Evening Star Newspaper, February 26, 1894, Page 2

2 THE EVENING STAR, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1894—-TWELVE PAGES. LATE NEWS BY WIRE. Senate Quo Warranto Proceedings at Trenton. SECRETARY THOMPSON TESTIFIES The Day of the Democratic Or-| ganization. IN THE SENATE CHAMBER aan TRENTON, J., Feb. 26—At the open- img of the hearing before Commissioner Dickinson | in the senatorial quo warranto Proceedings toda Allen O. McDermott ap- peared as counsel for Senator Adrain. The cross-examination of Secretary Sam- uel C. Thompson of the democratic senate ‘Was begun by R. Wayne Parker. The witness said he reached the Senate chamber at 2 o'clock on the day of organi- zation. He and Senator Perkins could not get through the crowd and policemen made @ passage way. Assistant Serseant-at- Arms Vansciver was at the door and had it locked. The witness found about twenty- five persons inside the chamber when he entered. He could not say whether all the senators were there at that time. Witness could only remember one person present at the time. He had never seen the resolution providing for the election of Adrain as president pro tem. until he called the senate to order. Thompson said he noticed that Senator Bradley's name was not on his desk. This was also at noon. He did not know wheth- er it was customary to have the names of Rew senators on their desks. The main door of the senate chamber was closed aid Sergeant-at-Arms Nathan was in charge. — great noise and confusion with- He heard what seemed like a continuous knocking on the door, and yet the door was Kept closed. He did not know that any direction was given to keep the door closed, but it was the usual custom. Witness was asked where were the pro- tests filed against the senators from Mon- mouth and Camden. He said they were in the hands of the committee. —_—— CONTINUES TO INCREASE. Grow’s Plurality im Pennslyvania Thus far is 186,459. PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 26.—The official €ount of the vote of Allegheny county was | completed today. It gives Grow a plurality ©f 33,655, which is 10,918 more than the re- publican plurality last fall, and over 4,000 above the highest estimate of Grow’s plu- rality. Armstrong county's official vote shows a Plurality for Grow of 2,111, a democratic gain of 18. Grow’s plurality in the state is increased by these figures to 196,459. _ THEY CALL TIME. Referees Lamont and Herbert End a Foot Ball Match. There will be no more cortests at foot ball betwe@ the representatives of the army and navy. Secretaries Lamont and Herbert have conferred on the subject, and have reached the cenclusion that such con- tests between the cadets are detrimental te their studies, as well as injuries to the discipline of the institutions. They do not object to foot ball playing within certain limits, but they are opposed to contests between the two academies. Their action in the matter is embodied :n the following order issued today by the Secretary of War: INDIAN SUPPLIES. Chicago to Be Made a Center for Re- ceipt and Distribution. | An important change in the method ef as- sembling and distributing Indian supplies |! contemplated by the Howse committee on Indian affairs. The main purpose fs to make Chicago the center of supplies and | distribution point, and to de away with the extensive branch of distribution at New York. The plan has already advanced so far that members of the Indian committee regard it as settled that the Indian supplies warehouse at New York will be abolished, and that the governmeat plant at Chicago will be enlarged to accommodate the enor- mous quantity of provisions, clothing, & | furnished to the Indians. The moving rea son for the change is to get the point of supplies nearer to the Indian country. Kep- resentative Wilsoa of Washington is ac- tively interested in the change, and ex- pects to have the co-operation of Represen- | tative Aldrich of Chicago. Mr. Wilson says that a great saving will be made on freights by having Chicago as the distributing point. At present reny of the supplies for the Indians make a complete transcontinental | trip from New York to the Pacific coast before they get to the Indians. The great | bulk of these supplies go to points far west of the Mississippi river. The proposed change will be made a part of the Indian appropriation bill, and the subcommittee having it in charge have already agreed to the change. ——-—_—__+ e+______ DISTRICT IN CONGRESS. A Ratlroad Hearing. Representatives Gorman and Lapham, as @ subcommittee of the committee on mili- tary affairs, gave an informal hearing this morning to Vice President Reed, Col. A. D. Anderson, Superintendent Holden and D. J. Howell of the Washington, Alexan- dria and Mt. Vernon Electric Railway Company, upon the bill to grant that rail- way the right to cross a portion of the Ar- lington reservation. The company proposes to extend its line near the highway, at the foot of the cemetery reservation, and does not, in any way, encroach upon the ceme- tery. Col. Reed explained that the road is now in actual operation nine miles of its length, from Alexandria to Mt. Vernon, running forty-foot cars at the rate of twenty-five miles an hour. The coaches are like those of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company; are heated and lighted by electricity, and the road, in point of equipment and service, is claimed to be the best in the country. It is proposed to furnish easy and cheap ac- cess to Arlington, probably at a fare of five cents. Last year, under the moet adverse circumstances, half a million people visit- ed Arlington, paying hack fare or walking. The company proposes to take people from the heart of the city direct to Arlington gates for a very small sum. The subcommittee heard Col. Reed's state- ment with apparent satisfaction, and indi- cated that there seems to be no obstacles in the way of granting the company the privilege asked, as it is m the line of bene- fiting the public. + e+ ___—_- CAPITOL TOPICS. The Pacific Reads. Representative Reilly of Pennsylvania, the chairman of the House committee on Pacific railroads, will call a meeting of the committee for Thursday, March 1, to take up the difficult problem of the Union Pa- cific indebtedness to the government. For a month past Representative Reilly and Senator Brice, the chairman of the Senate committee, have held frequent consulta- tiens upon Pacific affairs. While half a dozen plans for settling