Evening Star Newspaper, December 27, 1893, Page 2

2 LATE NEWS BY WIRE. Murder of a Female Miser at Newark, N. J. DEAD FOR SOME TIME WHEN FOUND. Always Had Considerable Money In Her House. MOST REVOLTING CRIME. apes. NEWARK, N. J., Dec. 27.—Mrs. Elizabeth P. Petty, aged sixty-five years, who lived alone in a frame house at No. 79 Com- merce street, was found murdered in the house this morning. She had led a solitary life for many years and was considered in- sane. When found she had been dead for) gome time. Her head was crushed in and there were half a dozen stab wounds on her face. The house, which is full of refuse and Gilth of every kind, was in great confusion, but it cannot yet be told if the woman was Fobbed. Mrs. Petty was a miser and she was thought to be immensely rich. She had missed since Saturday and this morn- ing shortly after 9 o’clock Willie Garra- brant, aged twelve years, who lives next door to the house occupied by the murdered oman, went into the house and found Mrs. Petty dead in a little room on the second floor. The crime is one of the foulest that has been committed this city for years, and there is not the slightest doubt that rob- was the object of the crime. It was @ well-known fact that the woman had @ large sum of money hidden about the house, and she openly talked of this fact. A reporter found several bundles of green- backs hidden away in a large package of lamp black. The money filled a small bas- ket. The woman had evidently been mur- dered in the hallway. Her hat was found on the floor under a chair, and the wall was spattered with blood. The body had been carried upstairs and laid in the room where it was found. Her clothing had been torn open as though a search had been made on her person for money. The murderer had gained entrance to the house through the cellar door, which was found to be unlocked. The filth in the house is indescribable. the bodies of four dead cats were found Jaymg on the dining room table covered ‘with a@ piece of old carpet. The old woman always had a large number of cats in the house, and she used to say when alive that she “put money around the floor so that tke animals could go and get their dinner @t the butcher's.” ——_o-—___ WHEAT IN THE NORTHWEST. Reports of Stock in Minnesota and the Dakotas. MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., Dec. 27.—The Northwestera Miller reports the stock of ‘Wheat in private elevators of Minneapolis ‘at 997,000 bushels, 10,000 bushels less than last Monday. The market record estimates the stock of wheat in country elevators of Minne- Sota and the two Dakotas at 6,720,000 bush- eis, an increase for the week of 105,000 bushels. This makes the total northwest- ern stock, 28,810,843 bushels, or 412,300 bushels more than last week. The Miller says that the mills at Superior end Duluth last week produced 46,600 bar- Tels of flour, against 30,223 barrels the pre- ceding week; 15,651 for the corresponding time in 1892, and 8,441 in 1891. Business Was stimulated by declining freight rates. ices of mill products are not chahged. The mills have been troubled about get- Ying enough wheat from current receipts, #o light have the latter been. The demand for patent flour has been good, while mill stuff has commanded a a, sale. The export shipments were 300 barrels, against 11,929 barrels the week before. The stock of flour in store amounts to 25,500 barrels against 44,011 the week Defore, and 37,500 in 1892. There are five loony in operation, representing 11,500 bar- capacity. —_——___ CELEBRATED WITH A SPREE. & Bloody Fight in a Little Ilinois Town. VANDALIA, Ill, Dec. 27.—As-a conse- uence of the no-license law, Greenville is obliged to go to Smithsboro for her spirits, nd the hacks and wagons running to and from these points are kept busy carrying Passengers desirous of obtaining this com- modity. A bloody fight took place at Smithsboro Saturday night last. Ten or a dozen young ‘end old men had come in from the sur- founding country to have their annual Christmas spree. A regular free-for-all fight followed, in which chairs, bottles, clubs, knives and brickbats were used. Both sides came out of the melee with several of their men badly cut and pounded. A man named Sandifier was struck on the head by ®& flying brick and died Sunday morning. City Marshal Ray, in trying to quell the wiot, was fatally hurt. Two or three of the other injured participants are said to be in ® worse condition than was at first thought bore Prospects for their recovery are not the jightest. —_—____ TO BE CHAMPIONED BY ZOLA. Whe Cause of m, Expelled From France, Taken Up by the Novelist. PARIS, Dec. 27.—M. Emile Zola, the well known novelist, has announced his inten- tion to champion the cause of Cohen, who was expelled from France because of his connection with the anarchists, and who has taken up his residence in England. M. Zola bases his championship of Cohen on the ground that the latter has done good service for French literature and has trans- jated Dutch and German books into the French language. He admits that Cohen’ opinions are advanced, and that he belong: Pa sd revolutionary sect known as Sans It has been learned that Cohen was about to apply for letters of naturalization as a French citizen when the government or- fered his expulsion from France. ————__ GAVE UP £15,000. Whe Large Yearly Grant Rell: by the Dake of Edinburgh. LONDON, Dec. 27.—The Daily Chronicle ‘today publishes a long dispatch on the Subject of the British parliamentary grants to the Duke Alfred of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (the Duke of Edinburgh). It declares that the story that the late Duke Ernest 1 of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha left to Duke Alfred a debt of 3,750,000 marks is an impudently concocted myth. Mr. Gladstone announced in the house of bs a few days ago that Duke Al- had given up the yearly grant of £15,- Q00 voted to him by parliament, but that he would retain the grant of 410,000 yearly Yoted to him by parliament on the occa- Sion of his marriage. ————_ MURDERED BY YAQUIS. Another Outrage by the Indians in Mexico. ST. LOUIS, Dec. 27.