Evening Star Newspaper, December 2, 1893, Page 2

LATE NEWS BY WIRE. The Football Match Between the Middies and Cadets. BEAUTY AND FASHION AT ANNAPOLIS. A Great Throng of Spectators Wit- ness the Annual Struggle. NO SCORE IN FIRST HALF. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. ANNAPOLIS, Md., Dec. This usually quiet old town is today gay and bright with people and crowded to its farthest limit by those who have come down to see the great game between An- napolis and West Point. The rivalry be- tween these two academies is never so marked as it is when their respective elevens line up on the big gridiron to bat- tle for the championship. The result was that the game today drew together a large f@udience that was divided in its loyalty to the two teams. As was to be expected, the adherents of the middies largely out numbered those who were on hand to cheer | for the future generals. Many came on this morning from Baltimore to see the port, but an even larger crowd came down from Washington on the special trains. Crowds Gai The Army and Navy Club sent down a large contingent of members, representing m about equal proportions the army and the navy. There were many men who are Prominent in offictal and social life at the | capital, and judging by the appearance of the field this afternoon, it would seem as though there could not be many younger officers in either branch of the service left at their desks at the War and Navy De- special trains reached here between 1 and 2 o'clock and brought a large number of the fair sex, all of whom were decked out either with the blue and goid of the navy or the black and gray of West Point. It is a perfect day for a foot ball game, the field is in the finest sort of condition, and all signs point to a sharp and interest- ing game. Opinions as to the relative merits of the two teams vary about as the colors that are worn, for both contingents are loyal to their own sides, though the fine showing that the Pointers made in their game with Princeton has made them rather the favorites with outsiders. Com. paratively little betting has been done this afternoon, though many wagers have been laid by army and navy officers in quiet corners on the club before they came down. | ANNAPOLIS, Md. Dec. 2.—The West Point foot ball eleven, with its substitutes, stopped over night in Baltimore, and ar- rived here at 10 o’clock this morning look- ing fresh and vigorqus for the encounter ‘with the middies, and great determination depicted on their countenances to leaye the field victorious or die in the attempt. They are attended by Trainers Laurie Bliss, Graves, Williams and Corbin, with a large delegation of the admirers of the boys in gray from the vicinity of West Point. Mr. Bliss said in Baltimore last evening that the men have shown great improvement since he began to train them, and that while they are not confident of defeating the “middies” they are going to Annapolis for that purpose. “The team is a much better one than that which represented West Point last year,” he continued, “and it would be better still if we had more time to practice. It is balanced very well, the lime and the backs strength. I have been teaching the men the Yale game as far as I -have been able, and we will have a number of good tricks | to spring on the Annapolitans, in case our ordinary methods do not avail. The best men on the team are probably Stacey, Car- son, Ames and Harbeson.” With the army boys came a host of friends, and large crowds went to Annapo- Ms. Admiral Gherardi of the United States Atlantic squadron, with headquarters at Brooklyn, is an ardent admirer of foot ball, and has come expressly to see today’s con- prong —" course I expect our boys to win,” said he. down for. After the game I will return :o New York direct.” Our Weather Perfect. Had the weather been made to order it could not possibly have been more perfect for chasing the pigskin. The game to be played here this afternoon is the fourth an- nual game played between the Naval Acade- my and the West Point Military Academy, the cadets having been beaten twice on their own grounds and the “middies” once at Annapolis, leaving the games two to ene in favor of Annapolis. Every effort | has been made this year by the Army Athletic Association to put the boys in gray | im such shape that they would be able to! cope with their antagonists in blue. Former witnesses of the contests between West Point and Annapolis who were not present today will find little difficulty in pictur- | During the | early morning hours and throughout the | ing the scene on the grounds. forenoon friends and admirers of both teams were arriving and a steady current of enthusiastic humanity flowed toward the grounds. There was not a vacant seat left among the three thousand reserved for members of the army and navy and their friends and fully 15,000 people will have to be content with standing room around the Topes to witness the battle between the students of Uncle Sam's two great military educational institutions. Annapolis is in holiday attire. Business 1s almost suspended and the day given over to the great game. “The magnificent decorations of blue and gold on every hand, from the railroad depot to the academy grounds, the academy buildings draped in one mass of bunting, formed a striking contrast to the somber gray of the stone — of the Military Academy at West int. A Brt t Scene. The steady stream of visitors wending their way toward the scene of the coming encounter, the enthusiasm of the friends of the gallant naval cadets, the ladies gaily bedecked with Annapolis colors, formed a e@cene which the usually quiet, undemon- strative people of the historic town of An- | Rapolis will not soon forget. Every one had some token of his or her sympathies, and notwithstanding the fact that the sym- pathy was largely with Annapolis, and its edmirers far outnumbered those of the eadets, when the cadet team and followers ®ppeared upon the ground, headed by cool- beaded Capt. “Kit” Carson, wearing a “mascot” on his left breast in the shape of a rabbit's foot, bedecked with the coi- lege colors, blue and gray ribbon, a mighty cheer went up from the excited throng end @ thousand voices sang: ‘Rah-tat-tat-da-boom-da-aye, Where are now the boys in gray? ‘They are on the top today; Rah-tat-tat-da-boom-de-aye.” And as the echoes died away in the dis- tance, from as many more throats rang | @ut the war cry of the boys in gray: ‘Rah-rah-ray-bang West Point, West Point, army.” Washington 4 vals. At lv o'clock a salute was fired upon the arrival of Assistant Secretary McAdoo. The | @rowd was considerably augmented at 1 o'clock by the arrival of two special trains from Washington