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MACON, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, JUL\ 2$, 1887.-TWELVE PAGES.
VOL. LXII.JS016.
[HE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
iffN'ERSHIP of REAL ESTATE
0 BY ALIENS.
L.WAttorn.T-O.n.rai Garl.nd-
’ " t.to be Thoroughly Te.t>
' Y*.lpt« oMho Treasury-
General Notes*
r,y Jnlv 22 -Tho following is
rTJ; AttorneyGeoeral-s opinion
f ti,, set to restrict the owner-
^,! estate in the Territories to
* jcsnet Washington,
f5* 1°887 -To the President—
Jitt jour icqanies must be de-
L. in interpretation of the act of
fJfjj entitled "An sot to restrict
ibio of real estate in the Terri.o-
^‘ P ,iV.n citirens. .to.” Thein-
. First, was 'he act %>-
“ipply and does it tapply
I tkcomi, eon i.!.£OS .as.u..y
*L and hold shans or stock is-
utmericsn corporation which is
aiii.nl lands in the territo-
Sj aonld the advancement of
Sjitf. for the purpose of devel-
properties be lawful under
ftwtb. can aliens law folly con-
i ijuriican ewnors for working
'siting any proper nse of mineral
• itttQl of J
si.eotion of tbe aot forbids aliens
„ cot declared their intention to
asiaps of the United States and
aontioDS “or hereafter acquire,
Jn real estate so hereafter acquired
-rtrtt therein in the Territories of
iJSUtM or in the Dial ici. o£ Co-
'iX»ptiu oases ennmeratrd in tho
a iod proviso to the section.
tectiou tortile the operating,
eosiiog of such real estate hero-
aind by any corporation or asso-
iibich more than 20 per ctnt. of
kisorooey be owned by persons,
j»r or sseocif lions not citizens of
ii States.
ji tection forbids corporations
unilvay. canal or turnpike com-
itteir acqniaition to such lanes as
uenwy to the proper operation of
fcejBiU, or turnpikes,
itrth action, provides for the for-
dproperty tor violations of the
neftbnet.
to be acquired,
lion is “real
series of complaints sgsinst various rail-1 T> A T)TT\ T P r P/l JQ BlTPfiPT
roads,charging the impositiou of rates which I -L'bli IV w. Ui 1^*1 V-/1L X •
a*e unjust and unreasonable in themselves;
the imposition of rates upon bis products
greater than is pat upon those of the Stan
dard Oil Company. Under similar ciroum-
stanoes and conditions, direr ruination in
favor of the Standard Oil Company in haul •
ing its cars and charging for less than actual
weight, while oompl duaut's cars are always
charged at full actual weights, and discrimi-
n lion in favor of the Standard Oil Company
in famishing oil oars when the same are refus
ed to the complainant. All the averments are
substantiated by explicit statement of fact,
giving rates, time and place. These al
leged discriminations the complainant de
clares have had and were designed to have
the effect to g ve tho Standard Oil Company
an almost complete monopoly of the traffic
in oils The following are the roads com-
plained of: Louisville and Nrshville, Illi
nois Central, Mobile and Ohio, Newport
News and Mississippi Valley, Louisville and
New Orleans, Texas Pdcific, Alabama
Great Southern, Mississippi and Tennes
see, East Tmnesseej Virginia and Geo.gia,
and St. Louis, Iron Mountain ana Bauthern.
DEATH or OENEBAL DUNN.
Brigadier-General William McKee Dunn,
U. S. army (retired), late judge advccate
general, died at bis country residence,
Maplewood, Fairfax county, Virginia, this
morning at hnlf-p&dt seven o’clock, in the
721 year of bis age. General Dunn was
born December 12,1814, in what was then
Indiana Territory. He received a classical
education, graduating At the Indiana S ate
College in 1832 and at Yale College in 1835,
He then studied law, and after being ad
mitted to the bar enteied upon tbe practice
of bis profession, in which he attained
prominence. In 1848 he was a member of
tho SuU liouad of iUpreooQtativos and !u
1850 was a delegate to the State constitu
tional convention. He was elected Repre
sentative from Indiana to tbe 36 h Congress
as a Republican, and was re-elected to tbe
37th Congress. He was the candidate of
his party but was defeated for reelection
to the 38:h Congress, He wa.^ an
earnert supporter of the Union c*u*a®
in tbe late war, and while ptill a member
of Congress served in West Virginia as an
aide on General McClellan's staff. In March,
1863, he was com mbeloned as major and
judge advocate of United Btatea Volunteer*,
and in Jane, 1864, was promoted to be col
onel and assistant judge advocate in the
regular army. He was breveted btigadier-
general in March, 1865. for faitbfnl, meri
torious and distinguished service. In 1866
ha was a delegate to the Philadelphia “Loy
alist's" convention, and on December, 1,
1876, be was appointed judge advocate-gen
eral of tbe army, with tbe rank of brigadier-
general. He held the office of judge advo
cate-general until January 22, 1881, when
ho was placed on tho retired list, having
passed the age of 62. In private life Gen-
in was greatly esteemed and bo-
,1 bis death will be mourned by a
cirgle cf friends, not only
i di ban been for m
but throughout tho edr
TRADE RETURNS FROM ALL SEC
TIONS SATISFACTORY.
