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NEW-YORK, MONDAY. MARCH 20, 18<) I.-TWELVE PAGES.
PRICE THREE CEINTS.
OXE ARREST MADE.
ji CHINAMAN LOCKED VP.
jlE IS THOUGHT TO KNOW MUCH ABOUT
THK MURDER OF SUSAN* MARTIN.
CENTRAL OFFICE 1 ETF.CTIVES RELIEVE THEY
BAVE FeINTI AN IMUORTWT CLEW TO
THE sTYETERT-THE man Takkn
BEFORE .H STU E RYAN AND
RI IMA NI'El'.
JBttB tvere some new and probably important
IsveJopments yeetcroay In ths mysterious case
pf Susan Martin. Ihe twelve-yeer-?M Kiri whose
tiulilated body sr?s found In the cnal cellar of
> tenement house "' West Thlrty-nlnth-ot
Detectlve-8erg inti Crowley and Rosers wre
tors to the Jefferson Market
Police Co irt. With thi m was ? short, repulsive
1 king Chinaman, dressed In a blue blouse and
ornamented slippers, snd wearing his "pigtail"
in" approved On.-nlal St] le.
The tw.i detectives broupht the Chinaman
quickly np I ? Poll Justice Ryan's desk and en
p?ped the Judge in S mysterious conversation.
The Chinaman, who said his name was Yu
J>han. war> nervous, glancing furtively around
the court, and seemlnEly afraid that something
t-.-rribie was ab cit to happen.
After n few 'noir, nts Yu Lhan was led away
in the custody ot the officers, his face blanched
With terror.
When questions 1 as to what the Chinaman was
charged with, ths detectives said be was men ly
held as a suspicious character.
"Aiiy corni" ti rr with the murder of .Susie
Harlin?" ask.'.i tbs reporter.
The detectives laughed, and said that the ar?
rest of Yu I.han had n .thins to do with that
horrible butchery, They were anxious, however,
to hustle tho Chinaman out of si-rfu as quickly
aa possible, and .;i.i n"t piv anybody much
chance to talk to him.
It is known, however, that the Chinaman was
suspeei.'d of knowing a good deal about the
butchery, and that be was arrested because of
that fact
Yu Lhan. wh" keeps a laundry in Tenth-eve.,
vas si en, lt ls said, entering the house No. 517
West Thlrty-nlnth-SL. where little Susie's body
srss found, carrying a bundle under his arm.
A deaf and dumb maa named IfcCann, accord*
in(- lo t!i" Story, SSW th- Chinaman enter the
lou?'- with the bundle and remain inside about
?ree-quarters of an hour. The date would, lt
aims, correspond with th-> Time of Susie's dis
ipp trance from home. McCann communicated
sith the police "fflcials in West Thirty-seventh
lt. In writing, ar.l the result was th.- srreat of
Tu Lhan. The latter speaks broken English and
Ueviil.nt.y too frig-ht-.-ned to account for himself
?t present.
Th - mysterious manner In which the p dice ar.
h<)ld:np the prisoner and th? refusal "f. definite
^formation as t" his arrest lead many people t.,
believe that the authorities have discovered an
Important clew ire the murder of ihe child.
In crder to throw the reporters off the tr.i-k
of the arrest Rogers an>l Crowley registered Ihe
srisoner as fron No. 420 Tenth-ave. The place
Js a flat-house of the better (lass, and ha
three families. At So. 41 i Tenth-ave., in the
basement, is a Chinese laundry. r'*in by B m Ul
Who is sometimes known as Hu Jhan, a near ap?
proach IO t!.e' name Of the Jeff.ison Market
prisoner. This man bas for nearly three days
been mlssinp. and this seems to lend some c dor
to the assertion that he ls th<* man now under
arrest. "While it was supposed that the p<>lice
had abandoned the line oi Investigation among
the Chinese, Rogers and Crowley were quietly
working lt out on a significant suggestion n
by T>r. Cyrus Edson, who had subjected ths
ciothlnjf to a thorough chemical analysis.
lt ls now pretty evident that ihe mouths of the
Martin's have been used by the police. On
Saturday ni?M, In a burst of drunken candor,
?Martin admitted that the mittens and hat found
In the brewery ashes on Saturday morning, be?
longed to the murdered girl. Th. n, in answer to
h warning exclamation from his wife, he said
that he had been mistaken, and that the cloth?
ing was nut Susie's. Last night hs refused to
say anything at all.
The examination of Tu Lhan will be awaited
with interest, as it may throw some light on one
of the most mysterious crimes New-York has
seen for many years.
CALLED BACK TO AFRICA,
PRINCE BESOLOW SUMMONED HOME
FROM WILLIAMS COLLEGE.
PIS TFOPJ.E WANT HIM TO RSTURM TO T1IH DARK
CONTINENT AM) KILE OVER THKM -
THE I.ISKV PRINCE'S H1STOH.Y.
Williamstown, Mass , March g.?DesolOW, the
Afri^ir. prince rho U a member of the class of
'ST in Williams c dlege, has received a call from his
people lr- Africa to return te his native lan.l anl
take possession o. th>- kingdom, wrhlch heretofore
has been under the power of an uncle, lt was nol
the intention of the youns prince to return so soon
?unless ii va= In r.-sp os -?? la .i 'ill. as be was In?
formed that his uncle would make a desperate Bf bl
to hold the ttagdoss, an-l keep him away from bis
Just rights. Now w.crei come*- that even Cha uncle
desires his re'.'irn. as (,.- se?-s the people are bound
to have lt, and that he himself cannot continue
tnuch lonp. r In ;? Iri r.
The message cam* through Prince MssssQiinl of
V-i. Liberia, wno wat sent tj tire United-States by
his people as s repressntathra to a World's Pair
CoagrSSS Si CMcagO, After his duties there the
y.cuni' prince came to Williamstown, but did not
aay much about the mattel I I BesotOW, be nol hav?
ing yet been Instructed to do so. He remained bi
Williamstown shoot two weeks, anl men went
Bast te sttend tc; other business Walls thus all?
een: he received ths offlclal Instructlona snd bas
made Bssolow cogmssat of the 'act thai ins pei?
le;.* are anxious t..' hue him return to Africa and
?assume the power over them sfsssaquol win ar?
rive In town in a few days, an-l the two youns
p.-.nf<s all] inak ? arrangi neats for their departure,
which will probably be in August .er September.
Prince M. , ,, endeavoring lo oh
Jain an v having attended tba Tennessee
< gi in Nasnvllie 'l'.-nn. He ls Chief of Jabacca,
a -. .an province on the western coast of Africa,
anl is a scholarly young tuan.
