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Show GENERAL GARCIA. FINDS A RICH the Other Cap- - tured and Money Recovered. Captured Ribber i a Membtrof ibe Kol.-b- er Koust Hand and Has a Frice on His Ilead-C- ne of the Posse feerljusly Wounded. Springrille, May 30.' Springville has experienced the sensations of a back robbery, a hard but successful chase after the robbers, tlie isurround-ing of them in a patch of thick brush, the killing of one and the capture ol the other. And to use the expression of the live robber after he had been jailed, the old town is not as sleepy as it looks to be. The robbery occurred at 10:05 a. m. Saturday. Two men walked ioto the a Springville bank and presented check as follows: Springville. Utah May 28, ls98. On sight pay to the order of T, S. Cerswell, the sum of $200. C. II. CAf.Ttu By T. C. Burton. They asked the bookkeeper, Mr. Packard, the only person there was ir, the bank at the a time, if Mr. Cartel hak left any money there to pay tin check with. He replied that he liac not. Then turning to his books Mr Packard was startled with Look here young man" in a commanding tone, and looking up fonnd himself covered by two revolvers. The robber who was afterward killed kept Packard covered while tlie other robber went behind the railing and began gathering up all the money he could find. While thus engaged a stack of twenties, and while picking them up Packard lowered his hand and touched an alarm button. The robber on guard noticed the G movement and exclaimed: d you! put that hand up and keep it SECOND IN COMMAND CUBAN PATRIOTS. OF He Has Fought for the Freedom of Cuba in Two Wars Taken Frisoner by Spain and Sent to Madrid, bat Etcaped. EXERAL CALIX-T- GARCIA O com- mands the patriot forces in the eastern part of the island of Cuba. Garcia is one of the oldest and best campaigners above giound. He was a " V foremost conspira-- f' II ' tor and fighter in the rebellion of 1S5S. In rain and shine he has fought for the freedom of Cuba. In the first rebellion he led a little army to victory after victory, reducing towns of 20,000 population and carrying all before him. Gomez made him a brigadier general and when the provisional government removed Gomez from the of the Cuban forces Garcia stepped into the shoes of the San Dominican. Garcia was captured by the Spaniards and, knowing what was in store for him attempted to kill himself, but his bullet went awry and he has lived to see Cuba as good as free. When the present war came Garcia was living in Madrid, but escaped to New York and at once joined the Cuban forces. He is strong and alert, although 65 years old, but his knowledge commander-in-ehieftainshi- p there. The alarm is connected with Mr. Reynold's store. On several previous occasions the alarm had been accidentally sounded and this thought to have been the case again. So Mr. Reynolds stepped up to the teleahone, and rung up the bank to ask if anything was wrong. Receiving no reply no false he realized that this alarm. He grabbed two Winchesters e and rushed for the street, but the turning a street corner a block Messengers were started on away. bicycles, on horseback and on foot to raise the alarm, and in an incredibly short time a large posse was in purs s rob-wer- suit. The robbers after securing all the money in sight, 3020, jumped in a buggy they had near the bank and started ion a dead run for Hobble Creek canyon. Near the outskirts of the city they met Mr. Snelson riding a fine horse. They took his horse from him and threw him $46. One of the robbers mounted the horse and the other continued in the buggy. By this time Mr. Reynolds in his delivery wagon was within 150 yards of them, and fired two shots which were not Soon afternoticed by the robbers. ward the robbers, seeing they were being overtaken left their buggy and took to the brush at the mouth of the canyon. In 20 minutes 100 horsemen were on the ground and had the robbers completely surrounded so that escape was impossible. A consultation was held and Joseph TV. Allen proposed that they close in on the robbers. This was adopted. In a few minutes one of the robbers was found covered with leaves. He on demand and was handcuffed. He "was unarmed, having lost his revolvers in the brush. The other man was seen by Mr. Allen who said Now dont you move or Ill to him: I'll get you while you're get you. getting me, the robber replied and fired, striking Allen in the left leg, Allen returned the fire killing his man instantly. It was five minutes before any of the posse came up, when the robber was found dead. Allen was tenderly cared for and sent to a Salt Lake hospital where his leg was amputated. The thigh bone was shattered. Most of the money was recovered on the robbers or found buried near their hiding place. The live robber was landed in the county jail at Provo, where he has been positively identified as C. L. a member of the Robbers Roost band, for whom a reward was recently He reells. offered by Governor fuses to give the name of the dead robber, hut sas he was a married man with a fault was a Roubers Roost raid, and from a remark dropped by the captured robber, it is believed men were in waiting with horses at a point further up the canyon, but the robbers were too hard pressed to reach them. The pursuit was too swift. which covers every foot of Cuban soil, will be of priceless value to the hosts from America. Dr. Johnsons Regard for Truth, It was said of Dr. Johnson that he always talked as though he were taking an oath. He detested the habit of lying or prevaricating in the slightest degree and would not allow his servants to say he was not at home if he A servants strict regard