Evening Star Newspaper, September 13, 1893, Page 6

MY WIFF Ana T, writes « cont! Conneet RO years past ha ste to it man who at, bat who now resides at mel Ager’ years younae: than we, arecither gray beaded, white erbald. When asket how our bair has retained its color “By the use of Ayer's op. Texas, tells why he RECOMMENDS the nse of Ayer’s Hair Vigor day. Tin oon tt ne 5 ew tay. AYER’S HATR VIGOR, Prepaed by DEJ. C. AYER & €0., Lo: 20 formerly resided tn molulu, “for Hair Vieor, and we tark hair which she and I nowhave, our acquainianoos, ten or a dozen In 1868. my aManced hair kept felling ont every ase Ayer's Hate Vigor, and very any further loss of batr, but rowe®, Which has remained T can recommend ty all im need of « genuine hatr - Mass, T. S.A 2d EDITION. ONLY TWO SECONDS The Navahoe Gives the Britannia a Close Race. BEST CONTES? EVER SAILED ABROAD. pee | Death of F. L. Ames, the Boston Millionaire. THE WARSHIPS AT RIO. NAVAHOE’S GOOD WORK. Beaten Only Two Seco: and a Half im 2 120 Mile Ruce. LONDON, Sept. 12.—The yacht race be- tween the Prince of Wales’ 4ritannia and Mr. Royal Phelps Carroll's Navahoe, which started yesterday on a course ex- tending from the Needles to the break- water at Cherbourg, France, ound the CURES bysi ity mn. tones the tideem. ek women and chi weak v Mrs. if yorr oo aif, wine WANT 03 Gives | creates for Nursing Motiers, IS CUTTING TEETH BE SURE Their friends. fa mé&vwly APPETITE, re tefore breakwater and back to the Needles, a distance of about 12) miles, ended this morning in a probable victory for the Brit- annia. The Prince of Wales’ yacht crossed the fintsh about one minute ana thirty sec- onds ahead of the Navahce. When the | starting gun was fired yesterday the Erit- | annia was over the line, but she was not | compelled to return and make another | start. On the contray the difference in _| the times at which she and the Navahoe | started was deducted from the Britannia’s finishing time, and it was declared that {she had won the race by two and a half | ) Mr. nds. Carroll believes that his yacht won the race | agaimst the decisior and he at once filed a protest ferred to the regatta committee, LA, Index to Advertisements. ACCOUNTANTS. AMUSEMENTS ATTORNEYS. .....- AUCTION SALES BOARDING BICYCLES. 2 BUSINESS CHANCE CHICAGO HOTEL! cinROPODIS crTy ITEMS. COUNTRY BOARD COUNTRY REAL EST Dratas js DENTISTRY... EDUCATIONAL... EXCURSIONS. &e. FINANCTA? FoR BE FOR RENT ¢ FOR RENT ¢ FOR RENT FOR RENT ¢ Fou SaLE FOR SALE ¢ FOE SALE (ilo FOR SALE (Lots)... FOR SALE (tinonllaneous . YOR SALE (Pusnos), HOTELS i LabIZs Goons T (Offices) NEW PUBLICATIONS... NOTAMIES PUBLIC OvEA : POTOMAC Bi PIANos 4 PERSONAL 2 PESSIONAL . PROPOSALS. EAILROADS ePr ‘ » ORGANS... SUMMER RESORTS... WANTED (itelp) .... WANTED (Houses). WANTED (Rou Releasing a F Punished by a Policeman. Wm. Fitzgerald pr aight when Police Court this morning as a prisoner charges of disorderly conduct veral feet of cotton bandage n which ly nervous, his bing given bim by Policeman Clark. Fitzgerald asked the court to take his per- sonal bon: roper medical treatment,+ but sive bail he decided to go Qeth and hen Wm. de complaint that man put told Fitzgerald to go out, but he 1 the officer attempted Th ber, were drinking beer. - arm th and the r club. chich Fit of ae iuarter Kes Of | tts entrance. A state of siege has been de- | were nine of us in the party. Fitzgerald |¢lared for ten days and business is at a pay fc S not w = ated there, ney denied that e of medical treat He thought he t, and he therefore personal bonds, -_ Personal Weng: Wilson revenue bi of th a. rtment e world’s nissioner n th terday er has returned fr Tucker has returned nied a sickening appeared in the dock of the and assault. overed his Was extremely weak from loss his shirt was dyed. dition is to appear for trial after he had n Clark of the third precinct did and he told the story of the he was near Wyatt, a out of his ficer went to the place men tn the room, about ‘The| when he took the prisoner | prisoner struck him in the cer then struck him in thi ‘Then there was a strug. zgerall struck the officer loosened two teeth, wher 4 his club on Fitzger 4, he said, was taken pital for treatment. arber, gave similar tes- oral witnesses © beer, and that a.” said another witness; witness said, was singing missiongr Mil- depredations sent ten days, sick bis The matter was re-} bat. the committee decided that the decision of the Jadges was correct and the race was given to the Britannia. She won, as above| stated, by two and a half seconds. Hest Race Ever Satled Abroad. It Is everywhere conceded in English | yachting circles that the race between the | Britannia and Navahoe was the best ever seen in European waters, and one of the | closest on record. ‘The long course was covered quicker than ever It had been covered before. At the start, which was made at 11:15 yes- 5|terday morning, both the racers carried | single reefed mainsails and jib-headed top- Beeseneeneme Bie Dade we hward, the Britannia somewhat in the . having the advantage she had gained | over the line when the signal to t was given, The Navahoe, however, with her sheets | trimmed well aft, got through the water faster than the Britannia, and when they | | were hull down the Navahoe was leading. | th headed fer the western end of the | | Cherbourg breakwater, and not a line was eased on either boat until they rounded it }to leeward. Going up through the Cher- | bours roadstead it was almost a dead beat | to windward, and both boats made two legs | of it, refusing to split tacks. On’ the second tack the Britannia went to windward of the Navahoe, thus en- ing the latter to pass out first into the The Britannia, being to wind ward, went in rather closer to the Ie Pelee, | opposite the east end of the breakwater, than did the Navahoe. The latter hauled up on the wind at 5:12:10, and at 5:12:30 the | Britannia shaped her course for home. Looms were hauled well inside the port rails, and zlmost immediately afterward | the Britannia took a slight lead, stil hav- | | ing the weather position. As they got Weil | out into the channel, returning, the :umpy | |sea made bad weather of it, and on_ the | voyage ten heavy seas went aboard of | them. They rolled considerably, and their topmasts, which until now had stood on | end, were sent down, there being Janger | that the: Id be whipped out. Small | dibs were set, and the yachts raced for the Needles neck and neck. | - RIO IN A STATE OF SIEGE. as to he re- to it in CI med That the Rebels Control © Harbor. Special Cable Dispatch to The Evening Star. LONDON, Sept. 13—Private telegrams | from Rio controvert the official statement | that the Brazilian rebel ships are unable to | leave Rio hyrbor. On the contrary, it is! declared that they control the harbor and re. standstill. The city, however, 1s peaceful and communication with the interior is | uninterrupted. A leading Anglo-Brazilian | house has received a cablegram stating that exchange {s quoted at eleven pence | he present crews fe suspected and it is thought probable that they might combine with the rebels if allowed to proceed to Brazil. tog Sem 4 The message then stops abruptly, the bene cer? nt Wet te PMs | masinder evinentty having, teem expecened | fondant Sail that the officer