The reason foi recalling Prince Besolqw to Africa
forms an interesting story. Ever sin :e CT.e d.-aih of
Bet ow's fa; her, King Armah, there has been s
contmu:-u .s'.riie- going on between tba different fac?
tions as to iiiwrn th- rule bi rather who
ahoui 1 hav.- :t, for li rightfully belonged to Prince
Bea iw, Prince Bi dow had fear sisters. Tarro
glnty. Kaifaub Pr in bah and .?>?.,.,. an.l one brother,
pood--.. <ev-(-r whom King Arm;,h appointed two men,
ey th- nan-,..- of Da iola snd Bolmah, as guardians.
Soui rhese- mei, vv r princes, and they were lo rule
lt.different ',n-.t-<. until Hesolow should become
ow n, igh to tak. tlie '.ewer m his own hands.
?Vnwee c.. ,.,,, -,- ' ,. , ni I tn a riimricr:
' Kveryr.v,ir,K went verj nicely ls this way for a
??tort time, until my uncle-, Csar Dualusaw, Wrcame
war-dig of relxmng, and began schi m.-r' t.e obtain
we pewer, if poss!bli Both the men appointed by
tne King suddenly look pick, nn.l died ir: ons \v<-.-k,
S-M. lt la believed, not from natural cause*. Aft.r
wis i"tar Dualusaw, whom mv f.itlo-r did not (iceni
capable, waa ap->ulnn-d In their stead as aimlnis
wtor. and he thus cheated the rightful heira out
?? the province. H.- Immediately began to consume
"??property, and this has ben going "n ever sine-,
""til now rh?r<- ls Icu little for the hrlrs to re
??*'*?, from father In the way of riches except the
TRI TERRIBLE WESTERS RURI ARD.
rt RAOKn for SEVENTY six* Horns WITHOUT
'??HUB alOCK PERISH on mr-: hanoks.
Buffalo, Wyo.. March Bk?The wires are Just up
after the late storm, which beggs last Monday even?
ing and continued a terrible blizzard for over sev?
enty-six hours without Bbatlng. The temperature
averaged sero. ami banding snow obscured the sky
by clouds of dust. Snow .lrlfte.] ten to twenty
f ? t '"Wp In even- direction, and all roads were Im
|S-SBabi< The mail coach Lok live days coming
from Clearmont, thirty miles distant on the
Burlington road. Hand-men from the outside ar.
unable as yet to reach the eltv but reports from
MMe 'n n,'i,r,'y %i"JW thi" the loss of stock ls t<-r
h_
Th
un*.
In one herd near Ituffalo, containing stock which
'?u been fed all winter, over 'J> per cent perished.
,iti ir*nK' l0!,s'" wl11 ITobably be one-half, which
aniL- v* "-creely any atock in the country thia
?ai'e^l^ft' . storm has never been approached In
Vt.?,, *n ,hl!* coun'y and the tremendoua snowfall
STJ f5.w;ndrr?ul Rr,1*lng next season, sufflcient to
lie-Ttthousands of head of stock. No loss of human
mis has been yet reported.
A. DEAL AT JiLVEFIELDS.
HUMOR OF AX BNOL18H INTRIGUE WITH
THE NICARAGUANS.
CORN* ISLAM-, AN lMl'C'KTANT POINT, SAID TO
HATS BEEN orvSN ip to tiu: numsH
CONSfl. SHAT COMES TO LAY THC
MATTEir BEFORE T1IIC WASH?
INGTON Ac-rue iRrrma
New-Orleans. March K.-}Ute advices from Blue
"elds say that the. English warship Cleopatra has
been relieved by the Canada, and the marines fran
the Cleopatra have resigned their positions ns City
police to the marines 0f th-* newly arrive! English
cruiser. Laeayo ls still in command of the Keser
vatlon, and th,* establishment of a Oovernmenl is
St an abSChlte standstill. Humors of different
kinds are numerous, but the Americans generally
believe that a most Important trade has bern made
between I.arayo and Tatitaln Howe, commandeer of
th? Cleopatra When the Cleopatra arrived, Cap?
tain Howe asserted that he was looking after the
interests of the natives of the Reservation, which.
under tr,.* Managua treaty of IM, was his duty.
Thc rumor which has been generally cir.ui.it, d ti
that Captain How,- made .-.. ,]eal with Commissioner
Laeayo, in which Laeayo was left in absolute pos
( >Mloa Of the Heservatlon. and the English In rec?
tum received Corn Island. This Island is situated
aloin thirty miles from Hluefle'.ds and sixty miles
from the mouth of tire Ban Juan Uiver, nn.l the
mouth of thc Nicaragua Canal. This Island was
selected by the i'nlted States ns a c isling stntl..n.
and is dl.-ectly e,n the rout- of vessels miling to
anel from the mouth of ihe Klcaragus Canal.
Whether this rumor ls correct ls not positively
known, but the Cleopatra bis been removed from
Bloaflelds, snd '.he Hritlsh Consut state-, that she
has sallc-Vl to Corn Island, fm the arrival of the
Canada, the marines were sent ashore, bul on last
Tuen lay, the day the John Wilson set BSlI for N W
Orleans, these troops were- bei-*K remove.1. All
these facts have Increased the Americans' belief
that the rumor ls true, nnd they prevail"! upon the
American Consul at Blueflelds to come to th"
United States and lay the entire matter before the
people at Washington, Consul Seat arrive.1 here
to-day with that mission In view. A meeting of
citizens was heM in littlefields nl.out two weeks
SgO, snd two delenatcs?Consul H. B Beal aril
Samuel Well- were selected to represent the Amer?
ican Interests.
In the course of an Interview. Consul Sent sal I
that the Ilrst sgreemeal which was arrived a', be?
tween Laeayo .ml Captain Hows '.n regard to a
provisional government failed lo suit the Ideas of
the Americans. LarRyo and Captain Howe wanted
S council of three? Nicaraguans and two American!
with Laeayo as chairman, and ihe Americans would
not agree to this. Tiu- American Consul was to sp
potm th.- members of the council, and hs selected
Samuel Weil and Samuel Lampton. A meeting WSJ
held, but nothing could be sgreed up n, ari i
council disbanded. Another agreement was nr
rlvi i at between the- British Consul Laeayo eui
Captain Howe. When the llritish asked Mr -'?
f.ir his opinion on tlie subject, he replied thal he?
di'! not think lt was rr^h; for a council to be eom
posi i of three- Bpaniardi and two Americans. ]>'?
then suggested .cn-- or iwo delegates from fie other
elements in the Reservation, bit this also came I i
nothing. The Americans eli.: not care to !.?? a party
to any such agreem.n' as they did not kn-ew
whether it would meet with the approval of their
country.