—A special to the Globe-Democrat from Guaymas, Songsa, Seys another crime is added to the out- Fages being committed by the band of rene- Bade Yaqui Indians, which are again ter- Torizing the mountain regions of north- ‘western Mexico. Word comes from the Pueblo of Santa Maria that three of the Indians attacked @ wood camp near that place, killing the foreman, Ricardo Martinez, and seriously wounding his two companions. They then fied for the mountain fastnesses, and have hot been seen since. The number of Yaquis making the present disturbance {s estimated to be about 100. The troops of the Mexican army are constantly in pursuit, but on ac- count of the remarkable powers of endur- ance and knowledge of the country pos- sessed by the outlaw Indians, are able to do but little. LONDON, Dee. 27.—The steamer™ Paris, from New York for Southampton, passed the Scilly Islands at 10:50 a.m. Estimating her run to Southampton ten hours she will Very nearly equal the best record, held by the Fuerst Bismarck, of six days, ten hours umd fifty-five minutes. THE EVENING STAR, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1893-TWELVE PAGES. Daring and Successful Safe Burglary im a Connecticut Post Office. NEW YORK, Dec. 27.—A Hartford, Conn., The boldest and most remarkable burg- lary in Connecticut in the last quarter of @ century was perpetrated by expert metro- politan cracksmen a night or two ago in the pest office at Jewett City, a large mill vil- lage in eastern Connecticut, on the line of the Norwich and Worcester railway. The robbers got away with a big stack of postage stamps and $1,000 worth of money and registered letters. It was 2 o'clock in the morning when the rebbers touched off their gunpowder mine tm the safe, and the crash of the explo- sion shook the town. A night watchman heard the robbers rid- ing away, but it was so dark that he could Not see them. entrance to the post office by boring a hole through the door, Then they padded the office windows and walls with thick canvas sacks to deaden the sound of their work, drilled a hole in the safe, inserted enough powder to blow up a dozen safes, and touched it off. The messive safe door was blown entirely across the office, and it crashed through an | eight-inch thick stout partition wall, car- | rying away most of the partition and land- ed in one of the distant inner compart- ments of the building. flying safe door also carried away the whole wall of glass faced letter boxes, the ceiling and walls of the office, ground them into a mass of debris, which it piled | in one angle.of another room, the force of the explosion lifted the entire office front clear from the earth and pitched it bodily into the street. There is no clue. | prea AGAINST THE MAHDISTS. An Expedition to Set Out From Cairo te Effect a Rescue. BUDA PESTH, Dec. 27.—A captain be- longing to a Honved regiment will shortly start for Cairo, where he will assume the command of an expedition to the Soudan. The object of the expedition is to liberate the Austrians Herr Neufelder, a merchant, and Slatin Bey, who have long been held as slaves by the Mahdists. Before the depart- ure of the expedition from Cairo, its com- mander will have a conference with Father Ohrwalder, the priest who escaped from the Mahdists. Father Ohrwalder and Sisters Catherine Chincarini and Elizabeth Venturini, belong- ing to the Soudan-Austrian mission, were captured by the Mahdists and held in slavery for a long time. They effected their escape during a fight between the natives at Omdurman, and, after many _privations, crossed the desert to Korosko. They report- ed that when they left Omdurman there were still held captive by the Mahdists at that place nineteen Greeks, eight Syrians, eight Jews and two AuStrian missionaries. Slatin Bey was then holding high post under the Khalifa Abdallah, but ‘was closely watched. Herr Neufelder was kept in chains and compelled to make powder for his cap- tors in the old Austrian mission church at Khartoum. Some of the sisters who were captured by the Mahdists were distributed among the harems, where a number of them died. ——_— MORE SUSPECTS ARRESTED. They Collected Funds for Revolution- ary Meetings in Paris. PARIS, Dec. 27.—Three anarchists, named Rousel, Voght and Thiebault, were arrested here today. They have been in the habit of collecting from door to door subscrip- tions for the so-called soup conferences started by Madame Severins. These soup conferences were simply revolutionary meetings that were mostly attended by members of the dangerous classes, who there obtained soup and bread while they listened to violent tirades against the gov- ernment and the bourgeoisie. When dona- tions were refused the collectors hinted that the anarchists would remember those who refused assistance, and this veiled threat had the desired effect. It is stated that the papers found at the lodgings of Rousel, Voght and Thiebault have given important information, which the police will promptly act upon. The authorities have suppressed the soup conferences. Two other men, named Chat- tillon and Bonnet, were concerned in *he collection of subscriptions, and it is pos- sible that all five of them will be indicted for obtaining money under false pretenses. It seems that much of the money collected ostensibly for the soup conferences was spent in riotous living by the collectors. They made rich hauls on December 24 and Christmas day, some persons being fright- ened into giving money to them, while others gave with the idea that they were helping a worthy charity. —_—_ IN THE RACE FOR ’96. Gov. Stone of Missouri Regarded as a Presidential Possibility. ST. LOUIS, Dec. 27.—Gov. Stone was in St. Louis last night, and the word has gone round that he is working up a boom for the democratic nomination for President in 186. At the La Clede Hotel last night Col. H. A. Guinzberg, a member of the governor's staff and president of the American Ticket Brokers’ Association, positively asserted to a United Press reporter that the governor was in the race and that he had been prom- ised support from states pf the south and southwest. The general feeling of opposi- tion to Cleveland's policy on silver in the western states, according to Col. Guinzberg, bas been turned to good account by the governor's friends, and he has also been en- abled to call to his aid the representatives of the southern states who took part in the recent silver convention held in this city. With these aids, the governor's friends hope to present him to the next convention as the candidate of the west and south. i TO RAISE THE SENECA. Skilled Men to Go Down to Havana From New York. NEW YORK, Dec. 27.