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pf5\'~v'•" 4 i'l Ha I*5'' P. PIN6BEE SCORES Judge Donovan Orders a Manda mus Against tin Michigan Central. Road Under State Police Power, Notwithstanding a Special Charter. Suit Brought to Compel Issuance ot' 1,000 Mile Family Tickets at §20. DETROIT, Fob. 7. —Judge Donovan of tlio circuit court has ordered issuance of a mandamus against the Michigan Central railroad in the suit broaght by Governor Pingree to compel the rail road company to sell him a 1,000 mile ticket, good not only for himself, but for any member of his family, for $20. In the opinion rendered, Judge Don ovan reviewed the railroad company's contention, viz., that under its special charter the company was granted the priyilego of fixing its own rate of fares, which privilege, however, was claimed by the state to bo indeiinitc, as tho road's charter merely gave the company power to fix fares by bylaws, and, if so, under police power, only reasonable rates could be fixed, as under such power, all rules touching tho well'aro and duty of citizens, their property, comfort and happiness, can bo regu lated by law, this being truo of hack 'men, millers, toll roads, common car riers, liquor dealers and all others doing public business. "It is also," said the court, "claimed for the state that tho Michigan Central secured control of various branchos, and reported to tho state vast holdings with these roads, amounting in fact to a consolidation with some six or eight lesser lines. That these branch lines were built by the Michigan Central or are hold by stock or mortgages in va rious ways by tho company is not clearly designated in their state re ports." Judge Donovan cited a report of a New Jersey case in which it was held that similar acts mean a consolidation, and pointed out the fact that the fod eral courts have held in a case from Georgia, bearing on exclusive rights by charter to charge a 5-eent faro that tho legislature still has power to govern the rate. He also quoted Chief Justice Waito as having said that wlion one devotes property to a public use he must be controlled by tho public laws. Judge Donovan quoted several deci sions of the United States supremo court, under which the right to regu late fares and charges was reserved to tho state. He concluded that the Mich igan Central is still under police power, reserved to tho state, and that tho com pany cannot fix rates by bylaws repug nant to the laws of the state. It is clearly settled law that the com pany's whole system is under state law and state control. It cannot escape state statutes by its bylaws, which con flict with tho constitutional require ments. WIRES MUST DROP. Ultimatum Sont by Mayor Harrison to Tele rapli and Tul^phonn Comjiynicw. CHICAGO, Feb. 7.—Four thousand overhead wires belonging to tho tele graph, telephone and other companies iu the down towi. district will be cut down by the city unless steps are taken to place them underground before March 1. This ultimatum has b?en sent to the Western Union Telegraph company, the Postal Telegraph-Cable company, the Chicago Telephone company, the Ciiieago Electric Detective company, and the Mercurial Fire Alarm'com pauy. Edward 13. Ellicott, chief of the new electrical department, notified the companies at tho the request of Mayor Harrison, who is determined to bury every wire and cable that stretches from the buildings in the downtown district. The district in which tho wires are to bo placed underground is bounded on the north by the river, on tho south by Twelfth street, and on the west by the river. The ultimatum will produce a revolu tion in the down town district when tho companies bogin to take down their wires. The vast network will present a difficult problem to entangle. Bad weather will not be accepted as an ex cuse for delay, as each of the above companies have an underground fran chise. Mayor Harrison, in speaking of the matter, said he would not insist on the hiding of wires below the surface in any place where it could, be shown the city had not made an example. Overhead wires were dangerous to hu man life iu the crowded business dis trict, on account of broken wires fall ing across the trolley wires, and the Union Elevated railroad loop, which uses a powerful current. During the last storm a number of horses were killed. The firemen have also to face a danger in cousequence of overhead wires, and the mayor is determined to cut off as muoh of the danger as possi ble. Afloat on Ice Thirty-six Hour**. ST. JOHNS, N. F., Feb. 7.—All the 10 fishermen who went adrift on an ice floe in Trinity bay have escape^}. They were on the tloe tor 3(5 ndurs' without fire, food or adequate clothing. They boats their dragged 10 miles over tho ice, finally reaching land in a state of complete exhaustion. Another Doing Time for tlio Crliuu. DECATUR, Ills., Feb. 7.