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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1874-04-18
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL
Portland wheIe.ale Markets

nOHtb"sU 7tAsSH NIUE
FRIDAY. April IT. The hour market is very firm
and full prices are obtained There has been an ad-
vance of &c on Wheat which if it holds must send up
-four. Corn advanced in Liverpool to-day to such
an extent as to raise the price in American markets
&c per BUSH We quote it here at 92c for new Mixed
94c for new Yellow and 95c for old Corn. Pork has
advanced to % 90 % 80 for backs and % 90 % so
clear Lard has also advanced to II q 1ltc for tcs-
Opium has advanced to 90. Oranges and lemons
are little lower and prime repacked fruit is selling
at 90 a so per box. Sugars steady and IN
changed Molasses is firm and steady The grocery
market is generally without change.
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METEOROLOGICAL.

PROBABILITIES FOR THE NEXT rwENTY-FoUB
HOURS
WAR DEPT, OFFICE CHIEF SIGNAL
OFFICER, Washington, d. g.,
April IS, 800 P. MY
For New England
on Saturday, the winds will shift to the north
and northwest with clearing weather except
possibly on the coast.
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That Volcano.

RALEIGH, April 17.-Private dispatches re-
ceived this evening from Western Carolina,
report severe and heavy rumblings in Bald and
Stone Mountain on Tuesday last. The rum
bling of the earth was felt for more than one
hundred miles from the mountains. The shocks
are more severe than before and it is firmly be-
lieved by scientists that erruptions is imminent.
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STEAMER FRANCoNIA will leave for New
York to night
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Administrators Sale.

DURSUANT to a license from the Hon. D. A.
Il Waterman, Judge Of Probate within and for
the Co -nty of Cunt erand shall sell on the prem
Uses hereinafter described on SATURDAY, the f.6ih
day OF May, A. D. 1874, at O'Clock P. NJ, the fol;
Farm OF the late Henry S. JACKSON situated in JaRe
Elizabeth consisting Of about As Of lana g. -
tilage, and in good condito with inc SoDse ont
thereon consisting OF large one story s on pain,
buildings and barn. Also about q ~ with a snb-
road, all in tillage excellent grass lot Containing
stantial barn thereon; also one s- Elizabeth near
Long Creek. the timber being rs% dower Term, st
above sold subject to the WHO" A'
sale. j. W. JOHNSON,
,.,..-.tor de bopis non with will annexed.
Admin ..a viii be sold lot of tools, furniture,
SC. uAULEY a. CO., Auctioneers.
=. eodtd
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AUCTION SALES.
DAMAGED SUGAR
AT AUCTION.

We shall sell on MONDAY,
April Goth, at 2 o'clock p. M. at
No. So Bonded Warehouse, B0s-
ton & Maine Railroad Wharf. for
account Of whom it may concern,
164 Hogsheads Sagua,
% Tierces Centrifugal Sugar,
in damaged condition.
Also 8 Hog sheads and 3 Barrels
Sugar Scrapings. Duties paid.
Ex-ScbOOner Fannie A. Bailey.
Terms Cash. Per Order.
f. O. BAILEY & CO., AuctiOueers.
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Eur0pcan Markets.
LONDON, April l7-12.30 P. M.-American securi-
t1es-U. s. 1910 bonds 104. Erie Railway 324 a 323
do preferred 55.
LIVERPOOL, April 17-12.3 P. M.-Cotton is firm;
M:ddlIng upands at 81; do Orleans 81: sales $4,000
bales including 5000 bales tor export and specula
tion
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Handel & Haydn SOciety's
THIRD
TRIENNIAL FESTIVAL!
WILL TAKE PLACE AT
b OSTON SIC HALL,

