Evening Star Newspaper, May 31, 1892, Page 6

2d EDITION. CONTINUED FROM Sth PAGE A CORNER COLLAPSES Excitement Among Chicago Specu- lators in Corn. UNLOADING THE TYNEREAD AT RIGA Fatal Mine Explosion—Western Railway Wreck. EXTENSIVE FIRE IN MOSCOW. EXCITING SCENES ON "CHANGE. Manipulators in Corn Are Caught and ® Big Failure Results. Curcaco, May $1.—The culmination of the corner in May corn resulted in an extraordinary scene on the board of trade today. A dollar a bushel was the price demanded by the clique that bad seoured control of nearly the entire supply available in this market. ‘The crowd of traders in the corn pit occupied every inch of room and far exceeded the wheat crowd in dimensions, to say nothing of lung power. Sam Adams and other clique brokers were incessantly bidding $1, while Baxtor and another set howled offers at €2. No such amount of trading at $1. bushel for corn is re- membered in the history of the trade in Chicago. Tn 1884 on the last day of September $1 was bid for corn, but that was at the last instant of the session. ' Today Kermett Hopkins sold 2.000 bushels at 21, Norton Worthington, 3,500 and there were any number of 5,000 bushel lots. The people who were selling $1 corn to the clique brokers de- manded the names of the purchasers and in every instance “Coster & Martin” was the reply. The receipts of corn here today included about 400,000 bushels of contract corn, which ither went to satisfy the short interest or at €1 bushel was loaded on to the manipulators of the corner. ‘One short got in four trains of corn and elab- orate arrangements were made to rush the cereal arriving at the last moment into the ele- ‘Yators and to issue receipts in time for delivery | gr, at the close of the day's trading. Elevators throughout the city were reported working at fall speed. The appeals committee was said to be out on the tracks in the rain reinspecting corn and changing some. : The scrambling was not alone with the in- spectors and brokers, but also by those charged to get the receipts into the register’s office, and then to get the receipts delivered by 1:30 p.m. Fast horses were used between the outlying elevators, and, in some instances, special en- In the midat of the excitement the situation smddenly charged. “Within less than two min- utes the price dropped 50 cents a bushel. The fall wes from the 61 price fixed by the clique, and at which they had given the tip they would settle with any and everybody. The amount that was crowded upon the clique at that price had proved too much for their resources, how- ever, and they were beaten at their own game. The came shortiy before noon. A the corn was offered on Company. A demand that it be certified was not acceded to promptly. Instantly the market was deluged with offers of corn and the clique was swamped. ‘The refusal to certify to the checks of Coster Martin at one of the banks was quickly fol- by the announcement of their failure and sil firms having contracts with them ‘made haste to close out the trades in the pit. A bedlam of excitement ensued. "The shorts, who ton minutes before been trembling ‘at, the “unprecedented raised by the clique, now danced and ly made their own ‘covering, however, raised the to 85. Rumors of other failures Coster & Martin were heard, Prenewed that the unfortunate caught some such whale neta, and in the ef- themselves into so much as disturbing his collapse check in payment for the Weare ini it stock, but no fatalities The cloudburst washed the track away and the train tipped ov =e UNLOADING THE TYNEHEAD. Over 300 Cars Carry Off the Cargo of the ‘Washington Ship. Broa, May $1.—Men were placed at work dis- charging the cargo of the steamer Tynehead as soon as the hatches were opened and in a short time the flour, provisions, &c., that she hed Drought as Iowa's gift to famine sufferers were loaded upon cars in waiting for them. It re- mired 310 cars to carry the steamer's cargo. cars wore run as express and started for the distressed provinces. Capt. Carr, the commander of the Tynehead, has Deen presented with plendid silver service. FATAL MINE EXPLOSION. ‘Two Men Killed and Nine Others Badly Burned. ‘Wirxessaaar, Pa, May $1.—An explosion of gas occurred in the West End coal mine at Mocanaqua this morning, where eleven men ‘were at work. Two of the miners are dead and all of the others are seriously burned. The ‘euuse of the explosion is unknown, + —>—— SIXTY HOUSES IN RUINS. Fire That Caused Great Destruction in Mos- cow. Moscow, May S1.—A destructive fire broke ut here today and threatened for a time to sweep through the city. When the fire had burned itself out three streets, containing sixty houses, were in ruins. During the heighth of ‘the conflagration « rumor was started that the nihiliste were endeavoring to destroy the ci! ‘The police reserves were called out and added to the panic by attacking the crowd which had gathered to witness the fire. p Une ae: Stae ae WILL DEFEND THEIR RIGHTS. ‘The Waiters’ Alliance of Boston and the ‘THEY WILL CONTEST. (Continued from First Page.) D. Kernan of Oneida for temporary chairman, who spoke as follo CHAIRMAN KEBNAN'S ADDRESS, “This convention isa halt on the march to the national democratic convention at Chicago of ar army of 00,000 New York democrats and of as many more enlisted rympathizers, ‘They go to wage war against their disfranchisement in that convention by leaders who have made unwise and crafty use of party machinery for rsonal ends and who have overridden time- onored customs and usages of the democratic rty. bart February convention was a mistake from every standpoint; in some aspects it was a crime, indictable at Chicago. Such conventions, according