The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-02-27
Canada Wants to Annex
Herself.
The Great Temperance
Movement.
Other News Items.

SPRINGFIELD, Feb. 26.-The Senate to-
day passed number of House bills OF
minor Importance. The Senate refused to
order to third reading the bill making
the Governor, Auditor and Attorney-Gen- !
an ex-ofhcio Board of Warehouse Commis-
sioners j. The Douglas monument appro-
priation bin was taken up, and after an
Intellectual attempt to amend it by similar
appropriation to the monument to Owen
Lovejoy, was made the special order for to-
morrow.
The House had another chapter of con-
9mpt, the recalcitrant witness, Paine, still
refusing to answer questions, and was re-
manded to the custody Of the Sergeant-at-
Arms, who, however, allowed him to go
home. Several revision bills were passed.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 26.-It is not too
much to say that the effect OF Senator
Schurz's speech has been Unexpectedly
profound If it has not actually reversed
the former small majority in the Senate IN
favor of initiation, it has so far shaken 1t as
to induce the leaders of that faction to
pause and stave off any immediate vote.
It is obvious that no argument based on
merely local grounds could have had more
effect than that delivered by our Missouri
Senator. The almost universal popular
and commercial protest against imitation,
coupled with such unanswerable logic as
SchurZ's is permeating the Senatorial cere-
brum at last, and there are good many
moderate expansionlsts who are now very
willing to subscribe to any pretext that Will
let them out of the position they have ia
ken. With this class of Senators the COM
mon argument has been, since Schurz
speech, that the rapid recuperatlon
of the country and the revival OF
business seem to obvlate any rea
d necessity for an increase OF the cur
rency. There are, however, two factions
among the resumptionlsts, one led by Mr
Schurz, and the other by Mr.. Sherm, ,anbe
! tween whom there is disagreement as Il
the proper scope OF legislation, ana th'
proper province of the government as
means or prompter OF specie resdmp
J. ton So marked is this divergence tha
Schurz refuses to support Shermans bill
nrohablv on account Of its omission to sui
Hcieptly abridge the discretionary powe
y of the secretary of the treasury in Gel
II tain direction. An effort will be made
bring the anti-iufationists together in cal
Gus with a view of settling the minor differ
ences that exist and bring them upon tt
same common ground. The onslaught
Schurz has at last compelled them to ha
! long enough to permit the assumptions
~ to Get their forces into line.
tn PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 25.-The secor
Sp- edition of the Medical Times states tn
is. the autopsv of the Siamese twins was co
tiDued on Friday last and resulted in son
l. interesting disclosures The commissi
is. foupd that the livers, which were suppC
. ed to be ieined only by blood vessels we
really one body, the parenchumatous tiss
"a heing continues between them, SO tn
when theyswere removed from the bod
and placed on the table they formed o
mass, The so-called tract of portal CT
tinuitv is therefore liver tissue. 1t will
/ remembered that Chang was said to
" the possessor of one more pouch than III
! When the liver was removed, however,
MINER hepatic pouch was found also p
= ceeding from Eng, so that the band G
tanned four pouches of peritoneum, besl
v1s liver tissue. These disclosures show t
! q anv attempt during life to separate
twins would in all probability have pro
- fatal
FIR ST. LOUIS, Feb. 26.-Capt. John
McCune member of the firm OF Oa
McCune & Co, founder OF the heo
Packet Company, and Tor over forty u
closely identified with river commerce
manv of the most prominent enterprise
ar the city and state, died to-day after I
IL illness.
New YORK, Feb. 26,-The Frel
:, Canadian societies of this country, and
Benevolent and Protective societies,
St. agitating the question of annexation,
WIS have formed a Central Union andy will h
convention in this city next summer.
PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 26.-The Ro
I'D Catholic Total Abstinence Union OF
Wy city had a grand demonstration at
Academy of Music this evening.
building was crowded and large nur
of clergy and laymen together with I
Protes ANTS, were on the stage. Ih
ercises consisted of addresses, MUSIC
reading of encouraging letters from bis
throughout the country.
New YORK, Feb. ga numbe
,ron,en engaged in the temperance
fa;l;ng IN secure the Theatre Comique
mn R Snndav evening meeting, called at
IN known saloon in Houston street yeSl'
NM , with the view OF obtaining the use v
o hand theatre attached. The proprietor
was not in at the time, but on ms
WIS was informed of the visit, when ne "! "!
29d1y letter addressed to the puphc, AZ W..
- saws: ''rhe echoes Of the great tie te'
anee movement in Ohio have reache
and as a humble but still synp,a
~ member of the community neartii.
a and will substantially aid In dlsseml
the PRINCIPLES of temperance 50
OIL Known. appreciated and practlceo
midst" Harry has placed his tnea
1aiI cOrding to the letter, at the disposal
\ temperance women for Sunday even
;s now well patronized variety ana