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Newspaper Page Text77;v morning sews. I | r .Jp?,JrD 10. Incorporated is*. V j u. ts'lILL. ITerldent. * A TOWN GOES [TIN SMOKE SPOKANE FALLS NEARLY WIPED OUT OF EXISTENCE. T „ e Loss $ 15,000,000— Twenty-five Fusiuess Blocks Destroyed - Its w “ ater Works Depended On for Fire Protection and Frove Unequal to the Emergency - The Superintendent Censured. Heliva. Most., Aug. 5.—A special from kace Kail?, says that Are broke out in a icd'-lng bouse on Railroad aveuue at 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon, and rapidly spread. The fire was soon beyond the con troj of the fire department, and it became evident that the eutire city was threat ened with destruction. The latest jjews is to the effect that t ventv-five business blocks fell prey to the ft rnes The Northern Pacific railroad depot and all the public buildings in the city were carried away. The loss is $15,- 000,000. SOMETHING ABOUT THE TOWN. Spokane was one of the most prominent of the mar, v new cities in the infant state of Washington. Situated on the line of toe N rtbern Pacific, close to the Cour (le Akne mining region, the city has been the s ;e for many large industrial establishments si:ch ps smelters and kindred enterprises. £ X pe .ve public edifioes had also been recently erected and the population was oipp '-tiiig two prosperous daily pa per-.' The business district of Spokane was in a'strip between the Northern Pacific tracks and the Bpokan river. This strip was five squares across and extended about 69ven squares in length. WELL BUILT UP. It was solidly built up with brick and st >::e structures, the cost of which was varied train $25,000 to $135,000. Ten bank i g houses, live hotels, the opera house nnd many wholesale establishments doing business estimated at #500,000 each, were situated within the district described. The population of the city is about 20,000. AN EXCELLENT WATER WORKS. The city possessed au excellent water works, modeled after the Holly system, with a capacity of 9,000,000 gallons daily. There were no fire engines, but by the sya tem in uso five or six good-sized streams of water could bo c mcentrated upon any block in care of a fire. The fire department was a volunteer one. As to insurance the best information hero ir that no large amounts were carried. The Western Union telegraph office was destroyed and commu nication is precarious. A LACK OF WATER. Spokane Falls, W. T. Aug. s.—Owing to a lack of water the firemen were power less. Attempts were made t> check the lire by blowing up buildings in its path, but it was useless. From the Pacific hotel the lire swept across First street to frame build ings in the next block arid soon it reached he heart of the city. A block of two-story irick buildings on Riverside aveuue was easily carried away. From here the ire communicated to the magnificent lyde block, a four-story building, taking n tee whole square between Mill and How ird streets, on Riverside avenue. Tba fire lext leaped across Howard street, and in a ew minutes the block between Howard and iteveiis Streets was a mass of red-hot ashes, he next structure to succumb was the vge Tutt block. From there the confla ;ratiun went whirling through solid blocks four-strory brio!: buildings, including ■ e postoffice, between Stevens and Washi ngton steeets. At this point the fire burned tut from lack of material. IN ANOTHER DIRECTION. From the place of origin the fire had Bean while taken another direction, leaping iC. oss Sprague . street to the opera house, md then over Riverside avenue to Brown’s nk. lhen both sides of the avenue were and names. The buildings between Post and uli streets wore quickly licked up, iu uding the Grand hotel. From here waves it Lame poured into the adjoining °. n , , t t‘B right, containing the rstikiart block, the largest building r-n h ™ 01 r y ' T ; :o Frankfort block cost • v . It withstood the fire for some ime, but finally disappeared. The Arling m u otel was enveloped in flames. Suddenly '; as SBe to jump from the second 3 • Ho art/se and started to run down ii warn street, but was ovorcome by the f at an '* fe, b S • voral people rushed to aud carried him to a place of ,7“ a P> tiab la sight, having roaßtcd Skin was irs f 'L°T a d ov . er las body. His name L rles Davis. He died at noon to leaped to the northward. ),f7't h i vard was the direction taken by he hWtTs 1 * tbe Arli! ‘S t ”a. D consumed n j “J, between Howard, Maine, Front be Uttlr g, Str °!l S ’ buruil> g easl as far as heei-i^f, ,s roUgbfare ' VTbou a vacant lot iver-t'-f, urtb6r P ro gress in that direction, ludfov thf v 1 ,1 nurtlll rl 7 direction, in he Knvm N r rth , orn Pacific Express office, r as L “;“ biock . an,i Windsor hotel ire verted t-n !l i- aSS ! j! ! ' a,nf> - The river nd wi , 16 lle dom K further damage louiW . 6 i D ? an3 , of savin S all the big üßicel , " and J u . mber mills. Three hours he nnlv h Comt> late the awfnl destruction, itv kJ o o neSS block kft standing in the s 'rd hvel CreSce , nt building, which was .tearing town intervening build hffirosnro!,H l ° tbe , rapidity with which •rovS d ’ snarooly anything was -aved. Wt S r °T^ ro °V aUd wiU only last wrninff Tbe . clty , c °uncil met this elief T ? n< * Q Ppointed a committee of hould he Jo , decid ® and provisions ree. The 1 f 'l r a ? d tbe n *’ od 7 supplied lorks wr, a l periHtenden t of the city water eglJtirfp de:! l' Unoed b - v the council for Me of the fir® bBIP K awa >' at the snrec-,,,1 Tba big pumps woro not iaa wa,t r 1 h 9 r ‘“ su!t wai soornalv less forking rt„ b< V Slpecte 'P If tboy had been “hen S nn'i 1:6 would bave been easily 1 out Uader . oontroL The militia ithout f " re<J and all persons )tn*er tha i PasS6 l nre forbidden ivea b‘ b 7 b " rat district. Five out of the Osin 8 destroyed were again doing I'Mcenr n" d ?' ’ 8 1 located in the ft a• t rW Ck ’4 , ‘ e ° n L y busiusss structure 1 thp cahuS'+v^n I withstanding The extent Jr ' dlb^ lt & the P't’P 1 * 3 wear a cheerful bsitess man n heir , 08 bravely. Many Nation to rebuild #igailied theil ' ANOTHER ESTIMATE OF THE LOBB. toptrtv I kAN . risc °. Cal., Aug. s.