Evening Star Newspaper, August 14, 1894, Page 2

THE EVENING STAR, ot AUGUST LATE NEWS BY WIRE Capt. Goodman Tells About Shooting Col. Parsons. CLAIMS IP WAS One Shot, He Says, Was Wholly Accidental. —_—-— WHAT HIS INTENTIONS WERE IN SELF-DEFENSE ———— Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. COVINGTON, V August 14.—Capt. Thomas A. Goodman took the stand today in his own behalf in defense of the charge that he murdered Col. H. C. Parsons on June 2 at Clifton Forge. Capt. Goodman made a free and full statement. He oceu- Pied tre stand nearly an hour end a half, and had rot concluded his direct testimony when the recess at 12:30 was taken. Led on by Mr. Crump, his counsel, the witness rarrated in detail his movements after he first received the Parsons letter until he surrendered himself to the law. A most dramatic climax was reached when the prisoner described the tragedy. He said that when he met Col. Parsons in the Gladys Inn Hotel and handed him a epy of the letter and inquired if he wrote the letter, “which would not only destroy my peace and happiness, but that of my family,” Parsons tbrew the letter down and replied: “You and your family are not considered. Goodman then placed his hand on Par- sons* shoulder and said: ‘olonel, you must retract that letter.” Witness then illus- trated how Parsons threw his hand around behind him, as if to draw a weapon, and witness, thinking he had one, fired in self- defense. Parsons, he said, seized his (Good- man’s) left hand, which grasped the pistol, and tried to wrest it from him. Witness knew then that Parsons had no pistol, and he did not fire again, but the weapon was discharged accidentally as he drew his hand from the grasp of his antagonist. Goodman told of the deep sorrow in which the Parsons letter had plunged him. He saw that not only himself, but his family, which had been his sunshine for eighteen years, were ruined unless he could vindicate himself. He went to see Parsons, to ask him to retract his ruinous charges, and if he declined to do so it was his intention to go before the grand jury of Rockbridge county and try to have Rim indicted for criminal Hbel. It is probuble that the prisoner will oc- cupy the stand the rest of the day. Mrs. Goodman did not take jer eyes from the floor during her husband's recital, but moved her veil more than once to brush away the tears, Before Capt. Goodman took the stand this morning a number of witnesses were called who testified to the bad character of the Phelps woman, whom they said they would Rot believe on oath. —_>_— SOME TAKIFF VIEWS. Comments of Ex-President Harrison and Other Prominent Men. The New York World today published the views of several men nationally promt- nent, over their own signatures, regarding the tariff situation. Ex-President Harrison writes: “I decline to talk at length regarding the action of the House democratic caucus, but one con- sideration ts obvious to every one, namely, that the determination of the House to re- port special tariff bills will tend strongly to prevent that business tmprovement which might have resulted from any defi- nite settlement of the tariff question. I ex- fect to make a few emphatic remarks on that aspect of the crisis during the coming Indiana ecampaicn. Ex-Speaker Reed's Comments. Ex-Speaker Reed writes: It Is Is useless to comment upon the performance in the House today. It fitly concludes a long and disreputable career. From Mr. Wilson’s lame opening to the Speaker's unfortunate and unjust allusion to Mr. Cockran it was all of a plece-a draggle in the dust, a hauscous swallowing, a most unsightly ex- hibition. The House dealt with a bill that Was not before it—lent itself to “prefidy and dishonor,” as the President says; and not enly did tt, but dng down for the chance. ‘That parliamentary law was violated ts a small affair, for it has not been unusual in this House; but that they should proclaim with their voices that they were to fight trusts and moropolies and then go into a course of action which made trust shares go up four points the very day It was adopt- ed demands that severe reprobation which should accompany false pretenses. As for the little bills rushed through, the subter- fuge is too transparent for even a moment's consideration. It is pure humbug. They Pass a bill taxing sugar and coal—a real bill—and then pass dumuies Pretending to repeal it, and albime-same day. Speaker Crisp’s Remarks. Speaker Crisp says: All things considered, I think the pro- gram decided upon today is the best that ¢ould have been chosen under the circum- stances. We did not decide to ae thi: action until the last moment, a: stood firm until the last hope had vanished. Senator Hill. ‘The bill will, of course, disappoint the cout try. I have no intimation or Idea what the Presideat will do with it, and he alone must be the judge of his duty in the Premises. It is a peculiar situation, which is full of embarrassment. The Wilson let- ter must prove a stumbling block, which will stand in the way of an approval. If the it sees fit to veto the bill the country and the democratic party will ap- Prove his action. If however, under all the ¢ircumstances he concludes to accept it as the only obtainable relief at this time, not- Withstanding its objectionable and inade- Quate features, the democracy must accept the result with equanimity and defend it as best they can. Senator Brice Pleased. Senator Brice says: ‘The Senate bill is the best piece of tariff Jegislation that was ever passed by Con- gress. In my opinion, the result today has been a foregone conclusion since the Pres- “ads letter to Mr. Wilson was made pub- en BE BUILDING. PRINTING OF Repair the Present Building and Walt for Better Times. Chairman Bankhead of the House com- mittee on public buildings and grounds ts very much discouraged over the outlook for &@ new government printing office bill at this session of Congress. The action of the Senate upon the amendment to the sundry civil 2 priation bill was a great sur- rise disappointment to the House. The feeling among those in the