B
THE KAXSAS AXD US JOS PACIFIC.
Mm Gould Quits the Latter JleeauseXol Sails/led
H With Government as a Partner.
H | New YoitK , May 10. When tho Pacific
B Railway Commission got to work this
M morning , Jay Gould resumed tho witness
M stand and tho questions were continued by
M Commissioner Anderson. Gould testified
B that [ the provisions of the consolidated
H | mortgngo trust was strictly complied with
B- toy the trustee honds issued as therein proII
Ito Tided. Gould was shown a transcript of
H | k , transactions in consolidated honds furnished
H Jr "by tho Union Pacific company , which
W would seem to indicate that the trustees
H had not followed the trust. Gould said
B that was a Union Pacific account of which
B -he knew nothing that the true way to get
B at the matter was to examine
B the accounts of the trustees
B Icept hy Mr. Calef , who would
B he glad to make the necessary
B explanation. You will find that the ac-
M counts of the trustees will balance with tho
B .mortgage. "
M Gould gave tho sergeant-at-arins , Walsh ,
B. . -a note directing Calef to appear before the
B Commission with the lwoks showing the
Mm issue of bonds. After quoting a great
WM many figures showing the times and details
V of consolidation , Gould said : "I claim , if
Mm J were a creditor of the road like Govern-
IB ment 1 would not have hesitated in grant-
MM ing an extension oi time in paying the
WM -subsidy , even though the road were uaying
JB -dividends , unless the Government wanted
WM "to take the road and run it. If it did
fl Jicre was Ja chance for it. " Mr. Littler
B here branched oil' from the subject of the
MM investigation to ask , for his own informau
MM mation , Gould's opinion with reference to
MM the Interstate Commerce bill. Gould
IB said : "There is a great deal of good and
II jome bad in it. I haven't asked the com-
| .mission for any change yet I should
II prefer to wait a year or two before giviug
mm any definite opinion. " In reply to Judge
IV Dillon's question , Gould said that the ac-
II < [ insition of tho Denver & South Park road
IK -was a politic action on the part of the
HI Union Pacific , and brought him no great
lm personal profit. Kansas Pacific stock
WM jumped up rapidly as it leaked out I was
H buying largely. I did it to protect my in"J
K lerest in the Union Pacific , and
IK i furnish a Southern outlet and not
II I to affect tho market. As soon
B | j tis the Iowa roads pro-rated , we turned
m -the traffic over the Southern road and made
Wm money for the Union Pacific. I made
B money J by the transaction of course.t
IB I want to explain to the commission my
Hk motives in making these large purchases ;
Br I have nothing to conceal. At present I
* rx . Iiave no interest in the Union Pacific.ol
Uf "While I was connected with it the company
Ml liuilt several branch lines to act as feeders.
Mf Kb individual made any profit out of tho
It building of these roads , the company buildn
f ing them at actual cash cost. As regards
I the Central Branch , Kansas Central , and
I St. Joe 5 "Western roads , I am willing to
I tike them off the Union Pacific's
I hands atthe price it paid for them
I at the time of consolidation.JS'
I The Kansas Pacific was a more valuaole
I property than the Union Pacific. It was
I not put into the consolidation at too high
mf value. The securities of the government
B ' were increased by tho consolidation , and I
I' % cannot conceive how the consolidation was
" \ in any way injurious to the government's
i { interests. One management was needed ,
\ and the paralleling and consequent cripcv
ftL. l itST * pHng of the Union Pacific was prevented.
• In to ex-Govemor Pattison's
repiy - quesan
i "V tion as qo why he retired from the manage-
1 \ mentof the Union Pacific Gould answered :
"I made up my mind it would be better to
have a large number interested in the road
than to have people say Jay Gould owns it.
I was also partially actuated by undesira- ,
"bility of having the government for part-
i , uer. "When the road was in the rut it
, could have made any sort of bargain with
, the government. When it had been conjw
verted into a paying pioperly , thus increas-
ing the government's security , government
• stepped Tu and attacked it. It is difficult .
X to predict the future of the Union Pacific , .
v "but I think the Government will have to •
make large concessions of both principal *
; and inteiest to the load when 'the bonds
I become due , because the road cau never *
{ pay them. The work ot building the road
I wasal'eaiiiilly expensive and dangerous
\ job , andwhereas Western lines are now ' ,
\ being built for from $12,000 to § 13,000 a
/ mile , this road paid as high as from § 5 to
) to $10 each for ties , and $300 per ton for
) iron rails. The Government has been suf-
( iicienti } ' compensjitcd for its loan to the
| Union Pacific by the benefit it has already •
1 received from the sale of lands , etc.