took | bY the government, to which ft was Dresum- him by the coliar and he tried to brusl ably unfavorable. } bei a a to brush his | "According to advices from Lisbon, loyal : Kimball, in disposing of the c officers and crews for the Brazilian tron- | Said that nt to eject the |Clads Rtachullo and Benjamin Constant. | men : of the citizen. He| ow lying at Toulon, are on the way to! thou conduct was repre. | Lisbon from Brazil te man them on thelr | b severely [arrival in the Tagus The loyalty of the | w { | Rebels Again Repulsed. y Mexican cable to the ‘ald from Montevideo, Uruguay, News has been received from Rio | re- says: that the revolters of the Brazilian navy | made another attempt to bombard Nicthe- | in roy. The government troops which had been sent from Rio succeeded in again repulsing the Invaders. Eut the defeated rebels with- drew without great loss. While the govern- ment won a victory, its success was not as | complete as the repulse of the first attempt to land @ force from the rebellious ships. Owing to the embargo on telegraphic com- munication it is impossible to obtain. the | details of the attack and repulse. | Brazilian residents here express grave for to hton Beach, where he doubts that the situation in Rio {s as tran- auil or favorable to the’ government as th fowland of Hrooklyn. N. official telegrams sent out by President nd Mrs. G. E. Lewis of ‘Ss agents would indicate. clare that {f the admlatstration | Dr. Arther J. Hall returned home efter | had complete control of the city and that if) spending two weeks at Atlantic City. the revolution had not a large body of sym- ee _ pethizers in the capital it would not be [necessary to suspend telegraphic communi. t reso- | cation, | pr tcgperaned np Zire Further evidence of the government's for the use of the Senate. Commander Me nder B. H. McCalla has been ¥ as equipment officer of the Mare Isiand nacy ‘This will be first duty since mviction by court- martial three suflors of the Enterpri of cruelty storage of documents distrust of residents of Rio ts furnished by | the serutiny of private letters by the offi- | clals. All mail which is suspected or direct. | ed to persons whom the government dis- trusts Is opened before being forwarded. It is doubtful If the fort of Villagaigene and other forts near Rio are loyal to the his government. It is believed that the { risons stationed there sympathize with the to the | revolutionists of the navy, and will, when se. The unexpired | } lice station on 12th street | 1s @ little barber shop, patronized by col- ments were belng made to remove foreign vessels out of the line of fire. It is also said that a British gunboat had left the bay for the purpose of warning ves- sels not to enter. ANXIOUS ABOUT BRAZIL. No News Received by the Government Since Monday. No information concerning the revolution in Brazil has been recetved at the State De- partment since Monday, when a telegram was received from Minister Thompson, say- ing that Rio was under martial law and that all business had been suspended, Since then, according to press dispatches, a seri- ous engagement bas occurred near Rio, in which the insurgents were repulsed with great loss of life, but there has been no offi- cial confirmation of the report. State Department officials do not disguise their disappointment at the meagerness of information from the Brazilian capital and the opinion ts freely expressed that tele- graphic communication has been closed pending the settlement of the present troubles. ‘The cruiser Charleston ts somewhere in the vicinity of Brazi! and Navy Department officers are chagrined that nothing has been heard from her. She is on her way to the Pacific and was last heard from at Barbadoes several weeks ago She would have to touch at either Rio or Montevideo for coal. If she stopped at Rio the department would have been in- formed unless the use of the cable was pre- vented. On the theory that she did not stop at Rio a telegram has been sent to Montevideo for her to report arrival and await there for further orders. In case she is intercepted within the next few days she will be or- dered to proceed to Rio immediately after coaling for the protection of American in- terests. ——__ FREDERICK L. AMES DEAD. He Was One of the Wealthiest Men in Boston, Being Worth $25,000,000. ‘EW YORK, Sept. 13.—Frederick 1. Ames, vice president of the Old Colony raf road and a millionaire, was found dead this morning in the state room of the steamer Pilgrim soon after her arrival at pier 28, North river. A hurried examina- tion of the body indicated that Mr. Ames had died of heart disease. (EW YORK, Sept. 13.—The coroner's in- vestigation into the death of Frederick L. Ames developed the fact that he dled front erebral apoplexy, and a certificate issued to that effect. A ‘permit was also given to allow the body to be taken to Boston on the Pilgrim this afternoon. Frederick Lathrop Ames was one of Bos- ton's wealthiest capitalists and a cousin of ex-Gov. Oliver Ames. He was born at North Easton. Mass., June 8, 1835, and after @ course at Phillips-Exeter Academy en- tered Harvard University, graduating in 184. He began a commercial career that was so fruitful tn {ts financial results that he was popularly believed to be worth 325,000,000. Mr. Ames held immense inter- ests in railroad stocks, and was said to be a director in at least sixty railroads. In Boston he owned at one time $5,000,000 worth of real estate, his most extensive holding being the gorgeous Ames building at the corner of State and Washington streets. Mr. Ames, with the exception of one term In_ the State senate,in 1872,never engag- ¢4 actively tn politics. He was a trustee of Harvard University Corporation,and at one time held a vast amount of Union Pacific stock. Mr, Rmes’ father was Oliver Ames, broth. er of Oakes Ames of Credit Mobil There were but two children, Frederick and Helen, the latter, dead, Frederick Ames married a Baltimore lady, and their family consists of three sons and two daughters. Mr. Ames’ father was Oliver Ames,broth- or four richest men in Massachusetts, and he had the finest residence in North Eas- ton, with conservatories that were famous in the world of fioriculture. ee Millions of Feet of Lumber Burned. WEST BAY CITY, Mich., Sept. 13.—Fire started at 1 o'clock this morning in John Welch's lumber docks, and spread rapidly. ‘The fire was controlied at 3 o'clock. Two and a half million feet of lumber was di stroyed. Salfing, Hanson & Co. of Gra Ing, and Fisher & Co, of Bay City were the owners. There is no doubt that the tlre Was of incendiary origin, as two explosions Were heard just before the fire started. Myron Hall has been arrested on suspicion. ae Cittzenship of Pensioners, VICTORIA, B. C., Sept. 13.