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Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1894-05-19
LAST DAY OF SCHOOL.
1T is CALLED COMMENCEMENT AT
THE HIGHER INSTITUTIONS.

How 1t Is Regarded and What 1t Means to
Different Peoplc-A Man of Many Com
mencements The School Exhibition and
the Rural EIocutionists.
Commencement!
What does the word mean to you, read
er? Does it bring thronging memories
of day that ended the period Of train
Ing and began period Of real life that
has been full Of successes, Or has failure
been your lot ever since commencement?
Perhaps there never was a commence
ment day for you Possibly you have
had to worry along through life, as have
so many of your brethren ard your Sis
tiers, without the advantages of scholas-
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1894-05-19
.I2terburYFiTe Alarm
LOCATION OF BOXES.


H. following are the Fire Alarm Signals
I. q, ier the new system:
tlaZers 4 BE-
Is tc.r Fast lain ,,ni Niagara streets.
- Cor Past Main and Wolcot road.
C,- High and Walnut streets.
CIR Est Main md Cherry streets.
- t-lr East Main and Cole streets
T.. Cor North Elm and Kingsblry streets.
=. CIR North Elm. North Main and Grove
streets.
y.-terbIlry Misunderstanding Company
3 .t,f North Main and North streets.
Or buckingham and Cooke streets
= t;,r Gu ave and Prospect streets.
- Cor Hillside avenue and Pine street.
%, f.,r Johnson and WaUerville streets
The Plat Bros 4 Co.
.,-rtury Clock company movement
ment factoryl.'
chla-, i,i,.r-.
...r vest Main AMI WILLOW streets
,r West Main and Watert;wu roads
i ne Car Railroad stable
Waterbury Brass cpnpanY
..,r Cedar aud Meadow streets
, * Grand and Field streets
= ts.r Bank aud Meadow streets
= san,ioluh x Closes
q \
sany.'
-, d1Ilus.-. Booth & Hsyden9'
49,, ....T.- h4r,c- and Porter streets.
20 Cor Siulaus steel and Washington ave
CIR s....tA Main and Grand streets
- t-.r ,-.r.;h Nain and Clay streets.
a. N.rernury Watch Company
"a s:...,- li-t Il R,.rrham Manufacturing
e1n-IaET.-
Fv-z-,,4,r,- F,r;r;,l-. coup&ny.@
- .z,r s.1ush sTalu anil Washington SIS
s,.,y1U an I.s,ciuriag Company
= .,.r Franklin mi uIt1n streets.
- W,,--.-....ss .2.-'-, Ia tease factory
- C-s,-t.L.s -'.t -lti, -,r'-a5~
s., ~! i.i..-.,;, .-rd i-..rr -.r''--'-
s. - Il .-- 81 f.-c
49, ,,-, r.r,.t-s,- ,'t stone -tre--'@
~ ..-ists- nj Nh streets
O. ,..r I,-,isr..- 10y ssi-i Dublin street
- P-1l=r-
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1894-05-19
Cooperative Tailoring
Company.
l50 South Main St.,

Withsthe opening of he
spring season we would
call attention to one of
the finest selections of
Imported and Domestic
Woolens ever placed be.
fore the public.
Determined to merit a
continuance of the pat
ronaoe so literally bestow.
ed on US in the past, We
shall continue to lead in
the making of Garments
in Excellence of Quality,
and Moderation of Price
For instance, our 2O44
is a fine Clay Diagonal in
deep black or blue black,
of which We will make
suits to order in the most
approved style and perfect
Workmanship for $25.
Our 2O38 and 2O2o
are respectively fine i'm.
ported Vale Diagonal and
Birds Eye Worsted, of
which We shall make up
suits in same manner, and
for the same price.
Our 2187, 2177, 2O80
1000, and a great many
others, are strictly all
Wool black Tidbits, Chev.
lot or fancy Cassimeres
of which We'll make up
Suits to order from $18
to $40.
Realizing that We have
just passed through q
serious business deprcs.
sion, and that it would
therefore be Inconsistent
For some Of our patrons
topay for a suit Of Clothes
all at one time, we will in
the future, as in the past
Deliver Garments on
small Weekly payments.
Ms-By request of great many of our
patrons we have arranged for a department
where we will do Repairing, Cleaning and
Pressing of Garments at the Lowest Prices
and at the shortest notice.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1894-05-19
Worlds Champion e, b. Bloss,