1 t In my opinion , the Government should
, - settle with the road ou a fair basis ; say by ?
f taking a bond for the principal sum , $27hi
B 000.000 , and cancel the claim for back
interest. I would undertake to negotiate
such a bond and secure its immediate cash
i , payment. I say this as a man who has not
• a dollar's interest in the road. I never
I . ' advanced money to pay Union Pacific divin
[ , dends , though I did loan $1,500,000 to pay 0
; - back interest on Kansas Pacific bonds once
on condition of a change of rate of iuterest
i from 7 per cent to 6 per cent. In return p
for this money I received consolidated v
stock. "
With the conclusion of Gould's tcstitj
mony the taking of evidence in this city
' for the present closed. The Commission
goes to l > ostou next Saturday night and
will open inveseigation there Monday noon.
t ' , Governor Ames and F. Gordon Dexter are
. among those to be examined there. The \
\ Commission will probably go to Omaha
i about Julv 1st.
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A HAD XOUSG MAX. P
Mii. 'V.vckee , Wis. , May 19. G. H.
/ Mugic' ' .cson , whose wealthy parents live at
*
Jtochefort , Minn. , has been the agent of tho i
Lovell Manufacturing company , of this ,
city , for the last few wpeks. Irregularities ' p
were discovered , to-day , in his accounts , gj
and the investigation following proved ho
' - is a defaulter to the tune of several hun
dred dollars. He has skipped , but his part
ents , in all probability , will make good tho
loss to the company.
- . TIIJS C „ II. * Q. 2LEETIXQ.
* CniCAGO , May 18. The annual meeting
of the stockholders of tho Chicago , Burling-
ton & Quincy railroad company , was held st
in this city to-day. The old board of directe ,
tors were elected for the ensuing year , and w
the action of the directors in regard to si
aiding in the construction of , and leasing re
and purchasing the following railroads and ni
their branches , to-wit : Galesburg &Rio : fo
Nebraska & Colorado ; Omaha & North. 0
PJatte ; Grand Island & Wyoming Central ; sc
the Republican Valley & Wyoming ; tho ai
Oxford & Kansas the Chicago , Nebraska & se
, Kansas ; Kepnbhcan Valley , Kansas & tl
Southwestern ; Beaver Valley & Eastern re
Colorado , was ratified by a unanimous vote w
of all stock representatives at the meeting , ta
r.
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STMICIXa AT VKIOXI83L
The Jiotd Plan Adoptrd by Ilrprrsentallccs of
the Various ItulUlluu Trade * .
CmcAGO , May 19. A bold plan of cam-
paign to settle tho great building trades
lockout ] by June 1 , and strike a memorable '
blow at trades-unionism , was set on foot
hero this afternoon at a conference of delebe
gates from every building interest in Chim
cago , with representatives present from tho
Illinois ! Architects Association , the Chicago
Real < Estato Board and kindred bodies ,
members of which have altogether piobably
fiO.OOO ( ] workmen. A resolution was unan1
imously adopted that from this time forth
the signature to the following card of prinha
ciplcs ; by the employe , be made the univertui
sal condition of employment by all tho
building interests of Chicago :
I recognize the right of every man to doag
cide for himself , without dictation or intertio
ference , when ho shall work or cease to
work ; where ho shall work ; for whom ho
shall work ; how many hours he shall work ,
and for what wages he shall work. I
recognize the absolute rightof theemployer
to decide for himself without intcriereuco
from any source , whom he shall employ or
cease . to employ ; to regulate and manage
his ' business with perfect independence and
freedom . , provided only that he deal law-
fully ' , justly and honestly with all men.
| : recoguizc the right of every father to havo
his son taught , and of every son to learn
any lawful trade , as on a plane with his
right to tho knowledge of reading and
writing , or any other branch of learning ,
and should be subject to regulation only
by the laws of the land. I hereby pledge
myself in all my relations and intercourse
with my employers and fellowworkmcn to
maintain and live up to these principles.
There was no debate on tho adoption of this
measure and the action was enthusiastically
and : unanimously endorsed.
General discussion sprung up on
the proposition that tho samo
card of principles be presented
for signature to every employer with the
pledge thereto changed as follows : I hereOr
by pledge myself to maintain and live up
to these principles in the prosecutun of my
business | , and to lend my aid to the fnll exstr t
tentof my influence and power for their
maintainance ; and protection amongst my
fellow employers. I further pledge myself
not to employ any workman except upon
his signature of this card of principles.
When it was stated that the pledge meant
the ' discharge of every workman who did
not sign the required card , numerous objec-
tions ( were raised , especially by contra < ting
plasterers . , carpenters , and stone cutters
who are getting along peacefully with their
men and are expecting no trouble. All the
objections were met with the reply that tho
card contains nothing not guaranteed by
J" constitution ot the United States , and
that ! the country had got tired of being
shackled by labor unions. At length a
tacit understanding was reached that the
pledge ? should be voted upon by delegates
individually , they then to go to their assoqJ
ciation ; and urge its ratification. The pledge
was thereupon adopted unanimously.
Necessary ' committees were appointed and
ni1 assessment of 20 cents per member made
t0 meet expenses.
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A SEXSATIOX IX COURT.