Forty West Point army @fficers and a number of ladies of the post also reached here this morning. The air fe a deafening turmoil, caused by the grat- ing noises issuing from tin horns and every Other conceivable instrument calculated to make a din. The Cadets’ Center. Bookwalter was injured in a wedge, but Wee soon on his feet. Cadets build their Woodruff flying wedge; Stacy then darted through the navy for five yards. Stacy tried to run around cadets’ end, which was | stopped by Lott. Finding it impossible to work through West Point's center. Bagley again made a magnificent punt for forty yards. Bookwalter hurt. The Game Started. The game was started at . Point's ball on line up. Carried ft forward for fifteen yards and lost it on downs. Bag- ley punted fifty yards. Ball caught by Half-back Shelton and carried forward twenty yards. West Point lost ball on fumble and David- being of uniform | “That's just what we have come | West | THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, D. C, SATURDAY. DECEMBER 2. 1893—TWENTY PAGES. ‘son ran twenty yards. Stacy then stole _ the ball and went around Annapolis end for | five yards. Guard Morris injured. Ball in West Point's territory. Carson punted to- | ward Navy goal for forty yards. | Annapolis has tried for three succes! | downs to break West Potnt’s center wit! /out avail, and forced to again punt. West Point then got ball in Navy's territory and worked it forward five rds. Half Hack Kimball was injured. Clever triple pass | of West Point and Stacy .works. around Navy's end for five yards. Amor and Smith make hole in Navy's center, offside play by West Point gives Navy five yards. | The Cadets’ Superior Play. | Annapolis loses ball and Stacy steals it and gains five yards, West Point steadily | carried ball toward a touchdown. West | Point loses ball on downs. Navy vainly | tried to buck Army center for three suc- cessive downs and again punted for twenty |yards. West Point carried ball forward ‘for twenty yards. Lost on a fumble. | The only notable feature of Annapolis’ |play is their clever punting. West Point | Seems to be outplaying them in every point except kicking. West Point still has the ball and carries it forward for seven yards. | First down ball on twenty-yard line. | Ball on Navy's ten-yard lire, when West Point lost ball to middics. Annapolis then |made steady gain through West Point's cenvr. Annapolis has ball on dividing ine. Navy punts and West Point gets ball, | but ioses it on fumble. | No Score the First Half. | Time called at 3:15 p. m., with ball in Annapolis territory. Score: Army, nothing; | mavy, nothing. ————>__. MAY BE A DELAY In the Presentation of t to the House. There is a possibility that the democrats will not be able to begin the consideration | of the tariff bill in the House as svon as | they designed to. By the terms of the reso- | lution, which permitted the ways and |means committee to sit during the recess, | the republicans were insured a period of {ten days after getting the majority bill | in which to prepare their minority bill. | The Wilson bill was given to them on | Wednesday, but they may have grounds for a claim that the whole bill was not | furnished them in acordance to the implied | terms of the resolution, since the state- | ment and estimates which should accompa- | ny the bil] which is necessary to the prepa- j ration of # report was not then finished,and has not yet been completed. The whole | committee {s to meet on Monday, when it | {s thought this statement will be ready. | It is not improbable that the republicans | will claim that their ten days will be not until then, If this claim were made and sustained, the measure could not be taken up in the House before Wednesday, the 13, | which would leave but little time before the Christmas holtda: Of course, there is |mo chance of passing the bill before the — even if taken up earlier than that. Meanwhile, the internal revenue features of the bill have not been added to yet, and there is a possibility that they will be carried in a separate measure. If the Dill is reported without any of these features, they cannot be added by way of an amend- | ment under the rules of the House, not be- - germane. + e+ THE COURTS. Scien Court, Division 1, Justice Bradley. | Tcday—Cain agt. C. and P. R. R. Co.; |flve days allowed to award. Weeks ast. | American Mutual Aid Society, and Shim- |cneck agt. same; defaults. Goodman agt. | Nailor; motion for judgment overruled. |Spalding agt. Spalding and Scott agt. |Bradshaw; motion for new trial filed. Beach agt. King; motions for do. overruled. | Ctreuit Court, Division 2, Justice Cox. Tari@ Bill Today—Blume & Son agt. Ducking; se- leurity for costs given. Lindermann T. C. R. T. Co. agt. Huddleston Bros.; judgment |by default. Elliot agt. Trego; do. Equity Court, Division 1, Justice Cole. | Today—McGingell agt. Shanahan; de- murrer overruled. Myers agt. De Neal | conveyance ordered. Provident Life | sociation agt. Young; time to amend bill | extended. | Equity Court, Division 2, Justice Hagner. Yesterday—Maury agt. Maury; divorce | Sranted. Brown agt. McLean; rule on re- | ceiver... Today—| Soter; order finally ratifying sales. Hilleary agt. Hilleary; di- | vorce avinculo matrimonil granted. Luck- lett agt. Duncanson; rule to show cause returnable December 9, 1893. Howlings agt. | Plager; Gecree pro confesso against certain | defendants. Wells agt. Johnson; order on complainants for security for costs. Probate Court. In re Francis S. West; C. 8. West ap- | pointed guardian, bond $2,000. Estate of | George H. Dick; will filed. In re Margurite | Collin; Angelina Tilleaux appointed guar- dian, bond $1,000. Estate of Anthony F. | Nevarre, letters of administration to Edwin | Forrest, bond $3,000, in place of Ann M. | Nevarre, who renounces. In re orphans of | Charles Newman; order authorizing guar- |dian to loan and expend certain monies. | Estate of Richard A. Murray; letters of ad- | ministration to James F. Graham, bond | $800. Estate of Georgia E. Manning; | amended petition for letters of administra- tion filed. Estate of Henrietta C. Ingersoil; will admitted to probate and letters issued to Fannie H. Ingersoll, bond $200. Estate of Cuvier Grover; commission issued. | tate of Frances Turney; letters of admin- | istration to Jesse H. Wilson, bond $800. In re Ernest L. Co: G. guardian, bond $3,000. In re Nina May Cornelius: C. A. Johnson appointed guardian—bond $2,500. In re Wm. | Corcoran et al.; Elizabeth A. McGee do.