Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-01-08

The United States Senate Committee on
night of the 9Th, and were warmly welcomed
by the commercial organizations of the city.
A Washington Associated Press dispatch Of
the goth says the report that the Spanish Gov
eminent had asked of the United States the
restoration of the Yirginius, and the payment
of an indemnity, was not believed in official
quarters, no authentic information having
been received to that effect. Such requisition,
it was stated, would be contrary to the terms
of the protocol between the two nations.
John f. Patterson, of New York, says in
letter to Secretary Fish, dated December
Goth, that he is The registered owner of
the steamer Virginius. He protests against
the opinion of the Attorney General by which
he and the vessel were condemned on er parte
testimony furnished by Spain. He states that
the Solicitor of the Treasury gave him bill
of sale of the steamer and thereupOn he
Patterson truly swore that he was owner,
and the Government gave her an American
register, which has ever since protected her.
Any testimony charging perjury on his part
is false.
The factories at Fall River, Mass, com
menced operations on the goth, and nearly all
the other large manufacturing establishments
in the New England States, which had either
closed or reduced their forces, had resumed or
were about to resume on full time and with
| full forces.
Twenty or thirty Mexican banditti recently
made raid upon the town of Kingston, Cal,
surprised, seized and bound the entire people
of the place, and then deliberately robbed their
victims and made good their escape.
The engineers strike continued on the goth,
and outrages are reported as having been per-
petrated by strikers at several points on the
line of railroads It is stated that at Indianap-
oils on the morning of the 29th, dozen men
went to the engine-hOuse of the Jefferson
vile, Madison d Indianapolis Railroad. One
held revolver to the head of the Waterman, and
the others broke up and disabled nine engines.
One Panhandle engine standing unattended
was started by a striker, resulting in its wreck.
A Columbus (Ohio) telegram of the 29th says
the railway authorities thought the strike
must break before many days, and on the
other hand visit to the rooms of the Brother
hood of Engineers showed them to be as de-
termned as ever They said Chief Engineer
Wilson's order had no effect on them.
The Secretary of the Navy received a dis
patch on the Both from the commander of the
Ossipee, announcing that the Virginius sunk
on the night of the Goth, off Wilmington.
Washington telegram of the Both states
that Mr.. Cushing had been instructed, after
his arrival at Madrid, to give his attention
towards securing, upon the part of Spain, a
which shall tend towards the restoration of
peace in Cuba. These include, among others,
the abolition of slavery.
The trunk lines of railways between the
East and West have issued new freight
schedule, advancing the tariff on all classes OF
freight.
The local division at Indianapolis OF
the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
has issued a card, in which they
idle and see their good name furnished by the
| base representations of those arrayed against
them; that many acts of violence had beer
perpetrated which they eEphatically depre
Gated, no matter by whom committed; thai
they had endeavored to discover the perpe
traitors, and could not. The perpetrators de
Tot belong to the Brotherhood, and it was be-
lieved the Outrages were committed by meL
hired to blacken the good name of the mem
bers of the Brotherhood and weaken their
cause by carrying them on and charging them
to the strikers.
The steamer Virginius foundered off the
North Carolina coast on the Goth, during the
prevalence of a heavy gale. 1t seems the Os-
| laff
| Tortugas on the 19lh. On the Goth a strong
| gale commenced, and the Virginius began
| leaking badly. On Christmas Day hel
condition was so critical that the Os
sipee put into Frying pan Shoals, of Cape
| Fear, with her charge and came to anchor
The next morning the Virginius signaled the
! Ossipee she was sinking. The crew were a.
once transferred to the latter, the hawser was
cut, and the Virginius went to the bottom
leaving only portion of her mainmast above
water.
1t was lately announced that all the mines
worked by the Philadelphia and Reading Coal
and Iron Company had suspended work fol-
| the season, and the presumption was that g
| large number of others would do the same, as
the orders on hand were generally supplied.
According to orders from Washington 9
large number of workmen at the Charlestowr
| (Mass) navy-yard were discharged on the 31st
ult.
According to New York dispatch of the
31st ult. the United States District ATTORNEY
had stated that no further proceedings would
be taken in the case of the Virginius. It il
not likely that the vessel would ever be raised
and it was deemed requisite that the vesse
should be produced before she could bt
libeIed.
News received on the morning of the I'd, in
dictated that the engineers strike was abou
ended, the engineers resuming their places a
many points. The engineers on the Pennsyl
vania Road had decided to agree to the reduc
ton of wages for the present, at least, ant
hoped to have the matter decided by arbitra
ton.
The Cincinnati, Hamilton & indianapolis
train, due at indianapolis on the evening o
the 31st ult., ran over a broken rail al out hal
a mile west of Brownsville, throwing the rea
coach of the train down a small tres!le abou
ten feet III height, overturning the coach ant
killing Mr.. Chester and child, of Lebanon
Ohio, and John A. Line, of COnnersville, Ind.
and injuring eight or ten others.
One thousand workmen were discharged
from the Brooklyn Navy Yard on the 3D.
The number of deaths in New York city il
1878 was &c, 059, of which 1,169 were from
violent causes. The number Of marriage
registered in the city during the year was s ,S65
and the number of births %, 5S7.