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8 see vat ap bl ef of nk oe if 424 Fee ae H i i F i re '. 8 fy i i 3 KEOKUK, Iowa, September 18—Five farmers living three miles north of Arbella, Mo., are the men who held up the Santa Fe at Corin, Mo., fifty miles west of here, last night. Two of the men were captured @t Memphis, Mo., this morning, one being shot six times with a Winchester. He can- not live. The names of the captured men are: Chas. Abrams and Lincoln Overfield, the former being the one badly wounded. Pante of the Passengers. 5 KANSAS CITY, September 18.—When the Waylaid train reached this city, the Kansas City passengers were not loath to leave it after their night of suspense. Several of them, as they expressed themselves to an Associated Press reporter, passed the worst night of their lives, and for a time thought it would be their last. All the detectives Who engaged In the fight stoppes off at the scene of the robbery to chase the rob- bers, and the train hards continued east, but little could be Jearned from them. F. H. Wilson, Pullman car conductor, had time to talk a few minutes, however, before proceeding west. “Such a scramble for safe places,” he said, “I never witnessed before. The wo- men were frartic in their endeavors to get paler Bap way and poo men no less eager, as much ht as they possibly could display. Some lay flat on the floor, others buried themselves in their bert or clambered underneath, while the others Fan frantically up and down the aisle ay — bewildered. One man, proba! 'y years of age, when the shooting began to be fierce, knelt down in the aisle and prayed long and loud for deliverance.” ——-> —_ QUEEN AGAINST HER WILL. The Strange Story That is Brought From the South Seas. SAN FRANCISCO, September 15.—The bark Helen N. Almy, just returned from a trading voyage among the islands of the South Pacific, brings the story of a tropical princess, half English and half native, who Tules over the Manua groups against her wishes, though her subjects worship her ™uch after the fashion that the Coreans worship thelr kind, or as the Peruvians humbled themselves before the virgins of the sun. History repeats itself tn the biography of Margaret Young, the English name of the prisoner princess, for the story of Francis Young, a sailor who landed at the island of Tau nearly 100 years ago, ts recalled. This man married a Tau native woman, who was queen of the group. His son by her wedded a half-breed maiden. Margaret is the daughter of that son. Through the death of all the heirs appar- ent to the throne of the Manus, Miss Young found herself called upon to assume the power of mistress of the islands. This news was conveyed to her at Apia some months ago by a delegation of chiefs from Manua, and she was forced by the laws of heredity obtaining in the southern archi- such a journey subjects are ordered, under pain of death, to keep hidden in their re- spective domiciles.” The captive queen explained to Luttrel that she desired to be freed, but had never @ared to say so to those who held her pris- oner. She explained that her subjects were ermal and meant to cause her no un- ess, but they religiously followed the customs of their ancestors in acting as they Go toward her. ——— CAPT. BRIDGMAN’S FUNERAL. Services Will Be Held at Tacoma, Wash., This Afternoon. ‘TACOMA, Wash., September 18.—With fitting honors the funeral services of the late Capt. William R. Bridgman, United States navy, will take place from St. Luke's Episcopal Church at 2 o'clock this afternoon. No arrangements have yet been made for the final disposition of the re- mains, and for the present they will ‘re- pose in a vault. The body is arrayed in full-dress uniform and the casket fittingly Graped in patriotic coiors. Rev. Preston Barr, rector of St. Luke's parish, will con- duct the funeral according to Ey rite. The pallbearers are six officers of the monitor Monterey and coast survey steam- er Hassler, now ‘n the harbor. Two di- visions of marines from the Monterey are to act as an escort. ——— FAVO EMIGRATION. Bishop Tarner Says a Negro is a Man im Liberia. KANSAS CITY, Mo., Septerrber 18.—The Rev. H. M. Turner of Atlanta, Ga., bishop of the African M. E. Church for Africa, the West Indias and Canada, and one of the best known negro ministers in the United States, is in Kansas City. He lec- tured at the African M. E, Church on the emigration to Africa of American negroes. He told his people that In America a negro may be a citizen of a state, but he is not a citizen. As long as he stays with the white man and bears oppression, he must be at the best amenable, but if the negro pos- sesses the ability which he believes he does he should found a nation of his own and his own institutions, Liberia is a small country and by no Means a strong one, he sald, but it has a government of its own that is recognized, and a Liberian negro has rights which are Fespected in this country, where the rights of an Arver'cam horn negro are trampled upon. LATE NEWS BY WIRE Governor Flower Canses a Political Sensation, NOT A CANDIDATE FOR RENOMINATION Result of an Interview With the New York Senators. THEY DECLINE TO TALK ALBANY, N. Y., September 18.