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activity in building up and consolidating their power along the western shores of the Pacific ocean and in the islands of the South Pacific. We have also extended our treaty relations to Corea, Siam, Persia and Madagascar, with a view to @ future possible trade with all the coun- tries of Asia and Australasia. Our trans- an isthmian canal shall havefurnished quick- er and cheaper carriage by steam vessels for freight and passengers we will find pow- erful rivals in the field both by way of the Isthmus of Darien in South America and the Puget sound in British Columbia. The stimulus thus given to commerce on the ge of production between all these great countries, until that trade will equal if it doesn't exceed the value of the com- merce across the Atlantic. “The Hawaiian Islands afford the only stopping place in a distance of twenty thou- sand miles between our coast and those of Japan, Corea and China, and from Panama to the heart of those countries they are in almost the direct line of travel. They are on the meridian which touches the western shore of Alaska and may be said to be Properly within the area of the physical and the political geography of the United States. They are nearer to us than to any ether great power. Influences of a social and religious character, through which these islands were in fact opened up to Modern civilization, have drawn the people closely to us, and they feel that they have greatly profited by the sympathy and con- sideration of the American people for their ‘well being as a nation. “These close and cordial relations between the people of the two countries, in respect to which the government also is in earnest sympathy, strongly forbids that we should abandon our reciprocal commerce or avert our attention or withdraw our sympathies from the Hawailin people. Whether in an honorable and peaceful rivalry for the com- merce of the countries bordering on the Pacific ocean, or in the protection of our own commerce or cur coasts, in case of war with any great maritime power, our relations with the government of Hawatt, consistent with its independence and au- tonomy, could not become tog intimate for our own welfare. A single fact of many will suffice to illustrate this proposition. ‘The kingdom of Hawaii is the only govern- ment in the North Pacific ocean that is mot a colonial dependent of some great wer in Europe or Asia, and it is there- fore the only neutral power in the North Pacific ocean.” This report was ultimately adopted by the Senate, and the treaty was continued with the provision, however, which ultimately led to the grant of a coaling station at Pearl harbor, which has long been regarded as one of the most valuable strategic ints ever obtained by this government. e minority report of the committee was signed by Senators Sherman and Brown of Georgia, who argued solely upon financial yunds, that the reciprocity treaty with wail was not profitable to the United States, and urged its abrogation as a means to secure better arrangement in the future. —— NEARLY LOCKED IN. She Might Have Spent the Night in a Senate Gallery. « There was an unwilling prisoner in the Senate gallery this afternoon, and had it mot been for a fortunate accident a timid little woman might have spent a night of terror in that dread wilderness. There is a certain little newspaper woman in town, ‘who, by dint of perseverance and early ris- ing, has managed to secure a claim on :he seat in the northeast gallery in the Senate immediately adjoining the press gallery. It is only by her constant watching of the doors that she manages to maintain this position. The Senate went into an execu- tive session suddenly before 1 o'clock today and the little woman was forced to retire from the gallery in such haste that she left one of her mittens on the seat. It so happened that the doorkeeper of that gallery has been away for some time and has not been accustomed to attending that particular door, which is never opened for en adjournment. The Senate adjourned im- mediatetly after coming from executive ses- sion, and acting under an impulse the door- keeper opened the portals of this particular gallery just long enough for the newspaper ‘woman to make a quick entrance in search of the mitten. Without noticing her the doorkeeper, finding that the Senate had ad- jJourned, closed the doors and locked them, nd when she returned from her seat she found that she was a prisoner in the gallery. Here was a horrible dilemma. There were Senators on the floor, and enough remnant of the senatorial courtesy existed to make her hesitate about calling out. By the time that she had summoned the courage to make an outcry the doorkeepers had all gone, the floor was deserted and she was in @ sad predicament. Suddenly an angel ap- peared on the scene without wings, but with @ very powerful grip on Providence. He was in the form of one of the messen- ger boys attached to the press of the gal- lery of the Senate, who had entered the gal- lery to clear up the paper and ink wells, and who was considerably frightened at the spectacle of a woman making herself very audible. The boy summoned Cliff Warden, the doorkeeper of the gallery, who brought his brain to bear on the problem. The !ittle ‘woman had natural objections to climbing the wire fence that separates the two gal- Jeries. Had she been a man the solution of the problem would have been easy. But she wasn’t. She also objected to climbing round on the ledge. Under these circum- stances there was nothing to do but to open the door or to let her stay there all night. To the eternal glory and renown of the doorkeepers be it said that the door was opened. But this was not accomplished "n- til some time had been spent in finding the particular man who had the particular key that opened that particular door, and the little woman passed a very bad half hour that she will remember to her dying day. : DISAPPEARED WITH $200,000. Walter Campbell, President of the I- ois Electrical Forgi Co. CHICAGO, Jan. 3.