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2 THE EVENING STAR, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1894-TWELVE PAGES. LATE NEWS BY WIRE. McKane’s Supporters in Court. GRANTED SEVERAL DAYS’ DELAY Justice Newton, it is Thought, | Will Not Be Tried. WHAT ARE THE CHARGES —_.+_——- BROOKLYN, Feb. 20.—The order granted | by Judge Cullen does not give much satis- | faction to John Y. McKane's friends, or in- | spire expectations that he can be kept from | going to Sing Sing prison this week. This order requires the prosecution to show why @ certificate of doubt should not be granted to McKane. It is not believed that Mc- Kane's lawyers can show that Judge Bart- lett made any blunders during the trial, or im the charge to the jury. The court presented a busy scene this | morning when the twenty-four followers of McKane, indicted by the January grand Jury for violating the election laws, were called upon to plead before Judge Gaynor. All the inspectors are indicted for mis- conduct and conspiracy. Constable Jam!- won is indicted for perjury. The indict- ments against Justice Newton are for con- spiracy and for contempt of court and omission and violation of duty in enforcing the election laws. Justice Sutherland is im- dicted for conspiracy and oppression. Jus- tices of the Peace J. S. Stricker and W. Gladding are indicted for neglect of duty im enforcing the election law. Justice Gaynor said his prominence with the defendants last fall made it out of the | question for him to act. He then sent the ©ases over to Justice Cullen. The names of Newton, Gladding and Sutherland were called. This comprised the town board of Graves- end, and the indictment against the men is failure to redistrict the towa, as — auske ed by law. The counsel for th until Friday, to which the agreed, and it was allowed. inspectors were called, and in some cases pleaded. It is thought that Judge the next one put on trial. ONLY A SHORT SPEECH. Newton will be Mr. Gladstone Faii to ce in a Denunciation of the Peers. LONDON, Feb. 20.—There was a notable gathering in the house of commons today, | in anticipation of hearing a great speech from Mr. Gladstone, who, according to re- port, was to make an attack upon the house of lords in connection with the recent so- called obstruction of legislation by the peers to such a popular measure as the parish councils’ bill and the -mploy-rs’ Kability Dill, not to mention the rejection of the home rule bill. ‘The house was crowded, ani it was no- ticed that many peers were present in the Galleries. Mr. Gladstone carefully dressed and @ flower in his buttonhole, entered the “questions” portion of the pre proceedings and loudly cheered, net only by his admirers, but by many of his opporents. Mr. Gladstone was not long in the house before he arcse. In answer to a question put by Sir Ellis Ashmead Bartlett, one of the members for Sheffield, he said that there was no evi- Gence that the Brazilian insurgents had con- stituted a government of such a character as to entitle ti to recognition as belliger- ents. After the rest of the qu disposed of Mr. Gladstone, amid long and most enthusiastic cheers, moved the dis- charge of order of the employers’ lability bill. The speech of Mr. Gladstone in making this motion lasted only fifteen minutes. tion had been The premier said, during the course of his | remarks, that he was convinced that a large | Majority of the working classes were op- pesed to the house of lords amendments, and therefore the government nad no op- tion but to withdraw the bill. ‘The government, continued Mr. Gladstone, believed that the working people were the best judges in matters which related to their own affairs. (Cheers.) And if the amendments were incorporated in the bill, the workmen's security would | be impaired and they would be deprived of all the benefits of the bill. Mr A. J. Balfour, the conservative leader, | ‘who was also heartily chee on all sides when he arose, defended the house of lords’ amendments, ‘claiming that the working people favored them. Continuing, Mr. Belfour said that he rep- Fesented an industrial constituency, and that he had not received a single objection to the amendment. Both the unjonists and the liberals, ac- cording to Mr. Balfour, we sent to the house of commons by the working classes, upon whose support both were dependent. as KNOCKED OUT THE NEGRO. A Ski love Fight Early This Morn- ing Near Passaic, NX. J. EW YORK, Feb. 20.—About 300 “sport witnessed a skin clove fight at a sporting resort In the vicinity of Passaic, N.J., early this morning. The contestants were Jimmy Lynch and Jimmy Gray (colored). Each man weighed 136 pounds, but the colored man had the advantage of height and reach. Ligch is well known as a race track fol low: and has a good record as a fighter. The man he met this morning is not very well known among pugilists. He traveled with Muldoon’s company, and met all com- ers about eighteen months ago. There was a great deal of trouble about the amount of money the fighters should get, and the anxious sports were kept wait- ing for fully five hours while the money wrangle was going on. Gray was knocked out in the fourth round. Lynch had the best of it all the way through. The winner got $100 and the Extension. NE, Wash., Feb. 20.—It is report- ed here that the Canadian Pacific has let & contract for the building of 250 miles of railroad between Nelson, B. C., and a point near Calgary. The proposed route is the Mmuch-talked-of Crow's Nest Pass and To- baceo Plains cut-off of the Canadian Pa- cific. If continued it will again reach the main line at or near Revelstok. It is said that the contract was let to Brown & Hol- lis of New Westminster. This would give Spokane an all-rail connection with the Canadian Pacific-Corbin system now being completed to Nelson. —_—__ Continuing the Sa Francisco Meet- r= SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 20.—The Califor- mia Jockey Club announces that the run- ning meeting now in progress will be con- tinued to April 1, when the Blood Horse As- sociation spring meeting commences, the Niearagua Canal Co. ISCO, Feb. 20.—A majority of the California shareholders in the Nicar- agua Canal Company have decided that no concerted action should be taken for or against the plan of reorganization. At the meeting, however, a number of the heaviest stockholders telegraphed to New York their acquiesence in the plan of re- organization. ———>__ PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. 