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The Dickinson press., 1884-05-24
How Ward Caught Fish.

President Fish of the exploded Marine bank
of New York says of Ward: =
Within the past several months Mr.. Ward
has represented to me that he had a confden-
tial understanding by which he furnished to the
government the supplies. I supposed that
through the Grant family, or the friends of the
Grants, he might have some such contracts.
He said it would be . good thing to get con-
tracts for government supplies, and mentioned
Elkins and Chaff,ee, and thought they were .
ship and knowledge had been of advantage to
Ward as the partner Of Mr. !Chaffee's son-in-law
and of Gen. Grants son. I am now satisfied
the whole thing was an invention and a myth.
do not believe he had any kind Of contract I
don't suppose now Gen. Grant knew anything
about it But before these disclosuresI did
think that Grant or Grants friends might have
given Mr.. Ward the opportunity. Nj: Ward
saw the advisability of his having brought the
Grants into business relations with us. He re-
ferred to the matter Of these confidential con-
tracts.
The Dickinson press., 1884-05-24
Cremation Of 1aborars.

A west-bound freight collided with a gravel
train on the Baltimore & Ohio railroad one mile
east Of Gonpel!syille, Pa, Wednesday. A num
Der of laborers, variously estimated at from
twelve to twenty, were killed and many were
injured. The scene of the disaster is on a sharp
curve just west of the Speer Sand works. The
freight train was heavily laden with ore. The
camp train consisted Of six cars. 1t contained
about fifty men from the Pittsburg Southwest
ern railroad an their way to Ohio Ryle Falls
to work on the grading for q double track on
the east end Of this division. The trains
were going at a high rate of speed, and came
together with "a terrible crash. The
engines remained on the track and telescoped
each other into The ~smokesack, but the heavy
tenders jumped into the air and fefl, tie freight
tender upon it's engine, the gravel tender back
scene Of death Sig men we're killed outright
in this car, N four othera, fastened down by
broken timbers, were roasted to death, the car
catching fire from the overturned stove and
burning up before the stupefied survivors could
comprehend the awful situation of their Shrek
ing COMPANIONS. Three men escaped from the
have been e%xtinguised had water been applied
in time.
The Dickinson press., 1884-05-24

In the last five or SIX years the pro-
duction of iron in all countries has in
creased by 5000, 600 tons, or more than
43 per cent. ; the production of steel has
increased $780, 900 tons, or lao per
cent, and the production of coal has in
creased 100, 000, 900 tons, or about "a
per cent. Iron and steel are principal
~ consumed in the manufacture of agen-
cies and instruments for the use of in
dustry and commerce, and coal is the
source of their principal motive power.
The unexampled expansion ofindustrial
activity and trade is thus illustrated by
the expansion in the chief universal in
struments which they use in their varied
creation. No staple products of indus
try have felt such On expansive force as
these.
The Dickinson press., 1884-05-24
John Sherman on the Panic.

Senator Sherman was interviewed in Phila-
delphia and said:
We are neither in a panic nor on the verge Of
it, unless my Judgment is seriously at fault.
The country is not in anything like the con-
dition in which it was in rs when the financial
crash Of that year came. Our financial status
is entirely different. The present troubles are
local, and not general. Reckless speculation,
the creation of fictitious values in stocks and
the sharp competition in railroad securities are
the causes Of the existing difficulties. It is ex-
tremely easy to create distrust in money circles
when there has been such o fuctuating market
as in New York for several months past / look
upon the present troubles as simply the result
or overtrading in securities that for o long
time have been merely the football Of Wall
street While there is some depression, there
is no real financial distress, and the resources
of the country are ample and stable. It is not
difficult to find a remedy for the present evils,
if the people would refrain from dealing in Sc
curities or products which they do not hold or
control
"Will the present furry have any serious ef-
fect?"
81 think not 1t may have a very beneficial
one. It will make the people more cautious in
placing money in risky ventures and turn their
attention more to legitimate business enterpris-
es. Troubles of this kind are simply an ad-
monition to those who have surplus means to
remember that all successful fiscal operations
must have a solid foundation"
The Dickinson press., 1884-05-24