—The Ward line steamer Yucatan, which sails for Havana at 3 o'clock this afternoon, takes with her about twenty skilled men from the Merritt Wrecking Company and a large quantity of wrecking apparatus, including the tack- les, pumps, boilers, etc., with which to raise the steamer Seneca, which was re- cently scuttled and sunk in the harbor of Havana. Captain Bennis, superintendent of the Ward compeny, and Captain Sharp of the Merritt Wrecking Company proceeded to Cuba yesterday by way of Tampa, Fla. age ee MINISTER BAKER PROTESTS. Forced War Loans Collected From Americans in Nicaragua. NEW YORK, Dec. 27.—The Herald's Ma- nagua, Nicaragua, special says: The gov- ernment of Nicaragua has been collecting forced war loans from American citizens | resident here, in violation of the treaty. United States Minister Baker made a vig- orous protest against such proceedings. Policarpa Bonilla, who returned to Ni- caragua cn December 17, has gone to the frontier, near Somotillo, to head off the Hondurznian insurgents, who have in- vaded Honduras. Manuyl Bonilla has laid siege to Cho- luteca, and the Nicaraguan troops are massing at the north to lend assistance. —_———_ TO KILL THE SENATE. Scheme of the Socialists in a French Village. PARIS, Dec. 27.—The socialist members of the municipal council of Saint-OQuen-Sur- Seine, a village four miles north of Paris, have chosen delegates for the senatorial elections, who have agreed to deposit blank voting tickets tn the electoral returns in the hope that they may influence other iel- egates to follow their examples, and that thus in the course of time the idea of de- | positing blank ballots may become univer- sal, and the senate may die from inanition. ———- South Africans Resist the Whit: JOHANNSBERG, South Africa, Dec. 27. A conflict has occurred between the na- tives and the Europeans employed at the Witwatersrandt mine. Sticks, stones and assegais were used by the combatants, and a hundred men were wounded, six of them seriously. ‘The police eventually dispersed the rioters. —— Movements of Steamships. HAVRE, Dec. 27.—Sailed, Moravia, New York. BREMERHAVEN, Dec. 27.—Arrived, Ha- vel, New York. AT THE WHITE HOUSE. Special Preparations Made for the Social Season. « Imprevements in the Red Parlor— Made Under Mrs. Cleveland’s Su- pervision—List of Events. The White House has been specially pre- pared for the social season, which opens, as usual, with the reception on New Year day, and it has never been in better condition for the purpose. The principal change in the mansion is in the red pazlor, which has @ general improvement under the personal su- pervision of Mrs. Cleveland, who generally uses it as her private parlor. Since its teno- vation the ceiling and walls are of delicate yellow, with a jeweled effect. Carved ma- hogany casings have been added to the doorways to correspond with the massive mantels of the same wood. The carpet is @ warm scarlet, having a delicate tracery of gray. The familiar antique furniture has been freshly upholstered with scarlet dam- ask, in which there is a striking gray figure. The heavy window draperies falling over the lace curtains are of the same material. The grill work over the windows is of ma- hogany, and the inside shutters are of the same wood. In far corners of the room, near the windows, are two large palms on scarlet velvet pedestals, and a large ma- hogany table supports a handsome silver lamp, with a scariet umbrella shade, which sheds a soft, warm light over the beautiful apa>tment. A large life-size portrait of ex- President Arthur hangs on the wall of this room. . The Official Entertainments: The following is an ofticial list of dates of receptions, &c., at the Executive Mansion; during the season of 18v4: Monday, January 1—President’s reception, 11 a. m. to 2 p. m. Thursday, January 4—Cabinet dinner. Thursday, January 11—Diplomatic recep- tion, ¥ p. m. to 11 p. m. Thursday, January 18—Diplomatic dinner. Saturday, January 20—Mrs. Cleveland's reception, 3 p. m. to 5 p. m. Thursd: January 235—Congressional and Judicial reception, 9p. m. to 11 p. m. P. ‘Thursday, February 1—Supreme Court din- ner. Saturday, February 3—Army, navy and marine corps reception, 9 p. m. to 11 p. m. Tuesday, February 6—Public reception, ¥ P._m: to 12.p. m. The program for receptions on New Year day is similar to those of past years. Col. J. M. Wilson, commissioner of public buildings and grounds, will have general Supervision of the arrangements for all these receptions, and Capt. William L. Pitcher, eighth infantry, will assist him in making the presentations. Capt. Pitcher takes the place of Lieut. Parker of the navy under the last administration. Invitations Being Prepared. Invitations for the events mentioned above are now being distributed. No cards are is- sued for the New Year reception, the public announcement in the newspapers being re- ®arded as a sufficient notification. Formal invitations are used, however, for all the other state occasions. The cards for the diplomatic corps are distributed by the Sec- retary of State, all the others going direct from the Executive Mansion, excepting those for the army, navy and marine corps, who are notified by general order issued by — War and Navy Departments, respect- ively. The cards for the coming season are sim- flar in general form and phraseology to those used in previous years. are beautifully engraved and bear the Presi- dent’s crest in red at the head. One card is used for the receptions in honor of the diplo- matic corps, the Congress and the judiciary and the army and navy. Separate cards are used for each of the state dinners. Gen. Schofield’s Order. Maj. Gen. Schofield issued the following general order today: “Officers of the army in this city will as- semble, in full uniform, at the commanding general's office, by or before 11:30 a. m., Monday, January 1, 1894, and proceed thence to the Executive Mansion, to pay their re- spects to the President of the Untted States. “Officers on the retired list will form ac- cording to rank immediately behind the major general commanding the army, and his personal staff. Officers on the active