The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1894-10-27

Never was Tammany more dangerous
than now, when it can exert it's mysteri
Gus, subtle influence to use the name of
charitable man of otherwise good re.
pute, like Mr.. Straus, by making him
its standard bearer, and cause respecta-
BILE, honest merchants like the Messrs.
Enrich Bros. and Bauman & Co., to be
its excusers. Never was it more impera-
tive to put down Tammany and stamp
out Tammanyism."
The incoming class at the Hampton
Normal and Agricultural Institute num-
bers about 100 negroes and 80 Indians.
PHILADELPHIA policemen who have
bicycles have been detailed to suppress
the nuisance of fast riding by reckless
cyclists.
The struggle for the control of the
Cincinnati Southern railroad, at the an
nual meeting of the company in Cincin-
natl last week, resulted in the election
of the ticket of the Cincinnati, Hamilton
and Dayton interest
JUDGE LACoMBE, in the United States
Circuit Court, in New York, dismissed
the writ of habeas corpus in the case of
John James Howard, Levi p Morton's
coachman, and decided that he must be
sent back to England, as he had been
brought here in violation Of the Contract
Labor Law.
The Court of Appeals for the District
ofssColumbia last week dismissed the ap-
peal in the case of Pollard versus Brock
inridge. This ends the litigation as far
as the courts of the district are concern
ed, and leaves the plaintiff free to collect
her judgment of $4,000 and costs from
Colonel Breckenridge, when and how she
can.
A DISPATCH from Grand Rapids says
that the syndicate of furniture manu-
facturers of that city, which opened
warehouse and sample room in Manches-
ter, England, in September, has secured
several heavy contracts, in competition
with English firms, from British whole
sale firms, and that the firms in Grand
Rapids are making the goods.
A DISPATCH from Gloucester, Mass,
says that the record of disasters to the
fishing feet for the year ending this
month is about the largest ever known
there in single season. Twenty nine
vessels, with an aggregate tonnage of g.
354 tons, and 112 men. were lost, against
10 vessels and So men last year.
The annual meeting of the stockhold-
ers of the Pullman Palace Car Company
was held in the Pullman Building yes
terday. More than S25,000,00O of the
capital stock was represented. The old
board of directors was reelected as fol-
lows: George M. Pullman, Marshall
Field, j. w. Doane, Norman Williams,
and o. S. A. Sprague, of Chicago; Henry
G. Hubert, of New York, and Henry
r. Reed, of Boston.
PRESIDENT WEIR, of the Adams Elk
press Co., said in New York yesterday.
that the Virginia train robbers did not
get in all over $4,000, and that the
amount may prove to be even less.
JUDGE JENKINS, at Milwaukee, last
week dismissed the petition of Brayton
Ives and others to have 7. E. Cakes
dismissed as Northern Pacific Receiver,
and confirmed Special Master Cary's re-
port generating Cakes from making any
money out of the road illegally.
The Northern Pacific Company, has
petitioned Judge Jenkins. in Milwaukee,
to instruct the Receivers to bring suits
against Henry Willard, Colgate Hoyt and
Charles T. Colby to recover nearly 3d.
100000 alleged to have been made I'M
lawfully through Nor bern Pacific deals.
In the Supreme Court of the United
States, the motion of the Government to
advance the cases of Francis A. Coffin
and Percival B. Coffin, convicted of mis-
applying the funds of the Indianapolis
National Bank, and now out on bail
pending their appeal to the Supreme
Court, was granted and the hearing set
for the first Monday in December.
THE London Times attacks the Gov
eminent for attempting to intervene in
the Chinese.Japanese war when no