House inter- ested in a new building is that there is no Frospect whatever of passing a separate Bill at this time through the Senate or the House either, for that matter, as the same oi struggle betweer conflicting real estate interests would be revived in the latter Daly. “I am afraid that all we can do now, said Mr. Bankhead today to a Star reporte “will be to-utilize the $75,000 appropriated for r irs and make the building as secure 8s possible until an agreement of some kind ean be reached in the future for the seleo- tion of a site.” Mr. Bankhead was emphatic in the state- ment of his belief that the present House will never agree to the Mahone site under apy consideration. IsTS. fhe Commissioners Have Arranged to See the President Tomorrow, Tho royalist Hawaflan commisstoners, who have just returned to the city from 8 visit to Admiral Brown at Norfolk, have @rrangel for a hearing by the President the White House tomorrow afternoon to ss Hawaiian affairs in general and future financial welfare of her late jesty, Lilluokalant, in particulan ORGANS AND MuSIC What Particularly Interests Two Washing- tomians in Europe, A Visit to Becthoven’s sirt! Dr. Bischoff Plays on the M: Pilano—Fine Organs Heard. ters Correspondence of The Evening Star. LUCERNE, Switzerland, July 22, 1894. Like many other Americans, [ have fre- quently had the musie of the common folk of Germany eulogized by those persons favored by fortune by having been born in the “old country,” and still more by bring- ing them to our better land, and I had about coneluded that I would be surfetted with music, classical and otherwise, but all good; my first treat of this kind came in the way of a band abeard an excursion beat,. which we passed when landing in Bremen, and it was sv homelike in its quality that for a moment I was quite homesick. Perhaps it is because the season has closed, but, with one or two execptions, we have heard music of the usual sumer. re- sort standard. At Cologne we, of course, visited the great cathedral, with its treasury filled with shrines and relics of great age and value, but the organ is an old one, built in the beginning of the seventeenth century, and much in need of repair; we could not make a close examination of it, because we were uot possessed of the great amount of local influence necessary for such a privilege. At Bonn on the Rime, pretty, quiet, shady old Penn, with its university and its many gardens on the river, a treat was in store for us; it consisted of a visit to the house of Beethoven, in which the great master was born and lived a number of years; it is an old-fashioned three-story stone building, preserved for its history by a society, who keep a guide there to show visitors the many relics of the old master which are kept in the front building. The infant Beethoven first saw the light in a small, second-story back room, with a lew ceiling and a gable roof, into which the tor is allowed oniy to look. A plaster best of the master stands upon a pedestal in the center of the room, and about it le several wreaths of evergreen placed there by admirers; there is one from Rubenstein, ohe from Jochim,.the violinist; one from Nikita, and two from Epglish ladies, whose rames we could. not ascertain. Im Beethoven's Home. We had the great pleasure of sitting in the very chair and at the table where the master used to write, and one of the mem- ories which I shall cherish is that of lean- ing on the old grand piano, which was made for Beethoven, and, together with a number of other visitors, listening to Dr. Bischoff at the keyboard, playing the Adagio from Beethoven's pathetic Sonata. An ail day ride up the Rhine ‘on one of the splendid steamers now running brought us to Bin- gen, where we remained a day to visit the immense monument of Germanta on the Niederwald, erected by the Gertmans in honor of their final victory over the French in the last war, then on to Frankfurt on the Main, by far the handsomest city we have yet visited. Of course we spent an af- ternoon in the famous paim gardens in this city, who has not, who has ever been here, sat under the trees, drank German beer and smoked good cigars (these brought with him, I must add) and ‘listened to the good or- chestra in an open air concert? But stop, perhaps there ure some who don’t drink beer and smoke cigars; alas, theirs is a sad lot while in Germany. From Frankfurt we found it very con- venient to visit Homburg, Wiesbaden and Koenigstein. At the latter place we climbed to the ruins of the old castle of Koenigstein, which dates back some eight hundred years. It was destroyed by the French in 1794, and now ranks as the second largest castle ruin in Europe. After descending from the castle ruin and enjoying a goed nettve dinner served In the garden of the Frankfurter Hoff, a pleasant drive of two hours over a splendid roed brought us to Homburg,-a charming resort, much frequented by #mericens and English, situated near the foot of the Taunus mountai: Another Good Orchestra. Here we found cur second good orchestra giving concerts im the Cursaal gardens. It ig composed of thirty-five musicians, and the two programs which we listened to were composed of 2 good class of music, and very well rendered, indeed. We were unfcrtunate in finding the opera season closed at Frankfurt, but were well repaid by a visit of inspection to the Grand Opera House. It is one of the finest in Europe, regarded by many as nd only to the Paris Grand Opera House. It stands in the center of the Opera Platz, at the beginning of the broad promenade, and was erected about ten years ago at a cost of ten million marks. It is built of white stone, has five galleries, and for grand opera per. formances the orchestra numbers eighty men. From Frankfurt we came south through the musical city of Stuttgart, where we found the same musical condition, viz, season closed. We, however, visited some of the noted piano factories, among them the old house of Shiedmayer, and also spent half a day in the Palace Rosenstein, filled with rare paintings and statuary, the