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The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1910-02-02
JUDGE R. B. M|lROY
WILL OPEN OFFICES
In New Catalan Building Soon
Has Been With Judge
Fl. B. Rigg.

Attorney II. B. Milroy is soon to be-
gin practicing law on his own ac-
count having for the past year been
associated with Mr.. Rigg during the
sickness of the latter's partner. Ira p.
Englehart Mr. Milroy will have desk
room tempora lily In the office of
Hatfield Shumach over the First
National bank. but will as soon as
ready have a suite of rooms In the
Catalan block. Judge Milroy Is we'll
and favorabiy known among the old
timers of Yakima county having
practlced law here number of years.
When the gold excitement in Alaska
broke out the Judge was among the
number that sought that region. How
ever he never lost sight of the little
city with a future in central WASH
ington and he Is now here again to
help work out its destiny.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1910-02-02
Open Cherry Mine.

CHERRY, Feb. 1.-Work was re-
sumed in the st. Paul mine tonight by
scores of men following the removal
today OF the hermetic seal that had
kept the subterranean passages
closed for two months. Efforts will
be made to clear the mine of noxious
vapors, to wall in any smoldering
fires and to recover 100 bodies that
are entombed in the mines. Specta-
tors at the unsealing of the mine
were mostly young widows, some only
16 years old. The women stood quiet
ly in the slush and mud about the
tipple but their nerves became tense
when Mine Expert Webb returned
from an exploration trip, $50 feet
into the mine, to secure a sample of
the deadly gases. Unprotected man
could not live long enough down
there to take off his cape, said one
of Webbs companions. During the
Day a dozen nurses led from the
mouth of the mine as many hysteri-
cal women
Fear Riot of Women.
No one in charge will hazard a
guess when the corpses can be re-
moved "but when they do bring up
the bodies" said a Cherry merchant.
''they will need militia to ..fevent a
riot. Those women will be SO fren-
zied they might destroy the town."
At 9 o'clock tonight the fan began
to suck out the gases. In 10 minutes
the main shaft was clear and inspec-
tors descended without any special
apparatus. After returning from the
350-foot level they reported gases
well cleared. Volunteers were then
called for to enter the mine for ex-
ploration purposes.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1910-02-02
OFFICERS OF CORPORATE.
Lists Filed With County Audito
Compliance With the Law.

Names of officers of Yakima c,
corporations filed with the CO
auditor Tuesday were as follows
Wenonah Orchards & Develo1
company: F. H. Tristrain. pres,~ (;
M. Il. Harlan, vice president; II. C.
Kline, secretary-treasurer and the
same with H. E. Schlerf and II. II.
Hess, trustees.
Yakima Boom company: H. p.
Svendsen. president and treasurer;
William Carson, vice president and A.
e. Mccartney secretary.
Cascade Lumber company: Officers
same as above.
Yakima Valley Lumber company:
H. F. Cody. president; w. T. Hines,
vice president; p. C. Palmer. secre-
tary and ]. G. Raichle. treasurer.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1910-02-02

have been removed. .eaving 80 still
in the workings.
Tonight large force of men was
put to work diggins graves in the
cemeteries and tomorrow the bodies
recovered will be taken to Trinidad
for burial.
According to a survivor of the ca
tastronhe in this mine which occurred
in 1907, the explosion was caused by
fire damp. This same authority as
serts the gas was ignited probably
through the carelessness of some
miner in direct violation of the mine
rules, either through crimplng a cap
for fuse or lighting match surrep-
tiously carried into the workings.
Officials refuse to give out any state
ment as to the probable cause. claim
ing it cannot be determined until the
workings have been cleared.
Working of Rescue Crew.
When darkness fell tonight 40
CONTINUED on Last Page.)
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1910-02-02

Starting in an automobile from
North Yakima. Tuesday afternoon, r..
W. Well and party of four reached
White Bluffs Wednesday morning AT
1. The trip is usually made in four
hours. On the Pattlesnake hills they
encountered snowstorm and got
stuck in the mud. miles from aid. In
his valley Trey swept through rain
storm.-White Pluffs Spokesman.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1910-02-02

Having failed, after six weeks of
search. to find any relatives Shaw &
Sons on Tuesday held burial services
over the body of j. A. Abbott, who
died shortly before Christmas. Alb
bott was about 60 years old and had
worked as farm hand for c. Hascall
of Seattle.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1910-02-02
Digging Graves for Victims.

