The New York Herald Newspaper, January 24, 1873, Page 5

Horrors of the Fearful Storm in the Northwest. DISTRESSING DETAILS. Men, Women, Children and Cattle by Hundre’s Frozen to Death. A Season of Sorrow in the Min- nesota Valley. oa DISCOVERING THE DEAD. Seventeen Coffins Filled in New Ulm in One Da: eee testieteaer Pupils Frozen Stiff Return- ing from School. A SAD PICTURE. Bisel SCRE: A Mother and Wer New-Born Infant Perish for Want of Assistance, __ Gistory and Origin of the Ter- rible Visitation. {From the Milwaukee Sentinel, Jan. 20.] We are just beginning to obtain some of the-par- ticulars of the effects o1 the late storm on the fron- tier of this State. The special despatches that have been published for several days past prepared our readers in a measure for the fearful tidings yet to come. Below we give such particulars as we were able to obtain yesterday by means of special tele. grams and from parties who have arrived in the city from different portions of the State. + AT WINNEBAGO CITY. Weare indebted to Mr. ¥. 0, Zimmerman, with Messrs. Auerbach, Finch & Scheffer, for the follow- tng graphic description of the storm at Winnebago City :— Mr. Zimmerman arrived at Winnebago City about noon on Tuesday. The day had been warm and pleasant. For some time previous the horses of the settlers had been suffering wivh the epizootic; but, having recovered, large numbers of the farmers for miies around had taken advantage of the mild weather to drive into the village to do some shopping. Others had started out over the prairies, some of them for miles, to obtain a supply of fuei, There were full sixty teams in Winnebago City that day. Farmers with their wives were there, having left their little children at home, in many instances alone, little dreaming of the fear- ful danger so near at hand, Suddenly, and with- out any warning, THE STORM BURST IN ALL ITS FURY. Apanicensued. Teams were hurriedly hitched Sp, and fathers and mothers, fearing for the fate of their d@br, helpless ones at home, started off in the face of the. pitiless wind and driving snow. Those who had to face the storm, in a number of tases, were compelled to turn back, thankful to have got back to the village alive. Others kept on, and, it is feared, met a terrible death in the snow drifts, From Tuesday afternoon at two until Thursday evening at seven o’clock the storm raged in allits tury. Mr. Zimmerman says that during all that time it was almost unsafe to attempt to cross that street of the village. The buildings were shaken like reeds, and fears were entertained that some of them would biow over. The air was so densely filled with snow that a vuilding ten feet distant could not be seen. Rumors were numerous of those who were missing, but up to Friday morning, when Mr. Zimmerman left Winnebago City, nd dead bodies had been found. On Friday Mr. Zimmerman travelled as far as Blue Earth City, and on Satur- day he reached Garden City, At this latter place ae began to hear o1 the casualties. A young man had gone a mile or two from Garden City on Tuesday with a yoke of oxen and a load of hay. On Friday the oxen were found, but there were no tidings of the young man. EIGHT PERSONS FROZEN TO DEATH. There was areport at Mankato, seemingly well authenticated, that a party of cight persons and a team of horses were found on the wagen road be- tween Madelia and St. James, ail frozen to death. The team was standing up and the driver had frozen in his seat. The other seven persons were found in the bottom of the sleigh, covered with blankets, but frezen stiff in death. This seems like a horrible story, but it was generally credited in Mankato, FROM ST. JAMES. We-are under obligations to Mr. Hunsaker, con- auctor on the St. Paul and Sioux City road, and Mr. J.@. Callihan, for the following particalars from St, James and vicinity :—Mr. Hunsaker man- aged to reach St. James with his train on Tuesday night, where he was compelled to remain until Sunday morning, when the track between St. James and this city having been sufiiciently cleared of snow, he started his train out, arriving here on Sunday evening. Up to the time they left St. James the following casualties had been reported :— A MAN AND TWO YOKE OF OXEN were found southwest of St. James frozen stiff; name not given. A man and two boys and one yoke of oxen were found seven miles north of st. James. Aman and a yoke of oxem were found within three miles of St. James. The unfortunate man had driven his team through the dooryard of a house, passing within ten feet of sheiter without discovering itin the storm. He was found only afew rods jrom the house, lying partly across his cattle. A MAN AND MIS WIFE DEAD. A man and his wife (it is supposed) were found within three miles of Madelia, It appears that the man had unhitched his team and started out to find his house, which was only a short distance away, leaving his wife in the sivigh. He got lost in the sterm and perished. His wife, becoming alarmed after waiting awhile, also started from the sleigh and met the saine fate. The horses were irozen, The bodies were found on Iriday. We could not learn the name, A MINACLE, ’ A party of section men were at work four and a half mules from St. James when the storm struck them. ‘The party, with one exception, managed to reach the village alive. They supposed their com- rade had perished, and on Thursday afternoon they started out to find his body. After a lengthy search they feund him usleep in a saowbank, where he had Jain forty-feur hours. On being aroused the first question he asked was ‘whether breakfast was ready, The second request was for a “chew of tobacco.” Ile had his shovel with him, and had dug outin the bank of snow a erect set of rooms, which eXercise undoubtedly saved his life, A FAITHFUL DOG. Amid all the horrors reported Mr. Hunsaker had one pleasant incident to relate. Among the section men mentioned above was one who lived several miles from St. James. Of course he was unable to reach liome, and his wife became alarmed for his safety and he Was uncasy about tuts family. Imagine his joy on Thursday when @ shepherd dog belenging to him came bounding into St. James with a little leather bag at tached to his collar, in which was a letter ‘from his wife containing the joyful intelligence that they were ail well at liome, and asking for bews of her husband. Another letter was writt inferming the wile that the husband was safe and would retarn home as seon as he could reach there. The letter was placed in the leather bag, and the faithful animal told to “go home.” Away started the almost human animal, through the feariul storm and snow drifts, and arrived safely at home with the precious news 0 snsiovsly looked for by the wat wife and mother. @ next day the husband reached home, ‘Thie sammie deg was also sent with a letter to a sick j, thi NEW: YORK HERALD, THURSDAY, JANUARY: 23, 1873.