— | bond, $3,000, Estate of Richard T. Moss; will admitted to probate and letters issued to A. R. Collins—bond, $1,300. Estate of W. Thomas Walker; do. do. to M. Bailey— bond, $1,000. Estate of J. M. Reynolds; | leave to withdraw plea and jurisdiction. Against Kalahan’s Claim. In the matter of the estate of Michael Belcher, in which Bartholomew Kalahan, the brother-in-law (brother of @ deceased wife), claimed the estate, Justice Hagner in the Probate Court yeste-day delivered an opinion overruling his claim. The deceased left no wife, children or next of kin within the fifth degree of consanguinity or affinity or any more remote degree except and only | the petioner, who bases his claim under the | act of 1719. The justice decides that after | quoting the acts, including that of 5 | which provides that if there be no relatives | within the fifth degree, the surpius goes to the state, decides that the petitioner does |not come within the act and refuses his | prayer. ‘There is pending in this case the answer of Katharine Kalahan,the wife of Bartholo- | mew, who states that she had not seen or | heard of him since September 1, 1882, when he deserted hez; that she knew that Belcher did not like Kalahan; that she was known | to Belcher when a child in the old country, jand on her removal here visited the Belchers; was with his wife when she died, |and after her death was his housekeeper, | friend and adviser, and makes a claim against the estate for $10 per month since | September, 1 | Auxiliary. | The District of Columbla Auxiliary Red | Cross Association has issued a call through | President Warner and Secretary Spencer | to the citizens for contributions for the re- |Mef of the South Carolina Sea Island suf- | ferers. The call in closing its appeal sa | “The District of Columbia Auxiliary Re remembering with appreciation and the generous response hitherto oy the citizens and reside of Washington to our appeals on occasions of great national and international calain- ity, hereby announce that we will grate- fuliy receive and transmit to these suffer- ing people all contributions of food, cloth- or household necessaries that may be | forwarded to us. Cast-off clothing of every description, ticking for straw beds, shoes of all sizes, especially extra large shoes for men working out ef doors—in short, whatever hardworking, destitute people need will be thankfully received and forwarded, and, funder direction of Clara Barion, ‘the mother of the nation,’ will be judiciously distributed where it is most needed. ter the publication of this circular all j such retary of this association, | Business College, corner of 7th and D streets northwest, at any hour from 9 | a.m. to ¥ p.m. of any day, except Sunday, from November 25, 1893, to May 1, 1804. “All contributicns of money should be sent to Sea Island relief fund, Piggs Bank, | Washington, D. Cc." ee Asks for Repairs. | Mr. B. P. Snyder has called the attention of the Commissioners to the condition of | Bunker Hill road at its junction with Phil- | adelphia street, and asks that the same be repaired without delay. — | Admiral Mello Escapes. | A dispatch yesterday to London from | Rio Janeiro states that the insurgent Ad- | miral Mello has finally succeeded in forcing |@ passage past the forts guarding the en- | trance of the Bay of Rio Janeiro, and that his flagship, the Aquidaban, is now on the high seas. T. ‘Cox appointed | ‘ontributions may be sent to the sec- | Spencerian | GOOD CROWD TODAY. Cold Weather Fails to Keep People Away From Be: = Although the weather was cold a goodly crowd attended the races at Benning to- day. The inclosure was well patronized by the fair sex, who were as comfortable | as if they were in their own homes. The track is fast and first-class sport is prom- | ‘ged.,The scratches are as follows: May Carnee, Plebian and Panhandle in the first, | Ontario in the second, Philora and Rico in | the third, Rightaway in the fourth, Vision and Smoke in the fifth and Blue Blood, Gettysburg, Doncaster, MeMurty and Freezer in the sixth. Starter Flynn from Gloucester did not show up, and the officers of the club se- lected Snapper Garrison. His appearance with the flag was the signal for applause. First Race. The first race was won by Gray Eagle, 8 to 5 (Cole); Fidget, 50 and 20 (H. Jones), second, and Sonara (Blake), 4 and 6 to 5, third. ime, 56. a A LARGE DECREASE. Local Death Rate Has Been Getting Steadily Lower. Health Officer Hammett is more than pleased with the result of the work done by the house to house inspec rs. He has pre- pared a comparative statement showing the number of deaths during the first four months of the fiscal years 1892 and 1593. The house to house inspection was made during the present year. The figures are as follows: 1syz. 1893. July ... 885, oy August 512 September a0 October ... a6 Totals 2.397 062 Decreas . DEATHS UNDER ONE YEAR OF AGE. 1892. 18t. July ... Blt 253. August 169 V4 September 136 130 October ... ug 89 Totals ....... eee ore ere 746 O46 Decrease in deaths under one year, 100, DEATHS UNDER FIVE YEARS OF AG 1sv2. 189 July . Bid August 3 a September ... 194 1 October ... 181 1 Total ....00.00. 875 Decrease in deaths under five vears, 120. In conversation with a Star reporter Health Officer Hammett said he attributed the Gacrease to the sanitary condition of the elty. fore and at this time it is in as good con- dition as any other place in the country. This city’s cleanliness und death record will compare favorably with any other city of its size on the face of the earth.” +o. SPEAKER CRISP, He Returned to the City and Visited the itol Today. Speaker Crisp returned to Washington this morning. He looks well and has ap- parently enjoyed his vacation of the past few weeks. He stopped over at Augusta, Ga., en route to Washington. He says the Augusta exposition 1s highly creditable to the city, and it is the most extensive affair of the kind ever held in the south. All the members of the House who are about the Capitol today dropped in at the Speaker's room to pay their respects. Mr. Sayers, the chairman of the appro- priations committee, was one of his first callers, The chairman informed the Speak- er, in response to the lgfter's inquiry, that the sundry civil and rtication bills are now completed, and that all the other ap- propriation bills will be ready to be report- ed to the House as soon as the tariff bill is disposed of. Speaker Crisp has not read the full text of the tariff bill, and for that reason de- clined to express an opinion regarding it. ——2+—_____ NEW YORK’S CRUISE, Rumors That She Will Be Sent to Rio. The report that Capt. Picking has re- quested that the United States fleet at Rio! be increased has revived the rumor that the cruiser New York is being prepared for a cruise to Rio. It is impossible to obtain definite information on this point at the Navy Department. Senor Mendonca, the Brazilian minister, left