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EIGHTEENTH YEAJK. OMAHA. TUESDAY MORNING. DECEMBER 11 , 1SSS. NUMBER ISO The Republican State Gonraitloo Rowluir Ovoi- the Loca. LIVELY LETTERS EXCHANGED. Treasurer nccliel UMils tie Hint Act ami'lolls M'ho Got tlio HMifT U'liut Clinlrutnu Klclumla 11113 to Say. Intorrfitlnjc CnrrcRioni1nncp. | LINCOT.N , Neb. , Dec. 10. [ Special Tola pram to TIM : HER. ] The recent cxK | > surcs by Tin : HII : concerning the reckless use o money by Walt Scelcy mul Treasurer liochcl , of the republican state ccntnil com inittcc , 1ms otusod some rich letters to bo written. Chairman Kiehards questioned tlio right of Hccliel to pay Kccloy's oxj cnses to Chicago , forgetful of the fnct thit : ho linO nuthoiizcd the payment of the $100 note. Treasurer Hcchcl reads the riot act to the otherwise h.ippy republican family In a vip erous letter , which will bo printed with the other correspondence in the Call this evening - ing , which is as follows : lllCltAIIIIs' I.I.TTEII. FUT.MONT , Mob. , Doc. 4 , Hon. W. P Ucchol , Omaha Dear Sir : 1 have yours o November III ) enclosing statement of receipts nml expenditures. Thorn are at Ic.ist twi items that may bo questioned the note fo S100 for one , midtlioSeeloy draft for$100 , tin other. You and Seoluy seem to have booi tunning the llnancial rnd of it. 1 wish yoi would ( jive mo ii list of the Moiklejohn oulora with amountTaiul numbers , as 1 have not my Hot , before me. ( Signed ) L 13. Hit imins. nr.ciiEi.'s MTTIII : , OMAHNob. . , Dec. H , lw > s Hon. L. 1) Klchards , Fremont , Neb Dear Sir : Notinj yours of the Ith lust. , in reply to mine , In closing statement of receipts and disburse Jiients , you refer to the S100 note and 5100 iltaft. The former , I thought , you wore per Jcctly conversant with , it being for Mr Scoley's expenses in Chicago , and it wu ; discussed in Lincoln , and I snpposei thoioughly understood and satisfactory. At nil events , 1 did not participate In its bone Ills , directly or indirectly. Regarding the draft of ? UH ) , my report should have rcai order No. 17 , which you personally sent me in the followlm , ' letter : LINCOLN , Neb , Oct. 17 , IbSS W. F. Uochol Omaha , Neb Dear Sir : Herewith check Tor K50 , one-half of Governor Tlmver's dona tion ; also order for $100. which credit Gor man National bank anil charge Scoley. Very truly yours , ( Signed ) L. D. RICH tuns. You s.iy : "You nnd Sccloy sccmci' to have been running the fiiianci.il end of it. " In so far as it applies to me , it is un just , unfair and untrue. I simply paid orders piesented me as long as I had funds available. True , some of these orders \\cro of the campaign ot IbsT , but thcso overlaps always happen. Does the re publican party of Nebraska wish to repudi ate any of its regular and honestobligations ? 1 incurred none of them. If any have been repudiated , the fault lies with the party , not with mo. 1 cannot pay its debts. I enclose herewith a clipping from Tin : OMVIU linn of December 4 lly wlioin it w.is Inspired I cannot conjcctuic , nnd I am sure that it has couio from some disappointed member of the committee. 1 believe that you uro too honorable a man and possessed of too much manhood to associate my name with such a wilful and deliberate lie. It Booms to have the ear marks-with the ac cent on the ear and boars the imprint of \Vcbb Eaton. I can produce vouchers for every dollar disbursed. Tlicro are still in my possession all llnancial papers connected with the campaign of ISSH , "b" " and 'S3. These will show nil who contributed , whether par tially or In full , and the orders upon which I disbursed the funds , com pleted and also bearing approval of the sUite central committee. Docs the committee , does Mr. Eaton , wish mo to give this to tlio press 1 lam fully jus- titled in so doing after the unprovoked , un just and ungcntlcmanly attack upon mo. Upon examination of orders paid , I llml the following : No 3 , Webster iaton , $51.30 ; No. ! W , Webster ICaton , $ .11) ; No. ! > | J , Webster Eaton , ? JUO ; No. Si'J , Webster Eaton , S.-OJ ; No. 35 , Webster Eaton , $1.10 ; Ko. 3.1 , Webster Eaton , f.10 ; , No. 40 , Webster Katon , $200 ; No. fill , Web ster Katon , ? I13 ; No.K , Webster Eaton , 5117 10 ; total , SI.713.W. This would indicate that ho ( Mr. Eaton ) was disbursing the major portion of the funds. HesldcH that , ho received a "donation , " of which I am not ad vised. I am thoroughly disgusted with what has been said in the press , and unless there is nn explicit and authorized denial , I shall tuko my own course ; nnd If the committee has go no into punt , I shall certainly follow the example of the committee. [ Signed ] W. F. Hccnnr , . Mr. Hcchcl was shown n copy of Tin : Hr.n last evening. Ho toad over tlio Lincoln dis patches regarding tlio above letters , and re marked : "They're all right. There is noth ing but a plain statement of facts in the whole matter. I have receipts nnd docu ments to show for every cent I expended. Some Lincoln parties wanted mo to send thcso papers down to Lincoln , but I was not to bo caught in Una kind of a trap. I do not Intend to stand any more of their luucmlos. Certain parties have been hounding mo for sumo time , and now I am going to resent this kind of business , horn out of fihecr spito. It is true I gave Walt Scclov money for expenses to Chicago and I paid every legitimate bill ns long as thnro was money to do HO. As far as my using the coinmltteo'8 funds wrongfully , it is all bosh. In fact the committee is Indebted to mo for money expended out of my own pocket on the committee's account , t haven't the slightest doubt but Webb Eaton Is at the bottom of all this , and the causa of the unjust attack in.ulu through TUB Hcu's Lincoln bureau the other duy. " _ Clinlrnmn Illulmrtls' Say , PUHMOXT , Nob. , Dec. 10. [ Special Tele- irrain to THIS Huu.j The attention of Chair man Uichards , of the republican state cen tral committeewas called to an article In Tin : K\iM\i ! Ur.i : concerning tlio management of the llnnnclal matters of the last republi can campaign , . from Treasurer Hochol'a standpoint. "AH I have to say , " said Mr. Klchards , "Is that if Mr. Uochol has any 11 n uncial statement of tlio campaign to ren der , that It would bo very much moro proper lor him to su limit it to tha committee , instead of to tha newspapers. Tholetterpurpoitlngto have been written by him on December 8 , lias not been received by mo. At the organ ization of tlio committee an auditing commit tco was appointed , with n view to conducting tha campaign on strictly business principles. Ko far us I Icnow , up to data no statement 1ms been rendered to the auditing committee by Mr. Uechcl , and until th.it is douo silenca upon his part would seem to bo tbo prudciil thing. I have had nothing to say to the pub lic concerning this matter. For an Oinalm politician , Mr. llcchel seems to bo very icntler. " 11 i i Dyer anil tlioMormon * . SALT LAKE , Dec , 10. Tlio hour lag on the petition alleging that Receiver Dwyer and the council collected exorbitant foes , etc. , in the matter to escheat the Mormon church property , l' f un to day. Receiver Dyer re futed , under advice of counsel , to answer most , of the que tio.is put. The examination Wisclos'J Hud the situation will bo presented to tut nupreaio court 'when it uiucts In Jauu- ury , Foundered tin tlio Koolcs. SAN FRANCISCO , Doa. 10. The steamer Yaqulna Uiiy , the property of Colonel ICgor- ton , president of tbo Oregon Development company , went on the rocks in Ynquina bay during n heavy grlo lait night. Sue will bu i total low. The i > iwnsri'M mul vivw wtrc laved. TUo vcsso ! ) s value i aNt U W > . IJhOWN Ul WITH DYNAMlTIi , A TrcmenilonH Implosion In n Dig Chicago Distillery. Cinrvoo , Dec. 10. Shortly after 0 o'clock this morning an attempt was made to des troy Shufcldt ft Co.'s distillery In the north ern portion of the city , by means of dynamite. Enough facts are not yet known to Justify a conclusion as to whether It is the work of anarchists or of some ono who has n per sonal grievance ngnlnst the Shufoldts. . A1 the hour mentioned , the neighborhood was shaken by n tremendous explosion , shaking buildings and breaking many panes of glass in surrounding houses , nnd causing people to rush inti the Street in great alarm. An in vestigation showed that a bomb had been thrown , probably from the street , into a dc tachcd warehouse used for storing high wlnea in. This bulldingwas shattered , hoop : wcro burst off many of the casks and the heads of some of them were driven in. Vdrj soon after n package wrapped in paper was discovered Iving in the street. It contnlnei several sticks of dyniunltu nnd some fulminating caps. The fuse connected will tlio package showed evidence of bnvinc been lighted , but had gone out piematurcly The articles nro now In possession of the po lice , who nro at woi l < on tuo case. A hole about three feet square was ton In the roof. The intention evident ! ) was tr tlirow u bomb through the skylight , underneath which wore Rovcr.il vats filled with hlghl.v explosive liquid. Had this succeeded , score" of buildings would have oeen wrecked , am the 15KXJ ( barrels of whisky in the store house would have caused n fearful conflagra tion. .lames Lynch , one of the proprietors , say ho believes the explosion was the work ol the whisky trust , which has threatened veil- go.mco because tlio company refused to join the trust. I le adds that one of the members of the trust came to the distillery shortly after the explosion , but was compelled tc leave , being threatened with violence. For tunately nobody was in the building when the deed was committed and nobody was hurt. Lynch , xvhcn asked if there was any cause for the taking of such a measure o.v tin whisky trust , said : "Well , I should say there was. Everyone knows the war they have waged on us without success. They have tried every means In their power to force us Into tlio trust , and they played their last card when they tried to frce/o us out of feed ing cattle. When they saw that tills had nr effect they began to issue v.djuc threats , tc which wo paid no attention/ ' J. D. Lyon , manager of the Schufeld company , offers a reward of Si' ,000 for the arrest of tlio person who thicw the dynamite on the distillery building , or the name of the man who employed him to do the work , 01 such information as will lead to the detection and arrest of the parties responsible for the outrage. The members of the whisky trus ridicule the idea that the attempt to destroy the property was the work , directly or indi reetly , of their organization. * Presidential Nominations , \VASIIIXQTON , Doe. 10. Among the nom inations seat to the senate to-day were those of William Joseph Larkin , of Illinois , to be post chaplain , and Perry Helmont , of Now York , to bo envoy oxtraordln.iry and minister tor plenipotentiary of the United States to Spain. James .1. Enrlght , of Michigan , to bo assistant commissioner of Indian affairs Samuel II. Albrock , of New York , to be superintendent of Indian schools. To bo re einvor.s of public moneys , T. A. Dunlanu , o Minnesota , at Crookston , Miun. , and Frank F. Randolph , of Dakota , at Watortown Dak. , and Samuel T. Leavy to bo agent for Indians at the Yankton agency in Dakota Peter D. Vroomo of the Third cavalry to bo inspector general , with the rank of major ; Captain Edward Hunter , First cavalry , to bo judge advocate , with the rank of major ; Captain Oeorpo 13. Davis , First cavalry , to bo judge advocate , with the rank of major ; First Lieutenant Robert Grain , Fourth artil lery , to bo quartermaster , with the rank of captain ; Captain Douglas M. Scott , First in fantry , to bo commissioner of subsistence , with the rauk'of cantuin ; First Lieutenant Charles , Twenty-third Infantry , to bo com missioner of subsistence , with tbo lank 01 capt.viu. Tlio Golden Gate Spcolcl. ROCK Citcr.K , Wyo. , Deo. 10. The Golden Oato special , on her return trip , loft San Francisco on time Saturday , at 3 p. m. , December 7. Lett O deu on time early this morning. The trip has been a perfect suc cess , everything working admirably. This evening the representatives of tlio Denver papers will board the Golden Gate special nl Cheyenne and be entertained and banquettoi on route. Pullman Conductor John Larkin with n corps of assistants , gave a review ane exhibition of the lira department ot the Golden Gate special yesterday , showing great ofllcioiicy on the part of the men nne somonovol devices In the arrangemcntof the chemical Uro extinguishers. The tram is lire-proof , so far as steam heat and cleotnt lights can make it , but , nevertheless , the Golden Gate special has a regular tire de partment , thoroughly equipped and trained. The weathe has been superb during the entire t rip , and the observation room crowded all the timo. The Ilousn ol' Commons. N , Dec. 10. Parliament will bo pro rogued on the "tth. In the commons this evening Stanhopo , Bcercnry of war , road a telegram from Gen eral Dormer , at Cairo , to the effect that u steamer would leave Suez Wednesday to convoy to the Sunkim squadron the Twen tieth Hussars undllOO men of WClch infantry. This would make thu total force at Suakim 0,500 men. composed mostly of Egyptians , against ' . ' ,400 of the oiiumy. In the debate on the Irish estimates , John Ellis , member from Nottinghamshire , moved to reduce the amount voted for the Irish police by 10,000. Ho protested against Irish constables procuring evidence for the Times and forcing witnesses by threats to appear. IJiilfour loplicd at some length. After further debate Mr. Ellis' motion v/as rejected. _ _ Stcnuixliip ArrivalM. At Glasgow The state of Georgia from Now York. At Now