list will form immediately behind the re- tired officers, by corps and regiments in the order given in the Army Register. “The formation will be under direction of the adjutant general.” THE PALMETTO TRADE MARK. The Commissioner of Patents Appeal Brief Ready to Be Filed. The appeal brief of the commissioner cf patents in the case of the application of the state of South Carolina for trade mark cf dispensary whisky, has been prepared, and will be filed probably tomorrow. The brief is the result of the labor of Levin H. Camp- bell, law clerk of the patent office, who, with John I. Hall, is also counsel for the commissioner of patents. Several months ago an application for the registration of an alleged trade mark, “Palmetto,” was filed in the patent office in the name of the state of South Carolina, signed by B. R. Tillman, goverror of said state. The application was denied. Whereupon, the applicant petitioned the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia for an alterna- tive writ of mandamus, directed to the com- missioner of patents, to command him to register the alleged trademark to the rela- tor. The court ordered a rule to show why the writ should not issue, as prayed by the petitioner. The commissioner demurred to the petition, and the court overruled the demurre: Thereupon the commissioner filed an answer explaining why he refused to register the alleged trademark. Where- upon the petitioner moved the court to in the return. The motion was granted, an order made by the court directing @ peremptory writ of mandamus to issue to the commissioner commanding him to reg- ister the trademark and make return to the court within twenty days. The brief in question then sets forth six assignments of error, SE EERE enecenEEEEEEiEe The Tobacco Rebate Frauds. Acting Secretary Hamlin of the Treasury Department today directed that the orders he yesterday sent to Collector Kilbreth of New York to suspend, until further notice, all reliquidations in tobacco cases and all reliquidations under the tariff act of 1883, should be repeated to all other ports in the United States where like cases might arise. These forts are: Koston, Philadelphia, Bal- timore, New Orleans and San Francisco. Mr. Hamlin is in daily consultation with the Department of Justice, and in all the steps he 1s taking in connection with these rebate irregulerities, is acting under the advice of the Attorney General's offic +e High School Reunions, The young ladies of the class of ’87 have prepared a pleasant set out for the young lady members of their graduating class, and this evening an informal lunch will be tendered at the Down Town Club, a large attendance on the part of graduates being anticipated. Miss Louise -Saxton is engineering the affair. The class of ’90 is living yet and this evening expects to make the parlors of the National Hotel ring out with the toasts and speeches in honor of their re- united classmates. The executive commit- tee has completed all arrangements and Miss Mortimer, the secretary, is of the opinion thi the attendance will be very satisfactory. President Herbert Locke ex- pects a large representation from the grad- uates of ‘92 at the gathering at National Rifles’ Armory <his evening. "93 will un- doubtedly turn out the largest representa- tion, as the graduates of the Central, East- ern and Western will come together as one class tomorrow evening at National Rifles’ Armory. This will be the grandest and the most expensively prepared reunion of any high school graduating class, and the fol- lowing young ladies and gentlemen, on the executive committee, have been untiring in their efforts to make it a success: Misses Lois Sherman, F. M. Muir, Kate Lam- borne, N. Stetson, L. H. Grim, K. Evans, Eunice H. Welch, L. H. Diver, L. L. Plant, L. H. Jones, Mary I, Kelly, Mable H. Swingle, M. G. Mahr, Katie McNaught, N. B. Huntington, Jessie W. Rawlings, Mabel French and Virginia Brown; Messrs. Jos. Finckel, C. A. Johnson, F. E._ Skinner, Fred. C. Stutz, H. H. Adams, Daniel B. Street, W. H. Johnson, R. P. Shealey, B. C. Davis, Edgar A. Shilling, 8S. Duncan Bradley, George R. Linkins, D. M. Ed- wards and Guy E. Davis. The proposed plan of having the three classes of '04 meet in a body during the holidays has fallen through. STAR READERS AND THE POOR. /XMAS ENTERTAINMENTS Let All Subscribe Something, No Mat- ter How Little. Subscribers of The Star who desire to take.part in the general movement to re- Meve destitution in the city can send their contributions to the general committee through the collectors of The Star when they call to make their monthly collections. it is desired that all who can shall make a epntributien every month for three months. Let every one give something if it is only a dime. The contribution should be placed im an envelope with the accompanying coupon, properly filled, and handed to The Star's collector. ‘Those who desire to do so may send the envelopes directly to ‘he Star office instead of waiting for the collector. COUPON. THE STAR SUBSCRIBERS’ FUND. 283 zit aie inf ii a3 lei yg @ se eee aes Sz BAS W wEo i O BEx tan) ofa, 44g w So ken «Fes 2 Hees oakas Porat ele eas FOR THE RELIEF OF THE POOR. —— TO BE RETIRED. One at Full Pay and the Other at Half Farlough Pay. sj Before leaving the city on his ducking trip the President disposed of the cases of Lieut. Samuel L. Graham and Lieut. Charles A. Btone, officers of the navy recently examin- ed for retirement. The board in the case of Lieut. Graham found that he is incapaci- tated for further active service, and that his incapacity is incident to the service. They recommended that he be retired at full re- tired pay. In the case of Lieut. Stone the board reported that he is disabled for fur- ther active service, but that his incapacity is not incident to the service. They there- fore recommended that he be retired on half furlough pay, amounting in his case to $900 per annum. The President approved the re- port of the board in each case. Lieut. Stone made a strong effort to show that his disability was the result of his services in the navy, but failed to do so. It was not, however, the result of bad habits. Lieut. Stone is in the employ of Carnegie & Co., and ts said to receive $5,000 a year for his services. a es The African Transcontinental Tele- graph