The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1875-10-22
TELEGRAPHIC.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 16.-The postmaster
general has directed, in compliance with q
request Of the postmaster Of Sc. Louis, that
q arrangement OF the last mail service
between New York and St. Louis and the
southwest be made prior to the first prox-
| lmo, Tor all such matter as naturally be-
longs to the Pennsylvania railroad. and
orders 1t to be sent by that lire instead of
the New York Central and Lake Shore
route. This new arrangement win save
tne department. the expense of an nuneces-f
sarily long haul, and insure quicker delivery
OF mails between the cast and southwest
and point on the line between st. LoHis,
and Pittsburgh. to which closed pouches
are sent. Tt will also prevent delays now
caused by lack of railway postal carsefyioa
between Pittsburg and st. Louis SIS
The director general of the centennial
mas suggested to the secretary of the inter-
ior the propriety of providing Tor d nepFe-
sentafion AZ the exhibition of those oreafa-s
1zatlons formed during the late war for
the purpose OF mitigating the suffer iaps Of
the sick and wounded on the hattie flei8.Saz
w WASHINGTON. Oct, 18.-The attorneys
for E. L. Lewis, trustee Tor Jay Cooke e Co.
have brought suit against General r.. 81.
Dent for 81. 567, loaned him By sJay Cooker
q Go. before they became bankrupt.
WASHINGTON, Oct. l6.-Wm. BaRley, OF
Oregon; David W Lichfenthaiers of
Oregon, register of the land Office. at IA.
Grande, Oregon; J. ID. Hyde, Of California
register of the land Office at visalia, Cal.
bosTON. Oct. 16.--fhe run on the Home
Savings bank continues. Commissioner
GotcEeI eertifies the bank Is able to paw
all depositors. Offers of aid If necessary,
have been made by several city banks. 5fss
NEW YORK. Oct. 16.--News reached
here to-day that on the night of the 9Th
inst. an entire FIRMLY, consisting of an aRgF
man, millionaire named Francois be
Iescale. his sou ii,-law CariiOi, and his,
wife, two sons and daughter, one Fola-
qnet Keeper of their villa, were murderer
and their house robbed. sstssf
CHICAGO, Oct. 16.-IIie rcsftlencc-ej8 gRyxs.
Falrbanks, at Geneva Lake, Wisconsin,,
was destroyed by fire this morning. Loss
ptaced at $40, 900; insured. issSsR1sf
BOSTON, Oct. I6.--At q meeting OF tIseff
creditors OF q. 81 NJ. Cox, wholesale boot
and shoe dealers, the assets of the firm
were shown to be &105. 475, liabilities, @aHJef
o6S. The firm offered. forty cents on the
dollar. The offer was held la aheyance
district attorney entered suit to-day in flae
United States district court against the
Ohio and Mississippi railroad to recover
$8OO0O alleged to be due as unpaid revenue
tax on the net earnings Of tl6 road from
January. 1868, to ,JanunrY 1872.
NEW YORK, Oct. I6.-A meeting 81 tIle
committee appointed by the Stsgar Refsnefs&
Thursday, was held yesterday, and at WAS
decided to call general meeting of the re-
liners Of the country, to be held IN this city
next Thursday, for the purpose ofetakfn9r
such action rs may be thought necessary 70
protect their interests. Careful investfga-
tion of the matter by competent commit
tee, which Secretary Bristow has promised
to appoint. 1t is claimed, will show that no
reduction or drawback ought TO be- narfes
that reduction i'm amount retained by l4o~e4
ernmene eolcOver expenses of epllectfnM im@vs
port duties, from ten TO fifteen per cent.
which was made last March. does not give
American refiners an undue advantages
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