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A MOB ATTACKS O'BRIEN.
Two of His Party Knocked
Down With Stones.
POLICE MAKE NO EFFORT TO DIS
PERSE THE RIOTERS.
The Agitator and His Little Band Stand
at Bay Against a Wail With no
Weapons With Which to Defend
Themselves -New York Newspaper
Men in the Party, and One of Them
Badly Injured.
Toronto, May 18.—This evening Presi
dent J. A. Mulligan, of the local branch of
the National League, called at the hotel and
asked Mr. O’Brien to go out and have a
walk. Several gentlemen present suggested
that it would not lie prudent in the dark
ness. Mr. O’Brien, however, persited in
going. Upon leaving the hotel with his
friends a mob .groaned and hissed
into Mr. O’Brien’s face such cries as
“Away, traitor;” “Down with tho dyna
miter,” and “God save the Queen." “Come
on,” said Mr. O’Brien, smiling. “These men
don't own the street,” and the three pushed
through the crowd, with Mr. Mulligan and
K. B. Teefy bringing up the rear. A riot
-seemed imminent, as the Orangemen were
armed with stout sticks, just as they were
at the meeting.
A PACK OF COWARDS.
They came up to Mr. O’Brien as he strode
along with his friends, and shoved him and
jostled against him. making several at tempts
to strike him. He dodged tho blows, how
ever, and his friends rallied around him,
but they were as ode to fifty. The faithful
body of guards was broken "again and again
and Mr. O’Brien driven up against a
wall. Here, with Messrs. Kilbride,
Wall, Mulligan and Cahill, the little party
stood at bay, Mr. O’Brien shouting at the
top of his voice: “You cowardly dogs, don’t
you see we are not armed. Let us alone.”
Hisses and cries of “God save the Queen ’
and groans for the “dynamiters” greeted this
appeal. Two policemen stood near by, but
made no effort to disperse the mob.
BOMBARDED WITH BRICKS.
The party then turned into King street,
while trie crowd increased. From the win
dow's of some of the houses broken bricks
were dropped down on tho crowd. Mr.
O’Brien and his party, however, escaped in
jury so far. As the "party turned into Bay
street D. P. Cahill, Secretary of the local
branch of the league, had his hat knocked off
; by a stone. Now the Orangemen began their
real attack, for Bay street furnished a
good opportunity, being covered with clay,
broken bricks and cobblestones. Mr.
O'Brien had on a tali hat, which furnished
a taiget. Mr. Wail was on his right and
Mr. Kilbride aud J. A. Mulligan on his left.
A volley of broken bricks and cobblestones
soon came flying from the Orangemen,
missing the heads, but knocking plastering
off an adjacent wall.
MR. WALL KNOCKED SENSELESS.
Shouts of “To hell with the Pojie,” “Kill
tie traitor,” and so on rose high above the
din. The O'Brien party were still on the
sidewalk and the Orangemen thronged the
street. D. T. Kellogg, a reporter of the
New York Sun, now rushed beliiud Mr.
0 Brien and was about to warn him when
a done struck Mr. O’Brien's hat. Mr. O’Brien
stooped his head and J. M. Wall, who was
standing by his side, lifted his head to look
iu the direction whence the stones came,
when a huge stone struck him on the side of
the head and tumbled him heels over head.
He reeled into Johnson lane and fell upon a
heap of stones. Dennis Kilbride, Mr. Teefy,
Treasurer of the National League, amt Mr.
Mann, a Telegram reporter, lifted him up
and carried him into Hooper's drug store,
where his wound was dressed by Dr. Fraser,
and he was then heljied to the Rossin House.
Tho cut is two inches long and slightly above
the left temple.
A COWARDLY POLICEMAN.
“Take care of this man,” said Mr. Teefy,
addressing a policeman. “He is wounded.”
“Let him take care of himself,” returned
tkepolicenian, “what do they want here.”
Mr. O’Brien and his friends then turned
into Wellington street, stones still flying,
and the yells growing louder, if possible,
than ever. Mr. O’Brien attempted to take
refuge in Sharp's laundry, and failing,
rushed into the bicycle store of Thomas Lalor
adjoining. A volley of stones shuttered the
windows and the mob burst into the
store yelling like demons and showering
missiles in the direction which Mr. O’Brien
hail gone. Some ladies and old women
screamed and fainted, while the mob tumbled
pelimell over bicycles and other machinery,
smashing them one against the other iu
savage fury, mid amid cries of “Kill the
traitor!” “Lansdovi neforever!" Mr. O’Brien,
however, was safely led away by C. Cash
man, an official of the Crown Lands De
partment aud reached his hotel hi safety.
CAHILL KNOCKED DOWN.
D. P. Cahill was knocked do ah and re
ceived two dangerous cuts, and more than a
score of other i>ersons wore more or less
seriously injured. Two more police ap
peared. musing four iu all in the presence
cf a crowd’or fully 1,000 rioters, who had
possession of the streets, throwing bricks at
the group of unarmed men. Treasurer
reefy, of the local branch of tho league,
sent out the Allowing telegrams to the
* e *dcrs in New York and Chicago:
“Mr. O’Brien was mobbed in the streets of
Toronto by Orangemen to-night. J. M.
"all, of the New York Tribune, is seriously
wounded.”
Police Hergcant Adair got a out In tho
head, and when his three comrades saw this
they moved away. Up to midnight tho
neighborhood of the hotel was tilled with a
mcitj, who groaned and yelled to their
.arts content, and disported at a late hour
wita cries of “Hang O’Brien.” Mr. U'Brieu
said to an Associated Press report or: “Lord
Lansdowne has done his worst. His police
men absolutely surrendered ns to the mob,
and lmd we not taken refuge in the bicycle
house we would have been killed.”