20.—The attorney for a number of railway orders has filed in the United States circuit court an answer 's order directing re: > Kicked to Death by His Oo J 2 tDENTOWN, N. hear t horse his ho return rset r i ime Cha Rorse returne! im the dog cart THE REPUBLICA AT RIO. It is Believed That Admiral Mello Re- turned on Board. (Copyright, 1984, by the Associated Press.) RIO DE JANEIRO, Feb. 20.—The Bra- | Zilian insurgent warship Republica, having | on board, according to report, Admiral Mel- | lo and a strong reinforcement of troops for Admiral da Gama, has arrived here. It is reported that the Nictheroy, which | sailed for the south yesterday after a short | stay in these waters, will be ordered back} from Santos to this port. When the Nictheroy left here it was be- | lieved that she had gone to Santos with | ; the intention of meeting the Republica, | | which has been blockading that port for | some time past. | Shortly after the arrival of the Republica | | Admiral Da Gama was visited by an officer, believed to be Admiral De Mello, and a long | consultation followed. it is believed that an insurgent vessel is | | to be sent in pursuit of the Nictheroy. PRESIDENT ELIOT ON SPORTS. Intercollegiate Contests Made Less | Frequent and Freshmen Debarred. CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Feb. 20.—President Eliot's annual report, with its much dis- cussed atiack upon college sports, was | made public today. He says, in part: “In the highly competitive sports which give rise to exciting intercollegiate con-| tests, namely, boat racing, base ball and foot ball, there have been developed in re- cent years some evils of a serious nature. No sport which requires of the players more than two hours a day during the term time is fit for college use. No student can keep up his studies and also play his full part in any one of these three sports as at present conducted. “There is something exquisitively inap- propriate in the extravagant expenditure on athletic sports at such institutions as Harvard and Yale. In the game of foot bail the players have been forced by public opinion to overtrain and overwork, until — is a great risk of injury and even jeath. “To become brutal and brutalizing is the natural tendency of all sports which in- volve violent personal collision between the Players, as in foot bali.” n the matter of remedies, the president sgests the following changes: 1. There should be no freshmen inter- @ matches. | “2. No games, intercollegiate or other, | Should be played on any other but college fields belonging to of competing | colleges, or in the college town. | ‘3. Professional dents should keep | apart in any intercollegiate contests. “4. No student should be a member of a university team or crew in more than one | sport within the same year. “3. No foot ball should be played until | the rules are so amended as to diminish the number and the violence of the collisions between the players, and provide for the en- forcement of the rules. “6. Intercollegiate contests in any one sport should not take place oftener than every other year. a MEANT WHAT HE SAID. | A Massachusetts Ciergyman Who E | forced His Church Rules. ATTLEBORO, Mass., Feb. 20.--Rey.Herry | Manchester, pastor of the tiospel aurch here, is the most prominent figure In a sen- sation which leaked out today. Rev. Mr. | Manchester has rules for the government | of the services at his church, and one of them forbids any one leaving the hall while + the Bible is being read. Mr. Manchester was reading the Bible on Sunday night, and a young man started to leave the ha! ‘The minister left the pulpit grasped the ung man and a rough and tumble fight ed. The members of the congregation huve | the pastor, and the-greatest confusion en- sued. The pastor got the best of the en- counter, but his face was severely ich- | ed. The members of the conrezztion have mede every effort to keep the saatter quiet. —__e | PURVIS GIVEN MORE TIME. | The Mississippi Supreme Court Denies | | the Attorney General's Motion, | NEW ORLEANS, La., Feb. 20.—The Pic- ayune’s Jackson, Miss., special says: The supreme court has denied the motion of Attorney General Johnson to resentence the white cap, Will Purvis, who failed of execution in Marion county on the 7th of this month by the breaking of the rope. The court said that it had nothing to do with the case; that it was a matter for the |eireuit court, as provided for in section 1450 of the code of 1802. Under the law Purvis cannot be resentenced until the June term of the circuit court at Columbia, | unless Judge Terrell sees fit to call a spe-| cial term of court. ' | ' ee eee | | THE VOTING FALLING OFF. Reports of the Polling Throughout. Pennsylvania. | PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 20.—Although the weather today is clear and pleasant, only a light vote has been cast in this city up to 2 p.m. for a Congressman-at-large to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Gen. Wm. Lilly. Reports received at democratic head- |@uarters indicate that the party vote is coming out. At republican headauarters very little in- formation has been received. The repub- lican candidate is Galusha A. Grow, his | democratic competitor being James Denton | Hancock. Victor Lotier is the people's par. ty candidate and Henry F. Morrow repre ae the prohibitionists. —_—_—___ | CONCESSION TO SPAIN. This Government Admits the Princi- ple of Oid Claims for Damages. MADRID, Feb. 2.—The minister of for- eign affairs has received a cable message | j from the Spanish minister at Washington saying that the United States government | has admitted the prin le of the Spanish claim for damages to Spanish subjects who | suffered during the Florida war. | These claims are a set off for the long iscussed Mora claims of Havana, against which Deputy Lastres of Mayaguez leads the opposition in the chamber. ain HICCOUGHS FOR SIX WEEKS. They Were Brought on by Eating a Piece of Stale Bread. NEW YORK, Feb. 20.