The champion of the world in the spe
cialty OF running hop, step and jumping i,
E. B. Bloss of Titusville, Pa, who is at pres
ent one of the best athletes now wearing tn,
colors of Harvard and the Boston Athleti,
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1894-05-19

"CURFEW SHALL NOT RING TONIGHT"
is rare he is more apt to lose him than
most doctors unless some other physi
clan is called in before death comes. He
has tried to be q teacher, but he failed
in imparting the knowledge that is
packed away in his brain. He has tried
to write upon the subjects which he has
studied, but somehow he fails to make
hit at that. His friends are sure that
his lack Of success is not his fault.
Some of them say he was Overschooled,
and some say he was wrongly taught.
They are not right. Education is good
thing 1t does not prevent success, but
education alone will not force it.
OF all the commencement exercises |
ever attended, and there have been many
of them, those that were held i'll a GER
tain little country hall at the close of
the winters term Of school in certain
little village called "the Hook pleased
me most. They were called "school ex-
hibitions' and were sometimes held be-
fore the close of school, but their object
was the same as that of the commence
ment exercises of more pretentious in
situations of learning-to exhibit the at
haps the reader has attended such enter
tainments, perhaps he has "spokcn
piece at one of them, or sung song, or
been a character i'll one of the ''dia-
logues'' that were SO popular at school
exhibitions when he and l were boys.
Do you remember the dialogue, "Money
Makes the Mare Coz" and the recitation
that tho storekeeper's daughter used to
be so fond of about ''Bennie McCree'
and her desire to have him "come over?'
How her black eyes used to flash when
she gave voice to the lines! She was al
ways encored. And do you remember
how effectively she used to recite Cur
few Shall Not Ring Tonight?' 1t was
her intention, you will remember, too,
to study elocution at Ann Arbor OF
Boston or somewhere else. Her father
and mother were afraid that if she did
she would become an actress and had
the minister talk to her about it. But
she neither studied elocution nor became
an actress. She married the minister,
who CHANGED not to be too old and
bachelor.
Silas Stout, the other Evolutionary star
of the neighborhood, was greatly put
out by the match, for he had marked the
young woman for himself. His stahdbys
were Barbara Frietchie" and "Sheri-
dams Ride He was always recalled,
too, and when his first recitation was
"the ride" "Frietchie'' was the recalled
piece, and vice versa. He had elocution-
airy and likewise dramatic ambitions as
we'll as the girl, but they have never
been realized.
"When she took up with that there
preacher, he said to me the other day,
II was all kinder broke up like. went
into the produce business. Inever spoke
NO more pieces" 1. D. MARSHALL
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1894-05-19

SuppUrI
1t is an extraordinary fact that the mum
Der of actors and actresses who maintaiL
membership in the Actors fund by pay
ment of annual dues of % is less than 400
Most of these are humble workers in the
profession, whose sympathies in the objects
Of the fund seem to be more acute AND
practical than those Of their better paid and
more conspicuous brethren, who, strange
to say, are generally the greatest fault
finders of the management.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1894-05-19

Greece 0uaking Again.
ATHENS, May 19.-Two shocks OF eartn-
make were felt at Corinth and Livadla-
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1894-05-19

association. At the World s fair sports las,
summer Bloss won the championship o.
America and made new worlds record b.
his great jump of As feet inches. In 1885,
and 1898 he won the intercollegiate cham
pionship in the running broad jump. Hi.
best performance was % feet 9I inches. TIL,
intercollegiate record is 90 feet M inches
and it stands to the credit of Victor Mapes
of Columbia college. Bloss is also swift
sprinter.
He is % years of age and very small fol
a successful athlete. He is only feet
inches tall and weighs 1879 pounds.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1894-05-19
Sunday Dinner Bijou Caig.