here this afternoon for New York. +2 TITLE TO LAND Which Formerly Constituted James Creek Canal. The attorney for the District today sub- mitted to the Commissioners his opinion upon the ownership of the James creek canal. He holds that the street made by the filling in of the canal is like other | streets. The opinion says: “The title to the | land embraced within the lines of the old | Washington canal is by virtue of several | acts of Congress vested in the United States, and the street made by filling in the canal is like the other streets under the control of the Commissioners. The case against Barber & Ross and John Miller for failure to remove obstructions from Canal street have been forwarded to the Police Court for prosecution. As to opinions of attorneys of the District upon the subject of leasing ground along the canal the undersigned is not aware of ha ing written any. Those of his predecessors, if any, will appear in the records of the attorney's opinions in your office.” —— PENSION OFFICE CHANGES. the Several Resignations and Reductions Have Occurred of Late. Miss Daisey M. Orleman, late of the chief clerk's room, pension office, has resigned. This information is contained in a letter to} her friend, Capt. McKevitt, chief clerk of | the office. The act is purely voluntary on| the part of Miss Orleman, and the reason | of it is that she intends taking a three- | | year course of study at Zurich, Switzer- | land. She was appointed from Florida on | | April 26, 1885, and was a $1,200 clerk. The | appointment division of the Department of | | the Interior has not made the resignation | | public. | Mrs. Mary Throckmorton, whose resigna- | tion was reported yesterday, was one of | the oldest female clerks in the office. She | Was, so the reporter was informed by a/ | prominent official, very feeble and infirm, | | and incapacitated for active work by reason | jof palsy. She was appointed from Virginia | | in 1870, and to the grade wh ober 21, ch was vacated | jon O Mrs. Amelia wland, whose resigna- tion was accepted . Was appointed from Pennsyl In 1887 she was| | promoted to a $1,200 clerkship, but was re- duced under this administration to $1,000. | She is a member of the board of visitors to the Government Hospital for the Insane, | Leon Turner, a colored clerk in the mid- | dle division, who was appointed from Texas }in 1884 and moved up t ”) position, has been reduced. Mr. Elliot De Jarnett, appointed from Virginia in 1881, and who was promoted to a $1,600 position in 1890, has also been reduced. — A Wealthy Widow Marrie: CHICAGO, Dec. 2.—The marriage of Mrs. William Armour, widow of the late William Armour, and for many years past one of the leaders of local society, to Hon. Walter Denegre, a millionaire lawyer of New Or- leans, was quietly solemnized this morning | |at the Prairie avenue mansion of thé} | bride's sister, Mrs, Wm. D. Walker. It was | a quiet wedding without bridesmaids or at-| tendants, and was solemnized in the pres-| ate friends | | ence of a few of the most intim: te McPherson | of the two families. Rev. Dr. of the First Baptist Church officiated. The | groom comes of an old French Creole | family identified with the early history of | New Orleans, is a member of the leading | | clubs of the Crescent City, and has always taken an active part in Its social affairs, > Senator Vance on the Bank Tax, BALTIMORE, Md., Dec. 2.—In an inter- view today Senator Vance of North Caro- lina says that in his state there is a wide- spread feeling that the repeal of the tax on national bank notes will go a long way towerd alleviating the depression that now exists. There js an almost unanimous sentiment for its repeal, and the people look to their representatives in Congress to urge this relief. —_- > Alimony Allowed. In the case of Margaret Noonan agt. Jno. J, Noonan for a divorce, today Justice Hagner made an order for alimony and counsel fees. A Known Quantity. It is the practice of The Star to print on Saturday a sworn statement of its circulation day by day for the preceding week. It would seem self- evident that the advertiser is entitled to this protection, but The Star is alone in this custom as far as Wash- ington {s concerned. Relow will be found the statement for the week just Past. The average circulation exhibited is believed to be nearly, if not quite, double the combined circulation of the other Washington dailies, and fully five times that of its afternoon contemporary, CIRCULATION OF THE STAR” “EVENING SATURDAY, Nov. 26, 1898. MONDAY, Nov. 27, 1598... TUESDAY, Nov. 98, 1993. . WEDNESDAY, Nov. 29, 1898... THURSDAY, Nov. 30, 199s... FRIDAY, Dec. 1, 1893 ee eeeeeeseee + 39,619 Total... Daily average. -+- 34,787 I solemnly swear that the aBove statement rep- Tesents only the number of copies of ‘THe EVBN- ING Brak circulated during the six secular days end- ing Friday, December , 1998—that is, the nume ber of eoptes 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 remainin the office unsold. J. WHIT. HERRON, Cashier Rvening Star Newspaper Co. Subscribed and sworn to before me this second day of December, A. D. 1898. CHAS. W. DARR, Notary Public, D. @. ——_—_____ A CHARITY CONTRIBUTION. No One Could Solve Saks Prison Cell Puzzle. Some time ago Messrs. Saks & Company, through their advertising manager, Mr. G. A. Lewis, distributed as an advertisement a large number of copies of a puzzle, known as “Boyer’s Prison Cell Contest,” offering @ premium of $100 for a successful solution of this interesting problem. Thousands of solutions were submitted to the firm, but none of these were correct, and a check for this $100 has been turned over to the superintendent of police to be distributed in coal among the poor of the District. The letter accompanying the check from Saks & Company 1s as follows: Col. W. G. Moore: Dear Sir: We beg to hand you herewith our check for $100 (the same being the amount of the unearned prize offered by us for the correct solution of Boyer’s Prison Cell Puzzle), with the request that you will apply it to the purchase of coal to be dis- tributed in quarter-ton lots among the most needy and deserving poor of this city. Feeling confident that you will ingly lend your assistance to further our aim that the greatest good may result in the bestowal of this money, we remain, yours most sincerely. SAKS & CO. ‘The check has been accepted by Maj. Moore, who promises to see that it will be spent where it will do the most good during the cold weather. For the satis- faction of those who may doubt the possibil- ity of properly solving the puzzle, Mr. Lewis has made an affidavit, a copy of which he has sent to The Star, to the effect that he has himself seen the puzzle