Line. W. Stanley Hollis, United States consul at Mozambique, reports to the State De- partment that material for extending the African transcontinental telegraph line, which already runs from the Cape of Good Hope to Fort Salisbury, in Mashonaland, has been received at Chinde, and that an- other vessel is on the way out with more material. “The builders of the line,” says Mr. Holl ‘state that it is their intention to carry it through to Cairo, but no une bea serv with the present state of affairs in East Africa thinks that the line can be carried beyond Uganda. This line will probably cross the Tambesi somewhere in the neighborhood of Tete, and there con- nect with the lines formerly reported.” —————-. No American Flour at Brockville. In response to the State Department cir- cular to all consular officers concerning importations of American wheat and flour James A. Demarest, U. S. consul at Brock- ville, Ontario, reports to the bureau of sta- tistics as follows: “There has not been a pound of American flour or a bushel of American wheat im- ported into my district during any year. The people here are not ready to eat Ameri- can flour with a tariff tax of 75 cents a barrel on it, when they can get as good from their own territories in Manitoba free of duty. The shipping facilities are as good as between New York and Jersey City, but there is no prospect of establishing any trade for American flour when they have 80 much, 80 good, of their own at hom: a epairing the Montgomery. The repairs to the cruiser Montgomery are progressing rapidly at the shipyard of the contractors in Baltimore. At least that is the report made to the Navy Department. The Montgomery received injuries to her hull while on her way to New London for trial in October, which rendered it neces- sary for the trial to be abandoned. A board of officers recently examined the condition of the ship and reports that the repairs have been made in a satisfactory manner. The work or. the cruit bottom has been completed, and the board believes she will be ready for trial by January 15. The con- tractors are said to be confident of eclips- ing the fine record of the Detroit, which beat her sister ship Marblehead by half a knot and gave a premium of $50,000 to the builders, —_——__-e-____ The Texas All Ready. The Secretary of the Navy has been in- formed that the battleship Texas is all ready for the regular dock trial of her en- gines. The chief engineer of the ship re- ports that the engines are working satis- factorily and have recently made sevent: two revolutions a minute at private tri The regular dock trial will probably take Place next week. In case the engines meet the contract requirements, the contractors, the Richmond Machine Company, will re- celve a large portion of their contract price. o——_____ A Signal Officer Appointed. Capt. W. A. Glassford, signal corps, U. 8. A. has been made by War Department orders today chief signal officer, Depart- ment of Colorado, and will report for duty. to Gen. McCook at Denver, Col. ———o+_____ Decrease of the Internal Revenue Re- ceipts. Internal revenue receipts for the first five months of the current fiscal year have de- creased $8,710,760, as compared with the same period of 1892, as is shown by an official statement prepared by Commissioner Miller and forwarded by him to the Sec- xetary of the Treasury today. The aggre- gate figures for the five months are: 18y3, $61,334,310; 1892, $70,045,070. Every source of internal revenue shows ling off, ex- cept oleomargarine, the de; ie being as follows: Spirits, $6,424,446; Tobacco, $2,172,- 130; fermented liquors, $308,989; miscei- laneous, $10,0U2. In oleomargarine an in- crease of $214,357 is shown. The greatest falling off is in whisky, which has de- creased $6,332,789, and in tobacco manu- factured, of all descriptions,which is $1,U21,- 402. In November the receipts were $1,887.- 745 less than for November, 1892. ————__-2-+____—__ Promotions Approved. The President has approved the promotion of the following-named officers to the next higher grade: Commodore J. 8. Skerrett, Capt. Thos. O. Selfridge, Lieut. F. H. De- lano, Lieuts. (junior grade) Jas. H. Glen- . 8. rs, Ensigns J. F. Dewey, Passed Assistant P. Howell and Jas. H. Per- ry, and Assistant Engineers Wm. W. White and Kenneth McAlpine. +--+ —______ Peace Reigns in Mexico. The Mexican minister has informed the Secretary of State that peace reigns throughout the republic of Mexico and that reports to the contrary are circulated by malicious persons for mercenary reasons. ———-_e- To Be Retired. The President has directed the retirement of Surgeon Wm. Martin of the navy and First Lieut. Jas. A. Turner of the marine Sunday Schools Have Trees, Presents and & General Good Time, Little Ones Made Happy With Candy and Other Good Things — Some of the Festivities. Some weeks ago the officers and teachers of St. Mark’s Lutheran Sunday school de- cided to give the children of the school some suitable present for Christmas. The funds im the treasury were not sufficient to do this, so that it was necessary to raise funds specially for this purpose. An entertain- ment, musical and literary, was decided on as the best way of raising this fund, and the proceeds met, if not exceeded, their highest expectations, so that last evening, in celebrating Christmas, there was a pres- ent for every scholar in the school. The school marched into the church dur- ing the singing of the processional hymn, | Come Hither, Ye Faithful, and was then led in prayer by the pastor, Rev. W. H. Gotwald, after which a Christmas hymn was sung and then an address by Mr. Chauncey R. Bottsford, the superintendent of the school, followed by quite a number of recitations by the little folks and sing- ing by the infant class, and then came the lighting of the tree and the distribution of the gifts. The pastor and his wife being also remembered by kind friends, were also presented with suitable and very accept- able gifts. Rev. D. K. Wiseman, from the Church of Our Redeemer, was present and made a few remarks appropriate to the oc- casion. There was a large crowd in at- tendance. The doxology was sung, benedic- tion pronounced, and the happy children went to their homes. Assembly Church. The young folks of the Assembly Pres- | byterian Church, corner of 5th and I streets