Evening Star Newspaper, April 30, 1894, Page 2

THE CAMP AT that under proper sanitary conditions there as no good reason why the lot could not be used. The Commissioners warned Mr. Coxey that they would insist upon a strict enforcement of the sanitary rules and régu- dations. They advised him, however, to se- ure a plumber and have him make applica- ion to the Commissioners for permission to construct the necessary sanitary arrange- ments. They would then pass upon the ap- cation. This was satisfactory to Gen. ‘oxey and he departed in quest of a plumber. He Talks of the Capitol Meeting. While at the District building Gen. Coxey made some inquiry as to the location of the Capitol steps. He was told that the grounds Belonging to the Capitol were under the di- Rect supervision and charge of the architect of the Capitol and that before the army could enter the grounds it would have to obtain permission. “That is not in accordance with the Cot stitution, and I hardly think these petition- ers will be denied their rights as American- _eitizens. Tomorrow we shail proceed to the east front of the Capitol in accordance with our program, and there hold a meeting. No, don’t think we will be interfered swith.” “What would you do, general, in case admission to the grounds were . we won't cross that bridge until ‘we come to it.” After the meeting at the District build- img had concluded, Gen. Coxey remarked: “It's the same way all over the country. ‘We are being treated with the utmost con- Bideration, and I cannot express to you in Wasuinzion Detectives in Disguise. ‘words how pleased I am with. the recep- tion accorded me by the municipal authori- ies. I realize their position. Without any mppropriation to take care of such a large body of men, they must needs be con- werned. They should disabuse their minds. “When word goes forth to the country thi Bhe army is starving, there will be carload: ‘@f provisions coming in all the time. This fs a band of peace. We are not law break- ers. We want police protection ourselv ard if any man or men in this army violate the laws, why, lock them up. Gen. Coxey has his eye on the Capitol ‘ark base ball grounds, and will secure em for the army if possible. He also has ‘under consideration the Ivy City racetrac! ‘which offers exceptional facilities in th way of several large vacant buildings for ‘the commonwealers. Miss Coxey Arrives. In the meantime Marshal Carl Browne had been engaged on important work. Day before yesterday Jesse Coxey, the leader's gon, had disappeared from the army, and mo one seemed to know of his whereabouts. It turned out today, however, that young Coxey had been dispatched by Marshal Browne on a secret mission, being no Jess than a trip to Massillon in order to get his sister to come on and head the common- weal on its march to the Capitol. It will be remembered that the original intention was to have this young lady head the march the entire distance, but her mother, who is Mr. Coxey’s divorced wife, t a decided veto on the plan. Marshal me, however, had never given up the Plan, and even without Mr. Coxey’s knowl- @dge he sent young Jesse out to make a final effort. The result was shown this fmorning by the arrival here of the young lady herself, in company with her brothel! She was taken to t National Hotel an tomorrow, when the parade starts, she ‘will ride at the head of the procession. This morning Marshal Browne showed his versatility by making arrangements for the outfit which this young lady will wear fm the procession. He arranged for a white Gress trimmed with blue and blue liberty cap with the word “Peace” on it, and a large assortment of white flowers. Miss Coxey will ride a handsome white horse and will be a feature certainly of the strange procession. She is a young lady of seventeen years of age and exceedingly handsome. After Marshal Browne had con- cluded his arrangements with the dress- maker he and Miss Coxey walked down to Bell's gallery and had themselves photo- raphed in a large assortment of positions. iThe marshal is more than pleased with his success in carrying out his idea of having @ young and charming lady at the lead of the commonweal procession. “It is most important,” he said, “that our army should march up to the Capitol led by @ young and pure girl, arrayed in emblems Genoting peace and with that word which is so significant of our mission conspicuous on the liberty cap which she will wear.” Marshal Browne was severe in denuncia- tions of the printed statements that either he or Mr. Coxey were in any way discour- aged over the outlook for the movement. He said that he had received a telegram from Henry Vintent in Chicago stating that the Coxey contingent in that city had A Morntug Wash. already enrolled 1,089 men and would leave Yashington on Tuesday even- die of letters and rams which he tnti- mated contained news from all parts of the country telling of the uprising of the peo- ple and in furtherance of the commonweal plans. Coxey's Hopeful Talk. Mr. Coxey and Marshal Browne held quite a large reception at Rechabite Hall when they appeared there during the day. all the local sympathizers of the movement | were on hand to congratulate the two lead- ers on their safe arrival here. Mr. Coxey looked fresh and happy, and stated that the plans for the great movement as originally laid down at Massillon three months ago had been so far carried out without a hitch or failure. and would be to the end. The commoweal, he said, would form tomorrow, and, with flags and banners flying, would arch to the