Money Plentiful, Iron Production Larger
Tima Ever Iteforj and Collections
Good—Wheat Cheaper Than
in Maoy Years, Etc.
'term would
art or interest
|i real property,
^ F the death of an
to tbe heir, and not to tbe attain-
xiecator It was not the purpoao
ito change the whole policy of the
tit to inch an extent as to exclude
- and forbid to an alien oven
■poraiy residence in tho Ternto-
pwunn-nt and tho District of
l Vet tho first cor at ruction sug-
•Hd effect that result. Under it
i tl property s n tho Diatrict o!
eould not la* fully lease, oven
^th, » dwelling* to one not
ha tmigiant to the Territories
■tended to make hia homo there,
B kwfolij obtain a building in
•Wt« hui family. Such oonald-
u enforce tho view ihat
Wtitruetion is in accordance with
ill .n, ui.il that bona
aot to come witlia tho inbi-
let, The exception of the
"B relieve* from its provisions
‘Jite, or intereat therein, as may
’tin tbe ordinary course of jus-
* collection of debts contracted
kpisaage of tbe net, but M
j* attach with full force
! contracted since its pass-
5* tipretaion in tbe second
"»ocorporation shall hereafter ac-
Mia or own any real estato hore-
,j . „ ” " — ■»*- J irpi r,ww uuid-
Klatea to all future opera-
, ? corporation in real estate in
5**°* Dietriot of Columbia. It
7™'“} right, now .xialing nor
.7 ouitnoan eorporatioLH trom
•**titata now owned by thorn,
3*1 ,t,n 20 ptr cent of
*• ownwt by otbi r than
*•» caae more then 20 per cent,
i* or »t any fmure time
b J other than oltt-
ah.is 1 w i“ 6 >no11 P er oent. of
tin t * E< !. 0WIltd . D0 further ac
Mtate by any
L. ?“• Tk. act does not deny
icn wi nc4n owr,t ra to borrow
Dor *o accure such lo .im
u5A U , tln ,ho ov.ntof sale of
.h c,ei,ltor conl11 hot at
fan ,.°L e l *‘ e porchosor.
^PJ tothoit.plrie, subai.
O r.uhi. i , A ’ m,n ‘ B ar ® resl «*
* i p'*r«t8 in real eaute,
tV“!‘PV'j'° ‘hem.
'•Jim* °orporatlon la per.
o*n end
b » eo American
4,*'!®,''J 10 * owner of mineral
'Heed, Ihe kaloiog
*«»ithl. if . ®*? 1 8nch oorpo
r icqairn told > own njt
Hr cant '"kilo more
■lihhox * lhe ‘took U held and
b «.-
»loHn LAh e in,t r ' hl
"‘h if aott cn hi.“ ‘kepeueg. of
t 0,1 “a own secuiity
lawfully contract
ioDucnoK or uikeiuls.
llowing is s condensed statement
.. production of the more Important
minerals of the United States in tho year
1888, ns issued by tbe United States Goo-
lc gic’al Smvey, in advanca of a report on
the mineral resources of tho United States,
prepared by David T. D ty, chief of the
division of miniogst tiatiotond technology.
