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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-07-30
GENERAL NEWS.
The Narrow-Gauge Stockholders Ratified and
the Directors Disturbed.

The Narrow-Gsuge Stockholders Ratified and
the Directors Disturbed.
A Boston man, on Saturday, in conversation
with the railroad reporter of the Journal.
when speaking of the Toledo. Cincinnati
e. st. Louis narrow-gauge road, which is
largely owned in that city, said Boston
capitalists have become considerably dis
heartened over their investment. The last
$500, 900 had disappeared without any noticea-
BILE benefit to the property, and the management
was crying; "Give US more" This had fright
ened stockholders, and they were throwing
their stock onto the market recklessly. Fully
10000 shares, he thought, had changed hands in
the last twenty days. aud the directors, as well,
have become ratified. The earnings of the road
in the two weeks ending July Is were only $4o,-
900, while S1lo, 900 were the estimated earnings
for July. In extenuation of the small earnings
it is said that the road was not expected to do
much until the middle OF July, but considerable
gains would come thereafter. The road has met
with adversely, but iu is nevertheless hard to I'M
derstand why 800 miles OF road should show so
small increase over the earnings OF a nttle over
half that mileage. The announcement IN Satur-
days journal that the road was hEely TO falllnto
the hands of a receiver was not much
OF a surprise to railroad men VINO are
acquainted with the condition OF the property
and are reasonably well posted as to tne proba-
BILE future of the road. The Boston Advertiser
| seems to comprehend the real condition of the
property better than do the directors. In it's
issue of Friday the Advertiser says: "Toledo,
Cincinnati & st. Louis, which has been for some
time past like a reed shaken by the wind, has
settled down to 2 1872, and it now looks as II a re-
ownership was nevitable. In view of It's varie-
gated history, its continued and continuous
struggles, it's spurts OF strength and activity,
followed by fainting spells and great weakness,
and in view of the various kinds OF costly medl-
cine which it has taken, with no good effect,
there is reason Co fear that its constitution ls
seriously impaired. Many OF those interested
are now feeling much like the man who was very
solicitous that his invalid wife should get better
COR sOmething'-and are doubtless reasonably
well reconciled to have nature take it's course.
In fact, IL is stated that iI has already been de-
termined by the directors to petition for the APP
pointment of two receivers" Why a road like
the little bantam needs two receivers Is puz-
cling Western railroad men. One trouble with
the road has been that fromthe beginning 1t has
been tOp-heavy with officers.
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PERSONAL AND LOCAL.

Passenger Men Returning from New York
A Remarkable Run On the c., st. L. q P.
Ford Wood. of Springfield. o., assistant gen
eral freight agent OF the l., B. IL W.. spent the
Sabbath In this city.
]. w. Dodd, OF this city. IS securing the right oil
way for the Toledo. indianapolis &c st. Louis
projected road, which is to be a standard gauge,
IL built.
J. j.. Burrows. formerly a telegraph operator
on the l., b. & W., more recently on the Nickel
plate. has been appointed chief train dispatcher
on the Rochester & Pittsburg road.
j. Fl. DevereuK. president of the Bee-line sys-
tenn, returned from New York or Saturday
morning. Al last aocounts General Manager
Thomas was still recruiting at Saratoga, and
feeling much better for a temporary rest.
James johnson, formerly general agent of the
Llineis Central railroad at Cairo, has been ap-
pointed general western travelling and passen-
Central, in place of Mr.. d. c. Caikins, who re-
signed on account of bad health.
Fl. N. Bronson. general passenger agent Of the
indianapolis, Bloomington & Western, A. j.
Smith, of the Bee-line, and George Washin gtOn
Smith, of the Lake Erie & Western, returned
yesterday from New York, where they were in
attendance at the passenger pool meeting.
G. W. Stevens, superintendent of the Detroit
d Indianapolis and a half dozen other divisions
of the Wabash system: u. g. Moore, assistant
superintendent, and t.. N. Aauley. tram de-
spatcher, spent most OF Saturday IN this city
looking their property ever. Some needed i'm
provements rs regards tracks In the yard were
determined upon.
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suits on account of the railroad war. In ordin
AIRY times the statement would create a dad
break in the stock, but it has been known for
nearly a week among brokers, and has Jailed to
produce "A deletefeus effect. The truth ID that
very few shares are held in speculative circles,
as the investors OF this city and OF London have
absorbed practically the entire capital OF the
road. This class OF shareholders care nothing
for temen and arc only affected by Il de-
crease In the rate of dividend.
The Chlcago, st. Louis & Pittsburg new engine
No. $40 is said to be the best locomotive running
Into this city, even eclipsing either OF the four
recently received by the Cincinnati, Indianapo-
lis, st. Louis & Chicago road. While being finely
proportoned, powerful, ana equipped with all
modern improvements. the engine Is making "A
big running record, on Saturday hauling ten
cars lrOm Bradford TO Indianapolis III two hours
and twenty-three minutes, making six stops at
stations ard four at railroad crossings. The dis
lance is los miles.
The Wabash people have commenced TO work
Tor passenger business ont uf mdl annapolis ana
TINS immediate section, in connection with their
new Chicago route east, one of the Detroit IL
This new Chicago, Detroit aud Niagara Falls
line over the Grand Trunk, Wabash and Balti-
more ~ Ohio roads did but little business the
nrst few days, but passenger travel mas III
creased until the route bids fair TO become a
formidable competition for through travel. Con-
nection is made at the Suspension Bridge with
both Erie and New York Central roads. The
freight hauled over the new route Is taken to
the International Bridge, and sent east by way
of Lackawanna. This line is at present the
shortest between Detroit ana Chicago, but it Is
claimed that a shorter route can be made by
using the Lake Shore from Chicago to Ypsi.anti,
anu Michigan Central thence to Detroit.
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Reunion of the rhirty-Third.
The following cali has been issued for the re
| union Of the Thirty.third Indiana regiment:

IHV I"IIONIHS O"H mas U0O" IS'"O" U VHo to
union Of the Thirty-third Indiana regiment:
''rhe reunion of the Thirty-third regiment OF
Indiana volunteers will be held or the 18th of
August, at the Exposition building in this city
The old soldiers of Indiana are invited to assem-
BILE there on that day, to take part in the grand
military encampment. And We deem II TO be
the best time to call together the veterans of the
Thirty third regiment, The enoampment ia to
be held Ia the Elk position grounds, aud old sol
diers will be admitted free, If they come with
their local Grand Army posts and march at once
10 the grounds. The general committee on ar
rapgeInents OF the encampment will indicate the
position of each regiment, and make sucn pro
vision for il as the circumstances will admit. 1t
ia expected that many thousands will culne, and
that the prize drills, the general reunion exer.
cises, the enoampment of the many home and
foreign troops and the great industrial parade
at nigng VIII make the occasion highly eDjoya
BILE.
"Stephen X. Fletcher. Joseph r. Shelton, Jno.
A. Wilkens. Thoinas Wills, Andrew ]. Buchanan,
John Coburn, WIN. II. Lester, committee"
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AMONG THE RAILROADS.
Freight Business-Traffo Light as
Compared with Last Year.
Eroubles of the Passenger Conductors
Stockholders of the Little Bantam
Disheartened.
FREIGHT BUSINESS.
A Very Light Movement as Compared with
That of 1885

A Very Light Movement as Compared with
That of 1882.
while the train records for the week ending
yuly % show an increased movement over
that of the week end ing July 81 as compared
with that of the corresponding week, 1882, the
exhibit is decidedly unfavorable, there being
5,474 less loaded cars received and forwarded
at this point In the week ending July IS.
1883, than in the corresponding week
1882, and indianapolis now has two
more roads running in here than in July, 1882.
Comparisons show that the. decrease In
business ia wholly with five roads. On the Bee
line last year in, the week ending July %, there
wer6 received and forwarded 8, 1910, the heaviest
weeks work with one exception in Its history.
against 1924 this year, the l.. II st. L., 3,O7s,
against 1,72S this year. the Vandalla 3,2I1,
against 1912 this year, the Wabash 1,46S
against 1872 this year, We notice that
khe movement on the other roads
ranges about the same this year
rs last year. 1t is proper to state that the
graric OF the week ending Jnly %, 1882. was
claimed that local business and west-oound traf-
no as well are equal to that of the corresponding
period last year, the heavy falling on this year
as compared with 1882, goes to confirm
shs statement OF the Journal of the 26th
THAI little or no grain was moving. to the sea-
beard. the principal shipments going to lake
ports. AS this is carried as local business 1t
makes the deficit in through traffic the more APP
parent. Freight men, however, are talking
more hopeful, and express the belief that from
this on business is to steadily improve. Below
Is gwen the number of cars received ana Tor
warded at this point in the week ending July
rs NJ 12 NJ, as compared with the movement OF
tho preceding week:
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THE TICKET scALrrRs.
They Are Not Frightened by the Action of
the Commissioner.