York The Clrcassla from Glas gow , the Aurunla from Liverpool , the Den mark from Copenhagen nnd the La Nor- iiiundio from Havre , At London Tuo Denmark from Now York. At Southampton The Worra from Now York for litomon. At HoBton The Doruytcr from Antwerp. At Hamburg The Hnimnoulu from New York. At Hrenien The Willkommcii from Now York. Ancmtrr. LOVDOX , Doc. 10 President elect Harri son has written the following letter from Indianapolis to n correspondent in Ncivcas- tieunderLy no ; Dear Sir Your letter of November 10 has been received. I have never been n student of our family history , nnd can only say In response to your inquiry that it has been staled and accepted by some of my relatives who have given study to that subject , that our family has descended from General Thomas liurrlson , an olllcor in Cromwell's army , I never myself examined Into tbo ev idence. Yours trulv , HC.SV MI.V lUitiiisox. Wlmt Dcpow AVonlil Accept , New YOHK , Deo. 10 , The Commercial Ad- vcrtlsor this afternoon publishes nn inter view with Dopow , in which that gentleman states that while ho would uoi uoscpt n cabi net position ho would acoopt til * position of nlnisUr to Eiis'laml should U Vo oiTorol to ilir. . ilttpew - * Jd _ Oi.M lu curnul'ti-rd the iiluUtcr to l"ny , nas tucoml In liiporiniico o ibu prciiJci.t oi.iy. THE BIG TERRITORIAL HITCH , Democrats Want Now Moxlco Ad mitted With the Host. BUT REPUBLICANS SAY NAY. Two Dcmoorntlo ncprcscntntlvcH fc'roni Wisconsin Probably Not Cit- ucus The Ltc.itrice Ij Cane Carried Up. \VAsniKGTov ncnmu Tun O\utu ECB. ] Oii : FOUHTKRNTII STHCCT. } WASHINGTON' , U. C. , Dec. 10. ) I asked Mr. Springer this afternoon If there was any prospect of an agreement or compromise between fie democrats and the republicans on the territorial admission bill , "Not unless the republicans will nqroo to nd&it Now Mexico , " ho replied. "That is the Ultimatum. They must take us foi greater fools than wo are if they think that we will consent to the admission of four re publican territories and a rcfusnl to ndmit ono democratic territory. I shall not vote for any bill that doc's not include New Mo * ico. " "Do you still insist upon admitting Dakota ns n whole ? " "I am opposed to the division of Dakota on principle , " said Mr , Springer. " 1 do not be- licvo that the people want the territory di vided. It is only insisted upon by tlio re- republicans for partisan purposes , in order to cot two moro senators. Hut I do not say that tliero is no proposition looking townrds division that I would not ngreo to. If it should appear that a majority of the people of north Dakota should ask for ad mission , as well as a majority south of the parallel that is suggested for the dividing line , then there will bo at least ono reason for makiug two slates , that does not exist now. Hut if the people of north Dakota do not want to bo divorced from the southern half of the state , it is n good reason why tbo territory should not bo divided. " "Would not the people of norlh Dakota % -oto for division , if they thought it probable they would also bo admitted as a statol" "I do not know about that. In order to do- termlno the question ns to the preferences o the people , bolh parts of the territory should bo allowed to vote separately , mid as I say if it majority on cither sielo of the line should be in favor ot division , there ) would be at least one reason for division that docs not exist now. " "Will you agree to abide by such a decision in case such a vote is lakoni" " 1 might accept such a division , provided the bill would include Now Mexico. " "Then you will make a concession to the republicans in Dakota , if they will admit New Mexico as a slaloi" "I do not say that. Hut I do say this that I will not consent to the passage of single bills for the admission of the territo ries. The territory of Now Mexico has Just as many claims for admission as u state as Dakota , or Washington , or Montana and should bo treated like them , even if it does usually give a democratic majority. " "I told Senator M.tndcrson what Springer had said , and ho replied that be was willing to ngreo to the omnibus bill admitting North and South Dakota , Montana and Washing ton , but ho would not ugreo to admit New Mexico until after the census of 1800 had de termined Its population to bo sufllcicntly large to justify it. " AllH TI1EV CITIZENS ? Colonel Ilabercom sends the following to the Milwaukee Herald ( German ) to-night : "Tho democrats may find they have two names on the roll of their members of the next house who will not bo sworn in. Wis consin elected only two democrats to the next house , who nro both German-Ameri cans. It is assorted that both were ineligi ble , because neither of them is an American citizen. They came to this country as minors , with their fathers , and they claim the latter became full American citizens before they themselves reached their majority. This is disputeel. It is positively assorted that the fattier of Mr. Huckner , who was elected from the Filth district , never was natural ized , and it is at least suspected that tlio same is true of the father of Mr. Harwig , who was olecteil from tlio Second district. In Wisconsin ? foreigners of suflicient ago acquire the right to votes after n year's resi dence , and the elcclaratiou of intention to be come a citizen. It is a provision of law that has pi evented many old residents of that state from having themselves naturalized. If this Is the case with the fathers of the two gentlemen named , then they are not citizens , and consequently quently ineligible to congress. The law pro scribes that a foreign-born person must have been seven years a citizen before ho is eligi- to a scat in the houso. When Messrs , llarwig and Urickuer present themselves at the bar of the house to be sworn ' 11 as mem bers , they will bo challenged , and consequently quently they had better liml the proofs of their citizenships , if such exist. AKMV AITOIXTMIIXTS. The list of nominations to vacancies on the staff of tlio general army , t > cnt to the senate to-day , will cause surprise in the army at largo , and chagrin and disappointment to the friends of those who expected to bo ap pointed. Only ono or two of the active fav orites inivo drawn prices in the lottery , and the list shows that the present administra tion is no more beyond social nnd political influence tbmi its predecessors , for with QUO or two exceptions , the officers nominated owe their selection moro to tlio influence of prominent democratic politicians mid society leaders than to their military records , or the endorsement of their niipec/or olllcors. General Scholicld will feel considerably humllated nt the failure of the president to appoint Captain Sanger assistant inspector general , but ho is treated no worse than the secretary of war niiei General Drum , whoso recommendation have