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Show The executioner's axe is kept in lively operation by tho Union Pacilic management. manage-ment. The latest victim is Goncral Mauager Dickiuson of tho Missouri division. di-vision. According to late advices from Omaha ho has resigned by request, tho management deeming it advisable for the best interest of the railroad. To those who are somewhat acquainted with the inside workings of the Union Pacific tho decapitation of Dickiuson causes but little surprise. It is a fact that he has been hanging tremblingly in the balance ever since Mr Holcoinbe took hold of the general management of the road. It will be remembered that he was laid on tho shelf to wait for an assignment, aud that through, the efforts of influential friends be was retained in the service of the road and given a position, which he is now requested to vacate. Just what the reasons are for this antagonism to Dickinson are not known to the public, ftnd they are none of the public's business. busi-ness. ''Dickinson, howover, has been generally regarded as a first class rail- road man. He has been in the service of the Union Pacific for many years, and has worked his way steadily up- j ward from the lowest round of the ladder. He will probably have no difficulty dif-ficulty in securing wilh some other road a prominent position. |