The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-01-30
Another Ballot for Senator
in Kauaas.
Olympic Theater at PhiIa'
delphia Burned--Loss
1000.
A Peoria Mans Attempt to
get Dun1ap's Farm.
Peoria don't want any Glass
Works.

being called to the chair, Mr.. Carpenter
addressed the Senate on Louisiana affairs
he argued In contravention of Mr.. Nor
toms view that Mr.. Pinchback had aprineo
facie case, and said that the Congressional
Committee of Louisiana Affairs, which was
signed by all the members except Mr.. Nor
| ton, showed that there was no legal gov
ernment in Louisiana, nor legal Legisla
ture, on the 18th of January last to elect
Senator. He reviewed the testimony
taken by the Congressional Committee,
and contravened the legal arguments of
Mr. Morton, He reviewed at length and
in detail the various illegal acts of Mr..
| kellogg's supporters, and particularly of
Lynch's returning board and quoted copi-
ously from testimony taken by the Congress
sional Committee, to sustain his statements
He reviewed, also, the action of Judge
Durrell in issuing his celebrated orders,
and said that no such orders could be is
sued in Russia and Turkey He declared
that he had not even decent pretext for
jurisdiction. He had the orders read by
the clerk, and said that he wished it was
in his power to have them read in the hear
ing of every citizen in the United States.
At the conclusion of the reading, Mr., Car
penter, being much fatigued, accepted the
suggestion of Mr.. Edmunds to defer the
remainder of his speech till tomorrow, ,and
the Senate went into executive session and
soon after adjourned.
SPRINGFIELD, ILL., Jan. 29.-In the SEN
ate to-day resolution for recess from to-
day antil next week failed The railroad
police bill was discussed without action, and
further consideration was postponed till
Tuesday. Several unimportant revision
bills passed.
In the House after a spirited debate,
the majority report of the Judiciary
Committee against the repeal of the rail-
road aid law of 1868 (the grab law was
concurred in by a vote of IT to 43. The
savings bank bill was discussed and amend
ed SO as to make stockholders of saving in
stitutions personally liable to treble the
amount of their capital stock and provi-
1 ding that one third be invested in United
States bond.
Boston, Mass, JAN 21.-The Commit
tee on Federal Relations in the State Sen
ate to-day reported in favor of resembling
the resolution censuring Sumner.
: Topeka, JAN 29.-The ballot for U. S
! Senator to-day stood Harvey lS Plumb
e 20; Stover, IS; Hudson, %; Phillips q
: Fenton, u; Robinson, 9 Ross, 4 ; King
man, 3; the rest scattering tC
choice, 70. Hudson's vote came mainly
from the Grangers. 1t is not generally
thought that there will be any election to
morrow, as no one of the five leading can
didates appears to have any particular ad
vantage.
! PHILADELPHIA J an 29-The new Olym
= pie Theatre, formerly the National Hal, ,o1
Market street below Thirteenth, was en-
4, tirely destroyed by a supposed incendiar.
/. fire, early this morning. Two fremer
we're killed and several severely injured, b.
falling walls. A carpenter shop in tn
J. rear Of the theatre was crushed by tn
falling walls, but no other adjacent proper
}. ty was seriously damaged except by water
3 3 The loss on the theatre was heavy Tn
d. insurance on the Olympic Theater, SAG,
so 600, is about halt In western companies
~ The loss by the burning OF the Olympi
Theater is estimated at quarter of mi
lion.
Is. Edwin NJ Lewis was elected Trustee, an
n Messrs. Shoemaker, Clayton, Norris, Hi
felstein and Brown, the Committee of cred
itors in Jay Cooke & Co.'S bankruptcy, an
= the result of the election was confirmed b
the Court.
'! SPRINGFIELD, ILL., Jan. 29-In the Tn
ted States District Court the case of Hes
son ct al against Hill & Co., for infringe
ment of patent hog ringer, which has e,
cited much interest among the farmers
many of whom are here as witnesses from a
parts of the State was settled by comprC
n mise, but after the suit was dismissed, He
v son, it is alleged, declined to sign the con
II promise and now Hill Il Co. enter su
against him for Infringement.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 29.-The Presidel
has signed the bill to abolish the Office
Deputy Commissioner of Internal Revenu
The cost to the Government of disbur
ments under the existing laws of the $3C
Js- 100000 pension monies is about Il pc
cent. of the whole amount disbursed.
Mrs, Gen. Walbridge, widow of the la
Gen. w Walbridge, dropped dead of apople1
to-day in the hall of her residence as 81
was going to carriage
The naval appropriation bill to be repol
ed to the Senate agrees to the House r
T duction of two fifths of the civil list appr
priations for the various navy yards to CT
ting down of the force of marines to 1,50
and all other reductions except the appl
priations for the operative bureau.
The Office of Brigadier General of Nj
ers. ines will be abolished when a vacancy
'us- ours. The total appropriation will be S
100000 less than the original estimates.
lng: snf: PEORIA. Jan. 29.-An exceedingly
teresting land suit, involving the title
get about $4,000 worth of property, ne
' Rock Island, Ill, is looming up, and