The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-09-16
TELEGRAPHIC.
Veterans of the Mexican
War at Springfield, Ill.
List Of Officers for 1856.
Ninth Reunion of the Army
Of the Cumberland.
Several Prominent Persons
, Present. -
DR.. w. e. McLaren Elected
Episcopal Bishop of Ill.
A New Bishop for Fond du
Lac.
The Prentiss-Hoffman
Scandal Case.
Prentiss-HORman
Scandal Case.
Another Survivor from the
Mendoza.
Frightfu1 Ravages Of the
Yellow Fever in Florida.
Accidents, Fires, ,Robberies,
Jail Delivery, Suicides,
Rapes, Murders, Etc.

OPhlNdflELD, ILL.,, CepltulUeE o.-1Ht
Mexican war veterans reaSsembled this
morning with Vice President Colonel A.
G, Burr, of Paris, ILL.,, in the chair, and
about FIVE others of the Association in at
Tendance. A number of names were add
ed to the rolls, and the constitution and by
laws were read. The following were elect
1876: President-Colonel Ferris Foreman,
ond, Third and Fourth Districts-C r.
Sixth-Johu Taylor, Dixon: Seventh
blank; Eighth-W. A. Tenney, Pekin;
Ninth-E. NJ. Stump. Laeon; Tenth
James Pierson. Gillespie Eleventh-W.
A. Richardson, Quincy; Tweltth-W. j.
Wyatt. Franklin; Thirteenth-James Des-
pero. Bloomington; Fourteenth-W. j.
Usrey, Decatur; Fifteenth-Colonel A. G
Burr, Paris; Sixteenth-James NJ. David
| HiIlsboro; enteenth-Colonel A. En-
eleman, Belleville; Eighteenth-Thos. G.
Bracket, Anna; Ninteenth-Henry Hall,
McLeansboro.
| Delegates to national convention:
COL Ferris Foreman, Vandal-
ia; Cornelius Rourke, Petersburg; Colonel
A. G. Burr, Paris. The president was
authorized to appoint three alternates.
| Treasurer, A. w. Coleman, Springfield; !;
IGovernor Beveridge; Ex-Governor Palmer;
Hons. J. G. Robinson and William M.
lSpringer were invited to address the con-
Ivention during its sitting. 1t was decided
that the next annual reunion should be
held in Springfield on the second Tuesday
in October, 1876. The widows and or.
phans of deceased veterans of the Mexican
war will be invited to participate in the
next meeting of the association, At II o.
clock the convention took recess until
1:30 this afternoon.
i Utica, Sept Is. The ninth reunion of
the Army of the Cumberland began here
this morning A large number of strang-
ers are here and every house is decorated
The procession was very fine. President
Grant, Gems. Hooker, Sheridan and Sher-
man, and Senator Conkling are among the
NOTED men present,
At the afternoon session the follow
ing we're the officers elected Presi.
!: dent, Gen. Phil. FL. Sheridan. Among the
D vice-presiaents, were Theo. L. Brown
: of Illinois; Gen. w. W. Lower, of Iowa;
w. d. Whipple, of Nebraska. The mex
!, annual meeting will be held at Philadel
phia, July and7 1876.
= CHICAGO, Jept. 15.-The Episcopa
, Diocesan Convention met again to-day anl
, heard reports from various committees
The election of Bish, p being in order the
following nominations were made: DR.
p Locke nominated Dr. w. Il. McLareu; DR.
Leffengwell nominated James DeKoven
and DR.. Cross nominated DIR. George F
8 Seymour. Mr.. McMurdy read lette
| e.. 1Lo CO. AAo4 h.
F could not endure to be the occasion of bit
!, ding the use of his name for Bishop of Ill
F Dr. Waller Ayrault, Rector of Hobart Col
lege, New York, was nominated.
y A discussion on the merits of the nomi
= nees then took place after which the ballot
ing began. The first vote resulted:
}; Clerical vote-McLaren 35, DeKovel
n %, Ayrault l, scattering 4; no choice.
s. Second ballot-McLaren 80, DeKovel
7; IA, Ayrault 1, scattering 6. This gave
le considerable majority to McLaren fron
a the clergy and was confirmed by the lait
n ayes 55, nays 3.
N The Bishop elect is now rector of Trim
?. ty church, Cleveland. He was born i
a. Geneva, n. Y, in 1881, graduated at Jef
,See ferson College, Penn, in 1851, is a read
III speaker and writer, and was once edito
= of the Cleveland Plaindealer. Subst
quently he became a Presbyterian mini.
tier, was missionary to South Amerlc
three years under the auspices of tina
church, and was very successful. In 1885,
. after careful study of the church system
he transferred his allegiance to the Epil
copal body and six months thereafter wa
confirmed as pastor, and became rector
Trinity church. Physically as we'll 8
! mentally he is powerful, and he has al
rt simulated rapidly with the church of b
adoption.
III MILWAUKEE,. Wis, Sept, 15.-Tl
u Episcopal council for the Diocese of Fon
= du Lac, met at Green Bay to-day. O
I. the third ballot Rev. John Henry Hobe
! Brown, Of Cohoes, n Y, was electe
Bishop
QUINCY, ILL.,, Sept. 15.-The churc
- scandal case has the floor again, the sie
u juror having recovered. Pet Stone. A.
Stone (her father, Mrs. Putnam Ia sister
8 and Mr. Putnam testified for the Hoffm;
= side Miss Stone denied all improper I
\ lations with, or advances from Hofma
She admitted receiving the anonymo
. letters through the Post Office, but claim
! that they were for another lady. She r
g fused to give the lady's name. Her fat
IN er testified that he and his daughter d
sb- not leave here to avoid appearing as W
re- re- nesses. They went on an excursion to n
IL braska. and at the time of leaving Meth
u.s. knew that they were wanted in the scand
case, Mr.. and Mrs. Putnam, who live
the same house with Miss Pet Stone, t