Col W. G. Lembert of Cleveland has just
concluded his report of the condition of the syn.
dictate of whose affairs Thomas N. Nichol, Gen,
Garheld's friend, was in charge. The syndi.
cate included Gov. Foster, Keifer, Senator War
ner Miller of New York, Senator Plumb Of Kan.
sas and others. The object Of the enterprise
was to develop certain coal lands in Missouri
and to sell corner lots in a new town there,
named Walnut. The members Of the syndi.
cate contributed $500, OK, and Nichol was IN
trusted with the management Of operations.
After spending five weeks in trying to
in tho expenditure Of money to
which Nichols wealthybackers had contributed
their $500, zoo, not a single entry on the way Of
bookkeeping had been made. He had persist
antly refused to go into any explanation Of his
expenditures when demanded of him. Col.
Lembert reports, further, that the total amount
unaccounted for by Nichol is $685. Oo, part
Of which has been recovered by the syndicate.
amount of $lo5,Uo. Of all these sales not q
single record was loft, and Lembert was cons
PEELED to get the proof as best he could, most,
lyfrom the deeds given for the lots.
The Dickinson press., 1884-05-24

Gen. Grants misfortunes in business
have excited public sympathy. It
was feared that his whole fortune had
been swallowed in the maelstrom of
speculation, but it is now understood
that the quarter of a million dollars
contributed to him as a gift by his
friends is in the hands of trustees and
cannot be touched by the calamity.
But a vast majority of his friends re-
greet that he allowed himself to be
drawn into hazardous business ventures
instead of retiring upon his we'll earned
honors and abundant fortune. When
Washington ended his public life he
retired to Mount Vernon, scarcely less
celebrated then the beautiful city that
bears his name; Jefferson retired
to Monticello; the Adamses
to Quincy; Jackson to"the Hermitage;
Van Buren, to Undertook; Buchanan
to Wheatland; Hayes to Fremont-and
all the other ex-Presidents to homes
less celebrated, but still seats of digni-
fed retirement and honor, which be-
came resorts for troops Of personal
friends and objects of interest to the
great body of their countrymen. Cen
eral Grant cannot be criticised for not
wishing to return to Galena, for that
would have been virtual Punishment,
gid he certainly possessed the right Of
other American citizens of abiding
where ho pl, ased and of engaging in
whatever honorable occupation he
pleased. His misfortunes. however,
have ELECTED regrets that he did not
choose on retiring to follow the exam
pie Of most of his "illustrious ~predeces-
Vors."
The Dickinson press., 1884-05-24
Northern Pacific Prosperity.

J. B. Montgomery of Oregon says in the New
York Tribune; "Do you notice the large traf-
fc over the Northern Pacific? When 1 came
here early in February, the earnings were only
100000 for the preceding month. 1 stated
in print that the earnings in April would be
$1,5oo,O0. The first eighteen days of April
show my estimate to have been correct. In
May the earnings will be 81, 600, QUO, and in
October, which will be one of the best months,
$2,OO0,UOO. The road will earn between SIS.
oOO,OOO and $l6,OOo,OO this year, and close on
to .$3O,0OO,CW next year. 1t will take 81, coo
emigrants to Washington and Oregon, beside
what go to Dakota and Montana. Mr.. Sam
Houser, the Helena banker, told Inc that from
his section parties interested with him will
give 10000 tons of freight to the Northern Pa
clfic in 1855, from mines that were wholly un-
The Dickinson press., 1884-05-24
couldn't Take Care Of HI. Money.

A friend of Senator Chafee who is in WASH
ington said Chaffee was one Of the greatest
sufferers by tho failure of Grant d Ward. He
lost every cent of his available resources. Last
year he considered himself worth nearly So
100000, Of which &2,0OO,0O were in Colorado
properties, which have since greatly dopreciat-
ed and are not now marketable. At tho time
Of the marriage of his daughter with Buck
Grant he had one million in cash securities.
When his daughter mcrried he gave her $780,
600 in bonds: These were all put into the firm
Of Grant & Ward, and every dollar Of them is
lost chafee himself, in street I speculation
or six weeks ago he had $500, O0din cash seouri-
ties. just before he made his last visit West
he took his money and gave it to his son-in-law
to keep for him during his absence. It was
not an Investment, nor for the purpose of Sc
curing any investment It was simply de-
posted with young Grant as a trust during
the senator's brief absence. This money in
some way reached the hands of Ward and was
lost Chanee is, practically, penniless, and in
q most wretched state of mind. This friend Of
Chaffee says it is by no means believed that
Ward could have lost the large sums charged
up to his failure. He believes 81, O00,0 600 would
cover the legitimate losses of the firm, and
hints directly at very scandalous developments,
which will result in a rigid investigation Of
what Ward has done witty the money.
The Dickinson press., 1884-05-24
National Ante.Monopoiist Convention.

