| Show By Telegraph aph AMERICAN bil lil r rl tock ock 22 A fire adfor est city t okla klay d about a gourli 0 of the tho towru Js loss uninsured I 1 I 1 the house today to day by a vote of 47 toa tor passed paled a resolution thanking the president for tor his ills decision in the arkansas case casc S C 22 the county commissioner of barnwell canvas CoN co cov was vas arrested and jailed yesterday an on a charge of malfeasance in aulce an all important de ciscon was rendered 1 in u the tho langa mon inon county circuit court at springfield 1111 lii ili yesterday in the case or of certain suits against the chicago and alton railroad company for violations of the state railroad law which suits tile the railroad company sought to carry on oil a wilt wiit of certiorari cerf cert to the tile united states district court judge land of the circuit court decides that tho tile writ yav yas vak raw not alid valid that the i an hii adment of the constitution or of the ine he united states under which uve je uie defendants claimed the highl 1 the suit does doer pot affect I to 0 o iel fel relations of corporations to ear I 1 ther then or to the people but beals beats merely cipoli persons and natural rights and further tile the federal enactments under tinder the fourteenth amendment become operative only when a person ila lia lias ilas actually been beell deprived of tigh rights ts secured by that amendment the court therefore disregarding tile the writ of a continuance aud and pud set tile the cases cases for trial on saturday next MADISON 2 1 the governor has issued anad awad dress diess to the people of ille tile tite state J regarding tile the enco eneo A co ol 01 of 1 the railroad carpri corporations carp earp rations orations within its border he recites that tile tiie chiea chica chicago 0 o and northwestern northwester D mid and milwaukee eo and alid st paul raul ra railroad 11 cos cob sam seem to have em employed aloyed their time late in a conspiracy against the law and in laying plans plan to operation to this vins end the procured awid arid videly publish ed or of counsel in refuja denying ying chest right of to limit tanus tanum lils liis or of railroad corporations and secondly upon the base of cx larte testimony pronounced this particular law jaw invalid on account of the rates therein prescribed being unjust and unreasonable thijs thiis greatly encourage encouraging ilis llis obedience to lits lils commands he ee says gays carld ane corporations n I 1 sf ii have lave lavo ar M 11 g ca their tarius tariff s without the slightest sip tip parent a regard toi to tl the 6 ca classification and rates prescribed el d by the law a and I 1 prepared and published bed by the board ot of railroad commissioners in many instances they have hav even eoven increased their rates for the afta transportation of above what a 1 11 I 1 re when ahe jiw 0 was enact cn enacted acted edl edi rhe the rho gov governor exnor also aiso saya says these have issued com mands tb their 1 arents agents aud nud em or of them obedience under pains puls aud and penalties penal ties irh irb which cli cil ell in many cases practically amount to compulsion thus using their influence ence enco earld enrid and power to insure the criminal disobedience of man y citizens and habituating in them a contempt for the authority of the tile state when its laws are not in harmony supposed self interest and lien llen hence contributing ina lna in a higher de gre t etto weaken thet respect to law in in general many mani other acts of contempt on theeart the part of the railroad corporations are cited by his excellency who finally insists that the law must and shall be obeyed judge judged Jud geE E R hoar of mass has written an opinion at tile the instance of the wisconsin central contral railroad company taking substantially the sime same ground as that assumed by judge curtis and mr evarts E aarts as to the illegality and unconstitutionality of the wisconsin railroad bill known as the potter bill although judge hoar reaches his conclusions by reasoning different from that pursued by curtis and evarts CHICAGO 23 in the U S circuit court at des moines molner fa yesterday judge delong belong rendered a decision in the case of tile the U 9 ex relation J E hall and others J against the union pacific R R co praying for a writ of mandamus gandam us to compel that company to operate thorold the tho road as its one continuous line from Council bluffs westward and to desist from operating its bridge ovar over the missouri river at council as an independent line the 0 pinion opinion sets seta fo forth rth that two leading objections have been urged against awarding tho writ tho the one relates alto to the tilo jurisdiction of tile the court the other othen to the form of of proceedings proceed in s whether the tho circuit court of iowa is tile the proper circuit court to hear an ancl anci d determine the case need not be now determined the judge