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' \oi- Xl,VII.N* 15,096. NEW-YORK, TIRTISDAY. MiiRCII 1?, 1888. PRICE THREE CENTS. LYING IX STATE. THE LAST VII W OK THE OLD KAI SE U. SI! fCFVFP WllUitr A"*l) WITHIN l-TR CxTIiniRAI.? THK FACF STAKTi.t.NOI.Y LIBBI IM?'.? THK NF.W kmi'KKok's vi-IT TO Tin BBBBr-ARRANUE* MK VT* POB UK POHRRAla ran IBU x.< rm Tami vi , .,,,,,?,.. |?^K ;,v T?, \-?. j-,,-1, Trlhutit Bnii.iN, Mandi IJ.? Today miar til.- bet-inning af Ho great . i .-.'iii..tiinl nf hnaaagn t.. Uta dead German Emperor \thirli turns all IV*: lin into one house el BKHtrnlng. Al'iii-st al tin- sain ? litiiir that tin- ii. w lam:. i.,r arrived ai t barlotteaburg fcVhloss. tin- nlil Emperor was In,rn- fr. DI th* K?.vhI I .line.- on Dater den Lind n to tba i atl rdral where. the l.o.lv now lies Ibo*) il*-. There lin -1 I.B 8 t?'*t mort-iii examination before ilus bj ProfBaaot llnrt tnaini wit?! tate itngtilar ream 11 (bat a barge st..ne sana fom..j iii tba ktdnera. The Utrea royal Ehysieiaris arbo wa re j.ii'sent agreed tlial thta s'ona ail ina n tba rm! thai; -h Bl --an- ?* of the anile pails which tba la. 'r.-il during sin' inst daja of liis Ufe. Embalming folkrwed, ami tba bodj i mained in tba paton orban tba Enu*r..r ih. .1 '..\ s o'clock inst evening. Meant* alni-' tba tlersry of lin* ("athi-dral lultl n special Service la tbe Banner Roora ol the palace, the F.mi.i-ss Au :-'n nn ! Rtembi rs of thc fnrn1ly being *?r*s. m. 'ri,-n the l>".'.y was pul la 8 /Inc* ens.*, .teased f..r b/bag in slate, uni! Boan afb r midnight earn -ti through tbe library to thal histor!* al toon at the corner Window of which tba Emperor was ?ts-imt to sin w hltnaell t.. tbe crowd! on Unter den Lu len. Here it was pul Into a decorated casket, ami il Eraprraa Do*iTBger and the Prince*" were issi mill..( while Hi" (personal Bervanta or the Ein;?i-,.r bora tbe collin pant thetn to tba main floor. Tbere thirty-two mrgeanta ol the garrison took charge. The oortege waa formed ..i a sqna4* ton ol tin- (iar.l.- de Corps, other troops of the / ion, aervaata ol the Imperial household. Prince Wilbelnt sad nbc other Mattes, the Crown 1'riin- ni Swed ii. Mini the whole military bonae li..lil oi tbe late Emperor. Tbe troops foitned a be ,. :i- -ii * he , il ;? to tb (lathrdraL each tenth man fa ld . n lighted t ireb Tbe clergy of the Cit!...ira! received the bodj ;ii the door. A brief F- nice wnv saul. Dr. Roeg 1 ptraebed n etlll briefer ne rm ob, thc sergeants mounted gnard, and under their watefa aad ward tbe Emperor was left to Heep. The mow which began falling las: weening eon I ? d 111is. morning, till all Berlin wa* covered In a whit!* shroud. C*rowda no lesa thronged tho atr.-'-is. mid n multitude gathered in tbe l.ist ( ? in from of tbe Cathedral long before 1 s'cl cb, the hour ;.t which the public waa ad? mitted. The arrangementa, bo far as thc public x ncerned, could not have been woree. There ; tv:i^ no "Ii.'lt I" BeOUTC Order. Nonie was fornii'd. I Haas s iii linn and woman were allowed to collect wherever they ehoae outaide tbe Uno of troopa which gnard .! ."'fry approach to every entrance to i!n Cathedral. They crowded together on both li.l.-s of the Bingle nat ow gat waj iv which alone the public xtas ni rmmod access, Tba result waa that aol one, bul five, miacellaneoua multitudes arera ? glin, from opposite directions to reach the mme point Thanka t.. tba tttwme con? sideration shawn t.. tba foreign preaa hy th*) rriis-.an authorities, I had during nearly four ! - tba most ample nteana of tthacrriiig this M. even Sharing in it. The di-tam-e to bs teavemed from the starting point to ths eat*ranee 0 yards. The time waa throe hours and forty mrautea. The Berlin m>.b has deservedly ? tortety in ] rope. To-day it was not ! i '. bul ill-i.-miii-r, .1. and n..t without reason; for while batcha! or tiurry or forty persons wars ' r>iiii* admitted nt the treat door. oarriagea were olly arriving al the ca-t or north door I 1 persona who entered at Bi ,- r**over the sluggish movement of the pub !' ? ? ??. the west door wits repeatedly stopped in I ? lal is of soldiers who passed In. Not ' l gone on for two hours did tbs ; become er..s?. Then foUowed nn hour or two d i the v i's ..f an ry men mingled I Lb* eries of frightened won n. Many fainted r it bs inst they could. To extricate tl. -a - -.hie. Ail sorts of Insults were b ?! to the soldiers ot a rUstanoe tranquilly l 'his curious performance from their I Snon still fell, nnd mare tlinn a fool of melted Into slush. At times we stood ankle f1 Boon ait<r 4 o'clock it been me evident (lint tl ? i part of those who Lad since l o'clock I sing bj Inches toward the gate would ri.t a. t th'-re. Uv ft o'cloelr, the troops xvere ' ' forward, and Btre-slxtba of the crowd fr.and 1 'm-s suddenly ordered back Into the street . .-?? whence they had come. There was no Sse I*, arguing, Baek they had to po. seeking som lat) n in curara. Berlin beata London or any tiher city In the richness of Its profanity and slang. Ali thought of tho dead Emperor inside t h wai gotta. It looked at one moment ?s jf the living __nperor*B soldiers would once Bore try eonolusions with their old enemies, the I: rlin j opuhtce. Bul the populace- thought better ol it. nn.l sullenly ntieatcd lief oro drawn sabres ? 1 bayoneta. The troops did their duty extremely well and as gently as possible. I saw ia. blows exchanged. When my turn cam-* to retrent I explaltted to i r thal I was nn Amerie'in. lie hes'tat-'d. Evidently there was nothing about Americans in ii ia euler*., but. he motioned to his men that I erna ta be allowed to pn??. thrnnrrh. nnd in I went K er walls nor poreh of lids ugly cathedral had any riga of mourning. Tiny hud been left In tin ir natonal bareneaa The d..cn?*ay lind not a touch of black, nor bad tbs vestibule, where you passed between two gilt Hraonbagi of ear? lier Emperors or Electors. The curtains, drawn aside to let speetaton pass into ths nave, werer.il in 1 green. Through them eame the (u-st ulimi.se ol tbe iiiterior. The nave was hung with blink from pavement to clerestory. A sort of Lr.-1 -j.-, titree feet high, bad be. a bulli across the church, an.I over th.s we paaaed. Us who looked straight I bim Btw nothing. Tbe head had to be taned sharply to tbfl tight, nnd then Instantly tin- whole pageant beoama visible. Protestant i . h- was. I'l-iit.-staiit ehurefa though lt was, tin i?. lav tbe late Liii|>.r..r In a cbappelle ardenta. On either si.lo af the eoffla rosa tien of lighted flandlea, the wndlrsticks tha m.me wbich laid lu.;,: i ri'.'