—The ight f l bo Spokane Falls fire last £■/„, , J Ued at * 6 >°<.oooby the Coast Us cit" ‘‘[surauce journal, published in )tai 'iDgu-„! a , me pa P* r estimates the ’Lch jTSPfin 8t • of “mpanies h.r o, 00 l " h ld by agencies in this city. foO.OOo Othir* e p 18 tb9 A ”8 lo -Nevarla, buiMwi i j* 3o0 * anc * London and (rloho 6 r o,ldu ' 1 aad Northern and S •twth°Uffir r a Cl 2 bTnl ' ■ W.OUO, & [London ssl* 7 3 000 ' Dha-nix 7 National $50,- L 'hire $45 osi ndou and (aiu tth Britisa ’^¥ r J?aa-American 542,000, $54,000, and |p)T Ulofnin# TROUBLES OF TOILERS. Holsery Mill Women Strike—Fuddlers Demand an Advance. Reading, Pa., Aug. s.—Over 100 young women employed in Hur,sicker & Co.’s Reading Hosiery Mills went on a strike this morning. They held a meeting and resolved not to go back until their griev ances were righted. They struck because tbe firm reduced wages from 14 to 12 cents per dozen pair sloes ings, and announced that the girls would be charged extra for the use of the machines, needles, etc. PUDDLKRS DEMAND A SECOND ADVANCE. Lebanon, Pa., Aug. s.—The puddlers of Light’s rolling mill, the pany, and the West E.id rolling mill, to day notified their employers that au in crease of 85 cents per ton would be expected after Aug. 10. Several months ago the puddlers’ wages wore increased 25 cents. The firms ha% e taken no action on the new demand. Over 500 hands are employed in these mills. UNABLE TO RESUME. Reading, Pa., Aug. 5. —A large blast furnace at Topton in this county was to have resumed this morning, but was unable to do so, and will have to lio idle for the present on account of the scarcity of coke, causedby the strike in tho cone district. FURNACES BANKED. Pittsburg, Pa., Aug. s. —The Carnegie furnaces located at Rankin station have been banked peudingja settlement of the men’s demand for an advance in wages. One furnace v. as banked Saturday night and the other early this morning, when the men employed at the latter joined those of the former. There aro about 225 out. CONNELLSVII.LE’S BIG STRIKE. Pittsburg, Pa., Aug. 5. —Tho strike in the Conneilsville coke region has ussumed immense proportions. Of th 14,000 ovens in the region not less than 12,000 are now idle, aud the managers assort that over 1,000 of the remaining ovens will besiut down to-morrow. The National Progressive Miners’ Association and the Knights of Labor are working together in perfect har mony for the first time in years. At a meeting at the Standard works yester day the men, who are nearly all national progressive miners, unanimously passed a resolution ignoring tho scale and agreement of last February. From the latest reports received here, it is almost cer tain that not more than eight or ten works out of the seventy-six in tha region will be working to-morrow. These, with the ex ception of the Mammoth, are all small works and will not represent over 1,300 or 2,400 men. The men in this part of the re gion are quiet and peaceable and believe that they will win the strike. The strikers at Donnelly and Stoue vilie went to Moorewood this morning at daybreak aud held a meeting in front of tho company’s store at that place. They succeeded in inducing the men to qnit work, but it is reported that as soon as the visitors left the place some of the men went back to work. Arrangements are being made for an immense mass meeting to be hold at this place Wednesday. Delegations from all parts of the region are expected to be present, and the meeting will be addressed by National Master AVorkman Rae and several other prominent labor leaders. A CONCESSION AT SCOTTDALE. A special from Scottdala, Pa., says: “The latest feature in the coke situation here is the report that the strike will end successfully as far as the McClure and J. M. Kehoonmaker coke companies are concerned. Telephone messages have teen sent to-night to all the works operated by these companies, offering the men an advance of per cent. They will try to force tho price of coke to a point that will justify them in paying the advance. A3 far as can be learned, meetings are being held at the above com panies’ works, and the probabilities are that a number of them will be running in the morning. Just what action will be taken by the H. C. Frick Company cannot be ascertained to-night, but it is entirely probable that they will make a similar offer to the men in their employ.” STOVE MOULDERS STRIKE. Albany, N. Y., Aug. 5. —Between three and four hundred moulders employed by Rutbbone, Hard & Cos., quit work this morning on account of the discharge of one of their number last Saturday, the trouble arising over tho price received for certain casting. It is behoved that an amicable adjustment of the difficulty will he reached soon. DANGER OF ASIATIC CHOLERA. lowa’s Bloody Flux Epidemic More Serious Than Ever. Chicago, Aug. 5. — A special from Keo kuk, la., says: “The epidemic of bloody flux in Warsaw has not abated. From reliable citizens it is ascertained that fully sixteen deaths have occurred from the plague since AVednesday last. It is impossi ble to obtain reliable informa tion concerning the epidemic from the physicians or undertakers. They refuse to show the dead lists, or the lists of patients. Dr. J. jB. Hunt said yesterday: ‘You had better not make a fuss about ttits matter. If Keokuk has any cases of bloody flux we will cover thefti up, AVhat do you reporters mean by trying to pry into our misfortunes? WORN OUT WITH WORK. “‘I am worn out .day and night. I can't say what other physicians are doing Y’ou had better go and see them. You can say that there is a serious epidemic of bloody flux in Warsaw. I don’t know when it will end.’ “Dr. Jenkins of Keokuk was seen last night and said: ‘There is a serious epidemic of bloody flux in Warsaw. Tne disease lias appeared hero. It is reported that I have said that if the atmospheric conditions did not change within twenty four hours, it wouid be visited with Asiatic cholera. I did not say that exactly, and I think there is no excuse for a general alarm as yet.” DEAD AMONG TH3 MULES. The Missing Oonvict’s Body Found In the Burned Mine. Birmingham, Ala., Aug. s.—The fire at the Pratt mines having been extinguished Saturday, a search was made yesterday for a convict, who was caught when the fire started. His dead and decayed body was Boon found with those of seventeen impris oned mules. The convict’s name was Tom “TOtt. He was white, aad he was sent up from Mobile under a life sentence for in cest. BULLET3 IN TWO BODIES. A Constable and a Brawler Danger ously Wounded. Mount Vkron, Ky., Aug. s.—ln a row between Andy Baker and Wade Purcell this morning Constable Proctor attempted to arrest Purcell, when the latter fired at Proctor, The ball took effect in the back part of the neck aud ranged downward. Proctor fired a shot into Purcell’s bowels. Proctor is dangerously wounded aad Pur cell will die. SAVANNAH, C.A., TUESDAY, AUGUST 6, 1889. BURKE BACK AT CHICAGO IRISHMEN AT GRAFTON EAGER TO TAKE HJS LIFE. One of the Mob a Cousin of Dr. Cronin —Violence Prevented by the Detect ivee-The Captive Safely Landed at Chicago—The Trial of the Other Prisoners. Chicago, Aug. 5. —A special from Fargo, Dak., says: “Martin Burke will probably never forget his trip through Manitoba and Dakota. At every station where the train stopped there was a crowd waiting to catch a glimpse of him. At Grafton there was at least 300 men, most of them apparently Irishmen, who boarded the sleeper and demanded admittance. Many were persist ent in the demand to get into the car, tell ing Lieutenant Ross that if they could ea ch a glimpse of the prisoner they would kill him with as little hesitancy as thev would a rat. A COUSIN OF CRONIN. ‘“Dr. CroQin,'said one of them, ‘was a cousin of mine, aud I want to avenge his death if I c mid only get a chance.’ As he spoke he drew a revolver from his pocket aud peered iu the smoking compart ment of the car where Burke was with two officers, but before he had time to distinguish the faces Lieut. Ross hustled him off the platform, aud his place was tukeu by a curious Dako tan. Burka heard the stranger’s denuncia tion and tiirea a, but he was as cool as it he had been sate behind tbe bars of Sheriff' Matson’s Jjaii. ‘I might as well be snot in Dakota a, hanged in Chicago,’ he said when he heard the threats. Notwithstand ing this ho was, it is asserted, badly fright ened.” SAFE IN CHICAGO. Burke was landed safely in Chicago a few minuies before 10 o’clock to-night. Contrary to expectation he was not brought to the Uuion, depot but was taken from the train at Canal and Fulton sti eets by Chief Hubbard and conveyed, probably, to tho county jail. A swarm of reporters and many curious people had gathered at the depot to see the prisoner, but they were disappointed, as was also a body of detect ives, who had been sent there under com mand of a licuteuaut to guard against sur prises. TRIAL OF THE CHICAGO PRISONERS. Judge Horton to-day settled the mat ter of the change of venue asked for by I’. O’Sullivan, the ice man, by transferring O’Sullivan’s ease, together with those of ali tho other prisoners, from branch No. 1 of the criminal court, over which he presides, to branch No. 2, presided over by Judge McConnell. In doing this Judge Horton said that the statute which gave O’Sullivan a light to ask for a change of venue must not be used for the purpose of secur ing a separate trial. He transferred all the eases to branch No. 2 in order that the prisoners might lie tried together. Judge Horton theii overruled the motion to quash the indictments iu the cases of Boggs, Coughlin, Woodruff and Kuuze. hue prisoners were arraigned and each man pleaded not guilty. On motion of the state’s attorney, tho case against all the prisoners was set for trial before Judge Mc’Connell on Monday, Aug. 26. > KILRAIN NOW A PRISONER. The Same Man Who Was After Sulli van Causes the Arrest. Norfolk, \ r A., Aug. 5. —Jake Kilrain was arrested this morning on the beach at Oceau City by Detective Norris and taken back to Hampton where he has been stop ping several days. kilrain’s arrest denied. Baltimore, Md., Aug, 5, Up. m.—A special to the American says that Kilraiu is at Hampton, Va., and intends staying there some days aud that he has not been arrested. SULLIVAN’S MOVEMENTS. Jackson, Miss., Aug. 5. Sullivan’s friends v ho earnestly protested against his being jailed last evening, allowed but a small part ot Monday morning to elapse before they obtained his release, which was effected a out 3 o’clock this morning. He was then taken to hi3 room at the Ed wards house and there remained until this morning at 11 o’clock, when a hearing was had before Judge Campbell of the supreme court on a writ of habeas corpus. Tho judge ruled that Sullivan must repair to Furvis, Marion county, and give bond for his appearance Aug. 12. Sullivan and his part}’ left this eveni; g at 5:30 o’clock via Meridian to appear before Justice Carter to-morrow. THE ARRIVAL AT MERIDIAN. Meridian, Miss., Aug. s.