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THE EVENING STAR, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1894-TWELVE PAGES. high wages paid to the journeyman bakers. ‘The majority of the journeyman bakers receive $13 per week, and I ask the public of Washington if such a wage is unreasen- able for sixty-two hours’ work per week? I receive 314 per week and support a family of five, and I can testify that it is a hard matter sometimes to save $ a month. The Teal cause of the action of this certain baker boss in making the statement which of Wi : agains! destroy the Bakers’ Labor Assembly of this ety. “There is a difficulty in existence between Labor Assembly No. 2:80 and Mr. Charles Schneider. The journeymen bakers estab- lished May 1, 1894, a labor bureau at an expet.ve of $75 per month, in order to secure work for the bakers in Washington. Mr. Schneider Las always antagonized the bak- by getting his workmen from other cities. Through the aid of our local bu- reau he been compelled to get his journeymen bakers here. This did not suit him, and he requested a New York firm to send a few bakers to Washington. The bakers in this city cbjected to those men, and requested Mr. Schneider to fill vacancies im his bakery with workingmen from the He repiied he would get his men from other cities, notwithstanding. After this decision was made the men employed in his bakery refused last Sunday to work any longer with the imported men, and Mr. Schneider was compelled to discharge those men and take residents of this city.” No Recent Increase in Wages. Mr. J. G. Schmidt, ex-master workman of local Assembly No. 23, requests The Star to permit him to correct some of the state- ments made by the employing baker in the interview published yesterday. Mr. Schmidt says that the last general increase in the seale of prices was made in June, 1888; therefore the bakers have received no reg- ular raise in wages during the time that the brice of tlour has declined. There have been individual cases of a raise in wages, due to the worth of the men themselves, but the union scale has not been touched. In 1800 the hours of labor were reduced from twelve to ten. Mr. Schmidt thinks that the price of bread could be reduced, but not to the extent of 1 cent per loaf. ‘The Bakery In try Here. As stated in ghe Star yesterday, there is @ great deal of bread and other bakery pro- ducts sold in Washington. As long ago as 1800, when the census was taken, returns showed that there were eighty-eight bakery establishments in this city, representing an investment of $765,219. The average num- ber of employes was 58, and the total wages paid per year amounted to $350,855 The cost of the materials used was $4 072, while the total annual output of the products amounted to $1,409,575. Since ISv0 the business has materially increased and many of the bakery establishments have made extensive additions to their plants. A Woman's Reckon: 4A housekeep2:, a woman who is much interested in the bread questicn, and read with interest what was printed in The Star yesterday, saw a fallacy in the rea- | soning of bakers as to why the price of | bread has not been reduced in some pre- portion to the decline in the price of flour. Said she to a Star reporter toda: if it is true as the bakers represent that | they cannot afford to make a reduction of @ whole cent on a loaf, and if they reduce only half a cent the retailers wiil still charge five cents, and make the additional | profit, the public not gaining by such a transaction, it seems to me there is a way to give the consumer the benefit. Why cannot the bakers if they insist on preseit prices make up the difference to the con- sumer by making larger loaves? 1 do not believe there is any good reason why-the price should not be reduced, but if the bakers are acting in good faith with the Public they can easily find a way to give the consumers the worth of their money without adding to the profits of the middle- A Very Poor Plea. To the Editor of The Evening Star: I am giad to notice The Star has taken up the question of cheap bread, and hope it will not let it rest until the bakers’ are compelled to be satisfied with a reasonable Profit. A baker's plea, high wages, is the usual excuse, but in this case a very poor one. if flour has fallen 40 per cent from 36, and one man works up fifteen barrels per week, that represents a saving to the baker of $36 per man per weeix. Hiowever, it is so plainly an extortion on nearly every person in the city that I feel certain thousands like myself would be glad and thankful for The Star’s further investigation of this matter. A SUBSCRIBER. —____ ARCHITECT'S OFFICE. The Trea: Department’s Plan for jeorganization. The name of George W. Kramer of Akron, Ohio, was today added to the long list of applicants for the position of supervising architect of the treasury, recently vacated by Mr. O'Rourke of New Jersey, by request. There is good authority for the statement that Secretary Carlisle will defer making this appointment until after Congress shall have had an opportunity of reorganizing the architect's office in accordance with a plan to be submitted by the Treasury De- partment. Congress will be asked to define the exact status of the office. As at present organized, it is neither a division nor a bureau of the department, but is more of an independent establishment, with the re- sponsibilities for its administration divided between the Secretary of the Treasury and the supervising architect. It is also con- templated to separate the scientific duties from the administrative business of the office. The Secretary desires to nave legis- lative sanction for the reorganization of the office before he appoints its chief. —_———-e--___ MR. CLEVELAND SAYS No. He Will Net Take Any Personal Part in the New York Fight. Wash. Correspondence New York Herald. There have heen important political de- velopments in Washington within the last day or tio. Chief of these has been a general order from President Cleveiand directing the lead- ing government officials to cancel their campaign engagements and to remain wholly cut of the political contest until further orders. Another positive statement is made that the President will not write any letter in the New York campaign. Hoth develsp- ments are recent and diametrically opposed to last week's situation. The long list of campatgn appointments for the administration officials published in the Herald was obtained directly from the men most Interested. Up to that time every administration utterance, in public or private, had been of enthusiastic partisan- ship, and indicated active campaign efforts. The publication of the list and the fore- showing of extensive administration cam- paigning which it made may have called the situation to the mind of the President, and reminded him of the similar situation during his first administration, when he refused to allow his officials to do active campaign work. THE WORK OF THE ALBATROSS. Observations Made in Patrolling Ber- Fish Commissioner MacDorald has re- ceived from Commander Drake of the fish commission's steamer Albatross, which has been patrolling Bering sea since May 1, the report of her movements and observations | up to June 30 The report covers prin- cipally meteorological and hydrographical observations and contains little of special interest, nothing, In fact, relating to the seal question as the period covered was the “closed season” before the seals left the Pribyloff Islards. Only five seals were up to June 30. No trace of the trout which were planted last year in the inland ters of the islands was discover- ed. This left no doubt that the lakes hat been frozen to the bottom and puts an end to further experiments in that line. Ac- cording to a telegram received this morn- ing from Port Townsend, Capt. Drake left there yesterday with the Albatross for San Francisco, where he will prepare his re- port on the observations made in Bering Sea during the closed season. This report probably will be of a confidential nature and will, with future reports on the same ubject, ‘serve as valuable information in future negotiation with Great Britain @s to the limitation of the prohibited zone. | tain wanted every cent. LATE NEWS BY WIRE The Lexow Investigating Committee Resumes Its Sessions, A POLICEMAN ACCUSES A CAPPAIN Says He Was Persecuted for Not Giving Tribute. THE CUSTOM? WHAT WAS NEW YORK, October 9.—The Lexow police investigating committee resumed work today. Among the crowd that gath- ered early in the court room were several police captains, whose faces had not been seen there before. A host of fresh witnesses was also on hand, including a man who had wanted to be a policeman and was swindled in the attempt; an iron molder, who says he was robbed by a policeman, and an amateur detective, who will have Icts to say about scandal in the Essex Market police court. Warden Ledwith of the police court prison told the committee about certain abuses in those institutions, which he was investi- gating. Agent T. Forget of the French steamship line testified that his company paid $00 to the police for extra services. The police- man on the pier was paid $10 a week and $500 went to the other police officials. One of the company’s books, which was pro- duced, showed that in November, 1891, 300 had been paid for “special surveillance on the piei Mr. Forget could not remember to whom the money was paid. Mr. Geff asked Mr. Forget if Policeman Degan had been removed from the pier be- cause he refused to divide with the captain the money he received from the company. Degan was present in court, and Mr. For- get indentified him. Mr. Forget’s memory again failed him, and Mr. Goff probed with- out avail. . Policeman Louis Degan then testified. He is the first policeman who accused a cap- tain. He testified that he was stationed on the French line pier for eleven years. He said he received 310 a week for working overtime, and on his days off. He was sent there in’ 188%, The superintendent of the Hine offered him $10 for extra services. He never bad a charge made against him and got along very well. in 180i Wardman Vail came to him and said: “Captain Schmittberger wants this $10 you receive.” “TI told Vall,” said Degan, “that I was ao serf and would not give up the $10 I earned by hard work after my regular hours. I was already giving $% a week, and the cap- I told him that Capt. Schmittberger would next want my salary. Vail said: ‘You had better, as the captain can make you trouble.’ “Let Capt. Schmittberger do his worst,’ I replied, ‘I won't be a serf. A few days after Capt. | Schmittberger called me into his room, and | said: “Do you know where your post is? It is over among the canal boats and the fish markets.’ He said this in a taunting tone, and I was subsequently shifted from one post to another. “One day the captain called me into his room and said. ‘Your friends are going to have you made roundsman. Now, [ want you to pick out the best post in the pre- cinct until you are made roundsman.” “I replied, ‘You are my captain and should assign me to my duty. I refuse to pick out any particular post.” The captain said hastily: ‘We wont discuss that.’ All the policemen shared their extra money with the captat perintendent West of the, company fol- lowed, and testified to Officer effi- ciency. When Degan was transferred Ward- man Gannon called and demanted the $10 formerly paid to Degan. Superintendent West said if a receipt would be given he would give the money. A receipt was re- fused. Mr. Goff asked if he knew $500 had been raised by the steamship companies as a purse to Capt. Schmitterberger. The witness had heard a rumor to that effect. He said that he protested to Capt. Schmitterberger against icer "3 removal. The captain said that the officer had been removed for insubordination. The captain also said that the officer was in league with smugglers. Superintendent West said he told Capt. Schmittberger that euch a charge was ridiculous. Wm. H. Schatt, passenger ageut, followed. He did not know anything of his own knowledge. Mr. Forget was-tecalled, and under adroit qvestioning by Mr. Goff admitted that friends of Capt. Schmittberger had ap- proached him and begged him not to testify that Schmittberger got $00, or it would ruin him. He professed not to remember who had interceded for the captain. It was represented to him that Capt. Schmittberger would be dismissed if the $00 story came out, and for the sake of the captain's family Mr. Forget was urged to keep it dark. ———_—_. WAR ON THE GAMBLERS. Justice Abbett to the Mercer County, N. J Grand Jary. TRENTON, N. J., October 9.—Justice Abbett, in his charge to the Mercer county grand jury today, referred to the large num- ber of complaints to be considered—some #0—and said that if true it Indicated a de- Plorable condition in the county. He par- ticularly charged them with respect to charges of gambling and cheating devices at the recent interstate fair, and said if tn- vestigation showed that these were carried on with consent of fair officers and police they, too, should be indicted, as well as the principals. The gambling which was carried on at the fair consisted mostly of wheels of fortune. Justice Abbett also referred to the number of charges against justices of the peace for extortion, which, he said, had been too long dealt with leniently. —— FOR THE FIFTEENTH INFANTRY. Colors to Be Presented by Citizens of Chicago. CHICAGO, October 9.—For the first time in the history of the United States army permission has been granted by the War Department for the presentation of a stand of colors to a regiment by private citizens. The regiment is the fifteenth infantry of Fort Sheridan. The citizens are a few rep- resentative men of this city, and the or- ganization through which the colors will be handed to Col. Crofton, the commanding officer, Is the Illinois Society of the Sons of the Revolution. Permission for the presentation, which will occur this month, was obtained from the adjutant general at Washington, and the money for the colors was raised by subscription. The movement is in recogni- tion of the services of the regiment during the great railroad strike. ara SATOLLYS TRIP. He is Going to Quebee and Will Be the Cardinal's Guest. MONTREAL, October 9.—Mgr. Satolll, the papal delegate to Washington, will arrive in Quebec on October 17, and will be the guest of Cardinal Taschereau for a few days. Extensive preparations are making for his reception. During his stay in Canada important matters in dispute between the ecclesiastical and civil authorities will be submitted to him for his adjudication. —<—____— OFFERED TO FAIRCHILD. The Gubernatorial Nomination of the Bolt New York Democrats. NEW YORK, October ¥.—The nomination for governor of New York has been tender- ed to Charles H. Fairchild, ex-Secretary of the Treasury, by Mr. Shepard, the chief of the disaffected and anti-Hill democrats. Mr. Fairchild will make known his decision within the ensuing twenty-four hours. geared coemsk Assessment of the Pullman Company. SPRINGFIELD, IIL, October 9.—The state board of equalization has practically com- pleted its labors. Mr. Harm of the. capital stock committee presented a long minority report today against the alleged excessively low assessment given the Pullman com- pany. The report was rejected. MGR. TO FIGHT THE A. P. A. San Francisee Catholics Organize the Ameriean Liberal League. By Telegraph to Today's New York Herald. SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., October 8.—The American Liberal League has been organ- ized here by prominent lay members of the Catholic Church to combat the propaganda of the American Protective Association. It is the intention of the new league to devise plans for the defeat of candidates In the coming election who may be supported by the A. P. A. The assertion is made by the league organizers that they have ob- tained accounts of the A. P. A. meetings in this city, with the rituals and oaths of the various lodges. ——_—+e+____ ENGINEER SMITH DIES. Results of the Recent Southera Rail- way Wreck. Special Dispatch to The Zvening Star. BRISTOL, Tenn., October 9.—The fearful wreck of the Washington and Chattanooga limited on the Southern railway Sunday afternoon has proven more fatal than was thought. Engineer Sam Smith, who was crushed beneath the engine, died this morn- ing In agony, and it is thought that Mail Agent Tucker cannot survive many hours. Others, who were thought to be slightly in- jured, are in a dangerous condition. The loss to property will reach $100,000. Many suits will be brought against the company, though it was no fault of the railroad. A diamond drummer lost a case of valuable diamonds. A German, Jos. Dealtect, who was on his way to California, had his for- tune, less than a thousand dollars, in his trunk, which was burned, Ran Away on a Down Grade. ASHEVILLE, Ng C., October 9.