prop- erty of King Wiliam II of Wurtemburg, then through the Black Forest and on to Shaffhausen, within the Swiss border. Here we witnessed the magnificent spec- tacle of the filumination of the Rhine falls by electric search lights and fireworks. At this point the river dashes over rocks, form- ing a cascade for seventy or eighty feet, anid finally dashes over the large rocks in the middie of the ese jon S all falls about 100 feet, causing a mi oO rise high in the air, and wken all this, to- gether with the high bluff on the south side and the chateau on its summit, fs illumi- nated, the result {s wonderful. We wit- nessed it from the north side, where we were seated in the carriage which brought us from the town, a distance of perhaps one mile. . A Great Organ. At Shaffhausen we examined the great organ in the Protestant cathedral of St. John’s. It {s a new organ, and contains some valuable features; it has fifty-seven speaking stops, sixty in all, with twelve pedal stops and six sixteen-foot stops In the manuals; it has one eight-foot cornet stop of three ranks mixture, and a colossal thir- ty-two-foot open dlapason set of pipes, to- gether with a large number of pedal move- ments, and such an organ in a city of onty 13,000 inhabitants; it is a magnificent in- strument, and ls well played by the orgeantst of the cathedral, who spent considerable time in showing us the Instrument, as well as giving us considerable information as to other large organs in Switzeriand: Zurich was next visited, and although we found nothing of interest in the musical line, we spent a delightful couple of days in going through the really very creditable ecantenal exposition now being held there, over the charming lake. The city is beautifully situated at the north end of the lake bearing Its name, and possesses some large and well located hotels and ing places, and {3 frequented by many English and Americans during the summer pretty lake steamers traverse the landing at the many little towns and ges on its shores. From Zurich a short railroad ride of about one hour brought us to Lucerne the fashionable; the beautiful Swiss resort on Lake Lucerne, about 1,500 feet above the sea. Directly south of the town and only a couple of miles away stands the towering peak of “Pilatus,” nearly always surmount- ed by clouds, even in perfectly clear weath- er, and off to the east, across one arm of the lake, stands the famous “Rigi,” to the top of which we ascended by rail over a cog-wheel track, In the Cathedral of Lucerne we found another splendid or: but were disap- pointed in the maner in which it was played at the concert, to which all visitors are ex- pected to go. This instrument is an old one, but has a powerful trumpet pedal set,which, being used very judiciously, had the effect of covering the other parts; {t also had a splendid vox humana, Swiss Beggars. Were it not for one disagreeable feature of Swiss travel the traveler could be al- most happy, surrounded, as he is, by seenery so grand, with gcod hetels and de- lightful climate; ft Is the abundarce and au- dacity of the Swiss beggars. They follow you, and find some excuse for attracting your attention by their self-imposed atte! tions, and when this fails, they will stop you and beg for “en sou,” and, if with suc- cess, they will at once notify all the bal- ance of the great army, and you will have calls from all of them in short order. An amusing incident of this kind happened to one of our party here. We had been fol- lowed by one beggar for an hour or more, and had told him repeatedly that we would not give him anything. Finally he assumed an offended air, and asserted that we ought to sive him ten centimes, anyway, as we had taken so much of his time. From here we go over the famous Brunig pass to Interlaken, and before leaving Switzerland will visit Berne, Fribourg and Geneva, where the three largest organs of Switzerland are to be heard. Therefore, 1 Will close this letter here, and will write you another from Paris, which will include the particulars of our visits to these three as well as to those played by the great ch organists, Guilmont and Widor. D. G, PFEIFFER. a TARIFF DIFFERE: EB. Comparisons Made Between the Sen- ate und McKinley Bills. The following is a statement of average ad valorem rates of duty of the McKinley law and the Senate bill on a number of principal Items, as compiled by the Treasury Department. Wherever duties are specific in either bill they were reduted to ad valorem rates for purposes of comparison: ARTICLES. ter be Camphor, retined Sumac, extract Hpsom’ salts Cs Yptum, prepared ‘for Curomiuus colors. Delete eee Sienna. Unier ") Spirit varnishes AML cther varnish potash: boutte of soda. pinate of soda. Strychnta or strychnine Sulphur, sublimed. 64 13 to 48 8 37 to 45 T4 S$ to 122 glass, cust, above 24 by Go. 49.39, BS Cylinder "and crown’ gia : Slive le wae 48.58 21.70 Spectacle “ietises. : 6 35 Stained or painted window giass 43 35 Kooting slate 45 20 Iron ore... 4277 | 22.77 fron, in. plas, 2 te 15 to 21 Scrap iron. 47.88 "23.47 bay steel “a 25.80 iron. % to 38 16 to #2 Bars of rolled tron. O1.77 44.08 Poller or otuer piste itoa or Steel.... 2 32.90 20 to 58 20 te 40 n Wire Je we 22.67 Cast troa vessels, &c. 17.85 Matieable iron castings. 16.37 Hollow ware. B35 — «A ar Nails. 2 to 45 26 to 30 Katlway fish plates. T2138 Pa Band, baek and other saws. oy 2 Screws 7 to 111 83 to 67 S872 41.86 » 2 HR 8 B77 30 30 a 30 25 2.19 4.50 Fy % 11Ls5 B89 “nel thi9 — aL.Os jones. ne ee) Oranges, “lemons “and iimes...12 to 3112 to 82 Comiits, sweetmeats, &e.... BO 30 Nuts not shelled (almonds). 51.24 30.80 ed (almonds) 4242 2328 Se Ba 72, 20 W615 Spirits, 91 to $67 65 to 264 Cotton Ft 35.17 25.05 38.69 0.90 Cables, ‘coriage ‘and Bagging for cotton Woolen yarns. Shawls, woolen, cents’ per pou Blankets .. Hats of wool Flannels not over 00 conte not above 40 nid. & Silk, partialiy’ manufactured, Silk, webbings, gorgings, &c! Stik buttons. . paper (n. 8. p.) Dolls and’ other 12 ck Bt Matches”. Hatreloth, “known’ ‘as’ crinoline cloth a . Hatrelors, “known “as” hair Rewting .e2-ee.es f 15.43 Leather, bend or belting anv sole . 