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The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-08-02
ANDREW JOHNSON.
Death of the Ex-President at
GreenviIle, Tenn, Satur-
day Morning.
HIS WINDING SHEET THE
STARS AND STRIPES.
Expressions Ct Public Sympathy from
All Parts Of the Country.
Speculations as to His Successor.

NASHVILLE, Tenn July 3l.-The latest
intelligence from Greenville. at 9 o'clock
last night, says: "Ex President johnson,
who was physically disabled by paralysis
at that place, on Wednesday, is somewhat
better. Feeling is partially restored to his
left side. He talks int.lllgibly, and there
are some hopes of his recovery"
ANOTHER DISPATCH.
NASHVILLE, Tenn, July Ex-senator
johnson is nine miles from Jones boro, in
the country, which is the nearest telegraph
station. The operator at that point circu-
lated the report that he died at 2 O'Clock
this morning. Later and reliable infor-
nation says that he was alive at o'clock
this morning.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-08-02
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The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-08-02
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The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-08-02
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Unlike those preparations made from animal or
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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-01-21
PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE.

NJ. Dumas reception by the Academic Franchise
will take place in February.
Professor E. E. Salisbury, Of New Haven, 10 70.
siding at the Westminster Hotel
MIR. Henry A. Tllden, brother OF the Governor 10
soJourning at the It. Nicholas Hotel.
senator.elect William W. Eaton, Of Connectlcuk
has apartments at the New York Hotel.
Ex-Governor Andrew G. Curtin, or Pennsylvania,
Is registered at the Fifth Avenue Hotel.
Mr.. Daniel Dougherty, OF Philadelphia, is among
the latest arrivals at the Hotel Brunswick.
Lord Rosebery, OF England arrived in this city
yesterday and Is staying at the Brevoorr House.
James Graham, third Duke OF Montrose re.
Gently died at Cannes IN his seventy.sixth year.
London paupers are let to artists as models at
one shilling an hour by the worknouse authori.
ties.
Commodore John r. Goldsborough. United States
Navy, has taken up his quarters at the st. Denis
Hotel.
In all there have been arrested for participation
In the Instruction OF the Paris Commune 20, Goa
persons.
Mr.. Franklin B. Gowen, President OF the Phila-
delphia and Reading Railroad Company, Is at the
Brevoort House.
Perhaps the bayonets OF the United States Army
will be satisfactorily .nxedn when democratic
Congress gets at them.
in Sunday, when Mr.. Beecher said, THAT may
beautiful bird, but 1t has lost tail feathers
did he refer to Mou;onf
The German Rang und QUARTER Ltste, or armJ
register. just published, contains no fewer thar
forfy-nne persons bearing the name OF "voI
Arnim."
Nj. Pelligrini, the admirable caricaturist Of
vanity Fair. is ABOUT to marry Mrs. Collins, daugh
ter OF the late Charles Dickens aad sister-inaw ID
MIR. WilSie Collins
Count Won Steheln tn, nephew or Horr Krupp,
won $50, 900 at the gaming table at Monaco and
left Tor home by the next mornings train WITH
the money In hts pocket
Hon. Fernando Wood last night gave q social
dinner party IN Washington in honor Of his guest.
those present were prominent members OF Con-
gress, including speaker Blaine.
The people who wanted 10 make Alfonso King
had TO telegraph to his mother, VINO knew lie was
out, 10 know where he was. Don Alfonso was
In fact, at sandnurs', England, completing hu
course artillery cadet
Lord Camoys, the head OF one or the oldest
Roman Cathoic families In England, has been
stricken from the list OF Catholic peers printed 10
the Catholic Directory for 1875, because his atjl.
tude In the Gladstone controversy was not sails.
factory to some one near the Archbishop.
1t Is the duty OF the Governor OF TINS state to
''take care that tnc laws are faithfully executed,p
and he will be to blame II any untoward conse-
quence results from the fact that certain members
OF the Legislature are not sworn according TO the
requirements ofthe constitution under which they
hold their sests.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-01-21
Proposed Amendments 70 tn
Charter.

