Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-07-03

of June 18th says new and par
ii;cular information as to the charge of
conspiracy against Furber, Wiggin ct
al, the indicted ex-officers of the Char
ter Oak Life insurance company, was
filed to-day and the parties rearrested
and bonds continued. The case goes
over till August.
AN ODD CRIME.
A dispatch dated Boston,, June
26, Gays that Henry A. Pard, who
arrived from st. Johns, N. B. yes
terday, has been arrested on q charge
of murder on board the steamer Chesa-
peake, from New York for Portland, in
December 1868. Pard was one of the
II passengers who took possession OF
the Chesapeake in the name of the con-
federacy, shooting the second engineer
and throwing the body overheard.
Igi'aty THE INDIANS. Qtu
A Silver City dispatch says the assault
made by Bernard upon the Indians at
Curry Creek turns out to beasuccess It
was surprise to the savages, about 40
of whom were killed. The soldiers
were very cool in the charge. The In
dians' force present Yves estimated at
seven hundred, but was probably not 30
large. The Indians retreated to their
stronghold in the Stein Mountains.
Howard, with the forces at his COM
mand, making 45 miles a day. will
effect a junction with Bernard tonight.
1t is estimated that the whole force of
savage warriors numbers 1000. One
hundred and three camp-fres are
counted. The Indians will be pursued,
and there is every prospect of pro-
tracted campaign. The Stein Noun
tain country is well adapted for de-
fensive operations. woo '''--3
VANDERBILT AND THE RAILROADS.
VIM. II. Vanderbilt, president of
the New York Central railway,
contributes 49, communication to the
Tines on the present railroad sit
uation, reviewing the great number Of
bankrupt roads and the uncertain future
for all roads unless there is change in
their management, and favoring the
pooling plan. He says superior natural
advantages, better management and
great volume of business will neces-
sarily keep some solvent much longer
than others, but every bankrupt line
tends to drag others down. Such aroad
pays nothing to stockholders or bond
holders; it has no responsibility to own
efs, patrons or the public; it does BUSH
ness comparatively for nothing; its prop
erty .deteriorates, and the country
through which it runs will in the end ex-
perience the disastrous effects of it's
carelessness and responsibility. If all
the great trunk lines were brought to
that condition, not only would immense
properties be destroyed, but the credit
and trade be SO paralysed that every in
terest IN the whole country would be
irreparably injured. The pool tries to
avoid this. The only danger, that can
be urged against 1t is, that it may estab-
lish exorbitant prices; but this is impos-
sible. The public have become used to
very low charges and will submit to no
other. The best skill and most prudent
management, and the utmost good faith
cannot provide for more than living
prices. The whole effort of the pool
cannot raise or keep the rate Of trans
portation to figure 80 high but what
the most rigid economy and the ablest
management will be required, to enable
the companies to live. The railroads
now existing, if crowded to their fullest
capacity, could do four times the bust
ness of the country. If there were
only two rates during the wear, sum-
mer and a winter one,
and all shippers knew just
what to expect, and were fairly dealt
by, il would add UNNECESSARILY to the
prosperity and stability of our COM
MERGE. Combinations heretofore made,
based upon different principles, have
been violated by the local agents in their
anxiety to secure business, and favor
friends in the equitable distribution of
tonnage. This becomes very difficult,
for greater sense of the fairness and
security prevails. believe that of all
the plans vet suggested and tried, the
division of tonnage under the present
system produces the most satisfaction
and the most beneficial results. If any
other scheme will work better, then.
am in favor of that. High rates in the
future are utterly impossible. The
people are safe of extortionate charges,
rs stability of prices, fair rates for
transportation, equitable dealings with
shippers, and general prosperity can
only be had through some torn of I'M
derstanding embraced in what is styled
apool. o'
INDIANS OUT WEST. -n
Dispatches from the Bannock W ar III
Idaho and Nevada territory of the 10Th
inst, say the advance troops of Gen.
How, ri attached the hostiles on Sun.