The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-12-04
Arrest Of a Mayor for Per
jury.
A Calaboose and two Per-
sons Burned.

pared by Gen, Duff Green, of Georgia, pre-
viding tor the Inauguration of scheme o
internal improvement, to be sustained by
system of banking connected Herewith
was presented and referred. NJ. B, Lloyd
of Illinois, presented his views as to th
construction of double track railway b,
the government to secure competition il
transportation of freight, Gen. Frobel, 0
Georgia, presented resolution looking t,
the establishment and maintenance of com
mercial intercourse between the states o.
the Union and to revive the commerce o
the nation. The committee on resolutions
presented report based upon resolution
of Col, johnson. of North Carolina. II
which they declare in favor of asking gov
eminent aid in the construction of the
Southern Pacific railroad and of the great
water lines, such aid to convey the right of
the government to control the rates of
transportation over such lines, with pro
viso that the government guarantees ask
ed shall be so guarded as to protect the
national treasury from loss. -Four mem
bers of the committee presented protest
against the adoption of the report and
against asking government aid in the con
struction of railroads. The report and pro-
test were brought prominently before the
convention. Pending the motion to sub
sttute the minority report for that of the
majority, the question of government sub
sides was discussed at length The vote
seeming to be largely In favor of the mo-
ton. Col. johnson, by permission of the
convention, withdrew his resolution.
Mr.. Potter, of Iowa, offered as o substi
tute for the resolution of the committee in
laVor or four great water routes n PROPOSE
ton recommending the immediate con
struction by congress of the Rock Island
and Hennepin canal. This substitute was
debated the whole of the afternoon and
night sessions. The opponents Of the sub
stitute expressed themselves in favor of
that canal but we're opposed to substitu-
ting it for the four great routes recon-
mended by the senate committee. The
advocates of the substitute insisted that
congress would not do everything wanted
and this was the most practable. Without
a vote the convention adjourned till to-
morrow.
Chicago was unanimously selected for
the next annual meeting
New YORK, Dec "A New Orleans
dispatch says Judge Durrell has forwarded
his resignation to the President, and that
Walker Fearn is named as his successor.
The same dispatch says Kellogg is
quietly disposing of his property in that
state.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 3.-No one doubts
that the President will accept the resigna-
ton of District Judge Durrell, just tender,
ed. Durrell thus terminates the proposed
impeachment pending in the House Com
mittee on judiciary.
New YORK, Dec, 3-The funeral Of
Mayor Hevemeyer will take place Satur-
day at Il o'clock from St. paul's Metho.
dist church, Fourth Avenue and Twenty
second street. The Old Guard will form
the escort to the hearse Among the pail
bearers will be Governor Tilden, Peter
Cooper, ex Governor Morgan and Thurlow
Weed.
CIucAGo, Dec. 3.--W. F. Storey, editor
aud proprietor of the Chicago Times, was
married last night to Mrs. Eureka e. Par
sons, of this city. The wedding was Il
strictly private affair, only few personal
friends of the family being present.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 3.-Ihe President
has completed his message, and it will be
read at The cabinet meeting tomorrow
1t is longer this year than last year, COM
prising about 50 pages of foolscap.
The Secretary of War states that his re-
port will show that the actual expenditures
of the War Department for the year end
ing June 80, 1873, including river and har-
Dor improvements, were $46.325, 30S q -,
aud for the last fiscal year ending June
80, 1874, we're S42, 326.3l4 II.
The report will also contain the following
recommendations Monthly additions to be
allowed to the pay of officers acting as as
sstant quartermasters renewal OF recon-
mendations for the purchase Of sites of
posts in Texas, in accordance with the re-
port previously made to Congress; the sys-
TEN of mileage and payment Of officers and
employees travelling on duty to be restored
in lieu of actual expenses, as now allowed
under the law of last year that private
soldiers be permitted TO compete for the
position of commissary sergeants as well as
non n-commissiOned officers; exemption of
subsistence stores from the operation of the
law requiring the proceeds of sales of pub
lie property to be covered into the Treasu-
~ as miscellaneous at the expiration of
each fiscal year, the law to be SO changed
that appropriations for subsistence stores
can be made available prior to the COM
mencement of the fiscal year for which they
are appropriated; that provisions be made
for the publication 100000 addi';a-al cop
les of the Medical and Surgical History of
the War.
Attention is called to the recommendation
Of the Chief of Engineers, that an addition
al appropriation for ammunition for target
firing Is recommenied. and that much lar