.iiT.k Wilitam of Proseia, tbe Emuer* m's elder brother, on his way to another wm hi. The ih...r v.as coMi i d with black doth. On this ilutii rise a |Hi|,..strtl a foot in belgbl aii'l ?.om i?. un fest aqaare. On this was tbe oata* fuh,m- and on this tbs e..flin, tba Bkb*s of it rod \. bordered with ena.nc and jd-.ii<l. There lay ihe .had Emperor, half inclining, his head upieid by ii white satin pillow, startlingly nie like. Bsore starthi.iriy still like a ngura la wax. aiboul him, al his feet. Ba <-.i!e r ride, aft the Inaii, and bass und there lil groups ol two or i M.lid M.iiio thirty oi forty BtatUCfl Ifl uni forms. .N.-M-r did livini* men atsttStd so still. The., Bruis no moti.iiiless tana! they loo might havo bet ii wax. This iin'onj-'iuoiis ii..timi \,mi-heil us a?.'ii as it cain.-. Th-* spei'ta.)., for apsotaole it v.a.s, was Mm--thing more th-au BOleflta, 1 Banked lu tani v. li., tl. sr uiiil'.iin. d i.fli. inls xs. ie, but I gatbeiad that tbey Stood there for the whole sjS-txsofl of lk'ilin and the Impirial hO-SChold. aTkayeldkrw light of many candles fell tm BtaaLjba Bt_k*a, trblti anti aiua, ob liiituiin fuc s Bri in all the st) inn. ss of griei. To tilt Uiiiildfd st delatil ull had I).-, u regulated by court and military etiquette, jet ail sd.?.LUi*d genuine. 'Hie stateliness of lt wu what lin pressed you. Soldiers gunnit d tho fcoldicr who had gone, liefore him there wits not one who would not Lave _ive_ his life for tho life of hut elliot*. Tho limperor wore a General's uniform of the Flrat lvegiment ol the Guard*, dark blue, willi Silver epaulette.. The figure was visible to the BJ* A fleld cl,)8k hld *? r,"t- ,k' wore Bt i tba throat tbe silver erose of the Kusnian Order ' of St. Georco, which he alone In Western Europe bad the rij-lit to xvear. The Star of the Pru-siun Pluck Eaglfl which glittered on his breast wa* a new l.t.ir for this occas.on; that which ho worn during life was left to hi? family aud becomes jan lu ii lo-.m. Ile w re his medals nnd the first I and second Iron ('mud Cross, glren in 1813 and 1814. Many others lie won*, each as h.- had j hmself directed. The order Pour le Mcrite, i with (.ak leave*, was round hi* neck. On chairs 1 or taboufetl BJ bis side lny the insignia of thc Crown of Prussia, and scores of orders of every Crown in Eurojie. We were allowed as tba re ward if a four hours' strape-le In the streets nnd ' for in Irtspet lion of these details rather less than two minutes in the church, altogether; but it was o'. ? of tn fl ? BO BCfl trhich, in generality, if not in : detail, fasten themselves once for all in the mem? ory. * 'Joe Emperor's face was peaceful, still , flash, d us if with life, still willi that stamp of dignity find firmness which never (|iiilted him in life. He looked what he was. the gnat Emperor infnri t .*? .ole. Ria SOU. the lanpatttt En-d Tick III of t .-dav. had. almost unknown to his su'decis. i paid n visH to his dmd father early this nvrn ii.g. 'I h- Emrieror and Em;.ress lt ft C'harlotten ! bur-* ri* ii o'clock, drove into Tl ri in, vbit.d i-i t i Ik Em lawas Dowager, and then, just after Boon, the snow still fallit..*. -ottered tbe Cathe? dral to pray by Hie Eui,* tor's coffin. Nothing is private In tmr-erial life, not even a soi.'s prayers by I.'* father's side, which were Bald amid a c .mini.v of Conn oinc als. n,s children wara with him nnd Prince Bismarck Beoomratnied him .VI. o: nearly nil. tbe Ministers of State anti of flc n of the Imperial bouaehold paid their h ma a to the lllustrioua dead before tbe do..rs were opened to the public. i ml is now Axed for Friday ni.on. Tho coffin will be earn. .1 after tbs serrloea in the Cathedral to the <_llce doa Viet..ins, in tba ihi.-r Garten, members of the royal household and officials, all on foot There they will tuke eau** riagea to Charlottenburg, whera the tajutxarioa j pass.es b neath the elosed window a? which Fred? erick IT Blands. Beporta as to his health ar* I oontradictoiT, but I lear thai Dr. llaekenrie says he never knew till now what it was to bo : anxious The Journey shook bim, though ba pulled himself together nnd at the cud looked fairly wi ll and passed a good night. 'I he private fortnne of tbe late Emperor ls st.ted at i4 o i-i.ooo milks. Hie tesian.trt waa bo! made public ibis morning, nnd had nat been opened, 1 beard. Hence thc confusion which has reigned sine Friday laat The will neither of the late nor of the living Emperor being known, nM tn - beset! liv soul of every official of the l'-./.nl bonan* , bold. (,. W. S. Till IT MUM. \!A\ HE I'ffSTJ'ONk'D. FtTBLTCATION OE THE OFFICIAL IT.O QBAMME. Mil I'.' II IB Ii!'s(il.VK|, Tt) AWAIT TIIK AKItlVAl. o? tut. i ZAitiiWiTCii. Berlin, March 14.?Emperor Fred.-ii. k is greatly pleased it ti.- Csarenritch'a Intention io ta.me to Berlin to attend tbe kite Emperor's funeral. Ho said that if th.- Czarewitch was nuable to arrive in time, i:i oonsequenoc of tba snow, ba will pt**st* pone Eic funeral until Baturdav. The official programme for tba funeral is pub? lished thia evening, At ii a. m. the bells of churches will begin tolling, Bad nt tbe first peal the officers ..f state and all functionaries rjbarged \tiih special duties xviii take their prescribed positions around the ci.flin. Count von Stol bcrg-Wrrnlgerode tvill stand where rests the Jm perial sceptre; Minister Maylaeh, by the Im i-ii.ii tn'i, Minister von Eicbellcndorf by tba sword of state; Minister Friedbarg, by the. prent rn al of tbe Empire; Minister Lucius, by the col? lar of the Order of tbe Black Eagle | Miaiatei von Boetticher, by the electoral crown; Ministers von Coaster and von Sci ila, by the frtuatian stats bwoi 1. Ot | von Pane, ns commander of the corps of the Guard, will hold aloft the imperial stand? ard nt the head of the a iTln, on either sale of l -a sti nding Generals Count von Lehndorf and Prince t.n Radriwill, with their aides-de-camp Delegates fi om the Prussian, Bavarian, Saxon, Wnrtemburg and foreign regimental of "which tha deocaaed Emperor was honorary colonel will as 6ume stations at the foot of the edlin. In ac ',oe with Emperor William's last wishes, the service lu tue Cathedral will he conducted by I>r. Roegcl, who will bc aaaiated by tbe Csstbedral clergy, While prayers ar- bin-; pr< noiinced over the body, Eic inl.iiiiry outside the Cathedral will tire thii-e volleys. Tbe eofltn will than be raised from llie dalb by twelve senior COlonelfli who aili bear it to the fiyie.al car end place it thereon, 'ihe rrrooesaion through the Cattb**dral xviii ba led by thc Court Clianilierluin, Count von Stolberg-Wcr* nigerode. On either si.le of thc collin w.ll walk the Prussian Ministers, bearini* the reptilia and imperial Inrignla, escorted by (WO stan* officers and twelve eaptaina. Iinine.liat.