OSTON MUSIC HALL,
MAY to 10. 1874.
For which occasion the following Eminent Talent
has been engaged:
Miss Edith w ynue. Mrs. j u ousfon w est
Mrs HI N. 18th,
Miss Adelaide Phillips.
W iss Annie l.. Cary,
MIR. William !. Winch,
Mr.. Myren ". Whitney, .
mr. John #. Winch.
Theodore Thomas Celebrated Orchestra,
Increased by the addition of eminent Boston Mnsi
sicians to Eighty Five Performers. Tho ST.
ciety's Chorus of six Hundred Voices.
CARL ZERRAHN, Conductor Of the Festival.
b. - I'ANG......". Orsnniss. .
TUESDAY EvENING, May 5th, -"
o p r N N g Q O N Q r r It,
HANDLES "JUDAS MACCABEUS.v
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON,
miscellaneous Coneert by Grand Orches-
ira aud Vocal SITS.
WEDNESDAY EVENING,
First Part Of Haydn's "seasons,'; Be~sho-
ven's Ninth symphony, and oIher Selections
THURSDAY AFTERNOON,
- ORATORIO MATIN EE
Mendelssohn's sChrissus,, and Clear MY
Prayer," and Dudley Bucks Psalm.
''God is our Refngeo
FRIDAY AFTERNOON,
Miscellaneous Concert by Grand Orches-
ira and Vocalisis.
FRIDAY EVENING,
Bachs "Pnssion Music.o
SATURDAY AFTERNOON,
Miscellaneous Concert by Grand Orches-
ira and V0calists.
SATURDAY EVENING,
j. X. Paine's Oratorio. ssst. Peter"
SUNDAY EVENING,
CLOSE OF THE FL STIVAL
HANDLES "MESSIAH."
MIR. THEODORE THOMAS will conduct por-
tion OF the Festival Programme.
Season Tickets, at SIS EACH will be for sale and
after April 9th; and single Tickets for the Oratoro
Concerts, $3.50 and S1.50 each; and 10 the Orches
tni coneerts etee ru, 81 each, according to loca-
ton. on and after April 25th
Orders for tickets, with money enclosed NAV be
directed to A. p. PECK, Boston Music Hall.
aplSS&WSt A. r. BROWNE, Sec,y.
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CITY AND VICINITY.
FILE PR ESS

May be obtained at the Periodical DDepots OF fes-
sender Bros, Marquis, Robinson, Brunel q Co..
Andrews. Wentworth, GIendenning Moses, Hender-
SON and Chisholm Bros. all trains that run out Of
thecity.
Al Biddeford of Pillsbury
AT Saco of L, Hodgdon,
AT Waterville, of j. S. Carter.
At Gorham, OF News Agent.
AT Bath, OFF. o. Shaw.
AT Lewiston, of French Bros. and Stevens e. Co,
AT Kennebunk, of G. L. Miller. wv
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= LIVERPOOL. Steamship Polynesian-5OO boxes
tin plate to ORDER 40 crates cask earthen ware to
Jose Goa cases merchandise to Deering, Milliken
q Co. 90 90 10 John Porteous, LAT do do 81 cases,
S77,5Oo silver coin to Can Elk Co. chest tea 81 pkgs
merchandise to E Prindle, cases do to Eyre Burk
q Co pkgs do to G L Bailey, case hats to Maher
to Hart, Marion y Co. do phosphorus to order.
cask potatoes to NJ Boyson, rs bales merchandise
to q M Bailey, cask wine to H g. A Allan.
HALIFAX, Ms. Steamer Falmouth box sal
mon to D. Lovett & COL do do to Can Elk Co, boxes
Goldfish to master, pkgs merchandise to SWEETS Elk,
do do to Eastern Ex Co.
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DAILY DOMESTIC RECEIPTS.
Receipts Of Flour.
EASTERN RAILROAD.
Consionees. Bbls. Consi0nees. Bbls
Josseyn & Co... 100 H Fairbanks. Il
Morton, Chapman & Co 100
Total. .3O0
GRAND TRUNK r.
Shaw g. Hammond 100 Keazer .......... 100
D w Coolidge. 100
T0tal .oUO
Receipts Of Grain, &c.
EASTERN R. R.
Constqnees. No. cars. Consiqnees. No. car
+ Cove, lumber. .....-...1 j o Fawan, horses ...l
Total..........
Norton q Chapman ,oOrn1 Geo w True, oats..'....'o
Total. ...........'1
By water conveyance 900 bush cornmeal to Geo
w True s. Co.
8oston Stock List.
tSales at the Brokers' Board ApriI17l
Boston q Maine Railroad. ........ 100. M mol
Has'ern hallroan. ............ Ia 6S1
Second Call.
A1astoiH Rdiiroau
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Receipts by Railroads and steamboafs
GRAND TRUNK RAILROADS. cars sundries, do
beef IA do hogs, do four do slabs, do piles, 70
do lumber do for New York, do for Boston, for
ship.
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ARRIVAL OF THE PoLYNEsIAN.-The Poly
nesiau, Capt. R. Brown, from Liverpool the I'd
and Derry the Sd instant arrived at this port
Thursday morning. She brings Sc cabin and
1874 steerage passengers Among the cabin
passengers were Mr. Rae-one of the firm of
Allan & Rae of Quebec, owners of the line;
Miss Nellie Barker and Mrs. Cummings of this
city, Mrs. Soule and two children of Freeport,
Captain and Mrs. Vaughn of Lubec. She had
a very rough passage the whole of the way, but
did uot meet with any accident. We are oblig-
ed to the purser for the late English files.
HEADLEss BODY FoUND.-Thursday morn
ing the dead body of a man was found floating
in the water near Portland bridge that leads to
Cape Elizabeth. The body was afterwards
identified as that of Toby Burke the man who
disappeared so mysteriousy from Vaughan
Bridge last autumn, and in whose case foul
play was suspected. The head was gone and
both of the hands. Coroner Gould was called,
but as the head was gone and the body in a
dreadfuly decomposed state, he considered an in
quest unnecessary,
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Foreign Exports.

