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. ESTABLISHED 1850. I
Jj.H. ESTILL. Editor and Proprietor,}
I’UESENT RATES TO RULE.
TUK COMMISSION si’ • pc NOS THE
HAUL CLAUSE.
A Lons Statement Conveying the t>e
clalou end Its Conditions to the Rail
road*—The General Manager of the
Georgia Pacific Make* a Strong Plea
for the Bights of Bis Road.
Washington, April O.—A petition was
received by. the Interstate Commerce
Commission to-day from John B. Peck,
general manager ot the South Carolina
Railway Company, for relief from the
operations of the fourth section (the long
and short haul section) or the interstate
contmeroo law. It sets forth that the
company is a member of the Southern
Railway and Steamship Association, and
it asks relief for the reasons presented in
the argument ot Vice President Smith, of
the Louisville and Nashville Company.
TEE GEORGIA PACIFIC.
A petition having a like purport has
been received from I. V. Sage, general
manager ot the Georgia Pacific Railroad
Company. In addition to the faot of the
environment and intersection of its terri
tory by water lines it sets forth that its
line lor 100 miles is confined within the
boundaries of the Coosa, Cahawlm and
Black Warrior coal fields, a section de
void of agricultural resources and neces
sarily dependent upon tbe petitioner tor
the distribution oi its mineral and coal
products. This section is sparoely
settled and the local consumption is lim
ited. It is important, therefore, that an
output sufficient to justify largo opera
tions must find its market at more dis
tant points, and that faclities be given
fur placing the product of the mines
at such markets as Memphis,
New Orleans, Mobile, Galveston, Bruns
wick, Savannah. Charleston, Augusta,
Macon, Montgomery, etc.
CHEAP KATES.
To many ot these points coal is
transported in the cheapest possible
manner from mines located in
Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland,
where the local consumption is very
great. Authority is' therefore asked to
give rates on the product of these mines
which will enable them to compete with
the morn distant mines. In general they
ask to be relieved from the operation oi
tbe long and short haul section.
The i ommißSioners were in conference
two hours or more this forenoon over the
petition lor a suspension ot the long and
short haul provision, tut took a recess
without having reached a conclusion.
THE CLAUSE SUSPENDED.
At the afternoon session the commis
sion made the following ruling:
The Interstate Commerce Commission, at a
session of said com mission held at its rooms
in the city of Washington on the 6th Jay of
April, Issj, in the matter of the petition of
the Southern Railway and Steamship Asso ■
nation, application having been made to the
Interstate Commerce i.oinmissiou under
section 4 of the act of Congress entitled “An
an to regulate commerce,” by the Southern
Railway and Steamship Association, an
organization com posed of the following rail
road companies, lines ami systems, and steam
ship lime operated in connection there,with,
to-wit: The Alabama Great Southern
railroad, Atlanta and West Point Railroad
Company, Central railroad of Georgia sys
tem, Cincinnati, New Orleans and Texas Pa
cilie Railroad Company, East Tennessee. Vir
ginia and Georg a Railroad Conijwny, Geor
gia Railroad Company, Georgia Pacific Rail
way t ompany. Louisville ana Nashville Rail
road Company’s system. Nashville, Chatta
nooga anil Si. Louis Railway Company, Nor
folk and Western Railroad Company', Port
Koval and .Augusta Rail way Comp ny, Rich
mond and Danville Railroad Company. Rome
Railroad Company, savannah, Grifiin and
North Alabama railroad, Seaboard and
Roanoke Railroad Company, South
Carolina Railroad Company, North
and South Alabama railway line.
Western railroad of Alabama, Western
and Atlantic Railroad Company, Atlantic
Coa-i Line System, Baltimore, 'Chesapeake
and Richmond Steam oat Company, Boston
and Savauuah Steamship Company, Clyde’s
steam lines. Merchants’ and Miners’ Trans
portation Compauy. New York and Charles
ton 'teamslnp Company. Ocean steamship
Company, and Old It 'minion Steamship
Company, common carriers, subject to me
provi-ions of said act f r authority 10 charge
less fur longer than lor shorter distances in
certain cases; that is to say for the trans
portation of property from and to
itoston. Mass., Providence, R. i
-New York City, Philadelphia, Balti
more, Alexandria, Va., Cincinnati,
0., Jeffersonville, Iml., Louisville. Ky„
H'l'kmap, icy., Columbus, Ay., East Cairo,
Ay., Cairo, 111., IJo dersou. Ay., Evansville,
■ '"I.. >t I ons, .Mo., and poims Northerly
therefrom; to and from Lynchburg, Danville,
mrasburg. Norfolk. Portsmouth, Va., Point
Reck, N. C., Wilmington. N. C., Charleston,
■ • t., Savannah. Brunswick and Augusta.
