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and the opponents of that tax must make their fight again against the tion necessary to make it operative. real- Tepul would not support him asa party. Yet he did not consider it a party question. The democrats had, in his opinion, made a fa- tal mistake in passing it,-and that it wa: a mistake had been satisfactorily proven within a few weeks at the ballot box. — BUSINESS IN ‘THE HOUSE. Bills to Be Pressed out Suy Delay. Representative Patterson of Tennessee, who had charge of the railroad pooling bill which passed the House yesterday, says that he does not think that there will be any trouble about getting this bill through the Senate, and he is perfectly confident that it will speedily become a law. The next thing of importance which the com- mittee on interstate and foreign commerce will press for action, he says, Is the Nic- aragua canal bill. As soon as the commit- tee can get a hearing before the House he says that they will call up this bill, and he 1s entirely confident of its passing. The measure, he says, is strong in the House and as strong, if not stronger, in the Sen- ate. He therefore expects it to be passed by both Houses and become a law during the session. With these two measures to their credit, he says, the committee will reason to be Very well satisfied with ir work. ‘To Press Appropriation Bills. The House committee on appropriations propose to press their bills ahead of every- thing else between now and the recess. The urgent deficiency bill, which carries an appropriation for putting into opera- tion the income tax law, was called up in the House this morning, and the purpose of the committee is to force a vote on it today,notwithstarding the fact that strong opposition to the income tax appropriation exists. Gov. Sayers, chairman of the com mittee, says that as soon as this measure is disposed of he proposes to take up the pension and the fortification btils one after the other, and that by the time they are disposed of the District of Columbia bill will be ready and will be called up for ac- tion at once. He wants to rush all the ap- propriation bills through with very little time for talk In the first part of the ses- sion, and will not be disposed to sive way for anything until they are out of the way. ——_ -+-—____—_- TEN MILLION DOLLARS. Appropriatio! w The Sum Realized From the Sale of Captared and Abandoned Property. Mr. Lewis Jordan, chief of the miscel- laneous division, has made a report to the Secretary of the Treasury in regard to the proceeds from the sale of captured and abandoned property, from which it appears that this fund amounts to $10,000,000, de- rived from the sale of cotton, ships and miscellaneous property seized during the war. He says that there is a popular tm- pressicn that the entire fund was realized from: captured cotton, but that, as a mat- ter of fact, about $4,250,000 of it was de- rived from that scurce. Nearly if not all of this amount represents the proceeds of sales of cotton captured after the close of the war, and which belonged to the con- federate government. The cotton seized after June 30, 1865, yielded $4,886,671; and of tris amount there was returned, under act of 1872, $195,896.21, leaving $4,690,774.79. During the past year there were three applications made under the act of October 19, 1888, for informers’ shares of fines col- lected from violators of the alien contract labor laws. The awards made amounted to $93.75, being in each case, respectively, $800, $95.75 and $500. Mr. Jordan says it is clearly ‘to the in- terest of the government to dispose of all the unproductive lands acquired for debt. a DISTRICT IN CONGRESS. Controller Eckels has submitted to Con- gress his annual report upon the opera- tons of the Freedman’s Savings and Trust Company. He shows a cash balance of $81,627 on hand December 1. Mr. Eckels eviews his recommendation for the pas age of the law removing the limitation from the payment of dividends to those ms who have not applied within the fled time through ignorance. The Grade Crossing Question. The absence of a quorum prevented the House District committee from transact- ‘mg any business today. Messrs. Frizzell and Tucker of the Northeast Washington Citizens’ Aesoclation appeared before the committee to present an extract from the annual report of the Washington board of trade made last November,urging the neces- sity of a change in the grade crossings sys- tem in the District of Columbia. The action of the board of trade in this particular Is cited to show that the movement in favor of the Baltimore and Ohio bill 1s not con- fined to one section of the city, but that all of the business interests of the city favor early action upon the bill. A New Government Printing Office. ‘There will be a meeting of the House committee on public buildings and grounds tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock, at which Mr. Livingston will be given a hearing to urge the passage of his biil for the con- struction of a government printing office. The Belt Line Exten Senator Faulkner today introduced a bill similar In every respect to that reported in April last from the Distriet committee by Mr. Richardson of the House, granting to the Belt Line Street Railway Company per- mission to extend its tracks along L street and up 17th. The bill was referred to the District committee of the Senate. + THE DISTRICT STATUTES. A Resolution is