bemi ignored In several cases. Douglas M. Scott , who draws tlio commissary prlzo , is the nephew of Uopro- sentatlvo William L. Scott , of Pennsylvania , and , politically speaking , is entitled to the place , for Mr. Scott has invested from S" > 0X)0 ( ) to * 7.r.,000 in Mr. Cleveland's political for tunes , besides giving him a good dor > l of his tiuio and personal attention. This Is about the only reward ho has got , and it is given to him by the president us a personal compli ment , for very few of Captain Scott's military associates had discovered any peculiar quali fications on his part , or were aware that ho was even a candidate for one of the vucan cles , Captain Vroom , who gets the inspector gonerulshlp , owes his appointment to the inlluencu of Senator McPhcrson mm other democrats of New Jersey , for his lather , the Into Governor Vroom , of that state , was a wheel-horse of the democracy , and is can onized among its saints. Captain Hunter was backed chiefly by special and retired army inlluencu. Captain Davis , who Is made assistant Juduo advocate general , is consid ered one of thu ablest ofllcors in the service , bus been an instructor in law ut West Point , mul has written a book on army law that is looked upon us on authority. He went Into the army as a private and has earned every promotion ho has received. There is a great deal of regret expressed over the failure of the president te upjxilnt Captain John Q. Dourkc , who was thought certain of one of the places , and was endorsed by General Crook , Ad- | utant General Drum. Secretary Endicott mid a largo number of prominent oniccrs. llourku has been General Crook's aldo-do- camp in all his Indian campaigns , has seen about as much genuine lighting , and has eaten about as much mule meat as any man in the urmy. Ho Is a student , too , and has iroducod some works that have a high liter- ury , as well ns sciontltlo value. TUB IIKATIIJCB I AN I ) CASH. It , S. Hlbb , of Uentrico , Neb.isin the city , prepared to represent Gngo county before ho supreme court , in the Gage county court louae cane. The suit comes up on appeal roai the United States court of Nebraska md Involves the title to the court house square In the city of llontrlco. The ground for this property was ilccdcd to Gage countj by Mr. Cropsey , on condition that it shoulel bo used for court house purpose" Its temporary abandonment by th county on the ground , it wa alleged , of the dangerous condition o the building , was inido ttio occasion by Mr Cropsov to sue for Its return Into his hands on the ground of breach of contract. The cnso has been oiico decided In favor of Mr Cropnoy in tlio district court for Gngi county on the fact of the nbmie'onmeut o the property. Hut later , when carried be fore Judge Dandy , wa4 decided in favor of the county on a question of the law in volved. It now conies before the supreme court upon the Issue of tno con struction of the law. Messrs. J. M. Wool worth of Omaha and L. Hurr of Lincoln are the attorneys for Mr. Cropsey , nnd Mr. Hlbl represents Gngo county in the proceedings. Major Marcus P. Miller , Fifth artillery has reported ut Ft. Monroe for duty , as In structor at the artillery school. Pininv S. HUATII. xnn muMi.NoiiAM MASSACHB. Incitement Still Itunnlnu High Ovci the Ulootly Ad'ulr. HiiiMiKnimr , Ala , Doc. 10. The corone Is endeavoring to get at the bottom of the facts In Saturday night's massacre. The excitement citomont still runs very high , and the people are divided over the action of the officers Ono very remarkable feature is that nearlj every man killed was shot in the back , show ing that the crowd had turned away In the alloy when the firing began. Tlio Hrotherhood of Locomotive Engineers of which Hawcs is a member , have tele graphed that Hioy have outraged a detective to look up the case. They believe that Hawcs is innocent of thu crime , and that the colorci woman , r.innlo Hrynnt , nnd Albert Patter son murdered nnd robbed Mrs. Hawcs am then killed the children. It is repotted that Hawcs has tnado n ful confession of his crime. In addition to the injured whoso name. were given last night , there are a largo iium bor of people who received slight but no disabling wounds , and are therefore not re ported nt the hospital. Certain prominent ofllcials in the city have telegraphed Governor Seay that they consider sidor it necessary for him to bo here , am have askenl him to como at once. Tlio pov ernor will , no doubt , investigate the slum tion personally , and make arrangements fo the removal of Hawcs mid Sheriff : Smith or for the relief of the sol diors. Many telegrams concerning tht situation passed to-day between Governor Seay and tlio authorities. It is not probable , that Governor Seay's orders to dismiss the troops will bo given until H.ibbitt , uow act ing sheriff , says they are no longer needed. The funerals of Postmaster Throekmortoi and other victims took place this nftornooi with impressive ceremonies. Sheriff Smith still repents the statement that ho did not give the word to lire unti shots were fired on the outside1 , and that ni least a dozen shots were fired by the crowe betoro a single oflleer lired. NASIIVIM.I : , Tcnn. , Dec. 10. A special from Hirmingham , Ala. , says : Governoi Seay arrived hero at 11:35 : to-night and is now In conference with Colonel Jones. Ho says that from the reports ho has rcceivee ho thinks Sheriff Smith did his duty. THE " " "Q" A Final KfTort to Ho Made to Get the .Mon Hack to Work. CHICAOO , Dec. 10. A final attempt will bo made in a few days by n committee of the engineers who went on a strike on the Hur lington road last .February to get the met back to work upon the old terms , or better The result of the conference Unbound to bo important , for if the men cannot got back the committee has power to rouew the effoits made last sprini , and declare n general boycott on "Q" freight. If this boycott is deelared , it is said the switchmen will seek to defeat the cngi necrs for the reason that the former vow vengeance against the engineers and ehnrgo them with treachery in having induced them to strike last spring mid then leaving them in tbo lurch. There are still -100 Idle switch men , and they have held several meetings at tbo last of which they appointed a commit tee to wait on the Uurllngton oflleuls sine ask lor a restoration ol their old places. A reply Is expected from Superintendent Hos ier. The general grievance committee of tlio Hrotherhood of Locomotive Engineers Is now in Chicago with the single - glo exception of the chairman , who is en route from Sun Francisco. Feeling is stated to bo very bitter between tlio engi neers und firemen hero , nnd this has extended to other roads terminating in Chicago. This condition of nlTilirs is said to be wielding : powerful influence against the proposee scheme of a general federation of tbo rnilwaj employes which has been under discussion for some time. A SHOOTlNCi AKKAIU. A Youiifj Girl Urn tally Assaulted By Itnliroail KmployoH. Mtx.