THE BANQUET TO O BRIEN.
The banquet given to Mr. O’Brien
Right, was tho most largely
and representative, accord
ing to Chairman Mulligan, seen here for
years. Not only was the toast of “The
yueen not drank, but every mention of the
name of Lord Lansdowne, tier official repre
sentative, called forth hisses There was no
sign of the British flag, although the union
Jack floated over the platform at the
Vueen s Park meeting. This incursion
J the Irish agitators seems to have
Changed the whole face of ('amidinn poli
nnd It is thought will have an impor
tant bearing on the future of the parties in
Dominion. The extreme sensitiveness
at the outset to criticism of any sort,,
whether of Canadian institut ions generally
,j" °* Lord Jjinsdowne particularly, where
ino critic happened not to be a resident in
tno country, has given m, and now men
,vo taken sides, nnu iu the ho-
s . a, .'d on tho streets comparisons
•re issue made and the battle is be
“}&Jf ou f?ht over tho relative advantages
twing American citizens or Canadian Rule
ITljf JHofnittg
jects of her majesty. The Orangemen seem
to feel that they have committed a blunder
not in having attacked the speakers, but in
not having done so half well enough. They
now express disappointment because they
allowed the meeting to take place at all.
Mr. 0 Brien has added Hamilton to his list,
where riotous demonstrations are certain to
occur. He will speak there Monday, May
-Si, in Ottawa to-morrow and in Kingston
Friday.
PUSHING COERCION.
The Government Again Enforces the
Cloture Rule in the Houpe.
London, May IN. —The House of Com
mons in committee this afternoon began
consideration of the clause section of the
coercion amendment bill. These clauses
propose to extend summary jurisdiction to
conspiracy, boycotting, resistance to eviction
and offenses designated as the white boy
acts.
Mr. Healy moved an amendment limiting
the operation of the clause to offenses com
mitted after the passage of the act. This
was rejected by a vote of 128 to 100.
Timothy Healy moved that before any
person could be prosecuted under the provi
sions of the clause the fiat of the Attorney
General upon sworn information must first
be obtained.
Mr. Holmes, Attorney General for Ireland,
declared that the adoption of such an
amendment would render the clause incapa
ble of being worked.
The amendment was lost by a vote of 219
to 145.
OMISSION MOVED.
Rt. Hon. George Shaw Lefevre, (Liberal,)
moved the omission of the sub-section
making punishable by summary jurisdiction
the act of conspiring to induce any one not
to fulfill legal obligations, or not to use or
occupy land, or not to deal with or work for
any one, or to induce any to interfere
with the administration of the law. This,
he contended, was the section which was
meant to be used in the interest of
Irish landlords in the collection of rente by
criminal iaw lieiore unfriendly tribunals.
No previous coercion act contained any
thing analogous to this sub-section. It ex
posed tenants to summary conviction by
resident magistrates interested in preventing
combinations against rackreute. It de
prived tenants of the ordinary protection
accorded English laborers and workmen
against unfairness on the part of employers.
[Cheers.] Mr. Holmes contended that the
section applied only to criminal combina
tions.
The debate was proceeding when Mr. W.
11. Smith moved cloture.
This was carried by a vote of 230 to 143.
Mr. Shaw Le evre’s motion was rejected,
the vote being 223 to 143.
The House then adjourned.
ATTITUDE OF THE EIGHTY CLUB.
At a meeting of the Eighty Club to-day
to determine the attitude of the club to
ward Mr. Gladstone’s Irish policy 143 mem
bers voted in approval of home rule and
against coercion, and 55 voted in favor of
coercion and against home rule.
Mr. Parnell was in the lobby of the House
of Commons to-day. He wore a large
mufHer anil looked feeble and emaciated.
Sir George O. Trevelyn, in a speech at
Manchester to-day, said he agreed with
Lord Harrington that Parliament ought to
represent the whole kingdom and reserve to
itself control ox subordinate legislatures.
UNIONISTS ROUTED.
Bristol, May 18. —The Unionist meeting
to-day was swamped by the Gladstonians.
.Sir H. James, who was to have delivered an
address, was unable to obtain a hearing and
the meeting broke up in disorder.
FRANCE’S CRISIS.
War Looked Upon in Germany as Al
most Inevitable.
Paris, May 18.—President Grevy sum
moned M. Clemeuceau, M. Ferry. M. Deves,
M. DeFreyciuet, M. RouvierandM. Raynal,
to the palace to-day aud had interviews
with each of these gentlemen in relation to
the formation of.a new Cabinet. It is the
general belief that M. DeFreycinet will be
charged with the duty of constructing a
new Ministry.
It is reported that M. DeFreycinet, if he
undertakes the task of forming a Cabinet,
will retain none of the present ministers.
HOW GERMANY LOOKS AT IT.
Berlin, May 18.—Government circles
here are confident that Gen. Boulanger will
retain the French war portfolio. The opin
ion is expressed that whether a De Freyciuet-
Boulangeror aClemenceau-Boulanger Cabi
net lie formed the result will be the same.
Continuous preparations for war must end
in war. A Freyeinet Cabinet without Gen.
Boulanger would be regarded as a pledge of
peace. The crisis in Fi ance has not affected
the Berlin bourse.
RIOTING IN RUSSIA.
