The morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, April 28, 1887, Image 1

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, ESTABUSIiED 1850. I j. I. H. Editor and Proprietor, f FIGURING on the rates THE COMMISSION BEGINS THE TAKING OF TESTIMONY. Mr. Ogden Tells of the Difference Be tween Charges by Rail and by Water —Sol Haas Thinks Existing Rates About Right- Mr. Culp Credits Com petition With Bringing About Re duced Rates. Atlanta, GA., April 27.—The Interstate Commerce Commission began its first meet jn~ here at 10 o'clock this morning in the City Council chamber. J udge Cooley called the meeting to order and stated that a large number of petitions had been received from railroads in this part of the country asking £ur exceptional orders under the interstate commerce act. These orders could be made only upon evidence taken before the com mission. He said: “We have come here to ’near this evidence on the part of those who urge exceptional orders and those who op pose them: Evidence will be given under oatii, just as if it were a judicial investigation. As the petitions arc numerous and our time is limited we will have to map out a mode of procedure which will expedite matters. It is desira ble that persons and communities shall con centrate their views, petitions anil evidence, ti e do not expect to examine each petition lie itself, but shall take them up together, for the facts sustaining one petition are much the same as those supporting others." THE FIRST PLEA. Gov. Bullock asked the commission to sus pend the regular order of business, so that the resolution adopted last night by a largo meeting could Vie presented. Thereupon Map J. F. Hanson, of Macon, read a resolution asking the commission to make permanent its temporary suspension of the long and short haul section of the bill ■with regard to the Southern lines. The commission expressed a desire to hear from the railways and a list of wit nesses was given. The first witness exam ined was Charles A. Sindall, Secretary of the Southern Railway and ,Steamship Asso ciation. ■ Gen. E. F. Alexander, President of the ■Georgia Central railroad, conducted the di- Hrect examinat a m The witness gave minute ■explanations of how rate3 are made and ■naintained by railroads and water lines. was cross-examin' dat great length by ■judge <' • >h*y and (.’• iiumissioners Walker ■rid Bragg. * ■ 'T. M. Emerson, of the Atlantic Copst ■ire. and W. I’. Shellman, of the Georgia ■L’cutral road, were examined on the same ■“unis at great length. The commission took a recess til 4 o'clock. ■ EFFECT OF WATER RATES. Mr 1 gili'ii. of the Southern Railway and Association, was the next wit- after the recess, and he testified at ''.ij It r.eli toil i ling the difference between rates and land rates. lid was ques by Mr. Stohlman ns to what effect ■water rati s have u|ion railroad, rates at St. Memplii-. Vicksburg and other cities ha\ e in r and rail cianjietition. The said that to a great extent water ■[ati's cioilrol the rates of railroads. He was to sjieak with reference to ratis, from in eomparisoi: to towns near here, showed how rates on certain classes of would lip affected if the long and section should beenforced. ■ no COM PLAINTS HEARD. At the conclusion Mr. Stahlman asked if he nad ever heard any complaints “id 1 - rat -s from towns a long the road, ■;} witness siid tiiat he had not. Comiiussioner Bragg: “Is the charge on from the West to Atlanta the same Has 11 :• from the West to Chattanooga?" ■ "'ps the -ame rate per mile." m -t. hat del ermines the rate to Chatta ■’N’-'L; asked Mr. Bragg. I it,' s shr.plv regulated by agreement," ■Was toe reply. ■ Has water anything to do with the rate?” ■ i( ao, sir; I think not.” If “ hat is the rate H orn tho West to Bir ■“nagiiam? ■ , it'," saißc as to Montgomery.” ■ ’}! hat regulates this? s ■ Urn petition.'’ ■ MV hat alnml t he rate to Rome?” ■mi ”“ ri, V' M ’ Rome are the Georgia Com ■ ].! " 'th the loeal rate from At added. ■ _ 80 T. HAAS HE A HD. ■ V Hans, ~f Richmond. Yu., was the next SS n . a ! IMVf,l ‘ to Mr. rStahlmnn, the* ■ ; ll ' l lie was tho a tent of tho ■ ,- ! deil roab of Virginia and the C’aro- B controls the rate?” Bth, i-! ', l,l! <?s and water Hues control rates on these lines.’ Bh-,m i'i nt ic • V ‘" lv v '**w of existing rates he West to Chattanooga and Atlan- B r L''! n '" U this question intclli- Bbn'; 1, Lliu''-'' h, ' ll<l o 'inplaints from ,;m ' l,,lilintS n, ' e fr ° m *•> Montgomery, Birin ■ 52'" belma lie changed ?” Bli’tl. b„* 1111 gh' ]K'ihaps is’ raised a Bun mo ,„ | lV 'ii“ f "' oUltl :,ot *'kenny B T ‘ ,LI> OCEAN 8 INFLUENCE. B’.:: ''. r '! l , p ’ of tlle Louisville and Nash m*„. f;' m *l wiiiess. He said t hat, lie Bui, s !o'' " ltl , l ,lle t'ntes from the West Bc"'' | ,il tV ’’ 11111 "ceau eoimieUtion ■ “'‘"n these rates. Bpi'm e! l ' l | l l " la " ,ls , l;, ' rl a, "’"t. rates to various i!'vnat,T " kn ° W U ‘"> rtVhli* •"“'j Tcpinsl that they were. B ’■Uine.Ym I '', os ‘ > " lor lowering ratesr ■ ~ ".''Rtituui dras it,” u," s l ! l |* l, i“ la, ' KH I'-' tof the pro- BC 1 , "‘ th mV,) U) BO a long ilis ■ ~J, u> ‘hid a umrketf” B ff ’ !l "M IS-j,!' l !'" l ' , 11,1 So "Hi”i-n products— Bb:-i 11 Ul “l Jumlx-r -must go a long B u, ' r Lw'L.LmLuc’ r >' c,!ow i ,i,w ■ pc'"L ar Kn ?',r'l!“ th, ' r ,J "' P'oducors of B tills - s ’‘li'dhi| wit li the adjustment of ■ worn salisfii-o until the of 1,10 Ohio liver advanced I (V,, , • TI,K UATK 810 IRON. 1 1,1 'till. W,l ; l:< ' " ulkcr asked the witness |k M/HII 1 from Binning ■ m-. "'■’Vilicoii j,i K non isdore raising I. Mr sm.f;!,'', i* *2 |*r ton." 11,11 “kid: "Is not llw cotton, ■ ka,.,, "'•J 11 traffic olarut ail thee* I y" 111 tiln- Hnutljf’ ■*l 1 1,11 • Hicsc artiela, conslituto a Unit ■M ( i***, !,#*‘lk# you know tlu# lH Vi- .. . " *'north <f ’ I V\ ,41 1 Kl: in a k*mk*:hl way.” ! why Nortl**rii I U u -lit- * ‘ \ HI ,- ‘ a, ‘ Ul ' 4 wak. Uavaj* r*bm I l n MAV kKAMoka. S - r , j.. . la,, y 4**ntnoin (►* in hint i u, Ui|L ‘‘ Vo, u*ii4* of mgoUikf aU * ui luv u.