Evening Star Newspaper, March 3, 1894, Page 2

THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, MARCH 3, 1894— TWENTY PAGE “Wf printing from the photo-Hthographing to informed that the zine pro- 288 was more expensive than the other, = for some reason better for the company. | Examined by Senator Manderson, he said he had met Mr. Kenney in New York in August, Is02. He (Kenney) printed a paper called “American Industries.” Senator Man- derson objected quite sharply to a state- ment from Mr. Quin: that he would an- swer these queries :f the other members of the committee did not object. Mr. Man- derson said witness either would answer | questions put or decline to answer mer- fcan Industries,” Mr. Quincy said, was Printed by the National Economist Com- pany. Sharp Questions by Senator Mander- son. Senator Manderson then inquired into the financial condition of the National Econo- mist Company and Its relation to the Na-| tional Lithographing Company. He asked Mr. Quincy whether he recalled seeing Mr. Seymour on a train to New York in the latter part of May and whether Mr. Sey- Mour on that occasion showed him the con- tract with the Norris Peters Company. Witness said he dit not recollect se@ing the contract, though he remembered the trip! and seeing Mr. Seymour. \&. Seymour, ‘n | April, had furnished Mr. Kenney a copy | of the contract with the Norris Peters Con- | pan: Senator Manderson asked when witness first lent money to Kenney or indorsed his Paper after the first conversation in re- gard to the printing contract. | | | | | | | Senator Gorman thought this meant only Such transactions as were connected with this printing contract, and did not relate to any political @rrangements between Messrs. Kenney and Quincy. | Senator Manderson insisted that the ques- | tion spoke for itself. This question aroused a discussion among the members of the committee as to its ad- | missability. and the room was cleared until | they should decide whether it sho:uld be | answered. | After the doors were opened the question ‘Was pQt whether Mr. Kenney w indebted to him at the time of the first c on the matter of the Patent Office Gazette contract. Quincy's Motive. i Mr. Quincy replied that he was, and was Proceeding to state the circumstances of the | debt when Mr. Manderson said he cared nothing about that. but simply desifed to | find a motive for his (Quincy's) interest in| Kenney securing the contract Senator Ransom told witness that he nee not go into matters concerning the nationa’ committee Mr. Quincy then said his financial rela- tions with Mr. Kenney did not concern the national democratic committee or any pub- Ne official. He represented other people in these relations. He had not advanced money to Kenn with a view to his own, financial benef through the operation of the printing con- tract. i } | Loans and Indorsements. He felt that his security was good for the payment of the previous obligations, which grew out of politics. Keaney owed him some thousands df dollars. The amount | had increased since the printing contract | had been | He considered Kgnney sol | vent when the contract was let. He ad} vanced him money in July to aid him in| the printing contract. Money he oaned him afterward was for other purposes. He had indorsed a note of the National Litho. Co. in October conjointly with Kenney for $5,000. Later he indorsed a renewal of | this for $2.40. All has since been paid. i Afterward he had indorsed a note of the; Nationai Economist Company for $5,000. Part has since been paid. He was politi-| caily interested with Mr. Kenney in “Amer- jean Industries" He believed there was a field for political usefulness for “. Industries” as a tariff reform sequently to the election. He ha Notes for $5,000 of Kenney to further this purpose. He never knew that any. of his | paper was ir the hands of Willicm J. ‘Thompson, a New Jersey race track owner, known as “The Duke of Gloucester. In several other cases mentioned by Sen- ator Manderson he said he did not know that any of his paper had been in their hands. Urging Payment of Vouchers. He had called upon Mr. Bowler and Mr. | Frans in the Treasury Depa*tment to sc- | cure payment of the Nativral Litho. Co. vouchers. These were the first vouchers after the contract had teen let. He hat often consulted with Mr. Kenney. and the latter had the p-ivilege of entering the State Department after hours to see aim. | He never protested formally snd officially | to Commissioner Sev-nvur that ore Harry | King in the depa>tment had discriminated agninst the Natwnal company Me had stated once or twice to the company that Mr. Kenney believed there was “ser imina- | tion against his company. He tated | to Commissioner 1 | 1 He had never suggested M .rvin's nor «ny other person in that cennection. Cause of Marvin's Dismissal. In response to Senator Gorman's queries | Mr. Quincy said he had made no formal request of Commissioner Seymour to look | into Kenney’s complaints against Marvin. | ‘When the commissioner told him he wanted to get rid of Marvin, the commissioner had | asked him how ex-Congressman John E. Russell would regard it. He understood that the dismissal was on account of al- leged discrimination against the National Lithographic Company. A recess was taken at this time until 2 o'clock. Mr. Kenney Takes the Sta Mr. Kenney upon being sworn testified | that the capital stock of the National Lith- | ographic Company is $20,000, three shares | being paid in; one share owned by each of | the incorporators, Horace Kenney, George | W. Dunn and W. ©. Cook. He conferred | with Mr. Quincy, who was a friend of his, | in reference to the patent office work relat- fue the facts of the former monopoly in | the work, and told him what plant he had to do the work. He was introduced to the @cmmissioner by Mr. Quincy. | | | ite House Teday. The band of Alaskan Esquimaux cailed a@t the White House today in all the glory of their aboriginal trappings and were re- ceived by Mrs. Cleveland in the blue par- | Jor. There were present Secretaries Her- bert and Morton, Col. J. M. Wilson, and ail the ladies of the cabinet except Mrs Gresham and Mrs. Lamont. The visitors were in charge of Dr. Jackson. They were very much pleased with their cordial treat- ment and sang several songs for the bene- ft of the distinguished company. Their rendition of the hyinn “The Sweet Bye and Bye" was specially good, and