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2 THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, D. C, SATURDAY NOVEMBER 18. 1893—-TWENTY PAGES. to say this, but for the unceasing clamor of the royalist organs, which have absurdly insisted that the nev ninister w Prepared to enforce arms de- mands which they desire to be made, that is, for this government to abdicate in favor of the restoration of the decayed monarchy. “Whatever Mr. Willis is instructed to Propose to the Hawaiian government will obviously be presented for their reasonable consideration as mutually advantageous to beth countries. We do not give up pete] that it may be annexation as a territory. The fact that Mr. Willis is understood to have settled his affairs at home with a view to @ protracted stay does not seem to us significant. If a protectorate is established the United States will continue to need a Fepresentative here. “If a territorial government is organized @ governor will be re§utred, and the present minister's services may be desired by Mr. Cleveland. In either capacity, though noth- ing has to this date transpired, yet a very few days will probably disclose what the Washington administration have to propose to Hawaii. May the spirit of wisdom and patriotism rest upon all who are engaged im consulting upon affairs so important to the people of Hawaii, and, as we believe, to America also.” —————— SIXTEEN KILLED AT ONCE. Terrific Explosion of the Boiler in a Foreign Silk Mill. VIENNA, Nov. 18.—A boiler in a silk mill at Czernowitz, capital of Bukowina, ex- Ploded today, killing sixteen persons and injuring twenty others. The mill was badly damaged. A panic among the operatives followed the explosion and a number: of them were hurt in the rush that was made for the air. Some ‘of the bodies that have been taken out from the wreckage are horribly muti- lated. os SEVERITY TOWARD ANARCHISTS. All the Governments of Europe to Closely Watch Them. MADRID, Nov. 18—The procurator fiscal of the supreme court has issued a circular to all the judges in Spain directing them to deal severely with all teachers of an- archy, whether they conduct their propa- ganda in new: or elsewhere. Acting upon the iniative of Spain the pean governments have agreed to keep a very close watch upon anarchists. The police of each country will arrest foreign anarchists and send them back to their own countries. —»_—_— ‘THE CHARGES AGAINST POWDERLY. ‘Today’s Session of the Knights Occu- pled With Them. PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 18—This morn- ing’s session of the general assembly, Knights of Labor, was largely taken up by Secretary-Treasurer John W. Hayes, who reaffirmed his charges against General Master Workman Powderly and A. W. Wright and John Devlin of the executive board. While Mr. Hayes deciare he cansubstan- tiate his charges, it was stated today on good authority that the accused officials Will be vindicated by the general assembly. The assembly will vote upon the matter early next week. Thomas Sinexon, bookkeeper for Sec- retary-Treasurer Hayes, said today that Mr. Hayes “now stands between organized labor and organized villains.” Mr. Sinexon further said that he could, if necessary,substantiate the charges which Mr. Hayes makes. Should the General Assembly formally express its confidence in Mr. Powderly and Messrs. Wright and Devlin as, it is said, will be the case, it is regarded as very robable that Mr. Hayes will be ousted and Eis duties transferred to some member of the executive board. The convention will adjourn about the middle of next week. As an evidence of the uncertain financial condition of the Knights of Labor, Book- keeper Sinexon disconnectedly said to a re- Porter today that “the bank would not cash ‘that draft.” The bookkeeper continued: “Although I offered to indorse it myself, it could not be cashed, and —.” At this juncture Sec- retary-Treasurer Hayes buttonholed the bookkeeper and warned him to say no more. ‘The admonition had the desired effect and Mr. Sinexon would not explain what “that draft” was. ——_——_—_ WIRES BALKED THE FIREMEN. Hard Work to Extinguish Flames at Indianapolis. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Nov. 18.—At 2 o'clock this morning a fire that threatened the heart of the city broke out in the W. B. Burford Printing, Lithographing and Engraving and Bookbinding establishment on Washington street, one of the largest in the west. The flames started on the fifth floor of the five-story building on Pearl street in the rear of the Weshington street depart- ment. A strong northwest wind fanned the blaze. A net-work of wires made it diffi- cult to fight it. After nearly two hours’ hard work, the fire was put under control. Valuable photogravure pasaphernalie. press- | es and goods were destroyed. The loss to the stock will reach $40,000; insured for $30,000. Loss on building, $5,000. One hun- dred persons are thrown out of employ- meat. —— GEN. FITZHUGH LEE. ‘Thinks He Ought to Go to Hawaii if There is Fighting. Gen. Fitshugh Lee of Virginia was at the White House today and had a chat with Private Secretary Thurber. He told a Star reporter that his visit was not important. “I've been over to New York for a week,” he said, “and I've just dropped in here a moment. That's all. See the President? Is that important? Well, I can’t say anything about that So we're waiting for news from Hawaii, are we? Well, I hope we get it soon. Do you suppose they’re going to put the queen back on the throne? She does seem to have the call on the situation just now, doesn’t she? I tell you if they really want to put her back on the throne they ought to send me over there with some black horse cavalry, and I'd fix her. outgoing trip, with the trial, but Uncorroborated Report That Gen. Neri is fleeing to Costa Rica on th Pacific coast with fourteen men. are in close pursuit. minent unless he manages to cro: mo: trails. during the cause and were buried at sea. Remarkable Composit! boy to his mother, writes don Spectator: '| ATE NEWS BY WIRE. | | Over Twenty-three Knots Made by | the Columbia. GREAT SPEED OF THE NEW CRUISER. The District's Namesake on Her Trial Trip. A LITTLE OVER FOUR HOURS. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. BOSTON, Nov. 18.