to party usage, are held in April, late, or more usually fn May; none in modern times was ever held so early. No one before ever at- tempted to put the party in a bole by sucha device as a February convention. At that sea- son of the year caucus material is scarce and generally confined to the bad quality that does some one’s bidding. When days are short, nights long, roads drifted and the national con- vention four months distant, the duty and political occupation of democrats in this state, as elsewhere, is to watch and weigh the drift of events, to be students of every phase of passing litical history, to seek conviction and to draw inspiration from the air currents of democratic sentiment that sweep over the country. “Until their views are thus matured and they are ready to act in the full sunlight of sucl preparation democrats will not be driven into caucuses or conventions, ‘ially into those designed as ‘snaps.’ The February conven- tion sinned by a design to take advantage of this situation and by exclusive and high-handed methods of preparation and manipulation sought to force upon the democrats throughout the Union the ambitious desires of a few ss tbe final, conclusive opinion of all their brethren in New York state. “The delegates of that convention go to what the politicians wanted in February, the delegates of this convention to state what’ the people in New York want now. They will shout for sham regularity and the forms, shadows and coverings of things. We will ead that justice, equity and the substance of Seesecrnay be recognized as Lg ome better title, They will suggest that the danger of de- feat in November will darken the pathway which they do not dictate. We will insist that the assurance of certain victory will brighten the road whereon democrats will march after the convention. behind its banner, upon which shall be written in letters of living light sound democratic principles, and the name of a candi- date of whom those Eiincioles shall be bone of his bone and flesh of his flesh, whoever he may be. “The elections of 1890 were the first fruits of the tariff message of 1887: since then, and es- pecially since the February convention did us the kindness to arouse the people to the situation and to the designs of party leeders, there has own up in lets, towne, counties and states a universal demand—which is now as broad as this Union—that he who trusted the people and made the issue for the coming campaign shall be chosen to lead the people “out of the land of Egypt and out of the house of bondage” into which they have been led by republican ms- e. “If we are to ight our guns for all they are worth who but Cleveland should command the battery, who should stand at the helm when the old ship sails into safe and pleasant waters in | $y November next with victory’s flag flying at her masthead but he who stood upon the prow in the midst of danger, when the winds and waves of tempestuous days sought her destraction?” After outlining the principles of democracy 1m regard to silver, tariif reform, &c., Mr. Ker- nan continued: “Our republican friends will not in the end derive comfort from our demo- cratic dissensions in this state, which at present they roll under their tongues as a sweet morsel. Democratic disputes will end at Chicago; there- after New York democrats will accept the de- cision of that tribunal as final, and will stand with their brethren everywhere for the nominee who fully end frankly accepts the pledges of the platform.” Mr. Kernan finished speaking at 1 o'clock. On motion H. D. Baldwin was elected reading secretary and James F.Conden recording secre- tary of the convention. The roll of the con- vention was then called. A number of substi- tutions were announced. ‘The usual committees on permanent organ- ization, credentials and resolutions were ap- pointed. A delegate moved to appoint a com- mittee to name delegates-at-large to Chicago. Another delegate said the convention should first determine whether it would send delegates or not. The matter was dropped there. RECESS TAKEN. The convention at 1:27 took a recess until 3:30 pm. ed A ROYAL FLIRTATION. Prussia and Holland Making Eyes at Each Other While Europe Looks On. Beaux, May 31.—The festivities in honor of little Queen Wilhelmina and the queen regent, Emma, of Holland continued at Potsdam to- day. The kaiser led the Fourth Foot Guards in parade before Queen Emma, who looked very handsome in an attire of dark silk, with the Prussian colors pinned to her bosom. The kaiser stepped up to Queen Emma and said, with a gallant bow: “I beg your majesty PeF- | to mecope the command of this regiment, of whose behavior, on the battlefield or in peace, I know you,will never have reason to be ashamed.” ‘Queen Emma blushingly signified her accept- ance of the honor pom alee gon her. Then the guards were led back to their quarters and the kaiser and his guests returned to the palace, the kaiser remaining all the time close to the side of the lovely widowed queen regent, who is a good deal handsomer than the kaiserin. It was noticed that Queen Kegent Emma seemed not at all averse to his attentions. This flirtation between Prussia and Holland is watched with a good deal of interest by the Russian and French embassies, Queen Emma being the virtual director of the fortunes of Holland during the minority of her daughter. Every opportunity has been given for little Queen Wilhelmina to become acquainted with the German crown prince, the future Emperor William, should he survive his father. The prince is ten years old and Wilhelmina nearly ee played oo in front of the palace this morning an went out riding and seem to be on very good terms, upbeat rerio IN WALL STREET TODAY. Stocks Were Dull and Prices Were Slightly re New Yorx, May $1.