Evening Star Newspaper, May 23, 1892, Page 6

& % 7 my T APPROACHING THE END. 2d k DI ] TON ‘The Methodist General Conference Votes to ye LN. Adjourn on Thursday. Omana, Nxv., May 23.—Bishop Warren pre- cided today over the general conference. No CONTINUED FROME Sth PAGE| sxtmserr= armrests | port recommending that an Episcopal residence aS | in Enrope be added to the present list. The mmittee on revivals recommends that. the MISS PIKE’S LETTERS many petitions to abolish the xix months’ pro- bationary term be denied. A minority report | recommends that the time Le reduced to | months. ¥ The committee on fer Revelations Regarding Her Mental | State in New York. METHODISTS 70 ADJOURN THURSDAY. | scare smc to Jute 4 te nown in the = is ae day pertain to the welfare of those ’Bri nc rer, is Cap-| | ‘The ‘ittee on judiciary reported that O'Brien, the Bunco Steerer, P| cya decided ae other ii Nerpretation of the words “lay delegates” than that now tured, but Escapes. Jean be had-—namely. that “‘Iny delegates” | means Jelegatex und not female. ‘The re- Fa it EERE | ports were Inid aside for the preeent in order to LATEST TRAG XY IN PARIS. | take up pending business. = | Dr. Smith of New York at once moved a sns- pension of the rules to take from the table his resolution to adjourn Thursday at1 p.m. It | was so ordered. On putting the motion to ad- She Leaves New York to Returm Home—| journ Thursday it was carried 200 to 167. Her Letters. Dr. Whitlock of Ohio moved to suspend the New Yorx, May 23.—Mfiss Kate R, Pike, the | les te appoint a sifting committee, but was | voted down. Dr. Little moved that night ses- ‘Treasury Department typewriter of Wasbing-| sions be held at 7.90. Dr. D. McCabe MISS PIKE RELEASED. ton, D. C., who was fonnd unconscious in her | amended to hold afternvon sessions as well, aud room in the Astor House on Saturday with the | it was soordored amid much upphiuse. Many gas turned on and two cuts im her) de cae to go west is the renson for this early adjonrniment. left wrist. wan taken from Bellevue | "rig roll of conferences for the presentation Hospital to the Tombs police court today and | of appeals, &c., was called for the last time this aigned on the charge of attempting suicide. | morning. ased.and in company with her| Fomer Eaton was elected treasurer of the ister s husband. W. B. | Sunday School Union Society aud the Episco- litor of Forest «wd Stream, | pal board, with Lewis Curte as his assistant, her home in Washington. | Dusicl Denham was appointed treasurer of the ing letter, wri Miss Pike, | tract scciety. ‘ m at the time she wan dis n, editor of the a: Please do not blame Looking at it from his stand- ed right. I am sorry to go p 80 early . too, as T have Lee so very tired and my head aches. I cannot teli you how it ix, bat I could not belp doing this. | until they can secure appointments. On motion of Sanfo -d Hunter the bishops at members of the va- he societies. iconsin offered a reso- capital punishment May 19. itary confinement, but it w: Dear Ma: I hardly know how to write you. " Have been trying ever since I came to New le, in view of the Inxity with York to do it and explain thiugs to you, but ! conferences pay their propor- have been sick and miserable all the time. Not| tion of thetr expenses for, delegates, arked so much physical suffering as mental. Your| that in fnture ull delegates’ of con- note. which I did not see until the Monday | ferences who do not pay _ their nigh? after I came here. almost killed me, as1| proportion of expenses be only allowed had spent Sunday night with Jimmy. It was| expenses im ratio of the amount paid in. not intentional. We had diuner together at the | Foreign conferences are excepted. Dr. Parker Bt. Denis Hotel and [ was taken ill. of India had the exeeption eliminated and it suggested going back to the room where we | was ordered. : had been in the afternoon. We went in| The treasurer of the missionary society was there early in the day in order that | ordered to pay the amount of the missionary we might talk matters over. I was deathly | bishop's salary to the ‘opal board. sick and hardly knew what I was doing.| A resolution commending W. H. Stowe, ex- We went in and I felt a little better | book agent at New York, and extending his after a short time. but it seemed as if I could ry to the next annnal conference was passed. not go to Bayonne (her sister's home). I we | i anifer, fraternal delegate of the Afri- not sure of my bead, which bad a crazy sort of | can M.E. church, was received and delivered an an ache about it, and I wanted to take the mid- | address of fraternal greeti In referring to night train back to Washington, but J. wonld | southern ontrages he sai ‘We have set not let me. apart 3l as a He sent a telegram in the morning. I fully | that he in His Merey may forgive realized what had happened. - I wasin the i yeition as any w . ig attention to the horribl we a fancy to spend the night. I wanted to} ely on prayer. We do net go to dynamite, go right back to ¥ but he persuaded me to go | but our knees, for redress. to Bayonne. where i went. and told Nell that I | tings were received from the Methodist I had come in the morning. jestant and the A. M. E. Zion conference. You know I told you J. hadasked me when| Dr. Potts of Michigan offered a resolution fn Washington in December to marry him. He | empowering the bishops to submit to the annual has evidently forgotten it, as he conference a proposition to admit women as lay will not marry me or anyone else. delegates, but it was quickly referred without explain how I feel. Before I would not have | debate being allowed. married him, as it would have seemed likea| Subsequently the chair reversed ite ruling forced aff: I did all I could to forget | and Dr. Potts was given the floor. him and would have been contented to have —_>——_ seen him married to any one clee. but I was per- CAPTURED. FRANCE. fectly sitistied that it should be so. But since a then it seemed as if I hada right to love him, | "Brien, the Bunco Steerer, Was Retaken and now I cannot live without his lore. i at Havre, but Escaped. I think I must be erazy. Any way he says ed am. I told him I could return home without | _ Los»0%. May 28.