\EAi'OLis , Deo. 10 [ Special Telegram to Tun Unc.J Particulars of n most borri bio and revolting outrage committed upon a young girl at Spoouor , on the Omaha road , some days ago , have come to the knowledge of your correspondent , although the mutter has been strictly kept qulot. The brutes Im plicated In the crime are employes of the Omaha ruilroa d , and consequently the de tails of the shocking outrage had not rcachcil any news center until ono of the men who was in the little town at , the time , cumo to this city and made the facts known. It was a week ago last Friday when the brutal out rage occurred. A sixteen year-old girl , whoso name Is unknown , employed in tlio hotel at Spoonor , was enticed to u car by ono of the freight conductors , where 8ho was ns- saultcd by several railroad men. She Is said to bo in a critical condition , und is bcinir cared for at the homo of her father , a few miles from Spooncr. It is said a warrant has been issued for u conductor named Seniors. Shcrmnn AVill Not Accept. COI.UMHUB , O. , Dec. 10. f Special Telegram to Tin : HEK.J The report concerning Sena tor Sherman's acceptance of n cabinet port folio is nt hand. Mr. Thomas E. Stcclo , n young attorney of this city , who Is n nephew of General W. T. Shoruinn.hns Just returned from : i v-l'ilt to tbo general nt Plttsburg. HQ says Unit John Sherman held u conference with his brother , the gem-nil , nnd other rela tives during the past week nnd that at the conference it was deqidcd that the Ohio sena tor was not under any circumstances to no Into President Harrison's cabinet In any po sition , but was to remain In the senate. Now PostniiiiierH WASHINGTON , Dee. 10. ( Special Telegram toTiin HUB , ] Wlllard D. Morgarergo has been appointed postmaster at Simon , Cherry county , Nob. , vice Ellas Stlllwell , resigned. The following Iowa iwtmaitora have been appointed ! Emily Hrinn , Hlairstown , Hcnton county , vice Jnno Applyato , resigned ; Uoubeii P. Honors , Eden. Fuyotte county , vice Linus Fox , resigned ; Charles Ii , Jiuccli , Gees Lake , Clinton county , vice P. A. Gohlmumi , resigned , Andrew T. Uarucs , Lolghton , Muhaska county , vice D. A. Uray , resigned : Lorenzo D , Ewin , Levey , Polk county , vice J , H. Laub , resigned , Freight Trains Collide , WonciiHsTBR , I.Itfss. , Dec. 10. Ueports lave been received hero of the derailment at Ashland of two Boston & Albany freight rains. The first report was that the head brukeman was killed and that his body was under tlio wreck. A later report received states that thruo men were killed. A wreck- ng train has been sent down from this city and later a relief train to transfer pas sengers , It is learned later that nobody was killed and only ono person dangeiou&ly injured. THE KING OF THE FORGERS , Qcorso Blclwoll Wrltoa a History of His Orimoa. HE VMS RAISED A PUHITAN Hut hi HIM M.iturcr Years Sitccceilcil la Suliulllnt ; the Itnuk ol' Knt- laml Out of Ncnily l-'lvo Million Dollars. A Premier In Ills Clasn. NEW YmiK , DcCj 10. Ocorgo lluhvcll , tht principal In the Honk ot Unglaud forgeries that were effected in the years lhJ nnd Ibt3 and who received a life sentence , lu company with his thrco colleagues in crime , but whn was released upon n ticket of leave July 18 ISi" , is uow peddling a book entitled , "Korg Ing Ills Own Chains , " in which ho gives a vivid description of his career from child hood up , and n most Interesting resume o ! every particular of the gigantic frauds thai ultimately placed him as a wearer of the. clothing marked with the "broad arrow , ' the distinguishing badge of the Uii lish peni tentiary population. Tlio book rends like i romance , and in its compilation exhibits more than ordinary literary ability. There is terrible irony In the comparisons of the writer's early recollections of Sunday , whci thubibloor "Llaxtcr's Saints' Ucst" was the only reading allowed. Cards in the Hidwel homo were regarded as certain provocatives of divine wiath ; checkers as a temptation o evil , and dancing ns an unpardonable sin. Hidwcll appears to have been a hard work ing , tht if ty youth , and tliOho habits do no uppoai' to bavo deserted him until ho foiim himself , shortly after his wedding , ban pushed for means to pay rent and supply food for those dependent on him. This was the ) moment ho made the llrs downwatd stop. Ho withheld a portion o his collections , intending to make the do ilciency good the next month. Ho managoi to do this , but the first stop led to his dls missal from the firm ho bad hitherto been nil honest employe of. Trouble eamo thick upon UieUvoll , but ho appears to have steered clear of any infringement of the law , until ho met Frank Kibbc , whom ho calls the evil genius of Ins life. A little transac tion performed for Kibbo that netted Hid- wellsoJOwas the first whet to his appetite for fraud ui > on an enlarged scale. In the spring of IbTJ tlio foreign trip was projected with a view to "raising the wind out of for eign capitalists. " In compiny with Ooorgo McDonald , Austin Hidwcll ( Ins younger brother ) and George Enples , Cioorgo Hld- well crossed over to England and quickly made their way to London , that happy hunt ing ground of impecunious moitals and crafty schemers. Tins worthy quartette went over to work foreign capitalists , but the subsequent frauds upon the Bank of England were not entirely the result of a prearranged plan , but to a large extent were tlia prompt utilisation by sharp men of little incidents by which the tide of fortune was turned their way. The opening of an account with the west ern branch of the Hank of England was a very keystone in the swindlers' aicb , but it doesn't seem to have bean the result of de sign at all , simply an accident. Austin Hidwcll had in his possession . $10,000 in bank notes , and as ho was going to visit friends in Ireland , bo didn't care to carry so much niouoy about with him , and ho sought to placa It in the safe keeping of u friend of his. a Mr. E. II. Green , doing business on Savillq Uow. Mr. Green advised him to deposit it in some bank , and subsequently introduced Austin Bidweli , under the assumed name of Wurren , to the assistant manager of the western branch of the Hank of England , the institu tion at winch Air. Green kept his own ac count. Instead of taking a simple certificate of deposit , Austin was prevailed on to leave his signature and take a check book , winch was , of course , equivalent to opening a legu- lur account. The conspirators tlien got down to work , and a little scheme was worked on the continent which yielded good net results , mid after its consummation Englos remained In London about u week , preparing papers ( forged ) for George 15id- wcll to use on a trip to South America , and then took a steamer to New York. That same day George Hulwoll sailed for Hio Janeiro , accomp lined by a man mimed Mun- son. About tins time Austin Hidwcll drew out the money ( all but a small balance ) deposited - posited to the credit of F. A Warren m the western braneh of the Hank of England. The forged letters of credit that George Hidwoll was taking to Hr.ml had been manu factured by Engles. They purported to bo drawn by tlio London and Westminster banlc , next to the Hank of London the largest bank in the English metropolis. In tilling them out ho bignocl only the manager's nnino. Hidwoll's anticipations ptoved perfectly correct , and by the closest shave , as is sub sequently disclosed in the book , this up- patently trifling omission nearly landed the whole outfit in n Hra/lllan prison. Sheer cheek carried them through this episode in their crookedness , but the squeo/o was a terrible experience to Hidwcll. The haul \\.IB u big one , tlio booty amounting to S.