Capitol, so as to be there at 12 o'clock sharp, and would there hold a meeting. He said that the information recetved by him today was of the most encouraging character and that he looked for the imme- diate arrival in this city of thousands of pleyed person: He had been so busy d time to glance at his mail and could give no specific information on the question of where these men would come from. He expressed him: by the courteou from the D* Redstone w ion at as greatly gratified tment he had received < Col. ! and nodded ac. that was sald. He Nearly | BRIGHTWOOD said that the procession of lucal people who would meet the army and march to the Capitol with them would be a tremendous affair and would include all branches of local labor organizations. There would be, he said, over 1,000 prin- ters in line, and the delegation and individ- would be a startling surprise to those per- sons who had ridiculed the great movement. A Bulletin to Be Issued. The move to change the camping place has disconcerted nearly all of the arrange- ments made for this afternoon and evening. It is certain, however, that Mr. Coxey and Marshal Browne will make addresses some- where in the city this evening, although the definite location has not yet been decided on, and a bulletin, giving this information, will be posted at the National Hotel some- time during the afternoon. The scene this morning at the common- weal camp in Brightwood Park was more pathetic than picturesque, striking as the gathering was in its utter dilapidation and abject misery. The worst gipsy encamp- ment that ever squatted down by a road- side would have been regal in its appoint- ments to the conglomeration of penury and poverty that occupied the circular space walled in by dirty canvas. Several mud- covered wagons, nearly at the end of their rickety careers, stood like mocking mon- {tors nere and there, their canvas sides and once gaudy bodi covered with the signs that have become so familiar to the newspaper readers. Hanging from their axies and pendant from their tongues and shap2icssness and two weatherbeaten tents, patched in many @ tattered place, were pitched at either end of the inclosure. Within them was a filthy array of bedding and blankets and around their sides were the weary marchers. Although they had pitched their tents th the promised land the commonwealers of Christ have not found it a land flowing with milk and honey. The morning sunlight thawed out a stiff and cold and hungry lot of tourists after the first night passed in the District of Columbia. Their leaders, Gen. Coxey and Marshal Carl Browne, were down in the city three miles below, en- seconced in the luxurious surroundings of a $3 a day hotel. The shabby tents only pro- vided accommodations for the commune leaders and privileged characters of the retinue, and as for the privates, they swarmed like rats into the commissary wagons, while others simply dropped to sleep, without blankets or covering, on mother earth. There was a scramble for the shelter of the horse sheds in which Coxey’s high-priced stallions were stalled. Stallions fetch a market price, and it is necessary that they should be rubbed down, bedded, watered and fed. Men have not been exchangeable for legal tender in these parts since “befo’ de war,” and it goes to no one’s loss but their own if they drop off. One contingent of wealers was provided for in the long shed attached to the club house of the racing track near by. The landlord of the house had dumped a load cf bristling, thorny rye straw into the shed and upon this a half hundred privates made their bivouac. They snuggled into the straw like sardines in a box and declared that such luxury had not been thrust upon them since they started from the historic precincts of Massillon. For the others, Camp George Washington might better have been titled Valley Forge. It Was Wash Day. Here and there in the inclosure were smouldering fires, which were kept alive by occasional additions of faggots, and upon them were tin buckets and pails containing the underclothes of the more cleanly of the commonwealers, who prodded them with sticks as the dirt of the long march was boiled out of them. All over the place were the recumbent forms of sleepers in every attitude of utter weariness. Some of them had blankets or quilts or tent flaps beneath them, but the majority were stretched out on the damp ground, careless of the conse- quences to their emaciated bodies, wasted by semi-starvation and broken down by the long march they had finished, for what pur- pose they knew not and had long since ceased to care about. One man snored away, with the sun beat- ing down in his face, and one leg was cross- ed over the other knee with the most amusing air of ease. Another lay face downward, with his nose buried in the grass, and all around them were their broken-down companions in various striking postures. As the morning wore on the visitors from Washington be- gan to reach camp, and among them many itinerant Italians, who brought bananas and candy, while two ice cream venders, with gaudily painted freezers, loudly pro- claimed the excellence of their wares. The Apathy of Suffering. The men who were awake knew abso- | lutely nothing of what their future pro- gram was to be, or what would become of them eventually. Nor did they seem to care. Their faith in Coxey and Browne did not seem to be enthusiastic, but then their experience had not been such as to fire them with ardor of a superlative sort. They were neither hopeful nor despairing. Their minds appeared