—In Brooklyn there is a case of hiccoughs similar to that af- flicting John Carberry of Newark. The victim is Abraham Bach, living in the Eastern Park way near Rockaway avenue. ‘The pathetic part of Bach's case is that his trouble has been brought on by lack of | food. He is a tailor and has been out of work for weeks and at times has been without food for two and three days. He has a wife and three children and all have suffered together. The attack of hiccoughs began six weeks ago, when he ate a plece of bread which was very stale. He went to sleep and a few hours later woke coughing and finally begen to hiccough. For some days the peor man had no relief, as he was too poor to call in a physician. Dr. Wm. Boehm héard of the sufferer, however, and offered his services. He tried all the possible remedies and called in Dr. Jacob Fuhs in consultation. Both | prescribed and have been hard at work on | the case and have afforded Bach relief by | deses of nitro-xly erine, inducing sleep. | His life is in danger. —_———~ INMATES REMOVED IN SAFETY. Fire in the Rochester State Hospita This Morning. ROCHESTER, N. Y., Feb. 20.—The Roch- ester State Hospital at 5:30 o'clock this morning was in flames. The fire started | near where the insane inmates were con-| fined. The supply of water was short and | the- firemen were handicapped in their ef- forts. Fram the moment when the first cry | | of fre was given the inmates of the build- \ing were in a state of intense excitement. | | Their shouts and cries for aid were pitiful. The removal of inmates was accomplished , without loss of life. The building was destroyed. The loss will j Teach $120,000, There is no insurance. At | the time the ke out there were in | the building 220 male inmates, female | inmates and 11¢ U keepers and officials. NY, Feb. 20, sed a bill appro- | 00 for the immediate care of ts of the s hos- which was fire this | ng Satolli will celebrate pontifical mass ve dedication of St. Cecilia's Church, in ston, April . i | tee will give a hearing tomorrow to Susan [tion signed by 4,000 | by acclamation. | the United States. | ing greater wrong than | had been rescued and sent home. | thinking | Jumped overboard to put an end to the life DANIEL CONTINUES The Virginia Senator Resumes His De- fense of the President. Other Interesting Matters Tr: by the Senate During its Ses- sion Today. In the Senate this morning Senator Mur. phy (N. Y.) presented a large number of petitions protesting against the passage of the new tariff bill. Senator Hill (N. Y.) was designated to act as a member of the committee on wo-| man’s suffrage in the absence of Senator | Vance of North Carolina. This commit- B. Anthony and other woman suffragists. | Senator Wolcott of Colorado was also des- ignated a member of this committee to act in the absence of Senator Quay. A Massachusetts Petitio Senator Voorhees (Ind.) presented a pe- citizens of Massa- chusetts in favor of the passage of the! new tariff bill and indicating that such legislation would be beneficial to Massa-| chusetts industries. Senator Hoar (Mass.) called attention to the fact that this petition was really a petition for protection. “That petition,” said he, “goes on the principle of advo-| cating a tariff for protection, for it points | out a method by which ihe industries will | be protected by the bill; besides, if the| opinion of the people of Massachusetts on | that subject would be of any avail, 1 have | no doubt there would be more than 100,000 majority against that petition. In reply to an inquiry trom Senator Hoar | as to the names of some cf the petitioners Senator Voorhees sald: “I see on the pett-| tion the names of John M. Worbes, William Lioyd Garrison and Steison and Endicott | and other names familiar in tne history cf | the commonwea!th. This is not a part!san petition. It is made up largely of people, I am informed, who up to this time have | thought it their duty to vote the republican | ticket, although there are also many demo- crats among the petitione-s.” “The name of John M. Forbes,” said Sen- | ator Hoar, “is a name which will be re- ceived with respect everywhere in Massa- (Laughter.) said Senator Voorhees, Forbes myself.” The petition was referred to the finance | committee. For Open Executive Sessions, Senator Peffer presented a proposition to | amend the rules so as to provide thar ea- ecutive sessions shall be heid with epen doors and galleries, except where the Presi- dent of the United States shall sugy: hat) the subject matter of a comimunication re- quires secrecy or a committee of the Senate | recommends that the specilie matter shail | be considered in secret session. To Read the Farewell There was an inioresting “I know Address, controversy | | over the selection of a Senator to read the farewell address of George Washington on | the 22d—Washington’s birthday. Senator Harris moved that Senator Mar- | ju: tin of Kansas be selected to read this ad- | dress to the Senate, but Senator Sherman objected, and :nsisted that this nonor should be conferred upon Senator Harvis himself, since he is the President pro tem. of the Senate. Senator Harris pleaded that he was so indisposed that he would not be able to attend the session on that day that the 2u- dress should be read by S r Mandersou of Nebraska, lately the President pro tem. of the Senate. It looked for a mom though there might be a partisan divis on the subject, but candidate for the honor, Senator Hoar sug: 1 that Senator Har- ris should be permitted to name the Sen. nm Senator Marderson de- Senator Sherman withdrew his suggestion, | and Senator Harris’ motion was adopted Senator Dan on Bawall. At 1 o'clock the Hawaiian resolution was taken up, and Senater Daniel (Va.) resumed his argument. “No one can read the record,” said the Senator, “without seeing that Minister Stevens and the naval officers had taken the clue that annexation was desired—and | they played their part well. Our mimis-| ter robbed a nation with the spirit of a truant boy who robs an orchard. It is! alleged that President Cleveland sought to support a monarchy. “There is no doubt that the present pres- ident of Hawaii was himself a monar- chist up to the moment when he assumed | the duty of dictator. The present govern-| ment of Hawail is more of a monarchy | and more of an oligarchy than the m archy of Liliuokalani. She was a m arch in a limited monarchy and under con- stitutional restrictions and was held down to the constitutional Imitation by th very movement. The present government of Hawaii ts nondescript. It had no foun- dation in the voice of the people. ‘ Stevens and Blount Contrasted. | None of the things tone by Mintster | Stevens were legal, constitntiowl or in cord with diplomatic usage or custom: whatever was done by the Pre: Secretary of State, or Mr. Blount, was legal and constitutional, because they acted un- der conditions which had totally changed. | Continuing, Senator