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10 CENTS A WEEK. NIGHT LOTION. TOPEKA, KANSAS, FRIDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 11, 1891.
TWENTY-SECOND YEAR.
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Memlnn-s of Hie State Board of
Railroad Assessors
Have Annual Pullman Tasses in
Their Pockets.
THEY .OOJLDLY SAY SO
To a '-State Journal" Reporter
Win n Questioned.
Attorney General Little Rides
on His Continually.
SO DOES 31 K. BIDDLE.
The State 'Treasurer Got His
Without Solicitation.
Does This Account For Lower
Taxes on Pullman Cars?
The Btatk Joirxal is today able to
give in readers the Urst plausible reasou
for the redu 2iion of the Pullman taxes
in Katisai, which was made this year by
the state bot rd of railroad assessors.
The members uf the state board of rail
road assess yr all ride on Pullman
pusses.
Two it: embers of the board are not in
the city, but a majority, or a controlling
number of t le members of the board of
assessors are here, and in an interview
with aSTAT i Joiunal, re)orter, frankly
admit that they not only have railroad
l).n's, but they ride on. Pullman car3
free of charge.
It now appears that the men, who only
a low months ago were trying to make
political capital out of the Pullman
strike by pretending to be enemies of
tia". corpc I aticn and the friends of the
A. II. L"., had Pullman passes in their
pockets at the time.
Attorney General JoliD T. Little, oneof
the member- of the board of railroad us
Btfssor, ri'lM on a Pullman pass, and
wh- ua Statu JonisAL reporter asked
him about it, he said: "Yes, I have a
l'uKman pa-s, and it is an annual."
'How about your railroad passes, Gen
era'. "Oh, I ha-e passes over ail the Kansas
roads. The are annual passes, pood in
the stato only, and 1 make good use of
them. One thing, about my passes,
though; you must remember they save
the state coi.siderabie money, as 1 don't
charge my mileage up to the state
when I ride on my passes. My salary is
5-,r :0 a year and aside from that I have
a c .jntiiijent fund to draw on for extra
e. enses. When I go out in the western
part of the stale to have a receiver ap
poiited or oa some other official business,
uiy salary goes right on and I am en
titled to hae my expenses paid out of
the contingent fund. My expense in
clu les my traveling and hotel bills, tele
graphing ai d other such items. Bv using
my passes the state is saved tho largest
part of the expense; my use of passes,
is s.mply a saving- to the state."
state Treasurer Uiii.IIe Also.
State Treasurer W. II. Biddle also
rides cm railroad passes and he is the
possessor of a little piece of pasteboard
wh.eh says -'PASS' on all the Pullman
company cars.
Mr. Biddle did not like to talk about
the matter snd did not volunteer any in
formation on the subject but when a
Statu Jolknai. reporter called at his
private ollice and asked about his passes
he talked frankly.
Therejoiter asked: "Mr. Biddle do
you ride on raiiroid passes?"
Mr. BidJij hesitated, winked his left
eye and inquired 'Do 1 have to tell?"
"You mtst assuredly do, or say you
won't answer," replied the newspaper
man.
"Well, I do ride on a pass then; I have
a railroad p iss."
"Have yo i a Santa Fe annual':"
"Yes; i have a pass on the Santa Fe
and on several other railroads."
'Have yo l passes on the Pock Island
and .Missouri Pacific?"
"Yes I have passes on those roads."
"Now Mr. P.:dlle have you a Pullman
pass?" quer.ed the reporter.
Mr. Biddie began to look a little
alarmed, but he is one state official who
won't tell a lib and he replied; "Yes, I
have a Pull nan pass, but I want to sav
that I haven't used it but once and that
was on my wife's account."
"Well wh it do you think of the pass
takinir a ad pass using bv state officers.
Mr. B ddie?"
"I think t is all wrong and I am op
posed to it bat it is a universal custom
and where the passes come uusoudit as
they have with ns I can see no particular
harm in usiig them, but if I am here I
shall use my influence with the next
legislature to have a law passed forbid
ding the mo of passes."
Amlitor Van 1'rather.
Auditor of S.ate Van B. Prather is
sic and no-, able to be at his ofiice in tho
stale house, but a Journal reporter
called at his home on Tenth street and
found him ..bio to sit up and ready to
talk about business matters.
"Yes, I h ive railroad passes und I ride
on them," he said in reply to a question
from the reporter.