Peoria , 111. , May 19. The court room
jja been crowded for a week with spectatra
tors in the most celebrated divorce case
ever on trial in this city.Alice Ilornish
against Charles Hoi nish tor extreme cruelty ,
and Charles against Alice for criminal inhit
.
timacy with W. H. Coleman , who is one of *
the prominent men of the city , a contractor
doing a business of $150,000 a year , and a
very wealthy leading member of the Presin
byterian church , of which Alice was tho
organist. The cruelty alleged by the wife
consisted of gross abuse of marital privi-
leges. Ilornish alleges his wife confessed
undue . ' intimacy with Coleman. She swears
this confession was extorted by force and
is untrue. Many witnesses were exam- •
hied. The jury brought in a verdict partly
sustaining . the wife in her allegations.
wiiieh the judge refused to accept , and j
again brought a verdict that neither were
guilty , and no divorce could be granted. "
Coleman brought suit against the evening Q *
Journal _ . for $10,000 damages , libel in pub- tl
lishing the alleged confession of Msr. Horn-
ish j , but it is the opinion that ho will not J
push the suit.
PJIOCEEDIXGSIX COMMOXS.
LondonMay 18. The ; Commons , In
committee , this afternoon , began the conwe
Biderationofclause2 of the Irish crimes
bill. This clause proposes to extend sum
mary jurisdiction to conspiracy , boycotting , Ad
resistance to eviction and offenses indilov
cated in tho Whiteboy acts. Maurice the
Healy ( Parnellite ) moved an amendment air
limiting , the operation of the clause to
offenses committed after the passing of tlie am
act. Rejected by a vote of 123 to 100. of
Healy ( Parnellite ) moved that before any
person could be prosecuted under the pro- lar
visions ; of the clause that an opinion of the wa
attorney general upon sworn informath
tion ( must be first obtained.
Holmes , attorney general for Ireland , deto
clared the adoption of such an amendment th
would render the clause incapable of being ae
worked.
The amendment was lost 219 to Se
145. He
Right Hon. George Shaw Lefevre ( Lib-
eral ) moved the ommission of the subsecjs
tion making punishable by the summary jn
jurisdiction act , conspiring to induce any bj.
one not to fulfil legal obligations , or not to ] ;
use or occupy lands , or not to deal with or fig
work for any one , or induce any one to inthe
"teriere with the administration of law. C0l
Holmes contended that the section apjnr
plied i only to criminal combinations.
'The debate was proceeding when W. H. na
Smith , the government leader moved to
closure , , which carried 230 to 1-13. an
Lefevre's motion was rejected 223 to
143. Adjourned.
A TRATX ROUItr.RT. tw
Austin , Tex. , May 19. The passenger
train on the International & Great Western
road was stopped last evening at McNeill
station , a few miles north of here , by fifno
teen or twenty men. Some fifty shots
not
were fired and one
, man was Wc
slightly wounded in the hand. Another to
report says two men were killed. Fifty w
mounted and armed men are leaving here caj
McNeill. The party first captured the rai
operator before the arrival of the train. As fin
soon as the train drew in they boarded it , sei
attacking the engineer and express mesCt
senger. The express car was robbed , but Oi
the amount taken was not ascertained. The oh
mails were not touched. The passengers ca
were held up and a considerable amount into
taken. tic
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WILLIAM O'JlllIEX MOIIllEJ ) .
Tim Oranaemen of Toronto Ilnalle the ChamTl
plan ofIreland. .
Toronto , May 18. Tho incursion of the
O'Brien ; Irish agitation seems to have
changed ; the whole facejf Canadian politics ,
and , it is thought , will have an important
bearing ; on the future of parties and policies
in tho Dominion. The Catholics , whospoko
regretfully in regard to the Fenian invasion
of twenty years ago , don't speak so now ,
and ) tho Orangemen who talked in a deter
mined manner about O'Brien's "invasion , "
6a2 that if ho attempted tospeak hcreagain
lift 1 ? would probably pay tho penalty with
his life. Orangemen seem to feel that they
havo made a blunder , not in
having attacked the speakers and dis8h
turhed the meeting , but in not
having done so half well enough. As evi-
dence ; that if Orangemen are not solid
against ; him , O'Brien furnishes for publicai"
tion to-day , with tho remark , "Look at
that : , boys ; the most powerful indictment
that has yet been drawn np against Lanssli
downe and his rowdy defenders , and the
most complete vindication of my action in
this matter , " a letter from an Orangeman ,
in which O'Brien is upheld and the action
of
LANSUOWNK DENOUNCED.
At 8:30 : o'clock President J. A. Milligan ,
of the local branch of the National League ,
called ' at the hotel and asked O'Brien to go
out and have a walk. D. P. Cahill , Denwi
nic Kilbride , evicted tenant , and J. N.
Wall ; , special correspondent of the New
York Tribune , were present , and suggested
it would not be prudent to venture out , as
darkness had fallen and a crowd of about
200 ! rowdies had gathered around tho
hotel hissing , hooting and groaning.
O'Biien , however , persisted in going.