—United States pensiongs in this Vicinity are considerably exercised over the regulations compelling them to prove their citizenship, This is difficult on account of long residence here and some have never been other than Brit- [ish subjects, although they served in the war of the rebellion. suezm* BEHIND A BARBER POLE. A Suspected Policy Shop Ratded by the Police. Just a little below the first precinct po- at No. 26, there ored men. The police have suspected that something besides the tonsorial business Was transacted in the establishment, and this morning about 10:30 o'clock mate a raid on it. Sergt. Moore was in charge of the squad of men, which included Privates Heelan, Kilmartin, Tayman, Nebbs, Sprinkle and Williams. Precautions were taken to have the men leave the station separately and reach the place by roundabout ways, but notwithstanding this the occupants of the room in the rear of the barber shop Kot notice and fled by the back way. The door of the shop was locked, but It was broken open, and the officers ‘found in the rear room evidences of a hasty flight. That there hed been a number of people there was evidenced by the many foot racks over an ash heap in the rear. The officers found concealed in a piece of terra cotta sewer pipe in the vard a quantity of dra-v- ings end other policy papers. The proprie- tor of the shop, Elaridge Scott. was fla: under arrest’ and will be charged In the Police Court with running a policy shop. Such estaphshments have their pickets out | and get prompt notice of the approach of the police. Today when the officers were near a colored man across the street mate @ great pretense of pulling down his vest and otherwise adjusting h{s apparel, and it is believed this was a signal. > — FLATS CLAIMANTS. THE POTOMAC A Famous Cane Likely to Be Called in Court Soon. It {s not unltkely that on the reassem- bling of the Court of Appeals next Tuesday the case of the United States against Mor- ris et al. will be called, as it stands No. 15 on the September calendar, but what course will be pursued Is not known. The prob- abilities are that a pending motton, filed by | Messrs. A. Leo Knott, R. Byrd Lewis and H. ©. Claughton! for the Marshall hetrs, asking that the record be sent back to the Supreme Court of the District,on the ground that the case had been improperly trans- ferred, will first be disposed of. This will be one of the most interesting, voluminous and important cases that has beer. before the District courts for years. When the improvement of the Potomac flats was projected it was found that there were many claimants of the river bed, among them Martin F. Morris (ow one of the justices), whose title to what is known as Kidwell meadows rested on the action of the commissioner of the genera) land office in patenting the land to John L. Kidwell, The heirs of the Marshalls. the Fairfaxes and others also put th clalms, as also helrs of original proprietors of lands en when the city was laid out. The government therefore thought the then Attorney General (Mr. Garland) fled through the district attorney's office a bill | to establish title This was filed November 26, 1896, and tesides Justice Norris there were forty-nine other defendants named. ‘This number has been more than doubled by other parties coming in with claims. For the complainant the Attorney General and district attorney stand as the counsel of | record. but Mr. Hugh 'T. Taggart has had necial charge of the case and has devoted almost his entire time to the preparation of the case. ‘The defendants’ counsel are Messrs. Hamilton, Butler and Gwynn, but ‘there are a host of others who have since appeared in the case. ‘Although the record 1s said to be in the court of appeals, it 1s really in the district attorney's office, It being a bulky pile of typewritten copy, muck of it bound. It numbers several’ thousand pages and in- cludes many drawings and maps. DHINGTU # TO CLOSE THE DEBATE Senator Voorhees Proposes One Week Longer for Discussion. ‘THIS IS ANTAGONIZED BY MR. DUBOIS. Other Means Will Now Be Tried to Get a Vote. SOME DETERMINED STEP. ‘The steering committee of Senators in charge of the Wilson repeal bill today gave an indication of their determination to close the debate that now appears to be hopeless- ly strung out. At the close of the morning concerning the holdings in the national bank jinterests having been discussed by Senator Allen of Nebraska, the Wilson bill was brought up, Mr. Shoup being entitled to the floor. Senator Voorhees, however, secured the floor and there was instant attention, for it was thought that he, was about to make an important announcement. With nearly every seat in the Senate filled he spoke of the fact that the Wilson bill had been discussed by the House of Represent- atives for fifteen days and by the Senate up to date for twelve days, not counting Sun- days. He drew a comparison between the sizes he did not think the most sensitive gentle- man opposed to the bill could contend that there had been any want of Iberality on the part of the committee in charge of it. |There had been the fullest disposition to | allow wide discussion, but he would like to | et an expression from those in authority | to make it as to when the vote could pos- | sibly be reached. He would therefore sug- gest thet the Senate take a vote ten days |from now, or perhaps a week from today, or, in other words, close the general debate on the bill. A Week More of Debate. “Let us,” he said, “have an agreed day to close general debate and then give fur- ther time for the discussion of amend- ments. I ask that one week from today the general debate on the bill be closed and thay the amendments to the bill be open to discussion until Saturday, when a vote shall be taken.” He added that he had the utmost respect for the Senators opposed to repeal, and that he could not for a moment believe that any Senator desired to consume time needlessly, “Let us,” he said, “as fair men, come to some understanding. The House of Repre- sentatives consumed fifteen days. My proposition gives ten days more for the Senate.” Senator Dubois Objects. Senator Harris, who was in the chair, asked if there was any objection and Sen- ator DuBois took the floor. He said that all of the silver men appreciated the cour- tesy and fairness of Senator Voorhees and | had no disposition to criticize him, but he | disagreed with his statment that the House had discussed the Wilson bill either to its own satisfaction or that of the country. He referred to the debate on the federal elec- tion bill when Mr. Voorhees joined with Mr. Gorman in demanding more time. This bill was as Important as that, and silver men proposed to have time. He believed elwht-tenths of the people were now behind those who were for silver. Mr. Voorhees denied that there was any undue haste. He vas a better friend of silver, he said, than any man who favored this miserable act. When this blil was re- pealed he expected to assist in bringing about a proper coinage. Mr. Dubois asied Mr. Voorhees if it would not be necessary to supplement the repeal of this act by some legislation favorable to silver? “Yes, sir,” sald Mr. Voorhees, “and I am ready to help engage tn it. Financial legis- lation will not cease with this repeal.” Mr. Dubois said he did not doubt Mr. Voorhees’ statements, but burnt children dreaded the fire, and silver Senators did | not believe the President would sign any bill favorable to silver. For that reason they proposed to keep up the fight. Mr. Dubois then formally objected to the proposition of Mr. Voorhees. This, of course, annuls Mr. ‘oorhees’ proposition, as it was not made in a form that calls for a vote. ‘To Force the Debate. Mr. Voorhees accepted the situation grace- fully and said that he would call up the matter again at some future time. The