Continuity, he said: "All the railroads
in the state bent me passes over their
Kansas lines, when thev sent out their
other passes the tlrst of the year. I think
I have passas over ail the roads in Kan
sas except the M. K. & T., which doesn't
issue p asset tj anybody. The railroads
don't vat,t to sei:d me passes if they don't
wunt me to use the in."
llaveyo i a Pullman pass, Mr. Prath
er?" asked he reporter.
"No; I haven't."
"You haven't?"
-'Ir- Pratt or continued: "1 haven't a
Pullman aonual. but when I went east
fall I hil a trip pass. I wrote to the
Pullman company and asked for a pass,
and they sent rne a trip pass."
"What do you think about the use of
passes, any way, Mr. Prather?"
"1 am opposed to the system, but as
long aa passes are sent out anl used so
universally, I see no reason why I should
not use mine."
Mr. Prather says he hasn't a Pullman
annual, but Mr. Biddle and Mr. Little
both say that they have, and Mr. Biddle
ays his passes all came to him without
solicitation, so it looks rather strange
that the auditor of state, the man who
keeps the tax records, should be omitted
in the distribution of favors.
If the state board of railroad assessors
want to be above suspicion they should
not accept passes from corporations
whose taxes thev regulate.
FOR 3IRS. POTTER PAL3IER.
A Beautiful Present Sent Her by tlie Mex
ican Govel-nmenU
Chicago, Sept 14. A big package en
closed in a wooden case and addressed to
Sirs. Potter palmer, president of the
Board of Lady Managers of the World's
fair, arrived in the mails from Mexico
la3t night. As the package was from a
foreigu country it was sent to the custom
house where it was opened and exam
ined. The package contained a beauti
fully bound ledger which was sent as a
present from the Mexican government
to Mrs. Palmer.
The book was made in imitation of the
one kept by ladies of the Mexican divi
sion in the Women's building at the fair
and contained all the proceedings of the
societies of Mexican women in connec
tion with the fair. It was all in the
Spanish language. The book was printed
and bound by the Mexican government
as a testimonial not only from the gov
ernment of the southern republic, but
from the Mexican ladies who were repre
sented at the fair. Bioks j riuted en
tirely in a foreign language are on tho
free list so there was no question of
duties to be passed upen and the pres
ent was delivered to .Mrs. Palmer.
I Jit E C K I X lilDUE' S FA T E.
It AVill 1 Derided ly tlie I'rimaries To
morrow Women Work iiifr.
Cincinnati, Sept 14. -A Laxington,
Ey., special eays the women are out all
over the Breckinridge district today urg
ing voters on for tomorrow's primaries.
Their presence is having much to do
with preventing fights. They will be
in the lield again tomorrow.
The ballots have been printed and dis
tributed, and the election oi'ieers have
been notified of their duties lrom head
quarters, the checks have been cashed
anti money divided and the money sent
through the districts. The bftst work on
election day on all sidss will be done in
this city.
The prospects are that it will be give
and take all day long. There does not
seem to be any chance for fraudulent
voting or false counting, as each candi
date has a representative as aa election
officer. The best politicians are behind
Breckinridge, and all of the known metii
ods for vote-making are being employed
by them. They aro working as though
it were a matter of lifa and death and
concede that the intkience of the ladies
is their greatest difficulty.
CHICAGO MEN IJOOM IT.
They Want the Georgian Uav Sliip Canal.
Chicago, Sept. 14. Board of trade
men, lumber dealers and produce mer
chants tilled the arbitration rooms of
'change last night to hear of the pro
posed Georgian ship ca aaL
Peter liryant and K A. McDonald of
Toronto, members of the provisionary
board of directors of the Georgian Bay
Ship Canal and Power Aoqueduct com
pany III led the long tables with maps,
charts and pamphlets, and showed that
the canal, which wiil Le t!o miles long,
twenty-two feet deep and from 20J to 3'J'J
feet wide, wdl save hundreds of miles
between Chicago and the Atlantic and
European seaports.
According to Mr. jIcD anald the con
templated work, which includes a deep
water ship canal for power purposes,
will cos t from $3.j.O JO,0 )0 to 1 i.UuO.OOO.
The power aqueduct wul be begun next
month, and work on the ship canal will
becrin next spring.
The ship canal will connect Lake Hu
ron and Lake Ontario through the Geor
gian bay, the canal having its southern
terminus at Toronto. The company ex
pects a revenue of $5,3 0,0i ).