PRIMEPO. Colo, Feb. AT q
o'clock tonight the check OF the
bodies recovered tonight from the
Colorado Fuel and Iron company
mine where the disastrous explosion
occurred yesterday reveals that At
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1910-02-02

r. E. Streitz has returned to his
duties in the Yakima Valley bnnk
lie has lately been suffering from
tonsilitis though 1t was appendicitis
which caused him to leave his duties
in the first place.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1910-02-02

Mrs. Geo. Candy arrived the latter
part of the week from East Sound the
latter part OF the week.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1910-02-02

Frank Fitzpatrick of Putte IL In
North Yakima visiting his sister, Mrs
J. p. Rooney.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-13
TO AMEND RUBBER's BYLAWS
Important Change Proposed Affecting
Contracts with Subsidiaries.

The stockholders Of the United States
Rubber Company have received circular
informing. them OF certain proposed addi-
tons and amendments 10 the bylaws that
are TO be considered at the annual meeting,
TO be held on Nay i in Jersey City. What
is regarded as the most important Of the
proposed changes is an addition to the ar
ticle on the powers Of directors in the mat
ter OF action 10 be taken on contracts be-
tween the United States Rubber Company
and its subsidiary companies. The pro-
posed addition is as follows:
No such contract shall be ffected by the
fact that the directors Of the United States
Rubber Company voting in favor OF such
contract or transaction are also interested
n or are directors or officers of such other
corporation; nor shall any such contract
with any other corporation be affected by
reason Of the fact that directors Of this
company are directors Of or officers Of such
other corporation. il. at the meeting Of the
board or committee Of this company MAX
ing, authorizing or confirming such con-
tract or transaction, there shall be present
q quorum not so interested. provided a
ma jOTity Of such quorum shall vote in
favor OF the contract Furthermore, any
director OF this company may individually,
for his own account, be a party 10 or be-
come interested in any transaction, pro-
vided that such transaction shall he author
lied, approved or ratified by the affirmative
vote Of at least ten directors not so inter
ested-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-13
GETS RID OF SLAYER S" NAME
Harry Levinson, Salesman, Confused
He Says, with Convicted Man.

Harry Levinson, a fur salesman, OBJ
tanned permission yesterday from Justice
Whitney, Of the Supreme Court TO change
his name to Aaron Manuel Levinson
Levinson is twenty-seven years old. a
native of Rumania and OF good reputa-
ton. Until recently he was we'll satisfied
with his name. But few weeks ago one
| Harry Levinson. also about twenty-seven
years old, was arrested and convicted for
trafficking in white slaves The similar
tty Of names made the fur salesman dis
satisfied with his own. and subsequent hap
penings, as he told the court in his petition
caused him great physical pain, suffering
and embarrassment.
Leyinson said he received q letter from
his sister, Sarah Marcus who lives in
Toronto. in which she censured him for
engaging in such vile business" She told
him that she believed he was above re-
proach and engaged in the fur business.
but she regretted to learn that he used
that business merely as a subterfuge
Levinson explained that even the descrip-
ton Of the convicted Levinson resembled
his own SO that the confounding of him
self with the other man was certain to
follow.
Levfnson went on to explain that he had
been doing business with high class mer-
chants, and because OF the wide pub
Hcity given TO the white slave stories
he had been greatly embarrassed in his
business receiving letters from all over
the United States upbrsiding him for en-
gaging IN such reacherous business" He
has had TO do much explaining TO friends
and acquaintance. He gave as an In
stance an experience he had with a GUS
toner on May d, in the northern part of
New York State, with whom he was to
close a deal
Before placing his order the customer
questioned Levinson about his identity and
his relationship with the other Levinson
He said that he did not even know the
latter.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-13
TROUBLES OF WARD & COW
Alleging That His Partner Claims Sole