FOreIXn Exports.
ST. JOHN NIB. Schr Sea Lon-9OO bbls -four 1852
bags oats, 25 bush BEANS
EOreiyn Inn
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The election of Governor Washburn to the
United States Senate caused considerable sur
prise as his name has bad little prominence in
the contest. The people, however, were grow
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-02-07

LYNCuED.-On Tuesday negro named
Charles Wyatt was arrested at Cairo for hav
ing brutally outraged, robbed and murdered
white woman near CarbonGale. Sheriff
Irwin, of Jackson county, took the negro il
charge, leaving Cairo with him on the cars
and fearing a mob at Carbondale would take
him out of his hands got of the train before
reaching Carbonate and took his prisoner
eight mile afoot across the country TO the jail
at Murphreysboro. The mob, however, heard
of it. and on Wednesday night collected
around the Jail in force, took the negro out
and hung him, the negro having previously
con fesscd his guilt
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-02-07

DEMOCRATIC CAUCUs-The democratic
members Of the Illinois legislature held n
caucus on Wednesday evening at the Leland
House in Springfield, the object being appar
emily TO decide whether the democratic par.
ty was still living entity or dead corpse"
After adopting series of very sound and pa.
triotc resolutions, the final one was reached
Which proposed virtual entombment OF the
democratic name and organization, when
Gov. Hendricks, Of Indiana, was introduced
The Governor made a speech-a good speech
and while he was willing TO abandon the
democratic organization for something bet
ter, and was satisfied the present party in
power was immensely in the minority on a
fair vote of the people, be suggested that tc
drop or wipe out political organization that
numbered 100000 of voters was not a thino
to be done by scratch of the pen or the
adoption of any amount of caucus resolutions
So the caucus adjourned without taking ac
ton on The important question.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-02-07

CutSG AND EsC.-The sketch we gave last
week of the Siamesc Twins, who died two
weeks ago at their home in North Carolina
was made up from accounts more or less
lengthy in half a dozen of different papers
and differing in so many particulars that we
had frequently to guess at the facts. Later
and apparently more trustworthy sketches
satisfy us that our sketch was erroneous in
two important particulars: 1t was Chang
who died first, not Eng; and 1t was Eng who
was uniformly the stouter, heartier and bet
ter natured of the two. In short throughCu,
our sketch the names should be reversed
Secondly, the story about the wives having
been Lancashire lasses was fiction. They
were mulatto girls, named Yates, and born
and raised at a place called Trap Hill, in
Wilkes county, North Carolina. Nor were
they married at the same time Eng was
married frs, AMI Chang two weeks later.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-02-07

SHARP RAILROAD DoDGE-Several of the
Eastern stock holders of the Chicago and Al
ton Railroad have applied for and obtained
an injunction in the L. s. court at Springfield
restraining the Ulcers of the company from
paying away taxes for the year 1873. TIT
ground is that the assessment as levied upor
the road by the State Board Of Equalization
is unconstitutional. If this injunction i
made to stick, it will let out two,thirds Of I'll,
railroads in the State from paying taxes 70.
1873.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-02-07

