Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1884-01-05
EASTERN NEWS.
President Wizards Resig-
nation Accepted.
HIS. REMARKABLE LETTER TO
THE DIRECTORS.
He Gives Two Reasons Fore
ing Him to Resign.
STILL He WOULD SACRIFICE HIMSELF
FOE THE COMPANY.
a Worthy Contribution to
Railroad Literature.
CHICAGO SEEKING TO GET THE
DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION.
ESPECIAL TO THE SENTINEL

ESPECIAL TO THE SENTINEL
New YORK, Jan. A report, circulated
this morning, says that Endicott Coolidge,
who recently joined the Oregon Nayiga-
ton and Oregon Tra~nscontinental Direct
ory, has succeeded in prevailing upon
these companies to abandon the construc-
ton Of their new line to connect with the
Union Pacific. The Oregon Short Line
officials and Oregon Navigation Company
deny this, and state that work was discon-
tinued owing to heavy snow and bad
weather; but that in the Spring the road
will be rapidly pushed to completion.
The annual meeting of the Board of Di-
rectors of the Northern Pacific Railroad
is being held in the Office of the company.
There were present, Billings, Ashbell a..
Barney, John w. Ellis, Boswell G.. Rails
ton, Robert Norris, Thomas F. Cakes, J..
Pierpont Morgan, August Belmont, J. L..
Stackpole, Benjamin Cheney, John G. Bull.
let and Henry E. Johnston. President
Wizards resignation has been presented,
but the action of the Directors will not be
made known until the meeting adjourns.
The following letter from Henry Willard
was read:
To the Board of Directors of the North
ern Pacific Railroad Company hereby
offer my resignation as President of your
Board. / feel constrained to take this step
for two reasons. One is, l am suffering
from nervous prostration, which renders
me no longer capable of properly dis
charging my official duties; and my ply
sicians advise absolute abstentation from
all active employment as a condition of
the recovery of my health. The other
reason is that in my own opinion no less
than in that of my personal and business
friends, the interests Of the company call
for a severance of my connection with it.
1t is said the rejection of such would be an
unjust result of the years of severe labor
and consuming anxiety which / have spent
in my endeavor to serve the company con-
scientiously and to the best of my ability;
but my feeling should not stand in the way
OF the welfare Of the stockholders. l am
consoled by an abiding confidence that the
future will completely vindicate all have
done l may, as soon as my health per-
mits me, ask the privilege of submitting to
/ Joa O summary VI NY aQuilblStl dLiOA "a
the company's affairs. Allow me to ex-
press to you, in conclusion, my sincere
thanks for the cordial support and appre-
ciative sympathy you have at all times ex-
tended to me.
(Signed) H. WILLARD.
Resignation accepted.
The Iron and Coal Trade.
PIrTsBURG, Jan. 4.-The number of idle
men in the city at present is unusually
large, owing to the glass strike and the
depression in the iron and coal trade. An
advertisement in a labor paper, Wednes-
day, for 20 coal miners, ELECTED 300 re-
sponses in "a hours. 1t is claimed to-day
that if 100 men were advertised for to
work on the streets for a dollar and ten
cents per day, there would be 5000 appli-
cations inside of a week. Reports, how
ever, from the various iron mills show a
better condition of things than was antici-
pated a month ago. Nearly all the iron
and steel mills are running with fair pros
poets OF an increase of business during
the present month. The Republic iron
works will start Monday. The Black Dia-
mond steel works are abont to lay a tram
of the largest rolls in the world; while
several other mills are working double
time. There seems to be a growing de-
mand for iron, and manufacturers are
daily growing more hopeful. The bust
ness is increasing and the outlook is more
encouraging.
Grant Not COmbatIve.
NEW YORK, Jan. 4.-One of Grants sons
fatly denies the story that the General has
declared open war against the renomina-
ton OF Arthur in favor of Logan because
Arthur made no appointments to please
MIN. Grant son continued: when my
father was President he did not sanction
or allow outsiders to interfere in his ap-
polntments. | am sure he would not
expect it in others.
Co mmittee Appointed.
CHICAGO, Jan. 4.-The Iroquois and
Cook County Democratic Clubs appointed
committees to go to Washington to try
and secure the holding of the National
Democratic Convention in this city.
A Mail Coach Robbed.
GALVESTON, Jan. A News Lampasas
special says: The San Saba mail coach
was robbed last evening near Senterfeit by
three unmasked men. The amount secured
is unknown.
Am Ugly Wind.
PROVIDENCE, r. l., Jan. A high wind
at Newport last night overturned a drag
containing 20 or 80 men. Several were
injured. Some boats were blown adrift in
Newport harbor.
Resignation Accepted.
NEW YORK. Jan. 4.-The Directors OF
the Northern Pacific Railroad met yester-
day. and according to excellent authority.
received and accepted Wizards resigna-
ton as President.
Cold Weather.
CHICAGO, Jan. 4.-This has been the
coolest day of the present Winter, the
thermometer being IA degrees below at 9
A.. M, and at ii it rose to IL; at l o'clock
1t had fallen again to u below. Al Omaha