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to say,” said Mr. Voorhees, “that Leland Stanford is the only very rich man I have known whose simplicity and sublim- f character was not touched or de- based by bis wealth. His was the same simple, kindly devoted nature that exists e@isewher2 without the corroding influence ef wealth.” The Tariff Bill. The morning hour had expired while thir @ebate was in progress, and the resolution Went over without action. The tariff bill owas then laid before the Senate, the pend- ing paragraph being that placing a duty of 20 per cent ad valorem on buckwheat, curn, corn meal, oats, rye, wheat and wheat ever tty « Annual Congregational Convention at Omaha, THE CRUISER COLUMBIA'S. INJURY Sinking of a Steamer jin Alexan- dria Bay. nea four, except where tmported from countrizs| REFORMED CHURCH SYNOD imposing no duty on like articles from the United States, when ‘the be maitted free. ey showld be ad- After some brief remarks on the agri- cultural schedule by Messrs Peffer (Kan.) and er (N. H.), Mr. Ci (Wyom. took the end delivered a apecchs rr =e to the general features of the Mr. let a Carey completed his speech at 2 ‘with some of the republican leaders, sprang Shape of & proposition toe tory gine nm schedules G (agricultural Products), H Seg wines and other beverages), I (cot- ) and J (flax, hemp and jute), under would have car- ried the Senate to schedule K (wool and Seemed at rst an if these S ai tas be no ob- Jection. Mr. Harris stated that after consultation on both sites of the chamber he tndulged the hope that this agreement wouid be Peached. If it was he said it would put an end to all contreversy about night sessions. Mr. Aldrich Suggested that in a few in- “Stances where nators were particular} imterested the time to be occupied by ack Senator could be extended to ten minutes. | ‘He assured Mr. Harris that no unreasonable | Fequests of this character would be made and the Tennessee Senator agreed to make | Mr. Quay Objects, Mr. Hoar called attention to the fact that ‘if the bill were hastened in this way the democrats would go to“the country in their campaigns and boast that the bill was put through with more rapidity than any re- Publican bill and ask indorsement of their Parhamentgry skill He would not object, | he said, but he wanted the country to un-| Gerstand that this was a proposition to rush ‘the bul. Mr. Frye then took the floor. He wanted ® distinct understanding that if any fur- ther charges were proposed by the finance committee or compromise amendments | withdrawn the agreement should termi- Fave. While he was discussing the matter with Mr. Harris Mr. Quay (Pa.) sauntered into the chamber. He sniffed the air once or twice and asked what it all meant. He} evidently was not in the secret. On being) told that it was a request for unanimous consent to limit debate he said emphati-| cally “I object." Having thus abruptly | Smashed the proposed truce he turned on | his heel and walked into the marble room. THE HOUSE. Immediately after the House was called | to order today, Mr. Lynch (Wis.) secured | the passage of House joint resolution to confirm the enlargement of the Red Cliff In- @ian reservation in Wisconsin. On motion of Mr. Lacey (Iowa), the House Dill to correct the military record of Capt. E. M. Ives was passed. The House then went into committee of the whole to consider the Indian appropria- tion bill (Mr. O'Neill of Massachusetts in the chair). It was agreed that for today, at least, no restriction should be placed on general debate, and Mr. Lynch (Wis.), a member of the committee on Indian affairs, spoke on the bill. Mr. Lynch's speech became a general dis- gussion, In which Mr. Wilson (Wash.), Mr. Pickier (3. D.) and Mr. Flynn (Okla.) took leading parts. A Sectarian Discussion. Mr. Linton (Mich.) precipitated a sectar- ian discussion. He contended that the Catholic Indian school received three-fifths of all the appropriations for school pur- Poses, and the present bill carried a still larger proportion. He asserted that the board of Indian missions at Washington Was a huge lobby for obtaining money for Catholic schools on Indian reservations. He urged the complete separation of church and stete, and deprecated any federal as- sistance for any secterian purposes, He had read a number of letters and res- lutions of protest from Protestant organ- zations. Our public schools were the bul- Wark of the country, he declared, and noth- ing tending to weaken them or lessen their Influence should be tolerated. He presented @ long table giving the number of and ap-| Bropriations for the contract schools of ferent denominations. He appealed to the country to take warn- ing by the history of the past, and take| Precautions in time to prevent religious Ficts. He was opposed to a church whose | head resided in a foreign country receiving | the lion's share of appropriations, and critt- | cised a sect which used its church as a po- tical machine. He appealed to every man the House, whose co istituents, he deciar- ed, were watching their action on this Question, to vote against that section of} the bill, and he appealed to their patriotism and their love of religious liberty to utterly sever all union of church and state. Mr. Grew (rep.) having entered the House too late to take part in the tariff debate took occasion today to deliver a protection speech cn the Indian bill THREE HUNDRED SHOTS “Skirmish Between Deputy Sheriffs and Strikers. CRIPPLE CREEK, Colo, June 7.—At 9:30 @’clock today a skirmish took place between the miners and deputies. Over 300 shots ‘were fired, but so far as known no one ‘was killed. Gen. Adams says he will train his long Buns on Bull Hill and begin a bombardment of the miners’ fortress, if the militia does not arrive soon. ‘The troops are now marching from Mid- land, but the roads are almost impassable and they cannot reach Bull Hill before 3 A local newspaper published today what purports to be an interview with Under Sheriff Mullins and County Commissioner ‘Boynton, who are in charge of the army of 1,200 deputies camped within sight of Bull Hil. Mullins deciares it is the Intention to storm Bull Hill regardless of conse- quences. Commissioner Boynton wes even more Qmphatic. He deciared that Governor Waite nor any other man had no right to arbitrate out of ti law. There were men | on Bull Hill guilty of grave crimes, ‘for! Whose arrest they had warrants. These| men would be arrested at ail hazards. He| allowed that in doing this many lives would be placed in jeopardy. Nevertheless, the county had gone to great expense in mass- ing a large force to vindicate the law, and this was not the time for hesitation. ‘It is conceded that the deputies are safe trom | attack so long as they attempt no offensive movement. It is raining here, and is bit- terly cold. MILTON, Mo., June 7—One hundred ana | * Atty miners heid up a frieght train on the Chicago, Burlington and Karsas City road Jast night, and refused to let it run unless | they were given transportation. They were all p dinder arrest by the sheriff and | Bose, but soon released. and left today for ston, sixty miles distant, where, Gay, they will hold up the next trai: comes along. Trouble is feared. HUNTINGTON, W. Va., June —At Ken- | ships here, and many rumors are afloat ——— OMAHA, Neb., June 7.