Introduced Providing for Their Publication. Mr. Caruth of Kentucky introduced a resolution in the House today directing the Public printer to deliver to the Secretary of the Interior 5,000 copies of the complla- tion of s‘atutes in force in the District of Columbia, completed by Wm. Stone Abert, under the provision of the act of Con- gress, March 2, 188). The Secretary of the Interior may sell copies at an advance of 10 per cent above their cost, but shall de- liver a certain number free to the judiciary and the heads of the departments. paves te BE REPEATED. NOT TO A Mysterious Remark Regarding the District Jail. It was stated at the City Hall today that at a meeting of the judges of the District Bupreme Court held yesterday afternoon Judge Cole had been designated to conduct an investigation of Warden Leonard's man- agement of the District jail, particularly as to the release of the prisoner Whiteford Saturday afternoon. But when Judge Cole was questioned as to the correctness of the rumor this afternoon, he replied: ‘There ts Bothing in It. The matter was not even mentioned at the meeting, “But I sent for Mr. Leonard,” Judge Cole continued, “for the purpose of satis- fying myself. I discovered that the man’s | release Was a bad mistake, but I think It | was one which has occurred there before. | It was, of course, very unfortunate that | two such releases should have occurred there within a very short time, and the fact that they did occur naturally gave Yise to much unfavorable comment. But,” remarked Judge Cole, “it is pretty certain that such a thing will not occur again.” Non tions by the President. nt today sent the following to the Senate: cock of Connec- he district rt lef engineer. Pa: ik H. Conant, to be s engineer. Lieut. (unior — Geo. R. Clark to be a Heutenant. | nsign Albert L. Key, to be a licutcnant, puto ade. Lieut. Guntor grade) Geo. H. ftord to be Meutenant; Lieut. Gunior Grade) Allen G. Rogers to be Heutenant. Resolutions may be adopted urging a di- Vision of the state, and the formation of the new state of Southern California. Members of the boards of supervisors of | the seven counties of southern Caltfornia | are holding a congress at Los Angeles. | | THE EVENING -SPaR, “WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1894-TWELVE PAGES. LATE NEWS. BY WIRE IMPRESSIVE CEREMONIES|ARRESTEB.:.IN' CINCINNATI} CONGRESSMAN AND CLERK FINANCE AND TRADE The Lexow Investigating Committee in Session. WR. GOFF MAKES A SPARRLING CHARGE A Private Secretary. Who Acquired Seventy Thousand Dollars. a a Sa MOSTLY CAME FROM BRIBES NEW YORK, December, 12—John W. Goff opened up the session of the Lexow committee today by calling for Chartes A. Grant, who for a long time was ex-Police Commissioner McCiave's secretary. “Of course I know,” said Mr. Goff, “that he will not appear, because he is in Asbury Park, beyond the reach of the committee. But I would like to take this opportunity | of stating that while in his office he be- came possessed of $70,000 worth of real estate, ard now we are prepared to prove that he accepted innumerable bribes, which accougts for his wealth.” Police Commissioner Martin, who arrived at this point, was told that he was ex- cused for the day, and went away smiling. William Herry Wood of tne J. J. Little Printing Company resumed testimony in reference to the bids for printing the off\- | cial ballots, and the award of the contract to the Martin B. Brown Company over his | company. He said that before the con- tract Was awarded he offered. to cut his bid still further in order to get the contract. George Kelsce, the manager of the Brown Company, the next witness, admitted that he had attended the executive session of the police board, at which the award made, and he there cut his bid from $4, to $400, ‘The contract was then given to | hi ‘How is it,” asked Mr. Goff, “that yo firm always managed to get the contract! “{ don't know.” Ettiene Boyer, an ex-detective and ward- man, under Capt. Murphy, and who had been retired after being disabled while on duty, was called. believe you broutht a suit against Capt. Murphy after you left the force for $30), did you not?” * “Yes.” “Did you ever say you would ruin Capt. Murphy if he did not pay this money?" “I might have said so.” ~ “How is it that you, a poor wardman, had $350 in cash to loan a captain? Had you made your collection from disorderly houses that day?” “No, but I play poker and the races | sometimes.” THE GERMAN SOCIALISTS. kelihood That the Non-Cheering | Legislators Wil Be Prosecuted. BERLIN, December 12.—The free con- servative party have unanimously decided | to support the motion of the prosecution | for socialist members of the house, re- sponsible for the scene at the opening of the reichstag on Thursday last. All the special dispatches from Berlin agree that there is no chance that the teichstag will vote for the prosecution of the socialists. A Berlin dispatch to the Standard says | that the centrists will hold the balance of power. ‘The dispatch adds that the editor of the Socialist was arrested today on the charge of lese majeste and blasphemy. ‘The barracks of the first rallway real- ment at Schonberg was searched for five | hours today. Socialist literature was found in possession of one of the soldiers. Herr Singer has been appointed chair- man of the committee to whom has been | referred the motion to punish the coclalist | members, of the chamber of deputies who | refused to