Evening Star Newspaper, August 8, 1894, Page 2

THE EVENING STAR, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 8, 1894—TEN PAGES. LATE NEWS BY WIRE Trial of the Slayer of Gol Parsons Begun. ent agenian, COURT ROOM AT COVINGTCN CROWDED Great Interest < 'V.anifested in the \ ese. EIG . et KORS OBTAINED Specie: inate to The Evening Star. COVINGTON, Va., August 8.—Capt. T. A. Goodman was placed on trial today f bis life for the murder of Col. H. C. Par- aons at Clifton Forge, Va., on the 23th of June last. The case ‘was called about 10 @clock, but no progress was made until Moon, as both sides were expecting ~it- Messes on the 10:30 train, and the court took a recess. When court reconvened at 11 o'clock the ‘work of impaneling a jury began. At 12:39 eight furers nad been secured out of twenty examined. ‘The old-fashioned court room was crowded almost to suffocation. ‘The town is rapidiy filling up with people from the surround- ing country, and great interest is being manifested in the trial. C&pt. Goodman, the prisoner, was brought im the court room just before the trial be- gan and took-a-seat within the inclosure Feservei for members of the bar. The prisener’s confinement has left its percepti- Die effect upon his appearance, reducing his flesh and siving him a restless and anxious Dearing. The trial now begun will likely continue several days. -Meesrs.. R..L. Parrish, B. T. Crump and Geo. K. Anderson represent the prisoner, . E. Craig Account of the Tragedy. Coil. H. C. Parsens was shdt in the lobby of Gladys Inn, Clifton Forge, Va. at 7 @’clock a.m, June 2. The shooting was eondecto>.on the Richmond and Allegheny “Four balls from a pistol entered the body. One ball entered just-under the right col- bon, one-on-Fright and one left side of aces See ame a te se ok ba union of frontal and parietal bones. H. WILL ACT WITH AMENIUA. Attitade of Great Britam Towara Bluefields and Nicaragua. LONDON, August 8.—The Associated Preas-is*mfermed, from an official source, that Great Britain desires to act entirely im accord withthe United States at Blue- fields, Nicaravgua. Great Britain will re- frain from any interference, except such as Js considered rlecessary for’ the protection bf British life and.propefty, and to main- fain treaty tions. Instructibfis Y this effect have been sent to the commander, of the. British cruiser Mohawk, Leslie C. Sturart. The Tintes States that “Gen. Barrlos is en route to England in order to negotiate ns of the Clayton-Bulwer treaty. In this connection, ‘Times says that it is not likely that the United States will e sieps to abrgate the treaty which is red “SatfSfactory in order to main- the neutrality of the Nicaragua canal. “““ithis Atternoon’s Cablegrams. -LONDON, August §.—Four patients from ‘the steamship Balmoral, which arrived at Gravesend yesterday from St. Petersburg, Bre found -te+te suffering from Asiatic Bholera. The Balmoral, upon arrival, reported that Dne of her seamen died the day previous of tholera. e SYDNEY, “Nos. w., August 8.—Premier eid has addressed the electors of this city. announced that sweeping reductions uld be made in the customs duties, and t there would be economies of a moder- te mature in the land und income taxes. ir. Reid also said that he welcomed the lovertures “im favor cf intercelonial free trade. = ROME, August 8—Acting under instruc- tions from the home government, the com- [mander of the Italian forces at Malssowah, ypt, is erecting a prison capable of ac- ¢cémmodating 2.000 convicts. To this prison anarchists, whe are proved to be dangerous to society, will be sent. —_— > — CONFLICTS AT OMAHA, Union OMAHA, Neb., August §—There were a number of miner conflicts between the Yrion and non-union workmen in South Omaha today, but no very serious out- breaks. At the instance of Mayor John- ston of South Omaha, the Omaha board of fire and police companies held a special ses- | sion today and considere i for the Joan a force. of policemen South Omaha officers in preserving order. At was necessary today for all men on the Way to work in the packing house to be es- e through the an appe: ajor and Adjt. Gen. on che ground watching develop- — HARMONY aT RALEIGH. Meeting of the North Carolina Demo- cratic Conve RALEIGH, N. C., August 8.—The demo- cratic state convention met at noon in Metropolitan Hall.’ Nearly every county was represented. State Chairman Simmons called the convention to order and proposed J.C. Buxton of Winston as temporary pres- Buxton de a vigorous ad- was re ved with enthusiasm. tic references to Cleveland were uded, as were his complimentary Menticus of Vance, Ransom and Jarvis. The convention will nominate four su- Freme court judges and a state treasurer. ne so far prevail > IQUAKE IN PTALY. FATAL EAR Six Persons Were Killed and Several Injui Steily, elt at 8 and at MoO, ar th- orning the Zaffarar Overtore—The K: ant Brritone solo—Marie di Rohan. By Mr. Giovanini. ¢@ Remembrances from Tanhau: 5. Waltz—Jolly Giris.. “ @ Characteristic-The Dying Poet. Gottschalk. Po- Wagner --Volstedt . Grand mareh- tomac.. 8. Patrol—Coxey 9. Hail, Columbia. seeees Fanciulli Industrial Army Nom! CHICAGO, Augus! $—Republicans of the gecond district of Iilinois today nominated Wm. Lorrimer for Congress, * THE MOUNT VERNON BILL Senate Allows the’ Proposed Railroad With Amendments. Againsi the Trolley System—ironciaa Provisions to Prevent Its Use in the City—The Chosen Route. The Senate this afternoon passed the bill to authorize the Washington, Alexandria and Mount Vernon Electric Railway Com- pany to extend its line into the District. The bill was House bill 7006, and it row goes to conference between the two ‘houses, and will probably go to the President for signature before the end of the week. Thé Dill was passed without much discussion today, be- ing brought up from the calendar a little after 1 o'clock on motion of Mr. Fauliner. All of the Senate District committee amend- ments, which have been heretofore printed in The Star, were adopted, fr. ddditton-to-a number of other amendments. which were offered on the floor, all tending to make