Evening Star Newspaper, November 9, 1893, Page 2

2 THE EVE) time went by, and the turkey came not. Finally it was the last day before Thank giving, and the old negro bezan to weak This was a set-back to his belief in faith without works, and he decided to try a new tack. So that night he made one of his strongest prayers. It began thus: ““‘Lord, I'se done axin’ yo’ fo’ yo" to sen’ me a turkey. I ain’ gwine to bother yo’ wiv it. I'm goin’ to ax yo" to make me de humble instrument fo’ to git myself de bigges’ an’ de fattes’ turkey in de county." “And he got the turkey.” concluded the general, “and it was bigger and fatter than that which graced the table of any white family in the neighborhood, and one white family went hungry so that the ‘humble agent’ might feast. Oh, there's a good deal in pure faith, but faith and works added make a strong combination.” He Has Returned. Mr. Wardle, chief clerk of the census ‘Sureau, has returned from New York. He told a reporter for The Star that he had voted the straight democratic ticket, but the returns seem to discredit his statement. Not Responsible. Fourth Assistant Postmaster General Maxwell has returned to the city from New York. He spoke very feclins! Star man about the result, but deciaved that he ‘was not responsible for it. At the Treasury. Secretary Carlisle and Assistant Secretary Hamlin were at their desks in the Treasury Department today. They were overrun with visitors, but had no explanations to | offer for the political landslide. One of Secretary Carlisle's visitors said that one Feason why the secretary did not attempt to explain the republican victory was sim- ply because he did not understand it him- self. Mr. Hamlin said he didn’t care to discuss politics, except to say that if 40,00 more votes had been cast the way he had cast his, the result in Massachusetts would have been different. Silver and the’ Tariff. Senator Faulkner said that the divistons of the party in both branches of Congress | on the silver question had been detrimental to the democrats, a similar division exist- fng in the party outside. The uncertainty as to the tariff had a bad effect to some ex- tent, and in addition to this the misrepre- sentations on the pension question had hurt the democrats, and disappointments over the distribution of patronage had prob- ably caused the loss of a great number of votes to the democratic party. Hard Times and Democratic Quarrels. Representative Oates said that the repub- Nean victory was due to two things. Hard times and quarrels among the democrats. Mr. Stevens Not Surprised. Representative Stevens of Muassachu- setts, who has just returned from his home, says that there is nothing surpris- ing im the republican victory in Massachu- setts. The state may be expected to go Fepublican, excepting on rare occasions, or when the democratic candidate is a man Mke Gov. Russell, of great popularity and strong personal magnetism. The reason he gives for the size of the majority is the general dissatisfaction on account of the —. financial depression and hard times. le does not think that the tariff entered {nto the question or that the result of the election will affect tariff legislation by Coa- gress. ——_—_+ e+ — — FLEAS IN CONTROL. They Run the Basement of the Inter- ior Department. Several of the rooms in the basement of the Department of the Interior continue to suffer from fleas. Since the mercury went down they have not been so obtrusive, but they are still there. They seem to be resi- ing on their oars and getting ready for the next season, when they promise an active end sanguinary campaign. These fleas are decidedly partisan, and show but little con- sideration for people who differ with them. ‘They are in the oitice for what there is in the office, and although Sup: tendent of Documents Ames has tried to burn them out with sulphur candies, he has not been able to fire them. Dr. Ames has surrendered. He told a re- porter for The Star that he had to put up with the fleas because they were in- dissolubly associated with the cats, and that office cats were indispersable. If the cats should be asked to resign rats would hoid carnival. Even the ladies in his de- partment preferred ficas to rats. He had tried several of the gratuitous prescriptions which itching scribblers had sent to the press, but they (the prescriptions) were Ro good. ——_+- o+—____- Reappointments by the President. ‘The President has made appointments in | the following cases where nomiaations fail- ed of confirmation by Congress: Guy Bryan, assayer in charge of the U. S. assay office at St. Louis, Mo. Chas. E. Davis of Mount Auburn, Tl. Indian agent at the Colorado River agency Ariz. Isaac J. Wooten of Laurel, Del., Indian agent at the Nevada ageacy, Ne’ Geo. Harper of Carrollton, Ga., Indian agent at the Umatilla agency, Ores. ——_—_——_—_+o + —___— Better Terms to Workmen Offered. ST. LOUIS, Mo., Nov. 9.—President Clark @f the Mobile and Ohio yesterday delivered Ris ultimatum to Grand Master Sargent nd other representatives of the employes, He offers to change the reduction from 10 per cent to 8 per cent until March 1, when, if the condition of the country warrants it, wages will be restored. Another conference will be heid at noon today, when the em- ——— Vendetta ta Philadeiphia. PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 9 —A case of re- venge in the true Italian style was reveaied last night by the arrest of Barba ivernan- dino for shooting Leonardo Gustiaa. Some time ago Fernandino was stabbed by Gus- tina in a quarrel. Fe prosecute or even reveal the assailant, saying he would s+ttle » when he recovered from his wound. might, in a driving rain storm, © erept up behind Gustina as tne |: ing a dark and deserted spot and fire @ bullet into his back. sicians cannot locate the bullet and they fear the injured man will die. PHILADELPHIA, No vania railroad has enter2d ment with the Hamburg - Company for the delivery all immigrants. The liar pany has heretofore delivered ail its immigrant passengers at Baltimore. —o—— India: Not om the Warpath. SPOKANE, Wash., Nov. °.—Th is no truth in the stories sent ont from here Sunday and Monday to the effect that the Indians on the Coeur d’ Alene were on the war path, and p Wrute settlers to leave St. Joe Valtey tlers in the neighborhood of Harrison are not arming themselves, and there is no fear cf trouble with the Indians. ee aeetalers =e ‘Thrown Thirty Feet by the Cars. PASSAIC, N. J.. Nov. 9—While Mrs. Mary Meade of 38 Gardea street was cross- ing the railroad tracks at the Erie depot at 8 o'clock this morning she fell and be- fore she could get up an express train bound east hit her and threw her 20 feet. Her left arm and left leg were broken. She is not expected to live. —___ Caught by a Prairte Fire. CAMBRIDGE, Minn., Nov. 9.