5W- i THE PITTSBURG DISPATCH. FRIDAY, AUGUST 26 1832. V ' Jir i ABLE STATE PAPER 3! Issued by Blaine's Successor . in the Cabinet of Presi dent Harrison. TAIL-TWISTING BY PBOXY. Mn Foster's Reply to Mr. Herbert Full of Facts and Sarcasm. HEAELY IS BITTER AS BLAINE'S On nch Matters as the Chilean and Bering ?ea Imbroglios. CANADA BOUND TO RETRACT SHORTLY rEOM X ST1TT COBBISrOJTOZNT.l Washington, Ang. 25. The few who at this writing know the nature of the corres pondence, which will be published through out the length and breadth of the country to-morrow, between Secretary of State Foster and M. Herbert, acting British Minister, are in great glee over the manner in which M. Foster, in a round-about way, twists the tail of the British Hon in this, his first important state paper. The rejoinder of Mr. Foster is certainly as canstio as it could be, with proper respect for the dip lomatic amenities, and vividly recalls the sarcastic, and almost abnsive letter of Mr. Blaine to Senor Pedro Hontt, the Chilean minister, last winter. The papers of the State Department in r the Chilean affair, in the Bering sea matter, and now in regard to the Canadian tolls, mark an era, it might be said, in the recent diplomatic history of the country, during which we have stripped off the twaddling clothes of early youth, and stepped out, booted and spurred, challenging the knights of the rest of the world to, at the very least. knock a chip oft from our federated shoulder. Not the 'Work or the Fresldent. It is claimed that the President wrote this spicy letter to Acting Minister Her bert. This is not the fact. Mr. Herbert's very weak communication was received on the 20th of August, and was forwarded at once to the President, who by telegraph at once requested the Secretary of State to make such a rejoinder as would give to the public the facts in regard to the bad faith of Canada, and the paltrynesk of the argument in favor of further delay. The language, the citations, the close and pungent reasoning are all the creation of Mr. Foster, and officials and others who have had access to the correspondence this evening agree that it is one of the most "fetching" state papers of recent years, albeit some think that its severity might nave been couched in phrases that would have been equally effective and yet not so blunt and so lacking in those euphemisms which are the conventional stock in trade of time-honored diplomacy. 'There is no doubt, however, that the paper will attract widespread attention to Mr. Foster, and give him an eclat as Secre tary of State which might not have been gained in a long time if this admirable op portunity for a telling hit had not luckily offered. Canada Bound to Retreat. Xo doubt is entertained that Canada will be forced to retreat from its position on the . question of tolls. Mr. Foster was sure of vthat before he wrote Jhis rejoinder, and the President vas sure ot ,it hefore he advised Mr. Foster, just as the President and Mr. Blaine were convinced that Chile would have to back down and apologize before they literally stepped on the neck of the little (Southern republic. Therefore the credit of having twisted the tail of the British lion by proxy, the rough one of her cubs, may be "thought to be a trifle cheaply bought, but no one can deny that the grav ity and the right of the question give war rani for the trenchant language employed. FOSTER'S FINE WORK. Stands Oat In Every .Line or Ills Kep'y to Sir. Herbert Forbearance Casd to Be a Tlrtno and Congress Bad to Be Appealed to by the President. Washington, Aug. 25. Additional correspondence with reference to the ques tion of tolls on vessels passing through the St. Mary's Falls canal in transit to any port of the Dominion of Canada was made public at the Department of State to-day. It is supplementary to that given to tbe press on the 20th inst, when the Presi dent's retaliatory proclamation was issued, and consists of a letter written by Mr. Herbert on the evening of August 20 to Mr. . Foster, and the latter's reply thereto under date of August 24. Mr. Herbert says that the Canadian Gov ernment desires to point out that the United States Government may be unaware that the tolls for the "Wetland and St. Lawrence canals are of a temporary nature only, and that it is not intended to re-establish them in their present ionn alter the expiration of the season of 1892. The features of the present tariff giving preferential treatment to Certain routes and ports and providing for transshipment at Canadian ports only will not be readopted alter the present season. This undertaking, however, would not be binding on the Canadian Government if the President of the United States should in the meanwhile proclaim and enforce the imposition of tolls on the Sault Ste. Marie canal, as authorized by the recent act of Congress. Statement or the Dominion's Case. The Canadian Government states that crave difficulties present themselves to au alteration of the tariff of tolls during the Present-season. Contracts and engagements ave been entered into in various parts of this country and Great Britain based on the continuance ot this tariff during the whole of the present season. The rights which have been established under these contracts and engagements cannot be interfered with without great contusion and detriment and apparent breach of faith. They believe, therefore, that the United States Govern ment will recognize the importance of the difficulties which stand in the way of an immediate repeal ot the present tariff, and that the assurance of its termination at the end of the present season will be regarded as satisfactory evidence of the desire of the Government of the Dominion to remove any ground which has a tendency to dis turb the friendly interchange of trade be tween the two countries. Reply of Secretary or State Foster. Mr. Foster, replying to the