Show QUE UL JEWS by telegraph to the I 1 april 18 in reply I 1 to 0 bishop knickerbocker of ef indianapolis who inquired as to the right of the railway to transport missionaries at special rates the commis ioA writes that it has baa no power in the pAini premises ses there is i no doubt judge cc cooey y say lot the right of bt the railroads to tb grant special privileges to religious teach teachers tea chars ra an and dec deciding idina in good faith what toy they wa will I 1 do they can said to tobe b incurring the risk of penalties penalties are for the wilful violations of the law and not for errors errora of judgment replies of 8 a similar purport pur ort have die wita been sen made to inquiries with respect to transporting persons as acts of charity JUDGE COOLEY has addressed the following letter to ron hon ff S muldrow acting secretary of 0 the interior dear sir the interstate inter state commerce commission acknowledge th the receipt from you of a communication askier for its ha opinion upon the questions following first Is it lawful under the interstate commerce act for a common carrier to make special rates to individuals vi in order that such individuals mi may Y oller offer and make proposals to this d department A atme ut for the transportation of indian dis supplies semond whether transportation over the lines of common carriers of indian goods for and on behalf of the individual with whom THE CONTRACT imay bay be made by this department for their transportation from their place of purchase to ultimate destination wilf be considered and held as the carriage storage or handling bandling of property at reduced rates for the united states under section 32 22 of the interstate inter state commerce act the acts upon which the questions arise are given in your communication and nit appear to be as follows that the government overn ment contracts for the delivery of the supplies needed for the indian service at new york chicago and other points and then advertises tor for bids tor for the transportation of supplies from the point of purchase to the point where they are to be made use of thip is 4 a sufficient statement for the purposes of an answer commission commission directs me to say to you that it does not understand it nas any aay general power to construe the statute or that it is organized zeld for the purpose of bf guiding or controlling coa the actions of individuals fa n vi I 1 bals in either their private business or public dutle duties 49 except when consa complaints elsig ta under the law are brought to its attention or when relief which is in its power to grant is prayed the commission has therefore uniformly declined to express opinions on abstract questions of construction at the request of private citizens of organizations deeming it alike proper and prudent to do so in deference to a department of the government the commission inclines to make an aa exception of your request especially tm socially as there ther is a doubt beg regarding arding t the to e rights of the government which might seriously AFFECT THE BIDS i tor for transportation which are to be called for coming to the question then I 1 am further directed to say in view ol of the statement made by you of the facts constitutes of at itself a complete the supplies as you show are delivered dellver 94 to the government at points designated and they are then transported at the cost of the government overn ment to points where they are to ge be made use of the transportation I 1 is therefore I 1 for the united states state in the words of the interstate inter state commerce law and it la Is immaterial that it is i done by contract for folt the govern zent int receives the benefit of the free or reduced rates as s it must be presumed to do de when the bids are made in reliance and upon the expectation that uck sack rates will be granted IMPORTANT IMPORT ANT DECISION the following is a synopsis embed embodying the th material points in by far I 1 the most important action yet taken by the interstate inter state commerce commission the dec decision islai is rendered on the case of et two petitions that of the order of the railway conductors and of tho the traders and travelers union which are of a kind that tha render trender the decision especially interesting hite resting on account of their being representatives of a very large number of applications made to the commission the latter petition piti tion deals with the manner in which the former system of allowing additional free baggage has been interfered WITH by the interstate inter state bill A portion of the railway conductors aa ask for or information to aaion as to the proper prope r interpretation of ef the law as applying to the iesu r ing of passes to railway employed emp loyes and their families and to those who make railway service their business while temporarily out of employment and in search of situations and it if transportation or reduced rates are provided lor for the representation of df any one association so must the same be extended to all others which are composed exclusively clu of railway employed emp loyes in reply the comm commission I 1 salon says t A CAREFUL of the act to regulate commerce under which the commission is organ lied will show the petitioners petition ers mid and