Mrs. Cleve- land and others of che party are said to have jomed in the chorus. —a A BIG FINE Imposed on Carnegie for Imperfect Armor Plates. The Secretary of the Navy has made Public an official statement of the diffi- culty Letween the department and the Carnegie Steel Company. According to this statement certain Ille- gal practices were being resorted to by employes of the company, by which cer- tain armor plates furnished the govern- Ment were not up to the highest possible mark of excellence, which the company was bound to attain. The Carnegie Steel Company appealed from the Secretary of | the Navy to the President, who, on Jan- Ww, assessed the damages against | the company at $140,484.04, and the com- | January 17, ISM4, settled with the! lepartment. ' It was decided that the officers of tne | company were not cognizant of the tr-| regularities. e+ ___—_ Brookland’s Citizens’ Association. At the annual meeting of the Brookland | Citizens’ Association last night the old off- | cers were re-elected as follows: President, | ©. J. Lynch; vice president, W. P. Arm- | Strong: secretary, John Massey, and treas- | urer, J. L. Sherwood. Dr. Frank P. Howe! made a report of the result of the confer- ence of a special committee of the associa- | tion with the District officials respecting | Improvements ne-ded at Brookland. Mr. W. P. Armstrong read a communication in regard to the right of way for the proposed | water main, and the matter of secering . such right of way was intrusted to a com- Mittee consisting of Messrs. W. P. Arm- Strong, J. 5. Hollidge and Charles McGee. ee ae A Hospital Site. The District Comm today ceived a letter from D. Miller | offering a block of ground, contain ) square feet. fronting on Princeton Mt Pleasan posed contagious dise, asa site for the pro- 2 hospital | Ge | Fetary to a Congressman. | Court | thority possessed by him under the law, ‘and that, therefore, the petitioner had #m_ | off ‘LATE. NEWS BY WIRE, THIRTY | Striking Miners Burn a Railroad | Bridge. apie EXCITEMENT IN WES? VIRGINIA Wires Cut to Prevent Communica- | tion. in sblie iad, TROOPS SENT FORWARD ase CHARLESTON, W. Va. March 3.—Sher- if Silman and deputies left for Cabin | creek in response to a telegram from Divi- | sion Superinténdent Gill of the Chesa-| peake and Ohio stating that a mob of | strikers had burned a bridge on the short | line near the mouth of the creek about | midnight. About thirty men were in the | party, all masked and armed. | On his arrival he found everything quiet, the mob having dispersed. It was feared that they had gone to Acme, but a tele- phone message from there this morning states that they were not seen. The sheriff is still on the ground. The inquest on the bodies of Adkin: commences this morning. Col. Wyantt and the prosecuting attorney of Fayette county are at Fayetteville issuing papers | for the arrest of the rioters. | CINCINNATI, Ohio, March 8.—A special | the Times-Star from Charleston, W. | Va., says: Since the burning of the Cabin creek bridge on the ©. and O. between Coalburg and Acme the wires have been cut at different points so that the governor | cannot communicate with the military at | Eagle or Powellton. The railrovd officials are co-operating | with the governor and carrying messengers by rail as far as Cabin creek, from which | point they go on horseback, and will report the situation to the governor as soon as possible. While the strikers are moving around | Powellton, it is expected that work will be | suspended there till Monday, but no tem- porary movement can prevent violence at Eagle, where the worst is feared. HUNTINGTON, W. Va.. March 3 ‘om- pany 1, in response to the governor's or- | ders,ieft for Eagle at 9 o’clock this morning | on 2 special train provided by the C. and O. people. | No Further Outbreak. | CHARLESTON, W. Va., March 3.—Noth- | ing of a startling nature had been received | by the governor from Cabin Creek and / Eagle at 12:30, The latest official telegram received from there says everything is/ apparently quiet in ail quarters. The governor has two military companies ready to mareh to the scene of the trouble | at a moment's notice. emia POWDER MILL All bat One Workman Escape With Thetr Lives. WILKESBARRE, Pa., March 3.—An ex- plesion oceurred in the barrel works of the Moosic powder mills at Moosic, Pa., shortly after 9 o'clock this morning. One man w: killed. The report of the explosion was heard at Wilkesbarre, sixteen miles away. Archie Diamond and De Witt Stanton were seriously injured. The force of the explosion was terrific. Nearly every pane of glass in the windows of the houses in Moosic was broken. The | entire end of the building was blown to} pieces, and there is danger of the structure collapsing. The loss will reach between} $10,000 and $15, Many houses near the powder mill were unroofed, and the damage to property will run up into thousands of dollars. A Mr: Shelly, who lived close to the mill, thrown out of bed by the force of the con- cussion. At least a score of families will have to seek shelter elsewhere tonight, as their houses are so badly wrecked as to be uninhabitable. The barrel mill is a com- plete wreck. The only wonder is that more people were not killed. °The same mill blew | up two years ago, killing two employes. Just what caused the explosion ts as yet a mystery. —_——— HIS CAREER A F/ Longstreet Has No Praise for Early as a Soldier. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. RICHMOND, Va., March %.