New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-10-31
Chief Justice of the Court of Comm,.
Pleas, is announced.
Mike McCoole shoots a Brother p,.,u-

MISCELLANEOUs.
| Mike McCoole Shoots a Brother PustIi.r,
ST. LOUIS, October 30.-Patsey Mulrer
| who was to have had a mill in the sams
| ring with Allen and Hogan, was fatallv
shot in front of McCOole's saloon. McCoolp
and several others have been arrested
tltzgerald saw McCOole shoot Mulroy. The
Allen Hogan fight has been adjourned to
| Canada.
The Condition of the Spragues.
PROVIDENCE, X. l., October 3O.-It is un-
derst0Od that A. G w. Sprague, in tn /.
city, do not suspend to-day, notwithstanG
ing the failure OF the New York house.
Upon application at the office of the
Messrs Spraeue, the Information is fur
| nished that committee of investigation, tc,
| inquire into the affairs of the A. a. w
Sprague Manufacturing Company, has bee,
appointed by the representatives of the oitv
oanks, and Will be prepared at meeting 3.
To 90 heid tomorrow morning, to make a.
report, which 1T is thought will be highly
satisfactory to the creditors of A. g. VI
Sprague and Hoyt Sprague g. Co.
Inc surplus OF available property at q
low valuation over all outstanding liabil,
tles upon tne acceptances of Hoyt, Sprague
q Co, 10 is stated, will be not less thar
$iO0oo,O0O. A plan will be presented at
the meeting tomorrow, accompanied with
| detailed report of the situation. which
will, it is believed, if carried out. render
the embarrassments of A. g. w. Spragus
and Hoyt, Sprague & Co. of temporary du
ration.
No change in the condition of A. and "
Sprague a. Co.'S affairs to night. Their
maturing % obligations to-day were small and
The committee of bankers are hard A.
work with counsel and members of the
firm preparing an exhibit and proposition
to be submitted to bank meeting to. morrow
No intimatiOn is given as to what the,
proposition will be, but the statement OF
affairs is pronounced to be favorable.
Tne failure Of the New York house hay,
ing been anticipated, did not cause q grea5
! sensation, although canvassed with inter
est IN its bearings upon the fate of Spraguee
ablllty and the disposition of the city banks
to help them through. We hear of NO
| house that is likely to go down with this
disaster Sprague paper is held largely by
banks, and except in three Sprague banks.
| in lines that are safely within the means OF
| the institutions.
Their cotton and other supplies have been
| generally bought from strong houses, and
their paper, which has been bought OF
brokers, is largely in the hands OF specula
tive men who, tempted by high rates, tool
the risk and can meet the loss, which in
many cases Is covered by previous profits
on the same risks.
Pennsylv lvania Railroad Mai 1.-The rex.,
and Pacific Railroad to be Completed.
PHILADELPHIA, October 3O.-A meeting
of the stockholders of the California and
Texas Railroad Construction Company.
presided over by Colonel Thomas A. Scott.
has inst adopted unanimously % resolution
| tn hn Ia Of h.
bonds, trst mortgage, etc, to the cOmpa
ny's own shareholders, at low rates, to Sc
cure the proper completion of the Texa,
and Pacific road.
For ten days past there have been rumors
OF differences in the management of the
pennsylvania Railroad Company, and to
day the report was received with some de
gree of credit.
Mr.. Thomson, president of the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad Company, authorized the
statement to be made that the rumors are
entirely uDfounded, and that the chief of
GERS of the road and its direction general v
are acting in accord and harmony, and have
been doing SO without any interruption
whateveI
At the meeting of the city council this
evening the subject in regard to the investi.
CATION OF the accounts Of the Philadelphia
and Erie Railroad Company was indefinitely
postponed. This ends subject which has
been hanging fire for nine months.
In the common council Mr.. DOebly pre-.
sented resolutions setting forth that at the
recent meeting of the railroad company one
Kennedy had insinuated that there had
been an attempt to blac kmail the com
pany, and asked for a committee of inves-
tgallon, Whlch was agreed to.
An Ex.AIayor Dead.
LOUISVILLE. October 30.-Ex- Mayor Phil
Tompert is dead.
Work Reduced.
Hartford, October. 30.-Tbe railroad
shops have reduced the hours of work and
wages twenty per cent.
The Idle Thousands Of Boston.
BOsTON, October 3O-W Fl Fav suner.
intendent of the Boston Young Mem Chris-
stian Association, and free employ ment
bureau, states that Boston does not afford
Tem!heratiye employment for one out OF
li ~ i.y , % ,'s aoie thousands ne says that 1t
49, "oioo 100 unan uSoiosS ior ooherS 10 come
''i' AVA w. ~,
n'.o
Iamhert & 70 viii ros',n,o pDei w. ,;.1
dav with q torca of o00 hando ~" o...e "
S,jk Mil ia rnnning 20 on "I haif .;n 10 S Sp..ango
wages have not heen rad,,.od e,,'0' III, IuG 'n"
Booth "a silk mill ia rnnnina 9TH tnnai ~ y.
I.Os ,h',n T nndnna % lining uns "itn ioreo OF
quarters time. when in fnil as;on ,"'e s.o
are emploved' i"''o" ''>'
The Passaic Rolling Min il vorL;r, f,,
time The Patterson Iron Companv ia
working hundred men, and will continue
the winter. The Lattimer Boiler Works.
Watson Manufacturing Company, and the
McNab d Harlan Company have plenty of
work on hand and will probably continue
through the winter.
Empress of Austria in Danger.
VIENNA. October 3O.-The Empress i,
alarmingly ill.