rise and cheer for the emperor on Thursday last in thereichstag. It is said that this committee is certain to pre- sent an adverse report. ‘A canvass of fifty-two members of the reichstag, shows that the antl-revolution- ry bill Will not pass tn its present shape, and it is doubtful if the government will accept any modification of this measure. During the budget debate in tho rel2h- | stag today Herr Von Kardoff declared that | the imperial party placed the fullest confi- dence in Prince Hohenlohe. Herr Rickert asserted that Géneral Von | Caprivi was compelled to resign the chan- cellorship before the onslaught of tl egrarians. But, he added, they would never be able to burst the barriers of Ger- many’s commercial treaties. Herr Liebenecht said that when the speech from the throne announces the 7e- moval of burdens from the shoulders of the wealthy classes and in the same breath increases the tobacco tax, which only affects the poor, “I call this an em- pire of hypocrisy.” An uproar followed this remark, and Herr von Levetaow, president of the reich- ‘ag, called Herr Liebenecht to order, say- ing that he would not permit the use of such disrespectful language toward the emperor. Thereupon Herr Liebenecht corrected his speech in order that it might read as fol- lows: “Two passages of the emperor's speech alluded to an implied contradiction which could not: be more: marked.”” It is reported that the socialists will force a debate on’ the proposition to pros- ecute them, in order that the privileges of Wembers of the reichstag may be more Eecrly defined. Herr Liebenécht declares that the pros- ecutions are foolish and that the social- ists could not be*blamed for “refusing to honor a man who is the enemy of their party. Such prosecutions,” he adds, “are pessible in Germany alone of all civilized countries.”* No oe BALTIMORE INDIGNANT. —— Dissatisfaction at the Route Selected by the Canal Commission, Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. BALTIMORE, December 12.—There is great indignation here over the report of the canal commission in selecting the route of the old Chesapeake and Delaware canal for the proposed ship canal. The telegraph wires between Baltimore and Washington today have been hot with protests. Mayor Latrobe, Gen. Agnus, chairman of the canal committee, and others have sent messages to Senators and Representatives urging them to reject the report and to direct the commission to reconvene and bring in a re- port in accordance with their instructions. ——s— OProsES A FREE snr President Griseom on Mr. Cleveland's Recent Recommendation, PHILADELPHIA, Pa. December President C. A. Griscom of the Interna- tional Navigation Company is opposed to | a free-ship bill as recommended by Prest- | dent Cleveland in his annual message Just sent to Congress. President Griscom says | the company dees not contemplate building three more ships as has been report “We are opposed to a free-ship ill,” said, “which will permit forelgn-built shi to sail under the American flag,"and the ny prefers to retain the bounty ct | 00 a year for carrying the mails under » present arrangement.” pa EER CATHOLICISM IN. AMERICA, BILL. he A Cenference Likely to Re Held at | the Vatican. PARIS, December 12.—A dispatch to tho | Figaro from Rome today says the pope ts anxious to do in the west what he has just succeeded In doing in the east, and that, | with the object of effecting a union of the churches, he intends drawing together at atican a humber of Catholic prelates nd and America, in order to con- them as to the best means of plan. It Is added that his particularly desires the advice of | realizing holine | Cardinals Gibbons and Taschereau. aa Burned to Death. An infant daughter of Mr. F. J. Hayes} of 1304 S$ street northwest was fatally | burned yesterday afternoon, her clothing | catching fire from a match which had been | ignited by her four-year-old brother. This | morning the little one died and the coroner | was notified. | feeling prayer, Swodenborgians Assist in Laying the Oor-| William H. Harrisand the Charges Against | Hot Blood Between Representative Wells ner Stone of the New Church. Rev. Frank Sewall Conducis Services in the Pouring Rain—An Address by Rev. W. L. Worcester. The corner stone of the new church which the Swedenborgians are about to erect at the corner of 16th and Corcoran streets was laid this afternccn at 1 o'clock. Despite the aeavy rain, which fell pitiless- ly during the ceremonies, there was a gathering of the representative people of the congregation, who remained untii the final prayer was offered up. The pastor, Rev. Frank Sewall, conducted the prelim- inary services, consisting of prayer and Scripture readings, and an address was de- livered by Rev. William L. Worcester of Philadelphia. Mr. Job Rarnard, secretary of the national committee, then presented the box of documents to be deposited be- neath the corner stone, and read a list of its contents. They were a copy of the Bible, presented by the King’s Daughters of the Holy City; a copy of the “New Jerusalem and~Its Heavenly Doctrin a copy of the “Doc- trine of the Lord;” a copy of the “Doctrine of the Sacred Scriptures,” a copy of thé “Doctrine of Life; a copy of the “Doctrine of Faith; the Journal of the General vention of the New Jerusalem in the United States of America for the year 1894; the Journal of the Maryland Association of the New Jerusalem for the year 1504; a history of the building