—The grand jury has indicted Joseph Ma ussy of .Oakland, Ills., son of former Sheriff John Manay, for the murder of lsTat McKinley, July 3, l&Sl). Ephriam Faunae lias been iu the penitentiary eight years for the crime. THE SAN JOSE SCALE. Germany Gives That ns the Citune of Her Objection to Anu-rinnn Fruit. BERLIN, Feb. The Reichsanzeiger publishes the following: "The American agricultural depart ment report on tho San Jose shield louse led to an official inquiry here as to tho circumstances under which American fruit is imported. Professor Frank, on Jan. 20, found on Cali fornia pears arriving at Hamburg numerous living, breeding shield lice, absolutely identical with the true San Jose louse. Ilo consequently expressed the opinion that the home fruit cultiva tion was exposed to a grave material danger thereby. A conference of the other specialists and the representatives of the imperial office of health con firmed this view iu every particular. Thus the necessity for prompt meas ures for protection was fully demon strated." Quott'H American Authority. The Reichsanzeiger then described tho "extraordinary liarmfulness" of the San Jose louse accorfing to publica tions of the Washington agricultural department and tho measuros taken in America, notably in Oregon and Brit ish Columbia, and continues: "It is thus the unavoidable duty of the gov ernment to give efficacious protection to tho home fruit from the disease hero." The official statement of the iJeichs anzeiger on the subject of the meas ures taken to prevent tho importation of "affected" American fruit lias been communicated to the tflicials of tho United States eml.as.sy. INTERRUPTED ]JY STORMS. Trade in tho Nr IIIKI TI.:stt i-it AMVriiMi Jtinnt vi*vol v. NEW YOU l'Vo. 7. —liradstrcots says: SS-L-VITO coin wiati.I'I', eoia pauied by h.gh w.uus H-M J,.:.. vy MI.-W. has been a l'uaiuic iv--me w.s.dor able influence iroon .o r.i v.-uu-uu and distribution oi tM.l t.ns wtvk. Tho Northern an ]£.* em Mate.-, ap pear to have loir, t:i if.-c ihc storm m-,stVt vrri-ly. la of ins interruption «.I' ar o:-y trade for the season is r»»pi.r.ud iu un-st linos, with sspec.ai iciiviiy iv imii-tl iu the iron and gt el u*a,.is and kindred lines. Iu tin- Northwest Leito:' l/ailu is reported and cold v.ea.her has helped tho distribution of seasonable goods. At the South trade is reportod im proved at several impcruiut centers, and tho total of January business is said to be above the average. Alaskan business on the Pacific coast is still very active, but export trade in cereals is small. RECEIVED WITH COURTESY. Cruisitr Montjioin.-ry Arrives ut .tfntanzns, Cut)i. WASHINGTON, Feb. 7.—The navy de partment has received a telegram from Captain Converse of tho cruiser Mont gomery, announcing the arrival of that vessel at Matauzas, Cuba. The captain said that he fired a salute which was duly responded to by the Spanish forts, that visits were exchanged between himself and the local officials and that he had been received with the greatest courtesy. Everything was unusually quiet at Matanzas, added Captain Con verse. He will leave the place in the Montgomery for Santiago on the south side of the island and liis stay there will be brief. SIX FIREMEN PERISHED. Roof of a Huston itllililiu£ CollaiHod, liuryiii^r Tiium in tho Dibritt. BOSTOX, Feb. 7.—The bodies of six firemen, among them that of District Chief Egau, have just been taken from tho ru.ns of tho Bent "building, which took lire at 4 a. in. Four other firemen were buried in tho ruins, but they es caped with more or less serious in juries. The lire is supposed to have started in the rear of tho fourth story. The firemen had entered a window and wore at work on the fourth lioor, when the roof collapsed, tearing away the top floor and the one on which the fire men were engaged, burying them be neath tho wreck. PRISONERS CREMATED. Throe Men in the Victor (Colo.) Jail llurtied to leat!i« CRIPPLE CREEK,Colo., Feb. 7.—Three men were burned to death and another received fatal injuries in a fire which burned the Victor jail early in the day. The dead are: Thomas Quinn, railroad grader of Philadelphia railroad man known as ••Shorty James Connors. The injured man is named Dublin. The four men were arrested during the night for disturbance. Their screams for help were heard by hun dreds of people who were powerless to aid them. NAVY LAUNCH CAPSIZED. Nine Suilor» and Three Workmen Drournetk at Kiel. KIEL, Feb. 7. —By the capsizing of a navy launch here, nine sailors and three workmen were drowned. BRIEF BITS OF NEWS. Mgr. Edward McColgan, vicar gen* eral of the diocese of Baltimore,is dead. Dick O'Brien of Boston and Frank Craig, the "Harlem Coffee Cooler," have signed articles for a 20-round boat. Three lives were lost in the Delaware river opposite Burlington, N. J., by the breaking of the ice under a sleighing party. Emperor William is said not to be pleased with Prince George for gov ernor of Crete and has BO informed the saltan. President Doie lias accepted the In vitation extended by Representative Alexander of New York for a visit to Buffalo. Attorney Lawrence Harmon has be gan the closing talk in behalf of Adolph L. Luetgert. He will speak tyt lpv- qer- Ail BIMMABCK WEEKLY TRIBUNE: FRIDAY. FEB. li, 1898 QUEEN'S SPEECI Document to Be at tlio As sembling: ol Parliament Is Most Important. p, „7.,, TT Snicliaiged With Uneasiness as to the Outcome of Several Questions. Chinese Matter Overshadows Oth ers at Present—Irish Mem bers in Evidence. LONDON, Feb. 7.