—The trial of the Co- lumbia today is passing off very success- fully, with an average showing of something above twenty-three knots per hour. The big cruiser went down from Boston on a jog like a great trotter from the stables just before a race. As she feared the line, while still some three miles away, coal was piled into her furnace. The vessel warmed up with the increasing revolutions and the speed it showed just before the line was reached. She seemed to leap from the water, and started down the bay at a tremendous rate. The Columbia passed the starting line at :55. She passed the Irwana at 10:01, or in six minutes. The Irwana is 2.34 knots from the Dolphin, consequently the speed of the Columbia between these two stations was 23.40 knots. After this she increased her speed. She finished the half course at 11:49 and started on her return at 12:15. The weather, which was so fine on the turned to rain shortly after the turn was made, and a heavy mist set- tled down, not heavy enough to interfere obscuring somewhat the view from the points of observation along the shore. The Finish. LAND’S END, Mass., Nov. 18—The Co- lumbia finished at 2:11, THE MEXICA) REBELLION. Gen, Neri is Fleeing. EL PASO, Tex., Nov. 18—Na news re- garding the situation at Corrilitos can yet be learned. The rebels left Palomas Thurs- day and hurried to Ascension to join the main body, which is supposed to have been attacked by the federals either Thursday or yesterday. None of the tebels treated to the Mobuats that they have line, which would indicate rious. A special from the City of Mexico say: Troo| Neri’: capture is im- the ‘aca and Chipas over the — in Oax ee ey DETAINED AT PORT TOWNSEND. Deaths From a Strange Disease on a Ship From Shanghai. PORT TOWNSEND, Wash., Nov. 18.—The British ship Hilston arrived, forty-three days out from Shanghai, and was ordered to temporary quarantine. The vessel reported that two seamen died voyage from gt och A SCHOOLBOY: LETTER. mof a Wretch- ed and Heartsick Boy. I forward a genuine letter from a school- " to the Lon- “My Dear Ma: I wright to tell you I am very retched and my chilblains is worse again. I have not made any progress and do not think I shall. { am very sorry to be | Such an expense, but I do not think this schule is any good. One of the fellows has taken the crown of my best hat for a tar: get. he has now borrowed my watch to | make a water wheel with the works, but it wont act. Me and him have tried to put the works back, but we think some wheels are missing as they wont fit. I hope Ma- tilda’s cold is better. at schule. i think i have got consumption. the boys at this place are not gentlemanly, but of course you did not know this when you sent me here. i will try not to get bad habits. The trowsers have worn out at the knees. i think the tailor must have cheat- ed you, the buttons have come off, and they are loose behind. I am glad she is not 1 don’t think the food is but I should not mind if I was stronger. The piece of meat I send you is off the beef we had on Sunday, but on other days it is more stringy. There are black in the kitchen and sometimes they cook them in the dinner, which can't be Wholesome when you are not strong. Dear Ma, I hope you and Pa are well, and do not mind my being so uncomfortable because i |do not think i shall last long. Please send me some more money as i o &d. If you cannot spare it I think I can borrow it of a boy, who Is going to leave at the half quar- ter‘and then he wont ask for it back again, but perhaps you wd. not like to be under an obligation to his parents as they are trades- people. I think you deal at their shop. I did not mehtion it or I dare say they wd. ye.” And the general was off, bow- | ave put it down in the bill.—Yr. loving but ing right and left to those who recognized | Tetched son, . hum. Pi nga _——-e-—_______ Challenge to Crack Military Com- panies. PORTLAND, Oreg., Nov. 18—In view of the advantages presented by the Midwinter Fair for such a contest, company G, first | regiment, Oregon National Guards, extends @ challenge to any national guard company in the United States to compete under the heads of drill and marksmanship, sepa- Tately or combined, for the championship of the United States. —_———_ Locomotive Works Resume. PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 18.—The Baldwin Locomotive Works started running on full time today in order to complete a number of engines, work on which was suspended during the recent monetary stringency, and which the company have lately been | instructed to complete. —_———_ CIGARETTE SECRETS. Three Billion Were Made in This Country During the Last Fiscal Year. From the Cincinmati Commercial Gazette. The annual report of the commissioner of | internal revenue shows that 3,000,000,000 cigarettes have been made in this country during the fiscal year just ended. This is an | average of about fifty to each individual. The growth in the production of cigarettes goes on year by year. A decade ago the number manufactured was far below 1,000,- | 000,000. Like pretty much everything else that is done in this country, the manufac- turing facilities are greatly Increased by the adoption of machinery. Within the last few years some very won- @erful machines for making cigarettes have been invented. One pattern will turn them out at the rate of 275 a minute. ~ e patents on these devices are vastly valuable. One style, which may be well described for the sake of illustration, passes along an endless Strip of paper, the width of which is just the length of a cigarette. The tobacco is fed from above into little scales. They drop as soon as they rece've the precise quantits Fequired, emptying -eir contents upon the strip of paper, which is roiled, chopped off with knives, and glued nm - all in an in- stant of time: of course, a creat many sim- Witaneously—the machine counting them and conveying them into the packages, which are likewise wrapped around them by_me- chanical contrivances, unaided by hands. jailed. The parties were all drun! A Society Ma Predicament. From the Loulsville Courter-Journal. A very amusing story has just reached me concerning a prominent young society man who has just returned from Chicago. He was boarding at the home of relatives while there, and as large crowds came flocking in during the last week he was so accommo- dating as to give up his room and sleep on a@.sofa in the parlor. slept himself, and as his door was un- One morning he over- locked, what was his surprise to find three pretty Louisville young women enter the room. He had presence of mind enough to roll under the sofa and back into a dark corner before they threw open the shutters, But, aithough he had tucked himseif away, Ae Mau BeBiected Ly tue Mus CiuLues, WaicK Were Lutuwi aeruss H Fucning coayr. ‘ine | Siti saw tne ciotmes, but, veeving they Mad been 1eLt there wcciuenually vy Une iauy Of the house, Mhougal notnimg avout them and begun a liveiy coat about the matters of the aay. ‘The young man did not mina his Imprigonment at urst, but grew very nervous as te minutes graduaily lengtn- ened into an hour. He stood it for two hours, but at last grew so exasperated that he thu:nped upon the floor and meekly put his heaa out trom under the sofa and asked the young women to