—TRIPLE SHEET, neighbor and brought back an answer. That dog ot for sale. SMensra ‘Hunsaker and Callihan gave it as their Opinion that fuily fifty persons have lost their lives within twenty miles square from St. James, ‘A HUSBAND, WIFE AND NEW-BORN INFANT. From Messrs. Chase & Co., who arrived in this city last evening, we learn the particulars of a sad case indeed, On Tuesday aiternoon a man living some three miles trom New Ulm came into that place after a doctor for his wife, who was about being confined, leaving her alone at home. The storm was so terrible that no doctor would venture out, but one promised to go the next merning. Eflorts were made to in- duce the man to remain in town, but he said his wile was alone and he must go back. Poor man! He never saw his home again, his frozen body being found about half way home. The next day the doctor managed to reach the honse, where he found that the poor woman had given birti to a child and both were frozen aead, A FBARFUL RECORD, On Saturday last seventeen coflins were taken out of New Ulm to bury .the dead bodies found in the immediate vicinity of that place. At Lake Heuskey, six miles from Lake Crystal. the bodies of thirteen persons had been found frozen to death, Six children, who had been attending school be- tween Fort iidgley and Beaver Falls, were found frozen to death, the teacher having unwisely allowed them to leave the schoolroom. Another school teacher (whose name we hope to learn), near New Ulm, kept his forty seholars from Tuesday evening until Friday, walking himself a z ile or more through the storm to get food for em, FROM THR UPPER COUNTRY. From Mr. E, P. Barnum, of Sauk Centre, who arrived in the city yesterday, we learn the {ollow- ing particulars: HORSES PERISHED, A team of stage horses belonging to Blakely & Carpenter, going from Glennow to Morris, driven by Dan Phelps, were frozen at New Prairie Post office, on Tuesday night. Phelps bad arrived at the station, but the snow blew so fiercely and drifted in around the stable-door so fast that two men could not shovel it away 80 as to get the door open. The horses perished during the night. A man and boy went out on Tuesday from scan- dia, seven miles northeast of Morris, for a load of wood. The team was found on Friday frozen. No tidings of either man or boy. Names unknown. A Norwegian named Fladeland started from Morris on Tuesday for his home in Scandia. Up to Friday neither man nor team had been heara from, A man started out from his home, seven miles west of Glenwood, on Tusaday, with an axe to go to the woods to cut wood. He was found on Sun- day morning by a part , Who discovered the axe handle in the snow ban! On digging down the man was found, still alive, with legs, arms, side and one side of his face and head badly frozen. No hopes of his recovery. Mr. Barnum further informs us that all through that section of the Stute rumors are rife of the great loss of life and suffering. The storm came 80 unexpectedly that many were caught out, and the roads have been so blocked up that it is almost impossible to reach the houses of settlers, He fears tnat the loss of life will be far greater than was at first supposed. SEVENTEEN MORE DEAD, - Aspecial despatch from Alexandria last evening gives the follewing:—We have authentic reports thus far of seventeen persons in all who were frozen to death during the great storm of last week in Stevens, Grant, Douglass and other coun- ties, Others are still caves and believed to be dead. Many were crippled for life by the freezing of the hands and feet. From Fargo we learn of the finding of two more bodies near Glydon, One was a Swede named Christopherson, and the other a young man named Berry. The body of Fred Warnke, who lived within four miles of Henderson, was found on Friday, within a hundred steps of a neighbor’s house, He ‘was in Henderson on Tuesday afternoon with an ox team, and on his way home got lost in the storm and perished. He leaves a wife and six children. The Western Fronticr of Minnesota. {From the St. Paul Press, Jan. 19.} As intimated in the Press immediately after the subsidence of the terrible storm of last week, the record of the disasters to life and property result- ing therefrom is thoroughly sickening to con- template, While every section of the State con- tributes a portion of the harrowing details, the entire western frontier of Minnesota sends up a return of deaa, missing and maimed, which seems more like the carnage of battle than the result of any erratic and wonderful commotion of the elements. The accounts agree in represent- ing the storm as travelling with remarkable velo- city, and enveloping tnose caught in its deadly meshes almost before they could turn their steps homeward, To illustrate the power of the wind in exposed localities the statement is made that sleighs were overturned and men prostrated as though they were nothing more than straws in the path of the gale. THE DESTRUCTION OF LIFE is greatly attributable to the suddenness of its ap- pearance and its tremendous motion—the degree sgh of cold not being so gtéat'‘as many preceding it, but which have not made a tithe of the awful havoc. There is little room to donbdt that the major portion of the list of casual- ties and deaths was completed in all its saddening chapters between four o’clock en that fatal Tuesday afternoon and Wednesday morning, and as but few could be so foolhardy as to venture on journeys while raging it is reasonable to sup- pose that the deaths and sufferings are confined to those surprised by 1t while at @ distance trom home. IN THE MINN] A few well authenticated cases of freezing occurred near St. Peter, and mention has al- ready been made of them. Gentlemen who returned here yesterday state thatit is yet impossible to make anything like a correct estimate of those who have perished or become disabied. Narrow escapes from death and permanent injury are too numerous for more than a general reference, and it is feared that hundreds of cattle and horse have been destroyed throughout the line of front! settlements, extending from the Red River of the North to the Missouri. THIRTY-FOUR VICTIMS. Dr. Drake, in charge of the telegraph office at Mankato, stated on Sunday that the astounding total of thirty-four persons had been returned as frozen to death in the settlements along the line of e St. Paul and Sioax City alone during the preva- lence of the storm, while a number of additional are reported missing, whose fates are unknown, New Ulm reports present a scene which cannot be adequately pictured. Aman who left Nicollet for New Ulm at two o’clock on Tuesday afternoon was found frozen dead in his sicigh, Two more are reported to have been fonnd dead. Another is supposed to be lost. His team came home without him, It is feared that many more fatal cases will be reported, as there were over a shundred teams in New Ulm that started out in various directions for home as the storm came on. A school-boy, at New Ulm, left scheol about three o’cleck en Tuesday, and on Friday afternoon the body of the poor lad was found on the wina-beaten pratrie, eight miles from his sorrowing home. Another man was found dead on the railroad track between St. Peter and New Ulm, THE ST. PAUL AND PACIFIC. A number of cases of freezing have been reported on the main line of the St. Paul and Pacific