The crowd grew in numbers and turbulenco
and surged up to the very spot Avhero
O'Brien and others were standing. They
groanded and hissed into O'Brien's face ,
Such cries as "away traitor ! " "Down with
tin dynamiter ! " and "God save tho
queen ! " A riot seemed imminent , as the
Orangemen were armed with stout sticks ,
just as they were at the meeting in queen's
park. They came up to O'Brien as he
strode along York street aud
JOSTLED AGAINST HIM ,
making several attempts to strike him on
the head with their sticks. He dodged tho
blows , however , and his friends rallied
around him , but they were as one to fifty ,
Two pol icemen stood near , but made no
effort to disperse the mob. As the party
turned ] into Bay street Cahill had his hat
knocked off by a stone. Now , the Orange
men began their real attack , ior Bay street
furnished good opportunity , being covered
almostwith broken bricksand cobblestones ,
O'Brien had on a tall hat , which furnished
a good target. Wall was on his right and
Kilbride aud Mulligan were on his left.
"Look out , O'Biien , " shouted Wall ,
, ,
"stones j are coming ; it's Belfast over
again. " "Oh , it's all right , " replied
O'Brien , "it would be better for Lansad
downe if they
LET US ALONE. "
As he spoke , a volley of bricks and cob-
ble stones came fiyiug from the Orangemen ,
missing the heads , but knocking the plasVC
tcring oft'of the adjacent wall. Shouts of
"To hell with the Pope , " "Kill the
traitor , " and so on , rose high above the
din. . I The O'Brien party were still on tho
sidewalk and the Orangemen thronging tho
streets. D. T. Kcllog , the reporter of the
New York Sun now rushed be-
hind O'Brien and was about
to . warn him , when a stone struck
O'Brien's hat and knocked it oft' O'Brien
stoop ed his head , and Wall , who was
standing by his side , lifted his head to look
in the direction whence the missies came ,
when a huge stone struck him on the
SIDE OF THE HEAD
and ( tumbled him heels over head. Hc was
carried into a drug store , where his
wounds were dressed. O'Brien attempted
take in ' and
refuge Shay's laundry failing J
in that rushed into a bicycle store adjoinuo
ing. A volley of stones shattered the wiu-
dows and the mob bursted into the store
,
yelling like demons , and showered missiuo
les inlho direction in which O'Brien was.
Some ladies and old women screamed and
fainted , while the mob tumbled pell mell
ovea ) the machines , smashing
them one against the other in savage fury ,
anft < amid cries of "kill traitors , " "hang
him j , " "Lansdown forever , " O'Brien ,
bower' was safely led away by an officer
and reached the hotel in safety. Cahill
was knocked down and received two cuts ,
and more than a score of other persons
were injured.
HEXRT GEORGE'S 1 > ESIA L.
New Yobk : , May 19. The Commercial
Advertiser this afternoon publishes the folCf
lowing : It is now stated on very good anv0
thority that Henry George's labor party has
already begun to prepare for the fall cam-
paign. District leaders , with their assist-
ants , are making a house to house canvass
tenement districts , and are said to be
largely recruiting their ranks from luke-
warm Democrats. It has been intimated
that ; the object of the whole affair is to
swell the labor vote at the coming election ,
such ; an extent that Henry George could
then ( toe in a position to make a profitable st
deal , with James G. Blaine in the presidenmi
tia election of 1SS8. Henry George was ne
seen at the Standard office this morning. in
said : su
"You > can authoritatively deny that there f0
any { deal or agreement , either past , pendtr
ing.or to be made in the future between st
Blaine and myself. I am opposed lo ad
l.laine. i ; He represents all that I have been m
fighting against for years monopoly and 0\
worst of form of capitalist powers. I
could not be consistent and have any deal
ings with Blaine. "
"Will there be Labor presidential candi
dates ] in 'S3 ? " of
"It > is s'rongly probable that there will , " ar
answered ! George.
Gil ATX RATES. aC
Chicago , , May 15. The squabble be- cj
tween the Chicago east-bound linesover the dc
question of rates on grain , took on a new ai
phase to-day. At a meeting of officials V1
held in the morning , the Lake Shore an- aj
nounced that if the Chicago & Atlantic did he
return to the tariff , the Lake Shore h
would reduce the grain rate from Chicago oi
New York to 20 cents per hundred. This h
would pull down all local rates from ChiCI
cago to Buffalo , and the Chicago & Atlantic oj
rather than cause such a proceedure , agreed to
finally to compromise , which it did by conD
senting to an 11 cent rate on grain from ai
Chicago to Akron , Cleveland and other ai
Ohio points. This is one cent less than tho , '
rate , and one cent more than the ChiK
cago : & Atlantic cut. The new rate will go i re
effect after the required ten days' nolo
tice. ti
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A X IMPORT. I XT I. ETTEU.
The Inter-Stale Present Some I'oluls in 'hi
Imxv.
