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e e e e e e s THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1895. FOR JOINT TRAFFIC, Trunk Lines Complete the Organization of the New Association. TERMS OF AGREEMENT. First Comes the Fulfilling of the Purposes of the Interstate Commerce Act. NINE MANAGERS «I'0 CONTROL. Co-operation in Transportation and the Maintenance of Reasonable Rates and Fares. NEW YORK, N. Y., Nov. 19.—The presidents of the trunk lines and their Western connections to-day completed the organization of the joint Traffic Associa- tion. President George B. Roberts of the Pennsylvania Railroad was chairman of the meeting, which was held in the rooms of the Trunk Line Association. The agree- ment, which was unanimously adopted, reads as follows: PREAMBLE. Purposes of this agreement—To aid in fulfill- ing the purposes of the interstate commerce act; to co-operate with each otherand adjacent transportation associations; to establish and maintain reasonable and just rates, fares, rules and regulations on State and interstate traflic; to prevent unjust discrimination and to secure the reduction and concentration of agencies and the introduction of economies in the conduct of the freight and passenger services. The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company, the Baltimore and Ohio Southwest- ern Railroad Company, Central Railroad Com- pany of New Jersey, Chesapeake and Ohio Rail- road Company, Chicago and Erie Railroad Company, Chicago and Grand Trunk Railroad Company, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and &t. Louis Railroad Company, D. L. and W. Rail- road Company, Detroit, Grand Haven and Mil- waukee Railroad Company, Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad Company, Grand Trunk Rail- way Company of Canada, Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railroad Company, Lehigh Valley Reilroad Company, Michigan Central Railroad Company, New York Central and Hud- son River Railroad Company, New York, Chi- cago and St. Louis Railroad Company, Erie Railrosd Company, New York, Ontario and Western Railroad Company, Northern Central Railroad Company, Pennsylvama Railroad Company, Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company, Philadelphis, Wilmington and Baltimore Raflroad Comvany, Pittsburg and Lake Erie Railroad Company, Pittsburg and Western Raiirosd Company, Pittsburg, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railrond Company, Terre Haute and Indianapolis Rail- road Company, Toledo, Peoria and Western Railroad Company, Wabash Railroad Company and West shore Railroad Company, do hereby constitute the Joint Traffic Association (here- inafter called the association) and make this sgreement for the purpose of carrying out the objects above named. Other companies may become members of the association as provided in article IIL. Article I-Boards of administra tion: Section 1—The affairs of theassociation shall be admin- istered by three boards, with duties as herein- after specified: A—A board of control. B—A board of managers, hereinafter called the man- sgers. C—A board of arbitrators, hereinafter called the arbitrators. Section2—Wherever the term traffic is used herein it meansbotn freight and passenger trafiic. = Article 1I—The traffic subject to the associa- tion: Section 1—The association shall have jurisdiction over all competitive traffic (sub- ject to the exceptions noted in section 2 of this article) which passes to, from or through the western termini of the trunk lines, viz: Toronto, Canada; Suspension Bridge, Niagara Falls, Tonawanda, Black Rock, Buffalo, East Buffalo, Buffelo Junction, Dunkirk and Sala- manca, N. Y., Erie, Pittsburg and Alleghany, Pa., Bellaire, Ohio, Wheeling, Parkersburg, Charleston and Kenova, W. Va., and Ashland, Ky., and such other points as may hereafter be designated by the managers as such termini; also all traffic which may pass through other junctions of the companies party hereto which is included in passage through any of the termini or junctions above or hereatter speci- fied, and such other traffic as may by common consent of the parties hereafter be in- cluded herein. Sec. 2—The following shall Dot be included: A—Coal, coke, iron ore, mill cinder, limestone and petroleum, crude or retined. B—Traffic destined to or coming from Florida, Georgia, North and South Caro- line, Virginia and West Virginig, south of the south line of the Chesapeake and Ohio Rail- way. Article IIT—The board of control: Seetion 1— The presidents of the companies forming the association and of such other companies as may become perties hereto shall constitute the board of control, which shall meet on the written request of any of its members. Sec.2— In case of the absence of any member of the board of control from a meeting the neXt ranking officer in such company having juris- diction over traffic will have authority