of the National Church up to this date, with the names of donors to the funds, and of the committee and its officers; the minutes of the quarter- ly meeting of the Washington soclety, October 10, at which it was voted to turn over to the national committee the legacy left to the secretary by the late Mrs. Nancy B. Scudder; the roll of members and the official board of the Washington So- clety of the New Jerusalem, with its man- ual, order of services, program of mee’ ings, ete.; roil of the New Church Sunday ‘school; an account of the New Church or- ganization and its belief and a description of the new building from The Evening Star of December 8; a circular letter of the tional committee issued in 180); a circular letter of the building committee sent out today; a_copy of the New Church Messen- ger of December 5; roll of members, of- ficial board rules, ete., of the New Church Young People’s Association; eight joint an- nual reports of young people's societies; ‘The Evening Star and News of yesterday and the’ Post and Times of today and pic- tures of the interlor and exterior of the New Church house of worship that was butit by the Washington Society on Cap- pon Hill and destroyéd by fire in the year vas then deposited in the cor- ner stone, and Rey. Frank Sewall pro- ceeded to lay it in place, saying: “In the name of the Lord God, the Savior Jesus Christ, and in the faith of His church, we lay this corner stone. Amen.” After the stone had heen lowered and set in the mortar Mr. Sewall delivered a and the ceremonies were concluded. —_— GROWS MORE MYSTERIOUS. The Wages Paid the Workmen on the Union Bullding. Public Printer Benedict was interviewed today on the pecullar transactions in the matter of the preparation of the fifth floor of the Union building for the temporary accommodation of the specificatioas di- vision of the government printing office. He complained that the matter of wages had not been correctly stated, and that Architect Friebus had been placed in a questionable light, as showing a slight disposition to loot the treasury and rake off th wages of the men who were em. ployed at the Union building. Mr. Benedict, in the course of his re- marks, made ‘several statements which did indicate that Architect Friebus or Contractor Basim, or some one, at any rate, wanted to make a good deal more cut of ‘that Union building job than he should. He said plainly that the memo- randa submitted to him by Architect Frie- bus showed that the men had done 664 days of work and that he had agreed to pay Mr. Friebus on the basis of $3.50 per day per man, so that Mr. Friebus, as per his contract with the public printer, could ke 50 cents per day per man, This was the basis on which the government had | contracted to settle with the architect. The government either had to allow the architect ten per centum on the total cost of the work, or so much per day on each man employed. The government had chosen the latter plan as the more econ- omical. Therefore, he had allowed Mr. Friebus $3.50 per day per man, because it was the understanding that the architect was to pay $3.00 per day per man. Mr. Benedict assured The Star reporter thatMr. Friebus had paid the men that amount per day. Mr. Friebus had told him plainly that he had done so, and Mr. Friebus was a man of standing in his profession. Difference of Opinion. Mr. Friebus, it will be remembered, said yesterday that he had settled with the men on a basis of $2.50 per day, thus mak- ing $1 per head per day, instead of 50 cents, as Mr. Benedict says he contracted to do. When the reporter assured Mr. Benedict that Mr. Friebus had told him this, Mr. Benedict insisted that the reporter had got things mixed. * Mr. Benedict said: “The only workman who received wages at the rate of $2.50 per day was Mr. Samuel Rabbitt, a carpenter, who was paid this rate because he was in- competent Mr. Friebus yesterday said: “I paid all the men $2.50 per day, excepting Mr. Samuel Rabbitt, a carpenter, and I did this because he was a kicker.” eee A NEW ATTACK. Still Another Case Against the Fidel- ity Association, During the hearing of the case before Judge Cox today, Mr. J. J. Johnson called the attention of the court to a certificate, upon which, he explained, he would have a petition for leave to intervene in the suit against the Fidelity Building and Loan As- sociation tomorrow. ‘The paper certifies that Robert Bradin of Washington, D. C., has paid into the association's expense fund $857.47, subject to the following eon- ditions: 1, Interest will be allowed on this certificate at the rate of 10 per cent per annum, interest paid semi-annually in cash at the central office. 2. This certificate may be. withdrawn upon giving ninety days’ notice in writing to the secretary, and shall be payable on the sixth day of the month following the expiration of said notice after two years from date of this certifi- cate, from surplus in the expense fund. | 3. The board of directors reserve the right” to call in and cancel and pay off this certi- ficate at any time by giving the holder thereof thirty days’ notice in writing. 