Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-05-11
FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC.
An Interesting Summary Of the
Important Occurrences Of
the Week.
A Budget OF News Cleaned From the
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The officials of the Louisville and Nash
willie road did everything in their power to
avoid testifying before the congressional
committee. but their appeals and the quib-
bling of their LAWYERS were overruled and
the officials had to tell of their dealings
with the Standard Oil Trust A. F. Broadus.
the freight agent. was the cause of n great
deal of trouble to the committee. as he
refused to answer nearly all their questions.
and had also neglected to bring with him
the rate schedule of the road. as he had
been ordered. The only fact that he brought
to light was that when his road hauled tank
cars, filed with oil belonging to the Stand
ard company, south. they usually returned
filed with cotton-seed OIL This statement
pleased Mr.. Bynum. as the exact reverse
had been sworn to before the agricul-
tural committee. J. NJ. Culp stated that
his road had given lower rate to Chess.
Carley a. Co.. a Standard oil affiliation.
than TO other sharpers. This was because
that firm gave assurance Of large business.
He admitted having received in 1881 a let
ter from Chess. Carley Il Co., relative to a
rate charged another shipper. in which a
protest is entered by Chess, Carley & Co.,
and which concludes with a request that
the railroad put on another screw F..
D, Carley, of the firm named, was next
called. He had left the firm when it was
merged with the Standard. He explained
at length the process in which his firm had
practically monopolized the western and
southern oil business. by doing everything
to destroy competition. He believed that
any one could have procured the rates his
firm did from the Louisville and Nashville
railroad, but his firm was the first in the
field. Witness said that the letter about
turning the screw had been written by a
clerk who afterwards became insane. He
believed that nothing was meant by it.
The assignment of Hooven & Allison
and M. c. Allison caused cons derable ex-
element in Aenia. o. The debts of the
company are about 100000, while Allison's
reach $4,000. The assets will reach $780,.
600 or 100000. The Second National hank,
capital stock S15O,OO0. which held a largo
amount of Allison's paper. closed its doors.
Ben Robbins, the Kentucky statesman,
who was recently appointed assistant dis
trict attorney of Colorado. and who at
tempted suicide few days ago by Gu ting
his throat. is thought to be hopelessly in
sane. He is confined in the hospital. where
he is constantly raving over some imagin-
AIRY wrong done him or attempt upon his
life.
Hon. Tully Scott, receiver of the United
States land office and deputy grand chan
cellor of the Knights of Pythias Of Kansas,
has gone to Bird City, Kan. to institute a
knights Of Pythias lodge. Messrs. Keen
right. Babbtt. Rawlins. Chamberlain, Thur
man and Beverstock. of Brakeman, Kan,
and Messrs. Hall. Burkshire and Hen
bricks. OF Atwood, Kan. accompanied the
deputy grand chancellor to assist in the in
stitution of the lodge
The case between the Pullman and
Wagner car companies. in regard to vesti-
bule trains, has been decided by Judges
B1odgett and Gresham in favor of the Pull
man company. and enjoining the Wagner
company from further use of the trains,
The decision is based on the validity of
Pullman's patents. completely refuting the
claim OF Wagner that vestibule cars have
been in use in other countries before Pull
man obtained his patents. The decision
gives the Pullman company monopoly OF
the manufacture Of vestibule cars in this
country,