—The train beari g Sullivan ar.d party reached here at 7 o’clock. Gov. Lowry and Attorney Gen eral Miller were on the train and will doubt less be present at the preliminary hearing to-morrow at Purvis. The people crowded tho railroad stations along tho route to get a glimpse of the champion. A num ber of delegates to the Kmgtits of Labor convention were|introducjd to Sullivan on tbe train and assured him of tlieir friend ship aud esteem. The public sentiment i3 that Sullivan should be fined but not im prisoned, and these views are concurred in by four-fifths of tho people. A douse crowd assembled at the depot here,and it was with great difficulty that the party finally suc ceeded iu reaching the hotel. TRUST OF THE COTTON MILLS. The Central Trust Company Willing to Act as Trustee. New York, Aug. 5. Vice President George Sherman, of the Central Trust Company, being interviewed by an Associ ated Press reporter to-day in regard to the alleged cotton print cloth trust, said he bad been in consultation with several capital ists in regard to the formation of a cotton print cloth trust, and that his company had consented to act as the trustee of such trust after the papers h,d been submitted to and approved by tbe company’s lawyers. Emerson McMillan, whose name appeared on the circular seat to the officials of. tho cotton mili9 at Fail River, telegraphed to Mr. Sherman that the use of his name was without authority, and that he was not connected with the scheme in any wajh Mr. McMillan Is president of the Laclede Gas Company of St. Louis. SOUTH DAKOTA'3 CONSTITUTION. All but Three of the Delegates Sign the Document. Sioux Falla, S. D., Aug. s.—The con vention met at 1 o’clock to-day for its last session. The only work done was the audit ing of the expenses of the convention and tbe figning of the constitution. Seventy two of the seventy-five members were present and affixed their signatures to the document. A reception aud banquet was given to-night In honor of the delegates. The work of tlio_ convention meet* wtih universal approval. FEDERAL FAT. W. H. Johnson and C. C. Wimbish Among Those Given a Slice. Washington, Aug. 5. —The President made the following appointments to-day: William T. Harris of Massachusetts to be commissioner of education. Julia H. Bingham of Alabama and Nathan H. Alexander of Alabama to be register of the laud office and receiver of public money respectively at Mont gomery, Ala. William H. Habt of Indiana to be third auditor of the treasury. John T. Rankin ef Pennsylvania to be deputy auditor of the treasury fortbe post office department. Walter H. Johnson of Georgia to be collector of internal revenue for the dis trict of Georgia. Eugene A. Webster of South Carolina to be collector of internal revenue for the district of South Carolina. Columbus C. Wimbish of Georgia to be surveyor of customs for the port of At lanta. John F. Patty of Louisiana, to bo naval officer of customs in the district of New Orleans. George W. Jolly of K ntuoky, to be attorney of the United States for the dis trict of Kentucky. William Grant of Louisana, to be at torney for the United States for the Eastern district of Louisana. Peter A. Williams of Florida, to be marshal of the United States for the South ern district of Florida. Joseph J. Martin, postmaster at Tar boro, N. C., vice Mrs. Mary Pender, re moved. HOW THE NEWS IS RECEIVED. Atlanta, Ga., Aug. —l’he aoppint ment by the President to-day of Walter Johnson as collector of internal revenue created no surprise, ns it was expected. Wimbish, appointed surveyor of cus toms, is a negro politician, and no better was expected of tne administration whoso ear Col. Buck holds. It is a berth erstwhile warmed by Pledgor. ACCIDENT OF THE BOSTON. Commander Kane Intimates that it Was not Serious. Washington, Aug. s.—Commander Kane, in his report to the navy depart ment of the accident to the Boston in New port harbor Saturday received this morn ing, does not indicat;e that the injury is at all serious. His statement is very brief, merely that the vessel touched bottom and that he wid send down a diyer to ascertain the extent of the damage. It is feared, however, by some of the officials that the vessel may have to go to Now York nnd be a eked before a perfectly satisfactory ex amination can bo had. SAILS FOR NEW YORK. Newport, R. 1., Aug. s.— The cruiser Boston sailed this morning for New York to goon the dry dock. She is not injured badly enough to need assistance, as she went out alone. The Atlanta remained hero aad will make her trials of 0h0.,, elo., at once. The naval war college of the torpedo sta tion was formally opened this morning with an address by Commander Goodrich, president of the college. The officers com prising the class reported in full uniform. The course of instruction is the same as in former years. IN THE navy yard. New York, Aug. s.—The United States cruiser Boston reached the Brooklyn navy yard this evening after an uneventful run ’ from Newport. The officers and men a e extremely reticent concerning the acci dent. The Boston will go into the dry dock at once for repairs. On her arrival some excitement was caused by a collision with the monitor Puritan aud receiving ship Vermont. No one was hurt, and the dam age was slight VIRGINIA’S KICKERS. The Richmond Postoffke Reopens the Old Fight. Washington, Aug. s.—ln spite of official denials it is perfectly apparent that the fight over the Richmond postoffice has de veloped the lack of harmony which still prevails in the Republican party of Vir ginia, after ail Senator Quay’s efforts to get the two factions together. J. S. Wise un doubtedly understood that the Quay com promise involved giving the Richmond postofflee to the nnti-Mahone faction. Now that ho finds it likely to go to the Mahono candidate he is a “kicker” again. The other kickers are in like mood. They may even perouada Brady to throw up the office he got for his assent to Senator Quay’s com promise. HARRISON’S TRIP TO MAINE. Two and Possibly Three of tha Secre taries to Go With Him Washington, Aug. s.—The President will leave here to-morrow morning at 9:40 o’clock on his trip to Bar Harbor to visit Secretary Blaine. He will be accompanied by Secretaries Windom and Proctor, Pri vate Secretary Halford, aud possibly by Secretary Traoy. The Pra .ideal expects to return to Washington by Aug. 17, for a few days’ stay, prior to Ills departure for Indianapolis. t ho President spent most of the forenoon with Attorney General Miller, considering appointments uuder the department of justice. A Georgia Mail Agent Arrested. Washington, Aug. s.—Chief Postoffioo Inspector Rathboue has been informed of the arrest of George Crawford, a mail agent running between Wellston aud Cold Spring, Ga., for robbing a Registered pouch of ten registered letters. Release of the Vidette. Washington, Aug. s.