correctly solved by its author in accordaftce with ublished directions. In his letter Mr. wewis says that while Messrs. Saks & Company regret that it fell to the lot of none of their patrons to gain the prize, this disappointment is {n a measure offset by the satisfaction of knowing that the money will go toward relieving the distress in this city, The manner of bestowal will, they trust, meet with the sanction of the public. & Con ———— To Fight the Sugar Schedule, A prominent southern Senator, whose con- stituents are interested in the production of sugar, said this morning that a vigorous fight would be made on the sugar schedule as reported by the ways and means com- mittee when the bill came before the Sen- ate. From what he said it can be assumed that the Senators from the sugar states will oppose the indorsement of the bounty sys- tem, and will fight to the bitter end the tariff that has been fixed upon sugar. ‘This Senator stated that a determined effort would be made in the Senate to change the bill in this particular, so that the bounty feature will be eliminated and a tax of not less than 13-8 cents placed upon refined sugar and 13-4 cents on raw sugar. The conditions of the sugar industry, he said, were misunderstood by the people of the United States. The demands of the sugar growers Were in accordance with the prin- ciples of the democratic party, for its adop- tion would result in a revenue tariff. The admission of raw sugar free enabled the refineries to import their product to the ex- clusion of the domestic article, and was against every principle of taxation from the foundation of the government, for the} reason that sugar had been on the dutiable lst since 1792, when it was placed there by Hamilton, and where it had remained down to the McKinley act. + © + A Free Monkey Show, The formal winter opening of Johnston Brothers & Company, 7th street north- west, will take place on December 7 and continue till December 9. Today the firm tightened its grip on popular esteem by making the populace monkey show, and by distributing tickets to all comers which if presented on one of the opening days will entitle the holder to a box of candy. The monkey show was a hit. Throngs of people, both young and old, watched the antics of the animals and laughed heartily. Inside the store the crowd was very large. The sheives and tables were burdened with all the delicacies and substantials that could be desired. SoS SAS Divorce Granted. In the case of Harriet A. Hilleary agt. Walter L, Hilleary the petitioner was today granted a divorce from the defendant by Judge Hagner. The bill was filed on the 20th day of June, 1808, by Mr. C. M. Smith, charging that the defendant abandoned and deserted the petitioner on the Ist day of March, 1800, and since that time he has not contributed to her support. — Frederick De Courcey May's WIL The will of the late Frederick De Cour- cey May was filed this morning. He leaves his estate to his wife, Cecilia C. May. Mr. May died on the Isle of Wight, Great Brit- al in September last, and the petition for the probate of the will states he left real estate valued at $60,000 and about $10,000 personal estate. _—_— Mrs. Maury Divorced. Yesterday Justice Hagner granted £ beth V. Maury a divorce trom fontain Maury, giving her the custody of their two children, The bill filed by Mr. E. B. Hay charged habitual drunkenness since 1SSS, drunkenness and non-support. oe owical Society. ‘The 217th regular meeting of the Biolog- ical Society will be heli this evening at the Cosmos Club. The communications are as follows: Mr. Frederick H. Blodgett—Notes on the Development of the Bulb of the Adder’s- Bh tongue. Mr. E. W. Nelson—A New Species of Lagomys from aska. Dr. Erwin F. Smith—On a Bacterial Di- sease of Cucumbers, etc., working through the Fibrovascular Bundles mitted by Insects. Dr. C. W. Stiles—The Teaching of Biology in Colleges. ; Probably Trans- SS Sss Americans in Rio Displeased. The correspondent in Rio of the New York Herald says that citizens of the United States resident there are displeased with what they term the discourtesy of Capt. Picking of the Charleston, It is almost impossible to hold communi. cation with the United States warship: from the shore in case of need, and Capt. Picking, they complain, seems to them to think they do not need the protection of his squadron. ++ ______ Government Receipts Today. ‘The receipts from internal revenue today were $258,860; Arom customs, $356,150. 208,723 a: | hadi laugh with a free! FOR MAYOR OF CHICAGO, The Republicans Nominate Mr. Swift to Sueceed Carter Harrison. CHICAGO, Dec. 2—The republican city convention at 1:45 this afternoon nomi- Rated George B, Swift for mayor by acclamation. . —_-.—_ The Capitol Police. The members of the Capitol police have been equipped with new uniforms, double- breasted coats, with two rows of brass but- tons down the front, and stylish caps of new pattern. The policemen now carry clubs instead of canes, and altogether pre- sent a much more business-like appearance and demeanor, with evidences of a system of discipline prevailing. It 1s noticed that there are an unusual number of young men on the force, and gray hairs are scarce. n't Hook Them. Charles Butler, a negro, who was on his “uppers,” stopped in front of Moses Ber- man’s shoe store and took a pair of shoes that had been put in front of the place for advertising purposes. An officer arrested him and he was tried in Judge Miller's court this morning. “The shoes were on the floor,” said the boy. “I didn’t take them from the hook,” ere you on the floor near them?” ‘Yes, sir.’* “And they disappeared with you?” er sir. But I didn’t take them off the ook. “You will have to pay a fine of $20 of thirty days.” a The Band Played. Gus Brown, the colored man who was ar- rested for striking James Brown, a col- ored boy, on the head with a club Thanks- giving afternoon, was given a hearing in the Police Court today. There was a band of music on the street that afternoon, and it was while the crowd was following the band that the assault was committed. “I didn’t hit him,” said the man. “I didn’t go over to where the band was playing.” “If you heard the music and didn't go over where the band was,” said Judge Mil- ler, “you must have been dead.”” A sentence of sixty days was imposed. SSeS A New Foot Ball Eleven. The Mount Pleasant Juniors would like to meet all teams whose average weight is 115. Address all challenges to Paul Sleman, Mount Pleasant, D, C. The following are their players: Right guard. Right tackle. Right end. Quarter back Right halt (capi Left half. Full back A Small Fracas. There was a dispute at the race track yesterday between Fred W. Brooks, color- ed, and