The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1883-07-28
GENERAL TELEGRAMS.
DEATH OF MONTGOMERY BLAIR.
Sixteen Thousand Suits for Violating
Postal Laws Strikers We
torlous Trunk Lines
Committee.
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DISASTROUS BUSINESS FAILrRES.
DISASTROUS BUSINESS FNILrnEs.
doNr rNro uANhHrrrcy.

CLEVELAND, July y The Ward iron
company, uf Nilcs aud New philndel
pima, has failed Liabilities ARE est .
timatcd at S:OOOOO, available assets are
said to he less than $1,000. The COM
pRuy cunsiEts ot Mrs. Eliza Ward.
mother ~ james Ward The company
employed nhDut lNO men operating the
mills in Niles, bought ON con ruct from,
aud now rcvcrting @, Cleveland, Brown
Co, 81 thus city. Also the mill IN
New Philadelphia, costing SljOmO,
which WAS involved IN litigation IA to
tho site aud SiO,OOl were given by the
town Vt New philndcl rhiu, to he decided
to- the company after its completion,
and whenever 30 men shuu he EN-
ploycd which part II con.
tract the company has not
fulfilled. The rolling mill IN Niles,
owned by Mrs. l.. Il. Ward. ~ lie NJ Jas.
ward, IL snid to be involved. She IL a
daughter ot the late George II Brown,
the Pittsburg mIlliuna re-, and has prop.
erty to meet all liabilities. James Nurd
failed IN 1873 and ns since been man.
aging tie business Tor his mother and
wife. The banking house NJ \. q.
Bentley ~ Co., nt Niles, closed it's doc -
yesterday ON account of run on 1t by
the creditor. NJ the Ward Iron cumpa
NY but it IL supposed to be able 10 meet
all liabilities, having us collateral per
suual stocks Of Mrs. T.. h. Ward.
uuNK LINE JuINl coNlWIIrrF.
Ntw NoEN, July 1.-The executive
committee ut the passenger dcpurtm nts
VI trunk hups met again to-day IN Com.
missile cr FIuks office. 4 claim WAS
made by the Lake Enc and We tern
Tor money reimbursement for LOSSES sus'
tai rd 10y that road IN maintaining IT.
rates uud the rule established at the
rccuut Chicago meeting, under penalty
Of benz excluded from par icIpH ion ~
the through wrRt bound bus ness Of the
trunk limos. Tho Lake Eric and WCei.
cru was thus prevented from meeting
the reduced rates of various competitors
who were not mombcrN ut the pool, and
did not, therefore, come under tine rule,
aud IN concurrence lost u large amount
Of business that, It X claimed, lo.it
matcly belonged tO IT, II was nully
decided, after heated discussion, that
/ the Link Erie aud Western should i'll,
| it's rlnlm, and TINT At should rccolv
| proper considerations Complaints were
made against the nltshurg, ~. WHyn,
aud Chicago aud the n N York, fcuu-
| sylvnnin aud Ohio rouds that they were
| cutting rates IN viulHtl u NJ the tmcagt
/ rule The frat named ru Il CAV u sat.
/ isfHctory explanation To- the committc,
aud the charge WAS dismissed. Tn,
casc Of the latter ls suu under cuurider
alton.
orlEW tuluiW,.
CLuNEIANp. JuIy 25-Ns sequence
tn the failure OF The Ward iron company
Church " McFntmnd's -torr has hu,l
4 q D. 4, 4 .
I"ll Il Co., lUtyr assigned, l.. B, Ward
Russia sheet iron mills shut down to.dn,
at noon Naiuus threats are ugniu.
ramc, Wud who has not been found To
some days The opinion Is div d, Il "a, II
whether he has Il Il uI is ruClOtud. In
cau-c Ot the failure was the running q
works at loss, rather than throw "A lnig
number Of men ont of rmpluym,nt II /
claimed that Mrs j. u Ward hHs pu
into the concern in the last six month.
100000 Of ;hr fortune she Inherited.
9NrEES TmoUsNSu SUITS.
NEW YoHK, July n The Unite,
States dis riot attorney hus begun ault
ug inst 10000 ~ the patrons u Boyd
private letter cNprcRs Tor the recovery Il
"A penalty NJ 800 cuch for the violation
Ot the United States postal law An
ether suit Inns also been institute,
against VIM. blackburn, proprietor a
BOyd's port, for the Infructlon u the lh'
IN carrying ON letter express,
MuIIOS GNNun.
NEw NunK, July q. Judge Ingram, II
the superior court granted The motion Il
vnuAto the order granted In tusc Ot Wi
liam Williams and Rufus Hatch ngains
the Western Union Telegraph cOmpun
and Others iOI the examination ol Lou
Fitzgerald, president Of the M"rctntiI
Trust company, In regard to tAr paymru
OF diyidcHd- ui the Western Union lcl'
gmph company.
COMPTROLLER CNNlHELL MSlDN-.
NrW lonR, July p Comptroller A
len Campbell hnH resigned. His lHilin
health and the need ol absolute rest Is n
-ignCd rs the cause. Recent dl-" os1li
Of "a dcluraliuu In the finance dcpnrtucl
: by II clrtrk now dead and the uc"sprp'
artic c- thereon are -ri - have nggr
va ed the comptroller and prccIplicd hi
r,Slguat on,
sEARCnING FOR NrNGrM
NEW YuHK. july 21.--lhr police ~
searching Tor S VI Muu"rr. the ihiclg
} dry 20 IDS ,nlc-luan nj. sing from hero l'
about MONTH
sECNETaEl DuANuLEH IIsornE7if-.
CoScoin, y H., jay q ocaeur
Chandler predicts the lccliH "a Ut PIKE .
United States senator by Tuesday d
"Wednesday Mex.
Br,INEs, FAMINE rur IItE WEEK..
NV Nonk, judy u. Fuilur.- rcphl'
to Il. g.. Dun a. Go. throughout u
! country Tor ti l-t seven dHs IS, tumb
! 1870. u. compared with 10, last wee
, G,uNaphicM dsuibH ON { sew Eu