The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1889-03-02


case. The main point made by him was
that there are interests down In the LIMOS
river valley that may snffer II provisions
are net made for removing the distractions
in the river before Chicago gets ready 10
throw down the valley the Immense BODY
of water which will be- carried along by
the proposed drainage canal. This b!ll
proyides for the removal of certain OBJ
structiOns which must be removed II the
provisions If the Chicago drainage bill are
carried ont" No action WAS taken on
either the blll or the joint resolution.
This scheme may be all right but II
looks very much Ike step IN harmony
with ChiCauu's scheme 20 make the ILLINOIS
river a sewer and nothing but sewer
will tue Illinois valley permit such de-
s,ructiun of navigable streum,- "A factor
in one of the most important public works
of the century, MacMilen's plausible
plan may bear a good deal of watching
The pr iect 10 reduce the passenger fare
On railroads In the state g. &c n mile was
adversely reported ca on Ihursdny. ltnp.
pears from the rpurt that only l3 out OF Gl
roads in the state have been able To pay
dividends OF the l3 only two paid ) per
cent; and bat three roads paid higher tnan
q per cent. Il is not s'Hkrd in thr report
Low much water upon which the rs non
paving roads are expected 10 earn div
idenGs.
The bin 70 allow SlG,l213S to the heirs
of Alex Bruce Of this county builder oil
the Coppsras Creek dam has been tayora-
bly, reported.
Among new bills introduced In the legls-
lature il one permitting township Insurance
companies TO include - townships Insiead
Of six as nj present; and one by Setter
Offering premium Of &c p pound on beet
sugar raised and made In the state 10 be In
force for 10 years from January /, 1871
Oppnsirion 10 the Drainage bill Is reviy-
Ing ut Springfield, the effort now being
made by personal solicitation among the
members 10 secure votes against IT, The
~. Louis Pest DtSDatch Of last Friday has
a very strong article ~ inst the bill ,inspir-
ed. no doubt, by VALLEY" resident, as
the opponents are now termed. The cor
respondent says AT time when the
public Is so sensitive on The subject o.
trusts and corporations with large powers,
IL Is a sort of anomaly 10 find Legislature
apparently on the eve of creating great
corporation with the most extraordinary
powers, and authorized 10 putt burden Of
special taxes upon the people es'ima ed MI
the way from $l0,0OO,0OO TO S32,OOOOOO.
Gentlemen who came 10 Springfield strong
ly disposed to help TO relieve Chicago from
the pesrilpnt embargo of It's own sewage
are beginning 10 waver very perceptibly
nj the contemplation of such a vast outlay
al al FOR
then reviews the estimates M de of the
cost Of the work, wondering where the
immense amount OF money is 10 come
from; aud showing quite pointedly that
c. icago in soliciting permission to dig the
ditch has not the slightest thought OF It's
ever becoming IA ship canal. The evident
aim Of the article is to show that in the
end the digging Of the drain Is menace
To the whole Mississippi Valley, which, II
is insisted, will be polluted by the nui
sance of Chicago sewage. The struggle
with the bill will be resumed on the 18th,
and lively struggle is certain To ensue.
The testimony of the man Piggott TO the
Parnell Times inquiry has been the final
act in the great vindication of Parnell re
sultng from that farce. Mcdonald, man.
ager Of the Times had testified that the
letters on which articles In the Times had
been based were obtained from Piggott
The letters purported to be written 10 and
by Pernen. Though they were delivered
10 the Times without their enclosing envol'
opes, and though Pic yutt had an unsavory
reputation, the Times cook no further pre-
cautions to verify their authenticity then
TO submit them TO so called expert
In handwriting. Piggot was then called
and his testimony WAS so bungling that
a forgery was at once suspected by all dis
Interested persons. And such when pressed
TO the wall, outside the committee room,
Piggett has con essed them To be. When
his arrest was threatened 10y Parnell la con
,equence of his uttering this kind of paper,
Iiggott at once fled the country. If any
ioubt had existed Of Parnell's innocence
If any guilty knowledge Of the Phenix
Park murders, which was one of the points
his enquiry has sought to establish, II Is
fully removed now. LeCaron's lies though |
plausible and somewhat connected and rs
we'll stuck to" rs lies can be, might have
deceived, but followed up as they have
been by this miserable exhibition Of the
Times in the Piggott business, whatever
the future msy bring forth III this farce,
Is a matter Of no concern. Parnell's vind-
cation is now complate; and ii the Tory |
government is not overturned by II, it Will |
be matter of profound establishment.
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