The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-05-16

ohinhS thO pCopIc O1 Receipt vi
the news. The streets were crowded.
Thousands focked to Baxter's headouar-
ters and offered congratulations. Stores
that were closed are now opened.
Governor Baxter this evening issued
general orders complimenting his troops
tor their loyalty and exkorting them to
vigilance in the cause OF liberty, Brooks
tonight sent a communication to Cover
nor Baxter to arrange for disbanding his
troops. 1t was referred to Baxter's com
manding officer.
MILWAUKEE, May Ex-senator Matt
ii. Carpenter has written letter defend.
ing the constitutionality of the recent leg
islation in this state regulating railroads
He reviews at some length the opinion to
the contrary given by Mr.. Evarts, of New
York, and Judge Curtis OF Boston. and
argues that the question has been virtu-
ally decided in favor of the validity of the
law by Supreme Court of the Uuited
States, r
| CINCINNATI, May 15.-This afternoon
while the women were praying and singing
on the streets before soloons, crowd, ex-
asperated by the severe treatment given a
man yesterday who attempted to drive
through them, beset the band shouting,
cursing and jostling them. Some fighting
occurred and number of persons were
more or less injured. The mayor will
issue orders to have street praying stop
ped.
CAIRO, May 15.-The mate of the
steamer james Howard attempted to put
a negro deckhand OF shore near Hail. S
point, as penalty for stealing from deck
passengers, when the balance of the deck
crew mutinied and attacked the officers
with clubs, knives. etc. The mate received
a cut on the arm, and the carpenter was
considerably bruised. The mutineers got
possession of the boat. The negroes drove
the officers upstairs and warned them not
to come down or land the boat. As no
arms were to be had, the officers made no
resistance The boat was run near enough
to the wharf boat at Hickman to throw off
a telegram to the United States Marshal
at Cairo, asking for posse of police to
meet the boat below the city, and the vel
come hail from the tug was the first as
surances they had that the telegram had
come through. and that the officers were
once more masters of the situation.
CAIRO, Ill, May l5.-United States
Marshal A. Ii. Irwin arrested eleven col
ored men on board the steamer james
Ho ward, before she landed last evening, or
a charge Of mutinous conduct for resisting
the officers of the boat by force of arms
', threatening to murder the officers and burr
the boat They were committed to iai
last night, and to-day they had an exam
ination before United States Commissioner
II. H. Candee. and were held in bonds O
5000 each, in default Of which they were
committed to await their trial by the Uni
ted States District Court
SAN Francisco, May l4-TiburciC
; Vasquez the bandit, for long time a ter
ror to the southern portion of the State
was captured with two of his gang thi
, evening near Los Angeles.
o Sheriff johnson of Los Angeles and fou
men were the captors of Nasquez. The.
: found him at the house of Greek George
n in Cayhuenga canon. Vasquez was il
bed, unarmed, and jumped from the win
dow. The men fired on him, and hit hin
y three times. One shot from rife passe
. through his back At O'Clock Vasque
) was safely lodged in jail His wounds ar
n not dangerous. The jail is guarded by pc
e licemen. No access to the prisoner is a
!. lowed
|. San Francisco, Cal, May l5.-AC
n counts of the capture of Nasquez and tw
r Of his gang differ. The most reliable state
l. ment is that he was surprised while at dir
ner, with his weapons in another roou
He received seven wounds in his attemp
/: to escape. The physicians say that he wi
recover. There is great excitement at L.
/ Angeles. The jail is guarded by a stron
> force OF men, to prevent the escape {
:, lynching of the prisoner. The total al
J preparation by the State for the capture
l. Nasquez and his men is $l5,OOO-$S, ,0C
for the chief
: FT MADISON, Iowa, May ia col
: vict named Walker secreted putty knit,
a last evening, which he took to his cell, an
a in the night tried to cut his throat IT
~ knife being dull, he failed in his purpos
. This morning he refused to come out
ID his CELL saying that he would murder Il
man that came in after him. A co
! stream Of water was turned upon hin
!; which soon brought him to terms.
he New YORK, May l5.-Doyle, the polio
"a man who murdered Mary Lawlor, pleads
a. guilty this morning, and was sentenced
ic the State Prison for life.
ST. PAUL, MINI, May l5.-The wife
er John Bargland, of Scott county, aged
of years, and married but six weeks, die
in suddenly at her fathers house. in Glenco
p it is supposed from the effects of poist
I'D taken TO produce abortion. She wou
D. have become a mother in three month
Her husband has been arrested as acce
OF sorry to the alleged poisoning.