Peasants Attack Laud Owners in a
Dispute Over Woods.
St. Petersburg, May 18.— The rioting re
ported from Narva, to which place troops
have been sent, is tho result of embittered dis
putes between the peasants and land ownors
regarding the ownership of certain woods.
Eight villages in the vicinity are concerned
in the quarrel. It is known that the peas
ants have attacked the land owners, but
further than that nothing is known about
the riot.
Trip of the Czar.
St. Petersburg, May 18. —The Czar and
Czarina arrived at the city of Novo Tcher
'kask, file capital of the Don Cossacks coun
try, this morning. They entered the town
in state and subsequently attended divine
service at tho cathedral.
ANOTHER PLOT UNEARTHED.
Brussels, May 18.—A Berlin telegram
says that the police at Novo Tcherka.sk have
unearthed a (dot to kill the Czar, and that
thirty arrests have been made.
The Church and the Knights.
Rome. May 18.—The Po;>e, after having
examined Cardinal Manning’s justification
of Cardinal Gibbons’memorial in favor of
the recognition of the Knights of Lutior by
the church, bus instructed Cardinal Kitneoiu,
Prefect of the Propaganda, to confer with
those Cardinals and settle the question in
accordance with the views of tho Vatican.
Amorlcans Assassinate a Mexican.
City or Mexico, May 18.—News cornea
from Mazatlan that two Americans assss
-i noted Eumique Nassau, manager of the
Hueiando Totnil. The Americans weie
placed under arrest and conducted under
military escort to the city, where they are
awaiting trial.
Life a Burden in Germany.
Berlin, May 18.—Tho police returns show
that on Sunday last eleven persons in Berlin
committed or attempted suicide.
Death of a Medical Dean.
Paris, May 18.— Dr. Ed me Felix Alfred
Vtilpian, Dean of the Faculty of the Acade
my of Medicine, is dead.
Vicar General Quinn’a Funeral.
New York, May 18. —The funeral of Vi
car General Quinn took place this morning
at fit. Patrick's Cathedral with imposing
ceremonies.
SAVANNAH, GA., THURSDAY, MAY 19, 1887.
NEGRO EDUCATION.
Annual Meeting of the Trustees of the
Slater Fund.
Fortress Monroe, May IS. —The annual
meeting of the trustees of the Slater fund
for the promotion of education among the
freedmen, was held at the Hygeia Hotel to
day. The President of the Ixiunl, Hon. R.
B. Hayes, of Ollio, was in the chair. The
other membei’S present were Senator Col
quitt, of Georgia: Rev. Dr. Boyce, of Ken
tucky; Messrs. W. E. Dodge and John A.
Stewart, of New York: D. C. Greman, of
Maryland, and W. A. Slater, of Connecti
cut. From the report of the General Agent,
Dr. Haygood, of Georgia, it appears that
$40,000 has been disbursed during the past
year from the income of the fund, an ad
vance of SIO,OOO upon the disbursements of
the y\.r before.
statistical information.
His report, which is printed, contains a
large amount of statistical information in
regard to tho progress of the schools which
have received Slater aid. Every institution
thus helped must, in addition to other in
struction, provide industrial training. It is
manifest that this condition which was
thought questionable at first, now meets
with almost unanimous approbation. Forty
two schools, most of them training schools
for teachers, have been aided during the
year in sums varying from S3OO to SB,OOO.
The report of the Treasurer shows that the
original capital of the fund, $1,000,000, lias
been slightly augmented and its securities
are well invested.
THE ALLOWANCE FOR THE YEAR.
The session of the board was devoted to
consideration of the wants of the various
schools receiving aid, and an aggregate al
lowance of $45,000 was made for the years
1887-8. Dr. Haygood assured the board
that there are many signs of increasing in
terest at the South in tue problem of negro
education, and that wise methods of pro
ceedure have been promoted by the agency
of the latter fund. During the year he has
travelled 15,000 miles and delivered over 200
addresses and sermons, hesidi* collecting a
vast amount of information by correspon
dence and personal interviews.
THE PARTY AT FORTRESS MONROE.
Ex-President Hayes, Senator Colquitt, of
Georgia; President Gilman, of Johns Hop
kins University, and a number of other
prominent educators have arrived here to
attend the closing exercises of the Hampton
Normal School to-morrow.
ABLAZE IN AN IN3TANT.
A Roll of Wall Paper and a Lamp
Start a Disastrous Fire.
Hillsboro, Tex., May. 18.—Late Mon
day night E. L. Nicholson, a druggist, was
putting wall paper in the racks, and his
brother was throwing it up to him. One
bundle he failed to catch, and it fell back on
the lamp, and in an instant everything was
in a blaze. The lamp was not more than
ten feet from several barrels of wiiisky, tur
jientine and kerosene. E. L. Nicholson
barely escaped with his life. Tho fire spread
rapidly. The whole block, excepting the
storehouse of W. H. Ellington & Cos., was
speedily consumed. The house occupied by
W. H. Ellington was badly damaged. The
loss is $120,000 and the insurance $83,000.
ANIMALS BURNED TO DEATH.
San Francisco, May 18—Fire which
started in Michaellson, Roth & Co.’s slaugh
ter house, at South Sau Francisco last
night, destroyed nearly all entire square, in
eluding some of the largest slaughter
houses. A large number of sheep, hogs and
hoi-ses was burned to death. The loss is
SIOO,OOO. __
SURROUNDED BY FIRE.
Three Hundred Men in a Lumber Camp
Faced by Death.
