Evening Star Newspaper, May 7, 1894, Page 2

THE SCENE Ss —_— IN THE POLICE COURT. ‘witnesses in this case. On cross-examination he was asked by Mr. Birney to whom he first told what he knew of these incidents, and he said it Was Mr. Lipscomb. “You are a regular client of Mr. Lip- a@comb's, are you not?” “Weil, sir, I may say that I am, unfor- tunately.” And then there was a general laugh at Mr. Lipscomb’s expense, in which the law- yer joined as heartily as any one. The witness explained that what he meant was that the government had brought an out- Yageous charge against him, and that he had Mr. Lipscomb to defend him. “You were acquitted, were you not?” asked the lawyer. > “I was, sir.” “Well, I think I am the unfortunate one im that deal, inasmuch as there is still a swall balance due me,” remarked Mr. Lip- acomb. The laugh this time was on the witness, and he looked a trifle bored when he left the stand. Dr. C. V. Herdliska, an eye-witness of much that occurred last Tuesday, described with great minuteness what he saw in his efforts to follow Coxey to the steps in order that he might hear the speech, if there was going to be one, delivered. Coxey did not step a foot upon the grass, and be- haved throughout as a law-abiding citizen. Mr. Pence asked that the jury be taken grounds to see the fence upon which is said to have — and from which he jumped on to the grass. The government objected to such a waste of time on a trivial matter, and the objection ‘was sustained. Mr. Coxey himself was next placed upon the stand and asked his business. “I own a stone quarry, manufacture sand for making stee! and run a stock farm for breeding trotting horses. At present I am engaged in lobbying for the unemployed people of the land. I am trying to secure the passage of two laws, which will give employment to the workingmen of the land om government improve- ments.” In answer to questions from his lawyer, Mr. Coxey said that his army had for its marshal one Carl Browne, and that the army was made up entirely of citizens. He said that the men felt that they might as well march with the arm, they had nothing to do at home. The cess of the Movement, he knew, depended upon the good behavior of the army. Briefly he de- scribed tne march from Massillon and the hardships which the army endured. Not a single law had been violated from Ohio to the District of Columbia, and not a single chicken theft could be traced to Mr, Coxey described his interviews with the Commissioners to get a camping place, gad with Major Moore to secure a permit for their parade. He was told by Major Moore that they must not enter the grounds asan organized body, but they might break ranks and enter the grounds as individual American citizens. They must not carry amy banners into the grounds nor hold a meeting there. He agreed to leave all ban- ners in their wagons, and this was actually done before they left Brightwood. He had @ banner made of silk which had been oo to him by the labor organizations of ittsburg and which he had promised to pliant on the steps of the Capitol. In ac- cordance with this promise to Major Moore he ieft this banner in the wagon. Somie Sarcastic Comments. Mr. Coxey described his march to the Capitol. The reason that they went to the south of the Capitol instead of to the north, as had been originally intended, was that they were led by a platoon of policemen. su) ed that they were on the qoute that was laid out. The men did not enter the grounds at all, as it was deemed best by Coxey and Browne that they should femain in line owing to the vast crowd that surrounded them. He said that he-saw Col. Bright, the sergeant-at-arms of the Senate, “the man who seems to own the buliding;* Crisp and the Vice Pres- i@ent in an effort to secure permission to hold a meeting on the steps. When he en- tered the grounds that day he did not know but what the permit was waiting for him there until he was met on the steps “by the reception committee of the United States government,” as he dubbed the policemen. Mr. Coxey insisted that on his way from his carriage to the steps he did not go upon the grass at all. The police were pushing and shoving in all directions and he thought that he might be run down, but he paid no more attention to them than he could help, as he had “important business on the east at of the Capitol.” ‘He described the scene on the steps and identified a copy of the protest which he tried to read on that occasion. Mr. Lips- ‘comb offered this protest in evidence as what Coxey would have said if he had been an opportunity. Judge Miller then over the protest and ruled it out as having no bearing on this case at all. It made no reference to banners or the organ- igation and should cut no figure here. The junior member of the defense then hit upon a happy scheme to get the paper in evidence. He suggested that inasmuch as witnesses had testified that he offered a protest it was only right that they should = in the document as corroborative evi- “Why, Mr. Hyman,” said Judge Miller, “the rules on this point are so clear that @ven a tyro ought to understand them. It m ruled out, of course.” The Army and Mr. Coxey. Mr. Coxey was then taken in hand by Mr. Birney and asked as to the details of Ris trip from Massillon. He said that their | plans were to live by contributions, or, as he expressed it, “as the officers of the gov- ernment do, by the taxation of the people.” ‘The men were hard up in the matter of elothing ald suffered many hardships, but he admitted that he and his officers stayed at hotels on the way’and had three square meals a day. In this city he was responsible for camping his men over an old manure heap, while he stayed at the National. His he thought, if they stayed long enough, they would have a good effect on the city in es it clean and ory Mr. Coxey admitted that knew of the pa- statute which forbade meetings and rades in the Capitol grounds. gHe had read the first amendment to the Constitution, and, reasoning by common sense, decided that the statute was unconstitutional. He #aid that he had no intention of violating the law, though he intended to