Down from Chicago came Whitney--at the greatest personal inconvenience, so he showed his colleagues, but eager to do anything for Tecumseh.

Scarborough gave a clear and appalling account of how the Ranger-Whitney Company's prosperity was slipping into the abyss like a caving sand bank, on all sides, apparently under pressure of forces beyond human control.

"In view of the facts," said he, in conclusion, "our sole hope is in putting ourselves to one side and giving an entirely new management an entirely free hand." Whitney had listened to Scarborough's speech with the funereal countenance befitting so melancholy a recital.

As Scarborough finished and sank back in his chair, he said, with energy and heartiness, "I agree with you, senator.

The lawyers tell me there are as yet no signs of a case against the railways.