The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-07-26
PRESIDENT ADAMS
Very Suddenly and Unexpectedly
Returns to Omaha.
CONJECTUREs ABOUT HIS VISIT.
TO Inquire Into Mobiles Action In Issuing Pat
ents to the Union PacIfic-Pacific Short
Line Net Sold.

OMAHA, Neb., July 25.-T Special telegram
to The HERALD. Charles Francis Adams,
president of the Union Pacific, arrived in
Omaha this morning. His coming was
very unexpected and has created sensa-
ton in local railroad circles in as much as
Mr.. Adams desired his advent kept quiet,
and especially to the newspapers. Those
directly interested seem to think there is
another large sized hen on somewhere.
He is accompanied by Comptroller Mink,
Chief of Construction Cameron and Private
Secretary Garfield. Just why Mr.. Adams
should return here from Boston SO soon
after having made his annual visit and tour
of inspection is considered great mystery
| The move indicates something very I'M
usual. Officials at headquarters claim to be
strong suspicion afoat that the Mckib-
in total gnoranceof what it means. There is
bin matter has as much, if not more than,
anything else to do with 1T.
Two weeks ago Mr. Adams summoned John
M. Thurston, general attorney of the road,
to meet him in Washington. The latter
also reached home this morning. When
the first exposure of McIIibbin's conduct as
| purchasing agent was made public it struck
the Boston Office, according to the big bugs
there, but called forth very unpleasant ex
plantations. The matter has not been cleared
up yet, or in the language of an official who
is devoting much of his time to the investiga
ton being made, "The half has not been
told"
When Mr.. Anderson, who succeeded Nc
Kibbin, commenced unearthing the evidence
of the latter's fraudulent dealings, he found
a state of affairs that astounded him, and
naturally they were communicated to the
president. Ever since the petition charging
McKibbln with disappointing 100000 in
purchases of lumber was filed, Anderson
has been discovering many more
frauds, until it is said that
the amount involved aggregates
about two hundred and twenty-five
thousand dollars McKibbin employed
John L. Webster and Judge Faris to fight
, the case for him, but there has nothing
been done as yet. Mr.. Webster says the
J time has not arrived for them to show their
hand. He first thought the meeting of
Adams and Thurston IN Washington was
planned with view to doing something
Will Alo SlSlu; Ouu liO leto ochOlohOu
self that they were on another matter en-
tirely.
''Unless some very radical change IL Il |
management has been suddenly decided
upon" said another Union Pacific man, 81
7 am at complete loss to know what should
bring Mr. Adams out here now. 1t may be
} thought that some difficulty requiring his
personal attention has been encountered
in the new improvements and extensions
= being made. 1t is plainly evident that
things are not entirely satisfactory all
around My opinion is that the trouble is
one of financial nature Otherwise why
should Comptroller Mink appear on the
scene?n
Notwithstanding Mr.. Adams telegraphed
/ Harvey Middleton, superintendent of mo
c tive power, to meet him in Omaha, it is
said that the former will go west to-mor-
row. This gives rise to coniectures that
Middleton's wholesale discharge of master
mechanics is having bad effect among the
employees and bringing such serious com
plants from certain quarters as to demand
the presidents attention.