Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-11-27
IN THE WEST.

IHE federal grand jury, which has
been investigating the interstate COM
merce violations at Chicago, returned
indictments as follows: For obtaining
rebate less than the card tariff. the fol-
lowing members of the firm of Swift s.
Co.: GuStavus S. Swift, Edwin G. Swift,
Louis +. Swift and ID. Edward Harp
nell: for the same offense, George and
John Firmenichs, glucose manufacture
ers, of Marshalltown. Ia. for giving
rates less than the established tariff,
George b. Spriggs, general freight
agent of the New y ork, Chicago & st.
Louis Railway. The revelations of the
methods pursued in favorng the big
shippers were astounding. The system
and its secrecy was almost perfect. and
the jury at one time seriously consid-
cred abandoning the effort to get at the
guilty parties. The men who worked
the wires for Swift & Co. were Frank
G. Bowles and Arthur Fay. Bowles
went about securing rates, while Fay
acted as clearing house in receiving
the rebates and gradually turning them
over to his firm. Suspicion was first
directed to him by the fact coming out
that at one time he had to his own
credit in the bank over $4,000, which
was afterwards transferred to Swift.
General Freight Agent Spriggs, it is
said, was caught because he had be-
come reckless after dipping into the re-
bate business. His road paid Swift
many thousands in rebates Other lines
were successful in covering up their
manipulations.
IT has been learned of late that the
reported cases of smuggling Chinese
across the Niagara and St. Lawrence
Rivers is Insignificant compared to the
operations carried on along the Mon
tana-Canadian border. 1t is learned
that fully 500 Chinese are now in the
Flathcad and Kootanai Counties in
Northern Montana, and not fifty of
them entered the United States legally.
They are landed at Vancouver, pay
the Canadian government fee of $50 per
head, and find their way across the
border into Montana, and thence to
other parts of the Union.
LATE reports from Salton, CAL, show
that the water in the lake has receded
1900 feet since last July. 1t is now
only one foot seven inches deep in the
deepest place. All the buildings of the
salt works are now out of water.
Everything, therefore, seems to indicate
the speedy departure of this singular
desert lake, which came unheralded,
and which has given rise to so much
conjecture and speculation.
PA1o ALTO went milo strong and
game in 2:osM at Stockton, Cal. He
had runner with him and made the
first quarter in :31s4. The half was
made in 1:O31a. The third quarter was
reached in 1869, and going at q won
derful clip, he made the last quarter in
32sl seconds. finishing the mile without
skip, the winner of the worlds STALL
ion record in 2:0Sa.
The Denver Mining Congress passed
resolutions favoring bi-met alsm and the
coinage of silver free in all minis
equally with gold and to have with it a
full and unrestricted monetary power,
and that they be in the ratio of l6 to |
and when the coinage is represented by
treasury notes each dollar shall repre-
sent 4121a grains OF standard silver OF
25.S grains of gold.
AN agreement to sell has been re.
corded from Marie A. Strellinger, better
known as the wife of M B. Curtis, the
actor, by which she disposes of the Pc
ralta Park Hotel property at North
Berkely, Cal. This money will be used
by Mrs. Strellinger to try and save her
husband from the gallows.
The Missouri River Improvement Eek
ecutivc Committee has issued a call for
Missouri River improvement conven.
ton to be held at Kansas CITY Dec. II
and 16.