The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1873-02-02
CAIRO BULLETIN.
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PARAGRAPHS
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POLITICAL.
MR.. COLrAX FAILS TO AP.
PEAR BEFORE THE
CREDIT MOBILIER.
A NEW CHARGE BROUGHT
AGAINST THE HON
OIABLE GEN
TLEMAN.
A LITTLE MORE LIGHT On
MR.. CALDWELL'S
CHARACTER.
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PETITION OF THE CREDIT MO-
BILIER TO DISSOLVE THE
CORPORATION.
THE COURT WILL NOT ENTER
TAIN THE APPLICATION.
ETC, ETC, ETC.
A LITTLE MORE LIGHT On
MR.. CALDWELL'S
CHARACTER.
PETITION OF THE CREDIT MO-
BILIER TO DISSOLVE THE
CORPORATION.
THE COURT WILL NOT ENTER.
TAIN THE APPLICATION.
ETC, ETC, ETC.
coI.rAx AND TuR MoRILIER.

WAsuIsoToS. Feb. l.-oontrary to
general expectations Mr.. Collar did not
appear before the Credit Mobilier to-day
Col. McComb was again put upon the
stand, and made . new charge which was
plainly intended to injurs Collar. He
stated thu, in February, 1867, he received
a letter from Mr.. Ame., in which the lat.
tor asked il the stock he had placed in the
banda Of Colfax, had not been Of great
benea, 20 the Union Pacific railroad mas
much as Colfa1 had, while in the 'pesker's
chai: in the senate, made q ruling in the
intsres. Of the company. McCofnb was
unable to produce the letter containing this
question, and said he presumed he had
lost il.
Mr.. Allison was examined by Repre-
sentative Stevens in relation 70 the Sioux
City and Dubuque railroad, but tho facts
elected were unimportant.
WILSON'S COMMITTEE.
A, the sitting Of Wilson's committee
this morning, Webster Snyder, formerly
general superintendent of the Union faei-
lie railroad. testified be did not know tina,
any government directors or commission
ers were paid anything besides their mile
sgs and expenses for services, except Wau-
dell. who il dead. Wsudell wanted
$4,000, and he was paid some for going TO
BRYAN, Wyoming in 1868. Waudell,
however, did not pay much attention to
the road when there.
Waudsll didn't say he.would make Ia
yorabls report on some % or - miles oil
the road being built a. that time
witness paid the money on his own re-
spon.ibili,y; in conversation With DR.. Di-
rant on the Union Pacific, that gentleman
declined TO authorize the payment. pecu-
mary e1igency, however, required the pay
meut; Oliver Arnes. president OF the road
wrote TO witness, saying he did wrong in
making the payment witness knew mol
Why be wa. removed; it was never init
mated he was removed for paying Wau'
dell; the money wa. charged 10 the &C.
count Of contingencies WAudsll gave nc
reason 'of ae"'A"''"s '". "a!
ioF b'o0o "''''' '''' ''''' ~ r."
the money, owing 10 the peculiar erigen'
Gle. a. tha, time, 10 being eigh. or nine
hundred miles west Of the Missouri river
he looked upo" "Au ue'' 0,''"s
t'ackmAili Inc roSu "A "''',e Wv"
r. r. Dia''' "''' n''0'u A". wv ~.
commissioners 'Ho"o Nv wv
charge ''s'' uu'! ."'
oil the company 'a''''s "'1"'e' :" Wv
payment
cohA'''h. o' hIH' 'oHs
AZ 'ne swung VI '"s 'e".'' .','''''
on eiec''on' 'o-u'! ~
bribery IN 'ne ERECTION VI o"''"e.'
senstor from hsnsa',A A. ooHs'ock tes''ne'
tina. in January and February is'i,he wa
book-keePer in Scots bank IN LeAveh
worth, and Caldwell and Levi smith ha'
accounts there did not reeoilecs 0
checks on the Kansas Pacific or an.
other railroad drawn'by MOTIFS ou''h'
time, one morning Martin Syre treasure
OF the Missouri H''e'' A'en'so" NM
Topeka railroad drew eheck oy oala
we'll Jay Cooke Y Co., fh'ide'Phia
for $4,000, and said he would have to 6
to Topeka on an early train; think thl
"" Just before the senatorial election
recoi'sct about that time fnecK drawn 0
Lew S"'."' e"a''sea Ut" W ""ue''o'
ana 'neh by Carney, and hn"l'y oy TN
oshk' aoe' not reeo'lscs OF other enecH
py parties mentioned ABOUT 'hs1 ''mo ei
"'s' :" 'eo''s 'eage' "ere NOT J." WI
A','', "S" "''''"e'
'a oso''' '"o"'''',u ,"a' "'". ;,
'0''u WI Nv '''' , A'ou' '"e 'A"" TIM" II
own pas'' $50" a. su
,lo 49," ~. 49, oashsa = o C',,s'.u'
$780,. I.a,.rs a Sa,oII7. ,..".,
soo o, I.n,.,v "a S7,s ,,n. I..',..
s 'a.'nno '' 49, On sIoOo,. ,n''.
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Wi,rs.. h.d no recolI.c,ion o, . sr,,
g., mo a,own nv Carney on tn,