Stevens County tribune., 1878-11-21
J .nn.a, has nrononpeed AGAINST the

of appeal has pronounced against tne
claimant In the Antonelli will case. She has
announced her intention of appealing to the
court of cessation.
The Sellew manufacturing company
at Cincinnati, O., has suspended. No state
ment of assets or liabilities is made public,
but member of the corporation states the
company will probably pay in full.
The director of the mint, in his annu-
al report, expresses the opinion that the
trade dollar, having obtained favorable
position in China, 1t would not be advisable
to repeal the law authorizing it's coinage.
In New York city, Michael Rossiter
quarreled with his wife, and deliberately
hurled lighted lamp at her. The kerosene
was scattered over her clothing, and she was
so terribly burned that death ensued In few
hours.
The female power loom weavers in the
carpet mills of the Nineteenth ward, Philadel-
phia, have struck on account Of "a notification
of reduction of wages ofone cent per yard
The strikers are willing to accept one-hall
cent reduction.
A telegram from Rome of Nov. 14th'
says: The waters of the Tiber have overflow
ed the banks. The lower part of the city is
inundated, and it is expected that during the
night the food will become nearly as wide
pread as the disastrous one of 1870.
The telegraph line from Deadwood to
Fort Keogh, Montana, has been completed
This line opens central Montana and the Vel
lowst,ne up to communication with the outside
world with the Black Hills and Cheyenne tel
egraph lines with which it connects.
Minister Romero of Mexico has recon
mended the passage of law permitting free
expectation of silver. Mexico will send dele
gates to the commercial convention at New
Orleans, The party of Chicago merchants
are expected with much interest at the city
OF Mexico.
The German Emperor William, relpy.
ing to an address of the wn council of Weis
baden, said he hoped soon to resume the reins
of government. He trusted Germany's ac
ton against criminal tendencies wouldbe i'm
tated by other States. The peril is common
| and so ought to be the defense.
a dispatch from Pesth says Lount
policy of Russia, who was previously disposed
| to strain her rights under the treaty of Berlin
The change is due either to the general alarm
of Europe, hints received from Berlin, o.
domestic affairs. 1t is noticeable that wher
Prince Gortschakoff recently offered to go t.
Livadia he was informed that it was unneces
sary.
The New York clearing house associa
ton has had meeting to consider the repor
of the committee which recently had con
ference with Secretary Sherman. Resolution
will he introduced calling upon the diferen
New York banks to aid the secretary in re
moving the premium on gold so that the re
sumption of specie payments may be settles
fact before the time fixed By law. Fifty bank
were represented at the meeting.
Secretary Sherman, referring to rumor
of the withdrawal of the 81 and 50 United State
notes, says fully year ago story was start
| ed and caused an unnatural demand for small
bills. The statement was unfounded, othe
than that having one years supply of one'
and two's on hand, the bureau of engraving
and printing stopped printing till that suppl.
could be reduced. No order was issued t.
the treasurer to limit the issue of ones ant
| two's.
The two cases of the United State
against H. B. Clafin & Co., for the alleged
reception, purchase and concealment of larg,
amounts of fraudulently imported silk, came
up in the supreme court in New York on tn
18th inst. The question involved is the la
bility of Clafflin s. Co., in a civil action
brought to recover the fines imposed by tn
acts of 1923 and 1866. If the demurrers ar
sustained, it will be decisive of class O
more or less similar cases. If not, the claus
will go back to the lower courts to be triet
on its merits.
The competition in eastward bounC
passenger rates, which, it is asserted, hav'
been secretly cut for three or four month
past, have finally forced prices down to the low
est figure known for years. The Atlantic
| Great Western announced New York anC
Philadelphia tickets 81 each, Pittsburg $275
with fares to some common points in Ohio a
a nominal sum. The Pan Handle rates O
| New York and Philadelphia have not yet beer
reduced below SIS, but this road will no doub
follow its opponents with decreased charges
| Tickets sold at these prices are rebate tickets
and speculators have no opportunity to taxi
| advantage of the reduction. All agents re
port good sales, and know nothing of the re
turn to former prices.
The New York clearing house has de
cided upon the following plan of action aftel
Jan. 1, 1879: First, to decline receiving goli
coins as special deposits, but accept aDd turr
them only as lawful money. Second, to abol
| ish special exchanges of gold checks at the
clearing house. Third pay and receive bal
ances between banks at the clearing house
either in gold or United States legal tenders
| Fourth, receive silver dollars upon deposi
only under special contract to withdraw tht
same in kind. Fifth prohibit the payments
of balances at the clearing house in silver
certificates or in silver dollars, excepting al
subsidiary coin in small sums, say under $40
Sixth, discontinue the gold special accoun
by notice to dealers, the LIST of January mex
| then to terminate
Judge Dyer, CT the United States court
rendered an important decision in the trade
ma1k case at Milwaukee. Leidersdorf & Co.
tobacconists, sued to enjoin Flint & Co., from
the use of certain labels. Defendants demur
red and held that the court had no jurisdiction
This raised the question of the constitutions
power of Congress to legislate upon the sub
ject. 1t was decided that the constitutional
| ity of the trade mark statute connot be sus
tanned under the clause which gives to Con