—The sixty-eighth at the First Congregational Church this morning. About 1,200 delegates were pres- ent when Maj. Gen. O. O. Howard of New York called the convention to order. The opening address was delivered by Kev. W. General Secretary Clark's annual report was subriitted, indicating marked progress and flattering prospects for the society. A brief address by the various state sec- retaries of the organization closed the session. In the afternoon the sixty-eighth annual meeting of the C tioal Church build- ing committee was the feature. Secretary L. H. Cobb the delegates in a general review of the church extension branch of the society. PHILADELPHIA, June 7.—The investi- gation to determine the cause and extent of the injury to the new crulser Columbia was begun at nd navy yard this morning by the naval board of inquiry appointed for that purpose. The board is composed of Rear Admiral Stanton, president; Capts. Allen V. Reed and George C. Remy and Lieut. Walter J. Sears as judge advocate. The Columbia will not go into the dry dock until Saturday, but the board will ex- amine the officers of the vessel in the meantime. Steamer Sunk im Alexandria Bay. WATERTOWN, N. Y., June 7.—A special to the Standard from Alexandria Bay says: The steamer Ocean collided with the barge Kent, tow of the tug Seymour, at 2 o'clock this morning near Sister Island light, five miles below Alexander Bay. ‘The Ocean had on board about eight pas- sengers. Two of the crew are missing and are supposed to have been killed. ‘The steamer went down so rapidly that the passengers were obliged to make all possible haste to escape with their lives, leaving baggage, etc., behind. Reformed Church Synod. ASBURY PARK, N. J., June 7.—The morning session of the Reformed Church of America Synod was held in Educational Hall. Papers on the synodical commission from seminaries and colleges were read and referred to the committee on profession. Other communications were read and were referred to different committees. A discus- sion on the federal union of the Reformed | Church of America, with the system in use by, hoe a brought forth con- siderable debate. questions will consume the after- noofand evening sessions. Charges Against a Captain. N YORK, June 7.—Superintendent of Police Byrnes today preferred charges t. James K. Price of the West th street police station for allowing a gambling house to run in his precinct. = HOSTILITIES IN SAMOA. Defeat of the Government Party is Feared. APIA, Samoa, May 22, per steamer Mari- pesa, via San Francisco, June 7.—There is no abatement in the war scare, notwithstanding the presence of three ships of war, and there is every prospect of ser- lous and bloody fighting at an early date. Two conflicts have occurred between small parties of rival troops, which have resulted in four being killed. Both parties have oc- cupied a strong position. The government is irtrenched on the hill which was held by the Tamasese party during the fight of 1888, while the rebels are about three- fourths of a mile distant on another hill. Both positions are almost impregnable with- out the aid of cannon by which they might be shelled. it is greatly feared that the government party will bo beaten. It is in @ state of thorough demoralization. The Ana rebel contingent, consequent upon its promise to the consuls, surrendered fifty guns to the government. They, however, refuse to ful fill other promises made by them, and an- nounce their intention of joining the Atua party of rebels, The German warship Buzzard arrived May 12. There are now two German war- as to what their intentions are. Annexa- tion or German protectorate Is freely dis- cussed among the German residents. The British ship Curacoa is also in the harbor. The Orlando, with Admiral Bow- den Smith on board, is expected in Samoa about June 15. J. J. Bennett, special agent of the United States, arrived here by the Monowai for the purpose of arzesting Augustus C. Ha- gen, wanted in New York for forgery. He was a clerk in the Exchange Natlonai Bank and is charged with defrauding the bank of over $40,000. Although Samoa has no extradition treaty with the states, King Malietoa had the man arrested, and will hand him over to Bennett today on the Mariposa. —_————_ IN “BLEEDING KANSAS.” Republicans Protest Against Both Democrats and Populists. TOPEKA, Kan., June 7.—When the re- publican state convention came together to- day the committee on resolutions and plat- form, which has been out a big portion of the night, submitted the result of their de- liberations as follows: Reaffirming the republican national plat- form of 1892,*‘Resolved,That the constant pa- triotism of our party is in itself a guaranty to the nation that the interests of its defend- ers, their widows and orphans, will be lib- erally cared for,” we denounce their cruel and deliberate betrayal by the present dem- ocratic administration. Second, we adhere to the republican doc- trine of protection, and believe that tariff laws should protect the products of the farmer as well as of the factory. Third, the American people favor bimetal- ism and the republican party demands the use of both gold and silver as standard money, with such restrictions and under such provisions, to be determined by legis- jation, as will secure the maintenance of fhe parity of values of the two metals, and hat the purchasing and debt-paying power of the dollar, whether of gold, silver or paper, shall be at all times equal. The in- | terests of the producers of the country, its farmers and its workingmen, demand that the mints be opened to the coinage