Evening Star Newspaper, December 26, 1893, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY. aT THE STAR BUILDINGS, Avenue, corner Lith St, by 101 The Evening Star News; Company, 8. HL KAUFFMANN, Terese iF ew York Office, 3B Potter Building. ——————— THE etty Copies af the connter By mail—anywhere in the United Prepaid—30 cents per SATURDAY QuINTUPLE Srret Stax $1.00 per year: with forelen postage adel. S00 OOP (Entered at the Post Office at Washington, D. C.. | as second-class mail matter. ) mat @-All mail subscriptions mnst be paid in advance. Rates of atvertisins made known on application | Vor 83, No. 20,785. Che Evening Star. WASHINGTON, D. O., TUESDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1893-TWELVE PAGES. TWO CENTS. | MAY GO ON STRIKE. A Big Strike Among Ohio Coal Miners Threatened. EMPLOYES OBJECT 70 A CUT IN WAGES Employers Claim That It is a Necessity. ——— THIS IS DENIED BY THE MEN. BELLAIRE, Ohio, Dec. 26.—A strike of alarming proportions will be instituted by 1,600 miners in this vicinity on January 1, if the operators do not revoke their decision to cut wages on that date. The miners affected are those employed along the line of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad. Some time ago the operators announced that they were unable to pay 70 cents per ton, as heretofore, and on January 1 would reduce to 60 cents per ton, the wages paid to West Virginia miners. The claim of the bosses was that they could not compete against West Virginia coal and pay ten cents more per ton for mining, aliesing that under this arrange- ment West Virginia coal could be sold at the mouth of the Ohio mines for less than the Ohio operators themselves could sell their own coal. On the other hand the miners claim that the bosses can make a good profit with Wages at 70 cents per ton. They have decided to refuse the reduction, and unless some compromise is agreed upon within a few days, all will lay down their tools on New Year day. ia THE MISSING DR. TYNAN. He 1s Believed by the Detective Em- ployed on the Case to Be Dead. SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 26—The story from Mason City, Iowa, of the identification of the remains of an old man who was buried In an unknown grave at Hampton, about ten days ago as those of Thomas E. Tynan, the missing millionaire of Modesto, is not credited by those who have been in- terested in tne case in this city. On July 8 last Detective John Curtin,who Was engaged to work on the case by the missing man’s wife, sent out from his office to all parts of the world six thousand cir- culars, giving a description of the doctc: and offering $2,000 reward for information of his whereabouts, dead or alive. From that time letters and telegrams claiming to have found the doctor have been pouring in from all quarters of the globe. The theory of Detective Curtin, who probably is more familiar with the details of the case than anyone else, is that Dr. Tynan is dead. “Of course,” he said, “I would not want to make any such positive statement, but everything points that way. My idea of the case is that the doctor fell into the hands ef foot pads who knew that he had $4,500 on his person. Me was inclined to spirit- ualism, and may have been led off by them, thinking he was going to one of those meet- ings. If such was the case, he was. un- doubtedly put to death after being robbed, and his body hidden. I know positively that it Was his intention to return home, and that because he did not he was prevented by some one. He would not wander off, and, therefore, must have been decoyed. ‘These stories of finding him will continue to come from all parts for years yet, as was the case in the Tascott matter, but, unless there be more reasonable proof than is con- tained in the story of the Mason City au- ities, we shall pay no’attention to them.” pet aoa NICTHEROY’S DESTINATION. Only Her Co: ler Knows Where She Will Go. NEW YORK, Dec. 26.—The Herald’s Ba- Ria, Brazil, cable under yesterday's date says: The Nictheroy sails today from the port of Perrambuco for the south. The name of her destination has not been made public and it is not even known to any of her crew except her commander. i Dynamite Left Carelessly About. NEW YORK, Dec. 26—A special from New Orleans says: Ray Shubert, the young son of the foreman of the New Orleans and Southern railroad, and Rich Dymond, son of John Dymond, president of the Sugar Planters’ Association, were hunting Sun- day on the Belair plantation, just below the city. Young Shubert sat down on some boxes by the side of a railread to fix his shoes. The next moment there was an ex- piosion which could be heard for miles, and the boy was blown to pieces. Young Dy- mond, who was a hundred feet away, was thrown to the ground and badly burned. An investigation showed that the boxes contained dynamite, which had been lying in the field for two weeks. ae Milwaukee Dry Goods Men Assign. MILWAUKEE, Wis., Dec. 26.—The Rich and Siber Dry Goods Co., one of the oldest Fetail dry goods concerns in the city,and the A. W. Rich Shoe Company assigned early this morning. B. W. Weil is assignee of the dry goods company and T. L. Kelly of the shoe company. A. W. Rich is the principal stockholder in both concerns. The bond of the assignee of the dry goods company {s $225,000, and of the assignee of the shoe company $106,000. No statement is made of the liabilities. The creditors of both are Principally eastern concerns. ee Sullivan and the Fight. NEW YORK, Dec. 26.—John L. Sullivan Yas returned to town from Sandusky, Ohio. Speaking of the coming meeting between Mitchell and Corbett, the big fellow claims that it will be a long and clever fight. He is non-committal as to who will win. Sulli- van says that he has been training while on the rvad. He exercises with heavy dumb- bells, and also walks several miles every morning. ——_—_ Admirul Stanton ing to San Do- mingo. NEW YORK, Dec. 26.