—The house of J. Long of Stanchfield, this county, caught fire yesterday and was consumed. One child, about three weeks old, was burned to death. 1 er was burned so badly that she pected to live. Another child quite badly. . Long was ay home at the time —- Seized by British Orders. VICTORIA, B.C ov. 9—Under in- structions of Capt. Hughes Hallett of the British navy the schooner Minnie wzs ye: terday seized by a miralty. The Minnie seized by the Rv the Copper Islands to Yokohama, as ord she came to this port. SCRANTON, Pa. Baptist Association ¢ BRIDGETON, J Zeiss, the baker who times by a fleeing burglar in Vineland last iday morning, died this morning from wounds. | The hospital phy- | ‘ket | rom a prairie fire | ING STAR: WASHINGTON, D. C, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1893—TWELVE PAGES. -|LATE NEWS BY WIRE. Experience of Those on Board the Wrecked Fraser. STORY TLD BY ADAMS, THE FIREMAN, Sailors, Benumbed With Cold, Dropped Off Into the Water. OVER A SCORE LOST. —_——. NORTH BAY, Ont., Nov. 9.—John Adams, one of the survivors and firemen of the ill- fated steamer Fraser, which was burned on Lake Nipissing on Tuesday, has arrived here and given an account of his experi- ences. It is now believed there were not more than twenty-four men, all told, on board the steamer, but the names of twenty of them only can be discovered. Of these, | several are known to be saved and their names were correctly reported in yester- day's dispatches.. The names of the thirteen lost already reported it is believed represent all that perished. The principal reason for believing that there are four yet unaccounted for is that the cook says he set dinner for twenty-four after counting the number of persons on board. Adams, the saved fireman, says: “We left Collendar early in the morning and ; with Prospects of good weather, not only | for the trip, but for the work in the camp. | All went well until the dinner bell rang |and almost at the same moment the en- | gineer noticed smoke coming from above the boiler, between the smokestack and Steam dome. He called to me to know how to get into where the trouble seemed to be, and I got up to take the door off the manhole over the boiler. As soon as I raised it the flames belched out and drove me back. The engineer started to the cap- ,tain and rushed for a pail to get water, | While I started the pony engine and tried | fo couple the hose. We could not stay |Jong enough to do this, however, for the flames were all around us. | “Capt. Carr rang the bell for the engines | to stop and then two bells to back up, but | these signals were never responded to, and | 1 do not believe the engineer had a chance to get near the lever, the fire was so hot. | I never saw him again, and I don’t think |he ever came up from the awful furnace. When I reached the deck the captain was | directing the men to lower the boats. They were hurrying about in a frightened Fisnner, but ke was cool and quiet, and I im say: ‘Be stead: and take your time.’ ne ee They were working on the port side yawl and I went around to the starboard, but | I couid not handle her atone and the flames | were already breaking through and drove |me back. I then ran around to the other | beseey which by this time was in the water and a lot of fellows were in her. I jumped \for the stern, but at that moment the boat ‘drifted under the still rapidly revolving paddle wheel and dipped down under the bone throwing the whole of us into the ‘ater. When I came up I saw the fellows strug- gling about in all directions. The engines on board had never stopped, and the boat had gone ahead. She was turning, however, and began coming back in a wide sweep. I struck out and just as I was about ex- hausted I managed to catch the towline and hauled myself to the scow. There were FAITHLESS SERVANTS, IT 1S PROBABLY TRUE Perso: Who Are Charged With Be- eee ten That the New York Osnnot Enter NEW YORK, Nov. 9.—Grenville W. Nich- ols, a bookkeeper employed by John H. Jacquelin & Company, brokers, at 44 Broad- way, this city, is under arrest, charged with embezzling $11,000 from his employers. Nich- ols was taken into custody at his home at New Brighton, 8. L. NEWARK, N. J., Nov. 9—Moses P. Smith, late collector of the township of East Orange, today pleaded not guilty in the court of quarter sessions in Newark to the charge of the embezzlement of 39,000. He furnished bail in the sum of $2,300 for his appearance for trial on November 24. LOCKPORT, N. Y., Nov. 9.—The accounts of J. J. Arnold, late county treasurer of Niagara county, now being investizated by Expert Frank Wood and a committee of the board of supervisors, show a 4 t of 360,000, and it is still growing. He is also short about $39,000 as cashier of the Mer- chants’ Bank. Arnold is in jail, with little American Dry Docks. Stories of Serious Defects in Her Con- struction Again Revived—Her Sea Trial Will Tell. ‘The report that the big armored cruiser New York has been so badly constructed as to prevent her entering a single dry dock in the United States has been revived. The New York has been regarded as the finest warship in commission which the United States possesses. It is now declared that she is unstable, and what is worse, it is im- possible to learn, in this country, the ves- sel’s exact condition. The defects in the vessel make it mandatory that the New possibility of being bailed. ————__—_ HE ROBBED THE BODIES. A Young Chicagoan Who Profited by the Rock Island Wreck. CHICAGO, Nov. 9.—Wm. Gelskin, a well- dressed young man, was arrested this morn- ing,charged with robbing those killed in last night's wreck on the Rock Island road. Two citizens declare they saw him in the ruins removing a watch and a purse from one of the bodies. Gelskin emphatically de- nied his guilt, and said he had hurried to the scene of the accident to render all the aid in his power. No valuables were found on him, but the identification was so positive that he was held for examination. Edwin S. Grady of Tracey, Il., died at the Mercy Hospital this morning of his in- juries received in the Rock Island colli- sion at Eggleston station. He was scalded by escaping steam from the express en- gine. This makes the fifth death and Miss poms Snow of Chicago is not expected to survive. ee COLLISION AT CHICAGO. The Thick Fog Was the Cause of An- other Wreck. CHICAGO, Nov. 9.