The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1882-02-16
CONDENSED NEWS,
RAILROADS

!, The three commissioners are selectedunder
the terms Of the recent settlement
between the trunk line railroade
the matter Of differential rates, have agreed to
undertake the work. They are ex-JuGge P.
Thurman of Ohio, and Hon. Elihu B. Wash
burne of Illinois. Business men are taken
quite by surprise by tho choice OF the commit.
tee made by the trunk line people, The fitness
Of the eminent gentlemen selected to exercise
judicial Of advisory functions in the matter
was hardly expected that the trunk line mag
mates would go entirely outside the domain OF
railroading in making up their committee.
Luke Ransom, an employe of the d. NJ.
Osborne Reaper company for eighteen years,
and manager Of the Chicago Office the last nine
years, was found dead in the suburbs of Hins-
dale near Chicago Saturday afternoon, half way
between his house and the depot. Near him
was revolver with two chambers empty, and
there was pistol wound in the back Of his
head, from which the brains oozed There
were evidences Of struggle, but no trace of
the murderer. His clothes and wallet had been
rifed OF their contents
Advices from Wichita, Kan, are that A. P.
Lewis, from Falls City, Neb, and four COM
panions arrived there Monday last, having
been arrested in Oklahoma and sent out Of the
territory by Maj. Randall, the commandment at
Fort Reno. Maj. Randall is on the look out
for Capt Paino, the Oklehoma boomer, who is
said to be in the territory with a large band.
J. NJ Lawry g& neral master mechanic of the
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul road, will sail
for Europe on one of the Cunard steamers next
Wednesday, accompanied by his wife. Mr..
Lawry goes across the water for the purpose OF
purchasing tools and machinery for the com
pany. So crowded are all the iron manufac-
turing institutions in this country with work
that the company is unable to keep supplied
with machinery and TOOLS
1t is now generally understood that Mr. II.
P. Atkins Is to be appointed general superin-
tendent of the Chicago, Milwaukee g. st. Paul
road, tc succeed W. G. Van Horne. Mr.. At
kins is superintendent of the Chicago di-
vision of the road, and he will be succeeded
there by A. J. Earling. the present assistant su-
perintendent
Mr.. Henry Willard of the Northern Pacific
railroad is of the opinion that the wheat raisers
Of the far northwest are at the mercy of the
merchants who buy their wheat at prices which
the merchants themselves are able to dictate,
and so he proposes, after awhile, to build an
elevator or warehouse at every station.
Henry G. Wa1moth, agent Of the Adams Ex-
press company at Bladenburg, KY, who disap-
peared December, 1878, with SIS 900 of the
comuany's funds, was arrested at Philadelphia.
He had reg istered at a hotel with woman, as
b. ". Wilmut and wife,
The Chicago, milwaukee & st. Paul railway
have notified shippers at all points that east
bound freight can be loaded in local cars to go
via any of the roads from Chicago, excepting
| the Michigan Central railway which is now suf-
| fering from blockade.
| President Keep Of the Chicago & North
western says that the January earnings will
show an increase Of about $500, 900, and the
company's next report will also show net earn
ings at the rate of IA per cent on the stock.
Mr.. P. W. Brunson, for several years the
capable superintendent of the city department
Of the st. Paul postofice, has resigned thai
responsible Office to take a more lucrative and
less exscting position in the union depot
The president has pardoned James Webb,
who was convicted of murder and sentenced by
a United States consular court at Nagasaki
| to be hanged.