—Stocks were dull this morning. Reading, Louisville and Nashville, Northern Pacific preferred, Rock Island, Atchi- son, New England, Hocking Valleyand Colorado coal absorbed most of the speculative interest. Prices were weak thronghout, with Louisville and Nasbville ially so. It di 2 per cent to 73. next weakest wii ‘sugar trust. It fell 1 per cent. The general list was rally slightly lower at noon than it closed por 1:30 p.m. the market was dull. ‘The sales amounted to 117,500 shares. Money on call loaned easy today at 13¢ per hange stead; ited rates, a alton isty age Governments 4 for der steady; currency, 68, 106 bid; extended 2s, reg- istered, 100 bid; 4s, coupons, 116 bid. age FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. Market, as rej Siete carvon & ey, 1419 F stroct. ‘_ ue ih 63, itan Railroad Convertible éa, 117 bid, . 8. Electric Light Convertible 3s, 117% bid, 120 asked. Anacostia Railroad 6a, 1 North O Street Rall aK of Washington, 985 id, — asked. Bank of the Republic, 260 bid, 296 asked. Metropolitan, 261 bid, 28 asked. Central. 300 bid,—asked. Farmers ‘and Mechanics’, 190 bid, — aaked. Citizens’, 170 bid, 185 asked.’ Co- lumbia, 163 bid, 178 asked. Capital, 123 bid, — asked." West End, 106 bid, 108 asked. sates bid, 198 asked. Lincoln, 10134 bid, 102% asked. O1 100 bid, 106 asked. Second, 164 bid, — asked. Tgetown, Railroad Stocks—Washington and id, B11 aske asked. Insurance Stocks—Firemen's, 47 bid, 55 asked. Franklin, 50 bid, — asked. Metropolitan, — bid, — asked. National Union, 17 bid, 20 asked. Ar- lington, — bid, — asked. asked. Columbia, 15% bid, 16! ‘80 bid, % asked. Rij 13g bid, 7% asked. People’ 5% bid, 6asked. Lincoln, 7% bid, 7% asked. m- mercial, 5 bid, 5iq asked. Title Insurance Stocks—Columbia Title, 6% bid, 7 asked. Real Estate Title,130 bid,— asked. Gas and Electric Light Stocks—Washington Gas, 45% bid, 46 asked. ‘getown Gas, 45 bid, — asked. U.S. Electric Light, 143% bid, 147 asked. ‘Telephone Stocks—Chesapeake and Potomac,50% bid, 55 asked. American Graphophone, 534 bid, 64, asked. MisceNaneous Stocks—Washin; Market, 15 bid, — asked. Great Falls Ice, 110 bid, 192 asked. Bull bid, 25 asked. Pn , 0.67 bid, 0.75 asked. Lincoln Hal Ivy City’ Brick, — bi & Wasi C., Steamboat Co., 95 Interoes Batiding, — bid, 65 asked. Safe Deposit and Trust Companies—National Safe Deposit, Savings and ‘Trust Company, 116 bid. — ‘aaked. "Washington Safe Deposit, 108 bid, — asked. ‘Washington Loat America Potomac, e, Gun Carri bid, — canes it, 108 n and Trust, 118%; bid, 118% asked. a Security and Trust, 114% bid,115 asked. po Biscaule kay Baltimore Markets. BALTIMORE, May 81. — Flour quiet—western Super, 2.40a3.00; do. extra, 3.10a3.85; do. family, 4.1004.65; winter wheat patent, 475a.5.00; spring wheat patent, 4.70a4.85; spring wheat straight, 4.30a 4.60—receipts, 15,087 barrels; shipments, 1,203 bar- Tels; gales, 2.250 barrels. Wheat easy—No. 2 red, 90329044; Spot, 914 a91%; May, 91xa91%; Jui 6 Tuly, $974 bid—receipts, 56,569 bushels; shipments, 16,000 bushels; stock, 1,063,450 bushels: sales, 143,- 000 bushels. ‘Southern wheat dull—Fultz, 8sa9%; Corn steady to firm—mixed ‘ay, 53%a58%4; June, 53a53\; steamer mixed, 50a504—receipts, ments, 51,499 bushels; stock, es, 40,000 bushels. Southern corn firmer—white, 58a58; yellow, 5354. Oats firm, but dull—No.' 2, white western, $sa381;; No. 2, mixed western, 36a364—recelpts, 1,000 - els; stock, 150,846 bushels. Kye dull—No. 2 ss— Stock, 89,663 bushels. Hay steady—good to choice timothy, 14.00ai5.00. Grain freigits quiet—ateamer to Liverpool, per bushel, 8d.; Cork Yor orders, per quarter, 33.; cotton, 2c. per 100 pounds; fi c, per 100 pounds. Cotton firm—middling, visions steady, unchanged. Butt creamery, fancy, 18; = falr to choice, 16a imitation, 18ai6; ladle fancy, 14; do. to ghotce, i2ai3; store-packed, alg; grass, 11413. Eggs Steady—16. Coifee dull—Rio’ cargoes, fair, 164; No. 7, . Sugar steady—granulated, is. refined, 1137. Whisky rginla "hand-picked, 3% oo. farmers’, 383%; North Carolina, farm- BALTIMORE, May 31. — Baltimore and Ohio stock, 9735 bld;' Baltimore and Ohto Southwestern firsts, 106% bid; do. third incomes, 9 asked; Con- solidated gas Vonds, 1164 asked; ‘do. stock, 5534 H- Chicago Markets. CHICAGO, May 31 (closing).—Wheat—May, 62 July, $8; September, 88x. “Corn—May, 50; Ju 4737; September, 46%. Oats—July, 31; Sept 30%. Pork—July, 10.7334; Sey ember. 10ST Lard July, 6.50; September, 665. Ril july, 6.50; September, 6.55. ———>—___ THE FIGHT GROWING WARMER. Some Promise Now of a Stormy Time at Minneapolis. The anti-Harrison folks are getting more and more bitter in their opposition to the Presi- dent's renomination and they are especially caustic in their comment upon the course of cabinet officers and other members of the ad- ministration, who, in interviews, ques- tion the honesty and sincerity of men who oppose Mr. Harrison's candidacy. These ex- changes of compliments between the Harsison and anti-Harrison men are making the conservatives more anxious and it is beginning to look as if things might be reversed and that, instead of Chicago being the place of the noisy and discordant convention, it may be at Minneapolis where the hottest contest will be held. The Blaine people claimto have this much assurance from Mr. Blaine, that he will write no more letters and that he will pay no attention to what is said about his possible candidacy. The Harrison folks are working in dead ear- nest. They insist that they have no doubt that Mr, Harrison will be nominated by acclama- tion. —— THE MURDER OF EDWARD C. ATWELL. An Indictment