ott obbera who have made similar sia allar applications J cat ioos ions that no DO jurisdiction has been been given us to answer questions alke ike those under auder r two see sec afie law confer powder commission to entertain and decide applications and petitions section 4 4 empowers us upon application applies tion by a common in special a p ecial cases cw charge less tor for a longer than for or a shorter distance over the same line and also to t 01 prescribe the exten tol the relief from the operation of the former part of the same ton which the designated COMMON CARRIERI may from time to time enjoy it esob 18 obvious that applications like those of the railway conductors and the traders and travelers union have no relation whatever to the duties imposed upon i nab us by section four and this is the only section section of the Is law watch the commis sion alon has power to or relax section thirteen authorizes to the and confers jurisdiction to entertain the same game but neither the railway conductors I 1 iler the traders and travelers union complain tha tany common carrier has violated the th law thel they present he BO complaint ot of anything dene ne or committed from the provisions of the law if the railway company should issue at pass to a conductor and his family toj to attend the approaching convent convention iori or should transport pounds of baggage tree free for 0 commercial TRAVELER 1 under the and indeman indemnity ty sy system and some filom e person feil feeling ng tage aggrieved gri v e d sho should u id make complaint complain t of unjust IV at discrimination it would b be e then proper opar for the he commission commissi onto io enter entertain tai n the e question of whether the conduct was or was not a violation of the law and iaco whether it is or is not within t the be exceptions as stated in IH section 22 complaints may also igo be presented it toe the charges made dav b by carriers are not eon rea reasonable soult and just budua but questions olf of this kind come com before befog e us in a way clearly indicated by the statute it would be worse than useless for us to express our opinions ophilo ha tor br glie give advice W ve i sli should nol ho it only lay ourselves open to the charge af of assuming unwarranted authority wit at should also run the artst risk of involving ALL in what the corfits might afterward hold to be breeches of the law by hasty and ill timed conclusions cased based upon ex parts parte statements and congress has not taken the management of the raU railroads roads out ot of ahe he hands of the railroad companies it has simply ply established certain general principles under which lifter state commerce must be conducted it has bas enacted in section one that all charges tor for interstate transportation shall toe be reason able and just it has prohibited in section two all manner of unjust discriminations crimi nations has forbidden in section three all undue and I 1 unreasonable erpf and advantages has required in the same section reasonable and equal facilities for an in interchange age of traffic and has prohibited in section five the pooling of freights that in substance is the I 1 STATE LAW there to is nothing novel in da these provisions they bring back the business of common carriers to the well settled principles of common law yet no one can aldeny deny that there was urgent aged coed 1 of f their heW Statutory formulation T the e alleged l difficulties in putting inputting them into operation only discloses examples of the extent to which they have been violated in the past referring to the complaint of fines for the violation of the law whether unintentional or not the commission says good faith exhibited in an honest effort to carry out the requirements of the law will involve officials in no danger of damages or fines THE Y of the statute in their favor Is notice I 1 able throughout the act as it now BOW stands in a confessedly experimental term form bere iere there is exhibited an obvious and generous purpose to allow to a corporation or atlon a ample purpose ale scope in the conduct of their business as common carriers white hu insisting upon just impartial open and consistent ra rate charges to which every citizen shall be subjected alike whose situation is the same sur surely lip the people bould not ask lor los alss 1 s rhe he language and tenor of the act wholly fail to justify Us railroad managers it any anch th there re tee be who refuse to accept res 0 decline to offer tates fates fail ill to announce announce the condit condition tida of traffic embarrass the customary channel of business and bring stagnation n upon trades As the law to is practically all y applied to contain many POINTS OF ADVANTAGE to the economical and profitable management of the business busia ess eq of carriers which they have not been Walow to a apprehend and take the benefit of tae the commission venture to even hope that with this explanation respecting the fhe mutual junctions functions of earners camera and commissioners ners nero in carrying the law into effect according to its true intent and meaning there will oe be no lack of good faith and active operation cooperation co opera V 1 ithe ing the normal activity pt all I 1 kinds d of industry in astry and traffic AS bruij the he land