above, says: Notwithstanding the mandatory character of the act constraining the President to take action upon ascertaining the existence of the prescribed conditions In the Domin ion unavoidable or discriminatory against the United States In their enjoyment of the Canadian canals on an equal footing with British subjects, tbe President was well dis posed to withhold for a reasonable time the irsuanoeof lint proclamation. In the hope that the disappearance of those adverse conditions might Indefinitely postpone such action on his pari The spirit or neighborly good-will which prompted the President to this delay, for which the statute con tained no precise warrant, is the more evident when the fact is considered that tbe season for which the Canadian provisions were prescribed was already far advanced, and the movement of grain was at Its height, so that each day's delay diminished the effectiveness of tbe remedy it was his desire to obtain from tbe sense of Justice of the Dominion Government. Being well aware that the obnoxious tolls for the Wei- d land arid S. Lawrence canals d'd not in terms extend beyond the present season of canal navVatio i, it became evident to tno President ti at no present effective lelief was to bo offered on tl e part of the Domin ion, and that the full measure of the dis criminations imposed by the Canadian order 1 oi vsst was to oe continued unauajeu uunng tbex foil llro or the order; und Inasmuch ns the aot of Congress prescribed his duty in view of existing conditions and not of con ditions which may or may not exist in future years, no r course remained open to him but to give immediate effect 'to the statute by issuing his proclamation. TVbat the President Expects to no. Continuing, Mr. Foster says that all thai is contemplated by the Pres'ident's procla mation' Is to establishing in the American canal the same conditions as now exist and have existed in the Canadian canals for years past, and that the President's procla mation will remain in force no longer than the discriminations complained of are main tained by the Canadian Government Mr. Foster further says: ' I may observe that the Canadian proposal embraces two points, the tariff of tolls in the Dominion canals and the preferential treat ment glvon to certain routes and ports and providing for transhipment at Canadian ports only. With regard to the first point, the declaration Is made that it Is not In tended to re-establish suoh tolls "in their present form" alter the ex piration of the season of 1892, but what future form the tariff -of tolls may take is left to conjecture, and does not appear to be held subject to any reciprocal understanding. Such an understanding Is only suggested with respect to the provis ions governing preferential treatmont and transhipment, which, indeed, form our main ground of complaint, and constitute the concrete conditions of disfavor to citi zens of the United States which the Presi dent was constrained to examine and act upon. But this does not constitute our only eround of complaint. The substitution of a more equally balanced arrangement for the present device, wnereDy w per cent ot me total American traffic passing throuzh the Wellaud Canal pays 72 per cent of the tolls, could not fall to give the President unmixed satlsiactlon. No Fault or the United States. I lament "that grave difficulties present themselves to an alteration of the tariff ot tolls during the present season," but I beg to remind you that the Government of the United States is not responsible In any de gree for these difficulties, and Its citizens should not be required to suffer on that account. For several years past the atten tion of tho Canadian Government has been called to Its violation of article 27 of the treaty oflS71, and earnest remonstrances on the subject have been addressed to the British Legation by my predecessors. Mr. Foster then cites several instances in which the matter was brought to the atten tion of the Canadian Government without receiving satifaction, adding Chat the Cana dian Government has seen fit, in the face of the earnest remonstrances of the United States, to pursue the unneighborly course indicated, it should find some way to satisfy the claims of unfulfilled contracts and breach of faith, if any such are well founded, without an appeal to the forbear ance of the United States. He continues: Immediately after the conclusion of the treaty of 1S71, whose benlflcent effects In Eromoting peace betweon the two nations ave been so conspicuous, tne United States took: steps to carry out the stipulations of article 27. and without unreasonable delay both the canals of the National and State governments, representing a vast system constructed at very great expense, were thrown open to the nse of Canadian com merce, without nny charge whatever. On the other hand, heavy tolls have continued to be exacted on American commerce passing through the Welland and St. Law rence canals, and although the absence of reciprocity of treatment was marked. It could not be made a causo ot complaint under tho treaty so long as tho tolls wero uniformly exacted from all commerce. Forbearance No .Longer a Virtu. Not until tbe discrimination against American ports and lines of transportation became so oppressive as to call for the earnest protest from the carriers' associa tions and Boards of Trade of tbe cities of Milwaukee, Chicago, Detroit, Cleveland, Buffalo, Oswego, Ogdensburg and other lake ports did tho Government of the United states take action. And not until its re peated protests had passed unheeded Dy tbe Canadian Government was the Congress of the United States appealed to by the Presi dent. The nnanlmity with which Congress clothed the President with power to correct the unjust discrimination" must have con vinced the Canadian authorities that tho complaints of the Government of the United