to be saddened by their sufferings, and they were ready to move or keep quiet, as the orders might be. The most independent member of the army seemed to be the dog which Christo- pher Columbus Jones had brought along with his followers and flag-covered wagon from Philadelphia, and his vigor had to be re- strained by a strong rope held by a peg driven into the ground. An illustration of the character of the American people, notwithstanding what Position they may be placed in, was given when The Star reporters arrived at the in- closure. They had taken out a big bundle of exchanges and gave it to one of the com- monwealers for distribution. At the sight of the newspapers the members of the army who were awake made a simultaneous break for them. It was if a horde of hungry men had espied a bounteous colla- tion and heard an invitation to partake of it. Bleared eyes brightened as brown and grimy fingers clutched the precious type- filled pages, and in five minutes the inclo- sure resembled a reading room in a public brary. Ml '. It mattered not to the readers whether the journal they perused was of old date or came from an unknown or unfamiliar city. They devoured them, even to the smallest advertisement, with the keenest relis! then traded with their neighbors. One man was from Toledo, and he fairly danced with pleasure when a copy of the Blade fell to his lot. Hungry and pinched as their stomachs were, the misguided miserables who had followed such a forlorn hope with almost heroic persistency still had left an interest in the current news of the day. The Hungry Men Growl. By 11 o'clock all the men were awake, and then mutterings began among them. Neither Coxey or Browne had appeared, and there was no signs of breakfast. Every man in camp had been attacked with diarrhoea last night, and they were sick and weak, yet nothing in shape of food was in sight, save six washbollers and pots, full of black coffee that had ‘been made several hours before and had grown cold. ‘The men began to inquire among them- selves about their breakfast, and it was learned that a commissary wagon had gone into town to the headquarters to get pro- visions, the larder of the camp being ex- hausted. There were minutes of weary waiting and noon rolied around with no signs of the commissary wagon or the leaders. William Rogers, who joined the army at | McKeesport, conversed with The Star re- | porter. “This is the worst deal we have had yet,” he remarked, “a good many of | the men believe that the leaders have shook The feeling is very hostile toward | ."" broke in an irate young common- | wealer, “they are all down town drunk and | feasting, and leaving us here to starv | “That shows how the men feel,” contin- jued Rogers. “Coxey is all right, but | Browne is no good. The men only need a leader to string him up, they feel so hot against him. Coxey turned over the whole management to Browne, and he has fizzled everything. We'd raid the commissary | wagon if there was anything in it, but | there ain’t. I tell you, sir, that things are looking ugly. Starving men don’t think | much about what they do.” uals from other organizations, who would | march beneath the commonweal banners, | d | erty, wood THE EVENING STAR, ILATE NEWS BY WIRE. A Tremendous Landslide in Quebeo, Canada. LAND A MILE IN WIDTH SWEPT AWAY Terrible Disaster to Excursionists on the Danube. MANY THOUSAND HOMELESS QUEBEC, April 30.—News has reached j here from St. Alban, situated ubout forty miles west of here, that on Friday a tre- mendous land slide occurred at a water fall rising 100 feet above the river St. Anne. Land a mile in length, with farm houses and their contents, was thrown into the river bed. Ten persons lost their lives, Terrible Accident to Excursionists. BRAHILI, Roumania, April 30..—A terrible accident occurred here today. While the pier was crowded with people, in holiday attire, bound for Galatz, on the Danube, waiting for the steamer, which was to con- vey them to that place, the pier gave way ters. Many of the excurstonists are be- Meved to have been drowned. Result cf the Earthquakes, LONDON, April 30.—A dispatch received here by the Greek charge d'affaires says that there have been 400 deaths in the dis- tricts of Greece which have recently been visited by earthquake shocks. It is added ‘that in addition there are 20,000 homeless and starving people. Assistance is urgently needed for the d titute people and the sum of $5,000 has ready been cabled from Lonion as a first installment of assistance from this city. _ MANY CHINAMEN REGISTER. The Six Companies Want the Time Limit Extended. CHICAGO, April 30.—The Chinamen in this district are registering rapidly these last few days of grace. Up to date 1,604 have put themselves beyond the reach of the law. They are still coming in platoons, but Collector Mize thinks there will be be- tween 600 and 1,000 of them left out when the registration closes. SAN FRANCISCO, April 30.