Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1884-09-25
The Railroad Conference.

CHICAGO, September 1.-THE Western
Railway Conference held an all morning
session again to-day, but is making very
slight headway. The contest is still over
the method of pooling the Nebraska busi
ness. At to-day's session a resolution was
again offered to pool the Nebraska business
and leave the matter of percentages to
arbitrators to be hereafter appointed. To
this proposition an amendment was offered
by representative of the Milwaukee q
St. Paul, to the effect that the question of
local business of the Union Pacific should
also be left for decision of arbitrators to
determine the question whether it should
not be given to the tripartite roads exclu-
sively. This was voted down, Burlington
q Northwestern voting in the negative.
The representative of the Burlington then
moved that all S. W. and trans Missouri be
abrogated, abalished and cease to exist
from this date. This was likewise defeated,
and at o'clock the session adjourned until
2:30 this afternoon, with no proposition of
any kind before it.
CHICAGO, Sept. 1.-THE entire afternoon
session was again taken up with the vexed
question of a proper apportionment of the
Nebraska business without reaching a re-
suit
The motion was renewed to form pool
on the California business, one pool COM
posed of the roads east of the Missouri
river, and one of the roads west of the
Missouri river.
This motion was agreed to unanimously,
which was concession on the part OF the
Burlington which had once refused to con-
sent to the formation of any pool until the
Nebraska question had been finally dispos-
ed of. The meeting then adjourned until
tomorrow morning when an effort will be
made to decide upon the percentages
1t was agreed in case the lines could not
agree upon proper apportionment that
the entire question should be referred to
Joseph F. Tucker, as arbitrator, whose find
ing was to be binding.
Tomorrow the Nebraska question will
be taken up again, as there appears no pos
sibility that Colorado pool can be formed
until the Nebraska question and the exact
attitude of the tripartite is determined.
Execution.
CINCINNATI, September 12.-Ben John
son was hanged this morning for COM
plicity with Allen Ingalls, in the murder
Vi DcNcIIy Lay lOI anu Wuc anu llttlc girls,
near Avondale, last February. The bodies
of the victims of that crime were imme
diately brought by Ingalls, and Johnson to
the Ohio Medical College and the murder
ers received S45 for the subjects. A week
afterwards the bodies were found in the
college and ingalls, and johnson were
arrested. The atrocity Of this crime,
together with the action Of the jury in
fixing the grade of VIM. Berner's crime at
manslaughter when it was a clear case Of
murder in the first degree, were potent of
the causes leading to the riot. johnson
was attended the last fifteen minutes in his
cell by DR.. Joyce. The Sheriff read the
warrant few minutes before 10 o'clock
johnson listened with a wild look, but
said nothing. He knelt ON the scaffold
during short prayer and then made
short speech, declaring his innocense and
saying that he was prepared to die. Death
was almost instantaneous.
SAN FRANCISCO, September Prank
Hutchings, the strangler, was hanged to-
Gay at l2:43