—A special from ew London, Conn., says: Admiral Stanton has received his official papers in the affair Felating to the salute of Mello and orders to proceed immediately to San Domingo, Where parties are supposed to be plotting for the overthrow of President Heureaux, Who ordered a prominent general and his family on the island to be executed. Rear Admiral Stanton will leave New London on January 2. and go to Port au Prince, where he will meet the Kearsarge, now on her way there, upon which he will hoist his flag and Proceed to the scene of the trouble. _— Steamers Bought by Russia. NEW YORK, Dec. 24—C. P. Huntington confirmed last night the report that the Russian government had bought of the United States and Brazil Mail Steamship Company, in which he is largely interested, five steamships to be used by the Amoor Steamship Company in connection with the Russian government's _trans-continental Failroad in Siberia. The price received for the five wes $1,0,000. The fleet will leave —four for the Pacific and one for the Baltic about March 15. & a will then have the controlling commere > Killed by the Cars in New Jersey. SALEM, N. J., Dec. 26.—Dr. Paulding of Daretown, one of the leading physicians of this section of the state, was struck by a train at South Woodstown this morning and probably fatally injured. The doctor Was driving a vicious horse, which became | Unmanageable and rushed upon the track directly in front of the train. fleet on the Pacific. | GONE DOWN THE RIVER. The President and Secretaries Gresham and Carlisle Take a Trip. pt. Robley D. Evans Accompanies Them—They Go on a Light House Tender to Shoot Ducks. | The Star’s prediction that the President would go away during the Christmas holi- days was verified today. The plan of visit- ing Lakewood was abandoned because news of it got into the newspapers. Instead the President decided to make a forty-eight- hour trip down the Potomac. He left here this morning shortly after 10 o'clock in company with Secretary Gresham, Secre- tary Carlisle and Capt. Robley D. Evans, naval secretary of the light house board. These three gentlemen joined the President at the White House and drove down to the 7th street wharf, where the steamer await- ed them. How They Left the White House. The two cabinet officers and Capt. Evans left the President's office together and walked out the front door to their carriage. The President left the house by the rear and escaped observation. The carriages met at the wharf, where a light house ten- der was in waiting with steam up. No time was lost in the embarkation of the dis- tinguished party and the vessel made good progress down the river. It is presumed that the trip is primarily for the purpose of duck shooting and recre- ation, and incidentally for a conference on public matters relating to foreign affairs and the financial condition of the country. Today is cold and clear with a high wind, @ decided change from the green Christmas weather of yesterday and the usually placid bosom of the Potomac is rough and choppy. it is, however, ideal weather for “ducks.” ; ‘The Press Informed. ‘When the President had made three hours’ progress down the Potomac, Private Secre- tary Thurber lifted the veil of secrecy that had covered the President’s movements, and informed representatives of the press that the President had gone down the river for two or three days’ duck shooting, and that Secretaries Gresham and Carlisle and Capt. Evans of the navy. were with him. “That is all there is to it,” he said. He didn’t know exactly when they would return, nor did he know whether they had made the trip in a government vessel or not. It was his impression, however, that a private yacht was used. —___- e-+______ LIEUT. DAVENPORT’S CASE. Rumored Findings of the Recent “Coart of Honor.” The judge advocate general of the navy has completed his review of the case of Lieut. R. G. Davenport, and it is now be- fore Secretary Herbert for action. Lieut. Davenport was recently before a court of honor at the Washington navy yard, ap- pointell at his solicitation with a view of vindicating his course of conduct as execu- tive officer of the Nipsie during the hurri- cane at Samoa in ISsS9. Although the find- ings of the court will not beypublished in an official form until the Secretary has acted on the case, the impression is general in naval circles that the court, instead of exonerat- ing him, found that he was precipitate in his action in leaving his ship before all the crew had departed. It is understood that | the court found that his conduct does not call for further action on the part of the department,inasmuch as there was no proof | that he had actually violated any of the naval regulations, and at most was guilty of an error of judgment. —- e+_____ POST OFFICE STATISTICS. ‘The Number and Variety of Pieces of Mail Matter Handled. A statement prepared at the Post Office Department shows that during the last fiscal year the total number of pieces of letter mail sent in the domestis mails of the United States was 2,407,810,175, of which 2,521,314,563 were paid at letter rates and 86,495,612 were sent free on official business. There were also 535,917,899 pos- tal cards handled.The number of news- papers and periodicals mailed by publishers im the several counties of publication, free, Was 382,861,271. Newspapers and periodi- cals mailed by others than publishers and news agents, 71,078,777. Total second-class matter, 1,434,245,60 pieces. Third-class matter handled, books, pamphlets, &c., 595,154,17 pieces. Fourth-class matter mailed, 48,733,181 pieces. Grand total num- ber of pieces of domestic mail matter han- dled, 5, 021,841,056. + e -_______ CATON DOING WELL. The Man Shot by Sergeant Haney Will Recover. John Caton, the Georgetown man who was shot yesterday by Sergeant Haney while the latter was endeavoring to arrest | him, is still at the Emergency Hospital. This afternoon the physicians