The Rock Island daily Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1872-1873, 1873-05-15
Movements of President
Grant.
Col. DeBIanc arrested by
the Kellogg Usurpers.
Other Items Of Interest.


ST Louis, May l4.-There are eight |
Senators and one hundred Representatives
present at the Conference, as are also Mr.. |
Noyes, of Ohio, Governor Walker, of Nir- |
ginia, Governor Osborne, of Kansas, and
Governor Austin, of Minnesota
The resolutions presented by Capt Eads
declare of great moment the deepening of
the mouths of the Mississippi and the per-
manent location and deepening Of the
channel that this plan is suited to the
improvement of the Missouri, Illinois, Ar
kansas, Red, Ohio, Tennessee, Cumber-
land, and many other important streams
that the improvement of the upper and
lower rapids Of the Mississippi should be
vigorously prosecuted until the navigation
of those parts of the river is made safe
and convenient that every practicable
water route to the seaboard should meet
with favor from the general government;
that 40 artificial obstruction to the channel
of the Mississippi be permitted, except
upon the most urgent necessity; that the
navigation Of our great water highways
should be relieved of the danger and delays
70 which it is subjected by the many badly
CONSTRUCTED railroad bridges on the Upper
/ mississippi that the interest of this al
Hey imperatively demand the most econo-
lmical means Of transportation to and from
the foreign markets Of the world We
! may emphatically declare that the revenue
| flaws should be SO amended as to permit
/ ship master te purchase ships wherever
fthey can be most cheaply procured.
Ex-senator Henderson delivered a
lengthy speech, in which he discussed the
causes which have brought about the great
and imperative demand for increased tran
1 sit facilities. Id whit h lead to the contro-
lversy which now exists between stock
I holders and bondholders of one side and
iproducers and consumers on the other
I The session on Thursday will be given up
to general discussion The excursionists
for Texas, number $50 and will leave early
on Friday morning.
j New HAVEN, May l4-President
f(frant arrived here this a. IN. accompanied
by Generals Sherman, Mcdowell and Sher-
idan
New ORLEANS. May l4.-Col. De Blanc
and nine others will be brought here in
4 custody of federal troops, and arraigned
1before the Commissioners on Saturday on
a charge Of intimidating citizens.
/ SAN Francisco, May l4-Lieut Har-
ris died at the Lava Beds, on May 18th.
Thefuneralof Gen Candy this afternoon
was most solemn and imposing.
WAsHINGToN May l4.-Late Chief
Justice Chase left a will, naming tfovernor
II. u. Cooke as Syle executor. No lnyen-
tory has yet been made Of his estate.
) which, after a few requests, is To be dIvid
, ed between his children, Mrs Sprague and
. Mrs Hoyt
=! HALIFAX. y. s, Mayl3-This eommu-
nifty was startled tonight with the intelh
gence that terrible expiasi N had occurr
ed IN the nrummand colliery. iIctpu ccun
ty.at / clock. Manager Dunn Assistant
Manager Richardson, and t1rty Of the
wurkmcn were. IN the pit when the eXplo
sion took place. The greatest excltemen
prevailed after the fearful occurrence, an
r crowds Of people for miles around came t
ilearu the latest particulars.
They witnessed one Of those heart-rend
, ing scenes which is described by an ey
witness as something narrowing beyond al
r conception, the recollection of which vii
o never fade from memory; mothers
wives sisters, children, and friends crowd
ed around the burning PIT, mourning piti
: fully the terrible fate Of those below, thei
u heart rending cries being heard fur Ion
: distance
Every effort has been, and is being mad
Is to rescue the men, but so far without SUE
/ cess, and it is feared they have all pei
Z lshed. The fire up TO this time tq D. Ia.
Il is still raging Assistance from Pict0u an
New Glasgow, where great excitemeI
3 prevails, is at hand, and strenuous exel
: tious will be made to subdue the conf,
y grafton. The city is greatly excited owe
II the news OF the calamity
:, NEw YORK. May 13-The Heral
; special from Halifax locates the mine dii
/ aster at the village of W Nestviile, county
Pictou, l03 miles from Halifax, wher
G there are three large collieries in full ope
alton, exporting large quantities of Goa
So Navigation having recently opened, th
: workmen demanded increased wages an
. several strikes occurred One of tt
4 largest mines called Drummond collier,
owned by the Inter-Colonial Company
Montreal, has been closed several days b,
to-day the men returned to work 4
ll:3O shot in the coal setfire to the slop
= and in half an hour afterward fearful e.
plosion took place, caused by an accumul
ton OF gas during the time the mine W;
r closed. About . clock second expl
H. sion occurred, coming up the slope a
" shaft, an old trial shaft, with terrible fore
p and it is believed killing every one in Il
mine, varIously estimated at forty to ol
- hundred, including men and boys Sol
after the first explosion cries were hea,
at the foot Of the air shaft, and men we
immediately lowered with ropes and fo
of those below brought up Two M
- were going down the air shaft to rend
y assistance when the second explosion {
ck CURED, and they were blown to pieet
There was such a small supply of wat
r. that little could be done to quench t
- flames, which are still raging fercely.
10 o'clock tonight dense masses of smo
are pouring out of all the openings a
Mals M threatening to destroy all the surta
'Hu buildings, There is no hope of saving a
Of those now below, as all escape was cut
sntil 81 oy the explosion. Many of the lost q
lea married men, with families.
aife LATEST.
ion HALIFAX, May 14.ZThe FIRE IN t
soi Drummond colliery continues. but is sic
ly abatlng, all the openings being filed ,
r and a stream OF water has been tnrnad
81 to an air shafte lately worked sThe
of the killed, as far as known, eomnr;
26 men leaving wives and families, and
single men the total number Of Iii
will probably reach IS. The wound
number six, of whom two are fatally
jured. The men who have escaped W
great difficulty from the slope report L
FOR on their way up they passed the bodies
their comrades who had probably beco
Supplied by smoke -Four men who '
unteered to go down the shaft shortly
+ fore the second explosion were kill
=; Several violent exulosians fonk nIace