—When Gen. James Longstreet was apprised of Gen. Early's death at his home, Gainesville, Ga., last night, and pressed for an estimate of the dead confederate soldier, he made the following startling reply: “Of Early’s career as a soldier, I candid- ly regard it as a dismal failure. He was gifted with neither genius of war nor de- velopment of strategy. . In this opinion I will be borne sut by | the records. The fact that I thought so during the war led to an estra@eement, in which Gen. Early pursued me with a 4ittor-| ness that knew no reason. What I say r fers to official acts and official character. I sneak not of private life. ‘The command which under Stonewall Jackson knew not defert, under Early never knew victory. This was not the fault of the rien under Early, who were as brave as they were under Jackson, but was owing solely to the inefficiency of the gereral in command. “It is hard for me to express these «on- victions in the presence of death, yet his- tory must not be falsified. because of res- pect and reverence due to the dead.” It will be recalled that during the un- vetling of the statue of Gen. R. E. Lee in! this city a few years ago, Longstreet and | Early met for the first time since the war. | Longstreet promptly extended his hand, exclaiming, “How are you, general.” Early turned his back upon Lonzstreet, with the expression that he was not in the habit of shaking hands with traitors, re- ferring to the political course of Tong- street since the war. Farly’s action was severely criticised by the many commanding officers of the late confederacy who were present. Both houses of the general assembly today adopted resolutions of respect to the mem- orv of Gen. Jubal A. Early, and manv“bean- tiful and touching tributes were paid to the memory of the old commander by the mem- bers of the two bodies. >-— An Order to the Elks. CHICAGO, March 2—Grand Exalted Ruler A. Apperley of the Elks has fssued an order that threatens to widen the split in the organization that resulted from the action of Avperley and Grand Secretary Mevers in changing the place of annual meeting after it had been decided by the | trustees. From Apperlev’s office has heen distributed an order that every member cf the fraternity who furnishes the nress with material for stories of the troubles In the Mevers-Apnerley camp, will be summarily expelled. All newspaper men, members of the order, connected with the papers that print such information are to be expelled Iso. ILURE.” a THE CHILD GONE. Mr. Rerry Seizes His Infant Chil This City. The infant child of Mrs. F. W. Berry, well-known here as Miss Kitty Thomp- son, was kidnapped by her father in this ity last evening and carried off to Ol oma. Mrs. Berry is on the road filling an oper- atic engagement and the child was left in charge of her mother, Mrs. Thompson, a telegraph operator at the Navv Depart- ment. who Ives at the Buckingham. The marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Berry was a ro- mance. They eloped a ittle over a yeur ago. The marriage was a failure and they sepa- rated a few months ago. Mr. Berry ts sec- & h Refused. Judge Bradley, this morning, in Circuit No. 1, rendered his decision in the case of Harry H. Jones, who several weeks ago applied for a mandamus to compel the | commissioner of patents to issue him let- ters of patent in two cases, for improve- nent in belt fastenings. In each case Judge Pradley dismissed the petition for a man- damus, declaring that the commissioner | had acted within the discretion and au- i ple redr of Appeals through an appeal to the Court | > Dick Moore, through his backer, Rob Roy, s to fight Creedon to a finish at 158 pounds for the American championship on rms that will suit. | Serving his sentence. | torney General, “are vested rights, | continue | have taken him for an old pauper. jin | | DAYS' NOTICE) Must Be Given Before Suspending Pen- sions. Attorney Gene Olney Gives an Im- portant Opinion — Action in Fraudulent Cases. } Acting Secretary of the Interior Sims this | afternoon sent to Congress an opinion of | Attorney General Olney on the construc- tion to be placed on the act of December 21, 188%, In it it is held that the act applies to every pension granted by the office, and declaring it a mandatory duty of the com- missioner to give thirty days’ notice even in cases where fraud is admitted. The opinion was made at the request of Secretary Smith, who was recently asked for instruction as to the interpretation by Commissioner Lochren. [t was cited that there are hundreds of suspended pensions involved in frauds at Norfolk, Va., in New | Mexico and Iowa. Many of these are confessedly based on perjury and forged testimony, while in Practically all there is st-ong presumptive evidence of fraud. All the evidence in these has not been submitted, and the commis- sioner stated that if the act applies to pen- sions granted upon forged or fraudulent papers the United States must pay out large Sums of morey in these cases, without hope of subsequent recovery. The Attorney Gereral says that the act applies to every certificate that has been lawfully issued by the pension oftice, whether the evidence on which the office acted was complete or incomplete, honest, fraudulent or forged. ntti the thirty days’ notice is given the money, it is held, must continue to be paid, although the’ party guilty of crime in fraudulent cases may be It Is held that the act practicaily abolishes the right to suspend | Payments of pensions pending litigation. | ‘Contracts and judgments,” says the At- ‘ yet pay-/ ments “under a contract induced. by fraud | or even mutual mistake of fact, and under @ judgment induced by fraud, or even in- valid for some jurisdictional defect, may properly be withheld pendente lite. Pro- ceedings to collect the money will he re- strained, when necessary, by an injunc- tion from the courts. The right to withhold Payments in such cases, pending legal in- vestigation, belongs to the government as well as to the individual. The withholdiag een of a pension is a continuing “It may occasionally happen that, at the expiration of the thirty days th dence before the commisstonet seems to require a revocation of the pensioner is still promising to procure fur- ther testimony in support of his claim. and begging for delay. The commissioner is not pur in a dilemma requiring him either to paying money on an apparently fraudulent claim or to foreclose forever all rights of the pensioner. On production .cf further evidence he would have jurisdiction to reopen the case. His proper course, therefore, would be to make a decision at “he cloge of the thirty days on the evidence before him, and, if further testimony there- after produced shculd alter the case, to 1e- open his decision and reinstate the pension, allowing to the pensioner as arrears any | installments which may meanwhile have | accrued.” | while evi- learly pension, the SMALLPOX SCARE. A Case Reported, but It Was Only a Hoax. A lady who said she belonged to the As-| sociated Charities caused a small-sized scure in the third precinct police station when she | reported that a colored woman named Fan- | nie Hawkins was confined to her bed at her | home in Hayes’ court, suffering with a case} of smallpox. Word was telephoned to the health office and Chief Clerk Tracy said he would have the