reported that he was holding his own very well and that his chances for recovery were favorable. One of the bullets passed through Caton’s | body and was picked out of his back just | beneath the skin. The other bullet struck | a rib over the man’s heart and glanced off. The woiinded man ts twenty-eight years | old, and some time ago he attempted to | use a knife on Officer Bradly when the lat- ter arrested him. SS SENECA’S CARGO RUINED. The Sait Water Was Disastrous to the Cigars and Hemp. HAVANA, Dec. 26—Cargo aboard the New York and Cuba Mail Steamship Com- pany’s Seneca, which was scuttled in this port Sunday night after putting back on fire, will prove an almost total loss. The action of the salt water will cause the hemp on board of her to turn black and the \ cigars, tobacco and coffee are, of course, | irretrievably ruined. Her manifest from | Mexico contained 2,100 bales of hemp, 1,100 bundles of cured skins, two lots of mineral orders; from Havana she had a lot of leaf tobacco and many cases of cigars. he vessel is insured in the North Brit- ish and Mercantile Company. Before the steamer sank two boat loads of cigars were taken from the after hold, but they were in bad condition. The agents of the company have been in- formed that Capt. Spiro V. Bennis, port captain of the line, will start from New York today to attend to the raising of the steamer and the saving of whatever of the cargo is possible. THIRTEEN DWELLINGS BURNED. | A Cheerless Chrixtmas for the V ers of Taylorsville, Ohio. SARDINIA, Ohio, Dec. 26—About dusk last evening fire broke out in Alf. Roberts’ | flouring mill at Taylorsville, and before it was extinguished, had burned everything in town with the exception of a school house aad one dwelling. There were thir- teen houses destroyed, besides barns, shops and stores. John Q. 4hipps, general merchant, loses $1,000; another store, $1,200, and Gordon’s Hotel, $2,000. The total loss may reach | $30,000, ‘There was but hittle insurance. | _ There was a shooting.match near the mill | yesterday and it ts probable that some one | threw a cigar stub in the mill and the fire | started from this. The high wind made it impossible for the citizens to effectually fight the blaze. | _ The country people tn the surrounding ter- ritory are caring for the homeless villagers | until they can rebuild. ‘The town will be re- | butt nearer the station. SHE GOES TO RIO. The Big Cruiser New York to Prob- ably Start’ Today. THE MIANTONOMOH MAY ALSO G0, Though Sec’y Herbert Was Non- committal in Regard to Her. A BIG NAVAL FORCE. All doubt in regard to the destination of the big armored cruiser New York was set at rest today when Secretary Herbert pub- licly announced that she had been ordered to Rio and would start from New York to- day. In reply to an inquiry as to whether the double-turreted monitor Miantonomoh was also going to Brazil the Secretary said, in a most non-committal way: “I have not issued any orders to that effect.” As to the Miantonomoh. The fact that he has not yet ordered the Miantonomoh to Rio does not prove by any means that he may not do so in a, few days. She was ordered to prepare for immediate sea service, and the work of fitting her out with ammunition, coal and provisions will be finished within a day or two, if, in- deed, it is not already completed. A Big Force of Cruisers. The New York's arrival at Rio will in- crease the United States naval force there to five vessels—all modern cruisers—a great- er number of our naval vessels assembled at one point to protect American interests than since the civil war. The Charleston, Newark and Detroit are already at Rio and the San Francisco is due there in a few days from Trinidad. It is estimated that It will take the New York seventeen days to make the five thousand miles be- tween New York and Rio. She will pro- ceed under a good head of steam, but will not be pushed. WILL Transfer His Flag. Admiral Benham will undoubtedly trans- fer his flag from the San Francisco to the New York as soon as the latter arrives at Rio. She is the largest and most powerful all-around ship in our navy at present and will make an ideal flagship. Two Dispatches From Capt. Picking. Secretary Herbert received two dispatches yesterday from Capt. Picking, in command of the United States naval force at Rio Janeiro. Mr. Herbert decided not to make their contents public, but he said they contained nothing of importance. Neither dispatch made mention of any triumph of Admiral Mello’s, or anything that could be construed into a corroboration of the sensational reports that President Pelx- oto had resigned and the insurgents yc- cupied Rio. Mr. Herbert said he was satis- fied that there was no truth in these stories. No action has been taken by the gov- erument with reference to the request of American merchant ship captains, backed by the United States consul general at Rio, that the United States vessels tn the | harbor of the Brazilian capital be instructed to protect them from the insurgents’ fre while landing their cargoes. Mr. Herbert said that American commercial interests in Rio would be given protection as good as that accorded other foreign merchant- mén by the war vessels of their respective parties. ——_ DISTRICT GOVERNMENT. In His Favor. The excise board of the District has re- ceived a petition from the property owners and residents living in the immediate vi- cinity of 2d and B streets northwest re- questing that they consider favorably and grant the bar room license of Mr. Jeremiah McKnew, the proprietor of the Slater House. They say that to their knowledge he has not Violated any of the regulations governing the sale of liquor and that his place has always been conducted in the most orderly way. The petition is signed by sixteen persons. Children’s Hospita’ The Commissioners have received a re- quest that the Secretary of the Treasury be asked to issue a warrant in favor of the treasurer