The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1880-12-03
THE NEWS.
General Changes in the Officers of the
M. K. & T.
Offices to be Removed from Sedaiia to
ST. Louis.
S125.OO0 Made by a Little Corner in
Corn.

ST. iLOUIS, Nov. 3O.-Ihe POS.-DiS-
patch publishes q circular from A. A.
Talmage, General Manager, dated De
cember LIST, which says:
by direction of the President here
by assume charge of the Missouri, Kan
sas s. Texas railway, its leased lines and
branches. This line will hereafter be
known as the Kansas 81 Texas Division
of the Missouri Pacific railway. The
respective heads of departments of the
Missouri Pacific railway will extend
their supervision and direction over the
same. The principal officers are as fol-
lows: A. w. Dickinson, Assistant Gener-
al Superintendent, J. A. Hill, General
Freight Agent; +. Chandler, General
Passenger Agent; ThOmasJ. Porter. Gen
eral Attorney. All the general officers
of the Missouri, Kansas & Texas are re
moved, but it is not unlikely that some
of them will be offered positions of some
kind under the new management. The
headquarters of the M, X. s. T. at Soda
liza will be closed and all the offices
moved 10 St. Louis, and of course all the
ST. Louis offices of that road will be
abolished and the business of the line
transferred to the offices of the Missouri
Pacific here. The matter of Division
Superintendent and some other officers
has not yet been arranged, but some ad-
ditional appointments will probably be
made shortly.
Raise for the Northern Pacific
NEW YORK, Nov. 29.-Drexel, Nor.
gan s. Co., Winslow, Lanier s. Co., and
August Belmont & Co., have made a
contract with the Northern Pacific r. r.
Company for forty million dollars in six
per cent. gold bond, having forty years
to run, part of which are bought "firm''
and a part on options, giving time to
finish the road; the bonds to be issued
| by the government. The three firms
named above as contractors for the loan
have associated with them Messrs. Drex-
ell s. Co. of Philadelphia: j. S. Morgan
& Co., of London; and Drexel, Haejes
s. Co., of Paris. In this city the asso-
ciates are the bank of commerce, the Sd
national bank, Messrs. L. Van Hoffman
s. Co, j. j. w. Islingham & Co., J. S.
Kennedy & Co., S. Prior g. Co, Luhn,
LeOb s. Co, and NVarishOpper & Co., in
Boston, Messrs. Brewster, Bassett & Co.;
in Baltimore, johnson Bros. s. Co. By
| the terms of agreement with the CON-
pany, the contractors are to name two
directors, and the persons selected for
the position are J. G. Bullet, Philadel
phia, and John W. Ellis, of Winslow,
Lanier s. Co, New York. Il is under.
| StOOQ THAI OOnu JdCOO AStOI Is u IdESS
subscriber to the bonds.
| Congressional Gossip.
| WASHINGTON, Nov. 30.-Speaker Ran
dali hass arrived here and was busy in
his room on the house side of the capt
| toll to-day. There have been so far COM
| paratively few arrivals, but they are ex-
pected 10 come in rapidly within the
next few days. AS soon as the senators
and representatives arrive, they report
the fact to the post master of the senate
and house respectively, in order that
they may promptly receive their mails
| and up to this time no more than thirty
arrivals have been reported. The CAPT
toll has been prepared for the reception
of congress, and nearly all the clerks
and officers of both houses have return
ed and resumed their desks. Speaker
Randall says he expects there will be g
moderately exciting session, whatever
that may mean. Opinions differ anon 9
the officers ofcongress and members now
here with reference to the business to be
transacted, but the preponderance Of
sentiment is that very little will be done
toward the passage of appropriation
bills and the enactment of absolutely
necessary legislation
Frightful Railroad Accident
MACON, Ga, Nov. 29.-Early yester
day morning q passenger train on thu
Georgia Central broke in half, twelve
miles from Macon. The steam brake.
stopped the rear half on a down grade
and the heavy freight followed. tele
scoping the sleeper half way, killing thu
engineer. The president OF the Central
NJ. WAdley, and vice president Pasu
were in the sleeping car and escaped
through u window. Several passenger,
were hurt fatally. 4 few moments aftel
the collision the second heavy freight
ran into the middle of the train, smash
ing the cars TO fragments. Enginee
Crosby, of the middle train, was fount
with his hand on the reversed lever, Jam
med against the hot boiler by freigh
car leaping over the tender, disembow
eled and roasted. The other engineer
and firemen leaped and were saved
Matt Freeman, from Macon, was badl,
cut in the head by fragment from
car. Pasul had an ankle sprained Tn
accident occurred on q steep grade anC
the trains could not be checked.
Tha B. { Sticks.
NEW YORK, Nov. 30-The CONNER
cial Advertiser says: From telegraphit
advices at the produce exchange, it hal
. been ascertained that the Baltimore s
OuiO IatiTOdu company mas mol yet re
ceeded from the position assumed las
week and has again declared emphati
cally that the extra charge for storag,
will be enforced on and after DeceIn6e
J 9Th. AS the export trade is dull here &
present, some Of the dealers say that tn,
action of the railroad company is yer,
unwise. as il is impossible to force trad
except at q heavy loss, and the result
will not be beneficial 10 either the rail
road company or city Of Baltimore
Advices have been received of graiT
having been sent by rail from the ives
to this city in search of a foreign mar
ket, and through freight to Liverpool
via New York has been much improved
since the close Of hast week.
Sherman nz.,ies
WASHINGTON, Nov, 30.-Secretar,
Sherman is agitated this morning ovel
the statement autographed hence by cor
respondents that Gen. Garfield had given
him to understand that he fisherman
could remain cabinet officer If he de
sired The SECRETARY ACKNOWLEDGES thai
there have been several full and frank
consultations between the president-eIecl