Road— some of them in telegraphic despatches and others. by private individuals, Many of these are undoubt- edly exaggerated, but bare facts are enough to horrify and appal. The storm im the vicinity of Litchfield is thus described in the last issue of the Ledger:—“About TA VALERY. noon the rain changed to snow, but the air was sul warm and damp, with the wind in the south, About three o'clock the wind changed to the north, In less than twenty min- utes it changed from warm Spring weather to | the worst wintry storm we ever witnessed. The | wind biew a perfect hurricane, and snow filled the air so that a person coul) not see more than twenty | feet. The morning being s ‘ant, many | farmers were in town, and many of them started for home before the storm came up, | and doubtless suffered, many perhaps being | frozen, for it seemed as though it were impossible | for a man to be out in the storm for half an hour Without freezing to death. Those who were in town when the storm set in remained, there being @ dozen or fifteen Scandinavians who slept in | Heard’'s store, besides many who stopped at the hotels and other places tn the village, Among the cases reported last evening by gentile. men arriving from the interior of the State are the following :—Mr, W. G. Clarke, travelling salesman , for P. F, McQuillan, weathered the storm at a sta. | tion near Alexandria, and pronounces it as furious beyond description. Between Alexandria and Fergus Falls eight per- | sons are reported frozen. Cattle have been found | dead or buried in drists, Whose owners are still missing. One man, living near Judson, left his horses in a piece of weods and saved himsel! by remaining in a straw stack twenty-four hours. One horse was frozen, Continuation of the Terrible Details. (From the St. Paul (Minn.) Press, Jan. 18.) * Yesterday there arrived in this city by the Wil- mar train one of the poor sufferers by the late ter rife storm. This man, whose name is Charles O'Neil, Was taken to the Sisters’ Hospital to un- dergo the operations of amputation of both feet and an arm. ms story, as gathered by @ Press reporter, is substantially $s follows:—On the morning of the terrible Tues- day a party of five men—Charles O'Neil and his brothers John and Stephen, and Mike and Thomas Holden—started from Beaver Falls, Renville county, with five loads of grain for the Wilmar market, Wilmar is distant from Beaver Falls about thirty- five miles of open prairieg twenty of which are without @ settler, Quite early in the afternoon it began to snow, but the wind was light, and the party pressed on, anxious to reach Wilmar with no delay. When within about eight miles of Wilmar the Wind began te increase, and blew dircetly in their faces. They viewed the situation with consider- able dismay, and about half concluded to turn about and retreat to the house about eight miles in the rear, and fortunate would it have been had they done so. But about a mile ahead was the house of 4 Mr. Meagher, and the party finally de- termined to press on to this reluge, THE STORM continued to increase in violence, however, and the wind hurled the falling and drifting particles of ice against and about them until they were obhged to turn their faces from the storm and trust to the instinct of their animals to keep the right direction. Drifts began to meet them, and their horses could scarcely foander through them, It was now too late and equally too hazardous to take the back track, and they pushed on into the bitter hurricane in the hope of reaching Meagher’s, But now their HORSES GAVE OUT and became stalled im a succession of deep drifts, It was found impossible to extricate the sleighs, and the only alternative was to build the best pro- tection their circumstances would allow. One sleigh box was set up edgeways, turned from the wind, and another was leaned against it to serve as. a cover and brace. About this insecure and fiimay shelter sacks of grain were packed, and inside the five men were crowded, after having first cut loose the horses. This was about FOUR O'CLOCK TUESDAY, and of course they had no food and but a meagre supply of biankets. ‘the snow, driven across tae prairies like stinging darts of lightning, was forced through every crevice and packed against and above the little shelter and in upon the men, id with such fh dt blown that it itd pi hea tik " deo sof ico, Tuesday night passod, and Wednesday Mike Holden announced his intention of seeking Meagh- er’s house. He tried to persuade the others to ac- company him, but they considered themselves safest where they were and declined, Mike started out, and succeeded in reaching the house, having both hands frozen on the way. The storm contin- ued so severe that no attempt coula be made to rescue the ethers at that time, They in the mean- time were suffering all the pangs of cold and hun- ger, and it 1s quite probable that several of them became delirious, for when found they were lying out of and near the shelter. THE DISCOVERY. About ten o’clock Friday morning & man passing along the road with an ex team heard shouts as of some One in distress, and upon making search dis- covered the little barricade covered with packed snow, and was horrified upon disturbing several apparent knolls in the vicinity to find that the: contained the dead bodies of men. He foun the bodies ef Thomas Holden, Stephen O'Neil and John O'Neil, the first two quite dead, and the latter with life almost extinct, Upon searching under the cover he discovered two feet protruding from the snow, and breaking away the crust he found Charles O'Neil, alive, hut ina TERRIBLE CONDITION, The bodies were at once lugged to his sled and conveyed to Meagher’s, and thence to Wilmar, Jonn O'Neil dying before reaching eee eee: The details of the sufferings of Charles O'Neil are hor- ritying and almost incredible. It seems that he had lain down immediately upon entering the cover, and had, while in this position, been fas- tened down by the terrible weight of the snow which drifted upon him, or rather upon the upper portion of his body. It was so heavy, he said, as to cause almost unbearable torture. After he found that he was unable to rise, and that the snow was covering his head, he feared suffocation, and to keep that member free he con- stantly raised and lowered it, and in this manner, while he could not prevent the drift trom forming over it, he formed an air chamber, which pre- vented suffocation, In his endeavor to free his head the poor fellow actually TORE THE HAIR almost entireiy from the scalp, Here he lay, with his feet exposed to the air and frozen stiff, and with the cruel frost slowly creeping up his limbs, and unable to move scarce a muscle of his body, from Tuesday night till nearly Friday noon, Can amore horrible situation be imagined? The poor fellow’s ai arm is frozen to the elbow, the right leg to the Knee and the left leg above the ankle. ‘These members are thus tar completely dead, and he has been lying at Wilmar until yesterday, when the first train succeeded in getting thro le Five of the horses were frozen to death, and the others were found five miles