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j ESTABLISHED 1850. ) i J. H. ESTILL, Editor and Proprietor, j 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