—The Chinese Six Companies held a big meeting here last night, and again petitioned their minister at Washington to memorialize Congress for a further extension of time for regis- tration under the McCreary act. Uniess their prayer is granted the registration book: will be closed on Thursday next. Chines call attention to the fact that every incom. ing steamer brings many Chinese, whose sole purpose in returning is to regist many of whom will not be permitted by the customs officers to come ashore before that time will have expired. An arrest has been made here for the pur- pose of obtaining a legal decision as to whether resident Chinese shall be allowed to deform the feet of their female children, according to Chinese customs. Officers of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children arrested Ching Say, a Clay street merchant, for bandaging his baby daughter's feet to keep them from growing. The officers intend to make a test case, and, if successful, to prosecute other Mongolian offenders. ——___ VENTILATION. What Experts Say of the System Em- ployed in the Houne. For several weeks a surgeon from the marine hospital and a sanitary expert from the Treasury Department have been making an examination of the ventilating system of the House, with the object of ascertain- ing if the supply of air is defective, or if the ventilation is poor, and to recommend such ehanges in the present system as are necessary. The experts reported to the House com- mittee on ventilation and acoustics today that the ventilation of the House is decid- edly bad, the system imperfect, and that foul air is present in a degree likely to erdanger health. Dr. Kinyoun of the ma- rine hospital service made his report to the committee. First. He described the chemical tests which he had made of the composition of the alr which occupants of the hall of the House and the galleries breathe. He had found vario impurities in the air of varying degrees of intensity at dif- ferent times. The air in the cellar was worse than iywhere else, caused by de- composing matter in different places. This foul air reaches the basement and subse- quently the hall of the House. The ventila- tion of the water closets and bath rooms is defective. The method of introducing the air into the hall of the House through gratings in the floor is exceedingly faulty. The air is compelled to pass over masses of filth, as the grating {s an ideal dirt trap. Under the grating is collected expectora- BAD tion, sweepings, cigar stumps and refuse of all kinds. The air which the ple breathe is compelled to filter through this mass, and carries upward the bacteria and disease germs. Illuminating gas from leaky fixtures also contaminates the atmosphere. When the galleries are full the foul air gen- erated in them is, by the présent system, carried down on the floor of the House. Dr. Kinyoun recommends frequent sanitary inspections, and that the ventilating ma- chinery be run continuously, so that fresh oo be supplied the hall during the night. Mr. Adams’ Opinion. Mr. Henry Adams, the sanitary expert from the Treasury Department, reported that the method of getting the air into the building is all right. The trouble arises after the air reaches the building and is distributed, and this trouble is a serious one. The cellar of the Capitol is practically not ventilated. The only pure air reaching the cellar is that which comes in from windows and doors, and the only escape for foul air is through the elevator shafts and stairways of the building, whence it goes to contaminate the atmosphere of the basement, corridors and the hall of the House. He estimates that 400,000 cubie feet per hour of foul air is distributed through the basement and halls from the cellar. The foul air is generated in the cellar by the vast quantities of decomposing matter from the storage of books, condemned prop- and rubbish. Mr. Adams was vigorous in his denuncia- tion of the method of introducing air into the hall of the House through the gratings on the floor. He demonstrated that these upon which decomposing matter of all kinds collects, and through which every cubic foot of air that is breathed must pass. The system ts defective and should no longer be used. He recommended dispensing with the plan of distributing air through the floor and using the downward system, that is, the introduction of air from above. The committee will take the reports of the | experts under consideration, and will decide at a future meeting what action to recom- mend. ——— Postal Cards Found Fault With. Complaints of inferiority of the postal cards now in use have reached the Post Office Department during the past weeks. The number, however, is disclosed to be small compared to the number re- ceived during former periods of similar length, and officials assert that none of those so far reached have been well | founded. The dissatisfaction is caused by | the alleged excessiveiy smooth quality of | the cards, frequentiy resulting in illegible handwriting. All of the complaints have been referred to Postal Card Contractor Woolworth of Castleton, N. Y. It is stated | at the Post Office Department that practi- cally all the complaints emanate from chronic grumblers, and that, with the vast | amount of cards issued yearly, it is impos- sible to prevent a few of those of inferior quality from being thrown into public use. —_—_ + e+ Secretary Herbert to Go West. Secretary Herbert will probably start to- morrow for the Pacific coast. He will visit the naval station at Puget Sound, Wash., }and will inspect the Mare Island Navy He will also visit He expects to be absent about one month. He has directed his naval aid, Lieut. Reamey, to accom- pany him. He may also be joined by Miss Herbert. | and threw about 120 people into the wa- | gratings are cuspidors and dumping places, | few) MONDAY, APRIL 30, 1894-SIXTEEN PAGES. FRANK HATTON DYING The Ohange for the Worse Qame This le is Suffering From Urea Poisoning in Ite Worst Form and is Past the Stage of Pain. At a late hour this afternoon Mr. Frank Hatton, the editor of the Washington Post, was reported to be dying. It was not thought that he