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4 THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, D. ©, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1893—TWELVE PAGES. -LATE NEWS BY WIRE. | The Twelfth Juror Secured in ths! FIGHT OVER MRS. FAY'S TESTIMONY. The Defense Alarmed at Her Rev- elations. OPPOSING HER APPEARANCE. CHICAGO, Dec. 5.—A jury was finally se- cured today in the trial of Dan Coughlin for complicity in Dr. Cronin’s murder. Less than half an hour was required to obtain the twelfth juror, who was the sec- ond talesman examined. The last man is Hiram M. Wadleigh, a marine engineer who was living in lowa at the time of the ‘Cronin murder. The jury was then sworn in by the clerk and admonished as to their high and solemn d@uty. When the jurors had retired from the court room, ex-Judge Wing for the defense informed the court that counsel for the state had intimated to “him that Mrs. An- drew Foy would be a witness for the prose- eution and, if it should appear that she was not a proper person to testify against the @efendant, he would move that the court instruct the prosecution to eliminate from the opening address to the jury all mention of Mrs. Foy and the evidence which she was eal opening of the trial ard the importance of Mrs. Foy’s evidence, in the estimation of the defense, was demon- strated by the long argument of Attorney Wing and the cases he cited to keep her new story from the jury. — FOUR DAYS FACING DEATH. Werrible Experience of a Lake Ves- nel Crew. MILWAUKEE, Wis., Dec. 5.—Four days and nights without food or sleep, clinging to a wreck, exposed to seas and snow storms until almost frozen to death—such ‘was the experience of the crew of the little schooner Dreadnaught, who were last night at the Emergency Hospital in this city, bound up in cotton batting. ‘The Dreadnaught’s crew, which consisted of Capt. Andrew Olson of Washington Is- land and one sailor, Harry Peterson, whose home is in Chicago, were rescued by the steamer Syracuse, which left Chicago yes- terday for Buffalo. When thirty miles goutheast of Racine the lookout discovered the little vessel drifting about in its helpless condition. 1t was a mass of ice from bow to stern. The crew of the Syracuse at first thought it deserted. but drawing nearer saw the ‘women on deck covered with ice from head to foot. Ropes. were thrown them as the | Syracuse came alongside and they were | hauled aboard. They were nearly dead and the ice had to be chopped from their cloth- ing before it could be removed. They were provided with dry clothing and given stimulants until they had somewhat revived. At this port they were transferred | to a tug, which brought them ashore. They were too overcome to walk and an ambu- lance brought them to the Emergency Hospital. They were there given medical attention and the frost-bites were dressed. Although swollen all over and frost-bitten in many places, the doctors think they will be all right in a few days. —_-e-— LAWMAKERS AT RICHMOND. to The Fvening Star. RICHMOND, Va.. Dec. 5.—Nearly all of the members of the geaeral assembly, which convenes tomorrow, have arrived and the Exchange Hotel, for years the rendezvous of the politicians, was crowded this morn- ing with the lawmakers, who are impor- tuned at every turn by an army of office Beekers. Snow has fallen since 3 a.m. to a depth of several inches and is still coming down in blizzard-like style, but old Boreas fails to check the political erthusiasm which here prevails. All of the senatorship candidates Ihave opened headquarters in the city and @ hilt-to-hilt fight is being waged for the Much-courted office. The fight for the office of secretary of the commonwealth, whica will be practical- ly settled tonight, is the hottest of the state capital contests.” Mr. J. T. Lawless, who is opposing the incumbent, Judge H. W. Flournoy, is chempioned by Governor-elect Charles T. O'Ferrall.xnd meny disinter- ested politicians assert that he will win. Judge Flournoy, however, to The Star cor- Fespondent this morning professed abso- lute confidence in his success. — FRANCE’S NEW MINISTRY. Said of the Vote in the Cham- ber of Deputies. PARIS, Dec. 5.—The majority in the chamber of deputies yesterday against the Proposal of M. Grousset, soctalist, to grant amnesty to political, press and strike of- fenders was made up of 2 republicans and forty-eight members of the right. The minority was composed of twenty-seven republicans, twelve members of the right and the entire socialist faction. The republican journals hail the minis- terial declaration made yesterday in the wenate and chamber of deputies as being thoroughiy consonant with the hopes of the country. The conservative organs receive the declaration favorably. The opposition journals strongly censure the aggressive attitude of M. Raynal, min- ister of the interior, The radical organs declare that the vote on the amnesty pro- posal yesterday was a severe blow to the government. The principal business at the beginning of the session of the chamber of deputies today was the election of a president to succeed M. Casimir-Perter, now the prime minister. The vote resulted in the elec- tion of M. Dupuy, lately the prime minis- ter, who received votes against 213 cast for M. Brisson. es NEEDLESS SCARE IN LONDON. What A Mechanical Device Thought to Be m Infernal Machine. LONDON, Dec. 5.—Considerable excite- ment was caused today by the discovery of ®@ square tin box, to which was attached apparently a time fuse at the home of a man named Schneider at Hampstead. The police found that the box contained only three harmiess brass articles that are known to mechanics as fuse bases. Sensationalists without waiting for the facts to be learned, and basing their stories on the experience of the needlessly fright- ened sheriffs’ office-s, tried to connect the unfortunate Schneider with the Irish dyna- mite party or the anarchists, but the offi- fal report knocks these stories in the head. The box contained no explosive whatever. > PROF. TYNDALL’S DEATH. It Is Said to Have Been Ca Overdose of Chloral. LONDON, Dec. A dispatch to the Cen- | tral News from Haslemere states that Prof. | Fyndall’s death was caused by an overdose ef chloral. It has been learned that Prof. ‘Tyndall ‘Was accustomed to take chloral to alleviate his sufferings from indigestion, rheumatism and insomnia. ed by an _ RUNNING DOW ANARCHISTS. Five Arrests Made at Barce! at Dublin. BARCELONA, Spain, Dec. 5.