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§ #5548 of the car. Syfeasn the Gala, ana women ‘went Gown ‘women went their knee, ‘lifted t hands, and as vigorously and persistently as @ mouse was in sight. It was absolutely to walk through the cars with- out climbing over the seats. When the ex- Citement was at its height, the brakeman Dut his head in the door and shouted: = ef ey 5 at retert bee = one of scene of the com taken for the x = hed at the muzzle of a Winchester to sheriff, who, knowing him, set him free. it was a close call for Black. ‘Two Robbers Captured. KEOKUK, Iowa, September 18.—Five farmers living three miles north of Arbella, Mo., are the men who held up the Santa Fe at Corin, Mo., fifty miles west of here, last night. Two of the men were captured @t Memphis, Mo., this morning, one being shot six times with a Winchester. He can- not live. The names of the captured men are: Chas. Abrams and Lincoln Overfield, the former being the one badly wounded. Pante of the Passengers. z KANSAS CITY, September 18.—When the waylaid train reached this city, the Kansas City passengers were not loath to leave it F : them, as they expressed themselves to an Associated Press reporter, passed the worst night of their lives, and for a time thought It would be their last. All the detectives who engaged in the fight stoppet off at the scene of the robbery to chase the rob- bers, and the train hapds continued east, but little could be Jearned from them. F. H. Wilson, Pullman car conductor, had time to talk a few minutes, however, before proceeding west. “Such a seramble for safe places,” he said, “I never witnessed before. The wo- men were frartic in their endeavors to get out of the way and the men no less eager, showing as much fright as they possibly could display. Some lay flat on the floor, others buried themselves in their berths or clambered underneath, while the others ran frantically up and down the aisle aj mtly bewildered. One man, proba! 'y years of age, when the shooting began to be fierce, knelt down in the aisle and prayed long and loud for deliverance.” peer te QUEEN AGAINST HER WILL. Strange Story That is Brought From the South Seas. SAN FRANCISCO, September 15.—The bark Helen N. Almy, just returned from a trading voyage among the islands of the South Pacific, brings the story of a tropical Princess, half English and half native, who rules over the Manua groups against her wishes, though her subjects worship her ™much after the fashion that the Coreans worship their kind, or as the Peruvians humbled themselves before the virgins of the sun. History repeats itself in the biography of Margaret Young, the English name of the prisoner princess, for the story of Francis Young, a sailor who landed at the island of Tau nearly 100 years ago, ts recalled. This man married a Tau native woman, who was queen of the group. His son by her wedded a half-breed maiden. Margaret is the daughter of that son. Through the death of all the heirs appar- ent to the throne of the Mans, Miss Young found herself called upon to assume the power of mistress of the islands. This news was conveyed to her at Apia some months ago by a delegation of chiefs from Manuva, and she was forced by the laws of heredity obtaining in the southern archi- The Queen. Great interest is Jen‘ to the girl, who Is but twenty-two years of age, by the report that she is highly educated and was at the time of her sudden call from the course of her convent. | pe d : I the shape of fish or fowl, he must eine sift pon neces of a bamboo » advance with cl ‘es, and thrust the stick through the pact ne of the pal- ace. such a journey subjects are ordered, under pain of death, to keep hidden in their re- spective domiciles.” The captive queen explained to Luttrel that she desired to be freed, but had never to say so to those who held her pris- oner. She explained that her subjects were kind-hearted and meant to cause her no un- happiness, but they religiously followed the customs of their ancestors in acting as they @o toward her. —— CAPT. BRIDGMAN’S FUNERAL. Services Will Be Held at Tacoma, Wash., This Afternoon. TACOMA, Wash., September 18.—With fitting honors the funeral services of the late Capt. William R. Bridgman, United States navy, will take place from St. Luke's Episcopal Church at 2 o'clock this afternoon. No arrangements have yet been made for the final disposition of the re- mains, and for the present they will ‘re- pose in a vault. The body is arrayed in full-dress uniform and the casket fittingly @raped in patriotic coiors. Rev. Preston Barr, rector of St. Luke’s parish, will con- duct the funeral according to Episcopalian rite. The pallbearers are six officers of the monitor Monterey and coast survey steam- er Hassler, now ‘n the harbor. Two di- visions of marines from the Monterey are to act as an escort. ———— FAVO! EMIGRATION. Bishop Turner Says a Negro is a Man in Liberia. KANSAS CITY, Mo., Septerrber 18.—The Rev. H. M. Turner of Atlanta, Ga., bishop of the African M. E. Church for Africa, the West Indias and Canada, and one of the best known negro ministers in the United States, is in Kansas City. He lec- tured at the African M. E. Church on the emigration to Africa of American negroes. He told his people that In America a negro may be a citizen of a state, but he is not a citizen. As long as he stays with the white man and bears oppression, he must be at the best amenable, but if the negro pos- sesses the ability which he believes he does he should found a nation of his own and bis own institutions. Liberia is a small country and by no means a strong one, he sald, but it has a government of its own that is recognized, and a Liberian negro has rights which are Fespected in this country, where the rights of an Arver'com horn negro are trampled upon. LATE NEWS BY WIRE Governor Flower Canses a Political Sensation. NOT A CANDIDATE FOR RENOMINATION Result of an Interview With the New York Senators. THEY DECLINE TO TALK ALBANY, N. Y., September 18.