Daniel maintained | that a great share of the revoluiion w to the sugar planters who were anxious t secure the bounty on Hawaiian sugar frem | i However much the overthrow of the be depzecated, the Senat would ever have been y queen, for it could not be done w: would have sought to correc It presents a situation in which there} must be a choice of evils and in which to. select the least ts the dictates of re and morality, He th vor recognition of the new ove: and) that the American government good speed. - The Government Printing Office. It was 2:20 when So: Dantel_con- cluded, and Senator Vest (Aio.) immediately called up the bill to provide additional ac. commodations for the government printing office. them | | | —__. OVER THE LO A Colored Woman Was Yesterday, but Was Re Passengers on the Alexandria local train | crossing the Long bridge about 5:15 o'clock yesterday witnessed what would have been a sensatior had the chief actor been some other person and her reason for commit- ting the exciting de2d been different. A carriage in which three persons were seat- ed was seen coming over the bridge in the direction of the city and when the vehicle reached a point not far ‘rom the north end of the bridge a woman was seen to BRIDGE, leap from the bridge to the cold water | > below. She was a colored woman and her ecmpanions were colored men. They quickly jumped into the water after the woman, so it is reported, and she was rescued from what would so soon! have been a watery grave and taken home. | She had only received a bath and had not been harmed. A brakeman on the train, who witnessed the affair, told of what he had seen and word was sent to the police. The police boat soon reached the scene and the officers learned that the woman This afternoon a telegram was received at po-| ice headquarters stating that the wo who attempted suicide was named Tillie | Brown, and her home was in Willow Tree court southwest. | Tired of Life. It was stated this afternoon that Tillie was not in the carriage, but was walking over the bridge with several female com- panions. The men in the vehicle, however, | saved her. She had been over to Jackson City, where the policy shops and other gambling games were in full bl: thought that her trip over ti usted her and caused a desire on her p to return to her husband, from whom she| has been separated for a long time, and! he would not receive her, she she had been leading. he fs only twenty-two years old and he: husband is a on the railroad. mother lives in Baltimore. When Tillie ched home evi she stated that her head troubled her, and | she was bothered so much that she be- ame tired of life. Word has bee mother in Balttmore, and Tillie will probably return to that city. ‘THE LAST WORDS | At the Annual Session of the Woman’s Suffrage Convention. A COLORED WOMAN'S ELOQUENCE A Warm Welcome Assured to the Delegates in Atlanta. RESOLUTIONS OF THANKS eee The final day of the convention of the National American Woman Suffrage As- sociation began shortly after 10 o'clock this morning. There will be another session | this evening and tomorrow merning a final executive commitiee meeting for the pur- | | pose of clearing up the odds and ends of , business of the convention. Tomorrow evening there will be a reception at Wil- | lard’s Hotel tendered to the delegates by the without some proper qualification. ‘Yomun, she said, has as much right <v suffrage as man. ‘The State Presidents. “Presidents’ evening” was the name of the session that began at 8 o'clock, and short addresses were made by the presi- dents of a number of different state asso- prea District of Co- Mrs. Mary Bennett of the o! lumbia told of the efforts made to secure from Congress legislation giving married women their prope: rights, of the attempt to have women appointed to the school board and of legislation pending for an en- largement of the board with a view to get- ting women appointed. Mrs. Bennett re- ferred to the presence of three women on the children’s board of guardians and of a woman being the physician in charge at the Girls’ Reformatory School. Miss Laura M. Clay of Kentucky made an earnest appeal for equal rights for the two sexes, and Mrs. Emily B. Ketcham of De- troit told of the practical work that is being done in Michigan. Mrs. M. Stansbury the vice president of the Colorado associa- tion, started her address by declaring that she considered the victory of equal suffrage in Colorado pre-eminently a triumph of faith. For half a century, she said, cause of political equality has been slowly but resistlessly advancing. Concessions and partial suffrage all over the United States are the result, but these inches are only ignificant as they lead to the ell of our de- sire. The Colorado victory is the first of its kind in the world and it comes, she said, not as the outcome of any particular cir- cumstances, not because more or harder the | District Suffrage Association, | work was done at this time, but because of This morning after the reading of the | all the work that has gone before. minutes of yesterday Mrs. Harriet Taylor | Women’s Duty to Vote. Upton made an informal report of the | Mrs. Clava Bewick Colby of the Nebraska committee on press work for the convention. | Woman's Suffrage Association said she Miss Howard of Georgia stated to the con- | thought that woman’s right to vote had | Mrs, vention that an effort had been :nade to | get all of the Georgia papers, in order to | see What reception they would give to the news that the convention had decided to go to Atlanta next year. All the papers that had been seen had had the most flattering accounts of the convention and had crowed loudly over the success of Atlanta in get- ting the convention for 1895. “Time was,” said Miss Anthony, “when Atlanta would not have been pleased at capturing the suffragists for their annual meeting, but the time is coming when any city will feel honored to have them. Miss Virginia Deane, a colored woman of Georgia, was introduced to the convention 4d made quite an eloquent and florid dress on the relationship between the two races and the rights that colored women have in common with white women. She said that the hard times were caused by the fact that men sometimes lose their heads, but that the time is coming when the state will be governed in accordance with the truths of God, when women shall have a | just share in the management of the gov- ernment and its affairs. The Famous