could live more than a few hours at most. Mr. Hatton suffered a stroke of paralysis last Tuesday afternoon while at his desk in the Post building, and though his family and friends have tried to see some hope in his condition, they have realized from the first that there was very little chance of his ever getting better. At times a slight im- provement has been noted in his condition, but there has been little reason to think that these changes were more than tempor- ary. On several occasions since he was stricken Mr. Hatton has been conscious, and yester- day it was thought that there were more signs of life than had been noted before, but this condition did not last long. The Change for the Worse. The change for the worse came this morn- ing about 9 o'clock, and since then the sick man has sunk rapidly. He is suffering from urea poisoning in its worst form, and the trouble is rapidly and steadily approaching the heart. He is far beyond the point where | he suffers any pain, however, and the end, when it comes, will be quite painless. Those bout the bedside have given up all hope. Mrs. Hatton and her son Richard by the side of the stricken man, waiting for the end. Dr. Sowers and Dr. W. W. John- ston are in constant attendance, and doing all that medical skill can acomplish. From the time he was stricken they have known that, even if he should partially recover from the paralysis, vital organs were seriously impaired, and they have never | held out the hope that Mr. Hatton would ever be a well man again. Numerous Anxious Inquiries Made. Numerous friends have called during the day to express their sympathy and to prof- fer their services if they were needed in any way. The news of the fatal turn that his illness has taken will come as a severe shock to the community. To all those who called this afternoon to inquire as to Mr. Hatton's condition, the answer has been made that there was little or no hope of any improvement, but about 3 o'clock the tatement was made that there was some slight hope that the doctors might be able to cope with the progress and restore his bladder to the performance of its duty; a condition which has not existed in the past twenty-four hours. This is only one hope }in a thousand, however. Sketch of His Career. Frank Hatton was born in Cambridge, Ohio, April 28, 1846. From his earliest days he was intimately connected with newspa- per work, his father, Richard Hatton, be- ing, while Frank was yet a little boy, en- gaged in the publication of the Cadiz (Ohio) Republican. When but eleven years of age Frank was given a place in the office of the Republican, and there he learned the printer’s art to the extent of becoming foreman, a position which after a time he forsook to take up the duties of local editor. At the outbreak of the war of the rebellion he enlisted in the ninety- eighth Ohio infantry, served faithfully throughout the great struggle as a member of the Army of the Cumberland, and in 1864 was commissioned first lieutenant. When the war came to a close Mr, Hatton natu~ally returned to the profession which he had temporarily forsaken to serve his country a soldier, and in the town of Mt. Pleasant, lowa, edited the Journal from 1869 to 1874, and then removed to Burlington, lowa, where he purchased a controlling interest in the Hawk-Eye, his partner being Robt. J. Burdette, the world- renowned humorist. Mr. Hatton's first federal office was that of postmaster at Burlington, for some years | Prior to 1881, when President Arthur ap- | peinted him assistant postmaster general. |In that capacity he served from October, | 1881, until October, 1854, when the retire- ment of Judge Gresham from the office of | Postmaster General brought about Mr. Ha’ ton’s promotion to a seat in the cabinet. He continued to be Postmaster General | until the close of Gen. Arthur’s adminis- tration, and was properly proud of the fact | that with the exception of Alexander Ham- jilten he wi the youngest cabinet officer jin the history of the United States gov- ernment. For two years, from 1882 to | 1884, Mr. Hatton had much to do with the | National Republican of this city, but in the | Summer of the latter year severed his con- nection therewith and removed to Chicago | to become editor-in-chief of the Chicago Mail. In 1888 Mr. Hatton returned to this city, and in partnership with Mr. Beriah Wilkins purchased the Washington Post, of which he has be»n editor-in-chief ever sirce. Mr. Hatton has always been one of the most alert and brainy members of the journalistic profession, and his death will be sincerely deplored. —_—_—»—__—_. MR. GADDIS APPEALS. | He Will Carry His Case to the United States Supreme Court if Necessary. The counsel for BE. E. Gaddis, the dis- missed Treasury Department clerk, whose petition for a mandamus on Secretary Car- lisle was denied by Judge Bradley Satur- day, filed this morning a citation on t Secretary of an appeal to the Court of Aj peals of District of Columbia, and that the appeal will be prosecuted from three to the Supreme Court of the United States. It will probably be argued and disposed of in the Court of Appeals within two weeks. —_—_— NATURAL GAS PRODUCTION. It is Falling Of in Some States, but Incre: im Indiana. Growing confinement of the consumption of natural gas to domestic use is noted in the annual report of Special Agent Joseph D. Weeks of the geological survey. The only state in which its use for manufactur- ing purposes increased in 1893 is Indiana. The total value of natural gas consumed in the country in the year was $14,346,250, against $14,800,714 in 1892. Higher prices charged for the gas in 183 was the cause | of the decrease. The greatest value of the | a8 consumed in any one year was $22,62,- | 875, im 1888. Since that time there has been a gradual decline, with an aggregate | of about $8,300,000 less for last year than | | 1888. | All states show a falling off in value of | coal or wood, displaced by the use of gas. The amount of this reduction in Pennsyl- Vania was $420,000; in Ohio, Indiana, about $1,300. The reported number of feet of pipe laid increased during the year to 11,989,657 in Pennsylvania, 5,720,373 in Indiana and 1,404,098 in Ohio. The largest production of | the gas in Pennsylvania was $19,282,375, in 1888, since which it has fallen to $6,488,000. | Ohio showed the largest falling off in pro- | duction for the year. For 18¥2 the amount | was $2,136,000, while in 1803 it went down to $1,510,000. | | ‘The most important gas field in any state | 1s shown to be in Indiana, whose estimated | area of producing gas territory is about | 25,000 square miles. Whilst the supply is | failing far below the demand in other large | gas fields, it is declared to be well sustain- jed in Indiana, and supplies are being ob- | tained from the state by factories located $48,000, and product consumed in the state in 1803 was | $5,718,000, against $4,716,000 in 1892. Gas | consumed in Kentucky was valued at $6s,- | 500, and in California, $62,000, | Reports show that in addition to the three | states mentioned the gas is found in com- mercial quantities in New York, Illinois, Kansas, Missouri, West Virginia, Texas, Arkansas, Utah, South Dakota, New Me ico, Tennessee and Wisconsin. a Baltimore Market BALTIMORE, Md., April 80.—Fl ern super, 1.$0a2.00; “do. ; family, 2.70u3.00; winter wheat, patent, 3. spring do. do., 3.60a3.90; spring wheat, 3.25n3.50—receipts, barrels. 16,852 barrels; sales, 1, barrels. spot, aGi: June, ‘G1%adis; receipts, 16,008 bushels; shipments, S ls; stock, 674,175 bushels; sales, 132,000 bushels—mill- ing wheat by sample, 60s Corn sicady—spot, | 44% a44) April, 44,0441; 43%a43%: Jal: eamer mixed, 48a43%4—receipts, 1 stock, 328,012 busbels: siles, 21,000 bush- 4546; "do. ‘on grade, 11,000 bushels; Rye quiet—stock, 16,588 Hay quiet—good to chotce timothy, $14.60 Grain freights dull and unchanged. Sugar and une! |. Butter steady—tancy 21a22: do. imitation, 15016; do. ladle, Eggs steady—freshi, lly. Cheese | Washington Loan and Trust, *126 bid, in other gas territories. The value of the | Inte [FINANCE AND TRADE] 14147 Sugar the Most Pronounced Feature in Today's Speculation. BASED ON WASHINGTON ADVI Continued Fall in Price of Chicago Gas Trust. GENERAL MARKET REPORTS Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. NEW YORK, April 30.—The unlisted de- partment took precedence again this morn- ing and advanced sharply under an in- creased demand. Last week's high prices have encouraged rather than deterred the buying of the industrial stocks and the room continues confident of further im- provement. Sugar naturally was the most prominent feature, opening strong at an advance of 1% per cent over last week’s final figures and selling up 1 per cent to 106% during the first hour. Realizing sales at top figures re- sulted in a setback to 104%, but a subse- quent rally restored early figures. Washington advices are more than ever encouraging, and the accumulation of stock by insiders familiar with the facts is now in progress. A reduction of % per cent in the market rate for refined sugar had no effect on the price of the stock. National Lead advanced 2 per cent at the expense of the bears, who have per- Times Make Busy Times At The Palais Royal. Dull times make people careful in their expenditure and, therefore, times at the Palais Royal. Dull times make the manufac- turers anxious _ sellers. Thus the many special bar- gains that are making busy times at the Palais Royal. Millinery “Specials.” THE INDEFATIGABLE MILLINERY * OF THE SERIES ARE NOW OFFERED:— Buckles at toc. Over a thousand of them, for belts, hats and the neck. Gold, silver, rhinestone and steel, pone of which before sold at less than 50c. Jet Hats at 85c. A bundred or so Imported Cut Jet Hats, positively worth from $3 to $5 each. Note that each Hat is composed of hundreds of pieces of best diamond cut jet that are soldered (not pasted) on the metal frame, thus rendered unbreakable. TY More and better Jet Coronets at 37c, worth $1.50. Better-than-before Jet Aigrettes at 5c, sistently sold the stock, even in the face of daily improvement in the affairs of that company. The stock has earned and will undoubtedly pay a dividend on the com- mon stock, and this fact coupled with the additional 1-2 per cent in the duty on white lead has resulted in a revolution in senti- ment, which is likely to prove profitable to the stock in the near future. The pre- ferred stock, paying 7 per cent, is being bovght for the double purpose of invest- ment and speculation, on the belief that it will shortly sell at par. Chicago Gas proved an easy mark for the bears, selling off 2 per cent on considerable activity. The decline was attributed to the hammering of the stock by prominent ope- rators, who sold it on the quo warranto Cce- cision and In the railroad list prices were somewhat irregular at the opening, but later steadied up, and at noon showed fractional gains. ‘The greatest gain was recorded in North- west, which advanced 11-2 per cent on a rather light volume of business. St. Paul gained 5-8 per cent, and Burlington and Rock Island held steadily around early fig- ures. The balance of the list attracted lit- tle attention and made no significant changes. Erie directors announced their intention of defaulting on the $2,500,000 reorganiza- tion lien bonds due tomorrow. FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. The following are the opening, the jest and the lowest and the closing prices of the New York stock market today, reported or Corson & Macartney, members New York exchange. its Messrs. Moore & Schley, No. 8) Stocks. Open. High. Low. Close. American Sugar... 