-iO.OOO. Having worked the Hlo bankers successfully , Hidwoll and his paitners next turn their attention to the Amsterdam finan ciers ; but the phlegmatic Hollanders were too shrewd for the Americans and their plans all fell through , Hidwcll paying them the compliment by saying that "those cautious Hollandurb ically know how to do business safely. " Failing to boat , the Duteh , the eves of tlio gang are next turned upon Frankfort. Hid wcll is contemplating a mid upon the Koth- Bchl'ds ' when ho lecelves the following telo- grnm : LONDON' , Nov. 2 , ISTi To George Hid well , Amsterdam : Have made a great dis covery , . Coma immediately. MAP. Now , nliat was McDonald's great discov ery ? It was this : Among certain ginuino pieces of paper collected by Hidwoll on his continental tour and sent to London to ho cashed was a hill of exchange on Daring Kros. , of London. Said McDonald to Hid wcll on his arrival in London within twenty- four hours after receipt of that telegram : "As soon us I iccoivcd that bill on Marines I went tlioro to collect the money. Instead of paying the amount by check or In gold or notes us J expected , the cashier stumped on the face , PAYABLE AT LONDON AND WEST- M1NSTEU HANIC. and endorsed It. Upon my taking It there it was cashed without a question. It occurred to mo Immediately that if wo were to got bomo blank bills of exchange wo could make as many as wo liked by imitating the orig inal , and dr.tw thu money for the same from the bank with the sumo ease that 1 did for the gnnulno bill. " Hidwcll's natural shrewdness now cornea into full pluy mid a long neglected balnnco at the Hank of England appear * to have opened up visions , of immense ) profitable scheming. Ho reasoned that ns the bank had paid the Harlngs bill to McDonald with out verifying the signature , It must bo tbo custom In England to transfer bills of ex change from hand to hand without sending .hem to the acceptors to bo "initiated , " [ In Ins country it has , since IS.I at least , been the custom for brokers to send all ofTored mpcr to the purported drawers or acceptors .oliavo It "initialed" by them , thus deter- inning whether the draft or acceptance is genuine or not. I If this was truo. It followed that the English bunks discounted paper vithout malting any inquiry as to the gen uineness of the signatures , relying entiioly on the Character of the customer who offered ho paper Id' discount. The lines were laid with great accuracy. Nothing was left undone , uud down to the uort tiimuto particular the forgers did their vork with u master hand for the ilrst big mill. mill.Hy way of preparation for the rontcm- iluted fraud , Austin Hldwe.ll on December ' . ' . ST" , opened an account ut the Couiincului bank in the name of C J. llortou , depositing 1HX : > In bank notes. There also existed the account at the western branch of the Hank of England In the nnmo ot F. A. Warren. Checks drawn on the Warren account were deposited to the creditor Horton , and thu operation repeated at intervals to give an air of general business. Hills of exchange were purchased , and the sunposod Warren took them to the western branch of the Hank of Entrland for disc unit ' 1 ho lucks of those bills wore covered with the endorsements oi the various lirms through which the-y hnd passed. The plotters copied those Indorse ments m fae si'nilo , no that the false bills m contemplation should have all the character istics of iremitno bills. ICvory variety ol wrltmij and printing ink. and every form of blank bill * of exchange known on thu conti nent and printed in different languages , was nlso provided. A now lot of bills on London wcro purchased on llio continent , and In this way the conspirators obtained a great number ut Indorsements , stamps ii'id signatures of loading firms on the continent and in London. McDonald was sent to Paris to get the necessary fac similes of various banks mid private in dorsement stumps engraved on wood , lie returned with the surpi-lsing Information that tliero were no wood engravers In Paris. This obliged George Hidwoll to risk the dan porous experiment of having the necessary blocks cut in London They woio enirraveil without any undue * suspicion having been ex cited. As another step In the plot , one Nnyos came from Amerle'ii in response to n cablegram , and assumed the duties of elerlt to Horton. On December s , isT'J , George UUlwell , under ttie name of Warren , mailed from Hlrmingham to thu Hank of England genuine bills of exchange amountim. ' tei i'l0" ! ! for discount. In order to ascertain If the "fraud machine" wis in working order , nnd , as these bills were discounted without question , such proved to bo the ease. The plot worked like u charm. Everything fell their way. I'lioy calculated clianco- , , however , nnd everything was arranged ready for flight if the forge rj was discovered. Hid wcll waited In ] tiriuiiighain for the reply to the letter , and armed with a bogus order on tlio postmaster got the reply from the Lon don bank manager. The bills had been dis counted nnd the proceeds passed to F. A , Warren's credit. Hidwoll and his associates worked what is known In tlio English thieves " the changes " vocabulary as "ringing This is how it was done. Hidwoll took the train to London nnd gave to Novcs , his clerk , who had been summoned to England froiUrNow " \ ork by etibli1. to help out the work , checks on the Warien account for IHH ( ) , on which Nojes drew that sum from the Hank of England mid deposited it in the Continental bunk to the cicdll of Horton. Hidwoll then drew Horlou chPl-ks for some : i,00 ( ) , which wcro cashed and the money used to buy United States bonds , which bnmta wcro uttimaU'lv shipped to the United States to bo held till called for. AH the other transactions of the conspirators were essentially similar to this. Occasionally the account at the Continentlal bank was re duced