—Walter Campbell, resident of the Illinois Electrical Forging Company, has disappeared, and many stock- holders in the alleged company, whose sub- scriptions amount altogether to $215,000, are looking for him. The Boston Electrical Forging Company, ‘well known east, had an exhibit at the ‘world’s fair of a model of welding by means of electricity, and Campbell secured state rights of the patent for Illinois. A corpo- tation was formed, Campbell naming him- self as one of the incorporators, while the ethers were mere business acquaintances, used as figureheads. Uuder the terms ot the negotiation with thé Boston firm the latter was to receive 25 per cent of the stock in the new concern for the Illinois right. Campbell himself was to be the principal stockholder, his claim being 50 per cent of the stock. He managed to collect altogether over $100,000 while the company was being formed. Among those whom he has swin- @ied are President Bush of the Bank of THE EVENING STAR, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 3, 1894-TWELVE PAGES. LATE NEWS BY WIRE. |4 BRILLIANT AFFAIR. Stam READ Startling Developments in the Bar- rowoliffe Mystery. FRIEND OF THE . VICTIM SUSPECTED, Flight of a Young Man Who Knew Her Intimately. A WITNESS DISAPPEARS. NEW YORK, Jan. 3.—A startling develop- ment in the mystery attending the assault on Miss Barrowcliffe in Jersey City’s out- skirts was brought to light at police head- Quarters in Jersey City today. The police have been sifting clews to the young woman’s assailant since the assault was committed, last Friday night, and a strong suspicion was raised against a young man who was known to have been an inti- mate friend of the unfortunate young wo- man. Last night Detective Dalton of the Jersey City police procured a warrant for the ar- rest of the young man, whose name the police refuse to divulge. He started out this morning to serve the warrant, but re- turned to headquarters in a few minutes by the news that the suspected man had Chief Smith of the Jersey Cit: lice, when asked about the matter, refused to Yolo, Woodland county, Cal, who pur- chased stock to the vaiue of $20,0U0; H. J. Thompson of Chicago, $10,000; Oliver Rice, Lewiston, Ill, $20,000. While at Lewiston Campbell induced a merchant named Phelps and his son Wil- Mam to pay $115,000 in notes for the worth- less stock. From Lewiston Campbell went east, where be successfully discounted the notes given fom something over $100,000. Since then nothing is known of his move- ments. —>____ SUGAR’S LOW PRICE. Culmination of the Declin! eney in the Product. PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 3.—The recent de- lining tendency in sugar prices culminated yesterday in a cut of 1-4 cent a pound in granulated, which brought the net price below the lowest quotation on record. The price was fixed at 4 cents, less a re- bate of 3-16 and 2 per cent discount to cash buyers, so that the net cost to jobbers was 8.74 cents per pound. The lowest previous Brice was 4 cents less the cash discount, in the fall of 1891, shortly after the re- moval of the duties on raw sugars, and at the time of the Spreckles competition with the local refineries outside of the sugar trust. At that time, however, there was no Febate, such as now allowed under the terms of agreement between the refiners and the wholesale grocers; and the cur- Fent price is, therefore, the lowest ever touched on refined sugar. —_—— Diverce Granted. Justice Hagner today granted a decree of @ivorce to Mrs. Georgie S. Stewart in her bill against Frank I. Stewart, giving her the custody of her child and her maiden name of Tennyson, on the ground of cruel ueaunent by husband. Tend- say anything about it. It was learned from Sood authority, however, that the police were aware of the whereabouts of the mys- terious young man, and it was said that he would be under arrest before night. Ennis, the man arrested for as- saulting Miss Barrowcliffe, nas not yet been identified, and is still locked up at the first Precinct station house. Louis Clemm, who is said to have seen a man running through West Side avenue at 6:30 o'clock on Friday night, cannot now be found. It seems he was married on New Year eve, and went, with his wife, to live in New York, so as to be near his work. Officers over there are now trying to hunt him up. Not much credence is placed in Clemm's story, because he was at home and was washed and ready for his supper at 6:45 P. m. It was but a few minutes before that time that Miss Barrowcliff’s screams were heard, and when Clemm met the man who asked him if he had anything to eat in his dinner basket, he was near the Catholic cemetery, which is nearly half a mile from where Miss Barrowcliff was assaulted. Miss Barrowcliff is in about the same condition, and unable, as yet, to talk coher- ently. —-___ MISS PETTY’S MURDER. Two Men Arrested Charged With Complicity in the Newark Tragedy. NEWARK, N. J., Jan. 3.—Edward Cor- bally and John Dunn were arrested at an early hour this morning charged with com- Plicity in the murder of Miss Elizabeth Pet- ty. Corbally is a wood polisher and has been identified as the man who came out of a gate on Commerce street at an early hour Tuesday morning. The statement that a man had been seen coming out of the alleyway of Miss Petty’s home was made by a lad named Miller. He said he was going to his home, four doors below the house occupied by the murdered woman, when he heard a gate slammed,and saw a man go up Commerce street. He de- scribed the man as being tall and wearing a short jacket. When Corbally was arrested young Miller was taken to the police station, where he identified Corbally as the man he saw going up the street. Corbally says he was in the house next to the one occupied by Miss Pet- ty on Tuesday night. There were several other young men and women there, and about 2 o’clock Wednesday morning he went out to get a pail of beer. He says he was not at the house on Tuesday morning. Young Miller is positive in his identification. ———_—_——-- BADGER GAME AT MINNEAPOLIS. Fred Chamber: on Trial for Rob- ‘bi m Old Ma: MINNEAPOLIS, Jan. 3.