Evening Star Newspaper, March 26, 1894, Page 2

THE EVENING STAR, LATE NEWS BY WIRE. Another of Boss McKane’s Followers Sentenced. eee oo een JABIIESON GIVEN EIGHTEEN MONTHS Sixteen Election Inspectors Plead Guilty. niece anata ONE TO STAND TRIAL ONLY BROOKLYN, N. Y., March 26.-Andrew Scott Jamieson, convicted last week of per- jery in connection with the Gravesend elec- fon outrages, was sentenced this morning ny Judge Brown, in the court of Oyer and Terminer, to eighteen months in the peni- tentiary. The eighteen indicted election inspectors ef Gravesend were then called upon to. Plead, and all pleaded “guilty” with the! exception of Frank T. Clark, who pleaded “not guilty,’ and Patrick Tight, against Whom the indictment was dropped. The remaining sixteen will be sentenced @t 9 o'clock tomorrow morning. > LURED BY THE PAY ROLL. Murder of a Mine Superintendent and His Moucy Taken. ST. LOUIS, Mo., March 26.—A special to the Republic from Liano, Texas, says: Saturday afternoon, between 5 and 6 @clock, Capt. H. Dunn, superintendent of the Olive iron mines, was murdered by highwaymen about six miles from Llano, | and within two miles of the mines. Hej drew about $80 yesterday out of the Iron City National Bank to meet his weekiy pay roll and started for the mines. This Was the last seen of him alive. Capt. Dunn’s body was found lying on the road. The robbers also secured Dunn's watch and revolvers. There were from two to four men implicated in the murder. Sherif€ Logan was notified of the deed, and fs new on their track. It is only a matter of a short time when he will have them m eustody. The captain came to twelve months ago. this city about! ———- . SUSIE MARTIN'S MURDER. The Suspected Chinaman Discharged for Lack of Evidence. NEW YORK, March 28.—Sam Sing, the! Chinese laundrrman of 520 10th avenue, who} was arrested on suspicion of being the mur- derer of littie Susie Martin, was discharged | by Justice Ryan, in the Jefferson Market | Police court this morning. Sing was arrest-| ed on the evidence of a deaf mute, who had geen him going to the building where the body was found with a bundle, and when! he departed the bundle had been left be-/ hind. The police are still in the dark, andj ere hunting for clues. j THEY WERE REBATES. ‘The Sums Apparently Missing From New York's Treasary. ALBAN N. Y., March 26.—Controller Roberts made a statement today regarding the alleged shortage tn his office, amounting to $1,600,000, His statement flatly contra- dicts the report of a defalcation, and shows that the apparent discrepancy is due to the rebates of taxes to various corporations under the law. He says “After a careful examination, I find that there have been rebates to transportation | companies of taxes actualiy paid by them | into the state treasury, $1,640,000, Of this} amount $555,537.45 was rebated by Mr. | Chapin, $1,108,255.42 by Mr. Wemple, $152, 485.22 by Mr. Campbeli.” > DIRECT FROM STATEN ISLAND. ab Train From St. George tor Wash NEW YORK, March 26.—The first direct train from Siaten Island to Washington eft St. George at 9 lock this morning. | fhe train consi J of a locomotive and three parlor couches of the R Blue le, which were 109 students f the Staten Island Academy and school, who have gone he capital f three days an edy trip. students, composed of young men and wo- men, are being chaperoned by their respec- tive teachers. a THE PRESIDENT CRITICISED. An English View of His Pearl Harbor Policy. LONDON, March 26.—Commenting this morning upon the approaching departure to Honoiulu of Admiral Walker of the Amert- eam Navy to establish « naval statign, the Times says: “This seems to marx a precipi- tate descent from the pinnacle of virtue on which President Cleveland took his stand a «Short time ago. It is easy to understand! the advantages that would accrue io the United States navy from the possession of | so advantageously placed a naval station | as Pearl Harbor. The civilized world has, also every reason to be contented that the! United States would protect these islands, even though such protection scems to have no other meaning than confirmation of the provisional government. What seems per- Dlexing is the contrast between this ¢ cession to sordid expediency and the lofty resolution expressed by President Cleveland hardly three months ago. It is so impossi- ble to question the correctness of the ca- nons of national morality then laid down by him that one cannot help inquiring what has since occurred to invaiidate them. Neither the House of Kepresentatives nor the Senate has repudiated his high morai Principles. Possibly the recent electoral successes of the republicans has influence in President Cleveiand’s mind. A great re- verse to his party often has a debi.:tating effect upon a President's nerves. Moreover, j President Cleveland had no idea that Presi- | dent Doie and his friends were such obsti-! nate people. We can well understand how | thoroughly umpieasant and unpopular it! would be to land American marines in or- der to put down the provisional govern. ment and restore the queen, but when all urged that can be urged in behalf of frail statesmanship it must be confessed that: the surrender of the President of the Unit- | ed States to the other president is not too dignified.” | —_———~—__— FUNERAL OF KOSSUTH. Preparations for the Ceremouies Almost Complet TURIN, Italy, March 26.—The prepara-| tiong for the funeral ceremonies here over | the remains of Louis Kossuth are almost ; completed. After a service at the Evan- gelical Church at 9 a.m. on Wednesday next the body will be escorted to the rail- Toad depot, where it lie In a tem- Porary mortuary un municipal au- thorities the same evening deliver the re- | mains to the representatives of the muni- | cipal authorities of Buda Pesth. The bedy of Kossuth, accompanied by tts «seort of Hungarian officials, will leave this city for Buda Pesth on a special train at S p.m. The special train will be pre- eaded by another train which will convey to Buda Pesth the main body of the Hun- Barian deiegates. who have becn in this city for some days past. It is calculated that the two trains will reach Buda Pesth on Thursday morning a Chinamen Smugegled Into Vermont. BURLINGTON, Vt., March 26.