Wm. H. Du Bois about the betting, and Brooks, it is charged, called Du Bots a harsh name. The latter used his cane on the former's head, and Policeman Boland called time when he arrested them. The unpleasant meeting cost the men % each. eee St. Joseph’s Orpha: The entertainment given to the orphans of St. Joseph's Asylum on Thanksgiving night by the Catholic Knights of Washing- ton proved a success, and the Sisters of the Holy Cross, who conduct the asylum, are very much gratified at the financial result of the efforts of the Knights. A number of es, with Mrs, Coppes, added to the suc- ce of the social part of the affair, and all have the thanks of the Sisters for their as- stance. —_~—. Jack the Slasher in Alexandria. A colored lad, named James Hall, was be- | fore Mayor Strauss this morning for slash- jing the top off a baby carriage. He was fined on conviction of defacing private prop- | erty. eee ‘An Official Quarrel, ‘fo the Editor of The Evening Star: The article in your issue of yesterday with the caption “An Official Quarrel,” is so unjust to me that I ask space for the following statement of facts: Mr. Register Tillman on September 4 called me to account in his office for state- ments made by me on the previous Satur- day evening at the Press Club, which state- ments had been repeated to him on the fol- lowing day. I had proposed his name for membership and on said Saturday evening had been sharply criticised therefor by members of the club. I could only answer that had I known his character and record I would not have proposed his name,.and that, if it could be properly done, 1 would withdraw such presentation and that the gentleman who had seconded his nomina- tion at my request would withdraw his second. i 1 stated some facts about Mr. Tillman's | record—personal, political and official—which }lost nothing in transmission, and for that alone 1 was called by him to account as stated. The details of that conversation ere not material. On the following day Mr. ‘Yillman preferred written charges | against me of“‘drunkenness and abusing him |in his presence of his clerks,” not “neglect | of duty”—a false and malicious charge—as \is fully shown by the fact that two days | later he sent for me and proposed a recon- ciliation and the restoration of the status quo. I assented to that proposition, not knowing that he made the charges stated. On the following day, on learning of the same, I asked him for a copy of said letter, which he promised to give me, saying that it “amounted to nothing.” On the foillo ing day I repeated my request, saying I was going to Auantic City on account of illness. He again replied that it should be furnish- ed. On the following Monday I wrote him requesting that he furnish me with a copy | of said letter, and on Friday—not receiving a reply (in the meantime having been fur- |nished a copy by Secretary Carlisie)—I ad- | dressed a letter to the Secretary in reply | to said charges, and made some statements ‘in respect to Mr. Tillman's personal charac- ter and habits and official conduct. } i am advised that Mr. Tillman at once | proceeded to make ‘is defense by procur- |ing statements from willing or timid clerks jand m from the num. Jerous “ of his acquaintance about town, in defense of himself against me. I have not filed with the Secretary “charges against Mr. Tillman and a great s of documentary evidence to sustain 1 state the facts as given me by prom- inent democrats of Mr. Tillman's “dicker- ing’ with both the republican and demo- eratic national committees as to the sale jof his list of alliance voters in the south, collected by him with alliance money and for the “good of that order.” I did assert, and can establish the fact if given an opportunity, that Mr. Tillman | first “dickered’” with the republican nation- committee, and had grossly imposed on essrs. Quincy and Harrity as to the value | of said alliance list and political condition ‘or feeling of the “alliance” in the south- | ern states, and that, as a result, those gen- | tlemen purchased or obtained the list, and promised Mr. Tillman an appointment. He was “pressed” for an appointment in the Interior and Post Ofice Departments without success, and also for the office of commissioner of immigration without avail, The reporter's statement that “no man was appointed to that particular place” will doubtless be denied by Hon. Herman Stump of Maryland As to the assertion that “the President has been informed that Mr. Smith has made boasts that he could not be removed,” it is doubtless true that your reporter was 80 r Rut the statement by whoever informal. made is a silly and wanton lie out of whole cloth. Months ago I stated to Secretary Carlisle that my resignation was at his service whenever he desired it. 1 only de- sired to complete some special work which a 1 me by Secretaries Foster notably the collectioh, compi- lation and tabulation of finacial statistics relating to state, national and savings banks, & led for by the Senate resolu- tion of J 26, 1802, part one of which has been publishe After Mr. Tiliman’s action I again stated to Secretary Carlisle that it was impossible for me to get on with the register and that, if I had means of employment assured, I would resign at onc I feel this much.is due myself. and while e charge made by Mr. Fount Tillman in no wise affects my personal or official in- tegrity, it is of sufficient importance—made so by your publication—to state the facts on my side of the case. I have lived in Washington for twenty- even years, have held important and hon- orable positions, but I have lived in vain if any statements or charges made, or pub- lications inspired by this man can do me any permanent injurv. HENRY M. SMITH. Assistant Register. peaties Sse tasesns Mr. Bartlett Tripp, American minister to Austria-Hungary, gave a banquet in Vienna in commemoration of Thanksgiving day. COLUMBIAN KINDERGARTEN. The Association Establishes a Free School Throngh Mrs. Hurst. The Columbian Kindergarten Association hes established a free kindergarten at No. | Object of the association in organizing last |spring to introduce kindergarten schools here as a charitable enterprise, but the Tealization of one free school, under the | Most favorable conditions of support to ;Show the value of this training for little children under the public school age, @ school under the direction of the associa- tion seemed a measure best calculated to Tuull is purpose vf creaung here a vitai, Widely extended interest in the question of | Placing tis instruction Within Lue reach of ail Such a schol has been made prac- Ucai by Ube generosity of Mrs. sieursi, | president of Use assucution, woo has au- Uhorived Ube committee w reat fur the win- ; ter the spacious and desirably located house at the northeast corner of Zist and H streets northwest, and has committed the thorough and complete equipment of a kin- dergarten for twenty-five pupils into the hands of an efficient supervisor, who will shortly assume direction of the school until | it is in good running order, when it is to | be turned over to the society, which will | then support teacher, heat the building, provide janitor’s service, &c. To meet these expenses the committee earnestly appeal to all interested in this question of kinder- garten to show their sympathy with the movement by ensuring the practical suc- cess of this school now being established. The executive committee consists of Mrs. 2037 Hi street northwest. It was not the | FINANCE AND TRADE. —.