Show mi jas coilty of tin inter aup 22 the warring today to day jiin against an naff in tha of a little from chairman caoley of the loter state commerce com mece commis alon v ho them that when tha justify the making of rates ahli h the long and chort haul clauso the rates made must ha reasonable when compared one with the other the great disparity now i baade elace abo recent vigorous cut between the long and short haul rates on the linea between chicago and st paul would of itself make the latter and bible if maintained it mil colix l the commission to anle an order reducing the short haul to the proportion jnice cooley called the attention of the managers to the fact that when they enacted excessive short haul rates they rendered liable in every instance to an aaion on behalf of any who had been compelled to pay the name thia notification bald bo must bo ani the managers must act acord inroy as it ii a decision reached after their examination of the facts in the rase this i otice wai brought about by a recent cut made by the burlion ton northern Nol thern of about 75 per cent in the rates from chicago to st paul on through business from the east and consequently threatened the demoralization aliza tion of all the northwestern local and missouri river rates at the afternoon of alie western freight chairman F nt borne communicated judge colleys cooleys Coo leys notification to the managers ly general egan of the chicago kt baul A kansas city K ad announced that in order to be in accord the law be donld apply the proportionate rates on local traelic beginning at once this was a surprise to the other roads as none of them of course can do business at such rates except at a severe loss without taking united action the meeting adjourned until tomorrow to morrow Sl iMling railway tenn aug 22 A horrible wreck occurred on the knoxville cumberland gap and louisville railroad at alie flat gap creek twenty two miles from here this the train vaa tho first to eo over the now road and carried a select excursion of business and professional fess ional men of alie train of two cars left the track at the crossing and the rear car went down over the trestle the dead are jule george andrews the roost prominent 1 awyer of east 8 T lw era a leading mer chint and farmer president of the east tennessee fire insurance company and alexander beeder a leading political v bo held many an office of trust out of the fifty six persons on the train forty one we injured alie most intense excitement and sadness prevails here tonight to night oil RC ranry nry AUK 22 california capitalists have placed an order for seventy steel oil tank cars with a well iron firm here to dav lie contract price being these parties have built large refineries at san diego and going heavily into the business they have recently acquired large holdings in various oil fields in this and also in the lima field and will soon be among the largest producers in alie country it is their intention to ship their product in their cars from litls burg to their refineries in california where it will be refined and shipped in tanks and cars to the sandwich islands and the east the company has its own plate mill and like the standard company luilda ita own cases fitus cane SAN FRANCICO aug 22 the hearing of the petition tor balens comus in the case w justice stephen J field of the states supreme coart baa been postponed until next thursday aheu the question as to of the federal and state courts will be argued LONDON aug 22 the glob says anat mrs sentence has been commuted later the news has been officially confirmed that the commutation is to be penal servitude for life LIVERPOOL aug 22 up to midnight last night no formal notice of the commutation of mrs May bricks sentence had been received by brinon officials barp mrs maybrick has not been informed of the decision in her case her mother fainted on hearing the news the decision is favorably received everywhere comin LONDON aus 22 it is reported thai parnell will shortly make a tour to america for tho benefit of bis health killein B brinl DENVER aug 22 anus F willier perhaps the most important witness in the governments suit against alie bell telephone company was found dead in bed today to day his death was evidently the rea hard drinking willier was the chief clerk in the electrical department of alie patent at the time bells telephone model was submitted and the patent applied for subsequently willier ai haying been bribed bv the bell people but denied this on the witness stand causing the government a pet back in its present action of alie case pending ahe tp al of the hall case willier was pl iced in charge of a secret service off iier who brought him to colorado in the hopes of breaking him of the drinking habit in this alie officer wa fal for a time for a year willier had aten conducting the patent office of this city he the cousin of ex dent hayes and was considered one of the best electricians in the country A fadd palk krisht WEST POINT N Y aug 22 cadet corporal bixon of texas and private stetson of new york met in a prize within llie ramparts ram of old fort clinton early on alo morning of august 15 both boys were members of the third clasa and the fight waa alie result of some cadet quarrel over forty rounds were fo durina which both combatants received considerable punishment and the fight was finally declared a draw W va aug 22 an of flux has prevailed in this and county alie past thirty das the disease is virulent and has proven fatal in about fifty bases rases tha deaths are more prevalent amlung young children tb beai of aultman se ci coil CANTOS ohio aug 22 jacob miller at the head of the immense agricultural works of V