—A north-bound train on the Alley “L” road, consisting of engine No. 40 and four coaches, crashed into the’ rear of a similar train that was standing at) the station at 22d street this morning at 7:40 o'clock. The car struck was partly telescoped and the engine of the second train was badly smashed, but, by good fortune, nobody was seriously injured. The fact that the second train was slow- ing up as it approached the station, alone prevented a wholesale slaughter of pas- sengers. Engineer Perkins, in charge of engine No, 40, said the fog was so thick he could not see more than a few feet in front of ‘him, and did not discover his proximity to the other train until it was too late to prevent the collision CHRISTIAN WORKERS ASSEMBLE. International Convention Begun at Atlanta, Ga. ATLANTA, Ga., Nov. 9.—The Interna- tional Christian Workers’ convention as- sembled here this morning. There are about 800 delegates present from the United States, Canada, England, Scotiand and France. The convention met in Deg! and after welcome address thea and others. proceeded to It will be in session eight days, and much interest is being manifestod in the great four of the boys already on her. As soon | ®4thecing of practical Christian workers. as { could pull myself together I got out my knife and cut two ropes, and she then lay to, while we got on a couple more men, all that were in reach. | “We had no oars or any way of getting around, but even if we had we could have | ees REVOLT IN CUBA. Reports That Cuban and Spanish Forces Have Fought. done nothing, for by this time the poor fel- | SPéci#l Dispatch to The Evening Star. lows had gone under. About the last to| sink was Barbeau, the mate. The last I | saw of the captain he and two others were hanging on to the anchor at the bow and the water was icy cold, and they dropped off one by one. A number of the men in the water were struck by the revolving paddle wheel. “There was no liquor on board. The ac-/ land and six miles from the main land. | Had the water not been so cold many more would have been saved.” Yesterday Coroner Doran and others went | out to the scene of the disaster. They found the steamer had sunk, a portion of the bow oniy being above water. , They buoyed the wreck so that they may | find her again in case shemight be shifted by the currents or wind, and then went in search of the scow, which it was found had | sunk near Beaucage bay, eight or ten miles from the scene of the wreck. A thorough | scarch was made for any bodies that might be afloat, but no signs of them could be d! covered, and there is little hope of recov- ering them till spring, as the water is very cold, and they will not rise in such a low temperature for several weel pelcssitia silica LIVELY SCENE IN COURT. A Lawyer Seizes a Memorandum Book Used by a Witness. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Nov. 9.—There | Was a lively scene in the Iron Hall litiga- | tion today. Ex-Supreme Accountant Wal- to the order’s finances, the purpose being to show that all claims were promptly paid, and that assessments were always made on the basis of anticipated claims. These, he said, were always sufficient, and the order was at no time prior to the appointment of the receiver insolvent. He drew from his pocket a book contain- ing a private memorandum of the order's financial condition, which he used to re- fresh his memory. He read some figures from it and laid it on a table before him. | Attorney Harris, for the plaintiffs, pick- | ed it up and Walker grabbed it from him. Again the attorney took the book, declar- ing that he did not propose to be insulted by the witness. Judge Howe, for the defendants, demand- ed the return of the book, and after some warm words the court gave the book to the witness, but said that it must not again be used during the trial of the case. Attorney Harris accused Judge Howe of unprofessional conduct, and when the lat- ter offered to apologize, | Tefused to accept any explanation. The bitter feeling between the attorneys that was developed in the original suit is again cropping out, and the court is obliged to mediate from time to time. All the tes- timony taken today touched upon the con- dition of the order at the time the receiver- ship suit was instituted. grataninee ess ee IMITATED HIS LEADER. Salcide of a Former Journalistic Supporter of Boulanger. NEW YORK, Nov. 9.—Henry Vincent, a Frenchman, committed suicide this morning at 81 Varick street, where he rented a fur- nished room. He shot himself through the heart and died almost instantly. Vincent came to this country five months ago, and his wife and four children are said to be in Paris. He spoke of his brother be- ing a Catholic priest in Brooklyn. Papers found upon the person of the suicide show that he had been the editor of the now de- funct imperialist journal, La Patrie, in Paris. Vincent was a friend of the late Gen. Boulanger, and La Patrie was Boulanger's organ. After Boulanger committed suicide, | La Patrie fell off in circulation and soon d to exist. meent’s widow is said to be a Miss Crimmins, a sister to the Rev. Father E. J. Crimmins of Brooklyn. —_—_—— RIFFS SUE FOR PEACE. Hunger Has Done What the Spaniards Failed to Do. MADRID, Nov. 9.—A dispatch from Melilla states that on Tuesday the Riffs besieging | that place sent a delegation to the governor to ask for peace. that the Riffs were famished and that their ms were nearly exhausted. The dis- dds that convoys have since con- to the outposts a two weeks’ supply ttack being made upon ihem. d that the Sultan of Morocco near Melilla, and that, accounts for the submission of the | _ Naval Officers TOULON, Nov. 9.—Twelve Brazilian naval 3 who have been stationed at the panish ship building works will embark today fcr Brazil on the steamer Espagne fen the new Brazilian cruiser Benjamin rn to Brazil. Constant. | ket was put on the stand and questioned as | Attorney Harris | The delegation deciared | KEY WEST, Fla., Nov. 9—Rumor was started here this afternoon to the effect that the long-expected revolution in Cuba had begun and that fighting between Cuban. and Spanish forces had taken place today at Cienenfugus. It created no litile excite- ment among Cubans here. Nothing definite has been learned yet, but the steamer Mas- cotte from Cuba will bring news whether it is fact or canard. eee ae LONDON’S ANNUAL SHOW. Crowds Witness the Proce: Lord Mayor. jon of the LONDON, Nov. 9.