■ Increased production and also increased
valno have been general characteristics of
the mineral industries duriDg 1880. The
total value of tho mineral products Increased
in ronod numbers from $-128,000,0 0 in 1885
to-*465,000 000 in 1880 Tbe impoitanf
factor in this gain of $37,000,COO wsatbeio-
creaaed production of pig iron from 4,044,6Co
long tons 1885 to 8,603,329 long tons in
1886 and nu uppreclation of 76 oenla in tho
average value per ton, making ft total peitt
of $30,483,160 in ibis industry alona. The
condition of the iniiviluftl industries is
Riven as fellows: The principol iron statis
tics for 1886. wera-D meslio iron con
sumed, 10,010 COO long tons; value at tha,
mine, $28 000.000. Imported iron eye con
sumed, 1 039 433 long tons; total Won ore
consumed, 11,039,433 long tons. Pig iron
made. 6,683.329 long tons, an Increase of
1 638.8U3 tons, as compared wilh 1W»;
value at furn«oe,$95.195,7C0,or $30,383 300
more than in 1885. Total spot ralue of all
iron and steol in tbe first stage of “»nnf-c-
tnre, inclndicg all dapboations, $142,oOO,-
000, ao it.cteaeo of $49,600,000, as compattd
* llie total value of gold produced ln lSSG
wes $35 000 0*0—bd increase of $J ; lJJ,Uwr
nV n* iR«5 Tho production of silver ae-
creased from $31.000,000in 1885to$51,000,•
000 in If86 The produotion cl copper in
1880, including 4 000,000 pounds frem m-
Dorted pvrilea, anmnnied to 160,6.9,» 91
pounds, valued at $16 4C9.HB-* dje»«*
of 10 281,526 ponnds, and $1,823,496 In
value, from 1885. Too average pnoe of
copper ia 1880 declined to f 10 ^.P"P°^
Th« total nroduotlon of lead
to l.SfiO,629 tone in 1686, valn»d *»__Wy
667 710. Tbe production olwhiU * Q
1886 hi estimated at 60,«» «kort tons,
worth at 6J centa per round, $7,500.<m
The toUl value of the oxides ot load
about $1,535 000. Tb * “.tM per
was 42 611 short tons, gained __ at J88 ,PJ*
1 bona fide
C ’ c E “6't<l »itb ths inter
bommUsion & formidabl*
short ton, an incroMe of 1.063 -bort tons
and $112 552 in value over 1885 Zmo
oxide (vhlte lead) was slso “» d «
from 1 ores to tho amount o. 18 tkW
$1,440,
quick*
from ores —
short tons tfl ! ae ^,
«tfver in^C.Iiforuia w« 29,981
atf?d.csi«?g«iSS
total value abo«. u Tb JSi pro!
duo to on increase in P*ro«. To “ la .
duction of .11 ki^^'^. miot known
live of that coDaumed at lb# » l »JJ eg2 m
as colliery coosnmpti ’ ’.-"“ 756 , t the
mioe^-Thl totai production o£ J« kinds
Ip
spot value of W.41»,42U.^ Th4 d(|U;Ij| o( , he
■-■81, Uvl.l and lwilnt- trip I- : "' :U ; ,""1. 'i.'.'ti"..
rangsd. Tbe special ‘f?l“ e .ill
city on Sunday nigh*. > xhc Preti-
nuch Ailtnta ilondav n ab^ ; u
dent will BPend Tneadaj djrcDgli Vir-
Atlanta. lie will be “y,' 1 .uff,
-.finia by Governor L . Scales and
through North GeJroltnabJ C4rclina by
hU Staff, and through. (f wboul
Gov. Rtchar -uu »“ ‘ ’ At t t, 0 Geor-
will go will* bin. to Atlsut v Gjtdon , nd
gia liDS ho will be met 1 h Gover-
a tail. At Atlanta be trill be Ket ^
nors and United btates finec tfd that he
Sontbern States. It * ' ^ ( t i 1# exposi-
•““"WSS&KSl'*
New Yosv, July 22—R. G. Dun A
Company’s review cf trade fer the week
ending Saturday saya: With business
progressing well ILr iigbout the country,
crop prospects excellent, iron production
larger than at any previous period r.nd
money in abundant supply, Wall street is
disturbed because tbe dream it has boon
chaaiugfor months suddenly fades away,
and Mr. Garrett annonucts tbe failure of
Ivea to buy tbe Baltimore and Ohio. The
incident illustrates the weakness of Wall
street as a barometer. For four months tbe
street has been discounting the beneficent
results of this expected settlement, and all
sorts of purchases, loans, commitments and
calculations have been based thereon. But
for these, the retention of the Baltimore
and Ohio by the old owners should dis
turb nobody. But now litigation involving
the value of many properties direotly and
indirectly has been commenced and may
ovetcl-ud them with uncertainty for some
time, and meanwhile no one wants to buy
a share in a law suit. Wheat at 81J for No.