the matter are be- fere Congress, Mr. Reilly states that no course has been upon or discussed by the committee. Confirmations. ‘The Senate in executive session today confirmed the nomination of Wm. A. Poucher to be United States attorney for the northern district of New York. The nomination was sent to the Senate on De- cember 6 last. The Senate also confirmed the nomination of J. Adam Bede to be marshal for the district of Minnesota, “The game of foct ball will be permitted at the United States Military Academy, un- der such regulations as may now or here- after be prescribed by the superintendent. He may permit teams from other institu- tions to visit West Point and to play there ‘with the academy's team; but the team ef cadets is prohibited from engaging in Matches elsewhere.” The Secretary of the Navy issued a simi- r order for the guidance of the superin- mt of the Naval Academy. ———----e-— —___ WANT THE BRIDGE. Arguing for the Use of the Aqueduct Piers. ‘The delay in building a bridge at the Whree Sisters for the use of railroads has Yevived the interest in the Aqueduct bridge @s a possible viaduct for such purposes. This afternoon the Commissioners gave a Public hearing to those persons interested in House bill 5803, providing for the re- construction of the Aqueduct bridge. The bill authorizes the Commissioners to enter into contract with any street railroad now chartered or hereafter to be chartered and constructed in the state of Virginia to re- construct that portion of the Aqueduct now occupied by the west footway ef the bridge and to lay thereon a single track for the use of street railways. The work is to be done under the supervision of the Engineer Commissioner. The bill also empowers the Commissioners to au- thorize any street railway which stall terminate on the Virginia side to cross on to the track as above constructed, the com- pany entering into centract to pay to the strict not less than 1 cent for each pars- enger conveyed over the bridge, the money @o derived to be used in keeping the bridge fm repair. It is also provided ‘hat only horse power shall be used as a motive pow- er, and the Commissioners are empowered to compel any street railway which termi- mates at or near the north end of said bridge to construct a continuation of its lines so as to connect at the north end of the bridge with lines crossing the same. Mr. Cassius G. Mead explained the pur- Poses of the bill. He argued that it was ab- solutely impossible for a street railroad to build a bridge across the Potomac eat or mear the Three Sisters. The lowest esti- mate yet placed upon the building of a bridge was $200,000, and no railroad could hope for many years to come to get suffi- = travel to warrant such an expendi- —_—.—_—_ Arraignments Before Judge McComas. In Criminal Court, Division 2, Wm. Bryan, George Raymond, George Shields and Ed- ward Butcher were arraigned for the lar- ceny of twenty gallons of gin, and George —_— plead guilty and the others not William CG Cox and ed with false prete: Mr. W. aie d Philip Stewart, charg- nses in obtaining $40 of . W. B. Webb for Mt. Jezreel Baptist Church, piead not guilty. James H. Cooke for housebreaking and Malone Wheeler, embezzlement, plead not guilty. a Of Benefit to Postal Clerks. There are more than §,000 railway postal clerks In the service of the government, Most of whom will be benefited by the Dill ef Representative Hopkins of Iilinots, which was favorably reported by the House com- Mittee on post offices. This bill creates ses of clerks at salaries ranging to 31,50, making two classes Bigher than are provided for by the present laws, salaried at 31,600 and $1,800, No class of government employes are Subjected to such constant danger or have duties imposing so greata strain as the ostal clerks. Many of them have been Sled in railroad accidents in recent years and efforts have been made to provide pen- sions for their families. Members of the Post office committee expect to make a strong stand to secure more liberal wages for the employes in this branch. — — Army Orders. ‘The following assigrments to duty of oM- ers of the quartermaster’s department are ordered: Maj. Charles F. Humphrey, in addition to his present duties, to dut¥ as chief quarter- master Department of the Platte. Capt. J. court Sawyer to duty as post Quartermaster at the Presidio of San Fran- isco, Cal The following assignments to regiments Of officers recently promoted are ordered: Capt. Luigi Lomia to the ‘ ttery B Lieut. John Ps Miley, to the fifth artillery, light battery Infantry arm—Capt. Car Howland, to the fourth infantry,c K:; First Lieut. Stephen M. Hackney, to t try, company K. First Lieut. Lewis D. Greene, seventh in- fantry. wiil proceed to New York city for assignment to duty at David's Island, New York harbor, fourth infan- ——--—-—— + e+ —_- NO EXTRADITION TREATY LIKELY. Cardinal Difference Between Legal Systems in Costa Rica ‘This Country. Notwithstanding the tacit agreement at the time Weeks was surrendered to the United States officers by the Costa Rican government that negotiations would follow looking to the formulation of an extradition treaty between the two countries, it now appears that there is little probability of a successful outcome of the attempt. ‘The difficulty Hes in a cardinal difference between our legal system of punishments and that which prevails not only in Costa Rica, but in some other South and Central American countries, and first and foremost is the failure of the Costa Rica law to pro- vide for the death penalty. Possibly this is to be attributed to the frequency of revolutions, which put many lives in jeop- ardy, could the death penalty be imposed. But, practically, the effect of the omis- sion would be to prevent the Costa, Rican government from surrendering t@ us a fugitive guilty of murder or any other crime punishable under our laws by death, and it is felt that an extradition treaty failing in this point would be of little value. the a A Patent Circalar. Commissioner of Patents Seymour has is- sued a circular announcing that hereafter on Wednesdays he or the assistant com- missioner will give oral hearings on ques- tions of classification of applications or patents to examiners whose divisions may be involved. No written statements on these questions will be received. Fire at an Asylum. Two lives were lost and a score placed in imminent peril by a fire which con- sumed a portion of the State Home for Feeble-minded Children, at