—The gov- ernment authorities have just completed an examination of the methods of the Ver- mont customs district and find that the al- | legation that many Chinamen are being smuggled into the United States through the office here ts faise. The special agent who has been conducting the examination atates that all the Chinamen admitted had | @ legal right to enter. { > fee Magie Takes the Oath. i TRENTON, N. J., March 26.—Supreme | Court Justice Magie, who was reappointed by Gov. Werts and confirmed by the Senate on Thursday, took the cath of this morning before the court of errors. The oath as justice of the supreme court was adininistered by Chief Justice E y, and thag as judge of the court of errors by Cuaucellor McGill. | /HAD LITTLE EFFECT BRIFF SESSIONS Cold Weather Gould Not Stop the Easter i Egg Rolling. | Little Ones Enjoy Themselves in Spite of Lowering Skies—Marine Bund, However, Was Absent. ; Equally as great was the disappointment | today of the little tots as was that of the older folks, with stunning Easter bonnets and gowns, yesterday because of the rain. Probably the children felt it more. They have been lookins d for w sty forward iis with eager articipation to Easter Monday at the White House grounds, they have} been dyeirg eggs, and they had planned to crowd as much enjoyment into the holiday as is possible. First came disappointment by the an- nouncement that the Marine Band would: not be ordered out, and that was followed by a dismal, stormy Easter Sunday. Of! course, the grounds would be too wet to admit of egg roliing, so many of the chil- dren spent the Sabbath in tears. This morning, however, a-rived clear and cold, | with the sun shining brightly, and before | 10 o'clock a motley assemblage was press- | ing on the gates for admittance. $8 Ont for tue Sport. And, to the surprise of many, the throng was allowed to enter. Little folks attired in costly gacments and accompanied by nurses were there, as were children with no outer coats at all, but all seemed equally happy. They took possession of the damp, cold ground, and romped and played as) though it was midsummer instead of winter. As time went by the attendance inczeased. It was by no means as large as on the} warm Easter Mondays of previous years, | but nevertheless the little ones, shivering | with cold and with hands as red as beets, | undoubtedly enjoyed themselves to the; very unmost. With hats off they jumped, rope on the grass until stopped by a police! officer, and when he had passed by they began again. Several boys had brought roller skates and warmed themselves by rapidly moving over the asphalt walks, at the me time causing the pedestrians to be in abject fear of losing at any moment their upright positions. Zz In Spite of the Cold. A little flurry of snow fell just at noon, | mg a cry of delight from the young: sters, most of whom were hatless and glove- less. A party of little girls were seen seated | on a particularly damp spot, with wraps un- buttoned, eating lunch. It was a sight sug- gestive of doctors’ and undertakers’ bills. The old custom of picking exgs seemed to find great favor among the boys who tested the strength of points and butts with the fervor of betters ai a race track. nurse girl was the center of at quite a while. She picked eggs boys who wished to try with her.au man won every time, too. Finally she leit the grounds, carrying several dozens of eggs as spoils of the visit, and followed by a pro- cession of colored children. t | Looking on, Mammas and papas were present with their darlings, and in the majority of cases /MR. COLQUITT’S DEATR | of the deceased, which will take place in the | | army and the senior admiral of the navy to MONDAY, MARCH 26, 1894~TWELVE PAGES. 7 | i | i Held Both in the Senate and House Today. ANNOUNCED DESEANIION ce Appropriate Resolutions Adopted in Both Branches. | SOME ROUTINE BUSINESS The flag over the Senate chamber wus raised to half-mast this morning when the Senate convened, and the somber emblems | of mourning were once more conspicuous in the Senate. The desk and chair of the late! Senator Colquitt of Georgia were draped in | black, more conspicuous on account »f their | prominent location in the row and on the | center aisle directly in front of the Vice President's desk. ° The opening prayer this morning was of- fered by Rev. Isaac W. Canter, pastor of | the Mount Vernon Place M. E. Church of | this city, and was an appeal for Divine protection of the family of the late Senator. | Senator Harris moved that when the Sen-| ate adjourn today it be to meet tomorrow | morning at 9 o’ciock, the reason for which would be explained later. Senator Colquitt's Death Announced. Senator Gordon of Georgia, the colleague | of the dead Senator, announced the death | to the Senate in a few eloquent words, in a | voice that wavered somewhat from the depth of his feeling. “It fails to my lot this morning,” he said, | “to make the inexpressibly sad announce: | ment of the death of my colleague and jong | loved and cherished friend, Alfred H. Col- | quitt, late Senator from Georgia. Even if! the circumstances around us permitted, 1 could not—I have no heart—to speak of his long and illustrious services to his state and country. In the presence of the poignant grief to me my memory turned to him this morning as to that long loved friend rather than as the brave soldier, exhibiting a high order of courage and patriotism in two wars, or to the civilian holding for a long series of years high political stations, every one of which he honored and adorned. It may not be amiss, however, to say of hini now that I have known him from my boy- hocd; that we were companions in arms, we were associates in business, we were neigh- bors and friends, we were political allies. In all these relations of more than a third of a century there has never been one word | of discord between us; never a veil which separated us; never a thought of mistrust; | nothing save the most trusting loyalty and | deep devotion and brotherly attachment. | “It may not be