The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-03-05
Delegates Getting Ready to
attend the Rock Island
Canal Convention.
Municipal Elections in the
West.
The Great iowa Liquor
Case Decided.
Accidents, Crime, Etc, Etc.

Glture, will have a reliable water commun-
ication with the coal fields of the south. |
and. also, Chicago. The commercial i'm
portance of this canal to the whole North |
west is beyond computation. In response
to the invitation of our Governor and State
officers, the State authorities of Iowa and
Minnesota ale expected to be in attend
ance at this convention
JOLIET, ILL.,, March 4-The result Of the
municipal election of yesterday, as near as
can be ascertained this morning, is as fol
lows: Mayor, A. Lchcidt; Marshal, John
Scheidt; Collector, NJ. Tanhey; Assessor,
J. T. Millspaugh Treasurer NJ Lennon
City Attorney A. F. Knox j. NJ Browne,
F. Sehring. +. W. Crandall, VIM. Adam,
J. j. Mather and o. Hicks were elected
Aldermen.
Great excitement prevailed in this city
this morning over the rumor that Wilbur
T. Storey had shot Dr. johnson. Large
crowds assembled at the news depots to re-
ceive the morning papers, but were con-
siderably chagrined to find that they had
been cruelty hoaxed.
LIE CLAIRE, Iowa, March 4.-The en-
tire Anti Monopoly ticket from Mayor
down was elected by majorities ranging
from Al to 2l4. The Republican majority
| last year was over POO.
! In Monticello yesterday also, the Anti
Monopoly ticket was elected by largely
increased majority.
In Muscatine, the entire Anti Monopoly
ticket, with the exception Of Mayor, was
successful.
Charter elections were held generally
throughout Iowa yesterday, and in nearly
every town the Anti Monopoly ticket was
elected.
MONTICELLO, Iowa. March AT our
annual city election yesterday the Anti
Monopolists swept the field by largely in
creased majorities Charles Wales was
elected Mayor over j. o. Duer by 76 ma
Ijority, and the whole reform ticket, with
three unimportant exceptions, was elected
by large majorities.
AURORA, ILL.,, March 4-The city elec-
ton passed off very quietly with the fol
lowing result: Mayor, A c. Little; City
Clerk, j. j. McLallan; City Marshal, A,
IC. Graves. The Eleventh Ward, which
has been haunted by dissentions between a
Scotchman and Dutchman for the last
twenty years. and on whose banner victory
has perched alternately to the tune of over
$40, 900, now sends the Pennsylvania Teu
ton to the Council to represent her inter
ests with majority OF 39.
DETROIT, Mich, March 3.--Returns
from the various charter elections held in
many of the cities and villages of thi.
State this week, show that political di
visions were almost wholly disregarded
and the results were, as a rule, determined
almost wholly by local and personal consid
erations.
SAN Francisco, March A call ha
been issued for an independent State Con
vention, to meet at Sllem, Ore, April Is
The Senatorial election bribery matter i
still under investigation at Sacramento
but no new facts have been elected.
= YAN'lToN, Oak, March An the Dis
l. trict Court this morning a nOlJe prOSequ
r was entered in the case of =. p Winter
!. mute, indicted for the murder Of Gen T.
McCopk in September last, on the gr0un
that the action of the former grand jur
:. was illegal, and that defendant was NJ
present at the time OF the challenge {
jurors. Winternute was then admitte
to bail in the sum OF $35 900 to await tn
action of the next grand jury.
NANITowOC, Wis, March 4.-There
considerable excitement here now over tn
trial of John Hogan, for the murder
his brother, Martin, in May, 1868. Joh
Hogan has been found guilty once, an
sent to the State Prison, but was granite
a new trial, IN the ground that the jur
did not find the degree OF murder of whic
he was guilty. Sixty six persons ha,
5 been called as jurors, and still no jury ca
@ be obtained.
PEORIA, ILL.,, March A man name
- Kinzie, coal miner, while he was d
r scending into shaft at Pekin, this NOR
ing, slipped from the rope and fell a di
tance of l25 feet When picked up h
body was crushed into an unrecognizab
mass.
PHILADELPHIA, March 4-During Il
progress of stone fight between bo
{ this afternoon Henry Haight, aged A.
shot and instantly killed by boy nam
Wilkinson The shot is thought to ha
been accidental.
t., Boston, March A fire this morni
Is. in the freight sheds of the Eastern Railw
at East Boston, destroyed 100000 wor
of property. A train Of twenty loaded ca
:. were burned
-- SPRINGFIELD, March A convent
project for a national railroad from t
base of the Rocky Mountains to the ca
ern seaboard along the line of the fortie
parallel of latitude. Delegations We
present from the states of Ohio, Indian
Illinois, Missouri and Kansas, and fir
the territory of Colorado. Ex-Gov. ?
mer, of Illinois, presided. Resolutions
claring the constitutional power of Congr
to regulate inter state commerce, and
so doing to charter, aid the constructi
- and control railroads passing through t
nd. states reciting the imperative need of
West for more extended transportat
Wis facilities at cheaper and more stable rat'
y urging upon Congress the adoption of
- fortieth parallel route as the most feast
and promising the greatest good to
road, were adopted, and a committee of t
appointed to prepare bill embodying
views of the convention for presentation
Congress.
WASHINGTON. March 4.-Mrs M,
Clark Gaines sues Caleb Gushing tor lit
oia;p,;po SonO 0n0 daparaS for obar0