soup--Bonillon Francaise. Cream OF nep
Green Peas .u CruutCn.
Fish-Boiled Elue Fish "a Ia nIatre de Hotel
Biiou Potatoes. Lettuce EadShes.
Boiled-Smoked Beef Tongue with, Greens
Entrees--Ham Croquette8 au pettjs, rois
aIth Mushrooms. Chocolate Cream Fritters
Roast-Prime Ribs of Beef Dish Gravy.
Spring Lamb Mint Sauce.
Vegetables Mashed Potatoes. STinaeh,
Green Peas, Stewed Tomatoes.
Dessert-Lemon Merngo Pudding. Eump
kin Pie 2eubarb Pie. Green Apple Pie.
Dinner from to pan. Jur." -, 60.
THOMAS O'CONNEL1.. Proprietor.
MILES F. CONNOLLY. Maneger.'
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1894-05-19

Ns-By request of great many of our
patrons we have arranged for department
where we will do Repairing, Cleaning and
Pressing of Garments at the Lowest Prices
and at the shortest notice.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-06-16

Rice :. easy. Molasses about steady.
Pig iron dull. Copper quiet. Lead
steady. Tin barely steady plate dull.
SpelIeI quiet bit steady: domestic. g. !.
371k bid sales on change. 50 tons July
tin, SO to double, slg.4 COttonseed or
without increased activity; the market
Is steadier on Scant offerings, following
the belief that consumers are carrying
sMalt stocks: prime crude, nUnss here;
Oft crude, 28@aSc; yellow butter grades,
$50; choice yellow. Sac. nominal; prime
yellow, S2}S @S3c; yellow off grades. SIX
@S2c; prime white, 36@S7c.
Coffee -OptiOns opened irreguiar;5 5
points higher tO 5 points lower; turied
: hrtnersand more active on stronger spit
coffee market; closed firm at unchanKtd
bags, including June at 5(0l505c: JulS,
l4.65c; August, l4.25@l4.l5c:. ,Septeisss
Der. 1850 1880; October, lS.45@l3. soc.
and December. l3.1Oc; spot coffee Rip
firm; NO.7, Ice; mild steady; Cordova,
l9@l9Hc; sales, 5000 bags Central
AMeriea. and 1000 bags Maracaibo ps d.
Santos quiet: good average Santos. III
QUO; receipts. 5000 bags: stock, 11.00O
bags; cleared frOM Santos June II.
q, 600 bags.
Hamburg steady; prices unchanged to
: 81 pfg lower: sales, 10000 bags. Hayre
! opened steady: sales, 5000 bags; prices
unchanged at ~ m. showed decline OF
: NJ with further sales Of 5000 bags, at
8 p. nj. was barely steady. without fur
Their change or sales; closed quiet, 15f
net decline: Havre stock. 37l.000 bags,
Including $4,000 bags Brazilian. against
377,OOO bags, including $4,000 bags Bra
lillian. last week. Rio strong; No. Z Rio.
1850; exchange, 5-16d; receipts, 5000
bags; cleared for United States, 1900
bags: cleared for Europe. 1000 bags;
stock. 15S, 600 bags: cleared for Rio june
13, $4,000 bags; warehouse deliveries.
not issued today.
'Sugar-Raw firm; sales. 5,726 bags
centrifugal, 96-test. Sc, C. and f., and
1876 bags mOlasses sugar, S9-test, at
2ssc, c. and f.; refined firm.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-06-16

The pyramids and the sphinx have borne tes-
timony through the centuries, and shall for
centuries to come, to the grandeur of concep-
ton and the power of execution which dwelt
within the valley of the Nile.
Architecture, physics mechanics chemistry,
and their fellow sciences were known here
when the world was young
: When Joseph went down into that land. it's
origin was even then Shrouded in the mySteri-
Gus haze of great past.
Essentially agricultural country, and
made SO by its inundating river, it has yet
led the East in war and science.
FGltheiStic in religion the temples bear wit
ness to their devotion well as their skill.
The embalmed bodies of their dead show an
unparalleled reverence for the caSket which
had sheltered a soul.
The obeliskS are an evidence OF their desire
for immortality, and that they should live in
the knowledge of all who might come after
them.
Then the great romance Of history, that of
Antony and Cleopatra, carried Egypt under
Roman rule whence it passed to the domina-
ton of the Turks.
As the Pharaohs had corn for sale in Josephs
time, they have always been merchants, but
deal principally in the products of the soil.
Cairo is fairly we'll filled with motley
population. but a great portion OF them are
Turks, Jews, Europeans. etc. The merchant
whose picture appears above was proprietor Of
many baZaarS in Cairo street in the Midway
The series of types of the world, in which
eighty largo portraits are shown. is practically
distributed free to readers of this paper. 1t is
only necessary to send the proper coupons and
one dime, to cover cost Of tubing postage,
handing, etc, and the portfolio is at the dis
poSal OF every reader.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-06-16
New York Pro hut Q.