Ga.. Columbia, Greenwood, Laurens, Spat
lanburg. Gr. euville anil Anuersou, s. C.,
Ma on. M liedgoville, Athens, Gainesville,
Atlanta. Rome, Dalton and Cedartown Ga.,
Chattanooga, Teun„ Gadsden. Ala., Coliim-
Dus. A bhuyaDd Fort Gaines, Ga.. EufuHln
and Opelika. Ala.. West Point, Ga.,Mont
goincry Seima, Birmingham, Anumlonand
‘ loui.e, Ala., New Orleans. La., Pensacola,
rarusudinu. G uuesvite, Baldwin ndCalla
" Meridian, Jackson and Vicksburg
-Memphis and Nashville, Tenn., and
s southerly therefrom; and from and to
mi last n oiled poims each witu the other, so
rnr Us the saino urc situated in different
„in higher ra.es than are charged from
■„ to ’be same points to anil from local
' ' intermediate points last enumerated,
' , the same lines, and certain of said rail
i oob'panies. Hues and Bvslems having
imi,r. CVK *'i llly “ ia ' U: application for like au
- so Liras said points arc reached by
i respectively; and said common carriers
thJ,L n 5 Pooenled as a reason lor granting
®a’d application the existence of water
f “ competition, claim that the same
~,?P°i’ be met except by maintaining the
“crctoiore established to and from said
j.,, - Winch are alleged to be too low to eu
-1 ‘N’mmori carriers to carry on busi-
Applied to said local intermediate
turiiM,’ Afl'R 'urlber, claiming that great dis-
Ol bus.ness will occur if the present
I lmnl;.. I arn ‘i*gements are immediately
up * n “ 11 a Rearing to the Commission,
m..-.., of said petitions uud fasts
case f„L„ j ll Ditherefor, to boa proper
n v rll tCMI l’orary order authorizing extst
untii .i.. Uu “‘amtamed for the time being
sin‘h,icomuiissiou can make a
~,bAfliuiualiou of the mutiers a leged
HH fcflflona for relieving said
ltd ~u * i c *rr>ers from auid section ul said
U.e , ..™ , " r l red l *‘atsald application be and
j,.,., i,,”® '* hereby granted temporarily, qih*
miMi.m 111 !* ? n ” r revocation by tho cun
wis.-'. ..i,o “Ay time upon hearing er oiher-
BHIII .common carriers am hereby
ti„. mieved from the operat'on of
‘'l't'-1i1,,,! 1 ,! of said act to the extent
a . tllß recital* of this order, and for
this r ,ii, Bl ’ 1 ' kreatcr than ninety da.• from
ri'sin,subject, however, to the
Z\,' 0a Ulut “<“>o of (aid
f niH sin k lrril:r "' i,Uo lb's order
re,- shall in anv case charge or
i>f f ”rilie iraiMporMtum
In'. in,.. riy between stations on tkcir isiue
"tp'iWair
b'Hu Ito. r , K, ' r * fli‘ l < Which.nail <>* greater
■ “ 'i i v !f! l,,rcu '• charge*#uiwre
;| 1-M7 . , 't'srner* ruspcctivetwon MajMlj
with the “*** of which liawsT !>**> flied
... iv,o' .'. u,w order that t. prtnMttl iXr
Uif be haii ul l lll,| licly posted .dsepl rib
v., v-. , u o' r *tc. fares mtjp iiiardhit at
'oi, i. ‘ilV 8 “"oo tbe lines of said coalman
Mr, i o ’V'ero auell . In dule It* by law f*
i 1 ' P 'sied and kept or,flu iifs o r
,: ' ,uv *!‘*’ l Aiisuta, <t., n !
' ‘ •* * o’clock in the mbd.•*>,
... \ ~ ,' " fu, r. t Mobile, Aln„* April if
kb*. . U„ on AS u,
I lei
subject matter of said petition, at which
places and times said common carriers, or
any of them, may appear and present appli
cation for said relief with evidence in sup
port, thereof; which applications in each case
must show the precise relief desired, the facts
upon which the same is claimed, and the ex-*
tent to which relief from the operation
of said section of said act is asked for; and.
at the same places and times, any persons in
terested in opposing any such applications
may also appear and he heard, and at any
time urior to May 6, 1887, the commission will
receive priuted or written communications
in support of or iu opposition to the relief
asked by said petitions. This announcement
respecting the time and places of hearing, and
the method of procedure, is subiect to change
or enlargement iu the discretion of the com
mission. 1
For the commission.
T. M. Cooi.ey, Chairman.
A FREIGHT KATE FIGHT.
Ronds Connecting at Chicago Cut
ting Each Others Throats.
Chicago, April 6.—A failure to agree
upon a basis Tor a division of the rates to
and from Mississippi river points on the
Missouri river business and points
beyond has caused a complete rupture
between lines east from Chicago and
those west from this city. All through
billing oi Ireight between points in the
East and Missouri river points
via Chicago has been stopped.
The Eastern roads charge local
rates to Chicago, and local rates are
added from Chicago and Western points,
which, of course, makes rates via Chi
cago materially higher than via St. Louis.
Ilesides all the freight from the East has
to be rebilled at Chicago, which is an
additional embarrassment. The roads
running west from Chicago are deter
mined, it is said, to resist the demauds of
the Eastern lines with all the means at
their command.
Waiting on the Commission,
Harrisburg, Pa., April 6.—The
Chesapeake Nail Works, employing
about 200 men, and the
Loehiel & Paxton furnace havo
ceased operations until the railroad and
transportation companies reach some
conclusion regarding freight rates. ’The
mill owners say they cannot continue
business under the interstate act as in
terpreted now. Several hundred men are
thrown out of employment.
AN OFFICIAL TILT.
Second Comptroller Maynard Very
Curt to Secretary Kudicott.
Washington, April 6.—Tho Evening
Star to-night says:
There nave been numerous points of contro
versy between Second Comptroller Maynard
ana Secretary Endicott. Tbe secretary of
War has not iu all cases been willing to ac
cept the decisions of the Secona Comptroller
and uas tried on several occasions to have
them reversed or overruled in some way.
Theiehai been a conflict of authority, and
Judge Maynard has held the key to the situa
tion. Two or three muuths ago Sueretary
Endicott wrote a ietterjto the -econd Comp
troller in reiatlOQ to the accounts of Surgeon
Billings. Lieut. Ray aud Capt. Wheeler for
mileage while journeying abroad which had
been disallowed, reopened by request, by the
Secretary-of War and again disallowed; and
also to certain aecoums of Capt. J. B. Rawls,
Majors Smith aud Tucker aud others.
AN APPEAL THREATENED.
In the letter he announced that he intended
to submit the cases to the Court of Claims
under the provisions of section 2oi the act of
Marchs, R<B3, whtah permits a matter con
troverted in the executive departments to ba
sent lo the Court of Claims. Yesterday, just
before retiring from the ofliee of Second
Comptroller, J udge Maynaru wrote a sharp
rep yto the Secretary of War. He said that
the cases had all been settled and the papers
turned over to the econd Auditor; that a re
examination had resulted in sus
taining the decision reached in
the first instance, and that
the matter would not again be reopened. As
to tbe announcement tbat the Secretary or
War intended to send tbe cases to tbe Court
of Claims, he called attention toihe fact that
the oases are entirely under the jurisdiction
of the Treasury Department and canuot be
taken to the Court of Claims by the head of
any other department. Moreover, he re
minds Secretary Endicott that the court
cou and oniy give an optuion, and not a derision,
in the case:., should tbe Secretary of the
Treasury go there.
VERY SARCASTIC.