—It is reported that Thomas, telling you abgut Stinday night. and I would | O'Brien, the notorious bunco steerer, who was never tell you that I was married to him. He | extradited from England to the state of New r laughed and said the idea of marrying | York and who escaped from the custody of of- panied. ficers in that state after being convicted and ive in this condition of affairs. I sentenced to state prison, has been arrested in have strength for either | Paris today. al Thope you can forgive | New York, May 23.—At police headquarters dazed sort of a way. what pain | itis stated that nothing official has been re- it will cause you. but my heart seems like | ceived about Buncoer O'Brien's reported arrest @ piece of ice. My brain seems| in Paris. Inspector Steers thinks, however, on ‘fire and I cannot think — of | that it is very likely {hat the report is true, as anything in a connected manner. I have only | it has been known ‘that’ O'Brien, after his ee the overpowering desire to sleep. 1 am very | cape. took a steamer from Montreal for Havre. tired. Tam sure God will not punish me for] Laren.—The arrest of O'Brien, the New York laying down the burden that Icannot ecrry any | buneo steerer, has been confirmed. He wes lenger. I have nojging to hold to. captured at Havre while leaving the steamer Your love and “Iny consideration for my| Marseille, which left New Orleans on May family ought to keep me, but I know|1 for Havre and Antwerp. The fugitive that were I to live you would probably | tried to leave the steamer with the some day in the futare wish that | cargo, when he was detected and captured. The Iwere dead. God bless you. You have always | French police appear to have been on the look- Deen so good to me. I am sorry 1 have not been | out for him. and one of their best detectives mtore credit to you. Love to Bea. T cannot | was watching at the wharf. write to her. Kare.” O'Brien appears to have waited on board until MRS. PIKE'S DENIAL. all was quiet before attempting to go ashore. Mise Pike had denied that she bad any love | He tried to leave in the confusion attending acl wan ide. | the removal of the cargo, end would have Een cn ne dna ak on, \eemped bat or the, fash theh @ wele et She was in the habit, — NE ™OF| been left at the steamer with instruc- Phine. and remembered nothing from the time | tions to keep a close lookout for him. It is said she entered the Astor House until sbe was | that on the way over some of O'Brien's actions taken to the hospital. anes led the crew to suspect that they bad an ew Mrs. Stevens’ corroborated her sister's state- | caped criminal of some importance on board, ment as Yo her ill-health for some time past. | and it is also stated that a hint was given to the She knew of no love affair, she said, of her si=- | police authorities at Havre upon the arrival of ter's, and knew no reason why the latter should | the vessel. attempt self-destructi RET: O'Brien was greatly taken aback by his cap- When Justice Duffy told Miss Pike it wonld | ture and inquired whether: the new extraditiva be necessary for him to read the letters which | treaty between France and the United States she had left addressed to her mother, which | of which it appears he knew something, bad were foubd in her room at the Astor House, | yet sone into effect. As the French officers ¢ fainted. ‘ 2 were able to talk some English they in- Justice Duffy charitably took tha view that | formed O'Brien that the treaty had not Miss Pike was temporarily insane when she at-| been approved according to their information. tempted suicide. : O'Brien was very much relieved. Upon bein; It us said the “Jimmy” referred to in her let- | taken to headquarters he was at once subjected ter is a man named James Hart. * | to the anthropometrical system of measure- EES ment in order that if he escaped again he might Wao “sneer” 1, be readily recognized. at least in France, Two letters, one in fragments, were found on| O'Brien submitted in good grace after at first in | Protesting that an American citizen should not the table in the room inthe Astor House in| Povibjected to the indignity of having his toe which Miss Pike was supposed to have at-| nai] measured and calves inspected by inquisi- tempted suicide, save today's New York World. | tive foreigners. Persons to whom the letters were addressed | ‘The French police were surprised at his gen- were her mother. in Washington. and Jas. A.| tlemanly appeurance and fine physique and Hart of New Brighton.S.I. In the confusion | said that he was far superior in every which followed the br K openof the door} way to the English criminals who Pike tore up the letter addressed to Mr.| fell occasionally into their hands. Apart Hart. She failed to do the same thing with her | from taking the prisoner's measurement mother's, which is now in the posession of the | and keeping him in most vigilant charge they Charch street police authorities. The address | treated hint with every consideration. © Briea Spon the letter to Mr. Hart was deciphered | will be given an opportunity, it is stated, to from the fragments and he was the first one | fight against extradition, and as soon as he was Rotified of the event. He went to Bellevue | arrested he inquired about getting counsel, ‘Hospital Saturday mght and was a visitor there} The proceedings for his extradition will have again yesterday morning. : to be under the present French treaty, which is He mid that there bad been “absolutely no | quite restricted in its terms as compared with the intimacy” between Miss Pike and himself. ex-| treaty negotiated by Mr. Whitelaw Reid and copt the “friendly correspondence of old ac-| which has not, it is stated, been upproved in quaintances. America. Soon efter O'Brien's escape an ac- When Mise Pike was asked if there had not | count of the escape and the reward offezed for been one particular trouble which had served | his capture was received in English, French and for a motive, she hesitated for a moment and | other continental ports. English and mn