untimeiy to say further of him now that in every relation of life, | whether as husband, or father, or son, or friend, or soldier, or citizen, he has been | earnest and faithful and true. The three dreaded monosyllables, “He ts | dead,” will soon be true of others in this chamber and of many others before many long years shall pass. If it can be added | of us, as it can be of him, that in ail the re- lations of life he had kept his armor of a Christian man bright and burnished, there | will have been pronounced over our dead bodies all that eulogies can pronounce. Resolutions Adopted. The following resolutions were offered by Senator Gordon and unanimously adcpied: Resolved, That the Senate has heard with ‘great sorrow of the death of the Hon. Al- tred Hoit Colquitt, late a Senator from the State of Georgia. Resolved, That a committee of ten Sena- tors be appointed by the Vice President to} take order for superintending the funeral Senate chamber tomorrow, ‘tuesday, at » a.m., and that the Senate’ will attend the same. Kesolved, That as a further mark of re- spect entertained by the Senate for his memory his remains be removed from Washington to Macon, Gu., in charge of the sergeaut-at-arms and attended by the com- mittee, who snall have tull power io carry this resolution into effect. Resolved, That the secretary communi- cate these proceedings to the House of Kep- resentatives to attend the funeral tomor- row, Tuesday, at the hour named, and to appoint a committee to act with the com- mittee of the Senate. Resolved, That invitations be extended to the President of the United States and the members of Nis cabinet, the chief justic nd the associate justices of the Supreme Court of the United States, the diplomatic corps, the major gencral commanding the attend the funeral. Resolved, That as a further mark of re- spect the Senate do now adjourn. | In accordance with the usual custom and the terms of the above resolution, the Vice | President appoinied the following commit- tee to attend the funeral and accompany the remains to Macon, Ga.: Senators Gor- gan, Butler, Ransom, Gray, Hoar, Proctor, Carey, Perkins and Allen, The Senate as a further mark of respect then, at 12:15 p.m., adjourned. THE HOUSE. | i The House adjourned today cut of respect to the memory of Senator Colquitt of Georgia after a brief session. Rev. Mr. | Bagby mad2 no reference to the death of | the Georgia Senator in his prayer. As soon | as the journal was read Mr. Hudson (Kan.) asked unanimous consent for the considera- tion of a Senate joint resolution to pay to | August 27 and continued to the 30th. ur. | | could travel it in an hour and a half in a | Dooley and remembered the presence of | triai of the case of Ashford vs, Holloway, | from August 27 to August 30, 1884, inclusive. | | books, showing diferent dates at which the | Breckinridge took part in the unveiling of | the s they stood at the bottom of the hilis and | Eli Moore and Daniel Woodson $3,600 each stopped the gaily decormted egys as the ba- in full settlement for their services as spe- a Bey re beeper i Sod young — cial egents in con: ection with negotiations and his best girl could also be seen stroiling | wy, ; aw % secat ane Ge aE ee were | with the Delaware Irdians in 1854. [t was the youthful soldiers from the High School | #dopted. and nearby colleges, none wearing over-; Mr. Lockwood (N.Y.) asied unanimous coats, however, but depending on chevrons | consent for the c eration of a reso- PROVING AN ALIBI. aan gees (Continued from First Page.) Breckinridge and the deponent argued the case for the defendant. On cross-examina- tion the deponent said that he thought Mr. Breckinridge was present every day at the trial. Nicholasville is twelve miles from Lexington by train and turnpike and one buggy. Judge J. D. Hunt. The deposition of Judge J. D. Hunt of Lexington was then read. He was one of the arbitrators in the trial of Corn vs. Mr. Breckinridge there. Some Other Depositions. The deposition of Theo. Lewis of Lexing- ton, Ky., clerk of the Fayette county court, was read, showing that the name of W. C. P. Breckinridge appeared on the pollbooks as voting in Lexington on August 4, I8Si. The deposition of W. F. Marshall of Lex- ington, clerk of the polls in the precinct where Mr. Breckinridge voted, was next read, and was to the effect that Mr. Breck- inridge voted in Lexington on August 4, ISS4. The next deposition was that of Nat. L. Bronaugh, a lawyer of Nicholasville, Ky., who testilied to Mr. Breckinridge’s attend: ance at the Jefferson county court on the ‘The depositon of Joseph Skane, a hotel proprietor of Lexington, testitied that he Was a clerk at the Phoenix Hotel in Lex- ington during the year 187, and later Mr. Breckinridge and his family stopped at "nat hotel. He identified the entries in the hotel defendant was at the hotel in Lexington. When the end of this deposition was reach- ed, the court took the usuai midday recess of three-quarters of an hour. After Recess, The very smallest crowd noticed curing the trial was present ‘his afternoon when the court reconvened arier re court officials and newspaper men form: the great majority of those present body was tardy, too, it being ne: o'clock before the trial was resum The scarcity of spectators was due, of course, to the fact that no witnesses were to be examined, the reading of the depusiiions being of little, if any, interest to ihuse who have from day to day crowded ie court room. Indeed, about the only persons pre- sent who did evince any interest in them were the members of the jury, and ticy up- reared as if only a sense of sworn duty held their attention’ to the depositions. The defendant busied himself in his curres- Dondence,the attorneys 10oked bored,and al- micst wi the rest of those presant read news- Papers or carried on whispered conversa- tions. After a while many of the spectators left the court room and made thelr way to Criminal Court, No, where a young man was being tried Jor the ed as- saulting of two young xirls with intent to Mr. Skane’s Cross-Examination. The first business of the afternoon was the reading of the cross-examination of