leave him until he put on his clothes. It is needless to say tnat their embarrassment was great, and that none of them mentioned it while in Chica- go, but as the young man has since recov- ered from the shock he has been unable to restrain himself from telling a few friends of his awkward predicament. ———+-e+—_____. A free-for-all family fight took place in the suburbs of Chattanooga, Tenn., yester- day, three men and as many women being engaged. As the result Frank Pierce was mortally stabbed near the heart by his brother-in-law, West Moreland, who was kK. J. W. Fuller, a notorious bank swindler and crook, has been arrested in Richmond, Ind., by Detective Charles Page. When ar- r -d Fuller carried a large pasteboard ed with bank checks from as many banks throughout the country. his home is at Williamsport, Pa. The Wisconsin, Minnesota and Pacific railroad has been disposed of at master’s sale in Mankato, Minn., under a decree of a mortgage foreclosure. ; the road in for the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway Company. The C., R. «& P. takes immediate possession. Mr. Sheldon bid He DISTRICT GOVERNMENT. A sewer Needed. -sealth Officer Hammett has certified that @ sewer is needed in the interest of public health on I street between 2d and 3d streets | southeast. and recommends that a sewer be |constructed under the compulsory permit | system. | Bad Engineering. | J. B, Johnson has entered a protest with |the Commissioners against the paving of [the west side of 6th street extended be- |tween Howard avenue and Lincoln street, jaor the reason that it would be bad en- gineering and damaging to property. Repnirs Needed. Health Officer Hammett. in a letter to the Commissioners today, calls attention |to the growing nuisance from the improved jalley next to S08 13th street northwest, to the basement of house number 808 i8th street and urges that the necessary repairs be made without delay. She Protests. Elizabeth Nottingham has entered a pro- test against the assessment of 1893 as exe- cutrix of the estate of William Notting- ham and states that the assessment upon the property she represents has been in- creased 60 per cent. Today's Orders. The Commissioners today ordered that sewer on the north side of Pennsylvania aveaue between 6th and 7th streets north- west be replaced, expense to be paid from current appropriation for replacing sew- ers. That $20,000 be set aside as an allotment from the water fund for the purpose of extending the high service system of water distribution. That a three-inch water pipe be laid in alley of square eighty-three. That B street southeast may be closed to travel by the contractor as long as may be necessary to construct sewer in 14th street southeast. That all alleys in square 296 be paved under the provision of the compulsory per- mit system, as necessary to the public health, safety and comfort. That the permit clerk is authorized to issue permits to the Chesapeake and Poto- mac Telephone Company to set one pole on south side of Canal street southwest be- tween South Capitol street and Delaware avenue, and two poles on west side of South Capitol street between D and Canal Streets, to permit a change of present line. That a new public hydrant be erected on F street southwest between 2d and 8d streets. That alleys in square be paved under the provision of the compulsory permit sys- tem as necessary to the public safety, com> fort and health. it whenever Granolithic pavements are cut for the purpose of laying sewer, water and gas pipes, or connections for under- ground conduits, the entire block cut shall be replaced at the expense of the party making the cut. That lamp posts be erected on the north- east corner of Ist and K streets northeast and on southeast corner of ist and D streets northeast. Denied the Application. Owing to the crowded condition of, the alms house, the Commissioners have de- nied the application of the Freedman’s Hos- Pital for the transfer of several inmates of that institution. ——— A COSTLY WALK. It is Paved With Pebbles Which Rep- resent Thousands of Dollars. From the St. Louis Globe-Democrat. it has been left to a St. Louis business man to construct a gravel walk, neither long nor strikingly beautiful, that is a mod- ern, if comparatively humble, rival of the glistening highways of fiction and fable, for it represents $15,000 hard cash, Edward P. Kinsella, vice president of the Hanley-Kinsella Cotfee Company, is the proud possessor of this unique walk. It is composed of several tons of Brazilian peb- bles that came to him in an ordinary busi- ness way during the past few years. This firm are heavy importers of Brazil- ian coffee. Before the berries are ready to be roasted for the market the sacks are opened and the contents carefully examined for twigs, leaves and other impurities, the latter generally taking the shape of small bbles about the size of a coffee berry. These came with such regularity and in such quantities that long ago the idea they were accidentally in the sacks was aban- doned, and the conclusion reluctantly reach- ed that they were purposely placed tn the bags to make weight. The dally d:scover- ies of these Brazilian pebbles will fill an or- dinary water bucket. The importers pay for coffee. Two years ago Mr. Kinsella concluded to utilize this apparent evidence way coffee pack- rted out to his handsome residence, o1 the West Pine street boulevard, 4323, whet they were used to make a handsome garden waik. The pebbles represent a welght that in coffee would be worth $16.00. The gravel path is each month betng added to. and it is but a question of time when Mr. Kinsella will have the most expensive garden path in the known world. f dishonesty of the far-; (i: and had the accumulation of pebbles o soe Big Givers. From Harper's Week! The immediate future of Chicago ts an interesting study for observers. All eyes have been centered upon her now for six months, and in a less degree for nearly two years. Her purposes and her methods of carrying them out have been matters of national moment. It is hardly too much to say that she has been the most import- ant city in the land, and of course she has felt her importance. What will become of her now? Will she drop gracefully down to hardpan, and become once more a com- paratively commonplace big western town, jor will she keep right on, and strive by tremendous hustling to maintain the cen- tral and commanding position which was lent to her by the fair? Of course that re- mains to be seen, but she has given some evidence already that she does not intend to drop an inch farther than she can help. Mr. Marshall Field's subscription of a million dollars to found a museum of nat- | tural history may be accepted as an in- |dication of her sentiments. It