-ly behind the collin will come General von Papa, carrying the Imperial standaixt, aooompanlcd by Generals Count von Lehndotf mid Prince von Iladzi.viil. Eight tV.a.T officers will lead the horses of the funeral car. Four Knight* of tbe Black Eaada, G merals von Blumenthal, von TreskdW) yon Obentlta, ami von der QoltS?Will hold tin- eoniers of the pall. The baldachin over tbe cullin Will he upheld hy oilier generals. The C..En'dial organ will continue playing wi d lo ike Imperial and royal mourn* ers take their places in the protxrsaion. The coflin will be carried from tbe Cathedral to the BiegeaaaJla, the mourners following on foot* Emperor Frederick wrote an tbe rt**ogivtnxme thal lie would walk Immediately behind tbe coffin, but | his {diyrieiana will advise him against doing sa ' Prince Bismarch will carry the Imperial atand ' ard, Oetteral von Mulike the Imperial sword, and liiniater Friedberg the Imperial glolie. st.u-t ing amid the tolliag ol bells, the pr.ssj.iu will enss the castle bridge ami pass through linter doa Linden to the Brandenberg gate At the SiegesaUee th*" membera -.f tha imperial family will enter carriages and proeeed to the Cbariott?*n ber| inausoleum. There the ngalla will be with? drawn fi- tn the procession and sent baek to ths Treasury. The canopy over tbs collin will bs lifted off; eight lieutenants will assume charge i of the horses, and four CHDiiiiiis will toke the : places if the Knights of the black Eagle as in-Jl bcarers. A wealthy huron has paid BOO marks for a window in the Hotel Bauer from which to view the funeral procession, and boo murks has boca paid lor n sinai; balcony. li bi atated thal blmperor Frederick has given to Friedhurg bia own Black Eagle ribbon, which be had worn i>.r thirtj yins. Il bas alica.Iv ix en decided to erect two m..nu? ll .a,ut to Emperor William. One will be sn i.i.n-stiatn statue al the I*torieer (tata, ai the end of I'ntr den Lind n. ns a eompanion to tliat of Frederick the Great, and soother trill ba erected 1 in front ol the IV.ee. Deride! these, a column w.l! bi iluc-d on I lie BtegesasulS, ou the Kt*nl_i? plats. NOW Ihi'l Ihe Eulli"drnl is to Ive open from ! n. m. to 10 p m . it is estimated thal '?'??? persons may Me tbrongb dai.y to view tba Em* P i-1\ i. rdy, KiT.AVr.lt AntBORK AM) FJVI. MKS 1>1:< >WN'Fn. laaataaav, Marah Itt.- Tba belfast itaamer Oa . Ca tie ls a.I. i l boar Di na..ie. ihe ida-*.:ri Bad Idvo laen |,_\e bea drowned. ? nOIaEsTT b'Mli.M IN i.Iil'.AT BBTTAlrT. taOBSaOS, Man li U-A Halli IbbBW BtBtU SteVSlSI taroug-Ont England, Wales and -tolland. I-'KAKB Op AN INMAN* fPTtlSlNO. ?t Paul, Minn.. Mm. li 14.-A Winnipeg, Manitoba, rtlfpatih to "ThS PlaaaSf Press," s*yi: '?Tliat an Indian outbreak In the far Northwest territories li near at baud, ll the prevailing opinion ninon.. Ilia settlers al.-i.K Ibe North aask&iohawan.* . "The Herald," publnlied at nattle Fort, ??ys, editor? ially : "Il will be remembered that altar tn* Kiel mbelllon lite Indians attributed bli failura lo tba tact that he had deferred ne Mon until ino late in the *ea*nr_ They prouilMd nut to make ilia" nilsiakn tbe next ilma lt arpears from the testimony of thine vt hw ought to know that on uprising lt (jloso at baud." a> CONSUL LEWIS'S TROUBLES DEEPEN. THE MOORISH Sl'-TAN Bal* MOHR TitAM ONS _MF.R ICAN PROTRCE IK rRISoK. "t""4iinNe,Tosi, March 14.? F.arly In the present week, the State liepartment received a telegram fi om ConsuJ (.eueral I*wlt at Tangier. *tatlng that the Moorish Blllbl IHlaU were disposed to disregard tho treaty of tSBO, in ref'islng to rel.-a-e from prUon ceitalo Moorish lul.Jerts who are under American protection, fseeretary Itnyard *ald tonight that the Bxatsafl In rustiviy are not American ettlsens, ?"it ar." native Moora, prol.ahly Jews or Arabs, abo under the treat*" rlaim trie protection of the I nited Mure-.. Be "lld aol anticipate say serious trouble, niel roo arl I Mr. _exrtl tl.ifhly understood IN ri: lits maier tho treaty aud 'till lc aUStataad In ma'aiaJning tb Ba TRYING TO VENTILATE THE TI.F.ATY. ANOTIiKn ITFOIIT TO BBflCCBB I) TAILS Ol ii.'"" Ni:iit)riATio\'s. OTTtxtt, Mareil Itt.?The Opa****ftios made astatbef affori tn dat to aeoarc (ram lbs QoveraaMal tba de? tail* of the angatlribin wMsa passed* ri ti>e nsknwMs roiiferenee In Wambini'inn. Mr. MltSbolL ex Minister of Fisher!*., was vigorous In his demand for htrtbaC li ft-pTt n'iit-i. drnwlng tho Inference from r-ecreiary Hayards h-trer to Slr ('harlen Tupper. In May lan"*, tl.ar rhe 1'nlted Htate? h.id offered ?*t*elp*rt*"*,al trude relall.tiis. Bil JohB M?.-.!..nahl, In reply. *>od that the repreaentntlvna .-f Ute raspeetlve uoverntnaut* had exerrlsed their lUMratlon ai to ?thu sbtwld i^ published. He addetl ihat If tba doctrine laid doora l.v fha Oppo ' ..a frere accepted thal everything ahoiiid bc published ii would !?? Impossible to siaks any I remy. ? DEBATING THE PRBE TRADE l.'fs<iU*TI"V. Ottawa Ont., March H.-What BRMUtaaa to se lbs prlaelpal Bcbasa al ll tai leaaloa of tbe ranaiiian Mons* of ( oiiinioas, begaa to flairt sir Riobard Cartwright moxTlni h's iv-oii;iion in fat or of aaren! Hexed ra city bri ween the Doited states ?ud Carada. He marti a forcible preaentaitoB ..f bat Base, *'"l w.?<, aMxrered br Th..mus vi. Mliiiater of tbe Interior. Mr. White declined to be coiuniitted to anything in tl ,i? .,.,.,. inndlng io . inparatron from the rm.the. count ry, The l.ota linn-lieii-i al alreaiiy has I lie potter, under ! tie- Malata, lo eiitai Inlo DogoUatloiiB hm r*oM*>j*oeal , fiL-e trade tx iib the United stairs. ? ? maw LlYEfl i.'-sT at A ni:**. London, Marah M.?Th" mai k.-t p'aea at Cabin, Hnagary, waa bttraad to the gi.mn.I yestwdaj. Moy lite, wera i-.-.'. PI.DB IN II'il.I.ANO. London, March 1* ?The MSUSS Inti* overflowed lt* h-irils and Inundated Heughoin, BorghUVBU aud iticrtn, lil lli.il.uah ___________________ .1/ I f? Y 1.1 YES LOS T A T LI JV I- S. TUBBOATA AND BAlXinO TBSBBlfl Hivr\' ASX.xur. ny a si ar. m. rhllarb-lphla. March lt.? raptnln timm, of ll * startle, v.hicii returned teeta tbs Delaware -. day, tell* the following glory: "Ve pot hen* tht* morning after having a RnSgh lime of lt. I believe that all schooners that pass?d through tho Caliea since the hagll fi I f i tr nf the itorm have been lost. The Startle anrl the tiriu simpson were lilith ariehon'd at th* tr..n pier at lyweg. Th* pl*!' purled arid the Simpson went down. Ve were laved Owing to tho hli-'h *ea, WI could not go to the esslstanrs of tbe Btmpion and h?r Brew, *U Of whom were loal exrei.t the rook and steward. The wife af the Mptaln al the Bisauaos wm a's., aboard and *i? lost. Tba tug Tsiuri went oarers during the storm ott the iioUware Ireakwaler It ls beltered thal the captain ar.'I crew were washed overboard, t-di* wa* engaged in the aiealdng bi The cay'aln reported thal th* wind blew a terrific, gale ami thal the cold \ta? Intense, fehe managed to | weather the storm, boxvever, ant rame ap ihe rli r th's Bornlng 'ihe tu. Hus eompletely Incased In lce.? -? DASH1SG VITRIOL IS AA ACTBRSS'S I Ai K ii'U'tai CB1MR of a \rri i.