The Rock Island daily Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1872-1873, 1873-04-05
A Murderer ready to die of
Fright.
Accidents, Fires, Crimes,
Etc, Etc.

HAIIFTx. April 4.-The bodies Of John
\. Price, H. ), Hewitt, and Mr.. Merritt,
of New York Alfred Sumner, of San Fran
cisco, and second officer Metcah have been
recovered and are now in boxes awaiting
metallic eofhns As soon as the divers get
at work it is hoped that the bodies Of the
remainder of the cabin passengers will be
recovered. The bodies of the steerage
passengers and of the crew are buried here.
The body of Mrs. C. NJ Fisher has not yet
been found.
A steamer has Just arrived from the
wreck The Atlantic is still almost in
tact, only a few packages of her cargo hav-
ing come ashore. The swell continues so
heavy that the divers cannot work One
hundred and sixty four is the exact num-
ber Of bodies found up TO this morning.
The work of burying them has commenced,
aud gang Of men will be sent down this
evening to help the fishermen in that work.
BoSToN, April 4-The emigrants saved
from the wreck of the steamer Atlantic
are expected TO arrive here from Portland
tomorrow morning The agents Of the
White Star Line in this city have offered
Faneuil Hall for the reception Of the un-
fortunates, and preparations have been
made to provide for their wants. They
will remain in Boston all day and Saturday
evening proceed to New York,
HALIFAX, April A trip will be made
tomorrow. The stewards and men aquaint-
ed with the passengers have been left at
/ Prospect to take charge of the bodies as
1 they are washed ashore John Brindley
was lost His name was put in the list Of
saved by mistake. 1t is now proposed to
/ bring all the bodies TO this city and bury
/ them together in the public cemetery and
erect a monument over them.
The city council, on application Of the
provincial government, resolved this after
noon TO place lot in the cemetery at the
disposal Of the friends Of the dead.
. TRENTON, April "A disgraceful fight
took place this morning in the lobby Of the
House Yesterday in debate, Mr. Carse
called James NJ Scovill perjured man
and a scoundrel, and when Mr. Cole and
John Hood, members, met this morning,
they engaged in war Of words, Scoviu
came up, and, mixing in the quarrel, Cole
called him liar and was Immediately
knocked down by Scovill The Speaker
ordered all the doors to be closed, but be
fore it was done Carse rushed into the
fight, and Scovill knocked him down also
and he was badly punished while down
The Mayor of Trenton interposed, and pre-
vailed upon SeoviIl to leave the State
House, and the fight ended Coles face
is much disfgured The affair grew out o.
the opposition of Scoyill to a bill affecting
the disposition of some property in the
courts. Soon after the fight both house;
adjourned sine die
Senator c. Z. Shepard was to-day arrested
on warrant issued ON complaint OF Jos
Shaffer. one of the contractors Of tht
National Railway, charging the Senator
with eorruptly receiving $3.50 in consider
alton of his vote in the interest Of sai(
National Railroad
ST. LOUIS, April lit appears tha
the railroad accident which occurred a
French Village yesterday afternoon. wa!
occasioned by the culpable carelessness O
the conductor of the construction train
Mrs Julia B. Lusk, or Luke, of Morgan
county Mo-, while in the act sof jumping
from the train, was caught between tht
cars and crushed 10 death Her husband
with an infant in his arms, succeeded il
reaching the platform unhurt A gentle
man supposed to be james II. Watts O
Chester, Ill, 4 member Of the Illinoi
Legislature, was caught between the plat
form of the rear ear and the engine of tn,
dirt train and literally torn to pieces 4
young daughter of Mrs. Griffin, of Nc
Leansboro, received Jet of steam full il
the face and was horribly scalded abou
the head and upper part of the body
Her eyes were put out and it is though
she cannot survive Mrs. Stebbins, o
Milwaukee was severely cut and bruiset
about the head and several other passen
gers were more or less injured The en-
gineer of the dirt train, Michael Tanning
fed as soon as he saw the result of hi
. carelessness. The coroner jury returne
a verdict that Conductor Michael War
and Engineer Jno. Tanning, of the con
! struction train. were grossly and culpabl
: negligent in starting ahead Of time an
running at too great speed
LATER Tanning, engineer of tn
construction train that ran into the passeI
: ger train at French Village yesterday, wa
arrested to-day and put in jail at Belle
vile. Efforts are being made to fin
r Ward, conductor of the train, but so ia
: he eludes the officers.
, &CmCAGo, April 4-FrankI Harris,
- youHg SdTfpieii WIS to-udy sohtOhVVu
ten years at Joliet.
Iowa Cry, April 4-On Tuesday las
4 inches of snow fell here. To-day tn
mercury is seventy-nine in the shade, an
F there are over one thousand sudden ease
$ OF acute spring fever
ST LOUIS, April Advance sheets {
Uouid q Co.'S new directory gives tn
- population IN II of the Is wards of TIL
city at AIS, 326, an increase of III, ,262 owe
the census of 1870.
THFIN, April 4-Mis Nettia w Or.
Mise, young lady who has been st,,dv;n
law in this city for the past two wear r.
was admitted to the bar this morni1g
!, Judges Pillars, Latty and Jackson. 81
;" will probably locate in this city
OF OMAHA, April 4.-The Colorado Centr
). Railroad was completed % miles fro
- Golden City, Col, yesterday
BALTIMORE, April 4-The centrifug
machine in Calvert street sugar refinel
nj burst this evening, killing VIM. Jordi
aged "a and wounding two others.
PuTsBURG, April AT Washingtt
ed u Pa, to-day, the motion for a new trial
~ the case of Henry Breceland, convicted