2 red winter in July is lower than it has
been before in that month for moro than
forty years, and close up to the lowest ptioe
for that petiod in any month. This is the
direct result of speculation, which drew
many mi l'cn hn.h.la from farmers' hands,
where the cost of carrying was nothing, to
the hands of dealers, who are anxious to
unload b.-foro new wheat comeB. Twenty
million bushelsina f-.welevatorsaroheavier
than a hundred million bcshols would be in
farmers' bins. Small purchases from farm
ers forsomo time to come are probable, and
the consequent delay in tbe demand for
money to use in crop moving may possibly
be helpful. Frices generally ara low in
spite of many speculations. Cotton is
t> cdiog downward, with indications follow
ing several important failures, but goods
are comparatively soiree and prices well
maintained. Wool ia unsatisfactory. Foreign
competition at low prices is combining with
a slack demand for goods to disoourega pro
ducers. But some kinds cf iron ana steel
look stronger, thongh tho market for
steel rails e«emt less firm. Tho
sale of 25,090 tons of Bes
semer iron at above twenty dollars, is
reported, and at the 6ame time largo sales
of rslia for Paciflo delivery at prices below
current quotations. Tbe official bulletin
of the Iron and Steel Aasccl.tion makes
the production'for the half year 3,051,699
tons, uol^kiijikMagumfy to expectation
of unsold * ‘
12,000
I ports. Ri _
__ | try are uniform./
favormSCTTit >"tfcestate ot Irado for tho
season, and collections are repottod good or
fair at all poin's save two. Crop prospeots
are also prononneed moro favorable,
thongh the extent of damage
done by drought and in
sects cannot be exactly determined.
Exports improve, for three weeks having
tnorrased over la*t year’s by 6 per cent,
for import. Foreign exchange tends np-
ward, however, and aome sales of securi
ties on foreigu account ore reported. The
course of stocks has indicated hesitation
an i weakness, and tho narrow bank reserve
is for tbe season effect with timidity most
speculative markets. Tbe business failnres
oocurring throughout tbe country during
tbe last week number for the Uni ed States
147 and for Canada 23. a total of 172,
agalnat 179 last week and 154 the week pte-
Inoua.
A MARSHAL BOYCOTTED.
Marshal Gro»»'a Attempt to Collect Rail
road Taxes.
LoutaviLLl, July 22.—United States
Marshal Gross and bia largo force of depu
ties, who left Tneaday to levy upon tho
troprrty of residents of Taylor county, Ky.,
.ur teluaal to pay Lxea on railroad bonds,
has hern boycotted by tho hotels of Csmp-
bellaville. which refused to entertain
him. He with his force encamped In
tho open air, and is not making much prog
ress in levying on properly. All stores are
closed up and most of the personal prop
erty has been removed and live stock has
been taken out of the country. Several
honscs wore levied upon in the absence of
something better. A large crowd of peo
ple accon. psi.i-s the officer, butno attempts
at Interference or disturbance wero
made. Butt w.s brnnght against tho mar
shal to day for $1,000 for unlawfully camp-
tug in tbe court homo yard, by tho county
jaRer. The people seem determined not to
pay the taxes and a general boycott of the
officers seems imminent, as neighboring
towns have said tbev would not take care of
any stock levied npm In Taylor county.
Stanley's Expedition.
BnrssELs Joly 21— Gcocknoo Janssen,
of the Congo Free State, „n July 20!h,
telegraphed General Straucb, administrator-
gemrafif tho interior department of tho
state's central cov-inmenthere, aa follows:
“Send me 600 pieces of etoff. Stanley
started on Joly'Jd to Wadelal.” This dit-
pstch was eentfrou St Thomas, and Gen
eral S:ranch says that ho considers that
the tenet of tho message shows that Ganerat
Jauasen in ordering the[ i.cea relied on the
expedition making regular progress. The
news of Stanley’s ar ival at Arnmimi was
ditpatebtd by an English officer whom
Stanley left in charge of the camp there,
and this was taken by steamer to Leo
poldville, and there by an express messen
ger. The Bjma route is more easily and
rapidly made than iho one to Matadi.
A Train Wrecker IJaaged.
NiBROJXiCmr, July 22 —DavidHuffman
waa banged here to day for wrecking a Mis
souri Paciflo passenger train on the night of
11th of January last at Dunbar, a small sta
tion on tbe Missouri Paciflo ten miles west
of this plica, when Eegineer DeWilt was
instantly kill* d end a number of pansengera
seriously injured. Toe trap was sprung at
10.21 and te waj strangled to death in tight
minutea. 1IU body waa ent down and
tinned over to the county coronet. His
confederate in the train wrecking is hi rvitg
a ten years’sentence in the penitentiary,
having tori ed N'-uie s evidence, A militia
company was called out to keep order, but
everything paas.d rff qnietly.
ring from Car
lton, and on V. ednesoay
lie reception and make a snort a
FotiDg »n4 n;iddl«*»ged men. *i
TO«* debUttf *nd kindred »fTrt
memory *nd bypoebondri*. tliou:
to for Iwk* lila*tr»U«i tr
THE GREAT COKE STRIKE.
It Kudu After tbe Loss of Millions to Mas
ters and Men.