—Five for- @ign anarchists were arrested in this city yesterday. One of the prisoners is the owner of a beer shop in which anarchists held meetings. It is now stated that dani, the Italian anarchist, ender arrest on suspicion of having been implicated in the Lyceum Theater outrage, as a clerk in Barce! Riggero. DUB! a, Two ts were made men supposed to have | been connected with the recent dynamite outrage at the Aldborough barracks. | its affairs. DEMOCRATS INDIGNANT. “our Points in the President's Message Angrily Denounced. These Are the Hawaiian Question, the Tariff, Financial Legislation and the Bond Issue. Though it does not appear in the author- ized interviews to any extent as yet, the President's message is receiving widespread condemnation from democrats in Congress. It goes beyond the mere point of criticism and amounts to angry denunciation. Where- ever a few democrats of Congress are found together out of earshot of newspaper men who might be disposed to quote them they diseuss this message with most extreme indignatiorf. The extent to which this feel- ing goes would be appalling to Mr. Cleve- land if he knew it. Four Causes for Indignation. The four things they are most indignant about are the Hawaiian question, what they regard as his back down on the tariff, his suggestion for no financial legislation as yet and the intimation that there should be a bond issue. Of these questions there is more indignation over the Hawalian matter, aad as to the tariff it is said by some that, couched in different words, he has ut into his message the ideas carried by the plank which the democratic conven- tion knocked out of the platform. Some Republican Vicws. Representative H. W. Johnson of Indiana, a republican member of the committee on banking and currency, says of the financial parts of the message: “A dead silence is maintained on the Proposition now pending before the com- mittee on banking and currency to repeal the tax on state bank circulation, and which is being advocated by many demo- cratic Congressmen. This is a subject upon which, because of its great importance, there might with propriety have been some expressions. A do-nothing policy on the money question is enjoined and the recom- mendation that power be given for the issue of bonds and the indifferent treatment of international monetary conference clearly indicate the real policy the President fa- vors.”* Mr. Serono E. Payne. Mr. Sereno E. Payne of New York, re- publican member of ways and means, said: “The Tninority members of the ways and means committee have had no information as to the plan of the majority members for internal revenue taxation. The state- ment by the President that the income: of corporations are to be taxed is original to us. Now that the President has told us what should be done in reference to internal revenue taxation, I suppose the committee will adopt his plan.” Gen. Grosvenor. Mr. Grosvenor (Ohio) said: “The tariff is the only affirmative portion of the mes- sage, and it is thoroughly on the line of the Chicago platform. The President's defiance of public opinion is in the nature of an ap- peal to democrats not to be alarmed at the results of the recent elections. hardly be ascertained whether he approves the full bill or not, but he indorses the radical features. His apology to soldiers for the action of the Secretary of the In- terior comes too late and gives no sufficient reason for the attack made on them. The message falls way short of exhibiting the originality and ability of Mr. Cleveland's former messages.”” These Democrats Approve It. Mr. Patterson (Tenn.)—“It is a compre- hensive message, and gives the country a| pi summary of the condition of the govern- ment and all its departments, It is sound and practical. He is eminently sound on the tariff.” Mr. Tracey (N. Y.)—“I am it; it is a very good m ye. Mr. Black (Ill.)—“The message was so long, so indistinctly and hurriedly read, that I cannot now criticise so important a document.” i CAPITOL TOPIC: satisfied with Cloture Proposition in the Senate. Senator Blackburn, chairman of the com- mittee on rules, says he will call the com- mittee together at the earliest moment practicable this week for the purpose of discussing the numerous amendments to the rules offered at the last session of the Senate. What the committee will do in this matter is purely conjectural, but it is known that there is one influential member | of the committee who has declared his un- alterable intention of opposing any and all attempts to change the rules of the Senate. The Building Re: The new building erected for the Senate folding room behind the Maltby House has been completed and is now beirg dried thoroughly before occupation. The re- moval will take place in abcut a fortnight. Senate Bills. Half a hundred the Senate yesterday, a large majority of them being by Senator Peffer of Kansas. Mr. Peffer’s bills included a reintroduction of the anti-option bill of the last Congress. Mr. Platt (Conn.) offered a bill to es- tablish a bureau of health in the Treasury Department. House Naval Committee. The House committee on naval affairs met | today and had a general talk over matters referred to it. The various subcommittees were urged to report on measures referred | to them as soon as possible, and Mr. Meyer | of Louisiana was authorized to call up in the House, as soon as possible, the resolu- tion reported Ly the committee providing for the appointment of a joint congressional committee to investigate the question of rank and pay of the navy. ‘Those Police Caps. The Capitol policemen are gorgeous in new trappings. The chief feature of th landscape about the marble halls no} days is the tall caps of these preservers of the peace. It has a high barrel and an extended visor and looks like an elongated yachting cap or a telescoped shako. It is not a thing of beauty, but it serves a pur- pose, in that it marks the presence of a policeman in a erowd beyond possibility of mistake. As a trade mark it is a howi- ing success, but as an esthetic adornment it must be pronounced an enthusiastic fail- ure. Unclaimed Property. Mr. Mutchler today introduced a bill in the House providing that goods stored in warehouses may be sold after reasonable length of time if the storage dues are not paid. The owners, however, are to be in- sormed of such proposed sale and the bal- ance after charges is to go to such owners. ee THE FIGHT ON CAPRIVI. K: ser William Says That He Will Not Accept His Resignation. PERLIN, Dec. 5.—There is increasing agi- tation against the Russian and other com- mercial treaties and against Chancellor von Caprivi personally. This angers the em- peror. Should the chancellor be influenced to resign his office, the emperor will not ac- cept the resignation, preferring rather to dissclve the Prussian landtag, which he considers to be a hotbed of intrigue. a Wilmington’s Welcome Week. WILMINGTON, N. C., Dec. 5.