the Dill ironclad agairst the use of the everhead trolley or of steam power in the District. On motton of Mr. McMillan, the starting point of the rcad near the market was changed from a point on B street bélween 6th and 7th streets to a point on the same street between 7th and 8th, a block further west. He explained that this was necessary be- cause B sireet between-6th and 7th is naf- row and between 7th and Sth is much broader. The Eckington road will have its terminus just east of 7th street, and it was not thought best” (5 “Hirve ‘two street railrceds ending in the same block. in this section the company Was‘authorized to use an overhoad wire for a distance of not exceeding 400 feet, commencing at the extreme southern end of the.ferry slip at the south end of 14th street. When this section was read Mr. Halo,.auho, ig, well known as an antagonist to the overhead trolley idea, asked to have all that part of the bill read again. While this was being done Mr. McMillan explained the situation | to Mr. Hale in an undertone, but Mr. Hale | was evidently desirous’ that-alt:the-orit- cisms of the bill. should go on record, prob- ably for the edification of the Commission- ers when they shall come to enforce the act. He asked which side of the river this overhead line would. be on, and Mr. Faulk- ner explained that it would be on the Washington side .at the.e: e end of the line. “It does not bring the overhead wire,” he explained; ‘into: the. city at all, but confines.it to private property at the “What is the necessity,” asked Mr. Hale, “of this intrusion af the evevhead.wire into the District?" “This line,” replied Mr. Faulknes, .‘will run with an overhead wire on the Virginia shore and with an underground. cable on this side. It will be really necessary to use the overhead wire at the ferry slip in order to get the cars off the boat. It will be located entirely on vate property, which is to be bought by the company.” ‘Does it cross a street?” persisted Mr. Hale. “ Mr. Faulkner replied in the negative, and then Mr. Hoar suggested that it might be ee eee oe Umiting ‘the use of the private property to be by the company. Mr. Faulkner said that it would not be necessary, as both he and Mr. McMillan had been very careful in drawing up the bill to exclude the over- head wire from the streets of Washington. “The committee of the District of Colum- bia,” said Mr. Hale, “ought to resist every attempt to bring the overhead trolley wire into the city.” “I fully concur with the Senator in that policy,” said Mr. Faulkner, heartily. ‘Then Mr. Hate suggested, merely, to avoid any misunderstanding, the inse m of an explanatory phrase in this. provision, so that it will read as follows: “And, for the pur- pese of connecting, to use am. overhead wire for a distance of not exceeding 400 feet, ecmmencing at the extreme southern end of the slip.” This amendment was agreed to. Farther Amendments. Mr. McMillan suggeeted a.change in the Next paragraph, which was agreed to, mak- ing it read that the ‘cémpany ‘will’ be sub- jected to the superVision Instead of the approval of the District Corfmissioners in its operations of a transfer boat from the Lith street terminus ‘tothe’ Virgitia shore. - Mr. Hale’s:cont2ntion to prevent the viela- tion of the spirlt of the act was recogn! when the committce agreed to an addi- tional amendinheht td ‘section ‘5, to ‘make its last clause read as follows: “But no over- to aid the | 1 | President at head wires shall: be used or constructed ex- cept as herelobefane. .urgvided..Dor shall steam power be used within the limits of the city of Washington.” . In section 11 Mr. McMillan proposed an amendment to make the att*teaf: “That the company shall run street _rail wey, cars, propelled by undergtoufia"table Gt ‘electric wer,” po inst of “may rr . This com- pels the Toto ‘Gas a tabie or electric system to the .exclusion of horses. Mr. Hale came to the front again when this paragraph came into” discussiti and in- sisted. that the word underground: should be inserted béforé ‘the word electric, so as to absolutely confine the cempany ‘to use an undergroui cable or an underground electric road, This was -m to” drive the anti-trolley nail still deeper into the structure of the bill: os ‘Transfer Stations. Besides being an opponent to the troliey Mr. Hale had distinct views onthe subject of passenger houses ard transfer stations. He evidenced this today by two amend- ments to section 12, inserting the words “and transfer stations” after the phrase “shall furnish and maintain...passenger houses.” A few words later on in the para- graph he proposed the following amend- ment, which was agreed to: “But-no such passenger house or transfer. statton ‘shall be built upon the public streets or sidewalks or on public property.” .As-he sat down Mr. Hale remarked: “I want to do all I can to save the public reservations from these operations.” Mr. Faulkner explained that section 21 in the last print of the bill had been left in | inadvertently by the printers, and it was stricken out. It related to, the. E street route of the company, which has been abandoned. | The committee struck out section 28,which gave the company the right to, earry par- Mr. Hale asked about nection with the pre to section 5, which is to the effect that the traeks of the road shall rot be used for the transporta- tion of passengers on street railways. He wanted to know how this effected the Falls Chureh and Potomac road, which will con- nect with the Mount Vernon road. Mr. MeMillan epslained that the object of the bill is to bring all these suburban lines into the city and a few trunk’ lines, and that it was not thought desirable to per- | mit freight cars tovbe Tun over city routes, | Mr. Hale asked further questions, about.the location of the market terminus, with rela- tion to the Pennsylyania station, and w: very particular fo know whether the I | street lines from 13 1-2 to 14th street would | touch the avenue at all. Mr. Faulkner ex- plained that this .w. not be the case that the committee has in contemplation an ultimate arrangement