away, all right, Death of a Bride anid Bridegroom, and Others, at Pomme-de-Terre and St. Olom, {From the St. Paul Pioneer, Jan, 13.] Mr. S. H. Nichols, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives, isin receipt of a letter from his brother, Mr. George Nichols, from which we have been permitied to read. The letter gives the particulars of the death by freezing of the young man who went to Canada a month ago to get married, and on his way home with his bride met his death. The young man’s name was William Tries. His father met hum at Fergus Falls on the arrival of the stage on that fatal Tuesday. They started for their home near Pomme-de-Terre about three o'clock in the after- noon. This was the last seen of them until Friday, when the bodies of young ‘Tries and his father were found within three-quarters of a& mie of Fergus Falls, When they got lost in the storm the father and son got out of the sleigh and undertook to find a hous When they leit the sleigh they toid the young wile to remain in She remained im the sieigh until Thursday rning, when, the men not returning, she undertook to get bi Fergus Falls. She managed to get bi from the sleigh when she began to get cold and went back to the sled, where she remained until Friday morning, when she heard a dog bark, Again she got out of the sled, totry and finda house, She went some distance, when she began to get cold, and then tried to return to the sleigh, but could not, She then called for help, and f tunately a man heard her voice and weut to her lief. When found, her feet, legs, hands, nose a ears were badly trozen. She has received the best of care, aud there are some hopes of her recovery. Her father was telegraphed to in Canada, and he arrived in this city yesterday on his way to see her. A blacksmith named Jake Hakenrath left iis shop to go to lis home, only forty rods off, and was lost. Dr. Reynelds had been to see a patient, seven mites trom Fergus Fails, ton his return got lost. He managed to find a fence, and by following it managed to reach a house in an exhausted con- dition. A Swede got lost in the storm and managed to reach a stable, where he stayed two nights and two days. He tried severat times to find the house, which was only a few feet off, but failed. The owner of the cattle in the stable could not reach it to feed them. Two men whose names are unknown were frozen to death between Alexandria and Fergus Falls, Aman named John G. Jennson, Ifving at Eval ville, was found frozen to death near McCuinber’s. ‘The letter concludes as follows :— lcan’t tell where the end will be. The last re- port is that there are eight men frozen between here and Poimme de Terre, The mail carrier says one man has been found frozen near St. Olom It is the worst storm lever saw. It was so warm 10 the forenoon of Tuesday that lots of people were out. Every one that was out is dead; they could not stand it. The town is all excitement, and every hour we hear of new cases. Ihave not a to doubt but we will hear of many more who have | lost their lives. Ravages of the Polar Wave Elsewhere. (From the St. Paul Press, Jan. 18.) The same bleak Tuesday morning & man named Lee, with his son, lett Sioux City, Iowa, in a wagon for home, some twelve miles southeast, and were overtaken by the terrible storm of that day, and both perished. The body of the boy was found next day in the timber within a few miles of home. The team found its way home on Tuesday evening with the empty wagon. Many narrow escapes in that vicinity are related, and as tie weather was unusually pleasant when the storm suddenly burst | forth it is, feared that others must Lave perished on the prairies, A. K. Jenkins, superintending the construction of an iron bridge at Rock Rapids, Lyon county, the prairies after wood they lost their way and They wartdered past their home, finally perisuing. were fathers af large fainilie Some of the incidents are very a So that of the boys who peris' home trom schooi, near Spri Valley, lowa, One of them had evidently straggied till the last, and When found was still clutching his books while one oot was raised asifto take a step forward in the blinding drifts and snow. ‘The wind blew with such fury that it was impossible to gee one foot in ad- vance as one walked, and how many perished can- hot be fully known until the snow disappears. The Oshkosh (Wis,) Northwestern says that a man bamed Patrick Grimes, of that city, ina fit of temperary insanity, wanderec frouee to Gane y, d from heme and was fecting, 1 on th Several hundred hogs and other animals were | frozen to death at Davenport, lowa, The La Crosse (Wis.) Leader Says :—“Reports of suffering and freezing ou the great open prairies to the west of that point, during the recent unpre- dented storms, are beginning to ceme in. ar Vermillion, Dakota, Tuesday, a Mr. Hemp- 1, On returning to his house uring the storm and finding his wife absent looking after their stock, left the children and went to her aid, and the man and wife both perished. The children Were found in the house the next morning nearly frozen to death, The hd (Mich.) Post among other calamities mentions that of @ woman leit at home sick by a brutal husband, Some ladies visiting her a few hours before her death ound ne fire, scarcet; any food and the bedclothes frozen around the dying woman, All the railroads in Michigan were blockaded, the drifts in some places being filteen feet high, ta short dis- | Iowa, froze te death while ridin: a stage coach between that place Sibley, Iowa, on the 7th inst. Keaching latter pl the driver opened the ach = =and found John Sparks and 5 Sanders, ders in) Woedbury | county, froze to death on the 9th inst. Being on | and terrible suffering from the storm is reported from all directions. The Eau Claire (Wis.) Pree Press says a man was frozen to death near Lafayette Mills while op his way home, The Western Snow Storm—Loss of Lite in Minnesota, (From the St. Paul Press, Jan. 18,] Governor Austin has received the following tele- grams, which indicate a more favorable condition relating to the casualties by the late storm in cer- tain localities than was at first reported :-— Governor Avsrin—We lost one’ of aurea te 01 — ‘one of ou the late storm, "Some lost all their stock, + Cluaens in DAVID POTTER, Wortminaton, Jan. 15, 1 Governor Avstix—No deaths by the’ ‘recent, storm among our colonists, and but one death in Nobles county. Our people are generally comfortable, satisfied and well provided with food and fuel. R. J. HUMISTON, Bxnson, Jan. 16, 1873, Governor Austin—Lons of life in this county not great. Only about four persons are known. to have been frozen to death, and twenty-two head of cattle and three horses, Storm Was terrific, but not so cold as was that of last February. Stock perished trom aceumulations of ice and mow if nostrils, causing death by suffocation rather than by severe cold. ‘The suffering In adjoining counties ‘was terrifle. A. W. LATHROP. The report in the Pioneer that a man by the name of Wilverton was frozen near Mankato had no foundation of truth, and the report that a sicigh load of persons had frozen