—Wilming- ton’s welcome week was ushered in today by the ringing of bells and shrieking of all the steam whistles in the city. A salute of twenty-one guns was fired by the naval | reserves from the dock of the United States | war ship Nantucket. > Ex-Treasurer Huston’s Bank Resumes. The Citizens’ National Bank of Conner: ville, Ind., of which ex-United States Treas- urer Huston is president, and which su: pended last summer, resumed business yes- terday. —.__. Logan Carlisle IL Logan Carlisle, chief cle>k of the Treas- ury Department, is confined to his hom by illness. His general health is not good. ————_+- 2+ _____ The receiver of the Order of Iron Hall has been directed by the court to close up revolted against the receivership are not to share in the final distribution of assets unless the funds now in their possession are turned over to the receiver. John Royd lieutenant governor of New Brunswick, died Sunday night. He attend- ed church that evening apparently in good health. It can | lis were introduced in | Those of the 65,000 who have | DISTRICT IN CONGRESS. ° | The First Local Bill in the House an } Electric Railway Measure. The first District bill introduced at this | seaston was offered in the House by Mr. | Reyburn of Pennsylvania, to authorize the | Washington and Marlboro’ Electric Rail- way Company to extend its line within the District. The road {s to enter the District | upon the following route: Beginning at and | on the southeasterly boundary line of the District of Columbia, where the line of railway of said company within the state of Maryland shail reach the same and running thence by Suitland road, Bowen read and Branch avenue, or other practi- cable route which may be approved by the Commissioners of the District. to connect with Pennsylvania avenue extended; thence by and with said avenue and to the Ana- ecstia river at or near the burnt bridge; thence across the Anacostia by trestle or other bridge for the exclusive use of the electric railway » to be approved by the Secretary of War, and built by said company over and above said river and the tracks of the Baltimore and Potomac rail- read in such manner and at such height as not to interfere with the use of said river of railroad, and thence on to the southerly circumference of the circle at | the west end of the new Pennsylvania | avenue bridge and along said-circle to said Pennsylvania and therewith to the center line of 8th street southeast; also across said Pennsylvania at its intersection with Kentucky avenée, and with the latter to B street south, with said B street to 41-2 | street; thence with the latter to Missouri | avenue and with that to 6th street west; thence to B street northwest, and with that to 9th street northwest. The motive power is to be cable or electric. To Revise the District Code. Congressman Richardson of the subcom- mittee of the House District committee hav- \ing charge of the proposed revision of the code ®f District laws, is now ready to take | the subject up for consideration. He says he has received letters from a number of District lawyers during the recess urging |prompt action in the line of the proposed | codification and he has collected considera- ble data upon the subject. | “I will be glad,” said Mr. Richardson to- day to a Star reporter, “to hear from any- |one who has any practical suggestions to |make upon this subject. Communications |should be made in writing and they will |be laid before the subcommittee. It is | likely that the subcommittee will give hear- lings later on to persons who may wish to present their views. The subcommittee is anxious to obtain all the light it possibly jean in this direction, for its work must necessarily be in the line of what the peo- ple of the District themselves want.” + e+. THE LEHIGH VALLEY STRIKE. Strikers and Railway Officials Profess Confidence of Winning. JERSEY CITY, Dec. 5.—There is very lit- tle change in the situation at the Lehigh Valley yards. The strikers are holding out to a man and claim that their chances of winning are better than at any time since the strike was ordered. Freight and pas- senget trains are being moved by the com- |paay, but the business is light. | Supt. Donnelly of the eastern division of |the Lehigh road, said this morning that the company is in the fight to win. He added: “It is not true that we are em- |ploying green hands. Our new men are | competent railroad men and were strikers \at one time themselves, | “They were employes of the Burlington, | Reading, and other roads, and lost their | places by striking, and the present strikers were the “scab” who took their places. So far as the eastern division of the road is concerned, we are operating the train ser- vice as well as before the strike. None of our engines have been burned out, and we handle all the freight offered without de- | ‘Three freight trains were sent out from the Jersey City yards and two received this forenoon. No more attacks on freight trains have been reported to Chief Gregory of the special police. ——>__. TRAGEDY IN THE FOREST. Skeletons Fou derness Tell a Fearful Tale. R. C. Emmons, an experienced hunter and explorer, returned to Hamilton, Ont., recently from a three months’ tour of the Rainy river country. Mr. Emmons told a reporter for the Spectator the following experience: “The country was very wild, | and the thought often occurred to me that if I should meet with an accident my dis- appearance would be as complete a mys- tery as if I should suddenly be transported to the planet Jupiter, for I would never be discovered. 1 was following one of the small streams tributary to Rainy river, when I suddenly came upon a half-complet- ed log cabin situated in an opening in the timber. I should judge the cubin had been | erected early last spring and deserted svon after, or, in fact, before it had been fully completed. I lifted the latch and the door opened readily. It was a typical settler’s home. There was a rude fireplace and a frying pan. A compass hung upon a nail, and a packer’s outdt reposed in one corner. |The pack was nearly new, and upon one side of it were printed, with some attempt at art, the initials ‘U. A. M.” | “I went outside the cabin after my inves- tigation of the interior, fully satistied that something out of the ordinary had befallen the man who had occupied it. Leading into | the forest to the south was a slight trail. I followed it for a short distance, about ten | rods, I should think, when I emerged into | another small opening. Here I made a startlitig discovery, Directly in my path lay the skeleton