Detroit, Mich., May 18.—A special from
Marquette says: “At 9 o'clock to-night news
was received from Camp 3, on the Summit
division of the Duluth, South Shore and
Atlantic railroad extension, that the camp
was surrounded by fire. George Grolet,
a timber contractor, and eight men
escaped through a mile of fire
and smoke, leaving 300 Italians in camp
fighting for their lives. Every available
dish, including cooking utensils, is in use,
aud the only water available is from a well
and small creek some distance away. An
attempt was made to remove the sick men
of the party, but it failed. When Grolet
and his party were a short distance away
they heard great shouting and saw big
flames and believe that the camp was
burned. If so it is feared there will lie a
great loss of life among the panic-stricken
Italians. The report is authentic and great
fears are felt for the men in the camp.
EXECUTED BY SOLDIERS.
Three Mexican Train Wreckers Pay
the Death Penalty.
City of Mexico, May 18.—A week ago
a train on tho Mexican National railroad
ran over and killed a Mexican near Patso
eura. Friends of the dead man undertook
to retaliate and put a big rock on a curve.
The engine of a passenger train struck it
and the American engineer was in
jured and the Mexican fireman
was killed. Thirty-three arrests were
made. The investigation resulted in
the selection of three victims, and sen
tence was immediately passed. Shortly after
sunrise yesterday the three were marched
to the scene of tins disaster, stood up before
ail adobe wall, and a file of soldiers at rim
paces distance fired a volley at them. The
men fell at the first tire. A sergeant
stepped forward to the bodies, put a revol
ver close to each head and blew out the
brains. The corpses lay for some time where
they fell as a warning against more train
wrecking.
Convict Love of Liberty.
Raleigh, N. C.,May 13.—Four State con
victs, all colored, out of a gang of aliout
thirty, being taken to work on the Govern
or’s Mansion in this city this morning, mad
n break for liberty as they reached the
stockade around the building. Three were
shot by the guard and thus secured. The
fourth made good his escape. Another con
vict afterwards scaled the stockade and es
caped. No one was killed.
Timber Depredation Agents.
Washington, May 18.—The following
appointments have I wen made iu the General
Land Office: John Mason of Virginia, and
Arthur Grabowski of Georgia, timber dep
redation agents.
The acting Secretary of the Treasury to
day appointed Simpson A, Hagood to be
storekeeper and gauger at Lawrcneeville,
Ga. '
Norfolk and Western's Loams.
New York. May 18.—A director of the
Norfolk and Western railroad states that
beside the $2,500,000 in bonda sold at 92
to a Philadelphia .syndicate to pay for the
Clinch Vailoy extension, there will be an
issue of $4,060,000 hi preferred stock which
will be offered to stockholder at 52 1-2.
Consul General at Paris.
Washington. May 18. —The President to
day appointed Maj. J. L. Rath bone, of Cali
fornia. is to lie Consul General at Pari*.
CLAUSE FOUR AS A YOKE.
THE QUEEn\nD CRESCENT ROAD
ASKS ITS SUSPENSION.
Competition With Water Routes the
Ground on Which the Request is
Based Danville's Board of Trade
Wants the Law Enforced-Judge
Cooley Explains the Powers of the
Commtesion.
Washington May 18.—The Intel-state
Commerce Commission devoted some time
to-day to hearing arguments upon the
application of the Queeu and Crescent Rail
way System for a permanent suspension of
the fourth section of the interstate com
merce law. John C. Gault, General Man
ager of the system, first addressed the com
mission. He described the line of the
Queen aud Crescent load ; jointing out its
general proximity to the Mississippi river
and other water routes. The system, he
said, had considerable business which it
would like to retain, and to this end he
hoped to obtain permanent relief from wa
ter competition.
GROWING SFECmr.
Chairman Cooley inquired at what points
they sought relief f
Mr. Gault replied that they wished to lie
relieved from tnis competition wherever it
affected the system. He read a jpetition pre
pared by the officers of the road, setting out
the effect of water competition in reducing
cotton rates, with a view to demonstrating
the justice of their request to have
the temporary suspension made jicr
manent,, It was stated in the
paper that the practice of steamboat lines
has been to make daily such rates as may
lie necessary to enable them to secure traffic.
The chief ground for asking relief arises
from the fart that the roads desire to par
ticipate to a certain extent in this traffic,
which they cannot afford to do if they are
required to reduce all of their
rates in proportion to those
necessary to meet water eompetiou,
THE EFFECT ON THE TOWNS.
Chairman Cooley asked if, in fixing rates,
any account wits taken of the effect upon a
town, or were they fixed simply in tho in
terest of the roads. Something liad been
said about competitiou as a reason why
rates should be cut down.
Mr. Gault replied that his road had little
to do with fixing rates. That was done by
the Southern Railway Association. He did
not wholly approve of the system that gov
erned the relation of these rates. He lio
lieved in fixing rates that would be just to
all, and he would rather have a dozen thriv
ing towns on his road than a large city. His
road was willing and anxious to give the
law a fair trial aud only asked to be relieved
from water competition; that meant the
Ohio and Mississippi rivers chiefly.
some stupidity.
In answer to Commissioner Bragg, the
speaker explained Tsy illustrating his reason
for holding that the system of fixing rates
followed by the Southern Railway Associa
tion, which made every local station a com
petitive point, resulted in very much higher
rates and was characterized ill some cases
bv stupidity. To the chairman, Mr. Gault
said that even if their request was granted
his company did not propose to make any
local rate between Cincinnati and Atlanta
higher than the through rate. Cotton was,
he said, about the only interest he thought
of which had been favored with special rate.
pig iron rates.