for was. the truth, said he, must be weakened by such a practice. If I accustomed my servant to tell a lie for me, have I not reason to apprehend that A he will tell them for himself? the doctor to truth adherence strict considered as a sacred obligation; and in relating the smallest anecdote he would not allow himself the minutest addition to embellish his story. The Champion Commuter. From the Troy (N. Y.) Times: The commuter on champion record is a young Princeton man, who is employed during business In a New York banking house and sleeps in Philadelphia. The latter city is his home, and shortly after leaving college, when he went into business In New York, he took rooms there. His family did not want him to live in New York and they suggested that, as his hours of work were comparatively short, he might live In Philadelphia and join the army of New York commuters. The Princeton man tried it and the result was so satisfactory that he has kept it up. long-distan- Max-wel- l, Women In English Factories. Recently published statistics show that more than 1,000,000 women over the age of 18 are employed in factories and workshops in Great Britain. Eleven per cent of them belong to trades unions. Giving Him a StrongHInt. Visitor Is Miss Rose at home? Servant No, sir. Visitor Why, she has just come in! I saw her. Servant Yes, sir; and she saw you, too. MANAGING I! ULIUJABS Mexican shaft tilled with paw Dirt. About a year ago V. II. Blocker, a INTERESTING DISCUSSION OF A BIG SUBJECT. prominent attorney of Hondo City, Tex., heard rumors of the rediscovery of an old Spanish gold mice on land Con. M. E. In "all. President of the owned by Albeit Maverick in CiaiJa Pour Railroad, Presents Some Biff mib.s north of Sab-ina- l, county, twenty-fou- r Important Facta That Will Interest on the southern edge of the Llano AU. mineral district. Maverick, tlio L.es in San Antonio, discovered the m.aa Hon. M. E. Ingalls, one of the greattwenty-fiv- e j e: is ago, but did not think est authorities on railway matters, there was any mineral left in it. Mr. read a highly valuable paper at the Blocker Raced th? propel ty from Maverick and began to open up the mine. recent convention of railway commisIt took several moc.lis to clear the sioners held in Washington, D. C. His debris from the shaft. In the bottom wise words will be read with interest by all. The convention was called for of the shaft a number of old Mexican the a At purpose of considering questions of were found. mining implements feet the ore great interest both to the railways and depth of about thirty-fiv- e vein was struck and samples were sent the people of the United States. Memto assayers and the returns gave $1,500 bers of the Association of American silver and a trace of gold to the ton. Railway Accounting Officers were also A large piece cf ore in which gold was present and were invited to take part visible to the eye was found in the old in the discussion. Chas. J. Lindley of shaft. This was assayed and showed Illinois, was chairman of the convention. Ohio was represented by Rail$15,000 gold to the ton. It was evident that the latter sample had been road Commissioner R. S. Kahler and thrown into the old shaft and this led Chief Clerk Ed H. Archer. P. A. HewMr. Blocker to make a search for the itt, auditor of the Big Four, was one of gold vein. He found this vein crossing the railway accountants present. Mr. the shaft just above the silver vein. Ingalls address is here given aa being An old drift followed the gold vein for a semi-officiexpression of the views some distance. The secret of the reheld by railway managers generally, discovery and richness of the mine was and as being also of general interest to carefully guarded and did not leak out the public at large: until recently. An aged Mexican priest, Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen: I am now living at Santa Rosa, Mexico, was very much obliged for this opportunity of the padre stationed at the mine when addressing: you. I understand I have in audience the members of the interit was being worked by the Spaniards. my state commerce commission and the genMr. Blocker visited this priest and tlemen composing fhe various railway learned from him that the mine was commissions of the different states. It fs closed and abandoned in 1836 by order a body that is supposed t stand as an arbiter between railroads and the people, of General Santa Ana immediately as a friend of both; a body that ought to and does have great influence, and especially In reference to legislation reganl- If this audience should ing railroads. agree upon any legislation In that respect that was needed, I presume there would be no difficulty In inducing yonder congress to enact it into law, and believing as I do that it is essential to the public interest to secure legislation, I am pleased to have this opportunity of presenting my views and endeavoring to enlist you in the reforms which I think are so vital. We have reached a crisis in railway management when something must be done if we would avoid disaster, not alone to the railways, but to the material Interests of our country. For 39 years a contest has been waged in legislatures, in congress, and before the courts, by the people on one side who believed that railways were public corporations and subject to control by the power that created them; and, on th'e other hand, by officials of the railways, who did not believe that such control was State after state legal or practicable. asserted its right. These rights were contested from one court to another, and decided from time to time always in favor of the people, under certain restrictions. It