Mr. Beat sall further that lhere was an a-r.
ment between the Nicaraguans and tl.'- British, by
which Lacavo was left as Oovernor of the Reser?
vation. This he was met certain cf, ris he was not
taken into any of the s'-.-r-ts .,f the arrangements
which wre going fen between the- English nnd
Laeayo. It has been Lacayo's policy to be e i
crate toward the Americans, anel they have not
suffered any Insults from the hands of hts troc ps.
There were hundreds of irresponsible *,er--ons In the
city, anel doubtless If lt had not tern for the pres?
ence of the marines th--r.- WOUl 1 have been consid?
erable bloodshed. There was no local governi
and men dbl pretty much as they pleased. Nat?
urally the Americans felt under obligations to tl
marines, for they prevented a licet.
There was a great deal e.f mystery connected with
the real cause ..f the lighting on the night of Ihe
arrival of the Hritlsh tre.e.;.s. nnd lt bad never beei
Investigated. During the righi two Spaniards were
killed The presence "f at, American man-of-war
was absolutely necrssary. and he treen.-:.t ?;: would
have a most beneficial effect upon tin- e-mir.- r.- er
ration. The commerce of Americans i,mounts t e
abOUl M.WS.0M. Tlie reservation was bull) np by the
American!;, and 'heir Money made th- pla' ?? Wi I I
is. The banana interests are slim -I ? 'Ult. ly own* I
by the Americans, and the Americans should be
protected, when the Nicaraguan! arrived Ihe ns
lives flee! Um sheep and bid themselves in the
neighboring wooda
''on".,! Meat w.is asked if it was nol his il- i thal
the entire trouble Wss an sgreemenl betw-een
s-l..n of the
? aol inc- English to K'-t poss.
reservation, and he replied "I would iee,, wc
be quoted on th- subject" He makes a ??
America once n war, bul this years ti
lened t.v th-* argent requests of ihe American ettl
sen*. Belora leaving Blueflrfds be sen! to Ore)
town for Consul Brads and left bim In control of
ih.- ofllce. U'h'n ,,ske ! whal Ihe Amerl. n
Blueflelds had Instructed him to do, he replied:
"The truth ls that they do HOI know whal to clo
The English pr.-t.-nd io be very sn*lou* for sn
American ship to arrive, and they tu ihej rn ll
readily tum -.v.-r everything to them.'
Mr. S.-at will remain in the city until Friday, foi
. r Ci*
ptct.-.-..-... . . .... - -...
K ea marge was on lor way to Oreyi rwn lo Inves?
tigate this trouble when sire want to Dil
El'Elli SS tS AS ElElMEIB TRA IS.
A PARTY OF EIGHT HAS THINGS ITS OWN WAT
ALL UPTOWN THAIN-. STALLED U llll.l'
THE POLICE UM" BBINO SUMMONED
Eight young tren ent<-ree) a Sixth-ave. elevated
train last night St South I-Vrry at about I o'clock.
TbS tram had Just l'-ft tl,.- station when tl,.- young
ruffians began staging Indecent songs, swearing
snd generally annoying tbe passengers. A mimbi r
of women were ls ti"- same car and became fright?
ened, believing s fies light was Imminent. The
guard, Henry C. Campbell, of No. n Wesi One
hundr ?d-arid-iiftei-nth-et., made every peaceable ef?
fort t?. quiet thc gang, bul by the tims th- cort
landt-sl station wss reached, the women had all
ran out of the car. and thc gang had posse
Campbell held thc train at this Manon anet went
to the Church-at police station tor help, poll,. man
Devery anel three others went ui> to the tra,,, an I
arrcsti-d the whole party, campbell mn.le charge
of disorderly condu.-t against them and ih-v were
locked up. In the mean time all northbound
trains were stalled. '*ne young ruffians win ha\e
a bearing at the Tombs tils morning.
DAVID l>. l'.iir,E'S colossal FORGERIES.
A FOllMKit EMPLOTE SWEARS HE ISSUED
FRAUDULENT PAPS* To THU BX
TENT OP MILLIONS.
Cleveland, March 25 (Spacial).--Depositions
have been filed in Warren, Ohio, In the Court
Of Common Pleas of Trumbull County, which
threw great light on the transactions of David
It. Paige in the matter of the Paige forgeries
These depositions were token in New-York City
a few weeks ago before Jardyne Lyng. a notary,
The important testimony was niven by Q-SOrge
T. Seymour, an employe of Paige. Ca-ey & Co.,
the aQUedOCt contractors, wh.) said that bc- Riled
OUt the body Of 405 notes In sums of $>,000, $lo,
000 and $15,000 at Mr. Paige's lasHSSSt and gave
them to him. for the purpose of Saving them in?
dorsed with the name of John Huntington. Of
these to Seymour's best recollection, two-thirds
were'for sums of $5,000. All this took place bs
tween May 12. 1H90. and March 10. IK'.)'.', during
which period John Huntington sw..r.- In g ,]? -
i.oKitloii In a raae now settled that h.- bad .-n
doned'only three Issues of $?0.000 sach In re?
newal notes H would not require a profound
arithmetician t? bebts that tha $K*sa described
bv Seymour would aggregate $3,000.OOO oi more.
Manv of them were r.-newal notes, but Boy.
mo r's recollection ls that $600,000 Of them were
outstanding; when Paiae went away In this last
rta" ment he was supported bj &?]*?& ?**??.
a former bookkc .per for Paige, L^rej * Co.
COX EV S A li MY MOVES.
IT STARTS OCT OF MA88ILLON, OHIO,
SEVENTY-FIVE BTRONO.
A SNOWSTORM DESCENDS 1TON THE COLUMN
ANli TWENTT-yiVB BECRUITI FALL HT
THK WAYSIDE LURED HT WARM
hat mowi or PASsnro
rRKIOHT trains.
Canton, Ohio, Mardi 25.?C..*;. y's "Army of the
Commonweal" move*.I out of Massillon to-day on
schedule time, .'here being perhaps reventy-flve
stragglers In line at the start and twenty-five
less when Canton, eitrht miles away, was reached.