10 wo Calfskins, japanned. . 80 20 Leather, ali not speciaily pro- vik for... 10 10 Roots and shoes 25 2 Manufactures of indiatubiver, 30 25 Umbrellas, covered with silk or a alpaca 55 45 Rartstone, mianutactured . Bs Free. Composition, metal, copper. 6.49 Free, Plates of copper, not rolled, 108) Free. Cider. 81.52 Free. Binding OAT hong Patntings,in off Free. Statuary aoe CAPITOL TOPICS. Pension for Mrs. Schwatka. ‘The House committee on pensions has agreed to the Senate bill to pension Mrs. Ada J. Schwatka, the widow of Lieut. Frederick Schwatka, the arctic explorer, at $30 a month. Widows’ and Orphanw’ Pensions, Senator Vilas today ttroduced a bill providing that widows and minor children of solifers and sailors In the late war filing declarations for penstons as such under the general law shall show by com- petent evidence that the marriage through which they claim title thereto was con- tracted prior to the passage of this act. —e—_—___——. FOUND THE PARENTS, Trial of the Couple Who Abandon Their fant. Officer G. W. Neale arrested, yesterday evening at the steamer wharf, a man gtiv- ing his name as Prof. Leslie C. Sebree of Virginia, a machine agent, and his wife, on a charge of being the couple who left an infant with Elizabeth Stewart, a colored woman, at the Norfolk and Washington wharf Saturday evening and failed to re- turn for it. In the Police Court today they explained the abandonment on the ground that the mother was weak, and was taken sick after they reached here, and they left the baby with the colored woman whiie they could get a place to stay, They had no intention of leaving the child for ail time, however. It was developed in the evidence that every time Sebree went to the wharf he passed the Stewart woman's house, but made no effort to see the child or to get it back. Justice Mills decided that Sebree was un- doubtedly guilty. There was some doubt as to the legal respoasibility attaching to ‘Mrs. Sebree, Inasmuch as the whole transaction was dene with the husband’s knowledge and censent. After consultation with Mr, Mullowney, the assistant District attorney, the judge decided to let her go unpunished, although holding that they were both equally to blame from a moral standpoint. Debree was sentenced to thirty days in jail and to pay a tine of $100, with ninety days additional in default of payment. The young couple left the dock, the wo- man weeping and the man wih’ his arm about her waist to guide her unsteady steps. fe was vehemently protesting hig, no- cence and seemed to completely un- rerved by the disgrace which had overtaken him. —__ The 150 employes of the Barnard brick works at Bellaire, Ohio, went out yesterday on a stgike against the employment of two Italian | they si 1894—TWELVE PAGE WHAT EDITORS SAY Comments of the Press on the Tariff Situation. ge FROM DIFFERENT POINTS OF VIEW The Effect of the Action of the House. pe ees sits IDENT AND CONGRESS THEPRE: oe The acceptance and passage by the House of the Senate tariff bill is, of course, the principal topic discussed by the news- Papers today. Their comments vary, of course, according to the political predi- lections of the editors, The President Should ‘The New York Times Say: Distasteful as it must be to him, the Pres- ident, we think, will sign the bill. He ought to sign it. The distressed trade and in- dustries of the country, now faintly stir- ring with new life, demand that he make this bill a law to avert the disaster of a fresh general tariff agitation which a veto would invite. It is an imperfect measure, abounding in errors and abuses, and it has been brought forth n corruption and scan- dal. But this is no time for counsels of perfection. The country wants to resume its gainful occupations, and it can get along under any kind of tariff bill better than un- der the blighting uncertainties of a tran- sition from the known to the unknown, Preferable to the Wilson Bil The Philadelphia Inquirer says: The Gor- man bill, which is a moderate protection measure, under which most of our indus- tries can continue to live, whi'e workmen get reduced wages, is far preferable to the destructive Wilson bill, It is not what we ought to have. Better a thousand times the McKinley bill, but since some bill was to pass let us all be thankful that it was the Senate bill. We can live on that until a republican administration brings renewed prosperity. But where is the democratic party? Pledged to certain specific promises, it has not fulfilled one of them. The Battle Will Go On, Says the New York Herald: Under com- pulsion of the darkest and foulest conspir- acy in the annals of any nation, the House of Representatives has passed the Senate tartff bull. The Castiline of the Senate, un- abashed by his betrayal of a fair-famed state and party, unmoved by the sufferings and distresses he has brought upon his country, promptly received from republi- can Senators all due congratulations and plaudits for his victory over the American people. ut his victory, like Lee’s brilliant success in the second day’s fight at Gettys- burg—which fatally emboldened him to eon- tinue his battle on the third day—will sure- ly and swiftly bring on the irretrievable everthrow of “protection.” Compensat 4 in Surrender. The New York World says: The demo- crats of the House, for reasons admirably stated by Chairman Wilson and Speaker Crisp, accepted the Senate tariff bill, with all its imperfections and {ts shame, rather then to get none. Like the “held-up” passengers in a help- less stage-coach, they yielded to the politi- cal highwaymen of the Senate without pre- tending to make a virtue of the necessity. As a vindication of democratic principles against the betrayal of the four trust agents and speculating Senators who forced the surrender, the House with surprising promptness and unanimity passed a bill making all sugars free, und also separate bills untaxing coal, fron and barbed wire. This action was at once a challenge to the Senate and a promise to the