The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1889-07-06
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SUIT AGAINST SAN FRANCISCO.
: Suit has been commenced in The
United States district court of Cal.
ifornia by David D. Houston, Of
Middletown, New York, against the
county of San Francisco, for the
recovery of property in that city OF
an estimated value of $500, 600, 900.
Mr.. Houston is a grain merchant
of high business and social stand
ing in Middletown. He says that
several of the more eminent law
yers of the city have undertaken to
carry the case through the United
States courts, and speak very con-
fidently of success in establishing
the claim.
BIMETALLIsM.
Bradstreet's says that notwith-
standing the little progress made by
the bimetallists in England up to
the present, they continue to keep
their ideas before the public. A
deputation of bimetallists lately
waited upon the Prime Minister and
the Chancellor of the Exchequer
to urge upon them the Importance
of consulting the chief commercial
nations as to their readiness to join
the United Kingdom in confer
ence for the purpose of considering
whether and how far the bimetallic
system can be re-established by in
ternatipnal agreement. The argu-
ments advanced by the spokesman
of the deputation were of a nature
which constant repetition has rem
dered familiar. They traced recent
economic disturbances mainly to
the monetary changes which took
place on the continent of Europe
in 1878. Lord Salisbury said that
in the condition in which the ques-
ton stood, he felt it to be his duty
to express no opinion upon it either
one way or the other. He said that
he fully believed that the disloca-
ton between the currencies of Eng
land and India had deeply affected
the interests of both countries, but
he reminded the deputation that
opinions were divided as to the
remedy. The immediate need. he
said, was that as great amount of
light as possible should be thrown
upon the question by discussion.
He called attention to the fact that
an International Monetary Congress
is to be held at Paris in the autumn
and that an opportunity would be
there afforded for an international
discussion in which the advocates
of both sides of the question might
make themselves heard. The Chan
cellor concurred with Lord Sails
bury in his non-committal position,
urging in addition that in the dis
cussion upon the question both
sides should refrain from insinua-
tons as to motive for which the
question offered unusual possibil-
tiles. No particular effect has been
produced on the silver market by
Lord Salisbury's reception of the
delegation. The matter, indeed,
seems only another incident in the |
theoretic agitation of the subject. |
IRA D. sANKEY,
The singing revivalist, is about to
settle down, says an Eastern paper,
and has just purchased a fine estate
on Long Island, beautifully situated
between Seatuck river and Seatuck
creek, upon which he proposes to
erect at once handsome residence.
Moody and Sankey protested never
to receive pay for their services,
and frequently affirmed that they
never personally shared in the
profits of the immense sale of Cos
pei songs, but the financial result
of revivalism in Mr.. Sankey's case
seems to have been very satisfactory
SUIT AGAINST THE FISHING CLUB.
Reports from Youngstown say that |
a number of the survivors of the
flood have taken steps toward the
prosecution of the South Fork |
Fishing Club for damages to prop
erty caused by the bursting of the
dam. Constable Martin says that
it has been estimated that the mem
bers of the club were worth about
$50, 900, 900, and that it is the in
tention to carry the case to the
highest court, if necessary, to secure
damages. Other suits are also
Horace Rose, the at
torney, will soon bring a test suit
against the club for $4,000. Several
business firms will also institute
suit for damages. The merchants
have selected the firm of John
Thomas & Sons, who lost $4,000
to make a test case. 1t will be
carefully prepared, and if it is won
every man who lost cent by the
food will be able to recover dam
ages. There has been some specu-
lation as to whether or not the
South Fork dam will be rebuilt.
The attitude Of the survivors of the
food in regard to that matter, is