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sentative of the long-suppressed “lower county” democracy, now seeking to assert Itself as an Important influence fn the poll- ties of the district. It is calculated that Mr. Settle will receive between 3,200 end 3,40 of the votes cast in Oldham, Owen aml Henry counties, leaving 2,(Q or more to be divided between Mr. Owens and Col. Breckinridge. Mr. Owens Joes not expect to get over 3) of this remnant and Col. Breckinridge counts on receiving from 1,500 to 1s, * Jn the five blue-grass counties Mr. Settle’s vote wiil be very light, avereging from 120 to 209 in all except Fayette, in which Lex- ington Is the controlling factor. In the other four blue grass counties, Scott, Bourbon, Franklin and Woodford, casting about 5,0 votes, Mr. Owens has, apparently, a decided advantage over Col. Breckinridge, while in Fayette, which is the colonel's home, and the chief seat of the powerful political machine supporting him, the chances seem to favor the success of the “silver-tongued”™ orator. Mr. Owens will carry Scott, his own county, by a handsome plurality, from 1,000 to 1,200 certainly. In the others he hopes to make gains enough to overcome the lead obtained by Col. Breckinridge in the other end of the district. Fayette county re- mains the most uncertain quantity in the contest, for on the proportion in which the 3,900 democratic votes here are divided will hinge !m great measure the result of the election. The polls are to close at 4 o'clock, and as communication is easy in this portion of the district it Is expected to have pretty complete returns before midnight. A very full vote is being quietly polled in this city, and both sides still express great confidence of victory. A characteristic fea- ture of the day ts the prayer meeting, which is being held under the direction of the Ladies’ Anti-Breckinridge Association of this city, in which many leading clergy- men have agreed to take part. It is evi- dent, indeed, that even if Col. Breckin- ridge receives the nomination today the fight against him on moral grounds will not be abandoned. The republicans are ready to nominate against him Col. Henry Clay McDowell, a descendant of Henry Clay, and the present owner of Clay's famous country seat, Ash- land. Col. McDowell is a conservative re- Publican of the highest personal character, and will recetve the full vote of all the re- spectable element in the district. If Mr. Owens is nominated there can be little doubt of his success at the November elec- tion. ELECTION PROCEEDING QUIETLY. Breckinridge Men Are Not Pledging Voters at the Primaries. CINCINNATI, Ohio, September 15.—A ‘Times-Star special dated Frankfort, 10 a.m., gays: The election is proceeding quietly. The Breckinridge men are not taking ad- vantage of the pledging of voters according to the rule adopted by the district com- mittee last Saturday, because of Judge Cantrill's injunction restraining them from so doing. It is thought thts will prevent all the trouble heretofore anticipated. The wo- men are holding prayer meetings and making themselves potent factors otherwise against Col. Breckinridge. LEXINGTON, Ky., September 15.—The Polls opened ut: am,-for the most hotly ccntested primary election ever known in this or an§ ‘Kenf@cky congressional district, if not jn the country. The candidates for the democratic nomination for Congress are W. C. P. Breckinridge of Lexington, W. C. Owens of Georgetown aft Evan Settle of Owenton, who have for months been speak- ing at all points in the eight counties. ‘The pruaary ¢icction today will name the nominee. Some ladies are taking a more active part and are out electioneering egainst Breckinridge. Many ladies are at the prayer meetings called for supplications during the election for the protection of the honor of komes, etc. This.is due to the Pollard scandal, which came out in the district soon after Col. Breckinridge was elected two years ago, and which became a reuonal scandal almost a year ago. Long before the Pollard suit was brought at Washitigton the scandal had the district stirred up. The ministers and church men are co-operating with the women in their canvass for “the protection of homes.” While there have been all sorts of move- ments against Breckinridge, he and his friends have maintained a perfect organi- zation throughout «the dfstrict, and they lined up like veteran politicians everywhere at_ the opening ef: the potis.- The federal officers, distillers, railroads and other power interests are with Breckinridge. All whom he has favored during his ten years’ service in Congress are fighting hard for him. Senators Lindsay at Frankfort and Black- burn at Versailles are both residents of this district, and both are quietly but earn- estly against Breckinridge, but the ward and township politicians are with the Con- gressman. The district is composed of Bourbon, Fayette, Franklin, Henry, Old- ham, Owen, Scott and Woodford counties. As the returns Som many voting places must be carried long distances on horse- back to telegraph offices, if the result is close it Is not lkely that the successful nominee will be known before Monday. The headquarters of Breckinridge and Owens are both here. Settle’s headquarters are at Owenton. As the Breckinridge men have the better organization, as well as the machine, they propose not to sleep again until they know the result. It is charged that they have used the party machinery in the canvass and will do so to the iast. The democratic congressional primary has been in full blast till noon. There is intense suppressed excitement, but general good order here. The polls opened at 7 o’clock,. and votes have been coming in rapidly. In some challenges have been rumerous, but few votes have been refused. The most notable exception was Prof. A. ¥. Gordon of Allegan Academy, a confeder- ate soldier, whose intention to support the nominee was challenged, and who refused to pledge himself to support Breckinridge. His vote was refused, and the incident created considerablo excitement. Owens and Breckinridge men are work- ing like beavers, and each side assumes to be confident of winning. ‘The Settle men are quiet, but their lead- ers claim to be polling a good vote. eo IMPORTANT ARMY ORDER. Fort Myer Designated as