by drawing out Hank of England notes , which were taken to that bank and exchanged for gold in bags of jUlU 0 each. Tins uold was then carried back and ex changed for notes by another person. The obje-et of this was to bionk the connection between certain parties and bank notes having numbers , the Hank of England keeping a record of parties to whom its notes wcro delivered How satisfactory their plans must have worked is evident by thb information given by Hidwell , in his book , that the Income of the Iratidnlent associates was at times moio than fJO.OOO per day. And when ono paelcago of bonds was cnptuicd in America , after the deal had ended in disaster , it contained nearly a quarter of a million dr.llais m United States sccuiitlcs. And then the beginning of the end arrives. On February 27 , 1UT3 , it is decided that the .final haul shall bo made , nnd 100,000 in false bills arc sent to tlio U.mk of England. If the deal should go through the Atlantic ocean will bo placed between the conspira tors and their victims. Hut tliore was n loose screw In tins last opsr.ition. IJiilwcll had failed to put the duto of the acceptance on two of the forged bills. They wore sc'iit to the supposed aee'optor to have tlu > date put in , and were discovered to bo forgeries. In- slant measures were taken for the arrest of the perpetrators. This was on Match 1 , 18TH. Anticipating success with llils las t lot o bills , Hidwell had given the clerk , Noycs certain Shocks amounting to $7. > ,000 , drawn on tlio Wurren account , with which to pur chase United States bonds. Ho also gave him Wurren cheeks for S 50,00 , ) to deposit to the credij , of the Horton account. This ac complished , the only thing icmalning to 1)3 done was to draw out the II irton account mid skip. As Noycs went to Uio Continental bunk to draw out Iho $ .50,000 ho was ar rested nnd taken to How street police sta tion. He passed by Hidwoll on the way. Hidwoll and McDonild waited for the storm to blow Over , . believing their connec tion with Hie' fraud would never bo discov ered. At Mae's lodging ? all the material used in the forgeries was destroyed , all but one piece of blotting-paper , which Mac wanted reserved for use That piece ol blotting-paper gave him a life scnteneo In an English prison. McDonald , in n roundabout way , reached Havre , from which port ho took p.nsago in the steamship Tliiiringia for Now York. Ho was captured and returned to London under extradition proceedings. George Hidwell United for Qiioenstown , Ireland , intending to tliero take the White Stnrstemncr Atlantic for Now Yoik , At tno Quoenstown wharf ho discovered that he was being shadoweit and lie gave up the inn. Thu irony of fate showed Itself in thu sinking of the Atlantic on tnnt voyage , with n death list of over llvo hundred. Hidwoll was spared for harder luck. After manifold dodgings of detectives bo reached Edinburgh , Scotland. Heio a newsdealer suspected him of being the Hunk of England forcer , and mentioned his suspicions to u clerk employed witli the Hmk of England' * agency in Edinburgh. This firm called in Detective MelCelvlei , who arrested Hidwcll on March ' , ' 0 , IhT.'i. The prisoner was taken to London mid lodged in Newgate Jail , thcie to rum mute upon the carelessness that must have given the police Ins real nuiiio and his connection with the forgery. McKelvio died before the case was reached for trial. Austin Hidwell was arrested nt Havana , Cuba , and detspltn tlio uhsonco of anv extra dition Ire ity between Sp tin and ttnglund was turned ovnr to tbo ICmrlish authorities. Ho was landed at Plymouth , May 'J" , 187.1. Tlio four prisoners were tried together , nnd thu evidence against them worked up as only the best dot/'rliva and legal talent of the world can an migo it. Every piece ) of paper handled duiing the working of the "fraud machine" was brought Into court arid its history n cnratuly traced. The prosecution spent nearly > . " . (1J.OOJ ( , and on the Jury's ver dict of guilty the tr.al Judge sent all four de fendants to prison for life. Alter fourteen years at Peiitonville , Dartmoor and U'oltmg penitentiaries George Hidwell was pardoned or crantud a ticket of leave on .Inly Ih , Hs.7. Ho landed In Now York August . I , and was it once arrested by two detectives , Judiro Duffy discharged him from custody , and ordered that HiUwell ' 'bo allowed to take n 'rosh t irt in life. " Ho is now living at 'The Elms , " East Hartford , Conn. , and winds up Ins bonk with the Hiiitemunt that Molm Howard Piivne < could never have ap- irovutod 'Home , Sweet Homo' as I now do. " HUH 1)11) NOJMjOVC HIM. A Chio.mo Mill Hlio.iM UN Irainllaily and KIIN IfiniMcir. CHICAGO , Dee ) 10 , John A. Martin , an en gineer , fell desperately in Jove with Mrn. H. V. Mori-Ill , His landlady , and knowing 'that lis love was unrequited , shot her this naming nnd then killed himself. Thu vomaii died ut : i o'clock this after- oon. 1J. W. Merrill and his wife have ept n boarding homo for several .years. iinong their bourdon ) was Martin , and over Inco ills arrival In the house , over u year igu , ho has profoiscd the greatest love for Mri. Merrill. Ills attentions at last heu.uno tnboaranla , and to day slin advi > od hi.n to oivo. : After "leading with lic-r not to send uui nv/ay and Hading tier dulenuln-jd , he hot her and than himself. Kille.d Hv an , Gr.r.vriMXi ) , O. , Deo. 10 , Hy tlio uvn'.oilon ' > f n boiler at Hainan's fewd mill , ut Trow- rldgo , O. . this morning , Hncrvr Hariri a-d Albert Kline * were kilin.l tntWaiJaoM \ Sir i U- ami , u boy , t/.ii'.ly ' injured T11EIVESTERN UNION ALARMED It la Quito Anxious for Its Line oil the Union Pnclflo. WILL THE LATTER SEIZE IT ? An Inliinetlon Hull Itnciiu to Trovont llio Unllroml From Fruo/liii ; Out Mr. Gould Itctuecn tlio Alls- Hour ! mill tlio Co.vu , Tolocrnpli VH Knllroiul. A very importantsuit was yesterday moru ing begun in the United Stairs court in which , the Western Union nets us the plaintiff anil the Union Pncillo company the defendant. In brk'f , the former affects to fear that the latter intends to dispossess It of the tele graph Hues which parallel the Union P.icille ; , nnd has sought an Injunction to restrain the latter from so doing. There is some mystery covered up by this move , beeausu , up to thu present , few , If niiy , persons have heard ot such an intent on the part of the Union Pa- cillc. From time to time , in congress , tha right of the railroad to allow u private cor poration to conduct u tote-graphic business , which the charter compelled the road to con duct , has been questioned. It has boeu sup * plomented with u determination to compel the road to live up to Its obligations , but bo- yoail that iiothmir 1ms been dune. It has been said that this move on the part of the ) Western Union is to forestall further con gress ! inal or oillcial aetioii by establishing' , if