Vineland, N. J., yesterday morning. The victims are J. H. Sage, the engineer of the institution, and his wife, who acted as laundress. The fire was discovered at 3 o'clock yesterday morn- ing in the basement of the handsome three- story brick structure known as the Rob- inson Memorial Cottage, which was re- cently erected at a cost of $13,000. It spread with almost incredible rapidity, owing to| the high winds and scarcity of water, and before help could be summoned the entire building was filled with smoke and flames. — ee Denth of Col. J. M. Huger. Col. John Middleton Huger, a distinguish- ed member of an old southern family, died at his residence, 537 Sth avenue, New York, Saturday morning. Col. Huger was born in Charleston, S. C., in 18908. His fa- ther was Judge Daniel Elliott Huger,United States Senator from South Carolina, for a| number of years. His eldest son is Col. Daniel Huger of Mobile, Ala. Another son is Capt. William Huger of New Orleans, president of the New Orleans Stock Ex- change. His third son is Capt. Charles Huger of Mobile, Ala. eee An Office Disappenrs. Capt. C. T. Beall, the only medical stcre- keeper in the military establishment, was placed on the retired list of the army today on account of age, and the office has gone out of existence. a A Naval Vacancy. Capt. N. H. Farquhar, whose term as chief of the bureau of yards and docks ex- pires on the 6th proximo, will be assigned to the command of the League Island naty | yard, near Philadelphia. Capt. J. N. Miller and Capt. E. O. Matthews are the leading candidates for the prospective vacancy, a Patent Ofice Inquiry Postponed. ‘The investigation of the alleged irregu- larities concerning the printing of the Pa- tent Office Gazette has been postponed by the Senate committee on printing until Wednesday morning at 10:30. ~ a +e Acts Approved. ‘The President has approved the act grant- ing to the Des Moines Rapids Power Com- pany the right to erect, construct, ope and maintain a wing-dam, canal and power station in the Mississippi river in Hancock county, Il. ——“---__. He is Safe. James Collins, a colored man, was taken in custody today on a charge of bigamy, the warrant having been gworn out by Mary A. Collins, a woman who claimed to be the first and lawful wife of James Collins, the defendant. She went before Prosecuting Attorney Mullowny and told her tale of woe, but her husband's second marriage she said took place in January, 131, just a little more than three years ago. As the statute of limitations applies to such cases the husband could not be prosecuted. THE GAP FILLED. Revolutionary Daughters Adjourn, but Next Day the Blizzard Came. ‘The morning session of the Daughters of the American Revolution on Saturday was sti in session at 3 o'clock in the afternoon, when The Star’s report closed. The annual q@lection of officers was then in progress. ‘The final result was as follows: For pres- ident general, Mrs. Letitia Green Stevenson, re-elected by unanimous ballot; vice presi- dent, in charge of organization, Mrs. A. D. Geer; recording secretary general, Mrs. Henry Gannett; corresponding secretary general, Mrs. Mary Desha; treasurer gen- eral, Mrs. Thomas L. Tulloch; registrars general, Miss McClay and Miss Wilbur; his.orian general, Mrs. Henry Blount; chap- lain general, Mrs. E. T. Bullock, and surgeon general, Dr. Anita Newcomb Mc- Gee. All of these officers are residents of Wash- | ington. Of the twenty vice presidents gen- eral that were to be chosen only eight were elected, the rest going over for the selec- | ton of the national board. Those elected were as follows: Mrs. S. P. Beall, Virgini: Miss Eugenia Washington, District of Co- lumbia; Mrs. Margaret Dickens, Connecti- cut; Mrs. A. Howard Clark, Massachuset Miss E. L. Dorsey, District of Columbit Mrs. Harry Heath, Virginia; Mrs. R. Og: den Doremus, New York, and Mrs. J. 8. T. Stranahan, New York. Three of the honorary vice presidents general were also elected: Mrs. Ella Hardin Walworth of New York, Mrs. A. Leo Knott of Maryland, and Mrs. M. M. C. Butler of South Carolina. A unanimous resolution of thanks to Mrs. Cleveland and Mrs. Stevenson for the cour- tesies shown by them to the delegates was adopted by a rising vote, and a number of other resolutions of thanks to the officers of the society, past and present,were carried by acclamation. An announcement was made of the elec- tion of state regents by the various dele- gations as follows: Kentucky, Mrs. Pope; Iowa, Mrs. Hull; Georgia, Mrs. B. Morgan; District of Co- lumbia, Mrs. Kate Henry; Connecticut, Mrs. Randolph Keim; California, Mrs. Mad- dox; Wisconsin, Mrs. Peck; Pennsylvania, Mrs. Hoge; Vermont, Mrs. Burdett; Ten- nessee, Mrs. M. S. Mathes; South Carolina, Mrs. Bacon; Rhode Island, Miss Knigh’ Ohio, Mrs. A. H. Hinkle; New York, Miss Louise McAllister; New Jersey, Mrs. W.W. Shippen; Minnesota, Mrs. R. M. Newpor Massachusetts, Mrs. C. M. iMary- land, Alice Key Blunt. The meeting then adjourned to meet in Washington on February 22, 1895. ee DISTRICT GOVERNMENT. Lamps Ordered. The following oil lamps have been ordered for West Brookland: One at northeast cor- ner 7th and Milwaukee streets, one at the southeast corner Sth and Milwaukee streets, and one at the northeast corner of 7th and Lowell streets. A public gas lamp has been ordered cn the west side North Capitol street between R and Randolph streets. Women Trastees. At the request of the Commissioners, the attorney for the District has drafted a bill providing for the appointment of not ¢x- ceeding three women on the board of trus- tees of public schools. Bids for Cement. Bids were opened Saturday afterncon for furnishing the District with 450 barrels of Portland cement. The bidders were J. G. & J. M. Waters, $2.39 per barrel; Jas. H. a $2.39, and Jackson Jones Company, 7. Government Buildings. Assessor Trimble has reported to the Commissioners that the assessed value of the buildings rented. by the general govern- ment in Washington amounted to $1,002 384. This statement is in answer to a re- quest from the House committee ou jublic buildings and grounds, Market Stands. ‘The Commissioners today established the following rents for dealers in the Western Market: Butcher stands, $7 each per month; baker stands, $6 each per month; butter stands, $5 each per month; produce stands, $5 each per month; fish stands, $5 each per mont! miscellaneous stands, $> each per month, EOE The Payment of Pensions. The recommendation recently made by