Headpuar- ters of the Sixth €avalry. The general order for the movement of troops was issued late this afternoon. Its Most important feature from a local stand- point is the establishment of Fort Myer, Va., ag the headquarters of a cavalry regi- ment. The troops now at the post, under command of Lieutenant Colonel G. V. Henry, are transferred to western ports, the majority going to Fort Riley, Kansas. The sixth cavalry, under Col. D. S. Gordon, with headquarters at Fort Niobrara, Neb., are transferred to Fort Myer, with the regi- mentai bands and all appurtenances. Four companies of tnis regiment were ordered to ort Sheridan near Chicago during the ave been there ned to the of the national capital. The 17th of In- fantry. now at Fort D. |. Will be sent to Columbu of two companies, w David's Island, N. Y +e- DR. LEOWS BAIL. . with the exception h will be assigned to Hearing on the Motion Postponed Until Tuesday Next. ‘The hearing of the motion of counsel of Dr. Edward Leon, charged with having killed, by an abortion, the unnnamed child of Miss elle E. Beach, the @tst of last ober, that their client be admitted to bail, has been postponed until Tuesday next. Upon the requisition of Gov. Pattison of Pennsylvania Wm. Brower was today sur- rendered to Robert G. Jones, agent for the state, upon the order of Judge Cox. Brower is wanted in Pennsylvania on a charge of horse stealing. _———_— Controller Roberts to Withdraw. BUFFALO, N. Y¥., September. 15.—The Buffalo friends of Controller James A. Rob- erts have decided to withdraw that gentle- | ag name from the candidacy for gov- or. LATE NEWS BY WIRE Quarter of a Million Dollar Fire at Scranton. EXCITING FALL OF THREE FIREMEN Fears for the Entire Business Sec- tion. HARD WORK OF THE FIREMEN —_+ SCRANTON, Pa., September 15,—The most extensive fire, in point of loss, that ever v-sited this city broke.out early this morning in the business section. When the flames were brought under control, at 10 o'clock, the loss had reached, at a con- servative estimate, $250,000, For a time it was thought that the entire busiress section of the city would be de- stroyed. The fire was discovered in the: basement of Mathews Brothers’ wholesale and retail drug house, 32) Lackawanna avenué. An alsrm was sent in, and when the four com- panies of the district responded the puild- ing was a mass of flames, and haé spread to No. 316, occupied principally by Gross & Foster, one of the largest dry goods stores in the city. Another alarm brought six more com- panies to the scene. The fire continued to spread, and at 8 o'clock a general alarm brought the entire fire department of the city into service. When the flames were under control Nos. 316, 318 and 320 Lackawanna avenue were completely demolished, Nos. 320, 322 and 324 were gutted and the stock of No. 814 badly damaged. At 8 o'clock three firemen fell through the reof of No. 316. Two landed on the first floor and one went through to the base- ment. They were extricated by ropes a few seconds before the walls collapsed. Charles F. Beckett was seriously Injured internally. The losses so far as can be learned are as follows: No. 320, Matthews Bros., owners and occupants; stock, $50,000; building, $20,000. No, 322, M. Norton, r dealer; stock, 30,0; building, $10,000. , 3244, F. L. Crane, owner and oceupant of three upper Moors; stack, unknown; build- ing, $51,000. . Langtield, first floor, mil- linery goods; stock, 35,0U).. Nos. 316 and 318, owned by Dr. Henwood; building, $25,- 0oo. First floor, Gross & Foster, dry goods; $100,000, Henwood & Wardel, dentists; un- known. Dewitt, photographer, loss. un- known. No. 314, Williams & Bro., toys and confectionery; $5,000. a DEPUTY SMITH’S TRIP. He Went to the Camp of the Cook Gang. FORT SMITH, Ark., September 15.— United States Deputy Marshal W. C. Smith has just returned from a trip that few men can make and get back alive. He has just come back from the rendezvous of the Bill Cook-Dalton gang, which was organized by the union of the Bill Cook gang and the remnants of Bill Dalton’s old gang. Smith went there alone, trying to induce Bill Cook, who formerly worked as a member of Smith's posse, to abandon his life of out- lawry. Cook assured him, however, that he pro- posed to go ahead in his career, as it was now to late to tufn back. There was thir- teen men in the gang, and they are now as strong as Bill Dalton‘s old band ever was. Deputy Marshal Smith, who in the past has the reputation of being one of the bravest men in the service of the United States marshals here, found the where- abouts of the band ina rather peculiar manner. He learned that one of the band bad a sweetheart at Sapulpa, I T.; and ten days ago Smith went there to scevher. After considerable persuasion he convinced her that he was alone and prevailed upon her to pilot him to the camp of the bandits. One week ago Wednesday they left Sapulpa and traveled around several days rather aimlessly, and on Sunday morning reached the camp. This is the first authentic news of the movement of the band since the Red Fork, I. T., express robbery. ——.__— DISPUTE OVER SEALS. BIL of the North American, Commer- celal Co. Against the Government. NEW YORK,September 15.—In the United States circuit court today the North Ameri- can Commercial Company put in its answer to the claim of the United States govern- ment for $130,187.50, on account of alleged breach of contract, and handed in a bill to the government for $289,725 for alleged loss of profit arising out of the same con- tract. The agreement in question was entered in- to between the Commercial Company and the United States in March, 1800. It gave the company exclusive right to catch seals about the Islands of St. George and St. Paul, in Alaska, for which the United States was to receive an annual rental of $60,000 for twenty years, and 87.62 for each seal captured, in addition to a revenue of $2 for each seal sent here by the company. The government alleges that the company caught 7,40 seals during the first year, for which it demands $57,187, in addition to the $60,000 for rent. The compnay says that part of these skins were caught by the natives and ship- ped by the company, which never was al- lowed the exclusive right, as guaranteed in the contract. They offer $15,000, the amount of the revenue tax, and no more. The com- pany alleges that it had a right to seize 60,000 seals the first year and 100,000 each succeeding year, but while the negotiations with Great Britain were pending it was Prohibited from catching any seals, and thus suffered a loss of $253,125. It wants to be reimbursed. K. OF L. ASSEMBLY SUED. Damages Asked for Being Driven From a Position. BALTIMORE,Md.,September 15.