which will carry the Lith street cars up that street from the | avenue, and will bring the transfer station | of the Washnigton and Georgetown yoad down to the corner of 1th and the avenue in order to relieve the congestion of 15th street. This spur of the Mount Vernon road, -he said, would be entirely south of the avenue, |and was desirable in order to, bring this | company into close connections with the avenue line. The bill was passed without further | amendment, and on motion. of Mr. Faulk- |ner the Senate insisted upon its amend- ments, and requested a conference, with Mr. Faulkner, Mr. Harris and Mr. McMil- Jan as managers for the Senate. Four Secretaries Talk With President, Presumably About ‘Tarif. Secretaries Gresham, Lamont, Carliste and Morton had a consultation with the the White House this after- noon, presumably in regard to a_settle- ment of the tariff complications. oo Personal Mention. Dr. H. F. Stilwell of Freehold, N. J., is supplying the pulpit of the Calvary Bap- Uist Church during the present month, and is stopping at 1918 I street northwest. Mr. F. Petersen, the well-known merchant the typhoid fever in London, England, for the past six weeks, 1s now couvalescing, and will be able io return by the last of this month of Market Space, who has been very ill with | Il AN UNKNOWN BOY Fired the Shot That Killed Eddie Russell. : See BYRNE, EIONERATED WANALLY AND Testimony Before the Coroner's Jury in the Gonzaga Case. ote Wteesmat THE VERDICT RENDERED ae The inquest over the body of little Eddie Russell, the seven-year-old boy who was killed Monday night at the grounds of Gon- zaga College while a garden party was in progress, was held today at the sixth pre, cinct station, on New Jersey avenue. The testimeny showed conclusively that the boy was the unfortunate victim of an aceidental | shot fired at the rifle range that evening, though the identity of the person who was holding the gun when it was, discharged will probably never be known. It had one satisfactory result, however, in that it showed that no shadow. of. respon- sibility rested upon Dr. Byrne or Sergt. Mc- Anally, the two members of the Emmet Guards who were in charge, of, the shooting gallery. One of the witnesses, a young man named Louis Flynn, sprung something of a surprise when he testified that he distinctly Saw the gun fired, and that it was shot by a little boy not more than ten years of age, who had no idea what he had done, and will probably never know that. he. was, in-a Measure, responsible for the loss of a human life. * it was the first inquest held by Dr. Ham- mett, the new coroner. The members of the jury were Messrs. Gilbert W. Cave, John M. Elitott, Wm. 5. Chapman, James Holmes, John D. Hunt and George H. Giil. At 1l o'clock they were taken-to ‘the home. of the bereaved family, 37 K street, where they viewed the remains. They then went across the street to the grounds of Gonzaga College and examined the scene of the ac- cident. ‘The rifie range was directly along- side of the rear fence, which separates the grounds from an alley. it would seem a bad place, to say the least, for such an tn- stitution as a shooting gallery,.and the ef- forts of Coroner Hammett to find out whether or not a license had: been isgued to the people in charge of the garden party would seem to indicate ‘thatthe, matter, would not be allowed to drop here. After man about 5:30-c'clock yesterday morning. He did not see anypody on the fence to the right of the shooting gallery. Wit- ness said he was in charge of the range farthest from the fence, and to have hit anyone on the fence he would have to shoot diagonally acres the other range. He only shot a few times himself all the even- ing, and then only to test the gun, and every time he did shbot he hit the target. No boys nor women fred on his range. Deputy Coroner Schaeffer then testified as to the autopsy he, made on the body of the dead boy, who, he said, was seven years of age. There was a buliet wound in the abdomen and the ball had lodged in the fourth lumbar avertebra. The wound was a necessarily fatal one. Dr. Schaeffer then produced the vertebra itself containing the bullet. The ball was also of 22 caliber. 7 Officer McNamee, who has made an in- vestigation of the case, said that he was around the grounds of the garden party and described the scene. Some Unknown Person. | ©" A‘few minutes after 2 o'clock the jury returned a verdict exonerating Dr. Byrne from all responsibility for the shooting, ahd expressing the opinion that James Edward Russell came to his end as the result of a wound caused by a bullet from a gun, jn the hands of some unknown person. BIG SLUMP IN CORN Spectilators Did Not Believe the Bearish Reports. Country Traders Made Money on the ‘Rise, While the City Operators Lost Heavily. CHICAGO, August 8.—Grains opened ex- cited and higher today, but the fluctuations cn the early trading were not so wildly erratic as they were yesterday. The dom|- pant feature ig still the corn crop situa- tion, and other cereals merely fluctuate in« sympathy with corn. Country buying or- ders continue to push prices upward. ‘The givers of these orders are in the midst of tbe corn belt, and know the situation at first hand, and the weather has been kind té ‘them. The local professional trader: has been fighting the advance for the past ten days, seeling assured that rain must come before the absolute ruin of the crop occurred. A single general rain, whith past experience made a very strong protyt- bility, would have reversed the conditiohs any time within the past two weeks, but instead of rains there were hot winds, and the result has been that the country specu- lators have been making money “hand over fist,"” while the city speculators, who have viewing the scene the jury was-driven back to the station house. Lawyer Sillers appeared for Dr. Byrnes, ¥ ‘= Witnesse The first witness called when the inquest was resumed was Jerome Hartnett, a young boy who lives at Ist and Hi streets. He said he was present and heard some one say, “Get off that fence.” He looked up and saw the hoy on