—Consul Phelan at Halifax has notified the state department that the schooner Vidette, seized Saturday for violation of the Canadian customs laws, was unconditionally released to-day. No Tenders of Bonds. Washington, Aug. s.— No bond tenders wero received at the treasury department to-day. SIGNING AT STANDING ROCK. Les 9 Than a Hundred More Names Needed by the Commission. Standing Rock Agency, Dak., Aug. 5. —The signing has continued ail day, the rush this morning being a repetition of Saturday's programme. About all of tbe . prominent cniels, except Sitting Bull and Running Antolopo, have signed, and many of the young men belonging to Sitting Bull’s band signed in spite of his op position influence. It is thought that be will sign before tbe rolls are closed. Over 6<W names bave been inscribed on the rolls, 790 being necessary. j 5 coidentally Self-Wounded. Richmond, Va., Aug. 5.—W. H. Tal man, deputy clerk of tbe chancery oourt, accidentally shot himself in tbe left breast this evening while handling a pistol in flicting a dangerous wound. WANAMAKER HITS BACK. MANY OF DR. GREEN’S STATE MENTS DENIED POINT BLANK. Figrures to Show That the Govern ment Is Not the Moat Favored Pa* tron-A Claim That tho Rights of Way Given Are So Valuable That Uncle Sam Bhould Bo Shown Con sideration—Tho Rig’htof the Govern ment to Operate a Telegraph Ser vice Affirmed. Washington, Aug. s.—The letter from Postmaster General Wauamaker to Dr. Nor via Groan, president of the West ern Union Telegraph Company, was made public to-day: Postoffiok Department, j Office of the Postmabtcr General. '■ Washington, D. C., Au*;. *2. 1880. ) •Mr*; Xorvin Green, President of the Western l nion Telegraph Company, N cm York: Dbah Sir—Referring to your letters of July 11,16 and 87, which have been given to the pub lic press through cuannels other than this de partment, and in which you protest against any now rat) for govermuant telegrams, and offer various argumentto prove t hat the old rate of 1 cent a word is as low as your company can accept|\vithout 1 beg leave to say: v* 1. Your unqualified statement that “the privileges and benefits derived by your oom ptuiy throujffti acts of enntfreusare purely im aginary,M and the companion assertion that . |ur company has never “taken a stone or stick of timber, or appropriated a foot of laud belonging to tne govern ment" under such a*r, nre uot sustained by the facts. If is an unde 1 able fact that tho telegraph companies, in ac cepting the act of 1806 and afterward supplementary acts, con vide rod they were Raining special and actual benefits which fully compensated them for the low’rates intended to be granted to tho government, and the repre sentatives of the government likewise supposed that they were securing some benefits fortbe valuable concessions being mate to the tele graph companies. The tolejrraph companies not only accepted tho acts, expecting that sub Htantial benefits would ensue, t ut in the case of the Western Union Telegraph Company notably great and conspicuous benefits have already accrued. Under these grants the company Iris claimed the right to use, without compeusution of any kind as to right *f way, all th<‘ highways of the country, on the ground of tlieir being post roads. It has broadened this claim to the extent that the streets of the cities and towns are also post roads, and therefore open and free to its occupancy and use. SUSTAINED BY TIIS OOUBTI* The courts have sustained it in this claim. You are necessarily familiar with the Pensa cola case, in which the supreme court of the United Stet‘K decided that tho Western Union Telegraph Company had rights which even the sovereign state of Florida could not annul. Thus, under the Denufls of this act, instead of not occupying a fo >t of public land as you as sort, you are in fact occupying many thousands of miles of i*)st roads, and ure privileged to occupy all the highways in thej United States:. You have thus been able to occupy all tho highways, and use tie streets in the large cities of Philadelphia aim New York, regardless of the view ; of the local authorities and almost regardless of public opinion. Even the elevated railroads of New York city have been claimed as p. st roads and the claim sustained. The state of New York may regulate in use, but is not able to deprive you of these great privileges secured to the telegraph companies and maintained to them alone by the congressional act of 1866. Beyond this, the streets of all the ether cities and towns >f the United States have been kept open to your use. I am sure that on reflection you will hardly claim that such great benefits are “purely imag inary.* 1 in other inspects your oompa otner telegraph companies have secured sub stantial benefits from the government and from the public under acts o? congress, but these I’have mentioned are enough, 1 think, to sustain my former reference t<> the privileges and benefits given to you by the government, the value of which, in my ju Igineut, is beyoud calculation. Conferring such great privileges and benefits upon you. the government, in my belief, expected and is entitled to receive not simply your exceptionally low rates to others, but even a lower special rate. RIGHTS OF THE POSTMAHTKR GENERAL. S. As to your question of the legal power of the Postmaster General to fix a rate for govern ment messages, I would only remark that such right appears to have been understoo l by pro vious Post masters General as an official duty, and their exercise of ttie rig!it, or performance of the duty has been generally and constantly accepted and respected by the telegraph com panies. In any event, I should say we may agree that the act of congress at least impose-, on the Postmaster General the duty to name the rate and maintain it until by a court of in quiry the rate has been shown to bo unjust. RATES TO CORPORATIONS. 