Show BY TELEGRAPH rex reb maon A ahrer ahren M ae it k liOAN C A N chicago CHICAGO HI CAGo 21 24 the tribune has the following the indications are that another war on nebraska colorado and utah will break out before many days have elapsed the pools and agreements on that business now in existence will terminate february if any of the roads give notice of withdrawal before the of january none of the roads have yet given the required notice of withdrawal but it is understood der stood that such notices will be forthcoming in due time as nearly all the roads interested in that business were dissatisfied with their percentages on nebraska business excepting ranch cattle no pool now exists and it is understood that rates are not now maintained on business between council bluffs 9 zd and chicago it is claimed abc alu aiu aie a ie being seriously cut and if this trouble is not soon ad adjusted it is quite likely to seriously on sly siy affect rates from other Misso missouri url uri ni river ver points point the great obstacle in the tiie way of a settlement of these troubles is the dissension that exists between the lines f ormine the western trunk association sp long iong as the tripartite complications are not adjusted no permanent agreement f for or the maintenance of council bluffs and nebraska rates can be made at present the northwestern is not reco recognized d as one of the tripartite roads ly by the lines forming the western trunk line association and consequently the rock island milwaukee and st paul and wabash issue separate tariffs in connection with the union pacific avd aud the northwestern also issues tariffs in connection with the union pac pacific eifle this shows that the union pacific is not ivery lvery anxious to carry out the tripartite agreement but is trying to maintain amicable relations with all its connections including tiie tile chicago burlington and quincy As matters now standi lere fre but two ways in which the troubles re regarding ardina arding western rates can be adjusted either the western trunk line association has to be abandoned anda and a general pool formed which is not likely to be done agthe as the rock island and the milwaukee milwaukee and st paul road roads sare are determined to enforce the tripartite contract or the roads in the western trunk line association must permit the tripartite contract to be c taken into c consideration on in the formation of new pools f for or the maintenance of council bluffs and nebraska rates and this the burlington road refuses to do the temes times prints the following the f following paragraph appeared in the new york yolk tribune on saturday the trunk line executive committee held a short session yesterday devoted to the consideration of route business the request of the trans transcontinental continental association clat loil for the continuance of the present agreement to january 31 IS 18 Kwas not considered as later advices advises received from chicago proposed another conference on the disputed question over which the trunk lines and association are at variance A conference will be hell held next monday or tuesday 11 it was impossible yesterday to find any chicago officials who had been advised of another icoria conference arence regarding california business it is the tho general eneri belief however that the central centra pacific people who own the sunset route made such a proposition to the trunk trunk line ine lne joint ex executive autive committee and are p probably now in new york for the P purpose of further consultation with t the trunk lines iines all that is required to arrange existing troubles is an understanding between the sunset route 1 and the trunk lines east and west lines between new york and san frandisco except central pacific are united in the tile demand that the sunset route pool its california business no advices advises of thel the conference in new york either yesterday or or monday have been received st StLouis louis louls 21 04 the grievance committee of the hithe bithe brotherhood of locomotive engineers who have been in secret session here hele for several days have waited upon colonel hoxie third vice president of the gould gouid system to know the intention of the roads in regard to reducing wages it is understood that the gould system wishes passenger train engineers to layoff lay off certain trips and permit freight engineers to take their places so the latter whose pay has rias fallen off considerably under the depression of business may earn better wages this suggestion ilas has caused trouble chief elg Egg engineer ineer arthur will arrive her hera tonight to night from cleveland his presence being necessary to solve the difficulty the railroad authorities say there willbe will be no strike but the engineers say one is very probable be a as they claim that their wages are to be reduced january washington 24 the national e alica 1 n will print tomorrow to morrow extracts itom from from the diary of lockwood of the greely arctic colony dese describing bribing the manner in which the starving party spent their last christmas at cape sa bine bingin in the arctic region Lieu tant lockwood kept a diary in shorthand which has ilas been transcribed by a member of his family and he appears to have made a f full fuli ull uli