-vvomv pnTSTCIAit? ? It KV KV Gt" BOB Hil sos'-- IM-.il til**. r>i'i;i\r,i n.i.n, Mo., March 14.?Dr. George M. Cob, Inii.-d States PenslOB Kxatiiln.'r ai ld, in liaia-l Bffll Elli!, a varlOl' BCtrOM and lin* im-li.-s, >.f his son, Dr. K?-i,iou ( oz, io enter a earrisge sa lt li bini, ai i arbes ihe srat toa ? I itrucli her over M.er in id with * bowls" of vitriol, breaking the louie and cover? ing ibo lace and bead ol hui rtctlm with th.) add. ii. i Mreaata sttrseted tba attention of the polb .i har noni the f".-j ? ii ile atti but not nntll ? . : ? .rv, i nc I ..nt and I ? I i .. nrei destroyed. Bbe noa li'-s at the point of death. ? \ n.et |.-r at o V- I tare nim.-r and broughl her to Bprlogfteld, and ba! ,..-..! a ootusa of tetaxuehery ul !. !.? -. RAILROAD INTERESTS BALTIMORE AND ohio MOHTHLY MEETHfO. Ilaltinore, March IA^8pee1al).~8>natai G ia wai tho chief rwarr. at the nmritl.ty BBCetlag of the Baltl rn.eo nrvi < i Rall I a"I**eetoei to-day. E*resldsnt . itated thal thc atty authorities had t?K*a na a< lion >"i oa ihe company*! petition lor an ex' r,f the Ave million loan, bal h* <iid not ten tbs din of Die refusal of th* Drexel Morgan lyTtdleatdB to i*x ? Hs mortgage with thu city. The Indicstloni are that fie city will not return to tte r 0,000 In tbe loan sinking fund etan If an ex? tension ls granted. Tin folio wi nf ofllaers nrarn Bleetert to-dayi l.st rlee-president, leland BmPh, Baltl more; thl .1 etco-presldent, 0. K. Lord. Baltimore; ii all liii.-s east of the Ohio River, in? cluding Row-York terminals, w. M. (bluets. Haiti* more; general manager of all lines w.-st ol lb! River, w, Bf. ivt.ly, l neral frelghi iralUe manager nf all lines, Frank Harriott, Haiti more; rrn* eral freltrhf manager rif main stem ami lui Charles K- Vivs, Haltlmore; genet al frelghl agent, il d and nil linea ?sat ul ibo Ohio Kiter, ii. h. V h.io, IMttsbnrg. -s)> MI'*rriT.tN*TOT'S TtATl.WAV lrTTKT.TAOT.SCB, A', a BteetlBfl of tha aterkhfiM"r*i of th* atlanta ?ni ("lani, tte Air I.lue Hallmal yestertay th* fun wire ii-a l-i i. ii: Lugeno Killy, P.ifliard Irvin, r, .. ? nntM, J. Henry Wlllteata Et. A. Unraator, J. Wll* ens Brat n W lt. VVIlDier, r. P. Dtcklnoon. iv R Mo Alvina Jjiu.-s li. Voinig, H. W. s; ley, Ukipwith Wllm r. st. i.....la March li.?Tba av i rid Cv ir annual n. ? an. .-].-i Die tollnxrtng beard of Ureetarsi Jjj i Bl hwy Iiiilnn, S.rruel falo_n, Kn-vt-ll Ba?S R 8. lit!**. Th..ma* T l>k*rt. A. [a HOfBtdaB, l.*nrge J. 0>M lt F.. k. Bibley, Oeorae J- ^inaat and h. f>. Mar. Qtnnd. of Mew.Torfci C. 8. (.rc.-hy and 8. II. H. Clark, of "-1 Loala Tho only abaafa Irota tke Md t> .arl I* tba ala Hon of E. K. Bibley In y'.jcc of ir. ia. Aa ! Ohlearn, Mi'-h H ?Th" meetln-r r.f the Association of N.>rth Americas Ri Iroad h)tn^ruteadeata sailed to meet i at st. Loni* on March ?'(>. h.n beea, by DUrsetlon bf Ut* . exeruthe e. uni. 1*1**, pn-tponod, to fleet lt Rea '. City, Api.i i., t?o d*;* pre.cling the g*nxeial Rat! too 1.1.1' .a ? 10 March M.-Tin East bnurid rall ddtOB I floor, gra-n anil proxrtaten* (nun Obleafln tor the week ead. lng Marah IO larManted ti BB.BU toaa ia b*ereaai of 1.1'sQ u.ns i.t.-r ,ti.. pi'-ii.tu week. 'Ihe \'ii ri iel'vi lt per ? nt, ths Poansyl ii .j Hal 87-t lbs i I . ac, f.mrrt Tnii.k lu.3, the BoIUbiMO Bod OblO , 1*2 ?nd rh- nig F-.ur lit Th* Chi B_0 I Bil BOttBd railwai - hat-.. . i tn.prartl.ab ... dla tl- irillllug in Irsiiati lyal n< anl hav? rouoented A .-ni dui, .11 ls Irniii .-.I thm tbe r. - gunn milled in transit -lull nm ba lena n an ibr* I1' : '"' ' - 1*1 ? ?? I* otei Uv ii rough tart! i ? point uf ahiimi rn to ti- d otlnatli n ul tlx ' blujin *. I bu i alt, March i< -Th* Bttrtloa le al*aoIvs tl I aasa aaa ta f. "? ' ? ? ' ii,, in l Daytos Rsl! ' "* I r'*' I ttOfl rh"iu flxan li.i'.i.n'er'ini; to ? I m.. k af tba ?r. k ii, .(,. i, to? ll tbs raattlftc electiun. aaa araatsd t.v faxtfl! M* "?. ' tbs Bap* loi Coan, U tay. Tbs Baan held tani ai eleni proof io! . .,,.,.. ls ti .. gal let Tba ca?c itands fur i lieiilng on Ita i. BJUEIBIPAL BLECTJBES TB MUSS. To Wiifll U! lil H., r./ir.r nf ll.t iri'.i,,,,. 11: Maa dual aleetloaa h id in A ., lal.a-,! aid 1. ililefi.ril |(i ,|_yi n tb* tl on March B, ahow the Republeaa col i:inn iniiiDi.ei). Malan raBjabaiiiiatiia inpart!alas. Bee nuliBiai.d ng Damoeraita anaawiaus, tba ilraa Trade heresy of Preeldenl leveland and lbs intnooder I b* eii*? treaty of Eierretsry Bayaixt, and declares in un mi takabla lafsu fur a IVotUetlre Tar tr. Tim h.-me* af i DBgreseaten Botrtelle, Re*nt, ningiey and MIIVBea all give Uotlded RepablleaB inaJorU!*,, ?,?? |u,!,irie. IBS NaMoii.il rejiutatlon Wuu ly tbasu faiibful repr.'seut atltea of the party. J. U, alAN'lXV, Cl.annan atopuaanSaa biate Cuuimiii.e. Augusts. Me , March Vi, 1*88. ? O) A RSA SSA S DEROORA TS Little ll.>ck, Aik., Marrh ll (S-xs-tali.? The Ix-mo rrutl.' ei* e ( en11 al ( oiiiii.lttee met here to-day and des Ideal to hold B . .invention fur the liuUiluatloB of btata ofticers lo tldi city uu May Wk. DIGGING THE CITY OUT. METROPOLITAN LIFE RE fir INO. TRAINS RUNNING FROM THE GRAND CEN? TRAL STATION. A TliOKot-nn-noiyq MHK PAMINB. IN. vnKSi | HIT PROVISIONS MO_ x*. .VNTIN'J. LONQ IM.AXD rtlU Il..f>CKAI>FD-MfiVr-MrNT.S OW TRAIN*) Uroly IN Ki'W-JKI.8' T-I.OS8I8 AT SKA Nl'MFRi.i'8, Ut'T 1 UK F.XTKNT OF TH FM KO! K\'tia'N_lJ|;o.)KI.Y.N AKKAD nf NKW TORI DJ HI AMINO STI'.EI'.T CA1IB? BAII AM) WtHMFK WKATHt.B PBRDICTRD Kau lo-DAT. Slowly but surely u,,. pals-efl of life h. gan to Mir In the thoron_-!? fnres 0f New-York vest- nhir, ami the eily gradually emerged from the torpor cast spou it bp tl,.- sprll of a -frrut dfaatster-for in no other Ugh, ,-an the visitation of the bliz- ' zari, Inringing with a hardship, dea?)lation ami ! death, he (-..lishlen-.L 'lhere was fl lu-Herons suggestion Of the disen- ! tabing of Pompeii and li.-r.-uiim. um tram their lava gmves in the digging out of Ute now-filled iii*vfts. Gangi of mn, tba total forae of tauena exceeding lu number any ever before Reputed to Kimilnr tusks j,, ,lllN ,.|(v ,,*?.,, 1>ic k ,1|)(, (t|?,v,.1< Alni disiiit. rre.l-i,, Mralii the use of that woril ? lure a wagna, aad tin-n* n wlwelbarrow; in-re a pile of pt-o.-eiv bosea, and then- an ash barrel; bete a forlorn hui, arrested ' om Ita owner's head I in iii.- wild bluster of Honda?, and there a dt"**d dog or cat. larry eiuh-Hior was ma.le to foree a Way for trudie, es,,.