The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-09-05
A Girl Commits Suicide Be
cause of Isolation
from Society.
An Aged Lady Killed by a
Coal Oil Lamp.
Death from being Burned
at a Fire in Dubuque,
Other Items of News.

New YORK, Sept. An hdbeds cor
pus case before Judge Donahue, of the Su
preme Court, Police Justice frankly ad
mitted that he had signed warrant foI
the arrest of a woman without knowing its
contents. trusting to the assurances of the
police and his clerk that it was ''al right
1t proved to be all wrong, and his otfense
is to be laid before the Grand Jury. Judge
Donahue, in commenting upon the loose
practice which obtains in the Police Courts,
said that he was satisfied crime was sus-
tanned for its political and pecuniary assis-
tance, and that for the sake of illegal rev.
enue panel-houses and policy-shops were
tolerated
The Commissioners of Accounts have
made an examination of the books of the
Charity Commission, and make a report,
showing Irregularities in distributing sup
plies, deceit in making returns, frauds in
letting contracts, an alteration of the books,
and everything in general muddle.
ST. PAUL, Sept. 4.-Tho committee ap-
pointed by the last legislature, consisting
of two Republicans and one Democrat, tc
investigate the transactions of the late
State Auditor, Charles McIlreath, on ac-
count of the schoola swamp lands, s,whict
were in his charge as state land commits
sioner, to- day made unanimous report
showing startling state of things. The
report and evidence, which are very vol.
| luminous, show that McIlreath not only
failed to keep his accounts properly, but
that he constantly retained from the mon
ey received by him for wood and grass, cu'
off the school lands, large proportion oi
the same, paying in many instances one
fourth of the amount received into the
treasury: that he also retained the whole
of over $4,000 received by him for wood
cut off the odd sections of the Lake Super
ior and Mississippi Railroad lands. He
also, it appears, placed quantity OF Mis-
souri, state bonds belonging to the schoO
fund in the hands of banker, McIlreatf
drawing interest thereon himself and ac
counting to the treasury for no part of it.
The entire amount of McIlreath's defalca-
ton, so far as ascertained by the commit
tee, is $50, 500. The committee, in exam.
| ing the question as to how the state could
| indemnify itself for these losses, made the
startling discovery that McIlreath gave DC
bonds at all when last elected. The com
mittee express lrofound surprise that
Gov. Austin should have overlooked so im
portant an official duty as seeing that the
Auditor filed his bonds when he took the
oath of office, and concluded with scath
| ing denunciation of McIlreath's 8 robbery OF
the most sacred fund belonging to the
| state.
| SHREVEPORT, La, Sept. 4.-The Times
publishes letter from Mr. Aubrey,a lead
ing merchant of Couschatta, stating that
/ IL - tba hu thu ftIft
zens' Committee, composed of the best
men in the parish, of charges of incitiDg
riot brought against the twenty-five ne
groes now under arrest, is to fully confirm
the first account brought here of the orl-
gin of the recent troubles there-that Ed
gerton, Twitchell. Dawes, and other Off
cials had concocted a scheme for the whole.
sale murder of white citizens, aud had
brought large number of armed negroes
to town and secreted them until the time
should arrive TO strike the blow. The plot
was discovered and fGstrated by the hasty
ralying of members of the white clubs, aud
the arrest of the leaders. The rest of the
statement is repetition of those before
made in regard to the threatened lynchine
of prisoners by mob, their removal 10
shreveport, en- route north, their capture
aud murder by band of white men.
JACKSONVILLE, Ill, Sept 4.-The Dem.
ocratic senatorial and representative con
vention, of this 1.-THE Thirty ninth) district
held in this city this afternoon, nominated
Judge Charles ID. Hodges, of Green coun
ty, for senator, and Judge Samuel Woods
and Colonel Andrew j. Thompson, of Nor
gan county, for representatives.
1t lis currently reported here to-day tha
Professor Turner, the acknowledgment
ent" nominee for congress, has determined
10 decline the nomination.
BLOOMINGTON, Ill, Sept, 3.-The Exec
uitye Committee OF the Independent Re
form party have been in session at the
Ashly House nearly all day, with closeC
doors. The forenoon meeting was infor
NAL owing to the lack of a quorum. b.
noon a quorum was present, consisting 0
Joshua Sells, of Mclean Maj. Allan, 0
Hepry; Reicks, Of Christian; Scott, o
Cham paign; Thomas, Of Montgomery
David Gore and Judge Solomon, of Ma
, coupin. Ma. Allan was selected chairman
: and j. A NoonaB, as secretary. The al
terpoou was largely devoted to the consid
Grafton of an address which was to be pub
Gshed The auestiop of deposing Ette