The Portland daily press., 1875-12-09
NEW YORK.
Tweed,s Family to be Catecb;,ed.

Tweed's Family TO be Catechised.
NEW YORK, Dec. 8.-The lgrand jury are to
examine Tweed's family as to his escape. There
are no tidings of him yet.
Reduction i'm Brooklyn Navy Yard.
The construction force of the Brooklyn navy
yard, under Capt Samuel Fl. Park, has been
ordered to be reduced 80 per cent. tomorrow.
A Missing Steamer Heard From.
The agents of the steamer Anglia in this city
furnish the following: We have telegram
from our Glasgow firm announcing the arrival
at Neville, yesterday, of the Anglia with her
propeller uniDjured and without any damage.
The Suit against Tweed.
Late this afternoon Mr.. Peckham, counsel
for the prosecution in the &c. 900 suit against
Tweed, applied for an order to instruct the jury
to try the case He handed in the application
and affidavit to the court. Peckham read The
affidavit reciting the facts and reasons in sup
port Of his application, which were replied to
by Mr. Field.
Railroad Discrimination.
meeting of merchants was held this after
noon at the Chamber of Commerce to consider
the determinations made by the railroad COM
panies against the city on freights to the West.
u. u. Arnold, chairman, SAID that the bust
ness OF New York merchants was being ruined
by the discrimination made by trunk lines in
favor OF other cities, particularly Boston. A
committee was appointed to wait on the man
done to rid the city of the evils complained Of
planning Machine Controversy.
meeting of delegates from the principal
manufacturers and users of planning machines
throughout the country was held to-day in st.
Nicholas Hotel, to protest against the validity
OF the Woodbury. planning machine. This ma
chine was invented in 1913 by Joseph Page
Woodbury. OF Lynn, Mass, but was abandoned
by him as useless for over twenty years, dur
ing which time it was used extensively over
the country, and there are now 150, 900 of these
machines. Having made $4,000 by another
patent, Woodbury. again applied for his old pa
tent in 1870 under modification in the patent
law, and Commissioner Legget pronounced it a
fraud, but Woodbury. succeeded in obtaining il
through the court in 1873
The Woodbury. Planning Company was then
organized and insisted on the payment of roy
atty from all who were using and manufacture
ing the patent. The latter resisted the claim
on the grounds that the machine has been SO
much improved by other parties as to do ten
times the work of the original invention. And
on the refusal of the Woodbury. Company to
sue for an infringement of the patent the man
uIactnrers and users have forced them into the
District Court of Massachusetts by writ of
sore JGctds to establish their claims.
resolutions were passed pledging the manu-
Iacturers TO resist the claim and to seek for
over sixty delegates were present at the meet
ing. '-0S'
western Union Telegraph Co.
The report submitted at the meeting of the
western Union Telegraph Company TODAY
shows the net profit Of the last six months ~
1875 to be $1,752, ISL. A quarterly dividend of
2 per cent. was declared. The salaries of ali
officers and employees above $500 per annnm
were reduced on sliding scale of IS to per