says and lie he accordingly reserves any decision as to the question of jurisdiction until tilo tile character of the service of the writ upon it is known the objection to the form that the tho jaw law leens officers omm off of the US U S have the sole V right to apply to the court for a writ and that private persons can only move for a writ of mandamus when it is to enforce some individual right that there is no legislation of con gres gre s making it the duty of the abe united states officers to institute proceedings like tile the present when the duty said to be neglected is one orle which the company owes to the public all ali when individuals who suffer from su such sueh neglect complain of it must the court refuse the writ solely because the attorney general does not move for it this question must upon principle pit and authority the court conclude be answered in the negative the judge cites numerous nume rou authorities in it support of this position and concludes as follows reser Keser ller we do all questions which concern tile merits of tile the controversy and in order that the merits may ma y be better understood wo we think ou discretion will be more moro wisely exercised by awarding t than by refusing the alternative whit whit writ parti particularly cular y as in this way the opi opinion aloi of the supreme court may more certainly be obtained than it if the theo writ was denied david 13 mellish representative from new york who wilo was removed to the government asylum for the insane about two weeks ago died this pm new NEV YORK 23 from the london telegraph of tile the of aia nia may y it appears that there ia scarcely a doubt or of the loss with all on board or of the african mail steamer liberia which sailed from liverpool on the lith of april for madeira and the west coast of africa she should have arrived nt at madeira by the alt the steamer of the same game iines line which arrived at liverpool on the lith of may reports having picked up casks and paci iaci packages ages that bat were undoubtedly on board the thu ha and und which are known wn to 4 i i stowed so low in lil the liala h old oid that they could only have got goi loo loose se by a complete break up of the vessel panama panacea advices advises to the loth lath report that gon GoD gonzales zales commandant a at t aan san juan de guatemala kasnot was not mortally wounded while attempting to escape on board the steamer arizona after flogging the Brit britch british lh consul magee the arizona pas str strongly angly condemn U S consul james for not interfering to protect magee mageo from the cruelty the authorities of chill chili have decided aided tuat international law does doas not justify them in the imprisonment mentor of captain hyde for the loss of tile the english steamer he has been liberated and returned to england the government onnen offer to pay his passage pa sage and to compel compensate him for false imprisonment BOSTON 23 A prell preil preliminary minar y hearing was had today to day in the U S court before judge lowell on a petition against the union pacific railroad company filed tiled by henry W V golding of new york 3 to 16 determine whether the order 0 1 notice to show cause shall 1 isue sue counsel for the petitioners petition oneri ers claimed that the road was bankrupt and that the legislative enactment under which it sought to evade tile the operation of the bankrupt laws wa unconstitutional the latter point was the question mainly at issue iss ut the judge reserved his decision LITTLE nock rock ark 23 A resolution pa passed sed s the house today to day requesting clayton and dorsey to resign the their positions ti ns in the senate of tile the U arx S T the h 0 e preamble sets forth that the tile said senators secured their election by fraud that they misrepresented their constituents constituent ts in arkansas arkan mtr that they entered into 1 a conspiracy with the supreme court justice mclane and joseph brooks to overthrow the state government ern ment by making war ii against ainest its constituted authorities the resolution asks the senate if they refuse to resign to investigate the charges charge sm made ade in the preamble and to expel them NEW ORLEANS is this morning judge lynch of tile the fourth district court gave the following I 1 amounts to colored clai cial claimant mant sunder the civil r nights rights ig i ats bill one thousand d dollars to joseph vs bidwell proprietor of the academy of music musie for refusing admittance 50 each eachl to washington and lewis vs mccloskey for refusal to sell soda water to Clement ement vs va on refusal to sell drink these cases were decided by the judge in accordance a e cor dance with the law passed by the recent legislature the juries failing to agree PiTTs burg BuRa 23 further Furt lier ller of about forty crusaders took place today to day for obstructing the pavements they gave bail and will have hae a li hearing earing on monday pm |