— The Opening Prices Much the Same as Yesterday's Close, eee DIVIDEND OF THE GENERAL ELECTRIC. The Closing Steady, With Pros- pect of Higher Prices, LARGE BANK DEPOSITS. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. NEW YORK, Dec. 2.—For the third con- secutive morning London prices for “Amer- icans” came higher, and the tone of the market 8 reported as dull, but very strong, and foreign houses here egain re- marked the increasing demand for odd amounts of our securities. Our markets opened at about last night's closing figures, except the industrials, the Phebe A. Hearst, president; Hon. Carroll D. Wright, first vice president; G. Walker, Mrs, A. W. Greely, Mrs. L. 8. Doolittle, Mrs. John Cropper: the recording and corresponding secretaries, respectively. Mr. B. Pickman Mann and Mrs. Samuel Stevens, and Mrs. John De Witt Warner, | treasurer. Any member of the committee | will be glad to receive any contribution to this object, which will be duly acknow!l- |edged by the treasurer, Mrs. J. DeWitt Warner, at the Flsmere, 1408 H_ street northwest. The school rooms are now open to the inspection of the public and visitors jare most cordially welcomed. since alte: DISTRICT GOVERNMENT. Wel Closed. The Commissioners yesterday e2fternoon ordered the closing of the following wells: Washington and Monroe streets, An- acostia; Sth street between B and C streets southeast; 14th and A streets southeast, 14th and C streets southeast, 17th and A streets southeast, 18th street and Georgia avenue scutheast, 1éth and K streets south- east, A street between 18th and 19th streets southeast, 18th street between East Capitol | and A streets northeast, 13th and C streets northeast, 13th street and Georgia avenue | southeast, 12th and M streets northwest, | 15th and M streets northwest, and on 17th street between East Capitol and A streets northeast. To Be Sold. An order was issued today by the Com- missioners for the removal of the stand pipe on 16th street, so as to permit of the im- provement of that thoroughfare. It was also ordered that the stand pipe be adver- Used for sale. Status of Canal Street. The attorney for the District today sub- mitted to the Commissioners his opinion in reference to Canal street in this city. It will be recalled that at the last session of Congress a joint resolution was passed calling public attention upon the Commis- sioners for all information as to the rights of the District to the whole or part of Canal street between L and P streets. Also whether the aforesaid part of Canal street is open on both sides of the canal, and if not, how and by whom is it obstructed and what steps, if any, have been taken by the Commissioners for the removal of said ob- structions. Capt. Fiebeger made a full report upon this subject and recommended that attor- ney for the Disirist be called upon to report the legal status of Canz¢ street. Mr. Thom- as holds “the title to the lends embraced within the lines of the cld Washington canal is by virtue of several acts of Con- gress vested in the United States, and the reet made by filling in the canal is like the other streets under control of the board of Commissioners.” ———___ DONT LIKE THE ATMOSPHERE. at the Yi Advocates Say Nothing of the Playing in New York. NEW HAVEN, Dec. 2—The Register prints a long leader on the Thanksgiving day game betwgen Yale and Princeton. It says these colleges are not ratural an- tagonists, and that there is no natural affinity between them, though Yale is by no means lacking in respect for its New Jersey contemporary. The New York game, it says, has nothing of the university at- mosphere, and is practically a colossal ex- hibition game run on business principles. Since the only excuse for its existence is that it is an intercollegiate institution, its faliure to retain its individuality is a good reason for giving it up. The opposition to the Thanksgiving game has been growing Since the Thanksgiving game does not field game a contest of colleges in presence of their respective families, there is good reason for giving it up and substi- tuting a game at Cambridge, a return game at New Haven and a possible third game Springfield. The Register is a stanch supporter of Yale athletics and Yale mat- ters generally. T. V. POWDERLY SUCCESSOR. Farm Hand, Marble Cutter, Newspa- per Writer and Greenback Candidate. From the New York Sun. James R. Sovereign, the new general mas- ter workman of the Knights of Labor, is better known in Iowa and other western states than in the east. He was born in Cassville, Wis., on May 30, 1854. His father and mother died when he was little more than an infant, and he was brought up in the house of his grandfather. Mr. Sovereign's grandfather died when he Was fifteen years old, and he then went with some cattlemen and cowboys to ranch- es in Texas, and afterward to Abilene, Kan. Here he worked until 1872, | to Cresco, Howard county, lowa, where he worked for some time on a farm. He at- tended school for two winters and then learned the trade of marble cutter, helping out his meager education by reading every | book he could ley his hands on. He worked as a marble cutter for nine years.and joined the Marble Cutters’ Union, | of which he was elected secretary. Hej} i | | wrote for the newspapers, and joined in the greenbackers’ movement, which had just started. About this time he made the ac- quaintance of Robert and George Schilling, Joseph R. Buchanan and other Knights of Labor. By their advice he joined the order in 1882. He was nominated by the green- backers in that year for Congress for the ninth district of Iowa. A year afterward he started the Free Press, a weekly organ of the greenbackers, in Cherokee, lowa. He also started the Argus in Jefferson, low and the Industrial in Dubuque, the las named paper being still in existence. Mr. Sovereign became very active as a labor agitator and lecturer. The