The National Conventions of tho Anti Monop-
olists was held in Chicago on Wednesday last
There we're about 200 delegates present. Alison
J. streator of Ill. was temporary chairman.
Committees on credentials, permanent organ
ization and resolutions were appointed, one
from each state. The cali Of the states showed
sixteen states represented. The Presi-
dent said. The cause of the smallness of the
convention vas that many Of it's members were
too poort o pay their fare, and because monop-
olistic railroads refused to give them the SAME
rates which would be given delegates to other
conventions. The speaker said that all the
platform he wanted was, eve oppose all
monopolies, we believe all men are created
free and equal, and we believe IN Gen. Benja-
min +. Butler. After the adoption of the plat
form, which is about the same as usual. the
convention proceed to omlnat a candidate for
president Gen. Butler was put in nomination
successfully by Mrs. Todd Of California, Mr..
R1oodey Of New York and several others.
blanchard of Vermont put in nomination j. B.
Weaver Of Iowa. The chairman here an
nounced that he had just had an interview
with Mr.. Weaver, and that that gentleman had
not only declared he would not except the NOM
nation, but was in favor of Gon. Butler.
Barud of Nebraska nominated Allen G. Thur
man. On an informal ballot Butler received
Ia, Thurman Z, and Scion Chase of Maine l.
Butler was declared the nominee Of the con-
yentiOn. Adjourned.
The Dickinson press., 1884-05-24

A letter from DIR. Schliemann, dated
April II, published in the London
Athenaum, says he has brought to light
an immense palace with innumerable
columns, which occupies the entire up
per Acropolis of Tiryns, and of which
the floor and all the walls are we'll pre-.
served. The wall paintings, which are
of the highest interest, are being copied
in the same colors. The vase paintings
give the most primitive representations
Of men and animals. Nothing like the
place has ever turned up. The capital
is of the most ancient Doric order yet
discovered.
The Dickinson press., 1884-05-24
General News Items,

Mason county, W. Va, Is wild over rich tin
finds.
The state savings bank of St Joseph, sus-
pended and assigned.
The s. A. Richmond Medical company of
St Joseph, Mo-, has gone up.
Gen. McLaren of Minnesota, is acting score
tary of the Republican national committee.
Donnell, the New York banker, has eco, 600
of property under attachments at St Louis.
The commission house Of A. Z. Sheppard &
Co., doing business on the chamber Of COM
merce Milwaukee suspended payment
Haggerty & Sons, auctioneers Of St Louis,
made assignment recently. Assets, $4,000;
encountered for $20,5OO.
The liabilities of Emile Desmet Of Moss Point.
Ala, are 100000 A mortgage Of $50, 900 to
A. Carriere, New Orleans, covers all the assets.
Judge D. J. Goodwin and Col. W.. A swank
of Norfolk desired to fight q duel, but a conf
Dental friend informed the authorities and
they were bonded to keep the peace.
G, F. Kindred and c. c.. Parker of Minnesota
have made all necessary preliminary prepare
tons for e%mbarklng Oh an extensive scale in
the cattle raising business, near Forsythe, Mont
where they have purchased q large tract Of
land for the purpose.
W H. Mackney, who some time since bought
the McKclvy bonanza farm in Minnesota, has
just purchased forty acres Of land in the south
ern part of Grand Forks, Dakota, for $2l, 200.
He intends to improve it at once and make Il
his future home.
May IA, B. H Cowgirl, editor Of the Lebanon,
No, Sentinel, was brought before United States
Commissioner Scott and examined on q charge
Of sending obscene literature through the maila.
He was bound over in the sum of $500 for his
appearance at the September term Of court Il
Jefferson City.
The Springfield Republican, which never
tells q lie, and is neighbor to Ella Wheeler's new
The Dickinson press., 1884-05-24

Great failures are produced by great
indebtedness. The saying is attributed
to Andrew jackson that "those who
trade on borrowed capital ought to
fail" The authorship has been denied
but still 1t has a grain of truth. If there
were no debts there would be no fail
ures; and it might be added, by vast
Increase in business. Credit in these
lays is the life of trade, but there is
such a thing, and very common it is, to
push credits to the extreme. Hence
the smach-ups and misery everywhere.
The Dickinson press., 1884-05-24

It is now estimated that the surplus
revenue Of the current fiscal year will
amount to $1O5 ,OoO, 900. This must, Of
course, be applied to the payment of the
interest bearing-public debt, and, as
that now amounts to only about 81, 200,-
600, 600, and bonds are being called ct .
rate which would absorb them all in
less than a dozen years. But the mass
of the debt is not payable, except by
purchase at a great premium, till 1907.
Hence the obvious impolicy Of paying
so rapidly.
The Dickinson press., 1884-05-24
Casualties of he Week.