Mr. Skane. Mr. Stoll started to read the ex- tracts from the hotel ledger, which the de- ponent submitted as an exhibit, but Mr. Wilson objected on the ground that it would consume too much time and was not of the least importance. The matter was not read. The cross-examination was read by Mr. Farrell and simply developed further facts as to the dates when Mr. Breckin- ridge wes or was not at the hotel.Deponent stated that It was at Mr. Desha Breckin- ridge’s request that he examined the books. Mr. Breckinridge paid for his meals at the hotel at the rate of $30 per month. The deponent could not, of course, undertake to say from the books that he was or was not in Lexington, but only with reference to the hotel. The examination went at amaz- ing length into each entry in the books, the amount paid, for what it was and how long it would show Mr. Breckinridge stayed at the hotel each time he s there. On re- direct examination deponent stated that Mr. Breckinridge always paid his own bills in person. Cler James Ely, cer Fayette county James Ely. of the circuit court, of Kentucky, deposed that he remembered a case of one Lucretia Mundy in the court on November 1887. Mr, Breckinridge. was the leading counsel for | the defendant, Lucretia Mundy, and was in | the court actively engaged upon the trial. ‘The case was finally adjourned until Jan- uary, 1888. Deponent recollected that Mr. atue of John C. Breckinridge, which took piace about noon, November 16, 1887. Depositions of the Sisters. The deposition of Sister Marie Hyason seventy-one years old, Ss then read. Was twenty-six years superior of Notre Dame Convent at Cincinnati, Ohio. She was ask- ed if she knew a Miss Pollard, but said she remembered no such person. Her memory was very bai. The becks of the convent were produced, however, and showed that a Madeline Pollard was there for two quar- ters in 1883. She was charged at the raie of $100 a quarter for beard and tuition and $40 extra for music. Pupils were not allow- ed to see married men unless they were rel- atives. Sister Agnes Alcysiue deposed that she was sister superior of the convent. Was not connected with the institution in 188%, but it was a rule of the order not to let pupils see men urless they were related. She read an extract frcm the books of the convent to show that Miss Pollard was there from September, 1883, until after Christmas. Mr. Wood and His Engagement. The deposition of Wm. G. Wood of Lex- | be passed without much NO CHANGE YET In the Situation of the Bland Seig- | niorage Bill, WITH MR. CARLISLE, What the President is Reported to to Have Said. CONFERENCE A VETO EXPECTED There is no material change in the finan- | cial situation at the White House and the | public is still in the dark as to the Presi- dent's intentions with regard to the seign- forage bill. Secretary Gresham, Secretary Carlisle and Secretary Herbert, and the Secretary of the Treasury is the only one with whom he discussed the silver bill. Discussed It With Secretary Carlisie. | Secretary Cariisle favors the approval of the bill, but it is said he has not been able to entirely satisfy the President that such action would not impair the credit of the country and precipitate a heavy demand for gold. The result of the conference was not divulged, but the impression still pre- vailg that the bill will be returned to Con- ress without the President's approval. Surface indications are that the President will not act in the matter for several days Tae up to Friday for the consideration of the bill. What He is Reported to Have Said. The President is reported to have said to a delegation of Congressmen, who were urging the approval of the bill, that the performance of his full duty obliged him io consider not the interests of this or that section, but the welfare of the whole people, | and that duty he should endeavor to dis- charge to the best of his ability. To that end he had sought information from all sources and heard all interests. He intended to take ali of the facts into consideration and to base his decision upon the conviction he should reach as to the interests of the whole people. He pointed out some of the features urged against the bill. say they were fatal defects, yet the ten- dency of his remarks was to show that he could not yet reconcile himself to the views the silver men had expressed. A Veto Expected. There is no longer any doubt in the minds of men on all sides of the question in Congress, who have talked with Cleve- land, that he intends to veto the bill, With- out his having said so directly, the whole tone of his conversation and his objections to the bill made to those who have been insisting on his signing it, coupled with his statement that he cannot consider the po- litical necessities of the southern members, has convinced every one who has talked with him, within the past two days, that his mind is made up, and that he will veto the bill. Free Coinage Bills to Follow. This veto will be followed by an attempt in the Senate to add a free coinage amend- ment to che tariff bill, with a possibility of the attempt succeeding. This cannot be done for scme time, howeve:, and mean- while free coinage bills will be introduced | in both houses, and such a bill may be passed in the lower house before action on tne tariff bili. the silver men in ngress will, of course, depend upon the terms of the Veto. Senator Pugh Expects a Veto. Senator Pugh of Alabama expressed the opinion today that the President would send in a veto of the Biand seigniorage bill, ac- companied by a message explaining his ob- Jections to the bill, which would be based upon the second section, and saying in ef- fect that if a bill could be passed devoid of ambiguity of the bill now before him, and providing simpiy for the coinage of the sil- Ver seighiorage, 1t would receive his ap- Proval. The Senator also expressed the | opinion that in this event such a bill could rouble or delay. BBHIND CLOSED DOORS. Arguments for the Metropolitan R.R. Co, Kefore the Senate Committee, The subcOmmittee of the Senate District committee composed of Messrs. Harris, McMillan and Hansbrough granted a hear- ing this