The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1880-11-25
CHICAGO NEWS.

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Chicago, Nov. 24.-The failure Of
Harwood a Co., of Minneapolis, dry
goods firm, is much heavier than at first
stated. Their liabilities are found By
creditors here to be $9l9, 900; nominal
asssests, s004, 600; real assets, $3.50, 900.
The TriJinae's New York special
says: Interviews confirm the story tele-
graphed forty-eight hours ago, concern
ing the Northern Pacific syndicate.
The Tribune makes another disrepu-
table attack on Secretary Sherman this
morning, because. as IT alleges, he re-
pudiated the hotel bill Of some of the
southern delegates TO the nominating
convention at the Grand Pacific, and
left Foster to pay it. The facts have
already been produced, showing that
there never was such hotel bill against
Sherman and that there is no truth in
the story. In any event, the attack is
considered in n-exceedingly bad taste.
Alexander Stephens pronounces the
Morey letter q slumsy forgery; but
does not think the democratic party
will disband.
The Times has special declaring that
1t is settled that Garfield will, during
this visit, offer the treasury portfolio
to Sherman, and heartily endorses, edi-
torially, that determination. II ac-
cuses Foster of bad faith and the de-
feat OF Sherman at Chicago, but asserts
that Garfield stood true to the secreta-
ry. 1t claims that Sherman hasa right
to the senatorship from Ohio If he de-
sires it, but thinks II Is wiser for him
to keep his present position.
The Times says Of the Passion play:
No competent actress in New York
will accept the role of the Virgin Mary,
but one has been secured in San Fran
cisco. Public sentiment dooms the
scheme TO defeat.
The Times Toledo special says: A
ticket broker to-day sent $4,000 in
gold coin to the Office OF the Lake Erie
Il Western road and bohght a block Of
unlimited tickets over that line and the
Chicago & Alton road.
The 7ribme's Pittsburgh dispatch
says: There is movement by the
business men of western Pennsylva-
ma to put Gen. 5. X. Moorehead in the
United States senate in the place of
Wallace.
Solon Humphreys, president of the
Wabash road, was here to-day. lie
says the Humesten x Shenandoah line
in Iowa, will be pushed to n speedy
completion, thus giving the Wabash 1,
direct line from Chicago to Omaha.
There is no way, he says, of stopping II
railroad, other than conceding to the
Wabash claim of one-third Of the
st. Louis business. The passenger
rates may be raised to fair price, say
five dollars to st. Louis, when the Wa
bash enters into the city, but until
10Th street Is reached, 1t will sell tickets
one dollar less than the other roads.
An interview with coal dealers in
this city shows there is n scarcity Of
coal. The difficulty lies in the fact
that the early closing of navigation has
stopped many vessels bound for this
port with coal, and that the railroad
companies are utterly unable to furnish
cars to transport fuel. When coal men
ask for a hundred cars, they receive
sometimes one or two, and sometimes
none. The heaviest dealers say that
the orders from the city and country
are unprecedented, and that they could
clean out their stocks in thirty days II
they filed all the orders. The price OF
soft coal rose half q dollar to-day, and
hard coal will follow unless the arrivals
by land or water come soon. The
freight blockades, which extends al
most the entire distance from here &c
the seaboard on all the lines, is unpre'
cedented, and does not give much hope
of speedy relief from the present di
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