1053 10TH 104% 1055, American Sugar, pf@.... 953 97 63% (96% American Tobacco. Sie BK Sg BA American Cotton Oli BOK Bl «BOK BL Atchison ..., “w 4 18% 16 Canada Southerm 20222)... Big 51 IK Canada Pacitie a of 6 at Chesapeake and 01 18% 18% 18% 18% G0, ©. 0, and Le...s) aes Big BBG BSG Chicago. B. and Q......) “79” TO Th T8% Chic. ana Nortnwestern. 1073 108 1073 108% Chicago Gas .... Gig Gh ORE 6255 SoM GR Og 61 bay Delaware ana Andson.. Denver and Rio Grande. Dia. and Cattle Feeding. General Electric .. me. : Loulsviiie and Nashville. Long Isiana. Micigan_Centrai. Missouri Pacific. Nationa! Lea jonal Cot co ational Cordage, pfd New Jersey Central. New York Central. ‘. Y.and New Engiand: N. Y.. C. and St. Louts.. Northern Pacific... Northern Pacific, pfd. ‘ar Co. Richmond Terminal, Wapasn. w ry e Erie. *Wheeling & L E pfd, Western Union Tel.. isconsin Central. Silver. *Ex-di Washington Stock Exchange. Sales—regular call—12 o'clock m.—Lincoln Honal Bauk, 2 at 92, Lincoln Fire Insurance, 100 at Government Bonds.—United States 4s, ~egisterad, | 1907, 113% bid, 114 asked. United’ States 4s, a Lt, 114 bid, 114% asked. “United States | of Columbia Bonds.—20-rear Funding 5s, | 108 bid. 30-year Funding Gs, guld, 116 bid. Water 119 bid. Water Stock | stock currency 7s, 1901, 113 asked. 3%ys, Teg. 2-108, 100 currency 78, 1908, rency, 111 bid, Miscellaneous Bonds.—Washi town Railroad conv. 6s, Ist, 1: on and George- Did, 140 asked. Washington and Georgetown Railroad conv. Os, 2d, 137 bid, 140 asked. Metropolitan Ratlroad copy. 6s, 103% bid, 105" asked. Belt Rai be, 85 bid, 99 asked. Eckington Ratiroad 6s, 98 bid, 100 ed. Washington Gas Company 6s, series A, 115 bid. Washington Gas Company 6s, series B, 116 bid. Washington Gas Company conv. Gs, 183 bid. ites Electric Light conv. 58, 127 180 asked. Chesapeake and Potomac ‘Tele- , 99 bid, Security Washington Market Washington 6s, bid. Washington ony ba, | wd. Masonic Hall Association Ss, 108 bid. Light Infantry ist 6s, 108 bid. Wasb- it Infantry 2d 7s, 100 bid. Sational Bank Stocks. Tank of Waghington, $12 bid, 825 asked. Bank of Repsablic, 225 ‘bid, 260 asked. “Metropolitan, 280 bid, 296 asked. Central, | % asked. Farmers’ and Mechanics’, 196 | bid. Second, 188 Wid. Citizens’, 120 bid, Columbia, 180 bid. Capital, 115 bid. . 106 bid, 110 asked. T: gaked, Lincoln, 91 bid, 96 asked, Safe Deposit and Trust Safe Deposit and Trust, 130 | West raders’, 104 bid, 108 asked.“ Obio, 80 bid, it Companies.—Ngtional +128" bid, 133. naked 127 anked. American Securlty and Trust, 182% bid, 184% asked. Washington Safe Deposit, 108 asked. Railroad —Stocks.Washington a1 Georgetown, | 290 bid, asked. Metropolitan, 85 bid, 95 asked. Columbia, 63 bid, 70 asked.’ Belt, 25° bid. Eckington, 28 bid. Gas and Electric Light Stocks.—Washington Gas, “461g Wid, 47 asked. Georgetown Gas, B1%e bid: United States Electric Light, 125 bid, 126% asked. Insurance Stocks.—Firemen's, 42 bid, 47%) asked. Franklin, 45 bid, 50 asked. Metropolitan, 70 bid. Corcoran, 60 bid.’ Potomac, 73 bid. Ai bid. German American, 160 bid. 13 bid, 20 asked. Columbia, Riggs, 6% bid, 7 asked. People’s, 5% bid, asked. Lincoln, $ bid, 8% asked. ' Commercial, bid, 5% asked. Title Insurance Stocks.—Real Estate Title, 112 bid, 120 asked. mivia Title, T bid, 7% asked. Washington Title, 5 bid. Telephone Stocks.—Pennsylvania, 35 bid. Chesa- peake and Potomac, 49% hid, 511g asked. Ameri | can Graphophoue, 4 bid. 5 asked. Pneumatic Gun arrigge, .23 bid. ask Miscella 3 Stocks.— Washington bid, 18 asked. Great Falis Ice, 135 bi Buil Run Panorama, 15 bid. "Norfolk ‘and_Wash- ington Steamboat, 90 bid. Lincoln Hall, 78 bid, Ocean Building, 100 asked. Dividend, —— Chicago Grain and Provision Markets. Reported by Siisby & Co., Bankers and Brokers: CHICAGO, April 30, 1894, High. Low, Market, 14 30 asked. It *Ex. se Fi 2.60 ToT 720 715 oo 6.50 peikaieu-cosle 5 New York Cotton Month, Open. High. Close. ar afr 7.10 723 cars 725 To 731 725 ‘e been unable to buy it back. | 196 | Sold at less than 25c yard. worth 50c. Dress Goods. pent s half usual prices for fabrics used in tailor- made costumes. 250 PIECES OF CHOICE ENGLISH TOURIST SUITINGS, COVERT CLOTHS, AL8O A FEW FRENCH NOVELTIES. -THESE NEW ADDI- TIONS HAVE BEEN #DDED FO REGULAR STOCK AND OFFERED 4S FOLLOWs:— teapot Sé-inch 89¢ and and $4.69 for $1.90 for dress lengths of 50c and that are 54 inches wide. $2.66 for dress those 38 and 40 inches $3.35 re gros, get ot TOC sara for ie quality Pancy Figured and Stripe BSC sara tor 35c quality Fancy Duck 22° incbés wide. Pitteen new and beautifal de 6c 1 yard for 25¢ Linens, 40 inches wide. 13C., *9 18e and 25ce rand for Hemstii Tucked Aprovette, worth 15¢ to 35¢ = = 2SC sara tor 35 quality Imported Irish Dimi atts oe ed Poe tae xf 7 boice of 1 Zone e,2 100 pieces of 10e quality 13c yd. for choice of 150 picces 42-in.