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2 THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1894-TWENTY PAGES. BY WIRE LATE NEWS Systematic Robbery ofa Rhode Island Dry Goods House. CLERKS STEALING FOR THREE YEARS. Young Women Involved in the! Thieving. MANY HAVE CONFESSED. iene oe PROVIDENCE, R. 1. Feb. 10.—The firm of Shepard & Co., one of the largest dry goods houses In the city, announce that one of the most extensive systems of wholesale robbery ever operated here has been discovered im their store. About twenty of their clerks are implicated, many of them being young women. For upward of three years these clerks have been steal- ing cash and stock in amounts varying in size. Mr. John Shepard said that an investiga- tion was being made by his firm, and he had surmised for some time that something was going wrong. When the clerks discovered that they were being watched, one by one, they made statements to their employers as to the ex- tent which the thieving had been carried on. Twenty have already acknowledged their crime. Mr. Shepard says that the investigation | 1s not completed as yet. Some of the girls in the ring are of good families, and many are the main support of their aged parents. He ts undecided what course to pursue. ‘The exact amount of joss to the firm is not known, but it will reach up into the| thousands. ——— ANNIE PIXLEY'S MONEY. Legal Steps fuken to Make Robert Falford Tell About Its Disposition. NEW YORK, Feb. 10.—Legal steps have been begun to compel Robert Fulford, hus- band of the inte Annie Pixley, to expiain what has become of the prope-ty of the actress and how he became possessed of Property that was always thought to have belonged to her. Col. Robert J. Haire of 245 Broadway, eounse!l for Miss Pixley’s mother and rela- tives, has just returned from Philadelphia, where he made a careful examination into the affairs of the dead actress’ estate. His discoveries were such that he thought delay would be against the interests of his clients. So before he left Philadelphia he filed in po courts of that city what is known un- the practice of P a Lay ‘ennsylvania as a bill The bill requires Fulford to submit to examination as to the affairs ani estates of both himself and his dead wife. Fur- ther, Col. Haire began legal proceedings to prevent the payment to Fulford of interest on certain mortgages registered in the re- corder of deeds’ office in Philadelphia in his name. Col. Hatre’s investigation developed the fact that no property or mortzazes what- ever are registered in Philadelpnia in the mame of Annie Fulford, but that sixteen mortgages, aggregating $6,300, are re- corded in the name of Robert Fulford. One of these m $85,000 in amount, om the Park Theate: of Philadelphia, which all of Miss Pixley’s friends have heretofore thought was held by her, was found re- corded in the name of Robert Fulford. ~~. MeWHIRTER’S POLICY GOOD. Am Insurance Case That Caused x Sensation in California. SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 10.—The jury in the case of Mrs. Louis B. McWhirter agt. the Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Company last night brought in a verdict awarding Mrs. McWhirter $15,000, the amount of life insurance held by her hus- band. A year ago last August McWhirter, a Prominent lawyer of ‘Fresno, it was repre- sented, was called into his back yard at 3 o'clock in the morning and shot and killed. He held policies in four companies, aggre- gating $60,000. All the companies except the Connecti- cut Mutual Life paid their shares. The latter claimed that McWhirter committed suicide and refused to pay.- ‘The death of McWhirter created a great rensation all over California. He was a Prominent democrat and was engaged in @ very bitter local political fight at the time of his death. It was asserted by Mc- Whirter’s friends that he had been mur- dered because of politics and the bitter feeling between the two factions of the ‘tie party In Fresno was intensified. Some time after McWhirter’s death Rich- ard Heath, a son of Gen. Heath, one of the best known men in the state, was arrested on a charge of murder. The evidence against him was purely circumstantial and after a trial lasting many weeks and pro- | voking numberless feuds the jury dis- _ agreed and Heath was released on $75 bail. His second trial is set for February 14, but the case will probably be delayed, owing to an appeal to the supreme court for a change of venue, which was denied by the court of Fresno county. Heath was vitally interested in the outcome of the sult against the insurance company, = itt; his defense was that McWhirter commi suicide. Some testimony used in the Heath trial ‘Was used in the suit against the insurance company. oo REUNION OF PRISONERS. ‘They Met in Libby After a Separation of Thirty Years. CHICAGO, Feb. 10.—Survivors of the prisoners who escaped from Libby prison thirty years ago last night held a re- union in Chicago last night. They met at the prison museum to inspect and look over the location where they slept during imprisonment. R. M. Stevens of Joliet, who was in the Strong regiment, New York infantry, claims to have been the first soldier confined in Libby prison. Mr. Stevens was captured by the black horse cavalry at the battle of Bull Run. He was taken at Manassas Junction and subse- ently to Richmond, where he arrived Fury 25, 1861. Others present at the re- union were Lieut. John M. Wasson, 40th Ohio, Rensalaer, Ind.; Capt. M. M. Bassett, Sd Illinois; James Howlett, Mississippi squadron, Chicago; Capt. Jacob Diehl, 7ist Pennsylvania infantry, Parker's Landing, Pa. After several hours spent at the mu- seum the veterans went to the Grand Pa- cific and there held a business meeting, at which they elected Gen. Hobart president. ———. CASHIER LOVE DISAPPEARS. He Left the Watkt Bank With a Shortage of $110,000. ELMIRA, N. Y., Feb. 10.