rorthwest, gathered together in the social room last night to celebrate thelr regular Christmas festival. The room was crowded and the evening passed off merrily with re- citations, songs and other amusements from members of the Sunday school. Among those who took part were Miss Addie Patrick, Miss Mabel Grenville, Miss Edith Grenville, Miss Cynthia Griffin, Miss Rose Bogan, Miss Fern Chapman, Miss Agnes Farres, Miss Flora Patrick and Miss Clara Cluss. Mr. W. S. McArthur, the presi- dent of the Christian Endeavor Union of the District, conducted the music, while Miss Ella Lyman acted as pianist. During the course of the evening Miss Jennie Davis, the assistant superintendent of the primary department, was presented with a hand- some gold pencil by her scholars. All those coming were requested to bring as an ad- mission fee either an apple or a potato, and #0 generous were the contributions of these and other articles that over $100 in pro- visions were raised to be distributed to the poor through the Associated Charities. The entertainment closed with a bountiful sup- ply of ice cream and cake, served by the young ladies. —_—.—_ LEGION OF LOYAL WOMEN. Officers Elected and Preparations for New Year. The Legion of Loyal Women have elected the following officers for the ensuing year: President, Mrs. Ruth G. Blasland; past president, Mrs. Maria H. Weisner; vice president, Mrs. Fanny Pomeroy; recording secretary, Mrs. Laura V. McCullough; cor- responding secretary, Miss Helen B. Mat- thews; financial secretary, Miss Mary H. Brady; treasurer, Miss Helen R. Holmes; chaplain, Mrs. Annie Garrison; herald, Miss Belle R. Houghton; page, Miss Jennie E. Manning; warder, Miss Florence L. Per- kins; sentinel, Mrs. Helen A. Engle; pianist, Mrs. Elizabeth A. Hilton. The members are busily engaged in plan ning a grand rr time for themselves and friends at thé New Year reception which they propose holding at their new head- quarters, 419 10th street northwest, which Will doubtless be most popular rendez- vous on that day. The informal meeting of the legion to be held at headquarters at 7:30 o'clock Friday evening, to perfect ar- rangements, will, it is anticipated, be un- usually large and interesting, as all mem- bers are to participate in the reception, and are expected therefore to take an active part in these preliminaries. In view of the distress prevailing among the poor of the city, members and friends have been requested to send special do- nations of clothing, &c., to headquarters during the holidays, and further steps will be taken Friday evening to the end that New Year gifts may be made for the same | purpose. een aan J Roney’s Estate. The will of the late John Roney, bearing date of February 16, 1886, with codicils, was filed today. He directs the sale of his stock of liquors, &c., to pay his liabilities, and the remainder to his sister Ann and daughter, Kate Fogarty. He leaves two brick houses, 49 and 51 C street southeast, to Wm. Mur- ray of New Orleans, two frame houses, 53 and 655 G street, to Jane Quinn, and Wm. Murray is named as executor. The codicil of February 15, 1887 revokes the bequest to Kate Fogarty and leaves her house 323 Ist street southeast, and leaves all the remain- der of his personal property to his sister Ann. The codicil of February 15, 18u0, re- vokes the clause of the will as to his sister Ann and leaves his personalty to his sister Ann, nieces Jane Quinn and Kate Fogarty, and nephew Wm. Murray; changes the clause leaving houses 53 and 55 to his niece Jane Quinn to a life estate, with reversion to her children. The petition of Mr. Mur- ray for the probate of the will states that Mr. Roney died on the 14th instant; that his sole heir is Ann Murray, living in England. Mr. Roney formerly conducted the Bull’ Head saloon at 18th and C streets north- west, and, in 1891, he was was adjudged a lunatic and a committee on his estate ap pointed. —__ Affray Among Poles at Detroit. DETROIT, Mich., Dec. 27.-A shooting and cutting affray occurred among a party of nine Poles in Papski’s saloon, corner of Wesson and Norton avenues, in the western part of the city, last night. The party had been drinking heavily and finally got into a fight in which revolvers and knives play- ed a prominent part. Albert Gerautt was shot in the back, and was taken to St. Mary's Hospital. He will probably recover. John Bujack was removed to his home, his head is badly mashed from peeling, and also badly cut. Jacob Bujack, Paul Bujack and Frank Gerautt are locked up in Vine- wood avenue police station, all suffering from severe face and scalp wounds. Jacob Burrow, Martin Capinski, Wejiz Capabiau and J. Swarto were also badly cut, but have managed to elude arrest so far. It is not thought any of the injured men will die. ——_ The Death of Mrs. Geo. W. Boyd. Intelligence of the sudden death in Pnila- delphia of Mrs. Lydia Paxton Boyd, wife of Mr. Geo. W. Boyd, assistant general passenger agent of the Pennsylvania rail- road, has been received in Washington, where both Mrs. Boyd and her husband were so well known, with general mani- festation of deep regret. Mrs. Boyd was a schoolmate of Mrs. McKee, President Harrison’s daughter, and wes a frequent guest at the White House during the last administration. She assisted at many pud- lic functions at the White House, and was @ great favorite in offiaial society. She was the only lady outside of the presidential household that accompanied ex-Presitent Harrison on his celebrated trip to Texas and the Pacific slope in the Spring of 18u1. ————.