Carl Browne, chief marshal, who beaded the pro
cesslon, wss mounted "ii s whits horse, and was
followed by a half-dozen aides, all mounted on
horses belonging to Cosey, who r.ede in s car?
riage., drawn by a pair ot spirited steeds. The
proci-ssi.it! consist..! of the marshals. Cosey, his
Wife and sister, a bugler, four c.,vered wagons
containing camping outfits baled straw and sev?
eral quarters ol beef, a brass band thal played
nil kinds of music at once, anel the s..Miers of
the Commonweal, on foot They marched singh
fib' snd two sbrtSSt as pleased their fancy.
With few except!,ms they were bardloohlng citi?
zens. This, they asserted, was t?.t their fault.
but the fa vi I of the system of government. The
weather was pleasant when the start was made,
inn the procession w.is soon overtahen icy a
severs snowstorm. This had n ,i> i-r.-ssing tend?
ency, and ;i murilee r . <t .! srtioiis v. ?
before Reeduburn, tlie first stop, v..is reached
After a lui. f etay ai Reeduburn th- arm] re
I mud Ms onward mate h, and silently after 4
o'clock rei. lcd Canton, where Camp Lexing?
ton was pitched. Casey is enUiusiaatie .-ind says
tl,,, movement thus far exceeds his most san?
guine expectations but this is hsrdly in keeping
with his former declarations canton .-incl
Massillon were te th crowded today with pe,pl..
wini bael come in freem surrounding towns and
(libs io ss ? the Sight
i'n the march from Massillon t> Canton th
army was followed by a mob of nearly a thou?
sand people in carriages, on horseback and afoot.
Thi -. mad.- th.* w.dkln ring with their cheers and
kept C ixey onstantlj boering and lifting his hat.
i'ri res bing Canton the army was greeted by
fully m..people, who -- re cr ?-.? led on Co- slde
wnlks ati'l in wind >.vs i-ii balconies elong the
stree! Every one regarded the affair a*? a huge
J ike snd g ....I lui!:, ir prei siled on nil si'les Camp
I.- xlngl ?!: vms pitched on a va.-.mt l.a near the
?.v. rich ?-.!-<?? shortly after 4 ..'. lock and th.- tramps
constituting the Arm;, .if Commonweal at once
began building bonfires, scattering straw upon
ground anl making other prepsratl ..t t
mfortable during th.- r.
The arm) has hal to start un its march with?
out a goddi is if peace, u no malden could ie.
found t ? ..--ur:.- Ci- : ile [nsti id I ?? gs ld
hi w '\*er, s burly i I been enlisted 1 i sn y
th'- banner, thus irving Ihe African race repre
-? ? ? ition In the mot e-ment. (>ne p nf I
soldiers deserted In i b ly bef re Canton wai
? I Thi lr ni thought the -elestlal
powers were n<>t exe) linn In
Ung a sn >w.-t .rn, u| | .-.?? ? Ivai
anel advised his men t i i.r.-ik f .r passing freight
tr lim Thi ? ? ot de l his advil - an l have nol
been heard from din ? ll ls feared by some of
Coxey's lieutenant! thsi there will t ?? m ire deser
ither mo!
erates, owing t the prevalei.( ?mf i
.- ?? in th< ?? parts
Covey's Ife Insuram ? p Hey. li wag les rm lt .
day, has bi :. i !,? officials of the
pany fearing he may i ? vdohtnt end be?
fore fl i ni enterpi Ise
With the ground ooven I lo the depth of half
an Inch with snow, nothtpg to sal bul a -I, ri
supply of bread snd I a little straw
t > si.vp op. th" Cosey recruits .ir.- I.i anything
DUI a J ij ens ni ic-d to-rrtght Mut muring utider
ih.- big circus t'-nt where the Ci mm nwi il
Army Ij quartered ls loud and genera Coxey's
s ?! Hera dei lal ?? thal tl rc- mui ? Impr it
oi ?? or thej will go back to begging Coxey
and hi* lieu inl lill sanguine snd i
er leavoiing to irtit.*i ? t ii. lr followers with i I
: ?? by makin;: sp-re hen which, however, el.
t. il .m to hiv ? the ; - c ,xey s.u I
to-nlgl ?
"I am now satisfied that I will i followed Into
v. hlngl in by 1! n a pe .; '?? hear
ti, it we have actually started, they will begin
falling In Up to this timi they have been
afraid thal We Were bluffing. Now they SSC
we meal bu
Dr. Kirri.m.I. of Pittsburg, known a? "The
Cv lone." arrived al Canton Mus evening and
j lined ii:'- army. He says he haa figured oui bj
' ? the grandest move
the werie! has ever seen Even if lt .vie- to
? li- on* now lt would be revived again Ile
knows this because ihe stars have told him so.
.v.-.ir;'. gil the noted cranks in Ohio are now
here, expressing c."lr determination t> J"'.n
Coxey The army ls expected lo leave Canton
to-morrow ii'-.n for Louisville, ??h 1. >. where Camp
j'df.-r ?.?...i he struck The camp will be named
In honor of Senator Peffer, of Kansas who ircr..
duel biiN for good hours and non-Interest
b< irim' h md
Solon C Thaier chief rnmmlsssry marshal,
gol ai raged and resigned -er, reaching Can?
ton "Oklahoms Sam" wss appointed his
. ensor,
<? ? ?-.? says he has assurances thal the gym
Dat he tlc trltiZ'-l C ml II Will f.I bis m ?::
? ii bolled ham snd potatoes to-morrow morning.
In ;, bulletin Issued Iste t > night M irshal
Browne said:
Von boys ur.- behaving yourselves honorably, nnd
all ti. meera aboul tramp* snd \ 'shorn)* thai
are bi ns hurled si v.lally by a portion of the
ii f;t!Jn from ? ur hack* like w-t.r from .i
elie kV. I'.-.v no att. ntl..n to Ihe ?nlckerlnss of
never fell the pangs of hung, r, bul
lie 'ni" lo yourselves, and lr will cause others lo
be Iras I ? ?
Ne.,liv fifty of the Coxey n rulls applied for
lodging in ii'" ' lt) pri - n lo-nlghl si d were se
i. mm dated,
?
FKTB COHOBTH BIDB-TRACKEP.
gan Antonio, Texas, March -?'? Ths .Southern
Pacific Railroad official here received word to?
ol,.ht that the Cnlted (fates Industrial Army of
several hundn 1 men were pul olf Of trains ar a
ngnear Finlay (Hallen, on the RI Paso division,
.-md thal irains were ron through without st..pi.lng.
