Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 2, 1882, Page 1

' TWELFTH YEAR. TaE “’f] T L g 4 NIRFR OMABRA "DAlLy BEE ‘OMAHA NEB. SAIURDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 2 1 8 138 HE NATIONAL GAPITAL ‘Stephen W. Dorsey Exercises the Noble Art of Self-Defense. b And Apparently Gets Away ~ with Two Members of Gar- fleld’s Oabinet. A OCanadian Prophet Notiflas the President to Frepare for a Storm. A Variety of General News. DORSEY’S DEFENSE. A OARD TO THF PUBLIO, Bposial Dispatch to Tun B, i WasnivoroN, December 1.—Ste- 4 f:un W. Dorsey furnishes the follow- i‘“'d for publication : 'o T Pustic : Daring a year and a half of consistent and persistent abuse of me, I have carofully refrained from saying a word in my own de- fense. The charges made sgainst me were of such a character 1 thought best to submit each and every one of them to judiclal test that the public might know their truth or falsit; When these cherges were first made in March, 1881, I came to this city and laid all the facts before the then president, General Garfield, and re- quested him to select a commission somposed entirely of demccrats to in. vestigate each and egery oharge. MacVeagh and James had caused to be spread abroad that I told him T would not have couusel appear; that I wanted naked facts put before the com! on, and would abido by any decision arrived at by the mosc hitter politioal enemles. Theroupon Goueral Garfield wrote a mandatory letter to Mr. James, directiug him to salect such commission, with direc- tions to make the most searching and far-reaching investigation so far as was concerned. I took this letter to Mr. James, at the Arlington hotel, Thursday, James expressed his ap. proval of the course of the presiden and thought T was entitled to have thorough investigation of all alleg tions, and he said that on the follow- ing day (Friday), he would have the commission organized and be ready to proceed. I went to the postoffize department Friday, at the hour ap- pointed, but Mr. James sent word “He was not there.” I called on him at his hotel the same evening, when he excused himself for not being ready to proceed, and designated Saturday asthe time that he would be., I went to his office Saturday according to I|yet. , agreement, and James sent word that ] ill absent. I visited Saturday night at his hotel and in ed that as charges against me seemod to chme from the pos'cffice depart- ' mentand the office of the attorney 3 !.mdld Ihada did _demsnd, ful, that if were guilty of wrong- doing I was here to make answer, James then, in a cringing and syco- phantic manner for which he is dis- tioguished, ea d Monday of next week everything would be in readiness and he could prcceed with the examina- tion. I went again to the postoftice department Monday, agreeable to ap- powntment, James had nol returned from his trip, 8o I called on him for ~ the fourth time at his hotel that eve- ning and insisted that the directions of the president should be carried out, | C. I asked him to select, if they would serve, five democrats, eenatora or members of the house f repressnta- tives, and submit to them overy word of evidence | he had or could get against me, and that I would leave my case to the judgment of such men without introduction of evidence or argument on my behalf, James then sald he would be ready to preceed Tuesday, and_on that day, at the hour named, I went to the postcflize department, but there had been so much quibbling and falsehood that I thougtic it best on this cccasion to ask Col. Xobt, J. Ingersoll to ascom- ' panyme. Col, Ingersoll and I waited at the department for several hours, and finally Ja and Wayne Mag ‘Veagh made their appearance, Muc- Veagh seemod to speak for himself and all the rest of the government. He seid they had determined not to allow me to have any investigation of the charges published againet me in the newspapers, Colonel Inger soll asked him why such inves- Watigation should not be piven, and pecially in view of the fact hat the president had directly ordered 1t? He asked MacVeagh what reasons ould be given the public why su in- tigation of these alleged crimen was nled when asked for? MacVeagh plied by suywy there were many on#; vhat 80 furas he knew and so far a8 the records of the government « tments showed nothing whatever ong doing could be shown agaiust en W. Doreey and that reason was sufficient why he would de- allow auy investigation when 4p8 was nothiog to inve 8 kuow, ng