country. It mitigates the surrender, The Tariff Issue Settled. The Philadelphia Times says: The tarfff issue Is settled at last. The Wilson bill, as amended in the Senate, has passed both houses of Congress, and noth- ing now remains in the way of an imme- diate and rapid revival of business and in- dustry. The tariff, as finally passed, while in many resyects it falls short of the expecta- tions of the country, is an enormous step forward in the direction of redu taxa- tion, a step that will never be retracted. From thi stime the fixed policy of the coun- try will be toward the gradual reduction of import duties, and our manufacturers, who will prosper under this new tari? as they have never prospered before, will not again seek the restoration of the exorbitant taxes which have demoralized so many of our in- dustries. A Shameful Price for a Bad BU. ‘The New York Tribune says: The last extreme of disgrace has been ac- cepted by the decision of a full democratic caucus, and by the action of the demo- cratic House. The caucus was distinctly informed by Mr. Wilson that “the sugar trust had the people by the throat,” and that it had bought abroad $112,000,000 worth of sugar, on which the Senate schedule would give it a profit of $40,000,000, Yet he proposed, Speaker Crisp moved and the caucus voted, 13) to 21, to give the trust its enormous bribe. Mr. Wi!son’s reaso! which he called witnesses to support, was that the tariff bill could not be passed at all without giving this plunder to the trust; but what decency is there in giving so shameful a fos for a bill so bad? Mr. Wilson and his democratic friends are so frantically anxious to strike down protected industries of northern states that they were even willing to vote for this gigantic rob- bery, carrying it through the House by a yote of 182 to 105, in order to prevent the fatlure of a measure which, for other rea- sons, the President had denounced as full of perfidy and dishonor, Senator Gorman’s Victory. ‘The Baltimore American says: Senator Gorman has won. There is not the remotest doubt about the completeness of his victory. It is full, comprehensive and absolute. Some prophets satd that President Cleveland having won two con- tests with the Maryland Senator, would surely win the third. Yesterday they saw their prophesies upset, and beheld Senator Gorman the victor in the greatest fight the democratic party has known for a quarter of a century. The Fight Not Over. The Baltimore Sun says: It is evident, therefore, that the long tariff struggle is not over. It may be said to have only begun, and will probably be found to have widened, So as to include in its scope the overthrow of trusts and the reform and reconstruction ot the United States Senate. To the bust- ness and industrial world a settlement which settles nothing, and which only promises to be the prelude to fercep agitation and more radical schemes of legislation, is a profound diseppointment. Stabflity tn tariff tegisia- tion and a respite from agitation are essen- tial to the safe and successful prosecution of trate, They are necessary conditions precedent to any revival on an extended seale of all branches of manufacturing and productive industry, An Abject Surrender, The New York Sun remarks: The surrender of the House to the de- mands of the Senate protectionists ts ab- fect and unconditional. The passage of separate bills for free coal, free iron ore, and free sugar amounts to naught. If Mr. Cleveland, Mr, Wilson and the House con- ferees could not force free coal and free fron ore back into the tariff bill, they know there is no chance for a separate free coal bill, or a separate free iron ore bill, in the Senate. If the House conferees rejected Mr. Gorman’s offer of free sugar because new there was no possibility of a free sugar amendment passing the Senate, how do they expect a separate bill for free sugar to become a law? By the aid of republican votes? But Mr. Cleveland himself is op- posed to free sugar, The White House is the last bulwark of the sugar trust's in- terests, Sign the Bil sor A cyclone has swept over the provinces of Madrid and Ciudad Real, Spain. Considera- ble damage has been done to the crops and aver a hundred persons are reported to be either killed or injured, GEN. CARNAHAN APPROVES. The Arrangements Made by the Py- thinn Citizens’ Commitee, At a meeting of the citizens’ executive committee of the Pythian ncampment at the new headquarters, 1216 F street, yester- day a communication read from Maj. Gen. Carnahan, commander-in-chief of the Uniform Rank, expressing approval of all the preparations which have been made here, especially those relating to the camp ground, Gen. Carnahan stated that he would reach this city about Monday, August 20. The chairman of the finance committee, Mr. Frank B. Noyes, was not present, but & report was presented from him by Mr. Emmons, which stated that the sum of the subscriptions received since the last meet- ing of the executive committee, one week ago, was $509, and that the sum collected duritg the same period was $1,000. He ad- ed that no additional appropriations should be made until the next meeting, to be held one.week hence, Richard Goodhart of the subcommittee on the reception of the Supreme Lodge, re- ported that Convention Hall had been en- gaged for the occasion and the Marine Band would furnish the music. From the subcommittee on decorations Mr. Emmons reported that circulars have been sent to merchants and to others re- questing them to decorate and that the re- Sponges had been gratifying. There would, he stated, be a very creditable dispiay of bunting. Reports were received from other com- mittees stating that progress was being made with the matters assigned to their care, on DEATH OF CHARLES G. BALL. He Passes Away Today a dence His Resi- in This City, Mr. Charles G. Ball died today about 12:30 o'clock at his home, 1111 11th street Northwest. The deceased was seventy-three Years old, and while he has been suffering with Kidney trouble for the last two years, his death was the immediate result