#t I Ou*t r-1 i I ' **M9U U UMiUfd 111 lil'MV ! nig that tho differences were either caused by rail competition or the presence of water routes. Among them were C. I>. Dwen, of the Charleston and Savannah road. He said that in the making of a through rate from the East, the Savannah, hloridu aud Western is governed by com petitive water and rail lines to the south of her system. GIVING THE OTHER SIDE A SHOW. Judge Cooley said that the commission was desirous of according a fair and full hearing to those who opposed the side es jioiised by tlie railways: The opponents of the fourth clause of the hill hud been allowed as much time as they desired to'present wit nesses, and the commission would give just as full a hearing ,to such I’m’ties as favor the enforcement of this section. Thereupon A. J. Mossett, of Cincinnati, representing the New Or leans and Bt. Louis Steamship Company and the Southern Pacific railway, asked permis sion to present aud read a memorial. This privilege was accorded him. He then read a carefully prepared paper of about 8,000 words. This document was signed by the officers of the line he represents. REASONS SET FORTE. It sets forth reason why the commission should rescind its temporary order annull ing the clause touching long and short hauls. The document contained many figures and statistics in support of the position taken by its signers. It touched upon the matter of competition between water lines and rail roads, and showed how the lines worked in jury to the water lines by cutting rates. Mr. Mossett was subjected to a sharp cross-examination by Gen. Alexander and Sol Haas. They asked tho Commissioners if they would be allowed to introduce facts in rebuttal of the allegations contained in the memorial. Consent was given them to do so to-nioiTow. A COTTON MEN URGE ENFORCEMENT. A sensation was created by the introduc tion of a paper from Treadwell, Abbott & Cos., and other large cotton and fertilizer dealers of Georgia, in favor of the enforce ment of the fourth section. It argues against the injustice of the pooling system, which, it is claimed, defeats ail business enterprise. A paper was presented from colored men calling attention to the treatment of colored passengers and asking that their rights to equal accommodations lie made equal to the whites. Telegrams were received to-night by Judge Cooley from the Cotton Exchange and Board of Trade of Savannah, asking thqf section 4 be enforced. The commission will meet again at 10 o'clock to-morrow morning. MOBILE’S REQUEST. Mobile, Ala., April 27.—Ei-roneous re ports having been spread as to the action of the Mobile Chamber of Commerce regard ing the interstate commerce act, that lusty this afternoon passed the following resolu tion: Resolved, That the Chamber of Commerce of Mobile petition the Interstate Railroad Commis sion to permanently suspend the operation of tlie fourth section us to .Mobile to the end that said city may enjoy the natural advantages of transportation now possessed by her. UNION PACIFIC OUT IN THE COLD. Washington, April 27.— Yesterday Sec retary Mosely, of the Interstate Commerce Commission, received the following by tele graph from Boston: “I am advised that the Union Pacific is not included in the suspen sion of section 4 of the interstate act in favor of the transcontinental lines. The omission must he accidental, as of course the commission could not intend to exclude one line from a suspension which includes all others. I understand we were not represented at the application. This was an accident which has not been explained. What immediate steps can be taken to have the Union Pacific included with the other lines; Charles F. Adams. Mr. Mosely forwarded this to the commis sion at Atlanta, and has to-day replied by instruction that an application from the Union Pacific can lie presented at Atlanta if desired, or wherever the commission may be. CALIFORNIA AGRICULXYRISTS. A number of firms of agriculturists and horticulturists in the Han .Joaquin valley of Colifoniia telegraph that manufacturers and dealers in agricultural implements have made advances in their wares, alleging that this is forced upon them by the interstate commerce act. Believing that, the act is lving so interpreted as to decrease the value of all they have to sell and increase the price of all they buy, the petitioners ask such relief as it may be within the commis sion's power to grant. M. A. Fulton, of Hudson, Wis., lias pre ferred charges against the Chicago, Bt. Pun!, Minneapolis and Omaha road, that the rates fixed u|>on freight from Chicago in Hudson and intermediate jioints are unreasonable and unjust. He states that freight was car ried in large quantities in February and March last at less than half the present rates, and that the earnings were then suffi cient to pay interest and dividends upon watetvd stock. "The little finger of this new tariff,” he says, “is heavier upon us than were the loins of the old tariff." A copy ol'the cliarges lias l>ee,n forward's 1 to the company for “satisfaction or answer ” A WINE COMPANY'S PLEA. The Volley’s Island Wine Company, of Kel ly’s island, in Lake Erie, protest against the petitions of t In- trilllwoiitiiKinta! lines, except there he n condition that charges for west Ixjuikl freight shall not be greater titan for the same class coming eastward. They say that wines Imvc lieen brought from the Pacific co.est to tlie Mississippi Valley for 25e. a hundred, and are so brought at present for 70c. a hundred, while west bound wines are charged at tlu- rate of t'-l 10 u hundri'd from St. Jjouisto Denver; and from Sandus ky to Denver over <cj. 