Ghey Are Not Frightened by the Action OF
the Commissioned.
Nsw York World.
The railroad commissioner are moving against
she ticket "scalpers," and are endeavoring to
unite the trunk lines to break up the system of
cutting rates. The commissioners have decided
TO abolish the cut rates after Sept. 1, and rely
upon the companies to maintain them in their
action. Among prominent railroad men the
~'ticket butchers,'' as they are sometimes called,
have many companies under the ends of their
Fingers. A road thai has poor patronage is
obliged to offer some inducement to the travel
ing public. and the ticket sealper promptly steps
In and is paid a round commission for selling
Fickets over that road at a reduction. No mat
ter how cheaply a man can rido over n popular
road, the cut-rates man viii offer better Induce
mants by another line.
sit is getting to be played out" said a ticket
agent for a well-known company. "About one
put Of every ten of our business men who travel
from this city complain at the price of tickets
offered By the regular agents, saving: Down at
- we can get drawing-room car
fions for less than your price This cutting of
Rates is running the regular sale of tickets"
There are only two offices in New York where
Rhe sale of tickets is carried on by men who be-
tong to the American Tickst-brOkers' Associa-
zion. This is the regular organization of the
eealpers. and 1t extends throughout the country.
Their capital is said to he over half a million
dollars. and they control ninei y-three offices.
Among the association 'scslpers" little If any
year Is IclI at tne actlOn OF the commissioners
pthey claim to be able to secure tickets from rail-
road companies that agree to not pay d commits
sion on sales as well as they can from others.
q. @. Lansing, of No. 1917 Broadway, whose
heyice of a huge knifercutting the word crates
Gan be seen Oh signboards every where, said to u
Reporter that the action of the Commissioner
would not seriously affect his business.
This Is the eighth time they have tried to
},reak the ticket-brokers and have not been sue
eessful. The Saratoga compact in 1874 proved
disastrous TO many; but IT did not last. In 1882
fhey tried it again, and over twenty brokers
c'osed their places in this city. 1 paid 81, 800
mud kept out of the food"
Another scalper said: 81 sell tickets over the
9rie road every day, but they haven't paid me q
mt in commission IA four years. 1 work the
Erie In with several other lines to form a con-
heciion to a western point and sell the ticket at
M: rates. l get my paw for selling that ticket,
out one road doesn't know what the other road
pays me. That's where the mSs,ey comes in"
A travelling agent for a New York house said
ssat ticket-scalpers were a great blessing TO the
drummer, for he can make money on HIS ex-
penses u he patronizes the ticget-broker.
MY nrm has dropped To- it recently and pays
any expenses at cut-rates."
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John q. Witty is fitting uptwo of his improved
switch-stsnds to send to tho Southern ExpOsi-
ton at Louisville, KY.
The last week ice has begun to move more
briskly to Louisville, KY. and other Southern
points. Shipments are now reaching twenty
five to thirty carloads per day.
On Friday, next. the indianapolis & st. Louis
road runs an excursion from Terre Haute to In
dianapolis ana has placed the rate at 81 round
trip, for adults and 65 cents for children.
Beginning tomorrow, the Jeffersonville, Madi-
son d Indianapolis road will run Its trains be-
tween New Albany and Louisville by the block
signals. and VIII use the double track from silver
Creek 60 Prison Station.
Cut down expenses is still the hobby with
the wabash people. Under the recent changes an
the mechanical department. Master Mechanic
Barnes has charge Of the locomotive power ON
LOO miles OF road and his Instructions, 1t is said.
are to cut down shop expenses 40 per cent.
The Cincinnati, Hamilton & Indianapolis last
week forwarded from TINS point hfty car
loads of live stock, n large per cent. OF IL con-
aligned to Buffalo. As this was the first atten ut
of the c., Fl. & d. to carry live stock for Eastern
cities, the showing Is certainly a creditable one.
The indianapolis & Sc. Louis company is
making a fine Improvement at their crossing Of
the Wabash river, near Terre Haute, where they
have recently put IN a new bridge and trestle.
They are now raising the grade OF the road. On
one side there vas a grade of hfty-two feet TO
the mile. This has been reduced to thirteen feet
TO the inile by filling up, and between the bridge
and trestie there is a space OF nearly a mile
which is. as well, being graded up to nearly a
level.
The FIVE western roads last week brought into
| this station 3,325 loaded cars, as follows: In
diam, Bloomington & Western. Peoria division.
362: st. Louis division, pol: Cinctnnsti, India
napolis, st. Louis g. Chicago, re; yandalia.
GA; Indianapolis & St. Louis, 1909. This was
an Increase of 57l over the number received In
the week ending July 81. OF this increase, 116
cars was on the Peoria division Of the 1, b. az W.
81 on the st. Louis division. 268 on the G.. l.,
st. L & c., 81 on the Vsndalia and Sc on the L, &
st. l..
In speaking of the June statement OF the earn
ings of the Pennsylvania lines. the Philadelphia
Record says: THE statement ia decidedly IN
favorable 10 it's features, aS IL shows that the en-
tire net earnings of tine company. hotn EAST aRd
west of Pittsburg, for this year are only S476,-
l73 ahead of the first six months of 1882. n
period which had been VIGOROUSLY Door in re-
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pering with drummers' tickets. Tho commercial
travellers ride on / ,000-mile tickets as a genera;
rule, and IL is stated that the plan is To get one
of these tickets, use 1t a time or two and then
keep 1t on hand, but instead OF having IL
punched out by the conductor, TO dizzy up with
him, he taking half-fare and poeketinS that ana
the drummer saving the other hall. The COM
pany is the party which would thus come out at
the little end OF the horn, and as the sale OF
1000 mile tickets fell off very rapidly they soon
cancelled q large-sised rodent" and finally fer
reted him out,
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OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES TICKETS.

