The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1884-01-30
TELEGRAHIC.

Great Excitement Over Stolen
Documents at Washing
ton-Discovery
of Gold.
Tribulations of c. w. Savage
& Co., at Livingston and
Miles City.
A Conclusion of the Mutt Trial
Expected to be Reached
Next Week.
MILES CITY, Mont. Jan. 2O.-The firm
of C. W. Savage & Sons. which Of late has
been SO frequently threatened with a
financial crash, owing to the heavy
weight of indebtedness with which that
house has been encumbered, has again
closed its doors to the public. At S:45 p.
m., an attachment was levied against
the firm in favor of Auerbach, Finch &
VanSlyck and Albercht, Lampher
Finch Of st. Paul. for claims amounting
to $4,000. Bonds were furnished for
double the amount Of the claims, and the
sheriff is now III possession, succeeding
Mnnd Il Curry, assignees, in the admin
istration of this vcxed business. 1t is
rumored that the attachment was made
on the well-grounded belief that the as
signmcnt recently made to Mund 4 Cur
rv can be successfully attacked. in which
case the attach. .hents now made would
come in first in partition of the assets,
and that action in the matter was precip-
itated by failure to effect better COM
promise than fifty cents. What with the
assignment of last month, the attach
ments of to-day and Ninillger's suit for
an accounting of the old affairs looming
up in the background. it looks now as it
the assets of savage L. Sons will in the
main be fritiered away in expensive lit
igation, and the hope that they would
shortly resume business will scarcely be
realized. 1t is learned that other eastern
firms will soon press their claims
The action of Messrs. Auerbach, Finch
Il VanSlyck and others is in pursuance
of the announced policy of several of the
creditors of Savage & Sons, expressed at
their meeting on Thursday last in St
Paul. As was stated, Savage offered t"
pay tifty-iive cents on the dollar, part
cash and the balance in indorsed paper.
The creditors absolutely refused to listen
to the proposition. but after consultation
agreed to take siXtyfive cents. though
several of the number were opposed to
the proposition. Savage declined to
agree to the creditors ultimatum. and
these principally interested among the
latter decided to take the assets in their
own hands or make the most Ct them by
any legal and feasible means.
New YoRK, JAM 20.-It is currently
r,mored to-day that Jay Gould was iqu-
lttdt II II dSSt'ILS-I tlldl OlOCh VI
100000 shares If Mutual Union stock
alone was transferred by him to an Eng
lish syndicate. Wabash, it is said. was
in a bad iix generally and would be
| placed in the hands of a receiver. The
| question was eagerly discussed in Wall
street, and the general opinion among
the brokers was that his losses had been
so large that he had to throw over large
blocks Of his stocks \ report was also
current that bank which had foanee
him large amount on Western UniO1
stock at 90, had called in its loan and h,
had been unable to respond, but had tolt
| the bank officials that they would have
to help him through. A well knowI
broker said that Gould was the mos
stubborn ofali the liquidators. but he be
lievcd he had to go at last. Vanderbilt
| Mills, Eillarv and other large OPERATOR
| had got our of these stocks. and Goult
was the only man of prominence lef
whn Vas CARRYING the load. Mr.. Goult
deDics the purchase of his Western
Union stock by an English syndicate AM
saws that Wabash reports show that tn
business of the road was never NOR
honrisling and he knew of no reasol
why receiver should be asked for.
P1frsBrRt;, Jan. 2l.-When the Nut
trial opened this morning the lnedica
experts testimony was continued. SeH
eral prominent physicians were examir
ed, all Of W hom agreed that at the tim
Of the shooting Of Dukes young Mutt wa
insane. At the conclusion of expert te'
timony the letters that have given tn
Dukes Mutt case such fearful prominenc
were produced by the defence Befor
their reading he ladies were requeste
! to leave the court room. and young mt
was led ont. it being evident that h
could not stand hearing the document
. read. The letters. which were the sam
rs those produced in the Dukes trla
were listened to with breathless silenct
and created profound sensation anon
all present With reading Of the lettel
the defense closed, and this atternoo
the prosecution commenced evidence
. rebuttal. Eight or ten witnesses, mo-
Of them schoolnatcs OF the prisone
. were exanInad but the testimony elici
ed not OF {, character ~ strengthen tt
case of the prosecution Without exec
: ton they always considered Mutt eith'
: peculiar, outright crazy, OF wcak-mlnde
= Owen Burrlall said that after his fatke,
, death James had conversation
| him in which he spoke of wrea)sI.v =
= gence upon Dukes. The witness od,;
= hlm not 10 carry out his inteD> i'm.
P Mutt said the advire. was + ,od .nd
+ would bear il in mint n 4r;.,
: not be concluded betar tho u;dd,,
i next week.
! WASHINGTON. JAIN. oo-A good dea
!, excitement was, ere ,.od i, tho ;nte
n department to-day br the discovery t
some one flasl 'as en- the original d.
hieilfs MEG nH .ewelf with reference
2 the bIieerr ~, ,,,,,,,ross,,ar ~ nass
: oo''ilefn' fsc1 fic BILL In the meant
:. Kellogg hadi' nt in a resolution cal
/ for cn,,iea NJ =. . A..