Washington , May 18. Chairman
Cooley , of tho Inter-State Commerce compo
misM on , in a letter to J. "A. Ilanley , traffic
manager of the Minnesota & Northwestern
railway , who had asked suspension of the
long and short haul clause , in application
to ( certain points on his line , presents new
and important points as to the duties and
powers of tne commission under the law ,
as follows :
It Is obvious that tho cases tho law contcm
plnlcs in wliich tho commission la authorized
to make orders for suspension , uro exception1
alt-iiscs. ( It docs notstuto the grounds that
shall : warrant relief , but it plainly intends
tin so grounds In every case shiill bo special ,
j particularly J that only whero general reasons
operate , the law slmll bo left its ordinary
( Oiir.se , however serious may be tho conse8UI
quences In particular enses , and to particular
10 ids and interests. It Is also mnito plain by
1 he ( act that any order f r suspension was inV
tended to be based upon investigations which
should satisfy Hie commission. Tho case
WJ ; , in fact , exceptional fairly within tho
Intent of tho provision made madn for re
hc . Tho Jurisdiction of the comniihsion to
nialtc orders is evidently meant to bo sonicsec
what ) ; . closely jestrlctcd. It must be assumed
that Congress intended the general law. in its
main : features at least , to bo a permanent law
for the country. It must , therefore , havaconaui
teinplatcd that considerable sacrifices would
have j to be submitted to by some parties and
some Interests whllo this general law Is being
established. For very obvious reasons , it
would be quite impossible to introduce con
siderable changes in n branch of the law
which concerns so intimately tho commcrco
-
of ' the country without serious consequences
to some private interests. If the law in Its
general ] operation were to prove generally
and equally mischievous in all
directions | j > , tho commission , instead of hav-
In greater power for that reason , would , on
tll other hand , havo no power of suspension
whatever , for tlie simple , plain reason that
there J would.then be no exceptional cases for
it to act upon ; therefore no cases would br
referred by the act to its judgment. Thf
commission must consider In each case what
the > ' effect of giving relief to one applicant
will . have upon other interests , ana youi
knowledge of railroad matters must enable
you to perceive that in some sections of the
country ' the granting ono application may sa
effect the interests of other roads as to create )
a necessity for like relief to several more ; the.
satisfaction of one claim begetting otherd0' !
equally meritorious , until , if all are satisfied. ,
the | exception becomes the rule. But wlieu
such results are probable , the reasons
for declining to make any temporary
order is very conclusive. Tlie commission
cannot consent deliberately to enter upon a
highway where to nil to appearance there bo
no halting place within the limits of its lawuei
fill \ jurisdiction. If tlie general suspension of
tire ' "long and short haul" clause of thestatuo
is not to bo made by a single comprehenslvo
order , neither should tlie samo result be
reached or approached by granting successive
orders in individual cases. In these vlewi
tin whole commission concurs.
Very respectfully yours.
T. M. Cooley , Chairman.
HITHER AX'D TTTITUER.
The foreign office authorizes the statement
that the British government has made no de-
maud ] for the release of the British vessels
seized in Bchring sea last suinmnr , nor has it
preferred ) ( .my claim for damages upon the
United States government
Several thousand factory employes at Bol-
t0I , England , have decided to strike for an
advance in wages.
A , Cairo dispatch savs the new convention
between ) Great Britain and the porte stipulates
that the period of British occupation of Egypt
shall not be less than two nor more than live
jcara. !
Free-trade sentiment Is growing in Ger
. The "new liberals"
many. are organizing an
anti-corn-law league , which will make an ag-
gressive warfare upon the existing tariff
system.
A submarine cable in the Bay of Sebasto-
pol. whose existence has hitherto been un
known | save to high military officials , ha *
been cut in several places , and portions of it
have been stolen.
Several large hanking firms in Berlin and
St. . Petersburg have arranged for the converin
sion of outstanding Russian loans into new
issues , with a view to improving Russian
credit abroad.
Masked men broke into the house of James
Porter , near Harriugtou , Delaware , Thursday
night ; , and , after a desperate struggle with
Porter i ] and his wife , secured over § 83,000 in
cash = and bonds , making their escape with a
horse and carriage belonging to their victim.
Tlie relations between Dr. McGIynu and the
Vatican continue to be "strained. " It is an-
nounced from Rome that the contumacious
priest ia to be formally excommunicated un
less lie presents himself before the "supreme
ecclesiastical ' authority" within forty days.
General ' Master Workman Powderly has is
sued a circular recommending that the
Knights of Labor celebrate the Fourth of Julj
with appropriate demonstrations wherever au Q
assembly is in existence. .
A. XOVEL EXPERIMEXT.l1'
Washington , May 19. A decision will
probably soon be rendered at the Treasury
Department i of equal interest to shippers ,
consumers and railroad companies. The
Canadian Pacific railroad has been endeaTl
voring to obtain from the Treasury DepartV
ment ' permission to bond goods on a steamCr
ship line which runs from San Francisco to
Port Moody , the western terminus of the
Canadian Pacific railroad. It is understood "
that goods shipped in bond from San
Francisco to Port Moody could then be
carried under the same bond to any place
within the United States over the Canadian of
Pacific railroad , and is in effect permission
0f the Canadian Pacific company to
transport merchandise from the Pacific th
coast to any desired point in the United up
States at such rates as the Canadian Pacific wi
"
may fix , and make a through trans-conti
nental line not to be controlled bjthe
Inter-State Commerce act. Advantages of
such a route to shippers , especially if the re
fourth section is to be put in effect as to m
trans-continental ; roads , will be best underja
stood ( by shippers themselves. The Can- „
adian Pacific road is confident that per-
of
mission to bond this steamship line will he
tJ
obtained in a few days.