4. The money received on this certificate shall | be used exclusively for the working ex- penses of the assoctation, and all interest and repayments on the same shall be paid from the expense fund. On tha back of the certificate, written in red ink, was the following: “Clause 3 of this certificate is struck out, in accordance with a mutual agreement entered into this date. Alonzo Tweedale, secretary. August 10, 1894.” Mr. Johnson said that his client, the per- son to whom the certificate was issued, was an old one-legged soldier, who had deposited his § in the ‘association upon the repri tion that he would be perfectly safe so doing. That his in client's money had obtained under false representations, bee said Johnson, it was only necessary to read the certificate. He believed the case presented one for the action of the dis- trict attorney, end Mr. Johnson stated that he would lay the matter before that offi- cer some time tomorrow. ee ee A Bicycle Found. One of the park watchmen recently found a bicycle concealed in the shrubbery of the park near the Baltimore and Potomac rail- road. It had evidently been there several days, for it was quite rusty. The impreg- sion is that it was stolen and concealed, It is now stored at the aurserles south of the monument, | — 0 aHim Friends Here Dany That He is Guilty of Any¢Werong Doing—The oGas Pate! Word was received here last evening of the arrest in @incinnat! of Mr. William H. Harris of this city, whose arrest was made on a requisiti¢n from New York, where he is charged with gzand larceny in the first degree. He was arrested at a boarding house in that city, where he had been stop- ping for some time, and when arrested he made no effort to conceal his identity. Ac- cording to the dispatch received, Harris was In Cincinnat! some months and gated the confidence of a man named Granville, who 1s the inventor of a typewriter bearing his name. Harris, the dispatch says, started to organize a mammoth stock company to manufacture the machines, and subscribers were about to pay up thelr stock when a Mr. Corre of the Grand Hotel warned Gran- ville against Harris and brought the com- pany to a sudden termination. ‘Yhen Harris left the Grand Hotel, where he had been stopping, and went to the Gibson House. He returned to Washington socn afterward, so the dispatch says, and when he reappeared in Cincinnati a few weeks ago he had plenty of money. Mana- ger Shears of the Grand Hotel, it 1s said, claims that Harris operated a fuel gai scheme in Maysville, Ky., and that Cin- cinnati capitalists lost money in it. A Star reporter called on Mrs. Harris at the Grammerey this morning, but she de- clined to discuss her husband's arrest and business affairs. She said, however, that she had glanced over newspaper accounts of her husband's arrest and said that most of the statements made therein were abso- lutely false. Mr. Harris, who is forty-five years old, is a native of Cleveland, Ohio. ite came here about three years ago and lved on N street until a few weeks ago, whon”he went to live at the Grammercy, on Ver- ment avenue, opposite the Arlington. It is said that he owns considerable property, Leth in this city and Baltimore, and ts an inventor. At the suggestion of Mrs. Harris a re- porter called on Judge Milligan, law clerk in the Post Office Department, an intimate friend of Mr. Harris, and was told some- thing of the man who is now under ar- rest. One Explanation. He says that Mr. Harris is innocent of any wrong doing and that his arrest is the result of an effort to get from him his patent for fuel gas manufacture, and also to compel him to take up some stock in two companies, in the organization of one of which he was Instrumental. The ar- rest, he sald, was made on a requisition from New York, which is based on a war- rant sworn out by a man named Bland, who is a stéckholder in the American Gas Company and the General Electric Light and Gas Company. The former was in- corporated under the laws of Kentucky and the latter is located at Jersey City. Harris, he said, is the patentee of a new process for the manufacture of fuel gas. In this city a company was organized and it was the company’s intention to raise a sufficient sum, tg enable the company to Manuiacture the, gas and he was to re- ceive a royalyy @y the patent. Persons whg subscribed unloaded the stock to outsiders, and as a sufficient sum was not paid-in the contract was an- nulled, and Mr, Harris then made a con- tract witi tha Jersey City company. Under this contract a plant was built at Canisteo, N. and succespfully operated, tho gus being furnished gt the rate of 50 cents per 1,0) feet. ‘This company did not extend the works as it had agreed to do, and Mr. | Harris was abaut ito go into court at Cin- cirnatti to haye the contract annulled when he was threatened with this proseeuti } Bland, he said, ts.one of the stockholders, and what money he paid went to the com- pany and not to Harris. He also said that Bland tried to unload his stock, between $1,000 and $2,000 worth, on Harris, but the latter, of course, refused to take tt. The’ plea new is, saig Judge Milligan, that Harris defrauded these people with @ worthless patent, but he said the plant at Canisteo has’ proved the value of the patent. Concerning, Mr. Granville, Judge Milligan said that Mr. Harris had pald the latter's expenses and fed and clothed him for weeks at a time. An effort was made to organize the company to manufacture the typewriters, but Granville backed down for some r2ason. In conclusion. he sald Mr. Harris had spent fully $10,000 on the fuel gas patent, and all his dealirgs have been fair, and honorable. _— WILL MARRY TONIGHT. Next Monday Will Be Hanged for Murder, Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. CHATTANOOGA, Tenn., December 12.