Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-31

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that capacity. It is stated on authority that
the two arbitrators on behalf of the United
| States have not yet been chosen. The re:
port port thas Austria or M some other country taa taa
| neutral countries to nominate an arbitrator
is officially denied.
| JUSTICE BREWER, of the United States
Supreme Court, sitting as Judge for the
| Circuit Court embracing the District OF
Nebraska, to-day rendered decision in the
suit brought by the United States against
the Western Union Telegraph Company and
the Union Pacific Railway Company, to have
| declared illegal and annulled the contract
between the Western Union and the Union
| Pacific, by which the former operates the
telegraph line of the railroad. Tire decision
is in favor of the United States, sets aside
| the contract of 1881 between the two COM
| panies, and directs the Union Pacific hence
| Iorth to operate its own telegraph line,
| by its own agents, and not through
tern Union. Judge Brewer. in his
| opinion, says the telegraphic franchise
acts was not the mere right to place tele-
| graph wire along the railrond for its sole
| use. A telegraph wire Is as much part of
| a railroad as depots or wrecking trains.
| What was meant WIS q telegraph line for
public and commercial uses as independent
| and complete in itself as though not built
along the railroad right of way or used at
all in connection with its operation. The
| contract between the telegraph company
| and the railroad, Justice Brewer says, Oper-
| ates to transfer this telegraphic franchise TO
exclusive beneficiary thereof. In accord
ance with its opinion, the Court directed
that an order be entered setting aside the
contract of 1881, and putting an end to the
| relations created by and subsisting under 1t
between the two companies, with a manda-
tory injunction upon the railway company
to hereafter, by its own agents and en-
ployes, and not through the instrumentality
of the Western Union Telegraph Company,
exercise all the duties create by its tele-
graphic franchises and directing the West
ern Union to vaoate all the offices Of the
railway company, with leave to the West
ern Union to apply for and have stated an
account between IL and the railway COM
pany as to the value Of its property along
the two companies, and for such other re-
lief as equity and good conscience require.
SOME very gratifying results have been
obtained with q handmade sample of smoke
less powder ut the naval ordnance proving
grounds at Indian Head. The tests with
the powder made by the Ordnance Bu-
reau chemists at Newport have hitherto
been confined to small arms, including the
one, three and six-pound guns, and the four.
inch rapid-fire gum, promising results hav
in gbeen obtained in all cases. With charges
about onehalf those used with ordinary
powder the velocities were increased from
l50 to 200 foot seconds, with no increase of
chamber pressure. The Naval Chief of
Ordnance at the time expressed the hope
that smokeless powder might come into ex-
elusive use in all guns OF -six-inch caliber
and below it. The test which has Just taken
place was with four-inch gun and with an
eight-inch gun. In the former u 33-pound
projectile was used, with powder charge
of ~ pounds. The velocity obtained was
2, l6O seconds at pressure of H6 tons. In
the case OF the eight-fnch gun an sO.ponnd
projectile was used, as is done in the foreign
services. The powder charge was l6 pounds,
and there was developed q velocity of 24l5
foot seconds and a pressure OF 1875 tons.
These results compare favorably with those
obtained abroad under much better con-
ditions. This seems to settle the question.
If any ever existed, of the merit of tine naval
smokeless powder.
THE President to-day sent to the Senate
the following nominations Frank L.
CoomDs, of California, to be Envoy Extraor-
dinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the
United States to Japan. To be Judges OF
Probate in Utah Territory: Edward B. Kirk
in Box Elder county; George W. Bartch in
Salt Lake county. -.
ONE or more of the silver petitions are
still circulating in the House, but there does
cient number of signatures will be secured.
A number of members have asked for the
petition in the last day or two and have
signed it. These have been, as a-rule, men
whose districts are strongly pro-silver just
how many names have been secured is un-
certain, reports differing greatly. A large
number of silver Democrats have assured
their antisilver associates that they would
not agree to petition for a cloture rule and
Troo as "a n "a ia To
make majority for rule impossible. The
anti-silver men say they have also received
sufficient assurances to make them confident
they could now beat the bill on direct VOTE
The subj ect is now receiving the close, stu.
dious, almost fearful attention of few days
ago, and it is considered as practically set
tied.
THE report of the Committee on Mer-
Chant Marine and Fisheries recommending
the repeal Of the mail subsidy act was sub
mitted to the House to-day by Mr.. Enloe.
1t takes the broad ground of dissent from
the policy of gran ting subsidies to persons
engaged in any character of pursuits what
ever, which policy. it asserts, is robbery in
the teeth of the law. If the principle of
subsidy is right it should apply to all, and
the cotton planter of the South has as much
right to Il subsidy or bounty as the ship
owners, sugar planters and tree tappers who
now receive it. The views of the minority
are SeI IOrtH at leHSGil, anu uie Ill substance
an argument in favor of the retention of the
present law based upon figures showing
great impetus given to ship building under
the new regime. Comment is made upon the
refusal of the majority to hear any testi-
mony or investigate the working and bene-
fits of the act. and it is maintafne that if
we had pursued during the past 9 like policy
of subsidy we would have had to-day the
grandest merchant marine in the, world and
held the supremacy OF the high seas instead
of having paid to England principally dur
ing the last 30 years the enormous tribute of
over So, ,001 900 for transporting bur goods.
SECRETARY FOSTER said this afternoon
that he had furnished Mr. Owent Superin-
tendent of Immigration, with d copy OF the
charges preferred against him by Assistant
Secretary Nettleton, and that he would
await reply before taking any further
action in the matter. He said thht these
charges were entirely outside of the investi-
cation being made by the joint Con-
Yressional Committee, and therefore would
be acted on by the department without re-
gard to that Investigation. 1t is learned
from other sources that the President will
take no action in the controversy until
Secretary Foster has concluded his tnvestf-
cation of the trouble between the two
officials. .:I.-,4 e.
The subcommittee of the House Com