—No clue has yet been obtained showing the whereabouts of John W. Love, the missing cashier of the Watkins Bank. The suicide theory {s scout- ed and it is not believed he went away trom Watkins by train, as no such trace can be found. It is quite generally thought that he had help in getting away and that perhaps he was driven to Corning, where he caught an Erie train for New York, and that he is now bound for a foreign land. ‘The bank officials are awaiting the arrival of an examiner, and no further news of the bank's condition can be obtained, although it is now thought the shortage will reach $110,000, if it does not go over that figure. —— PRAYER IN THE SCHOOLS. Michigan Catholics and Protestants Aroused Over the Matter. TAWES CITY, Mich., Feb. 10.—The Cath- olics and Protestants of East Tawes are im a row over the rublic schools. A short time ago Father Kreck appeared at the schools and requested the Catholic scholars to leave the room during prayers. Prof. Osgerby objected and suspended the schol- ars for breaking the rules, that is, leaving the room without asking permission. The school board was appealed to, and | passed resolutions sustaining the profes- sor. Now Father Breck will apply to the cir-| cuit court for a mandamus prohibiting the Regions services. | TO REACH PORT TOMORROW. | When the Crew of the Kearsarge is Expected at Colon, | pase Sits A Light to Be Placed Probably on Roneador Reef—The Court of In- quiry—The Marblehead. The Navy Department does not expect to | hear anything further from the Kearsarge before tomorrow, by which time it is be- lieved the relief ship City of Para will have returned to Colon from its trip to Ron- eador reef with the entire ship's company of the Kearsarge. It is about a day's trip (250 miles) from Colon to Roncador reef. It is confidently expected, therefore,that the Kearsarge crew will be safely and comfortably on board the Para some time today and will be back in Colon tomorrow. It is expected that they will go to New York on the City of Para when she starts on her regular trip. It is expected that the loss of the Kear- sarge will result in the placing of a light on Roncador bank—a consummation the United States Navy Department has ear- nestly sought to bring about for several years, but without result, owing to the wish of this government that other nations bear a share in the expense, The Court of Inquiry. A court of inquiry to determine the re- sponsibility for the loss of the Kearsarge is one of the important naval events of the near future. As Admiral Stanton, com- though on the vessel at the time, had roth- ing whatever to do with navigating the ship, the responsibility fér her stranding cannot possibly devolve on him, unless it can be shown that he personally interfered in her navigation, of which there is not much probability. He joined the ship at Port au Prince, Hayti, and was making his first cruise in her as commander of the North Auantic squadron when she met her fate. He was acting at the time under specific instructions from the Navy De- partment to take the, vessel to Bluefields, Nicaragua, to see that American interests were not injured in the war between Nicaragua and Honduras. His special mis- sion was to prevent any interference with the progress of the work on the Nicaragua canal. The three officers most likely to be a fected by the official investigation are Com- mander O. F. Heyerman, the command- ing officer; Lieut. Charles T. Forse, the executive oMcer; Lieut. Charles H. Ly- man, the navigating officer, and the officer in special charge of the deck at the time of the accident. The last named individual, whose identity has not yet been disclosed, will undoubted- iy fall heir to the Hon’s share of the re- sponalbility id will surely fare badly un- less he can show strongly extenuating cir- cumstances. Successor of the Kearsarge. As stated in yesterday's Star, the 2,000- ton cruiser Marblehead, which will be put in commission at New York on the 15th in- stant, will undoubtedly succeed the Kear- the dynamite cruiser Vesuvius. Rear Ad- miral Stanton will, undoubtedly, continue in command of the station unless it should develop that he was in some measure re- sponsible for the loss of the Kearsarge. His duty on this station will be of short command of the South Atlantic station on the retirement of its present commander, Admiral Benham, which, in the natural or- der of events, occurs on the 17th of April. Commodore R. W. Meade, now on special duty in this city as president of the naval the North Atlantic station, regardless the date of the latter’s detachment. ee THE BANK CURRENCY. week ended today are shown to have been as follows: Received for redemption, $1,75%,- 818; redeemed notes delive-ed to the banks of ‘issue, $1,042,410; delivered to the con- troller for issue to banks, $1,256,572; total delivered for issue, $2,299,983. The amount delivered to the controller for >etirement was $312,888. The deposits received to retire natio bank notes ag- gregated $583,405, and the balance of such deposits -zemaining on the books of the treasury, $24. 764,654. The amount of United States cur- rency received at the Treasury Department today for redemption was $1,73},540, of which $1,612,000 was received from the as- sistant t urers of the United States and $119,540 from other sources. The aggregate of national bank notes received today by | the United States treasury fo> redemption was $298,016. day by the Treasury Department: Currency, $207,€47,S15:; gold notes, $9 national bank notes issued, 31,482.82) tional bank notes destroyed, $1,567,010. Sie A Convict Reenptured. 