Colored Slave. At the conclusion of Miss Deane’s address Miss Anthony said that never since the days of old Sojourner Truth, the famous colored slave in New York, had she heard such an eloquent address from a colored woman, She then went on to tell some in- cidents in the ‘life of that old woman, who had been for fdrty years a slave, and who became a famous orator in the cause of woman and her treedom. Mrs. Avery announced to the convention with deep regret the death of Anna Ella Carroll, whos claim to having been the originator of the plan of the Tennessee campaign has been recognized as ust by almost everyone who wes cogni- zant of the case. An effort had been made to secure a pension for Miss Carroll in recognition of what she had done for the se of the Union, but the effort has al- been a although favorable ave aly been made on the s Anthony followed Mrs. Avery paying a brief and beautiful tribute to memory of this woman, whom she had ell in life. Miss Gillette, the president of the Wimo- daughsis of this city, was introduced to the convertion and made an_ interesting address of five minutes on the origin, growth and purposes of that institution. It had had its beginning with the woman suffragists, but has not limited itself to that cause. It is the only institution in the city, which holds out to women the same advantages in educa’ lirections that are enjoy onal and business 4 by young men in institutions such as the Y. CA Wimodaughsis fs in need of financtal afd in order to keep po ssion of the house which it has bought on I street. A meeting of the stockholders was to be held at the club house this afternoon at 3:30 o'clock and Miss Gillette urged upon all the dele- gates to attend. Mr. Henry B. Blackwell of Massachusetts, chairman of the committze on resolutions, pr ed a series of resolutions for the conside-ation of the convention. The lutions were very much like those present in years gone by. They protested the maintenance of politi of sex, and the prevailing i shown to women. They urged the rights of y for equal work, regardless of sex, indo: the work of the southern commi tee, recommended that the special effor the association be centered in Kansas di) intstice that is ing the coming year. The thanks of the convention » extended to denators and who have shown them- selves disposed to render fair treatment to and the resolutions insisted that sociation fs, and always shalt be, n n and non-sectarian, deman? suffrage for women as a right ana » a that in a vepublican form of rovernment both sexes should he equally re seed, ‘The resclutions urged that all women who are in sympathy with equal suffrage should affiliate themselves with the association lest their silence should seem to ousiders to be hostility to the cause, and recommended the fermation of suffrage clubs of as few as three membi in places where there were only a few workers who can come to- gether, and where there are no other politi- cal organizations. Believing that the work 1 suffrage is sacred and patriotic, it was recommended that Sunday meetings be held whenever practicable. This latter resolution gave rise to considerable discus s it seemed to bring in a sectarian t that was in hostility to a preced- ‘olution. A substitute was submitted to the effect that s the suffrage red and re} the opinion that there of the week upon which it was nd proper to hold meetings for th ination of woman suff trines. inal resolution was « with an amendment inserting the “without regard to our own ¢ thanking veiated Pre the local papers their ir and and full reports of the convention were the As also adopted, as was also a resolution to the effect that in every state the legi ture should be petitioned for municinal and presidential suffrage by statute and then for the submission of a constitutional amendment and that a standing territorial committe? be appointed to secure ¥ suffrage In Oklahoma, Indian Utah, Arizona and New Mexico. A resolution of sympathy with of Miss Carroll was passed, i contribution box, raised to help d2fray the exy funeral. Another resolution memory of Lucy Stone and other workers in the cause who have pasred away during the year. After some further remarks on various subjects the convention adjourned. Addresses This Evening. The program for this evening is as fol- Address, ry Seymour Howells, w York, “Campaigning;” address, Simo: territory, Was one in Wolf, District. of Columbia; address, Vir- ginia D. Young, ‘Woman Suffrage in South Caroli; addr Rev. Ida C. Hul- tin, Illinois, temarks by the president. Wednesday, 19 o'clock a.m, committee meeting in the suffrage parlors, 1328 I street. Officers Elected. At the afternoon session of the Woman Suffrage Association yesterday afternoon the report of the press committee was read by Mrs. Ellen B. Dietrick of Loston, «nd that of the treasurer by Mrs, Harrict Ta: The Crowning Race;” closing lor Upton of Warren, Ohio. The treasur- er’s report showed a small surplus for the re- year, Her figures showed the ceipts during the year to be 32, penditures, § , leaving a bal; b total sponding secretary of the National Wo- men’s Christian Temperance Union, wish- ing the association God-speed. A suitable answer tin reply by Miss Anthon ‘The annual election of officers suing year resulted in the choice of the following: Susan B. Anthony, president; Rev. Anna | ident-at- | Shaw of Phil large; Rachel F\ correspond. delphia, vice pt ter Avery of Philadelphia, g secretary; Miss Alice Stone Blackwell of Boston, recording secretary; Harriet Taylor Upton of Ohio, treas- urer, and Mrs. Ellen B, Dietrick of Boston and Josephus K. Henry of Kentucky, au- ditors, president introduced Miss Kate Field, w in a brief speech, declared her position on the suffrage question. She had never teen against woman suffrage, she said, but she is and has been against universal suffrage an | executive | t before the meeting adjourned the | been pretty well established. She would, therefore, address herself to another phase of the subject—that of woman’s duty to vote. Not to vote down the saloons or up the schools, or down or up any particular institution or party, but to have’an active | | interest and an aroused conscience about every question that concerns the public good. Men are beginning, she said, to call upon women for help to meet the new prob- lem of the day and they have a right to woman's assistance. Short addresses were also made by Claudia B. Howard Maxwell of Georgia, Mrs. Jean | Brooks