The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-04-25
TELEGRAP!HE!-IC. TT
Brooks Denies Baxter's
Right to Convene the
Ark's Legislature,
Baxter's Forces Scattering,
The Destructive Floods in
the South.
Accident on the G. r.. I. & p.
Railroad.
Jim Bell, of Port Byron.
Arrested in IOWA for
Robbery.
The Erie Canal to be Opened
May 5th.
The Erie Canal to be Opened
May 5th.
Murders, Suicides, Fires. etc

ST. LOUIS, April 24-A special states G
| that some of Baxters troops are still un- il
der arms but poorly fed. To-day they de- 0
manded provisions from the merchants,
but the United States troops interfered \
where compliance was not voluntary. Ru- Y
mors are circulated concerning a compro- !
mise. Brooks will not entertain such pro- t
positions.
LITTLE Rock, April 24.-Negotiations =
have been progressing to-day between Y
Brooks and Baxter to the effect that each
withdraw their forces until a competent +,
tribunal adjudicates the question of Gov
lernorship. Baxter has convened the Leg
lislature for the purpose of sumbitting the
Iquestion back to the people for settlement.
Brooks denies his authority to convene, and
has not replied to Johnston's requisition
for the public buildings He is erecting
powerful barricades behind the State
House. Baxter to-day notified the Presi
dent that he would convene the Legislature
Nav IL. Lieut. Cushman has returned
from Memphis and denies having stated
that violent partisan feeling in the tele
graph Office here prevented him sending
dispatches He gave the report of the
Baxter men firing on Col. Rose merely as
hearsay.
New ORLEANS, April PA letter from
a farmer says twenty seven plantations
will raise no cotton this year, eleven may |
make half crop and twenty-nine are good
for full crop.
The water from the Bonnet Carre ere
= vase has overfowed the Grand Point set
tlement and ST. James parish.
A resolution has been adopted in Ward
lSixty, setting forth the necessity Of imme
date relief for the people behind the
grand levee, who are inundated and starv
y ingi
The whole parish of Iberville, on the
right bank of the Mississippi, is submerg-
:, ed Gov. Kellogg received communica-
y ton from the Captain and Commissary of
u Subsistence at New Orleans to day. stating
that he was instructed by the Secretary of
E. War to turn over 400, 900 rations Of meal,
bread. beans or rice to the relief commls-
= sion, at the rate of 10000 rations daily
This will last twenty days.
,. Rain and wind prevailed this morning.
The northern, eastern and western mails
are now due, but many railroad bridges
have been washed away.
The nine men blown to sea from North
west Pass were picked up by fishing
schooner and have arrived.
MONTGOMERY, Ala, April 24.-The
rains have raised the streams over the
whole State of Alabama. which are still
rising. The low lands are flooded, and II
is feared that farming viii have to be aban
doned.
MEMPHIS, April 24.-The Little Rocl
| railroad has been washed away near Rice
| vile. Loss unknown.
: ST. LOUIS, April 24-Two thousand dol
lars and large amount of provisions wer
raised in few minutes on Change to-da
4 for the Louisiana sufferers.
WASHINGTON, d. c., April 24-Th
D Mayor of New Orleans to-day tele
graphed Ex-Governor Hurlbut to reques
the President to hasten the issuance of r;
tions. Grant replied that he had directe
the Commissary General, before the pas
sage of the relief bill, to forward all po
AND sible supplies to the sufferers.
ALBANY, April 24--At Q meeting {
~. the representative temperance Repub
= cans to- day it was resolved to concentra
the state temperance sentiment against I'll
~ denomination of Gov Dix, in consequent
of his veto of the local prohibition bill la
year. ~
au have adopted resolution fixing May D
III. the day of opening the New York Sta
canals.
S PRINCETON, Ill, ApTl II, Il W. lICiS
- trains on the Chicago, Rock Island a
Pacific Railroad collided near Altoona, II
last night. Fortunately no one was
iured, but some very lively jumping to
!! place Both engines and several cars a
badly smashed. The cause of the collisi
)ES. is not reported.
DUBUQUE, Iowa, April PA case v
cided in the Circuit Court, in this city,
terday, in which judgment of 81 1850 Y
given to woman against man tor SELL
her husband Intoxicating liquors. The C;
was brought froma independence on
, .,o;r change of venue The judgment will b
against the property where the liquor
sold.
lc Sheriff Walker, of Clinton county,
10 sisted by detective Shattuck and Mars
Com Kintzinger, of this city, arrested last ev
omim ing, in a saloon, James Bell, who is cha
pOpu ed with assulting and robbing Will
Peer. Cane of 800, last January The crimi
ausio U1a III il the son of respectable father, who
ruined by his misdeeds Bell was retu
ed to Clinton this day, handcuffed,
kstore. stand trial on the charges preferred.
sS aSer NASHVILLE, April 24,-Samuel "
- yer. a tax collector at Lawrenceburg, s
~ Roger Green on Wednesay. Weaver v
~ 70 Green's Office and accused him of ar
H An alteration ensued, when Weaver d
= a six shooter and fred. The ball entt
" the abdomen. Green died last night.
Ne SHERMAN, Texas, April pa.
|HA White, prominent citizen, was shot
OK killed last night by rufhans secreted
81 ID dark alley. 1t is said that his vlgo
% prosecution of the murderers of fr
20 q named Diamond created enmity and
S ed his death. -,
''ppS ERIE, April 24.-United States vi
Benson, of the secret service, to- day al
D. ted John Earl, John Eaton and his ,
in Bloomfield for counterfeiting mic
- The apparatus was found in their ha
i-'' BosToN, Mass, April 24.--Ge
Murkland. a printer, committed su
~. last night His wife recently drov
ICAeo. herself.