Evening Star Newspaper, November 24, 1894, Page 2

2 THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1894-TWENTY PAGES. LATE NEWS BY WIRE The Annual Yale-Harvard Foot Ball Match. FORMER SCORED IN. TWO MINUTES The Latter Succeeded in Getting | Touchdown. SPRINGFIELD Smee CROWDS” AT SPRINGFIELD, Mass:, November 24.— ‘The rays of a glorious autumn sun, gleam- ing through November mists, this morning lightened the hearts of those who had come to witness the annual Yale-Harvard foot vall game, and surprised even the skeptical, who saw in last night's leaden skies and drizzling rain a most dismal out- cok for foot ball. ‘The atmosphere as the streets and fields dried up was deliclous,,.The chill of early morning was succeeded by a warmth like that of an early September day. Naturally such exceptional foot ball weather made everybody extremely happy, and the resvit was that the throngs on the streets gave vent to their hilariousness in shouts, songs and college cries. .oeainst Seenes in Springfield. The streets, hotel corridors and public re- sorts were thronged. The pushing, strug- gling throng was thoroughly good-natured, however. The great crowds in the streets were bedecked with the colors of the rival colleges. Everybody wore a badge, some but miniature, others containing yards of ribbons. The crimson chrysanthemums on the breasts of the Harvavd admirers were rivalled by the delicate violet on the breasts of Yale men and in the corsages of Yale women. There were parasols of red and parasols of blue. Once in awhile, to relieve the monotony of color, there would be a flaunt of orange and black, as a crowd of Princeton adher- ents came along, and the red and blue of Pennsylvania was prominent after that college's special had arrived. ‘The morning game between Dartmouth and Brown, which the latter won by 2 to 4, took some of the crowd to Outing Park. As early as 11 o'clock the crowd began to flock toward Hampden Park, particularly those who were not fortunate enough to be in the reserved section. ‘The Betting. The betting remained unchanged, at the odds of 2 1-2 to 1 im favor of Yale. There was plenty of Harvard money in sight, but they would not put it out. At the Massasoit 100 to 40 was laid and even money that Harvard would not score a touch down. The Yale coachers advised the Yale men that it was not safe to give such fearful odds, but the Yale backers put it out at 2 and 21-2 as fast as they could get It. Most of the wagers were 5 to 3 on Yale, and the same man who put $150 even yes- terday that Yale would not triple Har- vard's score today placed $400 against $1,000 of Yale money on the result. Harvard men looked for 5 to 2 odds, with few Yale men to offer it. When the gates of Hampden Park were opened to let in the crowd waiting there at 12:0 there was not enough breeze astir to ruffle the waters of the Connecticut river that broadly sweeps along the west- ern boundaries of the park. The sky was overcast with indolent clouds, through which the sunshine shone with faint yellow tinge. ‘he summer seemed to have turned back to wait for the great struggle te aid it with perfect conditions, and so to close the seasorr in New Kngland with credit to itself. The teams lined up as follows: Harvard. Positions. Yale. Emmons (Capt.)..Left end...Hinkey oo Jerrems. Butterworth. Game Called. At 1:55 the Yale and Harvard teams went out on the grounds and began a few min- utes’ practice before the game was called. Yule Sevres in Two Minutes. 2:1—The teams are lined up. Yale has the ball, and the north end of the field. 22—Yale punts to Harvard's goal line. 26—Yale makes touchdown on a fluke. Yale kicks goal. Score: Yale, 6; Har- vard, 0. 2.06—Waters punts only ten yards from center field. s. Marva ard line. 2:31) —Harvard to «ain and Yale takc the bail on same lin Harvard gets tall on four downs. 207%-Harvard Dat just misses it. tir tempts goal from field, Yale's ball on her geal —Butterworth punts out 30 yards, but Yale loves eight yards for interference, a ee ball on Yale’s 20-yard ine. 2.24-Harvard ets five yards for off side play. Ball on Yale's 12-yard line, 2:27—C. Brewer hurt for second time, but Tesumes play. Harvard again attempts goal from field, but fails. XC. Brewer is forced to retire from fo ¢ by his injuries, and is helped off cry- n “Harvard gains eighteen yards round right end. Ball on Yale's five-yard line. Harvard Scores, 2:31—Harvard makes a touch down. 34—Harvard’s punt out was muffed and it is Yale's ball in center fleld. Score: Yale, 6; Harvard, 4. Yale punts out of bounds. Yale Scores Again 2:36—Yale makes touchdown; Yale kicks goal. Score—Yale, 12; Harvard, 4. 3:11—End of first half. — DISTRICT GOVERNMENT. Impassable Condition. Thomas McCabe of 11:0 B street north- east has written to the Commissioners, caifng attention to the impassable condi- tion of 12th street northeast, between Park Row and C street. In his letter to the Commissioners he states that on rainy days it is impossible to to the ears run- ning on © and D streets, and the same n Commissioners to | sort on 12th street from the Park Row north- | ward to © street. The matter has been re- ferred to the engineer department for in- vestigation. J. W. Lockett of 1 Massachusetts avenue northwest has written to the Com- misstoners complaining of the impassable condition of the pavement on the east side of ISth street between Massachusetts avenue and N streets, next to a vacant lot. Sewers Wanted. The Commissioners have received a com- munication signed by Mary V. Bowen John t. ‘Yaylor, petitioning them to exte the sewer on Jefferson street, Anacostia, wD. - east tO a point li feet east of the intersection of ‘Taylor and Jefferson stre: gnd aiso the extension of the water mai from the Intersection of Jefferson and Taylor streets east to a distance of 136 feet. —_——_— TRACK SLOW. Lobengula and Dreibund Win at St. Asaph Special Dispatch to The Evening Star, ST. ASAPH, Va., November 24.-There was a rather larger crowd at the St. Asaph track this afternoon than usual. The track was in excellent shape, despite yesterday's rain, but stil! slow. First race, six and a half jon bengula, first; Ed. Kearney, second, ~durelian, third. Time, 1.24. | * Second race, five furlongs.