3. As to vour qualified statement that no cor porations have received a rate equal to the pro posed govermmrnt rate of one mill, a word your statement that press associations are not corporations is hardly justified by tire facts, and is uot material t 6 the question. They may not be corporations for general business, but most if not all of them arc incorporated unifier the laws of some state an l their dealing with the telegraph company is as a company r cm poration and not as individuals. You will not deny, indeed one of your officials has admit! ?d to me, that some of the press .'Associations get their news reports for a mill a word to each newspaper and iu one association tbe rate is even lower. I do not criticize the press rate. It is not too low, it would be better in iny judgment for public, nress and tele graph companies if it were still lower. As to the Associated Press there is force in your statement that it is a wholesale rate as ft wen*, for tho same dispatches sent over the same wife at the same time to several customers, but is it not true that the rates given to some por tions of the press effectively contradict your own statement that “for messages transmitted to a single address the government is our only customer enjoying reduced rates?” TII* GOVERNMENT’S HATE. By this I presume ytm mean that the govern ment has the lowest rate given to any single customer, its lowest rate being 1 cent a wor l for an 1 nay three-quarters of a cent for night messages. But this charge is made not only upon the message itstif but upon the address and Signature as well, so that for ten words in the message and ten words in the address and signature, the above rate is iu fact 4 cents per word in thi? dav and I> B merits p*r word * at night. It is not true that the large papers of New York, Chicago and other large cities have a half cent rate for their special dispatches in the day, and quarter of a cent at night ? <r a rate one-half lower than the government has been granted ? Is it not true, also, that this patronage from the enterprising press is the most profitable that you have and that it woul 1. in fact, give you still more profit if made still lower ? EFFECTS OF LOW IUTIB. The reduced rates bring increased business and enlarged prollt. Your ow.i be fore committees of congresF at various t. es has been steadily to the etTec every time your company has reduced it Iris gain.: I an increased income. Tills accords with my own view that a constantly decreasing ra:o where there are large numbers of customers will both better servo the public and better profit any business. I believe that t lie new rate proposed for gov ernment business would nut materially alter tbe amount of cash received by your comi>any, while tlie government would be enabled to greatly quicken md vitalize the transaction of its business in all departments. don’t want the people to scffes. It Is quite true, a, you say, that the govern ment is able to pay proper rates, and I may add that so far as l know it is willing to pay just rates, and that it is farthest from my thoughts that "the people” should suffer by reason of losses you cl >im that you are now making aud would still further make on tbe government business. I am satisfied that the people could and should have much lower rftes than now exist, and that neither the people nor the gov ernment should suffer because specially tow rates are given to fnvored customers. DON'T GET THS LOWEST OATS. While claiming that the goveram -nt has re ceived the lowest single address rate, you not only admit a lower rate to press associations and to the preas. but also plainly say that cer tain railroad or transportation companies “are given one-halt commercial rates.” When it Is considered that xu the gorvnsaent message# all words are counted, address and signature as veil as the message, and in all other telegrams, the message only is counted, is it not true Chat this half rate to such companies is at least as low as tbd government rate and in some instances lower? f t instance a government message from vVasbiugton to {few York containing twenty words iu the message and ten works iu the ad dress and signature would bo charged at SO centm, wide*l is nearly 60 per cent, more than transportation companies would pay for the xnme mi wage l am not spoakiug now and do nor tiish to have on fus .J with this part of tho discussion th * free service you give to railroads for cer tain service to you. These payments I under stand to l>. for the right* of way. etc. More than that, 1 am informed your company in many cases actually pays largo surna <*r money to the railroads for tho rights of way, an 1 it does uot seem unreasonable to *up- I>oje that it would nut 1> out of place for the telegraph companies to be exacted to make compensation of some kind to tho government for its much larger concessions, which, in effect, have secured to you the enjoyment, particularly in cities and towns, of much more valuable rights of way. COST OF DELI VS RT. 4 As to your statement that no mama** can le carried and delivered by a telegraph com pany for less than -JO cents without the service being done at & loss: The cost of the tele graphic service appears to be a very difficult thing to ascertain definitely. Perhaf* iu eataV lishing the projwr rate for the government to pay, this subject may bent l>e referred Loaootu nnssion to ascertain the facts. In one of your letters you put the average coet of a message to the company in receiving, carrying aud uc livering, at <MO cents. In this cost, do you not include the large sum paid for rentals of I<vised lln*w, some which are not now in use, hut only valuable to you in removing ii i. rights of ways ou rnilroais, and on other accounts, which are obviously chan gable to the capital account, arid not to operating • xpeuses? Is it not true that wit bin a few years, aud for several years in succession large vol umes of business, have been ban lied by your company and other companies at a minimum rate of 10 cents