FrrTfBtTBa, July 22 —The coke strike
just ended was ooo of tho meat stubbornly
rnntpfltod battle* ever fought between capi
tal and labor. For eleven weeks and four
days the fight went on, and now that it is
ovc r the feeling between the men and oper
ator); is, if anything, more cordial than it
ever was before. Tho amount of money
lost by tho long idleness cannot be accu
rately calculated, but it runs up into the
millions. When the strike began, four-
fifths of the 11,000 men in the region had
money of their own, bijt very few of them
have cnongh money now to take them out
of the district if they wanted to loivo.
For the first six week all of the 10,000
men were striking. The average wages
paid, inrladiog mine boys at 75 cents a
day and coal miners at from $2.50 to $5 00
a day, is $2.05 Courting at that rata the
men lost during toe fird flva we?-k* $553.Soil
in wages. Th**n Andrew 0«rb*gii *.bo
advance, sod 3.000 men went to work. For
the six weeks remaining 6.000 have been
carrying on the strike, and have lost $442,-
800, makug a total less in wages of $906,-
300. I. a sliding scale equal to 12* per
cent advance is arranged tor them, u will
take a year *nd ui no months steady work
to make up for tie time they have lost. The
operators have also been heavy lasers.
Pampa hive been kept running at all the
pits, yaTd and pit bosses, superintendents
and cltrk, have been drawing salaries, and
mu us and horses have been getting fat on
oattf and hay that they did not earn.
At West Lsisenring, where the •Pinker
ton men have been stationed, the expense
has been over $1,000 since the strike began.
Besides this, ovens have become cold and
badly cut of repair. Fully a third of them
ail over tho region will have to be over
hauled before coal can be put into them.
Then, too, tho coke trade hus fallen off and
it will take time and money to build it up
again. It is estimated that tho actual ex
pense to operators has been from $7,000 to
$10,000 a day, while their entire loss will
foot up to over a million of dollars.
Pia. snur.o, July 22.—Specials from the
coker regions to tho Chronicle-Telegram,
report that a large number of strikers re
sumed work lo-day, but new complications
have arisen which may prevent a settlement
of the strike. At many of the works strik
ers reported for duty this morning, bikt
would not go to work nnlesa non-union
workmen were discharged. The operators
refused to concede this, and tho men re-
tu nod to their homes.
DARING MISS PARKER.
ibcrcdWHH Uer Walking Costume
Swims Into llnrltan UiL v and
scues n Prownl
July 19.—
Cortlandtr
inent lea:
g feat atf
on which 1
ave a oottaj
4 o’clock
by her sinter
. __ V .rker, \w u*. t »
They had scarcely reached their bath
house when they were startled by calls for
help from Riritan Bay. Miss Parker saw a
woman struggling in the water about thirty
feet from tho shoro. Mias Parker, who is
an accomplished swimmer, ran toward the
wator, and before her companion was aware
of her intention the intrepid young lady
sprang to the rescue of the drowning wo
man. Robed as sho was, in her walking
costume, Miss Parker’s progress was some
what retarded, yet, in a remarkably short
spice of time she reached tho sido of tho
struggling woman, who proved to bo Han
nah Dugan, a cook, employed at the cottage
of Theodor® Mercer, of Newark.
The woman clasped Miss Parker around
the neck and both 6ank. By a deept rate
struggle Miss Parker reached the surface
pgaiii and exclaimed: “Don’t hold me by
the neck or we will both drown.” The
woman then seized Miss Parker by the
waist end tho latter swam to within a few
yards of the shore, when she was met by a
man in a boat. Mrs. R. Wayne Parker in
the meantime secured restoratives and Miss
Dogan was thought to be recovering when
she suddenly expired. It is Ihe opinion of
tho attending physicians that she had a
stroke of appoplexy in the water, and her
death was partly due to the attack. She
was a large woman and weighed about 200
pounds. Her relatives live in Jersey City.
Miss Parker not knowing that tbe woman
had died, resumed her bath, and was much
affected when she learned of Miss Dogar/s
death. Sho modestly received the con
gratulations of her friends upon her daring.
TIIE CHICAGO DOPPLERS.
One or Their Number Describes Their
Methods of llaslness.
Cxncxoo, July 22.—In the trials of boodle
county officials to-day, the first witness was
the indicted ex-Commlisioner Linn, who
turned State’s evidence and gave tvideuce
startling, direct and comprehensive. He
told how tho defendant commissioners held
a secret meeting in the rooms of the j miter
of tbe Criminl Court in the basement of
the very building where the trial is being
held. Tho chairmen of the various com
mittees, it was decided at the meeting,
should no longer lay themselves open by
accepting and dividit g money paid by firms
who had been put through tbe board.
