The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1868-06-11
CUR CHICAGO LETTER.

or
CHICAGO, June 9th 1868.
One of the most important events
which have transpired here. recently, and
about the only really important thing
which l shall have to communicate in
this letter, is the final busying of the
hatchet between Tracy and Keep parties
in the Rock Island Il. K. Co. | believe
that [ told you some time since, at con-
siderable length, all about that big fight,
how Tracy, president Of the road J
euchred Keep,-how Keep got out injunc-
tions and other things-which were all
evaded by Tracy and his. party skipping
over. to Iowa, re organizing under a char
ter from that State, getting their annual
election postponed year from this } Jpne
and finally putting in whole new Board
of Directors. Keep felt badly about It,,
he was fairly beaten but with Mr..
Browns S adviser in the ancient hymn,
concluded that it would never 90 to give
it mp so and rnt up new job on his
adversaries. lie and Ills lrIt, ! rot all
the stock and proxies they could at New
Y ork and then came out here this past
week, with the intenriolI of len ring Tie
entire Legislature Of Iowa.: holding an
election, ousting Tracy and party and
stopping that extension through Iowa to
Omah Meanwhile Tracy was in exile.
Ever since the fight bega... he has been
camping out at Davenport, Iowa, as
Drew did at Jersey City, and no tempta-
ton, argument or threat could get him
over where Illinois officers might serve
any Injunction upon him. But he was
not Idle, and had good representatives
here. As soon as one OF the Keep party
landed III town he was served with an in.
Junction, forbidding him to take part in
any such meeting as proposed and thus,
quietly and unoStental iously their little
game was busted - They were sad.
well disposed to come 10 terms and cou-
c:u.tal to journey on to Tracy's biyoaac
at Davenport 1hcie i. treaty OF peace
was concluded, and in the language of
the Methodist General Conference and, |
beliye, also of the Bible, Judah shall
no more vex Ephrlam, nor shall Ephrlam
envy Judah. The road to Omaha is to
be built A new Board of Directors is to
be chosen, by each party and the
twelve to select u thirteenth. All suits, on
both sides, are to be withdrawn. Those
are the main main points of the agree
ment.
The Northwestern Railroad election, on
Thursday, was much more quiet than
was anticipated 1t became generally
known before hand that Keep and his
party controlled over one half million
more than a half of the company S entire
stock, SO there was no use ''bucking
against him. and only one ticket was
placed in nomination, that wi til the name
of w. H. Keep a. the head, 1t was
elected without any opposition whatever
and now the new Board of Directors of
the G.. & N. w r. f. Co, is composed
of dozen New York ers, four Chicagoians
and one Milwaukee man. The victory
is complete but, would have been in
measarslbly more valuable ifshe had only
succeeded in preventing the extension of
the Rock Island road as then all the
intellectually great advantages Of holding
the only connecting link between Omaha
and Chicago, would have been in his
hands. At the present time eighteen
corporators and individuals own thirteen
twentieths of the stock of the c. & n.
w r. r. l
The first great race between ''Bashaw
Jr.' @and ."Jim Rockey' the principal
sporting event of the season, came off on
| Thursday last, resulting in favor of Bash
aw. Indepeudant of the S5 900 stakes
on the race by the owners Of the horses
large sums OF money have changed hands
on the result,and the second race is looked
| forward to with increased eagerness
| The best time made was 2:3O, but the
track was heavy and during two heats
there was, sharp rain storm. For the
second race Bashaw Is of course the
favorite' He belongs to Fawcett, tic
former owner of 'NDexter,'@ the King ol
the Turf and people whoknow Fawcott,
whether they saw his morse or not would
be pretty sure to bet the way he did to1
| it has almost become a proveib that he
never OWNS losing horse. -" "a
The remains Of Hon. s. A. Douglas
have been laid to their final rest in the
mausoleum prepared for their reception
| beneath the great monument which is
being erected at Douglas Grove, by the
Douglas Monument Association. The
erection of this monument has been con.
fded to the eminent sculptor, Leonard
w. Volk, and when completed it will be
one of the most chastes aud beautiful, Ii,
design and execution on this continent.
The ''W hite Fawn9 has been produced
at the Opera House but, as yet drags
fearfullv. It's final grand Ftransforma.
ton scene islnferiof to that of - Undine
| but all the rest Of the piece is surprising
| ly magnificent
Moracclic, Ricci and twenty of the
| Coryphees of the De Pol Ballet troupe
have been engaged for the Black Crook
| at McVickers the 18th. Don.