—Dreibund | ‘Gtms), § to ifirst; Hermanita (Do, § to 1, second; Harris (Midgley), 15 to ' TH -I.o- and | Time, 1:03. MORE INFORMATIONS FILED. Mr. Dingman and Others Required to Give More Bail. FITTSBURG, Pa., November 24.—Harri- sor Dingman, president; Andrew Wall, vice president and general manager, and four employes of the Fidelity Building and Lean Association of Washington, D.C., are still in Central station, awaiting bail, on the charge of conspiracy to defraud. Eight additional informations were made them today. The complainants and the sums they have invested in the associatfon were: Alfred T. King, $43.50; Alfred T. King, jr., $21.75; John McDonald, $150; Mrs. J. Mackay, $150; Mre. Mary Kelly, $105; Kate Monahan, $89; Annie Cooper, $94; Mary Wales, $250. Magistrate Doherty required $1,000 bail in each case and as there are now eleven cases against cach man, the bail asked is $11,000, Their attorney says he !s expecting fands from Washing*on to secure his clients’ re- lease. There were thirty other people in Magts- trate Doherty's court who wanted to file informations against the prisoners, but the magistrate declined to receive more than eight. The friends of Mr. Dingman in this city believe that he will clear himself of any complictty in wrong doing and feel that he has been made the victim of irresponsible men in the proceedings in Pittsburg. There has been a good deal of talk in re- gard to the doings of Wall, the vice prest- dent of the Fidelity Association, and the New York World today says: “Andrew Wall, the vice president, has been the cub- ject of serious charges before. He was born in England, March 5, 1850. He learned the trade of engine builder, but in 1876 he became an agent of the Prudential Insur- ance Company of England. In 1880 he was employed by the Metropolitan Life Insur- ance Company and began work tn Phila- deiphia. In 18” Wall organized the “Mechanics” Co-operative Bank” in Brooklyn, but charges were soon made that the names of Joseph C. Hendrix of the Kings County Trust Company and President George W. White of the Mechanics’ Bank had been used without authority. The enterprise burst February 10, 1891, The proceeding in June, 1893, of Richard R. Beajl on behalf of stockholders in the Fidelity Building, Loan and Investment Association, asking for a receiver, is re- membered. It was set forth that the as- sociation had collected, up to the time of the suit, over $800,000, of which it had paid agents 15 per cent as promoters. Mr. Dingman declared this suit to be a conspiracy of igneran: stockholders, in- cited by lawyers ansious to despoil the compary of its property. A vast amount of testimony was taken at the trial, and finally on June 29, 1898, Judge Hagner dismissed the suit, with a decision that practically meant that the association had a very close shave. Its proceedings might have been peculiar, he said, and sharp, but the appropriatio of the earnings by the officers had been conducted with such close circumspection for the letter of the law that, on the evi- dence presented, the charge of {legal man- agement could not be sustained. —_—— JUDGE RICKS’ CONDUCT. The Congressional Investigation to Begin Mon: Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. CLEVELAND, Ohio, November 24.—The congressional investigation of the official conduct of Judge Augustus J. Ricks cf the United States district court will commence in the government building Monday morn- ing.. The charges against Judge Ricks are filed by the Central Labor Union, and in- clude allegations of the misappropriation of government funds while clerk of the United States Circuit Court for the north- ern district of Ohio, over ten years ago. The members of the congressional com- mittee are Messrs. J. W. Bailey of Texas, chairman; Edward Lane of Illinois and Case Broderick of Kansas. They are ex- pected tomorrow. Judge Ricks will be represented by Mr. Virgil P. Kline and Samuel Williamson. Mr. Kline is the coun- sel for the Standard Oil Company, and has been a candidate for the democratic guber- natorial nomination on two occasions. Mr. Williamson is counsel for the Nickel Plate road. . The Central Labor Union will be repre- sented by Arnold Green. Mr.George Smart, who represents the sergeant-at-arms of the House of Representatives, is here, and hi arranged for the hearing. The hearing will be public, inasmuch as the newspiper representatives and interested parties will be admitted, but it is not deemed advisable to allow the public generally to be present. It is the desire of the committee to con- clude the work as quickly as possible, afd to allow the room to be filled with an unin- terested throng would only delay matters. The subcommittee wishes to have the re- port ready for the judiciary committee at the first meeting after Congress convenes. The following witnesses have been sub- poenaed by Mr. Smart: Martin W. Saun- ders, a former clerk in the circuit court George Wyman, ex-deputy marshal; Miss Minnie Lill, a former clerk im the clerk's office; Marshal Haskell, O. B. Bailey, clerk in the district’ court; and Circuit ' Clerk Irvin Belford. we DYNAMITING MINERS SENTENCED. Burners of Coal Tipples of Western Pennsylvania. RIDGWAY, Pa., "November 24.—Frank Myers, Ludwig Rosenberk and William Geitner, miners, convicted of burning coal tippies and placing bombs beneath build- ings during the strike last Jnne, were to- day fined one dollar and costs of prosecu- tion and each sentenced to Rfverside pen- itentiary for seven years at solitary con- finement and hard labor. Joseph K. Reitle and Wansel Swintner received the same fine and five years’ im- prisonment on the same charge. Ed. Fox and Leo Wurm, who pleaded guilty of placing gunpowder beneath build- ings, got three years in the. penitentiary, with the fine auded. The half hundred or more miners who violated the injunction of the court, in marching along the public highway in a body, were acquitted by Judge Mayer. Eight of them, who forfeited their recog. nizance and left for Italy, were found guilty. —_.