William Cow, Of the advertising firm Of
Ward & Cow. who was associated with
the Borough Bank Of Brooklyn at the time
OF It's failure IN 1907. has begun suit in the
Supreme Court against Artemus Ward, his
partner for a receiver. He says that in
the financial panic OF 1907 Ward induced
him as "a temporary expedient," TO turn
over ali of his interest in the firm TO the
defendant. Cow further says that, al
though Ward put only s115,0O0 into the bust
ness. he now claims ownership Of the en-
tire bushes on which the plaintiff places
a value Of 2.590 Geo.
Cow obtained an order dUces tecum, re-
curing Ward TO produce his books IN an
action in which. he alleges, Ward has some
or mis- property. The defendant yesterday
asked Justice Whitney 10 vacate the order
IN account Of his other suit Besides turn
ing over his business interest 10 Ward. the
plaintiff says that he and his wife turned
over 70 him certain property in Rensselaer,
County. which transfer Mrs. Cow is now
irving TO have cancelled. Cow seeks TO
cancel the transfer Of his interest in the
firm OF Ward & Cow. He says that the
Profits Of the firm last year were S45o,ooe,
and that it has a ten years contract for
Advertising with the Interborough Rapid
Transit Company When The Borough
Bank failed Cow owed il $4,000.
The First National Bank obtained q
Judgment for s1I4.6 33 against Cow IN March
1ast. The execution was returned unsat-
ts6ed and William A. heene was appointed
referee BY the court TO ascertain whether
he had any property.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-13
OTHER CATTLE MARKETS.

Chicago. May 12--CATTLE-Recsipts $500:
steady to lower. steers. IS % IS 70: cows.
81 SIS q So rs: heifsrs. 81 Z5Gs7 ~: bulls, s. .
So rs: calves s36 81 70. stockers and feeders.
81 T5ass IS HOGsReceiprs. 1900. SO Toe
lower: choice heavy. 50 so 50 70: butchers
choice light 50 s01ss 20: packing. go 500
50 so; pigs. 50 IS ass 50: bulk Of sales. So So
50 50 SHEEP-Receipts. 1900, strong:
sheep. s. 35Fs7 so: yeariings 5oGss:
lambs 81 e. q So; spring lambs. s97 ST.
Kansas City. MAY f2-CATTLE-Recslp
4 400 Including 600 Southerns. steady % Zoe
lower; choice export and dressed beef steers
81 3O6 SIS %; fair 20 good. s5GS7 80; western
IS T54ss; stockers and feeders. s4Gs6 81;
s. 70; native, 81 SO 70; hsifers. - 50 % ~
bulls 81 5OG SO %: calves So 5Ofs7 70 HOGS
Receipts, II 600: 5T 1oc lower: top. 50 As: o1lS
OF sales. So SO9 SO 40; heavy. 50 - q 50 - .
packers and butchers. 50 30 2 50 80: light 81 IS
q 50 40: pigs. IS 500 50 SHEEP-Recetpts.
OOO; steady 1Oc lower: lambs. 81 25G IS 90
yearIings. 81 q IS: wethsrs. s51sT 50; ewes. IS
asT: stockers and feeders. SO 500 IS
Cincinnati. May 12-CATTLE-Receirt
So IS a SIS 70: common. 81 IS s. 40 HOGS
Receipts. 2.404. quiet and $50 Zoe lover
butchers and shippers. 50 IS . 50 80. eornr1on-
IS IS a 50 50. SHEEP-Receipts. 34ei steady
So IS a 50 IS LAM +Steady. s. so 2 So Is
East Buffalo. MAY 12-CATTLE-Stescv:
prime steers. 81 75a IS Is. vEALS-Rsceipts
SO: active and steady. HOGSReeeipts. J. 800 ;
mixed, $40 o5 a $40 %: Workers. and pigs SO Is
q $40 20: dairiss. s1O6 SO IS SHEEP ASD
LAMBSReceipts. 1000: sheep SLOW and 100
Csc lower; lambs active and 10c higher; larnos.
s. % a 50 IS; usthers. 81 a 81 rs ewes. 50 y
So IS: sheep. mixed. s49s5 10
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-13
FI.oI-R Ann MEAI-F1nur dun :