—At a council held at Osborne, Isle of Wight, on Thurs day, the queen's speech to be read at the reassembling of parliament next week was approved. It will be tho most important pronouncement for years past. Her majesty is following the events in the far East very closely and has the keenest appreciation of the difficulties. She has been most busy recently over dispatches on the sub ject. It will be idle to deny that par liament reassembles with tho air charged with uueasiness and with the prospect the session will bo most im portant as regards home and foreign politics. CltincHtt Question First. First iu interest is the Chinese ques tion. It is known authoritatively that the Marquis of Salisbury has disap proved strongly of the declaration made by Sir Michael Hicks-Beech, the chan cellor of the exchequer at Bristol, as embarrassing his negotiations with other cabinet ministers. The premier has also resented the virulence of the press attacks growing out of tho so called back down of the government on tho subject of opening the port of Ta LieivWan and the revival of Count Cortis description of his lordship, as "a lath painted to imitate iron," has em phasized his irritation. The opposition, however, has decided not to unduly prolong the debate on the address in repiy to tho speech from the throne and to challenge on the Indian bills later, but the opposition will try to got the government to un fold its session programme at tho earliest possible moment. Iriglt Muiuherg Will bo in Evidence. The Irish members will be much in evidence during the coming session, the government's local government and Catholic university bills affording them a great battle ground. In regard to tho latter measure, the Dillonites, lied uioiidites and Healyitos have united for common action and, with the exception of Messrs. Carson, Lecky and T. W. Russell, all the Irish unionists will op pose it. Tho first mentioned bill probJ1 abiy will precede the army bill, whid([ will be the feature of tho session, and"sri0J»uii»t* »mi which will also serve to introduce the Dreyfus, question into the house of commons, rior a radical member will ask the government if it has ever received secrets from the notorious prisoner. S alisbury's Humored lluHlgiintion. Regarding this week's rumor of the approaching resignation of the Marquis Salisbury it should be noted that it formed the subject of gossip iu the in ner circles of the clubs some days be fore it appeared in the newspapers. If sueli an mention exists in the mind of the marquis it is apparently not due to his present state of health, for though his physician had advised him to lighten his work as much as possible, tho iippcaranee of the premier at "Wednesday's foreign office reception belied the stories circulatjd concerning his poor health. He walked buoyantly and had ruddy cheeks. Luush at Guriu.iu Exclusion. Germany's action in excluding Amer ican "affected" fresh fruits and live plants and shrubs, and- packages con taining the same is laughed at by the authorities here who have to deal with the American fruit shipped to Eng land. It was stated by a member of the board of agriculture that there never has been any complaint in this country against American iruit shipped to Eng land. Thero was some agitation years ago on the subject of spraying trees with arsenic, but investigation proved that the practice did not harm the con sumers and that the same method was followed in England, Canada and on tho continent. Ail tho fruit importers of Covent Gar den made similar statements. A repre sentative of one of the biggest firms said that in their experience only ono package of American fruit had reached Covent Garden in unfit condition. Inquiries made among the retail deal ers show they have never heard the slightest complaint against American fruit. I'orguve His tjon'iHisyer WEST BEND, Wis., Feb. 7.—An im pressive sceno attended the obsequies of Carl Lindbacli, who was killed in a glove encounter on Wednesday. After the sermon over the dead was com pleted A. Lindbacli, father of the dead boy, thanked his many friends for the last respect shown and concluded by forgiving young Glantz, who was present at the services. Government Will Fay First Bond*. WASHINGTON, Feb. 7.—The govern Bient has decided to pay off the first lien holder^ of. the Kansas Pacific Bail- toad company, and to ask for a post ponement of the sale. No date has been fixed to which it will be asked that the lale be postponed, that matter being Indefinite as yet. £rab-aczli'd Society Funds* CLEVELAND, Feb. 7.—Archibald Mc Laren has been arrested on the charge of appropriating to his own use Sit),000 belonging to the Urder of Scottish" Clans, of which he was treasurer. The shortage was discovered when John Hill of St. Louis was el cted to succeed him. LABOR ARBITRATION. Con it titration of tho lllll Will n» C" wv.ied by tlir HOUHI* Committee. WASHINGTON, Feb. 7.