Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1873-10-27
TELEGRAMS TO THE STAR
This Afternoons Dispatches
Associated Press Reports.
New York Notes.


TIE NKw ATLANTIC CABLE.
NEW YORK, october TIT Is stated that
nearly all the wire Is constructed and the con
tracts given out for the new cable between
England and some point on Long Island. The
capital is Si0,OOO,O0Q, aud the directory en-
braces prominent English and American capt
taliStS.
FIVE THOUSAND PEOPLE THROWN OFT or
Five thousand people are thrown out of work
by the suspension of Harmony cotton mills Ia
Cohoes. The pay-rOlls OF the mills foot NJ
$50. eco monthly. The said mills will be reopeii
in two weeks.
THE COUPONS OF TIE CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO
RAILROAD.
Reports having become current that coupons
OF the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad falling due
November LIST will not be paid a reporter Wis. ed
the president, who informed him that the treas
ury was not as fun as they would like TO have il.
but IT was not owing 20 the fault OF the direct
OTs. These gentlemen had already paid In more
money than they had promised, and at the pres
ent time II was difficult 10 obtain a great deal
He 1.-THE president) hoped the payment of the
coupons would be satisfactorily arranged A
proposition TO the bond holders and other credit
OTs, TO the effect that the floating debt and
several of the future coupons should be funded
into an income bond is now under consideration
TIN THOUSAND POUNDS OF GOLD
was received at the assay office to-day. The
total amount received since October 9th is
l,5H 600 pounds.
THE LAST WITNESSES
called for the prosecution in the Stokes Trial
on the last trial. Neither had on their notes
the words "Don't fire." which Stokes swears
this time he uttered when he met Fisk on the
stairs; but on being shown the transcript OF the
first trial, admitted they found those words
there. The prisoners counsel then read forty
three propositions, which the defence requests
may be instructions to the jury, which might
be legally rendered under difiereut views and
beliefs arising from the evidence. Tremaine.
the leading counsel for the defence, then begun
his address to the jury.
TIE UNION TRUST COMPANY LOAN TO The
LAKE SHORE RAILROAD.
In consequence of contradictory rumOrs an I
statements relative to the effort to effect a set
tlement of the Union Trust company loan 10
the Lake Shore railroad company, the agent o,
the Associated Press called this morning upon
Receiver Wesley, of the Trust company. who
authorized him 10 say that the transaction has
been definitely closed, that on Saturday he OBJ
tanned permission from Judge FaDcheT TO ac-
cept the Lake Shore cOmpauy's notes, secured
by CommodOre Vanderbilt with Harlem railroad
stock at 90, and that he Wesley now has the
notes in his possession. Wesley states as within
his own knowledge thatwhen Commodore Van
derbilt came into the presidency of the Lake
Shore company, after the death OF Horace r
Clark, he found this debt TO the Trust COM
pany, amounting, on the 2ith inst, to the sum
of Al 500, 1892, a debt of which he had pre-
viously known nothing, and in the contraction
loan was made by the Trust company at per
cent, at time when money was very chear
and lending at as, and that, although Com
i'f ~. oIS' peisonaiy, was not res pom
care of the Lake Shore interest on one hand
and to help the Union Trust company on the
other, put up his personal securities as collat-
eial lVr lne ralrnall .c.. notes, which are
drawn in new and very stringent form.
PAVING THE NOVEMBER INTEREST.
Tub sub treasurer has paid out $3.50, 900 in
coin on account of the November interest to-day
without rebate.
DEATH OF A cENTENARIAN.
Hannah Rutland, aged 100 years, died here
yesterday.
JOSEPH ARCH
and Arthur ClaydeB. representatives of the Eng
lish national agricultural union, have reached
here from Canada.