—Gov. Flower today declined to be a candidate for renomination for governor. He made this determination known at noon to the Associated Press correspondent, after a Jong interview with Senators Hill and Mur- phy. Both came to the executive chamber shortly before 10 o'clock. At the conclusion of the interview Gov. Flower said: “I am convinced that my nomination, if it should be accorded to me by the convention, would not be so likely to command the full vote of the party as would be the nomination of some other democrat, and I am too desirous of party success to be a candidate under these cir- cumstances.”” At the conclusion of the conference this morning Senator Murphy declined to be in- terviewed. He said, however, that the dec- Mmation of the governor to be a candidate had been wholly voluntary, and that no in- fluences had been brought to bear on him. When Senator Hil was approached he was silent, and with one of his character- istic smiles sald he did not know any- s- When Senator Hill left the “executive chamber he went direct to the residence of John B. Thatcher. This is sald to have a great deal of significance, as “Mr. Thatcher — mentioned as a candidate for gov- ——.___ WILL SUE THE GOVERNMENT. A Sealer Seized for Having an Ap- Parently Useless Gun, VICTORIA, B..C., September 18—Capt. McLaughlin McLean, and the owner of the seal schooner Favorite, will proceed against the United States in the conrts for dam- ages arising from illegal seizure of the- ves- sel by Commander Clark of the warship Mohican, and the lawyers here say it is @ strong case. ‘When the sealer arrived the skipper im- mediately went to the custom house with @ curfous-looking weapon in his hand. It had once been a number ten shotgun, but the barrel had been sawed off fifteen inches from the trigger, a revolver stock substi- tuted for the old stock and it was gener- ally old and battered looking. “That,” said the sealer, ‘holding it up, “was what we were seized for. It is the firearms they said I had carried to sea. I took it as a rocket gun and it was so en- tered on the papers when I cleared. The officers of the Mohican board gust 24, Una- Jaska, and when asked about firearms I showed them this in a joke. To my sur- prise they seized me. I told Commander Clark I would give $1,000 for every seal I could kill with it, but it made no differ- ence. He said the gun came under the Provisions of the presidential proclamation and sent me to Unalaska to report to the British gunboat Pleasant. There I was Passed on to the collector of customs here.” The schooner was in the middle of the sea when seized, working with spears only, and her expulsion from the seas is looked on here as an injustice. ———— GERMAN CATHOLICS. Reports to the Central Verein From the Branches. NEW YORK, September 18—The third day’s session of the thirty-nirth annual convention of the German Catholic Central Verein opened today in the school hall of the Church cf the Most High Redeemer, No. 222 East 4th street. Before meeting the delegates attended mass in the church, the celebrant being Rev. Father Zinnan, Rev. J. Weber was deacon, and Father Jund, subdeacon. ‘The committees on finance, constitution, resolutions and complaints went into ex- ecutive session. The president read com- munications from the different braach vereins. Rev. William Pewes, rector of the Church of the Most High Redeemer, ad- dressed the convention Praised the it olics closer together in the Catholic Church. Rey. Father Martin of Hartford, Conn., and Rev. Father James Saulti of Easton, Pa., also delivered —— WILL HAVE TO PAY HIGH DUTIES. Importers of Copra and Cocoanuts Un- pleasantly Surprised. SAN FRANCISCO, September 18.—Several vessels have arrived, or are due from Tahit!, with cargoes of copra and cocoa- nuts, contracted for before the new duty went into effect. One of them will have to pay $7,200 duty on in-bound nuts. Nearly six months ago the new oll works at Berkeley, scenting profit afar, sent a special agent to Samoa, Tahiti and other places with instructions to buy up or con- tract for 100,000 tons of cocoanuts, to be shipped to San Francisco per vessels to be ramed thereafter by the purchasers. This concern is now in a position to be obliged to pay the United States something like $70,000 in duty it did not figure on. The Wilson bill provided for a duty of 30 per cent ad valorem on copra and 60 per cent on cocoanuts, a clause which the importers did not anticipate. “Cocoanut oll,” explained a dealer, “is now nearly all made in Germany, and the new tariff measure admits this oll free of duty, while an enormously increased tax is put on the raw material. “About 1,000,000 pounds of copra finds its way to America every three months from just one certain group of islands alone, and this raw material is made into oil and ship- ped into this country free. Nobody sus- pected fur one moment that Wilson and his cohorts would bother about changing the old tariff law, because under it the oil was taxed and the raw material entered by payment of a small duty. “Protection against the manufactured ar- ticles is what we wanted. Without it our island trade is bound to die out. I be- Heve that a certain firm in San Francisco stands to lose $20,000 on copra contracted for before the rise in the tariff. These Ne will probably turn around and ship to Europe, thus depriving this country of the trade.” —— Weddin: it Fort Monroe. FORT MONROE, Va., September 18.