Judge Lochren, commissioner of pensions, that the instructions in regard to the exe- cution of pension vouchers be modified by the elimination of the fourth paragraph re- lating to the execution of vouchers by the United States pension agents, has been ap- proved by Judge Reynolds, assistant sec- retary of the interior. The paragraph in ion is as follows: any payment is made to the pen- sioner in person, the same rule shall ap- ply, except that neither the pension agent nor any clerk employed by him shall appear as a witness in either the voucher or the duplicate receipts.” This modification will revive the practice of making payments to pensione:s in per- son, and permits the pension agents or their deputies to attest the signature of pension- ers to vouchers and receipts for pension. ——_—_——- e+ —____ Naval Movements. The Lancaster arrived at Singapore yes- terday on her way from China to New York by_the Suez route. The Essex ar- rived at Newport today to take on appren- tices for a cruise in the West Indies. The Bennington arrived at St. Vincent yester- day on her long voyage from Gibraltar to San Francisco through the Straits of Ma- gellan. The Concord arrived at Shanghai yesterday from Yokohama. 2+ Superintendent of Reindeer Station. William A. Kjelimann of Madison, Wis., has been appointed superintendent of the government reindeer station at Port Ciar- ence, Alaska, at $1,200 a year. He will commence hi juties in May. ——____-«-. —____. Nearly Asphyxinted by Gas. Joseph Harris and Robert Allen, colored, employed by Prof. J. A. Bell of 1336 19th street,were found about 10 o'clock yesterday in the stable in rear of 1810 N street in an unconscious condition from the escape of gas. Drs. J. 8S. McLain and H. A. Robbins attended them, and they were sent to the Emergency Hospital, where they both were found in a serious condition. Harris is twenty-four and Allen twenty years of age, and they were out late Saturday night, and itis supposed the turning on of the gas was accidental. ——a For a Discovery Settlement. Joseph Rakeman, guardian of Marguerite Ward Brown, by Messrs. French and French and Gordon and Gordon, has filed a bill against Adelaide H. Woodal et al., for a discovery, settlement of accounts, &c. It is set forth that Eugene V. Brown died in November, 1892, leaving his estate to his mother in trust for complainant, and the mother administered on the estate, the de- fendants, Woodall and C. E. Burden, being the securities on her bond in $3,000, and the administratrix died before settling the cs- tate, and left the American Security and Trust Company the executors of her will. She, therefore, seeks a discovery as to the estate, that she may recover her portion,&c. ———_ No Owner Yet. The $250 diamond found by Walter Thax- ton, colered, who was arrested last week on suspicion of stealing it, is still held at pelice headquarters, and Thaxton having explained that he found it on New Jersey | avenue, has been released, and should the | gem fail to find an owner at the end of six | months will be turned over to him. Thus far Col. C. A. DeArnand and Gen. Boynton have endeavored without success to identify it as one lost by members of their family. | Mr. Sylvester has received descriptions from others, but the owner has not yet appeared. ———— Three Slight Fires. On Saturday evening a slight fire took place at 830 20th street northwest, occupied | by the Emmerich Beef Company. | Yesterday morning a fire took place at the house of Leon Kahn, No. 311 4 1-2 street southwest. At 2 o'clock this morning a fire took place at the house of Raymond Moses on 14th between East Capitol and A streets north- | east. and No. 8 engine responded, but the building = wi entirely destroyed. It is thought to have caught from an overheated stove. The loss is about $300. . ———_ The Eleventh Banquet. The eleventh annual banquet of the Washington Association of the Delta Kappa Epsilon Fraternity will be held at Welcker's on Wednesday evening. This is one of the best known college fraternities in the coun. try, founded at Yale in 1844, and has thirt | two chapters. Representative John De Witt Warner ts president of the Washington as- sociation. A delegation from the Delta Kappa Epsilon Club of New York, headed \ by the president, David Bannett King, will come down for the banquet. COL. GEO. TRUESDELL Selected by the President to Be Dis- trict Commissioner. GENERAL APPROVAL OF THE CHOICE Expressions of Gratification by a Number of Business Men. THE NEW OFFICIAL’S CAREER ee The question of the District commission- ership was settled by President Cleveland yesterday, and was the last matter acted upon by him prior to his departure on the light house tender Violet. He had made up his mind that Mr. Truesdell was the best man for the place, and that he would send in his nomination, provided he could be as- sured that such action would be agreeable to Mr. Truesdell. Word was accordingly sent to Mr. Truesdell's house that the Pres- ident would like to have him call at his earliest convenience before he left the city. Mr. Truesdell responded promptly, and on giving his name to the doorkeeper at the White House was at once ushered into the presence of the President. The Presi- dent explained the situation, and asked Mr. Truesdell if he would accept the ap- pointment. Mr. Truesdell thanked the President for the proposed compliment and the great consideration shown him and ex- Pressed his willingness to accept the ap- pointment. The nomination of Col. Trues- dell, with others, was sent to the Senate today, but reached there after the Senate had adjourned, The Selected Commissioner. Col. George Truesdell is one of the best- known citizens of the national capital. He is @ little over fifty years old and is gen- erally regarded as a man of fine personal | appearance. He is a native of Onondaga county, N. Y. As @ youth he attended the Michigan University and there studied civil engineering. When the call for troops was | issued by President Lincoln he enlisted as a private in the twelfth New York volun- teers in April, 1861, and served with dis- tinction. He was promoted successively to the post of lieutenant and captain. At the battle of Gaines Mill, In June, 1862, he was badly wounded and laid up for several months. His regiment was a two years’ regiment, and at the expiration of its term of service Capt. Truesdell was appointed paymaster, with the rank of major. He served the government in this capacity un-/| til February, 