—The see- ond trial of the suit of George W. Lucke against Clothing Cutters and Trimmers’ Assembly Knights of Labor, for $5,000, has begun in the court of common pleas. He alleges that owing to a threat made by the assembly that his retention would re- sult in a general boycott against his em- ployer’s firm, the latter dismissed him. Al- though willing, so he claims, to joim the as- sembly, his application was denied on the ground that too many union men Were al- ready out of work, The assembly main- tains that Lucke did not praperly apply for membership. The case will be continued Monday. execs EET. A. A. U. Svimming Events Decided Off Trav- ers Isia TRAVERS ISLAND, Y., September 15.—The Amateur Athletic Union's national championship tournament, which {fs being held here today, promises to be one of the trost interesting meetings which ever took place here, . The first event on the program was the 100 yards swimming race, for which there were twelve entries. There were two trial heats. A. T. Kenny, N. S. A., Philadel- won the first. Time, 1.13 1-5. The second was won by W. T. Shea, Caledonian Club, Philadelphia. Time, 1.17. In the final Kenny won in 1.00 3-5, which smashes all records. Carey, Pastime Athletic Club, was second, in 1.12 1-5, which beats the Ameri- can record by one-fifth of a second and is only one-fifth of a second behind the En- glish record. The next event was the 880-yard swim- ming race, In which eight out of the nine entries went to the mark. absentee was Dr. A. T. Kenny of Philadelphia, who won the first event. ‘The men swam back and forth twice over a 220-yard course. Soon after the start the race was seen to be between T. Carey of the Pastime A. C. and W. G. Douglas of the New York A. C. The latter led by a narrow margin until near home, when Carey collared him and won by seven strokes. Harry Kollock, Caledonian Club of Philadelphia, was third, about 50 yards away. Time, 15 minutes 33 | seconds. INSPECTION OF LUMBER The Laws Governing It Are Declared Obsolete. fe Kimball Says the Bu: Would Be Too Greatly Injured by Their Further Observance. Judge Kimball rendered a very important decision this afternoon in the Police Court, completely overthrowing the law now in existence governing the inspection by Dis- trict authorities of lumber sold in the Dis-, trict. The decision was rendered in the case of Wimsatt & Johnson, wholesale lumber dealers, which was brought more for the sake of determining the law in the matter than for any other purpose. It resulted in the acquittal of Mr. Wimsatt, who appeared to represent the company. He was de- fended by Mr. Joseph Shillington, and Mr. h appeared on behalf of the District. The law which provides for the inspec~ tion of lumber was passed in 1868, at a time when there was not a single wholesale lumber dealer in town. There are five inspectors, four for Wash- ington and one for Georgetown, but since the law was passed the business has grown to such dimensions that this number js en- tirely inadequate to do the work that is called for and most of the large dealers have their own experts and measurers. In the case that was heard today Mr. Wimsatt admitted that lumber had been sold from his company’s wharf without having been measured by the District in- spector. In disposing of the case Judge Kimball made quite a lengthy decision, to the effect that the lumber business of the city had entirely outgrown the law and that {t was a physical impossibility for five inspectors to do the work for the whole District. To require a strict observance of the law would work a grievous and un- necessary hardship upon the lumber inter- ests of this city. He therefore ordered the acquittal of the defendant in this test case. . —_—_. RETURNED FROM THE NORTH. Peary’s Expedition Entered St. Joh: Harbor Tihs Afternoo: HALIFAX, N. S., September 15.—A dis- patch from St. Johns, N. F., says the Peary. expedition was entering the harbor there at 1:30 o'clock. —_—.__ ABANDONED PROSECUTION. Damages for the Great Johustown Flood Not to Be Sought. JOHNSTOWN, Pa., September 15.—After the great flood a furd of $1,500 was raised by business men here to pay for the pre- lintinaries toward ir stituting a suit for dam- ages against the South Fork Fishing Club, on account of the ficcd. A fee of $1,000 was pald to lawyers for an opinion, which was not favorable, and at a final meeting last night the idea of bringing suit was wholly abandoned, and the remainder, of the fund turned over to the hcspital. This will end all further though: of claims for damages, as a number of individvals who had thought of bringing suit will now give it up. ——— DUEL FATAL TO THREE. ‘Twe Texas Editors Meet and Draw on Sight. WACO, Tex., September 15.—At Gate- ville, the terminus of the cotton belt, 43 miles west of here, today a fatal street duel took place between J. T. Goodman, editor of the People’s Votce, and B. G. Armstrong, editor of the Star, both weekly papers. The duel grew out of a personal contro- versy in the papers over the Ed. Cash lynching a few months ago. The two men opened fire on each other just as they met in front of Goodman's office. The latter was shot through the heart, and Armstrong through the bowels, both dying at once. J. G. Keemen, & bystander, was fatally wounded in the neck by a stray shot. All leave families, and were Wel known tn this section of the state. © , eee JAILED ON SUSPICION. ., Four Men Involved in the Recent ‘Tennessee Lyne! MEMPHIS, Tenn., September 15.—Frank H. Berry of Rosemark, Frank ‘Tucker, Wm. G. Thompson and Jim Baker of Kerryville, were jailed this morning under indictments for alleged complicity in the ‘lynching of six negro prisoners near Millington, on the fist of August. The grand jury is still tnyestigating the lynching. es HONORING DIAZ’S BIRTHDAY. ‘Three Days’ Festivities Opened Throughout the Republic. MEXICO CITY, Mex., September 15.