NEW YORK, June 15.-FIour-Re-
ceipts. "a 600 bbls; exports. Is, 500 bbis {;
sales, 5000 pkgs; dull and heavy; de-
mand only large enough to fill wants !;
exporters bidding less; Southern flour
dull; rye flour steady; sales, 800 bbls.
Buckwheat nominal. Cornmeal dull.
Rye nominal. Barley nominal. Barley
malt steady. Wheat Receipts, 1890
-bu; exports. GA. 200 blu; sales. $3.50, 600
blu futures, 64.0O0 bu spot; spot quiet;
No. 2 red, store and elevator, 6U5fc !;
atioat. 64s4c canal; +. o. b. afloat, 6Ossc;
No. northern. 6Sasc delivered; No. l
weaker under lower cables and
heavy rains through the West and
Northwest, and was later de-
pressed by reports that Chicago
elevators would deliver some of their old
wheat July l. Late cables were firm
and started short covering, SO that the
market closed fairly steady at 1@3Sc
net decline: No. red June closed at
6O1sc; July, 60 9-l6@6l 3-16c. closing at
6l5sc; August, 6l%@62Lc, closing at
exc; September. 62sz @6314c. closing
at $3.50; December, 66 S-16@665sc, clos
ing at 66Ac.
Corn-Kcceipts, 129.7OO Blu; exports.
1900 bur; sales. 305.00 bu futures. 81.
600 bu spot; spot quiet; No. 2.451S@461sc
elevator; 45X@45Zc afloat; options de-
cliDed nearly all day on rains West and
improved crop prospects, closing 36(95zc
45 9-16046e, closing at 455Ec; August,
461S@46sSe, closing at 46Lc; Septem-
Der, 46 7-16@461c. closing at 1870.
Oats-Re ceipts. l25,S00 bu; exports,
100 bu; sales, $4,000. bu futures, $1,000
bu SPOT; spot held higher; No.2. 1880
4911c: No. 2. delivered, SOC; No. 8, 4711ac;
No. 2 white, 50@51c; No. white, 49c;
track mixed Western. Soc; track white
Western, 49@534c; track white state.
49@5314c; options strong. and closed n
@15c up OH near months, owing to u
scarcity of cash oats, but late months
closed Nc lower; June closed 4S1@c;
July, 4714@4714c, closed at 47Zc; Au-
gust, .375s @3Sc. closed at 37slc; Septem-
Der. 354 @35slc. closed at 3511c; Octo-
Der closed at 35Zc. Hay firm for high
grades. Hops dull. Hides dull and
nominal. Leather dull and easy. Wool
20t@28c. Beef quiet. Cut meats firm !;
picked bellies. 6%@71Sc; picked
shoulders. SIC; picked hams, 1O15c.
Lard steady; Western steam closed
at 81 ASKED; July closed at 81 nom
inal; September, $7.l5 nominal; refined
easier; continent. s7S5; s. A., s7.75;
compound. 5sl@8c. Pork-Fair demand;
new mess. sl3.50@1S.75; extra prime.
s1a5o@13; family, Sl3.50@l4; short
clear, $13. 50@!0. Butter quieter; West
ern dairy. l0@l5c; Western, creamery,
1411@1S13c; Western factory, 91S(Q141fc;
Elgins, 1S14c; state dairy, 13@lSc; state
creamery, 15K@1s1Sc. Cheese easy;
state large. 71f@SXc; small fancy, ~
@sXc; part skins. 5000; full skins,
2@21Sc. Eggs quiet; receipts, lO.18S
pkgs. Tall0w steady. Petroleum
firm; United closed at 00Lc
bid. Rosin quiet. Turpentiae quiet.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-06-16
Duluth, Wheat.