1869, when he was mustered out, being one of the last nine paymasters appointed from the volunteer army to be mustered out of service. After the war he was located here in the paymaster general's office, and was en- Gaged in paying the additional bounties authorized by the act of July 28, 1866. He was in charge of all claims filed from the state of Dlinois. He received the brevet rank of lieutenant colonel for meritorious services during the war. Since quitting the army Col. Truesdell resided continuously in Washington, excepting during a period of two years, when he was following his profession of civil engineer in New Jersey. He entered the real estate business in Washington and carried it on successfully, For the last twelve or fifteen years he ha: been engaged, not as a real estate ayen but in developing and improving his own property. His efforts have been directed to building up Washington Heights and | Eckington, and the existence of those two places is due chiefly to the enterprise and energy which he devoted to them. He or- ganized the Eckington Railroad Company, and as president built the railroad and carried it on successfully for several years, That company has sold out its interests to the Widener syndicate, and Col. Trues- dell now holds only a slight interest in it, having remained in the directory of the road _ until the reorganization can be com- peted. He is a director of the Columbia National Bank and of the Washington Loan and Trust Company and connected with a number of other local enterprises. He has been an active member of the board of trade, and as chairman of the commit- tee on streets and avenues has rendered the District important service in draftjng, in connection with Mr. Worthington as at- torney, the bill for the extension of streets and avenues and in pushing the measure through Congress. Col. Truesdell’s resl- dence is one of the handsomest about Washington. He lives on Washington Heights. He married the daughter of Rev. Dr. Cyrus Prindle in Syracuse, N.¥., in December, 1864, and his home has always nm a happy one. *eqe has a son now twenty-one years old, who is a junior at Yale College. Col. Trues- deli is a member of the vestry of the Epiphany P. E. parish and an active mem- ber of that church. He wears the button of the Loyal Legion and is a member of the | ‘Army and Navy Club. Col. Truesdell is | just finishing his service in two important | public trusts. When arangements were | ing made for the Moody meetings Col. Truesdell was at once chosen to act as, chairman of the finance committee,and upon him has devolved chiefly the burden of se- curing the funds to pay the cost of the meetings. About the same time, he was ap- pointed as chairman of the citizens’ com- mittee to canvass for funds to relieve the destitution prevailing in the city, and he acquitted himself of this task with much credit. A Talk With Coil. Truesdell. Col. Truesdell wis first apprised of the fact that his nomination as District Com- missioner had been made out by a reporter of The Star, who found the colonel in his office in the Washington Loan and Trust building. Col. Truesdell was somewhat dis- inclined to talk about the matter until it was ®fficially announced that the nomina- tion had gone to the Senate, and there was no longer any doubt about it. He said that | the matter had been broached to him by a number of prominent citizens, but he had not been inclined to take the office and had positively refused to accept it if any dele- gation went to the White House to urge It, | or the appointment came in any other way than directly from the President uninflu- | enced by his own personal friends. Since his name had been published in the newspapers as one of those who was talked of as possible commissioners, quite a num- ber of others had been to him kindly offer- ing to go to the President in his behalf, but he had asserted that if they did so and his appointment followed, he would decline. As it was, the conditions were such that he would accept the office. “I will take it,” said Col. Truesdell, “because I believe that there are a number of projects for the pub- lic welfare which I might help along. There is the matter of extending the streets, the carrying out of the plans of the sewer com- mission, the securing of a new bridge and other important public works to be done in the future, the accomplishment of which I hope I may help.” Col. Truesdell said that he regreted, as he believed all citizens did, the circumstances that compelled the retire- ment of Mr. Parke: from the office of Com- missioner, for in his judgement Mr. Parker was admirably equipped for the office. “I will,” he said, “enter the office per- fectly independent. I am interested in no schemes or private projects that will in- fluence my action as a Commissioner end am under no obligations to any one for se- curing my appointment in a way that could trammel my official conduct.” When The Star reporter suggested that he might be regarded as a trolley man, Col. Truesdell stated that he had but little financial ir- terests now in the Eckington raflroad and | if he had a large interest, it would not in-! fluence his official acts. He felt that he) was in the position of an unprejudiced ju- ror in t to the trolley and could weigh the evidence regarding it with im-| partiality. | Commissioners Ross and Powell Satis- fied. In conversation with a reporter of The Star upon the nomination of Col. Trues- dell, Commissioner Ross said: | “The appointment is an excellent one. | Col. Truesdell is one of our most enter- | prising citizens. He is careful, considerate | and endowed with a business ability that will serve him well as a Commissioner. He has long been identified with the District, and the appointment is one that will give general satisfacti Capt. Powel also glad to hear of Col. Truesdell’s nomination. He said in the brief time he had known Col. Truesdell he had been struck with his enterprise, and be- Meved he would make a good Commissione. Business Men Approve. The business men of the city are prac- tically unanimous in their approval of the President's action in nominating Mr. Truesdell to the position of District Com- missioner, made vacant by the resignation of Commissioner Parker. To a Star re- | ) | | satisfactory to the league. | open on April 19, with New York away porter this afternoon a number of them ex- ressed Une opinion that it would be a diffi- cult matter te find a worthy successor to Col. Parwer, but