Regular o Electors ahould be appointed. It
was upon tho motion of witness that Mo-
Garigle was selected as collector. Money
was secured by the com mission *rs from
overy oontract—about $500 or $1,000 apleco
to each man for large contracts and a regu
lar percentage for small ones. On one occa
sion Commissioner Waaaerman demauded
half of $1,200 that witness had obtained for
himself outside the fees. A quarrel ensued,
but witness did not divide, believing Was-
serman bad received enough.
Similar evidence was given by Lynn
sgaiast nearly all tbe other oommisaionera.
Iiis cross examination elicited nothing
nificant, save that he was a church member
wbilo engaged in the conspiracy. Lynn is
a tall, gaunt-lookiog farmer. He gave his
testimony in a coo!, unconcerned manner,
and did not seem to shrink from the with
ering glances directed toward him by his
twelve old ooilesgues.
A Murderer Sentenced to Hanff.
St. Louis, July 22 —John N. She®, after
serving a term of four years in the peniten
tiary, was brought hick to this city last
week to receive sen ten co for the murder of
& police officer in this city while making hi
c*c-ape from jril, and waa this morntni
again sentence i to be Langed, the execution
being ordered September 7th. A mo
tion for a stay of proceedings wss gr»n'ie 1
to enable Shea's atiorne)* to carry the case
to the Supreme Court.
COUNCILL’S CASE UN TRIAL.
HIS CLAIM FOR DAMAGES AGAINST
THE STATE ROAD.
Ths Story oi Hi. ejection from the Ladles'
Car— Councill Admit, ttio Right of
Cla..iflcatlon by Color -XVautg
Equal Accoiumodatlous,
•THE WEATHER BULLETIN.
Washington', July 23.—The Iater-State
Commerce Commission to day gave a hear
ing in ilie o wo o£ William II. Councill
ngainBt the Western and Atlantio railroad.
Councill is a colored man, who, having pur
chased a first-class ticket, charges that he
was refnsod permission to ride in the first-
class car, and was forced to go into ths
Bmoking car.
The railroad company was represented by
Jnlius L. Brawn, of Atlanta, and tbe com
plaint by John D. Branon and O-car Hunt-
ley, of Huntsville. Mr. Brown interposed
depositions, and during the brief discus
sion which ensued Mr. Brown stated his
purpose to entor a motion to throw out tbe
complaint upon the ground of lack cf juris
diction, this being, be asserted, metely a
claim for damages. The chairman,
in reply, said the com mission-would not sit
hero to try any mere question of dam iges,
but that this was muon moro. Here were
charges of nnjust discrimination against a
class of oitizsus. If there were each a case
it ougLt to arise upon facts which are open,
publio and notorious, and there ought to be
no difficulty in regard to them. The ob
jection being overruled, tbe charges and
response were retd. The gist ot the rail-
Into tho ladles' c*r in defiance of the rules
of tho company and refused to go into the
other otr, and that it wos passengers and
not trainmen who assaulted him. The an
swer admits tbe dnty of the company to
furnish equal aooommodatious for all first-
class passengers, but it claims the right to
classify passengers either by
the color line or otherwise.
He ia an intelligent looking colored man,
well dressed, self possessed and of good ad
dress. He is a miiister 'of tho gospel, and
principal of tho State Normal School, at
Huntsville. In reply to inquiries by coun
sel, ho told the story of his ijeetion from a
car in which he bad token bis seat. Ho
entered tbe car without objection on the
part of anyone. He wos tpld by someone
whom he did not rcoogniz* os a train man
that he must go forward, to wLjch he paid
no attention. He was finally approached
by two men, one of whom carried a lan
tern end the other had his hand upon hia
hip pocket. The man with tho lantern
Beiz’d tho witness, hit him over the head
several times vith the lantern, cutting bia
bead badly and breaking tbe glass. Tbo
itneps appealed to tho postjengerg, but
^^t avail. His asL-ailants then se zid
ried him into tbe forward ear. Ti^
ir . TI ...... very filthy and was lull of pmok
As he was being passed from one car to tho
other a brakeman told him this was what
he got for not moving when requested.
Counsel for the respondent opened his
side of the ciu?o by reading a series of di po
sitions. From one by a pfisseoger named
Whitest!) the following appears to have
been tbe stylo of Ooorcifl's invitation to
change carer "I walked forward to the
front end of the oar and told Bivins, the
fiacman, that I wanted his lantern a min
ute. I took it out of bis hand, then turned
and walked back to where Councill was sit-
ting, and told him there was to be no more
foolishness; that I did not want to hurt
him, but he had to go. He replied very
insolently that he would not go, and then
I grabbed him in the collar and attach him
over the head with a lantern I knocked
him out of his seat and palled him out to
gether. He fell to tbe floor, and ah he
raised up he came towards me and I let Lim
have it again with the lantern. I hit him
several times beforo I conquered him, and
then rushed him right out of the oar into
the darky’s car. He was willing to go by
the time I got through with him.’’