Greenleaf of New York, James L. | Hughes of Toronto and Mrs, Virginia D. Young of South Carolina. The remainder of the session was devoted to addresses in favor of the campaign in Kansas. Mrs. Laura M. Johns, Mrs. Anna L. Diggs and Miss Susan B. Anthony all spoke for addi- tional contributions for the campaign in| | that state. —————_ DAUGHTERS OF THE KING. The First Gathering of All the © ters in This City. The Daughters of the King of this city _will hold a meeting this afternoon at 4 o'clock In the Ascension Protestant Episco- yal Church, corner of 12th street and Massa- chusetts avenue northwest. The meeting will be an important one for several rea- | Sons, in that it will be the first gathering | together of all the chapters of the Daugh- | ters of the King in the city, and will be the beginning of a new campaign mapped cut on clearer lines and with a better knowledge (of the work before the order. The order of the Daughters of the King is a purely Episcopal organization, doing for women what the St, Andrew's Brother- hood does for men. ,It shoutd not be co fused with the King’S Daughters, as it com- monly is, for the two are entirely distinct societies both 2s to membership and to work. The Daughters of the King, al- though organized in New York in 1883, is a Society litue known in this city from the fact that there have been no chapters ferm- ed here until within the last two years or so. p- A Counctl Formed. But in last December the six chapters in the city joined together, formed a local } council, and since then the order has grown largely here, both in numbers and in prom- inence. Just exactly on what lines they should work, however, has been something of a puzzle, as the order is so new and con- tains so few experienced workers in Wash- ington. The local council consists of dele- gates from the various chapters, and @!- though this body has had a couple of busi- | ness meeiings, there has been no previous gathering together of all the members of | the order heretofore. Tcday’s meeting will consequently give everybody an opportunity to meet everybody else and to talk over matters both formally and informally. Mrs. W. G. Davenport, the president of the locai council, will make an address, in which she will tell her hearers something of the work and of what is expected of them, and try to make the whole thing as clear as possible. The rules and pledges of the Daughters of the King are very strict in some ways, and there 1s no chance for any triflers in the organization. According to the constitu- tion, the sole object of the society is the “spread of Christ's kingdom among young women and the strengthening of life." Every young woman joining pledges herself to wear the badge of the order, a narrow Greek cross, to aid the rector in his work and each week to make an effort to bring within hearing of the Gospel some young woman. The purposes of the society are purely spiritual, and the members are | not supposed to give entertainments, fairs or do anything toward: raising money. The colors of the order are white and biuc, and on the badge is the inscription, “* imiter Crucem Sustine,” and Sake.” | The Local Chapters. | The officers of the local council of the ‘order here are: President, Mrs. W. G. | Davenport; vice president, Miss H. B. Wick- /ersham; treasurer, Miss L, M. Smallwood, and secretary, Mrs. L. K. Roome. | ‘The chapters and their officers in the city are the St. Agnes Chapter, in Christ Church, G street between 6th end 7th | streets southeast.—President, Mrs. G. F. Williams; secretary, Miss H. B. Wicker- sham. Emanuel Chapter, dent, Mrs. W. G. in Anacostia.—Presi Davenport; secretary, Miss Smith. | St. Catherine Chapter, in the Church of and L. the Incarnation, streets northwe: esident, Miss Smallwool; secretary, Miss L. Mek Naomi Chapter, inthe nsion Church, corner of 12th and Massachusetts avenue northwest.—President, Miss Edna Lake secretary, Miss ¢ treasurer, Miss Gyer. tephen’s Chapter, in Stephen's corner of 12th N M. new. Church, in Mount Pleasant.—President, Mrs. L. K. Roome; vice president, Miss Marian Whi secretary, M Anna Fletcher, and treasurer, Mrs. P. Everett. peemikites "sre COL, CODY DENIES “Phat He ix Going to Fight a Duel | With Fred Ma Fred May and Col. Wm. F. Cody, general}: known as Buffalo Bill, at Chamerlin's last Friday night is now on, and the friends of the two parties ere considering the pos- sibility of a further meeting between them. There has been some talk of a duel grow- | ing out of the incident, but very little stock (is taken in this, although it ts generally | admitted that both men are dead game, and | in case they came together at some future date trouble is looked for with some degree | of certainty. A telegram received in this city from Chicago : Col. Wiltam ¥. Cody, who ‘has just arrived in Chicago from Washiag- jton, referring to a rumor that he had call- |ed on a friend at St. Paul to act as his | Second in a duel with Fred May, said: “I am not going to fight a duel with apybody. May has not challenged me, and I 4m sure |T have not challenged him.” Upon his ar- | rival there, Col. Cody found a telegram re- \ferring to|a matter of business awaiting \him from Dr, Frank Howell, mayor of La- crosse, Wis., saying: “I am yours to com- don ail occasions, and in every emer- y.” This undoubtedly gave rise to the rumor that he had asked a northwestern friend to act as his second. ————— Donjan Taken to Baltimore. Joseph Donjan, who came into notice a few weeks since through ‘writing letters to Vice President Stevenson and was com- mitted to jail, yesterday turned over to the United States marshal for Mary land by United States Commissicner Mills and will be tried in Baltimore for using the mails for improper purposes. The let- ters forming the base of the charge were | mailed in Baltimore, hence the change of | base as to his trial. eve Remanded for Trial. | Chief Justice Alvey yesterday handed down the opinion of the court in the case of Mary J. Waird agt. Henry Semken re- versing the lower court and remanding the | case for trial, This is an action to recover |far the loss of a diamond locket left with defendant, and in the court below Mr. Sem- ken answered that the necklace was not | the property of plaintiff, and was left with him by complainant as security for the debt of her husband. The case went up simply on a question of pleading. ! parish | The aftermath of the encounter between | [IT WAS A LIVELY FIGHT) In the