—Gov. Flower today declined to be a candidate for renomination for governor. He made this determination known at noon to the Associated Press correspondent, after a long interview with Senators Hill and Mur- phy. Both came to the executive chamber shortly before 10 o'clock. At the conclusion of the interview Gov. Flower said: “I am convinced that my nomination, if it should be accorded to me by the convention, would not be so likely to command the full vote of the party as would be the nomination of some other democrat, and I am too desirous of party success to be a candidate under these cir- cumstances.” At the conclusion of the conference this morning Senator Murphy declined to be in- terviewed. He said, however, that the dec- ination of the governor to be a candidate had been wholly voluntary, and that no in- fluences had been brought to bear on him. When Senator Hill was approached he was silent, and with one of his character- istic smiles sald he did not know any- thing. When Senator Hill left the executive chamber he went direct to the residence of John B. Thatcher. This is said to have a great deal of significance, as “Mr. Thatcher has been mentioned as a candidate for gov- ernor. > WILL SUE THE GOVERNMENT, A Sealer Seized for Having an Ap- parently Useless Gun, VICTORIA, B. C., September 1&—Capt, McLaughlin McLean, and the owner of the seal schooner Favorite, will proceed against the United States in the courts for dam- ages arising from illegal seizure of the: ves- sel by Commander Clark of the warship Mohican, and the lawyers here say it is @ strong case. ‘When the sealer arrived the skipper im- mediately went to the custom house with @ curious-looking weapon in his hand. It had once been a number ten shotgun, but the barrel had been sawed off fifteen inches from the trigger, a revolver stock substi- tuted for the old stock and it was gener- ally old and battered looking. “That,” said the sealer, ‘holding it up, “was what we were seized for. It is the firearms they said I had carried to sea. I took it as a rocket gun and it was so en- tered on the papers when I cleared. The officers of the Mohican boarded me on Au- gust 24, ninety miles northwest of Una- laska, and when asked about firearms I showed them this in a joke. To my sur- prise they seized me. I told Commander Clark I would give $1,000 for every seal I could kill with it, but it made no differ- ence. He said the gun came under the provisions of the presidential proclamation and sent me to Unalaska to report to the British gunboat Pleasant. There I was Passed on to the collector of customs here.” The schooner was in the middle of the sea when seized, working with spears only, and her expulsion from the seas is looked on here as an injustice. —— GERMAN CATHOLICS. Reports to the Central Verein From the Branches. NEW YORK, September 18.—The third day’s session of the thirty-nirth annual convention of the German Catholic Central Verein opened today in the school hall of the Church cf the Most High Redeemer, No. 222 East 4th street. Before meeting the delegates attended mass in the church, the celebrant being Rev. Father Zinnan, Rev. J. Weber was deacon, and Father Jund, subdeacon. ‘The committees on finance, constitution, resolutions and complaints went into ex- ecutive session. The president read com- munications from the different braach vereins. Rev. William Peweg, rector of the Church of the Most High Redeemer, Father and Rev. Father James Reginald Saulti of Easton, Pa., also delivered addresses. a ee WILL HAVE TO PAY HIGH DUTIES. Importers of Copra and Cocoanuts Un- pleasantly Surprised. SAN FRANCISCO, September 18.—Several vessels have arrived, or are due from Tahiti, with cargoes. of copra and cocoa- nuts, contracted for before the new duty went into effect. One of them will have to pay $7,200 duty on in-bound nuts. Nearly six months ago the new oil works at Berkeley, scenting profit afar, sent a special agent to Samoa, Tahiti and other places with instructions to buy up or con- tract for 100,000 tons of cocoanuts, to be shipped to San Francisco per vessels to be ramed thereafter by the purchasers. This concern is now In a position to be obliged to pay the United States something like $70,000 in duty it did not figure on. The Wilson bill provided for a duty of 30 per cent ad valorem on copra and 60 per cent on cocoanuts, a clause which the importers did not anticipate. “Cocoanut oll,” explained a dealer, “is now nearly all made in Germany, and the new tariff measure admits this oil free of duty, while an enormously increased tax is put on the raw material. “About 1,000,000 pounds of copra finds its way to America every three months from just one certain group of islands alone, and this raw material is made into oll and ship- ped into this country free. Nobody sus- pected fur one moment that Wilson and his cohorts would bother about changing the old tariff law, because under it the oil was taxed and the raw material entered by payment of a small duty. “Protection against the manufactured ar- ticles is what we wanted. Without it our island trade is bound to die out. I be- Heve that a certain firm in San Francisco stands to lose $20,000 on copra contracted for before the rise in the tariff. These le will probably turn around and ship to Europe, thus depriving this country of the trade.” ‘Wedding at Fort Monroe. FORT MONROE, Va., September 18.