X NJ
and nonlinally UNCHANGED Spring patents.
rinteF patents. So 20 S. so; spring clears RS.
srash s5as5 10 Rye oKs.ad7 fas
81 80. CORNMEAL-KiIn dried. So 30 BAG
coarse, 81 25asI 80. FEED-Western spring
s21 so q s22 so: standard mddling. So 50 a
s24 10: -four do. s26 80 a s2T 85; red dog SIS 80
q 500 35 spot and mill prices; city bran. s22
red dog s2s as: horniny chop: see so ~- bulk.
ST. 20 sacks; oilmeal. s35. nominal.
PROyIsIONs-Quiet and somewhat easier
due 10 moderate selling on larger receipts OF
live hogs at Western points and on light de-
mand. but near the close values regained part
packing for the week was reported at $50 600
against 10000 last year. PORK-Steady;
clear. SOS q S27 BEEF-Fir1n: mess. s15@
SIG family $l9gS20 packet. $40 500 SIT:
quiet: s21 a s25. DRESSED HOGS+steady;
bacons. 1859 $50 ID, 1890: 160 ID. 13%c
40 IL; 1 1,e pigs IsTsc CUT Meats ,c,
hams hams 15& sis4c rAILow1Basreiy STEADY
f!sy Middle fiddle vest CITY t1 49,
refined. steady; South America. 14.SOc; Con-
tinsnt 13.S0c: Brazil kegs. l550c. compound.
lard 14t4 q i5c N'''
sUGAR-Refned steady to arm with prices
less l per cent Raw here was Lice lower.
owing to sales of about $4,000 bags on the
basis of 424c duty paid. and the market
closed steady that basis. Muscovado SO
test. quoted Z T4c. and molasses sugar. 50 test
3 49c- May Cuhas quoted at csc, and = 15-18c
was bid for June and Sc asked. The London
market quiet and q nIHd lower. with
May and June quoted at las 9ad and August
at las 10iAd-
RTCE-Steady 10 hrm and unchanged, with
good jobbing distribution.
METALs-COPPER- easy; SPOT
nd deliveries 10 the end OF August. II 81 |, a
- SOC. London easy at moderate decline.
spat al f5d los; futures at f5T IS Cd Lake
here 1aT6a12c. electrolytic. I2621 q II T5e
casting II STt= 412 b0c, TIN-Easy. spot
MAY June and July SS10Q 33. 25c. London
easy: spot. f150 5r. futures f15l les Sd. LEAD
~ EASY; spot. 20 q 35c New York 4t2L a
4lTIse East ST Louis. London unchanged az
ff2 fas Sd SPELTER-Easy. spot. ) IS q
3 soc New York; 5.0595 i2itc East ST Louis.
London unchanged at f22 IRON-The Eng
ush iron market was shade lower with
Cleveland warrants quoted at 49s I'D Io-
cally the market was quiet No foundry
Northern s1T9s17 rs, No SIC so SIT Is,
No Southern and No Southern soft $40 Is
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-13
SENATOR OWEN CRITICISES
Says It's Hard to Interest Con
gress in Important Things.

