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The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-04-07
EnrRRPRIsE PARALYxEp.

In the large cities OF Europe, in
tines Of bread riots or any upheaval
Of the people tina. threatened the de-
struction OF either thrones or prop
erty, it has been the custom OF royalty
to improvise some kind Of enterprise
that will give employment and food
20 the hungry and discontented
masses. The wild beast, IL not fed,
will feed upon those who refuse to
satisfy its hunger, and when despots
see that II the people are not fed they
will feed upon them, they theref re- has.
ten to feed the hungry by giving them
employment on anything that will al
lay discomfort. Such strategy does not
comport with the genius OF republic,
especially in the United States, where
labor is in demand, rich land is abun-
dant, largee areas Of territory are un-
occupied, and there Is no suffering on
account OF the density OF population.
BUTT would have been worth millions
OF dollars to the country II Congress
had made an appropriation to pay the
entire salary Of the railroad employees
for twelve months rather than the great
business interests should be parslyLsd
asthey have been. 1t is impossible TO eB-
innate the loss which the country has
sustained by this blockade Of COM
meIcs. Capital is timid, and men
with money to invest will keep 1t with
in their own control, idle and I'M
productive. rather than engage in en-
terprises 10 be controlled or destroyed
by the discomfort which besets the
country. From every direction comes
reports that employers intend to re'
duce their working force, and that
builders do not want further contracts
The restlessness of labor and the
avarice OF capital is paralyz'
ing all enterprise, Arbitration Seems
to be the only remedy, but sa
gacious men predict that IL it Il
adopted it will put an end to the con-
siruction Of neN roads, as men OF cap
itAl are not willing TO invest none!
in enterprises over which they can
not have exclusive control. Contract
ors are making no new engagements
because they are unwilling to TAX
risks while there is 80 much discomfort
Capital will be boarded up go long
II is endangered by agitation or con
trolled by outsiders -the caprice o
labor, or a board OF arbitration int
whose hands shrewd business men ar
unwilling to risk the fruits Of liietim
of toll. The business prospects OF tn
country are not reasSuriDg. But tn
country has passed through darke
days, and 1t will no doubt fiud wa
oft Of present troubles and enter upo
a career Of still greater prosperity.
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RIIzznrd nj nefrnit.

DETROIT, Mica, APP ga blizzard
OF mammoth dimensions struck Mich
igan at little before midnight last
night, and the Storm has continued
with undated fury. In this city street.
car trar sp ortstion is almost an utter
impcssibllity, pedestrians laundering
along to the best OF their ability. Net
less than six or ei2ht inches of snow
has iallsn, and there is no sign of an
abatement of the storm. All reports
from the State are to tn , same effect.
The snow has drilled badly, aud con-
siderable delay is anticipated by the
railIo ads.
LaLer.-The present storm is un-
doubtedly the worst experienced in
this State for many years. Early this
morning several attempts were made
t. run street cars, but the snow drifte ]
80 rapidly that it became impossible 10
keep the track clear, and cars are
showed up at various points on nearly
all lines in the city. One or two lines
refused to try strength with the ele-
ments, and their cars ara safely stabbed
| Traffic lie almost entirely suspended
! it being extremely difficult TO navigate
the streets in any manner.
Later reports from all parts Of the
| southern portion of the lower PENN
sula are to the effect that the oldes
inhabitant has been knocked silly
every one stating that such storm
has not been known in years. The
depth of snow varies from few inches
to few feet. In this city two fee
was reached this evening.
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PATENTS.
THE PAN.ELECTRIC.
RoIIcitOr-Heneral GOOde Again He
4 re the InVestlga sing Committee.