co died here aliis morning of sia aged sixt lve laula ang 22 county judge leivis ot county went out last week tu arrest wilon howard wanted for murder the sheriff and jailor of learlan are of howard and refused to arrest him judae lewla and found howard sur rounded by annul frien pla rig carla aad a edmed john Spur lak ore of inen was alio fatally and georgo flail connof CDS will probably li j aad two more of alib judges were wounded from ambush the judge and bai attendants being pursued fur hours another eltora will be made to howard IMs OB li all aug 22 none of the bids for the new cruisers cruis erH can be ac ceped and a will he made llie bids all exceeded the amount appropriate by congress the formal rejection cannot be made until Sec tracy returns to washington every provision provi eion ia made in the blank contracts to guard the government against a loss and profiting by past ex peri ence the contractor is made responsible for the success of alie vessels ves bels regardless of the minor faults of omission in the designs furnished by the department the bidd wera in the presence of acting secretary walker judge advocate general chief engineer ville and naval constructor idich barn the laba named officers having been largely instrumental in designing the new and their nia jiin ery aming the sl firms represented represent id by the oili itra or agenda at the opening were iha company wilmington and the iron N Y the union ironwork san fraucisco and the atlantic of south boston the bids were as follo irs bath maine to build three 2000 ton asels for eacle but with the addition of six months to the advertised time two years cramp A son 0 philadelphia prokofe pro to build the same at each alie same linn to build two tu vessels att ench the result of the bidding was a disappoint merit to naval officers as the appropriation pria tion la limited bv ait of congress to each in rase 0 the ton vessels and 1 for each of the ton vessels of toune none of the bids can be accepted the nest moe mil lie to readier tise but not much confidence is felt in the result and it in probable that as in the case of ahn cruiser newark Coa gresa will be at ked to increase the limit of the cost of the vessels baill another course is open to the secretary it is to build the vessels at the navy yard anvy constructor who is acting aa chief of the construction corps the failure 10 secure suitable bids as an in that the contractors are profiting by their experience and calls attention to the fact that nearly all alie vessels now building are under heavy penalties for delaying construction he bays atie navy department was not consulted by degress when the appropriations were made for the vessel ahe committees not only the cost but alie speed or horsepower horse power and tonnage of all of the ships to realize the conditions the olli cers of the department who the vessels have been led to draw up plans tor which could not bo built for the money appropriated as of a high grade w as r quiren and it was expelled expeL ted that our naval mould be the best of type in the world he did not alie frlix could be constructed at alie navy hanla yanla which are already crowded with work at alie fixell by congress engineering believe the rea aoa for advance in the of bids is to be found in alie severe requirements in the matter of speed and horsepower horse power the yorktown approximates in size and the 2000 ton cruisers bid today to day she is 1701 tona displacement and the contractor agreed to give her horsepower horse power the easel is to be at taw thia is a little niora than one half of the average bid received today but the ne vessels are to have borshe power with 18 knots speed and eo in point of size the atlanta and linalou ard of about the babu as the ton ela hut while they cost only and they had but 2 fao horde power and aera designed design ud for 18 knold speed while tle ie nev kuust have horse pun er and 10 knots speed ring means that the vessels must be more compact and improved and a more cahty hull alie construction which taken ia connection atti the severe restrictions upon the ase of stool and other material justify the ers in increasing their price ejde alim isaia W T au 21 five hundred chelon indiana passed through the city today to day on their way to the hop whilo in the city they ei cured and four began firing on the streets lien two deputy attempted to arreba them a running liht took place the deputies them into the one indian WH dangerously wounded bill alie deputies were uninjured the ladiana hine been very pe aud industrious the fault of alm alaray lefco with the doeu who bold the whisky the band on ila way to the mountains liin NEW aug 22 lirly this m christopher W had a daml lo liana conflict with throe burglars who had gained aa entrance ent ranco to his grocery acore during the fight the grocer wa stabbed to the heart alio lound f the hidden a barrt he eaid lilai name wad and sae a description of ins in aws than an hour another of ali men mrtin a professional thief anjel attia captured in kew york oar ITON aug 22 the inter national nati oual american magress will niiva litre at noon on the second of october next attended by fifty or sixty dele including some of the most din of central and south america after perfecting tle organization the party all an excursion tendered by alie ment af the united Sta td steam tu adil aug 22 the of incorporation fur hii mail steam navigation and company hae been tiled with alm batata secretary 0 colondo fam capital ato k is alie object n the aud of ii lino on the inana latew 0 the republic NEW YORK ang 22 tarol railroad li s twin by it in that hi intention la to biake it branchi ot tha big baudy railroad |