to act in his place and stead. Sec. 3—Each member of the board of control shall be entitled to one vote, except that no system as designated in article IV shall have more than three votes In the aggregate. It shall require three-fourths of the entire number of au- thorized votes to adopt any proposi- tion coming before the board of control. Sec. 4—The board of cohtrol shall fix the salaries of any commissioners appointed by the managers. The salaries of ofher officers and employes of the association shall be sub- ject to its review and approval. The board of control shall select the arbitrators and fix their compensation and term of service. Sec. 5—The board of control shell appoint an auditing committee, who shall examine and report to it upon the accounts of the associa- tion. Sec.6—The board of control shall pre- scribe the conditions and rules under which additional railway systems or companies shall become parties hereto and be represented upon the board of managers. Sec. 7—Only the board of control shall consider appeals from the action of the managers on all questions as to rates or fares, except differentials. Sec. S— Pending decisions by the board of cohtrol the decision and orders of the managers shall prevail. Article IV—The Board of Managers: Section 1—The board of managers shall consist of not less than nine members, of which each of the jollowing nine systems shall designate one: Baltimore and Ohio system, now comprising the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad line from Philadelphia to Parkersburg, and from Phila- delphia to Chicago via Wheeling and via Pitts- burg and Connellsville; Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern; Cleveland Terminal end Valley and the Pittsburg and Western Railroad com- panies, and all their leased, controlled or operated lines; Chesapeake and Ohio system, now comprising the Chesapeake and Ohio, Cleveland, Cincinnati. Chicago and St. Louis and lines composing that system, Kankakee and Seneca and the Peoria and Eastern Rail- road ‘companies, and sall their leased, con- trolled or operated lines; Erie system, now comprising the Erie Reilroad Company and the Chicago and Erie Railroad Company, and slltheir leased, controlled or operated lines; Grand Trunk system, now comprising the Grand Trunk Railroad Company of Canada and its affiliations west of the St. Clair River, viz.: The Chicago and Grand Trunk; Cincin- nati, Saginaw and Mackinaw; Detroit, Grand Haven and Milwaukee; Michigan Air line and the Toledo, Saginaw and Moskegon Railroaa companies and all théir leased, controlled or operated lines; Lackawanna system, now com- prising the De}:w:x)e, Lackswanns aud Weste ern Railroad and its leased lines, and the Syra- cuse, Binghamton and New York Railroad and ell their leased, controlled or operated lines; Lehigh Valley system, now comprising the Lehigh Valley and its leased, controlied or operated lines; Pennsylvania system, now comprising the Alleghany Valley, Cumberland Valley, Cincinnati and Muskingum Valley, Grand Rapids and Indiana, Northern Central, Pennsylvania Company, Philadelphia, Wil mington and Baltimore, Pittsburg, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis and tie Terre Haute and Indianapolis (Vandalia line) companies. and all their leased, controlled or operated lines; Vanderbilt system, now comprising the Beech Creek, Canada Southern and its leased lines, Dunkirk, Alleghany ;Valley and Pitts- burg, Lake Shore and Michigan Southern, Michigan Central and its leased lines, New York Central and Hudson River, New Yok, Chicago and St. Louls, Pittsburg and Lake Erie, Rome, Watertown and Ogdensburg, Walkill Valley and West Shore railroad com- panies and all their leased, controlled and operated lines: Wabash system, 10w compris- ing the Wabash Railroad and all its leased, controlled or operated lines east of the Missis- sippi River. Sec. 2—Additional managers representing other systems or companies which now or may hereafter become parties to this agreement may be designated by such systems or com- panies under the authority and rules of the board of control. Se Each manager shall hold office during the continuance oi this agreement subject to the pleasure of and shall be compensated by the system appointing him. Article 5—Relating to the duties and powers of the managers: Section 1—The managers shall have their principal office in New York City and shall continue in session subject to their rules. They shall elect a chairman an- nually. Sec. 2—The managers shall adopt their rules and perfect their organization. It shall, how- ever, require the affirmative votes of three- fourths of their entire number to adoptany proposition coming before them. Sec. 3—In considering questions which ex- ceptionally affect the interests of any company party hereto unrepresented upon the board of managers, such company shali be advised thereof and be afforded