MORTON'S "TIDAL WAVE."
He Will He "om iiiateil for Governor of
.New York With I iihuunili'il Laitlnisiusm.
Chic too, Sent. 14. A special to the
Daily IN'ews from Washington says: Ex
MiuUter Eg.m, who spends most of his
time in New York, fave his views today
on the Republican outlook in the Empire
state, which is engrossing nearly all the
utteution of the politicians here at pres
ent "When the Republican convention
meets in Satatoga next, week," said he,
"there will be no oil er gubernatorial
candidate, practically, than the Hon. Levi
1. Morton. All alleged opposition to
him will melt away and he wiil go in the
first ballot with a tidal wave of en
thusiasm. He is a man above all others
to lead the Republicans to a sweeping
victory, and his election is just as sure as
his nomination. No Republican feels
the slightest d ubt abcut the success of
the state ticket."
ROUTED OUT VETERANS.
.Fires Startetl in tlie 15i Itams at the
Wasli iniyton Ntldier,s Home.
Washington, Scq t. 14. Fire this
morning partly destroyed the bi barn
at the big national sold er's home, north
of this citv, causing a loss of about 10,
000. The fire is supposed to have been the
work of incendiaries Not long before
midnight some hay stacks near the sta
ble were discovered ablaze tind burned
to the ground.
"I he mmates of the Lome had hardly
become quiet when smother alarm was
sounJeJ, and this tune the barn in which
are kept the horses mil a part of the
stores of the home was found to be on
fire in several places. The veterans were
thoroughly alarmed and patrolled the
grounds for hours. It is thought that
some discharged k 1 i.er or crazed in
mate io responsible f or the tiro.
PULLMAJ1JP HERE
The Carworks Committee From
Pullman Arrive in Town.
Business Men of Topeka Will
Meet Them Tonight.
MAY LOCATE HERE
If Our Citizens Make Them a
Good Oiler.
B. P. Wag-gener Promises Some
Good Contracts.
President L. Myers and Corresponding
Secretary C O. Allen, of the Pullman
Co-operative club, are in Topeka today
and will meet the business and commer
cial men of the city tonight at a meeting'
at the council chamber, which has been
called for that purpose.
These gentlemen were sent to Kansas
as a committee to select a location for
car works, where their co-operative club
may manufacture sleeping cars on an Un
proved method on which they hold the
patents.
Their club is composel of about 200
skilled mechanics, who were prior to the
recent strike employed in the Pullman
car works, but who now want to locate at
some place in the west where they may
have work and provide homes for their
families.
Mr. Allen is the patentee of some in
terior fixtures for standard coaches by
which a common coach may be trans
formed into a day coach sleeping car and
a dining car, and it is the manufacture
of these patents which the men expect
to furnish them employment.
Mr. Mj-ers, president of the club, said
to a State Journal reporter today:
"We don't pretend to have any great
amount of money, but we have valuable
pateuts and every member of our club is
a skilled mechanic, who can aud will
bring with him the very highest recom
mendations as to his ability as a work
man aud his' standing as a citizen from
churches aud other societies.
'We don't insist upon starting in with
a plant which will give employment to
all our men at once, and expect to only
briu,; the men actually necessary to man
the works. We want to put our skill
and patents against the money and com
mercial ability of the people iu whose
community we locate. In order to
manufacture the cars using all our
patents, we would necessarily have tA
have some contracts to begin with and
that would demand the investment of a
considerable sum of money, say 75,O0J
oi $100,000, but if we can't do that we
can start with a smaller plant and manu
facture some of our interior fixtures for
cars, and from $15,000 to $20,000 would
start our works.
"We mean to locate in some town iu
the eastern part of the state on railroads,
where we will be likely to secure con
tracts. ".Mr. B. P. Waggener, general attorney
of the Missouri Pacific, has interested
himself in our patents and he has led us
believe that the .Missouri Pacific will
give us a contract for furnishing them
some of our improved sleepers for their
Colorado ser"ice.
'Our cars can be built for just one-half
what a Pullman sleep costs and can be
used twenty -four hours in the day. Dur
ing the day it will seat as many passen
gers as any other coach and at night it
will furnish each passenger with a g-ood
bed.
"The Missouri Pacific has a roundabout
way to Colorado, and if they can equip
their line with our cars they can carry
their passengers at regular fare and give
them sleeping car accommodations as
good as a Pullman, then they can expect
some Colorado business.