—This is Lord Mayo-'s}| day, when a great portion of the population of London gathers to witness the procession | attendant upon the taking over of office by the newly élected lord mayor. The new lord mayo: is G. R. Tyler, who succeeds Sir Stuart Knill. The chief features of the procession were emblematic cars, upon one of which was a group of men with a Caxton press. The weather was fine, but cold. Large crowds gathered along the line of march, and the show was greeted with much cheering. a Unstamped Butterine Seized. SPOKANE, Wash., Nov. 9.--A big bogus butter fraud has been unearthed northwest. The seizure was made Tuesday night by Deputy Internal Reveaue Collector John Todd. It was found that several days ago a shipment of 2,000 pounds of unstamped butterine was made by Victor Adler & Co. lof Chicago to C. M. Herrin & Co. of this | | m and rations and returned} city, and all but six hundred pounds had been sold to retall dealers before the gov- Tele- ernment officials made the scizare. grams were sent to Victor Adler & Co. at Chicago and word was received back that such a firm could not be found. passat tacos Oldest of the Ward Captains Dea NEW YORK, Nov. 9.—Capt. Thomas 8S. Curtis of the Ward line steamship Yucatan, and commodore of the line, was stricken with apoplexy yesterday and died later in the day. Capt. Curtis was the oldest cap- tain in the Ward service. —_— A Patient That W a Gold Mine. NEW YORK, Nov. %.—Dr. B. Willman was arraigned at the Tombs police court today on a charge of practicing medicine without authority. He has been treating the son of a Mrs. Fisher for about sixteen months, charging $10,000 for his services. Regular practitioners have pronounced young Fisher’s ailment one that can be easily cured. ——_——_—_ Rold Criticism of King Oscar. CHRISTIANIA, Norway, Nov. 9.—The Dagblatter, a radical organ, denounces as intimidatory the speech made by King Oscar at the banquet at the royal castle here on the Sth instant to celebrate the an- niversary of Norway's union with Sweden. it adds that Norwegians have never yet cringed before royal threats. a Republican Gains in Massachusetts. BOSTON, Nov. 9.—Practically complete returns for the legislature show gains for the republicans in both branches, the in- crease in the senate being four members and in the house, with five districts missing, thirteen. —— Caught in Raids on Moonshiners. BLUEFIELD, W. Va., Nov. 9—Today United States Marshal Manson and his corps cf deputies started for Charleston, having in charge between sixty and seventy prisoners, the result of recent raids on moonshiners and blind pig operators in Mercer, Logan, Wayne, McDowell and ad- joining counties. a Trying to Reach Agreement. YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio, Nov. 9.—President Garland of the Amalgamated Association has been telegraphed to at Pittsburg, at the request of the manufacturers, to come to this city and try to bring about a settle- ment between the Amalgamated Associa- tion and the manufacturers. Word has been received from Garland that he will be here Saturday. ages Minister Thomas Complimented. BERLIN, Nov. 9.—Emperor William of Germany has sent to Mr. W. W. Thomas, ir.. American minister to Sweden and Nor- way, his portrait. Emperor William took a great fancy to Mr. Thomas, with whom his majesty went elk hunting at Hunne- berg in September. ee AW. C. T. U. President Badly Hurt. BENTO) Ti, Nov. injured. Her injuries are considered fatal. in the | 9.—Miss Board of Harrisburg, Ill, president of the W.C.T.U. of Illinois, was thrown from a buggy here yesterday by a runaway horse and seriously York, to be placed in dry dock, must be sent to some foreign country. When it is remembered that the recommendations of the Navy Department call for the frequent docking of the new warships, it is seen at what a tremendous disadvantage this fine ship will be placed. It is probably true that the New York is too large to enter the dry docks now in ex- istence. The government, however, oc- casionally, constructs new dry docks and there is no doubt that one can be made which will easily accommodate vessels of the size of the New York and even larger. The faults or defects in the matter of weight, it is said, can be easily remedied. The stability or unstability of the New York cannot be known or determined posi- tively until the vessel's bunkers are all coaled at the same time and her weights accurately adjusted and the vessel put to actual use at sea. The vessel has never re- ceived her full complement of coal and other weights and until this has been done and the vessel given a full and fair sea trial with the conditions above named, it will be impossible to tell positively how she act at sea. eee! THE OLD MEN OF WAR. Disposition to Be Made of Them by the Department. The Navy Department ts gradually doing away with the old men-of-war of nistorical and romantic memory, and a number of changes affecting them are to be made in | the near future. The training ship Rich- mond at Newport is to be sent to Philadel- phia to take the place of the St. Louis, which is in so decrepit a condition thst she will probably be broken up and sold for the material in her. The Lancaster, now in China as whe flagship of the Asiatic station, is under orders to sail for the United States when the cruiser Baltimore relieves her, and her active service as a war vessel will end cn | her arrival at Newport to take the place cf | the Richmond. The Lancaster will retarn from China via the Cape of Good Hope, and she is not expected home until March next. In the interim the old Constella- tion, now on special service, will remain at Newport in place of the Richmond. The Lancaster will be “tted out as a gun- nery instruction ship. New gun carriages and will be mounted on ner and test- ed at sea in order to allow officers and men | to become familiar with tieir workings. |The Essex, the successor to the ship which made so gallant resistance to two British sels, the Phoebe and ihe Cherub, in V also harbor in 1814, while commanded by Capt. David Porter, has been thoroughly re- paired at the Norfolk navy ,aré and is now attached to the naval academy as part of the instruction fleet, and sho is also used for seamanship and gunnery practice by the cadets. The Swatara and Pensacola are now laid jup in ordinary at the Mare Island navy yard, and it has been practically decided that they shall not be refitted, and sale and destruction will follow ultimately. 