—The marriage of Miss Mary Lee Duvall, daugh- ter of Lieut. William P. Duvall, fifth ar- tillery, and Mr, Louls E. Marye of Phila- delphia, was celebrated in St. Mary’s Chapel at noon todey, Rev. Father Donohue of- ficiating. The bride was attended by four brides- maids, Miss Grubb, daughter of Gen. E. Burd Grubb of Philadelphia; Miss Davis, daughter of Capt. Davis, first artillery; Miss Rundlett of Washington and Miss Davidson of Richmond. After a wedding breakfast the party leave for Washington and cn extended tour north, > The Odd Fellows at Chattanooga. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star, CHATTANOOGA, Tenn., September 18.— The Sovereign Grand Lodge of Odd Fel- lows bas been in secret session all the morning and will give nothing out for pub- lication until afternoon. The feature of the day will be the great parade this after- noon. The attendance has fallen greatly below the expectations of those who have had the arrangements for their entertain- ment in hand. Only about 500 visitors have so far registered and it is believéd now that not more than 2,000 will be here. The fail- ure of the railroads to give ® satisfactory rate ts said by those here to be the cause of the light attendances, THE He Will Not Be Denounced by the Ohio Democrata. State Convention to Be Held Tomor- row at Columbus—No “Slate” Has Been Fixed. Special Correspondence of The Evening Star. COLUMBUS, Ohio, September 17, 1894. While it ts generally thought here that the talk about Seqator Brice resigning, in case he should be severely censured by the democratic state convention cn Wednesday, was a mere “bluff” made by the Senator's managers here, possibly without even con- sulting him, with a view to alarming some of the democrats who were in favor of disciplining him, from that course it has worked well and served its purpose. Though ihe Brice men may not be able to bridle the torgues of all the delegates in the convention who will come ready to de- rounce him, they will have such control over the convention, it is safe to say, that no such resolutions as have been proposed ‘will be adopted. ‘The democrats of Lorain, ‘Stark, Colum- biana, Henry, Lawreence, Holmes and Georgia counties have adopted resolu- tions in their conventions denuonc- ing Senator Brice for his course on the tariff question, it is true, but the other eighty-one county democratic conventions have either said nothing or indorsed the Senator more or less warmly. The counties in which Senator Brice was denounced by his party held their conventions soon after the tariff bill passed, and while the excite- ment still was high. The feeling is less intense now, and it is impossible not to perceive a more conciliating spirit among the democrats of this state. The local candidates, and particularly the democratic candidates for Congress in the districts in which there is hope of demo- cratic success, are all using their influence in behalf of peace at the convention. Should the convention develop into a big row it would, of course, greatly lessen their chances for success. These influences, with the peculiar persuasion of+-Senator Brice and his friends, and the cooling down of the feeling against the Senator that was en- gendered during the debate on the tariff bill in Congress, are working together in behalf of harmony at the state convention which opens here thts evening: There will be insuppressibles in the convention, and they will, no doubt, add the necessary spice to the occasion by throwing into the con- vention the resolutions that are thrown out in the committee on resolutions, and much will depend upon the rules that the conven- tion adopts governing this matter and Chairman Frank Hurd’s ability to enforce them. No “Slate” Fixed. The Brice-tariff matter is the all-absorb- ing feature of the convention. No one seems to know or care who are to be the candidates placed on the ticket. It is safe to say that there is no “slate.” The fol- lowing names have be2n mentioned, how- ever, in connection with the offices for whi:h n-minations are to be made: For secretary of state, Marion F. McIntire of Hamilton county and Senator W. C. Gear of Wyandot. li is reported that Gear has withdrawn from the race. This is prob- ably true, though he has not publicly an- nounced it, For supreme judge but one person has been mentioned so far. This is ex-Speaker A. D. Marsh of Mercer county. Friends of Mr. Marsh here say, however, that his name is used without authority, and that he will not be a candidate for the nomina- tion. For member of the state board of public works there are three candidates, all seek- ing tne nomination more or less actively. They are C. A. Spenny of Frankiin county, T. S. Lisander of Brown county and John W. Washburne of Pike county. Wash- burne has been a member of the general assembly and Lisander has just retired from the office of treasurer of Brown county. For the fourth and last place on the tick- et four names have been mentioned, At least two of these persons are actively seeking the nomination. They are C.° ¥. Githens of Belmont county, Dr. J. A. Leech of Franklin county, J. A. Knott, superin- tendent of the schools at Mansfield, and John Laycock, a teacher in the schools of Cincinnati. Friends of Mr. Knott say that while he aspires to the office, he does not wish to make the race this year, and there is uncertainty about the candidacy of Mr. Laycock. Mr. Githens is now superintendent of the schools of Belpreo, and Dr. Leech, while now a practicing physician here, was for- merly the superintendent of the schools of Cadiz, Ohio. Senator Brice Silent. . PITTSBURG, September 18.—Senator Cal- vin 8. Brice passed through the city this morning on his way to Columbus, Ohio, to attend the democratic state convention. He refused to talk. ed SPINNERS IN SESSION. Delegates Present From the Eastern Cities, BOSTON, Mass., September 18.