finally culminated in 1SH7 In the enactment of the interstate commerce law, and since then there has been hardly a day when some provision of that law was not under consideration by the courts or by congress, until now we may state It is as fairly settled by the highest courts in the land that the legislatures of the states have control over railways with reference to their local business, subject to certain conditions, and that th. congress of the United States has the power to regulate interstate business. The supreme court of the United States, which is the highest arbiter of these differences, has Just decided that such control of the states, or regulation, must be reasonable, and that rates cannot be reduced below a profit where the railroads can earn their expenses and a fair return upon their cost. Railway managers had accepted the situation, and were endeavoring to obey after the battle of San Jacinto. Mr. the interstate commerce law and adapt Blocker has a large force of miners at their managementwasto it when, in March, rendered the suli97, a decision work and the first car load shipment preme court which produced by chaos and of ore to the smelter will be made in a destroyed all agreements. It was praclaw, few days. tically that the Sherman anti-truwhich it had not been supposed applied to railways, did apply to them, GRANTS CRANDSON. and under the construction of that law by the court it was practically Impossible any agreements or arangements Algernon Edward Sartorls, the eld- to make maintenance of tariffs. In the the est child of Mrs. Nellie Grant Sartorls for case brought against the Joint Traffic and the eldest grandson of Gen. Ulysses association in New York, this view has S. Grant, was born in Washington, D. been combated by the railways and it C., 21 years ago. He was in his second may be modified by the courts. is perhaps, that we should year in the Columbia law school in New lookIt the well, situation fairly in the face, and York. But as soon as war was expected while I do not care to be an alarmist, I he wrote to General Fitzhugh Lee ask- feel bound to describe plainly to you the today, so that you may undering an appointment on his staff, and condition stand the necessity for action. Never in immediately received the reply, If I the hHtory of railways have tariffs been am in the saddle this time you shall so little respected as today. Private arMr. Sartoris is now in rangements and understandings are more ride with me. plentiful than regular rates. The larger Washington, so as not to lose a mo- shippers, the irresponsible shippers, are ments time when Gen. Lee receives his obtaining advantages which must sooner or later prove the ruin of the smaller and more conservative traders, and in the end will break up many of the commercial houses in this country and ruin the A madness seems to have railways. seized upon some raiiway managers, and a large portion of the freights of the country is being carried at prices far below cost. Other than the maintenance of tariffs the condition of the railways is good; their physical condition has been Improved: their trains are well managed, and the public is well served. If a way can be found by which tariffs can be maintained and the practice of Eecret rebates and private contracts discontinued, the future will have great promise for raiiway investors, railway employes and the publtc generally. And here I wish to gay that this is not a question which concerns railway investors alone. If it was, you might say let them fight it out. It concerns over and above everyof one else, the great public. One-fift- h our people are interested directly in railways, either as employes or employes of manufactories that are engaged In furCan nishing supplies to the railways. h of any body politic prosper if its number is engaged in a business that Is losing money? The railways serve the A. E. SARTORIS. tn so many waya that their proscommission. He has received no mili- public perity is closely interwoven with the tary education, but has a taste for arms, prosperity and oomfort of the ordinary and has been an asiduous student of the people. One thousand milHena of dollars were paid aut last year by the railway! campaigns of his grandfather and of from thetr earning te employes of manNapoleon. ufactories in this oauntry; 511 ee,0C of passengers were carried; 13, 999 millions were carried one mile; 7fi6, 900 (9 ef tons ef Where Thunder Is Never Heard. were moved; 95,090 millions of tens There is no thunder or lightning freight were moved one mile. Do you think that e. within thu Arctic any interest performing such immense OlflT One Kobfcer Killed, MINE. al st ene-flft- ci-ci- I i be in difficulty and service as tb'v the balance of tl.. n.unlry not feed it? were paid out Forty millions of ib'liurs Uu--r three tin. ?j.nd for public taioi. millions of dollars that have been invest-- 1 ed in railways have earned no dividend for years. Tins is not water, as aome populist orator wiil sav, but good, honest money. These securities are held ail through the land, and their failure to pay any return has brought disgrace upon us abroad and suflermg and want in many a family and community at home. One of the chief difficulties with the law as it stands today is that the punishment for private contracts and rebates is entirely out of proportion to the offense. Tha imprisonment clause was put in as an amendment to the Interstate commerce law, and I believe the commission and everyone who has watched its workings will agree with me that it has been a failure: more than a failure, that it has caused perhaps more demoralization than anything else. The public has not