, 1873-12-02
GILMAN, CLINTON & SPRINGFIELD.
Chicago Railroad Managers prepar-
ING to Take Part in the
!. 80. , Fight, -
Probability that 'judge Treat will Refuse
>'''.'- to Make His stnjuaction q,
r*": .''- a. Perpetual. :

sprefa, Dapateh to 7nt Chicago T,ttssne. :
sra1sariE1.p, ILL.,, DOG. 1.-Although acsiyo
hostitics In tho Gilman, Clinton, & Springfield
Nhilroad Wnt woro not resumed today, aud tie
hffars Of tho road roman as thoy wore yeator..
day., eaolt party claiming poasosslon OF the
road Tho lanB for tho future conduct OF tNe
war arc Widening and deepening. It Is rnmofeo
tonight, 80 vnguoly however tint cannot give
hamoH, that It will ultimately result In nghs
between rival :&'
nA1LRoAD CoRroRAT1oNH LEADING INTO on1oAao'
= It is claimed that tue appointment OF Mr.
Hinchloy was III tho interest OF tho Chicago q
Alton Railroad, and tile Chicago. Burlington i
Quincy, tho intention being to run the Gilman
Noad In connection with tho Chicago l. Pnducah
Railroad, connecting tic; Chicago 3. Alton to
Chicago: Upon this. olnim iB basod tho run.or
that a cortai1 powerful CORPORATION, With Which
tho Gilman noad has ut times lad running ~"
rangompnts has nlreRt]y .HiEn!tiod q purpose 70
enter tho lists against the ltonotvor and hIs par.
ty; anl I'd tat end, it ie further rtl1norcd that
lend tlleir moral aud physical aunnort IL, aid of
tho suit, to mako tho injunction granted BY
Judge Treat perpetual. :. {.
JUDGE TnEArs DECISION ANx1ousIY AWAITED.
ALI the interest IL. tho case eoems now TO con-
tro In tho United Stntes District Court, and tile
decision Of Judge Treat Is looked Tor with great
anxiety. There arc those who question Lis
Jurisdiction iu tho mntter, md tho whole ctae
'nay huminnrily end IL Lis court with bis deolfa.
ing to tako Jurisdiction Of tho cause; but 1t
would bo folly to predict TINT that would be an
ontl Of tho .,ght. IT, as il surn1iBedi the fight
.widons, tloto arc othor e1pedients Tor delay
which will be inyokod.
LIN. u1soK1EY
Ia so confident Of hs succsBa that ILLS Is proPar-
ing to make tour Of inspection along the line
or next Wcdn osday, to get an idea Of the prop
,erty and the condition OF the road. Mr. Hinck-
10y Bays that he has been operating tho road to,
day, mud will continue to do no. It Is alleged
caused tho proceedings wiifoh wore commenced
after Judge Tipton'a decree. II Col. Morgan
had been appointod 8olo KeceYor sslch WAS tho
confidence in him that every one would have
anouiesrod. .least this iB the information
got from those who represent the interests in
Tolyed.
n ur1v,x
-o,nrnad In tbia D. cty lq ths td morning from st.
1.~,,;s - wh;cl, ,,oi,,t IL want 1oaE Friday on
hna;naa m sava his coine Ind nothing to do
1rith liza attachment iesned srainst Him. In re.
ply to the question propounded to him by your
vol .nncarci tl,st L hai been arranged in
Rlf,omrncton befnro ev.f;ov. pa]mer errivoi
thera lsa} Saturdnv that in caea ho waa rennired
to furnish bail for future appearance tic on
ha,, hnna I'm IN ndJitnn to T,om Tfessra. :Ioaso
aIi Ta oTa' ~ wnrral snd n n Gr;a,av Tsd otyored
thai, naToas 3AA ~ 00' ''AA
BLOOMINGTON GOSSIP,
B1ooM1soroN, iii, Doc. mo new featuro
has been developed In tho Gilman, Clinton l.
Springfield Railroad war. There III whispered
fu.nor hero, and it ia given meroly as such, that
the affairs Of the
INDIANAPOLIS, BLOOMINGTON WESTERN RAILROAD,
if investigated as deeply, would reveal much tie
came conu,tion rs has been exposed in the caso
now in litigation. The report has been cir
culated TINT Receiver had been appointed for
tho Indianapolis road, but investigation failed to
confirm 1t.
....
The Contempt Case Mt Bloomington.
spsetal Dispatch to Tie Chicago Tribune.
SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,, Dec. las everything
touching the q. l. 9. r. r. controversy Ia Of in
terest, and especially that part of it which re-
lates to the attachment for contempt Of ex-Goy.
Palmer, John Mayo Palmer, q. II. Shepard, 6:
N. Black, and = II. Melvin by Judge Upton, I
It has been stated in those dispatches that the
parties visited Bloomington on Saturday. accom-.
panied By A. Z. Darrot, Esq., Deputy shcriff OF
ibis county, aud appeared in court in accordance
time. 1t was discovered that the affidavit Of Mr.
Hinckley, the Receiver, upon which tho writa
had issued. had been taken from the files by II.
" G, Crawford, Epq., probably inadvertently, aud
could not bo produced. After The conclusion
OF cause pouding before tho Judge. e1.-Goy.
Palmer addressed the Court by permission, and
said, substantially, that ho and his partner and
other gentlemen appeared in obedicuce OF the
order Of the Court, supposiug that some techni-
cal contempt involving tho determination oi
some property-right only that he was not only
surprised, but humiliated, to find that thu
cl,nIrga aEainst thcm was prodicated upon por
sonal disreupeot Of tho Court and contempt ofitt
procoHn, lIo bad supposed that had tile con
tempt consisted of violation Of proporty-right
timo would be necessary to prepare = defense
but that he and the gcutomon who accompanied
any willfni contempt or tlisrespoct OF tho court
andwould waivo written nterrogatories, and were
prepared at once to answer such questions rs the
court or States Attorney might choose to pro
pound to Them. Tho partiea wore then oraminot
in tho following order: Gov. Pa!mor being fra
callod upon, was desired to stato lis connection
with tho posaeHsion Of tho road, which he did By
saying that tho firm of which ho WAS tho seniol
mem6or had taken possession Of the road by ths
direction Of, and for the protection Of, tho In
torosts Of nloshrs. Scott and Jewett, tho Irustec
named In tue mortgage Of the Gilman. Clinton !
Springfield Railroad, in pursuance Of tho oxpres
power contained In the mortgage; that ull th'