an opportunity under the rules of the managers for presenting to them its views befare final action is taken. Sec. 4—The managers shall construe this agreement and all resolutions adopted there- under. Sec. 5—All applieations for differentials and for changes in rates, fares, charges and rules shall be made to the managers. Their action upon differentials and upon all questions ex- cept as to rates and fares shell be subject to appezl, but only to the arbitrators. Their ac- tion as to rates and fares, exeept differentials, shall be subject to appeal only to the board of control. Decisions and orders of the man- gers shall be complied with until such appeals are decided. Article VI—Appcintment of Commissioners: The managers may appoint not more than three commissioners, and shell define their powers and duties. Article VII—Rates, fares, charges and rules, their observance and conformity to the inter- state act: Section 1—The duly published schedules of rates, fares and charges and the rules applicable, thereto, now in force and au- thorized by the companies party hereto upon traffic covered by this agreement, and filed with the Interstate Commerce Commission as to such of said traffic as is interstate, and hereby reaffirmed by the companies composing the association and the companies party hereto, shall, within ten days after this agree- ment becomes effective, file with the managers copiesof all such schedules of rates, tares and charges and the rules applicable thereto. Sec. 2—The managers shall from time to time recommend such changes in said rates, fares, chargesand rules as may be reasonable and just and necessary for governing the traffic covered by this agreement and for protecting the interests ot the party hereto, therein, and failure to observe such recommendations by any party hereto 18 and when made shall be deemed a violation of this agreement. No company party hereto shall through any of its officers or agents deviate from or change rates, fares, charges or rules herein reafirmed or so recommended by the managers, except by & resolution of its bomsl. The action of such board shall not affect the rates, fares, charges or rules disapproved, ex- cept to the extent of its interest therein over its own road. A copy of the resolution of the board of any company party hereto authoriz- ing any such change shall be immediately forwarded by the company making the same to the managers and such change shall not be- come effective until thirty days after the days of the receipt of such resolution by the managers. The managers upon receiving such notice shall act promptly upon the same for the protection of the parties thereto. Sec. 3—The powers conferred upon the man- agers shall be so construed and exercised as not to permit the violation of the interstate commerce or any law applicable to the prem- ises or any provision of the charters of the 1aws applicable toany of the companies hereto, and the managers shall co-operate with the Interstate Commission to secure stability and uniformity in the rates, fares, charges and rules established hereunder. Artiele VIII—Proportions of competitive traf- fic: The managers are charged with the duty of securing to each company perty hereto equitable proportions of the competitive traflic covered by the agreement so faras can be le- gally done. Article IX—Relations of non-concurring com- panies, divisions of rates and fares: Section 1—The managers shall decide and enforce the course which shall be pursued with connecting companies not parties to this agreement which fail or decline to obserye the fares, rates, charges and rules of the board under this agree- ment. The interests of companies parties hereto injuriously affected by such action of the managers shall in such instances be ac- corded reasonable protection in so far as the mansgers can legally do so. Sec.2—When, in their judgment, necessary to the purposes of this agreement the managers may determine the division of rates and fares between connecting companies parties hereto and between them and connections not parties bhereto, keeping in view uniformity and the equities involved. Article X—Limiting of powers of freight lines: 1t is recognized and agreed that economy in the operation of through co- operative and commission freightlines and the limitation or termination of many of their existing powers and functions are absolutely required, and the companies parties hereto will actively co-operate with the managersand so manage such lines as to accomplish such Tesults. Article XI—Organization of joint agencies: The managers shall have autnority to organize such joint freight and passenger agencies as they may deem advisable, provided that if such joint agencies are established they shall be so arranged as will give proper representa- tion to each company thereto. Article XII—Managers to approve contract- ing agencies No soliciting or