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Since the abrogation Of the pass system va1i-
GUS efforts to accommodate heavy patrons have
been made By the Western railroads. These
have mainly taken the form Of communication
tickets, and in this respect have already assumed
such proportions that check was deemed BY
the more conservative imperatively necessary.
Five Thousand milo tickets had been issned by
two OF three roads st the rate OF 2 cents per
mile. These were limited to business men.
Tho objection Was that it tended toward making
the reduction Of fares popular. The Legisla-
tures Of Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin,, and oIin-
nesota have passed laws reducing the
regular local fare for passengers to cents per
1niie but the roads do not conform to the enact
ment- They could. however. 17eu hold out much
longer against cents per mile local fare if they
carried passengers 5000 miles at 2 cents per
mile.
RAILROAD MEETING.
a meeting Of Western railway managers was
therefore called to consider this question. It
WAS held Saturday in the general Office OF the
Chicago d Northwestern Railway. The follow
ing named Companies we're represented. ~ fol-
lows: Chicago, Rock Island Pacific Railroad.
by Hugh Riddle Vice-P1esident and General
Superintendent; Chicago, Burlington d. Quincy,
b.: J, H. Walker President; Illinois Central, BY
John Newell, President: Chicago & Northwest
ern, by Albert keep.. President Fl: H. Por.er,
perintendent; Milwaukee l. st. Paul. By s. S.
h1errll1, General Manager, and John G. Gau1t,
Assistant General Manager: Wisconsin Central,
by E. B. Phillips, General Manager; and Chicago
g. Alton by proxy.
AFr. Riddle was elected Chairman, aud Mr. j.
II. nudgley Secretary.
THE RESOLUTIONS.
After wide range Of discussion, it was
Rtso.ncd, That hereafter We will not sell any first
eaes local tickets excepting communication and season
Tickets for Ices than per mile and that
Eerson, and sucA fndlSfduas eshan he written
Dn the ticket, and such tickets shall bs issued at but
pne Office.
The undersigned Railroad Companies hereby agree
f1ch With the Other to keep, strictly to maintain and
carry into effect the provisions Of the foregoing re.o-
lution to their ful meaning snd intent:
= Chicago, Burlington Quincy Railway Company, by
). H. Walker, President Illinois Central Railway |
Company, n5 John Newell, President: Milwaukee i !
st. Paul Railway COMPANY, By S. s Merrill, General
by Albert Keep President; Chicago l. Alton Railroad
Company, by 7. B. Blackstone, President, per J. H.
walker.
mir. Riddle OF tue Rock Island Company With !
held his slgnature for the present. The form Of ]
the resolution did no: quite meet his Tiews but |
be expressed his intention to conform to them
Mr. Phillips Of the Wisconsin Central. also t
withheld his signature. He has Issued round
trip tickets, and does dot feel justified in abol-
ishing them.
It was expressly understood that the agree-
ment should in no wise affect the issue OF ex-
curslon tickets or roundtrip tickets to delegntes
attending conventions at one and one-fifth fare |
The Secretary VAS requested to secure the as
scnt of the Chicago, DanTille d Vincennes, and
Chicago & Pacific Railroad Companies to the
, 1874-05-17
The State VS.. The Northwestern and Mil
Waukee & st. Pau! Roads.
The Supreme Court Asked to
Amend Their Charters.
Representatives Of Western Railroads
in Council in Chicago.
Resolutions Adopted Restricting the Issue
Of Communication Tickets.

TIE WISCONSIN, Law.
Special D;spateh to The CHICAGO Tribune.
SUITS AGAINST THE NORTHWESTERN AND A1LwAU-
KEE ST. PAUL RAILROADS.
MADISON. Wis, May 16.-The Supreme Court
met this afternoon and announced several decis-
ions, none Of special interest to the general
pablo. On behalf Of the State, Atty.-Gen.