the fence and then heard a shot fired. The boy said, “Oh, Mis- ter, Mister,” but at first ft was not thought that he had really been shot. The little Russell boy was sitting on the fence beside the range and between the targets and the spot where the marksmen stood. ‘The wit- ness, however, was unable to throw any light upon the fdentity of the person who fired the fatal shot. Byrne and McAnally were standing at the counter at the time, he thought. The coroner ha‘ evidently been given a hint from some outsider, for he endeavored to find out from the witnsss’ Whether it was not true that wing and a or were be- ing sold at the Gonzaga fair, but thé boy knew nothing about it. -Of.the, two, mem- bers of the Emmet Guard who were at thé rifle range Sergt.McAnally -was the one. whq was standing nearpr to the fence. Both were in uniform, 6Hd,both had small jes in their hands. Albert E. Furbeshaw, sixteen years of age, was the next witness. He did not see the shot but had noticed that Dr, Byrne had a small rifte in hig hand, which he was testing.. The first he knew of any mishap was when he heard little Eddie Russell cry- ing and saying that he was shot, ‘The otfier boys thought he wes oniy frightened, but they lighted a match and Saw that he really had been wounded. Then he \d_ several cther small boys helped thé bleeding boy to his home. He thought At RE Burwe who told Eddie to get off 'the’fence, ‘but he did not see the gun g9.@f while the doctor was holding it. Charles Rainey, anagther small boy, who lives in the neighborhood of the shootin, 4 sald that he was at the Jawn party Mondial night and saw Byrne and McAnally at the rifle range, when one of thért Cafléd to a boy to get off the fence. At the request of the ‘coroner young Rainey tried to point out Dr. Byrne from among the men who were in the room— about twenty in number—but he was unable to do so. He explained this by saying ‘that he did not know Dr. Byrne by sight,. but heard some one call him by name that night. To the best of his bellef jt, was Dr. Byrne who called to the boy and who held the rifle that went off. The gun, he thought, was fired within a sectind of the time the warning was given. At the time Sergeant McAnally was examining a gun that was not shooting satisfactorily. In the opinion of the witness it must have been one of these two.men who did the shooting, as there was no one else who had a gun in his hand at the time. He Had Charge. Thomas McAnally was then called to the witness stand. He said that he did not know whether he was present when the shooting occurred, as he did not know that any one had been shot until late that even- ing. He had charge of the shooting gallery that night, and noticing a boy on the fence in what he considered a dangerous position, he called to him to get down, and the boy dropped down at once. Mr. McAnally said that to the best of his belfef no gun was fired while the boy was on the fence. Dr. Byrne was the only other person inside the gallery. He was asding the witness, and was not shooting. Witness handed a rifle to some one, did not know to whom, but did not think that the person shot while the boy was on the fence. At the time of the oc- currence he thought that the bey dropped from the fence in response to his call, and rot because he was shot. If the boy was shot from the gallery he did not see how it could have happened, nor did any one then know at tle time that any accident had happened, : One of the rifles used at the gallery that night was then placed in evidence. It was a small 22-caliber parlor rifle. Mr. McAnally said he was sure there was no accidental discharge of the gun. He could not say by whose authority a gal- lery was established there that night,. nor did he know whether a Hcense had ‘been obtained for that purpose. A Boy Fired the Sh The next witness called was a young man by the name of Louis E. Flynn, who was at the lawn party Monday night. He was standing quite close to-where the peo- ple were shooting, and heard some one.call to a boy on the fence. Just then there was a rifle shot, and immediately. the boy fell from the fence to the ground. “Do you know who fired the shot?” asked Dr. Hammett “1 do not,” sald Mr. Flynn >> “Would you recognize the man if you were to see him?” ‘ot a man?” “No, sir, it was a small boy not over ten years of age. He went off afterward, for no one hurt, and [ certainly would not recognize him ‘again if I were to see him.” ‘This testimony came decidedly in the na- ture of a serprise. The young man then wont on to describe briefly the accident, completely clearing the two men, McAnally and Byrne, from any shadow of responsibii- ity for the sad occurrence. did the shooting, he said, had no idea that he had done any harm. The shots were at the rate of three for 5 cents. It was the second shot that did the damage, and the boy then stayed for his third shot,. and hung about the place for a quarter of an hour, not know#g that there had been an | accident. Mr. McAnally was then recalled, but he could not say whether he gave the gun to a boy or a man after he called out to the boy | on the fence to get down. After the shoot- | ipg he did not run to the fence, nor did he know that any one did so. Other Witnesses. Dr. Byrne then took the stand voluntar- ily on his own behalf. He said that the first he knew of any accident was when he wea wakened by Mr.McAnally and @ police- supposed that anybody had. been | The boy who | lcqrned to be chary of “crop scares,” have been losing it as fast. Today, in view of yesterday's sensational advances, loce| traders feel that the prices for grain, especially corn, are perilously high; that, in fact, they are top-heavy, and that anything like a general rain within the next few days would be likely to cause @ disastrous slump in values. So they are still fighting the advance, more earnestly, if ble, than heretofore. |The country spec- ulator, however, continues to look at the brown fields and the blue sky and then telegraphs his broker to double his buying erder. This, with the bullish state crop reports, the high