The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1880-07-08
Last Nights Dispatches.
POLITICAL.

< RICHMOND. Va, July After reces
Q when the ReadjustersState Convention me
Col, Y, ID. Groner, Chairman of the Com
mittee on Resolutions. reported the plat
form. The resolutions are confined main
ly to local issues, The sixth resolution
asserts that while looking at the mainten
ance of principles and the accomplishment
OF the local objects set forth as superior
, to all other considerations, there ar
reasons both of duty and policy why the
, readjusters organization should contro
the voice of the state in national affairs
and that it is important to successful
issue OF the contest of 1881 for supremacy
in this commonwealth that this convention
nominate full ticket of electors ant
that the party in the several districts
nominate candidates for Congress-; anG
believing that the objects hitherto declar-
ed and the interests of all people of Viz
ginia are to be best subserved by the
election of Hancock and English to the
Presidency and Vice Presidency. therefore
it is further declared that the electoral
ticket nominated by this convention is
instructed In behalf of these candidates
and that they are cordially commended
to the earnest support of every member
of the readjuster organization in Vir-
ginia. That the Federal government
should be administered 10 exact
conformity with the constitution as it is,
that it is the duty of all to accept in good
faith the results of the war and that the
aim of craftsmanship should be to estab-
lish peace and good will between all Sec
tions OF our common country and all
classes of people; that the duties and
privileges, the burdens and benefits of
the government should be equally distri-
| buted.
| The platform was unanimously adopted.
The following electoral ticket was then
chosen: Electors at large. Col. VIM. E.,
Cameron and Col. Riddleberger. District
electors-first, Robt. NJ. Mayo: second
Col. VIM. Lamp: third, Capt Jno. Wise;
fourth. T. Z. Buford; 6fth, VIM. Powell;
sixth, Col Wyatt Meicott; seventh, s. Bal
len; eighth, N, B. Meade. ninth, Jos. @.
| Taylor.
A motion was made to reconsider the
vote by which the electoral ticket recom~
| mended by the Business Committee had
been adopted. This gave rise to an excit
ed and lengthy debate, in which the Re-
publican delegates took an active part,
saying they wished to be left free to vote
as they pleased for President and Vice.
President, and that if the Republicans
were ignored the Readjusters party would
90 down. Without action on the motion
| to reconsider, the convention adjourned
sine die.
MINNEApoLIs, Mimi, July THE
Republicans of the Third Minnesota Dis
trict to-day renomlnated w. d. Wash
burne for Congress. The convention was
very large one, and the nomination was
made without dissenting voice. the gen.
erai expression being in favor of rebuke
of the attempt of Ignatius DonnelIy to
overthrow the will of the people as ex~
pressed at the polls two years ago.
PEORIA. July The Republican Con
gressional convention nominated John FL.
Lewis. of Knox county, for Congress, and
Wm. Mellor, of Fulton county, for mem
Der of the State Board of Equalization.
Lewis was nominated on the thirty eighth
ballot.
TITTsvILLE. Pa. July ii. D. Nc
Junkin, of Butler, was unanimously non-
mated at Mercer, Pa. on the ninth ballot
as the Republican candidate for Congress
in the Twenty sixth district.
VICksBURG, July The Republican
convention nominated Jno. r. Lynch, col
ored, for Congress in the Sixth Mississippi
District. He was Gen JAS. L. Chalmers
contestant in the last election.
CRIME.
STOCKTON, Cal. July "A party of
rangers met band of desperadoes yester
day. thirty miles this side of Fort Davis
Both sides, dismounting, took to the rocks
and the firing began. Three desperadoes
emerged from the rocks and threw up
their hands, The fourth came also, but
continued firing and killed one of the
rangers. He was forthwith riddled
with bullets by the rangers. The
desperadoes surrendered. The telegraph
wires had been cut in several places, sup
posed to be the work of this gang.
CHICAGO, July THE police to-day
arrested HuldgreD, charged with the MUIR
der of the Swede johnson. who was with
him Just before the murder and who, from
his contradictory statements and vilianous
appearance, as well as from other cir
cumstanees, is believed to have com mitted
the deed.
NEW YORK. July 7.-Police Inspector
Byrnes to night arrested at No. 400l
West Twenty third street Lawrence r.
Jerome. Jr.. son of the we'll known !
banker and sporting man, aud Edward |
IL. Patchett, manager of the banking |
house OF Guy Bevan Il Co.. 40 Exchange |
Place on grave charges. A messenger |
boy 10 the employ of Brsytou. Ives & Co. |
No. Bond street, was sent out TO deliver |
stocks valued at $S7 O0O He returned |
saying thet he had lost the package of
securities Oh Wall street, between
William and Broad streets. Mr.. Ives, |
who is President of abe Stock Exchange, |
his loss to the police. After a |
eng search the securities were traced to |
the possession Of the prisoners. Both are
unmarried young Deu aud familiar with |
the ways Of Wall street. jerome being |
engaged iu stock speculations. After |
their arrest the securities were found In |
Patchett's Office. and it was admitted by |
the young men that they knew to whom |
the securities belonged They intended
to send them to Europe and have them
there. The manner in which |
they obtained possession of the stocks was
not divuIrad