The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-05-12
Proposal for Joint Ceremo-
mics m Decoration Day.
A Republican c Congressman
Indicted for Perjury.
Vice.President Wilson in
Arkansas.
Later from the Schiller
Disaster.
The Black Hills Indians
want to Sell Out.
Crop Prospects in Penn.
Labor Troubles in the Penn.
Coal Regions.
Journalistic Murder in Kas,
Labor Troubles in the Penn.
Coal Regions.
Journalistic Murder in Kas,
Gov. Beveridge's Liberal
use of the Pardoning
Power.
Saicides, Murders, Robber-
les, Fire, Etc.

WASHINGTON, May 1.-The Southern
Memorial Association has adopted a reso
luton that ''all the soldiers of the Federal
and Confederate armies be cordially in
vited to join the Memorial Association in
decorating graves at Arlington on the lst
of June. .-.1 .."1...t
The grand jury to day presented bills
against VIM. King for perjury, in having
sworn falsely on February %, before the
Congressional Committee.
LITTLE Rock, May 11.-Vice President
Wilson arrived here today.
LONDON, May ll.-Later advices say
that SO lives were lost on the steamer
Cadiz. In consequence of misreckoning
she was out of her course. She struck a
rock and sank almost instantly.
Boats piled between the wreck of the
Schiller aud shore all day. Many bodies
were recovered and considerable of the
cargo landed. Twenty-Five more bags OF
New Zealand mails and two New York
mails were brought ashore to-day. Two
divers have left Penzance for the wreck.
The verdict of the Coroner's jury over
the victims of the Schiller disaster was,
found drowned" and not accidentally
drowned" as reported. ~
ST. PAUL, Mimi, May lit is an
nounced from Duluth that the lake is cleal
of ice as far as the eye can reach, and it il
thought there is nothing now to impede
navigation on Lake Superior.
Major Bingham, the agent of the Chey
enne Indians, is in the city. accompanied
by nine of the head chiefs of the three
tribes of Indians whose reservation in
cludes the greater portion of the Blacl
Hills country. The party leaves fol
Washington to-day, to negotiate for tht
sale of their interest in the Black Hills
These Indians have been quiet, so far
through the constant and unremitting eff
forts of the agent, but unless unsatisfactory
treaty is arranged while at Washington
Major Bingham fears trouble.
ST. LOUIS, May 1.-THE Republican
Kansas City special says the Carpenter ex
pedition, OF 100 men, fully armed and pro
visioned for six months stay in the Blacl
Hills, starts tomorrow. Eighty men from
St.Louis arrived tonight, Three hundred
are at Cheyenne awaiting Carpenter Il Co
Their preparations for departure is Great
ing wide excitement. They go via Chey
enne.
PHILADELPHIA, May 1.-THE Pres
this morning says in its review of the croI
reports from all sections of Pennsylvani
that owing to the severe frosts and lat
spring much of the expected wheat GRO
has been killed and the season delaye,
eight or ten weeks. A careful surve
leads to the belief that not over half Gro
will be gathered and even this amount de
pends on the continuance of dry weather
WILKEsBARRE Pa, May 1l.-Abou
thirty men went to work in the Hutchin
son mine this morning. They marche
from their houses in body, and wer
armed with rifles and revolvers. A crow
of men, women aud boys followed ther
with threats and imprecations, and wer
only deferred from violence by the weapon
of the workmen. The women were partic
ularly bitter with invectives, and at on
point in the march nearly precipitated
conflict. Threats were made to have
crowd this evening, when the men com
out of the mine. large enough to mo
them. Through fear of this, the author
ties were called upon this morning by MI
i Huthinson for protection, and posse
, now being raised to go to Kingston this a
ternoon.
} HUNTINGTON, Pa, May l1-H. G. Fisl
er, of Fisher Bros. & Miller, and job
+ Whitehead of Whitehead & Co., the n
t spective owners of the Excelsior and Ocea
, collieries in the Ciearfeld coal region. le
t here this morning with large force
5 workmen, thoroughly equipped and prov
stoned, and will, on reaching their collie
les, at once resume shipping coal. A larg
: force was taken up by other parties yeste
day, but many of them were intimidate'
and they returned.
Sioux CITY, Iowa, May 1l.-During
, thunder shower Sunday afternoon, ligh
, ming struck the house occupied by j. Hun
bert, and shattered the dining table
which the family were seated, broke Il
stove, tore a hole in the floor, and passe
: down to the cellar into the ground. \
] one was seriously hurt.
J DUBUQUE, Iowa. May I'D. Smith, ,ol
of the firm of Booth, Higley 4 Co., pr
prietors of the Dubuque FIGURING Mill
has absconded, taking with him $4,000
cash and notes belonging to the firm. III
last heard from Smith he was in possessic
\ of fast team and fast woman and {
his way to California. He leayes wifi
from whom he has been separated for son
time, at Winona, MINI.
CHICAGO May l1.-Advices from Ma
shall, ILL.,, give particulars of the murd
of Peter II. Bradbury. an old and wealtl
citizen of Clark county, by Clara Helens
woman with whom he has been living
adultery. Bradbury tried to shoot al
70 then to strange her during quarrel r
E. sulting over lawsuit, when she seized
+ razor and cut his throat from ear to e;
!. She fed to the woods, and is yet at larg
LEAvENwoRTH, May 10-Col. D.
lAnthony, post master Of this city, a