contracting passenger or freight agency shall be main- tained indirectly by any of the companies par- ties hereto or by any freight line in connection with the traflic covered by this agreement, ex- cept with the approval of the managers, and no person who is decided by the managers to be objectionable shall be employed or con- tinued in such agency. Article X11I—Managers to define duties of contracting sgencies: Section 1—The man- agers shall define the authority and duties of all persons acting as contracting and soliciting freight and passenger agents in relation to the traflic covered hereby, and with the regard to the relative interests involved they may deter- mine the number of such persons to be em- ployed. The parties hereto shall observe and enforce the orders of the managers from time to time issued in that behalf. Sec. 2—Such contracting and soliciting agents as the managers appoint shall be carried upon the payrolls of the association. Bec, 3—The Graffd Trunk Company may ap- point soliciting agents, to be located at such points in Canada as may be necessary to meet the competition of Canadian lines not parties, but such persons shall in all respects be sub- ject to the rules of the managers. Article XIV—Complaints and investigations thereof: When, in the judgment of the mana- gers, their information of any complaint so warrants, the officials and employes of the companies, parties hereto, may be examined, and in such investigation any or all of the employes may be notified to attend, and any or all matters affecting directly or indirectly the traflic herein covered may be considered. Article XVuReports -wuhwmmumdbmm The parties bereto agree to furnish.to the managers all reports, papers and information relating to the traffic covered hereby which may be requiréd by them. Article XVI—Forfeitures for violations of agreement: For any action by any party heretowhich, in the judgmentof the managers, constitutes a violation of this agreement, such company shall forfeit to the assoclation a sum to be determined by the managers, not exceed- ing §5000, but where the gross receipts of the transaction in which this agreement is violated shall exceed $5000 the offending party shall, at the discretion of the managers, torfeit asnm not exceeding such gross receipts. Such for- feitures shall be applied to the payment of the expenses of the association, excepting that the offending company shall not participate in such application of its own forfeiture, Article XVII—Deposits, expense fund and provisions for forfeiture: See. 1—Upon the call of the managers, after this agreement be- comes effective,.each company party hereto shall deposit with them the sum of $3000, and in addition thereto, upon their like call, such further sums monthly, based upon the gross earnings of each company party hereto, from the traffic covered hereby as the managers may decide to be necessary to defray the ex- penses of the association, including the salaries of the commissioners and arbitrators and to provide for such forfeitures as may be ad- judged. Sec. 2—Any forfeiture made by any company party hereto under the rules shall be taken from the sum contributed by such company and charged in whole to its account. If its deposit at the time, exclusive of its said orig- inal contribution of $5000, shall be insufficient it shall pay to the managers such deficiency within fifteen days after the forfeiture is finally adjudged. Sec. 3—The balance of seid deposits remain- ing at the expiration of this agreement shall be divided between the companies then parties hereto in the ratio in which they have contrib- uted, less the amounts forfeited. Article XVIII—Retirement from agreement: Any party retiring from this agreement before the final completion of the time herein fixed, except by unanimous consent of the parties hereto, shall not be entitled to any refund from the residue of deposit remaining at the close of this agreement, but if any company fails to observe and be governed by this agree- ment, which fact shall be determined by the arbitrators, and then fails to pay its forfeitures within fifteen days after such decision of the arbitrators, then any other company may with- araw from th® agreement upon giving thirty days’ notice to the managers, and such com- pany so withdrawing shall be entitled to the residue of the funds it has contributed. Article XIX—Board of arbitration: Section 1—There shall be & permanent board of arbl- tration consisting of three disifterested per- sons to which appeals shall be made as to all questions, including differentials, arising un- der this sgreement, except the determination of rates and fares. See. 2—All differences between the parties hereto as to any lawiul measure necessary to carry out the objects of the association, except as to rates and fares, shall be submitted to and be finally decided by the arbitrators. Sec. 