Coi. Truesdell iilled the Dill in every particular. They ali commend the President for his wisdom and judgment im selecting am active and enterprising business mam of the city, identified with fits interests Im many ways, to fill this im- portant posiuen, When asked by the reporter what he thought of the nomination, Rev. Dr. Bart- lett of the New York AVenue Presbyterian Church , said that he did not see how the President could possibly have done any better. “Col. Truesdell,” he said, “has identified himself with the very best eie- ment of the city, and his nomination is sure to meet with the approval of that class of people. The President has acted wisely in selecting a man who will fill the position cf District Commissioner with honor tu him- self and credit to the city. It is a good thing for a city like Washington to have able and upright men like Col. Truesdell at the head of its local government.” “What do I think of the nomination?” said Mr. Ross Thompson. “I do not see how the President could possibly have done s | better. 1 have just finished a letter to my ‘father, Mr. J. W. Thompson, in which 1} from 3 | told him that Col. Truesdell was the most! to those memt likely candidate for the place, as I am sure he will take pleasure in reading the fact that the President's choice has fallen upon Col. Truesdell.” Mr. S. B. Hege, District passenger agent of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad, said: “I have not the honor of knowing Col. Truesdell as well as I would like to, but from all I know of him I am satisfied that he will be a most admirable and generally desirable District Commtssioner.” A Good Appointment From Every Point of View. Said Mr. James M. Johnston of Riggs & Company: “The appointment is a good one from every point of view, and I have no doubt that it will please the people of Washington generally as well as any ap- pointment could possibly do. Mr. James W. Whelpley, vice president and treasurer of the American Security and Trust Company, had not heard of the appointment when he was asked his opin- ion, but when he was told that Col. Trues- dell was the man he showed every evidence of being greatly pleased, “Every man is liable to make mistakes sometimes,” he said, “but in my opinion President Cleve- land has made no mistake this time. I presume the President arranged the ap- pointment before he went away, and I am glad he did, for Col. Truesdell will make an admirable successor to Commissioner Parker.” Ry “I am both surprised and delighted,” said Mr. E. Kurtz Johnson, president cf the Citizens’ National Bank, when he was tcld the name of the new Commissioner. “I am surprised, because, while I knew that Col. Truesdeli’s name was prominenily men- tioned for the place, I felt reasonably sure in my own mind that he would not accept the appointment if it were tendered to him, as the acceptance would imply a very con- siderable personal sacrifice on his part. He is a man of many business interests and I knew he was not seeking the position. I am quite as much delighted as I am sur- prised, for I am confident that Col. Trues- dell will make one of the best Commission- ers we have ever had. Comparisons are generally objectionable, I know, but I do not see how the President could possibly have made an appointment that would come so near giving universal satisfaction.” Heartily in Favor of Him, “Who is the new Commissioner?” was Mr. John B. Wight’s query when he was asked his opinion of the appointment. “Gol. Truesdell? Good. I don’t know any man who would fill the position with such gen- eral satisfaction to the commuaity. You can put me down as heartily in favor of the appointment.” Mr. James E. Fitch cf the firm of Fitch, Fox & Brown said that in his opinion the appointment was an excellent one from every point of view. “That is my opinion, too,” said Mr. George W. Brown. Mr. W. C. Dodge was of the opinion that “the man who is selected for such a place should be free from all entangling alliances with corporations and syndicates.” Mr. W. J. Newton thought that Mr. Trues- dell would make a very good Commissioner. An Excellent Selection. Mr. E. Southard Parker expressed his pleasure at the news and said that he re- garded it as an excellent selection. “I know of no one who is more interested in the de- velopment and prosperity of this city then Mr. Truesdell. He has always been ready to sacrifice his time and labor for the public good and when the occasion has arisen he has not been found wanting. He is a broad man and on pubiic questions he knows no sections of the city. He is progressive and enterprising and will prove to be an excel- lent appointment.” But one opinion was expressed by Mr. Noble D. Larner, and that was the ap- pointment of Mr. Truesdell was a first- class one. One of the most energetic men in the Dis- trict, said Mr. H. H. Twombly. He thought that Mr. Truesdell was a good man, active and enterprising. Thinks He is a Trolley Man. Mr. J. W. Frizzell said: “Mr. Truesdell is @ representative trolley man, and after get- ting all the trolleys he had asked for along New York avenue, North Capitol street and Lincoln avenue, he disregarded the condi- tions imposed relative to paving and light- ing and regularity of trains. I regard him as a man who is not a popular represent: tive, but rather a representative of the clas: who have controlled the direction of im- provements toward one section to the ne- glect of everything except their own pri- vate interests.” Mr. Seymour W. Tulloch said that he had a high opinion of Mr. Truesdell’s abil- ity, and thought that the appointment was an admirable one. Mr. J. Riley Deeble said that Mr. Trues- dell was the man he would have selected for the place, and thought that the Presi- dent had done the District an excellent service in nominating him. aie OPENING THE BASE BALL SEASON. Meeting of the Magnates in New York City. The base ball season of 1894 will be prac- tically opened today, when the annual schedule meeting of the National League ts convened at New York. The principal topics to be discussed and voted upon are a few changes in the new rules and the adoption of the championship schedule as prepared by President N. E. Young. Vice President G. B. Ruckstuhl, Manager Barnie and Capt. Fred Pfeffer of the Louis- villes were among those who arrived last night. Vice President Ruckstuhl said that the Louisville club would begin the coming season in better shape than ever before, and he predicted a