—The marriage of Miss Lee Duvall, daugh- ter of Lieut. William P. Duvall, fifth ar- tillery, and Mr, Louls E. Marye of Phila- delphia, was celebrated in St. Mary's Chapel at noon today, Rev. Father Donohue of- ficiating. The bride was attended by four brid maids, Miss Grubb, daughter of Gen. E. Burd Grubb of Philadelphia; Miss Davis, daughter of Capt. Davis, first artillery; Miss Rundlett of Washington and Miss Davidson of Richmond. After a wedding breakfast the party leave for Washington and en extended tour north, ——_->_—_ The Odd Fellows at Chattanooga. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star, CHATTANOOGA, Tenn., September 15.— The Sovereign Grand Lodge of Odd Fel- lows has been in secret session all the morning and will give nothing out for pub- Heation until afternoon. The feature of the day will be the great parade this after- noon. The attendance has fallen greatly below the expectations of those who have had the arrangements for their entertain- ment in hand. Only about 500 visitors have so far registered and it is believéd now that not more than 2,000 will be here. The fall- ure of the railroads to give ® satisfactory rate ts said by those here to be the cause of the light attendanca, THE He Will Not Be Denounced by the Ohio |- Demoorata. State Convention to Be Held Tomor- row at Columbus—No “Slate” Has Been Fixed. Special Correspondence of The Evening Star. COLUMBUS, Ohio, September 17, 1894. While it ts generally thought here that the talk about Sevator Brice resigning, in case he should be severely censured by the democratic state convention cn Wednesday, was a mere “bluff” made by the Senator's managers here, possibly without even con- sulting him, with a view to alarming some of the democrats who were in favor of disciplining him, from that course it has worked well and served its purpose. Though ihe Brice men may not be able to bridle the torgues of all the delegates in the convention who will come ready to de- rounce him, they will have such control over the convention, it is safe to say, that no such resolutions as have been proposed will be adopted. ‘The democrats of Lorain, ‘Stark, Colum- biana, Henry, Lawreence, Holmes and Georgia counties have adopted resolu- tions in their conventions denuonc- ing Senator Brice for his course on the tariff question, it is true, but the other eighty-one county democratic conventions have either said nothing or indorsed the Senator more or less warmly. The counties in which Senator Brice was denounced by his party held their conventions soon after the tariff bill passed, and while the excite- ment still was high. The feeling is less intense now, and it is impossible not to perceive a more conciliating spirit among the democrats of this state. The local candidates, and particularly the democratic candidates for Congress in the districts in which there is hope of demo- cratic success, are all using thelr influence in behalf of peace at the convention. Should the convention develop into a big row it would, of course, greatly lessen their chances for success. These influences, with the peculiar persuasion of-Senator Brice and his friends, and the cooling down of the feeling against the Senator that was en- gendered during the debate on the tariff bill In Congress, are working together in behalf of harmony at the state convention which opens here thts evening: There will be insuppressibles in the convention, and they will, no doubt, add the necessary spice to the occasion by throwing into the con- vention the resolutions that are thrown out in the committee on resolutions, and much will depend upon the rules that the conven- tion adopts governing this matter and Chairman Frank Hurd'’s ability to enforce them. No “Slate” Fixed. The Brice-tariff matter is the all-absorb- ing feature of the convention. No one seems to know or care who are to be the candidates placed on the ticket. It is safe to say that there Is no “slate.” The fol- lowing names have be2n mentioned, how- ever, in connection with the offices for whi nvminations are to be made: For secretary of state, Marion F. McIntire of Hamilton county and Senator W. C. Gear of Wyandot. li Is reported that Gear has withdrawn from the race. This is prob- ably true, though he has not publicly an- nounced it, For supreme judge but one person has been mentioned so far. This is ex-Speaker A. D. Marsh of Mercer county. Friends of Mr. Marsh here say, however, that his name is used without authority, and that he will not be a candidate for the nomina- tion, For member of the state board of public works there are three candidates, all seek- ing the nomination more or less actively. They are C. A. Spenny of Frankiin county, T. S. Lisander of Brown county and John W. Washburne of Pike county. Wash- burne has been a member of the general assembly and Lisander has just retired fron: the office of treasurer of Brown county, For the fourth and last place on the tick- et four names have been mentioned, At least two of these persons are actively seeking the nomination. They are C.K. Githens of Belmont county, Dr. J. A. Leech of Franklin county, J. A. Knott, superin- tendent of the schools at Mansfield, and John Laycock, a teacher in the schools of Cincinnati. Friends of Mr. Knott say that while he aspires to the office, he does not wish to make the race this year, and there is uncertainty about the candidacy of Mr. Laycock. Mr. Githens is now superintendent of the schools of Belpreo, and Dr. Leech, while now a practicing physician here, was for- merly the superintendent of the schools of Cadiz, Ohio. Senator Brice Silent. PITTSBURG, September 18.—Senator Cal- vin S. Brice passed through the city this morning on his way to Columbus, Ohio, to attend the democratic state convention. He refused to talk. —_—.