toward the he president had asked m ent in writing the whole y relation aud connection s r route mail contracts, I General Gurfield had the pt in his possession written in er, 1880, which explained tt Batory; that there was noth ald add or take from it [ her that the letter referred to| ly confidential and related dential subject. I will take in ng to the president, as to you, thatanything there may be given to you for lon and you wil fiad plote explanation of ption I ever hed with rinr WThe nature of the .ui.r reason why I made the at to General Garfield, and right' to demand, and | has see at once the propriety of umde such & statewent at hen you read the letter to which thejletter refersi s , and all that I shall say to you on this subject is as person- al as the lotter referring to myself, James and MoVeagh both joined ir saying to Colonel Ingersoll and myself that any communioation made by me would be regarded as confidential, and considered solely for their own and the president’s use; that f they found in the couree «f their investigation anything that seemed to contradiot what was therein eet forth they would submit the samo to Col, Ingersoll or mysclf for such explanation as we were able to make. On this pledge of James and MacVeagh I wrote out and gave to the president for the use of MacVeagh, every faot within my knowledge as to star route mail con- tracts in which I was in any way con- oerned. I made this statement trom memory but with all possible care and it covered the whole ground of my connection with mail contracts, This statemont was read to the then acting president, General Arthur, and Sena- tor Conkling by Goorfl C Gorham and to Pmni%ane Garfield by Oolonel R, G. Ingersoll and left with him. I will not repeat the opinion expressed by President Garfield in respect to this statement, or the strong lan. guage he used in denunciation of the creatures then engaged in what they called “‘prosecution,” General Gorfield is dead, and with him are buried all his ivate and friendly conversations with me. Bat General Arthur is now president of the United Stater, Senator Conkling is in New York city, and Gorham is the editor of an administration paper in this city, and what I have stated will be verified by each and every one of them. James and MacVeagh pledged their word to Ool. Ingersoll and my- self that any statement I might make would be solely for the president and cabinet, but notwithstanding. this pledge, within twenty-fuur hours after these two men received the statement every detective employed in their de- partments was furnished with i ed copy of it, with instructions to dis cover in it, if possible, some variation. from the facts as shown by the records. Not one has been found as MacVeagh's pledge to Colonel Ingersoll, that ths statement made by me should be should be seen only by the president and cabinet was a pro- fessional pledge of a lawyer to a of zen, and he violated both with charac teristic bad faith within a fe For a year and a half after t| ment was made, every mesns that malignity, united with power, could employ was employed to discover some discrepancy, some mistake, or sume suspicious omission in what I had volvatarily said. Vast sums of public funds have been squandered to attaln this end but when the trial came this voluntary state- ment of mine, acknowledged and well known, was not produced as evidenco against me. I challenge the attorney general, or the person who in the real attorney general and mas- ter tn that cflue‘,ht: give this state- j d as they did at the Jast trial, to-di prove a single statement I have made, or shall make in regard to this matter, CAPITAL NOTES. Special Dispatches to Trx Bax. GENERAL ITEMS, y WasniNgToN, November 30.—At the union Thavksgiving service to-day of the Methodist congregation in the Metropolitan Memorial church, Rev. Herbert Richardson, pastor of the McKendree Methodist church, preached the sermon, A large part of his sermon was a vigorous plea for the defendants in the star route casesand & sharp criticism of the modes ot the government and prosecuting officers to secare conviction, The Indian appropriation bill makes a reduction of more than §1,000,000 from estimates and is $67,000 below the appropriation of last year. The atiendance at the Garfield fair to-day showed an increase over that of the best previous day, but the rotunda &nd old ball of representatives in which it is being held were not un- comfortably filled. This being the