in- j cident is taken to mean that the commit- tee in charge of the bill has determined to force the debate without actually proposing |cloture. This latter course would undoubt- jedly be met with vartous opposition, giving | the silver men more ammunition for their debate, @ sides arousing antagonisms that might ‘destroy the lines that have been so | strictly drawn between the repeal and anti- | repeal parttes. | There fs still another means at the dis- | posal of the committee by prolonging each session, introducing night sittings, and per- | haps shortening the morning hour, The old proposition of Senator Voorhees of the Sen- ate to meet at 11 o'clock each day {s still a | possibility. It is an open question, just | what means the committee will take to force this question of longer sessions, but it Is thought that with! a few days a defin- {te and determined step will be taken by them that may result in a test vote. - — THE NATIONAL GUARD. Part of It Will Join in the Parade Next Monday. Gen. Ordway has issued an order in re- gard to the District National Guard's pur- ticipation in the parade on Monday on the occasion of the celebration of the centen- nial anniversary of the laying of the corner stone of the Capitol. ‘The order says: “The troops of the National Guard will assemble on Monday, September 18, for parade. The brigade, with the exception of the first separate company, wil! be formed in column of fours at 12:30 p.m. on the west and south roadway of the White Lot, right resting at north roadway. “The first separate company will report at 12:30 p m. at the corner of Jackson place land Pennsylvania avenue to Col. Guy V. ‘Henry, U.S. A., commanding escort to the | President. Unless otherwise specially ordered, full- drese regulation uniform will be worn, ex- cept that those organizations not yet pro- vided with tt will wear fleld dress and | equipments. Commanding officers of companies will furnish thelr battalion adjutants with “morning reports” immediately after the parade {s dismissed, noting thereon the names of all officers and men absent from the parade without leave. Commanding of- ficers of regiments, separate battalions, and separate companies wil! furnish these head- quarters with consolidated morning reports | before ® o'clock a m of the %th instan will see that all enlisted men absent with: out leave are properly dealt with, and will report te these headquarters the names of all commissioned officers so absent. — ROUTED BY COLUMBIAN GUARDS. Forty Restaurant Waiters at the Fair Responsible for a Riot. CHICAGO, Sept. 13.—There was a bloody | tree fight this morning in and ontside the | Big Tree restaurant in the south part of | the fair grounds between forty walters | ana fifteen Columbian guards. The walt- | ers, who were the aggressors, came out of ‘the melee battered and bruised and the ring leaders were arrested. ‘The disgraceful affair began with a dis- | pute over a big advertising banner which had been stretched across the driveway by the saloon restaurant people concrary to the standing orders of the director gen- eral. ——_ ElMza Kelly's Will. ‘The will of the late Eliz Kelly, widow of ‘Wm. Kelly, filed today, leuves to her grand- son and daughter, James W. and Alice Gin- naty, $1,000 each; to her daughter, Jennie Brannan, and granddaughter, Alice Gin- hour, 2 o'clock, Senator Stewart's resolution | of the Senate and the House and said that | U W ED SE] DULL IN WALL STREET. A Rise Checked by News of Mr. Amen’ Death. Special ‘to The Evening Star. NEW YORK, Sept. 1%—Today’s market ‘opened fractionally above last night's clos- ng, but was dull and characteriess, Promt- ent operators, who were instrumental in making up prices, have quietly unloaded at top figures and are temporarily out of the market. The usual retinue of small traders were easily shaken out, and the market has narrowed and become more professional in ‘consequence, Moderate buying for London resulted in higher prices and renewed activity at the end of the first hour. ‘The carrying rates for new account in that market are down to 3 and 31-2 per cent, and foreign operators are inclined to buy on all reactions. A re- duction of the Bank of England's discount rate to 4 per cent is predicted for tomorrow. Manipulation was suddenly checked at noon, when the death of F. L. Ames of Massachusetts was announced. He had al- ways been friendly toward certain large corporations, such as General Electric and Union Pacific, and was a heavy lender of money to these concerns. The unexpected announcement of his death resulted In a temporary depression of prices, particularly noticeable in the properties named above. Chicago is very bearish In stocks and recommends the purchase of wheat and corn for a quick turn on the long side. The market has struggled along several days in the face of ad. verse conditions and without any stimu- lating Incentive to warrant a continuation of the upward movement, and has relapsed into dullness pending the appearance of the desired tonic. The directors of the Western Union Tele- graph Company met today and confirmed the action of the executive committee by declaring the regular quarterly dividend of 1 1-4 per cent, payable October 14, to stockholders of record September 20. ‘The estimated net revenue for the current quarter 1s $1,800,000, as compared with $2,200,000 last year and $2,000,000 In 1891. ‘The total cash surplus after paying interest and dividend charges is $7, The directors of the American Bell Tele- phone Company declared the regular divi- dend of $3 per share, payable October 16; books close September 30. Luke Erle and Western earnings for the first week of the present month show an increase of $4,871. The continued gain of the banks through subtreasury operations argues well for another favorable bank statement next Saturday. Today's statement shows exchanges, 074,401; balances, $3,236,881, and subtre: ury's debit balance, $423,495. Sugar sold up to M, ‘ex dividend 3 yer cent, making an actual gain in price since August 1 of 321-4 per cent. St Paul ad- vanced 11-4 per cent to 611-4; Manhattan sold down to 128 and rallied sharply to 131. Louisville and | to 553-8 and Burlington recorded a sim- ilar improvement to % 5-8. The Industrials were less active than usual, but were conspicuously strong after | the early decline. Chicago gas gained 15-3 per cent to 611-2, and General iectric sold up to 47 after breaking to 4 at midday. Small amounts of gold continue to ar- tive from Europe, so that the uet exports for the year have been reduced +0 $13,000, | 000. At 12: the market was strong at the best figures of the day. FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL, The following are the opening, the hizhest and the lowest ani the closing srices of the New York stonk inarker tod: Teported by Corson & Macarine embers New York stock exchange. Correspondents Mesare Moore & Schley, No. b0 Broadway: ‘Stocs Open” Hivh “Low. Close, Dig “Rg HOS By Te af Say Ba Atchison... 203 Canada Southern, Canada Pacific. -. Ches. & Ohto.. Chem. & € Chie a levated. Central... BY Coes bee Nortiiern Facite. Northern Vac Ont, and Westera. Pacifio Mail. Phil, d leading: Pull. P. Caro.” Southern Pacif-. Texas Pacific. ae Western Union Tol. Wiscousin Central... Exdiv., 3 per cont. —_—____ Washington Stock Exchange. Sales—regular call—i2 o'clock w.