of silver of the mines of the United States, and that Congress should enact a law levying a tax on importations of foreign silver sufficient to fully protect the products of our own mines. Fourth, we favor national and state legis- lation for the encouragement of irrigation. Fifth, we denounce the present state ad- ministration for its revolutionary tenden- cles, its violation of the laws, and contempt of the courts, the corruption and incompe- ency of its officials, its gross mismanage- ment of the state institutions, and for the discredit it has brought upon the good name of the state. Sixth, to the maintenance of these princi- ples we invite the support of all patriotic citizen: Jami A. Troutman was nominated for + they | ieutenant governor on the third ballot, the in that | vote standing : Troutman, 588; Helser, 348, The platform as presented by the commit- tee was adopted without a dissenting voice, ova, at midnight, the guards on the bridge} and the convention proposed to select a Were compelled to shoot into a crowd of | candidate for leutenant governor. men who approached from the Ohio side, and two men are reported killed and a Bumber wounded. A miner says the killed were John Kessler and an Englishman Ramed Redmond. WICHITA, Kan., June 7.—On a telegram from Rock Island officials the sheriff ha: gent a number of armed men on a = train from here to Round Pond, Okla., where a railroad war is said to be in pro- gress. —_—.__ To Be Remembered by Masons. NEW YORK, June 7.—The Grand Lodge EVENING The Bill Prepared by the Attorney for the District, ‘The Present Regulations Are Not Re- garded as Sufficient—An Important Chauge Recommended. “Give us good milk.” That is the cry of the citizens, and that is just what the Com- missioners of the District are trying to com; bel the milk dealers to do. The regulations on the subject are meager and insufficent. Some days ago the matter of better regu- lations on this subject was called to the at- tention of the Commissioners and after some discussion, during which ail the Commis- sioners expressed themselves as heartily in favor of better regulations, the matter was referred to 8. T. Thomas, the attorney for the District, with instructions to draft a bill to be submitted to Congress for enact- ment to prevent the sale of adulterated milk in the District of Columbia. Attorney Thomas rubmitted this bill to the Commissionets several days ago and the latter sent {t to the Medical Society of the District with the request that the members examine its provisions and sub- mit any recommendations they thought necessary. Present Laws Defective. The main features of this bill are taken from the health regulations of the city of Cincinnatt and do not differ essentially from the laws and regulations on the sub- Ject found in the other cities of the coun- try. The occasion and necessity for the Proposed legislation, says the attorney, lies in the fact that our laws in relation to milk adulteration (health ordinances, Rich. Supp. U. 8. Rev. Stat., 307, and the act of Ccngress of October 12, 1888, 25th stat., 549, to prevent the sale of adulterated food or drugs) relate only to deleterious sub- stances injurious to health, and then there is no official standard for milk. ‘The pres- ent law not prevent such frauds as the addition of water and the subtraction of cream—in other words, passing off skimmed milk or partly skimmed milk, nor such practices as the addition of sugar to correct specific gravity, flour or starch to increase opacity, and a touch of coloring Matter to destroy the bluish tinge which weuld betray skimmed milk, eny one of which may not be considered deleterious or injurious to health. “When it is considered that milk and its Products form such an important part of the food of man, and especially in young and delicate infants, the propriety of such a | law as is proposed omes manifest. New | cow's milk of average good quality contains in a 100 parts: 87.40 of watery fluid, 3.43 of cream, 5.42 of casien (cheese), 5.12 of milk- | sugar and .98 of mineral matter. Section 5 of the proposed bill fixes the official standard at 87 per cent for water and 13 Per cent for milk solide, which, as you will observe, is slightly below the average. It has been suggested that the health officer should have power to inspect dairies out- side the District. I doubt the right of Con- gress to confer such authority. I think if | milk dealers are required to have a permit | from the health officer, which shall expire on July 1 of each year, that official will see to it that those granted permits treat their cows prorerly, and that their dairtes are in good sanitary condition, and that in other respects they conform to the require- | ments of the !aw. The penalty provided by the bill seems to be adequate to sec its | enforcement, should it become a law. ieee THISTLE AND SHAMROCK. Congress of the Scotch-Irish Society of America. DES MOINES, Ia., June 7.—The large audience hall of the Y. M. C. A. building was crowded to suffocation today when the sixth annual congress of the Scotch-Irish | Society of America was called to order by | P. M. Cassady. In the-audience were rep- | resentative men from nearly every state and territory, Pennsylvania, Alabama, Cal- ifornia, Texas, Illinois, Wisconsin and Min- resota being especially well represented. | Prayer was offered by Rev. A. L. Frisbie, | and addresses of welcome were delivered by | Col. John Scott, president of the Iowa state society; Gov. Frank D. Jackson and the| mayor of the city, all of whom greeted the delegates and referred in eulogistic terms to the object and influence of the society, Appropriate responses were made by Rob- ert Bonner of New York, president of the national society; Dr. John Hall of New York and other delegates. An adjournment was then taken. —_s——_—_ The Governor to Go to Frostburg. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. BALTIMORE, Mé., June 7.