Kuights Templar day, visiting and local knights attended in force, after a parade which was the feature of the day. An exhibition was also given by visiting and local bycicle ridere. WasHixgroN, Dacember 1,-— Rear Admiral Wyman, U. N., was stricken with paralysis thie morning, | and is in a critical condition, T'he convention cf labor unions met here, ard completed permanent or- ganization, The debt statcment shows a raduc- tion during November of §5,634,142, The coinage exccuted at the mints in November is valued at $,5000,828, All were prescut at the cabinet meeting except Mr. Howe, who is unwell, Routine bueiness and execa- tiye reports occupied the session. Hannibal D, Norton, principal clerk of the finance division of thepostoffice department, was removed to-day for sllegod complicity with star routers AHE GARFIELD BOARD OF AUDIT has virtually concluded consideration of all claimas, The priucipal difficulty was in regard to the claims of physi- cians, so much in excess ot the appro- priation of §3,600. All allowances was agreed upon, but the amount will dimensions, will ba safe out of harbor, and none of small tonnage ocavn hope to survive the tidal wave and fury of this tempest, As the wind will blow from the south- enst, the planetary force will be suffl- cient to submerge low land of the Amerioan coast, especially those bor- dering on the galf of Mexico and washed by the gulf stream, while the air currenta for sevoral hundred miles along the east side of the Rocky Mountain range, owing to tho great atmosphoerio pressure in those regions, will apread universal destruction. The New England states will also suffsr severely from wind and floods. No point outside of the harbor in the whole area of the Atlantic, especially . | cisco for Arotic cruising ant be withheld from the public until finully coneidered. Outside of the amount specially. appropriated for physicians, the appropriation would more than cover the amount of all other claime, A MIGATY STORM PROPHECIED, The president has the following communication from Prof. E. Stone Wiggins, L L D., astronomer, of Canada, under date of Ottawa, No- vember 27: On the 231 of September last I an- nounced through the Canadian press thai a great storm would oceur in March next; that it would first be felt in the North Pacific, would s in the Guif of Mexico on the night of the 29th, and being reflected by the Rocky Mountaing, would cross this meridian from the west at noon Bunday, March 11, 1883, No vessel, whatever her north of the equator, will be a place of safety, for this will be pre-eminent. li the greatest storm that has visited the continent sinoce the days of your illustrious first president. In view (f this event, therefore, I take great lib- erty in representing to your exoellen. oy the advisability of ordering all United States ships into safe harbor not later than the 10th ot March, un- til this storm will be 3 Gen, Ronald 8. McKenzie, recently promoted to brigadier zeneral, arrived to-day. THE GARFIELD PATR had the largest attendance to-day. Fourteen hundred school children were present. The military parsde was the special featuro ot the day. General Sherman and staff reviewed the troops, The competitive drill fol- lowed. All booths and stands about the corridors of the house will be re-: moved to-morrow, "Bho cabinet to-day considered with- out action the case of James Leighton Gilmore, sentenced under the name «f Leighton, to be hai ged at Deadwood, Duk., on the 15th, Heriditary iu- sanity is the plea of friends, Little hope ia entertained to-night of the recovery of Admiral Wyman, stricken with paralysis to-day. Sar- geon General Wales and Surgeon Hochler are in constant attendance, The Jeannette. Bpecial Dispatch to Tur Bar, WasHiNaroN, Dacember 1.—The Jeannette board reconvened to day, and began the examination of Seaman Ninderman. He thought the J.an- nette was well ficted out at Saun Fear d uo think it would have been possibie to releaso her from the ioe pack, and thought Do Long acted wisely in the management of the vessel. NEW YO XK NOTEs. Thurlow Weed's Will-Damages Re- covered from Vanderbliv—The Belmont-Devoy Csse. Bpecial Dispatches toTin Brx, New Yorxk, December 1.—The will of Thurlow Weed was filed to-day. The estate is valued at from $500,000 to $700,000. After making & number of minor bequests, the rematnder of || the property 18 distribated among his of the lnp'nn:' States, sigued by | Chief J astics. 