NATIONAL GRANGE-The National Grange
of the Patrons of Husbandry met in St Louis
on Wednesday, and will probably remain in
session a week. Delegates, consisting of the
masters of state oranges, were present from
all the states of the Union except Maine and
Delaware. The sessions are in secret, and
members of the order only are admitted as
spectators An abstract Of the proceedings,
however, is prepared each day for publication
| by the Secretary. One of the important
questions the convention will have TO decide
is whether others than farmers can become
members of the order. The question is pre-
sented by the case Of the Boston Grange,
whose chatter was revoked Il year ago and
who have appealed to the national grange.
The president, in his opening address, took
very strong ground against the Boston grange
and characterized the action OF the master in
Massachusetts, in continuing their charter, as
ldiSorganiZing and evolutionary. The first
two days of the session have been mainly
taken up in hearing opening addresses, re-
ports of officers, arranging business, com
mittces, &c. The secretary reported that 5000
subordinate oranges had been formed during
the year The treasurer reported $4,000 to
be on hand. In the report Of the executive
committee cooperation is warmly Endorsed
and the members of the order declared to
have saved ss,0O0,0O0 last year by co-opera-
! tive stores, agencies, and grain elevators.
Anything like wagIng war on the railroads of
the country is discountenanced, rs their inter
ests are one with those of the farmer
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THE MENDOZA ARTEsIAN WELL has at.
tanned depth of 112 feet Atu'depth of SIS
feet the drill had passed through the st. Peters
sandstone which, at Mendoza as at Ottawa,
was found about 115 feet in thickness. The
Potsdam sandstone, the water bearing rock,
which at Ottawa rs we'll as at Chicago is
usually found in about 200 feet after passing
the st. Peters sandstone, ought to be within
p feet Of the drill at Mendoza if 1t is found
at all. Their artesian well will be failure
unless they strike the Potsdam sandstone.
The drill at Mendoza for the last rs feet has
been passing through stratum of calciierous
sandrock and brown limestone.
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RAFFERTY,.

The Supreme Court at Springfield, on Sat
urday last announced its decision In the Raj
ferty case, affirming the judgment Of the Cir
cult Court at Waukcgan, that Rafferty, be ex
ecuted, and fixing the day of his execution
on Friday, Feb. "a, 1874. The Court, in Civ
ing their decision, say that while there is or
ror in the record, in that an officer improper
ly gave the jury a statement as coming from
the court, yet, as the evidence plainly show
the guilt of the prisoner, they do not consid
or the error sufficient to require new trial
Judge Scott alone disscnted, holding tht
error sufficient TO reverse and remand
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La Sale County Farmers Association.

This society met at the City Hall on yes
terday at P NJ, in pursuance of notice, Vice
President Dominy in the chair
On motion, II. L. Mead was elected Presi
dent for the ensuing year
On.motion, L, Dominy was elected 1st, and
Sam. X. parr ID Vice President.
Mr.. VIM. Sheehan was chosen Secretary, and
p. Donleyy Treasurer for the ensuing year.
The subject of appointing committee OF
one from each town to organize clubs was
laid over, on motion OF Mead, until the hex,
meeting
A vote ST thahks Vas rendered to the out
going officers
On motion, the executive committee was
instructed to call convention on the the first
Friday in March next
On motion adjourned.
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New L. S. SENAToRs.-The lOng.drawr
contest in the Kansas legislature ended Oh
Monday in the election of ex. Governor james
NJ. Harvey Harvey is about As years of age
has been practical farmer in Riley county
for many years, and served during the wal
as an office of volunteers in the Union army
lie had been Governor of Kansas f3r two
terms, and was universally regarded as q
sound, sensible man and thoroughly honest.
Though formerly republican, he is in per,
feet sympathy with the reform movement, OF
which indeed he took the lead in his county
over year ago and will go to Washington
as a senator strictly of the Booth order.
The Mississippi legislature on Monday
elected two scnators--H X Bruce, I colored
man, for the long term, and II. r. Peasc, late
state superintendent of education, for the
term vacated by the election of Amcs as Gov
crnOr.
The Texas legislature on the Goth ult elected
Gen. 5. b. MaXey to the L. S. Senate for six
years. He is a resident of Lamar county
and lawyer by profession. When young
he was educated for the army and graduated
in lS45 at West Point. Served during the
Mexican war with distinction, resigning al
its close. During the rebellion he served in
the rebel army, in which he rose te the rank
of General Of volunteers, but was little heard
Of outside Of Texas and Arkansas
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-02-07

The GAD's Hill RoBBERY.--A robbery
very much like that on the Chicago, r. l. d
L. Il. X. III Iowa last summer was committed
last Saturday on the Iron Mountain Railroad
about 1870 miles from st. Louis, at place
called Gad's Hill. It was not the Gad's Hill
where Dickens once lived and where Fal.
staff, and Prince Hal, and Bardolph and Peto
committed robbery which Shakespeare i'm
mortalized; but the exploits of the Missouri
cut-throats were quite as audacious The
train for Little Rock, Ark, had left st. Louis
on Saturday morning at 5 o'clock, and ar
rived at Gad's Hill at a quarter to 5 p. NJ.
The train consisted of two coaches and a
sleeping car, and had about % passengers on
board. AS the train came up a red flag was
waved, and as soon rs it stopped the conduc-
tor jumped OFF and moved forward to see
what was the matter He found all the peo
pie of the place-not over doZen-on the
platform under guard, and next man with
his hand at his collar poking pistol III his
face. In short, the place was IN possession
of five or six dcsperadoes, armed with shot
guns and revolvers and who proposed to rob
the train. Three or four stood guard outside
while three went through the train, cleaning
out all the passengers of their money, and in
q few instances taking their watches Then
they robbed the express car, compelling the
agent to unlock the safe. In all, it is SUP.
posed they got about $4,000 by the haul.
When they got through the robbers shook
hands with the engineer, conductor and one
or two others, then strolled leisurely to their
horses and rode of. Next day, on the news
of the robbery getting abroad, about 25 men,
well armed and mounted, started in pursuit
of the robbers, but there is no news vet that
any have been arrested. Among the pass
engers on board was Auditor Lippincott, of
Springfield, on the way with his wife to Lit
tie Rock He was relieved of $500
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-02-07