States were regarded by the peop.o of tills -country as serious and well founded. When It became known that desired action was postponed till another season, and the Presi dent was thereby constiaincd to put the law Into operation, liis spirit of conciliation led him to exercise the minimum powers con ferred upon him by Congress, and merely to establish in one of tho canals of the United States the same tolls as are enforced in tho canals of Canada, and he has coupled with this lenient action the assurance that the tolls In this one canal will bo suspended con currently with the removal of the unjnst discriminations maintained oy canaua. Continued Friendly Relations Honed For. Mr. Foster concludes as follows: I havo taken pains to set forth at some length the causes which have compelled the recent action of the President, in order that the Canadian Government and people may know that there is every disposition on the part of the Government of the United States to maintain and extend the most Intimate and rriendly commercial relations with onr. northern nelghbois, bound to us by so man v' ties of race and community of interests, and I yet cherish the hope, which I have already, verbally expressed to you, that before the President's proclamation goes into effect the Canadian Governmentwlll take such ac tion in the direction of treaty observance as will make the enforcement of the proc lamation unnecessary. I am happy to reciprocate, in the name of tho President, the desire expressed in your note, "to remove any ground which has a tendency to disturb the friendly inter change of trade between the two countries;" but I beg to suggest that a persistent vio lation or treaty stipulations which were framed with an express view to the promo tion or "friendly interchange -of trado be tween the two countries" does not tend to that result. Until the Canadian Govern ment Is prepared to resume its obligations under tbe treaty thero can be found no safe basis of friendly commercial Intercourse. GATJGIftG HADE LIQ.U0BS. Rectifiers Required to Report Their Own Trodnct After Mixing. Tho new regulation of the Bureau of In lernalEevenue,requIring'rectifiers of liquors to gauge their own stock after the rectifying has been completed, has just gone into effect in this district. Collector Mitchell yester day explained the operation of the u'ew law. Heret ofore the Government gaugers have not only measured the liquors before they go into the hands of the rectifier, but have also measured them after the rectify ing has been done and the remodeled so to speak liquor is put into barrels or other packages. Liquor is gauged by the amount of alcohol it contains at a certain tempera ture, and the rectifier may put in two parts of water and drugs to one part of spirits -without changing the gauge of the com pound. As the Government officers gauge all the spirits that go into arectifying house.the firm can safely be trusted to report what measure of liquor they send out. The change will work a small saving in the expenses of the Internal Bevenne Bu reau. In this district, however, it requires the dropping of only one man from the list of three city gaugers who look after recti fiers. This one man has been given a place in another department of the bureau. COLOKED LEAGUE OFFICERS Selected at II irrlsbarg for the Conduct ot th Tresent Campaign. Habeisburo, Aug. 25. Sjwcfoi The Executive Committee of the Democratic Colored State League met here to-day. The following Campaign Committee was ap pointed: B. G. Still, Philadelphia, Chair man; G. Still, Lehigh; J. M. Slaughter, Lycoming; D. Wilson, Lancaster; W. H. Hanger, Allegheny; Charles L. Barnes, Dauphin; William Stewart, Washington; A. Dobson, Chester; Rev. P. A. Hubert, Luzerne, headquarters will be established in Philadelphia, and will be opened about September L, The following Advisory Committee was appointed: W. 8. Brown. Alleghenv;'"Will iam H. Banks, Philadelphia; Charles Popel, Dauphin; Isaac M. Harrison, Cumberland; D. Druitt, Philadelphia; George Jeroe, York; Charles Draper, Philadelphia. The annual convention ot the State League will be held at Philadelphia September 27. Prominent Democrats from Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey and other States have been invited to attend. Speaker will be sent through the State. A BLOODY STRANGER Furnishes a Clew Which Lizzie Bor den's Lawyer Is Pressing. THE PRELIMINARY TRIAL BEGUN. Dr. Dolan Tells of the Wounds and the Tell , Tale Blood Stains. THE PRISONER SMILES IT LAWYERS Fall ErvEK,-Mass., Aug. 25. In the Borden murder case, Mr. Jennings, counsel for the defense, has given out a letter for for publication which tells in a rambling way of the writer's interview with a bloody stranger. It was signed Samuel Robinsky. A man of that name is known at Waltham, where he posed as a peddler, who comes there occasionally, but ' cannot be found now. The writer, who claims to be a ped dler, says: When the murder in Pall Blver occurred, I was only a few miles away. I met a man who was covered with blood. He told me that he worked on a farm and that he never could get bis wages, so he had a flght.wlth the farmer, lie bought from me four hand kerchiefs, a necktie, collar and sboe black ing. His ooots were "covered with blood and he put this blacking on. I am dead suro I would know him again. I kept quiet, as I bad no license and feared I would be arrested. If I had Known abont that murder at the time I mot tbe stranger it would havo been different, as I would have followed him up. and, perhaps, got the reward . I thought he was a Poor Farm hand, and so took pltv on him, as I know, as a rule, farm ers seldom pay their hands during the sum mer. The Preliminary Trial Begins. After much delay the preliminary-trial of Miss Lizzie Borden began here in earne st at 10:30 A. 31. Tbe first witness called to the stand was Medical