Show IIA11AY SKIS ARE I BLACK A NIGHT I 1 The Western Freight Association Will Go to Pieces ATCHISON HAS NOW GOT ITS BACK UP An Abortive Efiort to Stem the Low Rate Tide Southwestern Freight Association Is Also Tottering Western Passenger Passen-ger Association to Be Split in Two the Missouri River to Be the Dividing Line Prospects That the Union Pacific Will Go Into the Emigrant Clearing House but Not Into the Association Annual Meeting of the Burlington Track and Train Chicago May 9The Western Freight association is in a very bad way just nuw and it would not be a great surprise i i went to pieces entirely The Atchison today gave notice of withdrawal with-drawal from the Western Trunk line committee and also from the Western Freight association the former withdrawal with-drawal taking effect at once and the latter lat-ter within ten days A general meeting of the managers of the association lines was held this after in effect noon to prevent the low rates put fet yesterday to the Missouri river from being extended to Omaha and Council Bluffs Before the meeting had made any progress pro-gress the Burlington tipped over the ap Burlngton ple cart by announcing that it would make the same rate on firstclass freight to Council Bluffs as now prevails to the lower Missouri river points The general managers then decided to I put the question of meeting the Burling tons rate over until tomorrow and took up the matter of making the low rates effective eastbound a well as to the west II The Alton announced it was going t anounce reduce the rates on live stock and dressed beef I Then they decided to take up the ques tion of rates through Omaha again and met the rate of Tuesday on all things save live stock and that will be considered consid-ered tomorrow ere Atchison also threw a bomb into the camp of the Southwestern Freight association asso-ciation which ha been patiently holding sessions all week by declaring that it would not attend any more meetings of that body This virtually means the entire en-tire disruption of the Southwestern association I ciation The affairs of the Western Passenger association took a favorable turn todiv and there is a prospect the Union Pacific wl come into the emigrant clearing house although it is not expected it win come into the association a a member just now A plan is being discussed of dividing divid-ing the association locating onehalf east of the Missouri river and the balance west This may receive consideration at the next meeting of the association which is tomorrow The annual meeting of the Burlington road was held today and all the officers and directors were unanimously reelected The annual report figures of which have already been published showed the total gross earnings of the road to he 31042 1d9 S and expenses 323838765 leaving the I net earnings for the year 2201204 a total Increase of 11356U a compared with the statement of 189J Passenger earnings increased I in-creased nearly Sl200000 while freight earnings fell off 3078511 |