Sloan asked leave to file an information. Is the
first step in an action OF quo warr' alto against
the milwaukee, l. st. Paul and Chicago North
western RAilroad Companies, for violation Of the
Potter freight and passenger tariff limitation
act. The information Bets forth the require
monts of the net. that these Companies have
publicly declared their intention to disregard
them, aud ire acting in open violation OF
the laws. The Attorney General therefore
claims that tho Companies lave forfeited
their charters conferred by the State,
and asks that they be annuled by the Court.
in order IVES issued allowing the fling Of the
information, and the issuing Of q summons to
the Railroad Companies to show cause why the
petitions should not be granted An annwer is
expected during the June term, which begins On
the Cd pro1.
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THE GROWTH OF ARMIES.

The increase in the military forces in the
principal European states in the last Is years
is illustrated by the following table:
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/, THE WAR OF THE CABLES

A London letter says:-There is q chance
that b-Atlantic telegraphing will be
cheaper this year than ever. The man
ayers of the new Direct Gable Company are
sanguine Of success in laying their wire. and
establishing a shilling rate. Their new
ship, the Fssaday. is believed by her engi-
neers to be better adapted for the work than
the Great Eastern. AS for the difieulty
about landing, it is alleged that it
has been overcome, or can be-.
Unauthorized persons in the in
interest of the old company are reported to
have made threats that the Direct Cable, if
landed. shall be cut. / do not believe there
will be any cutting Of cables, for the simple
reason that If one was cut the other four
to play. Putting all that aside, and assum-
may then expect some further information
on the question how cheaply telegraphing
between Europe and America can he DONE
The Anglo-American directors have made
up their minds that their present monopoly
| is thing to beperpetuated, il possibly, and
they are going in for war. The DirecI Cabl,
Company, on the other hand, is in contro
| of very resolute and shrewd men, who knew
before they embarked their money in tn,
enterprise what sort of opposition they
/ would have to encounter. Until the new
cable is actually down, there is not mucl
use in anticipating what will b. 6Sz1N 1kIi1l
ii, but can hardly agree
affect to believe thRt
. it will either spl
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was driven, or where they alighted with
him, he does not know. His next recollec-
ton was finding himself, at I o'clock
Wednesday morning, leaning against the
fence around the new Tribune building in
Spruce street. The smell Of chloroform was
so great, be says, as TO be sickening. His
shirt was drenched with it, as was also his
coat. He reeled like q drunken man past
Franklin's statue and into City Hall Park, /,
where he stumbled across policeman,
whom be accosted. This guardian of the peace
advised him to go home, as ne bad taken
drop too much. He asked to be directed to a
near drug store and protested that he hadn't
touched drop OF liquor of any kind, and,
in fact, never does. The policeman then di-
rected him to Hudnut's pharmacy. He told
the clerk what had happened. Some medi-
cine and coffee were given him when he was
advised to go home. He then started for
Sweeny's Hotel, hut, growing faint and dizzy
on the way, he called in the aid of police
man, who assisted him there. He then
went to bed, and did not awake until the
afternoon. He made an exs iination of his
pantalcons pocket in order to ascertain If
his diamonds were there, but found that not
only had they been stolen. but his three
diamond shirt studs, three rings, his sleeve
buttons and his gold watch and chair were
gone as well. 1t was.
THE FIRST MOMENT
bltdt 10 was COuoIlOuS vi LIS iOocs AAO hod
been a captive from Monday afternoon until
Wednesday morning, and was minus valua-
bles worth nesrly sixteen thousand dollars.