between Lake Crystal and Madelia was equally false. Additional reports from all quarters are of a tenor as above, and indi- cate that lirst reports were greatly exaggerated, SANITARY MATTERS. Proceedings at the Weekly Mecting of the Board of Heglth, At @ mecting of the Board of Health held yester- day afternoon a communication was received trom John J. Davenport, in which he accepted the posi- tion of counsel to the Board. A report was handed in from Judge Bosworth on the present contract for removing night soil from the city. In the re- port the Judge took opportunity to make a point in favor of the present holders of the contract, against whom 80 much irregularity is charged, At this time of the year very little scavenging is done, Dr. Stephen Smith proposed yesterday to do none until warm weather set in, yet the bill for removing night soil appears every week, and is patd, too, Cesspools become frozen in cold weather and there is no necessity to touch them, but the temperature of the atmosphere makes no differ- ence to the night soil ring; they must touch their $900 every week. After the reading of the report the following resolutions were adopted: First—The President of the Board is authorized to invite by advertisement proposals for the removal of night soll f¥om this city until May 1, 1875, or the sooner termination of the Gallagher contraet, in ‘accordance with the terms of the Andrews contract, except that the receiving boats shall receive might soil during the day as well as during the nignt, ‘Second-—That the Common Council be requested to pass a resolution, with the approval of the Mayor. authorizing the Mayor or Comptroller or this Board, as to that body may seom meet, to enter into such a contract, subject to the condition that it be substantially more favorable to the city than the existing contract with Middleton Bell. The respectiul manner in which the Mayor is lugged in ts very suggestive, and at the same time very transparent. His Honor was not present at the meeting yesterday, which is to be regretted, as his presence in the Board is a real benefit to the work of the department, Private sessions.seem to be for the moment done away with, The following is @ comparative statement of con- tagious diseases reported lor the two weeks ending January 18, 18) Mea Dtph- Smail- sles. theria. pot, 18, 24 25 2 2 25 The following is a tabulated statement furnished from the Bureau of Record: za | ma 2? | ee 83 Bo bs fe ar % pat ted ge g]ig a a ee Shs id ]fid Be Zymotic disca es. eee 19 Ml Constitutional diseass 120) 135) Local diseases 216] 223} Developmental diseases 37 | Deaths by violen . 16] Tota! deaths for week... 503 Smallpox 8 Measles, 3 Seariatina 12) Su 6 2| 6 I 20) € 6 Phthisis puimonalis 76} Local respiratory disea’s 8S) Bright's disease -...... 23) Puerperal diseases. 16) Accident and negligence 13) Suicides... . 1 Deaths in institutions, 10) Children under 5 years (Sa re 218} Persons 70 years old and rf following were the prinet e week, a8 recorded tor ~Maximum temperature, 52 degrees; yer ture, 12 degrees; mean temperature, being 5.05 di shicher than that of the % the past te: period dur} a 30.025 inches; mean degre Report of E. H. Janes, M. D. of the Board of Heaith The following communication relative to the sanitary condition of a number of buildings in the lower part of the city was received by the Board of Health yesterday from E. H. Janes, M. D., City Sanitary Inspector :— Bureau or Sanrrany Ixsprction, New Youk, Jan, 21, 1873, To G. Crecanins, M. D., Chairman of the Sanitary Com. mittee :— Sin—I beg to present the follo work performed in the course of in progress. During the past w ments, 3) manutact Inspector and workshops and 20 public n inspected by the medical offi. several duties Of the cellars and basements inspected twenty-six are reported untit for human habitations by reason of their dark, damp and badly ventilated condition, being in vio lation of the Tenement House law as well as of the Sani- ile, tary ¢ The printing hous« of Torrey Bros., 13 Beekman street, and that of Whitehorne, 42 Beckman’ street, are reported as detrimental to health by reason of the ‘unventilated conditton of the losets, offensive odors trom Which entire buildings, J. i. MeAlpin & © ape in case of fir 88 provided for 320 employes. be the centre of the building, ‘. 8, Edmonston & Bro., 213 Duan y Inspectors Tracey und Joy : —there being windows on only two sides of the building practicable for this purpose, those in the rear, opening on a narrow area about three fect wide, between this building and the adjoining one on Washington street. The light for the same reason is «1so | bad, necessitating ‘the nse of gasin several parts of the builld Upon the second floor isa bigh pressure steam | engine, which furnishes the motive power for the ma- chinery used, This engine and furnace are in the room d by the larger portion of the employ® 1 no means of protection trom the da r too highatemperature. The w: above mentioned and are and stairs are incrusted tion, and do not app The only means y had ever it from the uppe stories isa narrow gangway, whic more like a ladder than @ staircase, extending trom the top of the building to the bottom and exceedingly steep, necessitating constant watehifalness on our own part while descending, with no other cause of alarm to dis- concert us, to avoid being precipitated to the bottom by | misstep. This stairway is not properly protected by | alustrades. In our opinion the tactory mentioned, as | regards. ventilatio d means of ingress and . is ina very b ndition, while the presence of th pressure engine, with its furnace. he t ositive danger to those em ng, whole establishment prod s the impression of crowded, aud of @ sacrifice of security to economy | ol buildings inspected during the past week the Ninth, Fitteenth, Twenty-first and Nine enith wards, in every case of which reports are made of the foul and unventilated water closets, of the crowded ni badly ventilated class rooms, Inadequate water stip ply, detective drainage, and in a few instances the want of sufficient means of egress in case of fire. Six of these eported as having class rooms in the base- are damp, deficient in light and ventilation r unfit for school purposes. Accompanyin mmunication are the several reports forwarded action of the Board, F of Which is respectfully submitted. EH. JAN M. D., pector, City Sanitary, THE GREELEY STATUE. A meeting of the Greeley National Statue Com- mittee was held last evening in the Filth Avenue Hotel. A umber of prominent gentlemen from various parts of the country were present, includ- | ing Colonel Forney, of Philadelphia, and Mr. Kim- ball, late candidate for Governor of Maine. A | number of pians and propositions were submitted, vut nothing definite was decided upon, There is | already $20,000 subscribed towards the erection of the statue, and it is confidently expected that the entire amount requisite will be speedily raised. BROOKLYN TAX COLLECTOR'S DEPOSITS, The Finance Committee of the Brooklyn Com- mon Council have under investigation the receipts, deposits and balances of