3501 Ajgmad by Judge Brown, of the United States cirouit court, has beem entered, ad. judging the firms of Reynolds & Co., B, %3 & R. Knight and A. & W. W. Sprague recover from W. H. Van- derbilt and others, and against the steamship North Star $28 919 for damage resulting from a collision be- lhreau the North Star and Eila War- oy. In the criminal libel suit of August Belmont against John Devoy, editor of The Irish Nation, counsel for plain- t/{, asked Davoy the name of the chief cfticer of the Irish revolutionary party in America who had appointed him (Davoy) on the committee to re- cover «f Belmont the O'Mahony fund. Devoy declined to answer on the ground that he would be guilty of per- jury if he gave the name; that his giving it would supply the British government with informatton very detrimental to the Irish national party. The court ruled that Devoy should answer the question. He re- peated his refusal, saying his con- science would not permit him to an swer, The prosecation then moved to commit Dovoy for contempt, and the court reserved decision till Monday. The executive council of the Ne York land league this evening passed a resolution of confidence in Devoy, The question of counsel and refusal of Devoy to answer attracts attention generally of members of all secret so- cieties. Coast Politiolans. Bpecial Dispatch to T Brx, Oni0ago, Docember 1.--Congress- man George, of Oregon, the first mem- ber chosen to the Forty-eighth con- gress, the elec'ion being held in Octo- ber, and Hou, W. M. Morrow, of Qalifornia, chslrman of the republican state central committee of Califoruia, are in the city en route to Washing- ton, The latter will argue an import- ant California cage befors the Su- preme court, Senator Windom's Support. Spocial Dispateh to Tux Bxn, MinNeAroLis, December 1 — A care- ful canvass of the legislature-elect in- dicates that Windom will be re-clected to the United States senate. e~ — Buffalo Briefs. Bpecial Dispatch to Tas Bxs, CH10AG0, Decewber 1,—The Inter- Ocean'’s Buffalo (N, Y.) special says an employe in an iron foundry there attempted to commit suicide by plac- ing bis head into a pot of molten metal. Both eyes were burned out and his scalp cooked, He will proba- bly die, The dry goods house of F, W, Ar- end was closed at the instance of H. B. Claflin & Co, of New York, Lia- iilties, $330,000; assots, $240,000, Cuflin & Co. are creditors to the amount of $280,000, The Resurrection of Lasarus Was o miraculous operation, No one thinks of raising the dead these times, though some desperately cl se to death’s door have heen completely restored by Buroock BLoob BitTess to gesuine wnd Issting bealth, THE OLD WORLD, GENERAL FOREIGN NEWS. Special Dispatchen to T Bk, THE BGYPTIAN ARMY, Loxvox, N nvelr‘bu‘mi‘np tian government has ng- land for officers for the army. Nogotiatiations are o tng. Mudar Pasha, who ved at Oairo, was informed that de- clines to recognizs or aanetion his ap peintment as commanderdn-ohief ot the Bayptian army. I is believed a British general will be m mpt to take command of the od by Baker Pasha, who, not holding a commission in the ‘army, ia not competent to assame over British officers. ; THE DRMAND OF PRANOR, Loxnox, Decembsr 1.~The says it believes Franoe specific demand on K above the normal Nogent, Joirville, St. Oorabevo are being d fear of disaater, n'fho fl ough in the valleys of the Garonne, They are isu the uuuntryd %atmn urmarne, an plflll! " Viensa, December ! Theise and its sfflaents oveifl wed their banks, and the Marmaroso dis. triot is inundated. Several bridges haye been damaged, sad: bankments broken dbwn, on the Theiss are in FORBIDDING AMERIOAN: BeruiN, Decembsr 1'%-The ing is the text of the ordinance pro- sented in the bundeztath yestorday forbidding the importation of Awmeri- can pork : b 1st. Tmportations from Amerioy of pigs, pork, bacon und sausages of all kinds 18 forbidden, i 2d. The chancellor is empowered fo permit exceptions to prohioitive tule, subject to necsssary mensures of control. B 8rd. The restrictive ordinance of June 25, 1880, in respest to the im- portation of American pork and saus- agen is abolished. 7 4th, The present ordinance ‘comes into force thirty days after its prow ul- gation, st The ordinance of June 26, 1880, only applied to minoes tk and saus. ages, not to hams, ™ e Parmw, December 1.