The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-09-18

Revenue Robbers.

CONSTITUTIONAL convention adopted the Bill
of Rights to day. The following section
was adopted unanimously: ''The people
of this state accept as final the estab-
lished fact that from the Federal Union
there can be no secession of any State"
New YORK, September ia special
from Houston, Tex. prenounces, the storm
at GALVESTON the heaviest since 1867. The
city is partially under water, several feet
deep in the principal streets
Several wrecks have been reported.
The Ocean House, on the gulf beach, is
entirely surrounded with water and the
outhouses are gone. The city hospital is
filled with water.
| Thirty workmen on the breakwater that
is being built by the government were cut
off and lost
The Santa. Fe railroad bridge across
the, bay has been swept away, and the
Houston railroad bridge is under water
twenty feet At this end it has been
washed away.
I The water at Virginia Point has backed
up for three miles on the mainland. and is
still rising, while the gale is increasing and
the barometer falling. The bay is so full
of water that if the wind changes to the
north the whole island will be lost and no
lives can be saved. The shipping in the
harbor was having a fearful time of it.
The ship channel dredging feet is safe.
CHICAGO, September 1.-THE signal
service reports rain storms last night in
the Lake Michigan, Lake Huron and Lake
Erie regions. also in Massachusetts. East
ern Canada and parts of Iowa and Illinois,
Rain this morning at Memphis, Chicago,
Detroit, Buffalo, Rochester, Oswego and
| Ottawa, Canada.
/ The weather is generally cold and unset
tied all over the country, Thermometer
early this morning, at Pembina, 25 at
Breckenridge, Minn., $50; at Duluth
$50 at st. Paul, $50 :; at Escanaba, ,28o /;
at La Crosse. $50; at Milwaukee, 40 .;
at Chicago, 44o at Rock Island, AZ ,;
at Omaha, 47o !; at Denver, $50 at Sit
Lake, 500 at Leavenworth, So at St
Louis, 81 o at Memphis, So !; at New
4 Orleans. 779; at Louisville. So; at In
dianapolis, 50 27 at Grand Haven. 43o
at Detroit. 47o at Cleveland, 52o al
Cincinnati. So at Pittsburg. So al
Buffalo, 46o at Toronto, 43o at Ro
chester, AS at Oswego, 45o at AL
baBy, $50,
DUBUQUE, Iowa, September IA sud
den change in the weather brought colo
and freezing weather, rendering fires and
winter clothing comfortable. Frost was
} visible this morning, nipping vegetation
; but the injury is slight. The corn is be
yond the reach of damage now, except
very late fields.
CHARLES City, Iowa, September H.
The sky is overcast: wind. northwest
frosty.
ST PAUL September l7.-Weather cleal
fine and cool; quite heavy frost las
|. night.
I MILWAUKEE,, Wis, September 17.-Th,
T weather is clear and cold. There was ;
!, heavy frost all over Minnesota last night
: ST LOUIS, Sept, 17.-Gen John Nc
e Donald, ex-Internal Revenue SUPERVISE
j of this district, and Col. John A. Joyce
: have been indicted in the Western Dis
III trict for conspiracy with parties in Kansa
II City and St. Joe to defraud the Unite,
u States revenue. Rineman & Co., of Kan
E sas City, charged with revenue frauds
y have compromised by paying the govern
ment the amount DUE 1t is believed tha
1t will cost the firm $40 600.
PTTTsBURG, Sept. l7.-Doctor NJ. Il
Frank, in prison and awaiting trial for cor
. terfeiting United States notes was detecte
" Sunday morning in an attempt to .brea
r Jail, having secured through outside al
the possession of several tools for this puI
A. pose. The tools were found in the cell q
g another prisoner, to whom Frank had giy
en- them for safe keeping. Frank gave ir
q formation which resulted in the arrest t.
day of two accomplices, Albert Staple an
y Henry Bowman, the former saloon keeI
in er of this place, and the latter his ba
n. tender. These two men have been CON
ID mitted to Jail in default of $4,000 bail. =
$ New York, Sept. l7.SSergeant Ed
r. n; ward Shaw. of the Scotland Yard Police
ne London, has arrived here to testify in tn
case of Lawrence, who IS awaiting tri;
n. in Ludlow street Jail on the charges
IN forgery and defTauding the United State
T. government. The detectives declare tbs
a, the combination of which Lawrence is a
be agent is very powerful and has defraude
'N the government out of very large sum
: Its operations are believed to be checke
for time, not wholly broken up, and
lis asserted that this silk smuggling ring il
cludcs some houses of high standing
this city.
. CAIRO, ILL.,, Sept. 1.-THE residen'
} of G. 81. Greeley was destroyed by Fl
ID last night. Loss $4,000 to $4,000; il
insurance. $4,000.
. BosToN, Mass, Sept. ia FIRE
,. considerable extent is in progress in Il
'f' wholesale rooms of the large dry goo,
- store Of Jordan. Marsh Il Co. Two alarm
u have been sounded. Although the fam
~ are probably now under control the dat
o age must be extensive.
! About 2 o'clock this afternoon FIRE
\ the fifth.story of the building occupied
lJordon, Marsh & Co., wholesale
goods merchants, on Summer sire,
n caused considerable damage to the upp
= story. The principal damage was
3 water. The whole building, contani
p $1,000 worth of property, being foode
+ causing loss of . 100000.
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