Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-08-11
To Regulate the Telegraph.


ceased but three tirnes-tiH his leg was freed.
A recess was taken to $50 o'clock
To Regulate the Telegraph.
PRovIsIoNs OF THE BILL PASSED In THE SENATE
YESTERDAY.
The bill passed In the Senate yesterday to regu-
late commerce carried on by telegraph declares
that the term telegraph company" as used in the
act shall include any person or persons or corpor
| alton or corporations engaged In the business OF
transmitting for hire by telegraph messages from
one state or territory OF the United states the
District Of Columbia to any other state or terri
lumbia, or from any place in the United States to
any foreign country, or from any place In the
other place in the United states, but shall not in
clude nor shall the provisions OF this act apply to
such transmission OF messages from point in
entirely within such state.
All charges made for telegraph service In the re-
ceiying, transmission and delivery OF messages
shall be reasonable and Just, and every unreason-
able charge for such service is prohibited and
declared to be unlawful 1t declares 1t to be un-
lawful for any telegraph company to give any un-
reasonable preference or advantage to any paricu-
lar person, company, firm, corporation or locality
or class Of business in any respect whatever 70
poration, locality or class OF business to any on
reasonable discrimination or disadv antage in any
respect whatsoever, or 10 charge any more for
line.
Every telegraph company must afford equal IA
| and delivering Of message to and from their sew
eral lines and those connecting Herewith, and
must not discriminate In its rates and charges be-
tween such connecting lines 1t makes It unlaw-
ful FOR any telegraph company TO enter into any
contract, agreement or combination with any com
peting telegraph company or companies to divide
the earnings OF such companies upon their respect
i've lines or any portions thereof
1t makes 1t unlawful for any such telegraph
company, directly or indirectly, by any special
rate, rebate, drawback or other device contrtv-
ance, 70 charge, demand, collect or receive from
| any person or persons, corporation or corpora
TONS greater or less compensation for any serv-
ice rendered or to be rendered in the transmits
sion OF messages THAT 1t charges, demands, col
lects or receives from any other person or
persons corporation or corporations for doing for
him or them like and contemporaneous service:
but nothing In the act Is to be construed as
prohibiting any telegraph company from
receiving, transmitting g., and delivering mes
any state municipal corporation or for the press
intended for publication as news, at lower rates
than are at the same time charged for social bust
shall discriminate between the publishers OF news
papers by allowing terms or advantages to one or
more newspapers for like and contemporaneous
service which are not allowed to other newspapers
In any city, town or place where there is or may
be a telegraph ONCE from which such messages
may be dropped. Every telegraph company Is to
publish It's rates 10 such extent and in such man
ner as shall be prescribed from time to time by
the Interstate Commerce Commission.
The Interstate Commerce Commission is to have
authority to inquire into the management Of the
business of telegraph companies and to keep itself
informed as to the manner and method In which
The same is conducted. The commission is TO nave
the same jurisdiction and power over telegraph
companies, In SO far as may be necessary 10 the
execution OF this act as IL has over common car.
rers by virtue OF the provisions Of the act reg-
late commerce, approved February 4, 1887. The
act is TO take effect and be In force from the LIST OF
November, 1888.
JAIL SENTRNCEs-In the Criminal Court this az
| ternOon VIM. Brown, convicted OF housebreaking
at the residence or w. H. Phillip was sentenced to
six months In JaiL-Louisa Mergent. the colored
girl convicted OF HOUSEKEEPING, convicted July
- OF entering the house OF LolO Green and steal
Ing quantity OF clothing, was sentenced to six
months In jail
A BRICELAYHR FALLS FROM BUILDING.-Rich-
ard Callahan, a br1cklayer, employed on q new
building In the alley between 9Th and 9th and q
and II streets, fell from the building yesterday
afternoon, and was seriously injured about the
| head and sustained other injuries. He was taken
| In the patrol wagon to his home, near North
Capitol and x streets.
GIN. AYERS INJuRHD.-About 10 O'Clock this
morning, While attempting to alight from an ave-
nue. car near the corner Of 9th street. Gen. Ayers
fell and received Q severe cut ON the back Of his
head.