—American Se- gurity aud ‘Crust Ss, $2,100 at 100; Riggs Insurance Company, 100 at 7 Goveruiuent Bouds.—U. S. 48, registered, 1907, AO}y bid, 112% asked. USS." 48, coupon, 1907 111% vid, 11254" asked. District of Columbia Bonds.—20-year fund 5s, | 106 bid. Water stock 7s, 1u01, currency, 10 bid: | 80-year fund Gs, gold, 110 bid. Water stock 7s, | 1008, currency, 112 bid. 8.05s, funding, currency, | 105 bad, 107 asiced. reilancous —Washington George- | | Mise ‘Bonds. —Washii and | town R. KR, conv. Gs, Ist, 120 bid, 130 asked. Wash- | ington ‘and ‘Georgetown’ R. It. conv. Os, 2d, 1 bid, 190 asked. “Washington Market Company Ist | a," 100 bid,” Wustington Market Company tmp. | Os, 100, bid. Washington “Market pany ex- tended fs, 100 bid. American Security aud Trust 6s, 1005, A. and O., 100 bid, Lz asked, “American Security’ and Trust’ 5s, 1905, F. and A., 100. bid, 102 axked. American Security and. Trust 5s, 196, A. and 0., 100 bid, “102 asked. Washineton Light Infantry ist Gs, 96 Wid, 102 “asked. Washington y 24 Ts, 96 'bid, 102 asked. pans Gs, weries A, iz fon Gus Company Ge, series By 112 bid) Washing: ton Gas € ., Os, and Potomac Telephone 5s, 108 asked. Capitel and North O Street RoR bs, 90 bid. Metropolitan It. BR.’ conv. Os, 100 bid, 103% asked U. 4. Electric Light conv. ‘Ss, 104 bid, 112 asked. National Bank Stocks.Bank of Washington, 320 bid. Baak of the Republic, 220 bid. 2m naked. Metropolitan, 270. bid. Central, 270 ‘a. Second, 125 M4, 150’ asked. Farmera’ and Mechantes™, 175 Vid Cittzens’. 120 bid, 180 asked. Columbia,” 125 B14. 180 neked. Onpltai, 114 bid 125 asked. West End, bid” 112 asked. Traders’, 112° asked. Lincoln. 48 bid, 106 aeked. Obto, 95 asked. | ggRtllroad | Stocks. Washington" and Georgetown, | 2500 bid. 350 asked. Metropolitan, §5 bid, 100 j aeked. Columbia. 60 bid. Canitol’ and North O Street, 20 bid Eckington and Soldiers’ Home, 20 aske Georgetown and Tepalistown, 40° asked. Creek. 100 bid, 45 asked. Franklin, $6 bid, 35 usked. fan, — Mid. ational Enion, 10 Nid. 184 arked. “Attington, 145 ht. Colambin, 12% bid. “15 awked. Riggs, "7 bid, 7% auked. People's, 8° bid, 8% asked. Lincoln, 71, bid. 94 naked. : Title Insurance Stocks.Real Estate Title, 125 Polumbin Mtle, 6% bid. 6% asked. iwetric Light Stocks. Washington Gas, isked. Georgetown . 47 bid. U.S. Electric Light, 118 bid. 1: sked. ‘Telephone Stocks.—-Pennsylvanta, 30 bid, 41 asked Chesapeake and Pot joronc. $4 Did." American Graph- ‘a b itocks.—Washington Market, 10 Md. Washington Brick Machine. 110 bid, 150 asked. Great Falla ‘Tee, 130 asked Bul) Run’ Panorama, Se cst Aloe Carsiare. 30 bid Nor- Nk and Washington Steamtont Company. 05 asked. ‘Safe Deposit and Trost ‘Compantene National Sate Deposit. and Truwt Company, 115 hid. 120 asked. Washington Loan and Truet, 100 tid. 125 aeked. American Security and Trust, 120 bid, 125 asked. fea eet Chicago Grain and Provision Markets. Special Dispatch to Tbe Evening Star. CHICAGO, Sept. 13, 1897. meee May "Deo. me # a i p Pork—Oct. ui W6) Ue Keceipts in Cifvaro-Wneste 135 etrs> corn? G conta, 308 hows, 27-000. rl —_—_—~. Baltimore Markets. BALTIMORE, Sept. 13.—Flour active, unchanged —receipts, 6,664 barrels; shipments, 1,627 barrel sales, 3,825 barrels. Wheat irregular and _bigher— No. 2 red, T1Xa72; September, 71 ber, ‘a x ;, December, 75 2 red, G—receipts, 5e,s24 Dushels; sales, 380,000 bushel sample, TOaTZ. Corn dull—mtxed, September, asked; October, celpca: gd — a 144, cont by susie, 8%; yellow carn by ‘ayaple Sa outa aru "Non'd white’ wenterny Boast mixed — western, 3214—recetpts, His bushel stock, 190,488 bushels. Rye Inactive—No. 2, Sla Hag Teds saa, eas Ge” Seine iy. Imothy, $14a$15. ‘Grain ts dull, unchanged. Cotton’ Proviainos® rumen 19.59, shville gained a noint| 120 did. “Chesapeake | LM DER 5 st [THE TARIFF HEARING. |°'STR! Those Who Appeared Before the Ways and Means Committee. PLATE GLASS AND OTHER INTERESTS. What Mr. Reed Calls an Extra- ordinary Proposition. AS TO COLLARS AND CUFFS. ‘The tariff hearings were continued be- fore the ways and means committee to- day, representatives of the glass ware in- dustry having the floor. Mr. E. A. Hitchcock of St. Louls, repre- senting the Crystal Plate Glass Company, asked the committee in behalf of this in- terest, as well as the labor interests so closely identified with it, not to disturb the, existing rates of duty on plate glass, and Justified the request by asserting that they had already accomplished what was sought | to be secured by reducing rates, viz: Lower| prices to the consumer, which prices were today less than one-half what they were ten years ago, while no change or reduc- tion whatever had been made in either the tariff or in the rates paid for labor done. This had been brought about by competl- | tion caused by the increased plants brought | | into existence by the protective tariff. There | was now but one direction in which cost | could be further reduced, and that was by | ® reduction of wages, which, during the ex- istence of the present tariff had not been disturbed or varied, but which must feel | | the full effect of any blow struck against | this industry, all other means for reducing | cost having been exhausted. | Alfred Bloom of Bloom & Toch, New | York, importers or piate glass for the man- ufacture of mirrors, said that they had to import 90 per cent of the glass they used, as it was of small size not made here. Man- ufacturers would not take orders for ft. He could not see why a duty should be put on glass of this size. The Furniture Industry. Leo Austrian, a Chicago furniture manu- facturer, and one of a committee of three appointed by the National Furnit.re Asso- ciation, appeared before the-committee on behalf of the association to ask Congress | to help them to gein an export trade. The | furniture industry of this country, he said, | did not need or k for protection, It was | one of the few industries which could stand foreign competition. The industry employ- ed about 100,000 hands, and its product was valued at about $125,000,000 a year. German looking glass entered largely Into the com- position of furniture. It was not made in small sizes, and he asked that it be put on the free list. Snce the passage of the McKinley law the price of this glass had increased 30 per cent, and was controlled by the German | Looking Glass Company of New York—a/| trust. It Increased the cost of the article to the consumer. Mr. Reed—Then you want us to remove a purely revenue duty? | galt, Bloom—Yes, sir. It is not a protective uty. | Mr. Reed—We are not doing this kind of thing. We are here to abolish protective duties, Mr. Reed called the attention of Chair- man Wilson to the extraordinary propos!