The conservator., 1882-12-23
EVENTS OF THE WEEK
THE EAST.


JAY GOULD, in his evidence be-
fore the committee ofthe New York State
Senate investigating! eorners, akaid ofhns ofhsrs i
give the producers better prices Ind MAKE
markets. Speculation benefits the home
dealers brings money to the country and
creates markets ali over the. e.world Could
said he had spent large sums in aiding imlni-
gratloh A panic was caused he said when
men lose their balance. and rush to sen
Whlie waF.lg home from prayer meeting at
Ilpton, IA, Two men and two women were
Killed by locomotive. :. lanes Brennan
went into Brooklyn restaurant and ordered
meat, renarking at the same time that he
was Roman Catholic While eating a piece
OF meat lodged iii his throat, causing his
death The rubber manufacturers decided
at New York to close their factories for one
week, and when they reopen to reduce the
output by one-haf
Henry WARD BEECIIBR. ~premisinp
his remarks with the Statement that his
profession entitled him to speculate in ''fut-
ures, gave some Information to the New
York Legislative committee on the subject
OF corners" Mr. Beecher considered grain
gambling as less injurious to public morals
than church fairs and religious lot
terles He told off, his experience
confined to the purchase Of Panama stock at
400 and its unloading at one-fourth that
price. John. G. Whittier was Is wears of
age on the 10th of December, and received
many calls at his residences N Boston and |
scores OF congratulatory letters. His mind
Is unlmpaired but his physical sfg5rfs d |
thing of the past
JAMES K. KEENE testified at. New
York regarding corners, and maintained
that they do not injure the public He as
serted that the commerce Of the 'rountry
demanded dealingssin futures, and believed
that speculation awaSs;ns agent OF fkiiza
ton ana helped to build up the West The
Chicago markets reflected the opinions Of
the country and he Thought it wrong To
mention the Boardof Trade dealings illthat
city under the categofvof aganrbiinpe ! Mr.
heene thought the railway freight rates now
existing more disastrous than anyFFeorner
WITHIN MS remembrance. BY the explo-
sion OF powder stOrehOuse near Paterson
n. j., three men lost their lives
ALFRED CLOCK, an aged and respected
citizen of New York, residing on Madison
avenue, was steered into bunko den and
led on until he had lost $50 in cash and
drawn checks for $1,000 The sharperS then
went with him in a carriage to the Fifth
Avenue Bank, where he drew 81, 800 in cur
Iency, which was snatched from his hands
The chief criminal has been arrested.
Concord, \ IL, and its vicinity We're shaken {
py an earthquake, its advent being, preceded I
p x
duced by AN explosion -9he- ~aie5ble t
rushed from the swaying buildings into s
lhe StleetN the concusslon in some instances l
eNtlhgulShIng the gas Shocks were also
lelt at Manchester, Dover Contocook Pitts .
held and other towns Henry James, Sr.. {
.he brilliant philosopher and 'metaphvSicfan v
iled at his residence III Boston OF disease of T.
he brain, at the AGE of Il years j. NJ =
y hlte Co, New York tea merchants have =
allied with liabilities of about $500 q
THE wEsr D..Q. e e
A FIRE at Toledo, Ohio, totally de- =
troyed the Hall block, at the corner of St !,
lair and Jefferson streets the finest bust IL
ess structure in that city The main occu el
ants Were Taylor Rodgers 4 Co shoe Ct
callers; L. > Baumgartner notions; and =
ood Acklm, grOcers. The building had
allen into the hands of the Connecticut Mu- p'
ual Llte-lnsurance Company, and the total gi
,ss @ Is & S6aa 600 The Jury in the case of e.
harleS Stiles, at the Palmer House, ( Chicse "
., returned verdict of guilty OF man II
aughter hiking the penalty-at one year in ne
ne penitentiaTy m : FIJI - !. al
1HE State Grange of Wisconsin in 1n
ssion at Madison adopted memorials to the pc
legislature asking that bonds and mortgages IN
subjected to taxation the same as real esl r.
te ;tho that railroad companies be required ve
reduce passenger rates . per cent -
AT Fort Apache, Arizona. Lieut..
D. George W. Schoteld, of the Sixth Cav 90 So
ry, killed himself with revolver, from 'l 'n'
.spondency caused lv illiheakhi He 4. tea an
other OF Gen, John u Schuheld, now com ~. ~
andlng the Division OF the Pacific, and his H.
ther ana sister reside III Chicago Four W.
rglars entered ieWelry store at st Louis a..
q. While pair Of thenltc5Nered the bro ma
letor with revolvers the other two Vent We We
rough the show cases. They Tgbt away ~
Tn about $1,000 worth Of goods ACT ACT
Hon. GoDLovE S. ORTH died at La rem
'ette, Ind, of blood poisoning, superin- Fat
ced by cancer, He is the sixth member tL tIe
the present Congress who has passed ~
aN MI Orth was is years of age T ST.
Two EXPRESS trains on the Pittsburgh. ma
lcnnati and st Louis railroad colhded in gan
urve between Foster and New lebanon ta'., cue
20 Engineer Peters was decapitated. wof
| Postal Clerk Wharton was also Instantly hou
ed Five other postal clerks We're seri- Chi
~ injured. Fire in the Barton Block. at dea
lneapolis caused loss of $4,000. upon dea
Ich there was STU, 0O0 insurance IT