of a large man. Near | by lay a Winchester rifle with a broken stock, and close beside the skeleton lay a broad ax with a very rusty blade. Within a radius of sixty feet lay the skeletons of nine large timber wolves. It required only a moment for me to grasp the story of that man's terrible fate. He had been attacked by wolves and overpowered by numbers. That he had soid his life dearly was evinced by the skeletons of the wolves. i soon be- came convinced that the battle had not commenced where the skeletons were found, and in this I was right. I followed the trail still further and found the skele- tons of four other wolves, but each was | some distance from any of the others. These must have been the first of the wolves to die, and had been killed by the rifle. The man was evidently making for his cabin as rapidiy as possible and cover- ing his retreat with his rifle. It appears | that the wolves were desperate, however, and within ten rods of his cabin and safety [he was compelled to make a stand and fight for his life against hopeless odds. His rifle was empty of cartridges when found, and it is evident the man had retained his ax throughout the early part of the fight | in anticipation of this last desperate rally. |The man must have fought like a demon in that moment of his dreadful extremity. He must have been conscious when he re- sorted to the ax that his days were num- bered, and thought only of selling his life as dearly as possible. A dozen wolves is a poor price for a man who can fight the way this one evidently could. | “Al alone in this gloomy forest perished | a man whose Identity may never be known. He must have friends somewhere, how- ever, and it may yet be revealed. The in- cident must have occurred carly last spring, when hungry wolves, traveling in packs, do not hesitate to attack man. They are terrible brutes when emboldened by hunger, but ordinarily they are sneaks and seldom permit themselves to be seen my men.” see The Steamship of the Future. From the Manufacturers’ Gazette. Sir Nathaniel Barnaby, the late chief constructor of the British navy, has given | the weight of his high reputation to the possibility of constructing a ship for At- lantic navigation which will be 1,000 feet |long and 300 feet broad, with engines of 60,000 horse power and an ocean speed of 15 knots. This ship he described as a “steel |island,” which will be incapable of enter- ing any dock, at any rate as at present constructed, having several engines, work- ing side by side. He thinks that a draught | of twenty-six feet of water need never be | exceeded. “I do firmly believe,” sata Sir | Nathaniel, “that we shall get the mastery | over the seas, and that we shall live more happily in a marine residence, capable of steaming 15 knots an hour, than we can ever live in a seaside town.” This project is not, however, intended to shorten the duration of a translantie voyage, but to make it more tolerable while it lasts. Most |of the efforts hitherto made to deal with the problem of Atlantic navigation have aimed at speed as the first essential, and have left out of account the possibility of | making such mechanical provisions against ;mal de mer as would enable the most squeamish of passengers to contemplate an Atlantic voyage with perfect equanimity. In this direction the achievements of the |last half century have been truly marvel- ous. i i|IN THE HOUSE TODAY. Getting Down to Business and Passing s Few Bills, ‘The Bankruptcy Bill Taken Up by Mr. Oates and Discussion on It Commenced. After thejournal of yesterday's proceedings had been read and approved, a large num- ber of executive documents were laid be- fore the House and referred. These in- cluded the annual reports of bureau chiefs and heads of departments. A letter was received from Gov. Altgeld of Illinois announcing the completion of a statue to Gen, Shields, which had been placed in’ Statuary Hall, and inviting the members to attend its unveiling. The call of committees was then ordered for reports. The bill appropriating $45,000 for a light and fog signal station on Butler flats at the entrance to Lower harbor, New Bedford, Mass., favorably reported from the commit- tee on interstate and foreign commerce, was taken up for consideration, and Mr. Randall (Mass.) explained its provisions. At the request of Mr. Sayers (Tex.) the bill was withdrawn, Land Bills Passed. A bill to confirm private cash entries to certain lands in Alabama, Mississippi and Arkansas, which originally embraced 10,564 acres, was taken up. At present 2,922 acres are open to reinstatement by legisla- tion. A desultory discussion followed, Mr. McRae (Ala.) favoring the bill, and the bill was passed, A bill to amend the act providing for the forfeiture of certain lands heretofore grant- ed to aid in the construction of railroads was taken up. It extends the time in which purchasers may perfect their titles to Jan- uary 1, 1807, and involves no appropriation. M>. Ellis (Ore.) made a ten-minute speech in favor of the bill, which was passed. A joint resolution for the protection of settlers who have heretofore been allowed to make entries in the Millelack Indian reservation, Minnesota, was considered. It makes all entries, found to have been made in good faith, legal. Passed. To Correct the Journal. At the expiration of the morning hour, Mz. Wheeler (Ala.) asked that the journal of yesterday be corrected so as to show that the roll was called by states and not in alphabetical order. He said that when he mentioned the subject yesterday the gentle- man from Maine (Mr. Reed) objected, and thereby endeavored to deprive the states of some of their rights. In deciding the point of order the Speaker said that after the House was organized the rules provide that all roll calls must be in alphabetical order. He said that a quo- rum of members would be shown whether a quorum of states was present or not. A Dig at the Message. Mr. Boutelle (Me.) created some merriment by suggesting that he did not think any one should object to the central- ization of power after the executive docu- ment which had been received yesterday. The Bankruptcy Bill. On motion of Mr. Oates (Ala.) the bankruptcy bill was taken up, and on further motion it was decided that general debate shall be limited to six and one-half hours, four of which shall be controlled by the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Bailey) and two and a half by Mr. Oates. Mr. Terry (Ark.) then spoke in opposition to the bill. en DISTRICT GOVERNMENT. Today’s Orders. The Commissioners today ordered that a sewer in 23d street northwest between Upper Water street and New York avenue, be added