taatter investigated immodiately. A Star reporter reached Hayes’ court far in advance of the health inspector, and the| mention of the disease nearly made one of} the colored women faint. man named Fannie Shaw, who is} 's found and she was greatly amused | over her joke. { She said she didn’t want to see the char- ity woman and she told her she had the small pox in order to get rid of her. An@ now the residents of the alley think they have a great joke on the Associated Charities’ representatiy ——— A TITLED BIBLIOMANIAC, Wearing a Pauper'’s Clothes, but Spending a Fortune for Rare Books. With the Comte de Lignerolles, the sale of whose library was mentioned in our; columns Saturday, says the London Daily | News, the love of rare books was an all- absorbing mania. Our Paris correspondent observes: He could not think of anything else but his library, how to increase it and how to keep thieves from getting into it. All his fortune went in picking up treasures | at book sales. He lived as if he @ poor) man, in order to gratify his passion. Any one Who did not know who he was might | He went | patched and threadbare clothes, and) bought second-hand shoes and boots to wear, new ones costing too much. In wet) weather one might see him for hours in the omnibus station near the Salle Sylvestre, where book auctions are mostly held, wait- ing for the rain to cease so that he could , go home on the top of an omnibus, and thus | save three half-pence. i During his lifetime Count de Lignerolles’ | library was guarded with jealous care, and only acquaintances of whose honesty he | was ire were allowed to see part of it. Nobody but himself ever saw it all. The! different rooms in which he had his books had double safety locks, and the bookcases} could not easily be broken into. | soo CHLOROFORM IN EARLY DAYS. | A Student's Experience With the New Compound in 1551. Your notice of the discovery of chloro- form in 1847 recalls a curious experience in my Cambridge undergraduate life, s: writer in the London News. One evening in January, 1851, I went into a chemist's shop and ordered some photographic chemi- | cals to be sent to my rooms hard by. [was lodging on the parade. Seeing an bottle of chloroform on the bought it out of curiosity and took it aw with me, leaving the chemica!s to follow my own rooms, s four drops on ‘m: full ed in an armehair, | put handkerchief, and, «. placing the bottle on the table at + ce from me, 1 sniffed the handl chief. A pleasant sensation and a sin. in my ears was the only result. So, shoruy afterward, | coumgted out eight drops aid acted as before. ‘bne next thing I remember is finding my- self on the floor on my back, my dress v done, my face, ete. dripping with cold water, and hearing a voice, “He's coming to, I do believe.” Yes, it was sv. I came to after having been unconscious for two hours and a half. Next day my doctor, when out with the foxhounds, was greetcd with: “‘Hulloa, doctor; so you raised a man from the dead last night.” ‘You may well say that,” was the reply, “for I had g:ven | up all hopes.” I was very puzzled on ac- count of the effect of my carefully measured dose. All I could gather from the servant was that she had brought me up a parcel from the chemist, and, seeing me asleep, tried to wake me; then, “finding I was dead,”’ ran down into the shop, calling out, “Mr. M. is dead.” Two Trinity men were in the shop. One went on to the 6 p.m. ¢! telling every one of my sudden death; the other, after a glance at me, kindly called in Dr, Cc. Some time after the mystery was cleared up. The “slavey” gave warning, and the, day she left she made the following confes- ston: “You remember that night you were nearly dead, sir. Well, you know, sir, I thought you had fainted, and I see the bottle on the table and thought it was salts, } so I took out the stopper and held it to your | nose; but, as it didn’t do no good, I noured a lot of it out into my hand and rubbed jit all over your nose and mouth. told the doctor the story. He replied: “Well, my dear fellow, all I can say is this: if ever you have to undergo an operation, you | can tell your family doctor that you can take chloroform.” Thank God, that neces- | y has never arisen, 200 A Falls Charch Barglar. Detectives Weedon and Lacey last night | arrested a colored man named Henry Jack- | placing two one-horse cars upon this branch | son on a charge of committing several bur- glaries in Falls Church, Va. Jackson was} employed at the hotel Falls Chureh, and | it Is charged that he committed robberies at the hotel, at the home of Mr. Buxton, besides two other houses, He turned over today to the Virginia authorities end taken to Fairfax Court House. | A KNOWN QUANTITY. It is the practice of The Star to print on Saturday a sworn statement of its Circulation day by day for the preceding week. It would seem self- evident that the advertiser is entitled to this protection, but The Star is alone in this custom as far as Wash- ington jis concerned. Below will be found the statement for the week just past. The average circulation exhibited is believed to be nearly, if not quite, double the combined circulation of the other Washington dailies, and fully five times that of its afternoon contemporary. Circulation of The “Evening Star.” SATURDAY, Feb, 24, 1804.. 40,815 WEDNESDAY, Feb. 28, 1804. THURSDAY, Mar. 1, 1s¢4.. FRIDAY, Mar. 2, Isv4.. ‘Total... Datly average .35,732 1 solemnly swear that the above statement rep- Tesente only the number of copies of THe EVEN- ING STAR circulated during the jx secular days end- ing Friday, March 2%, 1894~that is, the num- | berot copies actually sold, delivered, furnished ormatied, for valuable consideration, to bona fide purchasers or subscribers, and that none of the copies so counted were returned to or remainin the ofice unsold. J. WHIT. HERRON, Cashier Evening Star Newspaper Co. Subscribed and sworn to before me this third day of March, A. D. 1894. JAY'B. SMITH, Notary Public, D. c. A LIFE AT STAKE. Argumente Today in the Shoemaker Murder Trial. In the murder trial of John E. Shoe- maker for killing Thos. E. Matthews, col- ored, on the Broad Branch road September last, in the Criminal Court, Division Justice Cole, this morning the arguments were resumed. Assistant District Attorney Lewin concluded his argument yesterday. Justice Cole this morning, before the ar- guments were resumed, ruled on some of the prayers, stating