Moonlight Down in the Vicinity of Fort Foote. | | Coutestants Were Bantam Weights, | but They Put Upa Straight Fight | —"Sassce" Knocked Out. | | Two young followers in the footsteps of | champion “James J." met in fistic combat | jest right in an out-of-the-way place be-| yond the city borders, and pounded nck) other until one of them could pound no} |more. The fight was “hot stuff" from be- | ginning to end, and watched by a bic} crowd of sports, who took in the whole! | thing, and whose blood tingled at every | sood hit the combatants got in. | ‘The two principals, and consequently the two heroes of the crowd, were “Sussee Can- jdetta,” an Italian newsboy, who is well known among tha army of boys that spread The Star through the town every | afternoon, and a plucky New York jockey, whose name is not in the directory, put | who is known among a big circle of resi- jdents and frequenters of Jackson City, | Where he has made his headquarters for | Some time, as “Chappie.” The two were bantam weights, running ninety pounds apiece. The fight had been well advertised among the class who support such affairs and know how to keep them dark from those who don’t, and consequently at midn'ght | @ large crowd was assembled at the Penn- | s¥lvania depot. They filed into two big | omnibuses and about a dozen cabs and left through the moonlight night, out by Ana- costia and past the insane asylum for a secluded spot near Fort Foote. They were | followed to the District line by a squad of | city blue coats, but wh they were out in Maryiand the “cops” good night to the crowd and came back to the city. At Fort Foote the party from the city were joined | by a lot of sporting men from Jackson | City, who had come down the river in a barge, and all together they raised a purse of $200. A well-known bookmaker of Jack- son City was chosen referee, and two prom-_ inent sporting men seconded each one of | the principais. The Fight Begins. Amidst intense excitement the four-ounce | gloves were donned, time was called and the fight began. The fight was one of the prettiest seen here for a long time. For eleven rounds they fought, hitting hard and fast, and | without much gain by either one until the | | very last. “‘Sassee’’ seemed to hold a little | the better hand from the start and gained | first blood in the sixth round. The crowd was supremely happy. “Chappie” broke up |his opponent's rushing tactics by a couple |of rib roasters, and “‘Sassee” returned the /compliment with some heavy left handers on and about “Chappie’s” head. The Blood Spurted. “Sassee” seemed the more ccientific, -but they both got in many good raps and made the blood spurt over themselves and the ground. Round afier round went on vntil | the two plucky pugilists came up for the | | eleventh time. Neither of them had appar- ently weakened, and the spectators, who | j were drinking it eagerly in, looked for} plenty more fight still. | But they were mistaken. “Sassee” was | too confident, and in a :moment when he was off his guard “Chappie” got in his work and, swinging his right with terrific force, | landed on the other's jaw. It came down | ike a pile driver, and every man there | could fee! in his bones how it felt. But “Sassee” was unconscious on the | ground and couldn't feel at ail. It knock-out blow. Everybody knew the spo was over, and the crowd went home. | eeraceieimetenties Marrtage Licenses. Marriage licenses have been issued to the foliowing by the clerk of the court: } J. Samuel Sheppard of Albemarle county, Virginta, and Bianche E. Cleveland of Fair- | fax county, Virginia; M. H. Johnson and | | Anna B. Fry; Arthur Chase and Rose | Davis; Ernest L. Graham and Laura 5. | Nichols; Robert Wiliiams and Lucy A. Douglass idgur R. Balderston and Ella . Sanzio; August Daetz and Alvena O. Hartenstein. i — Church of Gur Redeemer. The second song service at the Church of our Redeemer (Lutheran) was well attended and proved a success. The jubilee selections | rendered by Prof. J. T. Amos and five of his children added greatly to the interest of the occasion. Sunday at 3:30 the Rev. Paulus |Moot of Monrovia, Africa, addressed the Sabbath school on missionary efforts in Li- beria. He showed that the seeds of evangel- |twation in the dark continent were first sown by the black men of the race and afterward taken up and carried to its pres- ent state of interest. Dr. Theobald h’s Lecture. Dr. Theobald Smith, the well-known bac- teriologist, will lecture at the Columbian | University lecture hall, 15th and H streets, _ tomorrow night at 8:15 o'clock on “Chan- nels of Infection, With Special Reference to Water and Milk.” The lecture ts given | under the auspices of the Sanitary League and is free to the public. It promises to be one of the most interesting of the course arranged by the league. —— Death of Miss Carroll, Miss Anna Ella Carroll died in this city yesterday afternoon. She was the eldest daughter of the late Gov. Thomas King Carroll of Somerset county, Md. Her re- mains will be taken to Cambridge and funeral services will be held at old Trinity Chureh, Dorchester county, tomurrow morning at 10 o'clock. eneeiatlieatcninecess THE COURTS. Equity Court, Division 1—Justice Cox. ‘Today--Gordon agt. Davidson; saie finally ratified, and reference to auditor. Grear- son agt. Palmer; do., do. Equity Court, Division 2—Justice Hagner. Today—Uhler agt. Adams; purchaser re- jeved of complying with terms of sale. Expressmen’s M. B. Association agt. Moss jet al; Ann Hoffman appointed guardian ad Ktem. In re Adolf Berger (lunatic); ret- to auditor. Page agt. Vermillion; H. |C. Potter appointed guardian ad litem! Cireuit Court, Division 1—Justice Bradley. Today—Reed’s Sons agt. Bradstreet and Chappel agt. Hobbs; judgments by default. Sr aes Washington Stock Exchange. call—12 o'clock | m.—Washington Kallroad, 4 at_ 280. Chesapeake eplione, i at 47. uuent Bonds.United States 4s, registered, Wa bd, Wis asked. Culted Stites ds, 1 4 Lvs asked. District of Colt Bouds.— 20-year Funding 5: | 206%, bid, Water 1901, 115. bid. 3u-year Funding Gs, 116%y bid. Water stock fa itis,” 120 id. 3.658," Funding“ car- wous Bonds.