of an attack which began ten days ago. Mr. Ball vas for many years In the furnace business in this clty, which for sixteen years was lo- cated on Pennsylvania avenue near 1ith street. A son, Mr. C. A. Ball, and a daugh- ter, Miss Ada V. Ball, survive him. The de- ceased was of a retiring disposition and had the respect and confidence of a large circle ot friends and acquaintances, — GOVERNMENT. DISTRICT Askiug for a Crossing. The parents of a large number of the children attending the Plerce School, on 1ith and G streets northeast, have united in a petition to the Commissioners re- questing them to have G street between i4th and 15th streets tmproved and a new crossing put in at I5th street before the opening of the school. The matter has been referred to the engineer department. Ruixe the Gutter. Health Officer Woodward has reported to the Commissioners that the gutter at the southeast corner of 9th and A streets northeast [3 in a very unsanitary condi- tion. He says that stagnant water remains in the gutter until evaporated, producing foul odors, injurious to health. It is his opinion that the only way to abate this se- rious nutsance is to raise the gutter, so as to permit the water to run off. Something Wrong. ‘The attorney for the District has had re- ferrel to him for investigation and report @ pecullar question. A plece of property was recently subdivided by Albert Diehi and placed on file. The property hereto- fore had been in the name of Edward Young, at present United States consul at Windsor, Nova Scotla. Assessor Trimble looked the matter up and wrote to Mr. nor teed Legon that he had never deeded away his lan. a on it since is7i, “""™ but had paid taxes —~___ AMBER AND AMBEROID. : The Extent of the Operation of the Greatest Mines. From the Philadelphia Bulletin, A. Becker of East Prussia, a member of the firm who cwn and operate the greatest amber mines in the world, the Anna and the Palmnicken, located on the north coast of the Baltic sea, said recently: “Our firm Supplies over per cent of the amber and amberold sold in the markets of Europe, Great Britain, Asia, Japan, China and America. Amberoid is the result of small pleces of amber compressed into one sclid mass by hydraulic pressure. We em- ploy in cur mines and manufacturing pro- cesses about 2,000 people, who prepare our Products for the market, ready for the manufacturer, We make ho manufactured goods. Our output is the c ude material, and amounts annually to about $1,000,000." Mr. Becker then exhibited an elegant cle- arette holder of whitish amber, ornamented With gold, “This littie holder,” said he, “exclusive of {ts mountings, is worth §%." Continuing, he said: “Very Httle of the real ainber Is shipped to the United States, Most of that which Is called amber here is only amberold, “Amber is the gum of a conifer, but of what species no one knows. It belonged to the first period of vegetation of the earth, No one knows in what climate these trees grew, and no fossil traces of them are left for the geologist. It is not improbable that they produced amber and were stately trees millions of years ago. Dr. R. Klebs ot Konigsberg, the highest authority on this subject in the world, says there are 2,000 different varieties of insects found im- prisoned in amber, and this gives us a pret- ty correct idea of the fauna in the remote age in which they Itved. They give us be- sides evidences of that period of which we have po other trace. It is very interesting to compare these insects with thos» now existing, as the common fly, for example. Others, again, are entirely different, show. ing extinct species, Dr. Kleb’s theory is that the amber was carried to East Prussia during the glacial epoch and imbedded in the blue earth where it was found. This blue earth is a very heavy clay, and the strata vary in thickness from 3 to 27 feet. Dr. Klebs considers that this imbedding process occurred in what geologists term the tertlary period, : “The right to mine amber or to take it from the sea dates back to the time the first knights who colonized East Prussia appeared—in the fifteenth century. They had the primary right to mine. Subse- quently the right merged in the govern- ment, which granted the privilege to as vate ‘parties for an annual consideration. My firm pays to the Prussian government every year 1,000,000 marks for the right, which equals about $250,000 in your money. We mine and market between elghty and ninety different sizes of amber for ship- ping. The largest and most perfect speci- mens are made into mouth pieces for pipes, etc., and the smaller pieces are made into the amber varnish, which is largeiy used ps, in the interior of steam: railroad ecaches and on fine furnitun TRICKY LIONS. How the King of Beasts is ven With Thieving Hyenas. Scme of the most dangerous tricks of ant. mals are those simulating kindness, says Pearson’s Weekly. Hyenas often follow Hons and finish a carcass the moment the Hons [have left it. Sometimes, however, the | hyenas are too eager and steal bits of mcat while the lions are still eating. The lion rids himself of the nuisance in the following way: He throws a piece of meat aside. When the lion ts looking the other way the hyena dodges in and rushes oft with the meat. Presently the lion throws another piece of meat, this time a little nearer. The hyena takes that also. At last the lion throws a plece very near indeed. The hyena, having become reck- less, makes a dash at this also, but the lion wheels round and lays him low with a pat of his paw and a growl of annoyance, eee | The ninth annual convention of the Na- } tional Association of Ratlway Contracting Freight Agents was held at the Interna- tional Hotel, Niagara Fails, yesterday. Mrs. Mary J. Shirk, widow of E. J. Shirk, the millionaire banker of Indiana, died of a compiieation of diseases in Peru ‘City Sun- day night, aged fifty-eight years, She was one of the wealthiest women in the western states. A merchant of Germany, who is wanted there for forgery and embezzlement, was captured by United States Marshal Bern- hardt in New York yesterday just as he was landing from the French line steam- | shtp La Champagne, MAJ. WORTH'S COURTMARTIAL The Question of Rifle Practice on Sun- Requiring It?