___ AN EIGHT-WEEK AVERAGE. City Post Office Work is Slow as Can Be. Eight weeks have now gone by since The Star began to notice the number of men employed on the city post office, and there are today forty-six men on the walls, while it has been amply demonstrated, by paral- lel illustrations ,and examples, both local and foreign, that as many as eight times that number might profitably ‘and well be put to work. The work has progressed to where at least four gangs of s might be kept at work ai one for each of the hoisting engir 1 of th has r yut one gang been hired, not’ counting that, which has slowly been accumulating stones on the main tower. This gang works with the same ine another gang, so that there ht really be flve forces of this class of laborers working simultaneously. In addition to the stone setters as many forces of bricklayers could be employed, though this is not material, for the stone work is so slow that the bricklayers easily keep up with the others. The forty-six men at work today might finish the bulld- ing on the 34 of July, 1808, if the original calculation of The Star be worth any- thing. £ ‘The average for the present week fs 46 23 men, and for the entire pertod of eight weeks, 48 5-8. men, made up.as follow: First week, 38 1-6; second week, 2 third week. fourth week, 5 fifth wee sixth week, enth week, elgth week, 46 ing a total of 38 men, which, divided by eight, gives a general’ average of 48 5-8 men per day. There are 400 men employed daily on the library building. —__— AN IMMENSE DEFALCATION. Bank Accounts Shown to Be $354,000 Short. NEW YORK, November 24.—A bookkeep- er in the National Shoe and Leather Bank disappeared a few days ago. A national iank examiner has just finished an investi- ation, which discloses a defalcation of The bank has a capital of $1,000,- ) ond a surplus of about $200,000, leaving impairment of capital of about $150,009, which will at once be made good by the rs. me of the defaulting clerk is Sam- . Seeley. ARGUING THE. CASE The Howgate Indictments Attacked Before Juge McComas. DECLARED 70 BE FAULTY. District Attorney Defends Them and Quotes Authorities. ee ee IN PREPARATION. OTHERS Judge McComas, in Criminal Court No. 1, today heard the arguments on the demur- rers filed several weeks ago in the matter of the indictments returned against Capt. Henry W. Howgate thirteen years ago. District Attorney Birney and his assistant, Mr. W. M. Lewin, appeared on behalf of the government, and Messrs. A. S. Worth- ington and Jere M. Wilson represented the defendant. The attendance at the hearing was small, those present mostly being members of the bar. The defendant, at- tired in a neat business sult of black, and looking unusually well, was also present, and was a most attentive listener to all that was said. * Mr. Worthington opened the argument, addressing himself first to those indict- ments which charge embezzlement. Those indictments, argued Mr. Worthington, neither informed the defendant of the of- fense which he was alleged to have com- mitted, nor did they place him in such a position as to enable him to subsequently successfully defend himseff against the same. In the indictments was an allegation that Capt. Howgate had converted to his own use certain funds of the United States, but nowhere in them, said Mr. Worthing- ton, was there even an intimation that the defenaant had converted the funds to his own use, to the prejudice or to’ the injury of the United States. It was an unques: tioned rule of practice, sald Mr. Worth- ington, that an indictmen: must, with suf- ficient’ certainty and accuracy, acquaint the defendant with the special offense al- leged to have been committed, but who- ever was responsible for the indictments in the present case, contended Mr. Worth- ington, seemed to have considered it amply sufficient to charge the defendant in the words of the statute. In support of this position Mr. Worthing- ton quoted several dccisione of the United States Supreme Court, explaining that in view of those authorities It was. unneces- sary to quote the numerous decisions in the state courts to the same effect. More Needed. It would not do, sald Mr. Worthington, for the indictments to simply say that the defendant coaverted the funds of the United States to his own use, for there was not a disbursing officer of the govern- ment, contended Mr. Worthington, who did not every day or so convert govern- ment funds to his own use, in making change and in other ways, for the time being; yet no one would seriously contend, said Mr. Worthington, that in so doing a disbursing officer had committed an of- fense for which he was liable to a sen- tence of from one to ten years tn the penitentiary. But, argued Mr. Worthing- ton, that was all the present indictments charged Capt. Howgate with, absolutely and wholly failing to allege that the al- leged conversion was to the injury of the government. The indictment, too, aignally failed to show how the alleged conversion was made, expla:ned Mr. Worthington, and as signally failed to allege that the alleged conversion was unlawful. The intent to defraud the United States is the very essence of the offense sought to be charged in the present case, said Mr. Worthington, and such an intent could not be inferred from the words of the indict- ments, not even if all the other adverbial language with which many pleaders en- deavor to fill gaps is used. Such a posi- tion, explained Mr. Worthington, was sus- tained by innumerable authorities, one of them being found in the 153d U.S. Reports. The great fault with the indictments in question, stated Mr. Worthington, was that in attempting to allege an offense they merely contained a conclusion of law, omitting any and all facts which would enable the court to pass upon the question of whether the defendant had or had not committed the offense sought to be charged. Funds Not Described, There was another objection to the in- dictments charging embezzlement, said Mr. Worthington, which was equally fatal to them, and that objection was, they ut- terly failed to describe or attempt to de- scribe the funds alleged to have been em- bezzled. Such a description, he contended, had been the invariable custom..of the courts of the District, and the relaxation of such a rule was not authorized by any statute applying here. But there was, said Mr. Worthington, still another fatal defect in the indictments alleging embezzlement, and that was that they fuiled to ‘sufll- ciently allege that Capt. Howgate was a disbursing officer of the United’ States. Forgery Charges. Mr. Worthington next addressed himself to the demurrers which assailed the in- dictments alleging forgery. They: could be disposed of in a very few words, he