In company with Mr.. James Sweeny he
went to police headquarters and reported his
loss TO Chief Matsell. The matter vas at
once placed in the hands of the detectives,
but thus far without success. One day since,
while at the central Office, one of the detec
tives told him that they had got hold of some
uncut Brazilian diamonds. He asked to see
them, thinking they might possibly be a
part OF those he had lost. But the de-
tectives answered that they were satisfied
the stones were not his, and refused to
allow him to see them. Not satisfied
with the efforts made by the police detec-
tives. Mr.. Anderson has called in the aid
of a private detective agency, whom be
thinks will succeed better, and II 1t is posi-
BILE obtain him his valuables. He has offered
to the police authorities one-half the value
OF the stones if they will recover them. Cap
tain Andersen is gentleman OF considera-
bic intelligence, and tells his story with a
degree of earnestness that leaves no doubt
of its entire truthfulness. 1t is certainly one
ofthe most remarkable robberies that has
yet taken place in this city, and the public
will look with interest for the arrest of the
parties who have perpetrated this bold act
of robbery
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No. of soldiers for each
million of Inhabitants.
U--S--a A-AtlAk NJ

The Servians and Swiss having no army,
but only militia. it follows from the above
that universal conscription has nowhere be-
come so oppressive as in Germany. Next
to Germany follow France, Austria and 1t
ally. whose offensive force taken together do
not much exceed the total that could be
summoned for defensive purposes by Ger
many.
GERMANY TO FIRE THE SIGNAL GUN.
The leading article in the Times of yester-
day is one well worthy of the attention
which it will everywhere receive. 1t was a
plain warning that Europe is on the eve of a
mighty war. Affairs have come to such a
pass that the burden of maintaining the
armies which all the nations have prepared
for the coming war is too great long to be
endured. But still these armies are con-
stantly increased. "The process of turning
citizens into soldiers" says the Times, "goes
on all over Europe without any apparent
limit The German army is more than
half as large again as it was Is years
ago, but still is not large enongh
to satisfy Bismark and Moltke. France,
Austria, Italy, Russia, Belgium and Sweden
is each following .Germany's example, and
are increasing their armies. Each is afraid
of all the others, and Europe is returning
to the traditions of an earlier age, when
every free man was soldier, and the pur-
suits of industry were wholly subor3inated
to the claims of military service" Each
nation says it is arming only for defence
but some of them have already armies OF
defense more numerous than any offensive
army that can be brought against them
| For, says the Times: Germany has an
army of l, ,26l, 900 men and this is very nearly
twice as large as the entire offensive army
of European and Asiatic Russia, and falls
very little short of the combined offensive
forces of France and Austria and Italy
i The French army again, is much 1arge
than the army with which Germany coulC
make the attack. Nor is Italy less well de
tended against all possible assailants
Within the last fifteen years she has al
most doubled her standing army, and ha
increased the available offensive part Of Il
in an even larger proportion. She has no,
COS, 200 soldiers with whom she can dsfen
/, herself, aud 500, 900 with whom she can al
tack her neighbors. 1T we measure her de
fensIve forces against the offensive forces {
Z any other nation whatever, we shah fin
that they do not fall far short of any, an
4 that they are considerably in excess Of til
: most. The very pretense of reason alt
: gether disappears, and the iealousies an
suspicious of the nations of Europe with r
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seBorER OF THE NATIONS.
ENORMOUS PREPARATIoNsFoRw WAR.

ENOhMOOS IhERAhAI1ONOTO OfS w An.
EUROPE A TRAINING scHooL-THE MOST
GIGANTIC ARMAMENT IN HISTORY. II
Various sources represent the prodigious
preparation for war as not only unexsmpled,
but sufficient to drag the life out OF every
nation in, Christendon to maintain. Says q
Berlin correspondent ofthe London Times;
Military preparations continue briskly rs
ever. Mr.. Krupp, 10 extend his works, has
raised loan of II, 900 600 thalers, and will
supply the last barrels for the new German
artillery by the beginning OF next year. BY
about the same time the whole army will be
equipped with the Mauser rifle, and the or
ganization of the force will be complete.
need not dwell upon the exertions to the
same end made in France; but 1t is, perhaps,
less known that Marshal MacMshon has
sent number of officers to Austria to study
the military arrangements OF that empire,
and ascertain their probable efficiency In
case of emergency. In Russia active steps are
being taken to in force the first general con-
scription i'm the coming autumn. 1t is not
a little curious that while an army of 3,Ooo,.