that the third prayer 2 of the defendant on the subject of drunken- | ness he had modified. Malice was necessary to convict of murder, and it may be in- ferred from the use of the weapon, unless it is rebutted by facts. Resides self-defense the defendant pleads drunkenness. While drunkenness is no excuse for crime, it may be considered as to the question of malice— to whether the case is one of murder or manslaughter. If they find that he was so intoxicated that he did not know what he was doing he should not be convicted of murder, but if the purpose was formed when he was drunk, when he knew what he was doing, then the verdict should be guilty. Mr. Shillington’s Ar Mr. Shillington, 0. RS his argument, speaking of the respons! y of the jurors’ oath, and then spoke of the defendant’s actions, his purchase of gro- ceries, shoes and flannels, drinking several bottles of beer and whisky at several places; his meeting Matthews, toward whom he bore no malice. He noted that drinks were refused Shoe- maker, and he was unable to carry his box of groceries or to walk alone, and claimed that he was then so drunk, so crazy, that he did not know what he was doing. He noted the fact that when he reached home he fell in a drunken stupor on the kitchen floor and said that it went to show that he had not the condition of mind to make him responsible for the higher crime. Mr. Shillington said that the district at- torney would argue that Shoemaker com- menced the fight, but, in his opinion, it was not so. Barnes said so, and Shoe- maker denies it, and he then argued that from the testimony of two men who were also drunk, the greater crime should not be the verdict. On the testimony of drunken witnesses a man should not be hung. Hyson did not see the blow struck, and he was the soberest in the crowd. Mr. also on behalf of the prisoner. Both: con- tended that Shoemaker never did anything but defend his own life in firing the fatal | shot, claiming that the defendant was too | drunk to form an intent to do murder, al- though in his drunken condition he might have imagined that the man he killed in- tended to do him harm, when, in fact, no such purpose existed on the part of Mat- thews. Shoemaker, they claimed, had been shown to be a peaceful man, a good hus- band and father, who had, on the night of the tragedy, been overcome by strong drink. Closing Speeches. Mr. Goode finished his address at 2 o'clock, when District Attorney Birney be- gan the closing argument before the jury He was followed by Judge Cole, who was, charging the jury when The Star's report! of the case closed. It is expected that the jury will receive the case this afternoon and that a verdict will be returned today. a INSTALLING A JUSTICE. Senator White Will Take His Seat on Monday. ‘The installation of Senator White of Louisiana to his seat upon the bench of the Supreme Court will occur at noon next | Monday. Senator White has not yet notified the Supreme Court that he will be ready to don the rebes of oitice Monday, but he has told his friends that he will, althoash Le tends to look after the interests state in tariff legislation until the end of the week. As the spring term of the court begins Monday, it will be a conventent time tor a new justice to begin his duties. tive Avenue. A numerousty signed petition from resi- dents and property owners along 16th street been received by the Commissioners ym the committee on the District of Co- lumbia_ praying that the name of that street be changed to Executive avenue. Water Balance. According to a detailed statement from the first controller, there appears to be a balance of $207,201.92, being amount of reve- nue of the water department on June 30, | 1893, in exc of advances to that date. Permanent Board of Assessors. ‘The Commissioners have set aside Sat- urday, March 10, at 2 o'clock p.m., to hear those interested in the bill prepared by ihe board of trade relative to the establish- ment of a permanent board of assessors. To Improve Sanitation. The ‘nspector of buildings has recom- mended a number of changes in the District building to improve the ventilation. 2S Code of Colors in Sealing Wax. From Demorest’s Magazine. Dainty French people have never dis- pleced sealing wax with the gummed en- velope, and in the haute monde of France there is a certain symbolism in the choice | of colors; blue denotes constancy; yellor jealousy, pink is appropriately used by young girls, and gray is employed when writing to an intimate friend; red is con- fined to busiress; and engaged lovers find ruby symbolical of the intensity of their emotions; green is for letters from lovers who live in hope, and duli brown warns the impatient lover that his offer is refused; white is chosen for communications lating to weddings, and black for obit- uaries; violet expresses sympathy; choco- late marks the invitation to dinner. ———-—-+ee- A Branch Road. Capt. Fiebiger has recommended to the District Commissioners that the Anacostia Railroad Company be ordered to operate its branch line to Congressional cemetery by running from 11th to 19th street southeast along G street. —— The Tageblatt says that Count Doenhoff, member of the reichstag, recently declared that Bismat informed him that the rejec- tlon of the Russo-German treaty means war. Shillington conciuded his argument ! at 11:45, and was followed by Mr. Goode, | of his | IN THE HOUSE TODAY Only One Branch of the National Legis- lature in Session. The Time Principally Occupied in Dise mg the Provisions of the | | | | | Pension Appropriations Bil! At the opening of the session Mr. Everett (Mass.), rising to a question of privilege, created some amusement by correcting a sentence in the Congressionad Record. He objected, he said, to be made to talk bad | grammar. Two private bills were passed by unani- | mous consent, one on motion of Mr. Rich- man, and the other on motion of Mr. Cur- us (Kans.) to pension Aadrew Franklin, a | private in Capt. Armstrong’s Ohio militia in the war of 1812. Mr. Bryan of Nebraska asked unanimous consent for the consideration of a bill ap- propriating $42,000 to reimburse the state of Nebraska for expenses incurred in repelling @ threatened invasion and raid by the Sioux Indians in 1890 and 1891, on the occasion of the Messiah craze, which culminated in the Wounded Knee fight. Mr. jected. Mr. Haugen of Wisconsin asked unani- mous consent for the consideration of a