The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-07-08
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Railroad Despots Begin to
Smell Woolen.
They Revenge Themselves
by a General and Enor-
nous Increase of
Transportation
Rates,
Tammany After the Cor
rupt N. Y. Republican
officials.
A Scalawag ex-Congress-
man wants to Repudiate.
Aleck Stephens on his Last
Legs.
Death of Another Roman
Catholic Bishop.
independent Convention in
Mclean County.
Riot at Quincy.
Collision Between the PO-
1lice and Rowdy Circus
Men--The Latter are
in Jail.
Tdiotic Casualties, Fires,
etc., etc.
Riot at Quincy.
Tdiotic Casualties, Fires,
etc, etc.

New YORK, July THE recent rail
road decision of Judge Drummond at Mad
ison, Wis, was the chief topic OF discus
sion in financial circles again to-day. At
the opening of the market Northwestern
stock declined from 40s to 394, and after
ward rallied to 40, with late dealings at
393. Preferred declined from 5Ss to 56s.
st. Paul opened at 6!(a36a, and declined
to 35s, but rallied to 26b, ,and then dropped
off to 35J. The St Paul preferred sold at
So. Erie was active and declined from
3l8 to 80, then rallied to 81 and later de-
cliued to 3O4(G30s Lake Shore dropped
from IS to 74s; Rock Island from 993 to 9S4.
Other fluctuations were 9(G3 per cent. al
ternately up and down, the market being
influenced by the course of the so-called
Granger stocks.
The freight agents who met to devise rates
Of freights from the west by the Erie, New
York Central and Pennsylvania Central
railways, haye resolved to increase treights
on live stock to about double its former
rate. The basis of the increased rates was
fixed at 55 cents per hundred pounds from
Chicago to New York. 1t is the intention
of the managers to increase and not de-
crease the charges on all classes of
treights
A party OF gentlemen will leave this city
for Albany tonight to lay before the Gov
ernor their reasons for desiring the remov-
al of the Mayor and the convicted Police
Commissioners. 1t is understood that the
strong points made against the Mayor are
that on three occasions he has refused to
investigate charges against the Commis-
sioners, when it was plainly his duty to do
so. Those occasions were, first, when
Commissioner Charlick was examined be-
fore the court on the charge OF violating
the provisions of the election law second,
when the Board of Aldermen, acting on
the report presented the Committee, re
ouested the Mayor to investigate the
charge against the Police Commissioners !;
and, thirdly, when the Legislative Com
mittee presented a report on the charges
that the Board had acted improperly IN
the workings of the Street Cleaning Bu-
reau. The Mayor seems Impressed with
the gravity of the occasion, but declares
that he acted under legal advice. He de.
MES that the Assistant Attorney y-General
has addressed District Attorney Phelps
calling his attention to the gravity OF the
charges against the Mayor and Police Com
missloners Gardner and Charlick, and ask
ing him to lend aid in procuring lndlct-
ments against them FROM the Grand Jury
and bringing the cases to trial as speedily
as possible.
The new charges against Charlick and
Gardner will be laid before the Grand
jury Thursday. The charges against
Mayor Havemeyer are preparing but ac
ton thereon will depend on the result OF
, the conference this evening with Governor
Dix
1t is rumored tonight that Commission,
ers Charlick and Gardner have resigned il
: order to prevent Mayor Havemeyer embar.
rassment. Geo. w. Matsell, Police Super.
intendeut is mentioned as one Of their
= successors and Jno h. Voorhees, as the
. other.
General William Uckles, of the Confed
crate Army residing at Rutherford Park, \
j., for the past six years, committed sui
eide yesterday. ~
Thomas Kemp. of New Brunswick, y
J. took his three children to the canal yes
, day and threw them in. jumping IN HIM
| self afterwards The oldest child wa
drowned, but the father and the other chll
dren were rescued.
Thomas Kemp, of New Brunswick. \
4, J.. who threw his three children into th'
canal on Monday, drowning one and thcl
attempted to drown himself, died sudden
= iy to-day.
: MEMPHIS, July "A special says Col
! Il. Hawkins, ex-member Of Congress
+ Yesterday, in a speech at Paris. Tenn, adj
! vocated reputation Of the national AM
! State debts
Augusta. Ga. July Alex. II. Ste
z yens announces his determination not L
be a candidate for reelection to C0ugres
on account of failing health. Unless Ia
: improves physically during the summer h
will resign his seat in the present Congress
In six weeks he has been out Of doors bu
twice.
LITTLE Rock, Ark, July 7.-Oficia
and estimated returns show majority /
\ the late election of 10000 for a ecnsttu
; tional convention.
BALTIMORE. Nd. July Bishop Rich
: ard Vincent WheelaD died here at St As
nes Hospital, this afternoon.
ST. LOUIS, July The steamer Bel
7 of Jefferson, running in the Usage rive
exploded her boilers, last night, and Is
total loss. The captain, pilot aud one pa
to senper were scalded. but how badly Is NJ
D. known. Two colored deck hands are mis-
I ing.
!. HAMILTON. Ont, July Henry Lou
was to-day brought before Judge Amoro'
for extradition on the charge OF attemptt