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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.