The loss by the burning of Taylor's pork
packing establishment at Trenton. N. j., was
$7O,0O
The rear portions Of the Colts block, Sus-
pension Bridge was Quilted by fire recently.
A fire at Petersburg, Ind, destroyed d block
containing dry goods stores, q hotel, grocery,
newspaper Office and several law and doctors
offices. Loss, $4,000 to $75, 600; well insured
At Altoona, Pa, one of the high pressure
boilers of the Pennsylvania railroad machine
shops, of which there were six, used for testing
new engines and furnishing new power to the
machine department exploded. Hayden o.
Kara, fireman, was blown to atoms. The 9th
er fireman has not been found yet, and nine
other persons were more or less injured.
A fatal collision occurred on Lake Superior
between the Duluth and Superior ferryboat
diary Martini and Isadore Plumador's sail fer
ryboat, which runs between Rice's point and
Connor's point, in the channelof the st. Louis
river. 1t is said there were twenty-five men on
the sailboat besides Plumador, its owner. Plum
ador was drowned; and it is also positively
known that two Swedes, names not learned.
were lost, but it is impossible to learn the exact
number.
The Dickinson press., 1884-05-24

s sssBsss g h ws,aPz h .asss%.s h IL .t s =
silver plate firm, andis not .very wealthy.S a.
the dispatch made him, butts what tho Meriden
boys cali "well dxed.n
Mrs. Roger N. Sherman. eldest daughter Of
the late Gov. .Bagley, obtained a decree Of d.
vorce from her husband In Detroit, Mich
Wednesday, and was awarded the custody of
her children Similar proceedings are now
pending In courts In New York City, the hus-
band being the complainant The case in De-
troit went by default on his part.
G. Mueller, Of the Clinton brewery, Tifan,
Ohio, has assigned. Liabilities, geo, 600 to $751;
O0O; assets about the same.
The Dickinson press., 1884-05-24
will Cali on Louss Riel.

Specials from Prince Albert, N. ". T.. state
district are complaining unanimously of the
manner in which they have and are now being
treated by the dominion government The COM
plant of the white settlers is that the govern
ment is demanding 81 an acre for lands settled
upon by them from ten to twenty years ago.
The half breeds claim that lands should be ap-
portioned by the government tho same as for
the half breeds of Manitoba after the Red river
REBELLION. Delegates have been sent to confer
with Louis Riel, the leader of the Red river re-
belllon, as to the course they should pursue
Riel is in Montana.
The Dickinson press., 1884-05-24

Of either br.nah Of congress could h.v. hs.a
found at the driving park and the senate u,.u-
ally adjourned ever until Monday in order to
give the distinguished statesmen Of that body
craze has prevailed the entire city. The CAB.
met and Diplomatic corps have gone to SEQ
them, and tie president himself was anxious
to attend, but was detainedby visitors. About
one hundred members Of congress-, veterans Of
battle6elds Of Virginia, and business has bean
practically at . standstill all the week, notwith-
standing the session is five month"; old and lee.
islation much behind.
The Dickinson press., 1884-05-24
osatn Of xosaa areeaar.

Gen. William Il. n. Terrell dad at Indisnup.
oils, on Friday, the 18th, Of consumption.
Gen. Terrell was one Of the best known mon In
Indiana, and had . national reputation and CO.
quaintance. During the war he was Gov.
Morton's financial secretary and ad1utant gen.
eral of the state. Under Gen. Grants admin.
stration he was third assistant postmaster gen
eral. Upon retiring from that position he was
for the last three years had been secretary Of
the republican state central committee. His
report, in several volumes of Indiana in the
war for the Union, is q model of accuracy and
a valuable contribution to the history Of the
state.
The Dickinson press., 1884-05-24
The business world is getting o terrific
shaking up by the late failures. That
world needed something Of the kind.
It has been altogether too reckless, and
good will come of the lesson.

The number of delegates in the Re-
publican National Convention will be
800; q majority and not two-thirds is
sufficient to nominate, the two-thirds
rule being that of Democratic National
Conventions. There are two delegates
tor each United States Senator and two
for each member of the National House,
two for each of the Territories and the
District of Columbia.
The Dickinson press., 1884-05-24
Apprehendins Assassination.