The roads would be glad to include pig
iron in a special arrangement making rates
dependant upon the market price of iron.
This could be done without violating the
long and short haul clause. He did not be
lieve that any special concession was neces
sary to develop the large lumber industry
of the South. Lumber was in great de
mand in the North and the business was con
stantly increasing. Michigan car builders
consumed great quantities of it. He did
not think that there was anything the pig
iron or lumber men need worry about at
all.
changes since the war.
The chairman inquired if rates were fixed
with relation to their effect upon the inter
est of particular towns.
Mr. Gault—The management of the South
ern roads has been wise. Tho system of
rates is peculiar to the South. When tho
country was in poverty after the war plant
ers had to iiorrow money to put in their
crops. Larger towns made loans, and
through that advantage wore enabled to
control trade and acquire the benefits of
low rates.
The Chniiman—But you think the time
lias come when that system should cease?
Mr. Gault—Yes.
The Chairman —Is there no other comp>e
titions than water competition that would
justify the intervention of tho commission?
Suppose a State road free from the jurisdic
tion of tho commission should push un
interstate road, Suppose the interstate road
was on the bonier of Canada.
Mr. Gault—Where there are no water
rates we would not ask for relief. I can’t
speak advisedly with reference to Canadian
competition, but my general belief is that
whero there were other elements beyond
water traffic in competition a road had no
right to ask relief. If competitors did busi
ness at a cheap rate every road should do it
as cheaply. I desire to lie understood that
I do not antagonize petitions put in by other
Southern railroad companies.
The Chairman—'Tbe commission does no*
understand that you have endeavored to do
any such thing.
DANVILT.K COMPr.AI.VR.
Representative) Cab'll, of Virginia, ap
peared for the Board of Trade of Danville,
Va., and moile a complaint against the
Richmond and Danville railroad. Since
that road lmd acquired control of the Vir
ginia Midland, he said, rates bad been
greatly advanced, and trie interests of the
town ruined. The lioard charged that the
Richmond and Danville. Virginia Midland,
mid other Western and Northern connec
tions, liave violated the first, third, and
other sections of the interstate law by means
of direct and indirect draw backs in favor of
other plaix* and against Danville, and by
charging other points lews for a long haul
than was charged to Danville for short
hauls.
THE REQUESTS FOR SUSPENSION'.
Tbo requests for a suspension of the fourth
section came mainly from railroad corpora
tions, which it was the intention of Congress
to curb in the interest of the people. One
grant of such a claim would be a precedent
for further demands, and tbe law itself,
which was reasonably clear and fair, would
be converted into a measure for the oppres
sion of those whose rights it was intended to
protect. When Mr. Calxdl had concluded,
it was suggested that his general charges
should lie put In specified form, so that flic
commission might deal with them. The
bearing was then closed for the day.
POWERS Or THF. COMMISSION.
In reply to an application from the
General Traffic Manager of the Minnesota
and Northwestern Railroad Company for a
KUMjwnsion of the fourth auction of the inter
state commerce law, Judge Cooley, Chair
man of tbe Interstate Commission, ha*
written him a long letter defining the powers
of the commission in certain cases, and ex
plaining why it, must hold his application
for some further time under advisement.
The features of the letter are as follows:
The fourth section of the art to regulate
commerce was intended to establish a gen
eral law that more should not lie charged for
transportation for a shorter than a longer
haul over the some line in the same direc
tion, under circumstances and conditions
substantially similar. Cougress in passing
tbe net must he understood to have deter
mined that any incidental injuries that
might flow from the enforcement of tiie gen
era) rule would Is- more than couiiterlial
auced by the resulting Is-netlt.
exceptions contemplated.
The commission, of course, does not ex
pect to question the correctness of this de
termination, but to enforce it so far as it
may fall within its duty to do so. The art,
nevertheless, contemplates that there may
be cases in which public interest may lie
subsf-rved by suspending the general rule
so far as to except such oases from its opera
tion. The commission will not at this time
enter upon a critical examination of the
provision which was made for such suspen
sion, but it may be useful to call your atten
tion to a few considerations, which are ob
vious on the face of the law.
WHEN ENFORCEMENT IS IMPERATIVE.
First.. It is obvious that the cases the law
contemplates, in which tho commission is
authorized to make orders for a suspension,
are exceptional cases, and that when only
general reasons operate the, general law
shall be left to its general course, however
serious may he the consequences, in particu
lar cases and to particular roods and inter
ests.
Second. It is also mode plain by the act
that any order for suspension was intended
to Ist based upon an investigation which
would satisfy the i-onimission that the case
was in fact exceptional, and fairly within
the intent of the provision made for relief.
Tin- jurisdiction of the couimissson to make
orders was evidently meant to be somewhat
closely restricted.
AN ERRONEOUS NOTION.
A vague notion prevails in some quarters
that power has been conferred upon the
commission to interfere anywhere and for
any reasons satisfactory to itself in order to
prevent what it may think is likely to be
harmful, but you, of course, indulge in no
such baseless notion. The commission must
find its authority in the law and not in its
own ideas of right and policy
Third. It must be assumed that Congress
intended the general law, in its main feature
at least, to tie a permanent law lor the coun
try. It must therefore have contemplated
that considerable sacrifices would necessari
ly be submitted to by some parties and in
terests while the general law was being es
tablished, for the very obvious reason that
it would be quite impossible to introduce
considerable changes in the branch of the
law which concerns so intimately the com
merce of the country without serious conse
quences to some private interest.. In all
such cases incidental injuries are necessar
il y borne for the general good,and if the Leg
islature mis judges as to what the general
good demands, it is to be expected that in
due time it will provide a remedy.