—_ SPINNERS 1N SESSION. Delegates Present From the Eastern BOSTON, Mass., September 18.—One cf the most important, if not the most im- Portent, conventions in the textile industry for many years was opened in Puritan Hall when the semi-annual meeting of the Na- tional Spinners’ Unien was called to order. Delegates are present from Fall River, New Bedford, Lowell, Lawrerce, Holyoke, Taunton, Waltham, Dlackstone, Pawtucket, Wocnsocket, Riverpond, Pawtucket Valley, Westerly, Manchester, N. H.; Dover, N. H.; Salmon Falis, N. H.; Lewiston, Biddeford, Augusta, Brunswick and Waterville, Me.; Taftville, Conn.; Cohoes, N. Y.; Paterson and Kearney, N. J. The principal topic of discussion among the delegates is the strike in New Bedford and Fall River. Every delegate seems san- guine as to the ultimate success of the strike, and if pledges of assistance from other cities count for anything the New Bedford and Fall River operatives will be manfully upheld by their fellow workmen. —— UNITED TYPOTHETAE. Beginning the Et, vention at Ph: PHILADELPHIA, Pa., September 18.— The eighth annual convention of the United Typothetae of America began this morning at the Hotel Metropole. When the conven- tion was called to order by President John R. McFetridge of this city there were about 150 delegates present from all sections of the country. The report of John T. Little of New York, chairman of the executive com- mittee, was presented. [t touches but slight- ly on labor matters. Those questions will be dealt with in the reports of the organjza- tion’s standing committees. ———>_— A PHILADELPHIAN'S SUICIDE. After Discussing a Recent Murder Went Upstairs and Shot Himself. PHILADELPHIA, Pa., September 18.— George Reilly, aged sixty-four, a well- known citizen of the twentieth ward, com- mitted suicide this morning by shooting. He had been superintendent of the Dock Street Market and Warehouse for the past twenty-four years. While seated at the breakfast table with his wife this morning he discussed the action of Samuel Kilpat- rick in murdering his wife on Saturday night. Reilly then went upstairs and a few moments later shot himself, —>_— Wreek of a Lake Yacht. RAT PORTAGE, Ont., September 18.— ‘The sailing yacht Gull has been wrecked on @ reef where the Lake of the Woods empties into the Winnipeg river. John Mc- Donald, a stone cutter of Perth, Ont., and Sanfcrd Shippey of Detroit, Mich. were drowned. The wind was blowing a gale and the yacht was soon a total wreck. The crew was taken off the reef at 7 this morn- "Fire at Bergen Point, N, A BERGEN POINT, N. J., September 18.— Fire was discovered: this morning at Em- ery’s Hotel on West 8th street, this city. ‘The fire communicated to the telephone ex- . change and Mitchell's dental parlors. ‘The loss 1s about $25,000, mostly covered by in- surance. B. Kurtz John- at_8 o'clock re“was a large at- tendance at the brief-marvices, conducted by Rev. Father Kefyick. Church, which was family and the ma ceased and his int! deputations from thetvaplous organizations to which he belonged~ ‘ftie body reposed in a heavy casket, d black cloth. A silver plate upon it “inscribed with the tame cf the deceasad, together with the dates of his birth and his death, Many floral remembrances -had ben sent to the house by relatives and friends, who were unaware of the wishes of the immediate family regarding such tributes, notable among which were two superb wreaths of ims, roses, orchids and Iilies of the val- ley, which rested dn elevated stands. These were sent by Mr. and Mrs. Wimsatt. Mrs. Harrison Johnson sent.a large flat bouquet of La France roses; Mrs. Kervick Johnson, a similar bunch of white ,roses; Mrs. El- ridge Johnson of Baltimore, an English spray of roses; Mrs. Ri Johnson, a bouquet of kaiserin roses and lilies of the valley. A large pillow of exquisite roses, carnations and variegated lilies was sent by Col. and Mrs. E. W."Aytes, and Mr. and Mrs. ©. G. Staptes' tribute was a ‘bunch of roses and lilles of the, valley. -Ex-Gov. Jackson of Maryland sent a bunch of white roses. Services at the Church. At the conclusion of the services at the house the coffin was removed to St. Mat- thew's Church, where, at 3:30 p.m., further exercises were conducted, accompanied by the singing of the choir. The interment will take place at Oak Hill cemetery, where three children = tye dead man are buried. A touching ii eat of the ceremonies was the presence the’ eigfi€ brothers of the deceased, who were both motirners and pall- bearers. They were Elbridge: 8. Johnson and C. W. ‘Sohnson of Baltimore, Oliver P. Johnson, Albanus..L.. Johnson, J. Harrison Johnson, A. G Tobnson, V. Baldwin Johnson and MWe Johnson. “Many of the members of the famflies of the married brothers were also present, and among the mourners from a distance were ex-Gov. Jackson, Mr. -Jacob: ame and Mr.. J. L. Hilfles of Maryland. ~ The honorary. pallbe; Commigsioner Truesdell! Col. O. G. Staples, Mr. L. G. Hine, Mr. Thos..C, ‘Pearsall, caspier of the Citizens* National Bank, and the tem directors of that-dnstitu who are Mr. W. Hf. West, Judge Jere M. Wilson; -Maj.Hi-L. Cran- ford, Mr..W. T. Walker, Mr. 8..T. G. Mor- sell, Mr. W.S. Knox, Mr. William Hol- mead, Mr. J. F. Saum, Mr. N. T. Shea, Mr, Thomas Somerville and Mr. Jesse Hilles of Baltimore. HONORING MR. JOHNSON'’S MEMORY. were District Mr. B, H. Warner, Resolutions of thé Board of Trade