—Governor Brown has decided to visit the mining region and investigate the strike and its cause, and endeavor to bring about a settle- ment of the difference between the miners and their employers. He will go tomorrow. He has today telegraphed Gen. H. Kyl Douglas to keep the two regiments on the ground until all danger is over, or until further orders. afternoon he received a telegram from the sheriff of Allegany county, thank- ing him for sending the troops so promptly when requested to do so. As a consequence of the ordering out the militia the governor has decided not to hold the annual encampment of the state gvard, which was to hav2 taken piace at Frederick Junction next month. The ex- pense putting down the strike will exhaus: the appropriation. ANOTHER CRANK. He Wants to Convert Mr. Cleveland to Ways of Righteousness. The perennial crank turned up at the Executive Mansion this morning. He was @ young man of distracted appearance, and announced that his purpose was to con- vert President Cleveland to ways of right- eousness. This was the third time that he had turned up at the White House re- cently, and while he was not disorderly, he was so quietly determined to get at the President that the patience of Officers Ellis and Hollinberger was exhausted and they called for the police patrol and had him transferred to the third precinct station, where he will be held for examination. His name, as it was understood, was Heffen- stein, a converted Jew, and he has been de- livering extemporaneous sermons on the street corners for some time. ———_—_$_6 A Wall of Water Appronching. KEARNEY, Neb., June 7.—The city au- thorities received word last night that a wall of water three feet high, followed by | another two feet high, was coming down | the Platte river. —_——_. The Minneapolis Passes Out. i LEWES, Del, June 7.—The cruiser Min- neapolis passed out the capes at 8 o'clock this morning to continue her trial trip. — Mr. Heard Renominnted., Congressman Heard of Missouri has been renominated by the democrats of his dis- trict. This is Mr. Heard’s sixth nomination and the fourth time that he has been unan- imously chosen by the nominating conven- tion, a Personal Mention. Mr. C. E. Dawson, confidential clerk to | Postmaster General Bissell, is acting pri- | vate secretary to that official during the | absence in Europe of Mr. Edward L. Reckard. Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Dyer of Pittsburg, Pa., are visitors in the city, baving ridden across the mountains on their cycles. Mrs. E. J. Ingram of Pittsburg is also a visitor P aeseetary Herbert returned to Washing- ton from Montgomery, Ala., today and then left for Annapolis, Md., to participate in the closing exercises at the Naval Acad- emy. +o Treasury Receipts. National bank notes received for redemp- tion today, $423,252. Government receipts— From internal revenue, $528,259.52; cus- toms, $513,833.83, and miscellaneous, $63,- 116.55. + e+ Seeretary Herbert's Rapid Trip. of Masons continued thetr session today at the Masonic Temple. The greater part of the morning was devoted to the discussion of a proposition that memorial services be held on February 14, 1899, in observance of the centennial of the death of George Wash- ington. It will undoubtedly be carried. Secretary Herbert arrived here this morn- ing from a hurried visit to his home ja Montgomery, Ala., and left on xn early train for Annapolis, Md. He will attend the alumni dinner tonight, and will deliver the diplomas to the graduates tomorrow. Opinions of People Who Knew Chewning in Virginia, WIFE AND CHILDREN WELL THOUGHT OF A Visit to the Man in the Emer- gency Hospital. MAKES A GENERAL DENIAL Paes ere = If reports regarding the antecedents of A. C. Chewning which have been received in Washington from Virginia are true the sympathies of the Washington public have been, in a measure, misplaced. As soon as the reports of his discovery in the Smith- Sonian grounds in a starving condition and copies of the letters found in his possession were read by residents of the sections in Virginia where Chewning had resided, those who appeared to know him best sent word to this city that he had played the same trick before, and had also been gulity of wife beating. Mr. Beverly R. Harrison, @ prominent citizen in Amherst county, Va., on Tuesday telegraphed a prominent divine of this city that A. C. Chewning Was 2 monumental fraud and humbug and asked the minister to expose him. Yester- day a letter was received from Mr. Harrt- son, in which he says, “A. C. Chewning is as great a fraud as ever lived. He lived in his county for some time, and while here was in jail for cruelly beating his wife and little children. Judge Paul, a few weeks ago, sent him to jail in Staunton. He has Not been living with his wife for some time. He ts very smart, and has played this trick before.” Some Additional Information. Mr. Harrison also inclosed in hig letter 4 clipping from the Lynchburg News in the shape of an editorial note at the bottom of the account of Chewning’s discovery and the sympathy his condition had inspired. ‘The News says simply: “Chewning will be remembered in Lynchburg as the man who Was recently sent to jail for ten days by Judge Paul for making himself too officious while serving in the capacity of juror in the United State court.” A letter was also reeeived from Dr. J. B. Grittith of Basie City, Va., by Rev. J. C. Jones, pastor of the Epworth M. E. Church, in answer to one sent by the latter, inclos- ing $5 for the suffering wife and children of Chewning. Dr. Griffith stated that he Would hold the money, as Mrs. Chewning Was not in a distressed condition; that her beard was paid up at the place where she Was stopping; that she had admitted the vntruthfulness of the statements contained in the letter found on her husband, and Published at the time, and furthermore had received already over $200 from sympathetic people in Washington. Lteut.Smith of the Alexandria police force visited Emergency Hospital yesterday and identified Chewning as the person who vis- ited the Alexandria station house a few weeks ago and gave the name of A. ( Chewning, and told a story about the burn- ing of his home at Ambrosia Court House, West Virginia, and the suffering of his fam- ily. Lieut. Smith told him to call again next day, as in the meantime he would in- | vestigate the case and have ald secured, but the man did not return. A resident of Ambrosia Court House told Lieut. Smith that no one ramed Chewning ever lived there, but that a family named White had been burned out in the manner described and their necessities relieved by citizens, Interview With Chewning. A representative of The Star called at the Emergency Hospital this merning to hear what Mr. Chewning had to say in re- lation to these charges. He occupies a cot in the ward in the third story of the insti- tution, and shares the clean and sunny apartment with two other white and one colored patient. He is very intelligent and