sald, and the question was so simple that he felt It a waste of time to argue it..He. could not help remarking that for a whole- sale jumble of Inconsistencies and random shots the forgery indictments were entitled to the championship. They not onty failed to allege that the papers alleged to have been forged were forged to the prejudice of the United States or any person, but they also failed to describe the papers al- leged to have been forged. The forgery indictments, sald Mr. Worthington, were plainly defective that he really. did not care to discuss them, being confident that the court needed only to inspect them to be so convinced, In conclusion, however, Mr. Worthington said the indictments in the present case were drawn at a time when {t was: the practice of the Department of- Justice to completely ignore the district attorney and his office by appointing special counsel for the government. Those special attor- neys, explained Mr. Worthington, pre- pared indictments and tried. cases; ‘but it was a fact well known to the people-of the District that the practiee: waar .decided failure, as the results. in therstar route and other cases of the.past yeawx-had de- monstrated. Such was: the praettoe, gaid Mr. Worthington, at the time when the indictments in the present cases had been prepared, and he declared his belief that they had been drawn by a person who had never prepared an indictment before and had not prepared one since. - At the conclusion of Mr. Worthington’s argument at 12:15 the court took-a recs until 1 o'el New Indictments. As intimated in yesterday's Star would be the case, District Attorney Birney issued summonses yesterday for the appearance before the grand jury of those witnesses on whose testimony he expects to base the new indictments to be returned against Capt. Howgate. These witnesses, whose names Mr, Birney refused to disclose, ap- peared before the grand jury today. It is a most unusnal thing for the grand jury to sit cn Saturdays, and the fact that that body considered the matter today can well be taken a3 an acknowledgment. onthe part of the prosecution that the indict- ments discussed before Judge McComas will hardly successfully oppose the attack made upon then, Just when the-new in- dictments will be returned District Attor- ney Birney would not.say today, ,but it ts thought that they will be ii some. time next week. It has been generally believed that the existing indictments were prepared by Mr. Wm. A. Cook, who was specially engaged by the Department of Justice; but It was sald teday that they. were drawn up by Mr. C. 8. Bundy, a justice of the peace, under the dire-tion of Mr. Cook. After recess, Mr. Lewin, for the District, continued the argument, during which he claimed that the cases cited by Mr. Worth- ington are distinguishable from the How- gate case, and that Congress made tases like the one ander discussion a special of- fense, with elements peculiarly its own. Mr. Lewin said that to hig mind the dis- trict attorney fs not bound down by pre- cedents established in a different kind of cases. The statute was read and tts differ- ences from the statutes of the several states pointed out. Mr. Lewin was followed by’ Mr Birney. A KNOWN QUANTITY. It is the practice of The Star to print on Saturday a sworn statement of its circulation day by day for the preceding week. It would seem self- evident that the advertiser is entitled to this protection. Below will be found the statement for the week just past. The average circulation exhibited is belleved to be much more than the combined circulation of the other Washington dailies, and fully five times that of its afternoon contem- Porary, Circulation of The “Evening Star.” SATURDAY, Nov. 1T, 1804. MONDAY, Nov. 19, 1504.. TUESDAY, Nov. 20, 1894. WEDNESDAY, Nov. 21, 1998 THURSDAY, Noy, 22, 1896... FRIDAY, Nov. 29; 1904... J solemnly-sweat that the above statement rep- resents only the pumber of copies of Tus EvEy- Ino 8tan clrenlated during the six secular days end- ing Friday, November 98, 1994—that is, the num- ber of copies actually sold, delivered, furnished ormalled, for vatysble consideration, to bona fide purchasers or subscribers, and that none of the copies 80 counted. were returned to or remainin the office ungold. + J. WHIT. HERRON, Cashier Evening Star Newspaper Co. Subscribed and sworn to tefore me this ‘twenty-fourth day of November, A. D. 1894 CHAS, W. DARR, Notary Public, D. C. He challenged Mr, Worthington to pro- duce an authority showing that in a charge of embezzlement the method of embezzle- ment shall be set out. Mr. Birney read a number of authorities in support of the: stand taken by him, and also cited a case in the Supreme Court of the United States involving particularity. According to Mr. Birney the government is not required to anticipate and negative the defense. Mr. Birney closed for the government by reading from a number of additional au- thorities. The court at this point adjourn- ed until Monday morning at 10 o'clock, when the closing argument is to be mad: by Mr. Worthington. ze lee USED A HORSEWHIP. Klesecker Family Troubles Ap- proaching a Climax. Mrs. Maggie Kiesecker has notified the public, through personals in the news- papers, that any one purchasing | the grocery store of her husband, Edward Klesecker, at th and H streets southwest, will purchase a lawsuit. She does not live with her husband, for she claims another woman has allenated his affections. Some days ago she left her husband and went to live at No. 84 Defrees street. In addition to her domestic trouble, she is to be tried in the Police Court for assault. The com- plainant in the assault case is Mrs. Mary Durham, @ dressmaker, who lives on L street northwest between th and 10th streets, whom Mrs. Kiesecker horsewhip- ped Wednesday night, so the former chafges. Mrs. Durham and Kiesecker were friends in their younger days, and Mrs. Durham, who 18 now a widow, is probably sorry that she ever knew him. When she returned here a widow from Chicago, Ktesecker called to see her. He delivered butter and eggs there in the line of his business, and his wagon frequently remained in front of the door for some time. This news reached the wife, and Wednesday evening it culminated in the alleged assault. According to the charge, as laid in a Police Court warrant, Mrs. Klesecker