7 one. convict who escaped from the penitentiary at Jackson, Miss., last May, has been re- captured and again placed in custody, ac- cording to a telegram which has just been received at the Post Office Department from Warden Chamberlin of the peniten- tiary. Tiller was serving a sentence of seven years for forgery. His legitimate cc- cupation was that of clerk, but he also fig- ured as a letter-box robber, forger and all- around thief. The department offered $500 for his capture and return to the peniten- tary in addition to the prison reward of $50. a Secretary Lamont’s Visit. Secretary Lamont has gone to his home at McGrawville, N. Y., to visit his father, who is in feeble health. rs ite Over the Cherokee Bon action toward the issue of bonds in pay- ment fer the Cherokee outlet until the | question of the ownership of the bonds ) shall have been determined by the courts. |The bonds cannot be printed until this question has been determined, as the in- formation will necessarily form part of the | story to be engraved on the plates. The right to negotiate the bonds is a matter of legal dispute between R. T. Wilson & Co. ,of New York and Mr. E. D. Chadwick, rep- | Tesenting the Erlanger syndicate of Lon- don. The amount involved in the transac- tion is $6,640,000. o——______ DISTRICT GOVERNMENT. A Monster Petition. A monster petition, bearing the names of residents and property owners oh ist street northwest, was received by the Com- mission be denied any rallroad company from occupying 21st street northwest. The street, they say, is purely a residential one, and the presence of a railroad in it would greatly depreciate property, as well as the noise of the cars passing would be a great nuisance. The tracks would crowd the street, making it unsafe for ca altogether a railroad would be highly jectionable. Against the Hand Organs. Mr. H. McCulloch has written the Com- missioners, requesting that the discordant and cracked hand organs which grind out miserable efforts at times from morning until night be removed from the neighbor hood of McPherson square. Work of the Coroner. Last month Coroner Woodward viewed 42 dead bodies. There were 2 suicides, 2 homicides and 3 accidental deaths. the month 14 it was necessary to hold eight autopsies. ——— To Celebrate Union Defenders’ Day. Russell A. Alger Camp, No. 25, Sons of Veterans, will celebrate “Union Defen- ders’ day on the 12th instant. The date falls upon the birthday of Abraham Lin- |coln. The camp has invited all comrades of the G. A. R., Sons of Veterans and friends to join it in an appropriate cele- bration of that day Gi Army Hall at 8 p.m. Commander Faunce and staff, Col. W. A. Rutherford and staff have ac- | cepted invitations, and ob- manding the North Atlantic squadron, al- | examining board, is generally mentioned in | naval circles as the most probable succes- | for of Admiral Stanton as commander of | of | demption of national bank notes during the | |time make eulogy of his life or character, | } | The following is the weekly statement of | | national bank notes outstanding, issued to- | | mance at the works of the Builders’ The transactions of the treasury In the re- | | suvius; A BRIEF SESSION The House Transacted No Legis- lative Business Today. /MR. HOUR'S DEATH ANNOUNCED | Resolutions of Regret Presented and Adopted. ADJOURNED OUT OF RESPECT Today was set aside by special order for eulogies upon the life and character of the late Representative O'Neill of Penn- sylvania and the late Senator Stanford of California, but on account of the death of Representative Houk of Ohio that order was vacated and the House adjourned out of respect to the memory of the deceased. In his prayer at the opening of the ses- sion Chaplain Bagby referred feelingly to Judge Houk’s death. “We come into Thy presence,” said he, “deeply sensible of the shortness and uncertainty of life. Since | last we met one of our number has been | suddenly and without warning called from | the scene of his earthiy labors. Thou who | art the resurrection and the life be gracious- | ly merciful to the stricken household; bind — broken hearts and soothe the. alilic- tion.” Upon motion of Mr. Loud the time for paying tribute to the memory of the late Senator Stanford and Representative U' Neill | was postponed until Monday at 3 o'clock. Death of Mr. Houk Aunouaced. Mr. Outhwaite, the dean of the Ohio del- | egation, was then recognized. | “It becomes my painful duty,” said he, with evidence of deep emotion, “to an- nounce the sudden death of my esteemed colleague, Judge Houk. I will not at this but will simply submit the following reso- lutions, and at the same time say that at some future time I will ask that the House set aside a day for paying appropriate tripute to his memory.” ‘The resolutions, which were as follows, were read at tne clerk's desk: Resolved, That the Mouse has heard with profound sorrow the announcement of the death of Hon. George W. Houk, late a Rep- resentative from the state of Onto. Resolved, That a committee, consisting of seven members of the House, with such members of the Senate as may be joined with them, be appointed to take order for the superintendency of the funeral and to escort the remains of the deceased to their place of burial, and that the necessary ex- penses attending the execution of this or-/ der be paid out of the contin; the House. Resolved, That the sergeant-at-arms of the House be authorized and directed to take such steps as may be necessary for properly carrying out the provisions of this resolution. ived, That the clerk communicate gent fund of Reso! sarge as the flagship of the North Atlantic the foregoing resolutions to the Senate and squadron, the only other vessels attached | that as a further mark of respect to the to which are the monitor Miantonomoh and (See the deceased the House do now The Speaker announced the appointment of the following committee in accordance with the térms of the resolutions: Messrs. Hare, Springer, Bryan, Hulick, McKaig, Ellis (Oregon), and Ritchie. Then at 12:10, as a further mark of re- duration, however, as he is booked for the | spect to the memory of the deceased, the House adjourned. ——— Army Orders, By direction of the President Capt. Harry G. Cavenaugh, thirteenth infantry, is de- tailed as professor of military science and tactics at the Kansas State Agricultural College, Manhattan, Kan., relieving Capt. Edwin B. Bolton, twenty-third infantry, who will join his company. First Lieut. William W. Gibson, ordnance department, is relieved from further duty at Watertown arsenal, Massachusetts. and is assigned to duty as