—The south-bound freight on the Asheville and Spartanburg railroad ran down a heavy grade on Saluda mountain at 5 o’clock ‘his morning. The crew remained on the flying train, which ran to the bottom of the grade, four miles, and then left the track, the engine and twelve ears piling up in a deep cut. The latest reports say Engineer Broom and a colored train hand have not been found. Fireman York was seen buried un- der the wreckage, and it is thought he is dead. Conductor Will Patton had a leg and hip badly crushed. ——__— STRIKE OF CLOAK MAKERS. Nearly Ten Thousand Men and Wo- men Quit Work. NEW YORK, October 9.—A general strike of the cloak makers of this city, numbering nearly 10,000 men and women, was begun today. About 7,000 finishers and operators will be forced out cf work within a day or, two by the strike. They will only work long enough to finish up the work that the cloak makers left in the shops. The strike committee has agreed that no settlement shall be made with the manufacturers until the latter have signed bonds, giving real estate security, for their good faith. 1t was further agreed that no union man shall commence work until all of the manufac- turers had come to terms. There was considerable opposition to this mcvement, its principal antagonist being Jos. Barondess, who holds that under this rule one obstinate manufacturer can keep 10,000 men out of work forever. The so- cialistic element, however, wanted a general strike and they held a majority. The object of the strike is to abolish the present systm of piece work and substi- tute the adoption of a time scale. The gen- eral demand is for $18 weekly wages and a nine-hour work day. ——__. A. P. A. ON THE JURY. It is Charged That They Would Net Give a Just Verdict. DENVER, Col., October 9.—In support of a motion for a new trial of the suit of J. K. Mullen and Charles D. McPhee against the Western Union Beef Company, ex- Judge Vincent D. Markhart has filed an affidavit made by the plaintiffs alleging that the jury which returned a verdict for the defendants was packed with A. P. A. members by Sheriff Burchinell and Matt Adams, clerk of the district court, and would not give a verdict in accordance with the evidence for the plaintiffs because they are Catholics. The affidavit, which is very long, repeats the oaths known to be taken by members of the A. P. A. and declares that they are unfit to serve on juries, especially in cases where Catholics are concerned. The suit of Mullen and McPhee was brought to re- cover $10,000 damages for cattle which they alleged died from diseases contracted from infected cattle which the Western Union Beef Company introduced upon the ranges. ——>___. EARL GREY DEAD. He Was Son of the Eminent States- Reformer. LONDON, October 9.—Earl Grey, formerly secretary of state for the colonies, &c., is dead. Henry Grey, third Earl Grey, was born in 1902 and was a son of the second earl, the eminent statesman and reformer. The de- in 1832 married a daughter of the late Sir Joseph Copley. He leaves no chil- ren. Earl Grey has been under secretary for the colonies, under secretary for the home department, secretary of war and secretary of state for the colonies. _ —_—_— A REMARKABLE ESCAPE. Survival of a Woman Who Leaped From a 100-Foot Dluf. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. CHATTANOOGA, Tenn., October 9.— Mrs. Rollie Rather, a well-known lady of this city, daughter of Capt. I. P. Wells, a prominent citizen, this morning, while suf- fering from temporary mental aberration. jumped from a bluff near the residence into the river, a distance of 100 feet. Fortunate- ly a raftsman was near by and went to her rescue before she was drowned, and carried her out. When recovered the un- fortunate lady was unconscious, but strange to say, that she soon recovered her reason and is now resting easy, and will probably recover, notwithstanding her frightful leap. ——_. WERE MINERS CHEATED? it Operators to Be In- vestigated. CUMBERLAND, Md., October 9.—Judge Bond, addressing the grand jury of Alle- gany county, referred to the late coal strikes in these words: “It was charged that some of the oper- ators in this region did not allow their men a fair and just weight. We have on our statute book a law in reference to that matter, which requires the operators to allow the miners a full weight for the coal they have dug, and if, on your investiga- tions, you find that any of these parties have violated their duty in that respect, it will be your duty to present them and have them brought to trial If there are any such cases brought to your attention it is proper for you to investigate both sides fairly and thoroughly.” —_—_—_. CELEBRATING CHICAGO DAY. Charges Agai Ringing the Columbian Liberty Bell— New Regimental Armory. CHICAGO, October 9.—Chicago day, the anniversary of the great fire of 1871, was celebrated today. The celebration was be- gun by the ringing of the Columbian lib- erty bell, which was carried about the city and rung at the statues of Lincoln and Grant in Lincoln Park, on the site of old Fort Dearborn; at Columbus monu- ment on the lake front; at the City Hall and the board of trade. This afternoon the first regiment, I. N. G., took possession of its new armory, and began a three ‘3° military fete, with a parade through the business portion of the city. The Mar- quette Club, the Union League Club and the — of New York will give banquets to- ight. —— Powers Acting in Harmony. MONDON, October 9.