of the United States for $2,500 to be placed to the credit of the treasurer of the Children's Hospital out of the sum ap- propriated by Congress for that purpose. Today's Orders, The Commissioners today ordered: That public gas lamps be established as follows: One on the north side of Rich- mond street between 8th and 9th streets; one on the northwest corner of Richmond. and Sth streets, and one on the east side of Sth street between Richmond and Savan- nah streets. That a gas lamp be placed on the north- east corner of 3d and Oak streets. That gas lamps be re-erected at south- west corner of 2d and F streets northeast. That a public hydrant be erected near the Monroe school building on Steuben street. That a new public hydrant be erected on Franklin street between 4th, 5th, P and Q streets northwest in place of present old one. —___. CAPT. ROBLEY D. EVANS. Probability That He Will Be Chief of the Navigation Bureau. Secretary Carlisle made an early call at the White House this morning in company with Capt. Robley D. Evans, naval secre- tary of the light house board. Their visit revived the gossip as to the probability of Capt. Evans’ appointment as chief of the bureau of navigation to succeed Commodore Ramsay. Rumor has decided that Commo- dore Ramsay shall be relieved of his pres- ent duties as soon as he reaches the grade of admiral in April next by the retirement of Admiral Benham, in order that he may assume command of an important naval station, probably the North Atlantic. ————+-2+—______ Patents to Loc: Inventors, Patents were issued today to the follow- ‘Ing Washington inventor: Geo. C. Hewett, making coke; Theo- dore J. King, fare receiver; Edward E. El- lis, bottle and stopper; Wm. Chapman, dif- ferential pulley. Maryland patentees were as follows: Geo. M. Hughes and G. 1. Reed, Balti- more, automatic electric light extinguisher; Chas. W. Fowler, Baltimore, elevator; James S. Shepherd, Cambridge, chart-board; F. J. Cole and E. W. Grieves, Baltimore, railway car structure; J. M. Coale, Baltimore, straightway valve. Virginia patentees were as follows: Ab- ner M. Chappell, Dell, fruit-drier; Wm. be Weymouth, Hampton, door-opening de- vice. —__- —___. Pension Office Appointments. Luther S. Cannon, North Carolina, has been appointed a $900 copyist in the pension office by transfer from the patent office, vice Franklin C. Jones, promoted. P. Kibble of Ohio has been appointed watchman at tse pension office at $720, vice George W. Lucas, dismissed. - Shot by His Insane Grandfather. HAYES CITY, Kan., Dec. 26—H. Parmenter, a farmer of northwest Ellis county, yesterday shot his grandson and then himself. The boy is still living. ‘The man died instantly. Temporary insanity was the cause. SS Has Resigned. Mr. Chas. A. Cotterill, stenographer at $1,400 per annum in the office of Indian af- fairs, has voluntarily tendered his resigna- tion, to take effect early in January. THE PRESIDENT APPROVES. His Signature Attached to the Ford’s Disaster Reselution. It Was Signed on a Holiday and Dur- ing a Recess of Congress—Pre- ceden Few. One of the President's official acts yester- day was the approval of the joint resolution for the relief of the employes of the record and pension office of the War Department who were injured in the fall of the Ford's Theater building. This resolution provides that the employes in question shall be ex- empt from the provision of the law limiting to sixty days the entire annual leave of employes of the executive departments in Washington. Many of those injured at Ford’s Theater were confined to their beds three or four months, and some of them are still unable to return to their desks. Without enactment of this legislation they would have been deprived of pay at the expiration of two months. Two Interesting Points. ‘There are two interesting features con- nected with the President’s action on this joint resolution. One is that he approved it on Christmas day, a legal holiday in the District of Columbia, and the other is that the action was taken during a recess of Congress. The joint resolution reached the White House just before the adjournment of Congress for the holiday recess and the President did not find it convenient to act upon {t at once. According to his will it must be considered deliberately and without haste and he did not make up his mind to approve it until yesterday. Opinions Differ. It is contended by some authorities that the President cannot legally act on a legis- lative matter during a recess of the Con- gress. On the other hand it is held that Congress, constructively, is still in session, having merely taken a recess to a certain day, and that the President's action is just as valid as though he had gone to the Capitol on the day of adjournment and signed the bill while Congress was in ses- she fame question has arisen before and has been settled differently by different Presidents and the legality of approval in such cases has never been disputed. While there are precedents for the approval of bills during the Christmas recess, they are very few in number. President Arthur did it during his administration and his ac- tion has never been questioned by a suit at law. It is understood that President Cleveland sought the advice of Attorney General Olney before acting in this matter. JURORS FOR THE COURTS. Those for the Next Term Drawn and Announced, The jurors for the January terms of the courts have been drawn as follows: Criminal Court, grand jury—Joseph Gaw- ler, jr, John Mazzulo, Uriah S. Hanks, Frank FP. Rallo, Robert E. Doyle, Francis Upshur, F. G Turner, Mason 8S. Lowery, Albert W. Ward, J. J. Kaufman, Jere H. Whitehand, Walter G. Peter, Timothy E. Flynn, Grant Scott, Chas, Cleveland, Geo. A. Greene, H. L. Rust, C. W. Handy, W. F. Kennan, James B. Lambie, A. F. Schroth, F. Pitzer and H. A. Jones. Criminal, division 1-S. M. Dixon, W. B. Quigley, Joseph R. Fagin, G. T. Fritch, E. Frye, Henry H. Olcott, Dennis Fitzger- ald, George B. Burroughs, Franklin M. Dixon, James C. Newton, George S. Tucker, Fred. Arend Horace A. Howes, Ranso: L. Main, W. R. Brown, Fritz E. Kenned: Chas. Morgan, And. Renz, 8S. W. Gree: baum, A. E. Acker, Richard Morgan, H. C, Cromwell, Wm. Baker, J. H. Wurdeman, Thomas Miles and B: F. Larcombe. Criminal division 2.