called at the dressmaker's house and when the Iatter opened the front door the former applied the horse whip so vigorously that Sirs. Durham's hands were cut, and her face was also injured. Mrs. Durham's); sereams, failed to assist her, for Mrs. .Miesecker did not stop applying the lash until she was nearly exhausted. ‘Then she‘tpid' the widow she could go out and get a oestean. but as this was not done Mrs, Kiegecker went home. Mrs. Durham says she swore out the war- rant in order.to protect her good name. She denies that there’ "was ever anything improper between Kiesecker and herself. The..caso WMloprobably be tried next week. 2 ” : Se nai eee 4 IN TROUBLH AGAIN. S. CWiiiteford Arrested on a i Jcnarge of Perjury. °"Wiltem §. Whiteford is again in trouble. Elexen years ago he.was arrested when he wad Senator, Gorman's private secretary. At that time it was charged he forged the ‘name of Sendtdr, Gorinan and Representa- tive Talbott. He was.then only twenty years old, and although sentenced to two years in the penitentiary, he never went to prison! ‘The next heard of him was whén inquirfes came ‘from farmers, about him, This was just-one year ago, ond “whért he“was put down as one of the al- leged bogus dealers he was compelled to quit. the busjness .and leave this. city. Nothing more was heard of him until a few days ago, when Detectives Carter and Boardman investigated a case involving a series of forgeries. Whiteford had been employed as the confidential man to: Man- fred! Lanza, secretary of the Columbia Chemical Company, of 14th street. ‘There had been about twenty checks for amounts averaging $20,each paid at the Metropoli- tan Bank, and these checks were pro- nounced forgeries. A warrant was issued for Kis arrest, and this morning about 3 o'clock he was arrested by Policemen Flathers and Kilfhartin, who found him in an alleged house of ill-fame. He was tak- en to the Police Court today, and the case will be heard next week. The prisoner is a good-looking man, about thirty-one years old, and has a wife and child. His picture is in the gallery at police headquarters, oe ge BALL'S PROMOTION. wm. Made Inspector of Plumbing by the bd Commisaioners, The Commissioners teday appointed Charles B. Ball inspéctor of plumbing for the District of Columbia, vice Samuel A. Robinson, deceased. - _ Mr. Ball ccmes to the office well equipped. He is a civil engineer, being a graduate of Yale. For two years he was ‘leld assis on the Potomac river improvement, and for nearly a year an assistant examiner in the patent office. For thespast seven years he has occupied the position of _ assistant ‘engineer in the sewer division of the Dis- trict, and is 4 member of the plumbing board which recently eompleted the new plumbing regulations. His appotntment is in the nature of a civil service promotion, —+ e+ Bond Issue a Great Success. ‘The bond issue was a greater success than even the most sanguine had antici- pated: The offerings aggregated about $170,000,000, and came from all parts of the country, even so far away as San Fran- cisco, Assistant Secretary Curtis is highly gratified at the result and did not hesitate to say so ta a Star. reporter. The allot- ments wiil be made by Secretary Carlisle on Monday, and the general impression is that ‘the eptire lot of bonds will be sold to the United, States Trust Company syndi- cate at its: bid of $117. which is on a basis of 2 T-S:per cent. In case this syndi- cate does Not ‘secure the entire issue at that rate, they’ stand an excellent show of getting a er, slice of it at their other unconditional bid for $50,000,000 at $116.8898. ASSESSOR'S REPORT Some Subjects Touched On in a Sup- plemental Paper. RECEIPTS FROM LICENSE FEES Working of the New Liquor Law and Insurance Companies. CANCELING TAXES The supplemental report of the assessor for the District was submitted to the Com- missioners this morning. The report deals with the license feature of this department and contains many in- teresting facts. In this connection the assessor says: “A comparison of the amounts received from this source shows that the com- ments gm this subject in my last annual report are especially applicable to this. ‘When the business depression now exist- ing 1s considéred, I believe the results herewith submitted are flattering to the promptness of our taxpayers. “The licenses revenue aggregated $392,- 208.94, an increase of $114,174.13 over last year. Of this increase $95,404.58 came from retail Hquor licenses; $17,605.08 from whole- sale Mquor licenses, and $5,440.30 from new imsurance companies. The following table shows the sources of revenue, with the amount collected from each, during the year: Apothecaries, $812; auctioneers, $1,541.70; brokers, $58,34; banks and bankers, $429.93; bar rooms, $275,395.05; brewers, $25; bill posters, $30; billiard and other tables,$1,513.89; cattle brokers,$455.04; scommission merchants, $2,230.06; dealers in ice, $340; junk dealers, $3,523.41; dealers in old barrels, $40; entertainments, $3,850: hacks, cabs, &c., $3,271.28; hotels, $4,858. intelligence offices, $120.12; insurance com- panies, $17,537.49; livery stables, $4,169. manufacturers of gas,$1.072; peddlers,$509, pawnbrokers,$500; produce dealers,$9,115. Testaurants, $5,906.41; real estate agen’ $11,220.06; theaters, $608.34; Wholesale quor dealers, $42,054.10; total, $392,208.94. Liquor Licenses, “As was expected, the large increase in the receipts from those of last year is due to the operation of the new lquor law passed by Congress March 3, 1893. Hampered in the beginning by ambiguities, requiring legal construction and decision of the courts, the law did not fairly go into operation until November 1, 1803, and as by a strict enforcement of its requirements @ number of the largest hotels and long- established places where liquor is dispensed were debarred from being licensed, those interested secured an amendment to the act of March 3, 1893, which was approved May 11, 1s. “As stated in a communication to this cffice transmitting the claims of certain brewers and their agents, the enacting or first clause ef the act of March 3, 1893, has been the source of endless vexation and worry. The prediction then made that it would be taken advantage of by those claiming exemption (whether rightly or not) has proven true. A flood of such claims