In conclusion he sai s:
“if the Secretary ol War lias any doubt
wrh reference to tbe correctness of his own
views upon any or ail of the abstract ques
tions of law propounded in his letter the
opinion of the Court of Claims thereon might
be of value tohnn, but. as this office lias no
doubt, and, so far as it can be learned, tins
department lias none with reference to the
correctness of the adjustment of tho accounis
referred to, it is not seen how reference of
these cases by another department to a Court
ot Claims can effect tile past or control the
future action of the Treasury Department
theieou.”
!
CLEVELAND'S OUTING.
A Possibility that He Will Come
South in the Pall.
Washington, April 6.—lt. is thought
the President and Mrs. Cleveland will
probably muko a series of trips through
the South and West during the summer
and autumn. The invitation of the citi
zens or St. Louis to visit that city has
impressed the President favorably, and if
ho accepts it he will probably extend the
trip to the Paoiflo coast. On Saturday
ex-Governor Bullock, ot Atlanta, ex
tended an invitation to the President to
visit the South in the fall, about the time
01 the Georgia State Fair. The President
said tnat bo bad long contemplated such
a trip, and would It possible avail him
self of this opportunity.
One lit licit to save Three.
Washington, April 6.— lndian Com
missiouor Atkins has received a letter
from Agent Osborne, at Ponca Agency,
Indian Territory, dated April 2, announc
ing that on the day previous he had ills
dunged E. M. Smith, a farmer at the
agency, for general had conduot and un
governable temper. Smith had made a
oarage attack upon Agent Osborne, the
agency clerk and blacksmith, and to save
ihe lives of all three, Osborno killed
Smith. Osborne is from Gallatin, Tenn,,
and Smith was one of his owu appointees.
lteiuoval of the Apaches.
Washington, April o.—lt is not im
probable ihut the Apache lndiaus at Fort
Marion, Fla., will be removed to some
other plaoe on acoount of their crowded
condition. The monthly reports received
at Uis War Department from Fort Mu
rleu show that the sanitary oonditiou of
the post is excellent, and that the Indians
are not suffering; from anything but laok
of room. 'lnure is no intention of remov
lug the hostile Indians who are oouffiitd
at Fort Pickens, Fia.
Hills Wanted From ntilpbiitlilera.
Washington, April The rtnoretary
of the Navy to-day invited seated propo
sals iron shipbuilders of the United
States for building five new war vessels:
The Newark, authorized by the naval ap.
propriution bill of Haft, two 10-knot
>.>Uisere, known as Nos. 4 anil 5, and two
J,7iw uu gunboats designated as Nos. 0
and 4,
SHILOH’S HEROIC SOLDIER
THE CREkSCI NT CITY’S TRIBUTES
TO HIS MEMORY UNVEILED.
Ex-President Davis Declares Man and
Horae T'aitlifuiiy Portrayed—The
Gray and the Blue Unite in Doing
Honor to the Hero of a Common
Country—An Eioqueut Speech by the
CouTederaoy’fi Kx-Chieftaiu.
New Orleans, April 6.— The cere
monies incident to tho unveiling of the
statue to Gen. Albert Sydney Johnston
on tho tomb ot the Benevolent Assoeia
tion of the Army of Tennessee in Metairie
Cemetery took place at 3 o’clock to-day.
There was an immense assemblage of
people present, probably over 10,000. The
veteran associations, including Grand
Army posts, attended in a body. Upon
the platform were many distinguished
persons, including Mr. and Mrs. Jefferson
Davis, Miss Varina Davis, Gen. Beaure
gard and staff, Gov. McKnery and staff,
Mrs. Albert Sydney Johnston, Col.
William Preston Johnston aud
family, Col. Throckmorton, United
States Army, and other officers,
Charles Dudley Warner, ot New York,
Geus. Booker and Walthall, Gov. Low
ry, of Mississippi, and many others.
The ceremonies were opened with prayer
by Rev. Dr. A. J. Witherspoon, Chaplain
of the Army of Tennessee. The statue
was presented by Fendeil Horn, Second
Vice President, and was received by
Judge W. H. Rogers, President. The
statue was unveiled by Rosa Robinson,
aged 6 years, great-granddaughter of
Gen. Johnston, aud Miss Jennie Rogers,
daughter of Judge Rogers. The members
ot the Fifth company of Washington Ar
tillery fired a salute ot thirty-eight suns.
Poems by Mrs. Mary Ashby Townsend,
ot New Orleans, and Mrs. Kate B. Sher
wood, of Toledo, 0., were read. Gen.
Randall L. Gibson. United States Senator,
delivered the oration of the clay, and was
followed by Mr. Davis.
HIS FAME RESTS UPON IIIS DEEDS.
Jefferson Davis said;
If words could add anything to the effect
which this scene produces then I should re
gret that my physical abiiity does not allow
me to address so large an audience as this.
Sydney Johnston's fame rests upon Ills deeds.
It requires no embellishments from anyone,
and if it aid the able orator you have, heard
has done all that occasion could require.
To you my brethren of Louisiana,
Division of the Army of Tennessee, 1
wish to offer my congratulations for
your eminent success in the task you
undertook despite the jeers and evil prophesy
of those who said yon could not succeed. You
have succeeded, and (pointing to the statue)
there Is to to-day. 1 believe, the best eques
trian statue, man and horse, that is to ho
found in any country. [Applause.! There is
the head and neck, familiar to many of you,
of the horse he rode when he received Ins
death wound—copied I know not how, hut in
stinct with resemblance.
THE FIGURE OF OUR HERO.
There is the grand figure of our hero as we
have seen him on horseback, a perfect cava
lier, as well as the fearless soldier. Vou have
done well to embody this hero’s statue in ma
terial more enduring than granite; not that
his lame was likely to diminish, nor that you
required any visible sign to remind you of hi.s
greatness or warm your affection for him, but
that in the coming time, as the youths of
our country pass by they may loos at that
statue and say, ‘Wed, who is this?’ and learn
tlie siorv of tne man who whs as good As he
was great and as great as humanity permits
a man to be. I knew Sydney Johnston, i be
lieve, better than I knew any other man, per
haps because his character was written so
legibly that it was easy to comprehend it.
SCHOOLBOYS TOGETHER.