deliver that speech on the steps of the Capitol on the ist of May unless he was prevented by force from doing it. The banners that they carried on their sticks, he said, were intended more to call attention to the two bills which they desired to have passed more than to the army itself, though no one but members of the army were allowed to carry these flags banners. Representative Bland’s Testt 7. Mr. Coxey was excused from the stand for a few minutes at this point while Representative Bland of Missouri was call- @d to give his testimony. He was on the House steps, he said, and saw the crowd nd much that occurred there. He was asked as to the conduct of the police and the crowd, but Judge Miller sustained ob- Jections to the question. Mr. Bland did mot see Mr. Coxey, but he was of the opin- fon that he saw Browne when he was put under arrest. He described the scene and the confusion that prevailed, but nothing new was developed, and at 12:40 the court took a recess for luncheon. The Finances of the Army. During recess there were a number of the commonwealers grouped around the court house, discussing the case, but they did mot seem to care very much what the out- egme of it all was. After recess Mr. Coxsy Fesumed his place cn the witness stand and Bis cross-examination continued by Mr. Birney. He stated that on the day of the occur- fences he wore a smail badge on his coat, but did not carry a flag. It was intended to indicate the same organization as the flags. The badge was placed in evidence. Mr. Coxey was asked when he originated | his fimancia! policy. He said that he had studied the question for twenty years, but his good roads scheme became prominent ia 1891. His plan for non-interest bearing bonds was born with the new year, He awoke and realized dreamed this plan, and ‘then he adopted it as his own. Up to the time that he left Massillon, the subscriptions had amounted to only $15. Since then there had been collections and admission fees, but he had never submitted an accounting. The money was spent on necessary expenses. “What expenses?” “Shoeing horses, paying tolls ‘ pfovisions when we were short. | “How many horses did you have?” “Sixteen, beside those that drew my carriage.” “Whose were these horses that were shed?" ‘My own. ‘Did you shoe the men?* “No. The people shod them.” In arswer to further questions Mr. Coxey said that he had kept no account of re- ceipts and expenditures, but he knew that he was about $700 out of pocket himself. He was asked whether he did ndt on the night of his arrest tell the newspaper men that he was going to make the same at- tempts again, but he said that he did not make any Ce statement. On redirect examination Mr. Coxey was asked as to the nature of his financial pol- icy, and he outlined at some length his good roads bill and his plan for non-inter- est-bearing bonds. He was asked how many unemployed men there are in this country, but Judge Miller supported an objection to this question, on the ground that the efficacy of the plan was not being tried in this court. Mr. Lipscomb asked a number of ques- tions about the support that his move- ment had received from labor organiza- tions throughout the land, but Judge Mil- ler ruled them out as irrelevant. Mr. Lips- comb offered in evidence a trunk full of petitions in support of Coxey’s two bills, but it was not allowed. Other Witnesses Testify. B. F. Longstreet of Worcester, Mass., was called as a witness and questioned by Rep- resentative Hudson for the defense. He described the grounds as they are inside of the coping and said that there are many Bare spots, so that it is quite possible in Places for a person to jump the coping and make his way to the asphalt walks with- out stepping on a single blade of grass. He made his examination this morning, but there was every reason to believe that the same condition of affairs existed last week. On cross examination he said that there was a sort of path inside of the coping, but there were grass and myrtle on the other side of this. F. G. Stutz, who made an examination of the grounds this morning, in company with the preceding witness, was called as a witness, and gave similar testimony. On cross-examination, he said that he was a law student, and is employed in the office of Mr. A. A. Lipscomb. Mr. R. M. Collins, a young newspaper man, who is reporting this tria) for the Associated Press, was called to the stand by the defense. He said that he was with the,army on its parade last Tuesday in his capacity as a repo! He saw Browne ard Coxey when they left the carriage for the Capitol. He followed Browne when the two separated. Coxey went around by the walk, but Browne | on to the fence and broke through the bushes over the sward. The marshal had been taking a comfort- able nap while the other witnesses were on the stand, but he got very wide awake at this point, when Mr. Collins told how they broke across the grass, with the intention of making their way to the steps of the Capito) by the shortest route possible. The crowd was pressing hard behind them, urged on by the police. Mr. Collins naively admitted that for a brief space of time he was de- voting himself principally to the matter of getting out of the way. W. T. Shelley, a lawyer, was called, and described the arrest of Browne. He saw a stick in the possession of the officer when rowne was arrested. It had no flag upon it then, but on cross-examination stated that it did have a flag upon it prior to the time of the arrest. Edward Johnson, a very black = man who ts at present an occupant of the work-! house, was let out in charge of a policeman long enough to tell the jury how the clubs were flying about last Tuesday, and how he was struck on the head by the officers and was finally arrested and sent to the work- house the next day. Mr. Pence offered to call a number of witnesses to testify as to the conduct of the police last Tuesday, but this was ruled out and the defense announced that their case was that he had ,pnd buying a ——~-— LAWYER MAGEE FREED. The Mystery of the Death of Miss Ful- ler, the Typewriter, Unsolved. The discharge of Joseph T. Magee