WASHINGTON, April c. Solicitor
General Goode was before the Pan
Electric Investigating Committee
again to-day, and on cross-examina-
ton by Mr.. Ranney, stated that he
was not aware of using any undue or
unusual haste in ad vising suit against
the Bell company; neither had he
given any thought to the motives OF
the attorneys who offered to appear
in the suit without compensation
from the government. In fact, he did
not regard them as counsel Tor the
government but simply as assistants
to District Attorney McCorry OF Mem
phis If he had known of the Attor-
nev-General's connection with the
Pan Electric Company, and an appli-
cation for suit had been made, his
action would have been the same as
il was.
Didn't it occur to you, asked Mr..
Ranney, "that the Bell patents had
been the subject of many decisions OF
the courts and had wi hstood all
charges of fraud and this was pretty
late day to set up fraud?"
NO. replied the witness, "and
want to say that I do not know that
the Bell company was hedged 'bout
with such divinity that it could moi
be brought into court like other com
panies. There is one point ! desire
to make clear, and that is that the
Acknowledgement had no more to dc
with the institution of this snit than
any member of the committee"
Mr.. Willard inquired If the witness
could recall a single case where pat
ent suit had been ordered without ref
erencc of the papers to the interior
Department.
The witness could not, but WISHED
to state that the practice was merely
one Of courtesy and comfy. The rec
ommendation of the Interior Depart
ment was not binding upon the De
partment of Justice, and there was N,
legal requirement in the matter. Tn
witness said he had directed the dis
continuance OF the Memphis suit be
cause he knew il would be agreeable
to the President. Adjourned.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-04-07
THE PANAMA CANAL.

Students Of hist iry are continually
bsfilsd by the Inconsistencies and in
Coherencies they find in the relation
Of past events, and opponents OF rev.
citation are prodigsl in displaying
real or apparent contradictions. Both
classes OF critics are prone to confound
facts with the relation writers give OF
them, and to Judge OF persons and
events rather from the hue cast upon
them by the parrator's pen than by
the living individuals, and occurring
events as deducible from their internal
nature and from their antecedents and
conseQuents. But this historical un-
certainty Is by no means confined TO
the records Of past persons and events,
it prevails in matters notorious TO the
whole world and transporting at the
very moment the reader is looking
over these lines. AS an instance, take
the case OF Lesseps and the Panama
canal, People listen to the speeches
and observe the business management
Of the one, and examine and scruti-
niEs the condition Of the works on the
other They detail, often very elabor-
ately, the results Of their investigations,
and with what results 10 those who
4
read their publications or personally
converse with them2 Does the intel.
liRent reader at this mement positive
ly know whether, with reference to
the work on the Is.hmus, Lssseps is q
cool, calm man OF genius, uttering
only what are facts with the simpli-
city Of truth, or "a Dragging French
man" all foam and bubble, clustering
about = project that has no sound
basic Lesseps, since his RETURN from
his last months visit to the canal, has
delivered an address before the French
Academy, in which he declared he wa
now In a position to state that the Pan.
anna canal will be completed by the
year 1889 at the verv latest, Yet emf
nent engineers, who have scrutiniEs ID
every detail Of the work upon the spot
confidently declare that ten yeaB
work at least must be done before the
canal he finished. The difficulties o
history are by no means confined t
the records of the past; current his
tory, facts Transporting before our eve
to-day, are involved in the same IN
certainties, contradictions and incon
sistences, Sages long ago said tha
truth resided in e we'll, not high in "a;
heavens where the ascent is straight
aud direct, but below among tn,
labyrinths and caverns where the
eearcher gets lost in impenetrabl,
darkness.
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the Baltimore and Ohio, and at Saw
mill RuD, on the Panhandle. Along
the Allegheny Valley, the Pittsburg,
McKeesport and Youghiogheny and
the Castle Shannon Ioads, a number
of heavy slides occurred, seriously de-
laying trains. On the Allegheny Val
ley road, tie Buffalo express which
left here last night is stuck in the
mud at Aahoning, Pa. The Oincin.
natl express, on the Baltimore and
Ohio, due here at s a. M, had not ar
rived at 2 p. m. The rivers and creeks
at all points are rising fast and old
riveTmen predict at least thirty feet
here by tomorrow morning. This
would inundate all the lower parts OF
the two cities and cause a suspension
of work in all f the mills and factories
lying on the banks Of the Allegheny,
MonCngahela and Ohio rivers. 10
antieipa ion of food. the residents OF
the fats are making preparations to
move out. A special from Coshocton,
o says a furious snow-storm has been
raging necessarily for two days. More
than six inches OF snow has fallen,
but is rapidly disappearing, aud all
the rivers are rising fast. Fears are
entertained Of another food like that
of 1884
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-04-07

by the fluctuations in their spl aren't
value. This has been the faVorits
method oi scsumulating wealth
among those who IN the past twenty
years have been so successful in the
business of Wall street. To be rail-
road manager is the insurement OF a
foltane. Mr. Gould's plan OF depress-
ing vsluel by provoking and perpetu-
ating the great strike that now para
lyzes his railiOsd system wss brill
liant scheme, and while losing a dollar
in one way he was making ten in an
another. Gould no doubt deceived
Powderly to facilitate his speeula-
tions. He evidently wants the troubls
on the Missour Pacific continued. 1;
Is obviously a stock -jObbing move
ment, and the trouble will cease when
the game is played.
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snow and wind at Chicago.