- jon. Mr. Bloom also asked that the duty of 15 |Per cent be taken off mahogany lumber. This, he said, could not be grown by legis- tion, M:. Payne reminded him that this was another revenue duty, Mahogany logs, Mr. Bloom said, were free; but manufacturers did not like ‘to buy them as they could not tell what they were buying. If these requests were granted it would help them in the export of furniture. Collars and Cufs. Charles H. Corliss, representing the Troy Collar and Shirt Manufactory, asked that the following schedule of the tariff remain unchanged: Collars and cuffs, composed entizely of cotton, 15 cents per dozen pieces and 3 per cent advalorem; composed in whole or in part of linen, 30 cents per doz- en pieces and 40 per cent advalorem. Shirts | and articles of wearing apparel of every de- scription, not specially provided for in this act, composed whoily or in part of linen, 55 per cent advalorem. The percentage of wages paid was 44 1-2 per cent of the sales and 60 per cent of the cost of production. There was a capital | of $12,151,900 invested in the shirt business of the United &1 and the value of the product was $28,1 the number of per- sons employed was 26,560. The tariff of 18s3, he said, gave the in- dustry no recognition and practically no protection, and the advent of German col- }lars, cuffs and shirts made a substantial protection necessary. The McKinley act | had remedied all that. The trade had not/ been enlarged by protection; it had been |saved, and prices had been reduced. ‘They considered that the law of 189 pre- | served and aliowed the continuance of their business. In conclusion, he said that the protection given manufacturers had been of the ut- most benefit to the community and to the | workers, as fully nine-tenths of the labor | ts performed by women, who, if deprived of | this wage-earnin occupation, would be without employment, such as no othe? in- | dustry tn our locality can furnish them. a SEEKING JOHN SHEA’S RELEASE. Counsel Petition Judge McComas for a Writ of Habeas Corp: This afternoon, as intimated in The ®tar several days ago would be the case, Messrs. | Cook and Clark, counsel for John Shea, |who several weeks ago was convicted in the Police Court for the second time of selling liquor without a license, laid before | Judge McComas of the District Supreme Court an application for the issuance of a writ of habeas corpus. Shea was sentenced upon his second conviction to six months ‘in the workhouse and to pay a fine of $500, |and in default of the fine to six months | addition§l in the workhouse. ‘The petition for the writ of habeas corpus | recites at length the record of the trial of Shea before Judge Mills and a jury in the Police Court, and prays that the prisoner, who Is now confined in the workhouse, may | be discharged from custody. Five principal \grounds are relied upon in the petition, as follows: First, that Shea’s sentence was contrary to law and therefore could not legally be imposed, the act of March 3, 1893, under which the information was filed,. re- quiring both fine and imprisonment without authorizing an additional imprisonment in default of the fine. Second, that there was no authority for | the appointment of Jude Mills to preside over the court in the absence of Judge Mil- ler; third, that the warrant of commitment was addressed to the intendant of the work house, when in fact there is no such officer known to the laws in force here; fourth, that the sentence to the work house tm- poses hard labor, thereby making the of- fense an infamous one and requiring an tn- ictment by the grand jury, and, fifth, that the defendant was robbed of any right of appeal from the judgment rendered against him. The petition also contains other grounds upon which it is claimed the defendant ts entitled to be discharged, but those not mentioned refer mainly to’ the Mlegality of the Information filed against the defendant and to the conduct of the trial. Shea's counse! briefly explained to Juage McComas their contentions, and after the court had read the petition he informed counsel that so many points had been raised in the petition that before directing the writ to issue he would prefer to have them submit their authorities, and stated that he hoped to render his decision in the matter tomorrow morning. All that Shea’s counsel ask at the present time {s that the writ issue as a matter of right, and that the prosecution be then di- rected to show cause at a proper time why the defendant should not be discharged as prayed. It Is probable that Judge McComas will grant that much as a matter of right, and then appoint an early day for argu- ment. ees: Ne Notes. ‘The San Francisco sailed from Newport | well CT AFFAIRS. No Action Yet Taken in Regard to the Possibly New Appointments May Not Be Made for a Month—Preparing for Monday's Parnde—Notes. No action has been taken by the Com- missioners in reference to the reappoint- ment, or the apointment of successors, of the school trustees, Messrs. John T. Mit- chell, president; Louis A. Cornich, James W. Whelpley and A. H. Witmer, whose’ terms of office expire today, and it is prob- | able that none will be taken before the first of October. Commissioner Powell in referring to the matter today said: “Under the law, as I construe ft, the trustees are appointed for | three years from a certain date. That being the case, I am under the impression that these gentlemen, whose terms expire today, cannot holé over until their successors are appointed. We will take no action in the matter until Commissioner Koss returns, and I hardly think that will be before the | first of October. If these gentlemen will accept a reappointment, I am positive that this will be done. Owing to the fact that there are no emoluments attached to the office of school trustees, the positons are In no great demand: in fact I do not believe there is a single applicant. The present in- cumbents are all good men, and have made excellent records in the supervision of the schools.”” Commissioner Parker stated that it was his purpose to confer with Commissiones Ross either today or tomorrow in relatic to the matter, but that he did not think an: definite action would be taken for at least | @ month. “There still remains a quorum,” said he, “and the business during the in- terim will hardly be of such importance as Will handicap the board.” A committee of Anacostians waited on Commissioner Parker today and requested that he withhold action in the appointment of the school trustee for the Anacostia d trict until after their meeting to be b Friday night. They will recommend some ene for the position. At the request of Commissioner Parker Attorney Thomas has looked up the law on the subject, and today rendered his opin- ion that the trustees cannot hold over un- til their successors are appointed. An Alleged Menace to He: H. Scholfield of 243 M street northwest complains to the Commissioners of a hide curing establishment, located next door to him, in 3346 M street, and says that the odors emanating therefrom are of a most cffensive nature. He claims that it ts a menace to the health of the reci@ents of that section, and asks that the Commissioners take some steps to abate the alleged nui- sance. Complaint of the Street Sweeping. John J. Cherry of 163 0th street north- west complains to the Commissioners of the | manner in which the street sweeping de- partment operates. He states that on the night of September 9 the street in front of his residence was swept without first hav- | ing been sprinkled, and that his house as his neighbors’ was filled with black dust. He states further that efter the dirt is swept Into the gutters it fs allowed to re- main there for several days before the carts are sent around to remove it. Wants Sewers Extended. Mr. Sam'l Ross of lth and