—The trial of Fred. Chamberlain, charged with robbery of personal articles from Director Holbrook of the Bank of Minneapolis, was begun yes- terday. This case has been a matter of great sen- sation locally, on account of the remarkable and strange circumstances that surrounded the alleged robbery. Another charge, that of assault, has also been made against Chamberlain. Holbrook told how he had a mere speaking acquaintance with a woman named Zueblin, who claims to be the wife of Chamberlain. He said that on the 14th of last August she invited him into her room, under pretense of showing him se- curity for a loan she wished to get. While there she placed herself in a more or less compromising position with him and before he could extricate himself the “outraged husband” appeared on the scene with a drawn revolver, and threatened Holbrook’s life. The latter is a man of seventy and was at the mercy of his foe, who placed the gun against the old man’s breast and told him to pray for his soul or give up $50,000. Finally Chamberlain made him sign notes to the amount of $20,0v0, ee DEATHS AT NEW YORK. Col. Floyd Clarkson and Adolph L. Sanger Succumb. NEW YORK, Jan. 3.—Col. Floyd Clark- son died suddenly yesterday afternoon from heart failure at his residence, No. 48 East 66th street. Col. Clarkson was a well- known figure in New York. He was com- mander of the G. A. R. of the state of New York. He was succeeded by Gen. Greeley. He was prominent in Loyal Legion circles and was a member of the Seventh Regi- ment Veteran Association. Adolph L. Sanger, a prominent lawyer and ex-president of the board of aldermen, died at his residence here today of pneu- monia. — -- SUFFOCATED BY SMOKE. Three Lives Lost in a Fire in New York City. NEW YORK, Jan. 3.—Three lives were lost in a fire which occurred last night in the building on the corner of Pearl street and Ccenties Strip. The dead are: Flor- ence Mullally, twenty-one years old; Merty Moore, sixty years old, and Florence De Egan, twenty-one years old. All were suf- focated by the smoke. There were about fourteen people in the building when the flames were discovered. The fire was put out in half an hour. The loss is small. ae CONVICTION OF HOWARD. Result of the Second Trial of the In- ternational Swindler. JACKSON, Tenn., Jan. 3.—‘Rev.” How- ard, alias John Lord Moore, the interna- tional swindler, who had been on trial the second time for violating United States postal laws, was found guilty this morning on twenty-two counts of the indictment. BRICE AND NEAL. They Will Respond to the Leading Toasts at Colu is on Janary 8. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. COLUMBUS, Ohio, Jan. 3.—Senator Brice will respond to the toast “The National Democracy” at the Jackson Club banquet here next Monday evening. Ex-Gov. Campbell writes that he cannot be here. None but Ohio democrats have been in- vited to speak. The list of speakers in- cludes M. E. Ingalls, Jno. L. Vance, E. B. Finley, Congressmen Donovan and Hare, Cc. M. Anderson, Irvine Dungan, W. B. Ritchie, E. B. Eshelman and L. 'T. Neal, the defeated candidate for governor. Mr. Neal's toast is “The Ohio Democracy.” Seca Gone to Seek Colgate. SPOKANE, Wash., Jan. 3.—Another re- lief party started for the Bitter Root moun- tains yesterday to hunt for George Col- gate, the lost member of the Carlin party. In the party was the eighteen-year-old son ef the lost man. A fund sufficient, they say, to keep them for several months has been raised. They propose to traverse the mountains until they find Colgate, dead or alive. The Wedding of Senator Faulkner at Hampton Today. The Town Filled With His Frienés— All Attest the Popularity of Miss Whiting—Details of the Event. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. HAMPTON, Va., Jan. 3, 1804.—The mar- Ylage of Senator Faulkner of West Vir- ginia and Miss Virginia Whiting of Vir- ginia at Hamptoh today will be one of the ‘ost brilliant nuptial events that has oc- curred in this.state for many years. The wedding ceremony will take place at 5 o'clock this afternoon in the historic church of St. John’s, one of the oldest Places of worship in the United States, it having been built 250 years ago. The dreamy little town of Hampton has proba- bly never, at one time, had so many distinguished statesmen in its midst as are gathered here today to witness the wedding of the West Virginia Senator. The edifice will be entirely inadequate to accommodate the hundreds of Hamp- ton’s citizens who are anxious to witness the wedding, as a goodly portion of it had been reserved for the bridal party. The interior of the church presents a beauti- ful appearance. The chancel is covered with white and everywhere will burn in- numerable candles. Beautiful palms are ranged along the back and sides, but there will be no flowers. Promptly at 5 o'clock the strains of the Lohengrin wedding chorus will be heard and from the vestry will emerge eight maidens, singing the well known lines. Slowly they will march up the aisle to the western entrance. They will wear white organdie slips over pink silk, with pink satin sleeves, and pink slippers. The cho- rus girls are Misses Katherine Tabb, Susie Jones, Eliza Tabb, Emily and Addie Moody, Mattie Jones, Lou Sinclaire and Iimar Von Schilling. Six little pages, Mary Whiting, Mackie