—The three days’ festivities in honor of the birth- day of President Diaz and the declaration of Mexican independence have opened throughout the repubilc. The military pa- rade and sham battle on the plains of Pe- ralvillo was one of the grandest military pageants witnessed for many years. At night the plaza of the government palace was filled with thousands of people, while the palace was thronged with the nation’s elite, attending the president's grand annual reception. —_—__—_- Congressman ‘Tom Johnson Renomi- nated. CLEVELAND, Ohlo, September 15.—Con- gressman Tom. L. Johnson was renominated for Congress by the twenty-first district (Cleveland) democratic convention today, _ Odd Fellows at Chattanooga. Special Dispatch ty The Evening Star. CHATTANOOGA, Tenn., September 15.— The appeal committee of the Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows, which is now in session at Lookout Inn, has fifteen appeals to dispose of. Delegates from various parts of the country are beginning to arrive, although the Grand Lodge does not meet until Sep- tember 1%, About 500 Odd Fellows have ar- rived; 8,000 or 10,000 are expected. A hand- some high arch {s being erected across Market street by the city in honor to the Grand Lodge. ———.__. A Philadelphian’s Suicide. PHILADELPHIA, September 15,—The body of Wallace G. Porter, aged thirty- five years, was found in a room at the St. Charles Hotel today. Porter had been dead about twelve hours, having committed suicide some time yesterday by shooting himself. Porter comes of a good family, his father having been a Nquor merchant on 3d street below Arch street. Porter's brother could give no cause for the suicide. Locomotive Firemen, HARRISBURG, Pa., September 15.—The convention of the Brotherhood of Locomo- tive Firemen today unanimously adopted resolutions sustaining the position of Vice | Grand Master Hanrahan in the American Railway Union strike of June and July in advising members of the brotherhood who went out on strike through sympathy not to work with non-union men. . ——_—>_ Strike at Fall River. FALL RIVER, Mass., September 15.—The Spinners’ and Weavers’ associations both held crowded meetings this morning, and as a result 58,000 textile operatives of this city are practically on a strike, —— ‘The Chess Masters’ Tournamen: LEIPSIC, September 15.—The following are the final scores in the international chess masters’ tournament: — Tarrasch, ; Lipke, 13; Techman, 12. Blackburne and Walbrodt divide the fourth and fifth prizes, each with a score of #1 1-2 games, and Marco and Janowsky divide the sixth and seventh prizes, with 10 1-2 games each, ———— Among the passengers on board the Um- bria, which sailed today from Liverpool for New York, were E. L. Godkin, editor of the Evening Post; Rev. John Hall, D.D., the Thomas Gaulledet, the Rev. J. H. Rylance, Oscar Straus, the Marchesa Pala- vicino and Bishop J. P. Newman. A KNOWN QUANTITY. It is the practice of The Star to print on Saturday a sworn statement of its circulation day by day for the Preceding week. It would seem self- evident that the advertiser is entitled to this protection. Below will be found the statement for the week just past. The average circulation exhibited is believed to be much more than the combined circulation of the other Washington dailies, and fully five times that of its‘afternoon contem- Porary. Circulation of The “Evening SATURDAY, Sept. 8, 1994,...44.-- MONDAY, Sept. 10, 1696... . 4. TUESDAY, Sept. 11, 1894.4.. .ia. WEDNESDAY, Sept. 12, 1896 3... THURSDAY, Sept. 13, 1898. FRIDAY, Sept. 14, 1994. T solemnly swear that the above statement rep- resents only the number éf ropies of Tux EvEn- ING Stan circulated during the,gix secular days end- ing Friday, September 14, 1$94—that ts, the num- berof coples actually sold, ‘Helivered, furnistied ormailed, for valuable consideration, to bons fide purchasers or subscribers, aad that none of the copies 80 counted were returned to or remainin office unsold. J. ¥. NEWBOLD, Supt. Circulation Evening Star Newspaper Co. Subscribed and sworn to before me this fifteenth day of September, A. D. 1394. CHAS. W. DARR, Notary Public, D. C. A COSMOPOLITAN COURT. Specimen Incident of the Day’s Doings Before Judge Kimball. All sorts and conditions of men and men of all nationalities make their appearance in the Police Court sooner or later, but this morning there was a case that was almost unique in this respect. It showed how many different kinds of people it- takes to make up an American city. The defendant, George Niedemansky, was a Pole, and the prosecuting witness, Chas. Tuk, was a Chinaman, the officer who made the arrest was a German, the defendant's witness, named Mursonberg, claimed to be a Scotchman. Mr. Pugh, the prosecuting attorney, speaks Welsh as only a native can, while Judge Kimball Is a true Yankee and Mr. N. C. Harper, clerk of the court, was the only native of the District involved in the fracas. The lawyer for the defend- ant was a colored man. District Attorney Mullowney, whose nationality is doubtful, Was an interested spectator at the trial. Charley Tuk has a laundry on 41-2 street southwest, while Niedemansky occuples a sulte of apartments upstairs, The Chinaman had the Pole arrested for breaking glass in the door of his laundry. Charley could not speak English, so he had an interpreter who gave the name of A. Wan. Mr. Niedemansky swore that he was asleep upstairs at the time the glass was broken and his witness, Munsonberg, testi- fied on the stand that he was passing by the laundry Sunday evening and saw the glass broken by a couple of young Irish- men. Judge Kimball decided that, although the laundryman’s story was Al, it wouldn't wash, ard he took the starch out of the Prosecution by dismissing the case. = —<—<s te ‘THOUGHT HIMSELF A GIRL. A Remarkable Cane of Mistaken Self- Identity in Brooklyn, A most remarkable case of uncertain sex has just been developed in Brooklyn, ac- cording to the New York Sun. A young person, whe has-been, known fer some time pastas Etta Graemes;-ha® proven to be a bey, and has been’ sent to ‘the Truants’ Home, tn Brooklyn. On Wednesday even- ing word was bi f “to the police head- quarters from a hougekegper In the vicinity that,a servant girl of;the,house was threat- ening to commit suicide. “A policeman