afternoon to the representatives of the Metropolitan railroad Company, with reference to a bill now pending before the Senate amending the charter of that com- pany and similar in its provisions to the bill that has been under discussion in the House District committee for some weeks past. The hearing began shortly after 2 o'clock and was attended by the three Senators | named, A. T. Britton, Samuel Wilson and President Stevenson representing the Metro- politan company. Though the District Com- missioners had been noutfied of the hearing, nobody was present from the District offices in the interest of the local government. A letter from the Commissioners on the sub- ject of the proposed amendments to the charter was read before the committee. The hearing was held behind closed doors and was mainly occupied in arguments by | Col. Britton, who presented the case of the | compan: Previous to the meeting he said His only visitors today were | It is said at the White House that he | He did not | The course tollowed by | against the people at the ballot box. Every 'REDSTONE IS |The Poor Start of Gen. Coxey's Army | Doesn't Bother Him. | la Startling Cartoon Displayed at the Headquarters in This City— | | | Senator Stewart's Letter. | ‘The most predominant object in Rechabite | Hall, where Coxey’s Good Roads Associa- tion has its Washington headquarters, was at noon today a threatening looking cur- toon that lay spread eut upon the table be- hind which Col. Redstone, the gentieman in Poached egg, labeled “Rothschilds,” from |which a number of appalling-looking Streamers ran out to curl up around many , Prominent spots on the page, having the names of various countries printed in them, together with the amounts of ihe respec- tive public debts of the nations inhabiting them. The whole affair was explained in a line cf black letter type, reading: “The English octopus—it feeds on gold «lone,” or words to that effect. Two or three weary looking men gazed at the cartoon severally and together, and inaudibly discussed finance, the tariff and political economy generaily. They told The Star reporter that about twenty-five or thirty other men had called during the morning to inquire about the movement and expressed the intention of joining Mr. Coxey’s cohorts when they arrived here. One caller had the draft of a proposed na- | tional banking bill, which he discoursed Upon learnedly for half an hour, and an- other visitor brought with him the manu- Script of a book on economic subjects, which he wanted to have published by some one who had the necessary wherewizhal. | Col. Redstone spent most of th Soe ost of the day at the SUN Sanguine. | He said that he was not disappoinied at | the poor showing made by the army of the | commonweal in its first day's march toward | the national capital. “I did not expect,” he said “to see a very }large crowd go from Massillon, but at Reederburn, where the army is to formaily organize, the numbers wiil be swelled. I ; Suppose the cold, disagreeable weather was a disadvantage to the army at its start, but I had a dispatch from Gen. Coxey, telling me that-he had start: and that every- j thing was encouraging. Col. Redstone’s manner today is less en- thusiastic than it has been, and he evi- dently does not feel as hopeful as his xtate- | ments would indicate. Senator Stewart's Letter. |S. Coxey, calling his attention to the ballot as the best means by which the sovereign epistle he says: | denounced as anarchy. * |of a starving multitude to march to Wash- power of the governments of the states and of the United States to put down anarchy laws will be executed against starving peo- ple will be an argument in the next election for continuing in power concentrated capi- law and order. * * © There is but cne |of human rights. There is no law now on the statute books authorizing the President of the United States to march an army | attempt to place the ballot under the con- | trol of federal authority has thus far been | Successfully resisted. Let yotr army be re- \inforced by the millions of the unemployed and by the wealth producers of the nation, \and be thoroughly mobilized for the battle |in November, when a victory for the rights of man against the despotism of banks and | bonds is possible. “Abandon the folly of marching an un- armed multitude of starving laborers | against the modern appliances of war under the control of a soulless money trust. Such |sor and endanger the safety of the ballot | box itself. Disorder is all that is required | to insure the supremacy of the armed forces of the money powers at the polls.” Demand Stores, The War Department has heard from the Coxey movement on the capital in the shape of letters demanding the issue of govern- ment tents and rations for the benefit of | the army. These things are not requested. They are demanded “in the’ name of the | people.”” One letter gives the itinerary of the army and tells where the rations are to be dis- | tributed to the faithful. The communica- | ions bore such palpable evidence of “‘crank- iness” that they were cast aside without | further consideration. The military author- jities have no apprehensions whatever in regard to the movement and say it will die jot itself in a short time. ——— | For the Wild West. | Secretary Smith has authorized “Buffalo | Bill,” Col. Wm. F. Cody, to hire 125 In- dians for exhibition in his wild west show. | Most of the redskins will be Sioux, while | there will be a large representation of Co- | manches. ———+o-—___ | To Make an Address. | Mr. J. H. Eckels, controller of the cur- |rency, has accepted an invitation to de- charge of the headquarters, usually sits. | | It represented what appeared to be a fat | Senator Stewart has written a letter to J. | People can retain the rights acquired by the Patriots who established the government, | and stating that an opportunity would be presented In November for the people to strike for liberty. In the course of the long “Every movement of the people to obtain \Telief outside of the forms of law will be * The attempt ington will furnish an excuse for using the and insurrection. The vigor with