Expected From the Grand Jury Tomorrow. The grand jury will return a batch of in- dictments to the Criminal Court tomorrow, and among them it is expected will be one charging | Clayton Howard, colored, with the murder of Edward C. Atwell, the railroad brakeman who was killed at Trinidad last week? Eight or ten witnesses were examined bythe grand jury today, among them being the men and women who have been under arrest on suspicion of knowing something about the homicide. ‘The description given by the railroad men agrees with that of Howard, the man charged with the murder. Howard is a large- sized man, and being a horse trainer he travels ‘from place to place, stopping about stables where race horses are kept. He 1s well known in racing circles, and in Phila- delphia, where he has spent much of his time, he is regarded as a shrewd politician, In that city he has many friends and some of them, it is thought, will assist him in keeping away from the officrs, although Capt. Linden, chief of police of that city, is aiding the police of this city in their efforts to effect the man’s arrest, The witnesses heard before the grand jury to- day were chiefly colored people, some of whom were present when tie shooting was done. pideatos Teraiaa THE CASE OF GLANCE. ‘The Coroner Decides to Hold an Inquest and the Widow Summoned. ‘The body of Ignatius Glance, who was re- ported to have committed suicide Saturday morning after having shot his wife, was in the dead wagon this afternoon and the vehicle was about to start for potter's field, when Coroner Patterson stopped the vehicle and ordered the driver to return the body to the morgue. Since the death of Glance it has been claimed by his friends that he did not do the shooting, and it was also stated that there was a wound on the wrist of the dead man, showing, as they | *] in that ‘The corqner decided to hold an inquest at 4 o'clock this afternoon and sent word for the claimed, that he could not have injured himself H F THe Fy HH a i tf i ! i By iit: hh aie ies onde Tei cct £ EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, ST RE oe a Oe ee D. FREE COINAGE DEBATE Senator Sherman Defends the Bepub- lican Financial Policy, ss (MANY MINOR BILLS PASSED TODAY. The Senate Does Considerable Business in the Morning Hour. POST OFFICE APPROPRIATIONS The Bill isConsidered in the House Committee of the Whole. THE SENATE. ‘There wasa very emall attendance of Sena- tors at the opening prayer, and only a dozen or more came into the chamber while the journal of Friday was being read. Not one of the sup- posed presidential aspirants (either repub- lican or democratic) was in his seat, although Mr. Gorman came in during the morning business. The Vice Presi- dent was also absent, and Mr. Manderson took the chair as President pro tem. Among the petitions and memorials presented and referred was one from Massachusetts the monop- oly in the production and transportation of an- ‘5 | thracite coal, and several against the importa- tion and manufacture of Mr. Turpie offered a Secretary of State for of the dispatches and ¢ dence with the go Hayti, Colombia and Venezuela in relation to reciprocity prior to the President's Proclama: tion of March 16 lagt. He asked that it be laid on the table and gave notice that he would od- dress the Senate on the subject next Thursday. BILLS TAKEN FROM THE CALENDAR. ‘The calendar was taken up and bills upon it were disposed of, among them being House bill to establish West Point, Va., a subport of entry and delivery in the collection district of Richmond, Va. Passed. Senate bill for the relief of citizens of Oregon, Idaho and Washington who served with the United States troops against the Nez Perces and Bannock and Shoshone Indians, Senate bill to allow thirty days’ leave of ab- senee to eraployes in the bureau of engraving rettes. jution calling on the and printing. Senate bill appropriating $92,302 to fulfill certain treaty 5 ipulations with the Chippewa Indians of Lake Superior and the ppi. Senate bill appropriating $23,500. for the owners and crew of the Hawaiian bark Arctic for losses sustained and servicos rendered in rescuing 176 seamen in the arctic seas in 1871. Senate bill authorising mail collectors at froe delivery offices at a com- pensation of $600 per annum. Passed. House bill granting a pension to Wm. F. C. Nindemann, feannette expedition to the Arctic ocean. Senate bill directing the interstate commerce commission to ascertain and report on a uni- form system of automatic couplers on freight cars, Senate bill to furnish the Gettysburg Battle- field Memorial Association at Gettysburg, Pa., With specimens of teams, accouterments, &c., ed by the armies in the battle of Gettysburg. aased. Senate bill for relief of the sufferers by the wreck of the U. 8. 8. Tallapooss. Passed. ‘THE FREE COINAGE BILL. At2o'clock the calendar was laid aside and the bill to provide for the free coinage of gold and silver was taken up. There were then about @ dozen Senators on each side of the chamber, including Mz. Hill on the democratic side. Mr. Sherman had been in his seat for the pre- ceding half hour waiting for the bill to be up, Messrs. Teller and Stewart were also pres- ent and were in frequent consul'ation. ‘MR. SHERMAN’S SPEECH. Mr. Sherman prefaced his speech on the silver bill by, saying that he did not regard it as a par- tisun measure or as a political measure on which parties were likely to divide. Tt was largely a local measure. re was no question to be compared with it in the importance of ite effects on the business interests of the coun- try. Five states were largely interested in the production of silver and were ably and zealously represented in