and Lilben Young, nieces of the bride, ar- rayed in white organdie Mother Hubbard dresses, and Paul Tabb, Harry Whiting and Thomas Price, resplendent in white duck suits and pink boutonnieres, will pull the six ends of the large white ribbon bow and open the way for the chorus girls. cag d - Miss Virginia Whiting. The bride will lean upon her father’s arm, a vision of stateliness and beauty. Her high-necked gown of white moire is trim- med with point lace flounces, and her veil of the real lace. It is pinned by a gorgeous brooch, containing eighty-two diamonds, the gift of the groom. This brooch can be wern as a necklace also. Her other jewels are pearls. Senator Faulkner, attended by his best man, H. D. Flood of Appomattox, will meet the party at the chancel. Fol- lowing them will come the maid of honor, Miss Mary Phillips of Hampton, attired mest becomingly in white chrysanthemum crepe. Then will come by the north, south and west doors the bridesmaids, Lucy Tabb, Annie Chisman and Nannie Watkins of Hampton, Lulie Critcher of Alexandria, Amelia Pearson of Kentucky, May Faulk- ner (the Senator’s daughter) of West Vir- ginia, Elsie and May Love of Winchester. They will be dressed alike in exquisite gowns of pink chrysanthemum crepe. The gtoom’s attendants will be Congressman Pendleton, Senator Gibson, Senator Chilton, Senator DuBois and Peyton R. Harrison of Virginia, Livingstone Whitney (a brother - ag bride) and William Sproul of Vir- in! The ushers will be Tom and Eldred Jones, Dr. Charles Marrow, George Young, Wors- ham Hudgins and Taylor Ham of Hamp- ton, Mr. Swartz of Baltimore and Conrad H. Simms, the Senator’s private secretary, Senator Faulkner. The entire party, numbering forty-two, will group about the bridal couple in the form of a heart. Rev. Mr. Bryan, the rec-| tor of St. John’s Church, will perform the | ceremony, Mr. Whiting giving his daughter | away. The ceremony over, Senator and Mrs. Faulkner will walk out at the western entrance, followed by the entire bridal party, and will be driven to the Whiting residence, where a reception will be held, only the relatives and immediate friends being present. The house is beautifuily decorated with a profusion of cut flowers and potted plants from the large green houses of the Soldiers’ Home. At 8 o'clock Senator and Mrs. Faulkne: will board the light house steamer “Holly”’ at Old Point and proceed to Norfolk, where a special car, beautifuiy fitted up, will be in waiting to take them to St. Augustine, Fla. There they will remain nearly a fort- night, the car at their disposal until their return to Hampton on Sunday, January 14. rectly to Washington. Owing to a press of business the friends of Senator Faulkner will return to Wash- ington on the evening boat. A Beautiful Southern Type. The bride of Senator Faulkner is a beau- tiful girl of the pure southern type, with large expressive brown eyes, wavy hair and a complexion of olive. She is very graceful and stately. She is fond of dogs and horses, an expert and fearless rider, and, if the Senator has never seen her re- turning from a fox hunt, her dark eyes sparkling with excitenrent, her hair escap- ing with half-disheveled grace from be- neath a jaunty riding hat, her cheeks rosy and radiant from the caresses of the wind, he has yet to look on her in one of her bon Pa moods and most bewitching atti- tudes. That Miss Whiting has had her share of romance goes without saying, but this seems to be the crowning sentiment of her life. Last summer she, with some young friends, visited the home of a brother of the Senator. There the couple met. It was a genuine case of love at first sight on both sides, as the marriage of the two six months afterward shows. Senator Faulk- ner has been very quiet since the death of his wife, three years ago, and has not sought the society of ladies. He is com- paratively a young man, being but forty- six years of age, while Miss Whiting is twenty-five. Her Trou: aU. Never before, perhaps, has a bride left this rural town with such a trosseau as that which fill the endless number of trunks of Miss Whiting. Before they were finally locked and strapped, the eyes of Miss Whit- ing’s girl friends feasted on underwear, fil- my and delicate, fit for a princess of the realm, and gowns such as never saw the light in Hampton before. There are dinner After a brief sojourn there they will go di- | Let All Subscribe Something, No Mat- ter How Little. 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FOR THE RELIEF OF THE POOR. ——————————_—_—_—_—_—_—_——S gowns, reception gowns, and delicately tint- ed creations for full dress. The wedding costume alone, with its appurtenances and laces, cost $1,000. All these details were de- signed by the fair young gir) who is about to be launched into tne whirl of Washing- ton society. Her first invitation is for the first cabinet Ginner to be given by President and Mrs. Cleveland. Since the death of her mother Miss Whit- ing has presided over her father’s home in @ most charming and acceptable manner. To her is due very much of the success in social affairs at Hampton. Born to be a leader, circumstances have aided her in many ways. She has traveled considerably, and brought new ideas and original meth- ods of life into the midst of her admiring circle of friends. Added to these charac: istics are her lovable disposition, her untir- ing efforts for sweet charity’s sake and the utter absence of ostentation d personal No one can doubt that she pos- strong hold upon the hearts of her This morning scores of her girl friends are flitting in and out anxious to spend some of the waning hours with Jennie, as most of them call her, and most pathetic of all a loving father feels that the bright Jewel of his beautiful home has left him. Of course hundreds of wedding gifts have been received at