a message, and did not this rate continue until tho Western Union absorbed competing lines? The table of statistics given in your memorial to the Senate committee in 1888 shows that during tpe period of the ID cent rate your company did not lose money, hut made largo profits, if this wero possible then, aud especially as your business has grown very largely in volume since, it would eeui that ft ii ight bo practical now. I understand that signal service reports make up a very large proportion of the entire amount of the govern ment telegraphic business Your shedule shows that for eleven years the government has been paying about three cents a word for each cir nit over which government messages are transmitted. No reduction whatever has been made in the rate since W, but within that period you have reduced the* public rate from tUhj cents to 80 '•cuts per message, more than a 60 per cent, re duction, and th-* cost of handling telegrams has been reduced during the same period from 11 4-10 omits to “10 cent* ior message, or over a46 per cent, reduction, within the post five j irs p die rate has fallen 18 p*r oent. and the cost f transmission about ft por cent., hut within that period there has been no reduction whatever in tho government rates. Taking all these facts into account. 1 believe that tho gov eminent has been paying for its telegraphic service more than any other customer giving you a like or approximate amount of business, and that within the p *riod first named there has not been so groat a reduction iu government rates as to the general public anu the press. Waiving entirely the question of benefits accruing to tel graphic companies, under the act of 1866, the government ought to l>e put upon as favorable a basis as to telegraphic rates as your most favored customers. THE ACT OF 1806. Inasmuch as this discussion has taken a wider range than I anticipated, it may bo proper to add, referring to your letter, that you are right in saying that the acceptance by the telegraph companies of the act of 1866, “Rendered it to all Intents and purposes a compact between the government and telegraph cbm panics, ll but Ido not agree with all of your next succeeding statements For instance, the printed copy of your memorial presented to tho senate, postoffice com mittee last year,misquotes the act of 180*5, which should read: “Provided, however, that th** United Stated may at any time purchase all telegraph lines, property and effects of any or all companies acting uuder the provisions of the act of Jul> vM, 1866.” The words “any ’ and “or” are omitted in your memorial. This omission was, of course, au error, but us your present correspondence exprs—as it;*- fame meaning, I mention the matter merely to re marl: that your views in that particular are not adopted by this department. The act of 1866 was, as you say. n compromise measure in wnicli the United States for the time being claimed its inherent right to tho performance of telegraphic service in conjunction with the post-office. The first telegraph line iu this country was built with government aid, and that tho government did not continue to oper ate its undoubted perrogatives by extending and operating the telegraph as a more speedy means *f communication than the post was, as is well-known, purely an accident. I have given full und respectful c >nsideration to your protest, weighed your arguments and interro gated (he subject for myself, through such channels as are open to me, desiring only to protect the interests of the government. Ju conclusion. 1 beg lb remind you that in ray let ter of July 18 in .answer to yours protesting against reducing, ? consented to your request for n conference on tho subject before any official order to the dcpari menu fixing rates should be issued, and I am yet ouite willing to entertain nay reasonable proposition ba*e<l upon known facts. 1 have the honor to remain, very re spectfully, yours, John WanamAkek, Postmaster General. JEALOUfcY PULLS THH TRIGGER. A Ban Francisco Man Ellis His Wife and Himself. Han Francisco, Cal., Aug. 5.-—This afternoon John Carter shot his wife in the brick while she was dressing her hair before a mirror, aud tbon shot himself in tbe head. He died instan ly, aud bU wife died in a few minutes. Jealousy is said to be the cause of the deed. CANON DOYLE LET GO. Witnesses for the Crown Refuse to Testify. DußLirc, Aug. s.—The government has abandoned its charge against Canon Doyle and others of holding illegal meetings. The ea e came up iu court at Arwhurstovvn, county Wexford, to-day. Twelve of the witnesses for the crown refused to be sworn. Tho crown will prosecute tbe*e witnusses for conspiring with the accused. Russian Agitators Raided. St. Petersburg, Aug. s.— Eighty Nihi lists have been arrested at Khorkoff. Tho police are raiding the house* of the members of the now socialist society at Odessa. Many members have been arrested. The society is largeiy composed of Jew*. Boulanger's Refutation. London, Aug. 5. —Gen. Boulanger has issued a declaration in which he says that the accusations against him are infamous slanders, and that be reiios upon the French people as ids sole judge;. Carnot Honored by the Shah. Paris, Aug. s.—The shah has c juferre 1 the highest Persian honor upon President Carnot. lie has also presented him with his portrait set with brilliants. Germany’s Naval Frauds. Berlin, Aug. 5. Privy Councillor Kraa ger has been arrested on suspicion of being concerned iu the naval frauds. Egypt’s Cotton Crop. London, Aug. 5.—A dispatch from Cairo says that tho prospects of tho Egyptian cot ton crop are excellent. Tb© Royal Grants Bill Passed. London, Aug. s.—The royal grants bl was passed oy tne House of Commons this afternoon. i DAILY. $lO A YEAR, t < 5 CENTS A COPY. V I WEEKLV. 31.25 A YEAR. | MRS. MAYBRICK’S STORY; A SENSATIONAL ADMISSION ON THE STAND. She Confessed That on the Day Bofora Her Husband Died She Made a Con leeaion of a Fearful Wronar She Had Done Him and Received His For artvenosa—His Addiction to Arsenic. Liverpool, Aug. s.