0 SUICIDE AT FREDERICK. George W. Cramer, Charged With Heavy Defalcations, Shoots Himself. Speciz Dispatch to The Evening Star. FREDERICK, Mé., Nov. 9—George Wm. Cramer, father of Harry B. Cramer of Washington, committed suicide here this | morning, shooting himself in the head with |a pistol. He was secretary of the Freder- \ick County Agricultural Society and for thirty-one years secretary of the Mutual Fire Insurance Company of Frederick coun- ty. A committee of the company was appoint- ed to investigate his books last May and it is reported that it found him a defaulter |for the past year to the amount of $1,000, | which, with defaleations of other years, makes and aggregate of $11,000 that he took. | He was highly respected and leaves a wife and four children. —__ DR. LOVATT’S DEATH. Circamstances Now Indicate That He Was Merdered. NEW YORK, Nov. 9.-—-The inquest into the cause of the death of Dr. Gales Lovatt, who died on October 21 from a bullet wound in the head, began today before Coroner McKenna and a jury. | At the time of his death it was thought that the wound was self-inflicted, but as he | Was shot in the left tempie and as he was not left-handed, the theory is now that he mitted in a house on West 2ist street. All the testimony in case taken this morn- ing tended to corroborate the theory of murder and the circumstances point to Jack | Connolly, a frequenter of the house, as the man who fired the shot. | Dr. Lovatt was one of the most widely known specialists in the city. ———.—_— Apprehension at Homestead. HOMESTEAD, Pa., Nov. 9.—It is re- ported here today that readjustment of the wage scale at the Carnegie works will mean a reduction. An official who ts close to the company said today that there might be a reduction of 25 per cent on the wages governed by scale and 10 per cent on the laborers. As yet there has been nothing definite learned and the company has not made any propositions to the men. —<——_—_ The Bardstown, Ky., Mob. LOUISVILLE, Ky., Nov. Bardstown, where the rape fiend tivans is to be tried for his crime, has concluded to await the developments of the legal proceed- ings now in progress. If convicted and sen- tenced to hang the mob will do nothing. Otherwise a clash with the militia is threat- ened. The prisoner is under heavy guard and marches through a line of bayonets while going to and from the court bouse and jail. ——— Effect on the Iron and Steel Market. CLEVELAND, Ohio, Nov. 9.—-The Iron Trade Review today says: There is an improved condition in the iron and steel market in consequence of Tuesday's elec- tion results—a sentimental improvement, at least. It may not show itself in any advance in prices, but in a greater willing- ness to trade. Iron and steel manufactur- ers are protectionists, and their business practice conforms to their belief. —_——. In the Hungarian Diet. BUDA PESTH, Nov. 9.—The debate on the budget was opened in the lower house of the Hungarian diet today by Dr. Weker- le, minister of finance and president of the ministerial council. Dr. Wekerle announced to the house that the civil marriage bill prepared by the government having re- ceived the king’s approval would be pre- sentd to th house for its consideration within two weeks. a No Through Boston Trains. BALTIMORE, Md., Nov. 9.—Vice Prest- dent Lord of the Baltimore and Ohio Rail- road Company practically confirms the re- port that the Reading Railroad Company has decided to abandon the Poughkeepsie Bridge route between Boston and Washing- ton. No through trains are expected to go over that route after November 18, ee Rs A Big Social Affair at Belfast. BELFAST, Nov. 9.—Mr. Dunville, who is the host of the.Duke of Devonshire during his grace’s stay in this city, gave a recep- tion teday at the Ulster Reform Club in honor of the duke. Fifteen hundred invita- tions were issued. —__ Robbery of a Duchess’ Home. LONDON, Nov. 9.—While the dowager duchess of Sutherland was giving an enter- tainment last night at Brownsover Hall, her residence at Rugby, burglars entered the house and stole a quantity of the visi- tor’s jewelry. The thieves escaped. was murdered and that the crime was com- | BRICKLAYERS AROUSED. A Labor Trouble Over the Construc- tion of the New Art Gallery. There is trouble between the bricklayers nd the stonemasons who are engaged on the construction of the new Corcoran Art Gallery, at the corner of 17th street and New York avenue, growing out of the em- ployment of non-union alongside of union men. The contract for the construction of the first story of the new building was given to Joseph Fanning. The contract for the brick work was sub let to Martin Hendricks and Richard Callaghan, who are members of the Bricklayers’ Union. ‘These two men begin work on the 6th instant, although no report had yet been made by the joint committee of the Brick- layers’ Union and the stonemasons’ organ- ization on the question whether the job should be union or non-union. Mr. Hen- dricks asserts that he had received as- surances from the members of the com- mittee privately that their report would be satisfactory to him before they com- menced the work. The decision of the conference committee is final on the laying of the brick work. Unless Messrs. Hendricks and Callaghan are willing to be subject to the fine which the laws of the union prescribes they will, a be obliged to throw up their con- cS A special meeting of the Bricklayers’ Union was held last evening to take ac- tion on the matter and some vigorous speeches were made asserting that ener- getic action was necessary, not only to punish the offenders, but to fight Fanning, who was represented as opposed to the interests of the union. It was moved to expel the two men, but this was not car- ried. Hendricks was present and asserted that he was not a “scab” and demanded a fair trial. The matter finally was left in the hands of the standing committee of the union and will come up for considera- tion again at the regular meeting, which will be held on the 24th instant. Mr. Fanning’s Statement. Mr. Fanning was hard at work at the gal- lery when he was seen by a Star reporter this afternoon with reference to his dif- ference with the labor union. He said that the story that he was fighting the union was a mistake. “No man is a better friend of organized labor than Jo Fanning,” he