Commercial Travellers Dividing with the
Passenger Conductors.
Report has it that the Wabash passenger con-
Huctors who were recently bounced on the
wabash road were up to some game which has
peer carried on for some tliae past on the Union
racine lines, aud for which thirty conductors on
me Union Pacific and eighteen on the Utah
tofthern branch were discLaIged-that Is, tam
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Name Of Road. July 2llJuIy 2sI Inc. Dec

Net increase. AGA cars.
q The number of loaded cars handled at this
pU1ns was as follows: Received, 1904; for
Warded, 1852. Total, 1896 ears. Increase az
compared with number handled in the proceed
ing week, 721 cars. The corresponding week
In 1882 there were PATIO received aud for
j, wBrded at this point. OF this number 20, 440 were
loaded cars. The total number last year during
+, the corresponding week was 5.795 cars in ex-
Ooss Of the movement this year, and of loaded
Dars, 5.474 in excess.
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Flour. Grain. IProvis. Total.
Per cepts.-.M. c. R., 1876; L. s. MS. Ry. 1s7;

F8r oents.-'M. c. r. R.,I3B;L L. :. q US. Ry, lR7;
P Fl. W. & {. Ry., LAG; O., ST. Up. R R., 1913;
B. {. r r., ~; G. g t. Ry. liz: n; Y. C. g.
b. l.. Ry, 81; g. 81 A. Ry, 125; total, 1000.
Too above statement shows an increase of l.
H42 tons over the tonnage forwarded in tho
R5 there we're forwarded l,497 tens OF flour,
1872 tons of grain, II ,263 tons of provisions.
against 2. LAO tons of flour, II, 0SO tons of grain,
and 1885 tons of provisions. II will be no.
SiOen that 2.702 more tons OF grain and 70 tons
of provisions we're forwarded last week than In
the week ending on the 2lst, while there were
643 tons less -four. 1t will be noticed, also, that
with the exception of the Lake Shore, the new
roads again lead in tonnage. The Chicago g.
Grand Trunk, the Chicago, st. Louis & Pittsburg,
and the Chicago & Atlantic carried 46 Fer cent.
of the entire tonnage forwarded by the eight
raAda-
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CHICAGO EAsr-BOUND rRArFIO.

An Increase In TOnnage-The New Roads
Again Leading.
The following is a comparative statement in
sons of shipments east from Chicago for the
week ending July %, 1888:
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Horsford's Acid Phosphate,

VERY SATISFACTORY IN PRosrRATIoN.
DIR. r. +. Gilmartin. Detroit, Mich. says: al
have found It very satisfactory in it's effects.
notably IN the prostratiOn attendant upon alec
hOlisn."
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1883-04-05
CENTERVILLE.