and His Business Associates. A special meeting of the board cf trade was held yesterday afternoon to take action upon the death of the Jate E. Kurtz John- son, Resolutions were adopted reciting the sorrow of the organization at losing such a beloved friend and assgciate, as well as a member whose value had been substantial- ly felt by the body, of whose executive com- mittee he was thé? chairman. They also recognized the logs ‘yf She who for many years had been prominently and actively identified with the busipess life of Wash- ington, and one whose abilities and efforts had materially contstbuted to the develop-- ment of its resources and the upbuilding of its prosperity, ang, whose departure was mourned as the sing away of a true man and a good citizen. ‘The bourd ordered the resolutions engrisséd and transmitted to the family of tke ddceased, and as a turther mark of respect resolved to attend the funeral in a body. 5. At a special ineeting of the board of al- rectors of the Cilizeys’, National Pank,heid on the 17th instant, the foliowing resolu- tions were adopted. Whereas, It has piyased an all-wise Prov- idence to call hence,our late associate and president, Mr. E. j,.Kugtz. Johnson, and whereas, the pleasant aug intimate relations Which for many years ha-held with this board, first as director, then vice president, and afterward president, render it eminent- ly fitting that we shoyld express not only our sincere sorrow at his death, but also our appreciation of the ncble character of him who has been taken from us, and to testify to our adiniration of his unimpeachable in- tegrity, his sterling sense of justice, and the unstinted generosity of his nature,which endeared him tg all those with whom he was, assoclzted. Resolved, That in the death of Mr. E. Kurtz Johnson the community has lost one of its most estimable members, this bank an ofticer whose joss will be most deeply felt, and euch and every member of the @ personal and much loved friend. Resolved, That as a further mark of our esteom the members cf this board attend the funeral in a body. Resolved, That these resolutions be en- terei upon the minutes of the board, and that an engrossed and certified copy ther>- of be transmitted to his family as an evi- deuce of our sympathy, and published in‘ the daily papers. The Washington Stock Exchange, of which the late Mr. E. Kurtz Johnson was an old and esteemed member, held a meet- ing as soon as the sad news of his death was announced, and resolutions re- citing the many estimable private virtues and public accomplishments of their depart- ed associate, and testifying to his scrupu- lous business honor and reputation in high terms. The organization tendered its sym- pathy to the family and to the community in the great loss that had befallen both, and resolved to send a deputation to the funeral. 3 _— MILITIA DRIAL, CONTEST. The Morton Cadets of This City Will Take Part. It is probable that the only companizs to participate in the. competitive drill at Alex- ander Island, in connection with the Grange Camp fair, will be the Morton Cadets of this city and the Harrisonburg Guards of Harrisonburg, Va. The latter organization is due in Washington at 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon. It will be met at the depot by a committee from the Morton Cadets and escorted to the camp grounds. Two drilis ure to be held at Alexander Island, one on Thursday, open only to Vir- ginia troops, and another on Friday, open to Maryland, Virgima, West Virginia and District or Columbia. troops. _ The first prize on Thursday is to be $300 and the second prize $150. On Friday but one prize is of- fered, $300, but should the dry) be won by a Virginia company successful on Thurs- day, the purse will be divided, the success- ful company receiving $100 and the second and third companies a-similar amount. As but one Virginia com y is likely to ap- pear on Thursday, necessarily carry off the prize, and, ‘thefefore, even should the Harrisonburg Giants come out ahead of the Morton Cadéfs dn Friday, the latter will-receive at least$1Q, The latter company, fident of victory. Ig hi eral hours each nPht'for ven Jays past, and the boys have 1 jubt whatever that they will best the ,Virginia company. The drill is booked tq dgeur pn Friday between 2 p.m. and 6 p.m., gna dreds of District militiamen will be jt Alexander Island to witness the contest, ’ ‘The executive commitige of the exposition to be held in Richmgndjhas arranged for a competitive drill to akg place Wednesday, October 10, open to white companies. The prizes amount te $4). Washington will be represented by fhe Morton Cadets, the Corcoran Cadet Corps ad possibly the Na- tional Fencibles. — Assault on Mr. Hamlin, Toéay in the Police Court, Judge Miller hearé the case of Sidney Savoy, the young colored man arrested on a charge of as- saulting and robbing ex-Representative Ed- ward Hamlin last Thursday near his home at Edgewood, the old Chase mansion. The victim of the cowardly assault and robbery is eighty-four years old, and his face is still badly disfigured, the effects of the assault. The prisoner was defended .by ex-Repre- sentative John M. Langston. The evidence in the case failed to fix the crime on the defendant, and he was.discharged. however, is con- been drilling sev- —_>--— The effect of placing lumber on the free lst is being felt at Oswego, N. Y. Tea cargoes, with @ total of seventeen hun- dred thousand feet of