went to the house and tock the gifl to the sta- tion. She was tall'and muscular-lookin; and extremely shy. Shesseemed about 8 teen years old. The yhousekeeper sald that the girl had come to her about a month be- fore, and had been hifed as a general helper. She had been sleefiing’*with the colored cook. She was a gqod worker, and never went out in the emening, but was very queer in her actions., ‘The case was turned gyer to the Society fer the Prevention #¢ Cruelty to Children, and Superintendent Wii from the girl a statement of her past life. She said she was born in a little town ‘n Germany near Berlin, Si¢-had one sister and no brothers. About four years. ago the family came to America and Mved in Wil- HNerasburgh, Brooklyn, Etta sang a girl's part in the choir of a Caihollz church, Last summer the father fell from a scaffold and was killed, and a week later the moth- er killed herself with poison. During the spring the two girls went up into the Cat- skills for the health of the sister on some morey they had saved, and about five weeks ago the sister kiled herself with poison, and Etta returned to Brooklyn. While vandering around the streets she met a girl companicn of her former days, who suggested that the two should dress up in men’s clothing and that they could then earn $20 or $30 a week. They bougat male attire from a pawnbroker and threw away their girls’ dresses. For a time they sold newspapers, but Etta. grew tired of this and, still dressed as a man, got a place at a big boarding house as a waiter. She was known as Henry, The cook, however, found out her deception by the way she held a flat ircn,and her fellow servants teas- ed her so about her strange attire that she left her place, and, resuming her dresses, got the place at the house where she was arrested. The girl was made comfortable at the So- clety House during the night, but In the morning she became hysterical when she was asked to sew, and the physician of the society, Dr. Walker, was summoned. After he had tried the ordinary remedies for hysteria he cleared the room and admin- istered a strong opiate. In about a quarter of an hour he appeared in the office of the society and announced to Mr. Wilkins that Etta was a_ strong, well-developed boy. The ycung individual was summoned ta the office, and was at first dumfounded with the information. Finally he—for that is probably the proper designation—said that his parents had brought him up as a girl, had given him only giri's clothes to wear, and he fully believed himself to be a girl. He was astonished to learn that he would have to put on other clothes. He thought dresses were the proper attire for his sex. The physicians are of the opinion that the boy is an imbecile,’and his mental condi- tion will be examined before further action is taken, A see ANDRIA. COUNTY, ops The school board of Jefferson district of the county has completed the election of teachers of the coynty for the incoming year as follows: Miss Margaret Buckley, for Hume School (white), No. 4; Miss M. F. Grigg, for Ruffner School (white), No. Miss Hattie J. Jackson, for Scott School (colored), No, 3; Mr. A, T. Shirley, for Jef- ferson Senool (colored), No. 1. ‘The lawn party given by the Methodist Church, near Arlington, last Wednesday evening, was quite a success, over $120 clear money beiag made for the church. The successful bilders “for macadamizing the public reads of the ‘county have com- menced their work, ani are progressing finely. The county treasitrer,/is now busy col- lecting taxes. i Shave to make his final report to the néxt theeting of the board of superviscrs, and“these persons who ne- giect to pay by that time wiil be returned delinquent, and theig lands advertised and sold under the laws of the state. ge en Secretary Hérbért’s Return. Secretary Herbert ha’ telegraphed the Navy Department Yrorh Norfolk that he i reach Washington 6p the Dolphin at 3 o'clock this afterncdh. *? oe A temporary receifer was today appointed af Trenton, N. J.‘ fot’ the International Stock Yard and Xbattiir Company, lim- ited. in managed to get THE REGISTER'S OFFIC Expiration of the Term of the Present In- cumbent, Col. Wright. Mr. Dorsey Clagett Said to Be Slated for the Place He Held Before Under Mr. Cleveland, On the 26th of August, 1890, President Harrison appointed Col. Levi P. Wright register of wills of ihe District. The luties of the office were assumed the first of the following month, and he still holds the posi- tien. The order appointing Col. Wright statad that the appointee was to hold the office during the pleasure of the President. Such an appointment Is generally regard*d to be one for four years, and as that time has more than expired it is said that a quiet but earnestly conducted contest for the place is taking place among the local de- mocracy. Just who all the would-be registers are is not definitely known, and Col. Wright stated to a Star reporter today that he had received not the slightest intimation re- specting his successor, or as to when he might be called upon to relinquish the office. The man whose name appears to be most seriously considered in connection with the office is Dorsey Clagett. Mr. Clagett was register of wills during President Cleve- land's first term. Despite the President's so-called declaration not to reappoint for- mer incumbents to the same office, it is quietly intimated that, as in the case of Marshal A. A, Wilson, an exception in Mr. Clagett’s case may be expected. It Is said that Mr. Clagett’s campaign has been as quietly, as it has been earnestly, conducted, and that while little active work has been done on behalf of other candidates, his friends have been earnestly at work for months. Mr. Clagett and Marshal Wilson are the greatest of friends, and it is said that the same influence which secured Mr. Wilson's reappointment is being exerted on behalf of Mr. Clagett. There are suid to be any number of the members of the dominant party who would be pleased to sign themselves register of wills. Just who they are—that is, who have formally applied for appointment, it is difficult to ascertain, because of the very quiet manner in which the contest for the place is being conducted. > THE GOLDEN CROSS. Installation of Mra. Maddux Warder of the Inner Gate. At the meeting of