said: French police have ever since been on the look- ‘Ob, T've bad @ number of troubles. but—| ont for the man, and steamers arriving at Liv- yes, there was one in particular. erpool, Havre ami other places have been care- a — not == — ae . was a love | fully scrutinized. effair, though afterward she did so, but very in- , definitely. ‘She had no aflaire of ‘the heart in] payee yay 25, O'Brien enccped from the ‘Washington, «be affirmed. and incidentally said oi eg ree toaepakenen ie she had never been engaged. Then she re- | French police after being taken in custody. ested the statement this way: MOmer es eats “I was never engaged in Washington.” IN A HURRY TO UNLOAD, “Were you engaged to Mr. Hart?” was asked. “That—well—that I do not care to say.” Corn Sold Right and Left on the Chicago Mr, Hart was commended as being weil liked Besse. nd she qnickly sai Carcaco, May 23—Unloading right and left “So do J like him,” with charming vivacity. J in the corn pit toda; Quinlan an A. Hart is ‘about Miss Pike’s age and | ¥® the fad in the Lagremmaticee y have corresponded regularly, he has said, for about tive years. Though Miss Pike | 750. ‘was a guest of her sister in Bayonne, she has| lively | fashion and the spent frequent intervals in the past two weeks $n Port tt-hmond and West Brighton, not far | It was clear and warm. all over te com bel from the Hart place, near Sung Harbor ste-| and there were forty-two cars of contract in tion. She saw Mr. | the Figaro are true they cannot long bé con- cealed. Almost Incredible Story of Jealousy and 7 Revenge. Panis, May 23.—The Figaro a story of a murder which, in view of Wo Deere case, is exciting great public interest. The names are not given, but if the details given in The story is to the effect that the wife of # government official holding an_ important posi- tion had long suspected her husband of un-| faithful cunduct with the wife of a deputy who) ifo° IN, WALL STREET Topay. ‘Measures Discussed and Acted Upon of Great ‘The Market Was Dull, but Prices Were Up Somewhat. ‘Local Interest. s New Youx, May 23.—Trading on the stock eich = coin ate RUN AT NIGHT—THE PERMANENT SYSTEM OF Union Pacific, St. Paul, Northern Pueifie pre- u ferred, Rock Isiand, Erie anda few of thespecial-]}_ “1C#WAYS FOR STREETS OUTSIDE THE CITY ties. In the early dealings there was some irregu- | ™™7™ ~ [Bricon in the enity and Be preterret dropped percent, | The District committee obtained the floor at i) Knew of the pearly gates of Je but toward 11 o clock prices strengthened and | an early hour today in the House and Mr. | The Shole proceedings, he said,was a scheme of they were up %¢ to 13; per cent from Saturday's | Hemphill immediately called up the bill to pro- | were to be taken out of the market ands tex of District of Columbia than fhe (M: holds a prominent place in the legisla ve cham-||'figtires. At this writing (1:80 p.m.) the market vide for the regulation of the street railroads in| $150 an acre placed wah se eae | ber and whose name has been frequently men- tioned in connection with measures of national importance. The wife had followed her husband. about for some time past in the hope of detect- | 48834: roads ing evidence of guilt” He sucegeded, however, | 8 wernments | ‘The <i! elinemeraniencr. in evading her, and she was not able until yes- terday evening to get the proof desired. wife is known to bea woman of higt te and the tragedy that resulted is not a surprise to those who have met her. She got am in tion in some way that her “husband. woman who had captivated his affections might be found at No. Rue Durecher. The wife’ went there alone last night, armed with a re- volver. She succeeded in pussing the porter of the building without arousing suspicion, and proceeded at once to the room, which «s proved, ‘was occupied by the faithless husband and his mistress. How she obtained admission does not appear, is dull. The sales amounted the city. The bill, it will be remembered, places the schedule on which all lines shall run in the hands of the Commissioners, dull but steady; currency 6s, 109 bid: 4, coup., | Proval of the Commissioners, who have power | morrab did not more deserve destruction than 17% bid; extended 28, registered, 100 bid. to alter and change the schedule at any time, ~ | ‘id this besutifal city of Washington if this un- ; pt se ate ‘The bill was taken up with enthusiasm by the | 2°lY act was allowed to stand. FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. rs = EX-SPEARER REED FAVORS THE BILL. House and a storm of amendments were imme- aiptten Sore Glen Starck ss and closing prices of | diately poured in. *Es-Bpeaker Reed favors the bill ‘strongly. Ss nreto Caron & acariney, 1410 Prarest. MANY AMENDMENTS OFFERED, Mo said that ho took a great interest in the city o. |. | v4 =| ES at: J quire proper accommodations from the roads | large “‘measure by judicious expenditures fo 101 Nommweates was adopted requiring the rouds to keep the | more called for in the interests of the city of cars clean. Mr. O'Neill offered a proviso,which | Wathington than the passage of such a measure was adopted, requiring the roa but she managed to get in without the sus- iicions of the two inmateshaving been aroused. husband was taken utterly by surprise and neither ‘he nor the womon bad an oppor- tunity to escape, The wife poured out a ot abuse on the guilty woman, cha her both with betraying her 3, bata aud robbing Ler of the man she loved. The wretched woman cowered in @ corner of the bed which she occupied aud was too stricken with shame to utter a word of reply. The fury of the deceived wife increased and drawing a re- volyer she fired shot after shot direct into the body in the bed. The husband when she drew the revolver thought it was intended for him and dashed out of the room, leaving his companion in sin ut the meicy of the infuriated wife. The latter did not cease firing until five bullets were lodged in the ¥ictim's bully, whou, socing that hor prey was not yet dead, she drew a dagger and stabbed her repeatedly. ‘The blood from the wounds spurted over the murderess until she presented as gory an appearance as the expiring victim. When people who heard the struggle cume into the room the dying woman could not speak, but died in a few minutes. ‘The police were called in und the murderess taken to prison. It is suid that she had reserved one bullet in the re- volver for herself. ‘The husband will undoubtedly be dismissed from the government service and the trial of the murderess promises to dirclove a great deal about the rottenneas of French society. > SCOURING FLORIDA SWAMPS. Bloodhounds and Men Seeking for the Murderer of Express Agent Saunders. Saxronp, Fia., May 23.