'l'licconimissiou'scorrespotidenoe continues to lie voluminous and widely variant in character. There are before it many quaint jicrsonol complaints based upon single Iran* actions of railroads, and many inoi-e which are stated in general Pams and informally for the uur|*p of netting information as to the metuods of proceduro re<piired by the commission PERSONAL ADVICE. A good deal of jiersmial advice oomi* in from the prairie States, and a g<*xl deal of scolding is mixed with the prairies. IwdP-rs of inipury from representatives of leading commercial and industrial interest* in ail sections indicate tliat when the public shall havcissMi tally itwtrticpii with regard t** tiic necessary form of pr<s-eiiiro the coiiuins the I will have its dockets full of eases in volving delicate questions of great niqnrt anec other tiian those ielating to tie-long and slioi t haul Jl'cetuiv. rv cj .-tsry Mosely now has n force of live clerks arc! u niessen ger, and is classifying the cirrMspondetiee Carlisle and the &pu*ker*bip. Uami 1 kotow. Ajnl‘£7 Th* fc#*U from Jyuu*\ilk* tliHt All*. will ii<t ifiN'pt h t*** 4*l****4 kiti to tin* U*r *hi|* hut HiJi U*k* th* ( 1 t^imiM/j*4i o/ lime 4 4*'titii;(Uf on VYmvh nj*ii iii in* n**kt JloiiM* i no! * nriit*-1 ii4*r*. M. K 444 A Hl4* I i<* l| HM*filllt*V* W M Jl*i *l44**#, * in# U! * Ul. VU W i|y Unit Um'l'm wn* I*o d<uht ttiul Mi 4 u<iif 1a W'iuH Im* Uur H)junk*!i *#f Ukf !|i#4im* Mi ('in i , iiii’ , In Linn IfU*Jl ol Um 4 OUiiill' U-V Oil HH.ill Mid Mi4AH llllliafi'il . Uotu Pudro Hfrtouily lii Kin Javiimu ;in y*dru Kin ■H Y ANN All, (SLY., THURSDAY, APRIL 28, 1887. LANSDOWXK WILL EVICT THE COMPROMISE REJECTED AT THE LAST HOUR. Widespread Indignation Aroused by the Agent’s Course in the Matter— Mr. O’Brien to Sail for Canada at Once to Denounce the Governor General-Gladstone Justifies Parnell in Refraining from Suing the Times. London, April 27.— Timothy 1). Sul livan, Lord Mayor of Dublin, has written to the Times in behalf of the Yet ion and Weekly News, in reply to a correspondent who accused Nationalist papers of refusing to insert government advertisements offer ing a reward for evidence that would lead to the arrest of the Phoenix Park mur derers. Mr. Sullivan says that though the papers refused to take the castle money, they announced the reward in their leading columns. Tho customs officers throughout Great Britain and Ireland have received stringent orders to search all vessels from America, China and the East, the government having been warned that explosives have been sent from San Francisco to England. GLADSTONE DEFENDS PARNELL. It has transpired that Mr. Gladstone in bus speech at the dinner given by the Labor members of Parliament last nignt. declared his disbelief in the accusation made against the Irish leaders. He said that in May, lbS2, when Under Gecretary Burke was killed in Phoenix Park, Mr. Parnell wrote him with reference to that, crime. The contents, which had already been written under great men tal distress, threw considerable Tight upon the topic of the present hour, and wero strong evidence that the Times letter was a base and malicious forgery. He wrote that he regarded the murderers with the utmost abhorrence, and he offered to resign the leadership of the Irish party if Mr. Glad stone considered it advisable in the interests of Ireland. Mr. Gladstone said be would refrain from saying what reply he mado. NOT ADVISED TO SUE. Alluding to the advice tendered Mr. Par nell from certain quarters that he bring an action against the Times, Mr. Gladstone said that many years ago, when lie was Commissioner to the lonian Islands, the Times bitterly attacked him, accusing him of treason. On returning to England he consulted a lawyer with a view of bringing an action, but was dissuaded from taking legal steps, the lawyer expressing the con viction that even if Mr. Gladstone proved his case, no jury in the existing state of the public mind would be likely to convict the Times. The Conservatives talk of challeng ing the production of the letters. The debate in the House to-night on the coercion bill was featureless. Mr. Glad stone will not speak on the motion to go into committee on the bill. Messrs. Parnell and Healy will appear in the House to morrow. DRIFTING TO AN ELECTION. Lord Roseberry, in a speech at Glasgow to-night, said lie bad an almost unlimited belief in Mr. Gladstone. The government, lie said, by pressing their wanton coercion bill were raising an agitation that would lead to a general election. If the Liberal policy of conciliation failed, the Liberals would at least have the satisfaction of know ing that they had tried an experiment which they would never regret, and had placed Englishmen in a better position to deal with their unhappy countrymen in Ireland. Sir George O. Trevelyn writes: “The Kissage of the crimes bill as it stands would y Ireland bound hand and foot nt the mercy of the party in the ascendancy in Ireland, which has never been governed justly and never will, besides postponing in definitely conciliation and settlement of Ireland. The doctrine that the bill must lie supported in order to keep the present gov ernment in power is the most unsound one ever broached since I have been in public life.” LANSDOWXE REFUSES. Dublin, April 27.