greenbackers nominated him for governor of Iowa in ISS7 and again for Congress im ISSs, but he was unsuccessful every time. A year later he took the stump in favor of the candidacy of Gov. Boies. After Boles was elected, he rewarded Mr. Sovereign by making him labor statistician for the state. The first local assembly which Mr. Sover- eign joined was in Storm Lake, Iowa. He was elected as its delegate to the general assembly of the nights for nine successive years. Before his election as general mas- ter workman he had been master workman of the Iowa state assembly for six years. Mr. Sovereign is said to be a poor man. —--0-+—____ STIRRING UP THE POLICE. Dr. Parkhurst’s Society Gives a Police Captain Some Information. Two messengers from the Society for the Prevention of Vice delivered to Capt. Doherty of the 5th street and Ist avenue police station, New York city, last Monday, a big envelope informing the captain that thirty-five gambling and disorderly houses existed in the precinct in defiance of the law. The Rev. Dr. Parkhurst, the presi- dent of the society, who has been publicly whetting his scalping knife for another victim, since he hung Police Capt. Devery's scalp at his belt, has selected Capt. Doherty. The New York Herald states that the houses referred to are all in the neighborhood of Houston, ist and 2d streets, east of the Bowery. No charges have as yet been preferred by the society against Capt. Doherty. 00 Thanksgiving day was celebrated in Rome by Minister Potter, who gave a dinner in honor of the day. slowly, but it has been growing steadily. | when he went! first prices for which were 1-2 to 3-4 higher, and they showed a disposftion to resist the | declining tendency, which has been so | marked of late. This w particularly the | case in sugar refining certificates, a prom- |inent Hebrew house and its following, who |Seemed to have unlimited confidence in their position, taking all offerings at ed- vancing quotations. A mild sensation was created when the following dispatch from Boston was pub- ished: “Whereas the net manufacturing profits since the last dividend ordinarily ap- Plicable to the payment of dividends are offset by necessary accounts and other assets, therefore, Resolved, that no dividend on the pre- ferred stock be declared at this meeting.” ‘The common stock which had been fairly strong in this market all moming broke uddenly from 37 5-8 to 36 with no sales between, but closed fairly steady at the |decline. In Boston where the preferred Stock is dealt in. it was offered down ten | points below yesterday's bid price without | buyers. Outside of this incident the market was without feature beyond the disposition of the room traders to “even-up” over Sun- | day, and their sales to realize profits caused | slight concessions all along the line, but | the closing was very steady, with every in- | dication of better prices next week. | ae ee one dull with —— bw Fy y, port rates nominally 454 | The clearing house statem: |lows: _ Exchange, $117,966,737; balances, | $6,253,708; ‘sub treasury ‘debit balance, $555,083, fod os | The weekly statement of the associated banks was again very favorable and fully |up to expectations. ‘The changes are es | follows: Reserve increased, $5,261,725; loans | increased, $4,288,400; specie increased, $3,- | 875,200; legals increased, $4,494,900; deposits increased, $12,083,500; circulation decreased, $173,700. An analysis of the above statemen | that the banks have gained over eight mil- | ion dollars in lawful money, which, with }en increase of loans of over four and a | quarter millions, this latter change, by the | way, being the best feature reported, bring the deposits up to over $12,000,000. Against | this $5,090,009 additional reserve are re- | quired, under the twenty-five per cent law. | leaving $5,000,000 of the increase in lawful | money to add to the surplus reserve, brine- ing that item up to $76,000,000. In the opinioa of the best and most con- servative of our financiers there can be only ore outcome of this erormous piling | ap of money, that is, better times, which | will be first reflected in the market for se- eurities. shows —___ FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. lowest sod the closine priceeef the ee Wack mene, ay Ee ‘Correspondents Nor = ty Meesra. Moore & Schiey, No. 80 Broadway " 8s Est So bg 0 ie. RT. . a4 - | Delaware & Hudson. Den. & Rio Grande, pia Dis. & Cattle Feed’ | General Fiectric. Dlinois Louis. "® Nashviil | Long Island possess the qualities that make the Spring- | y$t" the | shington Stock Exchange. Sales—regular call—12 o'clock m.—Washington Hight intautry tet Ge, $50 at 8. U.S. Blectrie ght cous. Ss, $100 at 111%. Washington 6: Bat 20% F aun - — Governivent Bonds.—U. 8. 4s, registered, 1907, | U2 bid, 113% asked. LU. Ss coupon, 1ni7 | 114g bid, 114% asked. ene peed | | District of Columbia Bonds.—20-year fund Sa, 108 bid. Water stock 7s, 1901, currency, 11 year fund 6s, gold, 112 bid. Water stock currency, 120 bid.’ 3.658, funding, currency, Miscellaneous Bonds.—Washington and G | town 2. HR. conv. Ge, Ist, 138" bid, “145 asked. Washiugion and Georgetown R. R. ‘couy. 6s, 2 138 bid, 145 asked. ; . Masonic Hall Association Ss, 100 bid. Washington Market Compauy Ist Gs, 105 | bid. Washington Market Company imp. Gs, 105 bid. Washington Market Company ext. x, 100 bid. American Security und Trost 5s, 1B, A. and O.. 109 bid. Awmerican ‘Trust’ Se, a6, FF bid. be In: Washington Washington Capitol and eked. Metropolitan asked. uk of Washington, 200 Metropolitan, Second, 180 "2 Mtixens’, Columbia, 110 bid, Traders’, 108 asked. Obio, 100 asked. Railroad Stocks. Washington so asked. Metropolitan, . Columbia, 6) bid, 75 asked. North © Street, "20 bid, 29 Soldiers’ Home, 29 asked. Georgetown and Tenal- | lrtown, 33 asked. | Insurance Stor | Franklin, 46% bid, | asked. Arlington, lumbia. 14%) bid, 130 asked. Lincoln, #% asked. and Georgetown, bid, 9 jremen's, ®X Did. 150 bid. Potomar, asked. People's. bid. 8 asked. Com Title Insurance §: bid, 125 asked. Colnmbi Washington Title, 6% bi 4 Electric Light a € Gas an 50 hia, Chesanenke asked. American Graphophone, phone and Pot Missetlaneous Stocks. — Was b it Falls Ire, 110 Wid. 18 b14.27 asked. Pneumatic G Lincoln Hail, 100 asked. Inter Ocean Ti asked. Norfolk and Washineton Steambont, ed. a eitts Deposit and Trust Companies. Natta Deposit and Trust Company, 125 hid. We Safe Deposit. 110 asked. Washington Loan Trust, 101 bid, 110 eked. American Security ‘Trust, 127% bid, 130 axke ding. 100 0 Chicago Gra Provision Markets. Reported by Silsby & Co., bankers and brokers, Metropolitan Bank building. CHICAGO, Dec. 2, 189% (nz. Highest. Lowest Closine. : Creager: -_ = > wns