Several depositions taken at Huntsville
regarding the complainant's political and
sociil record were thrown out as irrelevant.
The crcdactorof the train was sworn
and testified in substance that the colored
car on that trip was similar in construction
and appoinments to the ladiea’ car, except
that one was partitioned off for smokers
and waa in little better condition. If a
white wan should enter tho colored car,
tho witness would request him to go out.
If he refused, witness would make him. A
white man unaccompanied by ladled would
be compelled to enter the smoker, bnt af
ter tho train started he might go into tho
ladies’ car if thero were v-cant seats. This
practice was in compliance with bulletin
orders of the road, but tbe orders wero not
printed. Witness never did put a white
man out of the ladies’ car if he behaved
himself, and never heard of its being done.
No lady on tho train had requested It.
Counsel did not question as to particulars
duriDg the assault, as they understood from
the commission that that was not essential
to the matter of discrimination.
Tho fligman cf the train was sworn and
corroborated the conductor's statement.
Mr. Brown submitted a motion to discuss
tbe case. Both eides submitted printed
briefs and the hearing ended. The de
fendant’s briefs are two in number, the
first maintaining the right of tbe ra'road to
ciasiiiY its pissengers on the color line;
secoLd, discmsing the question of jurisdic
tion. The complainant’s brief, admitting
the right of classification maintains that it
is the duty of the railroad to furnish equal
facilities and conveniences for the two races.
The commission has now cleared Its
docket cf cases assigned for hearing during
the present month. Oommwsioner Sshoon-
maker left the city this evening for his
home in New York, and his colleHguea will
probably leave Waihington next week. It
is tbtir present purpose to take a recess
during the month of August, and to res ime
public duties the tenth of Srptember, at
*hieh time they have assigned a hearing at
Holland, Vermont.
Killed bj Lightning In » ltowboat
New Voss. Ja y 2*2 —A boil ui lightning
struck a smalt rowboat in Pnnce's Biy,
KUt»Q Inland, during a son all lhi*» after
noon, and instantly killea Miohatl Dillon
ao<J John P. Ityan, of this city. The two
men had gone'fi^hiDg in company with
IiatO Smith, a bath houaekt eper at Prince's
Bay. Smith was knocked unconscious
and remained so half an hour. On recov
ering his sen**-* he hhw Hymn’s d»-od body
hanging over the boat’s side. The body
wa*i ahiolutely nude. The body of Dillon
hts not yet been recovered. Dillon was a
well known ice cream manufacturer and
llyan was proprietor of an ice cream sa
loon.
The Favorable Condition of Cropn~The
Seasonal Deficiency of llaln.
Washington, July 24—The following is
the weather crop bulletin of the signal office
for lue week ending July 25: Tempira-
tnre—The ttmperature for the week ending
July 231 has been normal or slightly cooler
than usual in tbe New England Staten, tho
upper lake region end the Missouri Valley.
B svwb®it it Eat b mn wanner, the notable
txcefWB ranging from four degrees daily in
the Middle Athintio States to Mix degrees or
more in tbe Ohio Valley. Theso high tem
peratures have preveiled over the entire
cotton, corn and tobacco regions. Mince
January l*t the temperature for tho agri
culture! sections has doie ly accorded with
the avereg *, < xe* pt over the oorn and wheat
districts of the Onto Valley and Missouri,
where the mean daily excess of heat has
been from one to two degree?,
Rainfall.— During the wees ending Jnly
23J, tbe rainfall has been Id exoess over
New England, tbe Middle Atlantic Slates
And tha j*f the Sssth Atlantic uud
Etst Gilf States, as well as in the greater
part ot Nebraska. The exocss cf rainfall
has come largely in severe thunder storms,
especiuily in I’wniHjIvania and Maryland.