—The Associated Press learns on the best authority that the European powers are acting in harmony. They do not intend to permit the integrity of Corea to be disturbed, and will actively enforce this decision should Japan attempt @ permanent occupatiem of the peninsula. enacts a THE CHESAPEAKE CANAL 4 The Government Board of Experts to Select the Line. ° Appointménts Announced Today—The Faterest in Inland Waterways. _-e That great pfoject which has excited so much interest in New York, Baltimore, Philadelphia arid the great ports on the South Atlaftic coast, to unite Chesapeake bay with the Delaware by a canal, and thus supply the most important line in an internal waterway route from Flor- ida to Long Island sound, today received an impetus by the appointment of an ex- pert board of commissioners to select the line of the canal. In the last river and har- bor appropriation bill provision was made for this work in the following paragraph: “The President of the United States is hereby authorized to appoint a board, to consist of an officer of the engineer corps, United States army, not below the rank of lieutenant colonel; an officer of the navy not below the rank of captain, and two civilians, who, together with the chief of engineers, United States army, shall exam- ine and determine from the surveys here- tofore made under the dirction of the War Department the most feasible route for the construction of the Delaware and Chesa- “In making such selection, said board shall select the route which, in its judgment, shall give the greatest facility to commerce and will be best adapted to the national de- fense. The said bcard shall report its con- clusions to the Secretary of W who shall transmit its report to Congress at the next session, and the sum of $5,000 is hereby ap- eg to pay the expenses of said ‘The members of the board, as announced by Secretary Lamont today, are Gen. Casey, chief of engineers; Col. Craighill, now in chargé of the river and harbor works at Baltimore; Capt. George Dewey of the navy, @ member of the light house board; Men- des Cohen of Baltimore, ex-president of the Society of Civil Engineers, and J. Alexander Porter of Savannah, a civil engineer of wide reputation and excellent standing. The board is expected to go to work speedily in order to comply with the require- ment that its report be made to Congress at the short session. WORLD'S FAIR MEDALS. Delay im Making the Dis- tributions. ~ From present indications the medals awarded to successful exhibitors at’ the world’s Columbian exposition, which closed in October a year ago, will not be ready for distribution before February next. Sim- ilar evidences of superiority of exhibits at the Antwerp exposition, which has just closed, have already been delivered, and the same is true of the awards made at the exposition at Lyons during the present year. The delay in the matter of the de- livery of the world’s fair medals is at- tributable, in a measure, to the rejection of the St. Gaudens design on the score of national modesty, and much valuable time was lost in the efforts of that distinguished artist to modify!his design vo suit the ultra- pure ideas gf Secretary Carlisle and the members of. the Senate quadro-centennial committee. ‘As is well known, Mr. St. Gau- dens falted ‘in “his artistic efforts and his designs, orfsindd and modified, were re- jected, notwithstanding he had been paid $5,000 ‘for the same. - The medals are now being prepared on a composite design, the joint conception of Mr. St. Gavdeug and Mr. Charles E. Bar- ber, chief engraver at the Philadelphia mint. The latter made the design for the reverse of tWe thedal, the original design of Mr. Gaudens for the obverse having been found uncbjectionable. This much was de- cided severat. weeks ago. Two or three months will be conaumed, however, in mak- ing the dies'‘for the medals. The contract for furnishing the bronze blanks and strik- ing the medals-has been let to the Scoville Manufacturing» Company of Waterbury, Conn., at their bid-of $22,000. There are to 23,757 medals in all, each of which is to be three inches in diameter and :.even- thirty-seconds of an inch thick. There is considerable work to be done upon them, and it fs a liberal calculation that they will be ready for distribution by the gov- ernment in February next. a CHILEAN CLAIMS MONEY. The Lon Quarter of a Million Dollars Paid to State Department. The Chilean government, through its minister here, has just paid into the State Department, $240,564.35, being the amount of the judgments rendered against Chile by the Chilean claims commission, which closed its work in Washington three months ago. Most of these claims are based upon injuries sustained by American citizens resident in Chile and Peru during the war between those countries. From the total amount of the judgments there was de- ducted 5 per cent, amounting to $12,028.21, in accordance with the provisions of the — to pay the expenses of the commis- sion. The awards will be paid by the State Department immediately to the persons who obtained judgments, as follows: Central and South American Telegra; Company, ; W. 8. Shrigiey, $4,831.70; Gilbert Bennet Borden, $8,728.1: Wells, Fargo & Co., $27,735.23; Jennie R. Read, $1,081.08; Edward C. Dubois, $147,- 470.40, 5 per cent having been already de- ducted in each case. —————+e+__ To Prevent Delays in Mails. The second assistant postmaster general has issued circulars calling the attention of all postmasters to the importance of promptly notifying the department of changes of schedules on any railroad where- by mails reaching their offices by star routes are delayed. Frequent complaints have been made to the department of the negligence of postmasters at railroad points in this respect. Postmasters have also been notified to make prompt disposition of mail sacks used in transporting public docu- ments from Washington and their atten- tion has been called to the necessity for a closer scrutiny of the name of the state in the address on mail for offices of similar names in different states. Unusually fre- quent complaints have been made in the latter case of missent mails for Cleveland, Tenn., and Cleveland, Ohio; Cincinnati, Iowa, and Cincinnati, Ohio; Detroit, South Dakota, and Detroit, Mich.; Quincy, Iowa, and