Examiner Dolan. The witness testified to the position of the bodies ot the murdered couple when found, and to sending their stomachs to Prof. Wood, of Harvard 'College, for analysis. Mrs. Borden's body was dressed as you would expect housewife to be at that time of the day; it had au old handkerchief about tbe neck that was bloody. Witness did not believe it was tied in a knot, and did not remember wheth er it was cut or not. Surveyor Kiernan then took the stand and submitted plans showing the interior and exterior of the Borden homestead, with measurements of the rooms, etc He thought from the appearance of a spot of blood on the door casing that' it was thrown from the sitting room toward the Kitchen. During his evidence Lizzie bore an expressionless countenance and bit the" edze of a palm-leaf tan, while Emma hid her face behind her fan. Dr. Dolan was called back to the stand. What caused Mr. Borden's death? was asked. Witness He died from shock, and the body was still warm when I arrived at the house. A question as to the force required was objected-to. The objection was overruled. Witness said the wounds could be made by any person of ordinary strength using mod erate force. Both the Victims Died or Shock. In the witness' opinion, Mrs. Borden had been dead about an hour and a half. She died of shock. Witness saw four axes in the cellar ot the house. He examined one and found it had been scraped and washed. Under the glass he found stains which looked like blood. He saw some hair on the ax also. He took some dress skirts and underskirts from the house, the property of Miss Borden, the defendant. The principal things developed by Attor ney Adams' long examination of Dr. Dolan was the exposure of the slip-shod methods ot the police force and the medical exam iner. The principal witness made a confes sion to this fact, allowing that his final search was delayed, and that onlv a partial autopsy was had shortly after the bodies were recovered. Mr. Adams wanted to know if Dr. Dolan thought that the hatchet with the peculiar claw head was the identical one which pro duced the crushed wound in Mrs. Borden's head.. He thought it could have done it. He thought Mr. Borden's assailant stood between the head of Mr. Borden and the dining room door, perhaps midway of the opening. Large Pools or Blood Unnecessary. From the position of the assailant and Mr. Borden, he thought tbe former would have received more blood above the waist than below. He thought the deed could have been done and the person doing it not have had more than ten spots on his clothing. All through this exhaustive and tedious examination, District Attorney Knowlton hardly raised an objection. Miss Lizzie Borden did not betray any noticeable feel ing during the whole day, except possibly in three or four instances. One was when Dr. Dolan described the ghastly wounds on her father. Then she flushed and tears came into her eves. When Mr. Adams asked If the report of the autopsy was in the doctor's hand writiue and received a negative answer, he followed it with another, which was met with the smart answer that it was not in handwriting at all, but in type-writing. Lizzio joined In the smiles that went around the court room. When the wood was passed around, showing blood spots, Attorney Jennings made a joking remark, and again Miss Lizzie smiled. About 0 o'clock, when Miss Emma spoke to her for the first time during the day, she turned smilingly toward her and answered something, at which both ladies laughed cheeriullv. CITZ LIFE IN PABAGBAPHS. The Select Knishts Military Band will give a concert in Highland Park this even ing. Lena .May Lexox, colored, aged 28 years, died of heart failure yesterday at her home on Carlton street. Michael Petebuait, of Verona, who was struck on the head by a stone thrown by a boy and was oxpected to die, is recovering. St. Paul's METUomsT Cunncn will hold, a lawn fete this and to-morrow evonlng. Among the attractions will bo a telescopic view of Mars. Kate McKeoww yesterday entered suit asralnst Peter Faubel, of Allegheny, for dam ages for slander. A capias was Issued for the arrest of the defendant. Cuahles Geteb yesterday announced that he will bo a candidate for Councils In the Ele enth ward, Allegheny, to succeed the present member, Mr. Hendricks. WiuiAJt T. Kerb, on behalf of Upper St. Clalr Council No. BS8, Jr. O. U. A. M., last evonlng presented the publto school of Up per St. Clair township with a handsome American flag. William MoGntms, Assistant Superin tendent or the New York Mall Service, who Is here inspecting the mall wagons and equipments, says the Pittsburg ofllce Is not excelled in the country In this respect. Mas. AxnaMoTioh yesterday entered suit In Common Pleas No. 3 against Samnel Boiey ror $o.ooq damages for slander. She alleges that he made statements reflecting on her character; and sbo wants to bo set right. Abbakoexents havo been completed for the excursion o'r the Washington Associa tion, Jr. O. U. A. M next Sunday, August 28, to Sandy Lake and Lake Side Park. Stone boro. Pa. The excursionists leave at 8 a. it. over the P. & L. E. B, B., returning late Sun day evening. Allegheny Common Councilman. The committee of Allegheny Councils ap pointed to consider the reapportionment of members of the common branch held a meeting last evening and decided to report to Select Council the ordinance giving the lower branch 40 members. There is no option in the matter, and the apportionment must be adopted tinder tbe State lav. dr THE BABE OF POLITICS. Bow It Caused a Coolness Between Mr. Howson iott and Mr. .Gardner Toole. THE BECIPJIOCITT QUESTION. 