, 1881-05-16
Ta1mage Denouaces Monopo-
lists as the Curse Of
the Nation.
Ro Wants Their Extinction to Be the
Issue In the Next natlonai
Election.
A Co1orcl Methodist Minister
Commits 1sfgnli,y and Causes
n Sensation.
A Drunken, Brute Shoots His Old
Mother for Refusing Him
Money.
&C STAR ROUTES"

"sTA1s ROUTES"
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. JAMES DETERMINED
TO l,RE.>K UP TIE "llINAR."
NEW YonK. May fh.-A morning paper
will print tt,-lnurrnW 4 long stury ffnM
Washington about star rnntes. 1t says:
"rostnns.er.{ienernt JAMES Inns before HIN
NO e,,sy task, hut he lias undertakes, tho work
Ut oyertl,sowlng the 'Star-ltouto Rings
and exposing their vlllainy will a tletcrtnl-
nutio,, tn pursue It to the end. Ey his side
stands Acknowledgement MacVeaah, thor
ou1hly aroused BY the e,or1nlty Of the traMs-
nctiona under Investigation. ni,tl determined
to punish tho guilty wherever they inay tu
found. These gentlemen are supported by
Instructions OF the President, WHO Is deeply
Interested II, their labors. ulld who desires
tl1at
THE uLcEN alIALI. nE cur To THE noTToM
with n firm hn1d. Tile EVIDENCE whicl,
Is nccumutatMg In t!,o liands Of Ilr.
James suborslislntes Is submitted to
tho Attorney-t'cnera', who nlreahy pDs-
sesscs same very Interesting material for
usu In tho courts. That evidence Is pre-
served fur usu hereafter. The rostMas-
ler-tlcneril lius discovered since taking
clinrEc Of tllu Department tint lnuny vnlua-
bic papers which ought to be OIL tile III tho
uttcu OF tho Sccoll Assistant Postmaster
'Neneral nre missng. Among those wtlcl,
.Rnnot be found nro rebprts Mlntle by Special
Agents III relation to some Ut tho routes held
ay tho Rt,es a,,tl Manipulated fur tl,etr hcr-
''sNt. Many Of these rrpnrts severely Grill
:lsetl thu routes and Increased n,t expedited
seryice upun them, aid throw liuci light
upon . .....
THE HINGE METHODS.
T., ,,o4 ,n,.u tho o,ya,tu rntoi,,o,f on,,taa ,f
t,,oan ro,,t.rts and un,,'o NJ ,has. ,o,ns ,,o,,
soso '... ..po.s' ".a ,..''s| ~, ~" 1ns,'. e
fccehtiy oeea aeeafott ny the DepatIMellt.
No ono tai tell l,0w many interesting .ioe,,-
,snts men ~ j. regarded % ~ ~ unnecessary ,'s FOR % tue
Nlss' ~ ~ ''s'.e'sn a'o n'tlss n,e ieSn,I
who lluye been served or partly served by
their routes. Iley hope ttis indignation
viii In n,",if.stnd v,,rrsvrr tt,, snrvirc ,nux
"''t W A't'''.s's" w w., a te,..,t ''"'
be reduced or eat oh' asM ma'afts1ea 50
their favor. There are iMtllcalf0ns thnt some
OF Tie contractors aru iiArd ut work ei,tlrey-
or!MG
no rREJun1cE THE PEOPLE IN TftEln VI
CtHrrY AGAINST TILE ls>HrstAsTEM-GENE:-
HAL .
tint tile iDnbitNtiis Of tllO frontier, willie
tipy csiru ,nnil facilities tlley ure unwilling
10 Io swinilltal Or nid other persoi,s liz rob
bling Tic pruplc's common Treasury. The
Oil oxpnsur" % OF ti,rir tra,saetiois viii bo @ NJ,
@ "x "s'a sess"n ! Of ton:pess bssns, WIN In Ills lis
thsy rs s|aks ri T.; Ts ,,n is Sa VIZ
Thomas j. lIrntay were not cn.liIirit to over
Bp,,rseIy-scttlpd tgrrttorlrs.
Acoo1,,,xn ~, r,,t. .s1, AvvuAr ,,rpo,,.r
o. ING Seeona AssnstaS y, ,lat IL s
Iilsre were My. ~, lo%Q' ~ thc ulllteu Suites
g.eb5 staf roules nil Wlliesi SorSiee %'s ESt-
tnraneH Wy a'eit nuu ht,lHes oE lla5es: !,!e M
mar ,S",. son. " nis III s,nn,',nn9 Mis rSt',a r..
cost " whIcl, was us; iii. Many Of tlese
ai,Q I. invge part uf thu MuucY p,lid fpr thou1
wHs t,,ro,vn n,vnv far ria ie;,,t NJ cnntrnrt.
ors aid tIlusis With w!.nM iii eotltrnctors aru
sunpnsed tu hnye diyIlrti. S!tleu In, bcsi,,.
CotilH,jtteo llns been sr,it SoNIh fur tllt pur.
poss Of Insurctlur ti,u stu;.InlMnt survics
ul0re aud mnklnE riulrty In relu,,on TO ii. Ii
accordal,co @ Inn I viii till. ''">''A W ~ ="
NoutEs'
not there Wero alfsauy ~ poSFsessii9n o. tita
nSpattlmeiat reports eeef,, t tI!'s % sesy!fe
Special Agsnt, Hnu crrtitleti cnp!es of
1le'n were FURNISHED 10 tlie Congressional
COMMITTEES. N:esit!e WIS 1lo export elIi-
paysa r;sS 'Kts t s ityeitfigat'o Try ie ~ te
l'1st-Oftices ais1 l',st-ltuaals. Ig flad becl! Il
contractor md thoroughly understood the
Ways OF eantracitts. !tla rnlmrts eseatttl
Fly. 1aata.S aanSSs III ng a'g sa,sI ,oout cHI.
H., ra'te "H wv Wiz. v.u 's ~ as ,n1 LIZ
days alsr scn"tor borssy % VI, Wsots % tic spes ios..
re"s',,,,nnn,o,Sn,,s H.. sv,;,n tlot T. .n ~" ,"
t' ny ~ ihn, ~ WIo.n a,t., s,at T. Ms laie