which the tal as a necessity for the maintenance of battlefield where the forces of Mberty ond equality can meet and overthrow the enemy | foily will augment the power of the oppres- | to a Star reporter: “The public will lose liver an address on some financial topic | rothing if the doors should be closed, for all of the facts and arguments in this case on the occasion of the twentieth annual |dinner of the Bank Clerks’ Mutual Benefit ington was then read. Mr. Wilson said he| have already been printed in The Star dur- would object to all that was immaterial in| ing the course of the hearings before the the testimony, and this he would do as it {House egmmittce. There is absolutely noth- | ing new to be given this subcommittee, and was read. Deponent said he used to be/ our line of argument will be just the same | in scores, and all did a thriving business. | ber of young folks on the way to the scene and shoulderstraps to keep them warm. All) was silent at the White House, and besides | a few faces at the east room windows, no-| body who looked like Baby Ruth, her little | sister or her mamma could be discerned, although they all may have heen neeping from behind curtains at the scene on the! lawn. A majority of the members of the Washington Base Ball Club watched the youngsters with interest. Slow for the Pakirs. Outside the gates the venders of peanuts, toy balloons and pin wheels were to be scen Until late in the afternoon the streets lead- ing to the grounds contained a goodly num- of pleasure, and from the large attendance it Is clearly evident that tt must be a decid- edly colder day than this one to prevent the children of Washington from indulging with gusto in the firmly established custom of rol'ing eggs in the grounds of the Executive Mansion on Easter Monday. ° SILVER © IN TURKEY. i Some Will Re Accepted for Export Duties, but Net for Import. The United States minister to Turkey has) forwarded to the Secretary of State a copy | of a note verbale from the sublime porte | regarding a Turkish regulation which for- bids the Introduction of foreign silver coins! into the Ottoman empire. This note says: | “The legation of the United States of Ame ica ts not unaware that the introduction and | circulation in Turkey of foreign silver mon- eys are forbidden, with the exception cf reals, rupees and crans, which ere current in certain provinces of the empire. With the view, however, to prevent the excessiy introduction of these coins in the afore- mentioned provinces, it has been decided that henceforth they will be accepted by the custom houses (at places named) in | ment of export duties only and at their in-| trinsic value. Import duties shall be paid! in Ottoman money or in foreign gold. As) for the reals which may arrive in the fu- ture. they will be sent back to the places| from which they came. | i | No. 386, of the Virginia military | Ohio. lution authorizing partial payments to the | constructors of revenue marine ve: amount of advarces rot value of the work done. objected. m motion of Mr. Wise (V; tend the time for the co struction of a bridge across the Missouri river between | Kanszs and Sibiey, Mo., was passed. H On motion of Mr. Wilson (Ohio) a. bill | Was passed directing the commissioner of | the land office to issue a patent to the} lands embraced in Mace Clerents’ survey, | lands in es in Brown county | Rawlins (Utah) a_bill granting a tract of sixty acres in the Fort Douglas military reservation to the terri- | tory of Utah for uriversity purposes was | passed. On motion of Mr. Meredith (Va.) a bill to pension Dollie E. Vedder at” $20. per month was passed In Senator Colquitt's Honor. At this point the secretary of the Senate appeared and transmitted the resolution of sympathy and regret adopted out of respect to the late Senator Colquitt. Mr. Turner of Georgia, who had been chosen by the Georgia delegation to announce the death of | Senator Colquitt to the House, then arose | and sent to the clerk's desk the following | resolution: | Resolved, that the House has heard with | profound sorrow the announcement of the | death of Hon. Alfred Holt Colquitt, late a Senator from the state of Georgia. | Resolved, that the Speaker of the House | appoint a committee of nine members to act in conjunction with the committec ap-| pointed by the Senate to make the neces- Sary arrangements and accompany the re- | mains to the place of burial. Resolved, that the House accept the invi-| tation of the Senate to attend the funeral | tomorrow, Tuesday, at 9 a.m., and that the| clerk ot the House communicate these pro- | ceedings to the Senate. Resolved, that as a further tribute and} mark of respect to the memory of the de- ceased the House do now adjourn, Mr. Turner, with some feeling, stated that | he would make no attempt at this time to pay tribute to the memory of the deceased, but gave notice that he would in the near future ask the House to set aside a day! when fitting tribute could be paid to his memory and long and distinguished public | services. The resolutions were adopted unanimous! The Speaker then appointed the follow- ing committee to accompany the rematns to Georgia: Messrs. Livingston, Holman, Bunn, Cabaniss, Maddox, McDanold, W. Q: tone, Cogswell and Grout. Then, at 1 o'clock, as a further mark of respect the | House adjourned. ‘els, the | to exceed’ the | Mr. Sayers (Tex.) | -) a bill to ex- | | | | About 1,000 acr ar? involved. On motion’ of Mr. | a hinese Registering. Reports received by the commissfoner of internal revenue indicate that the Chnese in all parts of the country are disposed to comply with the Geary law in all its pro- visions, including that of registration. | Woman named Miss Keene. | He was in jove with the girl and if it had | Bridgeport. interested in blooded stock, and knew a! Had some stock pastured there, and on one visit to the | farm. he met Miss Pollard there. Mrs. Keen® invited him into the parlor, where | he was introduced to Miss Pollard, and ‘he latter played on the piano for his entertain- ment. As he was leaving, Miss Poliard in- | vited him to return, and he did so the fol- Jowimg Sunday. This was about