good-looking man, a the stubble of beard on his face did not obscure the excel- lent lines of his jaw and chin. His fore- head high and his brow shows the wrinkles of thought that characterize a udent. His eyes are blue and expressive and his clean-chiseled, straight nose and sensitive nostrils make an otherwise at- tractive countenance still more so. He spoke in a low voice, in well-modulated tones, and the easy flow of his language bespoke the educated man. He had read the story printed — him in one of the! ani morning papers, nounced the hint trouble In Norfolk as “T was never in Nor! asserted. town.” . His attention was then called to Mr. Har- rison’s letter. He appeared to be uneasy for a moment and his eyes wandered to aifferent objects in the room. “Mr. Harrison {s an honorable, high-toned he remarked, “and I have deposited small amounts Court House. I am not the kind of a man he says I am. I was never in jail for beat- ing my wife. I never raised my hand against her in my life. The facts are that on one occasion, when I had one of my attacks of aberration, or whatever it is, my wife became alarmed and thought I was de- ranged. She went to Mr. Whitehead, the justice of the peace there, and I was ar- rested until an examination could be held as to my sanity. “Ie was proven I was sane, and I was re- leased. As to not living with my wife, I have always lived with her except when I have been out through the country selling tobacco and other goods or looking tor work,” A “How about your arrest and incarceration in Lynchburg?” “Judge Paul performed an act of injustice in that instance," responded Mr. Chewning. “He sentenced me to serve ten days in jail and pay a fine of $2) for misconduct whiie serving as a juror in the United States court, I was guilty of nothing of the sort, however, and when I was released after five days’ continement I wrote a statement of the case in the Charlottesville Progress.” It appeared from his explanation that Chewning was a juror in a case where a railroad company was sued for injuries in- flicted upon a little girl and had taken measurements of the premises where the accident occurred, after the jury had been present as a body, when court officers did the same thing,,and that he had been charged with telling his fellow-jurymen on immediately de- he had been in inder, ik in my life,” he “I never so much as saw that the public street that the railroad company | should be mulcted in heavy damages. In relation to the charge of Lieut. Smith, Chewning denied it, and sald that if he had told such a story in Alexandria he must have been drunk or crazy, and he couldn't have been in the former condition, because | he didn't drink. Then he recovered himself and said he couldn't have been the man, as at the time indicated by the lieutenant, he was employ- ed at the Capitol, and the records up there would show it. All through his conversation he en- deavored to Impress upon the reporter the | fact that some one else had been assuming Pt a guise of mendicancy under the name of | for, as he said, nobody could preach in his | church without his permission, and before | Chewning, and said the Chewning spoken of in Dr, Gritfith’s letter must have been “A. G."" Chewning, but he did not tell who “A. G." Chewning wa: Whoet is Snid at Amherst C. H. The foflowing special dispatch was re- ceived today from Amherst C, H., V by The Star: A. C. Chewning was born in southwest Virginia and is about forty-t years of ege;was educated fer a Campbellite preach- er, but was uasuccessful in that capacity and has been a wanderer and crank for the last ten years. He married a distant cousin of his, a Miss Chewning, of a most respectable family. He resided in Am- herst county, Va., for several years and while here about two years ago he was examined by a commission de luratico and yas pronounced a crank rather than a lunatic. Tie is very shrewd, and Is one of that s that is utterly bankrupt in morals din means. During his sojourn in Am- herst shis good wife had to seek the protec- tion of the law and her neighbors from the threats and assaults of her husband. A few months ago he was sent to jall by Judge Paul of the United States court in Lynchburg for some trickery while serving on_a jury in his honor’s covrt. The wife of A. C. Chewning fs a most es- timable woman cf delicate constitution and ladylike sensibilities. They have two at- tractive little children, and the good peo- pie of Washington could not find a more deserving object for charity and kind words. They are in most distressing cir- cumstances, but such contributions should be placed in trust for the wife and children or the unfortunate husband will squander them. BEVERLEY R. HARRISON. —.——— The authorities of Bridgeton, N. J., have gained a clue to the robbers who last week robbed and gagged the Fox sisters on their farm near that place. in his bank at Amherst | General Alger Thinks the Republican Party Will Adopt Them. Interest in the Resolutions by the Ohio Republican Convention—Other States Will Do Likewise. ‘The declarations in the platform adopted by the Ohio state coavention on the sub- ject of the revival of the use of silver and in condemnation of the democrats for re- pudiating the reciprocity policy are read with considerable interest by republicans in Congress in view of what has been the undercurrent of discussion here for some little time. An effort is being made to get the old Blaine forces together, or, at all events, to appropriate some of the best of Biaine's cherished ideas of policy so as to win the support of mest of the loyal band who stood by him go long as he lived. A good many republicam leaders believe that they see the elements of success in this idea. Gen. Alger in Co Ita tio: Gen. Alger, who was here for several days, held consultations with a number of the party leaders on the subject of silver and reciprocity and has returned to Michi- gan with a strong impression that the Perty can use both questions to their ad- vantage. The expectation is that the Mich- igan state convention will adopt resolutions in favor of reciprocity and silver after the idea ogg 9g by — others nomi In most of the republican convent the several states it is thought similar resolutions will be adopted. Silver to Be Remonetized. Mr. Alger before leaving Washington said that he thought some of the best of Mr. Biaine's ideas would be adopted and preserved by the republican party, and de- clared also his belief