3—Pending decisions by the arbitrators the decisions and orders of the board of con- trol shall prevail. Sec. 4—Hearings shall be had upon all questions arbitrated, under the rules estab- lished by the arbitrators and approved by the board of control, and the decision of the arbis trators, or of any two of them, shall be final. Article XX—Amendments: Amendments to this agreement shall only be made by the unanimous vote of the parties hereto. Article XXI—When agreements become ei- fect Sectfon 1—This agreement will not be effective until it shall have been approved by a board of directors of several of the com- panies parties hereto. Certified copies of reso- lutions giving such approval shall be filed with the managers. Sec. 2—This agreement shall take effect Jan- uary 1, 1896, and continue in existence for five years thereafter, subject to ninety days’ written notice by any company of its desire to retire therefrom. The presidents adjourned until Decem- ber 12, when it is expected the board of managers and the arbitrators will be an- nounced. ‘While the Grand Trunk Railway of Can- ada is a party to the agreement the Cana- dian Pacific is not. If the latter road cuts rates the other roads will not pro rata with it, nor accept its through bills of lading. It has not yet been determined whether the trunk line association and central traffic association shall be abolished or continued with the joint traffic associa- tion as a distinct organization. F0h THE PICIFC CABLE Colonial Agents in London Held a Conference With Cham- berlain. Governments Interested Will Appoint a Commission to Consider the Project. LONDON, Exa., Nov. 19.—All of the colonial agents in London except the rep- resentatives of West and South Australia bad a conference with Mr. Joseph Cham- berlain, Secretary of State for the Colonies, at the Colonial Office to-day, with the re- sult that Mr. Chamberlain agreed to ap- point a committee to arrange the details of the construction of the proposed Pacific cable. The Imperial Government, Austra- lia and Canada will each appoint two dele- gates upon the commission, which will proceed with its work as soon as possible. The representatives of Cape Colony and Nazal were also present at the meeting and Mr. Chamberlain remarked that the pres- ence of the representatives of the colonies having no concern in the project in its present form was an evidence of solidarity and sympathy. He expressed the opinion that the project showed a fair prospect of remunerative return upon the capital re- quired. It was arrauged that the Colonial Gov- ernments should nominate delegates to the commission, whom the Imperial Gov- ernment will confirm, as the commission will consider and report upon the whole subject in all its aspects. et METHODIST FOREIGN MISSIONS, Further Appropriations Made by the General Committee. DENVER, Coro., Nov. 19.—The Metho- dist Bishops and laymen took up the sub- ject of the needs of foreign missions to- day and as each missionary district was presented the uniform demand for more money was made in the face of the fact that less money than was given last year had to be appropriated. The discussions over the India and China mission_fields were brief because of the fact of a limited sum to draw from. The Methodist church at Rome secured a generous allowance. Africa was cut considerable, and the money is to be adminietered from the New York office. Dr. Goucher of Baltimore made an urgent appeal for better salaries for the mission- aries of India, who, he claimed, are living on mere pittances. It was decided to give the India conferences $130,000, to be dis- tributed pro rata according to the budget. ‘The total amount of money appropri- ated for both forex'En and home missions was $1,019,000. 'he general committee wound ulp its labors at a late hour to-night and will go on an excursion into the mountains to-morros. e Beveridge Is Recovering. CHICAGO, Itx, Nov. 19.—Ex-Governor Beveridge of Illinois, who was supposed to be stricken with a mortal illness at his home in Sandwich, has so far recovered that he is visiting his niece here, pvepara- tory to ioing to Los Angeles, where he will spend t! . e rest of his days with his son’sl DUE TRIBUTES PAID. Men of All Rank Were é.t the Funeral of Dr. Smith, HONOR TO HIS MEMORY. Simple Services ‘in Accordance With the Wishes of the Poet. NONE WILL FORGET HIS HYMN. Subscriptions Will Be Taken to Erect a Monument to the Memory of America’s Author. NEWTON, Mass., Nov. 19.—All day long a Sabbath hush has pervaded this city, and from all over the continent people in every walk of life gathered to pay the last sad tributes to the memory of Rev. Dr. Samuel Francis Smith, the poet who was known over two continents as the author of the immortal National hymn, “America.”’ Simply, without ostentation and in ac- cordance with the life of the dead poet he was laid to rest. The funeral services were held at 1:30 o'clock in the First Baptist Church, which was entirely inadequate to contein the throngs who gathered to perform the last sad rites. Hundreds of prominent men from the east, north, south and west, clergymen and statesmen from all over the world and hundreds of school children were present. The body lay in state the entire morning, and thou- sands paid their respects to the dead poet’s memory. Brief prayers were held at the Smith homestead at 1 o’clock, which were at- tended only by the immediate family. Dr. J. H. Murdock of the Clarendon-street Baptist Church of Boston officiated. The body was removed to the church, where it lay in state. The entire front of the audi- torium was reserved for the immediate family. The body, inclosed in a black broad- cloth coffin inscribed merely with the name of the deceased and the date of his death, was placed directly in front of the pulpit. Around the casket were heaped in a fragrant mass the wealth of floral tributes from hundredsof friends and ad- mirers of the dead poet. The funeral service of the Baptist church was read, after which President Alvah Hovey of the Newton Theological Institute, an old com- panion of Mr. Smith, preached the fun- eral oration. At the close of the eulogy the preparations for the last sad duties were made. The body was taken to the family lot in the beautiful Newton Cemetery, in the presence only of the immediate members of the family, and consigned to its last resting-place. The pall-bearers were 8. T. Smith of Davenport, Iowa; E. N, Smith of Chicago, Appleton Smith of Newton Cen- ter, William White of Brookline, Stephen Marsdon of Brookline and James F. Mor- ton of Boston—all companions of Mr. Smith during his lifetime. Later in the afternoon a general service was held at the City Hall. The entire city has been draped in black and ail business suspended for the day.’| The services here were free to all, and hun- dreds gathered to pay a tribute to one so universally admired. Hon. J. D. Leeson delivered the eulogistic address, and simi- lar addresses were made by Governor Greenhalge, Lieutenant-Governor Wolcott, Senator Hoarand Hon.J. Wesley Kimball. At the conclusion of the meeting the question of starting a National fund to purchase a monument to mark his grave was started, and it is intended to send this list all over the country, so as to make the memorial a National one. In all the East- ern cities exercises of a similar character were held in the schools and city halls. S s REV. MR. SMITH 1S INSANE. That Will Be the Defense for Writing Scurrilous Zetters. BOSTON, Mass.,, Nov. 19.—The case pending in the Circuit Court against Rev. Frank Hyatt Smith of Cambridge, charged with sending scurrilous postal cards through the mails, has taken a new turn. 1t leaked out to-day that last Thursday Smith’s counsel filed a motion in the clerk’s office which declared that Smith is insane and mentally deranged, so that he ought not now be tried for the offense with which he is charged, and that at the time he pleaded to said indictment he was in the same condition. Accompany- ing this motion is an affidavitfiled by the family physician, in which the physician declares it is his opinion that the defend- ant is mentally unbalanced and insane. The filing of these papers was a surprise to some of the United States officials, es- pecially the postoffice inspectors. They were of the opinion that_they had a very strong case against Mr. Smith, and have been getting their evidence together the past few days for the trial, which is sec for next Monday. The feeling is that the case will never come to trial and that Mr. Smith will finally be declared insane. pmediod Aty BOTH SHOT TO DEATH. Prompt Punishment Meted Out to Two Negro Assailants. HENDERSON, Ky., Now. 19.— Lucy Gibbs, an eighteen-year-old colored girl in the employ of Farmer Roland, near the ‘White Bridge, while returning from a church meeting on Sunday night, was as- sgulted by two negro tramps. Despite her struggles she was knocked down with a club and choked to unconsciousness. After the assault the perpetrators fled. Their victim succeeded in reaching home and there told of her treatment. Mr. Roland, his son and two negro farm hands mounted horses, aroused the neigh- borbood, and thirty avengers hunted the woods all night for the criminals, who were at last intercepted yesterday morning at a point nearly o%poslte Mount Vernon, Ind., where they had stolen a skiff anc pushed from shore. As they refused to surrender the posse fired upon them, when fifty yards distant, with fatal effect. One man tumbled into the river dead, and the corpse of the other was allowe_fi to float down the stream in the fast sinking skiff. R S s CENSURED THE COURT. Knights of Labor Obfect to Rulings in the A. R. U. Cases. WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 19.