CHICAGO, ILL, April Ga heavy
snow-storm, accompanied by high
winds. has resulted in practically cut
ting of all telegra phi communication
between the West aud New York.
The storm center is near Buffalo, and
extends north into Canada and south
covering Cleveland, Pittsburg, De-
troit, Cincinnati and even south OF the
Ohio river, while the s'oppage appears
10 be complete to New York up to 10
o'clock this morning. The telegraph
offic ais expr ssed the belief that toe
damage would be only temporary, as
they had no intelligen ce of wires be-
ing carried down. The wires are
working satisfactorily to ths west and
northwest. The only wire working
between Chicago and New York this
morning was the one carrying the
Western stock quotations. At the
Western Union, Mutual Union, United
Lines end Baltimore and Ohio Cffices
messages for the east were not re:
ceived, except ''su' sct t. delay"
which meant delivery today, to.mor-
row or next day. Not one Of the pri-
vate wires, for which something like
$4,000 per annum is paid the brok'
els, was working. All wers down.
Some of the offices not happening Ia
have the Western UIion ticker were
even without the quotations.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-04-07
SNOW, SLEEl,, WIND, RAIN.
DESTRUCTIVE STORMS REPORT
ED FROM VARIOUS POINTS.
A Regular Blizzard Blowing in Miehi-
gan and Portions OF OhiO--On
the Atlantic Coast.
storm ON the Atlantic Coast.

NEw York. March 6-Dispatcht s
from all sl)ng the coat report the
tides IS unusually high. In number
of places wrecksge is reported as COM
ing ashore and the sea running very
high. The stranded steamer Capital
City was badly broken up by the
storm Of last night, and is rspidly go
ing to pieces. The Jersey mead VS.
and lowlaDds along the Hudson are
covered with water. Advices from
the interior OF the State show many
local railroads blocksded by land
slides and wsshouts. Country roads are
reported impossible.
Numerous bridges are in danger Of
being swept away, and meadows and
farming lands are under water in
many places.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-04-07
PILING UP COSTS.
Reasons why Every County should
Paw Its own Bills.

Reckless piling up of bills OF costs
seems to / ave been the rule in sew
era counties for years pa t. Shelby
county in the past decade has received
from the State over $3.50 0 on Grim
iral costs, while contributing less Than
$4,000 on that account. Davidson
has received but $l95. 900. which is
fully 800, 900 less than was paid by
her voters, money that might have been
used to great advantage in the build
ing Of bridges, roads end other inter-
nal improvements. During this de-
cade the State has paid 100000 for
the prosecution IF criminals, while it
has paid but 81, 500, COO for the educa'
ton Of the young. On this subject
the Nashville Union says: No question
is being more discus ,ed in the State OF
Tennessee than that OF criminal costs.
This S ate, unlike nearly every other
State in the Union, pave the costs OF
criminal prosecutions by Safe taxa
ton, instead of allowing each county
to pay such costs of it's courts. Many
objections have b3en urged from time
to time against the S ate continuing to
paw these costs 1t has been urge d that
the are tba sh 1uld characterize audit
ing officials has been lacking because
the State was the payer, and That
no advantage has been Ieaped by
county in the way OF the lesseping Of
taxation by decrea OF crime with
in IFS borders. Many osher objections
have been urged, some of which have
since been rtmedied. That the coun
ties should paw for their own prosecu
tons aud not the State, is evident
| from the fact that every Comptroller
for the ra.t dozen year,, sfter beoom
ing thoroughly acquainted with hi
office, Just at the close of his otficla
term, when his expsritnce WAS ripe
has recommended that CT anGe b'
made. Quotations in this line ar
ma lie in the body of this article.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-04-07