—One of the most important, if not the most im- portent, conventions in the textile industry for many years was opened in Puritan Hall when the semi-annual meeting of the Na- tional Spinners’ Unien was called to order. Delegates are present from Fall River, New Bedford, Lowell, Lawrerce, Holyoke, Taunton, Waltham, Dlackstone, Pawtucket, Wocnsocket, Riverpond, Pawtucket Valley, Westerly, Manchester, N. H.; Dover, N. H.; Salmon Falis, N. H.; Lewiston, Biddeford, Augusta, Brunswick and Waterville, Me.; Taftville, Conn.; Cohoes, N. Y.; Paterson and Kearney, N. J. The principal topic of discussion among the delegates is the strike in New Bedford and Fall River. Every delegate seems san- guine as to the ultimate success of the strike, and if pledges of assistance from other cities count for anything the New Bedford and Fall River operatives will be manfully upheld by their fellow workmen. —— UNITED TYPOTHETAE. Beginning the Eighth Annual Con- vention at Philadelphia. PHILADELPHIA, Pa., September 18.— The eighth annual convention of the United Typothetae of America began this morning at the Hotel Metropole. When the conven- tion was called to order by President John R. McFetridge of this city there were about 150 delegates present from all sections of the country. The report of John T. Little of New York, chairman of the executive com- mittee, was presented. It touches but slight- ly on labor matters. Those questions will be dealt with in the reports of the organjza- tion’s standing committees. od A PHILADELPHIAN’S SUICIDE. After Discussing a Recent Murder Went Upstairs and Shot Himself. PHILADELPHIA, Pa., September 18.— George Reilly, aged sixty-four, a well- known citizen of the twentieth ward, com- mitted suicide this morning by shooting. He had been superintendent of the Dock Street Market and Warehouse for the past twenty-four years. While seated at the breakfast table with his wife this morning he discussed the action of Samuel Kiipat- rick in murdering his wife on Saturday night. Reilly then went upstairs and a few moments later shot himself, a Wreck of a Lake Yacht. RAT PORTAGE, Ont., September 18.— ‘The satling yacht Gull has been wrecked on @ reef where the Lake of the Woods empties into the Winnipeg river. John Mc- Donald, a stone cutter of Perth, Ont., and Sanfcrd Shippey of Detroit, Mich. were drowned. The wind was blowing a gale and the yacht was soon a total wreck. The crew was taken off the reef at 7 this morn- "Fire at Bergen Point, N, A BERGEN POINT, N. J., September 18.— Fire was discovered: this morning at Em- ery’s Hotel on West 8th street, this city. The fire communicated to the telephone ex- change and Mitchell’s dental parlors. ‘The loss is about $25,000, mostly covered by in- surance. . B. ‘Kurtz John- oon at 8 o'clock chusetts avenue. Thfre“was a large at- tendance at the brief-marvices, conducted by Rev. Father Kefyick. Church, which was family and the ma ceased and his int! deputations from thetvaplous organizations to which he belong: ‘Ftie body reposed in a heavy casket, di black cloth. A silver plate upon it =inscribed with the tame cf the deceasad, together with the dates of his birth and his death, Many floral remembrances “had been sent to the house by relatives and friends, who were unaware of the wishes of the immediate family regarding such tributes, notable among which were two superb wreaths of Ims, roses, orchids and Hilies of the val- ley, which rested dn elevated stands. These were sent by Mr. and Mrs..Wimsatt. Mrs. Harrison Johnson sent,a large flat bouquet of La France roses; Mrs. Kervick Johnson, a similar bunch of white .roses; Mrs. El- ridge Johnson of Baltimore, an English spray of roses; Mrs. Richard Johnson, a bouquet of kaiserin roses and lilies of the valley. A large pillow of exquisite roses, carnations and variegated lilies was sent by Col. and Mrs. E. W: "Ayres, and Mr. and Mrs. ©. G. Staptes' tribute was a bunch of roses and lilies of the. valley. -Ex-Gov. Jackson of Maryland sent a bunch of white roses, Services at the Church. At the conclusion of the services at the house the coffin was removed to St. Mat- thew's Church, where, at 3:30 p.m., further exercises were conducted,..accompanied by the singing of the choir. The interment will take place at Oak Hill cemetery, where three children ~* tye dead man are buried. A touching ircieat of the ceremonies was the presence the’ -eigfi€ brothers of the deceased, who were both mourners and pall- rers. They were Bilbridge- 8. Johnson and C. W. Johnson of Baltimtore, Oliver P. Johnson, Albanus.-L. Johnson, J. Harrison Johnson, A. Ge: Johnson, V. Baldwin Johnson’ and M. “WEF Jobnsop, “Many of the members of the families of the married brothers were also present, and among the mourners from a distance were ex-Goy. Jackson, Mr. Jacob: ame and Mr.. J. L. Hifles of Maryland. ~ The honorary pallbegre’ were District Commigsioner Truesdell, Mr. By H, Warner, Col, O. G. Staples, . G. Hine, Mr. Thos-.C. “Pearsall, easier of the Citizens’ National .Bank, and the ten directors of that-4nstitu who are Mr. W. FE. West, Judge Jere “M. Wilson; -Maj..HsL. Cran- ford, Mr..W. T. Walker, Mr. 8..T. G. Mor- sell, Mr. W.S. Knox, Mr. Willlam Hol- mead, Mr. J. F. Saum,Mr. N. T. Shea, Mr. Thomas Somerville and Mr. Jesse Hilles of Baltimore. HONORING MR, JOHNSON’S MEMORY. Resolutions of the Board of Trade and His Business Associates. A special meeting of the board cf trade was held yesterday afternoon to take action upon the death of the Jate E. Kurtz John- son, Resolutions were adopted reciting the sorrow of the organization at losing such a beloved friend and assgciate, as well as a member whose value had been substantial- ly felt by the body, of whose executive com- mittee he was thé? chairman. They also recognized the loss ‘yf She who for many years had been préminently and actively identified with the busipess life of Wash- ington, and one whose abilities and efforts had materially contetowted to the develop-- ment of its resources apd the upbuilding of its prosperity, ang, whose departure was mourned as the ing away of a true man and a good citizen. ‘The board ordered the resolutions engrisséd and transmitted to the family of tke ddceased, and as a further mark of respect resolved to attend the funeral in a body. At a special ineeting of the board of di- rectors of the Citizeys’, National Pank,held on the 17th instant, the foliowing resolu- tions were adopted: ,, Whereas, It has plgased an all-wise Prov- idence to call hence,our late associate and president, Mr. E. ¢.