, 1879-03-01

Bob Forsytbe, a railroad man+ left Cinoinna.,
under suspicious circumstance. Bsfoto hjs d.
parturc ho had taken from the INDIANAPOLIS.
Cincinnati 4 Lafayette ttcke. ofElco lour tickets
for points far West, tho prices OF which we're
sbemt men, VIZ ..sss aasq TN. s hay nfes:er: for
since. It was fund that sf,ob'' hai anil ihe
tickets to Mr: Frank. sealncr The papcra as
onse s,st t,mped t. fi'c coneius1on TINT i vas our
,,'at eentenai' 81 h. fenorn a"d s,.''l,as af%ns
should fotsake big ~lfc anil children for Tie
paftry hlirdFc1 dollars Or 10, mid tlt only ex.
eusc tiey could find for Ills action WIS tilat hc
Nov tte fact t. that It is not our "Bob." The
ortu1na! Cpl: Rob- ForsYtIl at alt, but some
known s. RI, a,s l,e,etotore Our "ob has no to
=. ~ csens aa ss II o ne 5 i II H. VIZ psvst G ts:s9 .s
lor the >, sake of = iundscd dollars
9vsr. 9t,.. snd continues 70 Transact ,l,c
IiHsat tia. Ks.s isst & 81 e GnicssT AZ, ss'srn
MI sslll cntoys .1lc cnfll,letc If his superior
ot'lccrs NM ie loxt nt1sa rcsnect of Ills multi
!udt q friends. With this explanation the pub
H. wy lesl satls1ed that ttiu uter hob Ia not
our Lou, but himself. ind not tho other bob,
whieh oar Bob tsu't, and never MAS"
ITEMS.
The Managers hnd General Freight Agents Of
the Chicago, Burlington Il Quincy, Chicago,
Rock Island t. Pacific, and Chicago L. North
western Railroads held a meeting Yesterday 1T
tho otflco Of the former Company to settle tic
last monts's nccounts Of the Iowa pool bcfrcen
Chicago 4 Council bIutra, 1t Is stated that
nothing beyond tie regular routine business
wns done.
A meeting Of u1e representatives Of the road,
IEQdlnSt tn fIn[ntnHn f1nfrt1 t,o1H an
at which It Was decided to nbolisli The commits.
st0u system Tnith bud been 1t, practice on their
roads. It Is unucrstold tllat tr difficulty he
tween T.: 4: ; union Pacific and Aichison, fopeka
d Santa Fc Railroads ia regard to the ucnvcr
anu Pueblo hisInGss, ot wtlct, nn account was
publisher In 1'HR TRIBUNE rcceutly, was also
amscably settled.
The announcement that the Western roals
would iay no moro commissions created quite
futter among tile outside ttckct agents and
scaIpers. who have been deriving cot,shterable
benefit from commissions on the sale OF tickets.
They predict, however, TINT tho roads will not
bc able to carry out the. agreement any length
OF time; ttat ono rpal Or the other will soon
this is found out all the other roaI8 will lure
to 60 tile satna iu order to protect thclr In.
tcrcstG.
The East-bound freight pools from st. Louis
aIlA Inlianapulls arr IN tho verge Of dsssulli.
arc sa!d 70 oct Independently Of thc Pool CON-.
missioner, und no longer report their percc1t-
oges. The sooneF this East.bound pooI nan
crrned. Thu Commissioners would do wsll 10
settle up their accounts nnd etcp down nui out.
The whole arrangement was n iraud uni sl.am
from the beginning, aud It was never Intended
1h. ,cc,c,, u, tho ,y,,,.,rt,... ..,,.
,ba ThicaIo I. ai,a, ~ .'G m;.nnEtoh os1dee on
oO.S ~ nso Mu.IoI W!ich Was uat'
III ia ,ros ,ou', ~ ~ thr. ssessacaf running
ti Wnns"no I,ts nros s,sG Iii eats gons !hlouEn III
. ,nnsa ~ ~ a's. rnad ""' H.! neay 1e regular
srn.iiv -.aoIra., J ,uua' wv e pIluEe was teu
.e,rrn. r,o uonsh I.tef tne aeciaeat
iora., ~; ,,,a ia,,. ~. t.. aoas lFalI Mas w.
~ - nat upe ti'u1 ~ the sacc'ueuL. Inc liner