While Southern Michigan has been favored
by a slight < xrt ss, the Ohio and MiHhHr-ippi
valleys report for the w eek deficient rain
fall, varying from one-third to threo-quar-
tire of the whole amount Tho marked
seasonal deficiencies of rainfall yet obtain,
amounting to ten inches or more in tbe
lower Mi88isj>ippi valley, Alabama and Gea r
gia. In Iowa this deficiency has BteaflJ
increased during tho past month, bf^g
otb r regions named tbe deft .iency
6lowly diminished. week
ahow rather favorable for tho cot?.
exerpt in tho Garolinas, where* 14
localitloa rain is to-day predi£ ni -
the high teup era ture tends tc JV
tursfh.growiLa.rap. yet J' »«*
be needful from Ku.q H8 anr i0 ,7 Sf*;,
to Indiana. Tho great h,-‘' ndb,dd ‘ Bt "'
bntion of rain may pos»W
bacon crop in North w
ever, the indication^ of this morning,
21, look to oocQBioD l
THE TEXAS CATTLE TRAIL. ^
A Largo Dealer Say* it tine No
• Abanionad. {toal
Sr. Louis, July i3.—To!:itcrcdit
Dallas null S\n Anttnlo, Go j
tho r* p *rt that tho
bo aboudoned, rj
tie on theit qhfe
dny turned,), who!
Ool. SiB)(bo aBeg* 1
ngent^'nver, s J»
■“Ke'seoted th*'N
rt', .... tbe jraj
Tuft* cattle n.< T ;i.
c-itllo wero finding ,
plenty of grass in tb
no neoeseity to turn ^
other quarters it was gen
that tbe old days of tho t
I be only eel ration is to c
hoQstsin Texas,
The 8'. Louie Delegation i
Sr. Louis. July 23.—The delegation of
the leading citv. ns cf this city and from
various counties of tho State appointed to
invite the President and Mrs. Cleveluid to
vi.it St. Lonln in October next, loft for
Washington to-night in a sproial train of
sleepers via tbe Ohio and Mississippi rail
road The delegition is beaded by Mayor
D K. Franc s, ot this city, and numbered
72 persons. They will roaoh Wsshington
early Mondiy morning, and will oill on the
President and present the invitation some
time during the day.
Effect of the IrUli Lanil Hill.
London, July 21.—An interview was had
to-day with Mr. Wm. O’Brien, member of
Parliament aud editor of United Ireland,
on the subjeot of tbe Irish land bill. Mr.
O’Brien fays that the first effect cf the
measure would be to bankrupt and destroy
a majority of tbe Uudlords in Ireland, and
the next effect to destroy the government,
which had purchased office with con
cessions destructive to the Con
servative party after a bitter
struggle of six months. He sold the
ministry bad adopted Mr. Parnell's bill and
it was the plan of campaign that had
forced Ihem to pursue their prtH6nt course.
The Earl of Aberdeen, who arrived at
Queenstown to-day on the steamer Servia,
was interviewed on the Irish question. He
spoke in the highest terms of the Irish all
over the world.
Dublin, Jnly 21 —At a meeling of cam
paign tenants on Vandelienr estate in West
Clare to-day. it was decided to accept a re
duction if 30 per cent in rents.
A special issue to the Dablin G .zette an
nounces that the following oounties have
been fully proclaimed: Kings, Leltrum,
Long ter 1. Sligo.Gal way, Mayo, R jscomiuon,
Cl re, Kerry, Cork, Limerick, Kilkenny,
Qieeus, Tippeiry, Waterford, Wexford,
Donegal and Moncgoah. The counties par-
tiilly proclaimed are: Armagh, Carlow,
Djwd, Cavan, Dab’io, Kildare, Fermanagh,
Londonderry, South Meath, Tjrone, West
Meath, and Wycklow. The following town®
have also b en proclaimed: Dublin, Cork,
Limerick. Waterford, Londonderry, Kil
kenny, Droghtda, Beltast, Carrickferfu®
ao«l (ialway. "
Dublin, July 34.—Mlcbari Davitt and
wife attended a meeting at Bod ke to-day
and made presents of money and medals to
a number of girls who defended thi ir home®
against the police during the recent evic-
tions. __________
A Warm Welcome to Southern Lailien.
St Paul Muv., JoirK—Xae party of
Southern ladies, in charge of Col. Pat,
Donan, have been recipients cf a weloom®
akin to that given the Fits Hugh Lee purty
last winter. The welcome reached them
long before they arrived in the shape of
telegr mr, invitations, request® for engage
ment*, and every day of their stay at Like
Minnetonka has been frilled with steamboat
and yachting txcursi rn*, rea-ptions, hops,
etc Tb® Ctw2pap€is publish theif biugra-
pbfail&d alleged pt.m»it>, and C don el
D. nan, Opt® Head and Eugene Field are b®-
sitged for introductions. Tue&daj they do
St. Paul, and will he drtvou out to M nne-
baha, and #i-it the Minnenotu regiment of
miliua Liter. th«jy exolore the park re
gion, and possihlv will go to Dakota.
K At Loti Dying.
Mo*< ow, July 21. K*tkoff, editor of the
Moscow Gazette, Who was thought to b«
convalescent, has bad a relapse, and is now
djing.