—The Marquis of Lans downe’s agent hies declined to accept the provisional arrangement made last week by the mediators engaged in the task of adjust ing the dispute between him and the dissat isfied p-nants on bis Lugacurren estates. This amuigement gave to leaseholders hold ing judicial rates and who had hitherto been rcluseil any concession u reduction of 15 jicr cent. in their rents iustead of the 20 per cent, they asked, and gave non-lease holders, who iiad asked lor .TO jier cent, reduction, a reduction of 20 percent, in addition to thi-se concessions the mediaUirs proposed Pi reinstap- tenant* evicted since March I for non payment, of rent upon the payment of six months’ dues. Among the other provisions of the arrange ment were one exempting tenants from costs in the present proceedings and another allowing lease holders t/i break their leases for the purpose of entering the courts for readjustment*. THE DECLINATION. The Marquis of Lansdowne's agent now declines to ratify thisan-angement, refusing Pi agree to any of the pro;used abatements. He suggest* new p-nns. and much bitti-mcs* is provokisl by a suspicion that lie has Usui using tin- negotiations merely to find out what was tU“ utmost the P-nants would volunteer in order to place his demands a few (mints Is-vond it and still within the limits of jrrobable acceptance. William O'Srien. ivhiw- pi-ojmsvt tour to Canada to stump the country against the Marquis of 1,-invlowsie was postponed on re ceipt "f the inteliigciii-e tiuit the I.uggacur ren difficulty wits idsiut P> lie w-ttied bv the above mentioned mediation, tigmatizes the agent's pir-si-iit otr,-r u- a flagrant iepu dint ion of every Ptiji of agn-iiu-nt which the public wen- Its I Pi U-lieve h.-ui Us;a a-- ceppsl. Mr. (t llrieri announces tliat h.- will no longer delay pres-eeding Pi Cana ’a Pi opimse the Marquis of Ijaiifiilowne’ii -oad'-i-t Pnvard his Irish U-naiitrj u.. originally ar ranged. Russia's Doprociatod Currency. St. I’ETERsnuiPf, April 27.- The <Wrmn,i Herald snv- tie 1 /.vr . guvcrnineat. ilesir- Ulg Pi raise the value of Itu-diui paper cur rein-y, |>ro|si.-o P have Uum-iaii i-iispnu hotus-s a ijept )sirt,ot the |nuyiii,-iit* msili for duties ui credit rnus i.iitinsl ul ,-olii at a price will' ll the goM i'iniieut shall tix. To fm-ilitop- him** tin HenOJ mi, Ku tit will ojs-ji iji all tie principal Emiqu-aii cities a liw-I m'iice ill which travi ler* may ' (cljaugi ta -1 hop at ll U.- ai eu-J un Is ius- rate Pruwiii' i EvcitmiotttiC’tl 12,1 b ReKLIK, April 27.- The honor house of i iHe prusi'uui 0118 1/ Ji 1 / iinii'.'i'itJri' iw# w i’l-su,.ihl bill to it# third reading by a vote of 'Hii to |MU Twill v-r! / fiMK ( Ihreo i onwvviit*'. m *o*4 llirst ?* liouai Liberal- uitK Uou<4 U'nui voting. A Ik few tb* Pop**. Yiessa. *j -il 27 iia- Hojtgarhut f*ri I JJJttlfr' ttlii J#lvt* #4? 14# lt*T <Hi 11G' fjCi’f, <ff ti'' lit* <* ♦'- li if 111 y o/J | ‘ iiaJiot . tin *v>/Ut *#l M'jjj 1 <#f tfiU gold lilwiuy ( , 4/py^J4 ItafeftJ'., jtf.—'l*** Hwkm %U M* 1 4 >4l44id 4u** trf** 4 .**-*•;* #* y < 1 4^*h I >4i. ■ *♦. Pi * 1144 iiw ffifliti PEACE ALMOST CERTAIN. Germany Manifests an Intention to Come to an Agreement. Paris, April 27. —Iu semi-official circles here it is believed that Germany desires to expedite the adjustment of the Schnaeboles affair, aud that arrangements are progress ing favorably at Berlin for a prompt and satisfactory settlement, which may render the dispatch of the German documents in the case to Paris unnecessary. Count Herbert Bismarck, the Imperial Minister of Foreign Affairs, has informed M, Herbette, the French Ambassador at Berlin, that Germany has received ail the documents in the Schnaebeles ease. A majority of the French newspapers sus pect that Prince Bismarck has caused delay in the settlement of the Schnaebeles case in the hope of impelling the French people to conmutting some act of folly, and they urge no abatement of the calmness which the people have hitherto maintained under provocation. The Bourse to-day opened with a lietter tone and there was a gradual rise in prices, which closed strong under rejjorts from offi cial circles that the Schnaebeles affair hud liecn nearly settled. Credit foneier rose 10 francs aud Suez canal t> francs. GERMANY TO CONCILIATE. Berlin, April 27. —The Schnaebeles inci dent is on the verge of settlement. Although the government is able to place before M. Hcriiert, the French Ambassador, absolute evidence that M. Schnaebeles had long been actively engaged in inciting conspiracy, and proof that he was arrested in Germany, it is reported in official circles that, to enneili ain France, Germany will offer to rei -ise 2J. Schnaebeles on condition that ho la? re moved from tho frontier. The papers to-day make scant reference to the affair. The Boersen, Courier advocates his release in deference to French feeling, even though there be evidence that he was a spy. A re port that France had demanded extradition of Schnaebeles is officially denied. The Superior Counsel of Education in Alsace-Lorraine has notified the directors of free schools that all books used in the schools must tic approved liy the German scholastic authorities. gautsch’s letters undated. London. April 27.