the Whiting residence. The United States Senate presented the bride with a complete silver service. It is in low Japanese style in hammered silver. Kirk came over with special designs, and the service was made to order. Mrs. Faulkner, the Senator's mother, sent a nest of cut glass dishes. An endless array of silver, cut glass and rare bric-a-brac has been received. Twenty-three hundred invitations to the wedding were issued outside of Hampton. DISTRICT IN CONGRESS, Reported Favorably. Senator Proctor today reported favorably from the District committee the House bill 4671, making service connection with water mains and sewers in this city. Incorporation Laws. 7 Mr. Heard today introduced a bill in th House, by request, amending the general incorporation law of the District by pro- viding that any corporation heretofore or- ganized under clause 2 of that act may re- new its charter for any stated number of years or become perpetual by filing in the office of the recorder of deeds a certificate of its trustees to that effect signed by them No Meeting. There was no meeting of the House Dis- trict committee today on account of the ab- sence of a quorum. Mr. Wheeler, the new clerk of the committee. will arrive in the city from Missouri tomorrow and a meet- ing will be called for next Wednesday. Chairman Heard is now in the city. District Bill. The subcommittee of the House com- mittee on appropriations having charge of the District of Columbia appropriation bill resuméd its work upon the bill this morn-. ing. Hearings were given to the District Commissioners and other officials of the local government to explain the various items in the bill touching their respective departments. The Convergence of Parallel. Mr. Hooker of Mississippi has introduced a bill in the House, by request, appropriat- ing $25,000 “for the execution of the Ana- costia statue of George Washington, by Theophilus Fisk Mills, and for the modeis, in metal, for the National Museum, showing degrees of measure in the nature and con- vergence of parallel." Ten thousand dol- lars of the sum is to be advanced for the furtherance and completion of the wax. The bill also authorizes the Secretary to furnish the public libraries with ‘Theophilus Fisk Mills’ work on the Creation, &¢, at the rate of three books for $1. - > Work » he Monitor. Another armoi _.ate test will take place at the Indian Head proving grounds in a | few days. The plate to be tested varies in ! thickness from 111-2 to 14 inches, and | represents 500 tons of armor for the sides of the Monadnock and the Puritan. A | ten-inch gun will be used to attack the | Plate, with Carpenter projectile and heavy powder charge. The Puritan is now ap- | proaching completion, and with this last lot | of armor installed will be practically ready |to receive her armament. The Secretary expects her to be in active service by June. Work on the Monadnock, another monitor, | is progressing satisfactorily, although there little probability she will be in commis- sion for another year yet. A Railroad Deal Decision. A railroad corporation cannot fix up a deal with another to profit by the execution of the scheme and at the same time avoid the responsibilities that attach to the situation. So the Supreme Court de- cided today in the case of the appeal of Sarah Angle, administratrix of the estate of Horatio G. Angle, from the judgment of the circuit court for the western dis- trict of Wisconsin, in her suit against the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha Railway Company. Justice Brewer an- nounced the opinion and judgment of the court and related the facts. + In the Supreme Court. Among the attorneys present at the ses- sion of the Supreme Court of the United States today were ex-Attorney General W. H. Miller and ex-Solicitor General, now Judge, Taft. Before the court was opened the visitors held quite a reception to other members of the bar, who expressed pleasure at the return of the ex-officials. Mr. Miller is here to argue a case in which the Louis- ville, Evansville and St. Louis Railroad Company is interested. —_———_-o—______ Fatally Hurt While Sparring. DES MOINES, Iowa, Jan. 8.—During a sparring bout between Porter Scott and Silas Taft, amateurs, last night, Scott in dodging a blow slipped and fell to the floor. He struck heavily on his skull, dying fifteen minutes later from concussion of the brain. paneer An Alexandria Death. Mr. John W. Henderson, a well-known Alexandrian, died at his home on Wolfe street near Royal street today. ERS AND THE Poor. (SOME STARTLING FIGURES. A Financial Orisis Staring Treasury Off- cials in the Face. Prompt Congressional Action Neees- sary—Payments Are Be- hind Hand. The imperative necessity of prompt ac- tion by Congress to supply the treasury with funds was made strikingly manifest by the figures made up last night at the department for the close of the calendar year. These figures show a loss already since July 1 of $34,000,000 in the excess of expenditures over receipts. They show a probable loss during January and February of eighteen millions more and a loss for the fiscal year ending with next June of more than seventy-five millions. The treasury balance is $90,375,555, a loss of $4,824,061 during December. This balance includes $80,891,000 in the gold reserve and $9,483,955 in currency, representing every resource which the government possesses except the silver bullion purchased under the Sherman law to redeem outstanding gold obligations and to meet current expenditures. A loss of eighteen millions during the next two months will carry the gold fund close to 60 millions and leave the department still cramped for paper currency for ordinary transactions. A loss of seventy-six millions for the fiscal year will carry the general cash balance down to $46,000,000 and the gold reserve to’ $35,000,000. The treasury officials are powerless, even by the most rigid economy, to avert this condition of things without t! ssistance of Congress and Secretary Carlisle will be compelled to present the case strongly to the com- mittees of the two houses immediately after their assembly. Estimate for This Year. The estimate made up in detail for the Present fiscal year, ending next July, shows expenditures of $379,000,000 and receipts of $803,000,000. Pension expenditures are put down at $150,000,000, interest on the public debt at $27,000,000, the War Department at $55,000,000, the navy at $33,000,000, the In- dians at $9,000,000, and the civil and mis- cellaneous expenditures at $105,000,000. The estimated receipts from customs are $140,- 000,000, from internal revenue $143,000,000 and from miscellaneous sources $20,000,000. Figures for the Next Two Months. The figures for the next two months, carefully compiled by the experts of the department, show receipts of $22,000,000 for January and $19,900,000 for February, with expenditures of $33,300,000 for January and $27,000,000 for February—an excess of expenditures for the two months of $18,- 400,000. The reduction of the gold reserve to its present low figures is doubly danger- ous at this season of the year. January is invariably a month of gold exports, and the average loss of gold to the treasury in Jan- uary for the past twelve years has been $9,600,000. The loss in January, 1890, was $13,400,000, the loss in 1891 $7,300,000, in 1892 $11,100,000 and in 1893 $13,100,000. A drain of thirteen millions during the pres- ent month would cause great anxiety at the treasury, and perhaps renew the panic of last summer. The Only Safeguard. The only safeguard the treasury officials have against it is the large atcumulation of gold in the New York banks, from which they are hoping that gold will be taken for export, and the gold held against certifi- cates, of which $77,487,769 is still outstand- ing. The banks, it is believed, would come to the assistance of the treasury if an at- tempt were made to pile a drain of thirteen millions for export on top of the loss of eley- en millions which will occur during January for interest and current expenditures. The loss of both these amounts in gold would leave only fifty-seven millions of gold in the treasury vaults as the pledge and guar- antee of more than ten times that amount in paper money in circulation payable in gold on demand. Difficult to Get Money to Move the Cotton Crops. If members of Congress from the south and west are callous to the crying necessi- ties of the treasury, their interest may be awakened by the fact that it is becoming every day more difficult to meet the de- mand for money to move the cotton crop of the south. It is estimated that five mil- lions in gold will have to be transported from Philadelphia to the New Orleans mint during January and February to meet the payments of over $50,000 per day which are usually made in currency in response to transfers from New York. The usual pro- cess is for the New York banks to deposit gold or paper money at the New York sub- treasury with the request that it be paid for in shipments of small silver certificates, Sherman notes or legal tender notes to New Orleans. These various forms of are no longer available, and the only shipment the government can make is gold coin, for the coinage of which preparations are now being made at New Orleans and Philadel- phia. The amount now available at New Orleans is $712,000 in eagles and half eagles, and $1,700,000 in uncoined bullion. Mr. Preston, the director of the mint, has sub- mitted an estimate that about $250,000 a month can be coined in addition to the sub- sidiary silver coinage required by ordinary demands, so that the Philadelphia mint will have to be put to work to supply the de- ficiency. Payment of Sugar Bounties. ‘The payment of gold on ordinary obliga- tions, with the threat of a demand for gold for export, is causing great uneasiness at the treasury and the most careful inspection of every warrant drawn for expenditures. The payment of the sugar bounties, which will increase the demands at New Orleans, is like drawing teeth in the present state of the treasury balance, and they are being de- layed as far as circumstances will warrant. The claims for bounty already presenced during the past six months have been $4,014,779, but the payments thus far have been only $464,748, of which $147,682 has been paid on cane sugar, $212,434 on beet sugar and $104,104 on maple sugar. Ex- penditures for public buildings and river and harbor improvements are far behind, and the only explanation Secretary Carlisie can make to the Senate resolution of inquiry on the subject is that the payment of such appropriations would bankrupt the treasury and destroy the public credit. ee Condition of the Treasury. The debt statement issued shows a net increase in the public debt, less cash, in the treasury during December, 18, of $6,861,662. The interest-bearing debt increased $W; the non-interest-bearing debt increased $2,063,361; the debt on which interest has ceased since maturity decreased $25,850, and the cash in the treasury decreased $4,824,061. The total debt January 1 was $63,605,917. In the month there waa a decrease in gold coin and bars of $2,818,348; the total at the close being $158,308,779. Of silver there was an increase of $722,925. Of sur- plus there was in national bank deposi- tories $16,154,234, against $17,230,y¥2 at the end of the previous month. : District Government Notes. Health Officer Hammett has certified to the Commissioners the necessity of opening the alley in square 905. The Commissioners have dismissed Pri- vate D. M. Reidy from the police force for neglect of duty. A certificate of indebtedness for $133.60 was issued today by the Commissioners against the Georgetown and Tenleytown railroad for the cost of repairing and widening High street from M street to the canal. —.