possible , a nirlit to the monopoly which Id now enjoys along the line of the Union Paelllc. ' 1 ho complaint contains 1.15 specillcatiouE < and is in pamphlet form. The plamtifC states that it w.is duly incorporated by UK act of the legislature ot Now York , April I" , is-lb , and has also acquired the franchise ot the United States Tolivrapli com pany , United Slates Extension Tclo- graph company , Atlantic and Pncillo lolc-gnipit coimmny. Independent telegraph company , Overland telegraph company , it ulle'gcs that , by virtue of this , each of said companies was empowered to construct tele graph lines between the Missouri ru'or and the Pneillc coast ; Unit the Union Pacific rail way company was incoiporatcd b.an . act o congrccs entitled an net "to aid in the con struction of u railroad and telegraph line be tween the Missouri i Ivor and tlio Pacille ) ocean , that on .luno 111 , isii ) , congress passed an net facilitating communication across the continent by electric telegraphy ; that in anil by said act , a compensation of not moro tliair $10,10) ) per utiiimn for ten \cars was granted to the party whoso pronnsal should bo ac cented , and who should build said telegraph lines ; that said phuntitl fully appreciated tlio great import moo of the- proposed enter prise to public interests , took into considera tion the question of embarking therein anil caused carulnl and elaborate osplonitions to 1)0 ) niiiilo then but little known biM won the B ud points. Accordingly Hiium Sibley who was then president of the company , hringlni ; suit to biibmit a propjsal to tlio gvnimont > , which was ace 'pte.t ; tint in carrying out the project the plaintiff asso Mated itself with the Pacific Tolcirraph company ami the California State Telegraph company tor the purpose of constructing said line Tlio initial point was at St. Joseph , Mo , and tlienco via , Omaha to Salt Lake ; that this route was selected and used by the plaintiff , mid that tbo Union Paeille subsoquonth availed itself of this louto in thu construction 01' its lines ; that in 1VH tlio Paeillo Telegraph company , nndin Ibtiithe Cilifornia St.ito Tele raplI company and the Overland company Dueiuno consolidated with tlio plaintiff , wliioh tlioro-/ by endowed the 'said plaintin" with nil thrf 1 franchise thus created and out lined , among ; which was the right to operate said linesand\ nlso to remove to and upon the rin'ht of way and along the tracks of the defendant , and to make an nrrangouieut with the company whereby such removal should bo In lieu of and should s itisfy the requirements of tlio act so created by congress. At the time the plaintilt owned or operated line's of telegraph extending from St. Joseph , Mo. , to the i ities of Wash ington. New 'i ork , New Orleans , Charles ton , Philadelphia , I lostou and all the othoc cities m the Atlantic , southern and eastern htatci ; also owning certain imlispunsiblo patents for electric telegraph , which worn used in the opeiatiou of said lines ; that when con gi ess came to follow the construc tion of sud telegraph line with u line of rail way , upon the same route for thu sumo pur pose of facilitating communication , it was manifest th.it it would bu in tha high -st degree - greo unjust to the plaintiff for the govern ment to encourngo niainteniim-o ol an other telegraph line inclose proximity and In consequence the defendant was uuthowcel to enter into agreement with plaintiff so that the plaintiff would move its lines along the said route of defendant as fust as the latter so completed ; and that said plaintiff did com ply with said act. After this the raihvay company discovered that the sysu-m , by be ing used Jointly , was impaiiud , nnd In consequence quence , made -Indenture September , lbi ( ! ( , of a le iso of Its lines to the Atlantic & Paei lle Telegraph company , for which lease said company gave to the defendant largo and , valuable considerations ; that having tori some reason huuoine dissatisfied wiUi said lease and the operation of Haul line thereun der , and desiring to avoid Itr obligations , on or about March , 1S0 , the said defendant , under pie i that such an act was justiUed and icqulred by its charter and obligations took into its own hands the pos osslou of said telegraph lines. That the plaintiff has oper ated Independent stations at Omaha , Kro- mont. Grand Island , Clieycnno and Ogden , and has also kept bitUirles supplied along1 the line used by def jiidunt ; that plaiutilf him htrmig tin oo wires from Omaha to North Pintle and two beyond the latter point for the nso nl said defendant , and flvo wncs , ami in Homo places , moro for itself ; that in the work nbjyo mentioned t'hT.'JT'J 14 have lieen expended and the defendant him only reimbursed the plaintiff to the extent oC $ IJlfiO)17. ) Tlio complainant also rites that it has also connto the ears of said plaintiff that ilufoiidant was contemplating violent and decisive acts In derogation of said con tract and was likely lit an o.irlv diu to sul/o the said telegraph lines ns null us those bo twei'ii Omaha and Ogden and Kaunas City and Denver and onon up Kind IIIUB under I tit own operation , a diiuiugo in winch action will result to the plu'iitiff ' ol moru than 100,000 annually. For this roasnn , a writ of injunc tion is asked enjoining its defendants from the IHO of Haul tolugraph fnsti-m , and also a writ of subpu'iia commanding the defend ant to appear in court and answer the bill of plaintiff. Tlio nno will bo tiled in the court at Loavonworth , KUII . D vombor 'J7. "Thu Union Pacific wishes to abide by the recent net of congr < 'Hn , uud the Western Union unjoins , " hald n Unum Paeillo ollk'lul. "The Western Union IH worklnir under a con tract made with the Union Pacific In 18S1 , with twenty-flvo. to run fiom thatdato. The act passed in congress last August , 10- ( liiirubtne Union Pacific to npututo its own lines , and it wil be done. Of COUIMO , It will annul the prior contract so far as the uubsi- dUou portion ol tbn road is concunied , but that is a matter for the couits to decide , and the Union Pacific proposes to nbldo by the law. An act of congress stands above any contract. Wo bavo our own wires lor the tr.uu.iction of railway mid government bus- ! ness , mid aio always propan-d to bend u pri. v.ito messaj.'o ut our rates If oifere.il to us. and that is lliy way the inU ) < T stauih. " A Sniiill HlrlUc. Niw : YOIIK , Dec. 10. Fifty-two boats of the New Yoik "steam transput tutiou com pany are idle to day bocaubo twenty en. gineois employe. ! by the company have .struck. The men nro resisting u rcdm-tton of 10 cents mi hour for ovcr-timii nnd un or. dor to pay their own uxpeiiH'js hcicatter , Tim I'Yonoli liiiduut A < loitl. | ) I'AIIIS , Due. 10 , The chamber of dcpjtloa to-.lav ruloptc'i tiu liuil'.il by a vote of :5b3 : to ! . ' . The ur.iGjut of tL'j tiuututi tuna it