—The report of Ribol, the reporter of the budget committee, has been distributed in the chambers, It prediots a deficit of 78,000,000 francs .for the current speeches of Davitt, Healy and Rergmond, had been coneidered by the government, and if such speeches were continued the meetings of the national league would be prohibited, Redmond's speech, he iaid, came within the pfirview of the seventh section of the prevention of crimes act, and prosecation would forthwith be instituted In his case. Trovylan said if Davitt and Healy persisted in making inflammatory speeches, application would be made to have them bound over to be of good behavior, or be committed to prison, Healy here rose, and in a defiant manner eaid he begged to inform the government he would return to Dub- lin to-morrow, Richard Asheton Oroes asked if the fact that Davitt was a ticket-of-leave man had been brought to the notice of the secrotary ot state for the home de- partment. Trevylan paid the atten- tion of the Irish government had been called to the fact, but their opinion was very strong that Davitt should be treated Jiko any othor porson, The worst of the flood is over. The & | Rhine has fallen a foot and s half in the last twenty-four hours. There is six foet of water in the streots of Co- logne, Coblentz and Bonn., At the last named place 490 houses are sub merged aud nearly all provisions and fodder destroyed. There is much sickness in the flooded districr, es- pecially among the children and tho poor. The condition of the archbishop of Canterbury is dangerous, He hes - |of his informant as Mr, and VonWeber, of Oloveland, discov. ered his real ailment. An autopay will be held to-morrow morning, His death makos necessary a special eloo- tion to choose a snccessor. - TELEGRAPH TALK. The Western Ualon's Fight With Gar- rett Some AfMdavite. Special Dispatch to Tun Ban, Nrw Yorx, following letter and accompanying aflidavits best explain themselves: Exeourive Orrios, Wesrarx Unton Truroaarn Co., Nrw York, Deo, 1st, 1882, ’ To the Preaident of the Corn and Flour Exchange, Baltimore, Md. Drar Sir: To-day's papers contaln a statement from (hrrrp:t. in reply to my recent communioation addressed to you. You will obmerve that he sdnld his information from Mr, Pen. er, or the managers of the Direct United States Oable company, which it wan plainly his intantion to convey in his first statement, and puts the responsibility for this oh: on an irresponmble recelving olerk in the com mploy. He doea this on the strength of the statement of Mr Price, the Baltimore & Ohio mailroad menager in New York _ocity, who says he went to the Direct Onited States [Cable office h | to seo Mr, Ward and make inquiry of . | him, and t| t in the absence of Mr, Ward he made his inquiry of a gen- tleman in the receiving department who gave him the information in question, As soon as this became known to me Mr, Humstone, of the superintendent's office of this com- company, was direoted to call on Mr. Price and ascertain from him the name Price had stated in his published in Lis affidavit he was prepared to give the name if desired. He, however, deolined to do 80, We thereupon interrogated all the employes of tho office, the result of which interrogation is beat given in ;,hfi subjoined uffidavits. Respeot- ully, (Signed,) NonrviN Greex, President. Cty tnd C u.ty of New Yoik, S8, Chatles E, Merritt, Frank Nicholls, Jobn H, Fleming, Michael J, O'Leary, ole! and James Brown, manager, employeu in the receiving dej of the Central oable oftice, 16 Broad street, New York, being severally duly sworn, each for himself deposes snd says: I am employed in said ofiice and have been so employed since prior to August 1st, 1882. I have read the statements mentioned in the letter of John W. Garrett, as published in to. day's New York Herald, conoerning information eaid to have been obtained taken leave of his gervants. Dowling's counsel intend to plead that Datective Cox was shot by one of his own comrades, The Svine continues (o rise, The cellars of Justice Hall and tribunal of commerce are flooded, Andrieaux, a republican member of the chamber of deputies, has chal- lenged Laurent, the editor of Parls, and Arene, a writer for that paper, to fight a duel. Both will accept, —— Doath of Updegraff. Special Dispatch to Tur Brx. OivciNyary, November 30,— The Gazette's Steubenville speclal reports the death this evening of Hon, J. T. Updegrafl, republican congressma: olect from the Seventeenth Ohio dis- triot, at Mount Pleasat, near Bteuben- ville, His dieoase was stone i the bladder, His age was (0. He was treated for Bright's discase, and the true ailment was discovered by post- mortem