—Washingtou and George- ad conv. Os, Ist, 125 bid, 143 asked. and Georgetown Raiitoad cous. 6s. 2, Masonic Hail Association 3s. | Washington Market Company Ist 6s, luo jon Market Company imp. Ga, 103 on Market Com ext. Gs, 102 bid. | Auerican Security and Trust 5s, 1905, A. & O.. joo vid. American and Trust 5s, 1905, aington Light Infantry Ist s 6s, 100 on Light Infantry 2d 7s, a pany Ss, series A, Gas Company Gs, serics Washingtoa Gas Company ton “Railroad 6s, 100 103 rt Street Railroad 5s, 5 ropoiitan Railroad conv. 6s, "101 States Electric Light conv. Bank of Washington, 2235 bid. M cites, ee! © Telephone r- . Columbia, 125 bid. 103 bid. " Traders -ncol Railroad : ton ai town, | 220) bid. 280 asked. Metropolitan, 3 hid. i | ask ia, 35 bid, GS asked: Capitol’ and | North O Street,” 16 bid.’ Eckingtow’ and Soldiers’ 2 Stocks.—Firemen’s, 44 bid. 50 asked. . 4419 bid. 50 asked. Metropolitan, 73 bil. | 18 asked. Ariinzzon, 155 ‘bid, 145 umbia, 13 bid, i 8 asked. Ris; May egntacks Siteal Estate ‘Title, 112 olumbia Title, 6% bid, 74 asked Stocks.—Washington Gas, 2 asked. Georgetown Gas, 47 bid United States Electric Light, 123 bid, 126% asked. Telephone — Stocks.—Pennsy1 34 id, 46 asked. Chesapeake and Po! 5 bid. 48 asked. ra asked. Market, 12% | 40 asked” Bull jc Gun Carriaze, Lincoln Hall, 100 asked. Inrer- Ocean Butiding, #0 asked. afe Deposit and Trust Companies.—Natic Safe Deposit and Trust. Company, 140 Washington Safe Deposit, sv 106 Washingtog Loan and’ Trust, vid. 130 asked American Recnrity and Trust, 182 bid, 135% asked. *Ex. Dividend. — Range of the Thermometer. The following were the readings of the ther- mcmeter at the weather bureau today: 8 am., 38; 2 p.m., 49; maximum, 49; mini- mum, 3 35 bid, .52 asked. mal asked ark | Withstand the unloading of | bought against such a contingency, Mey saa | $15.50. Grai no change. FINANCE AND TRADE. Industrials Again the Center of Attention. ire BULL POOL IN WHISKY TRUST Relying on Report in Favor of @ Higher Tariff. ERAL MARKET REPORTS. GE Special Dispatch to The Eventing Star. 3W YORK, Feb. 20.—The industrial Stocks again dominated the course of prices and absorbed what Uttle activity there was in today’s stock market. Early prices were irregular and tended toward fractional con- cessions, but the lack of business detracted from their significance. London was about on a par with our closing and had no im- portant orders on this side. Distillers sold down 1 1-8 per cent on re- newed selling by traders. A conspicuous feature of the trading in this stock was the feeding out of quite a block of stock on every rally, and so well distributed were the selling orders that all efforts to trace their origin failed. Yesterday's rally was ascribed to the Chicago pool, who are heavi- ly loaded with long stock and were forced to come into the market with susteining orders in order to protect their holdings. The pool continues to exert every power increase the short interest so that may find a market for their stock on rally resulting from the efforts to short sales. Should the Senate finance mittee recommend a tax of $1.20 on imported spirits a temporary in all probability result, but from this cause would not be sisi; 53 Ni z i Pool is forced into manipulation as ditional safeguard against Sugar contir ues strong on kers iately active on the market. The mystery concerning next idend may be used to depress the tween now and the- time of the sentiment for the present is in favor of continued improvement something unexpected develops in ton, Chicego Gas gained 5-8 per cent to Presumably on covering New York Central was tween YS and 97 3-8, and lower prices as the activity increased were freely circulated, The foreign exchange market opened with @ slight advance in rates and a pronounced scarcity in all classes of commercial bills. The probabilities of gold exports are exciting considerable comment among bankers, which i i g ef 1 HWE ae 8% bE K rates are already above those at profit was made at the time of the shipments. Opinion is divided as to th ctual rate that will insure a profit under prevailing conditions, 480 being considered the minimum. The advance in rates has so far proved unavailing, so far as increasing the offer- ings of bills, and gold will have to be ship- ped as the only available means of — unless the situation is soon re- eved. gee Money is still offered in excess of the demand and rates continue at 21-2 to 31-2 per cent for time and 1 per cent for call a The a house statement shows exchanges, $75,413,159; balances, $4,985, and the subtreasury’s debit balance, $808,821. The iast hour's trading was a repetition of the morning’s narrowness, with prices slightly improved. The rally was due en- trely to the evening up of contracts by traders ad had no special significance. Washington advices were too mixed to justify action, and this fact led to a shrink- age in the volume of industrial business. The closing was irregular, within fractional limits of early prices. Wheat Firm. CHICAGO, Feb. 20.—Wheat was firm to- day, principally because of the cold wave ‘n the winter wheat belt. Cash markets were strong also, particularly in the west, which also aided the bulls in their efforts to ad- vance values. May opened at 56 1-8, and advanced 3-8 to 58 1-2. Trad- ing was light, and the few ready takers. —-—_ FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL, The following are the opening, the ang the lowest und the closing prices of the Kee Tort stock market today, as Corson & Macartney, members New York Correspondents Messrs. Moore & ‘Schley, ees Broadway: Stocks. American Sugar . American: menican Tot Chicago. B. and Q ‘Chic. und Northwestern. chi ‘ Delaware and Hudson. Denver and Rio Grande. is. and Cattie Feeding. General Electric . allinois Central. HEY! iy x Richmond Terminal. Southern Pacitic. Texas Pacific... Tenn. Coal and Iron... Umon Pacific & Lak Wheeling & L. E., Western Union Tel. Wisconsin Central. Sliver... Baltimore Markets. chenged—receipts, 18/151 barrels: barreds. Wheat Qull—epet. S04: Debrene. Sexe SO%: Mi Sl ias2'4; steamer eee Aes a1as1%,; | February. busbeis: shipunents, 616,086 bushels; salen, 10,000 bushelssouthern corn by 4 white western, E , 164.476 bushels. Rye Grm—No 2, Sia Pa Ng i wd to chotce timothy. $14-S0a freights steady, at : do. imitation, 20a22; do. ladle, 17al good indie, 16: store packed. “12315. - fresh, 16: cold storage, 10al2: it Youll, Cheese, market fairly active and torn fancy New York, 12\4al2%. active 4 a Provision Markets, & Co., bunkers and brokers, Chicago Grain Reported by_ Sil Metropolitan Ang! Sidi CHICAGO. Feb. 20, 1896. Open. Hite. Low. Close, Wheat—Feb. a = ‘ =” et Bm 8) Ba > 28 ES 1210 321 12.05 12.27 12.15 1282 ne 9 i 23 710 730 «as £m > 63 635 New York Cotton, Month. Onn. lox. ara 73 sieteecessess| 2732