DIR. Stoelting has abandoned Center:
vile to continue his profession some
where else. 1t is not yet positively
known where he has located, but rumor
says he went to Kiel.
Hoffman, is going to start a lumber
yard in st. Wendell. He lately took
trip up north with view to buy the
stock necessary for the trade.
Albers is very hospitable to the little
boys at home. A whole regiment of
them succeeded in obtaining from him
free passes to Madison. The sapient ju-
veniles thought that generosity has no
limit, and went with the expectation of
getting free grub, so that on hearing TIE
hotel rates they were thunderstrnok and
lost but little time in parading the streets
of the capital.
Goerlitz Bros. of Sheboygan rented
the cid Catholic school-house in st. Wen
del and turned it into machine shop.
All kinds of farm machinery are now
kept in it for sale.
The popular transition from Lent to
''liberty'' is strongly marked by the i'm
mediate celebration of hymeneal con-
tracts. Charles Bahr and Gretchen
Wagner stand first on the list of those
over whom the nuptial blessing will be
spoken during the present season, and
will be married on the Bird of April.
At the republican caucus held in Cen
terville the 2Sth. W. T. Albers was nom
mated for town clerk. There were, how.
ever, two ballotings, Albers and his op-
ponent Albert Schneider receiving an
equal number of votes on the first ballot
and on the second Albers was dominated
with majority of one vote. Albers owes
his nomination in no small degree to the
feeling of hostility existing between the
candidate, Albert Schneider, and George
Bauman. both saloon keepers of Center
vile. The two have long been at varf :
ance with each other, so that Rauman
naturally acts as the antagonist of Schnei-
der and the coadjutor of Alhers.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1883-04-05
CLARK'S MILLS.

Mr. MYREs of Franklin met with
quite serious accident while visiting
his daughter (Mrs. Peter Dana of this
place. as he was leading his horse to
water, the horse slipped and fell onto
him fracturing his leg.
Mr.. GEORGE Mason is dangerously i'll
of lung fever
Mr.. HIRAM SMITH of Manitowoc is
spending few days with his old friends
in this place.
MIR. AND Mrs. SwEETINe have returned
and will soon be keeping house i'll the
suit of rooms over the cheese factory.
MIR. Sweeting intends to commence max
ing cheese the fifteenth of this month.
Mr.. WILLIAM MORGAN and Mr.. John
Morgan are home from Wausau.
Mr.. BARNHART MURPHY and Miss
Bridget Conry expect to celebrate their
nuptials next Wednesday.
Mr.. HENRY HACKER and family have
moved onto their new farm, which they
bought of Mr.. Matthias Thornton.
Mr.. III. A. MOVES and sister returned
to Appleton to-day.
Mr.. BEACH has commenced building
a dwelling house on his farm.
Mr.. PAUL LINDEwIEsT of Forestville
Door Co., has been engaged by Rev.
Father Rhode to teach Catholic school
in this village. The school opened to day
in the old church.
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SKIPPED.

Rathsack, the murderer, is again at
large. He broke Jail last night or this
morning. this morning the jailer says,
but all the signs point clearly to an earlier
exit. The thing was well planned and
quite well executed, and must have taken
some little time in its preparation.
The privy. through which he escaped,
is in the south, east corner of the building;
the vault is south of this, being an exca-
walton about five feet on all sides, and
walled with brick. The sluice way lead
ing to this vaul. from the privy runs di-
agonally downward and is seemingly
quite narrow to allow the passage of the
body of large man. But Rathsack was
slightly built. An iron bar ran across
this sluice way and this he had pried off.
The vault is outside the building, under
the sidewalk passing between the court
house and the sheriff's barn. Being in
the vault. escape was easy, as he had only
to knock off the boards which were loose
ly nailed.
The jailor says he unlocked Rathsack' s
cell at this morning and that when he
brought him his breakfast at $50 he was
gone. He could not have done all the
work required for escape in that brief
time. Quite quantity of cord wood was
in the vault so as 10 prevent him from
sinking and also to enable him to climb up.
A blanket was used to let himself down
through the sluice- way. and portions of
it were taken out of the vault and used
to clean himself. Besides the bed in his
cell had not been occupied last night and
the probability is that he was in the
privy when the cell was locked last night
and did the work through the night.
He would not dare to emerge from so
exposed place as the privy vault at any
hour after A. NJ. and he could not posi-
bly, avoid detection. He is probably in
hiding somewhere in the city, number
of his countrymen being in sympathy
with him.