Judgo Cooley then calls attention to the
fact that the first question to confront the
commission after its organization was
raised under the fourth section of the law.
Appeals were made from all |xirts of the
country for relief from the operation of
this section on the ground that its enforce
ment would cause serious injury to private
and corporate interests, and even in some
cases would result in destruction or bank
ruptcy.
PROBABILITY OF INJURY.
In many cases, says Judge Cooley, the
appeals Reemed to be made in the tielief that
probability of injury was of itself sufficient
warrant for the commission to interfere and
grant a relieving order. It is scarcely
necessary to say that any such relief is
without legal support. A probability or
or oven a certainty that injury to corpora
tions or individuals will result is not, by
itself, under the art, any ground for a sus
pension anywhere of its ordinary operations.
ANOTHER EARLY QUESTION.
After showing that the power given to the
commission to grant relief from the opera
tion of the fourth section was limited to
cases exceptional iu their nature, and was
not meant to include ail cases where the
fourth section would work injury, Judge
Cooley says the commission was early con
fronted by another question, namely,
whether railroads might determine for them
selves, but at their peril, whether in any
particular ease the circumstances and con
ditions were so far different as to justify a
greater charge for a shorter haul or whether,
on the other hand, it was only upon ami in
view of such different circumstances aud
conditions that the commission was em
powered to act.
STUDYING THE CONDITIONS.
Before deciding these questions Judge
Cooley says the commission felt itself justi
fied. if not compelled, to look beyond the
record and to see's such aid in construction
as might lie derived from a study of the con
dition of things pertaining to the transpor
tation of persons and property which Con
gress by the act had undertaken to deal with.
Such an investigation necessarily involved
giving a hearing to interested parties, and
consequently required time. The commis
sion, however, deemed it wise to grant
some temporary order on an investigation
not as complete as it expected finally to
make.
WHY IT WAS DONE.
This was done in the belief that no con
siderable mischief could follow from allow
ing the existing condition of things to re
main for a brief period when it is then suf
fered to stand or not, and that harmful re
sults from a sudden change in law might
therehy to some extent be averted. This
course also gave the commission such an
opportunity for careful study of the system
which Congress undertook to reform as
would otherwise have been wanting. The
commission therefore deemed itself fully
justified in granting orders of temporary
bUHjiension in some of the most obvious
cases,and where special grounds fqj-urgeney
were shown, without first making an inves
tigation or attempting (Inal action, leaving
other canes, not thought to lie so strong on
the affirmative showing, to take a more de
liberate course.
A WISE COURSE.
This method of proceeding tbe commis
sion at the time believed had important ad
vantages, and it still believes will conduce
the best results in tbe end. You speak
strongly and earnestly of the naaous for
granting your application, but in order to
warrant it* being granted it is not enough
that the application, if considered by itself,
appears to have merit. Tbe com mission
must consider in each case shat the effect
the giving of relief to one applicant will
have upon other interests, and your knowl
edge or railroad matters must enable you to
perceive that in some section* of tho country
the granting of one application may so affect
the interests of other Toads as to create neces
sity for like relief to several more, the satis
laction of one complaint Isgctting othors
which arc equally meritorious until, .if all
are satisfied, t he exception becomes the nile.
A CONCLUSIVE REASON.
But when such a result hi probable the
reason* for declining to make any temporary
order arc very conclusive. The commission
cannot consent rfeliUcately to entir upon a
highway where to ail appearance there will
to no halting place within the limit* of its
lawful jurisdiction. If tho general suspen
*ion of the “long and shot ban! clause of
the statute is not to bo mailb by a single
comprehensive order, neither should the
same result lie reached or approached by the
granting of successive orders in individual
cases.
PRESERVATION OK THE HULK.
In whatever the commission may do it
must kt>ep in view the preservation of the
general rule. It is not our purpose in this
communication to express any opinion as to
what ought to l>e the thud conclusion upon
your application to the commission. The
commission is not yet prepared to give its
decision, and the purpose of tliis answer to
your telegram is merely to place before you
some of the reasons which, up to this time,
have precluded definite notion.
FARMERS AND THE LAW.
Knoxville, Tknn., May 18.—The East.
Tennessee Farmers’ Association, composed
of 300 of the leading farmers, which is hold
ing its twelfth annual convention here to
day, adopted resolutions by almost unani
mous vote indorsing the interstate commerce
law, and expressing the lielief that it will re
sult in relief to the agricultural classes.
The convention addressed a petition to the
Intci-state Commerce Commissioners urging
strict enforcement of the law. especially the
long and short haul clause. The convention
believes that the new law cannot have a
fair trial if the fourth section be suspended.
RUIN OF A CATTLE KING.
He Makes a Bharp Deal on a Bogus
Telegram and Loses.
Omaha, Neb., May 18.—A somewhat
sensational a<'count of the recent failure of
A. W. Swan, the Wyoming cattle king,
was given by a prominent man In this city
last night. It is to the effect that Swan
was muiie the victim of a gigantic gang
whereby he lost SBOO,OOO at once. Not
long since Swan and a number of men
formed a partnership for the purpose
of buving cattle for foreign shipment.
Swan hud made arrangements with a rich
Scotch syndicate who w-ero to buy cattle.