inspector of ord- iron foundry, Providence, R. L., in place of Capt. Marcus W. Lyon, ordnance department. Lieut. Gibson will return to Watertown arsenal, where he is authorized to take station. o Naval Orders. Lieut. York Noel has been detached from the Essex and placed on waiting orde: Assistant Engineers G. H. Shepard and W. H. McGraw, from duty et the New York navy yard and ordered to insp the ma- ehinery of the Columbia, at Philadeiphia, Carpenter John G. Tilden, from the Min- nesota to the Merion. Lieut. J. C. Gilmore has been detached from the Machiss and ordered to the Ve- Pay Inspector J. E. Tolfreil, to temporary duty at the navy yard, New York; Lieut. J. Purcell, to the Essex. - ee Change in the Nipste's Battery. The Secretary of the Navy has ordered a change in the battery of the U.S. S. Nipsie, | now being repaired at the Ma vy | yard for service in the Bering sea patrol | fleet during the coming season. Her pres- ent armament consists of one eleven-inch | loading rifle and one tweive-pound how | Prentice Tiller, alias Charles H. Price, a | The Treasury Department will take no) smooth-bore gun, one three-inch | beeeeh- tzer, When she ts next ready for sea her oat will consist of two nine-lnch guns of the smooth-bore pattern, one sixty-pound breech- joading rifle, two six-pounders, two Gatling guns and three thirty-seven centimer wea- | pons. The last three types are new to the ‘ship. The department experts believe that | this arrangement of the ordnance will ma- | terially lighten the ship and wili not impair her fighting efficiency. - Oo aval Movements. The dispatch boat Fern became weather bound on her trip fram New York to Bos- ton and was compelled to put into Province- town, Cape Cod, yesterday. The flagship Chicago came out of dry dock at Genoa to- day and immediately started for Naples.The U.S.S. Lancaster errived at Hong Kong yesterday, on her way to New York by way of the Suez canal. A Vessel Stranded. Chief Kimball of the life saving service this morning received a telegram from Lewes, Del., stating that the John A. Grif- fin, from Philadelphia for Groton, Conn., stranded on the breakwater at 11 o’clock ys last night. The crew was landed in the schooner’s boat. | Counterfeiters Arrested. | The secret service bureau has been ad- vised of the arrest yesierday of Alfred Lamont, Carl Raunadowna, Josephine and |Anna Lamonte of 922 Atlantic avenue, | Brooklyn. In the house was found a large | quantity of counterfeit coin and implements | for manufacturing the same. missioners this morning, praying that per- | —— Sa Ao Examination Directed. The controller of the currency has di- rected an official examination of the affairs of the First National Bank of Wat- kins, N. Y., reported to be in trouble | through the disappearance of the cashier | | with most of its ready cash. The bank has a capital of $50,000, and was in goo1 con-| dition when last examined. —_———_—_+ e+ Chicago's Big Three. Messrs. J. W. Doane, John Seeberger and Erskine Phelps, known as the “big three’ of Chicago democratic politics, had a con-| ference with the President at the White House this afternoon in regard to the Chi- cago collectorship of customs. They first called on Secretary Gresham and he accom- panied them to the White House, —_—_——e+_____ Tests at Indian Head. The second 11 1-2-inch nickle-steel plate from the Carnegies’, representing 500 tons of armor for two monitors now building, will be tested at Indian Head, Md., this af- ternoon. Three weeks ago the first plate | was given a trial and failed to fulfill the re- quirements. Today's tests will be both for |@ premium and the acceptance of the en- tire lot of armor. The failure of the plate to come up to contract requirements may necessitate throwing out all the armor. ——_-e-+____ Fourth-Class Postmasters. The total number of fourth-class post- masters appointed today was twenty-eight. Of this number fourteen were to fill vacan- cles caused by death and resignation and the remainder by removals. Dulaney Lonard was made postmaster at Tabor, Va., vice Robert Pitts, resigned. A KNOWN QUANTITY. It is the practice of The Star to | print on Saturday a sworn statement of its circulation day by day for the Preceding week. It would seem -self- evident that the advertiser is entitled to this protection, but The Star is alone in this custom as far as Wash- ington is concerned. Below will be found the statement for the week just past. | The average circulation exhibited is believed to be nearly, if not quite, double the combined circulation of the other Washington dailies, and fully five times that of its afternoon contemporary. Circulation of The “Evening Star.” | SATURDAY, Feb. 8, 1904. | MONDAY. Feb. 5, 1994...... | TUESDAY, Feb. 6, 1904.. | WEDNESDAY, Feb. 1, 1896... THURSDAY, Feo. 8, 1894.. FRIDAY, Feb. 9, 1804... resents only the number of copies of Tur EveN- ING STR circulated during the six secular days end- | ing Friday, February 9, 1se4-—that is, the num- | berof copies actually sold, delivered, farnished ormailed, for valuable consideration, to bona fide purchasers or subscribers, and that none of the copies so counted were returned to or remainin the office unsold. J. WHIT. HERRON, Cashier Evening Star Newspaper Co. Subscribed and sworn to before me this teath day of February, A. D. ists A. B. KELLY, Notary Pubile, D. c. SUMMONS A SUDDEN | Representative Houk of Ohio Dies of Heart Failure. While Making a Call He itn Stricken Mortally Ill and Dies in a Few Minuten. Representative George W. Houk of Day- | ton, Ohio, was out making a call at 1627 Connecticut avenue yesterday,when at about 4:30 o'clock he was taken with an attack of | heart failure, and died a few minutes later, | Rotwithstanding that every effort was made by physicians to save his life. Mr. Houk had been at the Capitol during the day, and later had stopped at his home, 1386 I street, where he wi occupied for some little time with his private secretary over a recent speech of his on the tariff. He seemed to be in the very best of health and spirits, and announced to Mrs. Houk that he was going out to make a call on Mrs. Reynolds, a friend of the family, liv- ing at the number on Connecticut avenue | given above. Shortly after 4 o'clock he reached Mrs. Reynolds’ house. Mr. Houk was in the parlor, conversing with Mrs. | Reynolds, and walked to the window to see | if a car was in sight. Just as he reached the window he stooped over, and then | leaned down on a chair. Then in a mo- ment he fell forward on his face. Mrs. Reynolds rushed to him and man- aged to turn him over, though Mr. Houk was a very large and heavy man. She screamed for her sister, Miss Jack, who wis lying down in her room upstairs.’ Miss Jack and a servaat girl hurried in, and then started at once to summon aid. Dr. «, R. Clark was the first physician to reach the side of the dying man, but he was auiekly followed by Dr. Mannakee »nd Dr. | te Fe Scott. It took but a glance to con- Vinee them that Mr, Houk was dying, but they resorted to all the means «newn to science as of avail in such a case, hypo- mic lajections, the use of electric bat- but in ten minutes from the time the jans reached him he was dead. Mi was at the residence of Mr. 9. W. on T street when news was brought r that Mr. Houk was seriously il. She entered a carriage, and a few minutes Inter ut his side, but he had been dead some Coroner Woodward, after examining the body of Representative Houk this morning | and hearine the statements of the physi-! clans attending the death of the deceased, | Congressman. decided that death resulted | from heart disease, directing the issuance | of a death certificate to that effect. | Tt was the wish of Mrs. Houk that no | funeral services should be held in this city. | She left for Dayton this afternoon, with the | committee from Congress, accompanying | the remains The committee appointed by the House and Senate is as follows: Senatora Brice. Sherman, Dubois. Hunton and Martin and | Representatives Hare, Springer, Richie, Oregon, Bryan, Taylor of Indiana end | The Obie Delegation Meets. } The Ohio delegation in Congress heid a meeting in the Speaker's room this morn- ing to take action regarding the death of the late Representative Houk. Senator Sherman presided, A committee of three, consisting of Senator Sherman and Repre- sentatives Pearson and Layton, were cesig- | nate? {9 Arew annranriate pavlctiogs 8 special car for members of the family una) the congressional delegation was attached | | to the Pennsylvania train which left Wash- ington at 3:15 p.m. today. | | Family of the Decensrd. | Mr. Houk leaves a wife nnd three married | (the Harvard Glee Club. ‘removed from Ta iii, <<< A HEAVY REDUCTION WHY THE KEARSARGE WON. | FINANCE AND TRADE. To Be Made in the Records and Pension Division. TWO HONDRED AND FIFTY CLERKS Are to Be Dismissed at the Close, of the Fiscal Year. CoOL. The clerks in the record and pension division of the War Department are very much concerned over the impending large reduction in the force of that office. Al- though the reduction will not take full effect until July 1 next, that date looms up ominously near to most of the clerks as a signal of distress. Nearly one-third | of them will be dismissed on or before that date. There will no longer be any need of their services. As a consequence, all are on the anxious bench, and are already looking out for other employment, on the theory that a permanency elsewhere at less salary is better than their present un- certainty. Many of the clerks have already secured transfers to other departments, and many more are striving to tne same end. ‘The cause of the great reduction in force is brietty stated in tne last annual report of Col. Ainsworth, the head of the office, in the foliowing statement: “By reason of the satisfactory progress of the work of carding the military records of volunteers it is believed that a reduc- tion of 250 clerks of class one and of nity copyists can be made in the next fiscal year without detriment to the public busi- ness, and this estimate is thererore less by 2 clerks of class one and fifty copy- ists than the number allowed by iaw for” the current fiscal year. ‘Che reauction in | salaries amounts to $345,000. The force allowed by iaw for the current year fs one clerk of class one and four clerks of class $1,000 less than the estimate submitted last year. ‘The Force for Next Year. The total appropriation for the record and pensicn office for the current fiscal year is $1,004,190, The estimates submitted by the Secretary of War for the office for che fiscal year beginning July 1 next aggregate #idu,- 100, and are made up as follows: Two chiefs of divisions, $4,00u; twenty clerks of class four, 440,000; forty-three clerks of ciass, three, 308,800; ninety clerks of class two, | $120,000; two hundred and fourteen clerks, of class one, $25,800; one hundred and twenty-three clerks at $1,000 each, $123,000; one engineer, $1,4); one assistant engineer, $000; two firemen, $1,440; one skilled me- chanic, $1,000; tive messengers, $4,200; twenty-nine istant messengers, $20,580; one messenger boy, $860; five watchmen, $3,600; one superintendent of building, $250, | and sixteen laborers, $10,560. ie ————+ @--—______ THE SHEAS AGAIN. They May Be Procecded Against on an Informatio: The Shea case may yet get into court, | and then Sergeant Daley will have an Op- | portunity to offer in evidence the testi- | mony of the witnesses whose ames appear- | ed on the original papers issued from the volice Court. Concerning the responsibility for the alleged sale of the liquor while John Shea was locked up the attorney's office | has experienced a change of opinion to some extent. As heretofore published in The Star, Attorney Thomas directed the en- | tering of a nolle prosequi in the case for the reason that he did not believe the case | could be maintained against a married wo-/ man. Although the charge against Mrs. Shea was nolle prossed the attorney is now willing to file an information against John Shea and his wife jointly and then let the | court