Be that as it may, we had been associated
in college; from college we went to
the Military Academy and from thore
we went into the array. I pause
for a moment on the period when we were
cadets together. I believe, as a rule, boys
are better judges of each oilier than th ; ir
professors are of them. Johnston stood emi
nent in tho oorps of cadets, always
courteous, always ready tor duty, al
ways proficient. I believe that if von
will go among the cadets who were
in the cor s with him aud ask wtio was the
grandest character they knew in the corps,
the answer would he generally if ii"i univer
sally, Albert Sydney Johustnn. That is my
opinion and the opinion I havo heard ex
pressed by many, among olhsrs by a man
wtio was at the head ol his class, aud who is
oue oi tiie greatest savants this country has
produced.
IN THB? WILD WEST,
Wo entered the armv together and were in
the same branch of the service. We were to
gether in barracks and in Indian campaigns,
and i remember now a time when I saw lam,
when a deadly disease was spreading among
tliomeuiuiliee .mil. Sydney Junhston whs
there himself, suffering, yet calm and atten
tive to those who were suffering more than
himself. He showed no trepidation—it was
not in hisnaiurelo do so. The ma i had been
as a lion in battles, and when he stooped over
a suffering comrade his eyes moistened wiih
more than a moiher’s weakness. Such wits
the nature of this man’s heart. Then wu
served iu a foreign war together.
TWO BRAVE HEARTS-
I could not tell you much of that period
without being subject to the charge of ego
tism, for singly and alone wc two have stood
where death seemed to come every moment,
and there (Sydney Johnston was as calm as J
ever saw him incatuu. His decision was as
quick as rifle powder (I speak to infantry
men who know how quick that is). Then
there was oue characteristic of him which
prevailed throughout tbe whole course of his
life, aud that was his ehivalric temper, lie
never deserted a friend and was prune to stop
in iront of a Iriend when he saw him as
sailed. He was knightly, hut not errant.
When he saw Texas struggling for
right he thought belonged to all men—the
right of uelf-governmrct—he went to volun
teer without recommeiidaliou, taking Inn
place in the ranks to light for the liberty of
Texas iu order that she might have a govern
ment of her own. As lime wore on Ins merit
was discovered and ho was raised to rank and
position. When iho war with Mexico began
we had hut few troops on the Rio Grand.,
and in the beginning of the war there seemed
little probability of success. Johustoa or
ganized a regiment of which he was Cos onel,
and marched immediately to the support of
Zachary Taylor; afterward lie was on the
staff of Gen. Taylor.
A TRIBUTE lO PIERCE.
I will not worry you by going Into detail*.
[A voice m crowd, “Uoon,”| After the war
with Mexico—my friends, I will go ou a little
longer fapplausel— lie was appointed Pay
master under the administration or Franklin
Pierce, a Yankee who never fullered in the
maiuteuauee of States rights, a man who lu
the Seuute of the United States voted for
everv oho of the resolutions of Calhoun,
though manv southern Senators did so re
luctantly. Thanks to New Hampshire for
breeding such a man u* Franklin Pierce.
President Pierce appointed Jousstun Pay
master and Colonel of the Second Cavalry
regiment, which gave more distinguished
o Dice re to both armies in the war between
the Sutton than uny other in the Uuiled
States army. Huchanan when President seut
to me to ask: “Who do you think ought to
have command of the Utah expedition r”
TWO NAME THE BAME THREE.
I did not choose to select ouc only lrout uiy
army acquaintance* ami I gave him three
name*. “Do you and Gen. Bcolt ever agree
about anvthingV” I sahl: ”1 thing so.” lie
replied: “lu tins lostunue you have named
the same three men.” They were Peratfer
hmlth. of Louisiana, Albert Sydney .lonnt.m
aad It, F.. Lee. Johnsioii was selected,
and he was the bust selection. He com
raauded the expedition to (Hah, end was
mads brigadier general by brevet, ho tie bad
foil* U> Hie mgliß i grade next to c<! mauder
u chief wli niu a short periol after ihc <te*l
caa war. Previously to that be had rest rued
SAVANNAH, THURSDAY, APRIL 7, 1887.
from the army and lost his position. When
the war between the Slates commenced Ills
rank and liis reputation gave him the right
to believe and expect all tliiit would be given
iu the army of the United Slates.
CHAMPIONING THE CONFEDERACY.
But true to the oblvalrte nature of which I
have spoken, and seeing a few Slates assert
ing their rights to a form of government rest
ing on the consent of the governed and the
attempt of the majority to deprive them of
that right, he sacrificed all lie bad gained in
the United States army and traveled across
tho trackless desert to oiler his services to the
minority struggling for their lights. None
who knew Sydney Johnston could imagine him
ignorant of Ihe (act this smaller body of
men without arms, wlthotil a navy, without
workshops, without material of war, would
have lo contend against terrible odds. Ou
the field of Shiloh he made nut oue mislukc.
He had planned that battle and sent mo a
telegram (which was lost) which described It
lust as it was fought. The only battle in the
world’s history that was fought as the Gene
ral expected.
THE FATAL MISTAKE.
The mistake he madewasin allowing some
body else to direct the order of march so that
the army did not got to the field of battle as
soon as thev should have arrived there. John
ston was one day later iu striking the enemy,
but he struck when he Could, and the field
was carried from point to point. At one po
sition held by tue enemy an obstinate
resistance was offered. aud now 1
give my own theory, in which
perhaps J am justified by my intimate knowl
edge of the man and what lie would do under
the circumstances, when tie saw stubborn
resistance and rode forward to direct opera
tions himself, receiving then a fatal wound.
EVERY INCH A HERO.
I fully believe that if he had been told you
can keep your saddle fifteen minutes and
consummate this victory, but if you do It is
at the risk of your life, he would have said:
“I’ll take tiie chances.” Thus it wu s he re
mained In the saddle until it was too late to
afford him any relief. When he fell one of
the mighty pillars that supported the temple
of the Confederacy and gave us reason
to believe that we would win our fight in
tho West went down. 1 loved him
as a brother; I honored Idm ’ a-,
a man; I admired him as hero; but more
than all ttiis 1 fell sore loss to the just cause
which was inflicted when Johnston died. My
friends, I have aireadv sad enough. You all
kuuir that Johuston led an army which was
composed of material rapidly thrown to
gether. One corps, commanded by that gal
lant and true soldier. Gen. Bragg, was the
only oue which had the advantage of thorough
discipline.
