The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-04-14
TELEGRAP.H3TC.
Some Sense at last in re-
gard to transportation.
Grant Opposed to Imitation.
Robberies by Republican
Rings.
A Couple of Women in
Southern Illinois adopt
a new kind of Crusade
Pistols.
A Slight Shock at CAIRO
Singular Phenomena
Peaches Not Killed.
Three Notorious Characters
Escape from Confinement
at Ottawa, Il1.--A
Sharp Game.
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Other Items of Interest.

WASHINGTON, April l3-The Select
Committee on Transportation Routes to
the Seaboard will meet Tuesday night, and
Senator Window, Chairman. expects to
submit report this week. 1t will take
the position that cheap transportation is to
be obtained only through competition, and
competition, to be effective, must operate
| through cheaper channels of commerce
| than are now provided and must be gov
| erned by power with which combination
is impossible The committee has passed
over the idea of obtaining cheap transpor-
| tatiOn by the regulation of freights and it
may be set down as conclusive by that, as
| between the two alternatives of freight
railroads and water lines, the committee
will favor water lines. 1t is estimated by
engineers who have conducted the survey
that an expenditure of about $1,000 900
would connect the Mississippi with the
lakes, and the required Improvement OF
| the Erie canal to a state Of magnitude
corresponding with the grand connection
would require about $l0,000.000. while
| 10000, 100 would connect Lake Cham
plain with deep water on the Hudson, hav-
ing ship canal capable of passing vessels
| of 200 tons.
| President Grant in conversation to-day,
said he was opposed to imitation in its gen
eral acceptation, to an increase beyond act
ual business necessities, but had expressed
no opinion concerning the measures before
| Congress
Chief Justice Waite delivered his first
opinion to-day in the case of Tappan. of
| Chicago, collector of taxes, against the
Merchants National Bank of Chicago, the
question being whether nonresident stock
| holders in national banks were taxable for
stock The lower court decided that the
tax could not thus be laid, which decree
was reversed here, the court holding that
shares are personal property and the law
purposes taxation however intangible they
may be.
In the district investigation to- day Par
sons, Congressman FROM the Cleveland,
Ohio, district, testified that he was retained
as a lawyer to convince the Board of Pub
lie Works Of the superiority of the pave
ment by Goyer & Mcclellan. of Chicago.
His connection with the case was purely
professional Being called home before
the award was given, be transferred his
charge to Garfield, offering to share the
fees with him. Garfield $ action was mere
ly to oblige him as an old friend. Cook,
bookkeeper for Golyer 4 Mcclellan, referred
to the books and transit accounts to which
the $97 900 given by Chittenden was
charged, where Parsons was charged with
$4,000 and one Brown a like amount
Brown is now consul at Hamburg. Nc.
kendon President of the Second Nationa
Bank at Washington, was called regarding
the purchase of auditors certificates by
that bank, and was requested to leave with
the committee a transcript Of the books
showing the date of payments and the
purchase. Adjourned.
Boston, April I3.-Twenty-second bal
lot: Dawes 63, Hoar 50, Curtis 81, Adams
IL, Bullock l3, Banks I, Sanford 5, scat
teriug 6.
BATON ROUGE, April ia new ere
vase has been discovered on the Bator
Fontaine bottom. The engineers will en-
deavor to close the break.
SAN Francisco, April l3.-Magill, al
insurance agent here, has defauited to the
amount Of over S50,0U0. Particulars are
kept from the public He has surrender
ed all his property, but it does not cove
the amount. The companies involved ar
the Phoenix of Hartford, Home, of New
York, and North British and Mercantile
of London.
New YORK, April 13.-The police thi
morning, arrested Louisa Germs the al
legged accomplice of Uling in the attemp
to detraud insurance companies. She de
MES being put in a coffin, but was in th,
room when the bricks were inclosed. anc
she feigned convulsions when the doctor
D called under the advice of her physician
Uling.
ST. LOUIS, April 13.-The Globe has
letter from Mount Vernon, ILL.,, whicI
gives an account of new kind of crusadin
practiced in that town Last Friday, Mrs
S. S. Wilson, accompanied by her sister
in law, Mrs. Thomas Watson, went to tn
drug store of K. NJ Shepherd and demand
ed a prescription upon which her HUSBAND
had procured liquor. Mr. Shepherd bein
absent, his clerk told her that she woul
have to see DR.. Porter and get him to re
woke the prescription. Mrs Wilson. re
garding this an invasion, drew revolve
from her muff, told the clerk that if h
didn't give up the prescription sh
would blow his brains out, ant
presented her pistol at his hea,
in state of great excitement A parle
was had, however, and Mrs. wilson wa
finally induced to call on DR.. Porter, whic
she did with her drawn weapon, and oh
tanned his speedy revocation of the pres
cription. The ladies then marched t
Shepard's saloon aud DIR. Johnson's dru
store, and with presented arms gave thel
their orders after which they went home
much to the relief of all the doctors an
saloonists of the town.
OTTAWA, ILL.,, April l3.-Last evenin
about O'Clock, three notorious hard chal
acters made successful escape from ou
Jail. Their names are PLUCK" WhalaI
William Kelley and Ed. Norris, the thre
that we're arrested a short time since f.
breaking into cars and stealing goods iroi
the Chicago. Rock Island and Pacific Raj
road Company. They made their eseap
in the following manner: Our Jail hast
doors leading into it, the first one of wooC