600 is being avowedly formed
papers of st. Petersburg should
continue to represent Germany as most
bellicose nation, bent upon going to war
with France and the rest ofthe world as soon
as possible. It was, indeed, hardly to be
expected that the friendly intentions of the
Russian emperor toward this government
would exercise more influence upon his
subjects feelings now than in 1870. The
habit of writing down Germany is too gen.
eral in Russia since the revival of the
national feeling, 20 years ago. 1t is least
likely to be abandoned at a time when the
neighbor, formerly only disliked as pedant
and an intrusive disciplinarian, becomes an
object of dread as a soldier and thinker,
Yet it was not foreseen that few weeks
after the exchange Of the most cordial civiii-
ties between the Emperors Alexander and
William, the st. Petersburg press would be
permitted to charge this country with sinis-
ter designs. But for the anti-German feel-
ing extending to leading circles, this would
be impossible.
THE GROWTH OF ARMIES. tif
The increase in the military forces in the
principal European states in the last Is years
is illustrated by the following table:
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A Dresden correspondent of the Cont
mental Herald has been noting the increase
that has taken place in the military strength
of the European powers since 1859. The
forces of Austria have increased by %, $50, !,
and amount at PRESENT. to $50, $50 men; Rus
sia has augmented her armies, which now
number 1,5laSl0 men, by 295, 5,66O; Italy
counts 2S7 $50 more soldiers than in 1859,
and her present aggregate military strength
Is 600, 200 men; the German Empire can
summon to the field 1861 100 men, an in
crease Of 424 800 since the abolition of the
old federal constitution: the French army,
977 600 strong, is greater by 3S7, ,l00<han that
maintained by Louis Napoleon, and. under
the new army organization, is steadily in
creasipg; Great Britain, including volun-
teers, has added 233, ,020 to the total of her
land forces, which now include AIS, $40 men;
the Swedish army of 204 $40 has been aug
~ >the Belgian army of 93,-
Dutch army of 64, ,320
Hber of soldiers now
weren't European
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gard to each others future, movements are
shown clearly to be as baseless as they are
ruinous."
Englsnd, for every 200 of her population,
maintsins only three soldiers fer Offensive
purposes Italy and Belgium maintain IL :
France and Austria Is: Germany q l.aIt is
In vain for Germany to pretend that she
wishes only to defend herselEshe means
mischief, and the gun which will be the sig
nal OF the next great war will be fired by
her. T rss1'fr, 60 ID wolIgi -
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WHOLE NUMBERf,755

rspid and inconsiderate close. So apparent
Inc Independents hare taken advanced
ground upon the currency question, have
loned hands with their brethren of the in
oastrial classes of the East, West, North
and South, to bring about a complete reyolu-
ton In the governments system Of finance.
system which has enabled the strong 10
oppress the weak, which has robbed the
producer the fruits of his toll. which breeds
countless woes in land which should be the
abode OF prosperity and of happiness, and
~nlcn, py IT'S subtle working, binds the
common people In a state of slavery almost
asdeplorable as the condition of the southern
blacks before the war. II should be a matter
OF copgratulation throughout the whole
lsno that the masses of the people are be-
ginning TO comprehend fully their wrongs
ana 20 understand the remedies for then.
That this is so is a fact propbet;c NJ more
good than any one thing developed by the
growth of the people.
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The number of men contributed for mill
tary purposes by every million of jnhabi-
tants in the principal states may be seeu
from the following table:
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of it over bis coat. In fact, he was com
pletely saturated with the liquid. He then
Remembers vaguely that he was put into a
. coach, for he has an idea that he felt the un-
comfortable ride over the stony pavement.