"1 here is little doubt, that we can make
some good contracts as soon as we secure
a location for our shops.'
The meeting at the council chamber
tonight should bo attended by all the
business men of Topeka as these gentle
men will explain just what they want.
Railroad Commissioner P. It. Maxson
had a long conference with the Pullman
committee this morning and is trying to
induce them to go to Emporia.
Topeka should at leas: see what these
men olfer and if it is a good thing, then
get it.
MAYOR MUST GET OUT.
I'eonle of 2ev Orleans Impeach Tlioir
Cliief Executive.
Nkw Orleans, Sept. 14. District At
torney Butler today tiled iu the district
court of this city a suit for impeachment
of Mayor Fitzpatrick. Ex- Associate J us
tice Fenner will be the ieading counsel
in behalf of the people.
The suit is filed with the signatures of
twenty-live citizens.em bracing capitalists,
business men, professional men, clerks
and representatives of labor. The
petition occupies twenty-one pages of
type-written matter and includes some
twenty-rive or more specifications. The
mayor is charged with favoritism, with
incompetency, etc. '1 he suit wdl be tried
before civil judges sitting in banc, and
tho mayor, ii found guilty, may appeal
to the court of appeals, which is the tri
bunal of last resort.
H. -V. K. Encampment Iliid.
Pittsburg, Pa., Sept. 14. The Twenty-eighth
national encampment of the
O. A. Ii. and all the attendant ceremonies
and festivities are over. The Woman's
; Relief Corps installed its officers this
; morning, but the work of the other or
! ganizations was completed last night.
Tho last number of the official pro
j gramme was completed today, when the
1 ollicers aud delegates, with their ladies,
: were given a boat excursion which took
! in the armor plate mills at Homestead.
i Iiain the i'oo).
I Dr. II. A. Dykes, secretary of the state
I board of health, has ordered the city
j council of Kansas City, Kansas, to drain
i the numerous pools of stagnant water iu
1 that town.
JACKSON' IS IRONICAL.
He Will Leave the l-'ield to tlie
'Great
C'h.amjiou" t'orbett.
Xew Yoke, Sept. 14. In an interview
Peter Jackson says: "I caunot see what
there is to say. Corbett may have it all
his own way now, for I am off to the
West Indies on Saturday, I am glad I
broke up Brady's scheme. That
will always be a source of sat
isfaction to me I wiil leave
the whole field to tho great
champion. I am classed as a broken
down fighter, and accused of fishing for
a "go" with Slavin, also called another
broken down fighter. It is proper there
fore that broken down fighters should
class with themselves. So I leave Cor
bett in full charge. lie can talk. I will
not reply.
"I shall think some when I am away
from that island in the Missouri river,
where the fight was to have been held.
They say the tides are wonderfully strong
out there. What if we had been squar
ing off at high tide. "Both Drown
ed!" would have been the
headlines. I shall never again an
swer anything that Corbett may
say. lie has the field to himself. I cer
tainly do not thing his offer to fight in a
room is worth answering."
Tom O'Rourke and Vail Bros., and
several other sporting men entertained
the big Australian last night and he will
be given a farewell dinner this evening.
A VICTORY IN KANSAS.
Ex-Juclgre Thurston Tliinks tlie Kepuoli
eans Will Carry tliis State.
New Yokk, Sept. 14. Ex-Judge John
M. Thurston of Nebraska, tho noted
western orator and Repjublican, is at the
Fifte Avenue hotel. He stated that' the
drouth had ruined the crops in the west,
and in one part of his state some 10,000
I farmers had pulled up stakes and moved
away.
"I think many of them," he said, "have
gone back to Missouri. They were near
ly all Popuiists, and I believe that party
will lose by their departure. In my
judgment the Republicans will carry
Nebraska this fall, although the Popu
lists and Democrats may coalesce. The
better element of the Democratic party,
however, will not go in with tlie Popu
lists. I think Nebraska, Colorado, Kan
sas. Wyoming and North Dakota will go
Republican at the next election."
WHO IS ITIED MYERS I
An Allefjeil Topeka Man hy That Same
Commits r-aiiehle in Chicago.
A Chicago dispatch announces that
"Fred Myers of Topeka" was found
in his rooms at tho Grand Pacific hotel,
with evidences of having taken chloro
form. A Journal reporter has been un
able to Kcale any such Topeka person,
and all the other Myers in town know
nothing of him. The dispatch adds that
among the papers found on his person
were letters from the firm . of Henry
Williams & Co. of Kansas City, and he is
thought to be a traveling man .for that
firm.