the Tax Collector, Mr, Lemuel Burrows, during December and the first ten days of January. Comptroller Schroeder charges that the failure of the Collector to pay over the re- © | or received anything from him; as to Speaker Blaine he DISCREDIT MOBILIER. Poland’s Committee Having Their Eyes Opened. em ee OAKES AMES UNBOSOMING HIMSELF, en Bade Extraordinary Features of ‘Purely Business ‘Transactions.” Pee US Se i SCHUYLER COLFAX’S LITTLE RAKE. eens The Viec President's Twenty Shares of (Credit Mobilicr and $1,200 Dividend, Ordway, Sergeant-at-Arms, Banker in Ordinary. uetare Ames “Will Never Say Stock to Congressmen Again.” The Gentle Hoax Stockholder to Congress, WASHINGTON, Jan 22, 1873. Judge Poland’s spectal committee to inquire into the distribution of Crédit Mobilier stock among members of Congress resumed its session this morning, and the examination of Oakes Ames was resumed, OAKES AMES AGAIN. In answer to questions of Judge Poland he testified that. he agreed to give Mr. Collax twenty shares of Credit Mo- t remember when the agreement t was in the session beginning Decem- er, Witness got the Credit Mobilier stock for him and recelved the dividend upon it of eighty per cent in Union Pacifle bonds; accounted to Mr. Colfax for the bonds which were sold by witness; Mr. Colfax gave wit- ness a check (or $534 72; the che c 1868; the check was upon the Sergeant-at-Arm mber delivering the stoc Mr. Coltax; the Union Pacific stock paid in the June following gave pbilier stock Mr, Colfax a check for $1,200, dividends on the Credit Mobilier; heard the statement ‘of Mr. Coltax before the committee. Q. What do you say about what Mr. Colfax said in re- gard to him making you a present of $600? A. He said some such thing to me about being sorry tor my mistor- tunes; Tcannot remember his words now; Mr. Colfax had never called upon witness for the Credit Motilier stock; has It ready to deliver to him whenever he wants it; supposed that Mr. Colfax understood the $1,200 was a dividend upon the Credit Mobilier stock. . Has he ever repaid you that $1,200? A. Not to my knowledge ; it don’t belong to me. MU, COLFAX DENIES THK CHARGE. Mr. Colfnx, who was present, said he reasserted what he said before, and in regard 13 the $1.20) he now gave notice to Mr, Ames that he would prove a nevativ Mr. Colfax then questioned Mr. Ames as follows ;— Q. Did Lotter to pay you the $534 72 or did you come to me and ask me to pay you? A. That I cannot tell Q. Did you tell me some dividends had been earned, but were unadjusted? A. T told you a dividend of eighty per cent in Union Pacific bonds had been declared. Q. Di ask you to buy the bonds? A. Ldid not buy the bonds; they were dividends and I sold taem, account ing (or the proceeds to you, Q. Did you sell the stock? A. T have not sold it; wit- ness regarded him now as the proprietor of the Credit Mobilier stock ; did not remember what Mr. Colfax said atthe next session about the transaction being off; all that he remembers about it is what Mr. Coltax said in testimony :did not remember of saying, alter he heard the testimony of Mr. Colfax on January %, that what he said was corr: Mr. Coltax—' told hin, and so Witness did not re Il, Mr. Crouse so informed me that you phed to the New York Times. r where Mr, Colfax was when ave him the cheek for $1,200. Mr, Colfax—Did not I tell you the first week in the ses: sion that { wanted you to tell THE ENTINE TRUTH ANOUT THIS MATTER? Mr. Ames—That is what I have done to-day, sir; did not remember any other cash dividends except the one in uly. MF, Colfax—Mr. Durant says there was also a bond dividend. Now, what did you do with the bonds belong- ing to met A) They were not bonds, but bond certith cates, and hold them with your stock for you; you are entitled to them. Q. Have you éver offered them to me? A. No, sir; T am awaiting the result of this suit, the check for $1,200 was payable to Schuyler Coiax; it isin the possession of the Sergeant-at-Arms as a voucher to my account; the cheek was given a long time before the conversation about the matter being THAT CHECK, MY _DRAR SIR, was in June, and the conversation between us about the matter being off was not until the next session; never yave Mr. Colfax any bonds or stock in Union Pacilic Railway. Mr. Colfax—Now, if the committee will allow me, I assertunder oath that I do not remember of haying re- ceived a single dollar from Mr. Ames. Mr. repeated his statement; he had no ation with Mr. Crouse. 1 that the Sergeantat d to produce the books and papers re es was then questioned in regard to t ator Wilson, and stated that th E tleman was substantially corre tion was and his books showed Mr, Wilson; thought MR. WILSON RE and, upon settling the matte 80 he or Mrv. Wilson received nothing but the $2,000 back and ten per cent upon it Judve Foland—Then you say the statement of Mr. Wil son is substantially the truth? Yes, sir. Mr. Ames was then questioned in regard to Mr, Allison, of Towa, and testitied that Mr. Allison bought $1,003 worth of Credit Mot stock, which Witness got tor nt dividend in’ Union Paciiie xX reque ; his recollec- that he had settled with bends: Mr, Allison settled by a check for $271 balance, which settled fo: bonds and inter- t; Mr. Allison ‘then received ac! for $000 dividend in June; Arins, endors Mr. Allison, Mr. Colfax inquired it the ‘check given him was en- dorsed? A. No, sir; it was filled out S. C. and required no endorsement. Witness resuined—When he got the cash dividend from the Credit Mobilier he deposited $10,000 with the Ser- geant-at-Arms, and drew on it to pay the stockholders; Witness holds all the stock except that given to Senator Patterson, Mr. and Mr. Painter; Mr. Allivon ved his st certificates at the time bought them, but returned th did not know why he rely con: tained the stock certificates, but no letter of explanation 5 did not remember of offering Mr. Allison a smal sum of money to repurchase the stock upon receiving the stock certificates from Mr. Allison when he returned them; witness supposed that he (Allison) did not want to hol the Credit Mobilier stock atier the suit had com menced; did not believe that he (witness) had paid Alli- son a small sum of money, FIVE, CENTS OR THEREANOUTS, © 80 it could be called the property of either oi Mr. Merrick—It was a device on the part o to avoid being mixed upin the lawsuit? A. ing mixed up in this mals charge of b supposed: Mr. Allison became alarmed at t thought t would be an impropriety in hi the stock; received no check on’ New York with the cers es; id receive a cheek from Mr. Allison, but it was CK PROM MR ALLISON }, 1864; Mr. Allison gave par est; the $600 check, which wit ness a had found with the Sergeant-at- | | tacts from the . (Mr. Kelley) cone lends, and supposes that he nae tort and the divi ell, AS TO MR. SCOFTELD ? for Mr. Kelley, siders himselt Judge Polan Mr. Ames—Well, his case ix similar to that of Mr. Dawes; it was at the same time, and he gave me $1,00) and took a receipt for it; [received the bond as divid on the ten shares; did not, recc xactly how h d with him; the matter was settled, however; he received