DULUTH, Mimi, June l5.-There was
fair activity in July wheat here today,
nothing doing in late futures, and but
little business in cash stuff. MiIlers
were Offering 1c premium over July for
wheat to arrive, and, while the demand
was good, offerings were light. July
opened &c below yesterdays close, and
September started late at PC decline.
The market declined &c up to 1880,
after which it became firm and advanc-
ing. and closed at practically the open
Ing figures, or as@Xc below yesterday.
Following were the closing prices:
No. ! hard, cash. &c; June. 61s4c;
July, &c; No. l northern, cash, 6oslc;
June. 63kc: July. 6oAc; September,
59s4c; December. 6lZc: No. northern,
cash. 575sc: No. 8. 5351sc; rejected. 4s1sc;
to arrive. No. northern, GIG; rye, 45c;
flax. $l.35; No. 2 oats, 4O11Sc; No. 8 white
oats, 40c.
Receipts here and at West Superior:
Wheat. e. 0l9 bu; corn, GA bu. Ship.
ments: Wheat, 153.505 bu. Car inspection
today: Wheat. 80 cars; corn, 2 cars.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-06-16
Blu MPER.S,

The Chicago Great Western booked
out seventeen teachers yesterday, on
account of the N. E. A. convention at
Asbury Park, N. j. The rumor that
this line would meet 500 cuts OIL this
business, printed yesterday, was veri-
fed. The Milwaukee, Omaha aud
Burlington. who did not meet the cut,
still seemed to get their proportion of
the DuslneS. even on summer tourist
rate basis. This rate is about 20 per
cent below standard rate. The St. Paul
& Duluth, Wisconsin Central and all
other lines were busy ticketing out the
schoolmarms.
The Milwaukee will run special
Sunday school excursion train Thurs
day next, June 81, to Lake Minnetonka,
from stations on the Iowa Il Mime
sofa division. north of Austin inclusive.
Special rates have been made from all
points from Austin to Rose mount In
elusive. The Lake MiHnetonka Navi-
CATION company has made a special
rate on its boats of Is cents for the
round trip, including tour of the lakes
for this event. The picnic will be held
at the lovely grounds about Minnetonka
station, which are the finest in the state,
A physician has forwarded to General
Passenger Agent Whitney, of the Great
Northern, a unique claim against the
company. When the recent strike was
Oh train was delayed. A woman OH
board gave birth to son, vino was
named after the president of the Amer
lean Railway union, Eugene Dobs. The
physician who attended OH this inter-
esting occasion now wants the company
to settle his bill for services. Z
On Sunday, June II, the Burlington
will add two special trains. as it will
also on June "a and July l. to its sub.
urban service, OIL account of the Red
Rock Camp Meeting association. These
will leave st. Paul at 1910 a. m. and at
l. 2:10 and G: 80 p. IN. Trains will leave
Red Rock at GAO a. M, and 1880, LAS,
4:40 and $40 p. m. There will be no
lessening Of the regular weekday sery-
ice.
General Agent E. A. Whitaker, of the
Minneapolis & st. Louis, has been ad-
vised that, taking effect on Sunday,
June II. his company will run retrig.
orator car from Watertown, S. D., to st.
Paul and Minneapolis every Sunday,
Tuesday and Thursday. This will prove
q great convenience to tho large num-
Der Of butter and egg shippers along the
Pacific division Of this line.
President Hill, of the Great Northern.
has gone to Montreal.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-06-16
EXCURSION TO EURol,E,
Starts July 4 by the Steamer
Southwark.

On July an excursion will be inau-
gurated from S. Paul to Europe, via
the American Steamship line. A rate
of 81 for the round trip has been made,
which Is about half-rate. Tickets will
be sold from now on to July l, with
one-year return limit. On the latter
date the Chicago & Grand Trunk will
run in special from st. Paul over one
of the Chicago-St. Paul lines, leaving
Chicago on July q by way of Niagara
Falls, for New York city with the tour
lists. They will ship from that port on
the magnificent ocean steamer South
wark, which sails July 4. This excur-
sion is the happy theuvht of Gus Bro.
berg, of Chicago, the well-known steam
ship man. who is here helping to book
passengers.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-06-16
WILL ACCEPT FKEIGHr.
Northern Pacific Issues Notice to
Shippers.

