The Cairo bulletin., 1875-05-12
ST. LOUIS TAXES THE PALM.
OVer 1OO. 900 GaIIo0s Ot GrNWd WhisL ,
Taken lO Rt One Haul.

Especial Di-paica 10 the - Iuui. Democrat
WAsniSGro>. -. g., May l0.-Thr
heaviest blow ever struck ut the whisky
ring of ihe country fell upon ii to-day,
with telling effect. Over thirty promi-
ncnt di.iillcrics and lrctihing
houses have been seized at
1T. Louis. Chicago and Mil
waukcc. and mss OF unimpraclIablc
evidence has been collected. winch will
insure the downfall of the -irougholds of
the ring at the East. West and South.
The result reached has been attained after
nearly nine weeks work performed by
the Secretary of the Treasury. through
the solicitor OF the Treasury: no ollcr
officers OF the department.. not even in
the Secrciary's office. being intrustcd
wit1thc secret. The night the oiiircr-
lcit here for their post. the ring In IT.
Loui, was fully advised by some one in
the secret, through telegram to super
visor Mcdonald. reading .as follows:
Lightning will strike Monday: be pre-
pared for it, This caiuc too late. how
ever. a. no amount of preparations could
blot ont the legal record evidence OBJ
tanned.
~ Yet open steps have only been Ia
ken IN regard to the points already
named. Record, have been collected,
however, in regard TO The whisky bush
ness ut Cincinnati. Louisville. Peoria and
Pekin. and all of this j. now undergoing
rigid examinations and comparisons.
The papers in relation TO Pchin have thu.
far had the most attention. and the show
Ing made for the distillcrs and rcciifycr.
/ there j. IN the main satisfactory.
! The orders for seizure embrace the fol.
! lowing named di>tilcrie. ut ~. Louis /:
| Tcuschcr',. tlrici's. Bcvi, n Frazer :.
Bingham Bros E. and the following recti-
! Tying houses. g.. Ben-bcrg. ;. 4. Fed
crer. Bcvi>. Frazier y Co., ,Quinlin Bros.
Bollnau y O'llara.
Also the following di>tillcrics at Chi
cago: Union Cooper Distillng Company.
G.. e.. Ru>scls, Il. c. Nc.errans. Lake
Shore Di>tiling Company. VIM. Cooper:
and the following rcciiiyin" houses ::
RocI, .Junhcr 4 CO.. Gol>cn Il Eastman.
Parker X. Mason,.
The orders for seizure AT Milwaukee
embrace the following di.tillcrc. Henry
Schaulield, Charlie, Grau. Louis Rcnd,-
koph. McnolnOmcc Company. kinnickin-
nick Company. +. Bcrgotial; and the
following rcstifylng houses :. Meyer d
Co.. 4. Schocntcld u Co.. \. Laser. Mil
waukcc Hedistilling aud Rcctifying Co..
:. Iirr-tciu. VIM Mi>ncy. Carl Pulskcv.
Louis. five distillcric> aud siN rcctihing
hou-c, At Chicago. five di>tillcrics and
three icctiiying houses: at Milwaukee.
six distillcric> and seven rcctifying
housc.-in all. sixteen disiillcrics and
sixteen rcciiiying houses.
All the above named seizures were
| made to-day by parties named at IT.
Louis. only two establishment. were
running. and these were expecting n
! move. but no seizure. Important books
ahd papers were captured. and the prop
crty taken i, valued at near Sl.000.UOO.
Large stocks of higliwincs were captured
| at Chicago. NJ seizures were made ac-
cording 10 order. Beside, these named
| seizures. live other rcctiiying hoti.es We're
ordered tonight in Milwaukee. making
eighteen in all ut that place. BY further
examination of papers here to-day ship.
mcnt from Milwaukee house To New
York of 40 barrels fraud whisky was
! discovered