is proposed to make the museum a memorial of the fair, and perhaps to house it in the art building at Jackson Park. Mr. Pullman follows Mr. Field’s subscription with one of a hundred thousand dollars, and doubtless before this reaches the reader's eye the entire sum of two millions called for will be made up. What extraordinary givers those Chicago men are! It is exhilarating even at this distance to see the superb con- fidence with which they back up their town. Other cities get bequests now and then, but Chicago's rich men have not had time to die, and neither she nor they can wait for that. They want to see that in- vestment in actual being. If any eastern listener is holding his ear to the ground to catch the thud of Chicago's collapse, he might as well get on his legs again and go about his business. There isn't going to be much of a thud. Those amazing hustlers are still at it, and though their tide may ebb a little for a time, it is bound to fow again in due season. —_—+e+—____. A Strapping milly. From the New York Sun. “As a specimen of what Kentucky can do in the way of producing stalwart sons and daughters,” said a proud native of the Bie Grass country, “I might menticn the old Joe Morrison family of Bourbon county. Anybody of the present generation who ever lived in Kentucky will remember old Joe Morrison's family. The family consisted of Joe and his wife and six sons and three daughters. Joe stood 6 feet 4 in his stock- ings and weighed 210 pounds. His ~ife was the same height exactly, but she weighed 266 pounds. The oldest son, Tora. was also 6 feet 4, and he weighed 286 pounds. Jim topped his brother Tom two inches in height, | but he wasn’t as heavy by seveaty pounds. Their sister Sarah was a slim girl, weigh- | ing only 155 pounds, but she could took over | the heads of both Tom and Jim, for she stood 6 feet 6 1-2 inches. | ,,But John was the big boy of the family. He only lacked an inch of being seven feet high, and he weighed 500 pounds. Sister Mary was a midget of six feet two, and only weighed 149 pounds. Elijah wasn't very tall, either, being the same ‘eight as his sister Mary, but he was of pretty fair heft, tipping the scales at 212. Matthew was six feet two, also, and weighed °% while Eli, standing six feet four, weighed less than 200. The youngest girl, Martha, was six fet three and 160 pounds in weight. | She would undoubtedly nave been the giant | of the family, for that was her height and | weight at the age of fourteen, a few wecks | before she died. When ches¢ measurements | were taken, a few years ago, the fami:y was | all together, but since then old Joe and his wife have died, and the boys and Is were married and scattered about the state. [ don’t know what their progeny have dene to keep up the family reputation as to size, but I'll bet on ‘em to keep up the >»cord.”* -2e+-— Dr. F_R. Day, a resident of Honolulu, now in Chicago, condemns Cleveland’s Ha- egress policy as an injustice to the people of that country. GREAT SURPRISE At the Negative Character of the Hawaiian News. AND NAVY DEPARTMENT, sme Mr. Gresham Takes Documents to the President. NO OFFICIAL NEWS. There was great surprise expressed at the Navy Department this afternoon at the negative character of the news from Ha- wall. Various theories were propounded,but none with more reason and flavor of prob- ability than that Minister Willis had been furnished with discretionary powers, and that he had found the state of things in ‘Hawall s0 different from what had been supposed that he withheld positive action until he could further communicate with this government. It is now believed that Admiral Skerrett, on his arrival here on the China, forwarded to the State Depart- ment a dispatch from Mr. Willis announc- ing that in the three days that had elapsed between his arrival and the sailing of the China he had discovered enough to con- vince him that the restoration of the queen could not be accomplished without difficul- ty. On the basis of this, it is thought he asked for further instructions, which were sent by the Monowal, which sailed yester- day, one day late. Administration Course Uncerta! In this event it is problematic just what course the administration has sent in the way of further orders to Mr. Willis. It may have told him to go ahead—“willy- nilly”—or it may have realized that pre- caution is always the better part of valor, and called a still further halt. It would seem that the administration has what may be termed the “bulge” on Mr. Willis, as far as a knowledge of the state of sentiment in this country is concerned, and that Mr. Willis has a similar “bulge” on the admin- istration in respect to the state of Hawall- an sentiment. These two “bulges,” com- ing together now, by the grace of the steam power, has possibly produced an era of com- mon sense and discretio: ‘Whatever may be the outcome, the nature of Mr. Willis’ first instructions will always be a matter of great interest. There is just enough doubt as to their character to give the color of credence to the claim made by the State Department officials that the course of the administration would ulti- mately be approved by popular sentiment. There was a very general belief today, after the first news came, that the queen cannot now be restored without serious trouble. Naval officers say that the golden opportunity has gone. If nothing could be done in the lapse of ten days between the arrival of Mr. Willis and the sailing of the China nothing could be done in a month or @ year, especially after Mr. Dole receives word of the sentiment in this country in his favor. The State Department Feeling. The State Department officials today seemed to take a certain amount of satis- faction on the basis of the news that came by steamer. They refused to talk, but chuckled among themselves at what they termed the “‘discomfiture of the sensation- alists.” Whether their glee came from a verification of their original position or from a judicious realization of the trend of opinion, is only to be surmised. Secretary Gresham responded to a query from The Star that there was “nothing at all today— nothing at all—nothing at all.” He remained in his office nearly all day in close conference with Assistant Sec: tary Adee and other officers of the depart- ment, and about 1:30 o'clock gathered a packet of documents and went out to visit the President, who, like himself, had been promptly advised of the news brought by the Australia. A Statement of the Situation. It is believed that one of the papers car- ried by the Secretary for the President's approval was a statement of the situation for the pres® from an administration stand- point. It was sald at the State Department at 2 o'clock that no word had yet been re- ceived from Minister