said. “But they should remember that here in Wash- union wages, as is evidenced in the case of the new city post office. I bid for that job, but was not in it, for the reason that I made my estimates on the basis of union wages. “I am willing to stick by the union when mand of me, why then the only thing that is left for me to do is to adopt their methods. The result is that I have masons here who are working for $3 a uay. The | union price is $4, but the union is not con- sistent and I had to do the best I could. “Mr. Hendricks, the bricklayer, is still at work, though the union has decided that the work is not to be done by union men. He has refused to quit work because he believes he is in the right and prefers to run the risk of being fined. “There is plenty of work here for brick- l layers at $4 a day, union prices. But ty refuse to work while non-union masons are at work here. If I could wait until the mason work was all done they would come ll right. The trouble is they are not con- sistent.” a CONFERRING WITH CARLISLE. Members of the Wa: ind Means Com- mittee Call on Him. The democratic members of the ways and means committee of the House had a con- ference with Secretary Carlisle this morn- ing on the construction of the new tari? bill. Messrs. McMillan, Turner, Breckin- ridge of Arkansas, Bynum and Montgomery were present. The conference lasted some ume. It is generally understood at the Treas- ury Department that no material changes will be made in the internal revenue sched- ule, except to increas th duty on whisky, put a duty on crude and refined sugars, do away entirely with the bounty on sugar, In fact this last item will be omitt it is said, from the estimates sent to Con- gress by Secretary Carlisle. of Wisconsin subsequently saw Secretary Carlisle today, during which he took oc- casion to protest against the new tariff bill increasing the internal revenue tax on beer. He was also opposed to reducing the custom duty on imported Canadian lumber. —_—_$_$__o Real Estate Matters: W. H. Sims has purchased of S. F. Phil- trust ner of 12th and K streets northwest. Louis Dorr has purchased of D. F. Mur- phy and sold to the Washington Saenger- bund for $13,500 the west half of lot 23, reservation 10-27 by 180 feet on C between 3d and 4 1-2 streets northwest. Lucy W. Guild sub 12, square 115—23 3-4 | feet | streets northwest. | Bessler_the south haif of sub 136, square | T79—-20.71 by 45 feet at the corner of 4th and E streets northeast. O. M. Watt has purchased for $5,000 of C. S. Garrett sub 65, block 20, S. and E.’s sub of Mt. Pleasant. . J. B, Wimer, real estate broker, hi for Maria H. Stuart to Lucy W. Guild the three-story brick house 1923 N street north- | West for $12,500. Also for John H. Lane to | George E.Lewis the house 10S Quincy street, Eckington, for $4,100. Also to George F. Hendricks for John H. Lane lot 17, in Truesdell’s subdivision of Washington Heights—s0 by 140 feet—for $4,800. sc ggeere Organizing Juries. The jury was completed in Circuit Court, Division 2, Justice Cox, today by the ac- ceptance of the foliowing: Gilbert A. Clark, Ferd Frank, 8S. N. Culley, R. H. Gunnell, S. E. Redfern, M. A. Cherry, E, M. Grinder, F. N. Carver, David J. Stern, R. H. Gray, ~ F, Fox, J. F. Young and O, Sonnemay - In Criminal Court, No. 2, the following were accepted: Robert L. Pendleton, Wm. ja. Fenwick, Walter H. Stevens, Geo. H. Atwater, Alonzo D. Shaw, Thos. M. Blake- more, Charles Smith and Random Poliard. ——_—_— Restive Under British Rule. CALCUTTA, Nov. 9.—It is the opion of certain of the foreign residents of India that the native population is growing more than ordinarily restive under [ritish rule. It can be said that close students of the Indian ch&sacter profess to believe that it would take only a small spark to kindle a fire of revolution that would be far-reaching in its consequences. a VIENNA, Nov. 9.—While the Duchess Stephanie, widow of the Crown Prince Ru- dolph, and Countess Palffy were driving to- day from Vienna to Laxenburg, where is situated one of the imperial chateaus, their carriage struck a barrier on the out- severe shaking up, but beyond this they were not injured. Se eS Coal Too Expensive for the Poor. LONDON, Nov. 9.—In some districts coal, in consequence of the strike of the miners, is retailing at sixty shillings and pros- pects of an increase. This price is out of reach of the poor. -— Cholera Saspected. LISBON, Nov. %—A suspicious disease, supposed to be the cholera, has broken out at St. Vincent, Cape Verde Islands. eS A Pilot's Bravery Recognized. HALIFAX, N. S., Nov. 9.—A valuable marine glass was presented to Capt. John Hayes yesterday. It came from the President of the United States, and was in recognition of the sav- ing of the captain and crew of the Ameri- can schooner Knight Templar. The thanks of the President were also sent to the crew of the pilot boat. a Reading Bondholde: Meeting. NEW YORK, Nov. 9.—The Reading bond- holders have called a meeting for next Mon- day to hear the firal report by expert Little on Reading accounts. The report is sup- plemental to the order made to the com- mittee some time ago, which brought the examination down to February e report to be made on Monday w the examination of the railroad company down to August 31, and the coal and iron company down to September 30. ington a contractor must compete with men — who do not follow union methods or pay which this year foots up nearly $10,000,000. | lps for $7,000 and the assumption of $16,000. sub 8, square 316—20 by 100 feet cor-| » R. Leibig has purchased for $12,500 of | front on N between 19th and 20th, sold | A Duchess Thrown From Her Carriage | skirts of the city and was overturned. The} occupants were thrown out and sustained a} it does the right thing, but when I found | that union men are working for cther men | or for themselves for iess than they de-| | | | | c. |“ National Democratic Committeeman Wall | Del | bid. Water sto | i } | | | | | | LISTLESS TRADING jleck the enterprise and /FINANCE AND TRADE. The Advance of Yesterday in Stocks Not Sustained, ee IN NARROW LIMITS. Advices From the Interior Will Control Speculations. GENERAL MARKET REPORTS. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. NEW YORK, Nov. 9.