The Portland daily press., 1881-12-30
NEW YORK.
Noted Forgery Cases.

NEW York, Dec. 29.-Judge Laurence, this
morning in the supreme court, granted orders
to show cause why trial should not proceed
in the cases of Valentine Gleason and Andrew
L. E. Roberts. Gleason was arrested and in
dicted in October for alleged forgery Of Buffa-
10 New York and Erie Railroad and New
York Central Railroad bonds, but never has
been brought to trial. Roberts was arrested
about the same time and indicted for the same
offence He was tried in 1874, but the jury
disagreed, standing II to 1 for aequittal. He
was admitted to bail shortly afterwards but
the case has never been retired. The orders
are made returnable tomorrow morning.
An International Rifle Match.
Gen. Hancock, president of the National
Rifle Association of this country, received
yesterday letter from Capt. Edward st. John
Mildmay, secretary of the National Rifle AS
ISOLATION of Great Britain, dated December
10, enclosing resolutions passed by that associ--
alton, inviting a team from the National
Guard of the United States to meet at Wimble-
don in 1882 to shoot a match with military
rifles against volunteers of Great Britain, pro-
vided satisfactory arrangement can be made
Gen. Hancock says he shall do all in his
power to help on the match and to secure
strong representation of cur National Guard.
Socialistic Labor Congress.
At to-day's session of the Socialistic labor
convention a preamble and resolutions were
adopted. The resolutions declare the tariff
question in no way affects the true interests OF
the lahoring population of the country, being
question of more interest to employers and
used by them as instruments to draw working
people into the old parties. ''The true protec-
ton" the resolution concludes, ''lies in the
reorganization of all trades with the ultimate
purpose of transferring all instruments of labor
into the common prosperity of the people.
The convention then expelled eighteen mem
bers (of whom Justus 81. Schwab was one) who
had been suspended in March last for fraudu-
lently calling themselves "The New York
section of the Socialistic Labor Party" and is
suing cards of membership under that name
Hannibal and st. Joseph Railroad Bonds.
John r. Duff vice-president of the Hanni-
bal and st. Joseph Railroad, says with refer :
ence to the alleged statements of Gov. Critten-
den of Missouri that if that company makes
default of January interest on State aid bonds
the State will advertise the road for sale:
slThe Hannibal and St. Joseph Railroad are
under no obligation to pay the interest on the
bonos referred to. The bonds are bonds of
the State of Missouri and not of the railroad
company They amount to 100000 and no
more. On the 10Th OF June, 1851, the rallroa a
company paid 3,0S0, 900 to the treasurer OF the
State and took specific receipt. This was
the full amount of principal and accrued in
terest of the bonds. The State of Missouri
still has this money. The State paid the July.
interest on these bonds through the Bank OF
Commerce, its regular liked agency IN NeW
York. It is an absurd proposition that after
paying our debt in full, principal and inter
est, we should continue to pay interest. The
Hannibal and ST. Joseph Railroad Company is
the only railroad company receiving aid from
the State of Missouri which has never default
ed upon interest. Over $23, 100000 of bonds
were issued by the State for her railroads
This particular S3,00O,000 of bonds is the only
issue upon which the State has never lost
dollar"