that silver would be remonetized through an agreement between the United States and other nations, ex- cluding England; or, in other words, that the fact of England's holding out against it would not interfere with un interna- tional agreement by which silver will be restored. The men who are agitating this question are not doing so in the interest of McKin- ley, whom they persist in regarding as un- friendly to the reciprocity idea. he fact that McKinley's convention has made dec- Jarations in the same line is therefore viewed with especial interest. —————— MUST BE NO DELAY In Improving the Ventilation of the Capitol Building. | ‘Your committee are as sure as of any- thing that cannot be mathematically cem- | onstrated that the lives of many members | have been shortened by the poisonous condi- | tion of the air they breathe at the Capitol. | This statement is made in a report sub- | mittea to the House today by the commit- | te2 on ventilation and acoustics, which has | been investigating the sanitary condition of | the Capitol. The committee presented a ! vriet re Providing additional force in the engine rtom {of the House so that the ventilating ma- | chinery can de run constantly during th | twenty-four hours. The committee reported finding a condi- | tion of things indicating that the health of | a large majority of the members has been | Seriously injured and will be subject to in- | creasing injury each day of the contin- uance of the causes of the conditions. The committee has been informed by the sani- tary experts that there is no reason why the air in the Capitol should not be kept fresh and pure with the present ventilating ma- chinery. Immediate action on the resolution is urged ani the report says: “Your committee are of the opinion that the House would not be justified in delaying for a day the making of every provision immediately available to improve the ven- Ulation.” Another report will be made in a short time, recommending further action in the line of improving the sanitary condition of the Capitol. MEETINGS FOR MEN. Prominent Ministers Here Know Nothing of the Proposed Scheme. Press this morning, a great movement has been instituted which has for its object the revival of religious zeal in the four great eastern cities, Washington, Baltimore, Phil- adelphia and New York. The plan is a rather elaborate one, but, briefly, it Is to inaugurate a series of preaching meetings in the churches of the cities mentioned, three a day, to strengthen the churches and bring great numbers of men who are now lukewarm and indifferent into active asso- elation with church work. The plan had its origin in the brain of Dr. E. A. Bradley, the rector of St. Agnes’ Church, New York, and is said to have met Whitaker and Paret. The Presbyterian: | especially, but practically all the other de- nominations, are expected to join in the movement, each church holding its meetings on its own account, but at the same time with the others and with the same general viéw, the increase of interest in church at- tendance and church work. At the end of two weeks of services in this city they will be continued for the same length of will take in Philadelphia and New York. Evangelist Moody is said to be in sym- pathy with the scheme and has promised to hold his services contemporaneously with these others. It is also said that Dr. Bradley and Bishop Potter are going to Europe this summer to secure the co-operation of preachers on the other side, and to get some of them to come over here and aid in the good work. The meetings are to oc- cur next winter, beginning about two months before Lent. Washington has prob- ably been selected for the opening of the campaign, as being the point of least re- sistance to good influences, but when the campaign reaches New York, it may have to be made a permanent institution, Nothing Known Here. If there 1s anything in the plan, however, it is not known of in this city, and a num- ber of the leading ministers who were seen today with reference to the matter said that while they might be in sympathy with the movement ff it were started, they had not heard anything of it at all, and be- the mind of Dr, Bradley. Epiphany told a Star reporter this after- had heard of any such proposition, though he thought that if tt really had been seri- ously considered he would have been ap- prised of it. In the Episcopal Church, as well as in the others, It would be necessary to get the co-operation of all the minister: | such a movement could be seriously consid- ered it would have to be presented to the ministers. Nothing of this sort, however, has been done as yet. movement might be productive of much good if it were properly undertaken. He saw Bishop Paret yestrday, but in the con- versation that ensued the bishop made no reference to any such movement as this. Dr. Bartlett of the New York Avepue Pres- byterian Church also said that he had heard nothing of it, and he was equally sure that none of his Presbyterian brothers in this city had been spoken to with refer- ence to it. —_ + Philadelphia Mint Site. The selection of a site for the United States mint at Philadelphia seems to be still an open question. Today Mr. Andrew Wheeler, representing the Sth and Tasker streets property, Secretary Carlisle and Mr. Preston, director of the mint. This site contains 160,000 square feet, for which $300,000 is asked. also at the department and requested the Secretary to look at a piece of ground whose owners he represented. He requested that the lecation of the property be not made public for the present and stated that if the Secretary found on inspection that the property would answer the purposes of the government he would then fix a price. ‘The meeting of democratic editors at War- rensburg, Mo., to organize a democratic state press association was attended by state. Col. Boone, the animal trainer, has not given up hope of bringing off the fight at San Francisco between a lion and a bear, which was stopped by the police recently. 2 port today accompanying a resolution | According to a story in the Philadelphia | time in Baltimore, and then in turn they | leved it to be merely an inchoate idea in | Rev. Dr. McKim of the Church of the! noon that his questions were the first he | ‘ Personally he felt that such a | 4 had an interview with | Another gentleman from Philadelphia was | quite a number of leading editors of the | Hi. FINANCE AND TRADE Belief in Early Settlement of the Tariff Question, EFFECT ON PRICES IN WALL STREET Sugar Drops, but Rises to Opening Price. GENERAL MARKET REPORTS Special Dispatch to The Evening Star, NEW YORK, June 7.