—Prices this morn- ing reflected a fractional depression from last night’s closing, and were but little af- fected by the narrow and listless trading throughout the session. London was lower and had no orders of any consequence on this side. The borrowing demand for active stocks shows no signs of abatement, and proves that yesterday’s covering of shorts did not materially reduce the interest on that side of the account. Tuesday's elections were used to advan- tage in marking up prices in yesterday's market, but traders are inclined to think the advance too rapid to be sustained with- out corroborative testimony from the inter- ests supposed to have been benefited. Advices from the interior will be relied upon to furnish the necessary proof of com- mercial prosperity and will, for the present, govern the course of speculation. The sentiment of the room is somewhat mixed, but probably the weight of argu- ment is with the bulk who seem to have every advantage so far as statistics go, but of their pessimistic neighbors. Railroad earnings in the west are im- proving rapidly, and wages that were re- duced a few months ago in order to keep down operating expenses will soon be re- stored. This is improvement of the right sort, and adds intrinsically to the value of the property benefited. Under prevailing conditions, there can scarcely be any important ion in prices, but @ narrow and professional mar- ket will probably continue while the short interest remains as large as it now is, and the country is at work on a practical demonstration of the reality of improve- ment. Sugar was the strongest feature of to- day's market and monopolized the business of the first half of the day. Around de- lfvery hour traders raided the industrials, and were successful in marking down prices and stampeding the bulls. This was the first period of activity during the Cay, and some long stock was shaken out. Atchison was brought into prominence by liberal selling, which resulted in a joss of 11-4 per cent. The earnings of this road for the fourth week last month show a de- crease of $14,200. Western Union declined 11-4 per cent to 873-4 and Rock Island declined 11-8 per cent to 667-8 Distillers lost 1 per cent to 301-4. Chicago Gas lost @ similar amount to 603-8 and sugar declined 33-8 per cent from the highest to 98 7-8. The decline had no substantial founda- tion, and was the result of bear manipula- tion, made successful by lack of resistance. The closing was dull, with prices general- ly below early figures. ee FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. The following arethe cpening, the highert and the lowest und the ciosine prices of the New Yorx stock as repor by Corson & Macartney, m w York stock exchanve. te ‘Messrs. Moore & Schley, No. 50 Broadway: Close. 91 ye iat nee bis SPR L..N. A, & Chicago. Manhaitau Elevated. jeichizan Central or: Northern Pacitic North Avierican L. Fischer has bought for $5,000 of G. J. | }*! «i Wheeling & Lh pia. Western Union Tel Wisco: e Cental, Washington Stock Exchange. Sales—regular call—12 o'clock m.—D. C. 8.658, $200 at 100%. Bank of Washing: Chesapeake and Pornee Suingeeen Bae ries fea Security and Trust. 2 at 120. eae : Fovernmeat Bonds.—! S. 4s, registered, 1907, 112 bid, 113 esked. Ur 8. oT, 113 bid, 113’ asked. wea acess District of Columbia Bonds.—20-yecr fund Se, 106 7s 1901, currency, 112 bid’ 30- is year fund Ce, gold, 115 bid. Water ences, bid. 3.658, funding, =~? seers asked. is scelianeous Bonds.—Washington and George- town R. RB. couv. Gs, Ist, 155 bid, 140 asked. Washington and Georgetown R. R.' conv. 68, 2d, 135 bid. 140 asked. Masouic Hall Association Sa, Washington Market Company Ist @s, 100 Bb ket Company imp. 6s, ington Market Compan be ia American Secu Tra: 100 bid. An in Security American § lantry Ist 6s, 9S Infantry 2a 7: . Wai Eckington . 120 bid. Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone 5s, 97 shine R. R. Ge, 90 bid, 100 asked. » asked. Capitol and North O Street RR. a, ‘oo bid. 108 asked. Metropolitan BR. R. come. Bs, 100 Md. U. S. Electric Light conv. 5s, 10 bia. Ss, 107 bid, 112 National Rank Stocks.—Rank of Wash! bid, 325 asked. Bank of the Republic, S15" Mid 270 asked. Metropolitan, 200 bid. 290 asked. Cen. tral, 260 bid. Citizens’. "180 asked. Columbia, 130 asked. Capital, 110 bid. West End, 95 bid, 105 asked. Railroad Stocks.—Washington and Georget id, Metropolitan, 80 bid. mnbia, 50 bid, 70 asked. Capitol and rect. 25 asked. Eckington and Soldiers’ Home, 30 asked. Georgetown and Tenallstown, 35 asked. Irsnrance Stocks.—Piremen's, 88 bid, 43 Franklin, 43%, bid, 50 asked. National tween 18 asked. Arl'n: *149 bid. Columbia, . 6% bid, . Lincoln, 6% mercial id. Title “Insurance Stocks.—Real Estate Title, 100 hid, 120 asked. ColumMa Title, 6% bid, i Washineton Title, 6 bid ae Gas and Blectric Light Stocks.—Washington Gas, 47 bid. asked. Georgetown 8, 47 bid. UL 8. Electric Light, 120 bid. 1. 30 Did, 45 asked. own. 100 Ti ask bid, Telephone Stocks. —Pennsyivant Chesapenke and Potomac, 39 bid.” American ophone, 1% bid, 244 asked. Miscelianeons Stocks.—Washington Market, 10 hid. Great Falls Ice, 110 Mid. Bull Run Panorama, 30 asked. Pneumatic Gun Carriage, 80 asked. Norfolk, and Washington Steamboat, 5 bid, WS asked. Safe Deposit and Trust Compar.ies.—National Sate Deposit and ‘Trust Company, 119 bid, 129 asked. Washington Tan and Trst. 100 bid. American Security and Trust, 118 bid, 121 asked. *Ex dividend. —_—__ Chicace Grain and Previ: Markets. Reported by Silsby & Co., bankers and brokers, Metropolitan Bank building. CHICAGO, Nov. 9. 1891 Openinz. Uichest. Lowest. C Wheat—Dec. 8? ; — Mav avd Corn—Des. Sat May re Flour dull, unchanged--re- shipments, 4 So. 2 red, spot December, 2 rad.” GFyx61- 1,224,287 bushels: sa ; milling wheat by sample, Giu67. Corp quiet and casy—mixed, spot, 45335; year, 44% 7M revel 63 lof @ keeper of a light house, varrele. | 445; January, s45as%; steamer mixed, 44 asked —receipts, 6.799 bushels; stock, 389.081 bushels; sales, 12,000 bushels; . 