VICTORY IN HIS GRASP.
Yon who followed Johnston through battle
saw how he had gone forward step by step
until at last he was snatohed oy death lrom
the very arms of victory, almost completed
by his genius and your" vaior—the va or of
the Army of Tennessee—which, whether m
advance or retreat, received no stain to trans
mit lo future generations.
Mr. Davis continued at some further
length.
When he had concluded the benediction
was pronounced by Bishop J. N. Galle
her, who was on Gen- B.ieaner’s staff.
Gen. John Glynn, Jr., was grand mar
shal of the day.
The floral deoorations were numerous
and elaborate.
CLEVELAND’S . LETTER,
in reply to no invitation to be present
at the unveiling. President Cleveland
sent the following:
Executive Mansion, )
Washington. April ], issv. j
Walter Tl. Koge -a, Eng., {-resident. Etc.
My Deah Sib; I acknowledge with thanks
an invitation extended to mo hy tiie Associa
tion of the Arinv of Tennessee to attend
the unveiling of an equestrian statue
of Gen. Albert .Sydney Johnston on
April 6, at Melairu cemetery. 1
regret that owing to engrossing oiliciel
duties which demand my attention I
cannot be present on that occasion. That
Gen. Johnston was a great soldier, and that
from the time helelt West Point to the hour
of his death ou the field ot Shiloh, he was con
spicuous for valor, for military celebrity, ami
for tho highest personal character must be
fully conceded by all hi* countrymen. The
erection or a monument for the perpetuation
of his name is fitting testimony to the uffee
tion and respect in which he is held by his
comrades of the civil war. and may well be to
them a work of greatest interest and satisfac
tion. The pa riotio sentiments accompany
ing the invitation which I have re
ceived, and the fraternal feeling therein
expressed, I gladly recognize as proofs that in
the present conditions every American citi
zen may share in the pride inspired hy the
illustration of traits winch havo ennobled
American character With my best wishe
for the success and prosperity of your society,
1 am yours sincerely,
Groves Cleveland.
MONTGOMERY'S DRILL.
A Mass Meeting Decides to Postpone
ft Until Next Ppring,
Montgomery, Ai.a., April G.—At a
meeting field hire to-nigbt, at which
prominent oitizens nnd military officers
participated, the 10110 wing resolution was
adopted:
Whereas, The impression is sought to be
created throughout the country that the in
terstate drill to be held iu this city in June
next under the auspices of the citizens of
Montgomery had its inception In ineri-enarv
motives ami a desire to injure the success of
the Washington drill; and.
Whereas, The action or our military com
panies in withdrawing frum that drill was in
accordance with our wishes and in the exer
cise ot their undoubted right to choose their
associates iu voluntary military gatherings
without any wish or purpose to injure others
who dUTaredfrom them; and,
Whereas, We ure unwilling to glvo color
even to the false accusation that the action
of our people, taken from a high sense of
duty, was due to any desire to injure or inter
fere with the national drill at Washington;
therefore,
Hemdvd. That the drill to be held in this
city in June next be postponed until May,
ltsti.
llrtnlved furth*’\ That the management
continue their work of preparation for the
drill in May, 18S8, refunding cash sutncrip
tious when the subscribers do not wish to
renew them for the drill next year.
A sufficient sum of money had been
guaranteed to make the drill a success,
and the attendance of leading Southern
companies bad been assured.
THE CLOUDS CLEARING.
San Antonio, Tkx., April Tfie Ban
Antonio and Belknap Kifles have changed
their minds regarding their withdrawal
from the National Drill at Washington
next mouth. The Change was hocus toned
by thejfullowiug telegram, received this
alternoon in response to one sent Irom
here askiug if colored troops would camp
and drill with the whites, and it they
would bo recognized In the appointment
of officer* of the day!
Washinoton, April .
To Copt. I r . J. £idgt>, S m Ani. nl :
No. Thar*seenuto bo uu enure miscon
ception. Gen. Anderson enters the Virginia
brigade. In it are two nesro companies. If
they coins they will be camped separately
unit drill separately. Please show this to
(.apt. Green. Aubekt iirpwav,
Chief of Military Committee.
Fatally liUurod on the Rail*.
Indianapolis, April o.— By a collision
of freight trams on luu Louisville, Now
Albany and Onioago railway near Bed
lord to-day, Conductor Early, or New
Albany, and Mrs. Cordsr, of Guthrie,
were fatally Injured and Airs. Nuata
Pritchett and dauguter wore seriously
hurt.
‘ManulHcturliift < lioiiiists Fall.
I'ii il a delpH ia, April o.— Henry Bower
A Hon, meiiulaoturmg ohemists, have
failed. Thdr liabilities am estimated at
o,*Aju,ouO. No estimate 01 the assets nan
be obtained. The cause of the failure Is
100 uiuou real estate.
TICKETS ON A BLACKLIST.
PENNSYLVANIA'S FIGHT’ MAKES
railroaders hum.
List of tho ltonds Whoso Coupons Are
Ordered Turned to the Wall—The
Move Simply k Shoulder Blow at the
Payment of Commissions—Souie One
Bure to be Knocked Out.
Washington, April O.—A St. Louis
special to tbe New York Times gives a
copy of the private circular issued hy tho
Pennsylvania Railroad Company to its
agents, which is creating a tremendous up
roar in the West and upon which there Is
talk of appealing to the Interstate Com
merce Commission. The circular reads:
CIRCULAR NO. G 75.
Pennsylvania lines west of Pittsburg opera
ted by the Chicago, St. Louis and Pittsburg
Railroad Company, and the Pennsylvania
Company and the Pittsburg, Cincinnati aud
St. Louts Railroad Company.
TANARUS" the Ticket Agen of tho ub oe named com
panies-.
The tickets described below are hereby or
dered off sale, taking effect at midnight of
April 4, 1887, and alter that hour you will not
sell a through ticket, any portion or coupon,
of which reads over any tiart or division of
either of the following named railroads or
railways or line* uutll further notice: Boston
and Albany, Burlington, Cedar Uauids aud
Northern, Canada Pacific. Central Georgia.