-..nilly in the prinoipal str.a-ts. lu th.s.- th.- Buow was piled on ihe rigbl band nitd on tlie || ft, and BS these ways were o|i"Ilei| a tlnj' btreatn ol t***nffle began to Mckie through th.-m; by uu.l hy Inoateaaing to at leas! mnething ni'in'oacliinj-the usual rolurne thal roars through tl ? busy ttreets. tuiMtiv rat xo waa roxfaur a start. In Um sm.?:!. r itr eta the mos bank waa b aped only on ona sids. Hie actual removal of Ute snow was iii ali eases a Beeondarj soi tderation ' 'ihe object Bought to be obtained waa to get linings ugoliig. A* ea.h torsaken rcbiele was brought to light, ItU OWnei was Use.-rtained nial told of it- resum-ctipn, and he never tailed to M-nd men snd horses to remove li with all pos sii.le dispatch. Bui that generally did no! man much. In son.f the downtown streets?Fulton- ' at- for exampli?win ro the >l (tei-ted drays think ns autumnal leaves In Valombrosa, there etas |.f.-. m. ii nt one time the curious spectacle of h string ol carts, wagona -.rid carriages, with their I U-ama, standing in one long blockade, and ex ag almost from river to t Storokecpen \t re only t...> fla 1 to b lp in the battle w th the sn. w, ! ppUcd wood el i to build hundred! .f bonfires t.< molt it. Never on .'my Fourth of -Tii'y bate there been more of these burning In the highways uml tue byways ol the eily. BTU I. a va*; fultutn-n .rs.-, But. notwithstanding tle-s.- manifestations of activity within, as regards the outs:,ie word the metropolis of America costin id to be a vast ("s-nson-houae. Communication op n ?! np <>n the more or Irai "rapid" transit Im.-s within h>-r boundaries; but tha great iron roads that lead out fr.>m her Kates were slow in developing ani? mation. The railway oomuanica s. nt out work era by Ihe hundred: bul their gigantic task waa accomplished with rtitfi-niltv, yd with diligence. lor to-day regn!srity of travel in promised on the principal linea rVrbapo of them nil the New York Ontrel ri s r* ea the t>alm: bul the West Shore, and the l-'ai. were close al its heels in an? nouncing open ways. The relief thal the resnmrrtion of travel will give Domes none too 1...011. The neceaaariee nf fife hate fiinioeil t. famine or sleet* rates arith alarming rapidity. Fm I ;- ncnree, thnngh an im? proved snot.lv began to dribble through the streets i in Billilli Ioh'.Is v-?i'-r.l;.v n ti.-ri,,.,.0. Pro* ' f 1* 1 v rt* have gone np In pnoa Milli wits not to be had yeaterday. Restaurant! and hotels gave grudging di bleta ."-.iii coffee or tea: hut there e..is n . milk Bnd < a.',.. is. no mill: and ''mush.'' and, ln-t straw nf ill. n milk punches! ; rat, moreover, was the "run" on eond milk that grocers " (",11" every riler, a ndlng only fioiii u Quarter to 11 halt of the quantity , asked Hie TTl"'l Service e.lil'lrh.I to he Scanty. Bnmc nerita .1 iii the afternoon from points near at hara!. For once, the nommunlcation by boat proved much Inlier tann Iv train, ns maila from Boston, New-Haven, Stohlnfrton, etc., u brou. ? bj the ? id lt. turn is. x\mi 8 P.tTCItF.n t'r* ! LITTt ?*. Ry I, -'.n the city waa once more In lol nnd teleph tiic touch arith some f.f her neighbors; and wh n the full o|..-n;r;r up cf th? ni'lr. sdi p'lown the OtUBtxanlea to ?.-nd out Inrff-e enonirh ! 1 inda of m- n. Min bari in island will havs ceaa .1 to be a .Tuan Fernandez. ; Iii.* exasperated N w-T ricey- v-lin riToped li' ? way home In .i.v-n. * nn Monday nirrhi nrfll read arltfi considerahle BStnnlshment ind nerhsns K?.me ? iifteft-tremon ?? explanation of the fa lure of ti.,, .'""trie H-fhta ns elven hi Tm* 'I'ltn?''?"'?' to- I day. Rut for the forethought cf nn official of 1 ,-... r.-r. phone e..mr.i.m\ who Knew what wonld be the result of an n'tempt to nse the electric ji^t a-Hrr*- ,,>,,,- erftssed null tangled with bi ?',* n telegraph and telephone wire*, ihe etty, so far from being p'u 11 -??.I into darkness, would have 1.... -1 bathed lu Bm <">f the two alt-rnatlvcs, Ihe former wis mu'"'- the more prof.-mhle. Everything Indfentea flint the saddest *rorv nf the prent, storm will e..me from the eon"'*. The petts of the frito, of the drifted pilot-bolt*" la awaited tremhliiu.lv. One, *.t least, is utterly xvreeked. nnd fir the -nf t\' ri thoa-, of whieh no tiilines have react. -1 Ni w-York the gravest fears i.re entertained. Nor will the t<Tri,>l<^ record of 1 ihe s-n be eompleted even bv the reall/aHon of j these fa is. At least twenty-four vesaela an* { ashore at Delaware Breakwater; nnd tie* lo?n rf human life must be awful. No n^ws at ni" ht^ ! come fr.m the Kcw-Jeroey eo;ist. nnd in r-rtlte of the cheering results of the Inquiries ma.le by th.* Merritt emist wrecking orf-anlzatlon, there much room for doubt as for hope. A LITTt.tt THAW AM) A VtfttltV or "TROW. True to the personal forex**a-t of the capuhle officer in charge of the Signal Bervice Bureau there was a decided rise in the temperature yes? terday, nnd a " flurry* of snow, which acanvl lt. me timorous folk who overestiriinte.l its -rf-p. t: (h atiee,...ml mw ooated the soile.l BUrfaos of Mon ,]r:\ depr^'t. As the meretiry frndtinMy rose In Ihe therm meter-tube, till nt knuth the freezing i lint was distanced, sn omtnotm s*ir n moist ure 'n the atmosphere, a mn*-ier?l "dHn-drop" from jidgea ami eaves, an oeeusional little ahower ol ? snow snd, above all, or rather beneath BU lb, warned the dtlrens that the Thaw was on the trail of the Billiard. The declining sn": sh. m* brightly on the ma*s Ue j-imv piere ol Brooklyn Brid ire. As he sank. ?jiow-clad New fora nml the sist.-r cirlea thal ClUBter besiile her wen. t'nt? .1 With Bil ' h'> ih'H e.,1.. coloring of n reallied fairyland. Tie flat roofs, flf l.-.-l hr whit* |.;i"-h'-s. h. re and then' M np n share nf "he rr**** light The towera and steeplea srere rad lani In it. and a bim bronze eluireri eross ttas li ht. ri np into flame Th* ealm that came after the storm sot thi I billiard vi cod New York Into i? ace. A FFW CATTLF nOlUHO llf. gMOCOR Bi', r OR tiAVD Tn step'Y TUTU mahikt I Atvs --UtT ItsVl HHS sT>ri.'I'. A.\ lae leitey t'fT 1'i-elt \ arris yatrenlay mnrnlnir. lhere wai * lair resumption af btrttnes*, arbkih had bean .ar a,.i'-'"!v ?tispenil*(1 for forty eight boara There 44.a* BIM ph rattle, ih ??' BB lu: I to ?apply th* il. ti.an.I. Ublel I I* "*'?' ,':?s'*' small: for lian 'l.ter-is. not luio-t'lni* hnvr tl.-y weie to pet (halt m.-at !iotrtb-atrd, sid not bu] freely, lt ??-??? uflleult . the cattle to tbe aba!tolr#ln ttt-* first p'aee. and ! tl.,ult tn ft them 8WBy'altOI t!."