from the Tombs, in New York,where he had been for more than a month, on the charge of having caused the death of Miss Fuller, the typewriter, leaves that tragedy now in the form of a simple suicide, for a reason that will probably never be known. The April grand jury failed to find aa indictment against Magee, and the young lawyer was promptly set free. As there has not been discovered any other person who could be charged with the crime of murder, the the- ory of suicide must be substituted for that of murder, and the mystery of the cause of the girl's act remains as deep as eve! The killing is hardly believed to have been ac ‘idental, although that Is possible. The circumstances are still remembered. Miss Fuller, an industrious, intelligent young Christian woman, of whom no one spoke evil, was found on the afternoon of March 17 in one of the offices of her employer, her life blood ebbing from a pistol shot wound in her right temple. Magee, who gave the first alarm, was arrested and was found to be a divorced man,his former wife and their child living in Brooklyn. No relations be- tween Magee and the girl were developed that warranted the sup} murder or suicide. There were several facts in connection with the tragedy that made the suicide theory weak, but there were not enough to make the theory of murder strong. Magee said yesterday that through his long confinement in the Tombs he had been h®peful of being finally released, and that naturally he was glad to again be free. He will not return to the office in which the pretty typewriter breathed her last. le KENSINGTON. ‘The regular monthly meetings of the Ladies’ Aid and Woman's Home Missionary societies will be held on Wednesday at the home of Mrs. L. H. Milliken. There will be a meeting of the scholars of the Methodist Sunday school on Wednes- day evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Stoek, to prepare exercises for Chil- dren's day. Mrs. Jeannette Heuber of Chicago is visit- ing Mr. and Mrs. T. 8. Gartrell, in South Kensington. The Epworth League meeting on Sunday evening was led by Mr. Wm. F. Newton. Dr. Scott has purchased the house owned and formerly occupied by Mr. Albert Trego. Mrs. J. Howard Fishback, who has been visiting friends in Wilmington, Del. has returned home. Mrs. Blackburn and Miss Blackburn of Kentucky are visiting Maj. and Mrs. J. W. Blackburn. Mr. and Mrs. Judson, who have been visit- | ing Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Stoek, have returned | to their home in Brocton, N.Y. | Mrs. Sallie Hancock of Washington and | Miss Richardson of Rockville are visiting | Miss Stella Perry. —_—. Mrs. Felix Applies for a Divorce. Marie La Rue Felix, in a suit filed by her | today against Robert Bruce Felix, prays | that she may be divorced from the bonds cf | marriage with the defendant. She alleges) | that they were married in this city Novem-| ber 11, 1891, by the Rev. Byron Sunderland. | | They separated, she says, a year later, since! which time they have never lived together, | and she deciares that at no time did her| | husband contribute to her support. She al | leges that her husband has committed adul- | tery in Roanoke, Va., and in this city, with| women unknown to her. The defendant, he says, resides principally in Virginia. LATE NEWS BY WIRE. Ives Pool Bill of New York Declared Void. BOOKMARKING ILLEGAL IN THAT STATE A Lottery Within the Interdict of the Constitution. AN IMPORTANT DECISION — NEW YORK, May 7.—The genergl term of the court of common pleas today handed down a decision that the Ives pool bill, in so far as It purports to authorize pool sell- ing at a horse race, is void, because of “re- pugnancy to the prohibition of lotteries in article 1, section 10, of the constitution of the state of New York.” The decision holds that a pool on a horse race is a lottery within the interdict of the constitution, and that bookmaking on a horse race is still illegal by the provisions of the} revised statutes, which make unlawful all wagers, bets or stakes on any race or any unknown or contingent event whatever. The case came before Judges Daly, Bischoff and Pryor in the general term on appeal from the city court. It was an action brought by Robert G. Irving against Joseph A. Britton to recover on a note given for an interest in a pool and for a bet with a bookmaker at's horse ‘rac Judgment below was given for the plaintiff, and the defendan nt appealed. e facts in the case were agreed on by both partiés, and the question presented to the courts by the coun: was whether the Ives pool law passed in 1887, which legalizes pool selling, is a valid enactment. Judges watched the course of turf legislation will not be surprised at today’s decision. -_ ‘The administrator of the deceas- Coney Island Jockey Club invited deatruc- | Tecetved. The tion when it went ninto ‘court in the posed ed, Wm. W. Golway, a son, subsequently of the horse Huron, owend by whom they sought to in the futurity. E. Corrigan, At that time the Coney island Jockey Club asked the courts to th decide that it was a private corporation, The court did so, and the decision served the temporary purpose of the club. But the Ives rights to race tracks to have and bookmaking within their while it was a felony to conduct such @ business in any other place. This was un- constitutional, and now that the has been brought up before the common pleas the decisions expected by those who know the law has been handed down. While an appeal will be taken at once and the race tracks will be able to con- tinue in operation for the present season at least, it Is probable that the legislature will have to be appealed to agair by the race tracks for relief. Effect on Racing. John M. Bowers, counsel of the Coney Island Jockey Club, said that the decision sel in the case| cuit Court, No. 2, Chief Justice Bingham. Pryor and Bischoff wrote the| #truck while crossing the tracks of the B. opinions for reversal. Those who have | and P. railroad on 18th street southeast, by top from starting| claiming damages to the amount of $10,000. Pool bill granted exclusive | too late to avold it. It is also alleged that