Willis. Secretary Gresham was apparently less interested in the expected news than any other person, and this fact gave rise to a suspicion, in advance of actual information from the steamer, that he had no expecta- tion that anything of moment had occurred in Hawali, presuming that the pi m he had outlined for Minister Willis’ guid- ance had been carried out. To be sure, the Secretary heard the press bulletins with a languid show of carcass otherwise he was apparently en, in the work of reading te papers and in receiving visit- ors who called to say something about ap- pointments. No Ome! News Received. It was an hour after noon when the news came that matters were quiet in Honolulu and that Minister Willis had made no open movement toward the restoration of Queen Liltuokalant There was a general expression of surprise from everybody except Secretary Gresham and the few employes the State Depart- ment who have necessarily been advised as to the plans of the administration so far as they have taken form in official communica- tions. This news, however, came from the press bulletins, and officially the State De- partment was not even aware of the arrival of the steamer. This was accounted for by the fact that the department's communica- tions from Minister Willis must pass through the hands of Dispatch Agent Cooper at San Francisco. These communi- cations, or, at least, the essential one, would be in cypher, for Mr. Willis was prepared to use this, probably through the help of the naval officers on the Philadelphia or the Adams. These cypher dispatches must necessarily be transmitted slowly to insure accuracy, and thus the delay was accounted for. Nothing official having been received up to 1:45 o'clock, Secretary Gresham put on his hat and left the department for luncheon. He declined to say whether he was surprised to hear that nothing un- toward had happened in Houolulu, but his satisfied manner gave the impression that all had happened in accordance with his ex- pectations. The General Impression. The general impression of those who heard of the news from Hawaii this after- noon was that the fact, of the queen not having been restored before the steamer sailed was an evidence that the adminis- tration’s policy had miscarried and it is believed that the information brought is extremely unsatisfactory to the adminis- tration. The belief is that Mr. Willis, having faii- ed to secure the restoration of the queen promptly, her restoration will now become an impossibility, since the Hawaiians will be informed on the arrival of steamers which sailed from San Francisco several days ago of the condition of public senti- ment here and the provisional government feeling itself sustained by the American people will resist any attempt on the part of Mr, Willis to restore the queen. Among the few who had heard of the re- ports from Hawaii, members of Congress and others, is an almost universal expres- sion of satisfaction that the great wrong which they feared has not yet been ac- complished. —_—___ Limiting the Coal Output. For the first time this season orders have been issued limiting the output of all collier- fes in the Lehigh region to four days a week. As a result 15,000 men are idle. o<-—___ The police of Bridgeport, Conn., yester- day arrested Wm. H. Cook, aged iIxty, for seducing Nellie Mahoney, an eighteen-year- old girl, whose parents are dead. He in- duced the girl to enter a furniture store where he is employed one evening about four weeks ago and assaulted her. Since then she has been confined in a cellar that was seldom used, and Cook has procured | her meals for her. Charles W. Thomas of the theatrical firm of Hoyt & Thomas is dead. John A. Schurg, engineer of the steamer Nevada, who is indicted for sinking the vessel, has related the story of the crime. Eugene H. Munday, a poet, the publisher of a trade paper, the Proof Sheet, and at one time prominent in Philadelphia affairs, is dead, aged sixty-two years. OF THE “EVENING STAR.” | SATURDAY, Nov. 11, 1898. MONDAY, Nov. 18, 1893... TUESDAY, Nov. 14, 1898. WEDNESDAY, Nov. 15, 1893. THURSDAY, Nov. 16, 1393... FRIDAY, Nov. 11, 1898... CIRCULATION J solemnly swear that the above statement rep- Fesents only the numbef of copies of Tae £vex- ine Stan ctreulated duringthe six secular days end- ing Friday, November 17, 1s93—that i, the num- berof copies actually sold, delivered, furnished ormailed, for valuable consideration, to bona fide Purchasers or subscribers, and that none of the copies so counted were returned to or remainio ‘the office ansola J. WHIT. HERRON, Cashier Evening Star Newspaper Co. Subscribed and sworn to before me tnis eigh- teenth day of November, A. D. 1993. LAST OF A NOTED FAMILY. Henry Starr, Desperado, to Be Put to Death in February. The trial, conviction and sentence of Henry Starr, the noted desperado and train robber, will close the career of a family that has been notorious in the west for its leadership in ail that has been evil, says a Topeka special to the New York ‘Times. The death of Henry Starr, next #ebruary, will put an end to a family name that has been conspicuous since the days when John Brown was a continual menace along the eastern border of Kansas, The elder Starr, or old Tom Starr, as he was known, was for many years an out- law, defying the Cherokee Nation, of which he was a member, and the United States government alike. He was a law unto him- self. Having completed his apprenticeship under John Brown, ‘tom Starr returned to the Indian nation, where he soon contract- ed the habit of killing those who disagreed with him. This was endured for a time, but it was not long before his neighbors | declared that the habit was not only dis- agreeable, but dangerous. They appealed to the Cherokee government, which sent out its mounted police to arrest the independent man who had set up @ kingdom of his own. Their ride through the fastresses of the country was marked by a trail of blood. Old Tom picked them off by degrees, leav- ing a dozen or more lonely graves in the ravines and valleys, never failing when once he had leveled his trusty rifie. The United States government was ap- pealed to, and a detail from the regular army attempted to do that which had been | tried wie ace etowh deem 2a gg est = outs, After several les, course of sare! a = cceeded “4 AeA nae j ing several soldiers,the je detachmen’ returned to camp and abandoned the chase | cee gave only death in return for hard- gerne The Government Gives Up. The general government refused to take | any further part in the matter. The Cherokee authorities, being unable to ac- complish anything alone, compromised the matter by permitting old Tom to return to his home unmolested, provided he would give up his habit of killing his neighbors. This