—James_E. Bromwell, L. M. Tayior, jr, W. S. B. Henry, Joseph Miller, James A. ‘Moran, J. M. McClintock, B. F. McCauley, F. W. McAllister, M. Me- Nily, W. W. Riley, Arthur Burt, Harry Naylor, jr., Fenton’ Brewer, Edward B. Bury, Henry Bredekamp, W. A. Fenwic W. H. Covington, G. F. Megee, C. C. Schrot T. W. Widdicomb, Beverly Thornton, C. W. Downing, Jas. H. Cathell, W. J. Collins, G. Z. Collison and J. M. Birckhead. Circuit Division 1—E. C. Cutter, C. BE. Birckhead, John J. Fuller, W. C. Shaffer, Rich L. Irwin, W. P. Harding, Bernard Ostman, George Pierce, C. W. Morris, F. M. Burnham, D. K. Elliott, Adam Gaddis, James H. Healey, Nehemiah Robey, Henry Wetzel, W. A. Mix, jr., Thos. King, M. Fitzgerald, Edward Ambush, Benj. Ed- wards, Wm. Wilson, Isaac A. Eicker, Wm. Courtney, George P. Bohrer, Chas. F, Bruce and F. B. Wenstall. Cireuit Division 'W.E.Spier,G.A.O' Hare, T. Hyde,jr.,E.A. Watson,C.W.Thompson, Demonet, G. R. Underwood, A, H. Cha: Wm. Kelly, F. W. Ray, Joseph Tomas, C. Cc. Freeman, Bernard Walls, B. Nordlinger, ir, C. J. Jones, Peter C. Garden, G. K. Barber, W. A. Gaskins, C. M. Faris, M. M. Parke, C. C. Martin, H. B. Polkinhorn, John Levi, R. H. E. Duehing, Dr. W. Fow- ler, F. K. Reynolds. Police Court for January, February and March—W. Q. Yount, Jas. E. Burdett, J. W. Newman, W. L. Godfrey, Alex Millar, H. W. Parke, D. M. Austin, W. S. Ander- son, Wm. Hoover, James R_ Ellis, Thos. Brown, Chas. Pyles, M. McKeney, C. F. Keim, M. R. Goddard, W. J. Tomas, J. H. Jameson, Jas. L. Parr, H. H. Elliott, T. V. Noonan, A. B. Carpenter, L. A. Littlefield, W. P. Phelps, John H. Goss, Isaac B. Bu- sey and 8S. A. Swindells. a CONCEALED WEAPONS. Several Cases Were Tried Today Be- fore Judge Miller. In Judge Miller’s court today there were several cases of concealed weapons called for trial and in one ¢ase a young man named Walker Jones, who appeared as a witness, got in more serious trouble than did John Haekley, the colored man in whose defense he appeared. It was in evi- dence that there was trouble on Union street southwest and that Haekley had two bricks in his hands which he intended to throw. But thinking his aim might not be true he pulled from his pocket a pistol, but before he used it Walker Jones dis- armed him and disappeared. Jones denied that he took the pistol from him or that he even saw him have a Weapon. There were two witnesses, however, who claimed that they saw the pistol and Jones. Judge Miller did not believe that Jones was telling the truth and gave him a chance to retract his statement, but he th- sisted that he had told the truth and the judge ordered him locked up on a charge of perjury. The negro for carrying the weapon was given sixty days. Richard Goodall, colored, was given nine- ty days on a similar charge. Burley Pinkard and Columbus Scott were each charged with carrying a pistol and their cases were continued. > Treasury Appointments. The Secretary of the Treasury has made the following appointments, under civil service rules, in the coast and geodetic survey: H. R. Garland at $900, and Miss M. L. Handlan at $720 per annum. Death of Mrs. Faison. News is received here of the sudden death at Clinton, N. C., yesterday, of Mrs. Faison, wife of the chief of the consular division of the State Department. ———— Acting Secretary of State. Mr. Uhl is acting as Secretary of State fh the absence of Secretary Gresham. Celebrating Trenton’s Rattle, NEWARK, N. J., Dec. 26.—The one-hun- dred and seventeenth anniversary of the battle of Trenton is being celebrated in this city today by the New Jersey Sons of the American Revolution.” The society held its annual meeting. THE COUGHLIN TRIAL. Mrs. Foy Again Sustains Cross-Ex- amination. PITFALLS PREPARED FOR THE WITNESS. Planning to Discredit Her Tes- timony. SHE ONCE SHOWS CONFUSION. + CHICAGO, Dec. 26.—Curious people came by the hundred to Judge Tuthill’s court room this morning to the trial of Dan Coughlin for complicity in Dr. Cronin’s murder, and every seat was taken by the ticket holders in advance of the opening of court a little behind time. They came to see the famous new witness, Mrs. Andrew Foy, and hear the conclusion of her cross- excmination by ex-Judge Wing. Two days’ rest from the monotonous task of sitting in one piace for hours and listen- ing to testimony and legal arguments had refreshed the jury. Complacent, self-pos- sessed and positive, Mrs. Foy was summon- ed from the judge’s chamber to the witness chair to be put through the severe operation of close cross-questioning. The wily lawyer, ex-judge Wing, showed that he had spent some time in the interval of rest to prepare pitfalls for the woman on the stand. He took up the examination at the point where Mrs. Foy swore to Martin Burke passing her house the night of May 9, while she, her husband and several other persons were sitting on the front steps. Foy fol- lowed Burke and entered into conversation with him. The defense obtained from the willing wit- ness the names and addresses of all the Irishmen who were sitting on the steps of the Foy residence that right besides her husband. One of them, Michael O'Connor, the witness said, ig a member of the police force in this city. The defense intends to make witnesses out of any of these men who will swear contrary to Mrs. Foy’s testimony. It is expected to impeach her in that way and Coughlin's lawyers are considering the ad- visability of putting the defendant on the stand in this connection if Mrs. Foy’s im- peichment does not assume strong ver- acious proportions. Attorney Wing ‘ripped the witness once and confused her for the