Meridian Commandery, United Order of the Golden Cross, last evening, Noble Commander Newman W. Wilkerson presided. Deputy Grand Com- mander Oscar T. Towner installed Mrs. Sarah E. Maddux as warder of the inner gate. Brief speeches were made by Noble Commander Wilkerson, Samuel E. Maddox, sr., Oscar T. Towner, Edwin F. Huggins, D. W. Heck, Mrs. Mary A. Keck, Miss Lauretta Henricks and others, on the sub- ject of securing a larger attendance at the meetings of the commandery, and Samuel E. Maddox, sr., and Mrs. Mary A. Keck were appointed a committee for that pur- pose, to serve during the present term. Under the good of the order Knight Maddox read an original poem, entitled “Golden,” setting forth the fraternal features of the order. oo LAUREL, The corner stone of the new Masonic Hall in Laurel was laid Thursday even- ing with imposing ceremonies. In the ab- sence of the grand officers, Past Master D. M. Fisher of Laurel Lodge officiated. The lodge turned out in force and marched from the oid hall to the new one, where everything was in readiness for the cere- montes, The usual articles were placed in the tin box, the stone was raised into posi- tion, tested, squared and set, after which Rev. James Nicols of the Presbyterian Church, a member of the order, offered prayer. Dr. H. R. Naylor, formerly of Washington, was introduced, and delivered an instruedive and eloquent address upon the duties of true Masons. The benediction was pronounced by the Rev. Mr. Fizer of the Baptist Church, and the large audience dispersed. The new hall will be 3) by 60 feet, two Stories high, of brick, with neat stone trimmings, and will be completed by the Ist of November. The public schools of this place have opened with a large attendance of pupils. Miss Eliza €ro:umiller.is principal of school number one, with Misses Bessie Catrup, Annie Wilson and Lee Keller, assistants. School number two has as principal Miss Lucy Hamilton and number three is in charge of Miss Alice Gray as principal, with Misses Ida Everett, Virginia Town- send and Helen D. Ryon, assistants. Grad- vates from school number one are ad- mitted directly to the State Normal School in Baltimore, while the other schools are equally as high in standing. Messrs. Breen and Feeley, contractors, of Alexandria, Va., to whom the contract for grading and macadamizing Washington avenue was awarded, have gene to work, and a large force is now employed upon that work. The work is to be done in a fi class manner, and so well pleased ai our people with the outlook for good streets that surveys are now being made of two other streets, and bids will soon be invited for this additional work. The plans and specifications In use are modeled after the work on Florida avenue, Washington. Mr. B. F. Crabbs has just completed the finest store in Laurel, and it is already rented to a clothing merchant from Balti- more, who takes possession on Monday next. Mr. J. W. Jackson ‘has finished two fine stores on Main street, both of which are now occupied, and has begun the erection of a dwelling for himself on the lot adjoining. Hope Lodge of Good Templars was visited by a large number of the members of Prog- ress Lodge of Montgomery county this week, and a very interesting and enjoyable’ time was had. Music, speeches and refresh- ments added to the zest of the occasion, and the meeting adjourned at a late hour, much benetited by the occasion. Owing to the continued warm weather many of our summer guestes are yet with us, and strangers ure almost as numerous as they have been all summer. The spirit of improvement has reachod the Baltimore and Onlo Railroad Company, and they are laying a new pavement leading te the station, having cut down the old trees that interfered with the travel there, and will soon begin the erection of the new fhon fence which is to separate the two tracks. ‘The following residents of Laurel district have been drawn to serve on the jury at the October term of court, to be held at Upper Marlboro’, beginning October 1: Theodore Morrison, James Tighe, William A. Miles and W. H. Diven, At the meeting of the city council this week the treasurer, G. W. Waters, jr., sub- mitted his monthly report, showing the re- ceipts to have been, with the balance on hand, $1, 80; expended, $245.21, leaving a balance on hand of $882.49 Gold Reserve Increasing. The net cash in the treasury is $127,162,- 441, of which $65,148,524 represents the gold balance. The gold reserve has been stead ily climbing upward for the past month. On August 8 it reached its lowest point in the record of the department, $52,139,500. Since that date it has increased about $5,000,000, and the increase has largely al- layed the fears of treasury officials. During the past week it has increased over $1,100,- ‘oo, This increase is accounted for by tl surrender of gold voluntarily by banks, and its exchange for small notes. During the past week $216,000 have been so exchanged. The balance of the increase is due to th purchase of bullion at Helena, Denver and Charlotte, N. C. The large increase in the output of gold in Colorado and Montana piles up the gold reserve, as it finds its way directly to the assay office of the govern- ment, —e- Shell Tests. ' The recent shell tests at Indian He by the ordnance bureau of the navy hav: been completed. Four ten-inch shells cast steel, made by the Johnson Compan, of Spuyten Duyvil, and two of forged stee! made by the Midvale Company, were tire at elghteen-inch Harveyized plate. Com modore Sampson of the ordnance bure.:) says that the shells proved highly sati factory, and, although not expected break the armor, stood up to the test w i —————— Judge Seully of Chicago Dead. Judge Daniel Scully died yesterday at | home, on Warren avenue, Chicago, of pne : monia. THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1894—EIGHTEEN PAGES. E/FINANCE AND TRADE (srk: ow Chicago Gas Again the Feature in Wall Street. NORTHERN PACIFIC AMONG RAILWAYS The Grangers Were Dull and Barely Steady. GENERAL MARKET REPORTS Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. NEW YORK, September 15.