The Proposed Amendments 70 the
Charter.
bill, which is understood to receive the
approval of tho democratic magnates here
and at Albany, has been introduced in the As
sembly for amending the charter OF the city.
We have not seen the text Of the bill, but the
changes, as described, are not very radical,
which may be seen by comparing them with the
charter as it stands. The Board of Aldermen
is to be increased from twenty-seven mem
bers its present number, to twenty-eight, in
order that the newly annexed district may be
represented Six ore to be elected at large as
now, and three in each Senate district as now,
except that the annexed territory is joined to
the Eighth Senate district for this purpose,
and with it elects four members. The Alder
men are to hold Office for two years, and
each citizen to be entitled to vote
for the whole number. The power
of confirming all the Mayors nom
nations is to be given back to the Board, re-
storing the charter in that respect to the con-
dition in which it existed previous to the bill
passed near the close Of the last session to
meet a temporary e1igency-a bill which
Governor Dix apologized for signing when he
saw the use that was made of it by Mayor
Havemeyer in his strange appointments last
summer. The other change simply repeats
the requirement of the Governor assent to
complete the removal of heads Of departments
by the Mayor for cause. The last two Of these
proposed changes are certainly judicious, as
is, also, that part of the first which gives q
member of the Common Council to the an
ne1ed district The repeal of minority repre-
sentation is a sheer partisan movement fol-
which there are none but party reasons, its
sole object being to exclude republicans from
any share in the city government.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-01-21

TENEMENT HOUSES AS MAN TnAps-The
recent calamity in Brooklyn by which num-
Der of lives were sacrificed to the criminal
carelessness that prevails in regard to the en-
forcement of the laws regulating tenement
houses naturally suggests the question. What
protection is there against the constant repe-
tition OF such tragedy? We have in this
city hundreds of such man traps totally I'M
provided with fire escapes. A rickety fight
of stairs running up many stories and in
fammable as finder serves as the sole means
of exit to many families when the alarm
of fire is given. Consequently there is
q holocaust at all times ready for the torch
in those dens, despite the laws which have
been especially framed for the prevention of
such horrors. Can not the attention of our
authorities be directed TO this criminal state
of affairs, or shall poor families be constantly
subjected to the imminent danger of horr,-
BILE death?
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-01-21
Tweed Again.

The ex-chief of Tammany Hall has certainly
no need to complain of the devotion of the
gentlemen who serve him as counsel. A new
movement has been made before the Court of
Appeals for the purpose OF obtaining his re-
lease on writ of habeas corpus and his adj
mission to bail. We do not know the merits
of this procedure nor have we any idea of its
probable success. We note the fact as an evil
dence of the vigilance shown by the attorneys
in the case to secure the release of their mas
ter. At the same time they make a great
blunder. The true way to secure the release
of Tweed is to make restitution Of the money
stolen from the treasury. 1t is known that a
paper is already in the hands of the city au-
thorities Offering to return three millions of
dollars provided the city will grant immunity
to the members of the Tammany Ring This
shows disposition which should be encour-
aged, and also that there is some money re-
naming in the pockets Of these highway rob-
bers. Why should not Tweed's counsel, be-
fore they make another application to the
courts, hand in to the presiding justice check
for three millions of dollars as an earnest of
their faith in dealing with the city? This
would be good beginning, and would go far
toward preparing the mind of New York for o
feeling of mercy to o man once so mighty and
now so fallen.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-01-21

The NEW BERGEN TUNNEL, which the Della
ware and Lackawanua Railroad Company are
pushing forward with such zeal and diligence,
has attracted the attention of the Grand Jury
of Jersey City, on account of the inexcusable
loss of life attendant on its construction.
Sixteen persons have been killed or severely
injured since the work began. Jersey justice
cannot be expected to remain still under such
circumstances, and some stringent measures
may be expected after the forthcoming invcs-
hgation is held. There is q similar oppor-
tunity for our Grand Jury in the Fourth
avenue tunnel tragedies
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-01-21