——_ In His Pocket. About 9 o'clock last evening considerable excitement was created near the Metropoll- tan Hotel by the report of a pistol shot. No one seemed to know just where the pis- tol was fired or by whom, and for a time it seemed quite a mystery. Subsequently it was said that a small boy, named Porter- field, who, i: was stated, was a nephew of Representative Stallings, had accidentally discharged the weapon in his pocket, in- flicting a flesh wound in his leg. Later, it was said, the boy was carried to the home of his parents in the northwestern section of the city. __ Premier Tricoupis, submitting the Greek budget yesterday, estimated the revenue at FINANCE AND TRADE. Prices of Stocks Opened Lower, but Rallied. ROOM TRADES COMBINED FOR A RISE. Lack of News to Influence Values. GENERAL MARKET REPORTS. Special Dispatch to The Fvening Star. NEW YORK, Jan. 3.—As the result of a continuation of yesterday's selling move- ment, introductory prices this morning were generally lower. London prigss showed a fractional falling off overnight, but the vol- ume of foreign business was not sufficiently large to be a factor in the local trading. The depression was not permitted to run far, however, as a majority of the room ele- ment enlisted in an effort to force a rally and were rewarded by a rise all along the | line, ranging from 1-2 to 1 1-2 per cent. There was no special news to influence the action of the market, and as usual, of late, manipulation was resorted to in order to supply the lack of more legitimate in- centive. Western Union advanced 1 1-8 per cent to 82 1-2 on considerable buying, presum- ably for short account. Nashville gained 3-4 per cent to 43 1-2 on moderate transac- tions. It is said that prominent interests in this property favor the passing of the next dividend in order to apply all available funds to the company’s floating debt. Rumors of a new bull pool in New Eng- land caused a quick rally of 2 per cent in that property to 95-8. The Grangers were all improved in price, St. Paul holding well in the neighborhood gain Burlington gained 1 per cent to 743-8 and Missouri racific gained 1 to 203-4. The industriais were irregular re- ‘spo! easily to the tenor of the latest rumor. General Electric sold off 15-8 to 303-8 and then rallied for a gain of 2 per cent. Chicago Gas lost 11-4 per cent on early trading and regained it all and an extra 1-2 per cent on subsequent transac- tions. Sugar was depressed 3-4 per cent to 753-4, from which price it rallied 21-4 per cent to 78. The market for sterling and continental bills was firm at a slight reduction for short time bills. The demand from remitters in- creased slightly and the floating supply has been pretty thoroughly absorbed at the present decline in price. Posted rates were 4,844.86 1-2. Call money was freely offered at 1 per cent and some loans a trifle under that rate were reported. Time accommodations are obtainable at 21-2 and 3 per cent, but the market for this commodity is slow and bor- rowers scarce. The clearing house statement reports ex- changes, $142,188,725; balances, $12,054,868, and the subtreasury’s debt balance, $3,010,- 725. Rock Island earnings for the month of December show a decrease of $137,000 over corresponding period in 1892. Trading during the last hour was dull, but prices held well at slight gains from opening figures and closed steady. By United Press. Proposed Legislation Had No Effect. NEW YORK, Jan. 3.—If the course of prices at the stock exchange this afterncon be any criterion, holders of securities are paying but little attention to the recom- mendations of the ways and means com- mittee, so far as the imposition of a 2 per cent tax on the earnings of corporations is concerned. Everything on the list was higher, and any number of the active issues commanded a premium for use. The Lond: Market. LONDON, Jan. 3.—The stock market opened steady. American railroad securi- ties became weaker after the opening, but at this hour are better. A raid was made on Chicago,Milwaukee and St. Paul. There was a decline .n New York Central. There were rumors of liquidations in different quarters, though there have been no an- nouncements of failures. At 2.30 the market relapsed. The firm for whose account sales of American railroad securities were made yesterday, which had the effect of depressing the market, was Satterthwaite & Company, stock and share brokers, of No. 6, Austinfriars. It is re- firm has fully paid up its market was nervous in most directions. There was a Uttle disposition manifested to speculate for arise. English railway securities were low- er on unfavorable traffic reports. Foreign securities were generally irregular. Argen- tine bonds were firm. Italian securities opened lower, but closed better. Colonial securities were fairly buoyant, and scored small advances. American railroad securities were irregu- lar and most of them were flat. The re- organization scheme of the Erie company did not appear to be liked. It had no effect upon the price of the second consolidated mortgage bonds. Union Pacific securities were steady. The other American railroad securities showed an undecided tendency and con- siderable fluctuations. Central Pacific se- curities closed lower on arbitrage selling orders from New York. Northern Pacific preferred fell 1 per cent; Louisville and Nashville and Denver preferred were each down 1-4 at the close. The other declines were Union Pacific. 