— General Kennedy, one of the murderers of the night telegraph agent of the Nashville and Chattanooga railway at Shell Mound, who {s to hang next Monday, will be mar- ried in the county jail at Jasper this even- ing to Miss Martha Taylor. Both Genoral and John Kennedy are to be executed Mon- day. They are wholly unrepentant and blasphemous in the extreme. They curse and swear at all who come near them. They curse the ministers who have tried to convert them. Said General to a preacher: “I'd rather die and go to hell than to for- give ex-Sheriff Rogers.” Rogers is the sheriff who was in charge of the murderers after thelr first escape, and who put them in chains to keep them from escaping again. Both men prefer to beHeve that their sentence will be com- muted. All arrangements have been made for the hanging, and no probability of any stay of execution is anticipated, as proof against them fs conclusive. lls SO ET OUTRAGES ON AN AMERICAN. Treatment of William H. Argall by Guatemala, SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, December 12.— The steamer Colon, which arrived from Panama and way points, brought particu- lars of the outrage on William Henry Ar- gall, an American citizen, by the Guatemal- an government. Argall had the temerity to question the authorities of the Jefe Po- litico of Guatemala when the latter at- tempted to steal some land. Argall was thrown into prison for his audacity. While in the penitentiary. he demanded to see the commandant and was brutally beaten by the officer in.charge of the prison. United States ainister Young heard of the outrage and slemanded the release of his countryman. ,[he president of the re- public has been appealed to and he showed his contempt*for Americans by postponing action and keeping Argall incarcerated for twelve days..4.,the end of that time the doors of Argall's dungeon were thrown open. yA complaint wis formulated and sent on to Washingtos. ‘The result has been that the imprisonment:of Argall has taken the shape of an interpational issue, ae RUSSIA'S NEW LOAN. It Has Bech Subscribed Ten Times Over In France. ST. PETERSBURG, December 12—The Bourse Gazette estimates that the appli- cations for the new Russian loan of £15,- 000,000 amount to four milliards of francs in France alone, or nearly ten times the sum required. LONDON, December 12.—Subscriptions to the new Russian loan were opened at the Rothschild Banking House at 10 o'clock this morning, and the list closed at 11:30 a.m. The amount reserved for London is not announced, but it is reported to be £3,000,000, or one-fifth of the total amount— £15,000,00). ‘The £3,000,000 has been applied for here many times over at the quotation of 18-8 premium: Policeman Frank Hughes Exonerated. The Commissioners have approved the findings of the trial board in the case of Private Francig Hughes, {01 not guilty for neglect of uty, and diated that the chorges against him be dismissed. and Watson H. ook. The Man Whe Draws Mileage and Other Things Challenged to Fight # Duel. Congressman Wells of the sixth district of Wisconsin and Watson H. Cook, clerk in the pénsion bureau and brother to Con- gressman-elect 8. A. Cook of the sixth Wi: consin district, are not on amicable terms. Their relations have become so strained that it has been suggested that bloodshed might be imminent. Mr. Cook charges that Congressman Wells is persecuting him be- cause of his defeat by 6,867 plurality !n the sixth district by S. A. Cook at the last elec- tion and that because of this Congressman Wells had Nash Cook, son of complainant ‘ook, dismissed from the folding room of the Capitol, where he had been appointed through the influence of Congressman Lynch of the ninth district of Wisconsin, and also preferred charges against plain- tiff Cook, which resulted in his dismissal from the pension bureau. Cook's Side of the Story. Mr. Cook explains the situation by say- ing that last fall he went home to Wis- consin on his annual leave. Congressman Wells was making a vigorous campaign against his brother, 8S. A. Cook. In a speech at Stockbridge he told the audi- ence that at Washington he had once found the brother of the oposing candidate a pauper lounging on the steps of the Post Office Department, and had helped him out by giving him a $10 bill and then had him appointed to a position at #200, and at different times had him promoted from $900 to $1,400, and then to $1,800, Mr, Wat- son Cook claimed that this was false, and went on the stump against Mr. Wells. This led to an interview between the two at Appleton, Wis., in the presence of several witnesses, in which an agreement Was entered. into by which Mr. Watson Cook was to leave the county till the cam- paign was closed, and Congressman Wells was not to molest him in his government position. Congressmen Wells returned to this city a few days ago, and, it is said, filed charges last Friday against Mr. Coox, which resulted in his dismissal. Blood on the Face of the Moon. Mr. Cook went to the Capitol and had a spirited converse with the Wisconsin mem- ber. He reminded Representative Wells of the agreement which had been made at Appleton, Wis. Mr. Cook charges that Congressman Wells used bad language and asserted that he would have Cook dis- charged. Hot words followed and Mr. Cook is re- ported to have said: “If you have put me out of office through pure spite, before I see my family sufter, 1 will challenge you to a duel with any weapon from sword to Winchester. You