<ugtz. Johnson, and whereas, the pleasant aug intimate relations Which for many years fa.held with this board, first as director, then vice president, and afterward president, render it eminent- ly fitting that we shoyld express not only our sincere sorrow at his death, but also our appreciation of the ncble character of him who has been taken from us, and to testify to our aciniration of his unimpeachable in- his sterling sense of justice, and stinted generosity of his nature,which endeared him tg all_those with whom he was associated. Resolved, That in the death of Mr. E. Kurtz Johnson the community has lost one of its most estimable members, this bank an ofticer whose joss will be most deeply felt, and each and every member of the board a personal and much loved friend. Resolved, That 2s a further mark of our esteom the members of this board attend the funeral in a body. Resolved, That these resolutions be en- terei upon the minutes of the board, and that an engrossed and certified copy ther>- of be transmitted to his family as an evi- dence of our sympathy, and published {n° the daily papers. The Washington Stock Exchange, of which the late Mr. E. Kurtz Johnson was an old and esteemed member, held a meet- ing as soon as the sad news of bis death was announced, and resolutions re- citing the many estimable private virtues and public accomplishments of their depart- ed associate, and testifying to his scrupu- lous business honor and reputation in high terms. The organization tendered its sym- pathy to the family and to the community in the great loss that had befallen both, and resolved to send a deputation to the funeral. 3 > MILITIA DRILL, CONTEST. ‘The Morton Cadets of This City Wiil ‘Take Part. It is probable that the only companies to participate in the, competitive drill at Alex- ander Island, in connection with the Grange Camp fair, will be the Morton Cadets of this city and the Harrisonburg Guards of Harrisonburg, Va. The latter organization is due in Washington at 2 o'clock tomorrow afternocn. It will be met at the depot by & committee from the Morton Cadets and escorted to the camp grounds, Two drills are to be held at Alexander Island, one on Thursday, open only to Vir- ginia troops, and another on Friday, open to Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia and District ot Columbia troops. _ The first prize on Thursday is to be $300 and the second prize $150. On Friday but one wrize is of- fered, $300, but should the arg) be won by a Virginia company successful on Thurs- day, the purse wilt be divided, the success- ful company receiving $100 and the second and third companies a-imilar amount. As but one Virginia com y is likely to ap- pear on Thursday, necessarily carry off the prize, and, ‘thefefore, even should the Harrisonburg fs come out ahead of the Morton Cadéfs dn Friday, the latter will-receive at Jeast$1, ‘The latter company, however, is con- fident. of victory. If has been drilling sev- eral hours each n{ght git ten Jays past, and the boys haye 1 ubt whazever that they will best the ,Virginia company. The drill is booked tq ogcur/pn Friday between 2 p.m. and 6 p.m., aad flundreds of District militiamen will be jt Alexander Island to witness the contest, 75 ‘The executive conamnitlze of the exposition to be held in Richmagndjhas arranged for a competitive drill todakg place Wednesday, October 10, open to white companies. ‘The prizes amount tg $0p. Washington will be represented by the Morton Cadets, the Corcoran Cadet Corps:apd possibly the Na- tional Fencibles. —_—_—_ Assault on Mr. Hamlin, Today in the Police Court, Judge Miller heard the case of Sidney Savoy, the young colored man arrested on a charge of as- saulting and robbing ex-Representative Ld- ward Hamlin last Thursday near his home at Edgewood, the old Chase mansion. The victim of the cowardly assault and robbery is elghty-four years old, and his face is still badly disfigured, the effects of the assault. The prisoner was defepied .by ex-Repre- sentative John M. Langston. The evidence in the case failed to fix the crime on the defendant, and he was.discharged, 3 The effect of placing lumber on the free list is being felt at Oswego, N. Y. Tea cargoes, with @ total of seventeen hun- dred thousand feet of lumiber, have arrived within the past thirty-six hours. He Talks With a Star Reporter on the Re- cent Victory. i The News Confirmed by Cable Mes- sage—Thinks Japanese Troops Will Enter Pekin by November. The Japanese minister has received a cable message from his government at Tokio ccnfirming yesterday's press dis- Patches of the Japanese victory over the Chinese army. The message stated that the Chinese numbered more than 20,000, and that with the exception of a very few who fled the rest were either killed, wounded or taken prisoners, including the Chinese com- mander, Gen, Tso. A very large quantity of provisions and arms and munitions of war were taken. The Japanese loss was 300 