1-2, and Lake Shore and Michigan Southern, 2. Grand Trunk of Canada, first preferred, rose 1-2. ee FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. The following are the opening, the and the lowest and the closing prices of the New York Stock market today, as ed «& Macartney, members New York stock exchange. Correspondents Messrs. Moore & . No. 80 Broadway: .f ah ae a 44N T tt] id 1H : Si i Sg : Pert oft Webaab pf Be Wheeling & L. E. pid: “7 Western Union T Washingto: Sales—regular call—12 o’clock m.—Wash- ington and Georgetown R. R. conv., $1,000 at 150. American Graphophone, 05 at 2. Government Bonds.—U. S. 4s, registered, 1907, 112 bid, 113 asked. U. 8. 4s, coupon, 1907, 112 bid, 113 asked. District of Columbia Bonds.—20-year fund 5s, 105 bid. Water stock 7s, 1901, currency, 115 bid. 30-year fund 6s, gold, 115 bid. Wa- ter stock 7s, 1903, currency, 125 bid. 3.65s, funding, currency, 108 bid. Miscellaneous Bonds.—Washington and Georgetown R. R. conv. 6s, 1st, 150 bid, 160 asked. Washington and Georgetown R. R. conv. 6s, 2d, 150 bid, 160 asked. Masonic Hall Association 5s, 103 bid. Washington Market Company Ist 6s, 105 bid, 110 asked. Washington Market Company imp. 6s, 105 bid, 110 asked. Washington Market Com- pany ext. 6s, 110 asked. American Security and Trust 5s, 1905, A. and O., 100 bid. American Security and Trust 5s, 1905, F. and A., 100 bid. American Security and Trust 5s, 1906, A. and O., 100 bid. Wash- ington Light Infantry Ist 6s, 100% asked. 87,100,000drachmas ($16,810,300), and the ex- lar at 88,400,000 drachmas ($16,675,- Washington Light Infantry 24 7s, 100% asked. Washington Gas Company 6s, se- ries A, 117 bid. Washington Gas Company ing, 100 asked. fe ne and ‘Companies.—Na- tional Safe Deposit and Trust La ed. Washington and . Loan 101 bid, 107 asked. American Security Trust, °125% bid, 130 asked. *Ex dividend. —-— Baltimore Markets. JTIMORE, Jan. 3.—Flour x -75a2.00; do. extra, 2: 65; 44 aa 41%a41%; May, Dues: steamer mixed, 38% ; oo orn by sample, 40a41; do. on grade, 37a40%. 34%; No. 2 mixed bushels; pd 8 ‘ey ‘bushels; stock, re os 2, oe. a ‘to choice unchanged. Cotton quiet—middling, 7%. Other articles unchi 8 BALTIMORE, Jan. 3.—Consolidated Gas ‘S3tga54h. bonds, 112; stock, Others ua- changed. eat ssaatieonaal KILLED BY THE BLOW. An@ Now Charles Hopkins Must Stand ‘Trial for Murder. On the 14th of last month Charles Hop- kins, colored, struck Adam, alias James, Gordon, another colored man, in the head | with a brick. A week later Hopkins was convicted in the Police Court of assaviting the injured man, and sentenced to jail for thirty days. Early this morning Gordon died from the effects of the blow, and his assailant will now be held to answer the charge of manslaughter, if not that of mur- der. count of the effair was in'The Star at the time, and it during the day of the 14th of ber, Hiopkins ente-ed the saloon of John Kelly, on B street between 84 ané 4 1-2, where, it Gordon was employed as a cei” The men had some words and blow’ |. Peace was soon restored, however, and Hopkins left the In the evening, it is i in a chair in the rear room. It is understood that Hopkins approached him from behind, and, before anyone had divined his purpose, struck Gordon a terrific blow back of the head, felling him, and ren- dering him unconscious and spegchiess for a time. After striking the blow, it ts that Hopkins qi Gordon seemingly recovered suynat his ascatiant in the inst Sie of last month, when Hopkins to jail for thirty days, where, it is now is. It is understood that, while Gordon fered somewhat from the blow, it was thought to be a serious matter, and | said he attended to his work until or two ago, when the wound troublesome that he was f to at his home in Willow Tree alley west. Yesterday his condition became serious that Dr. Paulton was called. ay injured man_ speec! = examination of the that the blow had fractured the skull. spite the fact that everything was for him, neem grew worse and died this morning. The police of the fourth ct were at once notified, as was the attorney, and this afternoon Coroner Woodward was also notified of the man’s death. The cor- oner stated this afternoon that he would probably hold an inquest tomorrow mor- ing. s fy io CAUCUSING AT ANNAPOLIS, Officers of the Legtslature—Measures of Interest Here. Dispatch to The Evening Star. ANNAPOLIS, Md., Jan. 3.—The of the members-elect of the general assem- bly met in the state house here last night at 8 o'clock. The democratic members of the house met in the chamber of that body, the Gemocratic senators met in the historie old senate chamber in which Washington resigned his commission to Congress at the close of the revolution, while the republi- cans held a joint caucus in one of the rooms of the state library. The proceedings of all the caucuses were | harmonious and the states arranged were put through without friction by the demo- crats. The principal officers of the two houses Will be as follows: ident of the senate, John Walter Smith of Worcester county. ick Chief clerk of the LR Smith of Dorchester county? Mr. William H. Lamar of Montgomery county offered the resolution in the the choice for sf ivelt ico, is here making a con’ The chances are that Mr. Mudd will fail he Mon egomery county delegates will tn- e¢ Mon’ troduce a bill to amend the charter of Ta- koma Park, and also @ bill to amend the charter of Kensington. What the proposed amendments are has not yet developed, as the bills have not been Several amendments to the charters of the proposed electric railways and the boulevard between Washington and Balti- more will be introduced at one of the ses- sions next week. It is said that amendments proposed @re not of any mate- rial importance. ——___ Range of the Thermometer. The following were the readings of the ther mometer at the weather bureau today: 8 a m, minimum, 25. $ 30: 2p.m., 45; maximum, 46; ——_—_. At a meeting of the board of control #t was practically decided to put the manage. ment of the turf in the east into new hands, and a new jockey club will soom be organ-