25t TIIE TENSION QUESTION. "S THE SILVER QUESTION. THE FORCE BIT.!,. PROTECTION V3 FREE TRADE. CLEVELAND YS IIABBISON. Puck. Flooded by Green Good Clrca'ars. The police officials have been receiving numerous "green goods' circulars for the past two months from farmers outside and from citizens inside the city limits to whom they have been mailed. W. E. Graham, Hudson street, New' York, seems to be sending them out, but the police there ate unable to find him. Superintendent O'Mara is corresponding with Government Detect ive Sweeney "and the -New York officials, and hopes to encompass Graham's arrest Graham's circulars tell "how to get rich quick," by buying his "goods" at 20 cents on the dollar for good connterfeit mon ey. An Assanlt on John It. Snlllvan. James Clark had a hearing yesterday be fore Magistrate Leslie on 'a charge of assault and battery preferred against him by John L. Sullivan. The defendant went to Sulli van's house, on Fifty-first street, the other night and got into a quarrel, during which, it is alleged, Clark gave Sullivan good beatinjc Clark was held -for court. ' " JtSrV TH& BUSINESS WORLD. A Terrible Blow Dealt to the Reading vCombine in New Jersey. ALL THE LINES ,ARE ENJOINED, And Each Corporation Must Resume Con trol of Its Own Koad Only. FIRES, FAILURES AND RAILWAY NEWS Trenton, Aug. 25. Chancellor McGill late this afternoon filed a long opinion on the Beading combination. He grants the preliminary injunction asked for by the At torney General, continues the restraining order heretofore granted and in addition en joins tbe Port Beading Company from oper ating the Central Railroad Company, and orders the Central Company to operate its own line and retake its own property. Tne decision is a sweeping one in favor of the State. The syllabus of the opinion is as follows: , First A corporation created by statute possesses no rights and can exercise no powers which are not properly given or to be necessarily Implied. Second-Such a corporation ennnot lease or dispose of any franchise needful in the performance of its obligations to the State without Legislative consent. Third The net of Mnrcli, 1E80, which amends the seventeenth section of tbe act entitled "An act to authorize the formation of mil road corporations and to regulate the same" is free Irom constitutional infirmity In its title and is sufficiently broad in its terms to confer power uDon railroad cor poiations chartered by special law. rourth The act of May 2, 1ES3, entitled "An act respecting tho leasing of railroads," Is constitutional. Mere Technicalities no Defense Fifth Equity looks at the substance, and will disregard names and penetrate dis guises of form to discover and deal with it. Sixth When a corporate excess of power tends to the publio Injury or defeat of the publio policy, it may be restrained In equity at tho suit of the Attorney General. Seventh A railroad company or this State leased Its franchise and roads toaiailrond corporation of another State. The leaso was not duly authorized, but was expressly forbidden by law. Its effect was to com bine coal producers and carriers and to partly destroy competition In the prod uctlon and sale of anthracite coal, a staple com modity of the State. Held to be a corporate excess of power which tends to monopoly and ibe public In Jury. The object of the Information is to have a certain indenture of lease between the Central and Port Beading Ballroads, and also a tripartite agreement between tbe Central, Port Bending and Philadelphia and Beading Ballroads decreed to be nltra vires and, thoiefore, void, and also void upon the grouud of publio policy. In that they they tend to create a monopoly or the anthraclto coal trade In the State by stifling competition between the contracting cor porations and thereby to increaso the price of anthracite coal to the inhabitants of the State. To effectually destroy the effect of such lease and agreement a mandatory de cree is sought td enjoin the Port Beading to surrender and to return to tho Central its corporate franchise and proporty andaie stnctlve decree which shall perpetually re strain the Port Beading from hereafter con trolling and intermeddling with such trun chlse and property and the three companies from all future combinations which wl.I ar bitrarily Increase or tend to increase the price of coal to the people Coarse Open to the Attorney Genera. It is well settled, the Chancellor says, that when a corporate excess of power tends to the puhjic injury or to defeat public policy, it may be restrained in equity. He holds that the Attorney General has the election in a case of tlm kind to proceed at law to forfeit the charter, or in equity for a restraint of excess. There aro peculiar factors In tho transac tion now considered that evincoa public danger much more serious than appears in the mere transfer of corporate duties to per- iormanco Dy a xoroin corporation, xne parties' interested are producers of anthra cite coai. xiiey constitute two or tne six great anthracite coal carriers. Through the lease of the Lehigh Valley three of the six gieat coal carriers are controlled by the combination. The truth shows that there are localities In this State which formerly had thoiidvantac-'O of competition between these allied roads, butnowuie subject to the monopoly which this lease affords- It is true that the corporation of the re maining coal roads has not been secuied. By this lease only one competitor In silenced and only a little more than one-half of tho entire coal region ia controlled. It is only the second step in the direction of monopoly, tho first being the lease of the Lehigh Valley Ballroad. It Is to be remembered, however, that the Attorney General may have his in junction when the ultra vires act tends oris of a natuio to produce public Injury. He is not required to wait until all the monopoly pOsslDle is created, or until all the Injury possible is in process of infliction. The Qu vition of Ownership Settled. But tho nns ers deny that either the Phil adelphia and Beading or the Central Ball roads own any coal lands or produce or deal In coal. That is