first time. She testified last week, although not in reply to a question, that her husband and Coughlin never closed the door of the secret confer- ence room in the Foy house after the night of the murder. This morning she said the door was clos- ed after her the night of May 10, when her husband and Coughlin were talking in low tones in the front room. After May 4, she said, Foy and Coughlin were “always talking about finding the body” when they met at her house. She was able to catch the tenor of their conversation because every night she went into the room to “mind the baby.” The witness reiterated the significant con- versation which she had with the defend- ant the night of May 12, when her hus- band was away from home and e was afraid he had been arrested. She added to the story of Coughlin telling her to have no fear, she would be well taken care of by his friend Alexander Sullivan, and that nobody knew who killed the doctor. —_ SHOT BY HER ESCORT. Catherine Timbers Mortally W After a Colored Ba! Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. ALEXANDRIA, » Dec. 26.—Catherine Timbers (colored) was shot and mortally wounded by James Brown, a colored boy, about 3:30 o'clock this morning, on their —— from a@ negro ball. Brown is still at large. led at Alexandria. ———— TRAGEDY AT ST. LOUIS. “Seven-Up-Jim” Fatally Shot by City Attorney Butler. ST. LOUIS, Mo., Dec. 26—At 4 o'clock this morning City Attorney James J. But- ler fatally shot James Leary, alias “Seven- up Jim,” in Ada Huntley's disorderly house. Their quarrel arose while discussing the re- cent exposure of a crap game under the Standard Theater, which is owned by But- ler. Leary is said to have made an attempt to draw a pistol, when Butler shot him through the right breast. Leary is a well-known police character, and derives his alias from his aptitude with cards, The police class him as a confidence man. Two years ago he shot a young laborer, named Patrick Grogan, but proved self- defense. Besides being city attorney and owner of the Standard Theater, Butler derives some distinction from being a son of Col. Edward Butler, a prominent politician. His plea will be self-defense. SEARS SEL EX-MAYOR GRANT CHOSEN. Appotntment.of Receiver for the St. Nichol Bank of New York. NEW YORK, Dec. 26.—Judge Truax of the supreme court has appointed ex-Mayor Hugh J. Grant receiver of the St. Nicholas Bank. His bond is $250,000, the money to be de- posited in the Central Trust Company. a Preferred His Master to Freedom, NEW YORK, Dec. 26.—A special to the Sun from Lyons, N.Y., says: James Morris, commonly known as James Rice, a former slave, died in Lyons Sunday, one hundred and twenty-one years of age. He was born on the Rice plantation in Virginia, near Roanoke, on June 18, 1772. After the death of his master he became the property of Balman Rice, who moved to Lyons and en- gaged in the manufacture of fanning mills. ‘When emancipation was procalimed James was set free, but he chose to stay with his master, and after the latter's death re- mained with the widow in Lyons until her death. She left him the life use of a house and lot where he died. —— M: Robbers Canght. Chief Post Office Inspector Wheeler has received a telegram announcing the ar- rest, at Ketaquemado, N. M., of Felipe Vadilla and Leopoldo, for robbing the mail and murdering Jose Momero, the mail car- rier. to Honors to Commodore Wilson. Commodore Theodore D. Wilson, ex-chief of the bureau of construction, Navy De- partment, found in his Christmas mail a letter from Otto Van Gelden, secretary of the Technical Society of the Pacific coast, informing him of his election as an hon- orary member. Last year Commodore Wil- son was made an honorary member of the English Society of Naval Architects. ——_-----+ e+ - Col. Washington's Guests. Col. L. Q. Washington entertained a few of his intimate friends yesterday in a good old-fashioned southern style. Justice Har- lan, Senators Jones, George, Cockerell and Stewart, Crosby S. Noyes, Col. William R. Morrison, J. P. Miller, Secretary Herbert and a few others were the colonel’s guests, enjoying that homelike cheer and hospi- tality which has come to be so rare in these days of hurried “howdy do's” and holiday greetings. ——- -e Got the Grip. Assistant Secretary Wike of the treasury is confined to his home by grip. WILL NOT BE TRIED. Policeman Olark Charged With Felonious Assault on Miss Kleit The Specific Charge, However, Will Not Be Taken Up by the Prose- cuting Attorney, In the office of the district attorney today there was an investigation of the alleged felonious conduct of Policeman Thomas E. Clark of the third precinct, charged by Miss Nellie Kleit with felonious assault. Miss Nellie Kleit of Baltimore, who is an at- tractive looking girl of seventeen years, figures as-the wronged and badly treated one in the case. Her sister, Mrs. Tubbins, lives at 2lst and K streets, near the police station, while Mr. Tubbins keeps a dining room on Pennsylvania avenue. Miss Kieit acted as cashier in the place for a few weeks, and there the officer first met her. He kept company with the young girl, and seemed devoted to her, while she undoubt- edly loved him. But it is claimed he took advantage of her on one occasion in a felonious manner, and that because of a promise of marriage she refrained from complaining against him. Under this prom- ise the girl, it is alleged, consented to his evil propositions, and then she learned that he was engaged to be married to a woman in Philadelphia. This news was too much for girl, and the shock threw her into convat sions. Then for the first time she made known her relations with the policeman. The latter was sent for and, it is charged, he made a promise that he would marry the girl whom, it is alleged, he had and Sunday night was the time set for the per- formance of the ceremony. But the police- man failed to ay » and so last evening at roll call, Mr. Tubbins appeared and en- tered the complaint. Lieut. Boyle heard the charge made by the girl and heid the offi- cer on the charge of felonious assault. The prosecuting attorney's office decided that the character of the testimony did not admit of a prosecution on the specific le. in view of the action of the prosecuting officer in declining to take the case nw court, it is likely that Mr. Tubbins and the girl will not succeed in getting a judicial investigation of the case before the court and a jury. The trial board will hear the testimony, and in the meanwhile members of the girl’s family will endeavor in some other way to have a hearing of the case. Bie otcer denies ~that he assaulted the ——>___ CRAZED ON HIS WEDDING TRIP. Rev. Dr. Lewis of Charleston, 8. C., Seized With Sudden Dementia. NEW YORK, Dec. 26.