G streets northwest makes application to the Com- missioners for the extension of the sewers in the alley in the south half of square 546, for the purpose of supplying sewerage to lots 235, 236 and 237 im that square. The same person makes request for the laying of a water main on south O street from 84 to 4 1-2 streets southwest, in order that water may be supplied to eleven houses on O street now nearing completion, Preparing for the Parade. Superintendent Davis of the street sweep- ing department has issued orders to have the streets over which the centennial pro- cession will move next Monday put and kept in exceptionally clean condition. The Pennsylvania avenue scraper gang will con- centrate and work from Iith street to Ist, and along Ist to and around Garfield circle. Two labor gangs, consisting of two foremen, twenty-two men and four carts, will work on B Street north, from New Jersey to Ist street. east, along Ist street to 5 street south, and thence to New Jersey avenue. The House-tu-House Inspection. The Commissioners this afternoon re- ceived from Deputy Health Officer Tracy the weekly report of the house to house inspection for the week ending September 8, showing: Number of squares inspected, 47; number of houses and premises in- spected, 1,859; number of families residing in houses, 1,84; number of persons occupy- ing houses, 8464; number of rooms, 10,623; number of water closets, 1586; number of box privies, 64; number of nuisances found, GW; number of lawful garbage receptacies, 419; number of unlawful garbage receptacles, 110; number of premises sewered, 1.248; number of premises without sewers, ‘61. ‘The house to house inspection is now nearly completed. Total inspections made are as follows: Squares, 1191; houses and premises, 43,085; families, 43,334; persons, 207,3%; rooms, 2%, WS; water Closets, 47,968; box privies, 12,66; nuisances, 14,232; lawful garbage receptac 12,198; unlawful’ garbage receptacles, 22,438; premises sewered, 31,94; premises without “Tees ware ses lied with ere were 1,183 premises supp! Potomac water in houses and yards, 329 get their water from hydrants in public streets, 334 from wells, and 7 from pumps and springs. None of the houses was reported as ob- teining weter from cisterns. ‘The premises reported without sewer con- nections since that part of the service was inaugurated number 1114. A large pro- portion of them are located In the out- skirts of the city and many in the county. The report from the southwest section alone shows of the number of premises in- spected during the six days, from a total of 216 examined, that % were not connected with sewers. In a majority of stances there are neither water mains nor sewers, in some there are sewers, but no water ‘mains, in others there are water mains, but sewers are lacking, and in a great many locations, especially in the suburbs, there are neither water nor sewer facilities other than that which nature affords. A notable case where ample sewerage 1 given without water supply is that on 13 1-2 street between D street and Ohio avenue, where “Swinghammer row” is located. Forty-three thousand and ninety-five houses have been inspected, besides their surroundings, and numerous lots and places, One hundred and twenty-one numbered squares within the city limits and a portion of the territory outside the city boundary are now being looked after, and in a few days the first inspection of ‘each and every house in the District of Columbia will be ended with satisfactory results, Work Ordered. Among the orders issued by Engineer Commissioner Powell have been the fol- lowing: Authorizing the engineer depart- ment to purchase 50) barrels of Cumber- land cement from Cemmack & Decker at $L.OL per barrel; directing the old drinking fountain on P street between Rock creek and 224 street be replaced by a new one, at an estimated cost of $20, exclusive of the fountain; that a water main be laid in the center of 24 street from D to E streets northwest, and on D street from 2ist to 22d streets northwest; also a 4-inch main tn alley square $3, at a total estimated cost of $951.45; that a water main be laid on M street southeast between 4th and Sth streets, at an estimated cost of $250: that a water main be laid on B street from sth to loth streets northeast, at a total cost pf $1,010; that a brick sidewalk be laid on Kirby street between Morgan street and 12% Kirby street, under the provisions of the it system, at an estimated cost of $92.40; that sewers on Erightwood avenue between Flor- ida avenue and Rock ereek Church road be added to the provisional schedule of sewers to be built, under appropriation for suburban sewers, 186. Estimated $24,372; that the old lumber which is to be removed from the Aqueduct bridge be used in constructing a fence agong the Canal road, from the bridge to Foxhail road; that ‘enue | struction of the water mains, which will be advertised in a few days. The work of building the reservoir will be berun at once and pushed to an early compleuon. It has Rot yet been definitely decided where the pumping station will be located. Several sites are under consideration. Capt. Derby will submit a report to the Commissioners in reference to the site of the pumping sta- tion in a few days. This reservoir ts de- signed for the purpose of supplying water to the extreme northwestorn portion of the District, and as the ~ n of that terrt- tory is considerably higher than the city the Reno reservoir will pr iy be the highest reservoir in the District. The oo nection with the princtpal water main will be made on the Conduit road at George- town. To Imapect the Stands. Mr, W. J. Frizzell of the conte ecutive committer called on Ine Buildings Entwisle today and requested him to inspect the stand being erected at the Capitol for the centennial ceremonies, Mr. Entwisle referred him to Mr. Clark, [architect of the Capitol, saying that preferred not to go for the reason that h {had no authority by Inw to make any sug- gestigns whataceve- relative t> butldins of any Yeacription being erected on ted States property and did he inspect the stand he would be infringing on Mr, Clark's tere ritory. Miscel! An onter was published by the Commis. stoners today directing that the estimated | cost of $00 for removing trees and boughs | from the streets after the recent storm be | charged to the reency fund. George F. Schaffer, desiring to engage tn the plumbing business in the District, today filed a bon the Commissioners for } 32.000 with ow posit Com- pany of Balt s suretios Capt. Flebeger. tant to the Engineer Commissioner, is in Ohio on a few days Visit to relatives The Commissioners are t of a letter from Loring Chap street northeast, asking that they place lth street | between I street and Florida avenue on the jSchedule of streets to be improved next | year. | as MeCovan, watohn at the muni 2 has t increased fre August Mil pointed & temporary inspec engineering de partment. CAPITOL ‘TOPICS, Some Bills Offered Vesterday. I" ot an especially cond Any for billy tn the House, yet, If « th of those presented had these ete » | would have been among ¢ mnees: A pension to every confederate prisoner and a bonus of 2 a day for every day he Was imprisoned ( The abolition of ti son, ». Promotion of all navy medical directors Mich ). 