rec record ord of everything of I 1 importance arta which happened inthe in the daily life ife of the party the extracts which the Pe republican publican will print relate how as christmas drew near officers and men joined in talks of home and planned ol grand f feasts for the tim time when ewhen they should reach the civilized world and how they made preparations for the tue feast on the approaching christmas by setting apart small portions of their dally daily rations on decem ber alst lockwood writes by a great effort I 1 was able to save one ounce of my bread and almost two ounces of butter for christmas I 1 shall make a vigorous effort to abstain f from roin eating it before then I 1 ile he adds that he put it in charge of biederbeck Bin derbeck derbeek as an additional safeguard on dec he wrote we look forward to tomorrow to morrow and christmas and I 1 offered to give any one a roast turkey on reaching home for a single dog biscuit now but no takers ile he sayi says on the next t day ay 1 I saved nearly all my hard bard bread for christmas though I 1 need it sorel sorely 1 and that to make the christmas dinner 1 n ner grander he made a tremendous effort and went without his rum in order have it left for christmas to aad add with tile the punch on christmas eveni evening ilg he added to his scanty savings for the next days i feast half his bread and his piece of le lemon iemon 0 n and he wrote in his book tt tonight to Oni night ht is christmas eye eve and my thoughts were turned towards home god preserve me to see this day next year and enjoy it at home with those I 1 love tomorrow to morrow it is to be pretty much a repetition of thanksgiving ing I 1 have saved up my rum and bread I 1 think of my children at home the christmas tonight to night and the toys boyst etc but my fingers are arc too cold to write any more I 1 picture to myself my dear father and mother sisters harry my niece and brothers in law all sitting around the table tomor to mor row turkey and mince pies are strewn on the table many thoughts are turned towards me and where f I 1 am at this moment athe anthe entry for christmas day is as follows december 25 23 1 barometer 2993 thermometer christmas we have all been talking and waiting anxiously for the hour and now it Is here and now ai 51 pm nearly gone our breakfast consisted of a thin soup of peas and carros carrots with a little blubber and some spoonfuls of potatoes this we had bad at 6 at 1 pm long lighted up for f or the event of the day ay dinner dinner consisted of a fine rich stew of all seal me meat at peas onions a little blubber potatoes an and bread rea crumbs after this we had a in the course of an hour or so a nine fine ne nice nice stew with raisins and alit allt a little blubber in er and milk these were pretty much as but the cooks made a great deal on that day and the meals seemed better the cooks are now preparing some fine chocolate and that will be followed by a punch of one gill of rum to each men the party have been in fine spirits today cheers were niven glyen after breakfast for greely corporal ellison rich elch and the two cooks it was agreed that we would give each of the two E squi Esqui maux fifty cents from each member of the expedition to be kept for next christmas kislingbury was kind enough to malze make for each of the party a cigarette many of us are now out of tobacco entirely on the day after christmas he be writes write as follows yesterday has passed but I 1 nind find my notes of yesterday very imperfect SAN sax ANTONIO 24 yesterday evening as the eastbound east bound passenger train on the southern pacific was nearing the he bridge crossing pecos river a number b er of torpedoes were exploded on the track rack t causing the en engineer ineer to stop the t train rain where whereupon tipon six cowboys boarded t the he train with drawn revolvers hild and compelled the conductor to stop at lantry langtry lan try the next small station at langtry 20 more cowboys boarded and took possession of the train they were ivere all more or less under the influence of liquor and amused themselves by shooting out all the window lights and lamps and terrorizing the passengers generally agthe train passed by some of the small stations the cowboys would shove their heads out of the broken windows and shout and yell A passing freight train was saluted in the same manner several hundred shots were fired the roofs of the cars were riddled chev robbed the train boy of his stock of peanuts and candies but so far as known nobody was shot judge falon united states district attorney evans and sheriff white were among the passengers but thought it best not to make their identity known the gang left the train at uv uvalde aide alde after af ter riding over GO 60 miles CLE CLEVELAND VELAND 24 the iron trade review will publish saturday responses received from a large number of manufacturers rs of machinery and other branches of the iron trade in new york pennsylvania ohio connecticut and other states in regard to the past vears years business 11 firms report it better betto than in 1883 21 24 found it substantially ly the same 5 experienced a good trade during the first half of the year ear and dullness the remaining six y I 1 months and 14 say they had a worse business year than in 1883 SG 30 have