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THE WAR AGAIXST POWDERLT. of
Chicago , May 18. The local Knights be
Labor , especially the socialistic element , Tf a
are watching Powderly's western trip with an
much interest. The labor papers here have 8t
accounts of his Denver reception , differing ex
materially from the press dispatches. They iv
claim Powderly was badly worsted in his cl
debate with Haskell , the Denver anarchist , is
and print the following regarding an interso
view with Powderly , in the Denver A'eirs , en
wherein he denounces anarchists , and ex- J
alts in the failure of that clement to gain a - '
hold with the Knights of Labor : "I have "
heard < Powderly express similar sentiments
numerous occasions , " said J. It. Buc-
hannan. : editor of the Labor Enquirer , of
Chicago , and one of Powderly's bitterest
opponents. "I suppose he thinks it policy D.
deny his belief but he got cornered in ne
Denver and could not help himself. He is „
old member of the socialistic labor party iie
and used to show his redcard. " Powderly was
expected to pay his respects to the Chicago ce
Knights of Labor on his return trip and a m
reception is probable. The local labor and
lodges arc preparing a series ot fifty questo
tions for the master workman to answer. bs
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fled with the Fuxns.
At Officer of the Clan. Xa Gael Said to Hatt
Gone With $40,000.
New Yoitrc , May 18. Ono of the most
powerful Celtic organizations in this connlie
try tho Clan Na Gael , is said to bo stranded
by ono of its prominent officials leaving for
parts : unknown with10,000 of avnilahlo
funds which it had gathered together for
tin causo of Ireland. It is alleged that the
defaulter has been absent from his homo
over two weeks and no one knows whero ho
is. Tho executive board of tho order is dofro
} ing its utmost to keep tho matter quiet ,
Tlie alleged defaulter is one of a number
who obtained sufficient power to contiol
the recent convention held in Pittsburg ,
and has been for ayearor more continually
suggesting { drains upon tho exchequers of
subordinate clans. At the convention sev-
eral of the clans withdrew from tho order ,
claiming that there was no report ever reu-
dercd ' showing whero all tho money went.u
There are many camps in this country with
n membership of several thousand and tho
rumor of ono of the officers having ah-
sconded with $10,000 will do much to
cripple ; their usefulness and be the means
of compelling them to reorganize under
nuother name. It is said that the defaulter
. was lately in Kentucky and rcccittly came
here from the west '
SHOT HIS WIFE , T1IEX HIMSELF.
Indianapolis , L\d „ Jlay IS. Morris Johnan
$01 , an employe of the Adams manufacturing
company , returned hero this ufteruoou and
ihidiug his wife in the rear of the house asked
her , to accompany him up stairs. She made
some excuse for not going aud he turned and
lefi In a few moments he went out in his
.
bare feet. He leveled a revolver at his wife
and fired and , advancing , tired a second shot ,
fjU . | a neighbor ludy standing near pushed
aside ' his arm and the hall missed its aim.
He then went back up stairs , placed the m uz-
zje of the pistol to his head and fired , falllug
to . tlie floor a corpse. Jealousy is the supposed
cause of the attempted murder and suicide ,
,
Johnson ' was 40 years old and leaves four
small children.
On Monday night E. R. Ellis , a prominent
citizen of Coatsville and a member of the
deuiocratie | central committee of Hendricks
county , was brutally assaulted a few miles
west , ot Danville by Steve Hampton , jr. , and
beaten with it bludgeon in a shocking man-
"ei El Is had been greatly interested in tem-
perance matters for some time past , aud at a
local meeting expressed a very vigorous
opinion on the subject of selling Jiquor ' under
the . . disguise of medicine Oil his way home
from , the meeting , in company with Lis two
daughters , while passing an " alley "by side of
a , drug store owned by a brother of Steve
Hampton , the latter rushed out and knocked
him down with a club. Several citizens , hearnu
ing the screams of tlie two girls , ran to the
spot and rescued Ellis from his assailant So
far as known the only thing held hy llanip-
ton , against Eilis was his political views on
temperance • #
Richard 1 Hance , a young man living at Ko-
koino , was shot and almost Instantly killed
to-night hy an unknown man with whom lie
was seen conversing a few moments previous.ni
The cause of the killing is not known. Tlie
stranger escaped aud has not yet been captured.
THE POSTOFFICE HEl'ARTMEXT.