take your pick. phat suits me exactly,” responded the Congressman, who, recovering at once, amended his remark thus: “No, when I fight, I want to ight a gentleman. A further exchange followed and it looked like a fight on the spot. Matters, however, have now quieted down, Mr. Cook was appointed to a clerkship in the Post Office Department in 1885 by Senator Vilas. Theuce he was transferred to the pension oitice, but was dismissed under the Tanner regime. He took the civil service examination and was appoint- ed copyist in the pension office, and has received various promotions, having been at the time of his late dismissal in charge of the medical, chief clerk’s and appoint- ment division files. ——— BOARD OF TRADE. The Next Meeting vice Resol: ‘The next meeting of the beard of trade will be held on Tuesday evening next at Willard’s Hall. There are a number of tm- portant matters to be brought to the at- tenticn of the members, and it is expected that, among other things, the resolution which was laid on the table at the last meeting of the board favoring the exten- sion of the civil service law to the em- ployes of the District government will be taken up and considered. It 1s thought, with some amendments confining those eligible to appointment to residents of the District, the resolution will be adopted. ‘An address is expected from Willlam EB. Curtis on the subject of securing the mest- ing in this city of the next congress of American republics. The scope and objects of the National Historical Soclety and the advisability of extending to it its encour- agement will be the subject of an address by Rev. Dr. Teunis S, Hamlin. —_.—__— DAMAGE SUIT. the Civil Ser- jon. Trying the Case Agninst the Road. In the case of Wm. P. and Laura P. Howard against the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Company, in which $30,000 dam- ages were claimed because of injuries re- ceived by Mrs, Howard in an accident at Soldier, Ky., November 10, 1886, the plain- tiffs were permitted to withdraw a juror today, and the case was continued. Mrs. Howard purchased a ticket from a scalper over the Chesapeake and Ohio Company's road and was injured through the Pullman car in which she was seated leaving the track. At the conclusion of the plaintiffs’ testimony Messrs. Robinson and Willoughby for the company moved to take the case from the jury, arguing that no case had been made out. -That motion was overruled, and the question which the defense had intimated they would raise, as to whether or not the Chesapeake and Ohio Company could be held responsible, the ac- cide @ not having occurred on its own line, was not considered, Messrs. Henkle and Smith preferring to have it determined at the next trial of the case. —_.—__ AN OPERATION IN PROGRESS. a 0. Dr. Carr Performing It Upon Bahen, the Injured Foot Ball Player. Mr. George H. Bahen, the young George- town University student who has been confined at the Emergency Hospital for some days suffering with a dislocated back- bone received in the Thanksgiving day foot ball game, was placed upon the operating table at the institution this afternoon short- ly after 3 o'clock and an operation {s in progress, conducted by Dr, Carr, which has for its object the relief of the spinal cord from the pressure of the fractured ver- tebrae. Mr. Bahen has remained in about the same condition ever since his injury was received, and showing no substantial evidences of either a decline or an improve- rrent, the operation of this afternoon was finally decided upon. pov.¢ seater ‘Tomorrow's Alexander Istand Entries First race, six and a quarter furlongs— Bert, 102; Son Malheur, 102; Guy Ali, 102; May D., 102; The Joker, 102; Tiny Tim, 105; Gold Wave, 105; High C, 102; McKeever, 102; Chief Justice, 105; Samaritan, 102; Traitor, 105; Jack Lovell, 105; Mikey B., 105; Elizabeth, 102, Second race, six and a half furlongs— Kentucky Lady, 107; Fis Grace, 105; Black- foot, 96; Fredericks, 96; Marguerite, 104; Thiers L., 101; Maggie Beck, 101; Ontario, 1 Third race, half a mile—Northford, 110; Princess Marie, 1 Syde, 105; Electatr filly, 102; Mamie Stark, 107; Saluda filly, 102; Glim) filly, 101; My Mollie filly, 101; Hulda, 101; Berwick, 05; Delia M., 102; Danger, 102; Ida R., 107; John Rudden, 105. Fourth race, one mile and a sixteenth— Lum, 106; Uncle Jim, 107; Westchester, 110; May'E., 94; Soprano I, $4; Ponce-de-Leon, 106. Fifth race, six furlongs— Sweetmeats, 112; Finwater, 109; Explorer, 109; Push, 10: _— > Death of Charles B. Rohan, BOSTON, December 12.—Charles B, Ro- han, widely known as a writer for the newspaper press on military subjects, dled today of apoplexy. EE Range of the Thermometer. The following were the readings of the thermometer at the weather bureau today: 8 aa. 44; 2 p.m., 47; maximum, 48; mini- mum, 41, : die M., 112; 7; Con Lacy, Levina, Effect of the Passage of the Railway Pooling Bill. T? CAUSED GRANGER STOCKS 70 GO UP Treasurer's Report Causes Manhat- tan to Advance. GENERAL MARKET REPORTS Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. NEW YORK, Decemter 12.