lumber, have arrive: within the past *hirty-six hours. SVERING'GrAR TELSPAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1894—TWELVE PAGES, He Talks With a Star Reporter on the Re- cent Victory. F The News Confirmed by Cable Mes- sage—Thinks Japanese Troops Will Enter Pekin by November, The Japanese minister has received a cable message from his government at Tokio ccnfirming yesterday's press dis- patches of the Japanese victory over the Chinese army. The message stated that the Chinese numbered more than 20,000, and that with the exception of a very few who fled the rest were either killed, wounded or taken prisoners, including the Chinese com- mander, Gen, Tso. A very large quantity of provisions and arms and munitions of war were taken. The Japanese loss was 300 killed and wounded. Mr. Kurino Elated. This was “mail day” at the Japanese le- gation and every one was very busy, but Mr. Kurino, the Japanese minister to the United States, found opportunity to talk to a Star reporter for a moment about the victory of yesterday. Of course the minister was highly elated at the result of the bat- tle, which he considers one of the greatest battles which has occurred in that quarter of the globe in many years. He attributes the sweeping victory of the Japanese army to the superiority of their military tactics, armament and also. to the courage and enthusiasm which his country- men displayed. wi on to Pekin. “It will not end there,” Mr. Kurino said, ‘but the Japanese forces will push on to Pekin, the capital of Chins. We are not fighting fer glory or th, love of conquest, but we are struggling for a settlement of the Asiatic question with China, and until a satisfactory agreement is reached the Japanese will continue to prosecute the war. China's relations with Corea have been such as to produce many complica- tions, constantly recurring in the Corean question, and now that the campaign has commenced Japan will insist upon a set- tlement of the Corean question once for all, and an understanding upon ether mat- ters at issue in the east.” No Long Delay. Mr. Ktrino entertains the opinion that the Japarese troops will eter Pekin in a very few weeks, very Hkely by the month of November. He is not informed whether the army which won yesterday's victory will be used for the invasion of China or whether other troops will be utilized, for the Japanese have plenty of forces at to furnish an adequate invading army. DISTRICT GOV NMENT. Ballding Permits. The following building permits have been issued by the Inspector of buildings: F. H. Smith, 2 two-story brick dwelling, Nos. 1 anj L17 M street. $6.20. J. F. Helberger, to make general repairs to store at No. 1312 Pernsylvenia avenue; $1,000. Benja- min Schwartz, a two-story brick dwelling at No, 35 5th strect; $i. M. Murphy, two- story brick dwelling, 1517 1ith street; $1,100, Jas. Fraser, two three-story brick dwellings, 002-4 B street southwest; $15,000, Goo. E. Hamilton, three-story brick dwell- ing, 1782 8 rest; $11,000. Andrew Mc- Ganaghy, two- ry brick dwellings, 200 to 204 15th street, and 1508 to 1520 Massachu- setts avenue southeast; $6,500, A Grade Crossing Peril. Mr. J. F. Sheehan, 715 E street south- west, has written to the Commissioners in the name of many property holders in South Washington, urging the immediate necessity for a walk of boards or other suitable material across the railroad tracks at Sth and C streets southwest. He de- scribes this crossing as particularly dan- gerous, and says that people frequently trip upon the high rafls and are in immi- nent danger of accident. This menace to safety, he thinks, would be considerably lessened if a decent walk were to be con- structed across the tracks, Notes. The Commissioners have received a com- munication from Mr, A. O. Tingley calling attention to the great need of a cross walk on the east side of North Capitol street at Florida avenue. Potomac Lodge Bazaar. The bazaar committee of Potomac Lodge, .No. 5, F. A. A. M,, last night met the ad- visory committees appointed by the sister lodges of this city. Chairman James 8. Raeburn presided. The following repre- sentatives formed themselves into a perma- nent committee to take full charge of a large booth, to be dedicated to the sister lodges, at the bazaar, to be held at W. L. I. srmory next November. Jesse F. Grant was chosen pernanent chairman and J. E. Burns permanent secretary. The repre- sentatives present were as follows: S. E. Tomlinson, Federal, No. 1; B. Olive, Colum- bia, No. 3; George C. Douglas, St, John’s, No. 11; Wm. E. Handy, National, No. 12; C. H. Smith, Wash. Cen- tennial, No. 14; J. A. Oliver, B. B. French, No. 15; Jesse F. Grant, Dawson, No. 16; George E. Corson, Harmony, No. 17; H. W. P. Hunt, Acacia, No. 18; W. 8. Parks, Lafayette, No. 19; W. S. Challice, Hope, No. 20; W. B, Easton, George C. Whiting, No. J. I. Leitch, Pentaipha, No. 23; F. L. Summy, Stansbury, No. 24; L. Gold- smith, Armentus, No. Taylor, Osiris, No, 26; J. ‘Parker, No. No. 28. The committee will meet again Thyrs- day evening, September 20, at 8 o'clock at Masonic Temple, corner of 9th and F streets, when some definite plans will be arranged by which their part of the pro- gram will be successful. The committees from the R. A. chapters and K. T. com- manderies will meet shortly and form them- selves into a permanent committee. -_— To enforce a judgment creditor's bill of $94.86, S. H. Moore & Co. today filed a bill in equity