—Prospects of an early settlement of the tariff question re- Sulted in a modest diffusion of bull senti- ment among the traders this morning, and a strong speculative undertone. There were no important additions to the volume of business and conservative operators re- garded the incentive as too trivial to war- rant any extensive buying. London bought a few stocks, principally St. Paul, and was practically the only outside influence in harmony with the room element. The Grangers were all marked up on covering and some buying for the recently organ- ized pool in these specialties. Burlington gained 3-4 per cent to 795-8, St. Paul 5-8 per cent to 611-2 and Rock Island 1-2 per cent to 69 1-2. The balance of the railroad list was given over to dullness, but held well at smail ‘fractional gains. The high premium rate prevents short selling in many instances where all other conditions are favorable to such sales, This statement is particularly licable to the bankrupt stocks. “tthe industrials were all active at im- proved values, the shorts again serving the purpose of a better argument in favor of improvement. Sugar sustained its reputa- ticn for cheerful irresponsibility by selling the strength elsewhere was inost pro- nounced. It soon rallied to openi figures, however, and held weil within 1-2 point of that price. As previously intimated, it is generally understood by those familiar with the American Sugar Kefineries’ affairs that the important inside interests are opposed to any large rise in the stock at present, realizing very prudently that peading final Cisposition of the tariff bill it is not wire to bring the property too prominently be- fore the public. This, of course, is a de- terrent influence to money traders, who fear that the etock may be broken by the pow:rful manipulation so frequent from tne insid. It is believed that the members of the p*oposed conference committee will be sSelecte1 with some regard for their attitude toward the administration, and will be im- ‘pressed with the importance of immediate ) acti Such a committee would scarcely work any hardship to the sugar interests. General Electric was a conspicuous fea- | ture of the day’s trading, being actively | dealt in at an advance cf 2 1-2 per cent, due, principally, to covering. Chicago Gas | opened strong and moved up 1 per cent on | further buying for pool account. A substantial profit awaits the patient | operator in this property if present argu- ments are as well founded as they seem to | be. Distillers has been aslded to the list of | bull specialties, and predictions of higher prices come from a variety of sources. To- day's efforts in that direction resulted in a | gain of 1 1-8 per cent to 27. | Only a half million gold has been taken for thipment by Saturda: steamers, and ft is not likely that the amount will be mater- |fally increased between now and the date | of sailing. The week's total shipments will fall below the average of the last few weeks. The foreign exchange market pre- sents no new features, the limited demand about offsetting the small supply of bills. Prices shaded off slightly during the last hour, tut did not surrender all of the early gains. Realizing sales were responsible for the substitution of smaller fractions and | did not change the character of the market. buying by the room. Dullness overshad- owed all else and heightened the professional character of speculation. Prices at the close reflected net gains for the day. —_—_—_—_—_ FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. The following are the opening, the high- of the New York stock market today, as re- | peg) by Corson & Macartney, members New York stock exchange. Correspondents Messrs. Moore & Schley, No. 8) Broadway: Stocks. Open. High. Low. Close. 107 ban! 107: Hid andQ Chic. ana Northwestern. Chicago Gas... ey Cr | General Ishnois Central. Ke Shore ie... Louisviire and N; x 408 “ | Long Istana Traction... 155 1-3 133 | Metropolitan Traction. 1124 11.’ liz | Manhattan Elevated. ur | Micmgan Centrat. ‘Missot tional Col pid. ermaotar Nortnern Pacific, pfd_ North American. _———_ a Washington Stock Exchange. Sales—regular cati—22 o'clock m.—Wi Loan and Trust, 2@123. “american “Seoue | Nouat Ueton toburacce meas Ralltond 4 tomac Telephone, aqgsh, 92 ads.—United States 4s, rog.. 112% bid, 113 asked. United Stau i | Baa ate sn iS b ates 46, coup, 13% bade ‘trict of Columbia Bouds.—20- fund. bid. 30-year fund. gold Gs, tid. ine jcurreney 7s, 1901, 115 bid. Fund. ington and Nae aud Po- 114 bid. Water Stock Water Stock currenc ‘3.65a, 111, bi 120 bid. and George- bid. Washington a. 108% bia 110 naked id.” Exkington itailroad Om, 3 Company, ser. A, % bid. rican Security and Trust Sx, A. and O.. 1 vashington Market Ist 6s, 105" bid, Washington Market Company imp. 6s, 103 bid. Washington Market Company exten, 108. bid. | Masontc Hall Ascortation Ss) 108 bid. Washington | Light Infantry Ist 6s, 100% bid. Wy Pe ah Rt, man ae meen oe National ‘tocks.—Bank of it bid, 330° asked. Itank” of Kepuuiic saree S25 asked. Metropolitan, 280 bid, 207 asked. Centeet | 290 bid, 297 asked.” Furmers’ and Mech "190 eg po 1M eskede “Ce West End, 112 bid, 115 ssh, Crem hy Fy ys am 94 bid. si Safe Deposit a ‘rust \atto Rafe | Deposit and Trust, 128 4 ‘aakid.. Washington | Loan st, asked. American Se- jeurity and Trust, esked. Rallroad Stocks. and Georgetown, 290 bid, 320 asked. M: ge 9S bid, % asked. | Columbia, 60 bid, 70 asked. Belt, 30 Lid. Eating. ton, 235 bid. Gas and Electric Li 47% bid, 49% ask, United States Hect Tnsurance Stocks . 4 bid, 46 Franklin, 4%. Wid, Metropulitan’ 70% 82 asked. Core Potomuc, 75 bid. Uington, 160 bid. German American, 16) bid. oval Union, 13 bid, 16 asked. Columbia, 13: te td. 14 asked. Rigzs, 7iq bid, 7%, asked. Peoples, > bid, 5% asked. in, 8 bid 8p asked’ Cot mercial, 5 Title Insurance Stocks.—Real Estate Title112 bid. | 120 asked. Columbia Title, 7% bid, § asked. Wash- ington Title, 5 bid, 8 asked. ‘Telephone Stocks.—Penusyivania, 35 bid, 50 asked. cake and Potomac, 83 tt, 58, asked. American Graphophone. 4% bid. 5i, asked. Poeu- matic Gun Carriage, .20 bid, .30 asked. Miscellaneous — Stocks.