Quincy, Il; and St. Paul, Neb., and St. Paul, Minn. White House Opened. ‘The White: House has been reopened to the public, after having been closed for re- pairs from the date of the President's de- parfure for Gray,Gables, the 29th of August. The portiongjof.the house to which visitors are admitted+atopresent are the green, red and blue parlors, on the main floor. The great east ssout is still under repair, but will be ready for public inspection in a few The oMc# portion of the building, on the second is open to those only hav- ing official busitiess to transact. CHEE! Army Promotions. ~ The appoititmnént of Col. Michael R. Mor- gan as comfpisgary general of subsistence, noted in yegtemday’s Star, has resulted in the promotion-ef Lieut. Col. J. W. Bar- riger as colonek. Major J. H. Gilman as lieutenant colonel, and Captain Jonn J. Clague as major. The vacancy in the lst of captains in the subsistence d ment will be filled by transfer from the line, and there is considerable competition for the place. Must Collect the Fee First. Acting Postmaster General Jones has is- sued an order discontinuing the practice offices of placing postage due atten advertised mail Matter be- fore collecting the required fee. —__ - e+ —___. Painfully Injured. About noon today James Watson, col- ored, twenty-four years old, while working at the Washington Brick ‘Machine Com- pany’s yards, was caught in a cave-in and painfully bruised. He was sent to Freed- man’s Hospital in the ninth precinct patrol wagon. CROQUET PLAYERS. Tournament of Crack Players Began Here Today. A tournament under the auspices of the croquet players of Washington began this morning at 9:30 o'clock, and will continue throughout the remainder of the week. It is the first attempt to hold an event of this nature In Washington, but the affair is ex- pected to be a pleasing success. The local players are organized into two clubs—the Hutchinson Club, with grounds at the northwest corner of 9th and Rhode Island avenue northwest, and the Twefith Street Club, whose grounds are on the east side of 12th street, between O and P streets northwest. The games are being played on both grounds. The tournament now in progress 18 mere- ly @ local affair, but there are a number of visiting players of national repute partici- ns Among them are G. W. Johnson of ladelphia, who held the championship of America for several years; Joseph Bil- brough of Philadelphia, T. A. Harris of Philadelphia, H. G. Fague of New York city, J. B. Bell of Wilmington, Del., and J, Cousins of New York. A national tourna- ment is held during the third week of August in each year, under the auspices of the National Croquet Association, at Nor- withe one durin ie games ig the present week will be played according to a schedule compris- ing three divisions. The first division in- cludes the crack players and the second and third divisions principally local players of less fame. In each division each man must play one game with every other man, the one winning the largest number of games being declared the winner. In the first two divisions the prizes will be handsome gold medals, while the prize for the third division has not as yet been de- cided upon. The players Johnson, Harris, and W. are: First division—Fay, Holden, Bean, Bartlett H. Wahly. Second division—Bell, Chase, Coleman, Hale, Catlin, Bryant, Johns and Bilbrough. Third division—Coop- er, Moore, Mason, Cousins and H. Whaley. Play will begin each day at 9:30 a:m: and will continue until dark. The committee of arrangements for the tournament includes H. A. Hall, chairman; C. M. Bryant, W. S. Chase and F. B. Holden. The secretary is W. H. Wahly. The outcome of the games played today, up to 2 o'clock, were: First division—Bean beat Bartlett, W. H. Wahly beat Johnson. Second division—Bell beat Coleman. Third division—Mason beat H. Whaley. —___— DOESN'T WANT GERONIMO. The Governor of Arizona Makes an Oficial Protest. Strong protest against the return of Ge- ronimo to Arizona and against the Mquor traffic in that territory is made in the an- nual report of Gov. L. C. Hughes to the Secretary of the Interior, made public to- day. The report comments generally on the increase in population, moral education and social advancement of the people and the absence of distress prevalent in other sec- tiors. It shows that the two previous years of drouth resulted in a loss of 50 per cent of range cattle in the territory, but was fol- lowed later by a general recuperation of the stock industry. The closing of the silver mines caused by the low price of silver resulted in in- creased gold production and development of gold resources, with the prospect, says the governor, that Arizona will become larger gold producer than any other terrt- tory or state. The gold output was §2,080,- 280; silver, $1,700,400, and copper, 48,270,500 pounds. Governor Hughes stamps the proposed withdrawal of troops from Arizona as un- wise, suggests encouraging younger In- dians to take allotted land in severalty and says no greater or more fatal mistake could be made by the government than to return Geronimo and Chiricahua Apaches to Arizona, where their presence would be fraught with great danger. The statehood question is discussed at length, and admission of the territory to statehood through an enabling act is sug- gested. —~———_+ e+ TWO LIQUOR CASES. Im Both the Prisoners Were Found Net Guilty. Prosecuting Attorney Pugh returned home from his vacation last evening, and today several alleged violators of the liquor law were called upon in the Police Court to answer the charges against them. The first case called was that of an old colored man named Frank Harris, who has a room in a house in Freeman's alley. A colored girl named Fannie Grammar, who