?ri. ? no-called srmy broke Ihe lock on tli<- switch
aird threw lt open, causing Ihe nest eastboui i train
;., t ike the si lin r. The men rllml ed upon the cars,
.in 1 Conductor Martin pulled them lo finlay, where
he tied np t'"- train pending Ihe arrival of orders
fr-ni Oeneral Superlntendenl Van Vllet The order
, . ,,.. tor him to !?? '-i' ''"? ,r"" : ''' ""? ?' "?"
,.,, npanj h id l ?? Ided nol ? i r irrj Ihe men. Several
..th.-r trains have arrived si Finlay since, and all
,,,... ned up ss the srmy showj n ? disposition to lei
anv of the 'trains depart with .o' Clem, Finlay ls an
Iso.a ten station, snd the army will starve out If
they r-.-nii-.il* then ?> few days.
? ?
A FREE COINAGE "ARMT" FROM THK WEST.
I,, river. Col. March S "BertN Hamilton, civil
engineer and actor, ls organising nn anny similar
to Coxey's to go to Washington aid demand tbs
rr.nnj-'c of silver, ths construction oj s new
railroad from Ihe nhl., uiver to the Paclflc Coast
..'nd other legislation In the Interest ..f tbe western
portion cef the country. Meetings will be held
tliroin-hoiit the week tO promote the movement.
Th.- slait will be nexl gunday, and Mr. 11.,i,,l!t..n
expect* io leave Colorado with si least 50,000 men
and take recruits all along the line, Ta- "Army"
wi i demand free transportation of the railroads,
HOMES WAST TO ATTtSD THE TRIAL
THBY wu-i. ask TOMMI BRADtEl TO LET THEM
REAR lui-: ii'i.i.AlUi-intii'KiM'.ii'iiK cask
Washington. March 2S.? Th.-r- I- evil, nc* of some
f...ling ..monk* women ben over Judge Bradley's
recent order excluding women aa spectators from tn,.
Court during the sessions of the i-oiurd-itrt-i-kin
ridge trial. On Friday evening this feeling found
tupieseliai st ?? called me.-muk ..f representatives sf
th- WOBBSO'S dabs Sf Washington at Willard's Hotel
Tin* meeting was private-.
The outcome of ..ne ot the resolutions adopted
mos ths appointment of a committee which will
w'tit bo Judge Bradley to-morrow morning befon
thc opsnlng of the court a number of requests
will bs made tey the committees, one of th.- nest
imi?)rt<int tx-ing that twelve eeats ba reserved every
Ama m the courtroom for women. These se.,ts
,r,'. p. be occupied by represent Hives of the women'!
clubs th*- Woman's Slationa! Press Club sen.lini
twelve one day; -?'>*' Pro Re Nata twelve snottier
dag! the Bustaess woman's Cmg twelve another
,l',\,' and so on.
"??tint" wa*
iv, ..ie. "** ----?
Another resolution passel at this
n? gkely to "-Ve -"?
eeniatlve Breckin
term in Ci>ii*res?.
nn? likely to take ,-fT^ct In .i prat-Mi agates! It-pre
.Mi'.ntlvt Brecklnrldge s serving out his present
_ '_ ?r**.ii'irrsgs
A CHURCH TAKEN BY STORM.
EASTER .SUNDAY ATTACK ON THE CEN?
TRAL PARK BAPTIST BUILDING.
THU REV. MR PATTERSON A\n Ilia PARTISANS
FORi'K AN BNTEAKCB AND HOLD gBRVfCES
PSOTIglONI FOR Tim OARRmON CARRIED
IN-THKIR OPPONENTS TALK ABOUT
WARRANTS AND ARRRSTS
Ry the aid of chisels, fik-s. hammers, crowbars,
muscle an-l the potteo, services were held, to
quote the Rev. Mr. Patterson, "as usual," yester?
day morning at the Centra! 1'ark Baptist Church,
In Best Elghty-thlrd-st. As a result the affairs
of the chut, ti in In a worse state than ever and
both sides are breathing defiance at each other.
Harmony 1: ts fled from among the members and
this morning warrants of airest will be served
rlr-ht and left.
As has heeri told in The Trilmne, a part of ihe
congregation r-.et on Friday night and dismissed
CENTRAL PARK BAPT1OT CHURCH
from his pi, t ss pasl r ths Ree. C. V. Petter?
son snd declared the church rloeed. On Satur?
day ti,,- four trustees representing the fai lion
np|.i t . thi pastor, t....k possession of th-*
church, snd had all the lochs changed snd the
gates and windows newly padlocked. Ths fae
il e. fell tlc ms riven to be master of the situation
? 1 rh,it no services would iak-- place
until further noi ?
Hut those trustees little appra lated the temper
nt their e.-i e helovi I past r. anl re honed with?
out th.ir host, Wh.-n the Rev. Mr. Patter?
son wnt to I**-! on Saturday night he and his
f ur irusL-e* li,il fully l.- ? '? d that serf Ices
would be h-'il in th.- Central Par* Baptist
Church or they would know the reason why.
li- rterday morning the four trustees who
with Mr Pstterson, V H Smith. C. v7.
I>. ihi. A A Hsll mid A. E Lee, gathered at
the pastor's home, So. 100 Ese! Rlghty-thlrd-st.
In the tr.-i-i rim.- owing to the publicity given
ii the matter, the neighborhood of the church
?aa-, crowded with people Inter Med In th.n
t>-->: .-r those* wh e cams out ? ' islty.
Th- pavements wen lined with j.pie and es -h
win ! iw ,'ir'd .1 mrway of surrounding houses sn l
flats had Its group of sp ctators Excitement
was expected, .-md t. add to th<* huslness-llke
sspeel "f the nff.il- Roundsman Stevenson and
fan- policemen wen e,M guard in front of the
church Ths policemen wen Smith, Shields
Shannon and Chrl ;. all of the East Eighty
elghth-s,". stat! ,n.
TUB ATTACK RCat'N
Shortly aficr !< o'clock Mr. Patterson and his
four trustees and IV VV. Kihi.k.\ a stalwart
deacon, sppi ind upon ihe scene. A l --k of
st.-rn determlnatl m wss upon the face ?.f each,
and the nporten snd i>? -ii'-.- Instinctively drew
back to swell developments. Mr. Patterson
shook hands with ali In Basking distance, and
th'-n a short consultation t?'k piece, and after
much nexidtnir of heads and violent gestlcula
ti ms a movement was mads upon ths gate in
the jjiirh Iron fence that surrounds th.- sscred
edlfl. ...