bill authorizing the Duluth and Superior Bridge Company to construct a bridge across the nesota. Objection was made. The Pension Appropriation Bt The House then went into committee of the whole for the further consideration of the pension bill. Mr. Pickler (8. D.) took the floor and made a vigorous speech in behalf of a lib- eral pension policy. The old soidier, his widow, his children ; and his grandchildren should have justice. Gen. Black on the Pension Office. Gen. Black of Illinois, ex-commissioner of pensions, followed Mr. Pickler; whose kindly speech, he said, might almost be adopted as a declaration of principle by the House. oe THE BEGGAR COUNT. Once High in Politics and Society, H: Died Drunk and Ragged in the Street. From the New York Sun. A member of one of the oldest and rich- est families in Austria-Hungary was re- cently found dead in his rags on the Prater Quay in Budapest. While drunk he had fallen where he was found and had frozen to death. In the pocket of his tattered coat there were only a few coppers and a letter addressed to his only friend, his landlady. The outcast was Count Ivan Samssich. He had begun life as the typical child of luck. When nineteen years old he became, by his father’s death, head of his family ard the possessor of enormous estates. After getting his doctor’s degree he trav- eled in Europe, America, Egypt and Asia Minor for five years, then returned home to enter politics. He held many local of- fices of importance and in 1871 was elccted to the Hungarian reichstag. He was but le ready | thirty-one years R a speaker and quickly showed ication and experience well beyond hig years. A re- markable career in politics and Jiplomacy was prophesied for him. During his first year in the reichstag, however, he married @ light-headed young baroness, who had been divorced from her first husband, and began at once to lose his hold on the bet- ter side of life. In the next parliamentary election he was defcated because in his do- pened trouble he had neglected his public luties. Until 1880 he lived in an atm ere of drunkenness and licentiousness. Then he ran away with the wife of a rich country gentleman and began living with her in one of his castles. His wife had left him and his companion’s husband got a divorce from her. For several years the unmarried couple lived together in a debauch of lux- ury and eccentric extravagance. After the count’s wealth and honor had melted away he tried to borrow money from his brother. He failed to obtain the enormous sum needed to pay his debts, deserted his mistress and two children and entered first a Trappist and then a Fran- ciscan monastery. His repentance was as short lived as his love, and before 1890 he was in Vienna, borrowing and begging what he could in order to buy whisky. His brother had granted him an income of a few dollars a week, and this sufficed to pay for his tiny room and enough liquor to keep him drunk when he was not asleep. He sank completely from the sight of the gay world into which he was born. Nobody knew that he had left Vienna until his dead body was found in Budapest. Since his name had been entered in the police books his former friends have recalled that it once was in the parliamentary directory, and was expected to appear high in the list of the diplomatic corps. od Electricity in China. From the Electrical World. The streets are very narrow in Canton, as is the case with all Chinese cities, being from say six to twelve feet wide, and are filled with hanging wooden signs. Through these signs the wire must twist and turn, because on no account would a Chinaman allow a sign to be moved to make room for the wire, as it would certainly mean bad | luck to his business. In many cases the in- sulation has been strongly reinforced with rubber and tape to prevent abrasion from the swinging signs. The streets of Canton are divided into sections of a few blocks each, and each section 1s shut off from all others by heavy gates, that are closed at 9 o'clock in the evening. The populace is so turbulent that for many centuries the authorities have any section responsible for any riot or tu- mult in that section. The result is that the | people have got in the habit of regulating affairs in their section without reference to the powers that be. The electrician of the Canton plant had occasion to see the effect of this in an instance where a store wanted lights, but the wires could not be run, be- cut in his house for securing a pole. The man wanting lights informed his neighbors, and a delegation waited on the individual and soon induced him to withdraw his ob- jection. At first there was considerable objection to the plant being put up, but now it has become very popular, and is used in houses and stores; even fruit and nut stands use them in the street, the wires being led from the nearest house. The light is now so pop- ular that thousands of lamps could be put in all over the city if the station was large | enough to supply them, but its limit is now reached and difficulty is experienced in building a larger one, as the franchise for the entire Canton province is in the hands of one man, and he wants to make too much out of it. The Chinese are great people to expect private commissions on everything they compan: one and all, manage to steal something. One man, who has the handling of the money, will hold back needed supplies and wages; another, less fortunate, will go to the station and steal coal and ofl, and if there is any objection the engineer is told it is none of his affair. In fact, though the plant is a success from an electrical and mechanical point of view, it is kept running under considerable difficulty. In Canton two attempts were made to steal wires soon after the station was started, but, unfortunately for the thieves, the wires were alive, and though no one was killed, no attempts have since been made, inha' to be. coe Two thousand Berlin students met last night to protest against the fact that so- cialism had developed an anti-semite char- ucter. Resolutions were passed at the | meeting requesting the university authort- ‘ties tu allow to the students free expres- | sion of opinion. | Gov. West of Utah has sent to the legis- lature a special message drawing the at- {tention to the distress among the work- ing classes. He urges the issuance of bonds for the erection of a state capl- tol as a means of furnishing