facilities?" suggested the critical Critic.
"Not at all. In the bed OF the creek
are located some Of the finest and Jar
gest Of the hot springs, whose waters
can be readily and usefully utilized in
the lower part Of pc city"
sis there anything peculiar about
the topography OF the city OF Hot
Springs which renders it material that
the bath-houses should remain on
the reservation Intercepted the
Unsuitable reporter.
eyes, indeed. The city OF Hot
Springs lies in a narrow valley, be-
tween two mountains, with only room
for one street with business houses
one side Of it. The other boundary
is the creek with the reservation
lighthouses lining the opposite bank.
This narrow part comprises the gov
eminent reservation. At each end,
north and south, the valley expands,
and there is much more room, es-
pecially at the south"
"Well, General, pardon the pre-
sumption of the question, but in
whose interests have you appeared
ash ed the Critic, determined upon get
ting at the bottom facts.
my curious friend, have appeared
in the interests of the people, in the
interests of all the people, from New
York TO San Francisco, from Castine
10 III Paso. This is not local ques-
ton" continued the General, earnest
ly, although it may look so at the first
blush. The citizens OF Hot Springs have
no more interest in it than the citizens
OF any other locality in all this broad
land. II this bill should become 9
law it would result in the destruction
OF Hot Springs as a SAINT rum, and
while the citizsDs of Hot Spring
would suffer peCuniarily, the loss tC
the people OF the United States il
health would be simply incalculahle
In fact, so far as the city OF Ho
Springs is concerned, it depends upor
/ those who visit it to take advantage o
its healing waters for its prosperity
Destroy or iDjure the usefulness
of these health.giving and health
restoring waters and you destroy Ho
Spring. II the springs were to DR..
up or be destroyed there wouldn't b
500 people left there in three month";
The bill l oppo would bring abon
this disastrous re suit. 1t Is, therefore
a national, not local question, aud
am here in behalf of the affl icted OF tn
United States, not in behalf of any lo
caliiy or clique Of Hot Springs. ] d
not own and nevtr have owned dol
lars worth on the government Ieser
walton and never expect IT,"
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-04-07
COLGAN SHOr.
The Memphis Catcher Seriously
wounded Wolfe Hunting.

Colgan, the catcher OF the Memphis
Baseball Club, was dangerously
wounded while hunting yesterday, by
the accidental discharge of his gun.
With party of friends he was scour-
ing the fields Just beyond the curve in
the fernando road, when he had oc-
casion to pass fence. Catching hold
of The muzzle Of his gun he passed 1t,
butt first, through the crack OF the
fence, to his companion on the other
side. 1t was accidentally discharged
and charge of twenty-five buckshot,
wads and all, entered his left side neal
the hip, passing through and lodging
under the skin, whence they were al,
forwards removed by Drs. West and
CroHord. The wound is serious, oui
is not likely to prove fatal.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-04-07
sIset, SNOW and Rain a. PittsburE

PITrsBuRG, Pa, April 6.-The storm
which set in yesterday morning con-
tinues. Rim and snow have fallen
without interruption for twenty-tour
hours, covering the sidewalks with
sleet and slush and making it decidedly
UNPLEASANT for persons who are CON-
PEELED TO be out. 1t is thewaSst COM
bination Of bad weather experienced
here for years. Since yesteI day morn
log the rainfall amounted 10 two
inches. The rivers are rising at all
points and high stsge OF water, per
haps a food, is appIehended. Rail.
rood travel is impeded on nearly all OF
the lines centeTing in the city. The
heavy rain has looeened the treacher-
Gus earth which rests in such threat
eping manner at many places on the
Pan Handle road ,andlbetween this CITY
and Mansfield, Pa, eight miles, from
here, fifteen landslides have been re-
ported. In some places large secilons
of the hills alongside the road crashed
down on the tracks covering them
with rocks, trees and earth. Numer'
ous slides have also occurred on the
Baltimore and Ohio and Western
Pennsylvania roads, but none OF t. EN-
are serious. Telegrsphic commune
cation East and West is much retarded
the sleet breaking down the wires
On the middle division OF the Penn
svlvania railroad forty telegraph poie'
are down between Everett ad Con
nelsburg. All business is taken sub
ject to delay.
Edter.-The damage to the railroad
and telegraph is much greater than a
frat reported. The wires are pros
tra,ed in all directions. On the toi
Wayne railroad forty miles of wire
are down between Alliance, o, an
PittsburS. East of this city man
miles OF line are on the ground, Will
south and north the same eanditlo
OF sffairs exists. Nearly every railroa
entering the city has suffered iToI
either laud6lide5 or wsshouts. IN
morpiug Turtle creek ovefhowed i
banks at Brinton, Pa, on the Penn
sylvanis main line, aud swept ave
the county bridge aud rail way tire
tie on which we're four freight. car
Bridges we're also carried of at Wa
sontown. on the Wheeling branch
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-04-07
SLIPPERY JAY GOULD.