> **eie. kllleJ. TBS StaefcUlSS Sreoad the yards txere ex pre-^tiij great ladlgpallos rasisitlaf st tbs letumaa treatmem nf leveu'aen r.n of ".turk vblcl bad been in the yai-'l* nilla.ut anviling to ea' from ttaturday nti'll Tm s lay SftStlOOU. Tbs Ii.".r bo-St! n f'l'.l st" itl>. Hi'I tholr ottner* tl*i u .He'll the M . I BtpaUJ In VlgOrOttfl iel in* (oj' lt* Ud'tlnO, The stotainen were foitntiaf** In not liavlnf* mntiT Catii-, on the rtntd lt fl Um 1 l I BS. A r artoad of bog! oa tbs Muli* sud Bama Railroad atora in * .hift at . Orange, a-ul abasi one half ol the . lilied. Hors, when c..ld. er.'.t.l ar .1 rlimti upon .ne* another, and thus* sndM the heap BBUSlly get *ulfi? cated. Iluee c.iil.ia.1* of cattle lu.uni (or tl.l. olty nore Hailed on the l.rle I.oatt, neaj I'..rt Jer\ i?. and a heu laat hflard fii.m, were suffering greatly for loud, bo ve r al cain of at.jcU that wera *t tilled ?.n M niiii-iiliig al M?i.liaitaii*-'Ue, at one-hu ininti and twentj tittil il, on thc lli'dviu lil.er U.,ad. ware not sullad thronih tublxty fifth *t nulli yesterday inoruliig. Out nf nluelenii uoaal nf eattle, une hull, six ealVBB, ilTT iheep, and thrtre hogs that WSTS (.tint'k Lv the Olittanl Bt that point, rti'ly Tllleen ahaag p-i Isle-d. Beef i-ntilo. uli.rh arrlvsd ?' Jnr*?y < lt! on Monday and were iold to Brooklyn ilsugbteren, did sot n iel Utsli doatluatloti utiUl jreaieiday i.^un. The calila ara bronpht arcnnrl th" nattery In floxls. and are BBnannf ? benth Sixth st. There aro *l.x slaughter-house* | Williamsburg and three In brooklyn. While enttl nero detained, the w hul"s:iaO prleo of bael Jumped t ten and fifteen rent* a pound, but lt fell apaln yeator 'lay to sevon couta, on tho arrival of souio tioovo* fron Now-Jeiaey. borne cattle oar* are thought, tn he snowed In on th. New-York Central, between Albany and I'tlea, am nineteen cam of hog* are "mown te lie snowed In on thl road, which wert* duo at ""ortleth st., In this elly, oi bun.lay night. Nobody here knott* a hero th-y *re hut th." probability ls great that most of them penefce* In the storm. A train of ejxtth* rars whleh waa eaugh In tb! blizzard Ji._t outside of Woehawka-n. on tin ".test Shore road, tt aa pull, d down to the atoek-yanl: on Tuesday, by p itting two engines to every threi ear*. The supply alrea.lv on hand, lt I* said, will Ix ample to t-l-Jab ui at for tho city uuiil more cari rome. TI7/J TUE CH Y WAS IS DAEaWNEBS IHE EXECTEIO LU ill r WAS TUIiNCD OFF TEL "rnoNr ri-erLK F'A';i*n that TRRRB wolli llli MANY ril!r".*?Will ri ITII.L MIX: I). 1' ?! nf was Hie Coll liti.ill Of things here Ol btonday night, the B.tuirinn would bava baal lggravat>d a thousand-fold lind any Beltona fir broken ont. The Fire. lie; uitm> ut mn alflaofl I..!,.I ss. Few of the signals in n in ivor.diii order inul the Impa? lhlc oondJtioa of tlie ?a-BBB would hiv.- Blade it aim..st, bnpoflsiblfl for tin ni:ms to do much toward protect im* the city How narrowly the city aBoaped nab a dlsnste was I anted yt sterility by a T'iIBOMM re po rt.-r I bi .1. ia ns was .".pi dally severe on the telephone Mn ?. 'Hi s wires nm along on the sumo polei illili ii ar ii..' electric light winn. Tho eleotrh light companl i oould have lighted up us usua on Monday night, but they did not sturt theil dynamos The oause of their Inaction.waa tin i'. .? .i. of a letter by each of the cempaniss h.t< ? iv afternoon, which bad been sent bj one ..l tl." chief executive official, of tha Metro pol I tan Telephone Comnfl y l ..> aabstaiiee o ;; \ a tb ' ii ti. >;.'<? rii _ hi u n s tv.-:-.' ave y t'.lii i nea I bj th Be ..f the telephone, lo stitt the li^ii - ..?.. .al mean not bing; else In all rroi-.i'iil'ty. than thc Ignition of building i ii over the city since the currents Beni over th. electric lt- lit [inca were strong enough to se Min si anv ordinary Inflammable iu hst ance oi lin-. ii'Vi.i:' n- tv "rilli!* AVRRf, Th ia ;-...italie > -of the wa lill -r was at oa reatii .1 by nil the light c??mi...in s. Respona ?.-.. re i i" bach pr .mplly to the t eentn oflice that no oirouita would be ran. The resnl Mas thai tiie city was hit in darkness bul ii safety, bo tux a* n'gbrda the danger from th lighte. lu coiiiin ir iug on tins matte yesterday, n well-known au L-ivy on electrica miMi rib, who is entin ii ?? i'i. til" fact ij t forth, enid: i have nv I., -a on In i tt had tai - un fire li, ' , . '-? ! ? ( j,'a 1 - wll lia U ti Bf .'. I tl of the Fire 1 ? * ml I have matti fn? .ii I., have '" ? 1 | a" .". ?ii' -. ul! h ivt i- t ip* i i lerril lc conflagrxtlon. Tl ?? I . I ? nt ? ? "'1 ll..* ipork* in 111 l-i- ? Huns Inn ,1 "..ij".,linc aloa sui tin- t-tfi-c nun] I have I ear tanti Ia Another thing. Hal tba powerful eli r.i.,-. been tarni l .... Utera Boola" har* bena Kraal low of life. Tin-i ta i , aerial that If they atria. ' . . Dight v.. :. , | viv tt'len lt l.li'l v. d a. maa Un attar eui rent lu l heel te would ba i . ? -| ? ta na Ition J li i deinonstrnied here ami eiiewhare igaln I In Hi- k Illufl ol nen m.-J an.ii. ni- ai Lim iwy. MiisaAt'Ks Sf. v.' A -ONO WAY AK I ND. Thfl 1.1. graph and tel able io report some progress yeaterday, thong] tin- condition of both, atill i*cmaiii8 bud cuuu_;ii i.* si.au Union's obie! gains were the re >* a lit ol COUUUUUiuttlOii .t.i.t dUotatOU, \ ii-, t, l ;.,. i ISail ..a...''. d. -i .. Ul s'l.t by way ol Albany, while everyuiing lu \. -toa iimi Ba lt to Ch cn - I . I. .H I,. ? m .,?? k tu tim I ipi tn I I Iii cu gr< ? uin.ii have each a aire to Vt ? and Hall im ire l p tu last evening Mt . rtlirs baa . . .. nt li ntl bad bxrci i -.. .. .i. On rodd i be line is open t i ! on the ft*uiu*j [\ av i. o , aa lar a ?ll!. 'I iii Btal.is I lr wi 1! covi ri d. T'n-r were t xo lin a to tin A b is no* i, ono d ter, t ,, dupli \ ? i .: fnlo, i wo wli _ t . 'I itrrytov d and acm otl r lludaon Uiver totvna I' ' I ' ' :a a-a reached h a*ay of Buffalo, With i 'ty tt-i i that start.-.1 or attempted to star' In any din etan ii large gung of linemen and o'-cratom was a t ti ilo wlint tlie i ? . c iiiinu i ' - along tin- lina 1' ru ij take a I ii.nicials say. to put np t;..- hundred! ot p le that are down and replace all the other damage but fl t ri ij i of good weather will ia have the lines In working or'er, n "I this |, ill that will be attem-'ied f.,r tii?* preaens. Th Postal Telegraph Comratny nnd the United Line iieople i-i ; <ut .-ri an improvement in their .: In I'he I'i s'.. l en'.hiv is list., single wist** to Chi lauris. Pittsburg, and oi ts Weat t.n. - nth, l ii Ute offl ets wy thai th re is nu BU ii. im',' in getting them through all right. Mos1 ? ? c mipnnj n it lr ** are n ???r. writ i Heel wir" nianing ti ro igli tin bl 1 bi work of repairing the win*! In the city ll bins mshed vigorously hui the \v "tern lTnion la depend lng mainly upon Its t ali. s for eendii j mesas g*a inly i few circuits wera lu working order up t. last night . Am.ii ro st-vr> nun ai.f ms. The repairs to the police telegraph progresa d sr it.