—At the trial of Mrs. Mayhrick for the mjirder of her hus band to-d.y, tha examination of witnesses for the defense was continued. Dr. Mc- Namara, ex-president of the Irish College of Surgeons, testified that iu his opinion Maybrick's death was due to gostro-euteri tin, and not to arsoDio. Dr. Paul, toxologioal examiner in Vic toria uniTorsity, declared that it would take months to eliminate arsenic from tha system if it were taken over twice. Ha &!so thought the symptoms in the case of Maybrick accorded with those of gastro enteritis. A chemist testified that ladies often pur chased fly papers for use as cosmetics. A hair-dresser said that arsenic was fre quently used by ladies to improve their complexions. mwbrick’s confession. Mr. Poole, ox-mayor of Liverpool, tes tified that in March last Mr. Maybrick had told him that he took poisonous medicines habitually. This concluded the evidence, and Mrs. Maybrick then read her state ment. In this she explained the pres ence of fly papers in her house by saying that she had bought them for use as cosmetios. For many years she had used a cosmetic prescribed by Dr. Grijrgs of Brook lyn, which contained arsenic. She had lost the prescription, and wishing to make a substitute, had soaked the lly-papers in elder th 'wer water and lavender water, and had covered the vessel holding the mixture with a plate and towel to exclude the air. SHE GAVE HIM A POWDER. Continuing, Mrs. Maybrick siid: "On the night of May 9, after the nurse in attend ance upon my husbund hud given him some meat juice, I went aud sat by his bod. He complained of being very sick and de pressed and implored me to give him a powder. Earlier iu the day he had made a similar request and I hail declined to admin ister the power. But that evening I was overwrought, terribly anxious and miser uldy unhappy. Ilia distress uuuorved me, au l as he said the powder was harmless anil 1 could put it iu his food I consented to mix it with some meat juice whioh I gave to liim. After taking it the deceased fell asleep and appeared liettor on awakening. I was not anxious to administer the powder. Afterward I placed tha bottle ootr aining the meat juioe on tha ’.visshstand whero it remained uutil Michael Maybrick, my brother-in-law, took posses -ion of it. The day betore mv husband died, I made a full confession to him of a fearful wrong I had done him aud received his for gi von ess.” This statement caused a sensation in the court room. ROOT OF THE DERVISHES, But a Few Remain of Wad-el-Jumi’a Army of 3,000. Cairo, Aug. 5. —Gen. Grenfell, coin* m inder of the Egyptian troops, who de feated the dervishes on Saturday, tele graphed that ho has made a reconnaissance and found that the battle has completely broken the dervish army. Out of a force of 3,<)OU mau which Wau-ei-Jumi took into tha battle ou Saturday only a few remain. Those aro being pursued "by the Egyptian cavalry, and a column under Col. Vvcde liouse Was gone to Abu-Simbol to head off the retreating dorvis.,o>. Every emir in the dervish army save one was killed. The bodies of several hundred der vishes aud a largo nuinbsr of wounded, making 1,000 in all, have been brought into Toski. Ilofugoei are arriving at that town. The Egyptian loss in- the battle was 17 killed and 130 wounded. Three British sol diers woi o wounded. Saras has been occupied by the British and Egyptians. Two thousand of VVad-el- Jurni’s followers submitted to-day. Tha troops returned to Cairo immediately. ENGLAND'S NAVAL REVIEW. The German Flag Run Dp at the Mast* head of Each Ironclad. Portsmouth, Aug. s.—The review of the fleet by t:.o Gorman otuptuvr took place at 4 o’clock this afternoon. The weather waa clear and a high wind was blowing. As Emperor William approached the fleet in the yacht Hohenzollorn, the Gsrnian stan dard was displayed at the mainmast of each ironclad, a salute was fired by the combined fleets and the yards were manned. The roview was a brilliant success. Up on Its conclusion Ernperor William received the admirals commanding the British fleetn ou hoard the imperial yacht Hohenzollern aud congratulated them upon the splendid appearance of the fleets. Emperor William has telegraphed to the Duke of .Saxe-Coburg that he is extremely ; gratified by his reception here. He also re fers to the naval roview, and expresses admiration of the British fleet Franco-Russian Affiliation, Paris, Aug. s.—Gen. Vannosvlki, the Russian minister of war, who has been staying at Plombiers, left there to-day for home. The officers of tho garrison bade him a oordia farewell. In response to their shouts of “Vive Rtißda,” the war minister exclaimed “Vive le armee de France.” Belgium’s Anti Slavery Conference. London, Aug. s.— ln the House of Com mons this afternoon Sir James Ferguson, parliamentary secretary of the foreign office, stated that the government had re ceived advices from Brussels that the anti slavery conference would not assemble be fore the middle of October. A Papal Request of Germany. Berlin, Aug. s.—Herr vonScbloeser, the Prussian representative at the yatican, has arrived here with dispatches from the pope asking ttio government to fulfill its pledges aud restore to Catholics in Prussia the rights held by them before the adoption of the Falk laws. France's Second Ballots. Paris, Aug. 5. —The second ballots fqy members of the couucils general rn the cantons throughout the country, which failed to elect members on the previous Sunday, resulted in the election of 121 re publicans and 41 conservatives. Off tor East Africa. Berlin, Aug. 5. Eleven naval officers sailed to-day fof East Africa to join Capt. Wlssmann’s expedition. They are to take tho places of the dffleers incapacitated by sickness. ________________ Opening of the New Borbonce. Paris, Ang. 5. —President Carnot opened the new Sorbonne to-day. Many ambas sadors and other distinguished persons were present. The students gave au ovation.