the bond as his first dividend, and the $60 in money in June; shortly after that and 1 took the matter off his hands; he gave witness back the CrediA Mobilier stock, but Kept the Union Pacific stock. Judge Poland—What ANOUT MR. BINGHAM? Mr. Ames—Well, his statement is M strom it; at one tim dit Mobilier stock, but _F. Wilson, to make any quali- entleman, itleman whose name ¢ mo right to inquire Judge Poland eis on appears on this list who al rout, and thatis Mr. Painter? Mr." Arnes— Mr. Painter had a right to buy the oak and did buy it; he paid for itand received the dive dei Judge Poland—Does he hold it now ¢ Mr, Ames—I hope so; 1 @. Atthe tim» you making there anything pending before Cony road? A. No, sir. Witness resuined—Mr. Painter settled for his shares and received the dividends; le had no reason to suppose that Mr. Painter held the stock for the benefit of any one but himself; the aggregate number of shares distributed by witness was 150 Q. What b » sold it. ese contracts was ress to ailect the me of the residue of the 900 shares ag distributed to other parties out- side of Congress. , Q. To any officials ? A. No, sir; and I don’t think T ever will sity stock to members of Congress or olficialy again, (Laughter,) ness had ‘A CONVERSATION WITit MR, BOUTWELL, buthe declined to take any stock; I supposed that he would take stock, but he declined. William B. Allison was then sworn, and testified that Mr. Ames and himself had several conversations in reter- ence to Credit Mobilier stock ; the first was in L367; witness told him he would take a small share in the Spring of 1808; Mr. Ames told witness he could have eith twenty | shares, alterwards sent Mobilier stock and r forgotten which; x, to shares of Credit ten of Umon_ Pacific Raitroad — stoc with @& memorandnm stating the account and notify ess that a small balance was due from him to settle; Ames atterwards him $600, out of which the balance alluded to above was taken} witness had another transacuon with Mr. Ames, and told him he was not certain about taking the stock; Ames replied, “Very well; if you don’t wantit you can return itat any time; when Witness returned to Wash- n S68, he told Mr. Ames he would not take the and gave hin the reasons therefor; he said, ‘'y ed until Febra- he had wi "the matter was not tinally w ary 8, 1869, when difference between us on. the stock ina check, which I made payable to his order in New York; wanted to transfer the stock then to Mr Ames, but he sald that was unnecessary, as THE STOCK STOOD ALREADY IN HIS NAME and he could draw the interest upon it; after a time wit- hess returned the gfiginal certificate; Mr. Ames must have understood thay the stock was given back to him, as there have been frequent dividends upon it, but witness had never received any of them with the exception of the one spoken of; it may be that he paid Mr. Ames $271; his belief was that it was taken outot the $60); Mr. Ames might be correct, however. iy Mr. MeCreary—When witness returned the stock Ames said he would buy it; thought that Mr, Ames sug- gested the propriety of a resale, as witness never consid- cred that he held the stock ; Mr! Anics could not haye un- derstood the return of the stock as a imere blind, as wit ness did not so understand it; thought he wrote’ a letter to Mr. Ames when he returned the stock to him, KD. ‘ Honse of Rep- was sworn and examined by Mr. Colfas— ined the account of Mr. Colfax for 1868, but deposit of $1,200 there; bad not ex- ntsor Mr. Ames} he did deposit some money ia did notvemember if the cheek given to Mr. Allison was endorsed; saw a check with the letters ©. or bearer for $1,200; witness does not pay out or re- ive the money; aying ler in 1868 was Thomas . Chene; other ch 3 were peyable to initials; no en- rsement was required trom members of when they N, G. Ordway, Se resentatives He had exa) saw no entry of amined the ac «| to witness that the statement of nversation with him, substantially mory; did not think that Mr. Ames alluded to the statement of Mr. Coliax an January 7 be- fore the committe rsation which occurred between them prior. E yor Matthew G, Emery was sworn, and exam. ined by Judge Merrick : Q. Had you any nesotiations with Senator Patterson i ence to the purchase of Pacific Railroad stocks? ‘0 or three yeurs since he called to see me to pro= 3 e him to raise tie Railroad; T a e; it was for $4,000, aid, by reterence ‘to Kn the bank, I find it ‘Was dated February + he paid it at mat 8 before efor him ‘ate amount; did endorse an 1863, but did not know when Mr. asked’ Mr, Patterson a year or so after- ame out in his Pacific Railroad specula. id it turned out very well; was avery good for about $3,000 i terson used wards how | tion, and he speak of having received dividends? A, I nink he did. wor hereafter the date of the 4 ve 1 rsation with Mr. Patterson, 4 abered about these loans. Q. Was one ¢ loans negotiated in the National Rank of the Republic! A. That ts one I speak of February 19, 1870, i . Was one negotiated at the National Metropolitan Bank? A. [think there was, but am not sure; [can re- fer to the books; Mr. Patterson did state something about purchasing stock from Mr. Ame At two 0% P.M. the committee adjourned till ten o’clock Friday morning. THE WILSON COMMITTEE. nee ae Ben Butler and J. A. Jenckes Patd $7,500 Counsel Fees by the Union Pas cifieRevelations of a Newspaper Cor- respondent—Why He “Unloaded” Stock and Why He “Loaded Up” Again—The Management of the Road WASHINGTON, Jan, 22, 1873, The Wilson Committee met this morning at half. past eleven o'clock, © The examination of K, H. Rollins was resumed as to the current and funded indebtedness of the Union Pacite Railroad Com- pany and other mattersin that connection, Witness ked whether the company m= ployed any members ot Congress as coun ich h revlied that ou looking at the books he found entry of the nent of TUREK THOUSAND this was T 4500 > JAMIN F, BUTLER, as also an entry of arch IS7L; witness Congress; Mr. Butler ved as counsel for the company in New York, nekes as counsel in the Durant and Hallett suitin Rhode Island; witness did not know of any met- DOLLARS TO BEN, 2.1860; the: h es then Went out. o ber of Congress being employed as counsel except those ‘.nordid he know of money having been paid to ptance of oflicer ot the government ty secure the acc portion of the row * KARLY IN’ Willian B. Shaw swe twenty-two years; was eng t and was here in t subject of the a any eNce PRorrranie. s resided in Washington dl as a newspaper corre. 