determine just which one is responsi- | ble. This course will be adopted in the event of Sergeant Daley’s making applica- tion for a warrant. Application has been made for a warrant against Sergeant Daley for alleged assault | on Mrs. Shea in serving the liquor warrant, | but the application was refused —— ‘The Shea Pardon, To the Editor of The Evening Star: On behalf of the W. C. T. U. of the Dis- trict of Columbia allow me to tender you our sincere thanks. You have given us wise and manly editorials concerning the unpre- | cedented action of the chief executive of this republic ni pardoning a man to whom violation of just laws is a pleasure and a pastime. May great prosperity attend you and your most excellent paper,’as a reward for duty faityfully and fearlessly performed. MARY E. GRIFFITH, President W, C. T. U. of D.C, Wants a Divorce. Robert Hutchinson, by Mrs. Belva Lock- wood, has filed a bill for a divorce from Sarah M. Hutchinson. They were married in New York in May, 185; ———__ Marriage Licenses, j Marriage licenses have been issued by | the clerk of the court to the following: Frank Wood and Lillie Ricks; John Clark and Katie Herman. | — The Washin; Harvard Club. ‘The Washington Harvard Club will hold its annual dinner at Welcker's on Wednes- day evening next at 7 o'clock. There are about one hundred and fifty: Harvard men in the city, and it is believed that a large number will be present. The dinner com- mittee is endeavoring to present some un- usual features, and it is expected that col- lege songs will be sung by those who dur- ing their university days were members of What Fx-Examiner Sturgis Says. Ex-Bank Examiner Sturgis, in an inter- view regarding the story that he had been his office because he had borrowed money from the defunct Colum- bian National Bank and Zimre Dwiggins. says frankly that he effected.loans with that and other banks. Mr. Sturgis adds that he notified the controller that he was indebted to the bank. Sturgis also states emphatically that his last report showed the true condition of the Columbian Na- tional Bank, and he did not report it as being safe. Contest Over A > - imiral Porter's Will. Yesterday, in the Probate Court, in the! estate of Mrs. Georgiaaa Porter, widow of Admiral Porter, Mrs. Elena Campbell, one | AINSWORTH EXPLAINS | | | Good Gunnery and Brave Fighting De- cided the Battle. The Testimony of Naval Experts—The he Story About the ¢ Armor. In connection with the recent wreck of the Kearsarge the story has been told again | and often of her famous victory over the | Alabama out of the harbor of Cherbourg | in June, 1864. The mistaken idea has been | given publicity, unintentionally, or, per-| haps, more by inference, that the Kear- | sarge had an immense advantage over her | opponent in that she was practically an _ armored vessel in the great fight, on ac-, count of her use of anchor chains to protect her machinery. This point was inade as an excuse for his defeat by Semmes in a report made to Mr. Mason from Southamp- | ton two days after the fight. “Her mid- ship section,” he says, “on both sides was thoroughly iron-coated, this having been done with chain constructed for the pur-| pose, placed perpendicularly from the rail | to the water's edge, the whole coverad over by a thin outer planking, which gave no | indication of the armor beneath. This planking had been ripped off in every di- | rection by our shot and shell, the chain broken and indented in many p! forced partly into the ship's side.” ed that “the enemy was much damaged in | other parts, but to what extent it is now impossible to tell; it is believed he was badly crippled.” This idea hes long been looked upon as erroneous by historians and naval author- | ities, who regard the two vessels as having been far more nearly equal than is gen- erally su . They unite in giving the credit to the superior judgment and ficht-_ ing abilities of Capt. Winslow, and to the | fact that the American battery was better than the British, and that the American crew showed far better gunnery practice. The ships were ‘closely matched in size, the tonnage of the Kearsarge under the old system of measurement being against 1,016 for the Alabama, but on those | measurements the American buffers had got a little better speed for their vessel. English Testimony. The British Army and Navy Gazette of that day said: “The palm of care-and sktil must be adjudged to Capt. Winslow and bis first Meutenant;” and it proposed that, if the result was what Semmes asserted, “the admiralty should try the effect of such a cheap defense of nations on their wvoden walls.” Capt. Winslow, in his account of the bat- tle, says that along the midship section of the Kearsarge the chains belonging to her sheet anchor were hung outside and cove! ed with light boards to prevent dirt. “They were stopped to eyebolts by the crew, and when wanted were taken off und bent to the anchors. The object of stowingz the sheet chains thus was to protect the boll- ers from rifie shot when the coal was con- | sumed in the bunkers. This was the case at the time the action ensued. The Aia- bama had all her bunkers full and did not need this protection, but she could have edopted the same plan with her own chains had it been chosen.” Superior Guns and Guonery. Frof. Soley says that the firing of the Englishmen at the beginning was rapid and wild, though it became steadier toward the close: The crew of the Kearsarge, on the other hand, unde> the thorough training of Thornton, her efficient executive, made ex- cellent practice, firing with Celiberateness and precision. They had been instructed to point the heavy gums rather below than above the water line, leaving it to the 32- pounde>s t» sweep the decks. The two 11- inch guns, and especially the after gun. played havoc with the enemy. The two ships gradually neared in their revolutions, until they were only five or six hundred yards . At this distance the i00- pounder -ifle of that day was no match for the heavier smooth bores in en engagement between