against Martha J. Burns and others. The judgment is sought to be en- forced on part of lot 3, square 1058. ———— An 0 Soldier’s Will. The will of John Rosenberg, late an in- mate of the Soldiers’ Home, dated June 50, 1894, was filed today. The deceased leaves his entize estate to his friends, Frederick Peltzer and Gustave Harrison, ‘also in- mates of the home, and makes them execu- tors of the will. — Chicage Grain and Provision Markets. Reporte@ by U Co., Bank: wn Farad * SticAty Rept we og 5 ts, 60 “barrels. iBa as 56,176 bust 000 bushes: r No, 2 red, S2a52hy~recelpt els: stock, 1,354,517 bushels: siles, S6, nuilling wheat by sample, Sba5s spot, 59 bid; September, 59 td receipts, 1,487 southern w Oats steady—No. mised. western, tern, BaS8ty—receipte, bushels. Kye quiet Hay stead timothy, | §12.500$13.00, Grain i changed. Sugar firm, unchanged. itter and egy firm, unchanged. Cheese very firm, unchanged. Range of the Thermometer. The following were the readings of th thermometer at the weather bureau tota> Sam., 68; 2 p.m., 73; maximum, 74; nin | mum, 68. Bear Speculators Managed to De- press Prices. THE EFFECT OF BETTER ORGANIZATION Industrials Are the Most Popular With Operators. GENERAL MARKET REPORTS Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. NEW YORK, September 18.—Bear tactics were resumed this morning, with as much success as might have attended more origi- nal methods. Stop orders were abundant, and some liquidation was noticeable, but the real cause of the decline is attributable to the superior organization of the room pessimists. The short interest was ma- terially increased, the complete absence of resistance inviting contract sales of this character, London was not a factor in the local trading. The industrial group is still the chosen field of the reactionists, and responds easily to the will of their leaders. The sentiment of the street is decidedly bearish on all the active stocks in this class, and they are contidently sold on all rallies. Distillers was first to succumb to the sell- ing movement, losing 1 1-2 per cent in the first ten minutes, which reduced the price to $9 per share. At this point some covering ensued, followed by the announcement that @ prominent director of the company, who has long been interested in the manipula- tion of the stock, had resigned. This latter intelligence had a beneficial influence on the price, which speedily gained 2 per cent over the previous low level. All sorts of ru- mors from a variety of sources are in circu- | lation as to the future of this industry. There ts one point, however, on which | they all harmonize, namely, the hopeless- ness of waiting for improvement of a ma- terial character. The price is too low to warrant selling, but the other side of the market offers as few inducements: The corclusion is obvious. Sugar was sold in large amounts for both accounts, losing 2 per cent in conseqnence. The bears predict further concessions before the week is out, believing that inside interests are willing to further their efforts. Congress will not meet before December, but an object lesson will be as effective now as then. Gas was 3 per cent in spite of the urgent efforts of certain interests to show cause why the present raid is premature, to say the least. Arguments are useless when profits are so easily made in defying them. American Tobacco. about which little is known outside of the directory, sold down 3 1-2 per cent to 97 and back again to par on a fair volume of business. In the railway list activity was less pro- nounced, but, with the naturally sympa- thetic declines excepted, the list was mod- erately steady. Rock Island was a con- spicuous exception, selling down 1 1-2 per cent on operations by the professional ele- ment. St. Paul is probably the next stock that will command the attention of the ruling element. A reduction of 1 per cent was recorded today on a fair volume of business. The balance of the list shaded off fractionally, but attracted no special interest. A falling off in the demand from remit- ters and increased offerings of cotton fu- tures combined to give an easier tone to the market for foreign exchange. Rates pee fully 1-16 below those quoted yester- y. Covering of short contracts during the last hour resulted in a substantial rally throughout the active Mst. Final figures, however, reflected net declines for the day. ———_ FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. The following are the opening, the high- est and the lowest and the closing price. of the New York siock market today, as I~ eg by Corson & ae. memp> jew Pi & Fe Wheeling & LE, pd. Western Union Ti Wisconsin Central, Sliver... ... Stock Exchange. Salk ‘ 2 o'cke = Ratend Cena (Al-12 o'clock m.—Metropolitan Gs, $1,000 at 102. “Washington B bonds, $100 at'116. "Washington Ganesan, Set $100 at’ 135. “Rizes F oo at” Lincoln Fire Ineuraiice, #'at To. erTminent onds.—U. 3. ‘ered, TB asked. US as, coupon, 18 wid og pin git of Columbia Bonds. 20-rear fund Bs, 108 by ar ‘Gs, 113 bid, currency, L. Cin, r curreacy, i registered, 2-108, 100 uit. Sis Tionds. —Washi U. 8. Electric Chesapeake and asked. o. 100 wi Wi 0 . Washington Market Compar 106 bid. Washington Market Company ex Wee, wit, Masonic Hall Association Sa, 100. Washington Light Infantry Ist Oa, 101 bid. is, 101 ington Light Infantry 2d i ‘ational Bank Stocks.