Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1885-08-14
KANSAS CITY VISITED BY ANOTHER
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! KANSAS CITY VISITED by ANOTHER
STORM.
KANSAS CTrV. Aug. II Another
storm occurred between five and eight
o'clock this evening. The storm hiss
been the heaviest known here in years.
| The rain tall, including the storm this
morning, was over five inches. All
the streams in this vicinity are much
swollen, ana the Missouri river has
! risen over foot. The damage in the
| city and suburbs will reach many
thousands of dollars. In number
of streets the pavementS We're washed
cut and sewers broken, while cellars
and easements were filed with water.
DYING FROM THE EFFECrS OF THEIR
| FILTH
| PTTTSBURG, Aug. IL "A special TO
the Commercial Gazette from Mount
! Pleasant, Pa, says: Great fears are
entertained that dysentarv has become
epidemic in Bridgeport, a mining vii
lage one mile south of this place. To,
day over thirty cases were reported
and five deaths so 'ar. DR.. Howell,
the town physician Is down with the
disease, and like many others slight
| hopes are entertained for their recov
cry.
Impure water ana filth generally,
We're the prime causes for the ravages
of the disease. In many places the at
mosphere is filled with stencil which
at times is nearly unbearable. DySen-
terry alone does not cause all the suf>
| ferlng. Owing to a slackneSs of work
at the surrounding coke works a large
number are altogether out of employ
ment
Starvation stares many in the face.
1t is nothing unusual TO have children
cry for bread The head of one fam
lily stated this afternoon that there
had been nothing in his house to eat
for two weeks but bread and water.
The Dickering Telegraph Compa-
MES,
THE REMAINDER OF THEIR CoRREs-
PoNDENCE MADE PUBLIC.
New YoYK, Aug. u,-Dr. Marvin
Green, president OF the Western
Union telegraph company, makes
public this evening the remainder of
the correspondence, chiefly cabled dis
patches, IN regard to the negotiations
Tor the purchase of the Baltimore and
Ohio lines by the Western Union, or
the restoration of telegraphic tolls by
the two companies. Dr. Green gives as
reason for the publication a desire Ito
correct an impression made by Mr..
Robert CARROTS cable card, which
was sent in these dispatches last night
The first dispatch is from DIR. Green
to the Hon John Pender, of London,
and appears to be in reply to dis
patch from the latter gentleman. II
says that the same form of deal was
had with the Baltimore and Ohio here
New York;, but that no figures were
proposed, and asks whether the Balti
more and Ohio can give an order to
admit of an examination OF its reven-
ues and expenses.
This is dated July Sth, and on July
IA. Mr.. Pehder replies that Mr.. Gar
rett was not prepared to exhibit his
books, but suggested that the mileage
of his lines was greater than that OF
the Atlantic and Pacific and Ameri.
can Union together, when absorbed
by the Western Union and seemed to
think this might serve as basis Of
negotiation. July 1S, DIR. Green re
| plies that this basis is not satisfactory
and says he could not go beyond tile
cost of the property as basis. July
| 81 Mr.. Pender asks Dr.. Green if the
rumors of settlement between the
companies are true, and is ans wered
the same day that they are not.
August 4th Mr.. Pender tclegraphs
DIR. Green that he will see Mr. Garrett
| in Hamburg and present the doctors
views. August 5th Dr.. Green replies
| that he does not think il best to press
| Mr.. Garrett with any urgency; that
| he is satisfied that they are far apart
in terms. that Mr. Garrett wants n
large profit, and that there must be
an "eRd to taking in at profit. Then
follows Mrs Pender's telegram of
August 10th about the rise in the
value Of Western Union stock sent
in these dispatches last night
Under date of August IL DIR. Green
replies at considerable length, in the
course of which he says: Il think you
have been iraposed upon, and must
have acted under a mlsapprehensisn
of the facts. No one in this company
has represented that the deal with the
3. 81 O. has been made. | have stead
lily and uniformly denied that there
was any approximation 10 an agree
| ment. Special interviews with me TO
that effect have been published. Gar
rett's card and your cablegram make
il appear that we were pressing the
negotiations, whereas your letter OF
June 22d shows that the first overture
came from Garrett.
The correspondence concludes with
the series of dispatches between Cyrus
w. Field in London, and Jay Gould
In New York, running from jane
18th, to August 4th, in which Mr..
| Field says he has been invited to meet
| Mr.. Gsrret, who says he can arrange
with Mackey so as TO settle the tariff
| for cattle as we'll as land lines, and
adds that he thinks Garrett and
Mackey are sick of their investments
and would like 10 come TO some ar
rangement
Nj. Gould replies that the B. Sc O.,
as nearly as he can learn, ARE losing
over $50, 600 per month on their tele~
graph business. and it IS onl y ques
ton OF time when it will carry down
the B. & O. company"
He suggests that if the B. g. 0. will
| let the auditor of Western Union
company go over its accounts, he is
prepared TO ''go through the figures
with a view to deal on the actual
condition of the business"
August Mr.. Fields private secre-
tary telegraphs him that 'Russel says
he thinks it desirably to obtain his
(Garre.t's) best offer OF settlement or
sale"