under favor favorable ablie fair ana reasonable terms awl and Pon conceding ceding frankly to the people all ai the rights benefits nd d vantages and equal privileges which the act ct to relate commerce was intended to secure wis april 19 A epe dates the says company E eleventh infantry stationed at ac fort sully received orders yesterday tp to proceed af a once e totne winfeld crow crolly reservations ind and dria haild mai leads the company under comman command of captain myra 1 left WIlt erday evening lind camped at canning last night the h e ftfe hittlet call calia the destruction of property if necessary lahe greatest excitement exists and it would not be lu to see a miniature minia tute kiel rebellion rebel hoa inaugurated augu rated in theae landtr tory was wai thrown open by the arthur administration in february 1884 and thou thousands bands of honest settlers from all parts hurts of the ahe united states rushed in and took of claims cleve lands reversal of arthurs proclamation has bas brought bought on the present crisis i ST N Y X awris april 19 the pass passenger euge I 1 trai hon on the new ew york central badroad Bau road met with an accident near this p pace ce near midnight A ajana land slide which iad ad been beba caused by rains threw the engine from the track engineer n ineer 1 edward canarr ca aft was w braen ai billed nd fike the fireman had baw jeg broken toe the passengers were badly shaken up but bias none were seriously injured the wrecked train consisted of eight cars all U but one of which left the track the landslide was 1 feet love long april 19 A large jarge and enthusiastic thusia tle anti coercion bill meeting was held here last and appropriate revolutions were ere passed lettra letters of regret because of I 1 their air ability 1 to b be present were received from archbishop lynch bishop cleary and bish bishop they all sent con trian M to the anti eviction f und fund CAIRO CAIR ait april apri 1 19 debates De deje eates alep of the fhe new mah mandinac Mandi dicarl nad an audience yesterday with the lefteri khedive to whom they presented letters from the mahd 1 to he khedive the queen of england and sultan of turkey in the letter to the khedive the maddi says olf lf yda will recognize me as the thelrue th arue etrue mahdi you wille be saved otherwise I 1 will march forward and the same fate will aw befall fall you yon as overtook your generals mandi mahdi addresses queen Victo victoria ift as the favorite of her people EL pabo terao arril april 19 peato garcia editor ot the 0 4 fron teo oladell old cell dell in paso del norte jail for calling mayor provencio Proven pio of paso del norte a drunkard and bobertz Bo berto the tax collece colle cJ tor of the state of chihuahua chihuahua a robber garcia published his bis paper in inel el paso and aad was arr arri fisted asted lit in the not act of birc circulating lulng it in paso delnorte del on the mexican side of of the river identical with cuttings case the mexican government exercises the right of ex tra territorial ex excepting that garcia lis is a native span spaniard lard and 1 d l is held for circulating and not publishing ing the libel LONDON april 19 the pall mali gazette says parnell carnellis Par nellis Is an irishman therefore the tunes is I 1 allowed to in suit and libel him with impunity we earnestly appeal of the commons on both sides to do parnell justice and commit the editor of the times to the clock tower for breach of privilege SOFIA april 19 A russian war ship engaged in a the practice tide of firing off varna Vest yesterday erday and caused great alarm among the people of that town the bulgarian authorities have protested against a repetition of the firing NEW TORK april apal 19 the following card published this morning explains 1 itself T to the editor of efto herald I 1 have sees seen a paragraph which has b been een going the round sto the effect that gen gea logans paper contain a letter from gen sherman ef a compromising nature which tie be aw and his brother senator sherman had bad endeavored to suppress and in your issue of today to day I 1 find that one of ayour washington correspondents has interviewed the senator who treats the whole matter with proper contempt now I 1 reaffirm e very every word my brother is reported to have ve said gen logans Log alks friends arg are at perfect erl feet liberty to publish in IA f full till any letter letter I 1 ever wrote to him in private confidential or official f further if mrs logan or john A logan jr will send to me an accredited agent L will permit him aim to see and copy all the letters to be published to gratify the rop curious rious A all men in public station write private letters as well as public and in this instance I 1 withdraw the limitation as to p only suggesting that the letter and answer be published together as more satisfactory to the ho bon n est reader the paragraph here aud and the paragraph paragraph there is as much a forgery as tt the e writing of a check W W T T shmae fifth avenue hotel new york april loth MADRID april 19 marshal bazaine was as today to day assaulted by a Fren frenchman chmaR who attacked him with a poniard ex 1 I jai ja bengs ma ina patrie I 1 11 I 1 the marshal was dangerously wounded about the head his assailant is believed to be a correspondent |