—The consider ation of the labor arbitration bill by tho house committee on* labor will b? re sumed next Thursday. The bill gives every case of labor disagreement or strike a status, and the significance of public opinion. The proceedings so far have developed a wide difference of views between labor leaders, and Mr. Hines, representing federated railroad employes, has taken issue with. Presi dent Gompers of the American Federa tion of Labor, as to the respective obli gations of employer and employed, and every railroad brotherhood appar ently favors the pending measure, while some of the officers of the Feder ation of .Labor want the bill to go fur ther, and claim that no arbitration system can safely be established that does more than give the arbitrator's opinion and then drop the case. The railroad men, i» is stated, want the dis putes to bo the subject matter of legal arbitration, while tho opponents of the bill, it is represented, want some regu lation of disputes left to themselves. It is stated, however, that President Gompers lias takeu lo official action in making these representations. FOR THEIR KLONDIKE LINE. Contractorn liny the Riilnand Rolling Stock of a Montana GREAT FALLS, Mon., Fob. 7.—Nego tiations have been closed wheroby the Canadian government contractors for the new Klondike line of railroad from Telegraph creek to tho south end of Lake Teslin purchased from the Great Falls and Canada railway 80 miles of narrow gauge rails, four locomotives and a number of coaches, boxcars, etc., to bo used in the construction and operation of new road. The work of construction will be begun within 10 days and the entire line completed by June 1, at which time the Stickeen and Teslin rivers will be open to navigation and afford the shortest route for reaching the Alaska gold fields. SIX HUNDRED ON BOARD. Steamer Quemi Leaves Tucouia for Alaa. kun 1'ort*. TACOSIA, Wash., Feb. 7.—The steam ship Queen, the finest vessel in Pacific waters, and which has been heretofore I the summer excursion ship tfl tho ice fields of Alaska, sailed from Tacoina last night for Skaguay and Dyea. She carries northward 000 passengers, 1,300 tons of freight, 200 dogs, 30 horses and a score of carcasses of dressed cattle, hogs and sheep, tho latter lor the mar kets of tlio coast cities, Juneau, Skag uay and Dyoa. Nearly ail the passen gers on the Queen intend to ultimately go to the interior of Alaska and have bought outfits oil the Sound. They aro from every quarter of the globe. ANTI-REPUBLICAN COMBINE. Silver Republican Con* Igrcssmttti lloiil a Conference. WASHINGTON, Feb. 7.—The Populists and Silver Rapui.l.euns held a confer ence which was generally attended by members of these parties in both houses of congress. After a discussion of the present situation in politics, it was determined that the two parties, while maintaining separate organiza tions, would work together iu the com ing campaign, and endeavor to avoid nominations which would conflict. Both organizations will endeavor also to work with the Democrats iu order that a solid combination of all organi zations may be made against the Re publicans. FOR LYNCHING- SEMINOLES. Wnrrauts Issued for Seventy-three .Mfill liul'H of the .Hoh. GUTHRIE, O. T., Feb. 7.—Warrants have been issued for 73 members of tho mob that -burned the two Se-ininoles near Maud, and a large force ot"deputy United States marshals will be sent into Pottawattonne county to make the arrests within the next 4S hours. The men will be arrested under United States laws and tried for conspiracy, as it is believed that owing to their strong organization and through tear and sym pathy it will bo impossible to convict any of the mob for murder in the courts of that county. DENIED mTBALFOUR. Great Ilritain Hhd Not Brmlml From Her Position on Chlni'no Mutters. LONDON, Feb. 7.—Gerald Balfour, member of parliament for the central division of Leeds, and chief secretary to the lord lieutenant of Ireiand, speak ing at Leeds, emphatically denied that there was any foundation whatever for the rumors that the government had yielded to pressure from auy power or receded from the position it had taken tipon the Chinese ue.:-i: iar.oi:.-.. A Kentucky pool KiiJ. FRANKFORT, Ky., Feb. 7.—Tin: Br .n Bton poolroom bill pas.-sed iu« cnuse and was sent to the hou.v. Tic bi 1 not only makes pool s«*U a except on race coiuses. ina wl-s foreijQ) books from.cvti SAW MEN SHOT DOWN. Mis* Coyle's Graphic Story of tli Latimer Affray. WILT TSUARRH, Pa., Feb 7.—The tak ing of testimony in the base against Sheriff Martin and his deputies was continued during the day. Miss Coyle, teacher in the Latimer school, was on the stand and gave a graphic story of the shooting of the strikers. Ou cross examination the defense., brought out a. very important point in favor of the prisoners, showing that the people were afraid of the strikors. N'anien Didn't Li lie Our Style. LIVERPOOL, Feb. 7.—In an interview an his return hero from the United Btates, Dr. lPridrjof Nansen, the Arctic axplorer, is quoted as saying that lee taring in America is as l:ad as explor ing, adding that when not lecturing was traveling, and the American style of traveling was not to his taste. 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