—The entire coun- try is fully aroused, and armed posses are scour- ing thes>wamps and hummocks through this country seeking the murderers of Express Agent Saunders. Sheriff Kurtz of Waluxn county came over Saturday night with half @ dozen big blood hounds, and offered their services to Sheriff Anderson, which was accepted, and on Sunday large bodies of men were thoroughly searching the wilds of this county. ‘The express company has used the wires freely, and every sheriff and constable within a ‘radius of 100 miles, as well as every — railrond agent, is _—_ fully posted and all are on the qui vive to on all suspicious personages if it is found impossi- ble to detain them. A circuit of forty or fifty miles around the scene of the crime is now fully covered by guards and officers, who confidently expect to capture the criminals before another twenty-four hours pass. RAN AWAY WITH THE BOARDER, A Mamaroneck Stonecutter Mourns Chiefly Over Their Taking His Child. UPexser Crrv, N.J., May 23.—This morning Antone Frather, @ stonecutter from Mama- roneck, N. ¥., reported at police headquarters the elopement of his wife with Charles Strobel, @ teamster who had boarded with them. Frather said his wife had taken their eleven-months-old child with her | He did not care particularly about his wite, but he wanted his child. The couple have been married nine years and have three children. The wife is twenty-eight yeas old and Strobel is twelve years her senior. The eloping couple took with them several pleces of furniture and articles of value. ‘They were tracked to the Pennsylvania railroad depot here, where they are supposed to have taken a train for Philadelphia, eg FOR HIS GIRL WIFE. An Elderly Georgian Shoots His Father-in- Law From Ambush. Maptsox, Ga., May 23.8. W. Speier was shot and killed from ambush Saturday evening by E. A. Cochran. Conley had a daughter of fourteen, who attended the neighborhood school up tothree months ago, when she disay It was then digcovered that she had eloped with Cochran, a man of fifty-five years of age, who had lost'a leg in the war and an eye in bar room fight. ‘The Conieys are people of means. So soon as the girl and Cochran were located the former was taken from her husband and restored to her father by order of court. Cochran about a month ago, with a gang of friends, surrouuded the Conleys’ residence for the purpose of rescu- ing his wife, as they expresed it, A volley of shots ‘from the residence scattered the besiegers, several of whom were severely wounded. Mr. Conley wus returning home from Madison on Saturday and when passing through a clump of woods near his house he was fired upon by Cochran, it is believed, the bullet going through his head. The neighbor- hood is greatly aroused over the aseassination. i sn thang THE M. P. CONFERENCE. Expectation of Having the Woman Dele- gate Question Decided. Wasrarxetza, Mp., May 23.—The Methodist Protestant conference met at 9 o'clock today. ‘The time up till 11 o'clock was spent in recéiving and referring commanications and resolutions. Several reports upon matters of no general im- portance was disposed of. ‘There were large attendance, as it was expected that a report would be submitted by the committee on cre- dentials on the standing of the women dele- gates. ee Cardinal Gibbons at Cumberland. Cumpxataxp, Mp., May 23.—Cardinal Gib- bons attended today the reopening of Mount Savage Catholic Church and then returned to Baltimore. The cardinal yesterday officiated at the dedication of St. Joseph Church, Midland. Five bands of music were in the procession and there was a great concourse of people. aires 3 ‘This Year’s Wheat in California. Deiaxo, Cat., May 28.—The first car load of this year’s wheat crop was shipped yesterday. ‘The grain was grown on J. M. Andokimberlin’s ranch near Poso, Kern county. For two — - past Kern has furnithed the first season, and this year beats all jus records by four days. ee EES ‘Vermont Republican Convention. Buauixeto, Vr., May 23.—The republican state committee bas istued a call for a conven- tion to be held at Burlington on June 22 for the tion of for state offices and . yundred volved. Heretofore they have been 20 to 35 cents and working ten —— Down for Throwing Sr. Louis, May 23,—Patrick and Stones. James: bape tpaaryy: Cursing tay x53! night. Mr. Outhwaite offered his old amend-|# _pecui ri r. Outhwaite offer Teco that no applicant shall be refused. This: Pig Heard opposed the oronsly, while. Mr. Henderson Iowa offered an amendment to the amendment striking out the proposition that no ap; for aride should be refused. Mr, Boatner fa- vored the proposal with Mr. Hendetson's amend- oe te adopt Mr. Henderson's amendment and in-| is not but the great growth Wabhinawen Stroke Macianes sert instead of the portion struck out “and the | of this beautiful city which war inviting ex. Sales—Kegular cali—iz o'clock m. U. 8. 48, Commissioners shall prescribe the number of | pense.” In concluding his remarks Mr. Reed 000 at 118. Eokington K. Fo, 28 at 40; 25 vl | Paaengers that shall be accepted in each ith a dew sy 3 40. Commercial Ins., 50 at §. Great Falls ‘Ice, 10 at 120, viding no seat no fare, with the proviso in re- ‘Government Bonds—U. 8.45, registered, 1901, | gurd to the Commissioners. A vote on the | man of Michigan and Mr. Hemphill, BNChid Tig asked. U. B.