—The General Assembly of the Knights of Labor this morning paid its attention once more to the United States Supreme Court, the occasion this time being the decision handed down by Justice Brewer affirming the decision of Judge Ross of the Circuit Court against the members of the Ameri- can Railway Union at Los Angeles. General Master Workman Soverign intro- duced to the assembly, which passed it by a unanimous vote, a resolution declaring that the *‘General Assembly of the Knights of Labor most earnestly protest against such a travesty on justice and outrage on the liberty of the people, and condemns the court for its partial ruling in the in- terest of the plutocratic classes, and pro- nouncing it ar abridgement of the consti- tutional rights of the laborin'g people.” . The amendment proposed to the constitu- tion requiring trade local assemblies to at- tach to the trade district assemblies and detach from the mixed district assemblies, caused a great deal of discussion, and while it secured a majority vote, failed of the necessary two-thirds and fell through. When the assembly adjourned at noon it had under consideration a proposition coming from district assemblies at Ottawa and Montreal to give the Canadian organi- zation the authority to elect a general ex- :cntive board with power over that terri- ory. MINISTERTOSWITZERLAND John L. Peak of Missouri Given a Good Mission by the President. Otto Munchmeyer of West Virginia Appointed Consul at San Salvador. WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 19.—The President to-day appointed John L. Peak of Kansas City, Mo., as Minister to Switz- erland, vice Broadhead, resigned ; and Otto Munchmeyer of West Virginia as Consul at San Balvador, Salvador. KANSAS CITY, Mo., Nov. 19.—John L. Peak came to Missouri from Kentucky in 1868. He was born in Scott County, Ky., in 1839, and graduated from the law schoot at Louisville in 1860. He engaged in the practice of law and in the insurance and real estate business with Joseph N. Rodg- ers, now of Chicago, and acquired the nucleus of a fortune early in life. His popularity as a criminal lawyer won for him an enviable reputation throughout Western Missouri and he soon controlled a large legal practice. In 1872 he formed a partnership with Caldwell Yeaman, late member of the State judiciary of Colorado, which lasted until 1876. 1n 1877 Mr. Peak accepted the nomination for prosecuting attorney of Jackson County at the hands of his party and was elected to the office three times. Upon his retirement from this, the only political office he ever held, he engaged in the private practice of law with R. L. Yeager and H. E. Ball. Mr. Yeager retired from the firm two years ago and Mr. Peak and Mr. Ball have since been associated. Mr. Peak is a leading member of the Baptist church and a Sun- day-school worker of wide reputation in church circles, as well as one of the most distinguished members of the Missouri bar. i OF INTEREST TO THE COAST. Naval Constructor Capps Detailed to the Union Iron Works. WASHINGTON, D.C., Nov. 19.—Naval Constructor W. 8. Capps is detached from the bureau of construction and repairs and ordered to the Union Iron Works as superintending constructor of the new gunboats. Constructor Frank L. Fernald is ordered to the Bath Iron Works to superintend construction of gunboats to be built there. Bids for powder for_coast and siege guns were opened at the War Department to- day. The Dupont Powder Company of Delaware bid lower than Bernard Peyton of the California Powder Works on both black and brown powder. Pensions have been granted as follows: California (original)—Henry Becker, Sac- ramento; _additional —John _Grannick- stadton, National Military Home, Los Angeles; renewal and increase—Eugene 0. Doane, Orlando. Washington (original) — Samuel A, Chamberlain, Colville; "increase—Ferdi- nand Hinckley, Seattle; reissue—Robert H. Morselander, Seattle. TR INDIAN SOLDIERS DISCHARGED., Only Sixteen Scouts Remain in the De- partment of Colorado. ‘WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 19.—In his annual report to the Secretary of War Brigadier-General Frank Wheaton, com- manding the Department of the Colorado, says that during the year all the enlisted Indians in the department, save sixteen scouts, have been discharged. General ‘Wheaton gives special mention to_the in- defatigable efforts of Lieutenant Hartman of the First Cavalry in scouting duty, which in one case involved a forced march of 135 miles in two days. The post exchanges are becoming more popular in adding to the contentment of rrisons, improving eomrnny messes, and indicating the inadvisability of returning to the old post-trading system. He rec- ommends the establishment of gymna- siums and steam laundries at posts, REPORT o THE ACADEMIE DE MEDECINE of FRANCE Apollinaris “THE QUEEN OF TABLE WATERS.” THE RESULTS OF THE RECENT INVESTIGATIONS IN PARIS AND THE REPORT OF THE ACADEMIE DE MEDECINE OF FRANCE HAVE PLACED APOLLINARIS WATER AT THE HEAD OF ALL THE WATERS EXAMINED FOR PURITY AND 'S FREEDOM FROM DISEASE GERMS. REBELS GROW BOLD. Under Cover of Night They Attack a Spanish Garrison. DEFENDERS FALL BACK. But Under a Hot Artillery Fire the Insurgents Finally Retreat. SLAUGHTER ON BOTH SIDES. General Marti Receives Severe Wounds While in the Thick of the Fight. BOSTON, Mass.,, Nov. 19.