shippers.
The following was issued by General
Freight Agent Moore. of the Northern
Pacific, yesterday:
The obstruction to track west of Mis-
souia. Mont. except between Kalama
and Portland. and between Pasco juno
t oil and Wallula Junction, WASH. has
now been removed. Notice is hereby
given that. taking effect at once, this
company is again In position to accept
and transport freight traffic of all kinds,
destined to points in Montana, Idaho,
Washington and British Columbia. west
of Missoula. reached by the Northern
Pacific Railroad company and its con-
nections. including Wallace, Spokane,
Tacoma and seattle. except points OH
the Washington d. Columbia River rail-
road. The restrictions will, until fur
Their notice, apply On shipments for
Portland and all points in OREGON.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-06-16

Cash quotations. were as follows:
Flour easier. Wheat-No. spring,
57Ac: No. spring, nominal; No. 2 red,
574c. C0rn-No. 2, 40Ac. Oats-No.
2. 43c; No. white. 43Z go44c; No. 8
white. 43@431sc. Rye-No. 3. 4914c.
Barley-No. 2. 53@54c; No. 8. SIC. Flax
sesd-No. l. $l.39. Timothy Seed
Prime, s4.S5. Mess pork. per Dbl.
sl2.l7%. Lard-Per 100 lbs, $4,000
6.621a. Short Ribs Sides Goose), s642I5
@6.45. Sh0ulders-Dry sailed (boxed),
S. .621s@5S71a. Sides - Short clear
lboxed), It. 621s@6.75. Whisky-Distil-
lers' finished goods. per gal. S1.15. Sug-
ars unchanged. Receipts-Flour. 1000
bbls; wheat. 1000 bu; corn. 174,O0O bu;
oats, $4,000 bu: rye, 5000 bu; barley,
5000 bu. Shipments-Flour. 10000 bbIs;
wheat, 5000 bu; corn. 177,OO0 bu; oats,
234, 600 bu; barley. 1000 bu: On the prod
uce exchange today the butter market
was firm, unchanged. Eggs weak;
strictly fresh. 914@10c.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-06-16
ABsENTEEs FINED.
Even the Secretary Was Absent,
and Is Fined.

T. When the recent meeting of the St.
Paul local passenger association was
held on Tuesday last, it was compelled
to adjourn on account of the lack of a
quorum. Conspicuous for their absence
were the worthy representatives of the
Milwaukee, and the Minneapolis & St.
Louis. Sad to relate. Joint Secretary
Kinnan failed. also. to appear. This
called downs fine of large round dollar
on the heads Of each of the absentees-
including the esteemed secretary him
self.
The Ryan hotel will be the gathering
place hereafter for the members of the
st. Paul association. Its adjourned
meeting will be held Tuesday forenoon
of DeXt week.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-06-16

Is the Western Passenger association
getting rrdggy on its legs? Appearances
would indicate that it is disintegrating.
as lines in its membership are drawing
out. The recent action of the Wiscon-
II Central excited comment. Now
comes the information by private tele-
gram received here yesterday that the
Alton has verbally notified Chairman
Caldwell that it will withdraw. There
is no telling how soon the other lines
may drop out, one after another, leaving
the association one in name only. and
not one i'll tact. 1t looks that way, at
least.
1t is matter of common Information
that all business on account of the Re-
publican convention at Denver from the
Lake Erie & Western was to be taken
by the Alton from that line. The former
road put in the reduced rates, and a howl
ment up from other companies, who in
sisted on withdrawal of these rates.
under threats of boycott. This
dragged the Alton into the muss, and
placed it in peculiar position-either
to decline to accept Lake Erie & West.
ern business under the reduced rates,
or to swing itself free from all allegiance
to the association. 1t accepted the lat
ter alternative. This stuck knife in
the RIBS of the boycott to quite serious
extent. According to the claim of the
Alton, it was under no agreement with
the Lake Erie to route It's business over
its line. and it says it regrets very much
that circumstances forced 1t into the de-
cisiye step it has taken. Some of the
st. Paul passenger men. however. look
suSpiciously Oh the statement that these
two lines have no agreement, believing
1t should be taken cum granO SaliS-and
big pinch of salt at that.