true, bat, at tho same time. It is admitted that the Beading Railroad owns a majority of the capital stock of the Beading Coal and Iron Company, and that the Central Company owns the majority of tho capital stock ot the Lehigh and Wilkes bnrre Coal Company. What is this but dis guise and evasion? Whatever may be the nominal owneiship or tho logal title, the railroad companies stand as owers of the coal lands In this court. Ileie, then, we huve great coal dealers complaining that they aro not sufficiently paid for the pioducts of their mines, and combining so that already they control more than one-half of the coal fields upon which this btate depends for fuel, and look to tho corporations of the remaining an thraclto coal producers to effect a change in tho price of their output, so that they may have more satisfactory letnrns from their Investments. To say that these conditions do not tend to a disastrous monopoly In coal would be au Insult to intelligence. It is possible that such a monopoly may be used, as the defendants suggest, to introduce economies and cheapen coal; but it does vio lence to our knowledgo of human nature to expect,such a result. The commodities In which theso com panies deal Is a necessity of Hie in this State. It is the principal met of its homes, and its factories. The slightest Increase In its price is felt by a population or hundreds of thousands of person:, for their necessity compels thorn to pay that increase. If once a complete monopoly be established by competition, whether that be through leaso or co-operation, the promoters or it and shareholders In it may have whatever price this combination suggests. The disaster which will follow cannot be measured. It will permeate the entiro community, fur naces, forges, factories and honie, leaving In its trail murmurs ot discontent with a Government which will tolerate it und all the other evil effects of operation. 1 resident McLeod Not Dsnrb-d. In speaking of the effect of Chancellor McGiif's decision upon the deal, President McLeod said this evening: Tho decision will have as much effect as If the injunction was directed against the Sioux Indians. It would, of course. If not disturbed by a higher court. Involve some changes in forms of operation, such as In methods of keeping accounts and in tho personnel of the officers. As to its bearing The friends of tho Reading Company own a' controlling interest In the Central Rail road of New Jersey, and as owners of the property no legal decision can disturb them in their rights. Moreover, the coal In the Jersey Central territory is now controlled by the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company throntth the Coal and Iron Com pany. The Coal and Iron Company, as the owners of this coal, can direct as much or It, or ns little of it, to the Jersey Central tracks as It sees fit. You see these facts show how absolute nnd com plete Is the Reading's control of the Jersey Central and tbe coal situation. At the time tbe lease was made there was an agreement for an alternate contract whioh will accom plish tbe same results as the lease contem plated. WORK OF NORTHWESTERN KILLS. Tho Flonr Output Still Large, hut Likely ' to Decrease Next Week. Minneapolis, Aug. 25. The Norlhtcett ern AliUer says: The mills ran very heavily again last week, and the flour output was almost as large as in the week before. The aggregate was 202,120 barrels, averaging 33,687 barrels daily, against 205,185 barrels J the previous week; 133,330 barrels for the corresponding time in 1691, and 161,269 bar rels in 1890. Since last week three mill, representing 5,500 barrels daily capacity, have dropped out of the active Hit, and it is not unlikely that by another week more will be stopped. It is the present under standing that lake and rail rates on flour are to be advanced 5(cents per barrel Sep tember 1, and in some cases thisis stimula ting millers to get out all the flour they can before that date. Others, however, are skeptical about rates going up. Eighteen mills are running to-dar. grinding at the rate of 30,000 barrels per 24 hours. The flour market is still without much life, and for a week past the mills hare not sold an amount equal to their output. Some millers have not made up their minds just how to proceed in relation to the new crop and they are holding back and are not doing much. Foreigners bid fairly well, but they constantly ask for lower "price. "With what has already been sold it seems to be easier to keep baker's cleared up, and the demand for low grade is even better. The direct exports lasf week were 68,190 barrels against 71,880 barrels the preceding week. There seems to be no longer any question about a rate of 5 cents being made on flour from Minneapolis to Duluth. The two principal roads running to Duluth try to keep up the appearance ot charging 7c per 100 pounds but there are a great many people other than the shippers who know that this is a mvth. It is a question if cer tain favored firms, at least, have not always bad the lower rate. lnrH!!.L.r, lUnchr Conneaut. Conneaut, O., Aug. 25. Fpeeld. The Pittsburg, Sbenango and Lake Erie Bail- road has finally reached Conneaut harbor, and by the first of next week coal and lum ber can be deposited on the docks, which are being rapidly built EUSINESS BREVITIES. Sactiame-nto, Cal., frnlt shippers and rall ioad men aie grumbling about the scarcity of cars. Accobdiho to railroad reports crop pros pects on the Guadalajara branch or tho Mexican Central are excellent. The coal sales agents have advanced tho price of coal to the West 23 cents; to Buffalo, 3 cents; to the East, eg?, 2Dcont: broken, 10 cents, and chestnut, 25 cents. The .produc tion for September w ill be tho same as for August. A petition requesting tho manufacturers of window glass In the United States not to start up their respective factories until Sep tember SI