The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-06-22
ROGERS ON The WARPATH
THE DOCTOR IN COURT WITH A
SUIT FOR HEAVY
Damages and the Dissolution Of the
Pan-ElectrIc Partnershlp-G
eral Washington News.
IsPEoIAL ro - ArrrAtI


Rogers, Saturday afternoon filed 2
lengthy declaration in the Equity
Court as the beginning OF a proceed
ing to dissolve the partnership exist.
ing as it is CLAIM, d, between the
various persons in the Electric
Telephone Company. The defendants
named are Attorney General Garland,
Senator Harris, Gen. Joseph Z. John
stoD, Commissioner j. d. G. Atkins
and Casey Young. He sets out
that having many valuable electrical
appliances, he secured the assistance
"of several obscure but highly honor
able citizens, the Rev. John Rockford,
O. G. Schneider, M. j. Wright, Mai.
Wintersmith and Gen. Duke" to put
his inventions, which he values at
5000, 900, on the market, but desiring
the use Of illustIious names TO for.
ward his enterprise, the defend
ants were selected. They dis
charged the original corpora,ors,
promising them ST. 100000 OF stock,
and each taking 100000 for
himself, leaving 100000. He alleges
that these defendants "beeame appre-
hensiye lest their lofty stations and
political relations and aspirations
might be looked upon by the public as
incompatible with the stock operations
which they had undertaken, and
hence they delayed 10 sign and issue
the stock" Mr.. Rogers alleges that
this delay OF defendants has lost him
over 100000 in damages. He asks a
dissolution OF his copartnership
with the defendants, who, he
also says, "dwarfed themselves into
mere patent agents to make
money in ambush" and that they be
required to pay over to complainant
all the money, stocks or certificates OF
stocks they have dawn from corpora
tons connected with the enterprise,
and pay him besides not less than
100000 that he has lostthrough their
breach OF contract.
ANOTHER TELEPHONE SUIT.
Tomorrow the Bell Telephone Com
pany, ny Mesrs. Storrow & Dicker.
son, lite counsel, will ask the United
States Circuit Court at Petersburg,
W. Vs., to grant an injunction egAins.
the Long Telephone Company. 1t is
said that Chief Justice Waite will sit
in the case. The manufacturer of the
Long telegraph instruments Gays that
the difference between them and the
Pan Electric instruments is 80 slight
that he cannot explain it. They are
virtually the same.
GEN, AND MRS. WHEELER
aud the Misses Wheeler opened their
spacious residence for the reception
OF Alabamians in the city on
Saturday afternoon. There assembled
a genial and happy company. A table
with the most tempting viands and
beverages was spread in the dining
rom.
THE SECRETARY OF WAR
this morning ordered Capt. Henry j.
Haynswottb, Assis' ant QuaTtermaster
United States Army, to duty at
the Army and Nava Hospital at Hot
Springs, Ark.
MARRIED.
Mr.. Samuel Herman, jr, a well
kno wn young dry goods merchant Of
this city, and Miss Virginia Spicer, Of
New Orleans, La, were united in mar
riage at the homs OF the latter last
Wednesday. Mr.. and Mrs. Herman
came direct to this city, and will le.
side for the present at 1886 Seventh
street, Northwest. Cards announcing
an Eat home" reception have been
issued for next Sunday, between 9 and
o'clock in the afternoon.
AS REPRESENTATIVE SINGLETON,
Of Mississippi, was passing up Penn
sylvania avenue on his way home
from the Capitol, Saturday afternoon,
he stopped at the fruit stand on the
corner OF Four-and-a-Half street to
make some purchases of fruit. He
laid his gold-headed cins against the
stand and had gone nearly half
square before he missed it, When he
returned the cane was missing, aud
the Italian vender was unable TO give
any account of it. The cane was pre-.
sented to Gen. Sing'etoa by the ladies
OF Jackeon, Miss, nearly thirty years
sgo, and was priced very highly as a
memento. The god head was appro.
priately inscribed. A liberal reward
has been offered for lis recovery.
BILLS OF INTEREST TO THE SOUTH.
The following bills, Of interest to the
South, were introduced today:
By Mr. Wheeler: Directing the Sec.
retaiy OF the Treasury to ascertain the
amount Of money still due and unpaid
to depositors in the Feedmau's Bank /;
al,o, bill sppropriating $4,000, to be
expended under the direction OF DIR.
z. o. Castor, of Athens, Ala, for the
purpose OF investigating methods by
means OF which the spread of varioloid
can be prevented. Mr.. Wheeler also
Introduced about twenty-five private
bills 10 pay various Southern men for
depredations committed during the
civil war.
Mr.. Morgan, Of Mississippi, intro
duced a bill requiring every national
bankirg association to publish each
year full aud complete report of ali
unclaimed dep ,sits exceeding SIS, and
to file the same with the Comptroller
Of the Currency.
ARRIVALS.
Chas. Floyd Hume OF Knoxville,
W. o Flynn Of Memphis and George
Arnold OF Memphis.
THE MEMPHIS BRIDGE.
Senator Vest, from the Committee
on Commerce, today reported favor
ably Senator Plumb's bin to author re
the Kantas City aud Memphis Rail-
road Bridge Company to construct a
bridge over the Mississippi river from
Hopeiield, Ark, TO Memphis, Tenn.
The committee has amended the bill
so as to provide that il the construc.
ton OF the bridge is not commenced
within one year the acts shall be
void.
THE TARIFF REFoRAiRRs.
About 100 Congressman who voted
to consider the Morrison tariff bill
met in the House this evening with
Mr.. Bragg Of Wisconsin, chairman.
The question was discussed at length,
and, on motion OF Mr.. Morrison, the
tariff reform Demo rats selected one
member from each State to constitute
a committee 10 consider the adyisa.
billy Of issuing an address to the