0 tax (Hender to the rank and pay of commode (O'Neill, Pa.) Payment of coin obtigations of the gov- }ernment in silver (Hell, Col). 11 pension to letter carriers after twen- ty years’ service (Durborow, Ms.) Reduction of barley duty from bushel, of malt duty te and @ pound (Fitch, N. Yo. | Abolition of bureau of navigation (Pitch, He. to Me. & f hop duty n the free list (Hall, Mtnn.). Repeal of the ocean mail subsidy Inw (Fn- loe, Tenn). Authorization to the government te buy y by paying ) to the patentee (Lacey appropriations of between five and six millons for public butldings, docks statues, and of eight millions more in s- tlement of Indian claims. On the whole ® pretty good day’s work. ors. A great deal of amusement was this morning in the Senate by the ance of a large bouquet on the desk of Mr. | Wolcott of Colorado. It was a huge affair, | in the form of a basket roses, rel and white, with two large streamers uf red satin ribbon that hung from the hand) There is a gre eal of mystery about the attached it sald It was was brouxht it to him. gift, as Senate cow Increasing Representative Jerry of increasing the circulation |gressional Record. He has introduced @ joint resolution providing for the print and distribution to each member of Ce gress of 10) extra copies » Congres- sional Record from the beginning of present special session up to Qctober 1 reason for thus in asing thi Records allowed by law to aber twenty-two—is the very ine | terest in the silver debate and the demand made upon members for copies of thelr speeches. Ry naming October 1 as the limit [of the increase the member from Medicine Lodge evidently expects that the silver 4 bate in the Senate will be over by that time. Decuments of No Value. The Postmaster General, acting in com formity with the law of the last sesston, has informed the Speaker of the House that there is a large amount of documents in his department which are of go historical value, and of no vaiue governr and which could be destroved without loss. In accordance with the low referre the Speaker ayy enderson of North | Carolina and M f Ohio to net with a joint committee from mate, to Inspect the documents, and to provide for thelr disposal or destruction The law was passed with the intention of relieving the department of the vast accu- mulation of useless dies which encumber every department, and much waste labor, take up valuabh and over burden the capacity ding The Senate Finance Committee. ‘The Senate committee on finance appears | to be divided upon the proposition set out in Mr. Morgan’s bill to repeal the law au- thorizing the redemption of subsidiary coin in treasury notes. This bill was introduced the other day as a measure having the cor- @ial indorsement of the Secretary of the Treasury. It was sed Dp but no action w: the Dill be aside pending the reception of a cation from the Secretary of the Tre siving his reasons for urging its repeal. Contributions for the Sufferers. Representative George Wash ray of South Carolina, th tive of his race in Congress, novel financial feature into of Senator Mite! per. He was collecting m Hef of the storm su Una, and apparently among the charitably od. Senator Hill went down into his pockets and pro- duced a long roli, from which he took a Dill, Senator Hoar followed sult, and then Mr. Murray thought that he had made hay r one day, and departed. f Thos, Williams. Senator Wolcott is the author of a reso lution which was introduced in the Senate yesterday appropriating $%%) from the com- tingent fund of the Senate for the relief of Thomas Williams, who was badly hurt while running the freight elevator in Ju eust, 1892. in South Caro- quite a harvest |e DISTRICT IN CONGRESS. ‘The House District Committee. The House District committee held @ | meeting this morning and acted upon the only bill before it, the bill recommended by the Commirstoners authorizing the ap- pointment of two additional clerks in the health department was favorably re- ported by the commit | "In the House Mr, Heard asked unanimous | consent to consider the bill, but upon sug- gestion of Mr. Sayers, chairman of the | Sommittes on apnropriat: [his request and the bill will He over until | tomorr. It wee only yesterday that the committee received any of the bills which have been | introduced tn the House, and they were | immediately referred to the District Com- missioners for a report. It is expected that ja number of these will be returned by next ‘ednesday, when another meeting will te | held and those measures acted upon. The Physicians of the Poor. Mr, Meredith introduced @ bill in the House today providing that the Commis- opportunity offers, openly join the rebels, naty, her household effects, and to her son bulk” meats, loose and daughter, Charles and Jennie Brannan, the rest of the estate. A Bequest to the Children’s Hospital. ‘The will of the late Ella Todd-Canfield has been filed, by which she leaves bequests of $1,000 and $500 to certain friends and rela- tives, $600 to the Children’s Hospital for a bed in memory of her children, and $150 for @ memorial window in the Church of the Ascension at Atlantic City. today for New York. The Miantonomoh has sailed from New- port for Gardiner’s bay. ‘The Bennington has arrived at Brest, France. A New Immigration Commissioner. of the Treasury has ap- ge Ar ay commissioner in of c son, resigned Fequest. portion of his sentence of suspension was nf remitted by ex-Secretary Tracy about a SS year aco, since which time he has teen on| ROME, Sept. 13—Intelligence has ben re- leave of absence on the Pacific coast, await-| ceived tn this city to the effect that Ad- ing orters. . mira! Mello, commanding the rebel Brazii- ———_ A Refund Ordered. Secretary Carlisle has authorized the refund of about $3,000 to John B. Thomp- son of Harrodsburg, Ky., on account of spirits overgauged on withdrawal from bonded warehouse. Petitions for refunds of alleged excessive payments are fre- quently made to the internal cevenue bu- Feau, but the present case is the first one after 9 o'clock today. Arrange-!on record where a refund has been made. sioners of the District shall hereafter pay @ salary of $59 per month to the physicians of the poor of the District, and the bill ap propriates $4.8” for that purpose. ————_o- Called on Secretary Herbert. ‘The members of the House committee naval Ses cues at the Navy ment ina morning and ‘their Fespects to Secretary Herbert. “Pals te accordance with the > ‘committes. sued today: M. Payne to erect brick house, 1624 © street, $4,800. J. H. Grant to erect | New Jersey avenue, $8,300. house, 3123 Dumbar- shoulders, 914; long clear, 113; clear rib. 7 Sugar pickled storie ste icer-cured smoked —-o-+_—_ fan fleet, has informed the representatives ‘Trial of the Montgomery. of foreisn nations In Rio. de Janewo of hig ‘The new crufser Montgomery, built in Bal-| intention to bombard the forts in the bay of timore by the Columbia tron works and re-| Rio de Janeiro. © ted -eady for trial, probably | Operations against these forts were fixed be tried on Monday, September 3. to begin steady: bute Raltimore and aod tow reservoir prop- today, in the con 13.—Vis 10; 35 bid: stock, reakeds hatte Southwest ‘firsts, 1: Consolida- ponds, 100aiI0%; do. stocks, Seabong” practice , a.