That was brassy report started by a Phil
adephia paper that combination of news
paper correspondents had been organized al
Washington to levy blackmail on the man
ayers of the Philadelphia Centennial Exposi
ton in return for newspaper puhs. The av.
cragc Washington Bohemian may not be
above receiving pay for puiiery, but he is
sharp and knows mighty well" that there is
no spare change to be had in that way while
Philadelphia has the handling of the funds
The city Of Brothcrly Love is a chronic beg
gar and never has any spare change.
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me Inference between republican bayonel
government and the government of the pco.
PIE IN the South is illustrated by the case of
Georgia \ year or two ago, when the reign
OF Bullock and Perry was maintained there
by Grants bayonets, the credit of the state
was gone Bullock and Henry Clews having
slaughtered 1t between them. Now the state
has just negotiated loan of 81 200 600 in
New York at par. Louisiana, South Ca,o,i
ma. Mississippi and Florida are still ruled by
radicals, carpet baggers and scalawags, kept
in place by the oyerawing power of the ma.
nional government, and all of them are rcpu
dating their state debts; Georgia, Virginia
Alabama, Tennessee and Texas arc governed
by their own people, and their credit is re-
stored, their names occupying an honorable
place at the money cen,ers o. the world.
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THE PENITENTIARY.

For a series OF years-indeed ever sine
Illinois had passed under radical control
while thorc was more or less little pilfcrinj
from the state all around the board, in tn
way of stationary grabs in the legislature, il
legal salaries, cxtravagant expenditures OF
insane asylums, normal schools, &c, TIT
States sinkhole of corruption par excellence
was the pcntentiary ut Joliet. While former
ly the Illinois penientiary had been selfsup
porting and at all times in other gates, pen
itentiares had paid their way, the penitentia
ry at Joliet would swallow up 100000 q
year of the peoples money, do what they
might 1t was palpable the amount was sto
en-, but so cunning was the hedging that il
was impossible to catch the thieves. Finally
Gov Palmer got his mad up, had the whole
rotten concern overhauled and rc.organzed
and put il in charge of new men; and then,
for two or three years, all the reports from
Joliet were rosey. The penitentiary was
once more self:supporting; the convicts were
humanely treated the management was hon
est; everything was lovely. The monotony
of this song was unbrokcn until last fall,
when the unhappy affair of the convict Viii.
Iiams and the shower bath occurred.
The occurrence was unfortunate in several
respects. 1t not only drew attention to the
criminal carelessness Of the medical manage
ment of the concern, but provoked inquiry
into and criticism of the management gener,
ally The extreme nervousness manifested
by the pcnitentiary officials in view Of this
criticism, and the great anxiety they showed
to avoid legislative investigation excited
still further suspicion and now another er.
pose is made by some Legislative gentlemen
who have been delving around the establish
ment, and thorough investigation seems I'M
svoidable. The expose is to this effect:
Certain parties made Il contract with the
Commissioners for the labor of
a large number Of convicts, to be employed
in building cars. They then took out arti-
Giles of incorporation, under the name of the
Illinois Car Company, with capital stock
Of 100000. They Immediately proceeded to
erect machine shops, connecting them with
the penitentiary building so that they could
not be seized, and are said to have expended
about $4,000 upon shops and machinery.
When the panic came last fall the enterprise
came to stand still, and it now transpires
that all the work was done by convcts, and
that the stone, lime and sand was furnished
and paid for by the State, and that the moor.
porators never invested over $4,000 altogeth-
or, and that they have been allowed to slip
Dut so that they arc not responsible for any
Of the debts.
1t is not known just how much the State
will lose, nor just who is involved, but the
,X-warden and one of the ex. commissioners
md the present warden are mentioned
rs having had finger in the pie. And it is
'lso said that unless they succeed IN smoth-
ring the thing, there will be some rich de,
soon, as it is suspicioned that
here are those high up in authority who
knew something about the Illinois Car Com
)any.