the Senate. The south seemed also to have caught something of the spirit that actuated the mining states, because it desired not exactly free coinage of silver, but expansion of the currency, cheaper money, a the employment of of broader credit. It was also represented largely in the Senate in favor of the free coinage of silver. And so in other parta of the country. He—represent a state nearly central in population—had tested the sense of the people of Ohio, and they (he believed) were, by a large ’ majority (not gnly, im the... Tepublican party, | but in the democratic party), opposed to the free coinage of silver. ‘They bel de the body of the currency and reduce its _ purcl power one-third, destroy the bimetallic system of the country and reduce the country to the single monetary standard of silver, measured at the rate of 571 grains to the dollar. FINANCIAL ACTION OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY DEFENDED. lieved that it would He went on to defend the financial ao | try tion of the republican party and his own part in it. Starting with the close of Mr. Buchanan's administration he uoted from a} letter written to himself as chairman of the committee on ways and means in the house by Mr. Dix, Secretary of the ry, showing that the — country was threatened then with an absolute financial collapse, and he described the measures taken to provide means to carry on the war, including the issue of greenbacks, which “wild vision~ aries” now wanted to resort to again. passing allusion to the national banking system Mr. Sherman said that these banks would soon pass away—not because they were not the best. banks in the world, but because the United States bonds on which they rested would be paid off. ‘No man had ever lost a single dollar by the failure of a national bank on its notes. De- Positor had lost something bere and there, but very little. system, therefore, had f Jusiified itself. ‘ a THE HOUSE. committee of the whale (Mr. Buchanan of Vir- ginia in the chai) on the post office appropria- tion bill. Mr. Loud (Cal.) offered gn amendment in- creasing by $115,000 the appropriatior for the compensation of ters. Lost Me Sasol moral Solnurvese by $300,000 the tion of post office a the mo- tion, but Mr. Loud raised ¢ tof no quo- rum! and the item was passed over for the PAifr. Lind (Mtinn.) moved to increase by e110, 000 the a for ‘rent, &c., for post but it was confined did. not command -The ee cae ental aver Wo Ts Mrs. Staples, ‘MeMillan, Mrs. eo teriahies ott tks imaay otber tients Rec Negl tronized. “7 evening a large C PAGES, wa BA THE DISTRICT DELEGATES. ‘Messrs. Chase and Carson Speak for Their Respective Factions. RACK EXPECTS HE WILL BE ADMITTED AS A DELE- GATE—CHASE FAVORS HARRISON AND 18 AGAINST BLAINE—CARSON 18 NON-COMMITAL 48 TO HOW ‘BE WILL VoTE, On Seturday night at 11 o'clock a spocial train will leave the Baltimore and Ohio depot for Minneapolis, The cars composing this train will’ be sacred to the followers of W. Calvin Chase. About 150 persons are expected to be on board. Fifty of these will be members of the Harrison and Morton League of this city, fifty more will belong to the Southern Republi- can Club of Baltimore, twenty will wear the uni- form of the Capital City Band and the remainder will include Mr. Chase and a number of his inti- mate friends and associates. Mr. Simon Wolf, who is Mr. Chase's colleague and fellow dele- gate, left for Minneapolis this morning. The ‘iternates are H.W. Coffin and Arthur 8. A. Smith. These will go with the crowd. XR. CHASE'S CLAIM. “We claim,” said Mr. Chase to a Stam re- porter this afternoon, ‘‘to be the regular dele- gates,and our claim is borne out by practice and by the constitution of the republican cen- tral committee of the District. We propose to take our seats in the convention, and we will stay in them, too, until we are put out or the convention adjourns, All we ask is a fair ow. COLORED PEOPLE WILL SUPPORT HARRISON. “Thave no candidate,” insisted Mr. Chase upon being pressed for an expression of his preferences. “I have no entanglements. I will say, though, that Harrison bas endeared him- to the hearts of the colored people of thia country and will receive their unanimous sup- port, He won us by his ringing advocacy of the federal elections bill and by his courageous utterances whenever our right were being dis- cussed. Then he has given us more official recognition than any other occupant of the Executive nsion; under his administration the colored man ‘has received a fair share of material jnterest in the machinery of government. Ataf times bas he been con- siderate, and now that he is once more before the people we are going to show our gratitude. _ THE FEELING FOR SHERMAN. “Of course I understand that there may be a movement in behalf of Sherman. If there is, and it should seem to be the spirit of the con- vention, the colored delegates will sympathize with it. I supported Sherman in 1888 and under certain circumstances would do so again. He has repeatedly proved his devotion to our in- terests and we will undoubtedly reciprocate when an opportunity presents itself. “Alger is a good man, We could support him conscientiously. He has thagonfidence of the colored people and they woul readily vote for him. He would, we imagine, be as liberal tous as m has been. WILL SPLIT ON BLAINE, “Blaine? He cannot get one-half of the col- ored vote. Of course you understand that Iam for the nominee, whoever it may be, but I don't mind stating it tobe my firm conviction that the colored vote will split if Blaine is chosen. He is held responsible for republican defeat in the last congressional elections. He opposed the McKinley bill and. Tom