has been circulated among the Chicago jobbers of window nnd plate glass, nnd hns been Mgned by seven of the largest firms In the city. The Circuit Conrt Commissioner at De troit has appointed E. T. Walker receiver for the Michigan branch of the Order of the Iron Hall. The object of appointing a re ceiver for Michigan U to -ecure to the branches in that State $30 000, which is now held b3-local trustees, and to stoD the re ceiver at Indianapolis from collecting that amount. Tue official report of the ore shipments from the Ashland, Wis , docks for the week ending last night shows a total of 101,111 tons shipped. The shipments of only one other week during the entire season have ex ceeded this week's, which aro 0,000 tons ahead or the preceding week. The total for the week is 1,425,717 tons, 172,421 tons more than v, as shipped last season. The long lost Stewart placers In Colorado have been found. A party of prospectors came Into Star City, tbe headquarters of the Lime Creek district. Wodnesd.iy, and re ported that 19 miles to the southwest, at the head of Wllion creek, thev have lound ex tensive gold placer beds, which aro as rich ns those found by Stewart and his partner. Kit Carson, shortly after the nar. Tne Itaska Iron Mining Company has been organized at Chicngo with a capital stock of $5,000,000. Some 40,000 acres of mining prop erty have been examined by experts, and of this 4,500 acres have been purchased. The property is mostly located from 75 to 103 miles irom Duluth. Extensive mills and works are to he erected, and an attempt will be made to prove that the Iron, ore can bo bun dled where mined nnd shlp'ped as the fin ished product cheaper than the raw material can be shipped East and there hnndled. Ex Governor Campbell and Allen W. Thurman, uocn ox umo, are oacs 01 we scnemr. RAILWAY INTERESTS. RtjwoitHD that the Northern Pacific is on tho eve of shortening Its route between St. Paul, Minneapolis and the Pnet Sound country. Hot. Thomas Wilsojt, of Winona, Minn., hns been appointed general counsel of the Omaha Railroad, to succeed Colonel Howe, who is now a confirmed invalid. Chairman Midolet, of the Western Freight Association, has called a meeting of tho traffic managers of the Missouri rlverrall roads for September 7. to consider chargos of Irregularities in freight rates. BiEin.vaiiAM railroad agents have been ad vised that tho usual rniso in pig iron rates, which takes place October J, will not go into effect, but the present rates will continue until October 31. This la on account of the depressed condition of the Iron market. It is stated that the Und of II. McCartney, embracing nearly all of Bay Island farm, near the Alameda shore, C!lforn!a, has been bonded by a syndicate or English and Cali fornia capitalists lor the purpose of building a railroad from that point to Contra Costa county and thenco down tho Sun Joaquin aney. Yestebdat morning's session of the Trans continental Association in New York was devoted almost exclusively to the discus sion of rates from foreign seaports to inland points in this country as effecting domestic traffic rates. No conclusion was reached. Tho subject of what should constitute a minimum weight for a carload of freight was referred to tbo Committee on Kules. TELxocAFBEns employed by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad in Baltimore members of the Order of Railroad Telegraphers, have submitted ascbodule which asks for an In crease of from $30 per month to$65fortne operators employed In the general offices, and an Increase from $45 per month to $50 ror the men In the Dlock stations. It is stated that the company is willing 'to com promise on half the asked-for advance, but the operators are not satbfled. Ma. Whitnet, of the firm of Klasam, Whit ney & Co., Chairman of the stockholders' meeting which selected the committee, of which A. E. Orris Chairman, called Wednes day on Mr. Oakman, President or the Ter minal Company, and asked to be allowed to see the transfer books with the view of making a list of stockholders. Although the Strong Committee hits had access to the books. President Oakman refused to allow Mr. Whitney to see them or to make any list of stockholders. THE FIRE RECORD. Montreal The Metropolitan Rolling Mills, owned by Abbott & Co. Loss heavy, but the amount cannot be given at present. West Asbevillv, N. C The hotel Belmont. Exception of perhaps half a dozen, tbe 175 guests got ont safely. Tho remaining few Jumped from the third floor to the top of the verunda and then to thuuround, sustaining severe injuries. Mrs. Carne, of Charleston, lost $5,000 worth of diamonds; another guest, $3, COO In cash. A great number of the guests oacaped with only their night clothing. The hotel cost $60,000, and Mas Insured for $25 000. It was the property of the West Asheville Improvement Company. Tho furniture wns owned by Dr. K. Von Ruck, the lessee or the hotel, uud was insureir for $25,000. f IIOBSFORD'5 ACID PHOSPIIATIS Makrs Delicious Lemonade. A teoepoonful added to a glass of hot or cold water, and Bwertened to the taste, will be found refreshing nnd Invigorating. Highest of all in Leavening Power. ttblKfi ABSOLUTELY PURE PYTHIAN OFFICERS. I W. VT. Blackwell. of Kentucky, Elected Supremo Chancellor Brief Sketches of the L-adlng rights The Female VWng ol the Order Also Chooses Leaders for thn ISnsnlng Tear. KANSAS ClTT, Aug. 25. The Supreme) Lodge Knights of Pythias elected the fol lowing officers: Supreme Chancellor, "W. "W. Blackwell, Kentucky; Supreme Vice Chancellor, Walter' B. Eichie, Ohio; Su preme Prelate, E. T. Blackmer, California; Supreme JIaster of the Exchequer, F. J. "Wiley, Delaware; Supreme Keeper of Becordsand Seals, R- L. C White, Tennes see; Supreme Master at Arms, J. H. Lyon, Kansas; Supreme Inner Guard, A. C Gar denier, Ifew York; Supreme Oater Guard, John H. Thompson, Washington, D. C The office of