GERMANS GO OUT.
One Ohio Loiljre Leaves the
Knights of
I'j thias.
YorsGSTOtvs, Ohio, Sept. 14. Goethe
lodge, one of tho oldest German lodges
of tho Knights of Pythias iu the United
States, has decided, with but four dis
senting vote3, to withdraw from the or
der, and will organize the Goethe relief
society, using funds now in their posses
sion for the new organization. The new
officers have notified the grand lodge
that it has surrendered its charter and
all property belonging to the grand
lodge.
Liiiromotivv I'irpmcn'a Auxiliary.
IUrrisbuuu, Sept. 14. Tho ladies'
society auxiliary to the Brotherhood of
Locomotive Firemen, closed its second
biennial convention today. These otli
cers were elected: Grand president, Mis.
Leach, Sedalia, Mo.; grand vice presi
dent, Mrs. Greener, Boone, Iowa; grand
secretary treasurer, Mrs. J. I. Moore,
Stratford, Ont. ; board of trustees. Mrs.
Clark, Hornellsville, N. Y.; Mrs. Slusser,
Huntington, Ind.; Mrs. Shope, Sunbury;
executive board, Mrs. A. E. Ball, Strat
ford, Out.; Tilts. F. P. Sargent, Torre
Haute, aud Mrs. C. W. Cook, Marquette,
Mich.
Detective Jacobs in Trouble.
A private letter received in thecity an
nounces that Detective Jacobs, who
worked up most of the liquor cases for
the crusade committee, is in jail at Enid,
Ok., for carrying concealed weapons. He
says his tine and costs amount to 1S and
he asks that this sum be remitted to him,
in order that he may come to Topeka to
testify in his cases. The letter was shown
to Chaiiman S. B. Bradford, who ex
pressed fears that this might be a dodge
to get a "little assistance."
3ore of the Jewelry Thieves.
Cliief Lindsey today received a letter
from the marshal of Newton, saying that
he had arrested three young men, with
about ono hundred dollars worth of jew
els in their possession, and that he be
lieved they were the rials of the boys in
jail here, Irving and Dennis. The names
of the men at Newton are: Wnj. Blake,
aged 34; Frank Foster, aged 0.1, and Dan
Speucer, aged IS. The boys here confess
that these are the men wanted.
May Strike in Coston.
Boston, Sept. 14. At a meeting of the
district council of United Garment work
ers last night delegates from every shop
in the citv- reported in favor of a general
strike. If such action i taken 4.5UQ
men wilt be involved. They demand
that the contractors employ them by the
week and that their weekly wages shall
be not less than $2 for a 9 hours day.
llenominatert in Virginia.
Petersburg. Ya., Sept. 14. Col. Thos.
Goode, of MecKlenburg countj-, who is
now contesting the seat of the Hon.
James F. Epes, iu the oHd congress, has
been renominated by the Populists of the
Fourth district.
'enn Worst Searly Ione.
Washington, Sept. 14. The work of
the eleventh census is about completed,
the work on population and vital statis
tics being all that remains to be done.
Chief Clerk Djwus thinks that in less
than five months the work of tho census
I bureau wiil be completed.
k k ROBIllSOl!
Will, it is Said, Soon Be
Recalled
To the Management of the Santa
Fe Railroad.
ONE MOItE CIRCULAR
Issued hy the Reorganization
Committee,
Demanding the Resignation of
the Present Directors.
The reorganization committee of the
Santa Fe railroad has issued another cir
cular which will materially affect the
future of the road.
The circular advises that new directors
be elected at the meeting of the stock
holders which will be held in Topeka on
October 25. This means much more
than might appear on the face. A well
known Topeka geutlemau who knows
all about the business of the road, but
who wiil not permit the use of his name,
said to a Journal reporter:
"I knew this circular was coming and
I know what it means. It means that
every member of tho board of directors
will be forced to resign. Some of them
may bo taken back but at auy rate tlie
entire policy of tho road will be entirely
changed.
"A, A. Robinson will be called back
and put at the head of the road. General
Manager Frey and many of the rest of
the heads of departments will have to
go and new men will lie elected. I do
not think that Geo. R. Peck will be
asked to resign because he has not been
responsible for the trouble.