pool selling | the approach of the train was not sig- inclosures, | nalled by whistle or bell and that it wi question | Friday last and it {s thought that its hear- THE EVENING STAR, MONDAY, MAY 7, 1894+TWELVE PAGES. JUDGE MILLER RENOMINATED. Named to Succeed Himself for a Term of Six Years. Among the nominations sent to the Senate today was that of Judge Thomas F, Miller Judge T. f. Miller. for judge of the Police Court for a term cf six years. The renomination of Judge Miller will be favorably received by the entire community His course during the period he has alresdy presided over the Police Court has been such as to commend him as a fearless and impartial administrator of justice. It is understood that his reappointment asked for by citizens from every portion of the District, and the news of his reap- Pointment will be received with genuine satisfaction. The general unanimity with which Judge Miller has been indorsed is a striking illustration of his fitness for the Position which he has held with so much credit and which he will now occupy for rm. —_———+o-____— THE GRADE CROSSINGS. They Are Discussed in the Cire Court Today. The question of grade crossings is now ttracting the attention of a jury in Cir- On the 1ith of June, 1888, Wm. Golway, a respected citizen of East Washington, was @ train, and died from the injuries then instituted a suit against the railroad, It is alleged by the plaintiff that at the Ime of the accitent the track was #0 ob- structed by high banks of earth and stand- ing freight cars that the deceased aware of the approach of the train until running at an unlawful speed, about thirty five miles an hour. The trial was begun ing will occupy the attention of the court for several days yet. Messrs. Jere M. Wil- son and Eugene F. Arnold represent the laintiff, while Col. Enoch Totten appears for the railrca: ——_—— ATTEMPTS TO INTIMIDATE. Striking Miners Try to Keep Others From Work. BIRMINGHAM, Ala., May 7.—A mob, t to Horse could have no effect on the racing, as no | numbering several hundred, wen' one connected with the turf ever supposed | Cfeek at midnight last night and blew up that the law could be held to cover suits to the boilers and machinery at Price's mines. collect bets, even although Judge Daniels |The mob also fired one hundred shots. No in the supreme court had already decided | °%@ Was hurt. that such was the case. He said that in| They then went to the Victor mines,where any event the supreme court decision would | several freight cars were blown up and oth- undoubtedly stand against that of the court |ers turned loose down the mountain and of common pleas. All that wrecked. The sheriff and a stron, ase P tod gay ee ene, but the mob had a bill presumed to do was to suspend the a tion of certain sections of the penal code on | 8P) race tracks at certain times of the year, as it was one of own acts. case of the legislature repealing | Tet hurried to the ‘he miners at Horse Creek all along have to strike, and have received many threats in consequence thereof. The mob The aw did not presume to say that bet-| {8s supposed to have been composed of par- ting was legal, but it simply declared that | ties who made these threats. between May 15 and October 15 on race tracks it was not criminal. In that respect it did not conflict with the constitution, which provides no penalty for betting, res! ing content with the declaration that it is illegal. Mr. Bowers further would go on the same as usual this under the pool bill, and that if any action taken it would have to come from the police, and make any arrests wi their success resting on the decision of the court of common pleas. It was well known that bets couid not be enforced, and the li FURY OF THE STORM. Great Quantities of Water Fe! Frederick. said that the racing | Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. year| FREDERICK, M4., May 1.--Frederick was visited by the full fury of the storm they would scarcely care to| that reged yesterday. Carroll creek was ith the only hope for| swollen to a torrent, threatening destruc- tion to everything in its course. One human life was lost, the victim be- only protection betters at the tracks had|!€ @ man named Jobnson, a horse dealer was the knowledge that the men who took | and saloon keeper, near Mt. Airy. their money were pay if they lost. WORK LIKE A GOOD FELLOW. The German Emperor Helped to Put Out a Fire. POTSDAM, Germany, May 7.—At an early | water. hour this morning the village of Gatow, near this place, was found to be on fire, and soon afterward the flames spread, threatening wholesale destruction. Em. peror William was notified, and he rode to the burning village, after having alarmed the Spandau garrison and after summon- ing the Berlin fire department to send a number of engines. Before the arrital of the firemen Emperor William assisted in fighting the flames. The Empefor busied himself in carrying buckets af water, wielded an ax in cutting down dangerous beams and was the foremost in organizing succor for the people rendered homeless by the conflagration. Other Loss by Fire. MILLBURY, Mass., May 7.—One of the most disastrous fires which ever visited this place was discovered in the rear of the old Forester house, on South Main street, early this morning. Owing to the poor fire de- partment and a warse system of water works, the fire got beyond control, and the whole structure was soon in flames. ‘The guests in the hotel had to run for their lives, and several narrowly escaped. BRIDGETON, N. J., May 7.—A fire in the three-story frame bullding on 34 and. 524 streets, owned and partly occupied by Clar- ence E. Hopkins as a manufactory of photographic paper, caused a loss on build- ing of $18,000 and loss on the stock and machinery of $25,000. ——__. TO TALK FOR VOTES. Col. Breckinridge to Divide the Time With an Opponent. PARIS, Ky., May 7.—There is an immense | Grow (Pa.), committee on education. crowd in town today to hear the opening speeches in the congressional campaign. Col. W. C. P. Breckinridge this morning said that he would not divid either of his opponents, but Settle arrived and has forced Col. Breckinridge to agree to a division. Speaking will commence at 2 o'clock. —————— Interesting Foreign Personals. LONDON, May 7.