°ds, coupoum 19T, | Kmendment followed and it was defeated s District of Columbia Bonds—Market stocks, ts, | SY¢# 48, noes 49. ia goin sels <2 - brie ‘sie ae 6s, SHELTER FOR THE HILL BOYS. i — l. myear , 58, 10S gold 10 bi, — saked. sh-year fun Mr. Stockdale offered an amendment provid- wie Le fund, it 02, 113 bid, -—askeds Water stock, ay 10, | ing that shelter should be furnished for the hill 12% b THE, COST OF THE IMPROVEMENT. The reading of the bill was not interrupted asked. 3.638, 19%4, fund, cur- T- | boys on the various lines. ‘ me ee ee ee Lae. Meredith Propored that each thereby. Mr. Fithian an neous Bunds—Washington and George-| lady riding on cars should be atatigent a town Railroad 10-40 68, 10234 bid,— asked. Washing. | furnished with an escort and an um-| award shall fon and Gourgetawn ‘italiroad Convertible se, 149 | brella when itrains, "Mr. Stockdale arraigned the | District ey Coles tnae eh ree of bid, 160 asked. Washington Market Company ist i s 4, 110 bid, — asked. Washington Market Company | Tod for cruelty in their conduct toward these This amendment was Trust 54, 1905, A. & O., 100 bi ttention to Indians, &c., and leavi and by the trict, the it Security amd Trust orm Fe Avi bide cake: | rach ehildren ‘noglected. "Sirs Hemphill’ maid | SpabY the District, the government paying no American Security and. ‘Trust 38, 1905, A. & O. this was'a simple matter. It was an impogel- bid, —asked. Washington Light Infantry Ist mort- | bility to provide shelter for the boys who Ecinpany, seriew A, 66,198 bid, — asker. “Washing. | © meet a car every two minutes, Re ton Gas, series B, 63, 127 Lid, — asked. Washing- |, Mr. Houk wanted the House to get on with it Gur Go, Cavern | the mensure. Time was being wasted in the ckington Halltowd 6 Tor 0 Boga Mallroad Convertibles. 161d; 120 asked. | province of the District Commissioners, Con- | and to prevent the desecration of graves in the a gion ie i ; this = Saco Anemia Halrgad Ge 108 te, —asked | Se uontter oY en Seen sm ert | Distlgt of Columbia” fn the title of = Beante newaeake and Fuuoma Telephone st, mort | Aft; Morrow (Cal.) missed the ond altogether | Ti Pmeasure™ provides that any publi oid ios gaked. Capitol and North, OBieer Rar. is five minutes to dems a Toad Tat bi ked. the white women in the District be protected, | ONC OF officers having lawful control merican | Pa! an a, DISTRICT IN CONGRESS, TO PROMOTE ANATOMICAL SCIENCE. aa politan, 260 bid, 300 asked. Cent cer, 300 bid, — asked. | Farmers and Mechanics THE LIVERY STABLE BILL. deliver to duly authorized agent of bid, — asked. Citizens’, 170 bid, 1 Le lambia, 169 bid, 185, a Capital, 198 ‘bid, — se aw End, 106 bids 109 ask for the protection of livery stable keepers and | the bodies of such diseased persons as are bid, — asked. Lincoln, 101 6 I other persons keeping horses at livery. The 4 ; bid, — asked. Metropolitan, 94 bid, 105 asked. | Shall have been paid. The Lilj provides for | students in each. It is provided that if the de- Columbia, 60 bid, 65 asked. Capitol and North 0 | notices to owners, &c. The bill was paseed Street, 83 bid, 45'asked. _Eckington and Soldiers’ | without debate. Home, 36 bid, — asked. Georgetown and Tenley- ‘A PERMANENT sYsTEX OF NIGEWATS, town, — bid, 55 asked. Rock Creek, 100 bid, — asked. The next bill called up was the important one Insurance Stocks—Firemen’s, 47 bid, 85 asked. | providing permanent eystem of bic hways in Franklin, 50 bid, 54 asked. Met olitan, satel National Cnion, 18° bide 0 a that part of the District lying outside of the | jody shall not be delivered toa medical coliege ington, |, — asked. Y ties ariel aaked. Columbia, 15% Did, 165 asked, Potomac, “"This bill directs the Commissioners to pre- | "Omen bak 3 bid, ic asked. Linoin, Fy bid, 7 anked. Com: | PATE ® plan for the extension of the streets A bill to mercial, 5 bid, 5} asked. | German-American, — | Over the whole District as nearly in conformity bid, 203 asked. with the street plan of the city as is advisable | employment of the pneumatic tube je Insurance Stocks—Real Estate Title,190 bid, esd rg ble. The highways are not tobe} or other Process for the rapi SR pcluumla Tithe 6 Dd aaKed.ag, | Hens than ninety feet nor more than 160 feet pitch pf mail in large cities; a bill 15 bid WS ated "Georgetown Geet Gee | wide, except in case of existing highways. The asked ie barled, oc ked.' U. B Tic Light, 142 bid, 145 asked. plan ia to be prepared from time to time in| and a bill for the erection of a statue to the late Telephone Stocks—Chesapeake and Potomac, 58 | Sections with reference to the areas which have | Robert Dale Owen of Indiana, to be pinced in vid, 6 asked. American Graphophone, 5 bid, 6 | streets opened to public use and where arcas | the grounds of the Smithsonian Instituticn. “Miscellaneous Stocks Washington Market, 15 | STS Govered by oe ae ee ocks— mn Market, 15 | not in conformity with the general plan of bid, 1s asked. Great Falls Ice, 115 bid, 122 asked. Bull Run Panorama, 18 bid, % asked. Pneumatic | City. Whenever th Gun Carriage, 3; bid, % bid, — asked. Ivy Cit, & Wash., D. C., Ste: THE SCHOOL INVESTIGATION. bid, — asked. | ered to a commission composed of the Secretary Safe Deposi Deposit, Savings and ‘Trust Company, 117 bid, 135 | chief of engineers, who are to make n Washington Lack ant Tease tiie ie tis aaket | alverations.. When majority of the commis- | eter Pee it 1 1 sion approves the map a copy is to be filed in | &! merican Security and Tram, 1166 Dbid,114% asked | #108 ae of the too tgs andl tier Baltimore Markets, is tat BALTIMORE, May 3. — Flour quiet — western | mitted to record unless in conformity with the] THE DISTRICT APPROPRIATION BILL. super, 2.40a3.00; do. extra, 3.10u3.85; do. family, | map and approved by ‘ommissioners. sid is delay jing to an agree Sibudes; winter wheat patent, 4i6u..00 ‘spring | carry out the provisions the bill provides for — a ngineer Commis- Wheat patent, 4.70a4.45; spring wheat siralght, 4.808 | two civilian assistants to the E ee Seureeeec ant Sian naman as Soxasi | _Incases where the [recorded map alters or | The Senate members of the conference com- July, 90090: te ceipis, 17,083 bushels; shipments, 56,743 bushels | subdivision the Commissioners ate to apply |#ome time past. 1 or four times has Stock. 