wooden vessels, and the sides of the Alabama were torn out by shells and he> decks covered with killed and wounded. The crew of her after pivot gun was re-| newed four times during the action, and nearly every man that had served it was disabled. The battle lasted an hour and twenty minutes. Afte> the close the Alabama had gone to the bottom. Only twenty-eight out of the 370 shots fired by the Alabama struck the Kearsarge, of these one lin) pound shell exploded in the Kearsarge’s | smokestack, and another, which wes the only really dangerous shot received, lodged in the sternpost, but did not explode. Capt. Semmes is quotei as saying of this that the fate of the battle depended upon a defective pe-cussion cap, but it was generally admit- ted now that the battle was decided before that shot was fired, and that the Kearsarge had outfought her antagonist from the first —_———_—+2. Had to Give Up the Childre: Two small boys, Robert and John Cross, were in Judge Miller's court this morning on application to have them turned over to the board of children’s guardians. Their mother appeared and told the court that her husband was a plasterer by trade, but because of his intemperate habits he had fi to support the children. She said she had been compelled to return to her mother's home, but her mother, she said, could not support her children and herseif. She also said that she would have to go out | and earn her own living, and if she had to keep the children with her she could not go to work. Judge Miller made the order prayed for, and Agent Lewis took charge of the children. __— Helping the Poor. Chief Clerk Sylvester of the police de-| partment notified Chairman Gardner of the central relief committee that his charity funds were exhausted, and that the work of relief would have to be sus- pended urless additional funds were placed at the disposal of the department. The committee acted on the suggestion without delay, and apportioned $1,000 to the credit of the department. Today there was a procession of applicants who wanted bread, fuel or house rent, while many only wanted clothing. Contributions are still being received, but the demand is equal to the supply. —_>_ The Chess To: ment. The first round in the Libbey Cup tour- ney was continued last night at the Wash- ington Chess Club. Capt. O'Farrell defeat- | ed Mr. Walker, and Mr. Tibbetts won from | 1 Mr. Molstad. Messrs. Usino and Rieman drew. aie The Jury Commission. The justices of the Supreme Court of the District have appointed io fill the vacan- | Differing Views Regarding Its Fu- GENERAL MARKET REPORTS, | Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. NEW YORK, Feb. 10.—Stock dwindled into almost nificance this snalysis. London was trading with our closing, but did portance on this ber cent in the ket gave a more prbickincd improvement is predicted. extensive liquidation in wheat ued today, and again all Previous were shattered, May options sell! for all ne: a Dushei, point to some collapse among operators unless the tide is speedily turned in favor of higher prices, Many prominent houses are ad) i i i i : : i li g i é i i clients to protect their wheat secure the benefite pray em, pom | which must soon ¢ me. Others claim that overproduction in nearly all parts of the World will result in a decline from present |low figures. While evidences of « panic | #re reported less pronounced today than | Sesterday the situation is decidedly un- | certain and leads to some | both for rafiroads and individuals in the j West. The Grangers are naturally held in check when one of their of transportation is cre at a price slightly below point at which the producer can afford to pay freight ‘The condition of afi west Been used all along by the aan bes bears to acon | the price of stocks, and rumors to pay dividends have “ weeks. These rumors have been in part by recent Burlington and 8t. point their stockholders in Fins a were ¥y, and Washington advices to be regarded with considerable g ° j 5 i i il , | ! | | It : t z i B The statement in is os serve, di $25,988,300; 8.638, 14 ? e @ law. te | mercial bills and | $31,000,000, being offset a | deposi: The decrease in the surplus | | creased, $180,300. | After opening firmer 1-8 higher at 60 7-8 and far as containing anything material benefit to these 3 should the suggested The market for been without feature this week | report an absence of all | from remitters. | The bank statement | consistent, the loss in | by an increase of | loans. representing the | banks are carrying on | 8s the loss in cash, as the to the government do | tire week. | Wheat Tumbles Again. CHICAGO, Feb. 10.—Wheat made another low price record for May today at @0 cents. | advancing on colder weather to | Eerehiwectern, receipts and | ton caused May to slide down 1 cent, going : | 8-4 cent below the lowest price of vester- H Later the price advanced 3-8 to 603-8, ae FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL, ‘The following are the op the | the lowest and the pe oom teen tee today, #8 Corson & | Macartney, members New York | Moore & | Broadway: j Stocks. American Sugar j American Sugar, | Ameriean Tobacco. American Cotton Oil | | Delaware and Hedson u Cattle Feeding. veneral Electric Be Louisville and Nashville. Long Island....... Wasn Stock Exet Sales—reguiur call—I2 o'clock m.—American Ge curity and Trust, 5 at Government v lwoT, 113% bid, “nited States 4a, coupon, 1907, 113% 114% asked. District of Columbia Bonds.