—Mr. Thomas F. Bay- ard, the United States ambassador, and Mrs. Bayard will leave London on Friday for Dublin to visit the castle as the guests of Lord Houghton, the lord lieutenant of Ireland. Mr. Andrew Carnegie has taken a beauti- ful seat at Buckhurst, near Whittingham, Sussex. The United States consul general at Ber- in, William Hayden Edwards, is seriously ill. Mr. Edwards is suffering from influ- enza. —_———_. Army Orders. The following transfers in the fourth cay- alry are ordered: Capt. Charles A. P. Hat- field, from troop D to troop L; Capt. James R. Richards, jr., from troop L to troop D; First Lieut. Charles P. Elliott, from troop A. to troop E; First Lieut. Floyd W. Harris from troop E to troop A. re of absence for six months, on sur- geon’s certificate of disability, is granted Maj. Amos 8S. Kimball, quartermaster. ++ Suit Over a Liquor License. In a suit filed teday by Thomas E. Wal- lace against Daniel H. Nichols, alleges that oa the 13th of last February a certain parol agreement was made be- tween them whereby it was provided that if he should secure a retail liquor license and make certain improvements in the Mount Vernon Hotel, Nos. 485 and 487 Pennsylvania avenue, Nichols would sublet to him a certain part of the house for a term of two years for the purpose of sell- ing therein Hquors and cigars. Wallaee claims that he faithfully performed his part of the agreement, but contends that Nichols not only failed to perform his, but on the 5th of last month assigned his lease to one Clayton M. Emerich.” He therefore claims $5,000 damages. le time with | Attorneys for the Company Want the Wallace | A big responsible and would | washout occurred om the Haltimore and Ohio near Ijamsville, obstructing the pass- age of trains either way since yesterday afternoon. All Washington trains have also been delayed. On West Patrick and South Market streets people ‘were compelled to move from their uses. Cellars were filled with In the county hail cut the wheat to pieces, and the floods washed the corn out. More rain fell than during the great flood of 1868. The cupola of the Jurior engine house was struck by lightnin ese ee THE NEW CORCORAN ART GALLERY. Its Corner Stone to Be Laid With Ap- propriate Ceremonies. The corner stone of the new Corcoran Art Gallery will be laid on Thursday afternoon at 5 o’clock. The ceremonies will be brief and simple. These will include an address by Dr. Welling, president of the board of trustees, and the conduct of the usual re- ligious ‘exercises by Bishop Paret. The stone will be laid by Mr. William Corcoran Eustis, grandson of the late W. W. Corcor- an, ‘and a member of the board of trustees. sheia,<. eoa taaa CAPITOL TOPICS. House Committee Changes. The following changes in the House com- mitteés were announced today: Resignations—Haines (N.Y.), from the committee on invalid pensions, and Hull (owa) from the committee on railways and canals. ‘ Appointments—Quigg (N.Y.), committee cn post offices and post roads; Hull (Iowa) committee on the District of Columbia; Ryan (N.Y.), on invalid pensions; English (Cal.), committee on railways and canals and expenditures in the Treasury Depart- ment; Izler (8.C.), committee on railways and canals and committee on militia; O'Neill (Mo.), committee on patents and committee on improvement in the Mississippi river; TL EE i ES THE FUR SEAL CONTRACT. Rental Scaled Down. The Attorney General and Secretary Car- lisle today heard argument by J. C. Carter and N. L, Jeffries, attorneys for the North American Commercial Company, which is resisting a demand made upon it by the treasury for about $400,000, as arrears of the sums due under its lease of the Seal Islands. The hives greed contention is that the annual rent nd charges should be scaled down proportionately to the reduc- tion of the number of sealskins which the treasury has made since the contract was drawn, ee Jerry Simpson Not So Well, Representative Jerry Simpson is not so well today. He passed a restless night, ard is somewhat weaker. At present he is suffering from inflammation of the kidneys and the case stubbornly refuses to yield to treatment. ‘The Baltimore and Ohio railroad from Frederick Junction down to Mount Airy, Frederick county, Md., is damaged by the rain. The wires are down, and information cannot be had. The track is washed out for over a mile,“and no trains running to- day. It will be several days perhaps before the washout can be repaired and travel fully resumed. A train due in this city at 9 a. m. reached here at 3 p. m., and this trip was eccomplished by the passengers with several transfers over washouts. The bridge at Dobb's Switch is washed away. A man named Johnson wi irowned last night at Plane No. 4 on the main stem, while attempting to drive across with horse and buggy. a ‘The regular annual meeting of the Mur- ray Universalist Society was held in the; Church of Our Father Wednesday evening, tor, J. W. Webb; a tary, H. E. Williams; treasurer, George H. Dyer; trustees, for four years, Dr. William Merrill and James Campbell; for two years, ‘The officers elected for the ensuing | George Bushel; for one year, W. W. Curry and Mrs. Maria Robbins. THE PRINTING OFFICE Discussion in the House Today Over the Proposed Bite. THE COMMITTEE FAVOR SQUARE 683 A Variety of Opinions Expressed by the Members. PROPERTY IN THIS CITY The House this morning commenced the consideration of the bill to provide a new government printing office, the. committee on rules, at the solicitation of Mr. Bank- head, having brought in a rule setting «side today for that purpose, and for cunsidera- tion of the bill to provide a hall of record: The bill and t report accompanying it, both of which have been pubiished in The Star, were read by the clerk. The bill pro- vides for the acquisition of a site in square 683, between D street and Delaware ave- nue,North Capitol and C streets,at a cost of $300,000, and appropriates $1,500,000 for the building. Mr. Bankhead, addressing the House, said he presumed