—The Bust’s Berlin correspondent says that Commissary Gautsch’s letters to M. Schnaebeles are not dated. The Berlin correspondent of the Daily -W ns asserts that the German government has promised M. Herbette, the French Min ister at Berlin, that Schnaels-les will be re leased if it is proven that he was enticed across the frontier. He also says tint Comte Bourgency, Secretary of the French Em bassy at Berlin, has gone* to Paris and that he carried with him a verbal message to Minister Flourens. PACIFIC RAILROADS. The Government Committee Begins the Taking of Testimony. New York, April 27. —The Pacific Rail road Congressional Investigating Commit tee met to-day at its office in Wall street. Ex-Gov. R. E. Patterson, of Pennsylvania, swore C. P. Huntington, who was the first witness. The examination was conducted by E. Elery Anderson. After giving a his tory of the building of the road Mr! Hunt ington said the counsel of the company in Washington was mid $20,000 per year salary and was allowed from SBO,OOO to #40.000 to “explain” to the people in Washington that it was to the advantage of the public and not the company in which he was interested that the company’s scheme be approved in Con gress. Gen. Fanehot was their counsel for veal’s. Their counsel was never asked what he did with the money, nor was he called upon to produce vouchers. If lie asked for SIO,OOO he could have it, because the witness knew it would be put to good use. dozens to explain to. Mr. Huntington told the commissioners they had no idea how many people there were in Washington to whom it was neces sary to “explain.” The commissioners were surprised that no vouchers were taken for such large expenditures. Tho balance sheets published in the annual statement of the company were produced, and Mr. Huntington was asked to explain an item of #*’>2,ooo in the statement of ISTfS for legal expenses. The witness said that he could only offer the .same explanation already given that the money was used in “explaining" things at Washington. The company had to “educate” the peo ple in Washington—they had to “explain.” The witness was then asked to give an illustration, and he said: “You want to get Richard Roc, who repre sents certain districts, to do something. Well, you can t speak to him. You send into Ills district and get John Doe to tell Richard Roc that what is wanted is just the very thing for that district.” BRIBERY DISCLAIMED. The witness claimed that money bad never ijeen given to Congressmen to influence them in favor of the company, but he ad mitted that the company’s counsel had used more money than usual while Congress was sitting. Some of the money might have iss n "explained" in duunpagnodinners or cigars, What the witnesi, meant by “educating” was flint the company’* object ornle-nio would lie more for the benefit of tne public than of the comjainy They had to “ex plain" to pe./p!i' at Washington that, it was better to (mild th**ir fine on solid rock in the Buy of San Francisco tlian it was Pi lmild on spiles. Moral influence had to be brought to f**ar on the Washington people. The witness was then qu ’st.ioinsl a* to the lease of the Central I’ueiflc to the Southern l a cilic, and 1/e admitted that be was interested in both eauipaiiies, and bud recommended consolidation. RevoluMonary Proclamations. liOniion. April 2h. 2a. M. Advices from Ht. Pep.-rsliurg say that revolutionary proc lamations were MM-rctly placardnl tbiviugh isit that city Sunday threatening with dcith royalties, juiigwH and official* ,f j,|„p ter- against the < 'ar were condemned pi death. _________ France and the Vatican. JPiNE. April 27. It is weiii-officially stand Hurt tins Vatican, being informal that Krauoe i* d*>Mrou of ronjining goad leiatfisis with th- Pojie, will sifir-hrit a coin initPw of leading w'- ~ ,a*tp* pi study liw q Uewtwat* tuaJ to draft (ir-itsisais for an tUi tm-nt. Kngland to Them Her T.roe. J/iSlsifi April 27 The Hint, d/ir/t un th/i'. ti.r Himry /wu-xticeid Wolff, tin liiitldi < -/Miiu*wsier in I,g yid,, let flxirl <lw eva/xiatFai of Egypt by the British at If i t j st beta founder iqf of a Miewroer Is>* lent, April /? -To* tuail *Umtt*r y h.jujA from TafAe tat/ <e Moiiibia let* fotuidere4 AJI the m* i out everadaet* pa le/aid wan saved raw WS* a BrlttSh vwwj of on use ' '**' “ fc*' >** tiw an s—yit a. PROTECTION THE ISSUE. PIG IRON KELLEY SOUNDS THE WAR CRY OF 1888. Ho Writes a Letter from Anniston to the Americus Club’s Grant Birth day Banquet at Pittsburg The Won derful Resources of the Mineral Fields of the South. Pittsburg, Pa., Apr'l 87.—The banquet of the Americus Club of Pittsburg, com memorating the 05th anniversary of the birth of Gen. Grant, was held at Mononga liela Hall this evening. The decorations were elaborate. In the banquet hall the tables were arranged so as to represent the initials U. S. G. On the guests’ tables an immense bank of flowers was arranged,upon which the monogram “U. 8. li” was work ed. On each of throe tables the initial let ters were prominent. On the third table, at either end, were dated 182- and 1887. On the walls of the hall were portraits of Wash ington, Lincoln, Garfield, Logan and promi nent local Republican leaders in the past. Manv memorable events have occurred at this house, but that of this evening has not Ihx*u surpassed. Gov. Foraker, of Ohio, was the principal guest and the orator of the evening, peaking to the toast, Gen. Grant. CONGRESSMAN KKU.KV's LETTER. Among tiie letters of regret was read the following: The Inn, I Anniston. Ala., April iiS, 1887 ( Gentlemen-Though the invitation of the Americus Club was received on the sixth hist. I have postponed its acknowledgment in the bo|ie thut ! might accept the honor and unite with the cluli m commemorating the anniver sary of the birthday of L. 8. Grant. Circum stances have, however, denied me this pleasure. My regret is more intense Lera us.