The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-04-21
TELEGRAPHIC.
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The Arkansas Matter.
No Serious Collision Yet.
Senator Bayard offers a
Sensible Amendment to
the La. Bill.
Aleck Stephens Gone Home
Navigation on the Lakes.
Interesting to Police Magis-
trate Norris.
Law1ess Negroes on the
Rampage in Louisville.
Tornadoes, Snow Storms
and Flood.
Yankee Robinson's Cam
paign for 1874.
Law1ess Negroes on the
Rampage in Louisville.
Tornadoes, Snow Storms
and Flood.
Yankee Robins0n's Cam
paign for 1874.

WASHINGTON, April 2o.-The United
States commandant at Little Rock tele-
graphs that Brooks and Baxter forces are
small and that the excitement there will
| soon subside.
In the House the resolution asking the
President for copies of correspondence of
all kinds, the military orders, etc., touch
ing the troubles in Arkansas, was adopted.
LITTLE Rock, April 20.-The situation
is unchanged Both parties have been
reinforced and are resting on their arms.
| WASHINGTON, April 2O.-ln the Senate,
the Louisiana bill being under considera-
ton, Mr., Bayard offered his amendment,
of which he gave notice some days ago, de-
claring McEnery and Penn were duly cleo
| ted Governor and Lieutenant Governor !;
that they had been unlawfully prevented
by the armed forces OF the United States
from discharging the duties of their Off
ces, and requesting the President to issue a
proclamation within ten days after the
passing of this act, Withdrawing the troops
and notifying the people of Louisiana that
the government had withdrawn all impe-
ments to their legally elected officers filling
the offices.
"Vice President" A. III. Stephens, of
Georgia, has left his seat in Congress and
gone home, hopeless invalid. He is re-
duced to mere shadow and meyer expects
to return to Washington.
| COLUMBUS, o., April 20.-At 10 O'Clock
this morning both branches of the genera
assembly adjourned till December next
having been in session LOG days, passed
lI25 general and 64 local laws and So john
resolutions.
BUFFALO, April 20.-The schooner l.;
Petite, laden with corn arrived at this port
this afternoon from Huron, the first arriv
al Of the season Also the schooner Argo
from Detroit.
SPRINGFIELD, H., April 20.-There ha
been an unsettled question between the au
thorities Of Chicago and the Auditor OF th
. State toushing the final settlement on ac
count of the canal redemption, as to wheth
er the State should not pay the city inter
= est from the date of the warrants, some o
(which were not paid for a considerabl
length of time, no money being In tn
\ treasury for that purpose. The matte
: was finally submitted to the Attorney Gen
eral for an opinion, both parties agreeln
to be governed by it. His opinion wa
submitted to the Governor this morning
and he holds that the Auditor cannot a
;, low the claim for interest, as made by tn
city.
Attorney General Edsall decides tn;
. police magistrates elected prior to the. Il
=. of July next will be entitled to served IL
u the full term of four years.
PEORIA, ILL.,, April 20,-There are, !;
E. vet, no traces of the murderer of Charlie
Pfeiffer, Mayor Warner has offered a r
= ward of $500, and the Chief OF Police al
other reward of 800. This will,no doub
stimulate the search, although the who
affair is so wrapped in obscurity that dete
ton seems impossible.
LOUISVILLE, April 20.-As the negro
were celebrating the fifth anniversary
the Fifteenth Amendment to-day by
street parade, one of them left the rank
went into a store, took S. from the mon
drawer and rejoined the procession.
policeman attempting to arrest him W
three times knocked down and was re
cued with difficulty by FIVE police, who
naly succeeded in making eight arrests
negroes. The latter then commenced
indiscriminate stoning of all whites in t
streets. Some twenty were wounded. L
= police rallied and arrested several mol
when the procession disbanded. The b.
ter class of the negroes did not particips
in the celebration.
ERIE, Pa April 20,-At ornado and thu
der storm this afternoon unroofed a nul
Der of buildings, tore vessels from tht
moorjngs, and done much other damae
One man was killed by the concusslon,
mark being found on his body. The sto
lasted but few minutes.
DEsMoINEs, Iowa, April 20.-A sto
rS of snow and rain has been raging here slr
last night.
= DETROIT, Mich, April 20.-News fir
the Straits of Mackinac states that If
showing there. There is now foot
snow on the ground, the wind is blowin
gale from the northeast, and the mercl
is down to 307.
GREEN BAY. Wis. April 20.-The sew
est snow storm of the winter commend
this morning, and is still raging at no
There is a high wind and the country ro
are badly drifted. The wind is driv
the water from the bay up into Fox riy
so that the river is rising rapidly.
track of the Wisconsin Central Railro
running along the river between here a
Depere. is overhowed in many places,
the embankment is washing away.
early morning train passed over, but 81
then the condition of the road has becc
so bad that no trains can now pass.
New ORLEANS, April 20.-Oficial t
grams to-day announce that the WI
country from Monroe to the mouth OF
river is inundated, and 10000 reople
on the verge of starvation. Gov. kell
has issued proclamation to the suite
that he has done all be POSSIBLY can to
leyiate the distress. Responses are exp
ed to the address telegraphed to the no
ern cities. He hopes that out of this
may come the good of keeping the d,
repaired.
Boston, April 20.-In the Ber
Street Church, last evening. over
were contributed for the sufferers by
overflow of the Mississippi and its tn
taries, Several prominent gentlemen
with the Mayor, yesterday, in his o o