temperatures, scorching winds, and,jack of rain through- out the corn helt, “together with strong cables, were the, bull[sh influences at work when the market opened. September corn started at 6) 3-4, which fs Sci higher than the top of the markét yesterday and 1 1-4 cents than yeas nay’s closing price, but on heavy offerings by, local traders broke at ence to 58 1-2, Fallieg, to 59, but reacted to 55 1-4; boomed ggaln, to 59 3-4; off to 56 1-2 and back to 57 | lay, in the meantime, sold as high as 47 5-8 and as low as September wheat ppened at 5 58 1-8, against 5 fluctuated for 58 1-4; fell to 5 2 to 3-8 at the close yesterdays a, time between 56 3-4 and but reacted to 56 5-8. , Oats sympathized with the other grains, opening 1 nd 3-8 cent hisher. Provisions were. firm and slightly higher. The sudden slump in corn after the open- ing was due to the giving. out of country buying orders; execution of country “stop loss"" orders, ‘which ;were placed at about 1 cent below the opening price, and whieh were reached through heavy sales by local dealers.; The country has evidently come to the conclusion that corn is high enough for the present and the buying orders, which have so far boomed the market, fail ed altogether soon after the opening. Corn broke 5c.; May, which sold early at -AT, tumbling to 52. September, which touched 61 1-2c. in some early trades, slumped to 60 Prices roe at New York. NEW YORK, August 8&—There was & panic of another sort in the corn ring on the produce exchange today. This time the bears wore the smile and the bulls were getting out of long holdings in a dazed sort of way, watching the market slip away from them by quarter and half cents. €ountry speculators especially felt the ef- fects of the break, as they have been big bulls on corn and made lots of money out of the late advance. Today, however, the local traders who have not believed in the phenomenal rise in the market and haye steadily sold corn all along, getting badly nipped in the operation, too, piled in fresh offerings in big blocks until September corn, which opened at 4c., broke to 50 1-2 and at Chicago was smashed from 61 1 the opening price. All this happened within a half hour, amid uproar of excited traders. Wheat opened weaker, advanced a trifle, and then feeling the sudden giving away of the corn deal, dropped like a plummet 1 1-2 and 1 3-4. The big break in corn was directly responsible to too much stuff press- ing on the market and the inability of the bulls to support it any longer. Once the price broke the market went down like a spent rocket. te COLLECTING GARBAGE, ‘The Commissioners Ne The garbage situation is getting serious. This afternoon the Commissioners had a long conference with the representative of the present contractor for removing the garbage. Of late a great many compiaints have come in regarding the inefficiency of the service, and these, coupled with the pro- test of the mayor of Alexandria against the dumping of the garbage in the river, have stirred the Commissioners to action. An effort will be made to get a separate appropriation of $60,000 for collecting and destroying the garbage. The following @raft of a bill having this if view was pre- sented to the Commissioners this afternoon, and the same will be sent to Congress at once’ with the recommendation for its ‘im- mediate enactment: An act to provide for the collection and removal of garbage atid dead animals tm the District. of Cofumbial, etc.: Be it enacted by the Senate afid House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That thée°Commissioners of ‘the District of Columbia, be and they are here- by authorized ahd eMpowered to enter into contract, under°such/ regulations and. speci- fications as the¥ may establish, for the col- lection of all g&rbag# and dead animals. in the cities of Washington and Georgetown and their subuths, dafly from May 1 to-No- vember 1, and ttice & week from November 1 to May 1, in each®year, for a period-not exceeding five yaars,’And for incinerating or otherwise dispoding $f the same within “the limits of the Distriét of Columbia, for a gross sum not’fexcefding $60,000 per™ year for such collecti ind incineration. And the sum of $30 so much thereof as | may be nece: & hereby appropriated for 4he current fiscal year, ave Drawn Up a | for such purpo and the sum of $24400 and the $5,000 ap- propriated for ‘the @ollection and removal | of garbage and dead animals in the act en- led an act making appropriation to pro- le for the expenses of the government of the District of Columbia, approved August 7, 1895, or so much thereof as may be neces- ay be used for the same purpose. That the $5,000 appropriated tn the act entitled an act making appropriations to provide for the expenses of the goverti- | ment of the District of Columbia, approved August 7, 1895, to allow for the daily col- lection of garbage during the months of May, June, July, August and Septomber, | 18, is hereby made to apply to the months of July, August and September, 1591, and May and June, 1895, —— Military College Detail. Lieut. W. G. Elliot, twelfth infantry, has been detailed as professor of military tac- ties at the University of Alabama at Tus- caloosa, relievine W. L. Taylor, twentieth infe~* Peon oe AS TO TERMS | o'clock the air Was full of rumors of all | said that, MANY RUMORS A Tariff Agreement May Be Reached Tomorrow. SUCH IS SENATOR JONES’ OPINION Result of Several Conferences That “’Have Been Held Today. ees jee cn eee The understanding is that the tariff con- ferees have reached an informal agreement as to sugar, coal ard iron ore, and that a general ugreement on the tariff biti will be reported as soon as the formal adjustment of the other schedules can be got through with. The troublesome points of difference are substantially settled, and it is belleved to be a matter of hardly more than routine labor to adjust the general schedules. The details of today’s session are not to be had; but the report of an agreement was circulated freely immediately after the ad- journment of the morning session. This re- port was premature