Reed. and his comments were used with telling effect by the democratic orators. We have not forgotten that Blaino threw all bis weight against what was called the ‘force bill’ in two memorable fights. Blaine may be nominated, but he can never get the colored vote.” WHAT COL, CARSON SAYS. Col. Perry Carson, ex-Governor Pinchback and Gen. Brady of Virginia, members of the national committee, leave tomorrow afternoon ‘at 3:30 for Chicago to attend the meeting of the notional committee. Andrew Gleeson, who with Col. Carson compose one set of delegates, will leave the following Saturday. The colonel was in a happy frame of mind when a reporter of Tur Stak accosted him this afternoon. In reply to a question he said he had no doubt that he and Andrew Gleo- son would be seated and rec as the republican delegates of the District of Columbia. He was non-committal, ever, astothe way they would vote. a see,” he said, “we are fininstructed. At this time it is uncertain how we will vote. We are both friendly to Mr. Harrison and heartily provethe clean administration he hasgiven ue. As is already known we both like Mr. Blaine and while our choice lies between these two we are not prepared to say at this time which one we will support. This much may be said, how- ever. The candidate who gets the nomination, no matter who he is, will receive our unqual- ified support and our best efforts are at his command.” —————_e—____. EVILS OF NATURALIZATION. A Memorial Requesting That a Committee Investigate the Matte: Senator Hiscock today presented a memorial signed by Le Grand B. Cannon, Frederick Taylor, Brayton Ives,” Elihu Root, Horace Porter, John 8. Smith, Joseph M. Drexel, Geo. Bliss, Daniel G. Rollins, Cornelius N. Bliss, A. 8. Gorham, Jenkins Van Schaick and others (without regard to political affiliations) asking that a. committee be appointed to in- quire into the system of naturalization in New York city to the end that some remedial legis- lation may be devised and enacted with refer- ence thereto. They set forth that the im- migration records show that in 1891 205,000 people came to@ this coun- from Austria, Russia and Italy, but a small proportion ‘of which can either read, After routine business the House went into | j write or speak the English language, and are wholly ignorant of our laws and the principles of our government, and that the great majority of them remain in our large cities, formi colonies, where they live by themselves, speak their own language and follow their own cus- toma, apart from the life and influences of the American community. Second. That a practice seems to have arisen on the part of persons anxious to se- cure votes at our elections to procure the naturalization of great numbers of these recently arrived immigrants, and that there seems reason to believe that immediately prior to the last election in New York state pa- nied by great irregula extensive frauds, the public journals of the city report- that in a single court of that city during the first twenty days of October, 1891, there 1 naturalizations, of which 5,850 were judge; that the court sat" but five hours a day. and these new citizens were manufactured at the rate of about one a minute; that a single in ya nat ¥ or at the rate of about two a minute for the entire session of court. Third. That it ie obvious that the with such either in ite facts upon which the right to cit Ponds or in the execution of those rovisions; ‘and that there is reason to believe t the re- wi ern us, 2 In conclusion they ask for the appointment of the committee, ROCK CREEK PARK PAYMENTS. ‘The Court Asked to Issue an Order to the Secretary of the Treasury. ‘THE COMMISSION MAKE ANSWER TO THE RULE ISSUED LAST WEEK—UNABLE TO PAY THE MONEY BECAUSE THE SECRETARY HAS NOT HONORED THEIR REQUISITION—A PETITION FOR MANDAMUS TO BE HEARD TOMORROW. ‘This morning, in the Court in General Term, the motion of counsel for Messrs. H. L. Page, Frederick Bex, Jas. E. Green and Elmer E. Gist for a rule on the Rock Creek Park commission to show cause why said com- mission have failed to pay into the registry of the court the sums severally awarded to them under the condemnation proceedings had under the Rock Creek Park act was called up, the commission having been cited to an- swer on this day. The commission, through its counsel, Mr. R. Ross Perry and District At- torney Cole, filed an answer to the rule and also ® formal petition in the matter, and the court set the hearing for tomorrow, it being understood that it would be heard imme- diately after the motion for a writ of habeas corpus in behalf of Wiliam D.. Cross, the col- ored wife inurderer, had been disposed of. THE ANSWER OF THE COMMISSION. The answer of the commission recited the fact that on the 9th of May, 1892, they were ordered by the court to pay into the registry of the court the values appraised by it of allof the tracts upon the recorded map of Rock Creek Park which had been theretofore dee cided by the President to be reasonable, save the values appraised for the tracts owned by the Shoemaker heirs or some of them, and by Cornelia O, Truesdell, among which first named tracts were those of the said Page, Bex, Green and Gist; that on the same day the com- mission met and drew their warrant upon the Secretary of the Treasury for the sum of $480,- 102.15, which warrant, together with a certified copy df the order of the court, was on the same day delivered to the Secretary in . and that up to this date the Secretary of the Treas- ury has failed to pay the said sum or to issue the said warrant, the commission having no official information aa to why he has so failed or as to when he will so pay. ASKING AX ORDER