718,799 ‘bushels; asies, - i1700° bushels | within, thirty days. to the Supreme Court’ fer | Senator Allizon ‘notified the. logialatore at the Southern Wheat steady—Fultz, a9; Longherry, | condemnation for the securing of the necessary | other end of the Capitol that conferences could, er cite acne cena Siastn: | land. In cases where the highways Inid down | #0 far as he and his colleagues were concerned, Maerarend seman on the map do not lie within existing subdivi- | Commence at once. ack, 2st bushes; | sions the Commissioners are to apply for: con- TO ABOLISH GEORGETOWN. ‘Sout corn — white | demnation and opening at any steady, S4a54¥¢; yellow easy, 584(a54. Oats stron; —No. 2, white western, 89a33) Western, 3634 a36: 195,542 bushels. “Rye quiet— 69,513 bushels. Hay steady: dgment, the public convenience ~g The court, however, is to decide | Georgetown have forwarded to Senator McMil- 1e necessity exists. The bill provides for regular condemnation m good demand—steamer to Live nly portion of a tract be taken to assess | gether more thoroughly Washington and its bi per bushel, 25d. bid; cork for orders, per quarter, | benefitens well as damages, Further, the bill Safen cca. ie potion elt ee cmos | 25.91. a4e.34-; cotton, 22c. per 100 pounds: four, 10c- | provides that one-third of the amount awarded | to the Senate tomorro T 100 inds. Cotton nominal—mitidling, 7%. wisiohs steady. Butter frm. Regs ate ae damages for each highway is to be 3. Coffee steady—Rio sessed by the came jury and the charge is to be do. 69 bid; do.second incomes, 27a28; do. third in-| Payment for the property are somewhat pecu- comen, 8390850 i ommolidated as stock, 543,868. | liar. It provides that when the court sball| ly held’ on the a tt eae CHICAGO, May 28 (closing). July, $23. Corn—May, 62; Jul 32; July, 30%. Pork — duly, 63734. Ride July, 605. land it shall decree that the payment be made | attempted murder of Bill Lewis and either to the parties or into court. Upon the resentation of this decree to the treasurer of The United States he is to report tho same to | Prus°”, mine Elizabeth's Congress for the necessary appropriation. If uarters to either confirm or contra- sary appropriation within ninety days after aes eral supplies to the government hospital for the | eonventug or after receiving the Uist, Sing oe a ee posted insane for the year ending June 0, 1898, have | in session, the proceedings are to be dary were alluded 0, ‘Feeling been recommended to be made to the follow- | abandoned and the land freed from any claim | pgid to the memory of Mrs. the firet ing Washington bidders: J. T. Varnell & | on the part of the government. Leal ba AEE ay rend ~~ — THE SENATE BILL AS A SUBSTITUTE. ‘ashington ing Company, James " i Barbour #, on, Wen M Galt Co, BB. eatin forthe Hou’ DIL "The Sense Earnshaw & Bro., Somerse raters,” § : here suddenly last night for Texarkana, Daish & Son, ‘Browning & Miaaleto, J.C. | bill is similar to the House bill exept in not ae Ergood & Co., Berna furphy, ’J."B.| containing the provision providing that Si csi carn Sabatnisrigecenl Snskeni Bryan & Bro. G. G. Cornwell’ &’ ‘Son, | proceedings in any case shall lapse ‘tnlese Con-| pop marineor® May 28.—News has just Weaver, Kengla & Co., Brooks & Bro. Poole & | gress. appropriates in ninety days. ete Sad, oan ee Brook, J. H. Chesley & Co., W. A. Pate, Mel- Mr. Hemphill described the evils of the ‘been recei y almost total ville Lindsey, M. W. Beveridge, Chn@ | ent system of hap-hazard subdivisions outside | deatruction by fire of the town of Chehallis, T. Carter &’ Co., Bium Bros, B. Rich | of the city limits, some in conformity with the | Washington. Much of the valuable property & Sons, A. Lisner, W. B. "Moses & | plan of the city and some not. There seemed a | in the town was burned. Sixty-two buildings Salita Tavsburgh, Fe Petareons Won, Mba & | iliand Me Hoan explatae thet at | Nees spuneascen tae ius urgh, F. Peterson, Wm. Hahn & | bill, and Mr. Hemphill exp! ‘office was burned. Co., Geo. Rynenl, jr, Hugh Reiley, Mackall | did not carry any provision. Ce gamatabgeedere.c den Bros. & Flenner, Scheller & Stevens, 8. F.| ‘The bill was taken up by sections. Mr. Blount ! Ware, Z. D. Gilman, Robert Leitch & Sons, L. | objected to the tremendous scope of the H. Schneider & Son, W. E. Clark & Co. Smallpox on the Aurania. — A Raid Upon a Clothing Club. About noon today the officers of the first precinct made # raid on a clothing club at No. 918 F street northwest and arrested Robert M. Williams, Silas G. Baker and C. Cannon on chai lottery law. It is alle ‘club "| The Knights of Pythian subveription, ‘set up a fitting Wels Highest of all ia Leavening Power.—Latest U, S. Gov't Report TALKING BLAINE. ‘That Formed the Burden of Political Oom- versation In the Senate. Nobody seems to be able to explain the why = or the wherefore, but it is undoubtedly true that Mr. Blount offered an amendment, which was | Of Washington, which had already bécome the | the Deeponderance of political, cow Name. . adopted, requiring the Commissioners to re-| iad’ been bresght cheat’ nity This | around the Senate this afternoon te fovorde so eat, ee Ee the nomination of Blaine. Perhaps it was bes | printing criminal sows ana lowe as to seats. An amendment by Mr. Washington | and judicions legislation. He knew of nothing | cause some of the strOng Harrison men were any oe have been due to ri selon el pape | Eh vty | the proselyting influences which are abroad, every half hodrbetween 12 nd 5 o'clock in the | (Mr. Walker)" hes shown’ the evils in | Dubno matter what the cause the senatorial voice on the republican side of the chamber was heard, in the corridors and committee i it Fooms, saying pleasant things about the man ment caused considerable debate. Mr. a MR. JESSE GOV! ‘The foundation for much of this fleeting | Mr. Hill's reat, where he busied in nidment | ase the spe-} comes from the remarks dropped by Jeue M.