it would be conceded that @ new government printing office is needed, and needed speedily. His committee has bestowed a great deal of thought upon the Question and has investigated a great many sites. The committee decided that other considerations besides the named for @ site should enter into question. Its avatlability, railroad communication, health- fulness of situation and advantages for tion of material the amount turn a which would be foundation on the site which the Senate bill propcses,” replied Mr. Bankhead. The Ratiroad Facilities. required to Continuing, he said the site under consid- eration was selected because of the close- ness to the Baltimore and Ohio raliroad tracks, the two principal car lines of the city, and the Capitol building. A side track 150 feet long will connect the site with the main line of the Baltimore and Ohio. This is an important matter, he said, Decause it would cost $1 per ton to transfer the building material to any other site. He read a letter from Morris Murphy, a con- tractor, ing that this site furnishes un- usual daventces for and that the gravel on it is valuabl Mr. Bankhead quoted Gen. Casey, chief of engineers, as saying that the grade of this lot is one of its chief advantages. By excavating under the parking they could obtain 150,000 additional feet for the pur pose of placing the great boilers and en- | gines, which should never be placed direct- ly under a building. Mr. Bankhead also read a letter from Typographical Union, approving the site chosen by the committee, and expressing their hearty satisfaction with it. As to Railroad Influence. Mr. Hopkins was solicitous lest the loca- tion of this site might give the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Ccmp: an undue ad- vantage in the matter of freight, and asked if it would afford that road a monopoly of carrying the freight. Mr. Bankhead replied that he thought that matter would be settled by competi- tion between the railroads; it usually is. At any rate, the committee is not here to look out for the railroads. The gentleman from Illinois might be interested in the rail- ittee was not. gh a cet: aot plied to Mr. Bank! him the Mr. Hop- kins meant to insinuate that the committee was influenced by a railroad company in selecting this site, at which Mr. Bankhead fired up. There were mutual explanations, however, during which it was developed that neither one meant to charge the other with being influerced by railroads if the other did not charge him with it. Then the discus- sion continued. qe bigremmanicinme pag Trp not ‘be more economical to tear down the pres- it building, more ground and Sulid there’ Before sir. "Bankhead “could enswer this question Mr. Livingstone asked him why a cheaper lot is not proposed. Mr. Bankhead replied that if the cost were could get a lot for nothing. Offers to dona’ a lot have been made, but there would be disadvan' In selecting a site for this building the question of a few thousand dollars should not weigh against considera- tions of greater weight. He said the Ma- hone site is right over the great Tiber sew- er, and the foundation of the base ball lot is not secure. It might be necessary to put in pling in order to furnish a foundation. Mr. Bryan of Nebraska said he desired to call attention to the fact that every time it is proposed to erect a building here there is @ contest between real estate agents as to the site. Mr. Bryan quickly showed what his plan is. He wants to use some ef the parks. Use up some of the parks for this urpose, he said, and {f it Is necessary to Rave more parks, then buy a site for a park, but do not buy a site for a printing office. Mr. Bryan spoke of the unoccupied land in the mall, and thought it extravagant that the government did not utilize it for building purposes. Opposed the Use of Parks. Mr. Mijiliken of Maine said ft has been the policy of the committee on public buttd- ings and grounds for years not to use the city parke for public structures. If it is once entered upon, the parks will soon be used up. He pictured the necessity of keepii the parks intact as a sanitary measure, to make life endurable in summer. Members of Congress, he said, appreciate this when they are kept in Washington over one summer. Mr. Milliken would not place a public building in an out-of-the- way place simply to save a few dollars in the cost of the site. The public bulldings are too scattered, anyhow. He favored the site recommended by the committee. Favoring the Present Site. Mr. Crain of Texas urged the plan of using the present site of the printing office and condemning the land in the neighbor- hood to furnish a site large enough for the purpose. He called attention to the alleged bankruptcy of the treasury, and cast doubt upon the policy of incurring large expendi- tures at this time. Mr. Bankhead said the committee does not think it wise to erect a patchwork building on the present site, and it would be more expensive to follow Mr. Crain's suggestion than to buy another site. “It is utterly out of the question to put a a office on that site,” said Mr. Bank- ead. Mr. Crain charged that the price fixed for the property of the present site is exces- sive, because the owner thinks that the gov- ernment wants it, but it can be obtained for less by instituting condemnation proceed. ings. Mr. Bankhead replied: “It is well known that it costs more to condemn property in the District of Columbia than to buy it from the original owner.” Mr. Crain at this point left the question at issue and entered into a discussion of the fact that the committee has not re- ported a bill for a public building in his district. Filibustering Begun. As the discussion was taking a very wide range, embracing the general subject of public buildings all over the country, Mr. Bankhead endeavored to obtain an agree- ment to limit debate. He wanted to close the debate today, but the republicans, under Mr. Burrows end Mr. Hopkins, objected to Mmiting debate to today, where- upon Mr. Bankhead moved that debate be limited to two hours. The republicans im- mediately began to filibuster against this motion. By