After about #1,000,000 worth of ca'ttle hail
been bought the deal for some reason fell
through. Swan went to New York in the
hope of making other arrangements for the
disposal of the cattle. While there he re
ceived n cablegram purporting to be signed
by the agent of the syndicate offering him
a large advance on the cattle. Swan nt
once cabled bis acceptance of the offer. He
tiicn telegraphed to his partners, offering
them the price which was originally to be
paid by the syndicate. They accepted, and
all the cattle came into his possession. Then
he notified the syndicate that he was ready
to deliver the cattle and received a reply
saying they had made no such offer. Dili
gent march failed to reveal the agent's
whereabouts, and Swan was obliged to dis
pose of his cattle at heavy loss.
POVERTY A CRIME.
The Society Holds Another Meeting at
Cooper Union.
New York, May 18.—The Anti-Poverty
Society met in the great hall at Cooper
Union to-night for the purpose of effecting
its final organization. Dr. McGlynn was
present. The constitution and by laws were
rend, and the following officers were elected:
President—Dr ; McGlynn.
Vice President—Henry George.
Treasurer —Benjamin Uraer.
Secretary—Michael Clarke.
Dr. McGlyim spoke upon the principles of
the society. Quantities of tracts we-re given
out, and the names of many were taken for
active work. Mr. George was not present.
Five hundred and fifty-three members had
already paid their fees previous to the meet
ing, and many more paid before the eve
ning was past.
The Southern Press Association.
Richmond, Va., May 18.—The Southern
Press Association met this morning at the
Exchange Hotel. There was a full attend
ance. The executive committee was In
structed upon the adjournment of the con
"ention to go to New York and confer with
the executive committee of the Associated
Press. The Richmond press have mafic
elaborate arrangements for the entertain
ment of the members. They were given o
banquet to-night, and to-morrow there will
be an excursion to Old Point Comfort. The
next duy they will go to the Natural Bridge.
Death of a Prominent Virginian.
Richmond, Va., May 18.—Gov. Lee to
day received a telegram from Wnrre.ntnn,
Va., announcing the death of ex-Gov. Wil
liam Hmith, who for upwards of sixty years
lias tieen conspicuously identified with the
affairs of the State as lawyqjr, legislator.
Congressman and Governor, firniTHgiiivpri’l
terms in the Uuitcd States Congress, and
terms as Chief Executive of the State.
Wi'l he lived until Heptember next he would
have been 00 years of age. The remains
will be brought to Richmond for interment.
Janauschek Falls Down Stairs.
Newfo.*, R. 1., May 18.—Madame
Junnuscliek, after her performance here last
night, and while visiting one of the mom
bers of her < ompany in the Perry House,
fell down a (tight or fourteen staii-s. break
ing fine of the bones of her right arm and
badly bruising her whole body. The acci
dent will cause the cancellation of all of her
engagements for the rest of the season.
Madame Janauschek will be obliged to re
main in doors for a long time.
Bullets End Two Lives.
— Galveston, Tex., May 18.—Francisco
Stakes, Deputy United States Marshal at
Carrizo, in Zapata county, shot, and killed
his wife yesterday and immediately after
ward blew his own brains out. -Th cause
of the awful tragedy is alleged to bo domes
tic troubles. For sometime the wife lias
Itftm accusing him of improper relations
with his daughter, aged lit yearn.
Repudiation Voted Down.
Richmond. Va., May Ik, —ln the Benate
toslay tlie debate on the resolution, provid
ing for a constitutional amendment which
proposes to repudiate all State bonds not
funded in new threes at toe time the amend
lnniii is ratified by the people, was concluded
and th resolution was rejected. A motion
to reconsider was made and the subject
went over until to-morrow.
Marching on Washington.
New Orleans, May 18.—The Louisiana
Rifles left tb*."* morning for Washington to
attend the national drill. A large party of
excursionists accompanied them. The Rian
Antonio Rifle* parsed through here to-day
eti route for Washington. It is nndcrstoxl
that the Lomax Rifles, of Mobile, and Vicks
burg Southrons leave to-day for the sumo
place. ________
Ben: Perley Poore’a Condition Serious.
Washington, May 18,—Maj. Ben: Perley
Poore was more comfortable this morning,
pr. Baxter considers liis condition still
The medicines riven has not as yet
produced the exults desired, and the doctor
is very anxious as to the final outcome of
the attack.
Sullivan to Fight Kilraln.
New York, May 18.—John L. Sullivan
has agreed to fight “Jack” Kilrain for
85,000. The fight will take place In some
park, and the winner is to talf- two-thinis uL
the gate receipts, not more mail six round*,
to lie fought.
j PRICE ftlO A t EAR. )
| 6 CENTS A COPV. f
GOULD AND THE DENVER.
WHY THE KANSAS PACIFIC ROAD
REDEEMED THE BONDS.
A Voluntary and Unnecessary Addi
tion to the Sinking Fund Would
Have Resulted Had the Trustee*
Taken Them The Wizard Charges
Oliver Ames and President Pomeroy
With Fooling Him.
New York, May 18.—The examination
of Jay Gould was continued before the Pa
cific Railway Commission to-day. Com
missioner Audei-son desired to know why it
was more to the advantage of the consoli
dated company to have the Kansas Pacific
redeem the Denver Pacific bonds instead of
the trustees of the consolidated mortgage,
Mr. Gould said the consolidated company
would make anew bond and throw it into
an outside trust, and the scheme which was
agreed upon was the only one that could
have been made for the benefit of the com*
pany.
not so GOOD.
