The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-12-23
The Louisiana Republican
Frauds.
The People to be Cheated.
Canal Meeting in Clinton,
Iowa
A List of Military Compa-
MES in Illinois.
A Brutal Case of Abortion.
Accidents, Fire, Crime. &c.

servatives l03 majority, thus defeating tw
Conservatives and electing two Republca
members of the legislature The Conser
vative majority in the house, it is under
stood, has been reduced to two. The elev
en- parishes yet to canvass elected eightee
Conservatives and one Republican to tn
house on Nov. =.
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 22,-At meetin
of the board last night it was resolved t
memorialize the legislature for the passag
of such an act as will allow rate for tn
use of money to be the price agreed upol
by the parties to the contract.
CINCINNATI, Dec. 22.-Mayor Johnston
yesterday suspended from Office the dlrec
tor of the city workhouse, MIR. Edwar(
Kistner, who is charged with receiving
bribes.
JOLIET, Ill.,. Dec. 22.-Two convict
made strike fer liberty this morning -
They escaped from the warden house O
the pententiary, and made run of five
miles. After hard chase they were re
captured.
DEsMoINEs, Iowa, Dec. 22-The Rev
Dr. Huntington letter declining the lows
bishop ric was received here last evening
His reasons are that his people are build
ing church, and he is pledged to see the
undertaking through. He supposed thai
his letter, read in the convention could no
be misunderstood, that he would not &C
cept, if he was elected.
CLINTON Iowa, Dec. ga large con
vention met here to day, IN the interest o
the proposed ship canal from Eennepin
ILL.,, to the Mississippi river. Delegate
present from Dubuque, Lyons, Fulton
Morrison, Camanche, Wheatland, Cordova
and other cities. Senator d. N. Cooley, o
Dubuque, presided, Resolutions setting
forth the necessity of a route for a cana
making a confluence with the river abov
the Rock Island rapids were adopted. 4
committee, consisting of Amos Peaslee. o
Dubuque, Milo Smith, of Clinton, w. G.
Snyder, of Fulton, J. r. Rood, of Albany
w. A. Warren, of Bellevue, was appointed
to memorialize congress on the subject.
SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,, Dec. 22.--The adju
tant general laid his report before the
governor to-day. The most important
item in it is an alphabetical list Of soldiers
of Illinois who died at Andersonville, SIG
in number. 1t also contains roster OF the
officers of 1912, and the Mexican war. The
following is full list of the militia com
panies of the state. most of which are arm
ed with breech leaders: The Governor s
Guards and the Capital Guards, of Spring,
field, and Sherman Guard of Pawnee, in
this county; the Montgomery Light
Guards, the Mulligan Zouayes, the Sheri.
dan Guards and the Ellsworth Zouaves. of
Io oe -.
yersity Cadets the Sterling City Guards
the Quincy National Guards; the Major
Beardsley Battery of Light Artillery, of
Rock Island; the Grand d. Army Zouaves, Of
Rockford the Elmira Zouaves; the Nc.
Lean county Guards; the Sherman Guards
of Knoxville; the Dwight Guards; the
Livingston County Guards, of Fairbury /;
the Freeport Zouaves; the Nokomis
Guards, Other companies, in st. Clair
and other counties, are in progress of or
ganzation. There are but two colored
military organizations iu the state-the
Capital Guards of this city, and the Nc
Lean Guards, of Bloomington. The ex-
psnses of the department are little less
than $4,000.
GREEN BAY, Wis, Dec. 22,-An explo-
lea, Wis, which resulted in the death of
six men, and wounding of many more. j.
b. Laird Il Co., recently completed large
saw mill at that point which employed
thirty men, Yesterday morning, about 9
clock, while the mill was under motion,
the boilers exploded, tearing the mill liter
ally to pieces, not leaving even a board or
timber on the spot At the time of the
disaster there were 100 pounds of steam
on but it was supposed that there was suf-
ficient water in the boiler Further par
ticulars are not yet obtained.
CINCINNATI, Dec 22.-An aggravated
and brutal case of abortion has just come
to light. The parties concerned are of the
most respectable character. About two
months ago Belle Werts left her home in
Miami Town, near this city, ostensibly on
a visit TO her friends in Greenburg, Ind,
where, two weeks since, her father was
summoned to her death bed, but before his
arrival the body was shipped to Cincin-
natl, and thence to Miami Town. Dr. Hit,
who attended her, said that she died of in
fammation of the bowels. Suspicious of
foul play we're aroused, but nothing was
done until the funeral was progress
ing. While in the church excite
ment increased, and the ceremOn-
les were stopped. A jury was i'm
paneled and an inquest held on the spot.
About midnight the examination of wit
nesses was concluded, the church was
cleared, and post mortem examination
made, which proved that Belle Wert's
death had been caused by an abortion.
The examining physicians state that it was
bungling and brutal operation, aud must
have resulted in speedy death, as the or
gans we're terribly ruptured aud lacerated..
The jury returned a verdict in accordance
with the facts, charging DIR. Hit, James
Collins-the girls lOver-Mrs Little, her
sister, and Charles Little, her nephew, as
being accessories to the crime.
Buglars entered the premises Of Jacob
Refs, a grocer of this city, yesterday, and
distracted property amounting to about
$500 in bonds, cash and jewelry.
LANCASTER. Pa. December "a. Harry
gallagher fatally shot Jacob Schlegel-
milct this morning, at Mount Joy. Gal
lagher escaped.
New YORK, December 22.-Three chill
dren we're drowned yesterday by breaking
of the ice on pond near Trenton, New
Jersey.
SPRINGFIELD, Mass, December 2l.-
The saw mill of the Holyoke Lumber
Company, at Holyoke, Mass, was burned
tonight. The insurance Ia S25. ON