Central lowa, Central Vermont, Chicago,
and Alton. Chicago and Northwestern,
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy. Chicago,
Rock Island anil Pacific, Ml Paul, Minneapo
lis nnd Omaha, Delaware and Hudson Canal
Company. Denver and llio Grande, Denver,
Rio Grande urn! Western, DesMoiues and
Fort Dodge, Detroit aud Cievtduud, *lOßlll
Navigation Company, llnnutbal and Ml,
Joseph, Illinois Central, Indiana, Blooming
ton and Western, Kansas lily. St Joseph aud
Council Bluffs, Minneapolis amt St Louis,
Missouri, Kansas and Texas, Missouri Pa
cific. ltoek Island and Pooriu, Iron Mountain,
Manitoba, buuthern Kansas, W abash (West of
river), Wisconsin Central. The sale of through
linkers over railr ads or railways or lines not
specified above may be continued as usual at
tho tariff rates indicated in circular No. 672,
dated March 30. 1887. The agent will please
acknowledge the receipt of tins notice hy the
first train on the enclosed card.
K. A. Ford, g. P. a.
F. Van Dusen, a. G- P. A.
THE ROAD’S EXPLANATION.
Philadelphia, April ti.—ln explana
tion ol the so-cßllrd boycott of various
railroad lines that refuse to accept the
rule adopted hy the trunk lines and Cen
tral Truffle Association in regard to the
payment of commissioos to agenis, an of
ficial ol the passenger department of Iho
Pennsylvania railroad, who was present
at the trunk line meeting yesterday, said
to-day: “The trunk Hues, undor their in
terpretation of the interstate commerce
law, are required to maintain strictly all
rates published by them, aud such rates
cannot be maintained if other roaus over
which they issue tiokets are permuted to
pay commissions to theiragents. For this
reason the trunY lines and Central Traf
fic Association sent a ciroular to all of
tbeir connections asking them to discon
tinue thfe payment of such commissions.
Oue or two of the Western roads have
taken an arbitrary stand in the
matter, and have said that they will
act independently. In consequence
of this stand taken by the rouds in ques
tion, certain of tbolr competitors have
considered that they are obliged, relue
iautly, to take the same position and to
concur in the action of the lines that orig
inally dissented. This will make about
thirty lines out of severul hundred that
will continue to pay commissions to
agents aud .trunk lines, and the Central
Traffic Association have given them no
tice that until they do agree to adopt the
practice of the associations the trunk lines
and tfie Central Traffic Association will
discontinue to exchange husiucsswith
them.”
PASSENGER AGENT FORD SPEAKS.
Pittsburg, April 6.— General Passen
ger Agent Ford, of the Pennsylvania
lines, said this afternoon that tickets of
the roads that have not complied with the
rules of the Central Traffic Association
are still turned to the wall. Home of the
roads have indicated a disposition to hold
out aguinet the demand to abolish the
commission business, but the probability
is that they will weaken before the close
of the week.
A BIG SENSATION AT CHICAGO.
Chicago, Aprils.— A local paper says
this morning:
ft is a lung tune since anything has caused
-ucli a sensation in railroad circles here as
llie lo tion of tile Pennsylvania Company in
oidering the tickeis of nearly all of its
Western connections to lie turned to the wall,
or lo other words stopping all interchange of
passenger business with tnose roans so long
us they refuse to g.ve positive assurances ti.at
Itiey will stop the payment of commissions in
Eastern territory, it is learned that other
Eastern lines were to have taken the same ac
tion as the Pennsylvania but their courage
seems to have failed them, and as yet none
but the Pennsylvania have stopped the sale
of the tickets of their Western connections.
The Grand Trunk line is understood to have
been the only one of the Eastern roads which
peremptorily refused to take any tmeb radi
cal action While there is much difference
of opinion among the Western roads as to the
wishoui of continuing the payment of com
missions, uud the majority of them agree with
the Eastern roads that the system ought to
übolisbeh, yet they are neariy unani
mous In denouncing the action of the
Pennsylvania load as a high-handed outrage
and contrary to t|je provisions of the new
law. Had the l'ennsylvaniaroad stopped the
.-ale of tickets via ad Weaiern linos, without
exceptions, the legality of us action could
not have lieen questioned, hut by exempting
such roads us submitted it made itself clearly
liable under the law For this reason the
Western routls which have been shut out
have decided not to retaliate but to continue to
sell tickets over the Pennsylvania road the
•ame as other Eastern lines. Hut they pro
pose to briug the matter immediately to the
attention of the Interstate Commission and
ask that the Pennsylvania road, or oilier
Eastern lines which inay follow its example,
lie regulated for willful violation ot the
following provisions of the law:
“Every common carrier subject to the pro
visions of this act shall according to their re
spective powers afford all reasonable, proper
and equal facilities for interchange of traffic
between their respective linos, and for the
receiving, forwarding and delivering of
passengers and property to nqd from lliuir
several lines and those connecting therewith,
and uIiaJI not discriminate in their rates and
charges between Sttclt connecting lines.”
FOUR ROADS GIVE IN.
New York, April 7, 8 a. m.—The
World saye louroi tnc so-called boycotted
railroads yeaterday announced tbeir will
iuguesM to aign a contract providing for
the abolition ol the payment of commis
sions inagoute and brokers lor ibe aaic of
passenger tickets. These ure tue Grand
Trunk, tit. I'aul, Minneapolis aud Mani
toba, Chicago, St. i’aul, Minneapolis autl
Omaha, and the Atiantio division of the
bouuoi u i’aoiiio system.
DENVER RETALIATES.
Denver, Col., April ti.—The war be
tween too Eastern and Western railroad
lines has reached Denver. Tna Denver
and ItloUrande Railroad Company Ueu-d
orders to-day to Us agents in Colorado,
New Mexico, Utah and California to
withdraw from sale all tlckota reading
over any portion of tbo Pennsylvania sys
tem, and Now York Ceoiral and Hudson
Ulver, West Shore, and New York and
lAke Erie and Wwsteru railroads. This Is
in reMfelaliou for the action ol these
lines lu dsolihing to sell tickets over
the Denver and llio Grande railroad be
cause that, road refused to entertain an
agreement not to pay commissions.
LWV AND ORIIKK’S TRIUMPH.
Tho Majority for Hoehe Not Mticli
t'liaugetl by Later Returns.