consent an arrangement was reached that the opponents of the bill should have two hours and a half of debate. The con- sideration of the bill was resumed. Mr. Livingstone of Georgia advocated using a portion of the mall for a site. He objected to the committee’s site because it would be necessary, he said, to grade it for twenty-six feet before a foundation could be secured. He said there was a large tract of land owned by the govern ment which ts available for a public build- ing. He would advocate taking the Penn- sylvania raiircad tracks out of the mall if it became neccssary to furnish a site. THE COXEYITES DRENCHED. The Supply of Food Holds Out Men Are Satisfied. The commonwealers had a pretty hard time of it last might when the storm broke Upon their encampment in South Wash- ington. The rain poured in under the! Scant awnings around the fence and soaked | the sleepers to the skin, while the wind | | blew a gale, which flattened the big tent | | that stood in the center of the inclosure | | like a pan cake. This morning, however, the followers of Coxey and Browne didn’t | appear to be any the worse for their ex-| perience, and squads of them were busily | at work draining the numerous pools that hed been formed by the storm and scraping | away the mud here and there in order to make dry paths for visitors to reach va- | rious portions of the camp. The general | Sentiment in the commonweal has been steadily growing against the removal of | the encampment to another spot. The men | have conceived the idea that the city au-| thorities as well as those of the national government do not like to see them so near j the Capitol, and for that reason desire j that the camp should be moved to some | remote quarter. This has caused opposition among the | men to any removal whatever, and.as statad | jin Saturday's Star, there is little doubt they had made up their minds to remain where they are until the ranks have been decimated by disease or desertion. There are no signs of the latter, however, and, even if any number of the commonwealers | should become disgruntled, there will be |Dienty of recruits anxious to take their places. The sewer connections which were Started on Saturday have been about com-| | pleted, and arrangements have been made to fill up the uneven places in the camping | ground with ashes or sawdust. | The Capitol Steps Still Attractive. Carl Browne still insists that the common- | Weal will hold a meeting on the Capitol steps | and he has thrown out various dark hints about his carelessness of what the legal powers of Washington will do when the other branches of the commonweal get here and the body proceeds to carry its project into execution. Coxey yesterday afternoon delivered one of his harangues in favor of non-interest bearing bonds and good roads | and Browne also wearied his companions | with @ repetition of his drivel about rein- carnation and its accompanying idiocies. | Rev. 8. L. Betler, vice chancellor of the Methodist University, visited, yesterday, the | camp and offered to preach a sermon to the men, but Coxey and Browne refused to al- low him to do so. Several other ministers also made applications to hold religious ser- | vices within the enclosure, but Browne ce- clared that nothing but reincarnation should | be in the camp, and refused their request. Browne issued another order yesterday, in which he stated that the past contridutions | Teceived during the day amounted to two hundred doliars, and that somebody whom he characterizes as “Brother C. T. McKee” would go through the city today on a beg-| ging expedition for the benefit of the com- monweal. He aiso announced that Local Assembly 2389, K. of L., which is composed | of bakers, had voted the commonweal one thousand loaves of bread, and that the | Journeyman Stonecutters’ Association would | furnish all the members of that order be-/| | longing to the commonweal with clothing, while the relief committee of the I. 0. O. F. | had offered to supply anything required for the comfort of any Odd Fellow who might | be a member of the commonweal. Disgasted With the Army. Adam Rider is an ex-Coxeyite. He be- came disgusted with the membership and general workings of the so-called common- weal of Christ and deserted. This morn- | ing, in company with another member of | the army, he visited police headquarters and called on Sanitary Officer Frank to} assist him out of town. He had secured j situation in Frederick, he said, and was | anxious to get there and go to work. Sanitary Officer Frank heard his appeal and granted his request. In conversation with officers about head- quarters, both Rider and his companion said they were disgusted with the army and were glad they were leaving it. Rider said that the men had fared better here than they had at any other place, so far as rations were concerned, and he’ thought with the new recruits the army now numbers about 440 men. He express- ed himself as being opposed to being treat- ed as he had been in camp, for he objected to being made a show of by the leaders. Then, too, he thought the admission fee benefited only a few and not the entire army. What seemed peculiar to him was the fact that the ieaders stop at hotels and live yt g cord of —~ land while the com- mon lived on the scrapings and beg- gings of those in charge. He will return by train to Frederick and his companion is going to Baltimore. A statement was published fast week to the effect that petitions were being circu- lated among Washington people, at the in- stance of the commonweal asking that the Coxeyites be allowed to hold a meeting on the Capitol steps. Both Coxey and Browne express ignorance of any such ling, however, and ness ep eye t to discover that such documents were being circulated for signature. ee DISTRICT GOVERNMENT. A Public Administrator. The attorney for the District has recom- mended the favorable reference to Congress of the draft of the bill submitted by the chief of police to vide for the appoint- ment of a public administrator for the Dis- trict of Columbia. To Abate a Nuisance. A petition has been received by the Com- missioners from the