Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1872-05-13

Telegraph calls Tor q national convention o: !
editors and printers to be held at ST. Louis
July 4th, to ratify the nomination of Greeley
and Brown, one life long printer and iourn.
Alist and the other one OF the founders, and
for several years editor, of an influential
Western paper.
ST.. LOUIS, May lI-There was ameeting
in the Court House tonight 10 ratify the
nominations of Greeley and Brown.
Speeches we're made By prominent Repub-
lians and Democrats, and the crowd seemed
composed of both parties. The Democratic
speakers declared themselves in favor of the
Cincinnati nominees, subject to the action
of the Democratic convention, and declared
they would do their utmost to prevent that
convention from making nominations.
SCRANTON, May l2.-Yesterday morning
while party of engineers were examining
dlsused gsugway in Pine Ridge Coliery,
two miles from Wilkscarre, an explosion of
ire damp took place. Thomas Morgan,
David Morgan and Evan Davis were killed
and another man badly hurt. The latter
will recover. The explosion did not extend
beyond the gsngway in which ii occurred,
and no others occurred.
PHILADELPHIA, May l2,-There has been
a.
increase of fifteen over last week.
NEw YORK, May u.-Wm. c. Bryant
has been chosen orator for the Inauguration
of the Shakespeare statue in Central Park
May 23d, the Booth anniversary of the poets
birth Edwin Booth will recile Passages
from Shakespeare and Theodore Ihouas'
orchestra and the ArIon Societies will fur
| nish music.
| At meeting of the radical reformers ct
! Apollo Hall last night Mrs WoodauIl
made an address in which she proohesled
that from this convention would go forth q
power which would shake the world. She
denounced politicians, parties and the con
stitutIon, and declared that on our country's
centennial a new Constitution would take
the place Of the present blood stained docu-
meut. At the conclusion OF the remarks
there was q tumult of applause.
| Judge W. Carter, of KY, nominated Mrs
/ Woodruff as the choice OF the equal rights
| party for President of the United States
Mrs. Woodruff accepted the nomination.
| For the Vice Presidency there we're q
dozen nominations, including Fred Douglas,
Beecher, Tilton, Julian, Ben Butler and
Spotted Tail. The convention adjourned in
an uproer.
Bonner's colt "Stsrtle," at Prospect PARK
yesterday, trotted mile in high wind IN
2:3444 and, the wind abatng, repeated ii in
2l9$.
The funeral of Buchanan Read takes
place next Tuesday afternoon. from the res
dence of his brother-in-lsw, j. E. Caldwell,
at Philadelphia. The remains have been
inferred in Laurel Hill cemetery.
| The Herald's monetary article has the
following Some of the wise men of Wall
street, aud those who have the reputation of
being far seeing and sSgacious dealers,
prognosticste q bull movement next week
that will at lsRst cause the market to re-
cover from it's present depressed condition
and send majority of the speculative stocks
up three or four per cent.
John Moore is under arrest on suspicion,
he closely answering the descriptions of the
murderer of Phelps, the jewsler.
The Mercantile Library reading room is
open to-day for the frat time on Sunday
The attendance is about oae-ffth the usual
number.
New YORK, May l2-The anniversary of
the Presbyterian Board OF Foreign Missions
was held tonight in Madison Square
Church. Rev. DR.. E.enwood, President
reported the receipts of the year $455, 900
against 1920, 600 for the proceeding year.
DR.. Hall gave gratifying account OF pro
gress made.
| WASHINGTON, May l2.-The House Com
mittee in District Columbia approve of the
bill appropristing $500, 900 for tie compile
lion of the Washington monument, $780,
900 has already been expended and 1882,
900 is needed to complete the shaft, while
the whole cost of work is estimated ct ) l.
1872, ,0O0 The Committee unanimously sp-
prove of the plan of the movement and
bear cheerful testimony to the energy, iD-
tegritY. economy and patriotic love which
has governed the transactions of the Wash
lngton National Monument Society.
Ten or twelve Republican Seaators had B
consultation with the President last night at
the executive mansion. While il is gener-
ally believed from newspaper statements
that the treaty of Washington will fail,
gentlemen in official positions are Lot viii
ing 10 make such an ad mission
Private letters from London reesuriF re-
ceived say positively that the British go7-
srnm ment will withdraw from the Ger eva
Tribunal rather than 20 before il with aur
claims from consequential damages pending.
No such threat, however, he's reached ouf
government.
The Conference Committee on disagree
ing amendments 10 the deficiency bill will
meet tomorrow. The effect Of the House
substitute wall be 10 pay all Judgments en-
tered upon decision of the Supreme Court,
and require the Secretary of the Treasury
to adjudicate claims for cotton seized after
june 25th, 1865. Should the two houses
iau to arrive at any agreement on the sut-
Jeet the decision of the Supreme Court fixes
the status of the claimants as to seizures