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Washington special : Postmaster-General
Vilas is being congratulated on nil sides by
jj I he magnificent showing he is making in the
financial alfuirs of tho poBtoffico depart
ment. < The fact that the countryiscontinafc
ually growing , of course , accounts for the
necessity of increased expenditures from
yeiir to year. When the rate of postage
was reduced one-third it was thought that
J-1' expenditures or tho department would
he greater than the receipts for the next ten
yea is , hut it now looksas if oueof Gen. ViH
Tils' ( greatest hopes will soon he realized in
the | wiping out altogether of the depart
ment's annual deficit and theKtrvicebecom-
ing ] at least seir-Hiipporting. if not a source ,
oi revenue. As an instance of how tlie an-
nual increase has been sealed downward , j
the following figures are given :
In 1S85 Gen. Vilas estimated the deficiu
ency for 1SS7 to be $7,5000,000. In 1880 ,
after a year's practical experience in the
department , he fixed the estimate at $ G , - ;
000,000. Last week the general further re
vised his estimate of the deficit for Ups
fiscal year , cutting it more than < ne Hiiid
Hi now believes , lie say ? , that tl e d ficii
ot his department for this year will not • xCn
060(153,873,092 , quite the smallest deficit
of recent years.
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ILTAXOIS LA WMAICERS CLIXCH.j
Springfield ! ( III. ) dispatch : An exciting
encounter occurred in thesciiatethisinorn- ,
inj between Senator ? Gibbs and Crawford ,
of Cook county , in wliich blows were passed. *
.
It was occasioned by the consideration of
the Chicago drainage hill. The committee
or\ \ drainage had reported hack with recotn-
mendations _ ( of Senator Crawford's drainage
bill , whereupon Senator Gibbs moved to
substitute the house bill introduced by Mr.a"
Crefts , and containing thesanieprovisions ,
Theauthorof tliesenntebill objected to this ,
and after some discussion Senator Giblm
withdrew his motion with the remark that
Crawford had agreed to accept his motion.
The latter repudiated this statement and
said that the senator , referring to Gibbs ,
was ' seldom known to tell the truth.
After the motion had been withdrawn and
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the senate had proceeded to otherbminess '
the two senators engaged in a hot discusst
eion , wliich finally resulted in an exchange
blows , after which they clinched. They , ]
were immediately separated , after which
both offered an explanation , saying that .
they regretted that the action took place ,
upon the floor of the senate , but otherar
wise held their action justifiable. p
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THE CAXADIAX FISnERJEl. jy
Washington special : The reports of tho
jjc
refusal ! of the Canadian authoiilies to per
mit the fishing vessel Clam J. Friend to .
in
land and purchase supplies , has created a
good deal of comment here , and has more .
is
the appearance of trouble than anything
that has been reported from that section.ca
The refusal , it was said , was based upon m
the treaty of 1818. Th * state department "
officials s ay promptly that they don't seo 1 st
how the authorities can possibly put euch se
construction upon this treat } ' . jQ
the case turns out as represented
and tiie authorities persist in this newconco
struetion of that old treaty there is good i in
reason to believe that the president may hi.
exer'Tse the discretionary power given him
" the act of congress and retaliate by
closing our ports to Canadian vessels. It
Delisted by some that this action is in qi
some degree cau-ed by the dissatisfaction : p
engendered by the refusal of United States U
officials to permit Canadians to land in
Maine for the purpose of repairing their
ner * . Tlie developments will be watched * -
with a good deal of anxiety here. ' "
AX ACTRESS HILLED.
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Dexvek , May 19. The sleeper on th ti
. & B. G. Salt Lake express was derailed ?
in
near Salida at 5 this morning. Grace Les- ] ,
lie.leading lady of Kate Castleton's troupe , to
instantly killed. Dr. George Cox re- j1
ceived : a severe scalp wound , and the Pull-
rt
manconductorAiibrey7washurton : the head Pl
hips. The wounded liave been taken \
the company's hospital at Salida. Sleeper oi
badiy demolished. cc
WORK OF THE FIRE FIEXD.
a Good < Portion of a Michigan Tuten Wiped
Out In Less Titan Tiro Hoars.
Lnko ] Linden ( Mich. ) dispatch : Tho flro
here is now under control. The flumes wuro
first ' noticed issuing from the second story
of Newman & Trolea's general merchandlHO
store. Everything was as dry as tinder j
nnd despito tho heroic efforts of tho
flrotnen ( and citizons , tho spread ol tho
flumes was very rapid. In Ichs than
two hours after tho first alarm tho
entire business portion of tho town
from tho starting point of tho flro to
tin public school houso building was in
iiHhes. Evory saloon but one , nnd ovory
Btoro structure except that occupied by T.
. . .
Weber Co. , ns a meat market , was de
stroyed. ! Tho loss was a terrible ono to
Lnko Linden , and competent judges plnco
tin pecuniary daningo at $1,500,000. The
insurance is probably not less than $75-
} J
000.