The Socialists and the Communists,
who hate even such wealthy men as
George Peabody and Peter Cooper, OF
course are deiaming Jay Gould and
stirring up strife in the hope OF pro-
ducing revolution by which they
will secucea portion OF Gould's wealth,
These loadng rufiians cling 10 the in
dustrial classes for the same reason
that the wolf follows the camp of Ie.
treating army, They never work, but
always thrust themselves forward as
leaders in labor reforms. These agi.
ta,ors, dTones and barnRcles live by
turbulence, by labor distress, by
arrangement between employers and
employed. They never have any shop
hut the whisky shop, where they spend
their time In drinking and abusing
Jay Could, who they charge with rob-
hing them Of their hard earnings aud
ear Tor division OF the wealth he has
s;o,en from them. On the other hand
the toadies to wealth, the sycophants
are ever ready to Aatter and fawn
Spcn such men az Gould. The peo-
PIE of Memphis are in a position to
dc iusllne 10 Jay Goulo. When our
city was soouIged with fearful
epidemic haopened his plethoric purse
70 the sufierers, poured his money ont
hse water, and gave instructions to
draw on him for any amount needed
TO alleviate suffering humanity,
While the APPEAL has no sympathy
with the yagabonds who hope by agi
tation 10 lob Gould Of his wealth, II
cannot Join those who blindly indoBt
his recent action in the labor troubles
IL begins to look as il he does not de
sire the trouble on the Missouri Pacific
to end. Indeed the opinion is grow
ing that he Is pEo6ting by this conflict
that Il is a tnrewd strategic movement
on his part TO add - his wealth. 1t /,
nov oDe1ly charged on Wall stree
that he embraced the opportunity Il
confer with Mr.. Powderly, aud made
his apparent concessions to further hi
manipulation OF the stock market
This belief derives probability from
the fact that he made all his vast for
tune by controlling railroads, not L
secure his profits in the increase o
their value or by operating them, bu
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FROM THE PEOPLE.
ConrucIus and civil service.

anu OANAA
To the Editors of the Appeal
1t has been most frequently urged
by the opponents OF civil service com
petitive examination that the most
scholarly candidate might possess no
executive or business ability. In this
connection / was much struckin look
ing over the analects TO find that Con-
fucius nearly 5000 years ago uttered
the same objection precisely, and l
think in these lays OF civil service re-
form the quotation may interest your
readers. II is TO be found in Book 13,
Tsye-Loo, chap. 3, and is rs follows;
The master said, Though a man may
be able to recite the 800 odes,
vet il, when intrusted with a govern.
mental charge he knows not how to
act, or ii when sent to any quarter on
mission he cannot give his replies
unassisted, Notwithstanding the ex-
tent OF his learning, Of what practical
use STIR This ancient quotation is
singularly apple bile Notwithstanding
the lapse OF time and difference OF
peoplel to the afiaiTsof to-day. | can
not refrain from adding as equally ap-
plicable 10 certain ofiice-holders of OuI
day the wordso Of Confucius, applied &c
one of the genus OF his day. II is tC
be found in Book IA, Heen.Wan
chap. / and is as follows Heer
asked what was shameful. The
master said when good government
prevailed in place 10 be thinking
only of his salary, and when bad gov
eminent prevailSso be thinking in tn
same way-only OF his salary. Thi
is shameful" How slowly move tn,
wheels of timel Yours, etc,
REFORMER.
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Hurricane nj East Saginaw

EAST SAGINAW, Mich, April ct
has been blowing a hurricane from
the northeast during the past twenty
four hours. Since pm. to-day there
have been snow squalls with wind
which seems to increase in violence,
But little damage is reported from the
wind in this immediate vicinity. A
passenger train on the Port Huron
and Northwestern road due here at .
pm, was blown from the track seven
miles east three coaches being hurled
into n ditch.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-04-07

Atlantic I..Squadron commenced the
drill at sea of Santa Rosa Island at 8
o'clock. The exercises included prac-
tice with shot and shell from the great
gun, steam ta'tics and torpedo prac-
tice. The BTooklyn's firing was espe-
cially good. The novel sight was wit
messed by crowds on tbs pleasure
boa 8 and the spectators from Santa
Rosa Island with intense interest.
The sea drill will continue several
days before commencing the inside
exercise and landing Of the naval
brigadee.