ON TRE SECRETARY. The petition filed by the commission, after reciting the facts mentioned in their answer, also recited that on the 24th of May, 1892, the court ordered the commission to pay into the registry of the court the — suspended values’ mentioned in its answer; that in pursuance of aaid order of the court the commission drew a warrant upon the Secretary of the Treasury for the sum of $347,173.70; that the said warrant or requisition was sent by mail on the same day to the Secretary,a certified copy of said order being mailed to him two days later; that up to this date the Secretary has failed to pay either of the said sums or any sum whatever, the commission having no official knowledge as to why he has 80 failed or as to when he will so pay: that the commission are informed and believe that when said warrants or requisitions were respectively presented there were then and now are in the treasury of the United States and under the control of the Secretary of the Treasury and to the credit of the commission moneys not Highest of all in Leavening Power.— Latest U.S. Gov't Report. oval Baki Powder rr CLEVELAND'S CRITICAL MOMENT. Hie Fate as a Presidential Candidate Hangs on the Syracuse Convention. The democracts are all in a flurry today over the meeting of the Syracuse convention. The | most anxious of them all are those who most de- sire Mr. Cleveland's nomination. It is generally believed that Mr. Cleveland is very near th nomination and that the critiqg] moment in bis canvass for the nomination is as hand. A num- ber of telegrams were sent from the Capitol by Cleveland men today admonishing the man- agers of this convention to be cautions and moderate, Mr. Forman of Illinois, who is an earnest Cleveland man, ssid today that if the folks at Syracuse were not very careful today they would defeat Mr. Cleveland. . Cleveland in the White House. It is not merely the honor of a nomi- nation which they want to bestow upon him, and they do not want to sacrifice the party to | gratify a sentiment. If Mr. Cleveland gets the nomination it will be on the first ballot. Those men who vote against hin on the first ballot will do so either because they are opposed |to nim ‘or. because they want to make | deal elsewhere. If they find that Y are numerous enough to hold the Cleveland movement in check they will prove to be stayers, and those delegates who go to Cleveland on ‘the first ballot merely because they think he is going to be nominated and Want to be on the right side will quit very quickly when they see that the opposition is effective to prevent a stampede and is firm.” is — THE PETITION OF CROSS. It ts Set for Argument Tomorrow Morn- ing. The petition of Wm. D. Cross, sentenced to be executed on the 10th of June next for the murder of his wife, for a writ of habeas cor- pus, which writ was last Saturday certified by Judge Montgomery to the Court in General Term to be heard in the first instance, was called up in the General Term this morn- ing by Mr. C. Maurice Smith of counsel for Cross, The question at once arose as to whether, under the rules of the court, the writ of habeas corpus could be so certified; the peculiar question at issue being as to whether or not a petition for a writ of habeas corpus was a motion in the meaning of the rule. District Attorney Cole stated that counsel for otherwise appropriated exceeding of tho. sald warrants or: requi that the commission are the duties of the Secretary of the | th Treasury in the premises were and are ministerial only, and that it was and is his duty to pay the’ said sums according to the tenor of the said warrantsand requisitions. The commission therefore pray that this court will require the said Secretary of the Treasury to pay forthwith the said sums according to the tenor of the eaid warranta or requisitions, and that the commission may have such other and further relief as the nature of their case may require. SIGNED BY ALL EXCEPT GEN. CASEY. The petition of the commission was signed by all the members of the commission except Gen. Casey, who, it is understood, voted against the petition. MARSHAL RANSDELL’S FAITH. He Believes the President Will Be Renomi- mi “I believe now, as I have believed from the beginning,” said Marshal Ransdell toa Sr. reporter today. “that President Harrison will be renominated, and I believe now, as I have always believed, that Mr, Blaine will not be a candidate against him. “Mr. Blaine has for the last three years acted in perfect accord with the President and I am sure that had he intended to be a candidate for the presidency he would have frankly told the President 80. I have no reason to believe that Mr. Blaine is any less loyal to his chief than any other member of the cabinet, and I believe that when the time comes to take action at Minne- apolis that he will be found encow every effort for the indorsement of the administration by the renomination of its head. “So far as was in his power in the administra- tion of his office the President has fulfilled every promise made by the republican party i its platform of 1888. Every one admits that hi administration has been able and clean, would snrely be an anomaly in the face of such facts to fail to renominate him.” —__-2-—____. Marriage Licenses. ‘Marriage licenses have been issued by the clerk of the gourt to the following: Levin B, Benner and Mary J. Pierce, both of Washing- ton county, Md.; L. B. Millerand Leila. Hub- bell of Newport, Ky.; Geo. Chase and Henri- etta Braxton; Peter Barnes and Nettie Jackeon, both of Charies county, Md.; Pleasant Avery and Alice Butler; Samuel Moore and Maris H. Brown; John Armstrong and Morton Shepherd, both of Richmond, Va. ; John