The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-12-05
BY TELEG GRAPH
TO THE
WHEELING REGISTER,
Associated Press Report. by Western
Union Line, Office Northwest cor.
OF Main and 18th SITS.
DOMESTIC NEWS.


hc cSldDllsulnellS pI atcs, DcHculCI u
Allen and j. Moss are closed, the elm.
ployers guaranteeing work all winter at
u reduction Of 10 per cent. in wages. The
refused with the above result
The movement of the employers seem to
be only individual and not the part of a
action.
\ dispatch from Scranton, Pa, says
hat u man named V. Luding, his wife
and infant child, We're found in bed yes
terday, the parents dying from poison,
The wife died within an hour without re-
.urning 10 consciousness; the husband
revived long enough to say he had been
given something to drink, but refused or
was unable to tell by whom. The child
IS still living but suffering.
American Committee Oh an Interna.
tiOnaI Code.
New YORK, December 4.-The meet
ing of the international Code Commit
zee Tor America. was held last night, eX-
Governor Washburn presiding. About
ffty persons were present. among them
Chancellor Pruyn, of Albany; President
Barnard, of Columbia College; President
Chaplin, of Beloit College; David Dudley
Field, Judge Charles Peabody, Dr. Jas
B. Miles, and President Woolscy OF Yale
College. These gentlemen, with VIM.
+. Dodge, Elihu Purrett and Edward ).
Tobey, were appointed an Executive
Committee.
Resolutions were adopted requesting
he government to take part in the ap-
conference, to be held at the
suggestion of the Russian and German
Pacific Mail Affairs.
New YORK, December 4.-The disScn-
,ions in the Pacific Mail Directory culmi-
mated at yesterdays meeting, when high
words passed between President Sage
and several of the Directors. The rcSig-
lation of the former, it is said, has been
brought about by the discovery that he
vas selling calls on the companyS stock.
Evidence of which was read To the
Board in the shape of letter from JAY
Gould to &. J. Osborne, in which Gould
aid he himself owned an II t"rcSt III
Sage's short speculation, and rad been
induced to sell out what stock he held
lpon the latters representation OF It's a.
nost worthlessness. Mr. Sage is reported
.s saying that he had for long time
been dissatisfied with the manncrin which
Affairs of the Company had been
administered, but was poweriess
% remedy the evils he wiRessea., He
avs he discovered recently that- the
book account at San Francisco had been
,verdrawn $4,000, which had been
concealed from him. He had
,lso ascertained that the assets OF the
company had been grossly over esti-
mated. At present the company WAS
padlv managed, and was losing money.
The opening quotation shows decline"
If only one half of one per c'nt, n"twIth-
tanding the publicity OF the Companys
rOublcs.
Acquitted
CHICAGO, December "A dispatch
rom Waukegan, Illinois, says the jury
n the case Of David y. Gage, "X-City
Treasurer of Chicago, charged with the
ofpublic funds, brought
n verdict this morning, of not guilty.
Ohio Dental Association.
CoIrMBrs. December AT the ScS-
inn of the State Dental Association to-
iay, the Treasurer ; report was presented
mi showed the receipts for the year /"
nave been $9g9, and the disbursements
ZIP. The following officers were elect
,d: President, {. K. Buticr, of Cleve
and; Vice Presidents, {. L. TAFT. Of
Mansfield, and y. r. EwinSer, OF Col
,mbu>; Corresponding Secretary, Frank
Hunter. of Cincinnati; Recording Secre-
AIRY. j. W. Porter, "f Massillon; Treas
,rer, J. W. Kelley, Of Oxford.
Judge DureII Martyr.
New YORK. December 4.-Judgc Dur
IL who is now in this city, has been IN
eryiewed BY II Tribune reporter, by
yhom he is represented a> saying that he
: the victim of party eNiG"ncy, and that
he head and front Of his offence i Il
iterol construction Of the enforcement
~, -. - bad law known to him rs such
,as sed bv Republican Congress, seeking
q perpetuate the Republican party, hut
vbicb ne found on the statute book and
.xecuted impartially. He gave III dcta'!
us objections TO the law, as strong rs Us
yorS, enemy could desire, and SAID that
yben its unpopularity and ineNpedi.
.ncv had been exposed, he was deserted
" those who passed it. and hy them ac-
used of having ovcrsnpped his author
~.
A dispatch to the Herald says that
Walker Fearn, who has been appointed
- Durelrs successor, is relative, by
of the President.
Us. Naval Academy.
WAsu1SGroS, December The
of the Navy has made the toll
owing changes in the regulations ct the
naval academy: The annual cNamin"-
ion of ALI the cadets will commence on
the 10Th of June, instead OF the I'm "i
Nav. The effect Of this Is 10 give the
,lasses more time 10 get through the
,ours.. The academy year will begin on
the 10Th OF September, instead OF the ls'
# October. The effect Of this is to
shorten the practical cruise, which Is con-
,idered unnecessarily long, and 10 give ad-
j;tionsl time TO study al the academy
The examination of candidates Tor ad-
mission as cadet midshipmen vii! take
Mace on the DIST of June, instead of be-
ween the 9TH and 10Th Of June; and the
I3tb of September, instead
of between the 10Th ana SON
If September. The examination
Of candidates for admission ~ cadet en-
gineers will take place on the 10Th o.
September, instead Of between the l9th
and l7th of September ss formerly
These changes are rendered necessary by
the change in the commencement OF the
wear. This will facilitate the
examination for admission, as there arr
ample facilities for conducting 1t in dsY
or two instead of extending II over for
week or ten days.
The Pope and brazilian Bishops.
ROME, December 4.-The Pope aos"-
l,tely refused to recommend 20 th'
h;sbons imprisoned in Brazil 10 resign