000.No lives wore lost ns Tar as known. Tho
property nt tho Calumet fc Heola company
escaped [ without ( lainiige. Hoth Houghton
and | Hancock's ( Ire companies responded
nobly to the call for ns.sistanco and did
great work. Nearly every family turned
< int. Great loss or household goods and
htirpliirt clothing is reported , the Humes
reaching out with such rapidity that house
holders ! realised ththeir only safety was
in instant flight. ' \ • lire originated in tho
upper story of Neuinan t Trelens'block ,
breaking out its tho whistle blow 12 o'clock
and in less than live minutes a dense
volume of sin.ike was issuing from it
hole about tho middle of tho roof. An ex
plosion ' followed , blowing out the roof and
entire front of the block and coiiiniuni-
cating | tlie flames to the Tumpico saloon
across the street , nnd in un incredibly short
time the whole village seemed ono mass of
flames. \ \ A panic mzed everyone. Tho fire
department was ( iltten minutes in reach
inj the lire after it broke out and then wuh
helpless , the flames having made such
hendnny } that no agency of man could he
of any usu
} Hiindicds or families are roofless to
night ' , without bedding or clothing , except
what I hey hit ve on. No stores are left to
furnish supplies. Hancock and Houghton
merchants are sending mattresses and bed
ding to the homeless people. Newman is
in Europe and Trealenso was in Calumet
when the lire broke out and reached Lako
Linden j to seo his block and storo wholly
enveloped in Haines. Everything was us
,
drvns • tinder , Irom the long drouth , and
even . solid brick blocks melted away before -
the furious flames like snow. The flames
swept clean to the shore of tho lake , from
tin school house , half a mile , three or lour
blocks ' wide. The town is wiped out.
A rough estimate ol tho losses only is
possible at this hour , the intense excito-
meiit making it hard to get at the roal
damage. Tlie loss on stores alono foots
up , ) to about $500,000. William Harris ,
general storo and residence. $100,000 ;
Newman it Treleas general store and build
ing , , $ (55,000 ; Henne it Co. , general store ,
S50.000 ; N. Reding & Co. , general store. (
$10,000 ; Newman fe Hart. $10,000 and
many other lossas from $10,000 down.
GEXERAL XEWS AXD XOTES.
Wm. H. Macy'Jpresidentor tho New York
Seamen's Savings Bank is dead.
Samuel j Pesco , democrat , was elected
United States senator from Florida. .
Robert Lincoln will deliver tho oration
afc the unveiling of the soldiers' monument
at Kankakee on Memorial day.
Both branches ot the Pennsylvania legis
lature adjourned sine die on the 19th , af
ter passing a bill to regulate t he etnplyment
of labor and abolish the system of black
listing employes , and the bill extending the
public ( | school term all over the state to six
months.
A Union Pacificsurveying outfit of sixteen
men ( have reached the South park. They
have camped between Hebron and Spicer.
The probabilities are that they will make
a survey i into middle park via Muddy or
Willow Creek pass. It is the the general
impression that the agitation or the Den
Jc & Laramie City short line lias caused
this move.
The employes of the celebrated car build
Cn , the John Stephenson company , sent a
committee to manager Stephenson to ask
for an increase of wages ranging from 5 to
15 per cent on the different clashes of pay
now received. The answer was the dis
charge of the spokesman and the commit
tee , whereupon 2G0 of the hands struck.
Mr. Stephenson says the company cannot
afford to pay more wages.
Rev. P. P. Ingalls , formerly one of the
leading Methodist preachers of Iowa , died
in White City , Kas. , on the 19th. He oc
cupied the principal pulpits of the state ,
and a few years ago became identified with
the greenback movement and founded the
Iowa Tribune a greenback organ , in Des
Moines. ( He afterward returned to the
ministry in Kansas. He was noted through
out the west for his eloquent and deep re
ligious fervor.
. The i ministers and prominent church peo
ple of Washington have come to an under
standing by which there is to be reform in
the management of funerals. Unnecessary
display ; , , extravagance and ill sanitary pre
cautions are to he remied. The points at
issue are numerous and varied. The clergy-
are disposed to regard modern funerals as
partaking too much of the nature of an
undertaker's advertisement , and to havo
lost its impressive and appropriate char
acter and teaching.
A Cily of Mexicodispatchsaysitisstated
upper government circles that a plot on
the part of the conservative party , which
as bold and ambitious as it is impracti
cable , has been discovered. A prominent
member of congress in the confidence of
President ' Diaz and several cabinet officers.
stated there was no doubt Mexican con
servatives have actually invited Don Car
los , the Spanish pretender , to visit this
countryfor the purpose of entangling him
Mexican politics , and eventually making
him . the head of their partv.
THEXEW ARMORED SHIPS.
Washington special : in reply to an in
quiry by a correspondent respecting there-
port ( of the board to examine plans and
models for the new G.000 ton steel armored
.
ships , wliich was submitted Bom weeks ago.
Secretary ( Whitney said that the matter is .
not vet in shape to be given to the public. * .
Members of the board have been extremely
retirent respiting the result of their delib
erations , but enough has leaked out to jus
tify the belief that the report is one of dis
agreement and that Secretary Whitney is
a quandary. It is understood that he
has asked the board to withhold the report
await some suggestions from him. It is
said that certain members of the board ,
including its president , Captain Eamsay ,
regard , the English designs and models as
superior to any of the others , while Shield
Wilson , of New York , and Edward Burgess ,
Boston , two civilian members , take a.
contrary view.
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