71 pending Railroad ; Secretary of the > the withholding unt of transporta- of the action of learned the Treasury having ta from the road cert tion from the com| the Secretary be havin body him: tion, rece ft upon a visit. to the de- ed, knowing the de- retary partment; on the inforin cision would injure the stock, he stock t v re then bi dec 1; he thought € Ctary of the Treasury. ain arrangement lookin, ption of the sending out from this city to dif- to what was likely to be YA. T gave the ine for it. Wspaper correspondent ) information as particularly hw Q. Did you pay mou to ‘induce him n that to which F na’ about another matter entirely. Q. What wasit! A. A negotiation T went into with hitn in 1865 in regard to @ transaction in Lowa, Mr. Ames then testified that SENATOR CONKLING, SENATOR FOWLER AND SENATOR BAYARD had never been stockholders in the Credit Mobilier to his knowledge; neither of them ever paid witness anything oy he never paid witness ah anything Mis name sat all; there was a taik upon the us and that is all Q. And he never derived any advantage from the stock | orthe talk? A. No, sir, only in being abused. Judge Poland—Well, HOW 'ANOUT NR. DAWES? Mr, Ames—Well, Mr. Dawes took some stock and set tled for it by paying $1,000—about the same as the others. Witness had quite an’ account with Mr. Dawes, having Dought bonds for him to the e: of three thousand or four thousand dotlars, and at ano’ fr time invested for him $1,500 in the Iowa Fulls and Sioux City Railroad, @. Did you pay any dividends to Mr. Dawes? A. T think did, sir; Cpaid’ him $000 dividend, or paid it in part—about four hundred, I believe—as he owed me on other matters, Q. When was this matter ended & en you and Mr. Dawes? A. In d the stock a lividends, but hi rd at the Duff n smut, and w 9h ot December, Its; he got back his $1,000 and yer cent interest. Witt ness here produced a Mr. Dawes, In making the se a 1888 for $268 06, payable on demand, wit Mr Dawes purchased the stock : he paid $30 o} lth. of January, 1868, and the balance a few days afterward Judge Poland—Weil, As TO MR. GARFIELD Will you state to the committee the details of the trans- actiois between yourself and General Garfield in regard to the Credit Motilicr stock A. T agreed to let him have shares of Credit Mobilier stock at par and interest in cember, 1867, or January, isos; Mr. Garfield aid not pay me in'money, and 1 sold the €1,00 bond received with the stock anil received hundred and some dol- | lars from the sale; in Ju ed the money divi- | dend of $600, which, with ney received from the | bond, Jett a balance due Mr. Garfield of $329, which T | paid to him; Tdid not deliver him any stock either before or since; he never had the. stock, and the only thing he ever realized from it was $329 @. Has that $329 ever been repaid to you? A. [have no recollection of it Q. Did you ever loan Mr. Garfleld $3297 A. Not tomy knowledie, unless he calls this a loan, which i believe he does; Twill Jet it go as he wants it Judge Poland—Well, but it must go as the trnth. Mr. Ames—Well, the truth is what I am telling you: | witness never supposed he any right to the money ray) given to Garfield, and never claimed it; he would not undergo what M undergone during the | past month f ) Judge Merrick: ome correspondence | with Mr Garfield in the last few days tonching this iat- ter? A. Thardly know what 1 touch; had not kept copies of the correspe merely put his reply on | e back of Mr. Garfleld’s letter; never received the let. | u ter Which General Garfield said he left at the Arlington, Judge Poland—Well, what BAnout wR KELLEY? Mr. Ames—He agreed to take $100 worth of stock; the transaction was just the same as that with Mr. Garflelst; I received the bond, sold it, and then received the $600 | divid elley $329, being ‘the | balance due him; the transaction, in amount'and detail, was exactly similar to that with General Garfield; whe | check given him was marked, “Pay W, D. K - ness had loaned Mr. Kelley money several times; loaned nd. and paid’ over to Mr. ceipts prompt lost interest to the city amountin, to $2,118 73, The result of the investigation wil be reported at the next meeting of the Board of Aldermen. him $750 in September, and he supposed that Mr. Kelley had added the $829 to ‘that, when he said he owed hit $1,000; there never was anything said between them about the $32) being @ loam; Witness stil holds the stock for that purpose; Th ¢ thing; Edid not Want adverse criti A CAME TO 4m, , Saying he had money owing (o him: T gay > of “hundred dollars to aid him; 1 told hin Lexfected to make a nice dividend, and if T did 1 would pay him some of it. and asked me for a Q. How did you expect him to aid you? A. I asked him what he cht about legislation, and, on ob h anything T wo! giv Ttold him if he would assist in creating an iu the papers that there would not be ad- vers on T would not t to giving him a divi- dend; my was tnsisting yuld go on his paper; f didnot Hke to put my name onit; [knew he was im- Unious. Q. Who ‘was the gentleman? A. R. J. Hinton; a very clever fellow, but sometimes hard up, Q. Did, you'pay money to anybody else? A. No, sir. Q Had ‘vou heard of any body perng paid ?' A. Nos and I would not have paid him if he had not pressed mé to lend him money, Ir there had been no legislation would not the stock of the Union Pacific Railroad Company have fallen? A, Yow str Q_ Did ye katt »u know of any member of Congress buying at time ? A. heard that members were buy t that tine, but Edo not know who they were; I ny meinber to buy, * fad y a i I paid eighteen or vac down, but it rallie Ni the Pennsyly af nm ar i hia Railroad Company to tal are of the floating indebtedness of the Union Paci Rallroad when J saw that Edgar Thompson had lent his redit [made up my mind thatall would come out right, Witness was asked trom whom lie obtained his stock, but he declined to answer the question, not wishing to expose his private tran ons, in which there was nothing in relation to Congressmen. He was buying stocks all the time nswer to a question he said he thought no person ed with the management of the Union Pacific @ Company carried any stock for hun; it was for him by brokers of New York. . James F Witness said he had vernment director of the Union Pacific Railroad Company since 168; was appointed a member of its spe- cial committee to audit and pay. special legal expenses, but declined to act on the cominittee ; he was suspicious of the use to be made of the $126,000 reported asthe proper Amount for that purpose, and therefore had nothing to Go with it; he could not have sanctioned the improper use so 1h ten if an improper use was made ot the he did not know tt. GENERAL DODGE, ze hal aiways insisted that no improperly vithess Was interrogated with the road and other matters, and sakt pletion of the road the directors had experienc culty in obtaining information; he had been ¢ the fine of policy pursued by the company, and the contract with the Wyoming Coal’ Company : Sovember 19, 1869, at a meeting of the board of directors in Boston, he introduced a preamble and resolution an nouncing that the contract was contrary to public policy and retarded settlement along the road, and instructing the General Superintendent to disregdrd the contract; the proposition was agreed to by the board, but the Executive Committee appointed to execute the powers of the board in the absence of the directors asst ‘undo hatever was done by the board; the same policy is pur ition to the coal contract as beiore the Passage of the resolution. Mr. Peter A. Dey, of Jowa City, was examined ad t nates made by hitn in the early history of the Unio Pacific Railroad. The committee adjourned until to-morrow noon,