Chicago, April o.—• Tho latest returns
have not materially changed tbe standing
of the vote as announced last night.
Tlio last figures given out are: Roche,
liep., 61,208; Nelsou, Labor, 23,410;
Roche’s majority, 27.868.
In Aldermen yesterday’s ostensible re
sult is the election of thirteen Republi
cans, lour Democrats nnd one Labor man.
The new Council will stand, witn the
hold-over Aldermen: Republicans, 25;
Democrats, 10; Labor, 1.
In the Town of Lnke the Law and
Order party achieved a complete victory,
electing their entire ticket by an average
majority of about 1,300.
The oilier suburbau towns went largely
Republican.
THE RED FLAG MUST GO.
The leaders of the Knights of Labor
among the United Labor party were, as a
rule, very much disgusted at, tho result.
In an Interview printed this morning one
of them save: “I’ll tell you tbe red flag
line beat us and we will never have any
success as a party until wo get rid of tiie
Socialists. The Committee of Twenty-five
will meet Thursday evening and we will
settle this question then. The Labor
party must hereafter tight on labor Imhik s
only. We must put our loot on the So
cialists and the whole crowd of red flag
agitators, or there is no hope for us.
I repeat tbat the red flag was Ihe cause of
our deleat. The people will not tolerate
anarchy, socialism or communism, but
we will settle this question ou Thursday
evening. Wc must and will wash our
hands of the red flat; and compel the So
cialists to take a back seat.”
RHODE ISLAND DEMOCRATIC-
Doubt Gives Wiiy to an Assurance
of a Safe Majority.
Providence, R. 1., April 6, 12:30 a.
m.—Davis (Dein.) has a plurality for
Governor of probably 1,600, together wr.h
the rest ol the Democratio State ticket,
except Attorney General, which is still in
doubt. The vote lit this city is not yet
counted and the definite result will not be
known until very As far as can lie
ascertain, and at this hoitr the house stands
27 Republicans and 30 Democrats, and
the Senate 18 Republicans and 10 Demo
crats, with four cities or towns unheard
from.
ALL IN DOUBT.
Providence, R. 1., April 7, 1 a. m.—
The city or Providence returns are not
yet, In, and tbe election hangs tn the
balance. Wetmore beads Davis slightly,
but this city has gone strong for the
Democratio candidate, and will probably
give him a majority. It is not now
thought tbat the entire Democratio ticket
has been successful, although tbat was
the resullftlrst anticipated. The Prohibi
tion vote is a fizzle, and tbe woman suf
frage vote made a poor show. The vote
oast has been a very large one, aud
everybody that could cast a ballot has
done so.
THE DEMOCRATIC MAJORITY.
Providence, R. I„ April 7, 1:40 a. m.
—The vote on Attorney General i prac
tically the same as on Governor, as tar ss
tbe returns are at hand. The Woman
suffrage amendment was defeated very
badly. Davis’majority in the State will
probably roach 1,000 and it Is likely to be
sustained ou the whole Democratic State
ticket.
WISCONSIN’S ELECTIONS.
The Cities Pretty Evenly Divided
Between the Two Pur ties.
Milwaukee, April o.—Final returns
from remote towns of the county did not
reach the city until this morning. The
completed returns show that I), ii. John
son and George H. Hayis, the oitizens’
candidates for the Cirouit and Superior
Court Judgeships, carried the county by
1.497 and 1,200 majority leepectlrely,
though the Labor candidates carried the
city hy about 1,600. The citizens elected
16 Aldermen and the Labor party 9.
However, seventeen of these Aldermen
who were elected for three years cannot,
secure their seats, as a law has just
passed the Legislature curtailing tbe
number ol Aldermen one-third. The new
Council will stand: Republicans 16,
Democrats 13, Labor o. Thirty-two cities
of tbe State elected Mayors as follows:
13 Republicans, 11 Democrats, 3 Labor, 4
Citizens and 1 Independent.
Michigan Defeats Prohibition.
Detroit, April 6.—Specials Indicate
tbat the prohibition amendment is surely
defeated by about 5,000. Gogebic county
in the Upper Peninsula, which has not
been included in tne earlier estimates,
gives 2.000 majority against tbe amend
ment. The latest returns from the south
ern part or the Stale favor prohibition,
but tne adverse vote in the Upper Penin
sula more than overcomes this. ‘
A Great Democratic Victory.
Minneapolis, Minn.. April 6.—Yester
day’s election Was a victory for tbe Demo
crats, who elected tea Aldertnea tn tbs
Republicans’ eleven. The Democrats
already had nine to the Republicans’ six,
8o now tue Council stands nineteen
Democrats to seventeen Republicans.
For the first lime In years tbe Democrats
are in power.
A Prolnlmiou Victory.
Jackson. Miss., April The Prohi
bltiouisis carried the election in Rankin
county to-day. This shuts out tbe whisky
men of Jackson, who intended If Rankin
went against prohibition to establish’
themselves In that county in the vicinity
oi Jackson.
A Hurglur Sliot Dead,
Hagehstown, Md., April 6.—Hayes’
bookstore in this city has been robbed
several times lately and the proprietor
kept watch. Last night betweeu 11 and
12 o’clock tie saw a man whom he recog
nized coming into ills store from tbe
Globe printing office. The tbler went to
ihe money drawer and took Its ooutents.
Hayes then came out from his hiding
place and called to tbe thief to hold up
ms bands. Instead ot doing so tbe latter
drew a revolver and both tired slmnlta
neously, tbe tblel being killed. Tbe dead
man ha* been an attache of the Globe
office for several years.
Later.— l The burglar wbo was caught
bv K. M. Hays, editor of tue Globe, in bis
stationery store, was named Bowser, and
had been In Mr. Hay*’ employ ten years.
Ue drew a revolver and atiot blmeelt
through the bead when summoned to sur
render, and waa not ehot by Mr. Hay* a*
first reported.
* Virßinla’a Legislature.
KioMoffD, Va , April S.—Tk* General
Assembly took a reeves torday until April
$7, and not till May 3 a* before tele
graphed.
iPRICKSIOAYEAIt.t
I 6 CENTe A COPY, j
A TICKET OF LEAVE MAT
DOYLE, THE INVINCIBLE, GIVEN
HI.H LIBKKIY.