—Prices were generally steady at the opening of today’s stock market, and made few important changes during the day. London cables re- flected slightly reduced quotations abroad, but brought no business to relieve the local dullness, Chicago Gas was again the feature of speculation, and ¢asily distanced all other Stocks In point of activity and the per- centage of §yctuation. The rate war is well under way, and advices from the west are uniformly bearish on this stock. A well-circulated rumor that a rival company had reduced the price of gas to 80 cents a thousand feet was officially denied later in the day. Stop orders and the abundance of bear rumors combimed in opening the stock off a full point from last night's closing figures. ‘A further reduction of 3-8 per cent re- corded the lowest point of the day, the decline being checked by the covering of hort contracts. The latter movement re- sulted in a gain of 13-8 per cent from initial figures. Considerable long stock has un- doubtedly been marketed on the decline, but the hammering of the professional ele- ment was prominently identified with cach concession. The reddction of the short in- terest is expected to attract a renewal of bear tactics next week. The source from which the next dividend on this stock will come is the subject of some doubt, but It is likely to be paid promptly and’ at the usual rate. Distillers was marked up 3-4 per cent on covering. The room element regard the present price too low to warrant a further extension of the already large short inter- est. Lead common reacted nearly 1 per cent on narrow room trading. Northern Pacific preferred sold down 1 1-4 per cent, and, as yesterady, was the most conspicuous feature of the railway list. The Grangers were dull and barely steady around opening figures. Speculation at the end of the week re- flects no meritorious improvement. If the equilibrium has been destroyed at all it has been in the direction of more pro- nounced narrcwness. Trade conditions are steadily improving, but with its usual haste Wall street has perhaps already more than discounted such improvement. Stocks are too well held to encourage short sales, and without the assistance of the public the bulls lack the aggressiveness necessary to restore values. Disinterested dullness is therefore destined to be the most striking feature of the immediate future. The market for foreign exchange during the week has been fairly steady, as the result of a limited offering of ali classes of bills and a good demand from remitters. Arbitrage houses have lacked the business necessary to make them a factor in the exchange market, the buying of local tn- vestment securities for foreign account hav- ing been below expectations. The overstocked condition of the money market operates against reduced exchange rates by discouraging the drawing of bills against a probable decline in rates. Should the Letter demand for money continue, ft is sega that lower rates will shortly fol- low. The bank statement shows a loss of $1,- 267,000 in lawful money, all in legal ten- ders, The deporits have increased by rea- son of an extension in loans, which is the most encouraging feature of the statement. as it shows a demand for money in com- mercial circles. A decrease of nearly two millions in reserve reduces the surplus to ra 00. The report in detail follows: decreased, $1,280 ; loans, tn- creased, $3,385,700; specie, Increased, $579, 400; legals, decreased, $1,846,400; deposits, in- creased, $2,854,300, and circulation, increas- ed, $203,160. —————— FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. The following are the opening, the high- est and the lowest and the closing price of the New York stock market today, as 1: ported by Corson & Macartney, membe New York stock exchange. Correspondents Messrs. Moore & Schley, No, 80 Broadway: Stocks, Open. High. Low. Close. American Sugar. 1054 105% 210535 1053 American Sugar, pf By ig ME BSE American Tobacco. 106 108108 hy American Cotton Oli "4 ay B. and Q Chic, and Northwestern. Chicago Gas... C., M. and St. Pani. - ©, M. and St. Paui, pid ©, ROT. and Pacific...” Delaware and Hodson Denver and Rio Grande, Dis. and Cattle Feeding General Electric, Nitnois Central. . Lake Shore. Eri fe... . Loulsville and Nashville. Long Island Traction... Metropolitan Traction Car Co, mud ‘Terminal Phila. Traction. Wheeling & L. E., ptd. Western Union Tey lasers Centr Silver, Exchange. jock _m.--Metropolit, Gs, $1,000 at 100; $1,000 at Government Bowds.+U. S. 4s, registered, 1 iY a ke (4 coupoa, 11s Dik Tid sane hia Ronds. 20-year fund Ss, 108 -F Bold, Sug ® 3 degetown conv. Os, 2u 1) bid, 135 ed. Metropolit: road Some? otsket, Metropolitan itailroad Som we bid, Raliroad 5. 5 ed. “Eekington Mallrond Gs. tun bid” watt rupany Os, series A, 114 bid. Washing Ss, series B. 116 bid. Wisk wnerican Security and Trust & Washington Starket Company Ast ‘a. 108 hid.” Washington Market Conthany Imp te” hie il. Washington Market Company ext. @e, 10% bid fasonic Hall Assoclathon Ss, 10) bid. Washington Light Infantry Ist Ge, 101 bid. Washington Light Infantry 24 7s, 101 bid. National Bank Stocks. vid. '3 Ror Bank of W: 330m Kank of the Repui Second, 138 . 150 asked. Citizens’, “IR1ty bid, 140 asked. Columbia, 137 bid, 150 asked. Capital 314 bid. | West End. 108 bid. ‘Traders’, 100 Md. in, 97 bid. Ohio, SB asked. omypanies | National Safe 2s asked. Washing , 125 asked. Amerl- i td, 184 asked. ake. and Georgetown, |. Metropolitan, 83 bid, $5 asked” asked. Belt, 25 30 asked. Eck- lugton, 30 bid, 30 asked. "Georgetown and ‘Tennal- Ivtown, 35 asked. * afd Electric Light Stocks. Washington Gas, . “Georgetown Gas, 50 bid. Tireinen's, ti asked. Prank remen’s, : xked, Metropolitan, 70 bid. Ai asked. n-American, 1 ‘asked. Columbia, 13% » 7% did, 6 asked. People's, bid, 5% msked. Lincoln, TH bid, Swed. Come Steeda, 6 anmede vt ‘Tithe “insu: Stocks.