to the provisional schedule of sewers to be built under the appropriation for main and pipe sewers for 1895. That a catch basin be built near the northeast corner of 14th and C streets rorthwest, and the one on the southeast corner of 19th and Ohio avenue northwest be repaired. ‘That the public hydrant on the north side of Canal road west of the Aqueduct bridge be removed. That the recommendation of Capt. Derby that Mr. H. F. Hayden of the water de- partment, be directed to proceed to Lynch- burg, Va., on duty connected with the water department, is approved. > RACING IN THE SNOW. Pleasant Sport for Shivering Horses and Jockeys Today. The Washington Jockey Club this after- Koon made good its promise that it would run its meeting out despite snow, ice, or rain, and thereby earned for a local organi- zation, the distinction of introducing here at the capital of the nation winter racing, with its inhumanity to the poor brutes fereed to run, The races were run in a blinding snow storm, obscuring the colors of the shivering jockeys and making the alleged sport but the means of continuing betting here. First Race. First race, half mile—Caprice, colt (J. Murphy), 5 te 1, first; The filly (J. Lamale), + to 1, second; King Sock (Rieff), 9 to 5, third. Time, 50 seconds. Second Race. Second race—Six furlongs. Annie Bishop, first; Paulette, second; Laughing Water, third. Time, 1.17 1-2. >. Firemen Made the Rescue. There was a mistake made in the ac- counts of the rescue of the body of Joseph Shorter, who lost his life in the fire at 1011 4th street southeast on the night of the 2d. The accounts of the fire gave the credit for bringing the body from the burning building to the police. According, however, to the testimony of the firemen on the ground, the rescue was made by Privates Brown and Killigan of truck A, who entered and brought the body out under orders from Assistant Chief Belt. seataie ee Latest Addition to the Argentine Navy Minister Zeballos of the Argentine Repub- lic has been informed by his government that the new fast cruiser Patria, which was built for the Argentine by Lairds of Glas- gow, will soon sail for Buenos Ayres with the military transport Primo de Mayo,which was built at a private ship yard in Ger- many. The Patria is of the same type as the Independence, which has just been add- ed to the Argentine navy. “‘The Indepen- dence is a protected cruiser, 240 feet long and 4% feet beam. She carries six high- power rifles, capable of throwing a ball twelve or thirteen miles, and has a second- ary battery of four Maxim-Nonenfeldt rapid-fire guns. The Argentine navy now comprises fifty-four first-class vessels, con- structed upon designs furnished by one of the chief designers of the British admiralty. ee —— Range of the Thermometer. The following were the readings of the ther- mometer at the weather bureau today: 8 a. m., 26; 2p.m., 25; maximum, 27; minimum, 24. punches Photography Proved the Sig From the Indianapolis Journal. Photography played an important part in a suit at Cincinnati. The suit is one of local standing, involving the title of 1,500 acres of valuable farm lands. It is based on a deed made nearly seventy-five years ago by the owners of the land, and turns on the point whether the deed had five signa- tures or only four. In order to test this question it was decided to have the deed photographed, and the clerk of the court was ordered to give the matter his per- sonal supervision. For that purpose it was taken to Washington and submitted to an expert photographer of that city. The original deed, discolored and yellow with age, showed traces of four signatures and a space where there might have been a fifth, but no trace of it. The photographing was done in the presence of the clerk of the court, who refused to let the deed go out of his sight. The negative revealed traces of the missing signature, and when it was en- larged ten times the entire name became as plain as when first written. The court pro- nounced the evidence conclusive, and the result will be the reversal of a former de- Gren and a change in the ownership of the jand. soe The reichstag committee to which the commercial treaties were referred approved Saturday the Spanish treaty by a vote of 15 to 6. The adoption of the Servian treaty is assured. The fate of the Rou- manian commercial treaty is still doubtful. THE TARIFF AND HAWAII. Ex-Speaker Galu: Grow Criticises the Message on These Points. Ex-Speaker of the House Galusha A. Grow, speaking to a Star reyorter of the President's message, made some vigorous statements from his point of view. “On the two subjects,” said he, “of vital inter- est just now, tariff and Hawaii, it will be a disappointment to the country. While the President recommends a tariff for rev- enue and says ‘only the necessity of reve- nue justified the imposition of tariff duties,” he approves of a tariff about to be sub- mitted to Congress by the ways and means committee, which its framers themselves admit will not raise sufficient revenue by fifty or sixty millions of dollars a year. And to make up this deficit they propose to re-enact the most obnoxious of the war taxes, which for years the democratic party has been denouncing, and to pay the pres- ent accumulating deficit by a bond issue. So they are going back to the example of Buchanan's administration of borrowing money for current expenses. “The primary object of a tariff in time of peace should be to raise sufficient revenue; and its secondary object to develop the ma- terial resources of the country, thereby in- creasing the sources of revenue and while Coeued it to give greater employment to la- r. On Hawaii. As to the relations of our government with Hawaii, the message could not be any more un-American if it had been written by an Englishman. In order to discredit the United States in the eyes of the world the President asserts unqualifiedly the ex- istence of a state of things in Hawaii which the duly accredited minister of this country at the time (and himself on the spot) de- clares is not correct, and he is sustained by the accredited minister of Hawaii to this government. They are the two indi- viduals of all others who had personal Knowledge at the time as to the actual ex- istence of things. And it is as to their own acts, which the President imputes to them, on which he speaks. But it was necessary for the President to wholly discard their statement, though abundantly by other creditable witnesses, speaking from their own personal Knowledge, in or- der to have any excuse for his Quixotic adventure in attempting to restore a de- funct and haif-civilized monarchy, over- thrown by its