Sir William Harcourt, home secretary, has
again been nervous over information which the
police claim to have discovered of Fenian plots
TO assassinate himself. Mr.. Gladstone, MIR.
Trevelyan, chief secretary for Ireland, and
other members Of the government It is said
that these threats are the cause of the proposed
cabinet meeting on Irish affairs, on which Earl
Spencer, lord lieutenant for Ireland, has been
guarded by two special officers throughout his
journey, and extraordinary precautions are be-
ing taken to secur the safety of members Of
the government Recently no less than twelve
Scotland yard detectives, in plain clothes, were
counted in the lobby of the house Of commons,
waiting to escort the different ministers to
their homes.
The Dickinson press., 1884-05-24
Barring Out Rev. Dr.. Nswman.

Judge Sedgwick, in q decision continuing the
injunction granted in the proceedings taken by
Ferdinand Hopkins, as trustee of the Madison
Avenue Congregational church, New York
against James H Seymour, Shepard Knapp,
Gen. .. 9. Grant and others, as trustees of the
church, the church corporation, and Rev. John
?. Newman, says:
As DR. Newman is neither . member Of the
church, nor one Of the society, nor permanent
pastor, he should be enjoined from becoming
or acting as an officer at any meeting Of the
church or society.
The Dickinson press., 1884-05-24

The grading of the Wisconsin, Iowa, & Ne
braska has been completed nearly to Cedar
Monday. The tax Voted by the town Of Water
loo in aid of this road not having been accepted
before the new law was enacted, is invalid.
The Cedar Falls tax was duly accepted and is
valid.
The Dickinson press., 1884-05-24
Rail and River News.

The Milwaukee & st. Paul will make further
improvements at Milbank, Oak, and will not
transfer its business from that point to Orion
vile, as has been rumored.
The Dickinson press., 1884-05-24
FOREIGN Flashes.

Government and the Parnellites are wide
apart
The German Reiohstag recently passed the
of explosives. and adjourned till June 10.
The Dickinson press., 1884-05-24
Sport Loving consr..sm,..

Washington Special: Now that the races are
over, congress may be expected to resume bust
psss again. Each day Of the week . quorum
The Dickinson press., 1884-05-24

There were 1,5l7 murders in the United
States last year, 50 legal executions, and 11s
lynchings.
The Dickinson press., 1884-05-24

~ NNS 49, HoSSs 10y SANAAAn "
this amount, it will not be many years until all
our public domain will be taksn up. Tue pre-
emption law was passedin 1871, the homestead
law i'll 1852 and the timber culture act in 1879.
When the homestead law was enacted, the pre-
emption law should have boon repealed. Tho
timber culture law should meyer have been
passed. We have, therefore, in a substitute,
provided for the repeal of the pre-emption and
timber culture acts and smanlment of the
homestead law.
Bills were introduced in the senate ON Mon
day for the forfeiture Of q portion of the North.
and Oregon, and of the Atlantic l. Pacific rail-
road land grant A bill to divide the Eighth
judicial circuit and place Minnesota, Iowa and
Missouri in the Ninth circuit, was reported fav-
orably: A bill was introduced providing q
fasntA Judicial circuit, to consist of California,
on the late failures in New York.. tho res.
olution offered Friday, directing the finance
committee to investigate national banks in New
York, to learn whether the failures wore dW
to violations or e~vasions Of law, was referred
70 the committee in question. The bill Il
create q bkreau OF labor statistics was consid.
cred. "
The house refused to fix q DAY for the con-
sideration of the bankruptcy bifl. The meas.
ure being 80 far along ON the calendar, it will
be impossible 70 reach it in the regular order,
defeat Of ths I'LL, for this session and probably
for this congress. 'The vote is a fair test of the
sense Of the house on the questioned the pas.
sage of o bankruptcy bill It shows that a MS
jority is against it 4 Member voted to fix a
day who would laye voted against the bill, and
the majority is, tholefqre, probably larger even
than indicated by the vote. The vote
stood 1877 to lib.
In the house Mr.. Hurd, from the committee
on ways and means, moved to suspend the rules
and pass q bill to abolish discriminating duties
ON works Of art, the production of foreign and
American artists. The bill imposes a duty Of
lOper cent. ad yaloroll or works of art whether
the production Of foreign or American artists.
Messrs. Kasson, Belmont and Hurd spoke in
fayor Of n the motion aud Messrs. Dung, Mills
motion was lost-yeas 50 nays IN.