as to a general agree- ment, but there has undoubtediy been sub- stantially an agreement on the principal points, and the whole matter may be set- tled tomorrow, so that the republican con- ee can be called in to the afternoon ses- sion. The Sugar Schedule. The ‘sugar schedule will unquestionably be the compromise proposition published in The Star some days ago, giving 40 per cent on raw sugars, 40 per cent on the value of the. raw sugar contained in the refined and a differential of 1-5 on the refined. On the coal and iron question there is be- lieved to be a compromise which will give neither thé ‘House nor the Senate all they want, but will split the difference, what is yicided othe be hand being compensated for on the other. An agreement may be formally reached this afternoon, and it is almost wertain not to be delayed later than tomorrow. It is beli¢ved that in the settlement of the coal and iron ore dispute one or the other of them will be made free. Gorman and Smith Consult. Serators Jones and Vest of e tariff conference committee and Senators Gorman and Smith, acting on behalf of the conser- vative Senators, held a meeting today pre- vious to the convening of the conference and it is understood decided that the time had arrived when the conference should come to an end, either by an agreement or @ disagreement, and that they arranged a program for bringing about this result. This program, as detailed, was to have the “Senate conferees do their utmost to secure an agreement at the morning con- ference, and in case of failure to urge that a ment be reported without further delay, and failing to secure the consent of the House members to this plan for the Senate conferees to go into the Senate and ask to be di from further consid- eration of e tariff bill in conference. When Senator Jones was asked as to the truth of this he neither confirmed nor contradicted it, but simply said it was impossible to say what might happen. What Senator Jones Says. Senator Jones after the morning confer- ence said that if there was a program fur the Senate conferees on the tariff to ask to be discharged in existence he was not aware of the fact. He did not deny that the Senate conferees might ask to be dis- charged, but added that he did not think that “sich “réqiest would be made today. He also stated that the proceedings at the morning conference had not left the situa- tion materially changed from what it was after adjournment yesterday. The Alr Fall of Kumors, When the tariff conferees adjourned at 1 kinds, among .them being statements that an agreement would be veached at the afternoon session. It was also asserted that the agreement included « recessioa by the Senate conferees on sugar, and an adjust- ment of the ceal_gnd iron schedules. “The confereés were all non-committal and de clined to sayanythng. A leading conserva- tive Senator sald that ihe House must teke the respowMbilfty~of risking another vote upon the bill in the Senate, mdlcating that if a vote is caken on the bili that it may be defeated. Consulting With Speaker Crisp. Chairman Wilson and Representative Montgomery jolned Speaker Crisp in his private office after the recess of the con- ferees, ... The, report was soon circulated among members, and generally credited, that an agreement would be reached tcda: ‘This could not be positively confirmed, how- ever, from any of the conferees. One of them said that there was sure to be a bill, but he would not say how soon. Chairman Wilson, when asked as to the report, said with diplomacy that he hoped it might be true. Being asked directly if it were true, he replied: “Not as this deponent know- eth.” He was evidently in a hopef-il mood, however. Another House conferee denied the report that an agreement was certain today. He | said, however, that the conferees felt that the great point at Issue (he would not say what_ it was) might be settled at any mo- | He expressed more hopefulness of agreement than at any time before. Out of the many conflicting reports at the noon recess of the conferees it became evi- dent, and was so stated by those most intimate with the conferees, that an agree- ment was very near at hand aud might be reached tomorrow. RB ntative Si of New York, who is closely as: r. Wilson,’ gave it as his opinion there would be a complete agreement by | Saturday at the latest. An Agreement Tomorrow. Senator Jones of the Senate conferees on | the tariff bill said, at y, that he | ans’ Position, ‘ing committee of the Senate holds frequent sessions these days, and this morning held a session of con- siderable importance in view of (he various propysitions that have beea threatened in The republican ste: the Senate Db; e democrats. Onc main | point was practically agreed upon. The | republicans think that it is no time to de- Date thé differences that exist In the dem- ocratic ranks. The proposition that has been made to make sugar free was also discussed this morning and the bearing it would have upon the success of the bill. The opinion was expresse] that by putting sugar on the free list the votes of the Louisiana Senators would be lost bill, but that Senator Peffer might vote for it. ‘The republicans say that if a proposi- tion is to put sugar on the free list it will ve the support of nearly the en- tire republican side. Senator Smith of New Jersey, who was in consuitation with the Senate conferees, Said that’ he ‘expected the full committee would be called together tomorrow and a bill reported. “He said he could give no | details except to say that the compromise | sugar schedule announced last week would | bea part of the agreement. One of the republican conferees said he expected the republicans would be called | in tomorrow" ator Harris, a demo- lost to the oratie confer: to another Senator | that an agreement was in sight. anything about the bill de- s details, been but indicate that made. One report as between coal and iron ore, it had been agreed t coal was to be free and iron ore fixed at 40 cents, as in Senate bill. Arother report twisted this around the other way and put a sliding