liberty-loving subjects. “The people of this country are not ready yet, no matter what their views may be as to the annexation of these islands, to sus- tain any such movement by the adminis- tration, especially when it has no sem- blance of justification except its own as- sumptions on disputed facts.” WILL RESIST WITH BLOOD. What a Long-Time Resident of Hono- a Says of the Situati A letter from Honolulu, brought by the steamer Australia, which arrived in San | Francisco November 18, was received in New York Saturday and published in yes-! terday’s Tribune. It was written by Bev- erly Thomas, who has lived in Hawaii for a number of years, to a friend living in New York. Mr. Thomas is thoroughly con- versant with the Hawaiian political sit- uation. The part of the letter bearing upon Hawaiian matters is as follows: You ask me to give you a clear statement of the situation in these islands, and to state my unbiased opinion in regard to what will be the outcome of the struggle to es- tablish a republic here. This is a hard thing to do at the present time, for we are all at sea as to what position the United States government is going to assume to- ward us. Mr. Willis has just arrived and presented his credentials to President Dole. All sorts of rumors are afloat. One of these is that Willis is going to assist that vile old she-devil, Liliuokalani, to regain her throne. What lent color to this rumor was the land- ing of a number of marines from the man- of-war Philadelphia, and a number of the boats of that warship, filled with men, all of whom were heavily armed, were kep. in the water all one night. At daybreak these boats were taken back on board the Phila- delphia. No one can tell what was the meaning of this movement. It was said that the queen’s friends intended to make an attempt to get control of the govern- ment, and that the marines were to assist them; it was discovered that the secret of their plan had been made known; that the conspirators were under surveillance, and it was decided at the last moment to give up the attempt. Let me tell you that if any attempt is made to replace the queen on the throne there will be bloodshed. We have now a citizens’ guard numbering nearly 500 men, and this guard will fight to the last to up- hold the new government. We are now en- joying freedom and comparative safety, and If the United Sca‘es will only annex us — and if it won't do that, keep its hands off— then we will become prosperous. Before the provisional government was formed we were like a lot of slaves, afraid to open our mouths. We were ruled by a czar and he was Claus Spreckles. The queen obeyed his commands, and he naturally had a monopoly of the trade. You know how he lorded over every one when you were down here. After the death of the old rum-soak- ed “King Calico,” as we used to call him, Spreckles’ grip was tightened. His dicta~ tion became unbearable, and the other mer- chants of the islands revolted. Minister Stevens understood the situation here. He is an honest man, and his report was a truthful one. If Harrison had remained President a few months longer we would have been annexed long go. The feeling here against President Cleve- land is very bitter, and Willis is looked upon with suspicion. Only a few royalists speak with any favor of the democratic ad- ministration. A gentleman told me the other night that Spreckles gave a Mberal contribution to the democratic campaigit fund, $35,000, and that he was interested in a number of invesiments in which Cleve- land and his friends are interested. ‘There- fore he would be able to control the Pres- ident and compel him to help him. I have been a democrat all my life, and this kind of talk makes me blush with shame when I think of the blunders the administration is making. I saw Minister Willis the day he landed, and if I am any judge of character he is a very weak man—a man who would be will- ing to bind himseif to any scheme, no mat- ter how wrong it might be, dictated by the ple to whom he owes his appointment. ink a permanent republic will be estab- lished in a few weeks, and the queen will then be forced to leave the island. It makes me sick when I read in the American Papers so much gush about the old hag. She is a terrible old beast. People in the United States know nothing about her go- ings-on. If I started in to relate to you one-half of the things she did while on the throne your blood would curdie in your veins. I send this by the Australia. I have it time to add a few lines. The marshal ve cailed a meeting of the citizens’ guard. What is up I don’t know. I will let you know by the next mail. Every man has a Remington rifle, and is well supplied with ammunition. ————_coo-—_____ STYLE IS THE BEST ONE. Chairs Should Be so Constructed as to ve the Greatest Comfort. From the New York World. When our grandmothers were girls and straight-backed chairs instead of cush- jioned divans were the usual resting places | the young women held themseives with a straightness that was almost stiffness. Then when they grew old they still held themselves like duchesses. For it is the way one sits rather than the exercise one takes that determines the erectness of the figure. A prominent physician says that the proper sitting p. sition requires that the spine shall be kept straight, and that the support needed for the upper part shall be felt in the right place. Therefore it is necessary to sit as far back in the chair as possible, so that the lower end of the spine shall be braced against the back of the seat. If this back is straight the shoulders -will also rest against it, and even if the shou!- ders have no point of support it will be found that they do not need it when the base of the spine is supported properly. This position makes no strain upon the ligaments of the spine. Every organ of the bedy is properly fixed by this attitude. The feet should rest squarely upon the floor; the hands should rest lightly in the lap, and thus perfect equilibrium and rest are secured. The arms should never be crossed, for that position causes a strain vpon the spine, places a welght upon the stemach and diaphragm and thus in- Nene the labor of digestion and resvira- tion. Once in a while it is a good thing to place the arms behind the back, giving, as It does, the fullest expansion to the upper part of the body. sustained | MUNICIPAL LIGHTING. Citizens of the Northeast Talk to the Commissioners. Talking Against the Gas Monopoly— Proposing to Utilize the Great Falls to Furnish Electric Lights. The subject of municipal control of city lighting was presented at a special meeting of the board of Commissioners this morn- ing by