Secretary of the Endowment Bank will not be filled until after it has been decided whether the constitution will be changed. William Worth Blackwell, She newly elected Supreme Chancellor, is a merchant of Henderson, Ky. He has held in succes sion all the offices of his State's Grand Lodge, and was unanimously elected Su preme "Vice Chancellor two years ago. Walter D. Ritchie, the new Supreme Vice Chancellor, is a lawyer of Lima, O., and is recognized as one ot the foremost leaders of the Ohio bar. Two years hence by right ot succession he will become Supreme Chan cellor. Joseph H. Lyon, the new Supreme Master at Arms, is General Agent of the Missouri Pacific Railroad with headquarters in this city. His home is in Leavenworth, Kan., and he is Commander of the Kansas Brigade Uniform Bank. All the other officer were re-elected,' and are well known to all Pythians. The Supreme Temple of the Pythian Sisters of the World elected the following; officers: Supreme Chief, Mrs. Hattie A. Bobinson; Supreme Senior. Mrs. Sarah J. Goff, of Center, Falls, B. L; Supreme Junior, Mrs. H. W. Dodd, of Ft. Madison, la.; Supreme Mistress of Records and Seals, Mrs. M. D. Wood, of Kansas City; Supreme Mistress of Finance, Miss Emma Bacon, Dayton, O.; Supreme Guard, Mrs. Anna Hammond; Supreme Protectress, Mrs. Sarah Wolf, ot San Francisco. Supreme Trustees will be elected to-morrow. THE BIGHT OF C0HT2ACTOHS. Arromlnent Merchant Tells of an Acci dent nnd Dlscussrs the Snrj c. A large circular window fr.ime, 5x20 feet, standing against the front of the Childs Gillespie building on Penn avenue, was blown over by the wind yesterday after noon, striking Max Laudeau, a workman, and knocked him to tbe street. His le? was caugnt under tbe falling frame and was severely injured. He was carried across the street where Drs. Wiley and Pond at tended him. "The accident to-dar serves a good pur pose in bringing up the subject ot the pro tection and safety guards the contractors of the building are employing." said a promi nent merchant who occupies a building nearby. "We have been watching every day for some accident to occur. The least unusual noise brings every person in the neighborhood to their front doors, expect ing to witness some catastrophe. The hoist ing of full wheelbarrows, whole loads of lumber, bundles of stone slabs, right over a pavement without any protection to the pedestrians, is something for the. city authorities to look into. We hod an accident down here a few weeks ago which might have resulted fatally, and, from the careless manner in which materials are handled, it seems mitaculous that some thing terrible has not occurred beforethis." "The custom in erecting large buildings like this is to hoist materials from the in side oi the walls, and, if it is hoisted from the front, to build a covering over the side walk. Down here it is every man look out lor himself, and If you don't care to run the risk of passing the building, take the other side ot the street." BAG3 BADLY NEEDED. An Appeal for Frsyrd I.Inen for the Homeopathic Honpltil. "We are in great need of old linen and muslin lor surgical uses," said Miss Wright, the Superintendent of the Homeopathic Training School for Nurses, yesterday. "Recently we have had an unusual number of severe burning cases and have used nearly all our stock of linen up. I have utilized all the old bedding and clothes we could dispense with about the hospital, bat still we have not near enough. People go ing on their summer vacation naturallr tor get to jend in their usual donations of linen, and this fact, coupled with the unusual num ber of cases requiring the use of soft cloths, places us in a very bad position. We can not buy linen for this use, as new linen is too hard to dress wounds, so we have to de pend entirely on our friends to send us any old material they may have." MOTHERS SOUND ITS PRAISES. rhjslclans Advise the G-neral Cbs or the l'nrest and IVt or Foods for Little Fo'k. Istnorance on the part or the parent? has canned the death orniore Infants In Pennsylvania 'towns this summer than all othrr causes combined. Said a local physician yesterday: "Many ahonschold mlgnt haTe heen saved the sorrow of a lost child If the little one had omr been properly fed. If the parents had followed tlic advice of those who know last about such things and heeded the experience or many or their neighbors. Lactated rood given Instead or the poor sub stances that hare canned such folil indigestion as has prevailed would have saved many young lives." The beautiful child of Mr. and Mr. Itichard 31. Bro ilerlcl.. or I'eiiacoolc. N. If., ones her life to this food. Mrs. Crodericx wrl'ea: "Our baby commenced using lactated food when he was about two months old. Before then we had a hard timewilh her every night bhe suffered ter ribly with griping paint that were the result of In rLEAXOli. digestion, and we could do nothing to rase her. Her bowels were In a terrible state, and she seemed to be fading away. Fortunately I heard of lactated food. I weaned the baby and tried it and I know that it saved Eleanor's life. If mothers want to seepmeir children free from pala and bnild up a sound foun dation to form the coming man or woman, they should feed the little ones lactated food. We hare used a dollar's worth of this rood every month since we commenced, and sbe loves the sight or a rood-can so much that the only way we could get her quiet ror a picture wa3 to give her a can to bold.' V Lactated food Is no secret whatever. It Is so good and pure that even the most cautious phy sicians, llko the eminent Drs. Agaew and Guernsey, have always advised its use. The safe plan for this month and for the summer months to come is to feed infants upon lactated foad. It will keep them well and strong. Latest U. S. Gov't Report ' , .--',-,' ..V ...'- f&a'6j - .
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