Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-06-07
CHICAGO.

CHICAGO. June 1.-THE annual meeting
Of the stockholders OF the Chicago anu
Northwestern Railroad Company was held
IN this city, presncnt Ogden In the Chai
lhls meeting has been ANTICIPATED win
much int, rest in Il anCipl circles al New
York, Chicago ard other pl ices, owing I"
certain conflicting Interests which have
been Mt work among the Stockholders, bond
holders ami officers This is the largest
railroad corporation in the United StatesS
us capital being ioitytwo million dollars
Mr.. Ogden made a lengthy speech, explain
ing fully the reason why no dividend had
been declared. During the past year ! To-
comu,ives, 900 freight ears aud 100 other
ears had been added mt an expense. includ
iug all that had been done, ui Si,5D0,0pO;
ana about 81, 600 600 had been eNpendc in
building side tracks.
Two tickets were put in nomination. The
regular ticket headed with w. B. Ogden,
with the following names: Perry ii smith,
Geo. u. Dausap, John Is. Turner. WIN. II.
Terry, Albert L. Pritchard, Samuel j. Til
den, Vim. A. Booth, Henry Bosby, Lowell
llolbrook, Jas. ID. Fish, Jas. A. Elwell,
John NJ Bush, BENZ Nathans, VIM. Is. Scott,
Samuel Sloan and Adrian Joselyn..
The exact number of the votes cast Is not
We, known, but the result il about rs follows:
| Ogden and the regular ticket 230 900 votes;
| for the opposition 60 900. Eighty thousand
votes were thrown out for some informally,
| all it is understood ior the opposition, so that
| the actual strength OF the two tickets Is 23o,
900 shares; for the opposition 10000 the
following facts have Just been furnished a.
official in reference to tina election o
officers for the n W. H. X Company.
The total vote for the old Board wa.
20a, 20i for tie opposition 354l0. 100,
coo votes were rejected because she stock
had been transferred within 81 days in vi
ola,icn oi the law II it had been nj
lowed the vote would have stood 2l9,0OC
ior the Regular ticket l24.O0o for the oie
position ; giving still a majority of $4,000
| Tor tho old oraauzation.
CucAGo, .jnne IA special from Sand
wich, H., Of the 9Th, says that family o'
| winnebago Indians camped about three
miles from town nj about o ?. M. One ole
Indian returned from town where he had
probably been drinking some. aud stabbed
his moth,r-inSlaw causing her immediate
death lie also stabbed his wife but she il
not fatally injured. The Indian was ar
rested this evening near Somanauk an,
brought 10 this place where he will be kop
in close confinement until the preliminar
raj to morrow. lie G. aims to be chief Q
the Winnebago tribe.
Quite . tragic occurrence occurred Il
this city yesterday. A notorious THE
who has been 10 the penten,iary sewers
tmcs, Was caught yesterday making Of
with another mans cow Similar transac
tons had occurred in the neighbofhoo
OF this mans rcsld snce for some time back
but could not be traced directly to him
Upon information coming to the kncwlede
o. the police. officer Kellogg got sight @
him, and followed 10 hot pursuit; whel
near him the thief Archer turned aud dis
charged two shots at Kellogg. but nisse,
his mark. Soon they came in closer con
tact, but the policeman having no weapo,
ut sidiag whip, was not able to retair
him. Al last . crowd OF men excited By
N'~ r~s~~SA e.ue~sd untn he VAS hemtne,
in, in . bend Of thc caral. lie turned upo
the crowd with pistol in each hand DARN
them 10 come on al the time. etsppin
bsckbaad until uuccnsciously he beckc
into the canal, and the dock being steel
and the water deep, he was dsowned befsI
he could be rescued.
The newly elected ,oRcess and dirsctor
OF the Northwestern Railway Co, with
r large number Of their friends start on
excursion this morning for Omaha, Ia spe,
ial train provided BY the Company. v
b. Ogden, President; P. II. Smith, Geo.
Dunlap and others make up the party.
ButfALo. n. Y, june Tn the case
Prather. Wsdsworth 4 Co, OF Plthol
sgainst the Western Union Telegraph Co
the Jury yesterday rendered verdict (,
1911, I'll in favor Of the plaintiffs.