May, 1882, He saw Miss Pollard after that almost every Sunday, and a couple of months after meeting her they became engaged. Deponent | offered her a trip to Europe, but when the time came to name the date he told her he was “broke” and could not go so far. Miss Pollard flew into a passion, pulled the ring off her finger and threw it ‘on the floor and ran upstairs. He picked it up and put | it in his pocket. It was of gold, made to/ order, and cost him $20. This was the end of the engagement, for | the next Sunday, when he went to see her, she refused to come down. At this time, deponent said, he was about forty-two) yeats old. Miss Pollard would never tell) him her age, but she seemed to be a full) g:own woman. Never Heard Anything Against Plain- tit. On cross-examination Mr. Wood sald he had never heard anything against Miss Pollard, and regarded her as a nice, virtu- ous gicl. It was developed that there was considerable opposition to the marriage on the part of the father and brothers of the deponent, who offered to help him pay for a house which he had bought, if he would | break with her. The reference to the trip| to Burope was an excuse to a certain extent. Deponent had said that he could not get* out of the engagemnt honorably. not been for the opposition of his family would probably have married her. After all his brothers never did help him with the house, which was finally sold for debt. What Mr. Alex. Julian Swore to. ‘The deposition of Mr. Alex. Julian was then read. He was forty years of age and was a resident of Franklin, and living near | He had known the plaintiff for | about fifteen years. He became blind in August, 1882, and had known her prior to that for a year or two. When deponent first met Miss Pollard she was about fifteen or sixteen years of age. She was then in society and received visits | from young men. lt was thus he met her, | and soon came to know her very well.) Prior to becoming blind he saw her fre- quently. The night of December 24, 1582, | six months after becoming blind, he’ <pent; at Squire Tinsley’s house near Bridgeport. | 1 i Christmas morning there was some Tom and Jerry and egg nogg to drink. Depo- nent did not drink, but the others did, both before and after breakfast. Miss ‘“Maitie” drank also, The Alleged Mock Marriage. After breakfast they all went into the parlor, and the proposition was made that | Mattie and he be married for fun. | | partment Las discovered that the | new counterfeit government bills in circu- la as before.” A Legal Question. Senator Harris said this morning that the | question before the committee was essen- tially a legal one, and he should endeavor | to have it dealt with by the committee in a judicial manner. The bill, he says, pro- poses that if certain conditions are not com- plied with by the Metropolitan company the charter granted by Congress to that company will be forfeited. “Congress ca pot forfeit a charter,” he continued, “in my opinion, within its constitutional privi- leges. 1 think, however, that such a for- feiture can be enacied into law, provided it should be made conditional, and that the forfeiture can be carried into effect if the conditions should be met. amined this question at all minutely until yesterday, owing to my pressing engage- ments with the finance committee, but i see now that it presents legal difficulties that must be met and deait with in a strictly judicial way.” It is understood that Senator McMillan has a substitute bill to offer to the sub- committee at today’s session. + &« A MODUS VIVENDI. Conference of the British Ambassador With Secretary Gresham. The British ambassador had another con- ference with Secretary Gresham at the State Department vivendi in Bering sea, pending the legisia- tive enactment of the sealing regulations of the P: tribunal. It is believed that the modus vivendi will be agreed upon and pro- | mulgated within the next ten day ‘Two Counterfeit Notes, The secret service of the Treasury De- e are two lation. One Is of the $2 treasury note, and the other Is of the $1 silver certificate. This is the first counterfeit ever found of the $2 treasury note. + e+ On a Tour of Inspection. Secretary Lamont, Quartermaster Gen. tatchelder and Capt. George W. Davis, U.S.A. juspec tion of military posts in the south. They will go as far as San Antonio and_ El Paso, 8, and will be away about ten days. Mrs. Lamont accompanied the party. Secretary Lamont made a similar visit. te posts along the Canadian frontle summer, and it is predicted that he will visit the posts on the Pacific coast before the year is over. + ee Gen, Armstrong Better. Gen. Armstrong, assistant c of Indian affairs, who has been ill home in this city for some time, is recov- ering. He is expectel to resume cial duties this week. I had not ex-/ today in regard to a modus) « left here this morning on a tour of | | Association of Providence on April 18 next. Baltimore Markets. E, Md., March 26.—Floar dull—-west- 1.7oal.00: do. extra, 2.002245; do. winter wheat, pateut, 3.103.385; spring wheat, straight, 3. rreis: shipments, 201 bar- barrels. March, Gu60%: Max, 61a AG2%; steamer No. 2 red, o705 sk bush st vushels—iilling wheat Azad: Mi a steamer mixed, 4119 bid—recel; shipments, 240,695 bushels: rec is: sales, | 12 | higher—spot, 6dut Glig: July, 62! | receipts, ‘Is, Tes, 10,000 heat unsettled and b “timothy, $14. unchanged." Sagi ramulated, $4.23 per 100° Ibs.” Butter fancy creamery, 22a22%4; do. imitation, 17a ladle, 15a16: good ladle, 13a14; 12. Eggs firm—12a12! | natin cecal w ton Stock Exchange. | Government Bonds.—Ualted States 4s, vegistered, 1007, 113 bid, 114 asked. United States 4s, cou- pon,’ 1907, 114 bid. United States 5s, |" District’ of Columbia Bonds, | 108 bid. 30-year Punding 6s, gx 1901, 7 03, 120. bid. rene) gs. reg. 2 Mixcelianeous Bond: conv. 5s, 80 bid, . 80 id. 1K Metropolitan Katlroad 106 asked. Belt Railroad 0 asked. 116 } Chesa; E % bid, 100°, asked. American Se- F&A, 100 Md nd 7 58, 1905," A. & Market Company ‘ist Gs, 3 m Market Company imp. 6s, rket Company ext. @s, onic Hall Association 5s, hid: ut Infantry Ist ds. 104 103 Washington bid. Washington Light Infantry 24 Ts, 100 tid National Rank Stocks.