Show CHICAGO REBATE BEGINS charges against chicago alton officials being heard chicago july 2 john N faithorn and fred A wann former officials of the chicago alton railroad were placed on trial today in the united states district court on the charge of granting illegal rebates to the schwarz child packing company of this city A jury was secured in a short time and the court was informed that the counsel in the case had agreed upon ane facts covered in the arst eight counts of the indictments and that only a small amount of evidence will bo necessary under the remaining two bounta the indictments charge the defendants with granting a rebate of 1 on every car of meat shipped from its plant m kansas city the defendants claim that the money was paid for another purpose the last two counts of the indictments charge that the em aloyes of the packing company were carried by the railroad free of charge because after purchasing tickets in the regular way they would bo given receipts and later the amount would be returned by the railroad to and that this constituted a rebate |