Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1873-02-06
UPPER SANDUsKY OHIO THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1873.

q million of dollars from the house of
Phelps, Dodge & Co., of New York, in pay
ment Of the revenue Of which they had de.
frauded the Government, and that a Compro-
mise had been effected on these terms, and
VIM. E. Dodge, the senior partner, then
caused an immediate dissolution of the firm,
expelling the junior partners, who were the
principal agents in swindling the Custom
House.
Colonel John NJ. Bradley, Republican can
didate for Congressman at-Large in Arkan-
sas, has commenced q contest against Hydes,
Reformer, who received the certificate Of
election.
Prince Lunailo was elected King OF
Hawaii by popular vote, which was unani
nous, at the election held on New Years
Day.
The President, in an official order issued
through the State Department, says the
Executive order of December IT, relating to
the holding of State or municipal offices by
Federal officers, applies to the offices OF
Alderman, Councilman, and to all offices I'M.
der all town or village governments, with
or without salary or compensation. On the
contrary, positions on Boards Of Educa.
ton, School Committees, Public Libraries,
religious or eleemosynary institutions, in
corporated, established, or sustained by the
State or municipal authority, and professor
ships in colleges, are not regarded as offices
within the contemplation of the Executive
order.
Judge Kelley sent letter to Mr.. Poland,
Chairman of the Credit Mobilier Investi-
eating Committee, on the Goth, enclosing q
check for $500, with the statement that it
is for the balance of a loan due from him
(Kelley) to Ames, but which the latter dis.
claims. He asks that this, together with
the ten shares of Credit-Mobilier stock
which Ames handed by his request to Mr..
Poland, the other day, be transferred to the
United States. Ames, he says, disclaims the
stock, nor does it belong to himself. There
fore, he tenders it to the Government, to
whom, in the light of recent revelations, he
believes all said property belongs.
The Massachusetts woman Suffrage Asso-
citation held its annual meeting at Boston a
few days ago. The old board of officers was
reelected, and resolutions adopted contain
ing the customary appesl to the public.
New York dispatch of the Goth say:
Phelps, Dodge & Co. had withdrawn theil
offer of a compromise made to the Govern
ment, and would allow the case to go to the
courts.
Ex-Governor Bross, of the Chicago Trib
,tne, and one of the members of the Greeley
Monument Association, requests the pres:
and the people OF the Northwest to send to
him such sums as they may wish to contrib
ute to that object. He adds: at would be
best to send the money by check on some
Chicago bank, by Post-Ofice order, or draft
on New York. All such sums received will
be acknowledged in the newspapers of Chi
csgo. 1t is hoped that every newspaper
office will contribute something, and that
some one who honors the name of Mr.. Gree
ley will take up collection-be it ever 81
small-in every town and city in the North
west, and forward the amount as soon al
possible. Probably no man ever contributed
so much to the settlement and the prospect
ty of the Northwest as Mr.. Greeley. He
people will be glad to contribute their full
proportion to honor his memory"
The Kansas Legislature met in joint session
on the Goth and voted for United Statei
Senator. The Senate stood: Ingalls,, 26
Lowe, 4; Harvey, 2; York, 1. The vote of th'
House stood: Ingalls,, 50; Lowe, 3; Clarke
2; Robinson, l; Langmay, 1; York, l; blank
1. Ingalls, was declared elected, and th'
joint convention adjourned Immediatel.
after adjournment complaint was entered il
the court against Senator Pomeroy on thu
charge of bribery, and he was arrested anC
gave bail In the sum OF 5000.
The Tweed case was given to the jury oil
the 30th ult.
A monument has recently been placed il
Greenwood Cemetery to the memory of tn
gifted Cary sisters. The idea of the monu
ment originated with the late Horace Gree
ley, who started subscription paper.
Edward Simmons, Of New York city, state
that when he was the Superintendent o
Rolling Stock of the Union Pacific Railroad
from 1865 to 1871, secondhand locomotive
were sold to the Company by G. P. Butler
of Boston, as first-class engines, the Com
pany paying $4,000 or $4,000 apiece TO
them, notwithstanding his report that III
engines were dear at 5000, and, besides
unfit for any decent road. Other second
hand stock was also purchased in this way
The following are the particulars, as givel
by telegraph, of the excitement in the Kan
sas Legislature on the occasion of the cleo
ton of United States Senator:
Il
when Senator York, of Montgomery County, aros
to question OF privilege, and stated that he cam
to the Legislature as an anti-Pomeroy man, arr
took an active part in the opposition to the Sena
tors reelection Pomeroy, he said, made sever1
requests for interviews, and. at length, Colone
York IS ys, with the advice Of Ben. +. Thompson
of Miami County, w. II. johnson. Of Anderson
County, and James Horton, OF Douglas County
he consented to the interview for the sole and sin
gle purpose of unmasking tho villainy Of the ol'
corruptionist. About midnight on Monday, ii
Senator Pomerov's room in the Tiff House, th'
bargain and sale of Senator York's vote
and influence were made in consideration
Of the sum Of ss,OOe, OF which sum 800
was paid down. Pomeroy promising to pay tn
remaining 900 after the election. Colonel Yorl
then handed the money, in 81 900 packages, to tn
Secretary Of the Senate, and invited members an,
Senators to examine it York held up his hand
was true in substance and detail, and promised Il
make public other revelations. What Pomero.
unfolded to him, he said, would excite the who'll
.'The confusion that followed was intense. Tn
cry Of Hang Pomeroyr and motions for reces
rendered 1t impossible to transact business Tn
founded When order was restored, the motion
for a recess voted down, and the first ballot II
jeint convention was taken, which ballet resulted
in giving Ingalls, Of Atchison 113 votes, and Pome
roy none. The remaining votes were divided be
tween Lowe, Harvey aud Starke."
A Topeka dispatch of the 30th ult say
Senator Pomersy was lying seriously i'll a
his private residence in that city, and hi
physicians had forbidden admission to hi
room. "Further deposits Of bribe none.
are said to have been made with the Secre
tary of the Senate to-day to the amount o
%, ,O00 The money was paid in, it is said, b,
members of the Legisla ture, who received
from Pomeroy, but their names have no
been disclosed"
"A writer in the Kansas Mdgdztne ha
been at the trouble of measuring quad
ruple sheet of New York paper, ant
states, among other things of which few
newspaper readers are aware, that th'
number he has measured contains $50
600 ems" while Mark Twain's new book
an octaYo of SOL pages. contains onl,