The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-03-30
The Covington, Ky. Murder

WASHINGTON March 27.-The House
Committee heard a delegation from the
Upper Missippi Valley in advocacy of an
appropriation for the Improvement of the
Falls of St Anthony. The Committee
has the subject under consideration.
There Is a differance OF opinion between
the Secretary of the Treasury and Sena-
tors relative to the disposition of this SlS,-
600, 600 balance of the legal tender reserve.
Should the $4O0, 900, 600 bill become law
the Secretary does not consider that the
language of bill which passed the House
would compel the investment of the bal
ance in bonds, and, as the revenues are
greater than the expenditures he would
keep the money out of circulation in the
currency balance.
JEFFERsoNvILLE, March 2S.-The cru
saders have finally secured the signature
of Foutz, saloon-keeper, to the pledge
not to sell liquor On the announcement
| of this bells were rung, women embraced
him and each other, and the widest joy
prevailed. 1t is reported that Foutz, will
be amply rewarded for his decision.
Boston, March 2S.-The fifth ballot for
| United States Senator. to day, resulted
Dawes, SS; Hoar, IS Curtis, 6S; Adams,
49, Banks, I; Whittier. Washburn and
Pierce, each. The whole number of
votes was 254 necessary to choice, l2S.
BosToN, March 2S.-Miss Mary Laura
Shaw has bequeathed $67,0 to the Cath
olic and Protestant Charitable Institutions
of Boston.
CINCINNATI, March, %. -ColW. G. Ter
rell, the well-known Covington, KY, jour
nalist, who was recently dangerously
stabbed by son of Squire Francis, was an
actor to day in another and more terrible
affair About II o'clock this morning
Terrell went to the law Office of Harvey
Meyers, in Covington, and shot him
through the body with a Derringer pistol.
Meyers lived only twenty minutes. Mr.
Meyers, one of the prominent lawyers Of
Kentucky, was widely esteemed for his le-
gal learning. strict integrity, and broad
humanity. He occupied temporarily at
tunes. judicial positions by appointm ent
He was 43 years of age. The wound was
produced by Derringer ball about the
size of the fore-fnger tip 1t struck the
abdomen near centre line, and passing
through cut the bowels Messengers were
sent Immediately for Mrs. Meyers and her
six children, three of whom were present
at their fathers death The other three
were on their way to the office. the youngest
being a babe in arms. The divorce suit
now pending in the Campbell county cir
cult court, brought by Mrs Terrell, was
the cause of the affair.
The women 5 temperance leagues have
observed Mayor Johnston's proclamation
. forbidding street praying before saloons
but have not indicated their future policy
An immense meeting of all classes Of
. citizens. 2,5U0 people present, was held al
Exposition Hall to night. and listened tC
~ elcles from Judges Whitman and Taft,
and kobbie Lubenthal. Charles j. Dodds
+. w. Kitterdge, George F. Davis, james
II. Laws, and Emil Rothe, in behalf Of /
judicious license law to meet the wants o.
the times, which is the best solution OF tn,
problem Of the liquor traffic The women
movement was spoken of respectfully
thou gh condemned by imputation.
SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,, March 2S.-The Gov
ernor has signed the bills revising the Law
in relation to the Illinois 4 Michigan Ca
J. nal, and for the Improvement of the Lii
, nois and Wabash rivers; amending tn
Soldiers Orphan Home act; in relation t
- practice in Courts of Record amendin
, Sec. of the Library law correcting erro
- in Jury law providing for Chancellors il
universities.
1t turns out that before the reporter
were admitted to the Republican caucu
last night'resolutions were offered to ar
- point Committee to wait on the leader
: of the Changers and find out what the
= wished the Republican party to do fo
them When the reporters got in the sui
jcct dropped, but it is understood that tn
Committee appointed are to enter into De
Is gotiations with the Grangers, and if pos
5. sible form an alliance, defensive and offer
= sive, which We uld probably be very offer
sive to the mass of the farmers.
LACoNIA, n. H., March 2S.-Blodget
the wife murderer, hanged himself in h
cell this morning.
LANSING, Mich, March 28.-A call ha
been issued this evening by the Law an
y Order Committee for city mass -meetin
- Monday evening, to nominate another ten
perance ticket 10 place of those who declir
ed to accept.
y. Fort WAYNE, Ind, March 28.-La9
mr. night at the mass temperance meeting
or Mrs. Albert Rosenthal, wife o. travelir
= agent for a wholesale liquor house, read
address which caused an immense sens;
ton. 1t is published in full in the paper
today, and is the common topic Of CONVEX
sation. She stated that Mr.. Olds,
wealthy citizen who donated $1,000 to II
tenn e ance cause, had his cellar full O.
quor and his yard ornamented with stat,
airy of a gross and immoral character 81
also asserted that the women engaged
the movement were extravagant in DIRE
and addicted to the crime of abortion, thu
driving their husbands to ruin. 81
charged that the Mayor and other prou
nent citizens had been refused drinks
drug stores, and made other assertion
equally startling. She was replied to
pointed remarks by some of the tempe
ance leaders.
tonight the Germans are holding
great anti crusade meeting. The atte
dance is large and the excitement great.
New YORK, March %. Two frelg
trains colided on the Pennsylvania Ce
tral road near Jersey City. The tiremi
and brakeman were killed and conduct
Metz was fatally wounded The colisi
was the result Of the carelessness OF
operator, who has been arrested.
At the Congregati NAL Council the FL
four questions under consideration. invo
ing church disc: c:pline, were decided in t
negative by an informal vote, but the QUE
ti)ns involving fellowship with PlymOu
remained unanswered last night T
Council express the opinion that the p