, 1875-04-23
NOTES AND NEWS.
RAILROAD T41E].

sp.e<xi Dt.pateA to The t'htaqe tribune.
WAs1t1ynrox, q. c., April 2!.-It Ia under
stood tbat lilo mission Of Special Agont Yargan
in Chicago vas to examine Tho booEs Of tue
Chicago l. Northwestern Road for lack taxcs.
According to tho reports OF ono officer of the
Government that road ia in arrears to tlo In.
terual Rovcuue Department to tho amount Of
between, s3oD, 600 and *40D.0on. IAe Company,
however, haa donio.l thlH Indebtedness.
WAR AaAtNsr TIE tRfS7I.nA.
Tho I}aitY Chronicle OF this cits ilha iuat en-
tercl upof, contest With tic Typographical
Uniou which IL Iisciy TO he OF very serious
character. 4onlo weelin aB0 sotna of tho pub
llshers Ct this eitY endeaSe5ea 10 come 10 n-
BY wi,icl, the rate. Of conlrp4ltson should
he materially rednced. Tho '.~ per-
mjta tho Government Printer to pay tho
rates which the publishers OF Tue city nar. Tho
roault il. that The Typographical uu,on compe!s
Ito local publishers to pay very exttayaeant
rntes for composition. which rates tho Govern.
mont Printer n1so nayz. The Typographical
uuion In Wasbueton T. T. probably stronger sben
.e IN sy ess ey f. liz sss crs :ist ns a1 g.
heing unable to iorm uuion viii. tue others
to reluca tho rates 10 IL cents, las
uplcr.nkeu to do this alone. Accordingly, como
dayH since, tIarlAu sent an agent Of .e Chronicle
ngent secured ten under contract for NIX months,
nj t5 cente nor Thousand They ara now ou their
yay 10 this ctr. Tho President IF the Chicago
Tynugrapltcal Uninn wRB directly Informed Ut
tIiia, and telegtarhsd to-day % tho printers
1t Tho Chronicle otLco to shs effect that these
mon were OIL their WY fsoni Chicago. mud re.
oueAting tue Chronicle printers to prevent thenl
from working. The printe's immcdla:e:y waltcl
upon tho Chronicle publishers in BODY nudf 10.
ai,cstcd 10 know II tl,la was fact. I;ec"ly,ne
al affirmative nnAwer, the printers Immediately
left tho publishing Office. This leaves tllo pappls
III dosterate extremity, IN tho fear Of tho
Jniuu he,e ia 80 grcst that no rrsn,ers vii.
venture to defy 1t. Tho Typographical Union
Ia In executive eeRsion t0-nlEht. and expects to
buy tho Chicago printers on tleir a,sivat here
| succcsHfui, the Chronicle will have difficult
coutoet before it. Only four ptners coad bc
obtatncd for tbo paper Tonight. Police are Sta
[Io Tie As.oeiat<d Frtts.l
posrMAsTEnH ArroISIin.
WARRINGTON u. e., April :s2.-Thc President
l,as appointed tho following l'ossnastets: Fred
| crica Il. Harris, Locknort. ILL.,: ". c. uarbcr,
| Madison. Iud.; aud. David u. Taylor, Cam
bridge, q.
Francis ". llce, formerly United Statea Con-
| Rnl ut AsEinwall and Acapulco, has addressed u
lo;tqr from llts roH1donco nt Saco. Me- to ssccre-
tary Robeaon III relation to the report that Com
insnlor LulI roeu1s to favor tic Nicaragua to
| tho pan4n,a route for caual to con-
s1r. Rice nays. aftor a residence
Of eighteen yenrs on tho Istlmus. eight OF
which woro PASSED as United States Constl, he
cnu speak OF 1nuama as more healthy than Nj
car1Gua, a,d adds, with AZ favorable conditions
for living, either country IL AZ healthy AZ Yer
lis latter By aaying the Panama route would be
GOO to 700 miles neareF thnu tue proposed S,cara.
gina route and is Of great Importance To the great
cities and ricl, trads OF the South Pacific,