examination, THE FUNERAL, WaekLinG, December 1,—The fu- neral of Updegrafl, congressman from the seventeenth Ohio district, who died last evening after sa illness of eight weeks of stone in the bladder, takes place Monday next at moon, The Price from a gentleman in . a8 follows: ‘‘Under this in- struction from Mr, Stewart I went at once to the cffice ot Mi K 16 Broad street, ecity of New York, and upon inqniq was informed Mr. Ward was not in the city. I then down stairs into the receiving depart- fment, from which at that time and all _cabl name desired, who at the time was in ti service of that receiving department, I mpde of the irqniry which I had been ‘directed to maka, and I wan informed by him that our cables would bo sent direct from that office to the | te cable office without having to go throvgh the Weatern Union main of- fice, at 195 Broadway, but with the underatanding that if these cable- grams should contain anything affect- ing the Western Unlon in any way, it would be the privilego of that compa. ny to inspect them.” I never, on the ocaston referred to, or on any other cccasion, informed Mr. Price or anyone else that there was any understanding or svggestion that the Western Union company had or in any manner claimed or exerclsed the privilege of inspecting cable mes- sages, whether the same contained anything affecting the Western Union or otherwise, As a matter of fact, the Western Union Telegraph company has never, to my knowledge, exercised the right of inspection or supervision of con- December 1,—The | Py tenis of messages, aud 1 have naver known of any officer, servant or agent of the Western Union company, or anyone else, claiming or exercieing any such right, and I, said John H, Fiemiog, further depose that I am personally acquainted with eaid C, W, Price, and have occusionally seen him in said office. I remember having had some cacual talk with him about the manner in which cable messages were transmitied and delivered through said office, that I never sald to him or anyone elso st that or any other time, anything cf the kind indlcated in the remarks from Mr. Price’s statement as above quoted, nor anything which could bear such constraction as that the Western Union Telegragh com- pany or any person connected there- with, had claimed or exercised any privelege, iuspecting or scrutinized the contents of cable measages, (Signed.) James Brown, ¥, H. Nicuoras, C E. Megurrr, Jxo. H. Fueming, MionagL J. O'Leary City and County of New York, 8 James Brown, being duly sworn, says as follows: Am manager of the central cable office ut 16 Broad street; for several months past aud since prior to the lst day of August, 1882, the otaff of the receiving clerks in my office have been as follows, viz.: Cha', E Morritt, Frank H. Nichols, Johu H, Flewing and Michael O'Leary, These persons and myself receive m es from the public at said office, aud are the only persons now or since the lat day of August em. ployed in the recelving department oflice, It is not a fact that all cable mestages received from the other side are sent to the Western Union office, services will be conducted by minis- ters of the Bociety of Friends, an op- portunity being offered for volunteer remarks, Dr. Updegraff was treated for fin. flammation of the bladder until too late to save le life, when D, aod from there distributed, On the contrary, only & small proportion of cable weseages from the other side is seat to the Western Union wmain of. fice, these being mearages for up-town Kinzie ' offices in New York, and for points to which the 16 Broad street office has no direot wires, [Signed| —— THE SI0UX COMMISt TON. James Broww, Its Work successfully Completed-- [The New Reservation Spoclal Dispatch to Trx B 8n Pavr, Minn., December 1.— A Standing Rook special to The Pioneer. 