has a lengthy Police record, appeared as the chief wit- ness for the prosecution. She had lived with Frank in the capacity of his better half, although no marriage stay where she got her liquor. Then it was that she threatened to get even got held not more than a pint, and five cents for each rink. Harris dented that he had sold any liquor to the woman. “Judge,” he said, “*tain't reasonable ter spose that Fannie paid me fer liquor when she could er got every five cents I had.” Judge Miller told the members of the jury that they could convict the defendant if they coula make their consciences believe what the women said. The jurymen could not believe them, and so Harris was set free. Gordenzo Rian! was next tried, the charge against him being that of doing without @ license. He was acquitted by « jury. —— CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL. Report of Its Operations for the Past Year. The annual report of the Chikiren’s Hos- pital was submitted to the Commissioners tcday through Col. John Tracy, superin- tendent of charities. The income of the hospital during the year amounted to $25,- 421. Of this amount $10,000 came from the government, $4,400 from the J. C. Hall fund, $1,300 from subscribers, $1,000 from the charity ball and $8,521 from contributions, The ordinary expenses of the hospital amounted to $19,194. $5,000 was paid on the debt during the year, leaving a balance due of $22,000. Had it not been for the con- tributions there would have been a deficien- cy, which would have compelled thé direc- tors to Mmit the number of admissions so that there should be at no time more than forty white and forty negro children in the hospital, An infant ward has been added to the hospital with a limit of twelve in- fants. An appropriation of $15,000 is asked for the support of the hospital during the next fiscal year. The number of patients treated during the year was 379, forty-one of whom died. There were 302 operations and 11,070 prescriptions. The dispensary patients numbered 3,051. Proposed Change of Date of Meeting Failed of Adoption. LOUISVILLE, Ky., October 9.—The sec- ond day’s session of the forty-second an- nual convention of the International Typo- graphical Union reconvened at Odd Fel- lows’ Hall promptly at 9 o'clock this morn- ing. All the delegates were present, and the ention at once proceeded to business. “Sox-President Higgins of the local typo- graphical union delivered a on the per capita tax question, but it was not re- ceived with much favor. An amendment pote i ag fo gh yf meetings be chang 'rom the first Mon- day in October to the first Monday in Sep- tember. The principal argument tn favor of chan the time was that the weather would be better in the northern cities, where the majority of the conventions will be held. This caused a heated debate, resulting in the defeat of the amendment. ‘The next question of im; was that of changing the per capita tax according to the earnings of the men. It was di to leave the matter with the local unions. The question as to how to expose those unions that were in arrears in the mem- bership dues was also argued. It was de- cided to publish them in the Journal. The convention adjourned at 12:30 o’clock esday morning. until Wedn i —_———_——_ Division Chief Appointed. Secretary Carlisle today appointed George W. Fort of Georgia chief of division in the treasurer’s office, vice Mr. Baker of Indiana, FINANCE AND TRADE Sugar Continues to Seek a Lower Level. EFFECT OF THE REFINERIES CLOSING An Advance Predicted in Chicago Gas. GENERAL MARKET REPORTS a ‘ Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. NEW YORK, October 9.—Early London cables, reflecting a weakness in the market for American securities, had a depressing influence on local trading, which was heightened by a continuation of the pyro- technics in Sugar. The influence of the manipulation in the latter stock is superior to the combined effort of all other specu- lative factors. The daily gravitation to- ward a lower level, without any indication of resistance, encourages short selling in other stocks, which are likely to sell off in sympathy with the decided weakness in Sugar. The price of refined sugar is likely to establish a new record for cheapness within the next few days in consequence of the oversupply and the cancellation of all trade agreements as to price. The closing of the refineries and the determination of the management to rescue the company from its undegirabie position as a legisla- tive target will, without doubt, result in a further reduction in value. The sentiment of the street is aggressive- ly bearish, and all sorts of figures are quoted as the limit of the decline. Should those nearest the present market price be reached ehort selling will not prove profit- able. Chicago Gas gained 5-8 per cent on early trading, but reacted and became steady around opening figures. Now that political jobbery has been in a measure obliterated from the affairs of this company a gradual advance in price is predicted. Bay State Gas, the recent acquisition to the industrial group, promises to adhere strictly to the erratic siengge cen ataye eer geod greed department. at 24, a 1 per duction followed the marketing of a few hundred shares, and on small purchases an advance of 13-4 per cent was recorded. - In the railway list, St. Paul and Nashvil were weak under sales for foreign account, each stock losing 7-8 per cent on moderate dealings. Reading was weak at a reduction of 5-8 per cent, the street inclining to the opinion that the election contest has been over-estimated as a factor favoring an ad- vance. A revival of rumors regarding the gerious inroads likely to be made in Man- hattan’s papere gn ro oe poe competition resul! a