-ll that In thA afternoon the wit l were li ar orbing order between Headquarters and all th* precinct stations except the Carmansvllle, IHkIi jrldge ond Klngsbrldge stations. Much latisfao ion on aeoount of the renewal of tell graphli tommunlcation with tin* precincts was expr asai ,v Superintendent Murray aad other offlcials al he Cellini OfBoe, M .sr nf the Ore Biarra wlrei i.i't'i- said to I.*- In working order again, bul th. [l.ili.'o were still under orders to irita* informal ior f (ires nt engine botutea after bending eJaoai "r..m the signal boxes. At the r.rc Department Headquarter! tl wai itated thal the adrea and boxes wi. in Brat ?ni.* order nnd little trouble was looked for In hat direction. The department baa borrowed. itr.'.l or pressed Into ita service .-.II the horace and lt re.iulres. bur the dilfleulty ol Bettini o fires 1* onlv slightly diminished. In view ol he cm vi tv ..f the sit na' ion the Fire Commissioner! kdopted the following resolutions, which wen d to Major Hewitt by Cummisslonei 'hit .y: 1. Thsr Ms rr,nor. Um Mayor, be iwaneetffltly . ,,v. il (td t* .i*U tV M "i "I il'nii ..' Bli tli" l**Bllabl* feree. tn! I'Sni'ii In every de-rarttnenl af tbe g'ry jr-.v-riimant In iMk'uc itaaoable rh" ittabt thOTeagafsrei of riv* ci'y, ami he (trcete leading t*. tb*** nt"'" orkleh lie aa-aaratiti i ti si a:e sitnated, ar! also in 8bxSBln| a woriilng .pace ir...i,1 tli* lin- l.yilrant*. Hcoolved, That lila Honor, th<* Maror, he fu-'her ra lueoted to W.In atrh tha Fire PeparfBB*BI In tirid'i.ir rh" ' Ut* -noa- fr.rn tli* irreet railroad tra^lii by the lapMiiie* aa snail a* n a itralila. ?rrf.rrni)vt* wini's Blt? X rtvotrn. Buperlntendent Eelrert, of the Ketxropolitan relephone Company, had not left bia ellice, in 'ortlandt st., fr?>m Monday until btst nich?. le baa been doing bia beal to get the thousands ,f wires belonging to that bompany diseutangiad, ml ii iptte his untiring efforts, be was obliged ,i cont ss yesterday that mattera wen ititi In it tte*, condition. A great deal uf repairing uh been done, '"it more remains to do lt ?rae ,uppos d st Drst that there were only a few polee lown, but it now appears that hundreds are pros rate. <K.r 150 are down lu tenth-ava. A* ..unv more have ration In Weet Sex nte? nth and (Veal Eleventh sta, beside* dor.em tn Harlem, ?., inul other phi"-*. ilif.so rx-preoent liouannd! ? f wires " We ure pretty biullv ofT.^ Bald the Su-M-nn endent "but I Vu\nk we are aeeommodnting at , tiri so net Bent .rf our cost .mers and If the -wether i "laius half d-.". nt, by Friday Bight we'll I.ble to aerve the teat." \ |, r renee was mad.- to tl a Oh, lhl? Kt,um baa settled thal queat'on," replied Mr. |ik.rt. "I nave always maintained that Un nioner we c..t our wires under ground ths better, ,,,,] thl I le his demoi ??,?..! that I waa right I don't think' lhere will be hiiv further heal ta? li,,,', about bun tu tba adrea either here or any a-herc ebie." Similar atatementa were m:t.le b] ,t lu-r prominent eleonrliiaJ wire men, to the peal intibfttetlon of lae Subway C mmiasionera "It la rather curious," saul one of these ..ftleiais ye* lerduv, "to hear Mavor Hewitt Urging the sub nats dow, in \it-w of the Baot that ii be bud natl iii- way there would aol nave been a tsteneh lui Inst m'lUinier. Ilo tot.-d against them every _ __ ?ariana, BVOtOOI COWUHO, TO THK HANAN.' BBflVT." MluueniMili*, Mmn., Manb le.-Major &lward*Lthi xJetainaaB aa ttaanud Voa*. ENGIXEMEX ^l\Y QUIT WORK JUDGE CRESILxMS Ol'DUON IS CHICAGO. THKT CAVNOT BB MADE TO SKRVlt Till" WABa*? I'NLliS! TUKT Clint,BK?BL'T TI1KY MIST WOT VEiBBMBBM WITH THU OPKRAiIMO Of THE lotD?AM "CXTKAOKDIN-KT El'IDKMIC AT QOQwVLL bluffs, [BT TKLEORATH TO TUB rill ll I sr.." Cmr-Aiio, Mureil 14.?Tbe drciaion of Ju-ii*e Gresham iu the law suit between the Chicago-, bulli uart on and Quincy Itatilroad and the Wabash line, which was looked forward to with st, much in ter-st bf th. public at larne, and railroad people and hi wy i rs lu particular, wus render. .1 lu tha United Si.iles Circuit Court tl?la morning. The courts r..uni was crowded when the Judge to oh his stitt. Couns.1 on both sides were flBBMsxUBBf iuto Judge Gresham's private room for a brief Oonsultittion with BBB court* anti then tin- Ju.lu* ascended the bntafllx- His decision wita not much ; of a disappointm nt to Will Paa*n*B, for, although P, IC. Animr IBflBBgUd to escap*-, lt was only by a lucky chance, ami not from any difference bn , tween tho court, and the counsel rrjrrirdin-r tbs j principle tinder discussion. It was plain to all i present that bad Mr. Stone, t'ie general flJUM Bl | of the Burlington, a-cund as pas*. STVxdeSMM af ; Inter!, rene.- oi Chief Arthur with aha aaBpsa>yxSJ on the Wabaah line as he bad in maned to the | Union I'i, ilic, Mr. Arthur might BOW bs lu a sorry plight It was from luck of sufficient svb danae, not fi om a conviction of abe tr-gaiitj of th* : ficts ebarged, that tin* court declined f,, (-runt 1 the order asked for htgrninst Mr. Arthur. Thia view of thc oaaa anal als., borne out bj tin fact that the engineers hate decided to avoid tim n-ts complained of, and th.? bel thal the petition of thc BurUngtou road him been placed on Sic for future action indicates pretty clearly ttimt tba course of tbe eourt will oe in ea*, 0f ?,n future aggressive action on the pat-i of persona oonnected ts ii li the Mi ..I ii rhood of Lnifineeis. As rrgardf the receiver of the VVabaah rtnod, lt ih plain thafj be laved bitnsrtl fr*-ut trouble by alr.kiug hil Oolora in time. Judge Uu-aham, in rvnarririg his decision, begnn by stitt in,.- tin- fats .,i m* j case, and Indie ling bow the whole muter ttool , In .-our . The Cb eui*.. Bnriingtoa andQu:ncy road, he iii ld, bi I. v. ti, the leave of the court, tiled a petition aomc dava ago, churtrlnc th.- reeeiver of the Wai., si rad. with refusing to Interchange '??rs a t:. the petition"*** u" extsuteet ing points lu be*b lines. The petition ratal thal on Mai'.-li I eight cars loaded with grain f..r deliver al points oa the receiver's line were refused. This action on the part el the receiver's agent it was eulawa, was in ohe, dlenee to Instructions issued by General McNulta, ti e rt ??* t\*-r. I be netitioa went en to say, ii.at the reoeivei and ms agenta gave ii* ii reason for such refusal of int. of husineaa the toe! thal the ?witeh Ing n I thee engineers in thc employ of the Wabrish road bad notified the management of that st si.