employment to the needy. | Charles Philip Baker, a weli-known and esteemed citizen of San Antonio, Tex., went | to Milan Park yesterday morning, took a | Seat on u bench, and shot himself through | the brain, living only two hours. The cause is thought to be trouble with a woman. Erastus Wiman made an engagement ear- ly in the winter to deliver his lecture on “The Great Northland” Thursday evening. in Madison Hall, Y. About 900 people gathered, but Mr. Wiman did not appear. The reichstag committee to which the Russo-German treaty of commerce was re- ferred consists of fourteen supporters and eleven opponents of the treaty, with three members in addition who are doubtful. ardson (Tenn.) to pension Fannie M. Nor- | Sayers ob- j St. Louis river between Wisconsin and Min- | made it a practice to hold all the people of | cause one man objected to having @ hole | have a hand in, and the management of the | the street | ited by a bad Joss, as they are now thought | [FINANCE AND TRADE ‘Sentiment of the Street Growing i Brighter. j (A BIG SUGAR DEAL GOING ON ‘The Exportation of Gold Lost | Sight of. | |GENERAL MARKET REPORTS. | Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. | NEW YORK, March 3.—Stock values 4 ;Veloped considerable strength in today’s | market on a moderate amount of trading. ‘The room was inclined to work for a frac- tional reaction, but buying orders were too |Rumerous, and prices would not yield (easily. London was steady, and traded | moderately on this side, without affecting the course of prices. The sentiment of the street is daily grow- ing brighter, and operators are encouraged by the prospects of continued improvement ;4nd a slow recovery to normal conditions. | Some covering in sugar and moderate buy- ing for long account marked up the price of that stock to 85, around which figure it | |Tound excellent support up to the close of | business. The shrewdest operators are | watching sugar with unusual interest, as one of the largest deals in recent years is | almost hourly expected to develop in this property, The probable reporting of the Senate finance committee on the tariff |next Tuesday, and the company’ | 0m its dividend, set for the same day, is @ union of two strong speculative factors. | As to the dividend, there can be little | doubt that it will conform to the character | of the proposed legislation. In the event of i® slight protective tax on sugar, and the ;continuation of the regular 12 per cent dividend, all previous high prices will be eclipsed, and speculation of the most ad- vanced type ensue. The buying today indicated that some favorable advices had been received from Washington, and operators close to prom- inent interests were quietly picking up the tock. The covering movement in Distillers resulted in a gain of 1 per cent to 21 2-4. Notwithstanding the present nervousness of the bears, the price of this stock is ex- pected to reach a much lower level. The Grangers, under the leadership of St. Paul, were all strong and fairly active. | St. Paul gained 11-4 per cent on the an- nouncement that its earnings for the fourth week this month had only decreased $65,000, instead of $120,000 as predicted. Burlington advanced 1 per cent on covering to 783-8, gee Island gained 5-8 per cent to Yesterday’s engagement of gold for ex- port has been lost sight of as a factor in epeculation as the margin of profit is too small to warrant further ehipments. The foreign market has been unusually narrow during the present week and rates were made to conform to the needs of remitters. Any falling off in the demand recorded a corresponding decline in rates. The receipts of all classes of commercial bills from the interior were ™meager, cotton drawings especially de- creasing in supply. The importations of raw sugar have been on rather a large scale and this resulted in. some slight oe up in rates at the close of the the deposits, which are a trifie over $1,000,- 000 lees than last week. The decrease in this last item reduces the reserve require- ments about $750,000, and makes the in- crease in surplus $1,000,000. The state- ment in detail is as follows: Reserve, in- creased, $1,011,400; loans, decreased, $1,914,- 200; specie, 300; legals, creased, $1, Wheat Weak. CHICAGO, March 3.—Whext started firm with a bullish feeling among the traders on the prospects of a cold wave throughout the unprotected wheat belt. Rut the buying was met by a sale of 750,0U0 bushels by Schwarts-Dupee, supposed to be for W. R. Linn. This caused a weak feeling, and May went down 3-4. May opened 1-4 higher at $0,,.2+ dectined 3-4 and reacted 1-5 to 69 —_._— FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. are the ope , the highest and and the sisung print or the by Corson & a oe exchange. | ‘The fot! the lowest Stock market as rey Macartney, members bers New Messrs. Denver and Rio Grande. Dis. and Cattle Feeding. General Electric . . Illinois Central. Lake Shore. Erie Louisville and Islan Nashv! Wabash, pid ‘ Wheeling & Lake Erie.. Wheeling & L. E., ptd Western ; Silver. —~-___ Washington Stock Exchange. Sales—reguiar call—12 o'clock m. U.S. 4y, SSuari2%. Washington Ges Bouds,” $160ni2 it bade. ’: reg., aererament | aps 3S. 4s, ree, M2, id; 4 asked. U.S. coup, 114 bid,” 11 ed U.S. Se, 117 bid. . a District of Columbia 20-year fond 3s, 10644 bid. 30-year fund. Us, 117 bid. Waier sto S. Mel, 115 bid. Water stock wo 120 bid. Pund. currency 3. vid. Bigs, 100 bid. eet nee ae Washington and George. 3 and Georg let, 135 bid, 140 ‘asked. ington and Georgetown railroad conv. 4 125 bid, 150 asked. Metropolitan railroad vom 101 bid, 165 asked. Belt ratiraad Sa, S38 bid. asked. Eckington railroad ¢s. i00 asked. Wash. ington Gas Company, ser. A, 6s, 116 bid, 125 ash ‘ompany, ser." B, Ga, 117 Wid, ¥ on Gas ‘Company 5 United States Electri Ss, 128 My asked. omar 7 108 asked. American and Ty Po & A. 100. bid. < 2d, 3 | Washington Gus « asked. “Washing! bid. td, and Security st id. Washington pid. Washington id. Washington Washington 106g asked. vid. Washington Washingtou Light Market Market Market Co Masonic Hall Light Infanu Association 5s, 102 nid. Ist 6s. 101 bid. bid. ied. bi a ‘izeus’, " lunibia, 125 bid. Capit Mid, 1054; asked. ‘Trade! bid. ee | _ Safe it and Trust © — Sate osit and ‘Trust any dst usked. Washington Loan ai rust. . bid, asked. American Security and Trust, 132 bid. 125 asked. Washington Safe Deposit, 103 axked. Ratlroad Stocks. Washington and « 270 Lid, 300 asked. Metropolitan, 80 b Columbia, 55 bid, 6 asked. 