great season financially for the entire league. Manager Barnie de- clared that Louisville wanted Danny Rich- ardson and he expects to complete the deal during the next few days. A. J, Reach, president of the Philadelphia club, arrived about 10 o'clock. He was soon in conference with President Byrne of Brooklyn. The latter announced that he bad received the signed contracts of Kins- low and Stein, Brooklyn's crack battery. Kinslow also wrote a letter saying that he was sorry for the trouble he caused the club last year, and was ready to play ball this season to the best of his ability, President Reach expressed confidence in the ability of his team to finish well up in the race, and said that base ball was decid- edly on the boom at Philadelphia. President N. E. Young came in shortly before 11 o'clock. He said that he had com- pleted a schedule that he trusted would be ‘The season will from home, at either Baltimote or Wash- ington, and Brooklyn at home with possibly the Philadelphias. He declined to say any- thing about the league's staff of umpires, and could not tell what the league would do on the rules question. But he expressed satisfaction that the league was free from debt, and that perfect harmony existed in the ranks. President Von der Ahe said he was anx- ious to secure the release of Richardson from Brooklyn and might agree to trade Kid Gleason for him. It is stated, how- ever, that Richardson will not consent to be transferred to St. Louis. A number of deals will probably be made during the meeting. The Washington club is sald to be anxious to reopen negotia- tions with the New York club for the sale of Farrell or Meakin, or both, for a fair financial return. McKean .may also be shifted to Boston from Cleveland in ex- change for Herman Long. In case this deal goes through New York may throw a hook into the Cleveland club and try to work the original three-cornered Leng-McKean-Fuller transfer. Pitcher Stratton of Louisville is in the market, and Anson is said to be willing to unload one or two of his men, Silver Coinage Movement. The movement of standard silver dollars during the last week aggregated $226,375 against $333,680 during the corresponding week of last year. The shipment of frac- tional silver coin from February 1, to 24, in- clusive, amounted to $353,302, INTENDS TO STICK. Mr. Bland Has No Idea of Giving Up the Fight. To @ Star reporter today Mr. Bland an- | Bounced that he intends to stay in the fight | which he ts now making until a quorum is obtained and a vote taken upon the pend- ing proposition. He said that a quorum \Must be obtained some time. Congress is not going to adjourn without doing another stroke of business, and it is the intention | to have the quorum present upon the silver | bill. When asked if he feared an attempt to sidetrack his bill by opposing it with an appropriation bill, he replied that he en- tertained no such prehension, and re- marked, significantly, that it would re- quire a quorum to bring up any other bill as opposed to the seigniorage bill, and it might be difficult to obtain a quorum. “We i meet revolution with revolution,” said Mr. Bland, “and if necessary, go to the peo- | Ple on the issue.” | Strenuous efforts | by the anti are being made today i-silver men to secure desertions r. Bland’s following by representing | pers who have voted solely |to make a quorum tat Mr. Bland’s cause | is hopeless, and urging them to refuse to vote with him longer. They hope by these tactics to prove that Mr. Bland is twenty- five or thirty members short of a quorum, and thereby induce him to abandon the it, ——__-+ e+. CATHOLICS IN AMERICA. All the Ri is They Desire. Archbishop Ireland preached yesterday in the cathedral at St. Paul on “The Cath- olie Church in America.” He said the church had under the Constitution all the rights and privileges which she desired. The com- mon liberty of the country was hers, and that was all-sufficient. The great mass of the people of America, he added, were loyal to the letter and the spirit of the Constitu- tion and allowed the rights of Catholics. ‘Those who refused them their rights were false and should not be heeded. “Some Catholics do harm to the Catholic Church by their imprudent methods of de- fending her. The opposition of an existing anti-Catholic party today would soon die out if it were not noticed. Catholic papers, in crying out so loudly against it, give to it importance and tire the country. It looks as if Catholics were glad to have a fight on their hands “Politics have much to do no less with the defense than with the attack, and a su- preme effort must be made by all devoted Catholics to keep the church from entang- ling alliances with any political party. Cath- olics individually are most free in their po- litical alliances, but they must not bring the church with them to this er that party. No one political party in the country to- day owns or lay claim to alliance with the church, and it were a great misfortune if the church were the ally of one special party. Catholics belong to all parties, and it is well that this is the case.” RESTATE IETS MR. WIMAN’S DEFENSE. Statement to the Pablic by His Coun- sel. Mr. Albert B. Boardman of the Jaw firm | of Tracy, Boardman & Platt has given out the following statement of Mr. Erastus ‘Wiman’s case: “The fundamental difference between Mr. ‘Wiman’s enemies and friends is that the former take no account of the business re- lations between Mr. Wiman, on the one hand, and the firm of Dun & Co., Mr. Dun individually, and the drawees of these checks, on the other hand. Any one would suppose on reading Mr. Nicoll’s statement that Mr. Wiman was a cashier or book- keeper of R. G. Dun & Co., and that he had no individual business relations of any kind either with Mr. Dun or with the par- ties in whose favor the checks were drawn. The fact is that for years Mr. Wiman has not only been a member of the firm of R. G. Dun & Co., but in the conduct of the business has been the responsible head of the concern. I do not suppose that Mr. Dun has spent as many hours in his New York office during the past ten years as he has at his summer home at Narragansett ier. “I suppose that 90 per cent of all the checks drawn by R. G. Dun & Co. during that period have been signed by Mr. Wi- man.” The statement then recites Mr. Wiman’s intimate connection with the success of the agency and his close personal relations with Mr. Dun. Continuing, it says: “For fifteen or twenty