'ress says the Sloux Indian commia- sion signed an agreement with the chiefs for a reduotion of the size of the vesorvatlon, The agroement pro. wides for farnishing the lodians with oattle, farm Implements, soh and artisans, as outlined In the plans of 'the commissioners heretofore pub- lished. The northern boundary of 'the reservation is to be the GAnnon Ball river; the eastern, the low water " | now abandons the inference that he '22: e Ot fousrn nd river, and westesn the one hundred and second meridian. This gives in round numbers sixty miles of river front of an average depth of thirty-five miles, The number of In- dians at smdla, Rock is thirty.five hundred, but an increase of about fif- toen hundred Is ex) from Crow creek agency, and Sitting Bull and his d when the military muthorities soe it to rolease him, ———— lh-«llg.nm Work. Special Dispatch to Tun Ban, Onrcaao, December 1, —The North 8Side rolling mills have shut down for want of work, throwing out of em- ployment 1,800 or 9,000 men. The South Bide mills continue running with no prospect of stopping. Presi- dent Potter says rails can be made thore at five dollara a ton cheaper than t north slde mills because «f Iabor- aving machinery and many accommo- dations not possessed by the lutter, Prosident 0., W, {’ntter, of the north side rolling mills, aays the mills shut down not through any trouble with the men, but lack of work. The south side mills run more economically on account of improved machinery and will continue, ~ The north side wills make rails cost of $47 to $48 a ton, the south side mills at $42 to §43. The stoppage of the north side mills removes from 10,000 to 11,000 tons of rails from themarket monthly. AT JOLIET, Jouter, Dscember 1.—The sateel mills have given notice that they will shut down unti' January 1st. —_— ‘Why 'Twas Done. Spocial Dispatch to Tix Buw, Ou1oaao, December 1.,—President Potter, of the North Chicago rolling mills, says it was necessary to make some repairs, and #a the mill was ou} of work he thought it good time to make them. Resumption will depend on orders,. The men thrown out of employment, while saying they have|lad been getting good wages and have money on hand to carry them through the enforoed idleness, at least till January, are inclined to charge that the shutting down was with a view to ihlc oot on wages, ¢ mogmn ill in operation, Jouer, IIL, December 1,—Three dopartments of the Joliet Steel com- pany shut down to-day—the conver. stoel rail mill and” merchant iron mill, The great blast furnaces are still going, About 700 men were thrown out ¢f employment, Notices are posted up around the mills to the «ffoct that the departments named would be closed till the first of the new year, There is no doubt but that tho mills will resume work at that time, g Roads, Spoctal Dispatch to Tus B, COn1cA6o, December 1. —The mana- gors of the warring roads will meet in the office of the Northwestern road to-morrow. President Porter, of the Omaha line, says he will be present, but will not budge from the position taken by him that the matter of ter- ritorial rights must be settled before he will listen to any proposition look- ing to the restoration of raf Commissioner Midgley says there is nothing whatever new about the war to-da; - TELEGRAPHIC NOTES. New Yorx, December 1.—Fiank T, Macs, ansigace of Hugh . und Churles L, Kendall, paper stock merchante, this city, who failed last Moncay, seys the liabilis ties will be sbout $300,000; aseets $50,000, Bostox, December 1.—A dispatch from Halitax states that the schooner Parole was sunk yesterduy off Cangs by th steamer Lyddirdale,” The crew was saved and landed at North Sidney by the Ly diedale. The Parole had picked up the mute’s bost with ten persons on board from the steamer Cedar Grove, New York, December 1.— Reports from eighteen theatres exumined sincethe burn- ing ot the Park theatre ehow that two only (and these the latest built) comply with the requirements of the law for the safety of audiences in case of fire. Pools and Soalpers. Bpecial Dispatch to Tus Bxs. Kansas Ciry, December 1, —Ticket brokers have been notified that in the proposed revision of their agreement the weak points of the old agreement have been strengthened, and loop- holes for evasion so far as possible have been closed, The meeting of representatives of the Pacitic roads was held to-day to consider a new ba- sis of the division of business which will be made necessary by the comple- tion of the New Orleans extension of the Southern Pacific. The meeting, without action, adjourned till to-mor- row. L —— — *4*'‘No éye like ths master's eye.” Had Alsop liyed in our day he might well have added, *No popular cura: uve like Kidoey-Wort.” "All eyes are beginuing to turn to it for relief from discases of the liver, bowels and kid- veys. Kidney-Wort is nature's rem- ody for them all, Those that cannov propare the dry can now procure it bu liquid forw of any druggist, DEATH IN VARIED FORMS. REETITE, A Tong List of the Lifeless on Land and Sea. The Wreck of the Oedar Grove on the North Atlan- tic Ooast, Frightfal Strugagle of a Wife with a Maniac Husband. Fatal Collision of