Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-09-26
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THE RAILWAY PEOPLE.
New YORK, Sept. 25.-The convention of gen.
eral railway ticket agents adjourned last even
ing The changes in the schedule are for the
present withheld from publication, but they are
mainly on southern roads, several having al
ready gone into effect, The proceedings other
wise were private.
THE LEGAL FRATERNITY.
At meeting of the Bar association last even
ing resolutions were adopted providing for a
new building for the wants OF the association
After remarks by S. Tiden and Others upon the
recent judicial investigations, the report was
adopted thanking both branches of the legiSa-
lure for their action. A resolution was also car
RED providing for the selection of suitable can
didateS for iudgeshipS at the coming election
and for the punishment Of any of the profession
implicated by the Investigations of last winter
POLITICAL ITEMS.
EX-Congressman Chandler and Gen. McCel-
Ian are named i'll connection with the Tammany
nomination for mayor.
John A. King has been substituted as presi-
dental cector Tor the first congressional district
in place of George William Curtis, who says that,
holding the position of chairman of the advisory
board of the civil service, although without a
salary, he may be eonstitutionally ineligible as
presidential elector.
At a meeting of municipal refOrmationists
various suggestions as TO who is the fit nominee
were made, but no definite conclusion was
reached. Controller Green denies the intention
OF closing any hospital or charitable institution,
and says he intends to adopt some means to
furnish those in need with funds.
THE JOHNSON DEFALCATION.
The confession of KrOnheim, son-in-law of
johnson, the deaulter in the Sub-treasury,
shows that he used in stock speculation over
Sl50,OOO of government money, and instead of
being accepted as u witness, will be tried for
crime.
PROSPECTIVE DUEL.
1t is stated that the editor of the Cronista "a
Spanish paper here and Cuban have gone to
Niagara Falls, where they fight duel to-day,
growing out of charges made by the former
fagainst the revolutionary Cubans. They are
accompanied by seconds and surgeons.
later dispatch says that De Canto nov de-
clines to meet Senior Abru, saying the latter's
friends exposed the intended duel 50 that the
police might interfere.
RESULT OF THE NETS INVESTIGATION.
The official report of the investigation in the
MetiS disaster results in revoking the license of
the captain and first and second pilots. The
report states that the responsibility of the dis
astcr rests upon Captain Burton and the two
pilots, and some blame is attached to Doane, the
first mate.
EPISCOPAL DIOCESAN CONVENTION.
In the Protestant Episcopal diocesan conven-
ton today, Rev. John Cotton Smith delivered
sermon on which he held that the best interests
of the church should be promoted, not by op-
preston, but by the largest liberty.
DECREASE IN COUNTY EXPENSES.
An official statement shows decrease in
county expenditures for the year ending Sept.
LIST, compared with the previous year, of nearly
S2,0OO,000.
SPENCE PETTUs,
Arrested for completely in the sale of the bonds
stolen from a Minneapolis bank, is said to have
given information in relation to a large number
Of To- ofr ,il
road bonds sent 10 Europe and reported to have
been returned here and disposed Of in small
lots.
FREDERICK HEGGI,
The alleged murderer of Frederick Joseph
Segfried was placed on trial to-day lThe charge
is, that Heggi, after getting Siegfred to will
him $4,000 worth Of property, administered
poison TO the deceased. This occurred in 1869
The body was recently eXhumed, and enough
arsenic said to have been found in the stomach
to kill sixteen men.
THE BIENVILLE INVESTIGATION.
The investigation into the Bienville disaster
has been postponed until tomorrow.
FORESTER.
The story that Forester would confess who
the real Nathan murderer is, ii he was par
dOned, proves untrue.
STOKES.
John McKeon, senior counsel for Stokes says
he sees no reason for change of venue. The
new trial takes place next Monday, but McKeon
fears that he will be unable to conduct it on ac-
count of his health.
UNITED AMERICAN MECHANICS.
In the national council of the order of united
American mechanics this afternoon, Pmlade-
phia was selected for the place of the next an
nual meeting. The following officers were
elected for the ensuing year: National counsel
lOr, IL. P. Anderson OF New York; vice counsel
lor, II. S. Jones of Massachusetts; secretary, A.
5, Redstreak of Pennsylvania; treasurer, John
Walker of Delaware; marshal, A. B. Cosgroye
OF Delaware; protector, j. Is, Klmp of Ohio;
doorkeeper, r. I. Drake of New York
HEAVY SILK ROBBERY,
1t has been discovered to-day that during the
past week silks amounting in value from $780,
900 to $4,000 have been stolen from the public
store. 1t is supposed that some one in the de-
partment is in collision with the thieves. No
trace has yet been discovered as to the perpctra-
tors OF the robbery, or the means employed to
get the goods out of the building.
MISCELLANEOUS.
A passenger in the Storage of an ocean steam
ship gives a detailed account of the horrors of
overcrowding, bad food and outrages suffered
on a recent voyage.
suit has been begun by the Erie railway Tor
the recovery of the grand opera house from Jay
Gould and Mrs. Fisk.
AT meeting of the commissioners of emigra-
ton an investigation was ordered into the in
sane asylum at Wards island.
VIM. I. Milliken, a speaker, was severely
wounded in the thigh by cannon discharge at
the Grant meeting at Breyort hall last night
The free labor bureau and soldiers retreat on
Wards island, the ambulance bureau and inc
briates' asylum will be closed October 1st, ow-
ing to a lack of funds.
Daniel Perkins, charged with causing the
death of Edward Wellington, has been dis.
charged from custody, the COroner's jury finding
the case one of justifable homicide.
The Jersey City water board have ordered
ou1 - Al.
reservoir, which has been said TO be impure