“The giving of consolidated stock to the
trustees would not have bean so good an ar
rangement. It would have been a volun
tary and unneccessary addition to the sink
ing fund and would have lieon a pledge for
the payment of bonds. By the release of
the Denver Pacific stock from trust the
consolidated company was able to use it in
the acquirement of tho Kansas Pacific
branches. It was used for that purpose and
those branches were bought of me accord
ing to prior agreement. I hail lieen com
mitted to the consolidation before the inter
view with the Boston people and after ray
acquisition of the Missouri Pacific I felt as
though it would lie a great detriment to my
interests. An extension of the Missouri
Pacific to Denver and Han Francisco, as I
contemplated, would have destroyed th
Union Pacific. .
NOT A PROPER THING.
“I do not think it would have been a pro
per thing for a director of one corporation
to design the extension of another line
which would ruin the one of which he was
a director. I hod thought of the right* of
the government often, but after the passage
of the Thurman bill, 1 thought the govern
ment was trying to squeeeae more out of
the Jtumip than there was in it, and my
plan then was to build a road from Omaha
to Ogden, just outside the right of way for
815,000,000. I prepared iny resignation as
a director of the Kansas Pacific, at the
same time with that of the Union Piv-iflg,
I wanted to be free from com plica tioqMMh
complete dealings.”
THE WIZARD FOOLED.
In purchasing the central hranch of ih*
Union Pacific, Mr. Gould told of the wM*
lie was fooled by Oliver Ames and
Pomeroy of the road. He was
Junction City and Fort Kearney rdK
parallel to the central branch, and MesiMH
Ames and Pomeroy came to New YorffjMj
see him and sell him the road. They tmjl
Mr. Gould liai-k with them to show lffl§i
over the road, and he said he was very roach
pleased with the amount of business dona
by the road. He bought the road, fiat
found afterward that the central bnujch
people hail held back freight for about ton
days before hi* visit and then rushed! it
all" over the road nt once. The
riess said he sold his stock for
just what ho put it in
consolidation for, and if there was a prflflfc
of #1,800,000 realized by the poolthelawySK
i iiust have got it. Ho turned his Denyer
and South Park and Utah Northern stock
into the Union Pacific at cost, price. H*
knew of no occasion wheg securities of tb*
Union Pacific were used to influence legidak
tion at Washington. The examination wittj
be continued to-morrow. jBB
LOUISVILLE'S JOCKEY CLUB^K
The Race for the Merchants’
Walk-Over for Volante. 98
Louisville, May I*.- The atteudanc^Bc
tlm Louisville .Jockey Club grounds to
was fair but the programme was a
pointment. The merchant stakes,
promised to bo the greatest event of
meeting, dwindled down to a virtual
over for Baldwin’s Volante. The track was
heavy, the weather bright und warm. The
events were:
Knurr Race— Flve-elgbta of a mile. Autootwt
won, with White second and Beggoyet thM.
Time 1 =O4.
Srj osu Rack—Three-fourths of a mile. Vijfil ,
won, with Betty Lincoln second and Bell Taw
third. Time 1:18.
Third iUrs—Meven elghtaof a mile. LofSlfc
won, with Handy Andy second and Doctor thMPj
Time 1:33.
Fourth Race—One and one-eighth mm
Volante won, with Miss Ford second and Elam
third. Time I:SHU.
Fifth Rack— Modesty won, with Wandetpui,
second and t'olowens third. Time 1:16.
Haverhill’s Shoemakers. JGfl
Haverhill, Mass., May 18.—'There is no
change to note in the situation of the shoe
manufacturers’ lockout. At, a meeting of
the manufacturers last night a com antes
was atipointed to confer with the Knight*
of Lalsir eormnittee in relation to calllph
for the mediation of the State Board Jog
Arbitration. The Knights of Labor cdßpK
mittee did not desire this method of setflp
ment and appointed a committee to reptHfiK
anew proposition to the
committee, which may lead to a spedßm
settlement of the present trouble*. Jf
private meeting of tne manufacturer* ccflßßfc
mittee was held this morning.
Brickmakers Locked Out.
Chicago, May 18.—The brick munufgc-.
turers shut down to-night in order to slip
port the lockout. The action is practically
unanimous, leaving only one yard wnrkßß
hi the city. Four thousand men are nma
idle by tllis shut down. It is estimated tfiat
the number of men now locked out is not
less than 18,1X10.
Wedding Bells at Washington.
Washington, May 18.~Fraok
thur, son of ex-Judge MacArthur, of tit*•*
District Supreme Court, was married ito
Miss Sarah Winston, granddaughter of thf*
late Governor Winston, of Alabama, tU§,
afternoon. The marriage took place at tht
residence of Mr. T. W. Neill, of this city, ml
Three Killed by an Explosion, j
Fulton, Ky. . May 18.—The healer in ttfLj
n’ ling mill of Lecoma A Brown
ay. The disaster resulted in the
of John fiasco, u teamster, Fred
planer, and Lucien Me Lory, the
Half a dozen other ticople Ware severely
jural 9
Epd of a Busy Life. S
St. Lons, May 18.—C’ol. J. W.
niour. father of the Cotton Comprem (Vm
pauy of this city, and projector and
organizer of ’that is now the St. Ijouls,
kunsas and Texas railway system, died
last night of pneumonia after a short (ml
ness. _ _ m
A Train Robbery. JH
Austin, Tex., May 18.—Fifty
men are leaving here by train to-night
Mcfiyit, mi’ l * l from here, mr whiem
point robliery of a north-bound train
k report and