- I believe yon will, while honoring the memory of the great soldier wiioee genius preserved tlie Union, out line the held of controversy for the Presidential campaign. That this will be done wisely I am certain. While honoring the soldier wdio, in [taroling a vanquished army as brave as though less fortunate than his own, would accept no trophy that might perpetuate evil memories of the war between his country, you will emulate his example and let the dead bury the dead. On but a single jxhiit in our Presi dentist plat form do I entertain the slightest solicitude, the question of maintaining the tariff of duties on imports so thoroughly protective as to enable tne people of this bountifully en dowed region, in which since the adjournment of Congress I have found refuge from the asperities of my native climate, to avail themselves of tlie incalculable deposits of iron ore. coal and lime stone. which often confine one another in con tiguous beds bv converting them into ties with whieh to hind the profitless, lieeause ex cessive. production of their cotton Helds, by making wire rods and ware for extending auil maintaining the hundreds of thousands of miles of wire fence their fields require, and liy making water aud gas pipes, stoves, plows, wagons, shovels and other implements which they tjow purchase from a distance. American and foreign, our platform must express no heslta tiou. The time has come when The South can do all this if adequate protection shall bo guaranteed by our tariff. Southern fanners will then learn how profoundly they are inter ested iu such tariff. Yours very truly, Wm D. Kelley* CLEVELAND’S POSITION. .. 0 Senator Vest Describes His Conversa tion With the President. New York, April 27.—Senator Vest, of Missouri, is now in town, and said to a re porter this afternoon, when asked if it was true that he had reported the President as l wing determined to refuse a second term: “I never said so. I never said anything that could be construed into any such meaning. President Cleveland never told •me that he would not accept a rennmination and would soon cause the publication of a letter saving so. He never told my colleague from Mis souri anything of the kind. I never so re ported to the fit. Louis Republican. For a long time I was utterly unable to guess how such a report was started. After strictly (Toss-examining myself as to all I had heard lately I hit upon an explanation of the mat ter, find I think it is the true one. I was calling upon the President not long ago, when in the course of a conversation about the Democratic party he declared that the only ambition he bad was to so honestly and faithfully administer the affairs of the gov ernment that the people, would elect any Democrat who might be nominated in 18HS. He knew that he had been accused of selfish motives, “but,” he added, “if I could con sult only my own personal comfort I would laydown the office of President to-morrow.” That was all he said. KILLED BY A CALF. A Rope Around the Animal's Neck Caueea the Fall of a Scaffold. Monticello, 111., Aprils.—Near Mans field, in thin county, yesterday afternoon J. H. Bumfs, a wealthy farmer, wax painting the shingles of his new Lara, which three men were nailing down. All four were standing on a bracket scaffold twenty feet from the ground. A calf, running at large with a rope around its neck, manages! to wrap the rope several times around one of the posts used to supjxirt the scaffolding, jerked the post away, and the men fell upon loose rocks scattered tielow. Bums was in stantly killed, one of his tnen named Newton was fatally hurt, and the other two escaped serious iujury. St. John’s Broken Bank. St. John's, N. H., April 27.—At a meet ing of the shareholders of the insolvent Maritine Bank to-day the provisional liqui dator submitted a statement of tlx# asset m and liabilities with the rejsirt of the inspec tor t'lereon. The assets are *2. 1!2, 1.V.1, hut many of them were pronounced had. The liuhilifi are placed at the same figure. They dul not include, however, hills of cr etiange Ixaring the (sink's indorsement, amounting to tllH.b+V Accidentally Killed Himself. Deviance, O , April 1,7.- FVed Reeves, one of the militiamen from Toledo who went to guard the reservoir and State prop erty in Paulding county where citizens have l*irtially diwtreyed the oid canal n-aervoli-, iic".i|entally shot arwl hilled himself hist night. Montreal’* Receding Flood. Mowtkcal, April 27. The water 1* Mi.ill g/aijeally |seh.ig, and il lx l.*lieTd that tin- *is n Is ‘■•••I The greatest sufferer* ej i r,-.dents of J'oint Hunt Cnarles and Gnfbot own. The p'unjw iiave again Issui ■Uriel. Fiv* Killed by Coal Ammla*i>, Pa., April 27,- lUrry TrU, Michael KuiMM. 1 flirty Harr ism, f tumid Pina and Ki**n Praia**, were kliiei) this It let le sill *t Um tunnel isiiUery by * fall of inal. A h-ouxMj-Houee Burned. hw Mows, fa., Awll Si. Tt* H'slsoli rtmua Ims*, nadalttiwg haiftam < ngno*. was Uu umi ls tii night. Tie lost la *,L,- tm Mnm Mm fltoui* Mmsm _JkUUB y„ Atbtf -5. Jams* O *** )?' '<** * 4 fAiijmVXf 14*,. • •. V* ; VAw4-v.-. .. MEXICAN BONANZAS. | Two of tho Seven Lost Mines Located by American Prospectors. St. Loris, April 27.—A special from the City of Mexico triumphantly announces the discovery of two of the lost Mexican bonan za mines by an American party, Humbold wul Hamilton, anil speaks of the fabulous wealth obtained from these mines. They were worked tip to the middle of the last century. In I'tMi Indians swept over North ern Mexico and destroved Chihuahua, mid all the niiners were driven out. The In dians held control of the country so Jong that all the records were lost. Recently Lieut. Kipper, formerly of the (Jniteil States Army, W. K. Klenn, of Illinois, Capt. Allen and J. Me Intyre, of Chicago, went out on a survey in the interest of the Sonora Land Companv. and in an old chattel found maps and other i lata. Dividing into four small parties a thorough search was begun, and Mr. M lntyre’s party located the Luyopu silver mine. It. is in the midst, of thou sands of ruined buildings, among large churches and forts. Within a radius i>f four miles are WO workings, old Spanish fur naces ami tons of slag. A few days later tho Bowers party reported the discovery of (luayanoita, in the heart of