Senator Robert L. Owen, of Oklahoma,
criticised Congress sharply and presented
astonishing figures as to economic waste
due 10 preventable disease and illness in an
address st the opening conference on dental
hygiene last evening in the assembly room
Of the Metropolitan Life Building Madison
avenue and 24th street. The conference
was held in connection with a mouth by
giene exhibition which Will continue for q
week The exhibit will then be taken
through the United States.
The evening meeting was opened by DR..
Herbert I. Wheeler, president OF the Dental
Hygiene Council OF New York. under whose
auspices the meeting was held Professor
irving Fisher. Of Yale. who presided, intro
daced Senator Owen. who said:
1T is hard TO interest most Congressman
in so important e thing as national De-
partment Of Health Congress is concerned
all the time with things that are trivial
compared with the great things. There is
a reason for Il; We have bad political
health. The people Of the United States
have no adequate mocha nism TO give voice
70 what they want,
While c. u. Miller is getting dairyr3e'l
to oppose the bill for a Department of
Health, I want 70 get the forty thousand
dentists Of the country and those who
manufacture toothbrushes to support the
bill We ought 10 be able TO increase the
az erage length OF human life in the United
States about fourteen years. Statistics
show that We lose six hundred thousand
lives annually from preventable disease"
The gathering voted unanimously to sup
port the principle Of q national board Of
health. DR.. Woods Hutchinson and Will
i'm
dren's Aid Society, spoke of the great need
Of a campaign Of education. More than
Uwenty-seeven hundred school children IA
relays attended the Stereopticon lecture -,
DR.. Thaddeus P. Hyatt in the afternoon.
The conference this evening is for teachers
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-13
POLICEMEN IN ODD PLIGHT.

Patrolmen Joseph F. Hayes and Adam j.
Stillger. of the East 10th street station,
were confronted with their own testimony
before the grand jury when they were put
on trial al Police Headquarters yesterday
charged with failing to make an arrest
when information as TO the commission Of
felony had been given to them.
When the testimony was read TO them
and they said it was correct. there was no
necessity Of calling any witness, and the
case was closed. The charges were based
on the appeal Of a girl to the two police
men TO save herself and a friend from two
men who were allowed to go with a warn
ing.
The fact that later they changed their
minds and arrested the two men, who were
convicted, is expected to operate in their
favor with Commissioner Baker, to whom
the case was referred.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-13
DON WOOL SALES.

London. May l2--The wool sales closed to-
- .rirn 8 fair number Of buyers present. The
tss-,,gs Uere small and sold steadily cur
ranf prices The series opened with crossbrecs
49, par cent lower and merinos partly o
pa - ftgbsr The urgent demand from the
PPn,,e trade made crossbie eds recover the initial
USE 49, March sale American buyers on ,
rom rom 'i T1s6iun wools Merinos were In short
s'Jo5iv sold readily, and acre taken principally
suSP.s, ,ttnrntaI buyers They finished per
% bieher than the March sale, but fine
sress,s failed realize the usual extreme
So &, thr absence Of American support. Dur
- 9.a series the home trade bought "a GOO
- cNrtfnent 50 900 and America 800 bales.
- .t,,+ % T9g bales held fer the next
80 The Offering to-day was e.6es bales
So Queensland, 300 bales greasy, a.. glld
49, zssIand q 40 bales SECURED II 4zd4ls I'd
Gr.azT. sl4da1s Sd: Punta Arenas. 5000 bales
greasy. 7d9Is ns-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-13
TO SOLVE RACE QUESTION
Amalgamation Is the Remedy,
Saws Speaker at Conference.

Speaking last night at the second annual
conference of the National Negro Commit
tee. held at Cooper Union. Clarence 8.
barrow, OF Chicago. said that the real
solution of the race question lay in race
amalgamation.
This will be the ultimate answer TO the
question" said the speaker. 1T may be IL
long way in the future. but intermarriage
between the races viii finally settle all
difficulties as it has in the case OF the
Irish and Germans and other peoples who
formerly had to be kept apart in order to
preserve the peace
Fifty years ago a man who stood upon
this platform and raised his voice in behalf
of the negro was a hero. To-day he is
only a crank" said Mr. Darrow.
Abiding TO Booker T. Washington, the
speaker criticised him as the modest, self
abasing optimist who builds industrial col
leges to teach his people to lay bricks for
the white man and to perform manual
labor of the lowest kind, and who breaches
to them the gospel of non-resistance and
patience when they are dragged to the
stake and lynched."
What you really need is some one to
teach you not to work" said Mr.. barrow.
Your people have worked from the begin
ming. You have earned your bread by the
sweat Of your brow so long that now when
you ask for an increase in wages it is con-
sidered ludicrous, and Is regarded in the
same light as though some one demanded
that a horses wages should be increased
Congressman William S. Bennett criticised
the disfranchisement of negroes in the
South and said that IN certain sections OF
the South the representation in Congress
was three times as great as in the North in
proportion TO the voting population. He
denounced lynching and mob law as "a
reversion to barbarisn" and related the
effects of a negro lynching which had oc-
Cured in his native town and the race
hatred and jealousy which it had engen-
dered
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-13
FOREIGN MARKETS.