residents and property owners on McLean avenue urging the im- mediate yd of stagnant water on O street between 3d and 41-2 streets south- west. Building Permits. The building permits issued today were as follows: W E. Mahoney, to one brick dwell- ing at 610 E street northeast; cost, $2,000. L. 8. Fristoe, to seven brick dwellings, Nos. 1404, 1406, 1408 and 1410 Bacon street, and 2712, 2714 and 2716 14th street northwest: cost, $85,000. Mrs. Amanda Wall, two brick dwellings, Nos. 400 and 402 Wilson street; @ost, $1,300. Bids for Supplies. The Commissioners this afternoon opened bids for furnishing general supplies for the District. There were a considerable number of proposals submitted, but the amounts will not be made known till tomorrow, for it will take that time to tabulate. Capt. Joshua W. Jacobs, assistant quar- termaster, who was recently nominated for brevet rank for gallant service in the In- dian campaigns, requested the withdrawal of his nomination. For some unexplained reason he did not desire the honor that goes with brevet rank. The result was that his nomination was the only one not con- firmed in the long list recently sent to the Senate. SPSSRER°E° eee oraaaashs is SEhauns 1.80a2.00; do. “extra, 3.00; winter wheat, Wheat, "patent, "3.60a8.00: barrels: | 3-2308.50 syceipte, saab "inn rela; sales, barrels. Wheat weak — BYlaavdy Sonera, July, Cosiaeorg: Fp June, - Bes, 425 mF | ring wheat, | spo Mg Micamer Xo. "2 pts, $.932 bushels; stock, 70,000 busbels—millh wheat by sample, 50a ae 4 bid; Mas, de nid, Saige | | 44% bid; steamer mixed, “434 ipts, "18,624 | bushels; stock, 222,261 Lusbels; ‘sales, 45,000 bush: | jelssouthern corn by sample, 44a46\); do. on | grade, 44046. Oats firm—No. 2 white western, 43: | No. 2 mized western, 40a41—receipts, 8.000, bush= els; stock, 36,835 busbele. Kye duli—No. 55a58 — | | receipts, GWU bushels; siock, 12,313 busbels. Ha: steady. good to choice timothy, §14.50s$15.00. Graiv freights dull—steam to Liverpool, per busbel, | 1%s.a2d., May; Cork for orders, per quarter, 2x 3d. 25.04, "May; cotton, per 100 pountls, 30° cents | flour do., 944" cen Bagar frm granviat #4. © 100 . Butter guiet—fancy ereaimery, 17 | Is: do. imitation, laai8: do. Tadle, "i2a 3; good | eae 1001 Sad, gue quiet—treah, | Wy. FINANCE AND TRADE Sugar Continues to Be Conspicuous in the Street. DISQUIETING NEWS FROM WASHINGTON They Cause the Price to Fall Off Somewhat. GENERAL MARKET REPORTS Special Dispatch to The Evening Star, NEW YORK, May 7.—There was nothing in today’s market of sufficient importance to relieve the overpowering monotony of Professional trading. In the railroad list there was nothing approaching activity, ind prices remained almust at a standstili, @ shade under last week's closing. London was dull at a reduction of 1-4 per ceat and had no business on this side. The industriai group was also unusually dull, sugar alone showing en air of activ- ity. The tariff talk is not so decidedly fe- vorable as last week, owing to certain Pecessary concessions Yet to be made in the interest of hermony. Sugar is very sersitive to rumors of eny change in the compromise bill now in the hands of the committee, and immediately refiects their import in its selling price. After the se- vere hammering given the stock at the close of Saturday’s business, a liberal buy- ing movement was the natural result at today’s opening figures. The price was strong at an advance of 3-4 per cent, when a series of Washington dis- patches hinting at the unexpected appear- ance cf certain legislative obstacles put the price off 2 per cent. Subsequently the price was advanced and found support around in- ital figures. National Lead was steady at fractional vances, Chicago Gas is the subject of considerabie s00d buying and was marked up 1 per cent under the demand. General Electric was conspicuously weak at a l per cent reduction, the result of short selling. In nearly all of the more active Stocks there is a fair sized short interesi, and indications point to further additions to the premium list. There is no long stock pressing for sale, and the available of floating stock encouraging to t so shaping themselves in this particular as to force @ covering movement as the oniy safeguard against Cefaulting on deliveries. In the railroad list there is little to war- rant a belief in higher prices for the pres- ent. The dull season is coming on and eurn- ings are improving slowly, if at all. Pre- vailing figures are too low to warrant sale= and stagnation under the circumstances scems inevitable. The passage of a tariff bill will advance prices all along the line no doubt, but no sustained period of activiy is likely during the summer months, It was rumored during the afternoon thet St. Paul directors had sold $4,000,000 bond« out of its treasury holdings. The price of the stock was effected by the announce- ment. Gold shipments by tomorrow's steamers will aggregate something ovcr $1,500,000, according to today’s estimates, ard will likely be followed by further con- signments later in the week. The exchange market presented no new features, rates holding firm under the demand from remit- ters. The supply of commercial bills is still small with no signs of improvement. —_—->-—_ B43 Re - VHT § = e # sess Manhattan Flevated jemgan Central Missoar! Pacific Whee! West Wisconsin Central. Suiver. ... Washington stock Exchange. Sales—regular call—12 o'clock curity and ‘Trust bx, $500 me. curity apd Trust, 108 bid. Bo-year Pun vid. B0-year Stock curreacy e100 currency 7s, 1908, 125 Feacy, 112 bid, 11 i Ta hat aot rca ca : = 102% bid, it asked. Beit id | Byki Fels Ere me Fp A frit Pa BEEZSE : d ik i Ff BF ¥ gE, : bid, 120 asked. Columbia Washington Title, & bid, 7 Telephone Stocke.- Penusy! peake and Potomac, Grapbophone, +4 bid, Carriage, .28 28 asked. Miscellaneous Stocks. Washington Market, 13 18 asked. Great Falls Ice, 136 bid, 300" Bull Run Panorama, 16 bi.” Norfolk snd Lincola Hall, sae tana aiding, vidend. — Range of the Thermometer. The following were the readings of therncmeter at the weather bureau Sam., 72; 2 p.m, 78; maximum, 80, imum, él. , 2 Ex. Di 4