scale duty on coal . I Free and tron Duatiabie. The latest information 1s that the de- cision of the conference to make coal free and fron ore dutiable has been reversed, and that coal will be dutiable and iron ore free. There have been three changes on these two articles during the day, and it | is understood that the talk about. the in- fluence of the Nova Scotia Coal Company was the controlling factor in causing the decision in favor of the coal duty. It is understood, however, that the matier has not been absolutely fixed yet, and that an- concessions ha | pairs to tools, other reversal is not beyond the range we possibilities. ; THE CITY'S SHADE TREES Their Number and the Cost of Their There Are Now Nearly 75,000 ‘Trees Along the Streets—The Appropria- ton Last Year Wan $15,000. The parking commission submitted its an- nual report today to the Commissioners. It bears the approval of Messrs. Saul and San- ders. Mr. Smith, the ether member of the commission, agrees as to the facts, but not in the opinions expressed. The report states that “00 trees were plantei on the streets, consisting of elms, oriental planes, Undehs, Norway, sugar and silver maples, ginckos and oaks. The de- crease in’ the number planted as compared with that of the previdus year, is due to the large anovnt of necessary trimming which was done, and the improving of cir- cles and street parkings, hereinafter men- tioned. In this connection it may be stated that in additicn to trimming individual trees and rows of trees which needed spec- jal attention, all that section of the city be- tween North Capitol street and Rock creek and B and M streets northwest was taken ‘sten-atically and the trees trimmed. In doing this work hundreds of loads of brush Were «ut off and carted to the dumps, and when it had accumulated to such an extent as to render the deposit of more impossible, it was burned, in order to give more room. The dumping of bftish tlose to houses is al- ways avoided because.of the danger of its being set on fire by thoughtless persons, whereby valuable Property might be de- stroyed, hence the dumping grounds for brush have narrowed down to 2ist street be- tween Virginia avenue and the reclaimed lend forthe northwestern section of the city, and 16th street near the Baltimore and Ohio ‘tracks for the edstérn section. ‘This renders it necessary to cart the larger part of the tree trimmings’ tong'distances, which, considering the quantity to be moved, is an expenaive item alone. The entire annual ap- propriation, which, for years, has been $is.- 000, woult be requiréd' to properly trim trees and replace dead and inferior ones, to keep up the Tows already established. . ,. .£are of Parkings. “The parkings in the center of Pennsyl- vania avenue between 24 ‘and 8th streets southeast and New ork avenue between | loth and” 13th streets northwest were sraded, soiled; “seeded tn grass and a tem- porary fence of wire and,stakes was erect- ed for protection. Sheridan Circle at Massa- chusetts avenue and R streets, the two semi-circles at 16th and U streets north- west and. at intersection of Florida avenue and North Capitol street were prepared and sown: in grass. These parkings and circles presented a very good | appearance suntil the very dry weather set in, except on New York avenue, where the elm roats are so close to the top of the ground, and which so cover the same that it 1s doubtful if a good turf can ever be produced there. If it were not for the fact that the parking is already considerably elevated above the level of the street a few inches of good soil might be added, which would remedy the matter, but to lower the parking would be death to the fine elms.” Protecting the Trees. Three hundred and fifty old wooden tree boxes were removed. The entire stock of old box lumber which for the last six or eight years has supplied material for second- hand tree boxes has been exhausted, and new lumber must be purchased for the niaking of boxes for future use. One thou- sand wooden tree boxes were made and used pround newly planted trees, and those of a few years’ growth. One thousand five hundred. rods of woven wire were pur- chased, but owing to the scarcity of money only bout 1, ‘rods ‘were used, with which 4,341 trees were protected. The aver- age cost of wiriig'each tree is about 46 centa, but the work of readjusting wires which have become tight, and the taking off of injured wires, etc., is very expensive vork and requires constant attention. Caterpillars | iy small numbers only, and their removal cost but little. The pruning of tree roots where they had dis- turbed the sidewalks and the relaying of the bricks, has. garried on. This work requires thought and care, afd is of such a nature, that no fixed rule can be followed in its execution, relief should be given the sidewalks..as far..a5 passible, and at the same time the trees should not be, injured or rendered Hable to destruction. is de- partment moperly equi for th work in tiatid, Wor Ie the ativual appropria: ton, sufigent, te, condyct the work in a proper manher. o(Number-of Trees. The report shows the total number of trees on the streets to be, 73.833; number of trees planted during the Year, 690; total, 74,523; Rumber of trees, removed, 461; total number of trees now on streets,74,002; num- ber of trees protected by wire previous to year’ just’ ended,” 22:122: truthber of trees wired during the bee 4,341; total, 26,463. Appropriation for 189%, $15,000; expended for labor, cart hire, etc., $14,164.15; material (wire netting, tree stakes, forage), $3,842.11; total, $17,906.28; unexpended balance, $3.74. Estimates for 1Nv5. Purchase of wire netting and whing of | trees, $5,000; trimming and care of trees on | streets and parkings, $12,400; planting of | trees on streets and work at nursery, $6,000; purchase of lumber for boxes, $1,500; mak- ing tree boxes, assorting old lumber and re- $1,400; purchase of tree stakes, $000; improving and fencing the | thirty-six reservations under the control of | the Commissioners, $10,000, —_-—>—_ THE COURTS. Cireutt Court, Jude est, Ely & Co, vs. John H. Ley; plaintiff or. dered to give security for costs on or be- | fore the first Tuesday in September next Bradley.