|*Titing. Mr. Clingman’s conversation was PI aniasion, Ye « "| Gove, “the original Blaine man.” Mr. Gove, ‘by | "ho came from Boston ment. Mr. Outhwaite thought it might be well | such a measure, but he denied that fact. a Koweny iA place vobeinclen in the path of those who were his friends. This is important, if.tree. Mr. reported fro taid, wi: “It seems to meit isa | Gove aleo says that cighteen out of the thirty | teher ne would leave the provision as pro- | pretty sensible bill” The bill was further op- | Massachusetts delegates will surely vote for | not produce a radical posed by Mr. Blount and favored by Mr. Chit- | Blaine. i ‘Then there are people ting in their whole time calling attention to the Illinois and who insist that it is but a sample of what must take place everywhere delegates-at-large were who seem to be put- revol until the fifteenth section was reached, which | else. 5 bes an third the amount of | itstructed for Harrison, but Delegate G. F.| Mr. R. F. Dyrentorth was, by invitation, be: ai AS ell Gee) a rae T Swift, a member of the “big four” beef com- | fore the House committee on agriculture this “ee : i «a © ggg eed bine, says he will vote for oye ine | morning and told the committee of his experi red: ie Proposed | actell _ heading - — making rain in the west last summer roviding that the remainder the | Claimed by Blaine advocates that the Minois . anti-Harrison move- developm people have always fa-| King for the present fiscal vear, but no eati- con adopted und leaves the entire cost of the im- | ™¢P* Imp. 6s 15 bi — asked. American Security and | BOYK,| He also strongly criticised the House for | provement to be paid by the benefited property | Y°"ed pp AR who has always spoken well of the proposition to renominate Gen. Harrison, said today that convention had Blaine would accept the momination ft would discussion of details which came within. the| “For the promotion of anatomical science | never have instructed for Harrison, delegates,” continued the Sens jo not vote for Blaine at Indianapol thes will not represent the sentiment ef South | absence to Mr. Quay. ako ‘A very few of the republican Senators insin 5 z ntr ne could not, under any - ” Natiot Stocks Bark of Washington, 335 | Mr. Stockdale's amendment was defeated. ‘The | CYST SY hospital, prison, jail, morgue or idiot | circumstances, honorably accept the momina- | 7° tb Paitor of The Pvening Star: ‘ti Senator Pettigre had the South Skea idea that | PT°Priation bill with Senate amendmonts was however, that Mr. Bi required tobe buried at the public expense, |“ Wines Wonose enaracter te Eaposed New Yonx, May 23.—The contest of the will of Marie Hotchkiss has been in progress for several days before Surrogate Ransom. ‘The "> | Principal beneficiary under thé will ts Rafeal piles eget pereg ed eam | SRT mer er Beare ede ch were buried or if such deceased person was | queathed over $100,000. The contestants in- er or traveler who suddenly died, the | clude Wood's mother, Mrs. Mantle. There have ,| been read a large number of letters written by Wood to his aunt m the most extravagantly | Phe bills and of local interest are: | affectionate terms, for the appointment of a com- | written by Wood to his mother, which showed mivwion examine and report relative to the | that for some years before his aunt's d There werealso read letters | Dinees do not? th he was scheming to induce her to make him her n ‘Today the surrogate interrupted reading of a painting of Abraham’ Lincoln, | these letters, saying he did m pose could be served by rea: “It has been quite evident tome for som the surrogate said. ample proof of shameful determina food) to deceive ing more of them. time, rs . on the part of the witness ( e plan of any section shall have | This afternoon, commencing shortly after |). peg Hea asked, Lincoln Hal, 7 | been adopted « map showing every fouture is to | 2:90 o'clock, the Senate subcommittee charged | for her, with'the pltinate purer af lating | was the threat alleged and Ean tell sce ake y Brick, 90 bid, 9 asked. Nor be prepared. A copy of the map is to be deliv-| with the duty of finding out, if there is anything | her leave some of her that | Woman who was respousible for Rufes’ pres- sic and Trust Ci to be found, why graduates of the High School | undue influence? He ic aid Trust Companies, National Sate | of War, the Secretary of the Interior and the | (oe found, why graé School fev gg treed wel ia, nd mmmenced i investi- | by his m tion. commntnvod te week ot levest-| Zcocioes Mar and dncelver of Mle aunt, bet ‘Tomorrow the subcommittee on garbage will | does that constitute undue influence under the such filing no subdivision of land is ta be ad- | Ctinue ite odorous occupation. law?” ‘operty to him, but s confessed that he was.a | ence. in these lies he was upporte and brother. He is admitted a | asked her. counsel for the contestant replied that the letters would certain pha on the District appropriation bill the responsi | effect 4.60—receipts, 10,001 burrels; ‘shipments, 1,95 bat- | sioner. bility therefor rests entirely upon the House. —- erg since Suncsiagaen |” Ths bees Miapended oon ae beard. camer No 2 Ted, ax aaxed~re'| dipentes with any highway in any existing mittee are ready for business and have been for | thé letters to continue. THE STONEME: District Attorney Nicoll of New York Asked to Interfere in the Matter. New Yonx, May 23.—It if expected here that | Peters Mill Seat; &_ ime when, in Two hundred and twenty-two citizens of | ina few days the headquarters of the Granite lot 22; €— " Elizabeth Otto to shall te National Union will be temporarily transferred jo te Biesbeth lan, a petition praying for the passage of the | to this city from Concord, N. H. This will en- Dil sboliching ware is left of the corporate | able those having the strike in charge to direct i i existence of old Georgetown and joining to- | all movements from this point. : ae othy, 14.50a15.50. train frelghts, steamers dull; | proceedings, and directs the jury in cases where rgetor joining ee ae RR |S ite Manufacturers’ Association and the Granite Js Union is still unsettled to be any likelihood of a settlement. tee int committee of granite cmthers ball 7, 6.” Sugar firm—gram highway. ‘The charge for benefits is to be as- —I tracted meeting, in’ Clarendon fiends, quiet renned, ding Whiaky 6 Kaxsas Crry, Mo., May 23.