Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1872-03-12
The Erie Ring Broken at Last.

GEN. DIX SUCCEEDS JAY GOULD AS PEKsIpsyT
The directors of the Erie railroad met i'm New
york yesterday afternoon to fill vacancies i'm the
board of directors. One after another the III.
rectors resigned, and their places were filled
amidst considerable excitemen mt and confusion
jay Gould was removed from the presidency
and General y. A. Dix was elected In his Mac
The following are newly elected officers and di-
rectOrs of the rOad:-Preesident j. a Oily: vice
p,esident, -. +. H. Archer; treasurer, W. Sher-
man; assistant, j. ID. White: suDerintendent
George h. Mcclellan. Directors General Dix
~. l.. Ill. Archer, George &. Hall, Mr. Drake of
corning. w. w Sherman, George Stebbins W
- 1ravers, John GansOn, S. L. NJ BARROW
Charles Dad, George Il. Mcclellan, General
ieyeD, Dr. Eldridge, Jay Gould. Homer Rams
ueiI anu MI. Lansing. 5. l.. NJ Barlow was
tlectcd counsel of the road.
Alter the meeting General Dix notified .Jav
LIQUID OF the action, and as president of the road
made formal demand for the surrender of
documents and papers in GOulds possession
General Sickles accompanied IrniteJ Statns
Marshal Crowley in delivering this letter
Souid was IN the presidents room surrounded
by strong guard OF policemen. General SIckIac
approached the door and dem anded admittanre
No notice was taken of this demand. The door
was forced, and the anti-Gould men succeeded
AL giddni,g admission. Gould rushed from the
preshients chair holly pursued by Crowley who
nnally read the letter TO Gould. General Dix
theh formally entered the presidents room anJ
assumed control ~
AT half-past one O'Clock this morning evarv-
thing was quiet at the Erie Ralfead Office
PoIce still occupied the building in stronn
force. The clerk of David Dudley Field was
compelled to surrender the books and naners
which he had taken from the safe
A Burglar Travelling a. a Wou,a,
The Decatur (Ill) N1qaDf. of the 20. contains
the follOwing:-'On Tuesday evening. about
dark, a brghteyed girl of eighteen, handsome
our appadens,y intelligent stopped at Of
That she had but little money, and wished IN
STOP with him few days. The gOod-natured
, h told her that that was all right-that
nc Conn g..
cheney In his regular charges for board Moth
ing more was said until this morning whom tho
gifd informed him that she wished to go to ST
Louis, and asked with tears in her ewes for her
trunk and the loan OF SO This the
landlord refused at the time to comply with
but demanded about 81 due him on board. She
tanned valuables that she could not dispose of
In Decatur, and promised him a quick remit
lance as soon as she arrived in st. Louis
Everything was arranged for her departure
the SO furnished. but, as she was getting nnon
the ST Louis train, an officer from Cairo with
documents III his pocket, laid his hand upon her
s eHsr anu ssit, on are arrested-my pris
tory to the officer, the train left the deDot with
the young lady in charge of the Cairo officer.
. Sne was brought before one of the Justices of
the peace-her trunk broken open and contents
examined. 1t was found to contain a lot of
burglar tools, four changes of suits and masks
anu about $500 in counterfeit money. Upon a
more full investigation and upon a close exam
inatlCn III private room, il was ascertained
beyond doubt that the woman was a man.
ana that, too, OF very respectable family OF
Memlhls Tenn. He had SO disguised himself
with false curs, chignOn. paint, &C., that il was
almost possible to tell him from the feminine
sex He was handed over to Marshal Wilson, OF
Cairo, and will 90 hence to Nemthis where ths
charges OF crimes preferred against him will be
fully investigated.
TERRIBLE RIDE-Ciinging 10 O Co,g-csfrbsr
The Bangor Why tells the story OF a terrible
ride which Mr.: Rufus kilgore, a man living in
tpidlo~n, had tuesday evening. 1t seems that
recti0n OF his home when he ovcrtaken by
a tram, which was moving slowly on account of
the deep snow. 1t was close upon him when he
discovered 1t, and moments deliberatiOn con-
WINGED hin that his only course was to make
jump Tor the cow-catcher. This he did, but
miscalculated the speed of the train, and in
consequence OF the severity of the shock his
leg was broken, and 1t was with great diff
hculty that he managed to secure a erasp.
Is BUT ne clung desperately, and managed
there during the run OF a mile. right in ing
teeth OF the wind, and covered with living snow
thrown up BY the locomotive in its way through
dangerous position. and his cries for HELM were
drowned by the noise Of the wind and roar of
the train until Oldtown was reached, and he
ance and restoratives were at once sunpIed
and the frightened and injured man will nm
doubtedly recover. This story is related with
number Of those who are in the foolish habit of
taking peripatetic exercise on railways.
A TRAVELLER in Polynesia concludes as a de-
scriptiOn Of the women Of Tahiti: "The most
bashful and coy never will pass you without a
greeting, q glance OF the eyes, and a slight
gathering in OF her dress with the elbows to ex-
hibit her buxOm figure to full perfection. or,
else, perhaps, she will come up coquettishly,
and ask you for the loan of your cigar, take |
few Puffs at it, and hand it back again grace
fully to the rather astonished owner; and then,
WITH a parting compliment, which you most |
nkeiy don't understand, let you 60 your way in /
Pehce-or not The proper way to talk with your
iaoy- love In Tahiti is as follows You put YOUR /
a. in around her neck, and she hers around your
" Ss.; ana hangs on your breast in q Imply
aheenonate manner. 1t is as muco s.lon y,
-, ,oges as walking arm-in-arm, and much prettier