--20-vear be, 96 Water stock ew ge BE geld, 1) ia, ta Water stock currency 7s, 1 10 bid a currency, HW%y bid reg. 2-105, Miscellancons Bonds. — W's and George town Railroad conv. Gx, Ist, 125 bid, 150 asked. | Washington and « ‘Raliroad cor. Ta, 24. children, Mrs. Harry Meade, Mrs. Harry | or, Ci Pp. Talbott and Mr. Thurston Houk, all ot | UO" of her brocher, Capt. Carlisle P. Vor- whom are living at Dayton |ter, for letters of administration. She The deceased was sixty-eight years of | States that he being an officer cf the marine |of the children, filed answer to the peti-_ 125 bid. 130 asked. Mesunde Hall Assmtatten Se. ; age. He was born in Cumberland county, | | Pa., in 1825, and removed with his father to. Dayton, Ohio, in 1827. Here he received an academe education, taught school for a few years and then studied law. He occu- pied a prominent position at the bar, and, in 852, he was elected to the legislature. He had been more or less identified with poll- tics since then, and, in 1884, he was nomi- nated for the circuit judgeship of the second circuit, but was defeated. In the same year he wes an elector on the Cleveland ticket, and four years later received the nomination for Congress in his district, but was defeated. He was, how- ever, elected to the Fifty-second Congress and re-elected to the Fifty-third. Mr. Houk was a member of the commerce and pension committees, and in these committees his ability as a lawyer made his istance and his judgment of value in the preparation of laws. ———E The Sale of Welcker’s Hotel. Negotiations are said to be about com- pleted for the sale of the Welcker Hotel property, on the east side of 15th street be- tween New York avenue and H street. It ig understood that the consideration named is about $175,000, and that a residence on Rhode Island avenue will represent a por- tion of the purchase price. The property is owned by the Welcker estate. The hotel business will be continued under the man- agement of Mr. Felter. —— May Lose His Eyes. The five-year-old son of Sergeant Mulhall of the police force, at his home, 520 Sth street southeast, was badly burned with powder yesterday, and may lose his sight. He got hold of a blank cartridge, and ap- plying a match it exploded. corps, 1s Hable to be orlered away; that the | amount of personal estate, $13), is grossly | incorrect, and claims that the property is | worth $6,000; that some of it js stored and | some in former home, 1710 H street, now | occupied by the French embassy. ee aaa Time for Oyster Dredging. | The final meeting of the joint commission | appointed by the legislatures of Maryland | and Virginia to investigate questions in dispute as to oyster and fisheries rights in Pocomoke sound and Potomac river and | to adopt a culling law was held here yes- terday. It was stated that there is a dif-| ference of two weeks between the legal time for dredging and tonging in the two | states and it was agreed to memorialize | the legislatures of the two states, request- ing the appointment of a commission to | consider a plan for making the time uni- form. It is believed that this commission will be appointed by the present legisla- | ture. ee Two Restraining Orders. | Thomas J. Hood et al. (Hood, Foulkrod & Co., of Philadelphia) have, by Mackall & Maedel, filed a bill against George Du Bois and Woolman Gibson, assignee, for the re- moval of the assignee and appointment of receivers to take charge of the stock of dry goods, boots and shoes at 803 Market space, and administer the same. It is ul- leged that the assignee has discharged the clerks familiar with the business and ap- pointed new ones, &c. A restraining order was issued by Justice Cox. Jeremiah Costello, by Mr. H. E. Davis, has filed a bill for an injunction against R. EF. L. White to restrain sale of @04 and 610 G street northwest, adv for Tuesday. A temporary restraining or- der was ma by Justice Cox. roperty | ertised | }! Baltimore Markets, BALTIMORE, Md., Feb. 10.—Floar dott, Western super, 1.70a2.00; do. extra, 2.1 family, 2.00a3.00; winter wheat, patent, 3.15 spring 3.75a4.00; spring wieat straizit. 8.50—receipts, 7,748 barrels: shipments, G2 barrels sales, 450 barrels. Wheat dull at the decline sot, Cligasits: February, GlaaGl': Marci asked: May, GityaGily: steamer 57! reeipts, 2.222 bushel steamer mixed. 404240%— receipts, wiipments, 58,068 bushela: stock sales 138.000 sample, 41843: do. on . 2 white western, 35! bushels southern grade, $ladz, firm—No. mt; em, S3igugi—stock 192-441 an tse dull. N receipts, stock. 37,765 hushelé. (Has quiet good. to choice Unotisy, $15.50. Grain freights dull and unchanged. "Sagar strong—granulated, $4.39 per 109 lus. Tne firm—fancy creamery, 28; do. Imitation, 20022. | ladle, 17818; z00d ldie, 15816; store pa 1 14: cold «to . Eggs steady—fresh, limed, Sal0. Cheese 13%. yao: Srm—fancy New York, ia ar Chicago Grain and Provision Markets. bankers and brokers, 10, 1894. Clow. cies in the jury commission. cause | edbad: Washington Market > deaths of James Nourse ani Thomas Ce eee ee ee eat Os teh bee Luttrell, Messvs. John Marbury and 110 gabe. Awerivau Security aed Trost | Maury Dove. A. & 0. merican | ae | Se, leub. 100 bid. Washington Tntantry. 3 ston Gas Comyn Ratirond ¢s, Telephone fe. 18 » Street Ratirosd ryaitan Kaileoad comy. Electric Light conv. Ga, cf Chesapeake and Potommne Capitol and North o x . id. United States Stocks. Hank of Washington, 300 bid. 330 Bank of Rewublic. 235 Wid 200 bid. Central, 280 bid. Recomd. ad Merbal % = v4, 2 asked. ro ia, Went Ba, 108 Ime vid Socks. Washington and , asked. “Metropolitan, 83 unbla, SS bil, 1 msked. S"erewets 20 bid.” Bekincton and Ratiread ‘bid. exked. North ©. Street, Home, 15 a2 se cng ee. ™ aed ople’s, S bid. 5 e 3 |oana Commercial. 3 Wid. ty asked. | Tithe Insuennce Stocks. Real Fetate ‘Title, 113 | bid, 128 waded. Columbia, Tithe, Gh Md, Ty wilted. an ees Electric Licht. Btocks,— Washington Ges, | 40, 484_anked! Georgetown Gee. 48 tid. | Pitted States Elocerie Licht, 122 bid. 128 eaked. Telephone Stocks. —Peonsyivania. wed, Cuemapeate, and Pot 46 bid, 50 ‘Atmerican Graphopheane. ANtincelieneaes. Bork Market, 13 id, 20 waked. Great, Ice. 120 ta Zan Panorama, 20 iid. Preumat Caries, tad {Ljneoin | Hall, ‘asked. Inter-Oven® Hiding, 10 naked. Nate Deyasit amd Trust Ker Safe Deposit. and Trost Cumean?, 130 hid. 1S Lasked. Washington Rafe Dewtt. 108 meer. Washington Laan and Trost, 128, Wid, 128 aahed Aierican Security and 135 id) 187 embed. ‘Trust > Range of the Thermometer. ‘The following were the readings of the | thermometer at the weather bureau tod 52; maximum, 53; mimi