"The fact of tho matter is that the road
has been run by a champagne manage
ment and this will bo shut off and a re
turn will be made to the old policy,
which has made the road what it is. At
the meeting of the stockholders iu Octo
ber you may expect some lively times."
Iu tlie circular issued by the reorgani
zation committee the committee recom
mends tho election of new directors aud
places the responsibility for the present
condition of the road upon the shoulders
of the directors. It excuses Mr. Rein
hart's action by saying that he occupied
merely a clerical position to the direc
tors, and that the directors are the re
sponsible parties. The circular contin
ues: "The best guaranty stockholders can
have that their interests will uot be neg
lected or sacrificed in reorganization,
will be tho selection of directors who
wid protect the interest of the stockhold
ers, und thereby necessarily protect all
other interests. We are strongly im
pressed with the idea that the bondhold
ers themsoives will gladly join iu a reas
onable and just plau to save this great
property from hostile foreclosure. We
believe they can bo made to see that their
greatest security lies in co-operation with
the stockholders, in the expectation that
the repeal or modification of unfriendly
legislation, and the return of more health
ful business conditions, combined with
prudent management and discontinuance
of tlie extravagant methods which have
heretofore prevailed, will at no distant
day place the road upon a paying basis.
"It is important for the stockholders to
remember that no satisfactory plau of
readjustment can be f ully form ulated
until more certaiu knowledge is furnish
ed as to tho condition, earnings and
prospects of the company. This work
can be better accomplished when the
stockholders shall have placed their own
board iu charge of the organization, and
through that board shall have learned
exactly what the facts are. The task of
reorganizing the greatest railroad sys
tem in the world is one which ought not
to be taken up aud finished iu haste."
The committee says that the plan an
nounced by the board of directors to as
sess tach share of stock $12 and place
00,000,00;) of now securities ahead
of the stock and invest the $ll."i,00O,U00
of bonds with voting power, can not suc
ceed as it takes the control of the road
out of the hands of the stock holders.
The committee outlines the following
plans:
1. The control of the property shall be
left with the stockholders.
2. No new securities shall be issued
to the injury of stock.
3. Whatever assessment is made must
bo the smallest possible, consistent with
the permanent welfare of the company.
It is uot the mere fact of an assessment
which is to be dreaded so much as the
unfavorable conditions upon which that
assessment may beenforced. If the con
ditions are right and just tho stock will
be improved in value by an assessment,
but the stockholders cannot safely fur
nish the company with new capital unless
the bondholders will also make conces
sions on their part to such an extent as
will enable the system to work out of its
present depression.
4. The stockholders should receive for
their contributions of money the best se
curity which the condition of the com
pany will allow.
NO ACTION TAKtS
IJy tlie Interstate Commerce Commission
Ayralnnt former Kantu I-'e Management.
Washington, Sapt 14. The interstate
commerce couimioion ha3 so far re
ceived no facts or proofs that would war
rant that body instituting judicial pro
ceedings against the Atchison officials
for making rebate payments.
Expert Little was iu the city a few
days ago aud had a short conference
with Colonel Morrison, chairman of
the commission. It was at the lat
ter's request, but the explanation of
the commission that facts would be set
forth by Mr. Littlo sufficient to warrant
the commission in taking action, was not
realized. Mr. Little speaks of the affairs
of the Atchison ).n a general way, but
gave no particular on which prosecution
could be based.
One of tha commissioners said today
I that the commission had not yet con
sidered a case against the Atchison ofii
cials and that no steps would be taken
until additional (acts are broueht to
light. The case has been uuder consid
eration for a long time aud an investiga
tion was recently made in New York.
The members of the commission, w ith
tho exception of Commissioner Clements,
are away from the city, and as the foil
board will uot again be in session for
several weeks, a considerable length of
time will elapse before important steps
can bo taken.
Commissioner Clements when seen to
day said; "What would constitute a.itnis
sable proof before a court I am unable to
say. Mr. Little was here and had a short
conference with the chairman, but
left no papers or evidences of any kiii'L
He neither gave, nor pointed to any evi
dence in respect to particular transac
tions, or illegal rebates, and his connec
tion in the matter has been that of no
engaged to look into the atiairs )f tho
organization iu tho interests of tho inves
tors. "He certainly so far as can be learned,
gave no data or particulars whereby mc
tion might be taken. Tha mat
ter is still under investigation
by the commission in tho
hope of lindiug whether there are any
facts that will bring the matter within
the scope of our duties. The statement
1 has been made that two at least of the
bring action against all otlicials impli
cated. There is no difference of opin
ion between any two of tho commission,
and tho balance iu such matters. The
commissioners will take action together.""
c. s. A I)1i:i:c tou.