run continuously during the year 9 over time 11 nearly f full fuli uli 12 10 say they have received about the same prices as in 1883 and the remainder report lower prices arices ranging from 5 to 30 percent per cent elow below t those hose of 1883 concerning the general iron business in their respective cities nearly all report it dull or upon reduced time during the year As to the outlook there is a gratifying latif 1 n majority on the favorable siz sif side only 1 V 10 think the prospect bad 14 are un decided ua for fop the best and 13 think the business ness situation growing promising some believing the upturn has alrea already y begun and none putting it further off than april cincinnati 24 the masonic a large building fronting on third street was partially burned this morning the tempie temple is the property of the nova caesarea lodge of masons was built bulit at a cost of and is insured for much more than enough to cover the loss on the bui bul building idina ldina s the principal item of loss is that of the scottish rite kite whose property was on the third and fourth floors their loss is estimated at to E T carsons nia bia masonic sonic library worth and containing contal ning many works impossible to replace was wholly lost loit but was insured the losses to other lodges are not so heavy beavy washington 21 24 the with only fifty members present adopted the senate amendment which provides that a recess shall begin today to day wednesday and last until january ath and then a adjourned journea until jan oth the senate after a short executive session also adjourned to the same date the members of the committee on rivers river sand and harbors who will remain here during recess have been authorized to continue consideration of the appropriation bill for the rivers and harbors so it may be reported to the house as soon after the reassembling of congress as possible it is expected that the bill will be completed by january and that the appropriation will amount to about W 11 L barnes leading counsel for ex senator sharon in the sharon divorce case says of judge sullivans decision it is an entire surprise to the profession both as to law and to facts the judgment if it stands will not be a merlou serious pecuniary pecunia ry injury to sharon I 1 dont think he has worth of property which could be made subject to the decision mr ilir sharon is greatly annoyed by the present decision cislon but has ha not the slightest ideas of submission and of course will appeal and we are contil lent of reversing the decision the suit brought b by y sharon in the united states circuit court to have the marriage contract declared Inva invalid lidwill will be prosecuted ay plaintiffs plaintiff Is counsel in the sharon divorce case will make application for counsels fees and per month alimony for the 14 months since the beginning oi of the case PORTLAND ore one oreon oregon on 25 from the present outlook book the tc blockade on the northern pacific will not be broken until saturday and then only providing nolner snow lall lali falls falis g between junction and st paul trains aarun ar running nearly on time A large number of passengers are detained at wallula no malls have been received from the east since the loth dinst losses on stock ranges are arc believed to be heavy I 1 no particulars owing owins to lack of telegraphic communication with stock reans regions f CHICAGO C GO 25 the hermes club gave a series of amateur races at various distances in the exposition buildings this afternoon the tiie track is seven laps to the mile the racing was the best yet vet seen here in connection with the he days sport was a race for the professional championship of the united states of 15 miles for aside between J S prince champion of AT perica and wm win woodside champion of ireland the race was contested every inch of the way neither participant allow allowing luz inz his opponent to secure a decided lead at a any n point and they were going at baer each other throughout the race on ghe he last lap prince took the lead and won by six feet ioime time 52 minutes am 9 seconds time was a quarter of a second slower CHICAGO 25 local telegraph telez teles raph circles are agitated b by reports of the formation of anew a new and powerful telegraph syndicate which jt it is reported will enter during the early part of the new year actively into opposition to the western union the john IV mackey postal co robt garnett of the ball bail ohio james gordon bennett and the bondholders bond holders of the bankers and merchants co are said to be the moving spirits in the enterprise these combined interests will include over miles of wires now in operation representing a plant valued at about which by the addition of some new working capital and stock watering process known to the organizers of syndicates will swell the nominal capital of the the organization to col clowry mowry of the western union was seen regarding the reported organization of the syndicate ile he thought it was much easier to organize syndicates on paper than to procure bustness business for competing lines even if such a combination should be perfected it would not effect any sudden reduction in western rates the policy of the west western rii ril union had been the gradual reduction i in of rates as the |