A small boy was sen! sa iv by Mr. Patterson,
and oreeenth he returned carrying s Rle. The
inlni-n.-rlai paru-, ta.- children who were swatt?
ing the opening .cf Sunday-school aral s nun,!., r
cef women then gathered sround the gate nnd
attempted to conceal from th., police arni report
en what wns being done, No attention was paid
te. th.- falling rain and Easter finery suffered.
In a mom-em the gates were seen ti gi\e- way,
.?ind with s cheer of triumph ths crowd rushed
in the yard and upon ths outer doon of ths
church.
Til- pad!". '<: on these wss quickly flied spart
as that of the gat" had been, and then the crowd
were confronted with th" inner il-...ts, which re?
sisted nil "ff..iis to make an entrance.
a large portion of tin- congregation who we-t-.
opposed i" Mr. Pstterson, and who won squid?
ing on the opp".sit.- sj.le of |he street, began to
laugh wirti satisfaction, and :!'?? cheen of those
making the onslaughi were fasl turning t.> cries
of chagrin when the Rev. Mr. Patterson, who ls
fertile in resources, was struck with an hlea.
BREAKING INTO Tin: BUII-DINQ
In pursuance- of this hlea Deacon nile!.ke and
Trust'" ii'-ihi leaped the fence, snd made their
way to 'he sid-- of the church to a window.
Suitable tods mysteriously appeared and Deacon
Rlbbecke, who proved to bs sn artist in his line,
qulckl) pried open tip- shutters ami, then break?
ing a pane of glass mad.- an entrance Into the
edifice.
Th" crowd w.is stridently iHerpp tinted thal no
one was within the church to dispute thc forcible
entrance of the bestegere and s groan went up
Deacon Rlbbecke and Trustee Delhi quickly un
bolted iii" Inner doon, and Un crowd, headed by
tin- pastor, swarmed In. Pew mon curious sights
lia v.- been wltn.-ss.-d In this city cen an Easter
morning, and the patrolmen had to rub their eyes
rigorously befon they could realise that they
w.-re- iv.! taking pan in u Tammany district
meeting Instead of an Baster morning service of
the Central Park Baptist Chunk. But Rounds?
man Stevena -n had been present ni several of the
business meetings of the congregation snd was
more used to th-lr methods than the patrolmen.
Chisels, files and hammers were laid gaIds and
Mr. Patterson, acting ns superintendent, con?
ducted the Sunday-School exercises. Fires were
start.*.! In the stoves and preparations were made
as if for a siege. Mr. Patterson announced ss
th.- opening hymn "Praise the Lord for Child?
hood's Days" which was sung With a will and
a ring of defiance. The servile' was hrlef. Uy
this time th. members of the opposition, who
had witnessed the triumphal entrance of the
pastor, had retired from the scene, and were
deciding on a new plan of action. In which
warrants of arrest took the place of bolts, pad?
locks nn.l resolutions of dismissal.
llnl.I'lMl THK 111-XltT.AK HEItVIt'E.
At 10.30 o'clock the church was one-third full,
about 170 p?rsons being present. Of these about
sixty were women, seventy children, and the re?
mainder men, including reporters and policemen.
Mr. Patterson took his place in the pulpit, and
beside him sat the Rev. Mr. Post. He announced
as his text a verse from the third chapter of
Corinthians. As the pastor read the Scriptures
the eyes of the congregation wandered to the
motto inscribed on th" wall Just over his h<*ad.
"This place will I give peace," and noted Its
Special appropriateness.
When the opening hymn was Bung lt was no?
tice,] that the discord was not confined to the
congregation, but wa.- also painfully evident in
the choir. In place of tho sermon Mr. Patterson
mad" a short talk, in which he said that the
services were held under adverse circumstances.
The house was not properlv warmed or in a
condition for services. He announced that the
servh es wi "lld he br|.--f. and were, In fact, about.
to close. He said lt was rarely that he omitted
any part of the services, but he felt Justified in
so doing but assured his hearers that everything
would ic comfortable for the evening service, in
closing he said: "I hope and expect that the servtoes
will be light during the week as heretofore, and
they are hereby announced." A me.-ting of the
memben "f th" church was then called and all
outsiders were excluded.
A TALK' WITH Mit. TATTKRSON.
After the services Mr. Patterson was seen by
a Tribune reporter. He Bald: "W? know we rep?
resent the majority and we will see this matter
through in the courts. The oth"r side want to
Intimidate, by their methods, the women and
Inexperienced persons t i k.-ep ihr-m awsy
from th" mee ting on May 1. when three trustees
will be elected. I hav.. a written o ntract for
one year, snd it cannot be dissolved without
a full hearing and rots "f tb- congregation. A
messenger came her", and pntended to lie a
newspaper man, t.. effect an entrance, and at?
tempted io give me the notice of my dismissal,
bul I would met have lt. He went out with his
dismissal in his pocket. The hicks wen broken
this morning liv order of the trustees. We have
fully decided upon our couts.-, and it will !>??
taken to-morrow." What that course would be
Mr. Patterson would not Bay,
"Hut I wi',' guarantee," h" said, "that none
of us will li" awake to-night for fear of arrest
tc,-morrow."
Th" opposition would lune little, to say about
the matter, but lt was admitted that warrants
WOUld b.- asked for to-day for th" arrest ..f the
entire pariy who br.ike Into the church. Roth
sid. *i say thsl now th" matter will have to be de
?i led In th>- '? .rirt.*, as It has g'ine too far to be
iettl< .' otherwise.
PATTERSON TRUSTEES ROU) THS FORT.
All dav yesterday and last night the four Pat?
ti rsoii trust".-; w.-rc- on guard at the church,
nnd ii i on,, was admitted except at the hours
of regular services. The lights wen turned low?
an 1 in thc inn"r depths e,f th" church the trus?
tees held th.-lr vigil. At 2:30 p. m. several small
boys appeared with baskets an'l packages, which
lined th" Easter dlnnen "f th" guardians.
Th- baskets contained hard-boiled eggs, codfish
lei;;, rsspberry-Jsm sandwiches ami other deli?
cacies, cn- b.y confidentially told Th" Tribune
r,.j..ert"r that his basket contained hard-boiled
eggs and tl,.' topmost ? :i" was eich.-l With th"
legend "Don't give up th" ship." furious
crowds, attracted by tb.- strange sppearance of
ralizatl mi and rh.- presence of the police?
men, lingered ab..ut th" church all .lay.