killed and wounded. Mr. Kurino Elated. This was “mail day” at the Japanese le- gation and every one was very busy, but Mr. Kurino, the Japanese minister to the United States, found opportunity to talk to a Star reporter for a moment about the victory of yesterday. Of course the minister was highly elated at the result of the bat- tle, which he considers one of the greatest battles which has occurred in that quarter of the globe in many years. He attributes the sweeping victory of the Japanese army to the superiority of their military tactics, armament and also to the courage and enthusiasm which his country- men displayed. will P on to Pekin. “It will not end there,” Mr. Kurino said, ‘but the Japanese forces will push on to Pekin, the capital of China. We are not figbting fer glory or th, love of conquest, but we are struggling for a settlement of the Asiatic question with China, and until a satisfactory agreement js reached the Japanese will continue to prosecute the war. China's relations with Corea have been such as to produce many complica- tions, constantly recurring in the Corean question, and now that the campaign has commenced Japan will insist upon a set- tlement of the Corean question once for all, and an understanding upon other mat- ters at issue in the east.” No Long Delay. Mr. Kurino entertains the opinion that the Japarese troops will e:ter Pekin in a very few weeks, very Hkely by the month of November. He is not informed whether the army which won yesterday's victory will be used for.the invasion of China or whether other troops will be utilized, for the Japanese have plenty of forces at hand to furnish an adequate invading army. DISTRICT GOVERNMENT. Ballding Permits. The following building permits have been issued by the inspector of buildings: F. H. Smith, a two-story brick dwelling, Nos. 1 anj UAT M street, $6,200. J. F. Helberger, to make general repairs to store at No, 1312 Pernsylvenia avenue; $1,000. Benja- min Schwartz, a two-story brick dwelling at No, 35 5th street; $5. M. Murphy, two- story brick dwelling, 1517 llth street; $1,100, Jas. Fraser, two three-story brick dwellings, 002-4 B street southwest; $15,000, Goo. E, Hamilton, three-story brick dwell- ing, 1762 8 rest; $11,000, Andrew Mc- Ganaghy, two-story’ brick dwellings, 200 to 204 15th Street, and 1506 to 1520 Massachu- setts avenue southeast; $6.54 A Grade Crossing Peril. Mr. J. F. Sheehan, 715 E street south- west, has written to the Commissioners in the name of many property holders in South Washington, urging the immediate necessity for a walk of boards or other suitable material across the railroad tracks at Sth and C streets southwest. He de- scribes this crossing as particularly dan- gerous, and says that people frequently trip upon the high rails and are in immi- nent danger of accident. This menace to safety, he thinks, would be considerably lessened if a decent walk were to be con- structed across the tracks. Notes. The Commissioners have received a com- munication from Mr, A. O. Tingley calling attention to the great need of a cross walk on the east side of North Capitol street at Florida avenue. —$—_—<_—__ Potom Lodge Bazaar. The bazaar committee of Potomac Lodge, .No. 5, F. A. A. M., last night met the ad- visory committees appointed by the sister lodges of this city. Chairman James 8. Raeburn presided. The following repre- sentatives formed themselves into a perma- nent committee to take full charge of a large booth, to be dedicated to the sister lodges, at the bazaar, to be held at W. L. I. ‘rmory next November. Jesse F. Grant was chosen permanent chairman and J. EB. Burns permanent secretary. The repre- sentatives present wi as follows: S. E. Tomlinson, Federal, No. 1; B. Olive, Colum- bia, No. 3; George C. Ober, Naval, No. 4; George W. Lirkins, Hiram, No. 10; W. 3. Douglas, St. John’s, No. 11; Wm. E. Handy, National, No. 12; C. H. Smith, Wash. Cen- tennial, No. 14; J. A. Oliver, B. B. French, No. 15; Jesse F. Grant, Dawson, No. 16; George E. Corson, Harmony, No. 17; H. W. P. Hunt, Acacia, No. 18; W. 8. Lafayette, No. 19; W. S. Challice, Hope, No. 20; W. B. Easton, George C. Whiting, No. 2 J. I. Leitch, Pentaipha, No. 23; F. L. Summy, Stansbury, No. 24; L. Gold- smith, Armenius, No. 25: Taylor, Osiris, No, 26; J. ‘Parker, No. No. 28. The committee will meet again Thyrs- day evening, September 20, at 8 o’clock at Masonic Temple, corner of 9th and F streets, when some definite plans will be arranged by which their part of the pro- gram will be successful. The committees from the R. A. chapters and K. T. com- manderies will meet shortly and form them- selves into a permanent committee. cana Judgment Creditor’s Bi To enforce a judgment creditor's bill of $94.86, S. H. Moore & Co. today filed a bill in equity against Martha J. Burns and others. The judgment is sought to be en- forced on part of lot 3, square 1058. ——_— mate of the Soldiers’ Home, dated June 50, 1894, was filed today. The deceased leaves his entize estate to his friends, Frederick Peltzer and Gustave Harrison, ‘also in- mates of the home, and makes them execu- tors of the will. a Chicage Grain and Provision Markets. Reporte@ by Silsby & Co., Bankers and Brokers. CHICAGO, Sept. 18, 1894. Hi Low. Close. 33% 53M Wheat—Sept. Dee. September 18, 16,518 barrels ; Ww S344." asked; recelpts, 56,176 bush: les, $6,000 busheix: « milling wheat by sample, 5 spot, 59 bid: September, 59 ts, 1,487 bushels; si i White corn, 60; sont Oats steady—No. 2 mixed. western, stock, 2 ack, Range of the Thermometer. The following were the readings of th thermometer at the weather bureau toda} 8 am., 68; 2 p.m., 73; maximum, 74; mis | mum, 6. SVExING'GrAh TLSPAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1894—TWELVE PAGES, THE JAPANESE MINISTER|FINANCE AND TRADE] >™= Bear Speculators Managed to De- press Prices. THE EFFECT OF BETTER ORGANIZATION Industrials Are the Most Popular With Operators. GENERAL MARKET REPORTS Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. NEW YORK, September 18.