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Show 1 HMLROAD RECORD Eailroad Officials East and Wit are Shaking Shak-ing Binoe Bate Cutting Evidence is Possessed by the Government. SERIOUS CHARGES ABE MADE. The Santa Fe'i Boyal Sleepers and Diners Timely Topics About Various. Lines Notes. The presence of the tuneful Marine band in Chicago docs not detract anything any-thing from the threatening cloud over-banging over-banging railroad ollicial in the Garden city ami elsewhere. It is known that the packing tirm of O. F. Swift & Company Com-pany are among close tigurers for inside in-side freight rates and are among the class who usually get them. Most of the tine work in securing special rates and rebates has been reputed to be handled personally bv a prominent member of the firm. The concern has, however, a statf of men who look after its railroad affairs. A few days ago one of these men requested an increase of salary and failing to get it left the employ em-ploy of the great packers. When he left he took with bim copies of a large number of secret contracts with rail-' rail-' roads and other evidence of special discriminations dis-criminations in favor of Swift & Co. in violation of the inter-state commerce law. It is said, further, that this enterprising enter-prising young man took the original documents iu all cases where he did not have time to make copies. All of this mass of evidence has been turned over to the government and is understood under-stood to bo in the possession or the United States district attorney for the northern district of Illinois. To what extent tho incriminating evidence evi-dence implicates the roads is not known, but good authority says that the government is in full possession of a complete record of all of Swift's railroad rail-road transactions since the inter-state commerce law was passed. It is positively posi-tively stated that the Canadian Pacilie, Wabash, Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul, liiirlington, and the Chicago & Alton. are among the lines most heavily Implicated. Kach of these roads, however, how-ever, is pvtting up a stiff "front" and denying everything. Every effort is being made to hush the matter up. but this seems to be impossible. Among the stories afloat in regard to the matter is oue to the effect that the evidence shows that Swift is receiving a lower rate on the Chicago, Milwauke & St. Paul than is Armour, who is a director in the company and a heavy holder of its securities. |