—The Rey. Dr. Samuel K. Lewis, a young Jewish rabbi from Charleston, S. C., was transferred yesterday morning from Bellevue Hospital to the Bloomigdale Insane Asylum. He had suddenly shown signs of dementia while oa his wedding trip, and his pretty bride had hurtied him back to this city w have him treated by competent specialists, Mrs. Lewis herself was nearly wild with excitement when her honeymvon came w an abrupt end. Dr. Lewis was not at ail violent, but he had the delusion that bé wa being persecuted, and that a coaspiracy had been formed to kill him. He had jumped to his feet while passing through Virginia on a train and shrieked: “You only mar- ried me for my money. I will 1ot stay wita you another hour.” Mrs. Lewis tearfully listened to his ray- ings, unable to understand at iirst the change in his manner. When told by phy- siclans that his mind had given way she immediately notified her relatives that she was coming back to them. Dr. Lewis’ marriage occurred just one week ago today. The bride was Mis« Clara Ury, and the ceremony was performed at the residence of Louis Schachae, No. 16% East 4th street. Dr. and Mrs. Lewis spent last Tuesday night at the Hotel Savoy at 50th street and Sth avenue, and started for the south the following morn’ng, in. tending to take a brief trip before Dr. Lewis returned to his labors in Charleston, 8. Cc. paisa EXTRADITION OF A PUGILIST. Gov. Matthews of Indiana W Apply te the State Department. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Dec. 26.—Gov. Matthews ts in correspondence with officials of Lake county concerning an effort being made to capture Pugilist Costello in Canada and bring him to Indiana for sentence. The governor, at the close of the Costello trial, thought that his conviction and a term in the penitentiary would do more to- wary discouraging prize fights in the state than anything else. Inquiry is being made into the extradition laws to see if Costello can be brought back to this side of the line. The county officials will make application to the governor, who will submit papers to the United States Secretary of State. He will turn them over to the British of- ficials at Washington. It is doubtful prize fighting is considered an offense ser- fous enough to enable the officers to secure Costello, but the fact that he is a fugitive from justice will, in all probability, be sut- ficient to obtain the approval of the Can- adian officers. MR. JORD. RETURN. The Assistant Treasurer Says That He Had a Pleasant Business Trip. NEW YORK, Dec. 26.—Conrad N. Jordan, the assistant treasurer of the United States, arrived on the steamer La Bretagne last night. Mr. Jordan said this morning that he had had a pleasant business trip to the other side. He did not care to state what the business was which occasioned his trip. All the passengers on La Bretagne had a pretty rough experience on the voyage. Gales from the west and northwest piled up such a heavy sea that the stanch liner was at times almost on end. At one time the cap of the steam register blew off, and for six hours the ship was obliged to lay to in the trough of the high sea until repairs could be made. Mr. Jordan went to Europe a month ago, and at that time several rumors were afloat to the object of his visit to the other side. It was stated that he went for the purpose of negotiating for the issue of some United States bonds. This was denied by Mr. Jordan's friends, who said that he had simply gone abroad on private busi- ness. Mr. Jordan, when spoken to today, de- clined to discuss the matter of his visit to England. Other passengers on the La Bretagne were: M. Patenotre, French ambassador to this country; his private secretary. Sie- lecta; M. Olivaint, president of the tribunal at Tahiti; Dr. Houghton, U. 8. M. H. 8., and twenty religious sisters. —————__ Cholera Reappears at Brussels. BRUSSELS, Dec 26.—Cholera, which it was thought had been effectually stamped out at Liege, has again appeared. Two cases of the were reported there last night. catia tec SPENT ALL IN A SPREE. Seventeen Thousand Dollars Inherit- ed From a Professional Beggar. NEW YORK, Dec. 26.—One year ago Thomas Coleman of No. 3%) East 106th street Inherited the sum of $17,000 from his father, who was a professional beggar. As soon as the money came into his posses- sion he and his wife and mother-in-law started on a spree, which was continued until this morning, when all three were arrested for disorderly conduct. The money is all gone. Government Receipts Today. ‘The receipts from internal revenue today were $866,505; from customs, $302,251. ir} _———————————————_____ THE SITUATION That Will Confront Congress When It Reconvenes. emergent DISSENSION, DOUBT AND ANIIETY Plans Laid by Democratic Leaders That Have Failed. ADMINISTRATION INFLUENCE. Congress will be confronted by a perplex- ing situation when it reassembles. When Congress opened there were several things which the responsible leaders contemplated, and the accomplishment of which, they believed, would make a record which would stand to the credit of democ.a*s coming campaigns. First of all they contemplated @ speedy and radical reform of the tariff, the establishment of an income tax, the re- eal of the federal election laws, the repeal of the 10 per cent tax on state banks, the revision of the national bank lews and a reduction of appropriations. From a demo- cratic standpoint this was regarded as a popular program and one calculated to ad- vance the interests of the party. This was all to be done tn short order and their am- bition was to have their work done so thet the session of Congress might close during the spring months. A Satisfactory Program. ‘They contemplated this program with considerable satisfaction, and ngt the least of their desires was to avoid any aontest and division in the party on the silver question. They believed that this would put an end to the populist movements in the south and west and that the party could be held together in a united body. They re- garded the tariff question as the cohesivi followed them in their attempted move for- ward. Disappointed by Mr. Cleveland. Instead of regarding the tariff as the burning question which demanded imme- diate settlement, Mr. Cleveland was eager to settle the silver problem and set to work, with a majority of his party against him, to repeal the Sherman law. When the ex- tra session of Congress was called in Au- gust it was for a contest over silver, and the tariff was not in it. The was di- of the Sherman law sentiments of bitterness and resentme it remained. It was thought efter the fight was over that its disturbing ef- fect on the party might be neutralized by an immediate —— of the tarift question, on whic! it was supposed the | party was united. With this object In view an effort was made to the extra session that 4 new tariff bill might be taken up in the House before the regular Decem- ber session began. Administration and Anti-Administra- ton, ; But here again it was found that antag- | onism existed between the administration | and anti-administration men. The admin- istration men wanted an immediate ad- journment that the special session might j stand out conspicuously for its work on the silver question. Again the adminis- tration forces were successful, but it was argued that there would be no delay the revision of the tariff, and in conse- quence of this the committee on ways and means was authorized to proceed at once with the preparation of their bill so that on the Gay of the meeting of Congress it would be ready for consideration in the House. In this the plans were better laid | than executed. The same influence which had put the tariff question in the back- | ground before, appeared in the ways and means committee, not only in a dilatory policy, but into the manner of treating the question itself. The committee was divided into subcommittees on strange lines and that subcommittee, which had especially in charge the preparation of the general tari bill was composed of fewer than half of the democrats of the committee. The Making,of a New Bill. After this subcommittee had completed its work by a slow process the rest of the ma- jority of the committee were called in, and at a time when it was supposed that the work would have been completed it was all started over again, and the work done, amounting practically to the making of a new bill. So that -nstead of being ready with the measure when Congress met the first Monday in December, the work was so far behind that even now, though the 3d of January is fixed as the time for the consid- eration of the measure in the House, it is not yet completed. Moreover, the bill ts drawn on such lines as to make it extreme- ly probable that the two houses of Con- gress cannot agree on it, and dissatisfaction with the measure, together with the irrita- tion on account of the delay, makes the re- sult of the attempted revision very uncer- tain. Moreover, Mr. Cleveland's treat- ment of the tariff question in his message is not at all satisfactory to the ultra tariff- for-revenue men, and is as an encouragement to those who want to pre- serve protection for favored industries. An Agegravating Issue. The income tax question has developed into an aggravating issue within the party and the advocates of that proposition are more or less angered by the notion they have that the administration has taken sides against them. Meanwhile, during the special session, the House in spite of the antagonism of the ad- ministration forces, passed the bill repeal- ing the federal election laws, and that is now hung up in thé Senate. It was understood at the start that the administration would favor the repeal of the state bank tax, which was endorsed without qualification in the national plat- form, ‘and that Mr. Cleveland in his mes- sage would advocate the . This ex- pectation was disappointed, however, and the committee in charge of the subject, which was supposed to be strongly in favor of the repeal, is divided into almost as many factions as there are mem! of the majority. : The Question of Bonds. As to the revision of the national laws the same condition of affairs extl and the question of issuing bonds has arteep on account of the treasury deficiency to still further perplex the situation and ex- cite antagonisms. In the work on the appropriation bills some progress has been made toward the curtailment of expenditures, but it is found generally that while a saving can be made in one place ft ts lost in another, and as all the policies are not in the hands of one committee there is a lack of harmony of action. Meanwhile the Hawaiian question has arisen and the attitude of the administra- | tion in that matter is causing the demo- crats more a oa their other failures and disappointmen: “on the 3d of January they start with this situation before them, with dissensions and doubts and anxieties surrounding them. 2+ Postmaster at Brookland. Mary Marean has been appointed post- master at Brookland, D. C., vice Charles S. Hodgson, resigned.