were passed upon by this office and despite our earnest protests the legal ai thorities of the District to whom the ma ter was referred decided in favor of the claimants. “Five hundred and forty-two vehicles were licensed during the year. No revenue from lcenses has been received this year from any street railway of the District using horses as a motive power. I deem it my duty to call attention to this fact, for the reason that repeated demands on the part of this office for many years have met with no response. Insurance Companies. In regard to irsurance licenses the report says: “It seems hardly necessary to repeat at this time the recommendations of former years on this important subject. Other mtters of less vital importance to the interests of this community have re- cetved at the hands of our legislators prompt attention. I cannot emphasize this fact better than to quote from the report of 1891, The size and number of the com- panies located here at the capital of the nation ts an evidence of their claim for proper protection. No business enterprise can succeed whoss foundations are contin- ually sapped by fraudulent or illegitimate competition. ‘The public is entitled to the protection of such laws as will accomplish these results and prevent fraudulent in- surance. ‘The laws covering life insurance companies are especially defective. As- sessment companies demand and re¢ceive the right to levy taxes upon members, whose only protection under the present requirements of law is the personal integ- rity of the incorporators or stockholders. “They are not required to have capital. In my opinion every company doing bus! ness in the District of Columbia, asses: ment or otherwise, should not only be re- quired to have assets eqval to its liabilities, but securities or real estate should be se- cured in the name of or by the District government for the benefit of the policy holders, I know of nothing more detri mental to the interests of a community than a feeling of distrust and insecurity engendered by broken pledges and repudi- ated obligations of a life insurance com- pany. Policy holders who contribute their savings from youth to old age in order that their families may be protected should be securad by the government. It is done elsewhere and should be here. For the sec- ond time since tHe passage of the act of January 26, 1887, It has been found neces- sary to cancel the permission given an in- surance company to do business in the District of Columbia. The company thus affected is the Commercial Life Insurance Company of New York, whose assets were impaired.” Cancellation of Taxes, Deviating from the subject of liceuses Assessor Trimble devotes some space to the consideration of taxes, and says: “For some years past it has been cus- tomory for the Commissioners, on request of the party holding the tax title deed, to issue orders directing this office to cancel all,taxes due and urpaid prior to the date of the sale of the property. These orders are based on decisions of the Supreme Court of this District in the Brewer and Pilling cases, and since these decisions have been rendered a great many thou- sand dollars have been lost to the District revenues. “As the full force and effect of the ruling in this matter is becoming better known many are taking advantage of it, and tn- stead of paying thelr taxes promptly are letting the various payments go by default, looking forward to the fact that each year as it passes with the taxes unpaid only adds to the amount to be subsequently canceled, and thereby adding additional burdens of expense upon the prompt tax in order to make up deficiencies ed by these orders of cancellation, der the provisions of the act ap- proved March 19, 18%, property. which has onee been advertised and sold for non- payment of taxes shall not be again ad- vertised for the same tax, and consequent- ly when a party other than the District is the purchaser, the certificate of sale is for the tax of one year only, although twenty years and more of arrears may have been due and unpaid. After the lapse of two years the holder of the cer- tificate is entitled to a deed, and here I think the issue should be made. When the deed is Issued, all pre-existing Mens on titles of every description up to the date of the sale upon which the deed is made is extinguished, so far as the District is concerned, and the beneficiary under the deed is legally entitled to the cancella- tion of all unpaid taxes prior to the date of the sale under which he holds title. “A bill (H. R. 3203) was introduced in the House of Representatives under date of September 21, 1) which, with soma few amendments, would correct the evil complained of, and I trust the Commis- sioners will urge its passage. In the mean- time, however, I suggest that hereafter all applications for deeds of ‘the character mentioned will be declined until all arrears of taxes are paid. —_—~— The treasury balance ‘will be increased about $58,000,000 by today’s business, and there is scarcely a doubt that the gold bal- | ance will he ingreased correspondingly. - Mian Stevenson Better. ASHEVILLE, N. C., November 24.— There ts #!slight but decided improvement In the condition of Miss Stevenson today. Mission Trave Station. The Danish minister at Washington has informed the Secretary of State that a mission and trade station has just been es- tablished by the Danish government near Augmagssalik on the east coast of Green- land, in 65 degrees, 36 minutes north lattt- tude and 37 degrees, 30 minutes west longi- tude. FEEDING THA HUNGRY. The The general plan of the great Thanks- giving offering to the poor, which has been a feature of the work of the Central Unton Mission for a number of years past, has been agreed upon by the committee in charge. It is estimated that baskets will be sent out to 700 families, the provisions in each baskat belng proportioned to the size of the family. The contents of each barket will be as fcllows: Chickens, po- tatces bread, turnips, onions, bea hom- iny, rice, butter, sugar, coffee, tea and frult. The wagons will begin the delive: ot baskets to families designated on Wednes- day morning, the 28th instant, completing the distributing before night, so that at least families may retire on T giving eve without anxiety as to the next day's: dinner. The entire