List nigh; th" service was almost as brief as
in th.- morning. No sllusion wai mads I ? th..
prevailing unplesssntness After th- sermon by
Mr. i'u ter--ii rh" rite of baptism Ly Immersion
wis Administered to Alfred .Zallskl and Walter
Decker and several chlldron were baptised by
sprinkling
"1 wonder where Mr. Patterson got his bap?
tismal -gowns," said Mr Fraser, chairman of th"
1' i' 1 of Trustees, when told of the service last
night. Il" add-d thal the geewns, together with
th.- keys anel ail t:. ? church property, were in his
house and custody by direction of the opposition
trustees.
At a late ht?ur last night the faithful Patterson
trustees and watchful policemen were still on
guar 1.
STU LET CARS IX COLLTSIOX.
PASSENGERS SHAKEN' DP AND BRUI8ED
mn A BIXTH-AVE. CAR.
A SLIPPERY TRACK. A STEEP HILT, ANO A
STUPID DRIVER CAUSE A SMASH PAINT
in.; WOMER BERT HOME IS CARRIAOBS.
Churcb-goen who b aided Blsth-eve. stn I
cars above- Fifi v-ninth-sr.. about 10:34 o'clock
iday, had anytnlng but pleasant trips to
their destinations Every car bound downtown
iras crowded to Hs utmost cspsclty and ilile,i
with an unhappy lot of humanity. About 10:.M
a. m. e.,.- N ?. 39, of th- Slxth-av". lin", turn".!
into Fifty-ninth-st. from ColumbUS-eve.; 1: was
loaded tr.u.-h beyond Its capacity, most ..f the
passengen being people who had been atten Ung
Easter serries at the Church of th" Paulls!
Pothers Everything went ail right until the
cn- lc"'.ut th" desrenl ot th- Incline beyond
Btghth-ave. Then th" "ar rapidly ?-Mined head
way, anl ww i on, owing to iii" heavy load and
th- slippery tracks, beyond th,* control of ths
driver, and his brakes bad no effect.
Immediately In front "f car N.e. ...? was a Belt
Lin" car. cr.-a,tiing comparatively few passen?
gers Til' drivel, conductor and passengers nf
the runaway cir yelled to the driver nf tin* Belt
Line- .-ar to whip up bis horses The conductor
rang his b.li repeatedly, but th" driver, ob
li\ i. us I ? the danger, let his [Mises j,,g quietly on.
Til" driver ' : the nar .-ar dnw lu-* horses
sharply to the left, and then he mad.- lils mis?
take, for ai that momenl a oar bound west ap?
proached ami dashed Imo the horses, throwing
them to th.- ground and grinding them between
th- tw.. cars. The horses wen broken loos..
from th" car. an.I lt crashed Into the ..n-- ahead.
The shock was comparatively light, inn men .mi
women w.Te thrown to th" tl "ir in a heap,
Women shrieked and promptly fainted, and men
Jumped from the cir*.
The driver "f the Heit I.Inc- car whipped up his
horsc-s and kept "ii; th-- swit.-lillian at Sixth-ave.
threw lin- switch, and th.- Sixth-.ive. car
glide.i int.. that avenue.
\Vh-n thc ear had Stopped lt was found that
a number "f people had received Bhocks and
bruises Several women wen taken from ths
car In a fainting and hysterical condition, and
w-eic placed In carriages which took them home.
Tile majority of those in the accident We're
averse to giving their names to The Tribune re?
porter, who was oil the car. The horses were
found to be badly cut up and bruised, but not
dangerously wounded. The Sixth-ave. rail?
road pi-.pl" clld not appear to take warning from
this accident, and during the half hour that a
reporter nmalned on the soens ii number of
similar runaways occurred, but luckily without a
.ar In front. Tlie Slxth-.ive. car conductor
rushed around with note-book in hand to get
th" names of witnesses with the evident Inten?
tion "f Living th" blain-- edi the driver ut the
Belt Line ear.
The accident gnd the runaways following were
du- to three causes: Pint, th-' car was much
ovenrowded and thus became uncontrollable on
the Incline; second, the tracks wre not sanded
so the wheels could hold, nnd last the stupidity
of the Pelt Line driver who did not attempt io
get out ,.f the way. After the accident the rall
r.-.id tuen took sand from a pile in front of a
building being erected and strewed it along th
tracks. This had som" effect in reducing the
headway "f ears. Put p.ocldents aro likely to
occur dally at that point unless proper precau?
tions ure taken, as lt ls a dangerous place.
.i BALE or LARD ron ^%ono,n?.
Ban Francisco. March 25.?The purchase of the
lands of the Crocker estate and the ('rocker-Huff?
man Lead anel Water Company, In Merce-d I'ounty,
was closed Friday. The extent of the tract ls 42.
umi acres, and the amount involved ls fc.GuO.'jOO. The
sale carries with lt the great Irrigation works of
the ''rocker-Huffman Company, and also lats in
the town of Merc-ed. M. F. Hutch, of I'hle.iso, and
M. lt. I lavis, of Uetrolt. Included In the svnelloate
of purchasers are among those who will be most
actively .-ng,,,-*,) in the management of the prop?
erty. The inn.) will be sold in small lois for col?
onization purpose.).
REBATES TO RAILROADS.
A VAST SUM WRONGLY PAID
OVER $1,500,000 TAXIS OX INTERSTATE
BUSINESS REMITTED BY THE STATE.
THK RERATES GRANTED RY CONTROLLERS CIIA
1'IN, "\ KMI'LE AND CAMPBELL?MR. CAMPBELL
VVLLT ADVISED BX ATTORNEY-GENERAL
?msendai.i: or the united states sc
i'Ull.ME COURTS DBCfgKJII LPHOLDINO
THE TAX?gt^T brolght to re?
cover 1130.1X10 PAID BY HIM
TO a RAILROAD.
;r.r rnaoaara tc> mr. veness]
Albany, March 25.?Further information was
(riven out lb-day by Stats officials In regard to
tlie aileped dtscrepenc) of $1,600,1)00 In the .state's
Recounts. While it would appear that there has
been no defalcation In the course of the admin?
istration of Alfred C. Charin, Edward Wempls
and Frank Campbell, the three Democratic.- pred?
ecessors of Janies A. Roberts, Republican, the
present Controller, lt would nevertheless seem
that Mr. Chapln, Mr. TfsiRgls and Mr. Camp?
bell remitted taxes to corporation,?, to the amount
of $1,600,000 which they should have refined
in the State Treasury. The taxpayers of ths
State, through an err menus interpretation of the
taxation laws by these three men, have thus lost
$1,600,000. This is a pretty heavy burden for ths
Democratic party, as represented by Mr. Chapln,
Mr. Wemple anC Mr. Campbell, to shoulder.