1 vn, ante 47% Vaited it, 124, bid, 1 eked. Firemen’s, 42 id. 5 Metropolitan. 75 bid. |. Artington, German American, 150 bid. National’ Union, 11 bid. 16 asked. Columbia, 13 bid. 16 asked. Riggs, 7 bid, 7% asked. Poople'’s, 5 bid, Siz nxked. —— 7% bid, 7%, asked. Commercial, > bid, 6 e Title Insurance Stocks.Real Estate Title. 112 '. 120 asked. Columbia Title, 6% bid, 7', asked. hington Title, 724 asked. ‘Telepbuue Swocks.—Chesapeake ap@ Potomac, 46 bi Ww H PS s a * =| ws rkinz: 15 bid. | id, 48 asked. American Grapbophone, 3. wi asked. Phecmatie Gun ¢ ~~ © filed | . Ste Washington Market, 13) | ula, 15k Great Falls Tee. td aaked. Bull Ituu Pauorama. 15 vid, OS ia — timore Markets. BALTIMOR March 3.--Ploar dull nehoong= ) barrels. Wheat weak—spot, Oe 4: May, G24yaG2%: steumer Ne. ipts, 4.034 bushels; stock, + males, 10,000 bushels—milti Hel. Corn dy. oe ments, Southern ' alae: ipments, none; stock, . Hay firm—good to choice timothy, $14.50a Grain’ freights quiet, uncha ss nged. Sugar um aged. Ruttes > 4 Hutter unchanged. Eggs steady--15al6. % Silsby & Co., bankers an@ brokers, Bauk building OHTOAgo, 6. ‘ste } ‘pen. High. pw. Clone, | Wheat ‘ae ae FF ve #. aaaaaae NY $6 Cone. an S2 58 ec 72 Ts TAXING ELECTRIC ROADs. Lively Discussion tm the Marylan@ There was a lively discussion in the Maryland house yesterday on Mr. Yellott’s bill, which provides for the taxing of elec- tric railroads 9 per cent on their gross re- city. It came up on its second reading, when Mr. Taylor, calling attention to the importance of the measure, moved its ref- erence to the judiciary committee. He con- tended that, though the corporation com- mittee had taken action, it was only just to the corporations affected that, as euch a radical tax was to be levied, an oppor- tunity be given those most interested to heard. Said he: “I do not wish to the itieman from Baltimore count but some of the members of the poration committee have told me they for this bill inadvertently and would Ike further consideration.” Mr. Yellott—“And, now I am being other: persons down ed so hard, I will press some hard. There been in the lobby for the avowed feating the bill. put a stop to such actions, to the lobby, you have a cor- stated i Bg 4 g hte if Ege Mr. Yellott—“Didn’t I state that I did not favor the bill in its present shape, but was willing to accept a lower tax?” Mr. ueman . “The gen’ state, I think.” Mr. Yellott—“I am sure I aid." Mr. Atkinson interrupted poration committee, which w: tion to adjourn at this point debate for the time being, so still remains on the second denote that further trouble is brewing, ard that the end of the wearisome revolution is not so near at hand as it was at frst believed. President Peixoto issued two important decrees. The first of these announcements calls for an increase in the of the lar army, and will, therefore, impose additional burdens the people and increase the already ‘vy taxation to a great degree. This increase of the of the regular army is said to be the first step in a movement to crush out the re- bellion in the neighborhood and in the south, and should this object be attained, it may be said that the addi which the people will be called will, after all, be a blessing in The second decree provides accused of treason shall be tary law, which would seem to additional repressive measures At the same time ft fs announ martial law will not be as the situation remains as tranquil now. Yellow fever continues to spread Thursday there were ninety-one from that disease in the city, and, Uon, twenty deaths from other recorded. To the average Brazilian this Yellow Jack does not mean an: ing, for along the coast are familiar with fevers of tions, and are not, to any alarmed, even when the death considerably higher. But to the population the spread of fever, while nm distinctly alarming, is severe cause everybody to wish that the of soldiers about the capital were in cleaning the streets and in foul places instead of but powder with so little definite result. The insurgents in the vicinity now say frankly that they are fighting for their lives, and it is believed that if the Peixoto fleet was to make a bold swoop down Bahia and engage the insurgent fleet the result would be a prompt and thorough victory for the government squadron. The [ i 8 i i E : i ie Ee 388 } i i 5 aod jonest Dentist. From Life. “Harry, dear, IT found an honest dentist today,” said Mrs. Cumso to her husband. “You don’t say! Tell me about this won- derful freak of nature!” “Well, he examined my teeth and aid they didn’t need anything done to them “What did he rge you for that?” “Only $, when he might have worked all day, and charged me $10 or $15. Dorsn’t that show he was honest, dear?” “No; it shows he was lazy. coe His Hair. From Truth Bushyhead Willlam—“I'm mighty gla@, Hank, 1 resisted the temptation to get my | hair cut that time.” Weary Henry—“Why, Bil?” Bushyhead William—“A woman guv mea whole mince pie this morning and never mentioned s word about work. She said I reminded her of her son ut college.” Mrs. Manette St. Paul has brought | an action in that city to compel Mra. Char- ieteVan Auken to produce Mrs. Manette’s daughter, who is also Mrs. Van Auken's daughter-in-law. Mrs. Manette says her daughter ts unduly deprived of her Mberty '\irs. Manette is poor and Mrs. Ven Aule: frich, ‘The marriage of their children was a. |" Coachman Ludbig, who eloped with the daughter of his emplover, Dr. Teffi, at New i Rochelle, N. Y., tried to murder Dr. Teme Thursday night and failing to do so blew lout his own brains. Michael S. Fay, Inspector in the second lassembly district’ of New York, convicted of making a false the votes rast at the Inst election, has been sentenced }to five years In st prison, Tiffany & (o., New York, *° mourning the loss of one of their most beautiful and | veluable creations. In some mysterious manner last Mon. | ded with gem: | was steien from t iP ¥ night # gold cup stud th whea finished $30,000, ry. Louis propose to organize a league to oppose the Ameri- jcan I ye Assoclation, Richard Croker and party were banqueted lat Houston, Tex. After visiting San An- tonio they pursued their journey to Ca? | fornia. | "The Philadelphia police have captured !a gang of counterfe a whom are | Andrew Squibby and = Van Fossen, ‘two notorious felons