-Argument on the Case at Fort Omaha. A special dispatch to The Evening Star from Omaha, Neb., dated August 14, say: Major Worth’s court convened at Fort Omaha yesterday. The members were all in full dress, and all of them, having served through the rebellion, as well as in the more recent campaigns against Indians, were weil qualified to sit in judgment upon the question at issue, which is practically was Major Worth’s action in ordering seven or eight men to engage in target Practice on Sunday, so as to catch up with the rest of the men of the battalion, an error of judgment or not? During the morning ail the evidence was in, and showed conclusively that, as only certain. kinds of target practice could take place on the range on the same day, if these men did not catch up while the re- mainder of the battalion was at rest, the whele target practice would be delayed, it being necessary that individual practice should be entirely completed before the collective practice should commence. It was shown that the Practice was Hable to be interrupted, at any moment by the troéps being sent Into the field against ccmomcnwealers and strikers, which might prevent the completion of the work during the seasan. A pertion of the regiment was already under waiting orders to take the feld, and it was reasonable to suppose that the battalion i@ the rifle camp might be called either im the field or return to gar- rison the post of Fort Omaha. The men who were ordered to shcot had been de- tained in the post on duty or had been sick, preventing the regular practice. The charge and specifications against the major read as follow harge—Disobedience of orders, in viola- tion of the 62d article of war. Specification—In that Maj. Wm. 8. Worth, second infantry, being in command of the camp of a battalion of tae second infantry, did, in violation of the order of President Lincoln of November. %%, 1862, order and require certain enlisted men of his com- mand to engage in. target practice on Sun- day. All this at Believue rifle range, Ne- = cn or about the 4th day of June, To which Maj. Worth pleaded not guilty. Judge Herbert J. Davis of the Omaha bar and Capt. M. W. Day, ninth cavairy, were counsel for the accused. After the plea Capt. Baird read and placed in evidence the order of President Lin- coln of November 15, 1862, and that of President Harriscn of 1N#2, which forbid the old Sanday Mspectién of troops under arms. Lieuts. Bookmiller and Wright were wit- nesses for the prosecution, testifying to the actual order given and to the fact that the battation Was not then under orders for the field. After their testimony and the admission of the defense that the soldiers actually did fire on Sunday, the judge advocate placed in evidence the department's order allotting the — for practice, and the prosecution rested. Col. Bates, second Infantry, was called as a witness for the defense, and testified that Maj. Worth was warranted in expediting matters, so that his troops should be ready for field service, as was subsequently shown by some of them being ordered to Montana during the strike. Judge Davis then introduced the order of President Cleveland directing the release of Private Cedargquist and trial of Maj. Worth, and rested. The judge advocate then waived the open- ing of argument, and Judge Davis made an addrese, taking the position, first, that the order was a necessity, quoting from a de- cision of Chief Justice Thurman of Ohio (late Senator); second, that an officer. hav- ing discretionary powers given him is not liable for an error of judgment while act- ing in good faith; withodt malice; and, third, Urat the onter of Lincoin was obso- lete, as shown by its being left out of the army regulations of 1849, which are shown by the preface to contain all orders which shall be in force after that date. After an hour's adjournment for lunch Capt. Baird made an earnest reply, calling the attention of the court to the fact that target practice could well have waited if Recessary until after the riots had ended, and’ to the importance which Presidents Lincoln and Herrisoh had attached to their orders for the proper observance of Sunday. The court closed 2 o'clock, and came to a finding shorily afterward, —— Street Railway Laws, Senator Gorman yesterday afternoon se- cured the passage through the Senate of a Joint resolution which, if it becomes a law, wili result in the publication of a most in- teresting document. It directs the Public printer to print and bind all the various acts of Congress that muy be in force at the end of the second session of the Pitty third Congress relating to street railw franchises in the y District, This is to be compiled under the direction of the attorney of the District, and 300 copies shall be dis- tributed by the Senate, 1,000 by the House and 1,000 by the District Commissioners, For Retirement. Commodore ©. 8. Norton, Capt. A. V. Reed, Capt. J. C. Watson and Medical Directors P. S. Wales and G. S$. Beardsley have been appointed a board to meet at the Navy Department on the 2ist instant to exam- ine Capt. H. B. Robeson and Chief Engi- neer J. R. McNary for retirement. as ie Investigating Departments. Mr. J. W. Reinhart, who has Just resign- ed the office of president of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe ratiroad, is one of the three experts employed by the Dockery commission in investigating the business methods of the executive departments. —_—— 6s He May Resign. Mr. Josephus Daniels, chief clerk of the Department of the Intertor, has acquired new interests in a North Carolina news- paper property. For fifteen years he has been engaged tn newspaper work in the tar-heel state, and during a large t of the period has been owner and editor ot the Raleigh North Carolinian. He has in the past few days secured a large interest in the Raleigh News and Observer and in its reorganization has become the president of the stock company that operates it. The interests of the North Carolinian have been consolidated in the News and Observer, which will be issued as a dally. Mr. Dan- iels has a large experience in Journalism nd is looked upon by his friends as an ex- perienced journalist. In what manner this new deal will affect his connection with the interfor Depattment’ carnot be stated, but it is binted at in some quarters that Mr. Daniels may probably resign. a Baltimore Markets. 