believed in it; it has been impossible to secure conviction; it has prevented the railway official who desired to be honest from complaining of his competitor whom he thought was dishonest. In fact, it has been what every law Is that is not supported by public sentiment a failure. Vr hat, in fact, is the manner of conducting business today? The railway official who desires to be honest and sees traffic leave his line and finds the freight that he was carrying hauled to the warehouse of his rival, the earnings of his line decreasing and complaints from the management of loss of earmr.gs, and in the distance he sees looming up th loss of his position. At the same time, the shipper who desires to obey the law sees some rival Belling merchandise to his customers at prices he cannot meet, and he knows very well that he is securing concessions from some railway to enable him to do this. The railway agent and the shipper who wish to obey the law sit down together and look it over. AVhat relief is there for them? They can complain of their rivals, possibly convict them under the interstate commerce law and send them to the penitentiary, but such action would bring down upon them the condemnation of tle public and would ruin their business; for, as I stated before, the public does not believe in this severe feature of the law, and will not support anyone who enforces it. The result Is, these men, in despair, are driven to do Just what their opponents are doing they become lawbreakers I have drawn no fancy picthemselves. ture; It is what is occurring every day around you. Is it wise, is it broad statesmanship, to leave a business as large as that of at the railways one in which least, of our population is engaged, one which affects the comfort and happiness of nine-tentof the people is it wise to have it outside of the law? It is said that the most expensive occupation to the community is that of the burglar, he has to spend so much time and destroy so much to get so little. Is it worth while to force the great railway interests of the country into the stune podtion? Who opposes this legislation? First, certain people who desire the government Secto own and operate the railways. ond, others who wish that the interstate railway commission should make 111 rates. Third and lastly, certain railway managers who are opposed to any and all legislation and who object to any control, and believe that they should be left entirely alone. law-abidi- ono-fift- h, All of us who have any interest in our country, who desire its prosperity, are interested in tne solution of this great question. It la not a time for the demagogue to howl about corporations. It Is not a time to talk about the wrongdoings There are always of railway managers. some, in any business, who will not do right, and there always wig be, but the I great mass of railway managers assure you, are as honestly seeking a solution of this question as are you or any member of the legislative body. I believe I voice the belief of a very large majority of them that the two provisions I have mentioned are necessary and will lead to the settlement of this question. If this body will Join and heartily indorse this course and work for It, its We accomplishment can be attained. have unwittingly In this country applied to railway laws that it was never intended should be applied to transportation companies of this nature. We hav gone back and taken decisions that were wise a hundred years ago, when civilization was in its infancy and when the and masses needed certain protection, have endeavored to apply these same principles to the great transportation interests of modern time. The courts, unfortunately. have followed la that line. Every business man, every statesman, knows that it is a mistake, that we have here an Immense Interest such as the world has never seen, and the principles which should govern it must be worked out in harmony with the age and the needs of this country. There should be no friction between the interstate commerce there commission and the railways; should be none between the state commissions and the railways. There haa been too much of a feeling with these bodies that the railways were against them. In the contest with railways, in the courts, the commissioners have driftfrom the ground ed away somewhat they ought to atand on; that Is, they should be the friends of the railways Instead of their enemies, and should aid in securing tha proper legislation, and the railways, in turn, should give their support to make such legislation effective. I believe It can be done in ne better way than by the true method I have pointed out. First, the change of the criminal section: second, authority to contract and Either one of them divide business. would be of groat advantage, but we ought to have both. There also should be such legislation as will give more force to the recommendations and orders of the Interstate commerce commissioners. Instead of trying to break down the commission the railway officials should try to build It up, should make the commission Its aid and ubb It as a bulwark of strength In congress and in the states to beat back the tide ef populism that Is rising continually against them. to-da- y, Cbeerfnt Bide of Life. Prosperity waa never won by the hand or tongue of a pessimist; look aloft and keep the cheerful side o life in view. A man who goes about with hie head cast down and eyes oa the ground, may pick up many a niekel, now and then a gold pleoe, and perhaps some day a bank note; but he misaes the great blue sky above, the great green beauteous earth beneath him and the sunlight In the air. Centraila Fireside Gnord. |