—Washington Market, 15 20 asked. Great Falls Ice, 189 bid, 150 asked. Run ma, 15 bid, 18 asked. Lincult Mg bid, 90 asked. Inter-Ocean Building, 40 i bid, 85 ——~—— down 1 1-2 per cent io 1W5 1-2, just when | The industrials were strong on continued | est and the lowest and the closing prices | | months, Th ‘Tack | had arrived | brother of the deceased and Father En- |raght and that funeral ceremonies would | be celebrated tomorrow trusiels. ‘une! Buttor ‘creamery, Ligases ao. imitation. 1aqhiSe dor madle, 1B; Indie, 11@32; — ce ile, 1G12; store-packed. Ecee pate Pacman Chicago Grain and Provision Markets, Reported by Silsty & Co., Bankers and i CHICAGO, June Hi Low. Close. oe ay Shy ar A ES FS 2d os 2% 41% as ae = fe £3 it ts oS lw 1265 11.87 12.08 1202 1215 3202 12.12 6 6. 670 6.70 6.72 672 675 6x2 6x2 O.Ne 62 620 6.20 6.15 615 6.22 6.17 6b 6 leased on Saturday. Christopher Columbus Jones, the ieader of the Philadelphia contingent of the com- monwealers, will be released from jail Sat- urdey by reason of the expiration of his term of imprisonment, and “Gen.” Coxey and Carl Browne, who have had enough of prison life, will also be released. It has been stated from time to time that they would not pay the $5 fines imposed upon | them, but would keep the money in their pockets and live on the taxpayers ten days | longer. If they ever had any serious intention of | Temaining in jail the ten days, they have changed their minds now, for this morning, when Richardson Anderson, the van driver, went to jail to get prisoners for the Police Court, he was handed $10, sent to him by | Coney, with a request that the fines be paid. | This the van driver 4i@, and the three commonwealers will be turned out of prison Saturday, probably about noon, Jesse Coxey was at police headquarters today to ses Capt. Austin to get a response to his application made yesterday, as pub- shed in The Star, for permission to pa- rade the streets, with music, Saturday, for | the purpose of esccrting the liberated law- breakers from the jail to the . ‘The doy saw Capt. Austin, but did not get the permit. He was informed that he would have to wait until Maj. Moore returns to the city, and the major is ex home this evening or tomorrow. wid Maj. Moore fail to return before the time the men are released no permit will be given from headquarters for the parade, unless the Commissioners dire>t such a permit to | be given | a | THE CouRTs. | Equity Court No. 1, Judge Cox—Kuehling agt. Loveless; pro confesso against certain defendants ordered. Sexton agt. Edmon- | ston; same. Schlosser agt. Schlosser; tes- timony before C. Ingle, examiner, ordered taken. McCormick agt. White; Chr. Heuricn Brewing Company made party complainant. Cutler agt. Metzerott; appearance of absent defendants ordered. Equity Court No. 2, Judge Hagner—In re Thomas H. Little, Warner Chichester and Wm. E. Drane, alleged lunatics; writs of inquisition orderad to issue. Barker agt. Miller et al.; order pro confesso against certain defendants. . Circuit Court No. 1, Judge Bradley—W. B. Webb agt. Army and Navy Register Pub- lishing Company; @n Wm. W. Wright agt. District of Columbia et al.: judgment in certiorari, J. A. Hughes agi. | F. J. Quinby; judgment by default. H. Ss. Barbour agt. J. T. Price & Son, judgment by default. Marshall agt. Augusta; motion for new trial. Circuit Court No. Dix Island Granite hearing. 2, Judge Bingham. aR American Car Company agt. W. and G. z = og jury respited. In re estate of nnie E. Criminal Court No. 2, Judge Mi) John E. Chapman and Arthur E. Phillips, false pretenses; verdict guilty and sentence Albany penitentiary four years each. Ed- | Ward F. Gale, larceny; verdict guilty of retit larceny and sentenced to jail for five Abraham Coleman and Daniel Whalen, setting up gaming table; withdraw | plea of not guilty and plead gullty, and sen- terced to jail for four months each. ] a Loss OF THE BEAR. Hd Mysterious Lack of Comfirmatory Dis- patches, Tai | There is some mystery about the re- Ported loss of the Bear. No official infcr- mation has been received at either the | Navy or Treasury Department on the sub- ,, | Ject, and if it was reported in San Fran- | cleco last night, as alleged, tt would have been the duty of the officials to send word to Washington at once. Capt. Shepard of the Treasury Department this afternoon sent a telegram of inquiry to Capt. Hooper of the revenue steamer Rush in regard to the matter, No reply had been received up to 3 e vaguewess of the report and its total of official verification John Kemp, sixteen years old, a nephew of Joseph Schladt, met with a serious cident this morning while cleaning a ton seed machine in rear of No, Street. His hand was caught chinery and so badly lacerated tation was necessary. This performed by Drs. Kicinschmide Tarnall and Birdsall. | trip, stopping at Marshall Hall both ways. os | Picturesque scenery and a delightful sail makes the trip a pleasant one. | Band will furnish music on these trips. John A. Van Doren, by the provisions of his will filed today is bequeathed to his | widow, Sarah Francis Van Doren. The will i | 18 dated February 2 1894. Mre. Van Doren § bonds. is made executrix without ——. —__ Supposed to Be Insane. Barnet Saperstein, a young Hebrew, stranger in this city, is locked up at | third precinct station as an insane | He went to the White House to see the | President, and while there he was arrested. The young man has been here several | weeks, during which time his peculiar con- - duct on the streets has attracted general attention. He claims that he is a Christian and says his mission is to convert the Jews, ‘During his stay here he has attended re- ligious gatherings and has frequently called | at police headquarters endeavoring to get a | permit to preach the gospel on the street |ecorners, but he was sane enough to know that the Coxey waged here —_ enough to vent his getting the permit. |PYesterday ‘he was locked up at the sixth | precinct station, from where he was re- leased this morning. The police surgeons will examine him to determine the question of his mental condition. Arrived at Omaha. A telegram was received at the Catholic University this afternoon stating thet the |remains of the late Father Bruen, who | died at Providence Hospital on Monday, there, accompanied by the morning et 10 o'clock. a Range of the Thermometer. The following were the readings of the Baltimore Markets. BALTIMORE, Md., June 7.—Floar firmer, un- changed—receipts, 50,362 barrels; ; shipments, 27,- thermometer at the weather bureau nine. 8 rom ag 2 p-m., 67; maximum, 6 mum,