representatives of the Northeast Washington Association. ‘This association at its last meeting passed resolutions, print- ed in The Star, favoring municipal con:roi of city lighting and appointed a committee to confer with the Commissioners upon the subject. The discussion was opened by Vice Pres- ident Tucker, who suid: “When Congress (in 1848) chartered the Washington Gas Light Company it gave to that company the sole right to make and furnish this important and necessary com- modity in this city, to the exclusion of all competition; presumably it was the inten- tion of to do the public a favor by means for modern lighting, which had not up to that date been en- Joyed by the people of this city; that it was a favor to have modern facilities we admit, but a far greater favor to the com- pany by giving it control of a business without opposition and practically without restriction, which is conceded to be the surest and most remunerative which can be conducted in any city. “In short, when Congress gave this valu- able franchise to this company it virtually incorporated a monopoly, to the rules and terms of which the United States govern- ment, the District government and ail who have used this almost indispensable article for nearly forty-five years have been com- pelied to comply. “That the said company has used the power and privileges relegated to it by said charter to its own interests and with out regard to the interests of the public is very ing facts: The par value of the stock of this company is $20 per share and it is now selling at $30 per share, an increase of 150 per cent. The company paid large dividends and in 183 there was a residue jof $500,000 after all expenses and a large } dividend had been paid, which amount, for | Some reason unknown to the public, instead of being paid to the stockholders in the regular dividend, was divided among them, thus not showing in the dividend, and since the stock has been selling at so high a figure large dividends are still paid. “The company has a number of officers who draw large salaries, ranging from $1.200 to $6.000 per annum and aggregating (in 1886) 347.000 annually. all of which comes out of the profits of the business. “Gentlemen, there is no doubt that the municipality could conduct this business as economically, if not more so. than ft is now conducted. and the consumer could be given the advantage of these larce rrofits by reducing the price of eas to the minimum, or the District could take ad- vantage of part of the profits bv nlacine the price at a reasonable fienre, and let the net nreceeda he a sovree of revenue Tn cancinsion J will say thet T hope that the time is not far aistant wher the more mod- ern method of lightine will he edante’ tn this city. when the entire afte wl he Neht- et he electricity the newer for it heine fnrniehe’ be the Great Fate ‘The npopent Pre worke canld then he ntitteed ta tapnten chean gag 22 firel fo- hentine and athor nirnnces, end we will he ratiewad of tha nrvteanse of cartine and handling enal ana ashes” Ho was follawnd be Me WL Datwe whe read from 9 carefiliv nrenars’ ctatement the adventacee of municinal lirhtine be the municinetity, Big remarke were enn cinct and to the point, He armed tn favor of chean Vehtine. Ya gare enmnartene af flenres. cited the Information obtain Investientions in other citles end that there was no raem for dowht sdvantare and pronriety of the Nictrict hevine Its own nlant and frnishine tte own Veht. not ontv for the streets and al- levs, but for citizens also. —-—_ “Professional” Putrefactive Poisoning From the Pall Mall Gazette. Permit me to supplement vour interest- ing annotation upon “Bullets as Microbe Carriers” by the following remarks: Al- though in the case of the bullet the infec- tion with poisonous bacteria is accidental, owing to striking the earth, yet it is re- Ported that there is a tribe of aborigines in the New Hebrides who purposely make use of a telluric or earth poison for their arrows. On their arrow heads they dry earth taken from marshy ground, with the result that the wounds inflicted by their arrows usually end fatally in tetanus and lockjaw. Allied micro-organisms are prob- ably also the source of those deadly arrow poisons which are obtained by savages from putr ‘active natter. In the Norwegian whale fisheries, after having driven the whales toward the shore. they are surround- ed by a net, which prevents them through fear returning to the deeper sea. The whales are next struck with prepared pu- trefactive poisoned harporns. In about twenty-four hours some of the whales be- gin to exhibit sirens of exhaustion, pr. bly through septic or su! ative and are hence readily captured. It is then found that the harpoons are imbedded in masses of inflammatory gangrenous tissue. These harpoons are removed and careful ly preserved without being wiped or cleaned, to be employed for the next shoal of whaies, when these harpoons are again used, pro- ducing and repeating their septic or poi- sonous properties. The explanation of this rapid poisoning is due to the harpoons car- rying with them the germ of bacteria of an infective inflammation. inoculating the whales by getting up infective or poisonovs inflammation. Nero and Domitan used spe- cial putrid preparations made from the sea- hare (Aplysis punctata). a kind of sea-slug or snail, for secretly poisoning their ene- mies. Similarly, from time immemorial, some savages have used dried putrid ani- mal poisons for their arrows to kill men and animals. ——_+e+. Chicago Grain and Provision Markets. Reported by Silsby & Co., bankers and brokers, Metropolitan Bank building. CHICAGO, Dec. 5. 189%. Oveninn. Highest. —— Closing. pg. Wheat—Dec. May Baltimore Markets. BALTIMORE, Dec. 5.—Flour dull, unchanged. 2, ; shipments, 6,606 barrels; Wheat quiet and 86; December, stock, 1. ; milling w mix 312 at by . 