he agreed to do, and kept his word by becoming a good citizen. He was suspected ve SU usig Wis LruBiy Tle, bur ae uly sUrangers Were the ones deait with, tnere was never any troublesome inquiry maue. ae died a few years later, samented by ail his newhbors waom he had lert auver ‘Khere came into the tamuy tne widow ot man named Ciay Wrignt, who nad aied sudueniy in the ouils, presumabiy from old ‘Yom’s riflle—sam Starr, a son, marry- ing her. She immediately noted as thief. Her friends were just as numerous | as the population, as she confined her busi- ness to trie state north of the nation, and was generous with her neighbors. Her liberality led her to give horses to such of her poorer friends as were unabie to leave their crops to make forays into the section where choice stock could be secured with- out cost celine meee ey risk. While aad gaged in congenial occupation her husand had some difficulty with United States oMcers. He did not follow the plan adopted by his father, when the pursuers were picked off at long range, but stood up for a fair fight. He killed his opponent, but in doing so was killed himself, and Belle was the second time a widow. Belle Starr’s Death. Becoming tired of commanding the des- peradoes who flocked to her standard, she Joined her fortunes with those of a noted western bandit, known as “Doc” Middle- ton. Again Belle was unfortunate, as Mid- dieton was soon after drowned while trying | to swim the Poteau, weighted down with | two pistols and a@ belt filled with cartridges. | The officers who were pursuing Middleton did not find his body until a week later. Belie sincerely mourned for the space of @ week her lost love, and then she returned to civilization as found at Fort Smith, Arkansas, and their joined her fortunes with those of a promising young man named Powe. She found him too effeminate, and, without the formality of a divorce, aban- doned hin and returned to her beloved territory, where she was married to Jim Starr, a brother-in-law to one of her former husbands. It was only a short time after this that she was assassinated as she rode | alone along the mountain base. | Although dead, she yet lives in the person | of her daughter, Pearl, who has not as yet | taken to the road. The family friends in | the territory hope that she will show her | blood and become as famous as was her mother. Henry Starr, who now lies in the Fort | Smith jail awaiting the death penalty, was j the youngest of the family now represent- ed by himself and his mother. He has| shown himself to be a bold, fearless man, as | willing to rob a train as an individual, and | equally as willing to kill the man’ who stood between him and his plunder. The only member of the family who sought respectability is Zeke Starr, an un- cle of Henry, who is now treasurer of the Cherokee 101 sae ae Personal Mention. Capt. John G. Bourke. taird United States cavalry, who has been in the city | for the past day or so, left Thursday | for his station, Fort Riley, Kan. Capt. Bourke was in charge of the Convent of =) soe at the world’s Columbian expo- sition. Henry W. Smith of New York has been, on the motion of Fourth Assistant At. torney General Maury, admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court. ——_——-e-_i World's Fair Assets Slip Away. The assets of the world’s fair are dwindling to an extent that alarms the managers. When ed on October 30, Treasurer Seeberger had in round numbers $2,250,000 in cash in bank. This has been slipping away, in spite of what the managers claim is the most economical management, $10,000 a day. Lieut. Henry Morrell has been ordered to ordnance duty at the New York navy yard. Passed Assistant Engineers James H. Per- Charles C. Howell and Assistant En- gineer W. W. White have been ordered to examination for promotion. The Bow In the case Toole, of of Michael Boston, murder of their mother, Hannah, aged fifty- and Stephen charged with the fi and their sister, Margaret, aged twen- ty . by mixing poison with porter, Mi- chael Toole was discharged yesterday and Stephen held on a charge of murder, Washington Convocation. The semi-annual meeting of the Convoca- tion of Washington will be held December 6 at St. Stephen's Church, Mount Pleasant. Archdeacon Gilbert F. Williams will preach the sermon. ee eee Vigtlants Needed in New Mexico. ‘The citizens of New Mexico will be com- pelled to form a vigilance committee before the winter is over. The swarms of vagrants passing through from California ure be- coming a terror to the country. Sess ast poutine edte Crispi on the Zwetbund. Le Journal of Paris publishes an in- terview with Signor Crispi, ex-prime minister of Italy. In regard to the Franco-Russian entente, he said that it seemed unnatural. It in no way strength- ened, but rather compromised the peace of Europe. eile Starr, the female bandit and horse | an: | Security and Trust $s, 1905, F. and A. 1 | Union, 18 asked. Arlington, the exposition clos- | American Tobacco. c at the rate of FINANCE AND TRADE. Unprecedented Reserve of the New 42%; January, <2yad2%; 40% 0414; white corm by sample, | Corn by sample, No. 2 white western, 35) ern, 334034 45 new; yellow Belgas. Oats quiet and Stock, 47,166 bushels, \y porns tee ge 3 Grain freights York Banks, Ineo suouidom, St ; sites, 10%: sugar-pic SHOWING OF THE WEEKLY STATEMENT oe cain, tation, as: 3 do. fair t 3 packed, sent team ap she Some Advance in- the Value of | SiERr strong. grantiated. 4%." Copper’ steady—re- BALTDIORE, Nor. 1s-—Baltimore and Ohio Silver. GENERAL MARKET REPORTS. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star, NEW YORK, Nov. 18.—The opening of today’s stock market showed fractional gains over night, but sold off on later deal- ings. There were no developments, and prices were left to the caprices of the pro- fessionals. London prices for international securities were better, and foreign houses bought moderately on this side. The best feature in connection with for- eign ma-kets is the advance in the price of silver and the increased demand for the white metal, both at home and abroad. The Bank of England scare has exhausted itself for the want of a substantial basis, and confidence in the stability of that historic institution is as strong as ever. The belief is daily gaining ground that no radical change in the tariff will be made at the coming session of Congress, and some movement in p-ices, based on this belief, is anticipated. There is enough uncertainty surrounding this subject, however, to make traders cautious in their dealings, and risks are limited to the minimum. Sugar was the only feature in the market and wes sold freely by the veterans, who are evidently in possession of some. infor- mation from the inside that the public must temporarily guess at from the