liverpool. May 12-vHEAT-spot dull; rat-
ures steady; May IS I'D. July, IS Il i'd Octo-
Der. IS 2ad CORN-spot firm ard steady: new
american mixed. Northern. S. 4d; old s, sd:
futures quiet; July, SIS 3D. PEAS-Cansd1an,
IS Sd FLOUR-Winter patents, 30s Sd HOPS
IN London (Pacidc COAST. f4GsE5 IS BEEF
Extra India mess, 1888 Cd PORk-Prirs mess,
Western. Hos HANS-Shorr cut. I4s- BACON
Cumberland cut. 70s; short rib rs Sd. long
clear middles. light, Us Sd. heavy. lis: short
clear backs. 70s Sd; clear bellies. rs Sd
SHOCLDER-Square. 54s LARD-PrIr1e West
ern. terces. SIS Sd: American refined. pals. SIS.
CHEESE-Canadian finest white sos; colored-
SOS. TALLOW-Priraa city, stock TCR-
PENTINE - Spirits. AS Sd ROSIN = Common,
los lid PETROL Ell VI. T1zd- LINSEED OIL.
4Os Sd COTTONSEED OIL-Hull refined. spot.
Bis Sd. TALLOW-AustraIiar IN London. 5Is 81
London. May 12-sUGAR-Muscovado 1ss.
centrifugal las Cd; beet. las 9&d- LINSEED-
Calcutta. 8lsy-June. SIS. LINsEED OIL, 35s 81
SPERM OIL. f32. PEsTROLEUM-Refn Amer
fcan. 61sd. spirits. ID TCRPESTINE-Spirtts
AS I'D ROSIN-AmeTtcsu strained. lis; fns.
los 50.
Antwerp. May u.-PETROLECM- 70 francs
80 centimAs.
receipts: folders. 11G1sc-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-13
COTTON EXCHANGE NOMINATIONS

The following nominations OF officers Of
the Cotton Exchange are announced: Presi-
dent, Arthur R. Marsh; Nvice-president.
Thomas Z. Hicks; treasurer, James F.
Maury; board OF managers. Leopold s.
Bache, Rober1 Z. Cairns, Edward K. Cone,
Thomas J. Deegan, Marshall Geer, ]. Tenn
pie Gwathmey, Richard 8. Gernon, William
Hustace Hubbard. Charles I. Long William
Mohr, Henry H. Royce. Reinhard Seiden-
berg, George NJ Shut Edward P. Walker,
Gayle L. Young; trustee of Gratuity Fund.
George A Chapman.
Mr. Marsh. who was formerly professor
at Harvard, is at present .vice-president OF
the Cotton Exchange, OF (which he has been
a member since August S, 1902. George
Brennecke, the president, follows an I'M
written rule OF the exchange in retiring
after having held the office for two terms.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-13
WABASH RUMoRS REVIVED
Road Expected to Connect Rock Island
and Lehigh Valley.

The report. first circulated several months
ago. that the Moore-R Pearson interests
had acquired control OF the Wabash Rail
road Company. and that they would use
part Of the system as a connecting link be-
tween the Rock Island and the Lehigh Val
ley. was revived with some positiveness
yesterday in railroad circles that should be
well informed on the situation
No official confirmation of the rumor
could be obtained, however, and it was ad-
mitted in the circles referred to that some
little time might elapse before official an
noUncement Of the control Of the road by
the Rock Island interests was made The
recent activity in the securities of the Wa
bash Railroad Company was pointed to as
tending further to confirm the report of q
change in the control of the road