The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1883-02-17
GENERAL. IELEtsRA vs..
Conditions and
Telegraph service.

CHicAao, February lf.-Ihe Western
Union Dilic r. here say the demOralizH-
ton Of the wir.- is % complete, and
extends fr m Buff 10 to- Omaha. and
from 81. Paul ~ Cairo. The . les them
selves are washed away IN some place,
and the prevalence ~ tpg causes such
rapid cscauc q the electric iiuii
that whore the wires are intact
business can with difficulty be done.
Speedy rel II is eNpecte however. TIE
atmospheric conditions are imprOying
~ the west. The Temperature rs lOucf-
ing, being at zero Mt Cheyenne and ouls
eight degrees above at Omaha. II has
seldom en- so low, and coutluuou4
rostratiou Of the wires as during thu
past two or three weeks
THE WEATHER ~ THE WEST.
OMAn,, February Is. Large qanti-
ties ~ hay have been shlpp d over Tia.
L. T.. railway for feedn. cattle herd
upon the Platte valley ranges aud thos.
IN western Wyoming, Grass ia showed
under. Trains over the Denver South.
eru line are com cllcd To- run slow, o..
cattle take to the track ON their way tt
water aud cannot bc driven OF into the
snow banks.
MRS. WALES Suicide.
ST. L.rt,, February lG.-Thc Post
Dispatch has received information tina.
Mrs H. VI. Vale, wife II one of the de.
,enda Is M the altar routc triu, has
sncided at Independence, Mo. so par
hculars.
THE STAR HOTTE TRIAL.
WAsmNGroS, February l8.-Rcrdell
continued his testimony IN the Star
Route trial to-day. A paper purportiuE
10 be signed by >. W. Dorsey WAS shown
to witness, but he said it was not m
DOrscy's hand writing, and Dorsey was
not ~ here he could have signed It at the
time the paper tx dated. A letter VIA
rcud from S. W. Dorsey to his brother
He enclosed blank drafts according to
Instructions, and sid "No doubt the
route bismarck t, Tongue river wi j
pay him or some one else oy SlUl,OOJ
per Auuum." Witness said ). W. Dorsey
instructed him to prepare alid,vIts ON
Tongue river and AdaIryIlle route, and
remarked 1t was only necessary iu
making u calculation to lfcacrva u pro
portion of $50 or 300 per cent ia allowing
for incrcpse Wituc had "a number uf
blank Hilidavits, but they were taken
from his office Immediately after the
verdict Ia the last trial
W hen witness WIS released from jail
he font d his dc.k open and hi, papers
scattered about =. ". Dorsey Wl- the
ONLY man Decides himself VINO possessed u
key To- the office. Among the papers ear.
rcd on were letters which had passed b.,
tween ). W. Dorsey amt
himself and between >. ". Dorsey and
j. W. Be-lcr. The rrcord in the cisc OF
Rerdell w. VWlc, Miner x Co. was read
and u letter from Vale say, "Rerdcll has
sued uS, and II the chse goes on it viii
'xposc our private affairs, III which you
are Interested. II withdraw ont who are
real partners Of Vale, Miner q Cor.
Vale sugges y that Dorsey induce Rcr-
dell to withdraw the -ut at
once. 5. w. Dorsey gave wit
ness instructions cpucer my entries
to be made IN the books, holding lHpcr
IA hIs hand. Witness said =. W. Dorsey
instructed HIM to open an account with
am ON that pa er. 1t s headed
UNITED states senate Cham her, Wash
ingtun, lSIi.' The ccounts show cash
loaned Dorsey and Peck and >. ". Dor
Scy, $1,000, under head of Dorsey, so,
600; under head of Peck, $1,000. VIM.
Smith, $4,000; John Smith, $4,000. The
nume ut John Smith Ind been scratched
ont aud the name o Sam Jones -uh7ti-
suited. Witness SAID he wrote"Sam Jones
under John Smith because $. W. Dor
sey called attention to the fact that there
were two Smiths, and said he had better
mike one Sam Jones. lLuughterJ W t.
ness wns asked to explain the meaning
Of these entries and said subsequent to
the receipt Of the papers 5. W. Dorsey
asked HIM If he had charged Brady with
certain am units Of 5000, $1,000 aud
$1,000 Witness answered he had no
account against Brady. Dorsey
replied, "Why, d II IT. he
IL VIM. Smith; thought you knew who
VIM. Smith wns.' All the amounts
above mentioned were then Charged to
Brady.