-wide fine In- dian Flouncing in smalland large figures, worth 25c yd. quality Hemstitebed Indie | DRUGS CUT STILL LOWER — At Mertz’s For 3 Days We originated Low Prices and now origin- ate still lower. Competition is aggin ontdip tapced by a still further “cur in prices for the best drugs. ‘The feeble efforts of other druggists to meet our prices are really piti- ful. ‘They let customers bave the articles 1f they quote our prices, but if they don’t they are charg- ed fall prices. Why pay more than Merts's prices? You will af you buy elsewhere. Here ts the (Better and more pala’ $1 Hood's Sarsaperitia. $1 Seven Sisters’ Hair Grower, large Cleanser. eeee Boze Toilet Articles SRESeRES EE Ey B58 FES F T3C sara tor 19¢ quality Zephyr Gingbame, rare 13¢ tor se ‘ can Hatl-wool Challies a lovely dcligas and el. om, 16¢ yard for 25e quality Striped and Figured 7¢ yard for 10c cales. New styles. Bargain Laces. Best bargains of the sea- son in fashionable and ex- pensive Laces. THESE LACES ARE PIECES PROM MATCH SETS, SOME WIDTHS OF WHICH ARE ALL SOLD. -REDUCED PRICES ARE REDUCED. yt Or, Soci vats from $3.98 to $3.75, from 35.25 yard Point Vs with point and insertion from $2.95 to $2.68 and now to also the reduced price f 1 Téincs Venise Laces beretofore sold at I _ DC sara tor 28¢ quality Point Esprit Wide. Suitable for fn all colors. 9 inches shades, etc. ality Dress and sy, Shirting Per- $3.75 to round Laces lamp instead of $1 yard for Pe nes Em the All-silk Chiffon, $1.00 $1.25 quallt; sogtty Black Figured rd for Genuine Hand-run Black Span- Lace Flouncing, 42 inches wide, Werth oa Embroideries. The best bargains of the season, so far. Broken sets and one or two of a kind pieces have been secured at | ridiculously low prices. The forced reductions in prices of regular stock give an idea of those newly ac- quired. 2ic rd for 2 to 9-inch-wide Nainsook, Swiss and Cambric Eages and Insertion, None previously | 24C for Sivest quality Cambric \ yard and Nain- cook Eubroideries aud “insertions, Stoo" lnstes wide. Were 40c to 75e yard. 5¢ rd for Edge and Insertion Embroideries ReretStore Se, 10c and 12¢ yard. 10c yard for the 12¢ to Ide Edges and Inser- tions, 1 to 5 inches wide. Only 12c for those have sold so well at 16. - Baby Carriages. More new Carriages, bought so ad) that those previously in stock are offered at 10 per cent discount,—one-tenth of marked Remember that this department was born with the new Palais Royal and that nove of last season's Carriages are here. Wrap Dept. The new arrivals are the king bargains of theseason. $9.75 for English Covert Cloth Costumes that hare all the appearance of to-order tailor-made suits costing $20 to $30. 29c for Fancy Lawn Waists, made up so stylishly that the making alone ls worth three tines 2p cents, $2.48 for choice of Silk Waists not one of which is worth lees than $3. Underwear. LADIES’, MEN'S AND CHILDREN’S LIGHT- WEIGHT UNDERWEAR AT SPECIAL PRICES. 48 ADVERTISED IN SUNDAY'S POST. House Furnishings. In Saturday's Star we claimed that Refrigerator: Water Coolers, Ice Cream Freezers, Gas and Oil | Stoves, Garden Tools were at the Palais Royal in Breatest quantities and variety at lowest prices. | This morning's sales to proprietors of hotels and | byarding houses verify our claim. | | | ——— Range of the Thermometer. The following were the readings of the thermometer at the weather bureau today: 8 a.m., 56; 2 p.m., 69; maximum, 71; mini- mum, 45, Palais Royal, A. Lisner, G and ith Streets. e #§ Surgical Dep ‘The attention of friends of the Gradua’ of the various colleges is called to this op- portunity to secure appropriate and service- able graduating gifts at “cut prices.” Optical Dept. Pitted property, he.) MERTZ’S © Modern Pharmacy 11th and F Sts. Pay-Day Sale. Where else in Washington or any other place ca Fou duplicate the following sterling values at eny- thing Itke the price? The answer echoos where C7 Every article guaranteed perfect and precise ly a8 represeuted or money refunded. $2.00 Fountain Syringe (2-quart), G honest rubber pipes). $2.00 Family Blub Syringe and connections) $2.00 Hot Water Bottles (Grst quality, 2 quart) Atomizers. epray)....... *s $2.50 Theost and basal attachmen' : CHA full line of and Fancy Ai imported and dowestic, at estonisbiugly low tg Dalmatian Insect Powder = = §7c. Ib. With each pound « powder gun free. It relieves housekeepers of a great trouble, for it kills bed- bugs and vermin surely. White Castile Soap, Full Bars = = 49¢. We sell only Conti's best imported, nearly ¢ Ibs. to the bar. Pure white, green or mottled. Nursing Bottles, ““""* 10¢. Bottles, with tubes and nipples complete, ever before offered for less than 25c. Mothers, attention’ Vaseline, 1-ib. Boxes, 29c-. ‘This is getting Vaseline at rock bottom prices, in- deed. Other sizes cheap in proportion. Phosphatic Emulsion, 60c. Made fresh daily. We recommend this as the best Cod Liver Oil preparation, easily taken amd readily assimilated, full piat bottles. Moth Balis, 3 ibs. for asc. We handle only the best English, which differ very materially from the ordinary American goods. Beef, Wine and [ron, 60c, The Tonic of all tonics. No matter under what fancy name, nothing you can use Will fully supply its place. Full pints ofily. jose Atomizer with post- . Me. Cee. ss -08e. «ie. Pt Soe. $1 Cuticura Resolvent ° de. $1.50 Fellow's Hypopbospbites. Now 960. $1 Brown's Trou Bitters 08, $1 Ayer's Hair Vigor -Bte. $1 Hall's Sicilian Hatr Bic. $1 Hostetter's Bitters... -08e. $1 Pierce's Favorite Prescription for Ladies. . 000, $2 Chichester’s Penuyroyal Pills, Now $1.08 Suc. Hooper's Female Pills, N 250, Kolb Pharmacy, LEADERS OF LOW PRICES, CORNER 7TH AND E STS. N.W. UPTOWN BRANCH, CORNER 14TH AND n