The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-03-05
News Melange.
THE BEAUTIFUL SNOW AND ITS
BLOCKADE,
Explosion Of Gas in 8
Coal Mine at
Alney.
The Wisconsin Senatorship, and
Lynch Law in Colorado.
THE STORM.

THE STORM.
CHICAGO, March "A light snow has
been fallisg throughout the day, and aid
ed lby a fresh wind has served to cen
true the disasterous effect of the great
storm of WeaEssdey and yesterday, The
railroads scattering here and especially
shoss from the north and vest are still
practically snowed up and trains it run
Rins at all, arc On very Irregular tine.
Ths street cars move slowly with four
horses and Ia the country public highways
are obstructsa by huge drifts, rendering
traffic impracticable. Tho receipts of
grain in the city during the past six hours
we're only eight car loads. There are
more trains stuck bsswsen Hyde Park and
Kensingtop, IA miles soath of here, and
five engines together de not suffice to
break the blockade. The cattle and hogs
from FIVE of these trains were pnloaded
last night on the prairie and driven across
to the yards.
At Waukegan the public schools are
closed while reports in Illineis and Iowa
give the same accounts of the blockade to
trains.
GAS EXPLOSION.
SALT LAKE, March Am Evansten.
Wyoming. special says: The gas in the
Rock Mountain Coal and Iron C9mpauys
mine, No. 2 at AIney. exploded at 8:45
last evening, throwing the flames many
hundred feet high out OF the main slope,
setting the machinery and building on fire.
About fifteen minutes before the explosion.
from steu to thirty white men and Hfty
OhinamsR went to work for the night, At
the present time 2 a. N. sevenseen more
or less injured Uhinameu have been re-
covered and brought to the surface, maDy
with their limbs broken and badly soaldsd.
About twenty dead Cinnamon have been
discovered but not brought up. No white
men are yet feund and there are no hopes
that any are alive. The jar OF the exple-
sisn was liainly felt at Evanston.
WISCONSIN SENATOR.
4 special TO the Inter! Ocean from Aadi-
son says:
The senatorial pot continues 20 boil.
The auti-Cameron element had a caucus
this afternoon, forty five mem bers of the
Legislature being present. Eleven he
publioans are either hsme or sGew bsund
Of these eleven the anti Cameron men
claim a large m ajority. On the other
hand. the Csmsron men still claim c ma
iority for their chief Oh the first ballot.
Hr. Cameron has ! srtong lobby here
working in his interest, and they are very
sapguine in the ultimate success of their
fayorits. The nominating caucus has
been agreed upon. and will be called
Monday afternoon at 2:30 0 clock.
LYNCHING AN INNOCENT MAN.
The Ohicago Times contains the follow
ing account of the lynehipG of young
Wright. Of Maryland. while travelling in
Colorado:
The family Of Isaac Wright, Of Balti-
more, has recently been overwhelmed with
grief by the receipt Of reliable Information
of the murder Of his son, Frank j Wright
il the mountains of Colorado. This vie
sim ef q most dastaraly crime was about
80 years Of age, and was maa OF ettima-
bic character aud fne ability. In May,
1880, he wens to Colorado to attend TO
business connected with The land claims Of
one OF his clisnts. and purchased an inter-
est 10 a gold mine. After advertising fGr
and purchasing several nulss and eDgaE-
ing q servant. be started to the mountains
on a prospecting tour. Up to the time oi
starting on this tour. IN August, 1880. he
had BRritten reRulsriy, twice month, toi
his father and friends at W estm1nsteF.
they received no communl-
Gallon from him AS the weeks and
months elidsd away. they became anxious.
and fnally. alarmed at bis continued 81 |
leuee, resolved to institute inquiries. In |
pursuance of this determination con n un- |
isation wac opened with Rev. DR.. David |
Wilson. former pastor of the church at
Westminster and at one time president
of the Maryland conference of the Metho- |
dist protestant church, but now chaplain
10 the United States army stationed in |
H.
facts already related, Dr. Wilson was
enabled to follow the subsequent move
mepts of the unfortunate youDg man and
his servant TIL they ended in tho tragic
death Of the victims By violence at the
hands of so called vigilance committee. |
He ascertained that the mules purchased
bv Young Wright had been stcleU. q fact
# which he (Wright) was utterly uscon-
scious, and that the vigilance committee
gbiIe in search of the thief had overtaken
he possesser of the property, and, 10
heir own estimation. at least, speedily
vindicatea law by numbering TIVE inno
,4nt men. With the brutality common to
,eIi constituted judges and executors OF
he law, they turned a deaf ear to the
ru,hfui assertions Of young Wright that
1e had come in possession OF the mules by
egtimate and public purchase, and could
,as,lv establish his Innocence if
were afforded him sod at
NEE proceeded to execute sentence upon
he pre-condemued victims by hanging
hen to the mest convenient tree.
On a pleasant fall day some persons will
sexpose themselves as In
,umuer. and take severe Cold. For
,uch. immediate relief offers itself IN DIR. I
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