The MILITARY INTERFERENCE AT VICxsBuRo
has an exceedingly ugly look after the apollo
getic disclaimers put forth in the President s
Message. After the President had attempted
to screen the Louisiana interference behind
the assertion that army officers are not law
yers, thereby making an implied admission
that they had overstepped legal limits, they
would naturally refrain from taking any
similar step on their own judgment and await
commands from headquarters before ventur-
ing to oct. 1t is therefore important to know
by whose orders the troops acted at Vicksburg
Assuredly General Emory would not have
dared, without o specific command, to disre-
gard the Message and make practical denial
of its sincerity. 1t is incredible that the
orders in the vicksburg case did not emanate
from Washington. Nobody but the President
himself would have dared to thus stamp the
Message as false disclaimer and hollow
apology. And yet it will not surprise us to
find Senator Morton, on some bright morn
ing, excusing the President on the ground
that the whole thing took place without his
knowledge.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-01-21

The Reilly of the Corporation Counsel to
the charges embraced in the letter addressed
to him by Mayor Wickham is lengthy docu-
ment, and comprises an exhaustive explana-
ton of Mr. Delafeld Smiths official conduct
in oil matters referred to by the Mayor. 1t is
unnecessary to crticise the defence of the
Corporation Counsel 1t may be entirely sat-
isfactory to his friends, and his official acts
may, as he alleges, have been all well inten-
toned. The Mayor seems to consider that
the retirement Of Mr. Smith from Office and
the appointment of some other person in his
place will conduce to the harmony and
efficiency OF the city government, and this
alone II quite sufficient cause for HE removal
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-01-21

SANDY HOOK PILoTs. The Court Of APP
peals has just affirmed the decision Of Judge
Quinn, in the case OF the controversy between
Sandy Hook pilots having licenses from the
State and those having licenses from the
United States, as to which are entitled TO pilot
roastwise steam-going vessels not sailing under
register The decision, as affirmed, gives to
the Sandy Hook pilots the right of pilotage
equal with those acting under government
license.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-01-21

equally effective in controlling the Southern
electoral colleges, and he would seem to be
trying how far he may go in employing the
army to Illustrate elections, with q view to
future operations, when all his hopes will be
finally put at stake. Fooled in this by the
patience and persistence of the Southern
people there is another means on which he
may rely. Inspired organs hint of troubles
with Spain and the revival of the
virginius difficulty. We have many
grievances with Spain, but no moro than
we had fifty years ago, and no different
from those that have harassed previous
administrations Our country lies con-
tiguous to Spanish possessions and to
countries formerly under the Spanish
crown. The tendency of our manifest des-
tiny has been to bring us into constant col
lision with the policy and dominion of that
nation. We have been necessarily driving
the descendants of Cervantes from Con-
tinent over which they once ruled. From the
very nature of this geographical and political
relation it would lead to misunderstanding
with Spain. We have had this for half CEN
fury, not alone during Grants administra-
ton. If the President had intended to ex-
tend aid to Cuba and recognize its indepen-
dence he could have done so ON many occa-
sions but he has stood aloof until now. He
has really been the ally of Spain in its war
upon Cuban independence. But driven from
his hopes in the centralized republican party,
defeated in his plan for the reviving of the
rebellion, his last effort to retain control of
the country may be foreign war. Does he
seek to win the next campaign by this bloody
sign?
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-01-21

TIE PACIFIC MAIL SCANDAL is at last on
The road to explanation, Irwin, the contu-
macious witness, having expressed his inten-
ton to unbosom himself. There is now a
chance for the public to learn into whose
pockets the money went and to give their
undivided attention for the future to the
scandal nearer home.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-01-21

