.
WASHINGTON, Oct. S.-President Graz
- and members of the Cabinet, Gen. She
man, Gen. Babcock, the brother of ii
late John A. Rawlins and several person
friends were present at the Congrcssion
dE fdaE cemetery this afternoon assisting in Il
rm transfer Of the remains OF the late Gener
an, Rawfns from the vault in which thu
prd "d have reposed since the day OF his funer;
lu to grave in the same cemetery.
the Secretary DelanO to-day received a tel
I, gram from the Commissioner of lndi;
Affairs Smith. dated Fort Sill sayin!
W Governor Smith and party arrived ye
terday They have held a prelimina
council with the kiowa chiefs The s
we're measures probably necessary with t
Camanches here makes it very importa
INT that the Cheyennes, raiding near Pueb
should be struck and destroyed or capture
Their chiefs told me two men went again
rom their wishes and in defiance of their agen
A blow there will make a solution he
much easier by preventing the tribes abe
from Joining. The Indians must be ke
!. on the reservation by punishment wh
~" other means fail The contents of I
dispatch have been communicated to
leen War Department, and, it being agreed
take immediate action, Secretary Dels
telegraphed to Smith, that orders hf
oPy been given by the War Department
os ates strike the raiding Cheyennes near Pue
as soon as possible, and to keep him Il
= lano) advised of the events.
PEORIA, ILL.,, Oct. S.-Joseph OSWALD
little boy 8 years old, son of maltster
n Nusbaums distllIery, fell into large !
W, lie OF hot water, near his home, and
yesterday, after suffering untold ago
The flesh was literally boiled off his bo
! About $400 in money has been rai
for the yellow-fever sufferers. and the I
ceeds Of DR.. Brownies lecture. on Fri
rC evening will increase the amount mi
I'D rally.
STERLING, ILL.,, Oct. William Kr,
of Jordan township, was thrown from
;, wagon ON Wednesday, the hind wi
fraeturing several ribs and crushing
x- chest. DIR. Anthony was called, but
lSs' injuries were beyond medical aid, and
man died on the following Tues,
Kruse was 55 years old.
- A painful accident occurred on Tn
- day, near Baileyville. While Elmore
by was oiling the horse power of a thr
ss ing machine, his clothing was caught
ass = the tumbling rod and his right arm tor
Is ian VI at the elbow aud dreadfully lacer