-in tiru they would abaolutely ref ae to bun? dle nil ears coming over or going over the Burl* I i..yt..u, and would ko ob strike, if it was rrbd tn ? .ia,, a ii-m t.i .so. The petition claimed that , this action if the Wabash employes mas due to | a secret and illegal resolve on the part ..' the Brotherhood of I rs to boyeoti the buaineafl 1 of the II trlington road. Thia monti dan is, the pe titlon claimed ? ia the eauae of the attitude of the claimed, wns the cause of the attitudi ..f tho Wa bush and it a*l<..| that a peremptorj order ba isv.,, ,| e.,iii; .'ian . the Wa hash to d i [ta duty by tho ! Burlington ss i common earlier; and il hither* ! more requested that I'. M. Arthur be pi *;..<l for i contempt oi the eourt, and the brotht rhood ixt , restrained from int rfering arith bi property of the Wai...sh road now in the euatody of tin.urta jud...- 0 il mm then went on to kim- a lynofjsia l of the answei of the receiver, which '.vhs in effect thst lost week he had Issned the ordere of ?.??:?",.: rs,- i- mplained of, but on Saturday bad rescinded them by Issuing snotitei ordei di i,,t ug tilt former business relations with the Burlington to bc resumed. Tins action of tba .- was not dui t i any .iferenoi with P M \r'' :?? but ".'ns token simply to avoid tnubaa on ins road. ACOUMOXI xl'I'IF.!"'"A.yvoT BRTHflS MitlTlC Tin- Ci url tin a gave ins nptniou In the ease a* folloa s: * Although the pr p rtj af the Wabash C mpaair ls in tbe ? -?? * of the court, ii is or* t. r i as a common . artier. Iii- tight* ure thoa* ..I a carrier. Ile is bound to a rord ..il ipnni'a a bose lin sr tb um equal faciln i for the excl*auge ..i tran. lt is bis duty to rei ivi troin,-nd deliver to, ooiint-ctioj] , . mut. cam. Iii i anno) *ii? ci.uiiiiaii. .'.p... i ' ?..' ii.it*i i.i maintaining n.e. p, ..... ui ii. i. .ii an*). ... or :. . . i ?ddtl ou t; is .j . 'iou .-- i ? Iver, bc han a ae!) ra? ins) ru i v.ids w ulcta .1. ... i ...t>d pei ii loner, and be Lias bo ? irpoae or Ui -ii to ?:? ni i... |. t nioner an. ol ita I ?? Ali j. i ition r baa .. .) I chi?I puru se in invoking ile aid ol I... ( irouil Lu-i'i, ii ia ii,. J by couiiaai thal rn U-ugiug lo the Brotherhood ol Locomotit glU .o, .... ? . -? -. t'. ii. ala hui, ...it> ta sundi ..... . . ion, hat .? interl r .1 v. .itt lin reoeivei au i bli autioraiaates iu Ui iwanaga. rn al ?. i iii" W ibash property, and thul i. abu ucl I., punished lor their illegal and eootum-cioiui conduct. Ihe receiver aud counsel make a | contrary, th. receiver di curb ii,,it tie i'<- lia* been nu interference n th bim. VVbilc thc aitidavita aubmittv-d in tuppon I I --. pei n ion thoa that Mr. Arthur sent a tel graphifl .,? to the engineen ol the Union ia me liailtvuy Company ut Onwha, directing ti., iu ut .. can I..-- the petitioner, it does not iairiy ? n|)|>.-ar from the evidence that the engineers iu ? tlie service of the receiver received inch ord rs hf telegraph, or ofherwlae. For the or-- nt. ir > : sutlieieiit to viv that the court will protect thr. i property of the Wabash m its custody. " The employi i of the reoeivei cannot I.bilged to r main In bia service agaii st their xtith; I ,<t, ! neither they nor oth rs will be permitted to latest ! fete with, or disturb the weeivur or bal sub* ordinates in posoeMiiou and operation ol tbe pro*> eny in his custody, Linties., Interference -a uh the receiver and bia employes in the di- bal f their dutii - will no! be tolerated. It ut prop r 'o state, however, in justice t<> the VVabaah ei g ur* ,-*, that th.y do mt desire to inaintaln an attluida , in defiance to the law, and are BowUrlll? te aai 1 the receiver in th- lawful and lucceasful ad ministration of bia trust 'Hie reoeivei * aasweg renders it annea*reasary for the court t.. do more man .iire.'t that the i***t it iou remain on ak fus , future action, should ilnre be oeeaaion for tu* The Burlinj-1 >n I ompany Hied an ther bill lie fore Judgu Gre !.;|!" t? nLiit. askinH an ordeu io eotapel the Bell Line Ballway Company, ai Chicago, to handle the freight ol the Bu rh Dirt on, sud lin- Judge is als.. Mked to Butks an nii.t*r thal will prevent the Bell Line and Ita ..ila. re fr..m ri fusing to bandi " Q" fn-1 ht. and t ap rlsUf ' to restrain ns employes from declining to do so. No act lon was taken ou the bill by .1 id, i .i -Kum. It :s to be called ap ar I p m. to Baorrnw on tia aaa : lion for an Injunction pnyed for. >>uf h bi thottgjul ' probable that tin* Bolt Line will seeuia ? 8888 : tin tm *. All the switch enHne* of the union I'-.ciflc ' rori'l doitiar work af the Council Bluffs yard! wert i quietly tolren into the roundhouse in-t Bight andi , this morning by the engineers In ehanre. When asked the reason for quitting work, iney eiil..*r sui.I tiny tv.r.. sick ..r wen- tired of work. It ls understood that they gave ties.* reusonfl on account of Jlldflt' Dun.ly'* deels'on, hut it wno nott era bte bow suddenly sn engineer beeame slea; or tired orhen be tiaw a " Q car coupled behind his en_r1ne. r.iviNi; Tnt: mut ivoton Tun mit ii rm k;ht. The p..Hey of tin* roads, which fin- Buriinoion biis foi-cai imo han.Hit | " y fjeigbt, seeaaa ta bo to tura tha tobies aad gorg* ths Chieago, Hurling ton sadQulaoy witii Ita oura in. ut. The Wbmobbbbi i .iiti.ti uas token tha ins' iten In the ^ani" ol i I..'ii ading tba " <-j." On Satnraay ? lumber ir-io ol tai H. i i ares bj tlie tViaoonsiB Cam i inti to in. abipped by lue Bullington. li ttaa taken t" the r>ompanj and reoeivetl. On suii.Uy ; two more trains of twaoty-Ave cans, i-ai-b wera nu.,-0 , to '.be yurtkt, bul pren r- fused sdmitatitMi and tt.re I token i.H-k to the Wisoondiiu Uvnual'a \ mi* : The io.al agent. Mr. afc Bride, nuder instructionfl , lulu in.- guneral aiuanager, Mr. Miii-u. al Uaa v\ i> , , - n ( vutia!, mada a formal demand un tint i Burlington that the enr*. be token, ile received , tl..- re pl j that tho oars could not be handled, and . in return amrned tha B-riington ij.u traek raatt) . be chitrgtrd for the ttuae Ute eaea arete in : the Wiscsiiisin Central yards and thal ka das tnno ; payment of 118,000 would Im* demanded for tha tendered um! r. (used. Tua Wisconsin Central is detorntinad to aush the aaae. It is *.tui tl d ili.-r r.a.K will follow tlie same policy io return for the gUeajed attempts of the Btiriin^efli to put them In tbe dib-mnm of dkwbayiatfl the law or of peuvoMng a strike. The trouble h-s beeOBM BetioUB. At the Belt Line connection at Pott** etohth-ea., the . B-irlinwloii tnt.-Us H^ BO hi, ched with cars that their switebtneii l?i?ke.l the sttit.-beu lo prevent the \V>'St??\. Indiana people from pushing any more ears in on them, but the Belt I Ineru broke oi>en tho switches and shoved the earn lu. rovnmos op TitArvio on tti* BtKi.iMiTt)"*!. j_8ttcago, March 14 -The gcnei-l grevauon c?mii_sV