years he has prac- tically managed Mr. Dun's business. He has handled millions of dollars belonging to the firm of R. G. Dun & Co. He has per cent of the firm's important contracts, and been in every sense of the phrase, up to the actual division of the profits, about all there was of R. G. Mr. Dun brought Mr. Wiman from Canada he was making little or nothing out of the business, but from the moment Mr. Wiman took charge profits steadily increased until Mr. Dun’s share amounted to $350,900 to $450,000 per annum. “Mr. Wiman's friends and the public gen- erally, including any fair-minded jury, will, I think, find it hard to believe that while Mr. Wiman was making for himself out of the firm from $75,000 to $100,000 per annum and for Mr. Dun $350,000 to $450,000 he was scheming to defraud his firm of about $10,- 000 through the forgery of names in no Way resembling the genuine signatures of the parties and where the only purpose and effect of the transactions was to transfer from one bank account against which he had the absolute right to draw to another account against which he had the absolute right to draw.” —_—_+e-+-___- THE MAYOR ALSO INDICTED. Prominent Kentuckians to Be Prose- cuted for Carrying Deadly Weapons. The special grand jury at Lexingtoa, Ky., has returned indictments for libel and car- rying and drawing deadly weapons against the participants in the recent casualty be- tween Mayor Duncan and Editors Baxter of the Transcript and Roberts of the Leader. Eight men in all were indicted, including Mayor Duncan, his son Henry, County At- torney John R. Allen and D. T. Baxter, 8. J. Berg and W. A. Ford, proprietors of the Transcript, and Editor Roberts of the Leader. The mayor's bond was fixed at $2,500 and that of his son at $2,700, while the others were admitted to bail in various sums, ranging from $50 to $500. Great sen- sation is caused by the indictments. ——_+o-+—___ Marriage Licenses, Marriage licenses have been issued by the clerk of the court to the following: Andrew J. Courts of Baltimore, Md, and Laura Griffin of Denton, Del.; W. New Orleans and Leonora Bae: Nicholas me Bull and Sallie M. Lipscomb, both of Rich- mond Va. ——____ Arrested at Last. Officer Breen has arrested Daniel Molatt, a colored man, wanted in Alexandria for an assault with intent to kill committed over & year ago, his accomplice having been ecn- victed and sentenced to five years in the penitentiary, Molatt was sent to Alexan- _ Policy Sentence, Thomas Zedwicks, a colored man, arrested by Policeman Muller for violating the policy law, was sentenced to jail for fi by Judge Miller today. _ The following were the readings of the thermometer at the weather bureau today: 8 a.m., 35; 2 p.m., 38; maximum, 39; mini- mum, 22. —.__ A supposed bomb has been found in the court of justice at Boulogne. It consists of a glass tube containing gunpowder, pieces of iron, tin and bullets, together with some half-burned wool and a liquid. Ex-Secretary Fairchild ts still seriously ill at New York with the grip. worth of materials and supplies, made 30 | FINANCE AND TRADE. Speculating on Reports From Wash- ington, SUGAR THE ATTRACTIVE FEATURE Denial of Reports Favorable to the Trust. GENERAL MARKET REPORTS. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. NEW YORK, Feo. 26.—Yesterday’s storm in the south completely demoralized tele: staphic facilities in that section and cut off all early intercourse with ‘Washington, the stronghold of the present financial | Situation. Saturday's reports of a complete triumph for the friends of the sugar in- dustry are now as too sweeping to be reliable. While the statements pub- lished by the various news agencies are admittedly within the range of possibill persons close to the committee are positive that the provisions of the original bill are up to the present time unc! it is reasonal be changed so as to more effectually handi- cap the operations of the trust. The sit- some slight element of hope in it and the belicf in higher prices for sugar ts daily gaining ground. | _The Cental of Saturday's statements re- | Sulted in some realizing today, and a re- newal of selling by the room, which forced the price down 2 per cent. During the af- ternoon the usual contradictory dispatches began pouring in from Washington, the majority of which were mere denials of last week's premature suggestion that in time, the action of the committee would covering to 2h, at which price renewed sell- ing in the interest of western holders mark- ed the price down 1 1-8 per cent. ‘The md ing of small amounts from time to time brokers for = same interest was si ful In keeping a fairly steady mark | which to close out long stock. |_ Chicago gas sold off 1 1-4 per cen’ rumors of attacks in the in’ a rival company. All sorts of devices | been resorted to within the last | to break the price of this stock, are many friends of the strong believers in tts j usually appear pessimists, many of whom are jder the burdens of stock several points ‘| pi E “a f g fr & 4 Lf 5 to 57 34, and Bi cent to 76. The situation in the west is easier now that the wheat market some signs of returning to normal condi- \tions. Railroad earnings, it Is true, are not (encouraging, but the early spring months are expected to reflect considerable progress jim this particular and will leasen the fears of reduced dividends now prevailing. Stlver im London. | LONDON, Feb. 26, 5 p.m.—Silver closed at | 27 T-8d per ounce. ——>__ FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. | cent to 1033-8. St. Paul Fained 7 American American | Amencan Ty . | Aunyrican Cotton Oil... Atchison .. | Canada Southern - | i © and Ohio o ean = | C.C. ©. and 8t. L.. | B.andQ. | Chic. and Nortnwesiern. Ic — bes road = bid, oe oe oe o ‘saked. Strest, 33 bis, Tekingion and ‘Yosurance Stocke.—Real Estate ‘Mite, 212 ‘asked. Catari, Ti. ‘o% bid, Ti} |. Washingten 2 a Gs ctrie =. Ges, 1 a es UEcived Sinice Risctsie Kage 124 bid, 126% bushels; stock, 1144 0 busbels—toilling wheat ty wa : Feb WA Hig: ty bid —receipts, Stock, 987.755 bushels; sales, 43.000 Southern corm by sample, 42848; do. on grade, Siiyasihe, Cate frm No, 2, white western. “20h ST: No. 2 mixed western, 1 pumbels; stock, 139855 5 ‘firm—No. 2, BTahs—stork. 25, bushels, Hay quiet. te choice Umothy, _$14.50a815.00, quiet_steam Liverpool, per quarter, 1s.0d., t February and March; Cork ‘for orders, per .a8.44., February; coton per 100 . at ~y yipiutter Gall fancy © creatbery, imitation, 22: do. Tal;