Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-01-08
LATEST TELEGRAMS.
CHICAGO.

from East Saginaw, Mich, says tn
dwelling house of Mr.. McManagle, il
East Dayton, took fire in the night, an'
was destroyed, consuming the entir'
family. man, wife and child. Their re
mains we're horribly charred and almos
unacceptable.
A dispatch from the same place say
the sail boat which left Alabaster, Mich.
Sunday with six men, in search of two
men, McEwan and Smith, who were seer
aaoat on piece of ice in Saginaw Bay
has been found capsized in the water
leaving no doubt that the six men have
been drowned. The two for whose res
cue they so nobly gave up their owr
lives, were rescued ons-Thursday, theii
ice raft having hoated near shore. They
had been adrift six days aud nights with
nothing to eat but small pieces of raw
meat.
A special from Topeka says that Pom
eroy is still a fugitive from justice,
and his bondsmen in this city are be-
coming very anxious. They have been
in conference with him by telegraph for
several days, but he has given them no
satisfaction rs to his intentions, further
than to say that he will call and settle at
some more convenient season. he is
now engaged in lobbying through Con
gress several important measures. His
bondsmen are now considering the advi-
stability of applying 20 the Governor for a
requisition to bring Pomeroy here during
the present term of Court, that his trial
may be had and they released from their
$4,000 obligations. District Attorney
Scofeld has not been in the State since
the exposition of his little affair with
Pomeroy. 1t is understood that his
resignation is now in the hands of one
of the Senators from Kansas, and that
Captain George r. Peck, warm friend
Of State Senator York, is to be his sue
cessor.
The bail of Mr.. Gage will be fixed at
between 100000 and sl,OOO,0O0 on this
evening. The friends of Mr.. Gage we're
actively arranging the bail, and will
appear in Court tomorrow to release
Gage at once. he will be present when
the indictments are submitted to the
Court by the Grand Jury, and will thus
obviate any necessity of arrest if his
bail is promptly rendered after a capias
has been issued.
Barron, better known as Adam Brown,
charged with having robbed a man
named Isaac Mills, at the fremont
House, to the amount of $4,000 few
months ago, and who was indicted and
escaped from trial, was brought here
to-day from Buffalo. He is supposed to
be the leader of gang Of thieves who
operated in the Union Star Line between
this city and Tillttson. His indictm ent
has been reinstated by the States Attor-
ney, and his trial will be held in the
course of a few days.
A special from St. Louis says Nc
Kee & Houser, proprietors of the Globe
have purchased the Stats Zeitung for
$4,000, and changed the name to the
Globe, and applied to the local board of
the Western Associated Press to use the
Associated Press dispatches as hereto
fore used by the Stats Zeitung A
meeting of the local board was held yes
terday, when the question as to the right
of the proprietors of the Globe, by the
purchase ofthe Stats Zeitung, to publish
the dispatches heretofore received by
that paper in English, came up for set
Element. The matter was decided by a
vote of seven to one, the Democrat
voting nay, protesting that the conduct
of the Globe in stealing the dispatches
of the Associated Press ought to debar
it from admission to the Association. A
resolution was adopted requesting the
annual meeting of the Western Asso-
ciated Press to determine the question
definitely.