ChoMen Anions Ot hei-H to l-'lll Vacancies on
tho Hoard.
Nkw York, Sept. 14. At the meetings
of the board of direcforsof the Atchison
road held here yesterday and today res
ignations of directors wero received and
accepted and t ho vacancies filled, making
the board now stand as follows:
John A. MeCall, J. K. Sturgis, James
A. Blair, Thomas 1. Fowler, Edward J.
Bervvind aud Win. E Bull, of .New Yorlt;
B. 1. Cheney, Jr., Samuel C. Lawrence,
Alden Speare and George A. Ali:Ct'm
of Boston; C. K. Holliday and C. S. (.; 1
of Topeka, aud E S. S every, of Emporia,
Kansas.
The board at today's meeting issued a
circular to stockholders settinLT forth the
changes, declaring tho vacancies in tho
directory wero tilled at the suy gestio.i
of holders of large amounts of
tho company's stock and announcing
that ii. P. Cheney, jr., S. R. Lawrence, ..
A. Nickerson, W. E Bull, T. 1. I'owlt-r,
J. A. McCall and F. C. Slurgis have been
appointed a committee to solicit proxies
for tho election of directors to be hid 1 at
Topeka, Oct. 5, 10 a. m.. tho proxies t bo
voted "in favor of the board as now con
stituted without material cbancn, in or
der that such board may fuhy protect
the interests of tho stockholders of llm
company."
ViiVE LEO I NTEIIESTEI)
In the KxjMwure of Tammany Corrn pt ton
in New York.
NkwYouk, Sept. 14. Father Ducy of
this city, in a signed article in tho World
printed today, referring to the Lexow
committee's investigations iu this city
says, in part:
"The World asks mo if the religion.'
bodies iu New York should not make
every effort to arouse tho various con
gregations to a bo.nse of the danger to
which this great city is exposed and it
further asks me if I believe tho state
ment made in tho World a few days ago,
that the Vatican had taken a deep inter
est in the proceedings of the Lexow com
mittee and at its disclosures, for the rea
son that the fair nanio of the church and
the Catholic morals wero endangered by
the asserted atliliatiou with Iho name
Tammany.
"A few day3 ago I received letters
from a very distinguished dignitary very
near to the Holy Father. Tho tirst letter
is dateil Rome, August 17, und a second
letter bears tho date Rome, August 22.
"Both these communications make ref
erence to the Lexow investigation. Here
is an extract from the lirst: A few days
ago, says my correspondent, I had a
long interview with Cardinal , and
had to go iuto details about the L'xow
investigation and its disclosures, and tho
history of Tammany.
'The second letter has the following
passage: 'The communications that havu
reached the Vatican in relation to Tam
many, etc., have certainly produced a
deep impression.'
"1 have been requested in these com
munications to put certain information in
form and forward it immediately to tha
Vatican.
"I am delighted at the interest for a
moral purification by the head of tho
church, and I trust that my non-Catholic
brethren will be kind enough to top im
pugning tho fair name of the church and
not hold it responsible for the corruption
that exists.''
A WEST IDIKS-TIPPLi:.
Liquur A bout an (rooil an W Ii ink y at a Cent
a (aallon.
Nkw York, Sept. 14. Ail but total
abstainers will bo pleased to learn that
New Y'oik will shortly have a new tip
ple. In the making of sugar from cane
in the West Indies there was formerly a
largo amount of by-product, which wm
chiefly molasses. With the present im
proved machinery a greater percentage
of sugar is obtained and no molasses.
But there is a syrupy by-product that
looks like tar tmd is called "miel."
This can bo distilled and makes an ex
cellent liquor. It is now going to waste.
A company has been formed to buy it
for a cent a gallon and distill it here.
The company thinks it has a chance of
running tho whisky trust out of business
as the new liquor will be "very cheap.
SNOW AT 031AUA.
Tlie Firht of tlie Season 1 all There Thi
jMtirinii,
Omaha, Sept. 14.- The first snow of
the season fell here this inorniu;
it
was followed by a ho. ivy rain storm from
tlie north.
Dr. Eastman the late superintendent at
the state insane asylum, is confined to
his home on Harrison street by an at
tack of malarial fever.
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