nthe poten of shot stock. Fractional re- ductions in values were recorded elsewhere, but were not significant. ‘The market for foreign exchange contin- ues firm, with rates slightly in advance of those prevailing yesterday. The market is controlled largely by bankers, who are short of bills in antizipation of reduced rates re- sulting from an increased supply of cotton drawings. The extent of this business has vndoubtedly been over-estimated, and the purchases of bills against short sales keeps prices steady. The low rates for money is il Wheat —Oct. Re eS eg Cora—Oet 4 Dec. rf 40% Oats—det Ss & = ze Lard—Oct 700 "Fo tat 8.Rins—det oe Go as ‘ Jan. 640 640 638T low. 5.99 5.99 6.08 ee ae Mrs. Fronces Strickle Corbin, wife of Col. H. C. Corbin, assistant adjutant of the army, died at the family residence, in this city, No. 1715 De Sales street, at ‘ll o'clock this morning. Mrs. Corbin was the daughter of the late Capt. A. E. Strickle of Wilmington, Ohio, who served on the staff of Gen. Grant She was married to Col. Corbin mother’s home in 1865. Col. Corbin was then a colonel of volunteers and the wed- ding tour was made to his regiment, which was then stationed at Knoxville, Tenn. After being mustered out of the volunteer service, Col. and Mrs. Corbin joined the seventeenth infantry of the personal friend of Mrs. —e and other prominent ladies of that ¥. Six years were afterward spent in Chi- cago, where Mrs. Corbin was society and and interment take place at her late Wim! Ohio, at 4 o'clock on Thursday, — —_-_—> THE NEW MODERATOR. The fall meeting of the presbytery of Washington city convened last evening in another influcnce in the direction of higher | ™ers Easton, delt sermon. At the rates, as the demand for funds abroad con- | S¢ssion ron. &. » Alexander, | the tinues good and makes foreign balances | Pastor of the a Cs arch, George- profitable. The bears’ prediction of early — ———— Rev. gold exports is not considered probable By oon oath A a .. = bankers, as a substantial advance in rates by the stated Rev. Dr. Bit- must first intervene. The las: hour’s trading was largely pro- fessional in character, and therefore only moderately active. As compared with open- ing figures final prices, in the main, were fractionally onige geeeges tiliyy ink E i German Exhibitors Annoyed. BERLIN, October 9.—The correspondent of the Associated Press is informed that officials exhibitors at ‘were much an- issuing the medals it was stated securing a satis- factory design for medal, but that proofs were expected from the makers within a few days, and that, if found ac- ceptable, the work of striking them would be hurried forward. The work of engra’ the plate for the diplomas, which is to be of exceptional artistic excellence, is just completed, and the printing of the re- quired number will be a matter of only a short time, so that the work of distribut- ing the medals and diplomas will begin at — Died From Injurtes. Samuel W. Cook, the workman on the coe new city post office building who had two falls there yesterday, as published in yes- Washington Stock Exchange. terday’s Star, died at the Emergency Hos- raed $e, S00 st 108. Washincace nat Gescee | ual late tn the ‘afternoon, ion 5 on the Balt engaged pe so el Washington} in the Chilean skirmish about three years ‘Government a ag Estes, 14 bi. ago. During that trouble he received @ se- ‘U_ 8. 4s, coupon, 114 bid. U. 8. ‘119 bid. vere blow on the head, and he never fully of Columbia Bonds —20-year fund be, 109 | recovered from the effects of the blow. Fe root ear fund Se, Gold, 113 bid. Water stock | ‘This, it is thought, caused the lisziness Sea ing, ceetac® 1@8. | which resulted in his fall yesterday. bid. notified to 3 rt to Lee's establish- 128 bi 135 asks Ge 102" bid Belt Rane ment. An inquest deemed unneces- a Gs, series A, 114 bid. Washington Ma: Licenses. series B, 116 bid. Wash vainge. Gs. i30 bid US. Blocerie Lagu tons Marriage licenses have been granted to pogo the following: Philip B. McConkey of Chi- 5 109 wd Wasting Mathet Company tet ‘S | Thoman B Cineett and Annie Kings -— B. a ose eee Ae ares Revie ae all Association Ss, and Rosa Howard A: this city; aan inte hebehets aa ar be Harrison Hatton and Martha E. Hallstock National Bank wscke ock ee Oe Arthur C. Thompson of this city and Lule bid, 330 asked. Bank of the Republi Mohler of Indianapolis, Ind.; Alfred 8. Will asked. Metropolitan, 280 bid, 207 son and Ella Louise Thrasher; Thornton $20 bid, 200 asked. | Farmers and Dillard and Sarah Priest; James F. Aa, 200 caked: Second, 100% bad, and Mamie B. Mc! ; Edgar J. Hulse rest End, 100 BI Teniete, Goumbia, and Lydia A. Kiuckhuhn; Edward Oh Ke of Paterson, N. J., and Bertha Carey fl So tse, Ally B. Diggs, beth of Anacostia, D. C. can Security. and ‘Trost, 39i bid, Corea Washington Safe Depot, 100 asked, To Restrain Sale. 260 bia 310 asked, George S. Donn today filed a bill in equity Geta, 00a 9 Bell against Edwin T. R. Jones and others to Ss 40 asked. Georgetown and Ten- restrain the sale tomorrow of sub lots 101, cape dy Aro va _wi 102, 104 and 105, square 207, for an account- SES, 104 seed, Georgetown ing, and to enforce a judgment creditors s. rhe it, 128 bid, 180 asked. bill of S82 pg og A Patent Case. 3os Sera Amerea 10 In the case of Caleb W. Durham against -— ee Te" the commissioner of patents, in which the ae ‘pic, “hs a's om complainant asked the court to require the commissioner to issue to him @ patent for ‘Title Insurance Stocks.—Real certain house drainage apparatus, Judge Did, 138 asked. Caentte Tite, Cox today rendered an opinion refusing the San Graphopbowe iy bids T asked” Range of the Thermometer. gg ~~ tS we The following were the readings of the wan ae —— 4 Falls eo ig and Washington Steamboat,