--Rank of Washington, 210 bid, 360 asked. Bank ef Republic, 285 bid. Metro- politan, 270 bid. Central, 200 yeked. Farmers’ and Mechanics’, 3:20 bid.” Second, | 150 | asked. Ci ns’, 130 bid, 140 axked. Columbia, 131 bid. Capital, 110 bid.” West End, 107 id. 110 | asked. ‘Traders’,” 168 bid, 120 asked. Lincoli, 90 mpantes. —Nat he 126 asked. Ameri, |, 136 asked. “Wash- ashington and Metropolitan, G7 bid, 75 axked. asked. Safe Deposit and Trust Cor Safe Deposit and Trust, 121 bid. Geo States Electric Light, *120 bid, 122 ask: Insurance Stocks.—Firemen's, 43 bid, 45_nsked. d, 50 asked. Metropolitan, 75 bid Arlington, 158 its bid. asked. Insurance Stocks.—Real Fstate Title, 11 asked. Columiia Title, 6% bia, 74 asked. ton Title, S% as one Stocks. —Fenn in, 47 asked. Che: peake aud Potomac, 471, bid, 30 asked Graphophone, 35, hid, “b asked. Pneumatic Gan Carriage, .40 asked Miscellaneous Stocks. — Market, 1214 5 Great Falls ter, 140 Di, 130 asked norama, 18 bid. Lincoln’ Hall, 100 ean Building, 100 asked. *Ex. Dividend. 7 | S9S,004 bushels. x, | Denver and Rio Grande. . | Louisville and Ni ? A. and Chica: . | Manhattan Elevated. SANGUINE FINANCE AND TRADE ‘General Advance in the Railway Stocks. EFFECT OF A BLAND BILL VEty Speculators Will Sell on the Rise and Prices Will Drop. GENERAL MARKET REPORTS. | Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. NEW YORK, March 26.—Today’s market opened strong at advances varying from 1-4 per cent, and beld well throughout the i _The volume of business was not extensive, but trading was well distribur Railroad earnings announced today refiected decreases over corresponding period last year, but indicated some slight relative improvement. Traders were uniformly bullish and bought moderately of ali the better class of stocks. Washington advices were decidedly contl- dent in their predictions of a veto for the Biand bill, the only doubtful point being as to the date of its announcement. The pre- vailing opinion is that the immediate effect of this action will be to throw the bulk of the stock recently absorbed by the room on the market in order to take advantage of the higher prices. The liquidation that will follow from the adoption of this course will produce ¢. reaction, which will temporarily | discount the good effects which might other- | wise follow the defeat of this unpopular measure. The ultimate result, however, is sure to be in favor of improved stock values and a broader and more satisfactory range of speculation. | The activity in the bond market is posi- | tive evidence of the desire on the part of investors to put out their money so as to secure a small return. The better class of bonds is daily becoming more and more de- pleted, and investors must of necessity turn to the dividend-paying stocks as the only means of employing their idle funds to good advantage. This fact, together with ine assurances that railroad traffic is on the mend and that earnings will soon appear the be- in their proper column, encourages lief in a steady mark with @ tendency toward higher prices. < “a Strong on a fair a gr were all Volume of business, resul) finally slight gains. Rock Island desares ne reg 1 yay which Gained 7-5 per cent to 28. | Tobacco was again | dustrial group, aad geined 33-4 |331-4. This company ts ing a good business, and i expected in the near future, as the stock have taken it in h: end in view. Sugar was o active, and gained 11-2 per cent to 9 1-1 The feeling on this stock is still , but the date of the next campaign is not | Senerally known. D:rtillers begins to lock |& trifle heavy around current prices, not- | Withetanding the fact that the pool brokers: )are diligently at verk distributing bull 1 The contract between this conm- pany and the distributing associa’ of much val ~ ded prices are friends of and with this ly_moderat ‘pi ills was steady around last No gold will go abroad by "s steamers, and none ts likely before the last of the week, if 5 Burlington’s annual tomor- Hy to go | This is regarded a construction of a to its stockholders. The last hour's tradi of the ling was @ repetition early dealings, with prices near their . The market has developed consider- jable resistance and is easily influenced by 00d news. The closing was Gull at frac tional gains for the day. ——_—. —_ WENT UP WITH A RUSH. Trading im Whent Active on the Chi- cago Bonarda. CHICAGO, March 26.—Wheat went up with a rush today on the cold weather. The trading was active and May scored a gain of 11-2 within a short time after the ses- sion opened. The extremely cold weather throughout the winter wheat belt brought visions of badly damaged crops before the eyes of the shorts and they proceeded to cover with an energy that resulted in @ strong and active market. May opened at 583-4, 7-8 higher than it closed Saturday, and climbed 5-8 more before it was | by rather free selling, reacting to 59. rm 's firm, mainly on the strength in wheat. May opened 3-8 higher at 37 1-2 and reactéd later to 37 1-4. —_¥—__—. FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. The following are the opening, the lowest and the closing prices stock market today, as rej Macartney, members Ne’ Correspondents Messrs. the and ot ane New ork by Corson & a gz" Ld os ; #888 | Delaware and Hi Dis. and Ca ‘ttle Feeding. | General E pasiness Electric | Uhnois Central. | Lake Shore. Erie ‘ashville. Long Isiana |X Michigan Centrai.. Missouri Pacific | Northern Pacitic .. Northern Pacific, pf | North American. | Ont. and Western... Pacific Mall... Phila. and Readt | Pullman P. Car © | Richmond Terminal. | Southern Pacitie Texas Pacinc. Chicago Grain and Provision Markets, Reported by Silsby & Co., baukers and brokers, Metropolitan Bank building: — CHICAGO, Merch 28, 1804. . High. Low. Clove, oi oF Wh by ay ey on ay 3 amy 4 Boy oom 31, 20% 27% 10.98 8.08 1107 i102 1 ne 690 emo G72 672 670 So 5.75 ni2 5. 5.72 5.70 aeaanenentlippeememnte New York Cotton. Month. Open. Range of the Thermometer. The following were the readings of the thermometer the weather bureau today, 8am, #: 2 p m., 31; maximum, g:: minimum, 25.