bullding will be thrown open on Thursday morning, and the reception committee will be on hand to extend a welcome to all visitors. The lunch committee will have the dining rooms in readiness, so that at 11 o'clock on Thanksgiving day 500 homeless men will be admitted by ticket and served with a a, meal of decided Thanksgiving char- act ics. Care will be taken to avoid ad- mitting to the lunch members of families supplied with baskets of provisior he object in sending provisions to fam- iltes fs to enable them to spend the day ‘n true American fashion, at home, with a well-supplied table. The Various Committees. The chairman of the general committee is E. D. Bailey. A. L. Swartwout is the secretary, and N. A. Robbins the treas- The other committees are as fol- Committee on investigation and designa- tlon—George W. Wheeler, chairman; Mrs. W. C. McMichael, Mrs, Randall, Mrs. G. W. Wheeler, Mrs. Jackson, Mrs. Merrick and Mrs. N. M. Brooks. Committee on lunch—Mrs, H. B. F. Mac- ferland, chairman; Mrs. Carrigan, Mrs. Dorman, Mrs. Briggs, Mrs. Craft, Miss Inch and Mrs. S. M. Martin. Committee on distributiqn—George W. Havell, chairman W. Pratt, C. Carlson, E. P. Clayton, W. I. Graham, Leonard Wheeler, F. Douglass, Brother Rice, Geo. Clements, C. G. Lorch, Mrs. Emily Griffith, Mrs. J. W. Wachter, Miss Frances Edelin, Miss Katie Hansen, Miss A. Yingling, Mrs. Henyon, Mrs. Deitz, Miss Tillie Christ- mann, Miss Annie Spalding. Committee on purchasing—A. L. Swart- wout, chairman; N. A. Robbins, W. C. Tyler and Mrs. 8. H. Martin. Committee on transportation—W. C. Mc- Michael, chairman; O. B. Brown, L. Dor- man, R. E. Redding. Committee on religious services—P. 8. Foster, chairman; E. Bailey. Reception committee—Members and ex- members of the board and their wives, members of the buflding committee and their wives and the following named: Mrs. J. H, Hitchcock, Miss Hattie Craft, Mrs. Merrick, Mrs. J. H. Robinson, Mrs. E. A. Stevens, Mrs. P. W. Pratt, Mrs. Griffith, president of the W. C. T. U. Committee on furnishing names of desti- tute families—Mrs. McMichael and superin- tendents, committees and workers at all of the branches. —— SOLDIERS HAD CHARGE. End of the Sceond Week at the Food Exposition. Soldier lads in scores visited the prre food exposition last evening and enjoyed themselves thcroughly. The rainy weather had no effect upon the attendance, and the show scored another successful night. The second week closes today, snd the feature will be the award of prizes in the bread contest, which is booked to occur at 9 p.m. The character given the exposition by the attendance of many of the leading so- ciety people of the city, and the interest taken by physicians and by the public in ‘general in the preparation of pure food, has rendered this expositicn of more than passing incerest. The special features ar- d by the manager for the different of the exposition have added not a little to its attractiveness. Miss Johnson will lecture on the follow- ing recipes this afternoon. They are new recipes for the chafing dish and are copy- righted. Deviled Dramsticks. Bene the drumsticks; melt two table- spoonsful of butter in the chafing dish, add one small onion chopped fine and brown delicately. Add one tablespoonful of parsley, chopped to one teaspoonful made mustard, one tablespoonful vinegar and one ounce Worcestershire sauce. Put the upper pan in the bath, put in the drum- sticks and cook fifteen minutes, Put over the flame and cook rapidly for five min- utes. Serve with the sauce. Chicken Halibut (Copyrighted), Take one pound of chicken halibut, cut lengthwise and bone. Cover with one tablespocnful of lemon juice, melt two tablespoonsful of butter, put in the halibut over hot water until it Is heated through. Remove the bath, and brown. Serve with parsley sauce. Curry of Chicken and Rice. Make a white sauce as follows: Melt one tablespoonful of butter without browning; add one tablespoonful of four and stir un- til smooth. Add one cup of miJk; stir con- tinually until it thickens. Add one tea- spoonful of curry powder, one-half cup of boiled rice, one-half cup cold chopped chicken and when heated serve. —_—_>—_—_ Washington Gun Factory. The annual report of Secretary Herbert to Congress contains a recommendation for the continuation of work at the Washing- ton gun factory, on a scale sufficiently large to insure the shops running on full time for at least two years to come. This action is in accordance with the recom- mendation of Capt. Sampson, chief of the bureau of ordnance, for the manufacture of several hundred guns of small caliber for use on auxiliary cruisers in case an emergency arose requiring the service of such steame! ——-+- © -______ Reservations Abandoned. The President has directed the abandon- ment of the military reservations at Fort Sulley, South Dakota; at Fort Bowie, Ari- zona; at Fort McKinney, Wyoming; Fort Sidney, Nebraska; at Fort Supply, Okla- homa, and several reservations adjacent to Puget Sound, Washington. These reserva- tions ere turned over to the Secretary of the Interior for disposition under the jaw. ——+ e+ ______ Chicago Grain and Provision Markets Reported by Silshy & Co., Bankers and Brokers. CHIC November 24, 1S Open. High. “Low Es) is Lard—N S8.Ribs— New York Cotton, Month, Open. High. Low, oan sas 5.65, 5.78 5.84 5.76 ¥ 80 5.84 95 5.88 Baltimore Markets. BALTIMORE, November 24.—lonr dull, un- changed receipts, 10,297 barrels; shipments, 17,- 74T barrels. Wheat stendy spot, 50%n1; Noven- 3 ember, 874a37%; January, 0S G1YaGLI; steamer Ro, 2 red,’ CSS 629 bushels; shipments, | 24,4 bushels; sales, $4,000 eat by sample, Gass; south- ern wheat on grade, 54a57. Biya5i%e; year, BOlsAsO% ; Steamer mixed, ‘48% 015%. 2 shipments, 2,000 bushels; stock, 167,250 bushel sales, 45,000' bushels; southern 51; southern yellow corn, No. 2 white western, 36%a37; ern, 84034%—recoipts, 8,288 bush; 824 bushels. Rye steady—No. 2, 55 804 bushels; stock, 29.184 bushels. to ‘choice timothy, Grain freights quiet and steady, gar firm, unchanged. Butter changed.’ Cheese firm, unchang 4 receipta, 11,- Hay quiet and -H0a$13.00. vi eggs quiet, un- Range of the Thermometer. The following were the readings of the thermometer at the weather bureau today: 8 a.m., 36; 2 p.m, 47; maximum, 49; mini- mum, 85, FINANCE AND TRADE Dullness the Most Pronounced Feature of Today’s Speculation. COAL STOCKS ATTRACT SOME ATTENTION Grangers Advanced on a Fair Volume of Business. GENERAL MARKET REPORTS cygenymene Special Dispatch to The Evening St NEW YORK, November 24.