MR. CAMPBELL CNDER MO MISAPPREHENSION.
Mr. Chapln and Mr. Wemple can plead In their
defence that the United States Supreme Court
had Riven certain decisions which led them to
believe that lt would be unlawful for th"m to
tax the Interstate business of the railroads, but
Mr. Campbell ls prevented from submitting such
an explanation ot Ms conduct by the fact that tho
I'nlted States Supreme Court early in his term
gave a decision which clearly declared that the
railroads can legally be taxed on their inter?
state business. Moreover, h-.* was advised of this
decision early bl ills term of office by Attorney
General Rosendale, one of his Democratic col?
leagues. Mr. Rosendale also brought suit to ob?
tain the opinion of the courts of this State upon
the subject, and found that they agreed with
the L'nlted Stat.^s Supreme Court. Yet, notwith?
standing this warning from the law officer of the
State, Controller Campbell went right on paying
rebates to the railroads, just as his Democratic
predecessor had done. Moreover, he took no
steps which would bring to an immediate settle?
ment the question whether or not the railroads
were compelled under thc laws of this State to
pay this Interstate tax. lt was early in 1802
th.it h" learned from Attorn.-y-Oencral Rosendale
Of tl.t decision of the I'nlted States Supreme
Court, bit it was not until late in 1S93 that he
Used up a test case. Meanwhile the payment of
tie rebates went on; and it was continued after
th" test case had been brought.
Controller Roberta! through the State courts,
yesterday began a suit to recover for the State
Treasury part of the sum wUcfa Mr. Campbell
tims paid over to the railroads while aware that
the United States Supreme Court had declared
the tax s lawful one. Mr. Roberts is still In
Buffalo, but will b-i here early te>-morrow morn?
ing, and will then make public the result of an
examination of the books in the Controller's
office, showing the amount of tho rebates paid
to the railroads of the State since 1887, or since
Controller Chapln decided that ihe railroad cor?
porations were being Illegally taxed upon their
interstate business. These rebates were paid on
th.- theory that since l!-!>0. when the Corporation
Tax law was passed, the railroads had been
Illegally taxed upon their interstate business,
and that th- amount they bad unnecessarily
poid must b-? returned gradually to them.
MK. ROBgRTS EXPl-viNs THE MSCRXPAMCT.
Ht-caklng about the matter over the long-dis
tance telephone tc-day, Controller Roberts said:
"A great many corporations in this State, par?
ticularly the railroads, do a large volume of in?
terstate business. By this is meant business
which bedns in this State and is finished in an?
other. Up t-' the time Mr. Chapln entered the
i' ntroller's .nice, it had been customary t.. levy
a tax on all of this int.-rs;.ite business At that
time the United States Surname Court made a
ruling that this could not be taxed. Then the
State bogan paying back to the corporations M
taxed a rebate. This has continued up to the
present time, and about $H>",'?>0 of this rebate
still remains unpaid. I'd to date th.- rebates paid
t i van >us i-eea'ls on this account amount to $1.
810.000 or thereabouts ??"?? ,!'ltt ?* whew this
statement of 11.600.000 discrepancy ari-.-s. since
this rebate wss arranged, th." United states
Court wolli 1 seem t.i have reversed Its own rul
Ing. as a recent decision de Isres that th.- fr-an
rhlse granted to Hie corporations within the
State to transact this Interstate business is in
Itself of intrinsic value, so-cording to the amount
,.f sin-h business transacted by each eorp.,ra
"How about th-- charge that a defslOStloa has
been discovered in your department'.'"
"There bas been no defalcatl in that I have
any knowledge "f. I think the whole thing
grows out of tins r.-bate question."
EX-ATTOKNEY-i.l'.VEl.Al, ROSEN!'ALE 3 ACTION.
Simon W. Rosendale, of Albany, who up to
January 1 was Attorney-General of the Slate,
said t '-day. in resp IMS to inquiries of Ths
Tribune correspondent regarding his suit to test
the constitutionality of the State law taxing tha
Interstate business ..t the railroads:
?Kuly In my term of office as Attorney-Gen?
eral, in 1812, l cams across a decision of the
Buptems Court of the United states which con
vln.-l in- that thc Stat" had th" right t.i tax
that port! -ti ot the interstate business of the
railroads which ls d.tie within tills State. It
was a test case which had been brought by the
<;.a*i.i Trunk Railway Company, and the united
states Supreme Court squarely decided that the
railroad rn isl pay a tax upon the amount >jf
Interstate business 1; should di Within tlie State
.if Mame. 1 at ORCS CglWd O BtP Uer Campbell's
att. inion t.i this decision, ile.-ming it my duty to
do BO, although 1 had my doubts as t.i the wis?
dom of th.- State of New-York faxing its rail?
roads upon their Interstate business, and thus
putting them at a disadvantage With other great
railways of other States in C impeling for tills
business.
"But I had iieithing to do with the question
of the wisdom e.'' the tax. What was my con?
cern was the legality of lt. and I certainly be?
lieved lt to tc- legs}] ai;er tbs dedstoa of the
United Siat.-s Supreme Court. A tost case was
not made up. however, until September. 1893.
I was not responsible for this delay. It waa
th.n argin-d before the Oeneral Term of the
Supreme ('.curt of this Judicial district. Charles
I.. Wells appeared for the railroads and I rep?
resented the State. The test eas.- wa.s that of
a tax which had been levied upon the Interstate
business of the Pittsburg and Dunkirk and AMBp
ghany Valley Railroad Company. Mr. Wells
called attention to the fact that the I'nlted
States Supreme Court, In a large number of de
Clsions had declared that the States could not
tax interstate railway business. I admitted
this fact, and also that the Court of Appeals of
this State had decided that the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company could not bs taxed upon its
interstate bunin-*;- faa* [n ibu State; yet I
pointed our that the United States Supremo
Court, In its latest opinion, had reversed all Its
previous decisions on the matter, and the latest
opinion must, be taken."
Jl'STK'K HRADI.EVS DISSENTING OPINION.
"I called the attention of the General Term
Judges to the circumstance that Justice Bradley,
In a dissenting opinion, declares the Supreme
Court reverse* all tts former decisions as to the
?onstttuttonallty of taxing interstate railway
business. There hud always be"n a division of
>p!nlon In the Supreme (*.>urt as to the rights of
?States. Justice Field leading one body of judges
who think 8tate authority great, and Jus
atm Bradley leading another who have thought
slate authority is circumscribed. in this
1