—Z. De Fe McClenahan & Brothers vs. Robert Me. fault for | ISM, and costs.. ‘The Imperial Bank of Canada vs. | John C. Hurst; time for defendant to plead extended ten days from August 9, IN. Job | Barnard, administrator of estate of Stuart | J. Gass vs, Warren P. Watrou judgment for plaintiff by default for $4.0 with tn- terest at 6 per cent from December 1, 1801, | until paid, and costs. Proteciing Mrs. Armes. In the sult for divorce recently filed by Lucy’ H. Artes agatist George A. Armes, Judge Bradley today ordered that the do- fendant be restrained and enjoined from harassing his wife, or otherwise than with | her consent, from interfering with or molest- ing her until further Grier of the court. The order. was passed with the consent of counsel for the defendant, indicated in open court. — Gone Back to the Work House, Magsie Sullivan, a little woman who lives in the work house, with the exception. of a few days between sentences, was re- leased this morning about 7 o'clock and an hour later Yhe was found drunk ‘about the neighborhood of Louse alley. When Po. liceman “Espey foun her she was in fighting mood, and had already been jured. Judge Taylor heard the and sent Maggie ¢ Chienge Gra: Reported by Silsby rs and Brokers, August 8, 1804. Wheat Y-¥ High. Corn Oats—3 Pork Lard S.Ribs. Month. September October ovemiber Daember Saduary.. Laramie, Wyo., Lodge of the A. R. U. has declared the boycoit on the Union Pacific off, and appointed a commit to intereede with Judge Riner on Teohalé ot the strikers, $ ON NL a a a es ee ee ee ee FINANCE AND TRADE New York Spooulators “Skeptical About Oorn Reports. Fees Seling Ontiaia Dia in the Price. GENERAL ene Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. NEW YORK, August §—London prices came 1-8al-2 above our closing, the market Prices on our stock market opened frac- tionally under the closing prices of yester- day, and while waiting for advices from the Chicago grain market traders were in- clined to realize profits on their purchases of the Grangers during yesterday's last hour, the quotations of which shaded off in consequence, Burlington, as usual, being the largest sufferer. When the bewildering quotations from the Chicago grain market began to come, finally showing a break of % cents in the price of corn and a sympa- thetic slump in wheat, {he room sentiment changed and the early sellers became buy- ers, causing a rally to about opening figures. Operators in stocks, even those who are bearishly inclined, are very chary about accepting the excessive estimates of dam- age to the corn crop as furnished by west- ern speculators, and while admitting that great damage has resulted from the bot and dry weather in certain hest- tate to accept the measurements of the corn pool. ‘The fizzle of the democratic caucus on tha, tariff; Washington advices showing the deadlock to be in a more condition than ever, and the rumor that the Benate ferees were willing to, concede. sugar provided coal and tron were tak care of, caused a bearish feeling on-svaae refiners, and the eager purchasers of yes- terday afternoon were just as eager to stand frem under this morning, and a 5 yey ap my opentng, whieh was: 06 1-2 or ler yesterday's closing bid, and sold down 104 5-8. > v . Of the other industrials Lead common was the feature, being more active and i 2 i F Hi Han ‘i 4 - te i it : % i i oh tie of the New York stock market ported by Corson & Macartney, New York stock exchange. Messrs. Moore & Schley, No. 80 Broadway: y, as re Stocks. Open. High. Low. Close. OO te0y = a3 ak a Chie. ana Nort ras 6 raat Chicago HS TK The C.,M. and St. Pani. OK BOG C..M. and St. tasy 11a sen (.. R. 1. and Pacitc: ay 4 o Fe" 105” 168: Delaware ana Audson 1B6y 1844y s Denver and Rio Grande. ae aed Dis. and Cattle Feeding ISK 18% 1885 General Electric . ‘ SB iy {now Central. 4 Wy MK IK Lake Shore. . rid TOR BOR Louie and Nashviie 4B). ge oO" Long Islana Traction... 4X 15 br Metropolitan Traction., ..... 164 116y Manhattan Elevated... il4iy Mocmagan Central... Missouri Pacific. . 8. Core Ls New Jersey Central. New York Central.” ""”” Y.and New Engiand €. and St. Louis. Nortnern Pactne. Nortnern Pacific, ptd. orth American, ce Pullman P. : Kichmond Terminal Phila. Traction. Texas Pacitic cling & Lal Wheeling & LE Western Union Te Wisconsin Ceutral Silver. . ee ae Stock Kachange. S. 4s, rogistered, 113 4s, comm, “114 bmi, 11 tid, 11S asked. juunbia Bonds, bid. 30-year fund 6s, Stock is, 1901, currency, 115 bid) Water stock Ts, im currency, 120 bid. 3.658, funding, currency, 21 bid, Ronds.— Washington 130 Miscellaneous town Railroad conv. Ge, a Washington and Georgetown Railtead conv. ti: 180 Mid, 188 asked. Metropolitan Rallroad com. ‘ ® bid. Washington Gas Compay conv. Gx, 140 asked. Chesapeake aud Potomac Tele- Ss, ¥0 bid. American Security and Trust Sa, Ameriean Security and bid. Washington Market Com- Masonic Hall Association Rank of the Republic, 225 pulitan, 24) bid. Central, chanics’, 185 bid, 110 bid) West bid. Lincein, 90 Met Farmers and bid. 145 asked. 4 asked. Traders’, bid. 99 asked. Safe Deposit and ‘Trast Compantes. —W, Loan and ‘Trost, 119% bid, 125 asked. shed. Security and Trust, 18% Wasting! Deposit, 100 asked : ‘ lirdad Stocks.Metropolitan, 85 bid, 9% asked. umnbia, 55 Wid, 6 asked. Georgetown and Ten al D, 35 asked. Gas and Electric Light Stoc 46\, bid, 60 asked. U.S. Blectri Insurance § Firemen’s, 40 1 n, 70 ambia, 12% "bid. le" 6 acke@. Lincoln, 73, 8 asked. Title Tusurange Stoke Columbia Tite, TY Ma. District Title, 15 asked. jephone Stocks. —-Chesapeal 34% asked. Pneumat’ ” clfircous Stocks.—Wasbingten Ma >—— Baltimore Markets. ngust, AG%a56: September, cember, 6014x0014; steamer No. receipts, 1 bust 4 sales, 245 busbe! t ‘ fis; stock, 7285 bushels, timothy. $14.002$15.00. changed. changed. = Range of the Thermometer. The following were the readings of the —— at the weather bureau today; a.m. . Tl, 2 pam., $9; maximum, ¥1; mini mum, «6.