tile Sierra Madro mountains. Around it are tho ruins of 11S arastras. Advices from Nogales confirm the report, and state that, a great placer held has boon located, lireat excitement prevails in min ing centres. BALD KNOBBERJTERROR. Forty-four Men Named in Eight Bills— Lawyers to Reap a Ruinous ttfljcyeat. Ozark, Mo., April -7. juattri&yftiftcr noon the grand jury retui in which forty-four Halil ehargod with assaults and •daw ■'rd rtteet ings. Some of the parties are Jltli five different offenses, and the ti.tai will reach at least eighty. Only tliieajS thewu ties have as yet been arrested. Job aWT is indicted in three cases for nttriSfinTibild ICnobber meetings and his brother in one case. M. T. Hutile is indicted in two coses, one for administering the lash. Bail is tlxed at $250 for each charge. All the indictments are for whipping, intimidating and lsiuring our Chadwick whisky. The grand jury has another lot of indictments to lie reported on adjournment which it is expected will take place to-day. The prose cuting attorney says there will be seventy five Bald Knobbers indicted on '..'00 charges. Home very important witnesses and several influential citizens, supposed to be under the ban, have suddenly left the country. This is a sad community. Old men,reverends, deacons, doctors and tho like are selling their life's accumulations to raise a sum to retain lawyers to defend their misguided sons. Tim lawyers’ harvest will be rich, but it will nearly bankrupt the community'. The trials are set for the fall term of the I court, the first men indicted for the Eiluns murder having plead not guilty. SUNDAY CLOSINJ. The Cases Against Washington Trades men Up in pourt. Washington, April 27.—The cases of a number of druggists and merchants charged with keeping open their places of business on Sunday came up for trial to-day in the Police Court. John I. Hall, a grocer of South Washington, based his defense on the ground that the law forbids the opening of places of business on “the Sabbath," or sev enth day of the week, not on “Sunday,” which is the first day. Judge Shell, how - ever, mi authority of Webster's Dictionary, held the words “Sabbath” and “Sunday” to ixj synonymous. A fine of £2O or thirty days in the workhouse was imposed in each fuse. The defendants were constructively committed to the custody of the workiiou.->e authorities in order that they might apply fora writ of habeas corpus and t/-stthe validity of the law in the higher courts. SUICIDE OF A BONIFACE. Weary of an Up-Hill Fight, He Throws Himself Into tho River. Home, Ga., April 27.—About 4 o’clock this morning A. D. Clinard left his room at the Central Hotel and has not boon seen since. His hat was found on the hank of tho Oosta naula liver, near tiny bridge, and the suppo sition is that he has committed suicide. Before leav in;; his room he took his private |>apcrs and watch from his pocket and placed them on the table. Mr. Chun rd came nice from Athens, (in., on March 1, und tool; charge of the Central Hotel, but lias not been successful in the management, and has liotn very despondent in consequence. MILLS BLOWN TO ATOMS. Explosions Complete tho Work Begun by Fire. Xkw York, April 27. —The Bel lon Dye ing, Printing and Bleaching Company’s mill at Bronxville, West Chester county, just outside the city limits, took fire about.’! o'elo-k this morning, and after burning fiercely a short time were scattered to the four winds by a series of explosions, which shook the neighborhood like earthquake*. The mills were totally demolished. The ex plosions were caused by stetmi generated ill the large metal drying cylinders, of which there were übout fot) iu the mills. The loss is *1.10,000. Trainmen Killed. Haiiiiisoxhi iui, Va., April 27.—A freight train going north on the Valley branch of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad whs wrecked notir Timbersville station alsiut 1 o'clock to-day. Billy Cooley, of Btraoburg, Va,, u brake.'min, was killed, and Edward Russell, Mie conductor, was Uuily hurt. There were seven passengers on the train, but no others wore hurt. Three cars were demolished. The eau-e of the aceidoot is unknown, the engine having kept the track. He Loved Them Madly, f'oi.n Water, Mich., April 27. Last night Thomas Johnson, of Knoxville, Tenn., formerly of this city, mortally wounded Gt*r> \V. Gardiner and slightly wounded Mrs. Gardiner, his former wife, mid then killed himself. Johnson lutd lx*en nqiariitcd from the woman several years, and Gurdi ncr had been married to her about two jrxrs. Johnson hail ls*'ii hers a in an effort to Ids v-hihlr**ii, w hich Mrs. Gardiner <1 Hie I Pi him, and the null it was this tragedy. Tho Government's Oaah Account. Vi'xsm” r iTov, April 27. The total r.- eelptmif tl*’government so far this iiuinti, are pf7.121.0tT, ami the total exjx-ndituren aim iMI.u.-.' .'M hiitng a net gain for the naaithof *IA,.'iUI, H 4l. Heavy rarlils an I <xsn|iraGveiy tight dial all sen unit* Indi'-atc a ior roots >tx fin gly large reduction in it* inzt.il'* ■! Ik for the mouth, now >wtituaU*.i at iwtwi>-n and lIA.IZKfJUi, Virginia and Wat Virginia. C'MAaosvro*. W. Va, Aprit 27,—A nsw> lute si was ntWoOuMpl Wt tb- KeuaLs P.