—Bear tactics were resumed this morning, with as much success as might have attended more origi- nal methods. Stop orders were abundant, and some liquidation was noticeable, but the real cause of the decline is attributable to the superior organization of the room pessimists. The short interest was ma- terially increased, the complete absence of resistance inviting contract sales of this character. London was not a factor in the local trading. The industrial group is still the chosen field of the reactionists, and responds easily to the will of their leaders. The sentiment of the street is decidedly bearish on all the active stocks in this class, and they are contidently sold on all rallies. Distillers was first to succumb to the sell- ing movement, losing 1 1-2 per cent in the first ten minutes, which reduced the price to $9 per share. At this point some covering ensued, followed by the announcement that a prominent director of the company, who has long been interested in the manipula- tion of the stock, had resigned. This latter intelligence had a beneficial influence on the price, which speedily gained 2 per cent over the previous low level. All sorts of ru- mors from a variety of sources are in circu- lation as to the future of this industry. There ts one point, however, on which they all harmonize, namely, the hopeless- ness of waiting for improvement of a ma- terial character. The price is too low to warrant selling, but the other side of the market offers as few inducements: The corclusion is obvious. Sugar was sold in large amounts for both accounts, losing 2 cent in conseqnence. The bears predict further concessions before the week is out, believing that inside interests are willing to further their efforts. Congress will not meet before December, but an object lesson will be as effective now as then. Chicago Gas was depressed 3 per cent in spite of the urgent efforts of certain interests to show cause why the present raid fs premature, to say the least. Arguments are useless when profits are so easily made in defying them. American Tobacco. about which little is known outside of the directory, sold down 3 1-2 per cent to 97 and back again to par on a fair volume of business. In the railway list activity was less pro- novneed, but, with the naturally sympa- thetic declines excepted, the list was mod- erately steady. Rock Island was a con- spicuous exception, selling down 1 1-2 per cent on operations by the professional ele- ment: St. Paul is probably the next stock that will command the attention of the ruling element. A reduction of 1 per cent was recorded today on a fair volume of business. The balance of the list shaded off fractionally, but attracted no special interest. A falling off in the demand from remit- ters and increased offerings of cotton fu- tures combined to give an easier tone to the market for foreign exchange. Rates —_— fully 1-16 below those quoted yester- y- Covering of short contracts during the last hour resulted in a substantial rally throughout the active list. Final figures, however, reflected net declines for the day. ——___ FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. The following are the opening, the high- est and tne lowest and the closing price. of the New York siock market today, as I~ Rorted by Corson & Macartney, memp> few York stock exchange. Correspondents Messrs. Moore & Schley, No. 80 Broadway: Low. Close. MK 88 a” 9 100 By 88K 6% zy gs sony Bh 7535 i % % int 13655 ae ye Bee tees is Bi rr — P. Car Co. ichmond Terminal. Phila. Traction... Texas Pacitic. ‘enn. Coal and iron, Union Pacific. Wabash Wh ing & ie. Wheeling & L. E., pfd. Western Union Ti Wisconsin Central Sliver......... les—regular ‘call—12 o'clock m.—Metropoll Ga, $1,000 at lo, ‘Wannng mae Fiopnde $100 af 116. | Washington Gas. cour. Gx, Lincoln Fire Insurance, 4at Tig 100 at The. Government Rouds.—U. S. 4s, registered, He yasket US. 4s, coupon, 115 bid. ar ae bid. 30-year fund 6s, gold, 113 bid. Water stock Tig (bd. | Water stock 7a, 1003, registered. 2-105, 100 tu eer town Railroad conv. ta, Ist, 180 bide aa6 eoeee. Teal . Ge, 2d, ilroad letropolitan Railroad Fr ced. conv. Gs, 102 bid, 103 asked. Belt Railroad L asked. ington Hatlroad Gs, 100 bid. “Weekine ton Gas Company Gs, series A, 114 bid. Washing. ton Gas Company @s, series B, 115 bid. Washing. Ea cet et an he ae ht, 1 ad . 8. conv. i Chesapeake ‘and Potomne Telephon te wh é 100 bid. Amctitan Sea bid. American rity and Trust Ss, A. ©.. 100 bid. “Washington Market Company 4st 106 bid. Washington Market ny Ss, Washington Market Company eat Gs, bid! rash- ‘Gs, 104% bid. Masonic Hail Association 5s, 100 Washington Light Infantry Ist Om 101 tid ington Light Infantry 20 Fe, 401 bidet OW National Bank Stocks.—Rank of |. Bank of the ‘ashington, 300 Republic, “285° bid, . 297 asked |, 280 Farmers and Me ani *, oa 200 asked. Second, 138 bid, 150 asked.” Gl 130 bid, 140 asked. Columbia, 125 bid. t 1 L Lincoln, 96 bid. polimer: Safe Deposit and Trust Companies. ‘National Safe 32 asked. Washing 125 asked. American 34 asked. and) Georgetown ST bid, 96 asked Deposit and ‘Trust, 127 Loan and Trost, 121 waa. be curity and Trust, ~ . “Washington Metropolita: 70 ask Belt, Hiytown, 33 ask: 8 and Electri bid, 50 asked. Geos Fiectric Light, 125 bi “Insurance. Stocks. Light Stocks.— Washington etown Gas, 50 bid. ps, 4 asked, | Prank jetropolitan, 72 asked 148 bid, 160 asked, “German-Ameri 1 Union, 10 bid, 14% ' ask Rizes, asked. shy 5% asked. idk, S asked, Commercial, 6 asked. Title Insurance Stocks.”