Hi Alice ilkinson and Grace MeCoy; reen and M. A. Buckley. Philip Hen- luke and Fannie Littleton; Perry Gardner aud Mary E. Fletcher; Oliver M. Bosbyshell of Philadelphia, Pa., and Minnie 8. Thornton; Wm. Ralph Lee and Margaret Elizabeth Ken- nedy; Joseph J. Robinson of Colorado and Annie Roesch of Philadelphia, Pa; W. H. Chambers and Annie Buppert; Robt. Parker and Sarah E. Scutts; Wi Brown and Sarah J. Fyman; Eugene Hourihan and Ella Mullen; Arthur Martin and Nellie Robinson; Maurice J. Colbert and Mariz O'Conner; P. J. McElligott and Margaret M. Flynn: Caleb Hawkins and Rachel Williams; Carter Ross and Emma Cyrus; Wm. H. Banks and Nora Hill, both of Loudoun of Hockilis, Ma; George M. ‘Kano’ aud’ Sf, ville, Md.; and Annie H. Behrens. _ — A Fire Quickly Extinguished. The fire department was called out last night shordy after 9 o'clock to attend a fire at a dilap- idated two-story frame house north of the of | Young Men’s colored burying ground, between Columbia road and Rock creek. The house, which was unoccupied, was destroyed: alarm was struck from box 256and soon the Mt. Pleasant volunteer fire de} it and engine No, T and truck B of the eity department were seemed to the one material whether or not the petitioner was enti issuance of the writ, Counsel for Cross objected to an immediate hearing of the motion and asked for time to Prepare a brief in the matter. The court, how- ever, after deciding that the petition was prop- erly before it, decided to hear the motion to- morrow morning at 10 o'clock. to an a DISTRICT IN CONGRESS. Information Wanted From the Commission- ers as to the Approval of Certain Plats. There is a disposition apparent in thefSonat ; District committee to ask awkward questions and then to insist that the questions be an- swered. This was made plain once more this afternoon when the Senate agreed to a resolu- tion offered by Senator McMillan from the com- mittee on the District. A good deal of interest is being felt by Senators as to the extension of strects, and there was no one to object when the resolution came up. ‘The request is voiced in the following words: “Whereas the act entitled an act to regulate the subdivision of land within the District of Columbia, approved August 27, 1888, authorizes and directs the Commissioners’ of the District of Columbia to make and publish such general orders as may be necessary to regulate the plat- ting and subdividing of all lands and grounds in the District of Columbia; and “Whereas the general orders made and pub- lished by the said Commissioners on ber 6, 1888, provides that ‘streets not in alignment with the streets of Washington shall . be not less than ninety feet,” and also that ‘no minor streets ina square shall be less than sixty feet in width,’ and “Whereas «bill has passed both houses of Congress providing that streets hereafter laid out shall not be less than ninety feet in width, a “Whereas the map of Stellwagen and Wolf (trustees’) subdivision of the Schuetzen Park, near Washington, in the District of Columbia, surveyed April, 1892, and bearing the approval of the District ‘Commissioners, shows Hancock street, McClellan street and Steuben street each with a width of but sixty feet; and “Whereas the map of Stellw monston, i and Washi mand Ed- vember 14, 1891, shows Thomas and Seaton streets (both minor streets) with a width of but fifty feet; and “Whereas the platting of such narrow streets te esomingly a direct violation of the law of ugust 27, general orders made thereunder, and, further, is calculated to entail large expense hen the joint resolution by the terms of which the Dis- trict Commissioners are authorized to issue a permit to the ci postmaster - praor ye pen Bin whe sa i i d ; ny Mulvey Wants to Come Here. Mr. Thomas N. Callan of this city, who bes teken an interest in base ball since the Cincin- nati Reds made their famous tour in 1869, and who ison terms of close personal friendship with Joe Mulvey, the third baseman of the Philadelphia club, whom Messrs, Wagner and Irwin are after, recently received a letter from Mulvey in which the latter says he hopes arrangements may be made for bis transfer to this city, that he has not drawn « cent from Philadelphia's treasury since the | beginning of the season, the Philadelphia club | claiming that it has aright to be reimbureed for the amount advanced to the third last year. Mulvey says he has no heart to play good ball for Philadelphia and thinks be would play third base satisfactorily for Washington. He thinks if Mr. Wagner will pay the price for his release it can be obtained. <r Tux Coxconp.—The gunboat Concord ar rived at Baton Rouge today en route to Hamp- ton Roads. — Range of the Thermometer. The following were the temperaturos at the office of the weather burean today: 8a.m., 71; 2 p.m., 84; maximum, 84; minimum, 62. Swirrs S CIFIC, For renovating the entire system, eliminating All Poisons froin the Blood, whether af scrufulous ‘OF malarial origin, this preparation hes we equal. ‘Trade 8.8.8. Mark “For eighteen months Thad an esting sore on My tongue. I was treated by best local physi- cians, but obtained no relief, the sore eradually frew worse. Ifinaily took 8.S.S., and was en- tirely cured after using few bottles.” C. B. McLEMORE, Henderson, Tex. S treatise on Blood and Skin Diseases mailed fren. THE SWIFT SPECIFIC 00., Avante, Ga oxen onan ware oxen axse oxen wore oxen Tomorrow we shall offer 50 dozen pairs of Ladies’ Fine-grade Oxford Ties, with opera toe and Patent tip, and also in common- sense toe, at the low price of $2.50 Pex Pam ‘We leave you to judge what they are worth. Hoover & Ssypen, 1217 Pa Ave N. 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