40043 new. Oats quict and steady—No. 2 white Western, 314; No, 2 mixed western, & a, 230. busheis. Kye quiet Xo. 2, 53—revelpts, 3,282 bushels; shipments, 4,000 busbels; stock, 45.250 bushels. Hay steady—god to choice timothy, $14.50a§15.50. Grain freights steady—steam to Liverpool, 2a8%d.; Cork for or- Cotton ominal Butter steady—creamery, 194; ‘No. 7, e Other articles uncha BALTIMORE, Nov. DISTRICT GOVERNMENT. Land Offered. Henry E. Cooper writes to the Commis- sioners today offering them eight acres of ground in Barry Farm, adjoining St. Eliza- beth Asylum, for $8,500. He says it would meke an excellent site for the contagious disease hospital, and there is a butlding on the property which could be used tem- porarily. Mr. Ross Returns. Commissioner Ross returned today from Pittsburg, where he has been spending sev- eral days with his family. acmmicaliiernadans: OMcers and Political Office. Secretary Carlisle today outlined the posi- tion of the administration as to govern- ment employes participating actively in politics in a letter addressed to Mr. Mur- phy, collector of internal revenue for the Milwaukee, Wis., district. Mr. Murphy was recently elected chairman of the demo- cratic county committee. He has held his acceptance in abeyance until he could as- certain the views of his superior officers on the subject. direction of Secretary Carlisle, Com- missioner Miller today wrote Collector Mur- phy a letter, in which the intimation was conveyed, that according to the views of the civil service entertained ty the admiaistra- tion, it would be well to leave himself en- tirely free to devote all of his time to duties of his office. It is wuderstood here that this outlines the policy that will be acceptable to the administration. ————_--2.+______ The Escaped berian Convicts. The case of the five escaped Siberian prisoners mentioned in San Francisco dis- Patches as being picked up at sea by an American vessel has been officially brought to the attention of the Treasury Depart- ment here. There may be a nice question of international law involved. The Russian government, of course, regards these men a escaped convicts, ‘he commissioner of {1 tion at San Francisco has refused co permit them to jland and asked for further instructions. Under our law ordinary convicts are de- tical convicts whether these men are to be treated as political prisoners or otherwise is one which is being made the subject of careful invstigation. Government Revising the Naval Cipher Code. The cipher code of the Navy Department has been so severely taxed of late with its own business and that of the State Depart- ment that it has been considered advisable to revise it to the extent of eliminating all unfamiliar foreign words, words containing double consonants and al! arrangements of words susceptible of important differences in meaning. It is hoped in this way to avoid further trouble ip the transletion of cipher despatches such as has marked two or three important communications to the Secretary of State within the last month. — ee aX tical Expert Wanted. The civil service commission will hold an examination, commencing at 9 a.m. on the 1éth instant, to fill a vacancy in the bureau of navigation, Navy Department, for the position of nautical expert, at a salary of $1,000 per annum. The subjects of the ex. amination will be orthography, penmanrhip, copying, letter writing, elements of the English language, mathematics, navieation and nautical astronomy, seamanship, ocean- ography and meteorology. Chose wishing to compete should file applications with the commission at once. 2 Naval Boards of Examination. Naval boards have been appcinted for the |examination of Lieut. J. G. Quimby and Passed Assistant Paymaster Petersoa, on the Asiatic station, and Dnsign J. A. Hooge- werff, on the South Atlantic station. The xaminations will be held on the stations to which the officers are attached. Mice Question to Louisiana Lands. A nice question of lew has been presented to the general land office for determination. In 18% the government issued to private citizens of Louisiana patents to public lands aggregating 18,000 acres. Soon thereafter the state seceded and the government pat- | ents were not recorded by the state author- ities, but instead, issued patents on its own account. The lands are now owned by one | party, who has asked that the government issue title to him upon his gurrendering the patents issued by the state. It is thought that he has no proper claim of titles, but as no fraud is alleged his request may be ranted provided there is found to be legal authority for so doing. The Result at Buffalo. Late returns show that the republicans have carried Erie county, N. ¥., the home of Lieutenant-Governor Sheehan, by about | 13,000 majority. The republicans elected both senators and five of the six assembly- |men. They claim to have a fighting chance | for the sixth assemblyman, charging fraud at the polls. Signor Francesco Genala, minister of public works, died in Rome at 4:30 o'clock yesterday afternoon. His death resulted frum a stroke of apoplexy. He had twice filled the office of minister of public works. He was | first appointed May 2%, held office until October 4, 1887. was reappointed. ee To Be Kept Out of Politics. Acting Secretary Curtis of the Treasury Department today approved the following regulation of the light house board, which keeps that service out of partisan “When a vacancy occurs in the position depot or buoy depot, watchman and the like, it shall be filled by transfer, and appointment by the Secretary of the Treasury on nomination made by the light house board, of a person |already in the light house service, who shall jhave become fitted therefor by long and faithful or especially meritorious service.” e+ —___. Pingree Wins at Detroit. Corrected returns show that Mayor Pin- gree swept the city of Detroit by over 5,000 majority and has carried the entire republi- |can city ticket through with him. Pingree ran far ahead of his ticket. For Rifling the Malls. Post Office Inspectors Wetcher and Vick~- ery today arrested Charles Eubanks, mail messenger at Bowling Green, Ky, on the charge of rifling registered | + A California Resignation Requestea, Secretary Carlisle today requested the resignation of Horace W. Byington, col lector of internal revenue for the fourth (Sacramento) district of California. ————— Pension Examiners Appointed. Frank I. Darling of Michigan and Johns G. Townsend of Illinois have been appoint- ed special examiners in the pension office, Governments Receipts Today. The receipts from internal revenue today were $107,281; from customs, $506,211. —— + PROF. HAGEN DEAD. One of the Greatest Scientists im the World. BOSTON, Nov. 9—Prof. Herman August Hagen of Harvard College, one of the greatest scientists In the world, died today. ssa aa Dynamite Explosion During a Fire. FORT WAYNE, Ind, Nov. ®—A fire started In Claypool at midnight. An ex- | plosion of dynamite tn a drug store caused the walls to fall, injuring A. R. and a man named Walburn. Judge Taschereau of Quebec Dead. QUEBEC, Nov. 9—H. E. Taschereau, judge of the supreme court, Gied suddenly in this city today.