action of the stock. Rumors of decreased earnings have been in circulation during the week, and fears of adverse tariff legislation have been entertained, but to what extent they are justifiable is not known. The stock opened at 93 1-2, sold down to 91 7-8, and later recovered to initial figures. Chicago Gas succumbed to the hammer- ing of the bears to the extent of 1 5-8 per cent, but immediately recovered most of the loss. General Electric was strong and advanc- ed 3-4 per cent to 39 1-2. The remainder of the list was strong, but almost stationary, owing to the lack of interest. Missouri Pacific earnings for the second week this month show a decrease of $33,000, making total decrease for the year, $2,104,- 000. The weekly bank statement shows the banks to have gained rearly ten millions in lawful money, which, less the decrease in the loans, is shown in the deposits. The surplus reserve is now about $65,500,000, which is the largest in the history of the clearing house.. The largest previous reserve was that re- SS 1, 1885, amounting to $64,- The million and a quarter decrease tn loans is the only unsatisfactory item in the statement and shows a lack of com- mercial borrowing as well as indicating the narrowness of speculation. A detailed copy of the statement follows: Reserve increased, $7,641,750; loans de- creased, $1,253,200; specie increased, $1,279. 400; legals increased, $8,596,400; deposits increased, $8,944,200, and circulation de- creased, $279,700. The accumulation of money by the na- tional banks is having a good effect on the bond market and dealers are much encour- aged by the outlook. This improvement in the bond market must eventually be transferred to stocks and the money now lying idle will be brought into the regular channels of trad? d make a valuable addition to the inter- est account of our banking institutions. with improved conditions branches of trade and unusual tim- Dart of those who are gener- to profit by such improvement, ——__ The week closes in all idity on the ally first i U. & 4s, 1907, Hz bid, 118 asked. “U. 8. 4s, coupon Iwi tid baa, District of Columbia Bonds.—20-year fund Ss, 106 bid. Water stock 7s, ivi, currency, 112 bid. 30- year fund ts, gold, 113 bid. Water stock Ts, 1908, Fried 120 vid. 3.658, funding, currency, LUG Miscellaneous Bonds.—Wasbington and town K. K. cony. 6s, Ist, 135 bid. Washington and Georgetown K. K. conv. 6s, 2d, 135 bid. Ma- sonic Hall Association 5s, 100 bid. Washington Market Company ist 6s, 105 bid. Washington Mar- ket Company imp. 6s, 105 bid. Washington Mar- ‘Ket Company ext. 6s, 100 bid. American Security and Trost Ss, 1905, A. and 0., 100 bid. American Sy and Sey Ss, 1908, A. and 0. . Washington Light Infantry Ist Gs, 95 bid. Washington Light Infantry 2d 7s, 96 bid. Wash. ington Gas Company Gs, series A, 116 bid. Wash. — Gas Company Gs, series B, 117 bid. Wash- ‘on Gas conv. 64, 125 R. RB. 6s, 100 a — aroma tee peake and Potomac Tel Se, 98 bid, 108 asked. Capitol and Nort © Street BR. KR. Ss, 108 asked. Metropolitan Rr rH ~e 100 bid. U. 8. Electric Light conv. 5s, National Bank Stocks.—Rank of Washington, 300 | bid. Bank of the Republic, 230 bid, 20) seen, aletropolitan, 260 bid. Central, 200 bid. Second, 120 bid. Farmers and Mechanics’, 175 bid. Cit- bid, 130 End, izens’, 150 bid, 180 asked. Columbia. 110 asked. Capital, 110 bid. 130 . Wi 95 bid, 110 asked. 0 bid, 1 Railroad Stocks.—W: and 250 bid. Metropolitan, 80 hid, 100 ia, 60 bid. Capitol and North O Street, 19 bid. 20 asked. Eckington and Soldiers’ Home, 19 bid. . Georgetown and Tenalirtown, 32 asked. Insurance Stocks.—Firemen’ Mid. Franklin, 48 bid, 55 asked. Metropolitan, 85 asked. National MO bid, 160 asked. Corcoran, 70 bid. Columbia. 13 bid, 16% asked. German-American. 150 bid. Potomac, 70 bid. 7% asked. People’s, Sig ay asked. Tincoln, 7% bid, 7% asked. Commercial, | 54 asked. | matte, Inanrance Stocks —Real Estate Title, 110 id. 115 aw Columbia Title, 7 Washington Title, 6 bid. 8 asked, 2 OH * anked. Gas and Electric Light Stocks.—Washington Gas, 49% Did, 52 asked. Georgetown Gas, 481g bid. U. 8. Electric Light. 112 Md, 120 asked. Telenhone Stocks.—Chesaneake and Potomac, 41% bid. {3 asked. American Grapbophone, 1% bid, 2% arked. Miscellaneons Stocks.—Washington Market. 12 Wid. Great Falls Ice, 110 bid. Ball Run Pano- cama. 16 bid, 21 asked. Pneumatic Gun Carriage. 75 asked. Lincoln Hall. 100 asked. Norfolk and Washington Steamboat, 90 asked. Safe Deposit and Trost Compantes.—National Safe Deposit and Trust Company, 120 hid. 128 asked. Washington Lonn and Trost,” 104 asked. American Security and Trust, 128 bid, 124 asked. _——_s——— Georgetown, asked. Colum: FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. The following arethe opening, the highest lowest and the closing prices of the New market today, ae re by members New York stock exch: Messrs, Moore & Schley, No. i the Form stock aut 184 rest Ghee x Paolkes Ga" Del Lack. & We: 1936 Q _ ‘ Ben. e ihie Grande.” PON, pd dient Hitec. Sa Esl Hitnois Central are Lake Shore..... By 1% 48 jattan Elevated. Michivan Cenrral Missouri Pacific. ‘Nat onal Lead Co. Nat. Cordage Co. f. i ae Bi id ie Western Union Tei... isconsin Central. Silver... a Baltimore Markets. BALTIMORE, Nov. 18.—Flour dull, unchanged— , 10,272 “barrels: 50 barrels. Wheat weak— November, +» 70% 70%: | | } | | 123 barrels; sales, 101, mixed, spot, “sat; ‘Norewber, s3yat4; jear, Will spend the Christmas holidays im jell. Corn weak— and Ohio Southwestern firsts, 103; first 6: © 111%; do. stocks, 56ah6y, pie Rte TO HANDICAP BALL CLUBS. been Napoleonic suggestion. Greamed of or could be practi 30 aves not yet bask very fully in the light of .... | knowledge. It is in need of yet other les- |Son would permanently suffice, und as if the “harmless lunatic’ would pass, with | the “unloaded” pistol, into the category of | things perennial. ‘Tal stock, 68; Baltimore third incomes, 7; Gas bends, To handicap the clubs of the base ball league and thus make the race close and in- teresting is the novel and good idea of Al Spink, editor of the Sporting News. Mr. Spink says: clubs today leaves no possible doubt but that Boston has a team that outclasses all the rest. delphia come next, and then in the third division Brooklyn, New York and Baltimore seem evenly matched. St. Louis, Chicago, Cincinnati and Louisville have been repre- sented by aggregations that of late years have been fighting for tail-end honors. Next season the clubs will start out classed in about this order and the interest in the outcome of the championship contest will be limited almost to Boston, Pittsburg and Cleveland. Now, this is bound to have a bad effect on the attendance in the remain- ing nine cities, and I think the league mag- nates will make a serious mistake if