—It was rumored meeting, in. ¢ ere does not aj charged upon the land benefited by the laving out of the ‘Thought to Be the Dennison Fiend. fei - hit : Report > ° nut 3553 do. 4; | lien upon the property and is to be collected | here yesterday that the police had incarcerated | 1,710 means a harmonious one, but this was | t? P. H. McNamara, lot 8, bik. . fan N sagged, Piped ase taxes, payable in five | ® man who is strongly suspected of being the | genied, and it was announced that unanimity | Heights: €712.50. D. T. Hasson eee oe seal Gane ren —— caecliraar —_ gry at 4 per cent, | fiend who murdered four women at Dennison, | characterized _ ‘al logit A. P. Clurk, jr., subs A to I, oq. 5 2 60 rovisions oft in regard to the| Tex. several da: ‘The man’ committee was determined to use timate | A- P. Clark, jr., » I, 9g. Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern first incomes, Ly i Se bee ne ae ee means to carry the fight to a success. to B. te tin vides th shall harge A committee a arkets. ve ussesred. tI rd, having served time for the | trict Attorney Nicoll 1! : Eo bas & bal record, baviog A werge” Bi | grievances before that official and ack his the proceedings and that the inted to wait wu Dis- hin afternoon to lay their 9,99. 518: . We inter- | Hunter ‘to Henrietta € . part 17, OM i le disc! fi ference in the matter of a conspiracy, which | Georgetown: $1,500. A. L. Swartwout to L. 8. Paige steiasings and is known to bave | they charge the manufacturers are engaged in ng lots 30.and 31, bik. 45, Holmead Manor; Texas. Inquiries at police | to break up i oe ae cae whee GEiccucacle foc fertuaiee Congress, however, does “not make the necee- | dict the report. fm compiling iS list of buildings upon oer oa churches yesterday the recent hor mur- | in mepeetess te aaeaes | ———— Marriage licenses have been issned by the il ite action and shorid strikes be ordered on tributes were | a pees eine eas er clerk of the court to the following: Gilbert E. victim killed. It is reported New Or- | trades will be thrown out of employment. ———— AN IMPORTANT ACHIEVEMENT. Gen. Miles’ Opinion of the Kelay Ride From Curcaco, May 23.—“It is an important ‘periment at fact that the bicycle bill. ice in the army and it has rvi It was true the bill left appropriations to fu-| QuaRantivg, 8. L, May 33.—Deputy Health | in calling attention to the wretched condition the Officer Talmadge has sent to Reception Hospital poke yng — of good roads should receive more attention | ®f!eF some resistance, | i Siises thie eacsecs wi thn oxpainaas ‘The Yorktown Lads Win Races. anythingse tothe tse of de bicycle ka the | “Fighting Bob” Evans of the Yorktown Andreas Berg, aged eleven years,a Russian Pole, of Rood than it CAPITOL TOPICS. INDECENT FUBLICATIONS, An adverse report was made today by the Senate committee on post offices and post roads | on the bill to prevent: trassemtasion through the s VETERAN STATESMER. Two distinguished ex-Senators of ante be Jum times were in the Senate chamber today. One of them was Mr. Clingman of North Care Tina and the other was Mr. Jones of Towa, the same for whom the Senate last week and the House today passed a pension bill for services in the war of 1814 and in the Black Hawk war, Mr. Jones chatted for some time with Mr. Sher- man and Mr. Palmer, and afterward occu principally with Mr. Stanford. ng YOST TRADERSHIPS, oted | A bill intended to abolish post traderships tm er | the army, which has the approval of the War Department and Gen. Schofield, was favorably the military affairs committee tor Proctor. The measure will ange and the present : ‘inne until those who w post traders sball cither die or retire, jes occur from either cous to be abolished. ‘There was an appropriation of €1,000 made b; gress for experiments in rain- mate was submitted by the Secretary of Agri- culture for that purpose for the coming fiscal year, THE RIVER AND HARBOR APPROPRIATION BILL. In the House today the river and harbor ap- revefred to the com ‘ittee on rivers and har “If the | bors. LEAVE OF ABSENCE FOR MR. QUAY. Thé Senate today granted a week's leave ef Contempt of Lay Your pointed editorial in Friday's isene dep- Tecating the course pursued by the chairman of Mr. Hemphill then called up the Senate bill | any medical co or colleges in the District AFTER THE HOTCHKISS DOLLARS. | the House committee on appropriations and the hesitation of the Secretary of the Treasury to obey the order of the court to pay over to it the amount of the Rock Creek Park appropria- tion is timely. The people of the United States ften praised for their respect for and ee to law, but here is a be ¥ whe people be expected to obty the law if their rep- tives in high legislative and executive Are these latter above the law, bound to obey such laws as suit them? ° a PD. isceniiliates Was Charged With Threats. sce ‘what pur-| ufas Harris, «colored man who bad several yards of cotton bandage around hie cranium, stood in the dock of Judge Miller's court this “If Teatch you nthe street I'll beat you,” Are you afraid of Rufus?” Lawyer Taylor ir. not a fact that he is your beau and yeu just had some words?” ove. but we ain't now. toestablish a] Judge Miller inquired how the “s of the contestayt's case, the full | head was burt and Lawyer Taylor wid that two which could only be seen when all the policemen were to be tried for inflicting the mde, suult cuse as > — ‘Transfers of Real Estate. Deeds in fee have been filed as follows: M. Lane to Jane Nash, parts 13 and 14, #q. 719; 2675. R.A. Fish, et al. to G. F. Stone, lot 9, ‘Same to James H.Crew, Walters, part 4, sq. 543; €1,200. J, H. Granger ck 3, Washington Heights; # *q. ton, sub 9, aq. 992; @ Henderson, sab 90, sq. subs 118 to 120, #q. 133: & Hamilt. .. Walker, 2,508. Mackey to C. A. ae et al, pare he retrancdc Frazier and Lillian O. Glover; Hyter Sayles and Adam C. Bledsoe, jr. colored man, Henry Bowie, alias Scott, was con- victed of the lgreeny of « gold watch and chain has established the | from Philip 8. Brown on May 4. It was testified phe! aaa poe He that at the races at Benning Mr. pursued him and he was caught and dently has a brawny and nervy crew. he DEE i pe i i