—Bank of Wa 330 asked. Bank of the Repul S asked. Meiropolitan, 280 bi. 4s 1, 280 bid. Farmers and By atc Derosit and Trust Compantes. National Safe 121 ‘bud, 125 naked. Rent vurity and Trost, 131 bd, 134 asken | 2mrean Katiread Stocks, -Washington and Georgetown, SO bid, 300 asked. Metro tan, 87 bi ened {plumbia, 60 bid, 70m car bat Ss Wh, $0 aka ton, 30 bid, 40 asked. Georgetows wat 3 aka a Georgetown and Ten tric Light Stocks.— Washington sked. Georgetown D8 bid. Fiectric Light, 125 bid, 130 asked, Insurance Stocks.—Firemen’s, 47 asked, Frank: tin, “4 asked. Metropolitan, 720 asked German-America d, 14% asked. 2 asked. ZEN, 4 Did, G5 asled. aerial, 6 asked. Real bid, 55 1 Cuesa sked. American Pueomatic Gun Car sked. Y torks.— Washington Market, 1314 “27 asked. Great Falls Ice, 130 bid, 150 asked. uil Run Panorama, 20 esk y Sad Result of an Experiment—General Foreign News. VIENNA, September 18.—At Tuskif Cas tle, near Nyireghyhaza, Hungery, a dinner was given yesterday evening by its pro- prietor, Theodore Von Salomon. In order to entertain the guests, after dinner a hyp- notist named Neukor was called upon to make some experiments. Neukor selected as his medium Ella Von Salomon, the daughter of his host. The hypnotist during his experiments suggested that the young lady was suffering from consumption, and Wy shricked. fell sontue Cates to. ee ex- acing in agg 4 the fact that a it~ store her Ss ommdomaeee adie BERLIN, September 18.—The editor-in- chief and one reporter of the Lokalan Zeiger were sentenced today each to pay & fine of 50 marks or to go to prison for line tus Victoria,Capt.Baren Hamburg for New York, had pened LIVERPOOL, September 18—Among the parsengers who will sall for New York to- morrow on board the White Star line steamship Majestic are Prince and Princess Ri the juis2 De J. C. Bancroft Davis, Mr. W. Butler Dun- can and A. B. Forwood. THE HAGUE, September 18.—The states general were opened today by the queen in person. LONDON, September 18—A Canadian named Percival Neale was arrested here teday, charged with stealing the sum of £1,200 belonging to the customs department of the dominion of Canada. The police, af- ter searching the prisoner, recovered {780 and $1,000 in Canadian notes. Neale was examined at Bow street police court and was committed to await the arrival from Canada of papers relating to the charge made against him. —_- -—_— FINAL YACHT RACES. Sailing a Contest in the Rain Sandy Hook. SANDY HOOK, September 18,—The final yacht race of the season is to be sailed off here today, the event being the autumn Sweepstakes of the New York Yacht Club. At lp. m. it was raining, and so thick that the boats could not be seen from here. At 2.40 @ white-painted sloup yacht passed this polat, bound in. Her bowsprit carried away. The wevther was too thick to make her out distinctly, posed to be the Wasp. Judge Cole today granted the motion of Dr. Edward Leon's coursel to admit client to ball, fixing the amount at The defendant stands indicted for murder, fully instruct the jury as to between murder and manslaughter, ting the second verdict aside had subsequently come to the con: that the testimony of Miss Beach, cor in the eye of the law, had not been corroborated. Counsel for the prisoner contended today that their client, having been convicted manslaughter on the second trial, could not again be tried for the graver crime of mur- der, and that therefore the prisoner was entitied to his release from jail on bail. District Attorney Birrey opposed the mo- tion, asserting that a verdict of man- slaughter, where the accusad was charged with murder, did not, upon the setting aside of that verdict and the granting of a new trial, preclude the trial of the defendant & jit Ht g g J g g g ° &' ‘ i Stevens, No, 709 12th street, was left open today, and a colored boy named James Hal- liday went in and stole a pocket book con- taining $10. He had only spent a small portion of the money when Policeman Helan arrested him aad Jocked him up. -—_—s Treasury Receipts. Naticnal bank notes rezsived for re demption today, $127,226, government re- celpts from internal reverue, $162,026; cus~ toms, $253,080; miscellaneous, $40,522. ——_—_- e- —__— New Cottom Factory at Chattancoga. Specisl Dispatch to The Evening Star. CHATTANOOGA, Tenn., September 18.— Mr. W. A. Stiers of Boston, representing a number of Boston capitalists, arrived in this city today and announces that his people have arranged to build at Chatta- nooga a mammoth cotton cloth factory with 40,000 spindles capacity. The new concern is capitalized at $300,000, all of which has been pledged. The announce- ment has created general rejoicing here. It will employ 400 persons. peraaitlniotas Celebrating Antietam. HAGERSTOWN, Md., September 18.—The thirty-second anniversary of the battle of Antietam was celebrated yesterday. A large pumber of old soldiers were at the na- tional cemetery at Sharpsburg in honor of the even’. Among them were 125 mem- bers of tLe one hundred and twenty-fourth Pennsylvania regiment, which fought the ongagemeat. -_ Veterinaria in Convention. PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Sept. 18.—Veterl- narians from all over the United States met in thirty-first annual convention at the Academy of Natural Sciences, this city, to- lay. Mayor Stewart welcomed the dele- sates, Dr. W. Horace Hoskins of Philedel- phia responding on behalf of the organiza- tion. The convention will continue three days, —>_—_ Margaret Tupper, an artist sister of the ate Martin Pataquar Tupper, died today