—Real Estate Title, 11 bid. ‘Columbia ‘Tithe, Ti id. District ‘Tithe, 0 bid, 13 asked. ‘Telephone Stocks. Pennsylvania, 24 bid. Chesa- omae, Tt Wid, ‘ Big Mid. Paeum: Stocks. Washington Ma Lt wat Balls Tee, 130 td, 150 waked. i Ron Panorama, 20 asked. Norful asl Ington Steamboat, 95 bid. Washington Lincoln Hall, So itd, 100 ask Building, 100 aaked. BALTIMORE, September 15. Flour dull, unchang- wd 18, BOG tare Teovlpts, 16,408 tuerela: sh els, . Ww see, 38 BS; Dee M 2 red, 1,273,080 bushels: heat by samp bid; September, Siny 220 bushels: shipments, @0 bushels 2 seuthern whit low corn, oom! No. 2 white west- ern, 35: y; No. 2 mixed western, Sia33t,—re- colpts, $264 bushels; stork, 201314 bushels, Ree strong No. ~~ bushels, ———_ a Provision Markets gage sey eens itty ae basse ————— DISTRICT GOVERNMENT. Condition of the Water Fand. A short tire ago the Commissioners a@ dressed a letter to Treasurer Morgan, re- questing him to furnish them with a state ment of the balance to the credit of the water fund of the District on June 30, 1804 The District appropriation act approved July 14, 1894, provides that not exceeding $40,009) of the surplus general revenues re maining on the lst day of July, 14, shall be transferred to Upped sonnet ne | plied in payment of the princ! e incurred for increasing the water supply os provided in the act of July 12. The first controller, in his report to Treas. vrer Morgan, stated thai while the exact amount of the surplus revenue has not been ascertained, the records of this department will show that there were $00,400 and more surplus general revenue on hand July 1, 184. These papers were forwarded to Au- ditor Petty, at the District building, who submitted the following report to the Com- missioners yesterday “after July 15, 1882, provided that the debt incurred for increasing the water supply, ctherwise known as the tunnel debt, should be paid out of the revenues of the watg department in annual installments extending over a period of twenty-tive years, Up to and including June 80, 1593, eight of these installments had been paid without burdening the taxpayers, or ma- terially weakening the water fund. Under these circumstances there should seem to be no good reason for charging this indebted- ness against the fund derived from general taxes, but Inasmuch as Congress has de- termined otherwise, and there was on July 1, 18M, @ sufficient surplus over and above the amount required to meet the obligation of the fiscal year TSM, 4 Rave the -henor to recommend that the Secretary of the Treasury be request@2‘ts Yalse att mm the tion of $300,000 from. the. _ District of Columbia, ‘nate A: ty TE ims in accordance withshe, terms.of theecis of July 15, 1892, and August 7, 184." tes bee THE .COURTS 2.06.) Equity Court No.1—Judge Cox. La Fetra agt. Danenhower; order, returnable 1th ogee ns May agt. May; time to file tra! record enlarged. Riquard agt. Baldus; sale by trustees allowed. Matthews agt. Mat- thews; divorce granted. Haines agt. Todd; securtty for costs Ordered. Barbour agt. Price; pro confesso- against certain de- ferdants. In re estate of James Ryan; Wm, H. Shipley appointed committee. In re Harry C. Greer, alleged Junatic; Martha D. Greer appointed committee. Cutter agt. Metzerott; pro confesso against certain de- fendants, Mver agt. tht Geo. W. Scott Co.; report of essignee referred to auditor. Clabaugh agt. Barrington; leave to amend bill granted, and E. BR Hay appointed trustee to release trust. Dodge agt. Dodge; appearance of alsertt’ defendant ordered. Fegan agt. Gannon; Ch. Heurich Brewing Co. made party complginant. Circuit Court ‘No. 1, Jn@ge Cox E. Gormen agt. Richmond and Danville Railroad Company; bill of exception signed. Manning, Maxwell & Mvore agt. Somerville & Sons; deposit for costs returned. C. M. Armstrong agt. G. Fritsch; motion Sor pote ment overruled. C. G. Ringwalt agt. Kengla; judgmeat by default. J. Van Ness Phillips, H. Feige, H. A. Linger, E. 8, ¥, Pattee and H. Browning agt. District of Columbia; judgments in certiorarl. J. F. Manning agt H. J. Elliott; demurrer to pleas sustained, with leave to amend sec- ond and fourth pleas. J. tkins agt. A. G. Mounet et al.; order ag motion to amend. Criminal Court No. 1, Judge Cole. United States egt. Thos. J. Edmonston, larceny; plea of not guilty. United States agt. John Brown, larceny from person; for- feiture of recognizance set aside upon pay- ment of $15.25 cost and plea of not guilty, Probate Court, Judge Cox. Estate of Charies Ebel; final account of administratrix passed and approved. Es- tate of Joseph F. Cottrell; will probated. Estate of James E. Moses; will fled. a TREASURER GRUBD'S SHORTAGE. allow Accused of Misappropriating Funds of the Ladies of the G. A. R. By officlal announcement yesterday at Pittsburg Mrs. Anna E. Grubb of Camden, N. J., past national treasurer of the Ladies of the G. A. R., was charged with misap- propriating the funds of that organization, This statement in the meeting created a sensation unequaled in the history of the order. ‘The proceedings of the convention were secret, but one of the delegates who ts In high standing makes the statement that Mrs. Grubb has defaulted to the amount of $0) and suit has been brought against her bondsmen to recover. At Indianapolis, in 1893, when a new treasurer was elected, Mrs. Grubb failed to turn over some of the books and investi- gation then discovered the discrepancy. When Mrs. Carrie V.-Schroff, who was president In 18v2, learned of this fact she, together with Attorney John M. Vander- © of Philadelphia, conferred with Mrs. ubb in Camden.and suit was filed through Noorhees Brothers, attorneys, of Camden, This was six months ago, and the case will come to trial next month. In the warm discussion which followed this an: incement Mis. Margaret A. Stev- ens of Camden, a member of the council of administration, and Mrs. Laura McNier, who was the first national president, made urgent appeals in behalf of Mrs. Grubb. The majority voted in favor of prose- cution, and the end is hot yet. The excuse made for Mrs. Grubb by ber friends is that when she used the money it was only to help her husband out of financial straite, and she could not return it when called upon. $$. Granted a Divorce. Judge Cox this afternoon granted a decree of divorce on statutory grounds tn the case of Mary B. Mathews against Milton HL Mathews. The original petition was filed March 5, 1804, an amended bill being fled on the 3ist of May last. The parties were married in Birmingham, Ala., November Po - Mrs, Mathews’ maiden name being ‘yree. —_——__ Hear Admiral McCauley Dead. Rear Admiral E. ¥. McCauley died yeb terday afternoon at Newport, R. L, after an filness of several months. The inter- ment will be in hia. ——+e7—_____ Range of the The following were the readings thermometer at the weather bureau Tongs 8 a.m., 69; 2 p.m., 88; maximum, 87; mini- mum, 67.