The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-03-19
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S+aam asLea for on tho e.; .
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The Contest for u. s. Sena-
Mutterings of a Volcano in
North Carolina.
Fatal Fight between Detcc'
tives and Robbers.
The Temperance Crusade.

OF the frOQuc0 EXc0dngo, yesterday,
speeches were made in favor of putting
steam on and deepening the Erie Canal.
Resolutions to that effect, and for the ap-
pointment of committee to proceed to
Albany to influence the legislation needful
to the object desired, were adopted.
Boston, March 1S.-The contest for
Summers successor is narrowing. The
principal candidates now are conceded to
be Dawes, Adams. Hoar and Banks 1t |
is thought that the Democrats, who have
rs votes of $50, will unite on Liberal
Republican.
The Senate to-day passed the ten hour
bill by vote of l9 to l6. An effort will
be made tomorrow to reconsider the vote. |
LANSING, Mich, March S-The House
this morning voted, by g. to q, just the
necessary two-thirds vote, to submit the
woman suffrage question to vote of the
people. Mr. Brown, of Berrien county !
Burns, of Wayne county, and Remer, of
St Clair county, changed their votes, Civ
ing the requisite number for this final pas
sage.
CAIRO, ILL.,, March 1S.-A terrific hur-
ricane, accompanied by thunder, lightning
and rain, passed over this city early this
morning, causing the destruction of con-
siderable property. The center of the
storm seems to have passed south of Cairo,
as the wires work as usual northward, and
no damage is reported in that direction.
Barclay Bros drug store, Louis Her
berts restaurant, and John Antrim
clothing, adjoining each other on the levee,
had their roofs carried away. Antrim had
some goods damaged by the rain, but most
of the goods were taken out in time to save
them.
The San newspaper Office over Antrim's
is drenched, and cannot issue paper to-
day.
The bakery and residence of Leo Kleb,
on Sixth street, lost its roof, and the fami
ly had narrow escape from injury by
falling timbers.
The residence of W. B. Gilbert, Wash
ington avenue, lost part of its roof.
A small shanty occupied by negroes was
blown into a deep pond near Fifteenth
street, and the inmates were rescued with
!. boat
Several small houses are reported de-
mollshed in the upper part OF the city, but
no loss of life is reported
Telegrams received from adjacent points
report no damage Dy the storm this morn
ing indicating its limited area.
Eight houses were unroofed here, with a
total loss of from $4,000 to $4,000.
The river men took advantage of hint
from the United States signal office and
made everything secure before the hurri-
cane came on thus escaping damage to the
shipping.
WASHINGTON, March 18--Little com
mittee work was done to- day on account of
the departure of many Congressman to
!. witness the ship launching at Chester, Pa.
, CHESTER, Pa, March 18.-The steam
ship City of Pekin, for the Pacific Mail
= Steamship Company was successfully
z launched to-day in the presence of a large
number of people, including Congressman
and representatives of mercantile interests
AS the vessel touched the water she was
greeted by the cheers of the people,
screams of steamboat whistles and the mu-
- sic of several bands on steamboats,, and a
salute of guns on the wharf. The City of
Pekin is the largest vessel ever built in the
United States.
New YORK, March 1S.-A special from
:. Salisbury, n c., says a report from a
$. scientific source states that the internal
noises heard in Bald Mountain resemble
= those heard in the mountain preparatory
to volcanic eruption. Throughout the
entire county, and for distance of sixteen
miles extending into adjoining counties
these sounds are not only heard, but a
trembling of the earth is perceptibly felt.
y No signs of fire or lava have yet been dis
) covered.
Frederick A. Bailey. principal book
keeper of Badeau, Lockwood & Co., im-
. porters and wholesale dealers in fruit, is 9
defaulter and has absconded. The amount
ur of the defalcation is thought to reach $3.50,
A.. ..1PS Al Il,
: Badeau, Lockwood 4 Go. have deemed il
proper to suspend. The firm claims to bt
solvent
- The wife of Francis Bidwell was founc
at her residence in Brooklyn yesterda,
with her throat cut from ear to ear with
razor. Bidwell reported that it was cas-,
of suicide, but the police are investigator,
the matter.
N ST. LOUIS, March l8.-A special from
| Sedalia says that in fight between a par
ty of detectives and the Younger brother
r in St. Clair county, one brother and two de
tectives we're killed. The Youngers wer
suspected of robbing the train on the low
railroad some months since.
IN NASHVILLE, March l8.-A fire brok
N out at l0:40 o'clock last night in the furni
~ ture ware house of the Tennessee Manu-
idcluiing Oompany anu destroyed IL con
pletely, with $4,000 worth of stock. TIL
al, fire then communicated to the furnitur
stores of Greenfield, Atwell and Sneed, ,ds
2 stroying property to the amount of SIS
O00. The mattrass manufactory of II.
Miller, was crushed by falling walls A
ess the buildings belonged to Mrs. NJ. T. All
ing son, who loses about S35, ,000 Total los
about 100000; insurance $55, 900.
CrN~rNNarr March 10 IT, Gou.....,
r. held an aDtl-temperance meeting at Turnt