SIX UNITED STATES SENATOR'S were elected
yesterday by the Legislatures of various
States. Herman, of New York Wallace, Of
Pennsylvania Dawes, of Massachusetts Nc
Donald, of Indiana Cockrell, of Missouri,
and Bayard, of Delaware, are the lucky ones
chosen to sit in the highest council of the
nation,
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-01-21

THE DErUNcr BOARD OF ASSISTANT ALDEn-
MEN made feeble effort yesterday to struggle
into existence once more, and appointed a
committee to wait on the Mayor to inform
him that they had arisen. The latter digni-
tary, however refused to acknowledge their
official existence and they were compelled to
resume their cerements again.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-01-21

The WAR OF INDEPENDENCE in Cuba, which
has so often been declared at an end by Span
ish official accounts, seems to have gained
new life and vigor. 1t is reported that the
patriots are laying waste the district of the
Cinco Villas west of the trocho, in spite of the
dictionaries of Alfonso.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-01-21

WALL STREET YESTERDAY. were
generally steady. Gold was firm at 1124
Money ON call was loaned at 2 and per
cent Foreign exchange was firm.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-01-21

i6ony, ifs said nat Legislative action win
be taken to enable the Court to prolong it.
present session beyond the prescribed limits
II so, it is difficult to tell when the end Of the
famous trial will be reached.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-01-21

From orr reports this morning the probabilities
are that the ,oeather today ,oiA be ,oarner, soiN
light rain or snoto
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-01-21

The BOARD OF EDUCATION annual
report Of the Superintendent of the Public
Schools, which we publish to-day, gives many
interesting statistics of the progress made in
the most important of our municipal institu-
tons. There are over three hundred schools
under the care of the Board Of Education,
and there has been very large and satisfac-
tory increase in the attendance of pupils for
the past year as compared with former terms.
The faulty ventilation of many of the primary
schools is denounced in strong terms, and it
is earnestly recommended that measures be
taken to preserve the health of the little ones
intrusted to the care of the Commissioners.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-01-21

Aop10 Iranslu In tho Ae&1slotur0s
The resolution offered in the Assembly by
Mr.. Jacob Hess. q member from this city, in
structing one of the committees to frame
bill comforting on the Common Council
authority ito perfect and put in force sys-
tenn by which rapid transit can be secured"
seems SO clearly repugnant to the State con-
stitution as amended that it is not likely to
pass after Intelligent debate, and, even if 1t
should pass, the Governor would veto it or
the courts set it aside. It will be idle for the
Legislature to waste its time on 80 abortive
scheme. One of the amendments to article
3 forbids the Legislature to pass any act
granting to any corporation the right to lay
down railroad tracks" A power to put
in force system of rapid transit necessarily
implies that of laying down railroad tracks,
30 that if the city government is Corpora
ton Mr.. Hess scheme is clearly unconstitu-
tional. But the city government is over and
over again described in the charter as q cor
yoration. The charter is full Of such phrases
as 'the legislative power of said corpora
ton, 'the executive power of the corpora
tion," counsel to the corporation'' aud so
forth. When private corporations are meant
to be designated in the new amendments they
prefix the qualifying word What the city
wants is an efficient, practicable plan for
rapid transit, not new subject for legislative
wrangling and subsequent litigation.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-01-21

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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-01-21

Two MUBDEREns suffered the last penalty Of
the law yesterday in Frederick
Heidenblut, in Philadelphia, and Samuel
Beighley, in Greensburg. The latter made
o public confession of his crime before his
death
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-01-21

The GREAT SCANDAL TRIAL still drags its
weary length along and public interest in it
seems to have reached fever heat. Moulton is
the central figure of attraction at present and
the target for the fire of cross-examnation.
The illness of ex-Judge Porter yesterday COM
PEELED General Tracy to take his place in the
legal surgery of dissectinQ Noulton's testi-