His senses then SWAN. From what spot he
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Modern 0rthodOxy-A Rational View of
.-s7.. He'll. "

1t is only a human religion such as that of
Buddha, or Thor, or Jupiter, that may fear the
growth of intelligence, and that may fade as the
light of reason dawns; but of a religion from
God, given by inspiration, the first distinguish
ing principle must be that it reveal its reasona-
bleness as fast as man unfolds his own intelli-
gence, and still become more glorious where there
is the most culture. The medieval Christianity
having been disfgured by Ignorance and supersti-
ton, the subsequent growth Of religion bad to
express itself in ~infdelity. When a Dante de-
scribes hell to mankind, and his frightful pictures
become the theology of the church, sweeping
through Romanlsm over into Professionalism, un-
til Edwards says God will dash the sinner down
on helTs hoor and stamp upon him, then infdelity
must follow, not simply to save a man from such
horrors, but to rescue Gods blessed name from
such unspeakable infamy. In such a hell as
Dante's it is not man that is punishcd-it is God
that is destroyed. From such ideas we must fy
to a more reasonable religion, carrying the cross
and our holy faith away from such a degradation.
We must, indeed, separate forever the righteous
and the wicked; but, as the drunkard is punished
in this world, and as the murderer accepts of his
arrest without blaming God, as the soul feels its
own wickedness and does not reproach his Crea-
tor, so the lost world is a place, not where God is
seen as a cruel monster, but where the human
free-will stands forth in all its divine powers, and
reveals a self-punishment over which we can al
most imagine the Heavenly Father himself to
shed tears. Such is the perdition of reason-a
place not where the Savior and God become an in
q%usition, but where the sinners own heart and
own will have woven themselves garments of per-
petual sackcloth, and where the tears of sorrow
fall not from a malicious decree of God, passed
from eternity, but fall out of the sinners own
wretched soul and miserable life. Thus, over
almost every idea of the Christian religion there
Is lying a drapery of reason fresh from the God
of infinite wisdom, and beautiful to man, the
image Of the rational God.-FrOm a Sermon BY
Prot. Stcinq OC Chicago. - -
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in the shape of the first gorilla ever tanned aud now
in London. A small party dined with him not
long ago. and We are told that Monsieur Gorilla
behaved like any courteous diner-out, except that
his conversation was not very brilliant, and that
at one point in the meal be calmly extended his
paw and removed from his neighbours plate to his
own some pretty tiny kickshaws. which particu-
larry pleased bin. He drank his claret with his
steak, lounged in his chair between the courses,
and cracked his walnuts and took his after-dinner
glass of port with the most graceful ease. He is
very particular in his food, and always takes hot
rum and water, sTeetened with honey, before re-
Darwin ought to be a happy man.
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HE WIDOWS PRoTEST.-0ne of the saddest
things that ever came under my notice (saId the
bankers clerk) was there in Corning during the
war. Dan Murphy enlisted as a private, and
fought very bravely. The boys all liked him
down till carrying a musket was too heavy work
for him, they dubbed together and fixed him up
as a sutler. He made money then, and sent it
always to his wife to bank for him. She was a
washer and ironer, and knew enough by hard
experience to keep money when she got it. She
didn't waste a penny. On the contrary, she
began to get miserly as her bank account grew.
She grieyed to part with a cent, poor creature,
for twice IN her Woodworking life She had known
what it was to be hungry, cold, friendless, sick,
and without a dollar in the world, and she had a
haunting dread of suffering 50 again. Well, at
last Dan died and the boys, in testimony of their
esteem and respect for him, telegraphed to Mrs.
Murphy to know if she would like to have him
embalmed and sent home; when you know the
usual custom was to dump a poor devil like him
into a shallow hole, and then inform his friends
what had become of him. Mrs. Murphy jumped
to the conclusion that it would only cost two or
three dollars 70 embalm her dead husband, and
SO she telegraphed " Yes" 1t was at the = wake
that the bill for embalmiDg arrived, and was
presented to the widow.
She uttered a wild, sad wall that pierced every
heart, and said " Sivinty-foive dollars for stoofn'
Dan, blister their sOwls /! Did thin divils SUPPOSE
| was goin' to start a Museum, that I'd be daIin'
IN such expansive curiassities :"
The bankers clerk said there was not a dry eye
in the house.
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