—A dispatch to a morning paper states that a battle was fought on the 9th inst. near Matan- zas. The Spanish army has been garrison- ing the whole district and evidently pldn to make their campaign headquarters at Havana and proceed eastward instead of making the initiative movement from San- tiago de Cuba. | The insurgents made an attack under | cover of the night on one of the outergar- risons. The Spaniards fought bravely, but were outnumbered by the insurgents and were driven back to the second row of in- trenchments. This preliminary skirmish brought on a general engagement. The insurgents were unable to withstand the Spanish artillery and the charges of the cavalry, and after losing over 200 men re- treated in the direction of Puerto Prin- cipe. Owing to the mountainous country the regulars were unable to pursue them. Itis reported that General Marti, who was in the thick of the fight, received some wounds, but of what nature is not known. Another dispatch from insurgent sources states that the battle in question was in reality a victory for the rebels] as their forward movement was only made to draw out the Spanish strength and that the regulars lost by far the greater number of men. The recently arrived re-enforcements have been quartered at Havana and large drafts are being sent daily to the army in the field. The plantations and surrounding country have been deserted by the peasants who have flocked into the cities or gone into the insurgent ranks. HAVAN Cuea, Now. 19.—The Govern- ment contradicts the rumor that General Maximo Gomez has entered the province of Matanzas at the head of 6000 men. Madrid cable advices of the 13th inst. state that Senor Castellanos, the Minister of the Colonies, will take up the matter of the duties levied in Cuba and make a parsonal study of the whole question. Liberals in Madrid state that the Cortes will meet in Decémber. A new war loan is being discussed in Madrid. A loan of $15,000,000 will be in January next. Friends of Romero y Robledo state that at an early date he will makeanimportant address bearing solely on the Cuban issue. PLATT MAY WRITE A BOOK. At Present, However, He Will Not An- swer Sherman. NEW YORK, N. Y., Nov. 19.—The Sun this morning says: Ex-Senator Thomas Platt decided two things yesterday. One concerned Senator John Sherman’s book and the other had todo with ““Reminis- cences.” 8ince the Sun’s review of Sher- man’s book on Tuesday last Platt has once ———— e NEW TO-DAY. or twice thought he would reply to that | part wherein Sherman pitches into him, | “No,” said Platt yesterday afternoon, I have finally decided that I can be in better business than advertising John Shrman's { wares. It is only necessary for me to say | that, when I get into the sere and yellow | leaf, I may write a book myself. But if I should write the book, and fall into remi- niscences, I want you to promise me one thing, and that is that yvou will get a pint of cyanide of potassium (they say that’s the quickest poison) and come right up to the Fifth-avenue Hotel, and I'll take the dose without a qualm and thank you with my last murmur,” DUNRAVEN A LAND-GRABBER. Interesting Story of How He Obtained the Picturesque Estes Park in Colorado. DENVER, Coro., Nov. 19.—The Evening Post to-night contains five carefully pre« pared columns of a story showing how Lord Dunraven and other Englishmen secured and now illegally hold possession of the picturesque Estes Park, containing over 7000 acres, the most beautiful land in Colorado. The story is romantic and sup- ported by official records. k ; Itis alleged that Dunraven and friends entered into a scheme whereby the land was pre-empted by two or three real per- sonages and transferred to many parties so that titles were juggled until finally the aliens gathered in the whole valley in state. It is alleged that fraud and even murder played part in the big grab and Lord Dun- raven's wild life on his Colorado baronetcy is depicted in detail, being related by those who lived with him. The story as told is a sharp reflection on the methods of the Federal Land Office and the honor of the Earl of Dunraven. Congress of Negro Doctors. ATLANTA, Ga., Nov. 19.—The congress of colored doctors of the United States met in the First Congregational Church of Atlanta vesterday, and was welcomed to this city and exposition by Commissioner J. Garland Penn. Seven States were rep- resented and a national organization of colored physicians was effected. 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