3, gee Gralo freights q ar mut 1%. ¢ 2. 1-CoCwis 1 bushels. Has tirin $14.00a815.00, anchanged. Su ges active—tr Provision Markee Bankers and Brokers, 14, Reported by Sulsby & ¢ CHICAGO, August 14, 1sid. Hi Wheat = ne 5 Pork. 13.70 1 BS L 1335, Tara ta | r33 S.Ribs teed Tar 2 pRaaer ES Era FINANCE AND TRADE Prices Went Up on the Passage of. the Tariff Bill. Values Fall on Sales to Realize Profit. - GENERAL MARKET REPORTS ox Special Dixpatch to The Evening Star. NEW YORK, August 14.—Realizing sales and stop orders were conspicuous features in to“ay’s stock market, rubtracting values the tmpetus necessary to activity. The passage of the tariff bill resulted in a strong opening at advances ranging from 1-4 to 1 per cent, but fears of special legis- lation to nullify the conservatism of the Senate bill led to a general taking of profits. The trading was well distributed, but changes were most marked in the indus- trials. Sugar opened at an advance of 3-8 per cent to 1001-4 nd sold down on a series of rallies and reactions to 104 The early break was due entirely to realiz- ing sales In anticipation of a free sugar bill, and the uncovering of stop orders completed the depressing influences. Inside interests are believed to have assurances that no legislation of the character proposed by the House will recetve the concurrence of the Senate, but are willing to see the stock sell off, in order to force out a large following of smailer interests, which might defeat the propesed mantpulation of the price after legislative influences are removed. Rumors of a probable exercise of the Yeto power were variously construed, and had no special effect on the price of this stock. National Lead sold down 2 per cent on a fair volume of business, and Chicago G Jost a similar amount on selling for both accounts. Distillers opened strong at 24, and sold off promptly on renewed selling to 21 7-8. The short interest in the railway list hav- ing been pretty thoroughly eliminated by yesterday’s purchases, advantage was taken of the higher prices to put out a new line of short contracts. Traders assisted the movement by reducing profits into pos- session and taking new risks on the short side. Burlington sold off 1 1-8 per cent, Rock Isiand 1 1-4 per cent and St, Paul 11-8, on considerable business. Western Union declined 1 8-8 and Manhattan lost 1 1-2 per cent in sympathy with the gen- eral character of the market. There wes no radical change in the spec- ulative situation to warrant the general shading off in values beyond the fact that the uncertainty over tariff charges has not been materially reduced by yesterday Proceedings in Washington. The decline, owever, is regarded as purely sentimental, and consequently likely to be suddenly checked by a good demand, already notice- able from the clieats of the larger commis- sion houses. The recent buying of stocks for Buropenn acccunt resulted in in offerings of bankers’ bills against such purchases and consequently a decline in the rates for for- eign exchange. There were also some of- ferings — st grain and provision ship- ments and the purchases of cotton futures. The market continued active throughout the afternoon and gained considerable strength around delivery hour on covering of early sales. Burlington and St. Paul each recovered all of their earlier losses, and elsewhere the extent of the decline was materially reduced. Sugar rallied sharply to 107, but was feverish and erratic up to the close. Western advices report a gradual increase in freight receipts and a more cheerful outlook for fall business. Prospects of more active speculation have a tendency to increase the attendance at the board,which argues well for improved values in the near future. The closing was steady at a gen- eral decline from initial figures. —_———>—— FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. The following are the opening, the high- est and the lowest and the closing prices of the New York stock market today, as re- ported by Corson & Macartney, members New York stock exchenge. Correspondents Messrs. Moore & Schley, No. 89 Broadway: Stocks, Open. High. Low. Close. American Sugar........ 1084 American Sugar, pfd.... 97 American Tobacco... 93 American Cotton Gil...) 804 a &y rt MEC.........4 OB Chesapeake and Ohio..? 19g GCC and tL. BBS neago. B. ani as ae Gtic ana Nortawestera, 168" ¢..M. and St. Paul 63 CM. Liki GRD Os Dei., Lack. and W cayek Delaware ana fuds 1343 Denver and RioGrande. 3% Dis. and Cattle Feeding 23 Genera! Electric . 8% Mhnois Central 92% tong Isians - etropoliian Traction, . Manhattan Bevated.... a. Central, ‘New Engiand. and St. Louts.. Nortnern Pacitic, ptd. North American. ta, Stock Exchange. Eta comieneres, 219% . roupen, 14 bid, Ba 18 asked ‘y District ds. 20 108", bid. Gs, gold, funding, iy bi 2 20s, Too bid. Miseriluncous Bonds. Washington town Katlroad cony 1 Ga, Ist road cube 5 bid.” Wi, id. Chenapenke bid, 104 asked. Ame curity wud Trust Fogtitd, Aan TO Die atl” Anmocia 109 bid,” Wastimgton Light Intai M4, Washington tackt “iat Gs _ 100 bid, 108 axked. Bank faniry Met Md. F 150 asked. a, 150 Tarif in the Cabinet, The cabinet meeting today was atten eq by all the members, except Secretary La- mont. The tariff question is understood to have been the principal topic of i = sion, especially with reference to the prose pects in the Senate of the House bills for free sugur, free coal, free iron and free barbed wire. ——____ Range of the Thermometer. The following were the Teadings of the thermometer at the weather bureau today: 8 a.m., 68; 2 p.m., 83; maxim: 4 nam, a um, 84; mini«