—_—_ Grant Circle Election. U. 8. Grant Circle, Ladies of the G. A. R., at their regular meeting on Tuesday elect- ed the following officers for the coming year: Nellie C. Royce, president; Annie Keogh, sentor vice president; Cornelia N. Avery, junior vice president; Margaret M. Buckley, treasurer; Mary Houghtalin chaplain; Addie M. Perkins, conductor: Sarah Graham, guard; Florence E. George, delegate to national convention; Margaret Armour, alternate. There will be a public ation of these officers at the Circle 423 G street, January 9, at 8 o'clock. teins The Will of Helena Gerhardt. The will of Helena Gerhardt was filed to- day. She leaves to her children, Mary Sutherland and Joseph E. Gerhardt, her es- tate—one-third to the latter. She names A. E. L. Keese executor. —_—_ In Circuit Court, division 1, Justice Brad- ley, today, the trial of the ‘case of E. B. Hughes agt. John Murphy et al. was re- sumed. CLARK TO BE REMOVED. He Will Cease to Be an Officer on the Bist. ‘Poday the Commissioners received @ communication from Maj. W. G. Moore recommending that ‘Thomas K. Clark, @ Private of class one, be removed from the police force—the removal to take place on the Sist instant. in making the recom- mendation Maj. Moore said that he would recommend his immediate dismissal, but for the fact that he had already received pay for the present month. ‘the charge brought aginst Private Clark ‘was made by Lieut. HK. B. Boyle of the third precinct, who inthe matter of Miss Neilie Knite charges him with conduct un- becoming an officer. ‘rhe recommendation was approved by the Commissioners and the name of Chas. . Beck has been submitted for appoint- Mment—said appointment to take place Jan- ary 1, 2804. —__-—__—_- THE OPERA HOUSE FIGHT. Those Opposed to the Location Se- cure a Further Delay. ‘Those opposed to the location of the new Albaugh Opera House scored a peint this morning, which may result in comiderably delaying the issuing of a permit for the | erection of the theater. | When Treasurer Martin and Dr. C. A. Stakely, pastor of the First Baptist Church, | called late yesterday afternoon cn Commis- | sioner Ross, asking that some of the signers of the Albaugh petition, who had signed without mature consideration and before | they had seen the paper Circulated by the | Columbian University, be allowed to with- draw their names, the Commissioner re- | ferred to an opinion given by District At- torney Thomas as to the withdrawal of the |mame of Vice President Dunlop of the | Washington and Georgetown railway from a saloon license. Mr. Dunlop was refused | permission to take his name from the peti- tion. The matter brought up by the Columbian University, however, was, at their request, | referred to the district attorney for an | opinion, and he has decided that the rules and regulations regarding the licensing of | saloons do not necessarily apply to the | Sssuing of a permit for the erection of a theater. Mr. H. W. Garnett called on Com- missioner Ross this morning, making a pro- test on behalf of Columbian University. Protests to Be Made. The board of trustees of Columbian Uni- versity held a meeting today with special ;Teference to the proposed new theater building. It was decided to enter a formal | protest against the granting on the part of | the District Commissioners of a permit for \the erection of a building for theater pur- | poses on the proposed site. The reasons for } this action will be set forth and the paper j will be filed with the Commissioners. | The board of trustees of the New York Avenue Presbyterian Church at a meet last evening also decided to make a fi protest and send it to the Commissioners inst the granting of the proposed theater To Be Settled Tomorrow. The Albaugh Opera House case will be settled definitely tomorrow morning and the dispute ended by a regular hearing before the Commisioners. Both sides will be pres- ent, through their representatives, and meet the Commissioners tomorrow morning at 11 o'clock. a aed THE CHARITY CONCERT. The Money to Be Probably Turned Over Tomorrow. It was intended by the committee that had charge of the concert given by the United States Marine Band in Convention Hall for the benefit of the poor of the Dis- trict to make a settlement today, but, as all the members were not present, it was decided to wait until tomorrow. The $5 gas bill which the managers of the hall rendered to the committee has been satis- fied by Mr. Charles B. Bailey, secretary of the Washington Gas Light Company, who contributed the amount out of his own pocket, so that the only expenses so far known are the cost of heating the hail and the cost of changing the stage. morning turned over $10 that was sent him by the sisters of the Convent of the Vis- itation in Georgetown in aid of the concert. It is expected that something over $3,900 will be turned over by the committee. ent niemener An All-High Foot Ball Eleven. Now that the foot ball season has termi- nated, as fer as the High School is con- cerned, there has been considerable specu- lation as to what players should be selected for an all-High School team, and after care- ful consideration it has been decided that the following would be the order in which Tight tackle. Taussig. Mills (captain) Lyman. -full back. Business oa and — “i Th nod end and left » Tespectively, could not be more prop- erly placed, and two better players for those positions can not be found in the ranks of the high school. Exley has been putting up an excellent game at right end, but in order to have the Western team represented it was thought best to send him to left guard and fill his place with Taussig, captain of the team from town, who has shown his ability to cover right end most satisfactorily. It will be noticed that the half backs, Lyman and Avis, form rather a light pair, but they are the fleetest of any of the players and it was expected that with the heavy weight of the rush line and the excellent interfer- ence which could be drawn from the line, the positions could not be better filled. ee Attempted Robbery. An attempt was made to rob the store of Mr. W. H. Hough, 1624 7th street north- west, last night about 10:50 o'clock, the thieves having forced the front door. Om- |cer Jennings appeart about thi | the thieves made good thelr eecape. = ——__—— Loeating the Lost Heir to Millions. GALENA, IIL, Dec. 27.—A letter received of Watertown, Dak., locates the lost heir to the estate of the California millionaire. Nicholas Lute. He was a former resident of Galena, who died recently in San Fran- cisco, leaving his fortune to his sister, whose | 1s a widow ard obliged to earn her o | living. Her letter was referred to the torneys in charge of the case. eee A French Naval iry Wanted. PARIS, Dec. 27.—The Lanterne newspaper demands that an inquiry into the French navy be granted owing to the fact that in 1892 sixteen persons who had connection with the marine department, including three Ame-icans and six Englishmen,were present at gun practice at Gavre, while M. Lockroy and other membe-s of the budget committee were not allowed to be present. anslgiasetasia Sliver Speculation at Bombay. BOMBAY, Dec. 27.