The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-04-20
been refused at the Little Rock telegraph


offlce. They give the following informa-
ton regarding affairs between the contend |
ing parties
The embargo on the telegraph was re-
moved this morning and the accumulated
dispatches were delivered.
Congratulatory dispatches have been
pouring in during the day from all parts of
the State offering aid in men and material
to Governor Brooks and counseling firm
ness in maintaining his position at any
cost. All parties and classes unite in COM
mendation of his course, as one of right over
usurpation. 1t is universally admitted by
all parties that Governor Brooks was elect
ed by majority of the votes at the Guber-
material election-a fact which Baxter has
repeatedly admitted, bat claiming the Of
flee by virtue of the non action of the last
General Assembly.
CHICAGO, April ls-Mayor Colvin re-
ceived the following dispatch from the
Mayor of New Orleans yesterday, and is
anxious that those who desire to contribute
to the relief of the sufferers mentioned
therein should notify, or send their dona-
tions to. him, and he will forward them to
their destination by the United States Ex-
press free of charge. The same despatch
has been sent to the Mayors of all the
principles cities in the Union
NEW ORLEANS, April IS.
To the Mayor Of Chicago:
Owing to an unexampled overflow Of the
| Mississippi river and its lower branches, by
which more than 10000 square miles OF
our state are submerged, many thousand
families are ruined in their fortunes, and
are threatened with starvation. 1t is be-
yond the means of our citizens who have
escaped from this great calamity to give
adequate relief to the sufferers. | have
therefore, thought proper to give opportu
nifty to aid us. The contributions OF the
philantropic are earnestly solicited for TIL,
victims of this two-fold visitation Of foot
and famine. Louis A. WnTZ,
Il Mayor.
!. PEORIA, April lS.-About 6 o'clock thi
morning the body of Charles Pfeitfer,
f we'll known young German, was found il
the lake, at the foot of Morgan street, abou
, thirty feet from the shore. He was see
| last night, at eight o clock, and was know
1 then to be all right His pocketbook wa
| found on the bank of the river and hi
watch and other valuables were gone.
|, lis evident that he was murdered and the
r robbed.
OMAHA, Neb. April 1s.-Miss Garrison
r the lone crusader" has returned to ON:
ha and renewed her efforts TO warn tn
e people to flee from the wrath to come.
J, Last night she held prayer meeting /:
e Captain Lees saloon, on Farnham stree
: During the progress, Tennie c, Clafil
who is canvassing for Woodruff Il Clahin
t Weekly, entered the saloon and at ont
/ pitched into Miss Garrison with an ant
II crusade argument, which effectually quie
n ed the temperance advocate. After fe
: questions from bystander, regarding son
n of her operations in Arizona. Miss Ga
rison withdrew and will doubtless give l
J. her attempts to crusade Omaha.
,r CHICAGO, April IA special fro
o Kearney, Mo-, says another detective h
h been murdered by the James brother
E. The corpse was found in the road 70
t. miles east of Elkhorn with six shots in t
body. A card was pinned to the coat a
,e read: This shall be the fate of all
h Pinkerton' detectives who come to hu
it. the James brothers. 1t was signed
re Jesse and Frank James. A handerch
en- on the person was marked P. X. Cole.