The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-09-07
A Half Million Republican
Thief in Minnesota.
The People Cheated by a
Republican Governor who
required no Bonds.
Death of a Distinguished
Boiler Inspector.
The Marquis of Ripon a
Convert to Catholicity.
The Carpet-Bag Falsehoods
Exposed.
Political Conventions.
Whitley's Spies move to
Washington.
Louisiana Carpet-Baggers
trying to Burn the Evi-.
dences of their Ras-
cality.
Crime, Fire, Etc.

ST. PAUL, MINI, Sept. 5.-City papers
are bringing up the arrears of testimony il
the Mcllrath investigation. The conclu
sions of the committee are so well sustain
ed that denial is not publicly attempted.
The Press this morning acknowledges the
terrible force OF the committees report
but, while protesting to abandon Mcllrath,
yet seeks to palliate the force of the facts
presented, and, with plausibillty much like
innocence, perverts the main fact Of all
The committee reports the difference be-
tween moneys paid Mcllrath for the state,
as proven by their witnesses, and the
amounts paid by Mcllrath for the same in
to the treasury at $1,000, which, with
other collections disappeared, but are not
directly traced to Mcllrath's pockets,
amounts to 100000 Besides this, there
| is large amount known to be lost by the
state through conspiracy in sales and fraud
ulent settlements with trespassers, of
which the committee make no estimate
The Press represents the first named sum
as all the loss of the state, and Mcllrath
as being charged with receiving only a
moiety of that sum, instead OF which the
plain statement of the committee is that
Mcllrath pocketed ST. 900, which was not
only q moiety of the loss through his ad-
ministration of ten years, but is the amount
ascertained by positive evidence of direct
stealing.
The responsibility of Governors Ram
sey, Marshall and Austin, ard the connec-
ton of these and other prominent politi-
clans with the disgraceful transactions ex-
posed is not noticed by the Press.
| = tbat tIrn,,rb tho par1anf ~
connivance of Gov. Austin, no bond was
required from Mcllrath for his last term of
Office. McIlrath is now receiver of the
| Southern Minnesota road, and counted
among the wealthy men of St. Paul. He
entered office in 1861 quite poor.
PITTSBURGH, Pa, Sept. 5.-Benjamin
Crawford, well-known engineer, formerly
the supervising inspector of steamboats,, OF
this district, and later member of the
| United States boiler commission, died in
this city to-day.
LONDON, Sept. 5,-The Times says
that the Marquis of Ripon has become a
Roman Catholic. The announcement
heiebtens the excitement over his recent
resignation Of the Grand Mastership of
Masons.
New ORLEANS, Sept 5.--The Demo
cratic and Conservative State Central Com
mittee of Louisiana issue an address to the
people of the state to-day, in which, after
reciting the usurpation by Kellogg of the
state government and the wrongs and out
RACES inflicted by the government on the
people, they declare that all this has not
been sufficient to force the people into rev.
olution and that all the stories circulated
to that effect are fabrications OF Kellogg
and his partisans; or when outrages have
occurred they melted them for the purpose
of getting United States troops sent into
state, not to protect the people against out
rage, but to control the pending elections.
The address declares that the people o!
Louisiana do not object to United States
troops being stationed in the State, as it
is component part of the Union, but they
protest against their being put under the
control of the United States Marshal, who
is chairman of the Republican State Cen
tral Committee, and the United States Dis
trict Attorney, one of the leaders of the
party in the state, to be used to overawe
the people in the coming election. and as
secret means Of political persecution.
The address declares that the opponents
of the Kellogg usurpation have neverques-
toned the political rights of the colored
people, but have expressly pledged them
selves to maintain those rights that the
local disturbances which. have occurred
dld not spring from any spirit of hostility
to the colored people. but were unavoida-
BILE outbreaks arising from the state of op-
preston and tyranny, and concludes with
an appeal to their fellow citizens of the
Union for hearing.
SHREvEpoRT, Sept. 5.-A message was
sent to President Grant last night, signed
by the leading merchants, bankers and
professional men of this city, denying that
any resident of this parish participated IN
the recent murders, claiming that no spirit
of lawlessness exists in this parish that car
not be controlled bv the local authorities ;
that the condition of affairs here has been
misrepresented abroad, and asking that a
commission of fair minded men be appoint
ed by the President to visit this State and
ascertain the truth.
New ORLEANS, Sept 5.-An attempt
was made last night to burn the documents
and papers in the Attorney General office
in the st. Louis Hotel, now used as the
State House, by piling them upon the
floor and saturating with oil and setting
them on fire. Fortunately the fire was dis
covered before the papers we're muct
burned.
New YORK, Sept THE Office of tbs
United States Secret Service in this city
has been closed and the furniture trans
ferred to Washington.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 5.-An order re
moving the headquarters Of the army t
st. Louis in October was promulgated to
2 day,
: ST. Louis, Sept 5.-The Democrats
!. the Twelfth District of Missouri have nom
: mated j. \. Glover for reelection to con
gress
1 The Democrats of the six.h district hay