—The speculation in silver here has collapsed. Those who were speculating for a rise have lost heavily. The natives, who expect that a heavy duty | will be paid on silver at the beginning of the fiscal year. have made their purchases in advance, and other causes have com- bined to knock the bottom out of the spec- ulative movement. —_—_— Will Be Like the Lehigh Strike. TERRE HAUTE, Ind., Dec. 27.—Grand Master Sargent of the Brotherhood of Loco- motive Firemen, recetved last night from the employes’ committee of the Northern Pacific signed articles of federation prepar- atory to a settlement of the wage cut on that system. Should a strike be declared on that road, it is stated by the officials of the Firemen’s Brotherhood that it will be conducted similar to that on the Lehigh —_—__ Chicago Grain Provision Markets. Reported by Silsby & Co., bankers and ik building. brokers, Metropolitan Ban! Ma; ing. Highest ‘Closing. cme Hf a eS moe fe 2 12 ig Chief Parris of the fire department this | R the players would line up in the event of | © the selection of such a team: by the mayor from Mrs. J. Lute Bartlett | whereabouts were unknown. Mrs. Bartlett | [FINANCE AND TRADE —>—___. NEW ENGLAND RECEIVERSHIP TALK Improvement in Prices Net GENERAL MARKET REPORTS. a Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. NEW YORK, Dec. 27.—The lack of pres- Sure to sell, coupled with a moderate in- quiry from foreigners resulted in fractional gains at the opening of today's London's strength was somewhat of a sur- prise as indicetions generally pointed ward a lower level for our securities Profits by the bears, however, was the only stimulant given speculation and prices | yieldcd easily to renewed selling at the ad- vance. The feature of the day was the appoint- meat of Thomas C. Platt as receiver of the New York and New England railroad. The tape had practically foretold such « course and the official announcement caused no surprise. In his the 2 holders. President Mcleod | ania today that his belief in the property was unshaken and that the unfortunate condition of trade throughout the country and the inability | to secure a New York terminal were the real cause of the road's present embarrass- men After opening off 3-8 per cent to 14 3-4 the price of the stock dropped to 12 and then rallied on covering by the room on the theory that the street had the decline. The curtailing of short contracts resulted - od wooed ALT per cent to 751-8 for jurlington an Island and gained 13-8 and 11-8 per cent —* —. and ad- Western Caton was taken in venced to 821-2, a gain of 1 the opening. gal ber cent from Vile the coverin: of shorts in the spe- clalties was marking up prices attacks on other stocks were having the opposite ef- fect. Nashville was sold down to 443-8, wy Ta General Electric lost 3 per cent to 341-2 and e industrials, with the ex of above stocks, were strong and Chicago Gas gained 13-4 per cent to ene The day's trading while somewhat irregu- lar in character showed the presence of only one element and that one adverse to any improvement in stock ues. The forengn exchange market was weak at al per cent reduction from yesterday's quotations. Brown Brothers posted rates at 486 1-2. There is no demand for bills and January demands have been. satis- fied by importers, so that sellers have to make some concessions in price. Money on call ruled at 1 per ¢ent, i time Icans, good for six months, were of- — at 3 per cent. e clearing house statement shows ex- changes, $93,611,647; balances, $4,400,528, — oo subtreasury’s debit balsnce, The only feature of the afternoon's trad- ing was a bad break in Electric to 31 1-4, which stayed the rally in the bal- ance of the list and left prices generally — as a result of the day's opera- ns, The London Market. LONDON, Dec. 27., 4 p. m—Consols, 98 for money and 98 1-8 for the account; N. ¥. P. and O. firsts, 17 1-8; Canadian Pacific, 73 7-8; Erie, 14 7-8; Erie seconds, 37; Mmi- 92 |nois Central, 34 3-4; St. | Central, 101 i if > - FINANCIAL AND COMMBPRCIAL. oe ba The follows: ‘be Opening. the Jowert snd the ‘closing pricey of the Keer Nene Stock market today, as ed Corson & Macartney. ~_ New 3 ——.. ts jesere. BSebley, Ni Broadway: Open. Bites. © Clone. Sy Rie Ry De m BE 2 Se Oe Oe iL 3 is a & & fe we mF fe wg aie* 6 116. ed a oe FE ize 2 =- & & & af 4 His’ 8s « hattan Elevated. 34 x & oneee LN 208% Ue Ye: oo BS juz! & Mex: im Im 17 % --* 7 as 1% idk, 4 3 ss 13 135 134 15) 136 ble Sls “y Washington Stock Exchange. Government Bonds.—U, 8. 4s, registered, 1907, 112 bid, 113% asked. U.S. 4s, coupon, 1907, 113% bid, 114 asked. District of Columbia Bonds.—20-year fund | 5s, 105 bid. Water stock 7s, 1901, currency, 112 bid. 30-year fund 6s, gold, 110 bid. Wa- ter stock 7s, 1908, currency, 118 bid. 3.65, funding, currency, 106 bid, 108% asked. Miscellaneous Bonds.—Washington and Georgetown R. R. conv. @s, 1st, 145 bid, 160 | asked. Washington and Georgetown R. R. conv. 68, 2d, 145 bid, 100 asked. Masonic Hall Association 5s, 102 bid. Washington | Market Company Ist 6s, 105 bid. Washing- |ton Market Company imp. 6s, 104 bid. | American Security and Trust 5s, 1905, A. and ©., 100 bid. American Security and Trust 5s, 1905, F. and A., 100 bid. Ameri- can Security and Trust 5s, 1906, A. and O., 100 bid. Washington Light Infantry ist 6s, 101 asked. Washington Gas Company Gs, series A, 117 bid. Washington Gas Com- pany Gs, series B, 118 bid. Washington Gas Company conv. 6s, 182 bid. Eckington R. R. 6s, 100 asked. Chesapeake and Po- tomac Telephone 5s, %5% bid, 103 asked. Capitol and North O Street R. R. 6s, 101 asked. Metropolitan EK. R. conv. 6s, 100 bid, 105 asked. U. 8S. Electric Light conv. 5s, 107 bid, 115 asked. Natione] Bank Stocks.—Bank of Wash- ington, 200 bid, 350 asked. Bank of the Re- public, 240 asked. Metropolitan, 260 bid, 300 asked. Second, 135 bid. Farmers and Mechanics’, 170 bid. Citizens’, 140 bid, 175 asked. Columbia, 115 bid, 130 asked. Capi- tal, 110 bid. West End, 101 asked. Tra- ders’, 100 bid. Lincoln, 95 asked. |. Mt litan, 80 bid, asked. Columbia, ) bid, 70 asked. Capitol and North O Street, 30 asked. Georgetown and Tenallytown, 35 asked. m Insurance Stocks.—Firemen’s, Franklin, $5 bid. tional 38 bid. Union, 18 asked.