—Dullness was the most pronounced feature of to- day stock market and prices, with a few exceptions, were stationary «at opening figures." The room is short of stocks and was disposed to cover, more from lack of other business and the depleted condition of the berrowing lst than from any im- provement in the general situation. Should the Northwest dividend prove disappoint- ing to the bears next week, speculative feeling will change for the better, but a re- duction of even 1 per cent from the pres- ent rate would undoubtedly be construed as vindicating the pessimism of the last few days, and would encourage a resump- tion of hostilities against values. What the real merits of the present speculative situation may be, the bears are in control of the quotation-making machinery and have much the more superior organization, While the bulls are waiting for the sudden development of some favorable material the believers:in lower prices are tempting pfotits through the medium of manipula- tion with moderate success. The coal stocks attracted some attention from the trading element, Jersey Central being especially in demand on an ascend- ing scale, culminating in @ gain of 1 3-4 per cent from first prices. Reading was weak on moderate trading, which resulted in a 1 per cent reduction in price, The senti- ment of the street has not changed ma- terially on the subject of the season's coal trade and lower prices for the stocks de- pendent thereon for the bulk of their traffic are predicted. The Grangers were marked up from 1-4 to 3-4 per cent on a fair volume of busi- ness, mostly covering. St. Paul reported a decrease of $111,226 in earnings for the third week this month, which was not considered in the stock's transactions, as such reports are to be expected during the balance of the year. ‘The week's transportation of grain has not been of sufficient volume to alter ae vailing opinions as to the unprofitable bus- iness of these Manhattan was bought by traders for a gain of 11-2 per cent, the attacking party having tempor- arily withdrawn from active efforts In the interest of lower prices. The balance of the regular list was neg- lected, but in the main steady at small fractional gains. Sugar was the feature of the industrials, but within more restricted limits than usual, The inside interests are thought to be contemplating an advance in the price of this specialty, but the belief in a strong agitation of the free-sugar pro- ject 1s decidedly pronounced among certain prominent operators. It is not generally believed that the trust will suffer from the outcome of this debate, but lower prices would surely prevail during its contin- uance. Traders predict that sugar will be as pronounced a feature of this winter's market as it was during the spring and summer and that a wider range of prices will be recorded. The receipts of bills drawn against cot- ton shipments are in fair volume, but other classes of bilis are scarce. The bank statement reflects a gain of $2,500,000 in lawful money, due in the main to the accumulation of out-of-town funds to be used against bond pure’ . The large decrease in the loans is again the Most conspi2zuous and, at the same time, the most unfavorable feature of the report. The statement in detail follows: Reserve increased $3,053,550, loans decreased $%3,- 933,600, specie increased $1,638,400, legals increased $871,100, deposits decreased $2,- 176,200 and circulation decreased $15,600, —__—— 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 b; orson & Macartney, members New York stock exchange. Correspondents Messrs. Moore & Schley, No. 80 Broadway: Chicago B. and Q. Chic. and Northwestern, e She le... Louisville and Nashville. Long Island Traction... Metropolitan Traction. Mannattan Elevated. Ont. and Western Pacific Mail Vabash, Wheeling'® Lake Wheeling & L. E.. ptd. Western Union Tel... Wisconsin Central Sliver, neton Stock Exchange. ls.—U, 8. 48, registered, 115 bid, a U.S. 4s, coupon, 115 pid, U, 8. Ss, id. District of Cofumbia Bonds.—20-year fond Ss, 100 110 bid. Water stock LB. funding, cur- and Bonds. —Washington George- onv. Gs, Ist, 180 bid, 140 asked. Washington and Georgetown Railroad conv. 6s, 2d, 150 bid, 140 asked. Metropolitan Railroad conv. 6s, 101% bid. Belt Railroad fm, 80 bid, 85 asked. Eckington Railroad 63. 102% ‘bid, 104 asked. Co- Railroad 6s, 106 bid, 110 asked. Washing- Company 6s, series A, 114 bid. Washing- ton Gas Company Gx, series B, 115 bid. Waeshing- ton Gas Company conv. 6s, 130 bid. U. 8, Blec- trie Light conv. tomac 125 bid. Chesapeake and I'o- 100% bid, 108 asked. — Amert- ‘elephone rust bs, F. and. A. 100 bid. can Security and American Security bid. Washington Market © ‘ashington Market Compa: [piesa Market Company ext, s,, Masonic Hall Association Ss, 102%" bid. ton Light Infantry Ist €s, 102 bid. Light Infantry 2d 7s, 90% bid. National Bank Stocks.—Bank of Washington, 300 Dia. Bank of the Republic,"275 Wid, 29) asked. Metropolitan, 297 asked. Gentral, 280 hid. ere and Mechantes', 190 -bid. 1 naked. nd ‘Trost Compant t and Trast Compantes. epanit. said, Trust, 180. asked. Waahinge ‘Trust, 120% bid, 123 asked. Amerieaa Secur- Washington Serond, 138% bid, Columbia, 130 bid, ‘Traders’, 108 ity and Trust, 130% bid, 133 asked. Washingtow Sate De} asked. Railroad ‘Washington and Georgetown, 280 bid, 810 ask Yolumbla, G8ig bid, 64 asked. Belt, 40 ask 40 asked. Ecki Gas and Electric Light Stoct £8. id., Georgetown Gas, 50 bid, Light, 127% bid, 128 ed. insurance Stocks.—Firemen's, 40 bid, 45 asked. Metropolitan, 70 bid. Potomac, 70 bid. Sational 7 Arlingtea, 160 asked. Nati ‘nion, 18’ bid, 15 asked. lumbia, 13 bid, 15 asked. "Riggs, 7% naked. Peo- ple’s, 6% bid.’ Lincoln, 7% bid,'7% asked. Com- merclal, 4 bide — ——— Insurance Stocks.—Columbla Title, 7% bid. ‘Titie, 7% asked. Ene Stocks.—Chesapeake and Potomac, 60 ed. American Gra ~~ ge bid, aan Pueumatic Gun Cartiage, wa 40 asked. ‘Miscellaneous Stocks.—Wash! Market, 15 bid, 20 asked. Great Falls fron iat 146 asked. Norfolk and ‘Washington Steamboat, 96 bid. Lin- cas “Hall, S rie ed. Inter-Qcean Butld- ing, 80 asked. Mergenthaler 128 bid.