-Real 1 U7 asked. Colum! hone Stocks.— Pe id, 53 asked. American |. Pueumatic Gun Car sked. Stocks.—Washington Market, 1514 . Great Falls Ice, 130 bid, 150 asked. ull Run Panorama, 20 esked.’ Norfolk mboat, &5 bid. Lincoln Hal 1% asked. Inter-Ocean Building, 100 asked. the death of Mr. E, Kurtz was officially ved to the exchange and resolutions of re- nd Wash Ef i i gee Martin Paraquar ‘Tupper, died late war . in London. Sad Result of an Experiment—General Foreign News. VIENNA, September 18.—At Tuskit Cas- tle, near Nyireghyhaza, Hungery, a dinner was given yesterday evening by its pro- prietor, Theodore Von Salomon. In order to entertain the guests, after dinner a hyp- notist named Neukor was called upon to make some experiments. Neukor selected as his medium Ella Von Salomon, the daughter of his host. The hypnotist during his experiments suggested that the young lady was suffering from consumption, and Wy shricked fel tonase Create one ae e ex- ay in spite of the fact —yye ts store her oc omni sees! BERLIN, September 18.—The editor-in- chief and one reporter of the Lokalan ~apwcd Bete sentenced today each to pay a fine 50 marks or to to prison five days for circulating the report Is Pon, ruary last that the Hamburg-American line steamship Augustus Victoria,Capt. ds, from Hamburg for New York, had foun- LIVERPOOL, September 18—Among the Parsengers who will sail for New York to- morrow on board the White Star line steamship Majestic are Prince and Princess Poggio Ruspoli, the Marquise De J. C. Bancroft Davis, Mr, W. Butler Dun- can and A. B. Forwood. THE HAGUE, September 18.—The states general were opened today by the queen in person. LONDON, September 18—A Canadian named Percival Neale was arrested here teday, charged with stealing the sum of £1,200 bel to the customs department of the dominion of Canada. The police, af- ter searching the prisoner, recovered £780 and $1,000 in Canadian notes. Neale was examined at Bow street police court and eee to await the arrival from Yani papers relath to the « made against him. a2 a6 —_-— FINAL YACHT RACES. Sailing a Contest im the Rain Of Sandy Hook. SANDY HOOK, September 18.—The final yacht race of the season is to be sailed off here today, the event being the autumn Sweepstakes of the New York Yacht Club. At lp. m. it was raining, and so thick that the boats could not be seen from here. At 2.40 @ white-painted sloup yacht passed this polit, bound in. Her bowsprit ayo away. The wether was too thick 10 make her out distinctly, but it posed to be the Wasp. rs sales it being charged that on the ber last he ca.sed the death named child of Miss Estelle E. an abortion performed by him on the un- fortunate girl two days prior to that He was twice tried, being convicted in January last of murder and in last June between murder and manslaughter, and set- ting the second verdict aside because he had subsequently come to the conclusion that the testimony of Miss Beach, an ac- complice in the eye of the law, had not corroborated. Counsel for the prisoner contended today that their client, having been convicted of manslaughter on the second trial, could not again be tried for the graver crime of mur- der, and that therefore the prisoner was entitied to his release from jail on bail. PDstrict Attorney Birrey opposed the mo- tion, asserting that a verdict of man- slaughter, where the accused was charged with murder, did not, upon the setting aside of that verdict and the granting of a new trial, preclude the trial of the defendant again for murder. The setting aside of the verdict and the granting of a new triel, claimed Mr. Birney, left the where it stood previous to ? | 3 oF | fi rind EPES§ E é FE i E ? ul i; fi : | : it f f not now state when. But not later the first of the coming year. —— ‘The Forged Pension Check. that the trio stole the check and Wright forged the indorsement. The prisoners were held for the grand jury. —_— —__ Am Open Front Door. The front door of the house of Mrs. Mary Stevens, No. 709 12th street, was left open today, and a colored boy named James Hal- Nday went in and stole a pocket book con- taining $10. He had only spent a small portion of the money when Policeman Helan arrested him aad locked him up. —_—>_— Treasury Receipts. Naticnal bank notes rezsived for re demption today, $127,226, government re- celpts from internal reverue, $162,026; cus- toms, $253,080; us, $40,522. ——_—-e- —____— New Cottom Factory at Chattancoga. Speciul Dispatch to The Evening Star. CHATTANOOGA, Tenn., September 18.— Mr. W. A. Stiers of Boston, representing a number of Boston capitalists, arrived in this city today and announces that his people have arranged to build at Chatta- nooga a mammoth cotton cloth factory with 40,000 spindles capacity. The new concern is capitalized at $300,000, all of which has been pledged. Ye announce- ment has created general rejoicing here. It will employ 400 persons. — Celebrating Antietam, HAGERSTOWN, Md., September 18.—The thirty-second anniversary of the battle of Antietam was celebrated yesterday. A large number of old soldiers were at the na- tional cemetery at Sharpsburg in honor of the even!. Among them were 125 mem- bers of tLe onc hundred and twenty-fourth Pennsylvania regiment, which fought the congagemeat. - Veterinaria: in Convention. PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Sept. 18.—Veterl- narians from all over the United States met in thirty-first annual convention at the Academy of Natural Sciences, this city, to- lay. Mayor Stewart welcomed the dele- sates, Dr. W. Horace Hoskins of Philedel- phia responding on behalf of the organiza- tion. The convention will continue three days. ——_—. Tupper, an artist sister of the today,