they do not endeavor to effect a change for the better. My handicap scheme, I am inform- ed, is impracticable. It is claimed that base ball clubs and race horses cannot be han- died in the same manner, but I think dif- ferently, to a certain extent. In my mind the league pennant race would be much more interesting if the contestants were handi- capped so each and every one of them would start out with an equal chance of success. According to their work the past season Boston could concede to St. Louis, Louisville, twenty games apiece, and then have equal show of winning. The difference in their playing strength is the reason, and the capped on the same line. Three intelligent players, like Ward, Comiskey and Anson, with the assistance of a few good newspaper men, who should be given the power to in- terfere when any favoritism was shown, would make a good handi Many people with whom I have Giscussed the scheme think inte>ested players or club magnates should not have anything to do with the handicapping. never succeed and become popular unless fair and impartial handicapping was had.” “The formation of the twelve Pittsburg, Cleveland and Phila- Chicago and Cincinnati, say. nm remaining seven clubs could be handi- capping board. The scheme would T. C. Crawford in the New York Sun. Mr. McKinley, who is on the wrong side of fifty years, ts still in vigorous health. He has a good color, and looks at least ten years younger than he really is. His suc- cess in politics teaches the value, after all, of the one-idea man. never scattered. He started out from the first to become an authority upon the tariff. He has slept with the tariff all through his political life, and has never made @ speech upon any other subject. He has solved all | of the mystery of the schedules of the most complicaged divisions of the tariff law, and has an argument ready for the present tariff system. He did not arrive at such a knowledge in a day. He began his early political career by marrying well. He was a country lawyer in Canton, Ohio, with a very moderate practice and no great in- clination for the law. time to be very indolent. rich wife and entered politics. He shook off his seeming indolence after he was elected « member of the House, and gave himself up entirely to the study of the one question which has made him so promi- nent. He has added to this complete knowi- edge of a very important question the easy add: Mr. McKinley has He was said at that He married a ress and finished manner of a first-class actor. He has never made the mistake of employing wit or satire in his public discourses. the awful solemnity of his subject. Busi- ness matters are serious questions, and those who wish to have the confidence of business people should never joke. is something almost sepuichral in Mr. Mc- Kinley’s solemnity in his discussion of pub- lic questions. the sacred ark of the covenant has ever glowed with a more impressive suggestive- ness of the tragical mingled with the sol- emn than has been di: Kinley, the high prophet of the tariff sys- tem. | He ts slightly above the medium height, the height of Napoleon, 5 feet 7 1-2 inches. | His figure is well rounded and suggestive lof the pudgy lines of the Little Corporal. | His head is round and large. |semblance to Napoleon is si He has keyed his manner to There No holy prophet defending splayed by Mr. Mc- The re- ight, but it has enough to give the caricaturist the eee The “Harmicss tie” | Dr. H. 8. Smith in the North American Review. The “harmless lunatic,” outside an asy- | lum, occupies a position strictly analogous |to that of the historic “unloaded” pistol. Each is, I think, responsible for about the same number of homicides. But the harm- less weapon stops at that, while the harm- less man easily takes the palm by adding @ long list of other crimes. For most of these crimes the community can thank It- self, because it foolishly tolerated in its midst a person whose only safe place of residence was an asylum. But one should not judge too harshly these excesses of altruism. the extreme tolerance shown these unfortu- | nates who frequent the border lands of san- | ity is but a manifestation of that love of Mberty which has mad- possible the civili- jzation in which we live. The ages which cast their paranoiacs into dungeons or exe- cuted them for witchcraft did not foster the spirit of liberty, | have intimated, go to the other extreme, and the lesson taught the community from time to time by “hi shoot their fellow-citizens, explode bombs among them and the ~—% is wholesore an necessary, . single bomb exploded in New York not many months ago resulted indirectly in the confinement of a greater number of insane persons who would otherwise before this have committed The lesson cost a life, It is true, but quite possibly it saved a score of lives. munity was made to realize vividly what every alienist knew, that the first untoward act by which the supposed harmless insane person manifested his true condition might be an irreparable one. The lesson had been taught often enough before. Within a de- cade it had been emphasized by the murder of a chief executive of our country; but memory is fleeting, and its permanent rec- oris come only with many repetitions. Another year, and, it may safely be pre- dicted, the $f | Eotten the Norcross incident, and habeas | corpus suits for removing “sane” persons We should remember rather that Suill, one may, as I lunatics,” who even tho’ severe. A long category of crimes. The com- Sew York juror will have for- “@% | from asylums will flourish again as of yore. 108% | A community which has witnessed without special comment the expeniention of @ B0- ciety for the prevention ox , BOG | tion. of sane persons in asylums” in a day | and age when no such atrocity as that im- the “incarcera- iced, Indeed, it almost seems as if no Jes- nl tetas Chicago's Board of Trade Butiding. Building Inspector Toolen has made an examiration of the board of trade building in Chicago and afterwards | made a report in which he says: “The tow- ler has some cracks in its walls, but they 298 | are not new ones, for I saw them four or | five years ago. Each column in the tower | supported four or five hundred tons, and of |course the walls have sunken some, but I am pretty sure there is no danger in any 7h | part of the structure.” —— 202 — Philadelphia's Unemployed. Tae policemen of the districts in Phila- delphia, by order of Mayor Stuart,have made canvass of the number of persons who gen- erally have work but at present are un- employed. The submitted *. | Superintendent 5,859 persons out of work. returns as gathered and each police lieutenant to Linden shows a total of by coe John Davis helped himself to a tub of butter belonging to Mr. Tolson and now he