-dav b f/s u sUiHimil of fbs idaun of Virgin*, m*w W*t Viipua* for gfitfeyißiaatatg ( PHICF, $lO \ YE \R. I '( ft HATH A OPV. f fJOV.GORnONIXASTUPOR CLAIMS THAT HIS CONDITION 18 NOT DANGEROUS. A Probability That He Will Bo Taker, to Atlanta To-Day Judge Gaston Possibly Fatally Injured in a Runa way -• Arrest of a Man Suspected ol . Two Murders. Augusta, Ga., April 27. —Gov. Gordon was somewhat improved to-day. He is in a kind of stupor and has not hci ri able to lea vs his bed, but lie has become so much better that it is proposed to carry him to Atlanta on the fast mail in the morning. The ides prevails in the city that he is a much sicker man than *is generally admitted, and it it thought that those who have access to CoL Phinizy’s house do not core to say what tho real condition of tho Governor is. His wife is constantly by Ids side, and Hugh Oolrpptt is also present, to minister to his father's wants. A gentleman just from the bedside of the Governor says lid is still weak aud nervous, hut tliut there is no danger now. Tin* Governor expresses a desire to get back to Atlanta. POSSIBLY FATALLY INJURED. Probat" .Juilgo John T. Gaston, of Aikca was thrown fioni his buggy by a runaway horse this morning und i. is tliought wus Ca? tally hurt. "Rill” Garvin, the alleged murderer ol ‘•Bill” Hankins in atWny;.c-i>o oayearago, was arrested here to-day. He has two mur del sto answer for. Hi latest victim h liuried. A reward of * 175 for his arrest had lieen standing for some time. The annual meeting of the Georgia Socie ty for the Prevention of (Ji uelty to Ani mals was held hero to-day. Routine busi ness was transacted and officers elected. Nothing of importance transpired. THE POWELL CASE. The Powell case, which has lieen mttc courts for years, was Mettled to-day. it vraN suit brought, against thest damages sustained bj yoJt H, IWil ug pri-nmtllrely. Ttia iv.n\ |m 1 Tiie iiniuml meeting the Sibley Mill was liel< I to May. TfTe’coudi tion of tin- mill is liist-iifts|y i't> c old offi cers and directors were re-elected. The wooden Jail of Burke county wai burned last night. One prisoner escaped. William Boyle wliile making improve meats on his place, corner of Kightn and Calhoun streets, dug up an old kettle con taining £1,460. A law suit is promised as to the ownership. William Clifford, deceased, owned the property for years, and it is lie lieved the money was his. He has a son La Savannah. AN EARLY BLAZE. Augusta, Ga., April 2is, a. m.— A gro cery store on the corner of Marbury street and Railroad avenue, the property of G. C. Chandlers, was burned at 1 o'clock thii morning. The loss is placed at (1,000. An explosion of a can of jiowder occurred, bn# nolsjdy was hurt. PALMER'S PAL. He Foolishly Retraces His Steps and ia Arrested. Thomasville, Ga., April 27. —The :3C o’clock passenger train to-night from Albany brought Sheriff Hurst and the burglar who tried to kill him a few' week ago at Bacon? ton. A man lioardol the 11:10 o’t-.’o-k pus sengcr this morning with a ticket from Jacksonville to Cincinnati. When Con din-tor Ward iiussed through the car lie iiu med lately recognized him as the man who was with WUson Palmer at Boconton on the day after the burglaries here. Capt. Ward wired Sheriff Swindle, of Albany, to make tin- arrest. Sheriff Hurst went to Albany on the fast rn ift at I :45 o’clock and to-night brought liack his prisoner. Several hundred people met the train at the depot and onortetl the welcome visitor to the jail. Palmer was yesterday sentenced to twenty years in the penitentiary. GEORGIA’S CAPITAL CITY. Mrs. Beckwith’s Funeral The Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons. Atlanta, Oa., April 27. —In the City Court to-day Judge Vac. Eppa fined C. P. Johnson #3OO for violating the prohibition law. Johnson keeps a wine room on Deca* tur street, There were three cases against him. He plead guilty iu one ana the other actions were not pressed. The funeral of Mrs. Beckwith took place this afternoon at 4 o'clock at St. Luke’s cathedral. Hectors llolly, of St. Phillip's, and Barret, of St. Luke's, officiated. The service was impressively performed. Tha remains were laid to rest at Oakland. Tlie Grand Ciiapter of Royal Are.h Ma sons held their sixty-fifth annual convoca tion here to-day. One hundred delegates were present, representing the sixty-twe chapters of the State. A CREW UNDER A CLOUD. Abduction and Murder of a Negresa Laid at Thoir Door. Charleston, S. C., April 27.—A consta ble from Adams Hun arrived here to-day with a warrant for the arrest of Capt F. Ancrum and crew, of the < easting schoonet Dalmatcr, which plies between here and the sea islands, and who are charged with the idxluction and miu'der of a negro girl named lona Keiitt. The girl's laxly was found in South Edieto river, and showed marks of violence. The prisoners were sent to Adams Him. A lild robbery was perpetrated tody in the First National Bunk. W. F. Quincy, clerk of A. J. Salinas ft Hors, cotton factors, went to the Ismk to make a de ixisit. He had about * I.(Xk) in bills, which rie carried under liis arm in a lxxk. The thief snatched the bills and made his escape. The Cabinet and Henatorial visitor* are at lending a reception to-night at George \V. William*' residence. They will leav* for Washington to-inorrow afternoon. Three Brothers Drowned. Baltimore. April 27.—Three young son* of George W. Hayward, a prominent mer chant ol Solomon’s Island, in the southern part of Maryland, were drowned last night. Tho hoy* with colored man were return ing hi u sail hixit from a visit across the hay. The float was I :i|>!.ized in II heavy gale UC two of the Ixiy* were swept away in the darku<*ss. Tlie mlorud man and Bernard the vnuilgeat boy, dung to the must until daylight when Bernard lost his hold and wa* drowned. The colored man wo* picked up by a jiawlug teasel. A Rector Fatally Injured. Umknapa, Misn., April 27.- W, P. Fowler and Mr. Hlivers, mwr nf the Episcopal church, lind a difficulty to-day, tu which Mr. Hllvwr* wax in,utility wouudtuL The cause (if tlw trouble is not known. Mr. Hiliem nay* Mr. Fowler wea j i-titLM. W tha .kwd. Two Killed at the Aq iaduot Kgw Voua. Aisii ST. Two men wr k*Ut (M lb# *>■ uqu**iutt work* Mlslif, < >tm Mi down a yW> tvek tail up-u th* ■Ah*.