British Prlion Authorities Charge I
With Harshness Toward Irina
Prisoners -John Morley Picture*
tl> New Beacon Light Marking the
Hoad to Irish Liberty—Gladstone
Answers the Tory Taunts.
London, April C.—Boyle, the Invinci
ble, hue been released oil ticket of leave.
He complains bitterly of the treatment
he received while in contiuement, and al
leged that the prison authorities singio
out Irish convicts for especial punish
ment.
John Morley addressed an audience ol
0,000 Liberals at Viotoria Hall in Soutrt
London to-night. He charged the gov*
eminent with Russianizing the adminis
tration In Ireland, and denounced tha
crimes bill as a hateful Instrument of
oppression. The measure, he said, was
intended to lay the tenants at
the feet of the landlords who,
flushed with triumph, would t a
spurred on by their own needs to hars i
exactions, but the Liberals would uoo
desert the Irish people. The time was
when Irishmen saw no light on the horH
/.on save what shone across the floods o£l
(he great Atlantic. Now they saw anew!
light nearer home. They no longer looKeilj
to the westward alone; they looked to lh(V
eastwa'd, too, and they saw a beacon ol
hope and sympathy from England. Tbi<
beacon would never be put out. Mr.
Morley"s speech aroused unbounded cm
thusiasm.
At a meeting in Chelsea to-night a lot.
ter was read from Mr.Gladstone in whio i
he said: “Our adversaries have availm#
themselves ol tue fact that 1 have lakfaW-.
a large share in placing the Irish protifem|’
as a question of practical politics
iho country. To plead that It is a pjoff
sonal allair, that it is not true conviction/
and that the people are not in gentui|A
sympathy with the justice of the IriauT
demand, a little reserve on my part wlfit
help them to be sooner undeceived aiid tig
profit more effectively by the teachinsjL
they are already beginning to receile-3
the teaching of events.”
Mr. Billon addressed a meeting at !h%
Town Hall in Birmingham this evenMHj
110 said he would rather be twenty hiaaMj
tried at the Old Bailey than by a picuß
jury in Ireland, He condemned the (aa<%
bill, which ho suid was worse lhau thgp
coercion bill. He declared that a mSfW
monstrous deception hud never been att
tempted than to pretend that the land bill
was a remedial measure. It was a bill]
he said, to facilitate the collection ol raclg
rents and to simplify evictions.
KVICTIONH TO lilt RESUMED.
Dublin, April o.—The attempts of th
agent to compromise with the tenants onj
Lord Lanadowne’s estate have failed, andl
the work ol evicting all who refuse to nay!
the rents demunded will be resumed about
April 20. Diitiue aud Kilbride, the tvj >
principal tenants of Lord Lansdovrne,
who wero recently evicted from tbelr ex
tensive holdings near Luggarourreo,
have been elected Chairman and Vico
Chairman respectively of the Atnv Board
of Poor Law Guardians. It is denied that
the National League will remove its head
quarters to England in the event of thai
passage of the coercion bill.
DELAWARE’S LEGISLATURE.
Dover, Del.. April 6.—The Legislature
has unanimously adopted resolutions ex
tending sympathy to Messrs. Gladstone
and Parnell in their tight, aguinst coercion!
and hearty God-speed to home rule tor
Ireland.
lIK ICUSIiAN t> TYUANN Y. gm
Honorable Citizens at. tho McrcjetjlKj
Despotic Killers.
London, April; 6.—The Journal <l*
Geneve, which Is noted for its imparlMNr
treatment ol international (juestions, sy#
that the Reiohslaud is subjected toraH
iron regime. The most honorable ot|M
zens are arrested without apparent cau£9
dragged through the streets like com
mon thieves aud immured in some fortress
during toe pleasure of their rulers, wblla
the bare fact of having worn or purohasedl
articles of dress whose colors recall thel
French flag, or of subscribing to a dis
affected paper, is considered a crime, and
the offender is puDisked with several
mftitue’ imprisonment. “The details,’*
says the Journal de Geneve, “would
strike us as exaggerated were they naffy
vouched lor by witnesses whose gooffs
faith is beyond dispute.”
Pope anil People.
Rome, April 6.—The Pope is about tap
Issue a letter sanctioning the principle oT i
the creation of a Catholic university |Mjl
Baltimore.
The Pope persists that I>r. McGlyan?
must come to Rome.
The Pope, in view of the Russian gov- ! *
emmenl’s complaints of the hostility
Uis Catholic clergy In Russia, has' MHf|j
sir lie led the congregation for eoclesia|||H
cal atlulrs to examine tne question
Pan Slavism in relation to the ciiurgia '
in order to be able to give instructions U) .
tbs bishops in Russia without oUendifHM
the Czar's government.
Switzerland and Socialism. ]
Geneva, April 6.—The Swiss govenfaff
meat has resolved to act vigomuglyj :
against Socialists and Anarchists,
recent activity is thought to be culmH
Ia tea to disturb the peace of the State^^H
Bulgaria’s Conspirators Kelcnselff
Sofia. April d.—All the conspirators
who were arrested In connection wtthth
recent attempt to Incite a revolt have
been liberated. Karaveloff aud Nikifor oil
have been released on bail.
Alexander Again declines,
London, April 6.—Prlnoo Alexander,of
Battenberg, has attain declined to bs re
elected as ruler of Bulgaria.
Michigan's Smnv Storm.
Chicago, April B.—A special * from
Hancock, Mich., says: “Decidedly the
worst suow storm of the season is just
over. The suow is tbirty-lour iuobnt
deep, and has drifted badly. The Han
cock aud Calumet railroad is blockaded.
The Marquette train was delayed several
hours, aud it took the Mineral Ranva
train seventeen hours to go thirteen miles
from Calumet to Hancock. This is tiio
iirsl time tor the season that all ti afllu uu
the street was stopped.”
Counterfeiters Caught.
Chattanoooa. Tenn., April 6.—A
gang ol ocuiiierielters were brought here
to-day from Franklin county. lbs ofli.
cials have been watching them lor sis
mouths and dually pounced down upon
two well-known aud highly respected
residents, J. M. and A. M. Peeples, as
well as William Horn, Du the premises
was found dies, metal, etc., to make a
complete outlt, and about BKW ol bogus
I stiver money.