430 mber, ne poet February, 42% M Sy steamer inixed, 41'ga42 . GS,285 bushels: stock, 4%: sales, 54,000 bushels: white corn by sample, 40044; vellow corn by samy 44. Oate firm—No. 2 white western, 35 bid mixed western, 34 asked—receipts, 1,000 bushels stock, 197.99 bushels. Rye dull and steads. ts, 646 bus Hiay quiet—gnod to choice tH Grain freights dull and u ‘28a: stock, 6 imitat choice, 1920: rolls, packed, 16017. good to ir to good, 4. Other PALTIMORE, D+ 66% Md: Raltimor Virginia consols, threes, and Ohio stock, 7397: Southwestes asked; 0 bonds, 14a incom: 116; do. How to Test O11. From the Pittsburg Dispatch. Petroleum is now much used for cooking and heating purposes. There are cheap oils which are dear at any price. The principal danger lies in the impurity of the oil, and cheap oils are never pure. Dr. Hagaman has been lecturing in Philadelphia on the subject of safe and unsafe oils and assures us that in order to bt safe an oil should have a flash test of at least 130 degrees, It is well that householders should know how to ascertain what the flash test of any given ofl is before using it. The method is simplicity itself. Take any small vessel or pan that can stand heat and half fill it with fine sand. On this pour some of the oil to be tested and place in the mixture a thermometer. Now put it on the kitchen range so that the heat may gradually rise and watch the thermometer. Hold at the same time a very thin lighted taper over it. When the thermometer has risen sufficient- ly, the vapor will ignite. The temperature is the flash point. By the way. servants ought to be warned against the practice of filling a lamp quite full. apparent after reviewing the foliow- | FINANCE AND TRADE. tchison the Feature of the Morning. RUMORS OF A RESEIVERSHIP CIRCULATE. The Entire List Strengthened During the Afternoon. Decline in GENERAL MARKET REPORTS. Spevtal Dispatch to The Evening Star, NEW YORK, Dec. 5.—The opening of to- day's stock market was from 1-2 to 1 per cent below last night's closing, and was | but little improved on later trading. Lon- don was trading at a discount, ranging from 1-2 to 1 1-2 per cent, with Atchison the feature. Rumors of a receivership for this property were circulated on that side, Presumably based on the report that the company will have to meet payments ag- sregating $2,000,000 on January 1 that are not yet provided for. Having successfuliy tided over the critical mid-summer period, the company should have no difficulty in the present state of the money and bond mar- kets to meet these obligatio While | traders sold the stock rather freely through- | out the morning, there was a conspicuous j absence of liquidation, which gives color to j the local theory that the decline was part | of the bear campaign. | After opening off 1 per cent in sympathy with foreign cables, a further decline of 1 1-8 per cent was recorded to 19, at which figure it was well sustained by traders buy- ing back the stock sold earlier in the day. Union Pacific dectined 1 per cent on bear operations, and Lake Shore was 1 1-4 per |cent lower at 126 1-2. The weakness of the latter stock ix ascribed to a desire on the | part of certain interests already connected | With the property to secure an additional | block of cheap stock in this and certain | other allied roads. The marketing of a large block of the | stock of the American Cotton Seed Oil Com- } depressed the price 1 5-8 per cent to | General Electric was weak on early trad- | ing and lost 1 per cent te 83 1-2, but re- | zained the loss during the afternoon on | covering. | Sugar sold up 1 1-2 per cent to 84 1-4 on the rumor that the regular dividend of 3 per cent wiil be paid tomorrow. What- jever truth there may be in this report, it is generally ggnceded that subsequent divi- dends under sed revision of the tariff | will have to be suspended. | The entire market strengthened during the afternoon, and prices were advanced for slight gains throughout the list. The general characte of speculation is practic- ally unchanged, and the bulk of the trad- ing is confined to the room, resulting, as usual, in a dull and lifeless market. Sterling exchange advanced 1-2 per cent today, owing to the scarcity of bills, and @ general demand from remitters. ‘Arbi- trage houses were buyers of exchange | against sales of stocks for London account, being again disappointed in the receipts of commercial bills. Actual posted rates were: Cables, 486 3-4a. sight, 4861-2; sixty days, 4841-42483 1 The local money market continues easy, with rates unchanged from those previously quoted. The clearing house statement shows ex- changes, $102,272,267; balances, $5,671,417, jana the subtreasury’s debit balance, 3518,- The best prices of the day, in many tn- stances, were duplicated at the beginning of | the last hour, and traders took advantage of the improvement to put out a fresh line of short contracts. The closing was dull at fractional declines from opening figures. sooakeonegipinion FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. ‘The followine arethe opening. the highest and the Jowest and the closin= mrices of the New Yors stock market tonay, as re br Corson & Mi: ‘> Tenibers New York stact exchan re eroudente Messrs. Moore & So. SO Broadway: | {chizan Gon: | M | North » = at : Whee) | w —_—_ Washington Stock Exchange. ptlesresular om “12 ortock, mm. insurance, 27 at 15. Columbia Titie Insurance, at ‘Chesapeake and Potomac Telepbone, to et 45; 25 at 444g. Government Bonds.U. 8. 4s, registered, 1907, 112% bid, 113% asked. U. 8. ‘coupon, 1907, 19% bid, 114%, ocked. 0s district of Columbia Bonds.—20-year fund Se, 108 bid. Water stocks 7s, 1901, currency, 112 bie *n year fund Gs. gold, 112 bid. Water stock Ts, 1908, funding, currency, 106% currency, 120 bid. 3.658, bid. asked. Masonic Hall Associat rket ag rid, asked. Washington Market 6s, 105 bid. Washington Market ext. @, 100 bid. American Security and 1908, A. and 0, 100 ‘asked. Metropoliten R. R. conv, @a, =-4 4 106 asked. U. S. Electric Light conv. Se, National Rank Stocks.—Rank of Washington, 990 Did. ROO asked and Mechontes’, 170 Wid. Cet zens". 125 bid. 175 asked. Columbia, 110 Wid, 130 asked. Capital, 190 bid. West 110 asked. ‘Traders’. 110 asked. Lincoln, 100 asked. Ohte, 100 neked. Railroad Stocks.—Washington and Georgetown, ‘n and Teng! . 80 axked, Firemen’s. 38 Md. 45 asked. fi? asked. Metronolifan, Tnenrance Stocks Franklin. bid. Pot J. People’s, % Wd, 8 naked. Oo Stocks. Rea! Petate ‘Title, 118 MA, 195 asked: min Title, 6% bid, TH asked. Weshinetan Title, @ bid, & asked, and Plectric Light Stork. ‘ pe the FOL eset, amgeaeen Gun, Oe ene, OE axket TT 8 Flectric Taeht. 112% I, 195 asked. Telephone Stacks.—Pennsvivanta, 47 asked. Ches- onenke and Potomer, 4444 Wi@, 45 naked. American Graphorhone, 2 bid. De asked Mtigestioneans Starke. Weshineton Market. 1 Fachineton Pirtck Machine. ioe. 110 WA. 140 ake Bott Rot on naked. Prenmatic Qua Cerringe. sacked. Lincain Hill. 109 asked. Tnter Ocean Rail ine. 1AM necked. Norfolk and Washington Steam pont. 90 asked. Safe Denesit and Trost Compantes. Nettanel Sef= Donealt and Trust Comners. 125 id. Washington Than and Tenet. 107 Wid. 114 asked American &e- curity and ‘Trost, 127 bid. 128 asked. —— w Fam Amerten. From Pek Little Micky—“Th’ paper do be talkin’ about immygrants bein’ deported bot th’ gover’ment. Phwoet’s deported?” Mrs. Micky—“Given two votes inste’é of wan, may be “But its th’ Choinese thot’s to be de-