The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-06-10
THE NEWS.
Matters at Washington much
the same.
Labor Troubles Outer.
Details of the Capture Of the
Robbers.
Sporting News, General
Items.
WASHINGTON.

WASHINGTON.
WASHINGTON, June 9.-The house com
mittee on appropriations agreed to recon-
mend the non-concurrence of the house in
the senate amendments to the army appro-
priation BILL
In the criminal court this morning ex-
Attorney General McVeagh testified in the
star route cases that he had a conversation
with Rerdell in June, 1881. The object
was to show that a conspiracy existed and
Rerlell confessed it. The court held that
conspiracy must be proved by circum-
stances, and not even by confessions of all
the defendants, and said McVeagh's evil
dence would not be admissible unless ques-
tions were confident and the facts such as
would prove conspiracy. This was very
important point in the case. Ingersoll
said that was the whole of the case. He
regarded the failure of the government to
produce any authentic evidence as show
ing that the law was altogether on his side.
Judge Wylie ruled out the evidence until
he was satisfied that conspiracy existed.
Merrick said this decision would compel
him to postpone certain evidence.
POSTAGE.
The senate committee on post offices
and post roads has been considering the
propriety and advisability of reducing
postage on letters to two cents. and on
papers and other printed matter to one
half per cent rates, and ask the Post
Master General if the proposed rates can
be adopted with safety.
THE STOLEN PLATES.
Doyle, convicted at Chicago of having
in his possession counterfeit bonds offers
through his counsel to prove conclusively
that it is a genuine $1,000 bond plate, how
it was obtained and all about it, provided
the government will release him from con
fnement. Present investigation at the
treasury is for the purpose of ascertainlng
the character of this plate, how it was OBJ
tanned from the Bureau engraving and
printing department, and to place the re
sponsibility where it properly belongs.
Secretary Folger and other treasury officials
deny in most positive terms that there are
any spurious DOHdS III OH TIT
ground if there were any in circulation
they certainly would have known something
about it before this. Doyle's friends claim
he is an innocent and misjudged man in
this transaction, and that they will prove
it to the satisfaction of the government.
They state the bonds found in his posses
sion are not counterfeit, but bonds printed
from genuine plate, the issue of which,
however. were not authorized by law.
BANKRUPTCY.
The House committee on judiciary au
thorized the representative of Humphrey,
Wis, to report the bill to establish the uni
form system of bankruptcy. Creditors in
cases of involuntary bankruptcy shall give
security before instituting action, and if
suit is decided in their favor alleged bank
rupt damages shall be recoverable. In
cases of fraud any person may be adjudg-
ed bankrupt but for failure to pay within
a limited time or dissolve attachments,
farmers shall not be so adjudged.
ITEMS.
All the members of the cabinet were
present at the meeting to-day except
Chandler.
The declination of Phelps, of Missouri,
as tariff commissioner, was announced.
No selection of successor has been made.
Congress will be called upon to provide
for the payment of the Utah commission
before the commissioner is named.
GOSSIP.
The San Francisco C7ronicte's Washing
ton special says that the following incident
is the subject of considerable comment:
year ago Secretary of the Navy Hunt
attended the commencement of the naval
academy at Annapolis, on a government
steamer, at total expense TO the govern
ment of $4,000. On Tuesday Secretary
Chandler went to Annapolis on the same
mission. He took the cars, and the total
expense of the trip was So. The govern
ment vessel was rendered, but refused.
Talk of Gonkling going into the cabinet
Is again renewed 1t seems to be almost
certain that Freylinghuysen is not fix
ture in the cabinet, but the date of his re-
tirement is not known definitely. The
talk now is that he will go soon and that
Conkling viii take his place.
An adverse report will be made to the
house on Belford's bill providing for a
special commissioner for promoting com
mercial intercourse with Central and South I
America.
F0RTY-SEyENTH CoNGRESS.