Traine om the Kentucky Central Railroad. The Wreok of th h°1'n 'o- Codar Grove- November 30, — The uumhi? Cedar Grove, from London for Halifax and Bt Joh , during a gale, and sank an hour {:“;l in ten fathoms of water. Three boats wore launched shortly after the vessel struck, two of which containing three peopls reached the shore safely. Tho remaining boat has not been heard from. It is 'und she has been lost in the breakers. Among the missing are the captain, chief officer and Mine Furrall, a pas- songer There was no much confusion just before the vessel went down that it is not known whether the persons named are in the missing boat or went down with the steamer. The latest news from Canso saya one life boat and nineteen passengers aro missing, Xt is not known how mln{”:nmnded in getting into the first boat. Some were seen to jump overboard and others were washed off when the bow ¢f the ship swamped. It could not be.ascertained in the darkaess how many were taken into the boat. The total number of saved from the wrecked steamer Oedar Grove is twenty-six, leaving five—Capt. Frits, Misn Fairall, the third and second en- gineers, and an unknown—still miss- ing. The wreckers were very busy yesterday, A great many were picked up, but no bodies. Lloyd's agent arrived to-day, and pro- ceeded to Walker's Head to take charge of the wreck, STATEMENT OF THE MATE BostoN, December 1.—The mate of the lost steamer say; ‘I was on the deck of the Cedar Grove with a lady on one arm and holding on with the other, when the sea washed the lady from my grasp The mate says he and the captain were standing on the starboard side of the chatt-room when the captain sent bim forward to let the anchor, when the bow of the steamer went down with him and the When he rose he got in a boat some of the crew, but nothing was seen of the captain or lady and he thinks they are lost, as there was liti or nothing floating to Wight oling until resoued. * Hatrax, , b 3. restless, alm frenzied, “nigh Ho refused to retire until late this mornlnf, pwinfitho floor and givin, expremsion to his uncontrollable grief. The case was callsd in police court this morning, and at the request of Frayn's attorneys o hearing was post- poned till to-morrow. The attorney said he was anxious to have the case posed of to-morrow as Frayne de- red to accompany the: body oast for interment O1NoINNATy, O., December 1,—The coroner held an_inquest to-day on the body of Miss Von Behren, and found that she died from the effect of a gun- shot wound jtflicted by Frank Frayne, but that the shot was accidental. A dispatch was eceived from Mrs. Von Behren, saying that ehe did not hold Frayne culpable for the shooting, and requesting that he accompany the re- my to Broukl{n. Members of his company will make an attempt to hold together in the hope that Frayne wilt recousider his determination to quit the atage, Fatal Collision of Trains. Bpocial Dispatch to Tun Bxx. CiNcINNATI, December 1.—At 10 o'clock to-night, near Falmouth, Ky., the routh bound passenger trasin on the Kentucky Central railroad, which left here at 8 a, m., collided with the north bound local freight Engineer Ben Early and Fireman William Gra; of the passenger train were klllu{ ‘The passengers were more or less in- jured, The railroad company ocoupy the wire s that news is not obtainable at this hour, A wrecking train went down from Covington to the ecene of the disaster, Both trains were badly smashed, A Maniao's Work: Bpecial Dispateh to Tun Bex, CiNoiNNaT, O., Docember 1,— Avgust Varndiecke, living on Rice street, in the northern part of the olty, who has for several days mani- fested signs of insanity, wa er- noon discovered by his wife branish- ing a great butcher knife over the throet of her sleeping daughter. She rushed fnto the room, seized his arm snd saved the child’s life, The ma- niac husband then turned upon his wife, and after a femrful struggle, in which the woman caught the blade in her hand, he disengaged his right hand and in an Instant more would have killed her but for the appear- auce of a policeman, He was dis- armed and in & few moments out his own throat with a razor, e Theatrical Scandals. Special Dispateh to Tus Bxn, Cuicaco, Devember 1,—Some days ago Mre, Loutsa Everhum, wife of J, B. Everham, the aoctor, brought suit for divorce, alleging adultery with Oc. tavia K. Allen, widow of the late Dr, Allen, theatrical m or, To-day Mre, Allen began suit for libel 'l;l&-. Everham, damsges laid ot $10,+