Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-05-01
Miscellaneous Dispatches.
Domestic Notes.
ITEMS FROM NEW YORK,

NEW YORK, April 29.-Judge Blatchford's
decision yesterday on Jay Gould's demurrer to
the bill of complaint, on which the English
stockholders suit is based, really sustains the
position of the plaintiffs on all important points
involved, the only one not decided in their favor
being the formal relative joining of Charles
Burt as one of the plaintiffs. Judge Blatchford's
order, which was served on jay Gould yester-
day, requiring him to show cause why the at
tachment should not issue against him for dis
regarding the orders of Master White in the
Coleman receivership investigation, also greatly
increases the powers of the master in prose-
cutting the inquiries, and directs him to investi-
gate thoroughly all the circumstances connected
in the recent issue of the three millions of Erie
convertible bonds and the disposal of money
received for their sale.
The New York and New Haven railroad re-
ports net income of 1925, 900, for the year end
| ing April II, an increase of S62 500 over the
preceding year. The total receipts for the wear
are 81 313 $40. The directors say that the earn
| ings of the Shore Line railroad, lately leased
| by them, viii not pay the annual rent for the
| first two or three years.
A new line of steamers direct from this city
| TO Italian ports will soon be established by
foreign capital, and the Italian ministry will
ask their parliament for a subsidy in its sup
port.
Theodore Willets, proprietor of the Brooklyn
opera house, and Mrs. Anna NJ. Yates, both per-
sons of wealth and high social standing yester-
der, at New Brunswick, n. j., for subornation
| Of murder in procuring James Baxter to take
| the life of Samuel Whitehead, a wealthy and
respected citizen of Washington, N. j., the faith
| er Of Mr. Yates and the fath-r-in law OF Wilets.
| Baxter, who has been employed as a valet by
| Whitehead declares in his affidavit, made he
says, under the promptings Of his conscience
and the apprehension of death, that on or about
the first of July, 1870, Wilets, Mrs. Willets and
| Mrs. Yates offered him $1,000 and a home for the
| remainder of his life, if he would serve them by
| killing his employer. They suggested that he
should get the old man drunk and burn the
house with Whitehead in it, Their reasons for
putting Whitehead out of tn way are unknown
to Baxter, but he supposed it was for the pur.
pose OF securing his property. A month later
Baxter says he made an attempt at pouring oil
upon the floor of Whiteheads bedroom after the
old man had retired. The house was burned
but Whitehead escaped through the window to
the roof of the shed after he had been badly
burned. On another occasion he was requested
by Willets and Mrs. Yates to entice Whitehead
to the barn and then kill him, but this scheme
fell through He was then hired to waylay
Whitehead and kill him. but this he did not
dare TO do for fear he would be killed by another
hired hand. This is the substance of Bakers
affidavit. The prisoners deny it.
Seebach gave her last performance in America
at the Academy of Music last evening, and will
sail for Europe next week. She received large
number of valuable gifts, and made an address
OF thanks in German.
About four A. M, to-day, Officer Knowles of
the fourteenth precinct heard cry of murder
and traced it to 1876 Elm street. occupied by
Miss Catharine Manning as a ladies' boarding
mouse. In entering the place, he found the pro-
prietress near the window with her hands and
rect ued and her face covered with blood On
releasing her, the officer was Informed that
ABOUT three o'clock four men suddenly presented
themselves IN her room, gagged her and robbed
her OF diamonds, rings, lockets, etc. valued at
SI4Io, and slSC IN money, and then decamped
( Miss Manning's injuries arelnot serious. II ia
presumed that the men were secreted in the
house before the front door was locked. ''i'
There is a very heavy competition among the
ice companies this season. Last year ice was
scarce and brought any price the comnanies
chose.to demand. This caused the formation OF
several new companies, among them one started
by the hotel keepers and known as the Consum.
ers company, and the amount of ice cut last
winter was uuprecedentedly heavy Ice is now
dealt out by the rival companies to families in
some portions of the city for nothing on condi-
ton that said families having received free ice
for half the season will patronize the company
for the other half.
FROM ST. LOUIS.
ST. LOUIS, April 29.-The dairymen of this
city have formed an association to resist the en-
torcement by the board of health of the regula-
tons recently adopted requiring them 10 furnish
samples % their milk for analyzing previous to
lts oelng sold, and requiring them to keen their
STABLES IN strict sanitary condition, and cease
? feeding distillery Stops
4 Neorge U. Oner, United States revenue col
lecoor IN Springfield, Mo-, has disappeared with
, SI1,OOO oil the government funds
between Two and three hundred Indians an.
e | peared on tue Kansas Pacific railroad YESTERDAY
between Eagle Tail aud Monotone e ord ~ 2
structed the track. 1t is supposed 10, 90 =
portion OF the band which recently entered r,lar
? white Dag to trade with the white peonle