—The passage of the railway pooling bill after the close of yesterday's business resulted in a gen- eral improvement in values this morning, the grangers in particular responding easily to the anticipated prosperity by ad- vances varying from 8-8 to 1 per cent. The favorable action of the Senate is practical- ly assured, and the advantage to the roads threvghout the west, it is believed, will be greater than that derived from any single legislative act in several years. The lack of public interest in speculation may pre- vent the proper recognition of the im- portance of legislation of this character for a time, but when a higher level of values becomes necessary to reflect in- trinsic merit yesterday's action will not be the least deserving of the causes creat- ing the necessity. Prices shaded off fractionally as the re- sult of room selling, attracted by the high- er prices prevailing at the opening, but the tone of the market was steady throughout the day. ‘The short interest in Manhattan con- tributes to a further advance of 1 per cent in the price of that stock, the recent pessi- mistic rumors being more than counter- acted by the publication of the treasurer's report and the declaration of the regular dividend. New England was marked up 1 per cent by the interests identified with the recent stock accumulation in the property. The road will shortly be sold to the reorganiza- tion committee under foreclosure proceed- ings, after which event further improve- ment in the price of the stock is expected. The report of the Western Union Tele- graph Company for the last quarter sho" an increase of over $100,000 in the surpl' as compared with the same period a year ago. The directors declared the regular 14 per cent dividend, as recommended by the executive committee at yesterday's session. Sugar was active and nervous during the morning as the result of the expected dis- cussion in the Senate on the proposition to strike out the 1-10 differential duty on ré- fined sugars, The selling of the stock was generally re- garded as coming from better informed sources than the buying, but on later as- surances that the effort to abolish the duty would fail a covering movement forced the price up 21-8 per-cent in advance of open- ing figures. The situation at Washington is not as favorable as it might be where the interests of this industry are concerned, and strong efforts will yet be necessary to insure the retention of the discriminating duty. Tod action in calling up this question is generally regarded as being in the interest of politics and to more clearly define the democratic position on the ject, rather than to improve actual conditions. Distillers was in good demand from the short interest and gained 1 per cent in consequence. Chicago Gas moved up 3-4 per eent in sympathy with a moderate buy- ing demand, and elsewhere the industrials were without special feature. The market for ling and continental bills opened steady on a small volume of business. All new offerings of bills are quickly ‘taken by remitters, the demand being slightly in excess of the supply. Arbitrage houses were not so urgent in their demands for bills as on the two pre- ceding days. The refusal of the Senate to consider the sugar schedule, which was announced dur- ing the last hour, marked up the price of the stock to the highest point of the day. The general list was dull, but steady, and, the Grangers excepted, reflected mod- erate advances over initial figures. Final prices were in the main fractionally above yesterday's closing figures, ——+-— FINANCIAL AND, COMMERCIAL, ‘The following are the opening, the high- est and the lowest and the closing prices of the New York stock market today, as re- ported by Corson & Macartney, members New York stock exchange. Correspondents Messrs. Moore & Schley, No. 50 Broadway: Stocks. Open. High. Low. Close American Sugar....... 81% WK ST 90% tAmericanSugar, pfd... 91 91 91 90% American Tobacco....., 84% 65 MY 9634 WY BY MW MN and St. Paul, pf C., RL and Pacitts. Del.. Lack. and W ..... Delawargand Hudson.” Denver afd Rio Grande. Dis and Cattle Feeding. Genera! Electric, Minols Central Lake Shore Erie.. Louiavilie and Nashville. Long Isiand Traction... Metropolitan Traction ; Mannattan Elevated. Michigan Central, Miasouni Pacific. National Lead Co, U. 8. Cordage Co. U.S. Cordage, pf. New Jersey Central. New York Central... N. Y. and New Engiand. c. and St. ts. . Nortiiern Pacitc.... Northern Pacific, pfd. North American.» Ont. and Western Pacific Mail..... Phila and Reading: Pullman P. Car Co. Southern Railway Phila. Traction. Union Pacific. Wabash .. Wabash, pt Wheeling & Wheeling & L. E.., Sestern Union Ti *Exediy. & tEX-div 13 = —_—-__ Washington Steck Exchange. Salesregular call—12 o'clock _m,—Washing: and Georgetown Raliroad conv. Os, ist $1uay on 135. Metropolitan Railroad conv. 6s, $2,000 at 103; $1,000 at 108; $1,000 at 103. “American Security and Trust 56, $200 at 100. Amertean Security and Trust, 10 at 130. Eckington Railroad, 10 at 35. Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone, 3 at 52, . pgryimment Ronde.—U. 8. 4s, registared 11446 asked. U. 8. 48, cou 6 vi 8. be, 119 oid. ema strict of Columbia Bonds.—20-year bid. B0-year fund 6s, gold, 110 Vids Water stk 7s, 1901, currency, 117 bid. Water stock currency, 120 bid.’ 8.658, funding, cucren: Did, Sits, registered, 210s, 100 bia. Miscellaneous onds.-Washington a town Railroad conv. 6s, Ist, 133 bid, nae aaet, Washington and Georgetown Railroad “ony. 6s, 2d, 135 bid, 136 asked. Metropolitan Railroad conv, Gs, 102% bid, 103% asked. Belt Raflroad 5s, 79 bid. -Eekington Railroad 6s, 99 Did. Columbia Railroad 6s, 108 bid, 110 asked. Washington Gas Company 6s, series ‘A, 115 bid. Washington Gas ‘Company @s, series B, 116% bid. Washington Gas Company conv. 6s, 130 bid, 140 asked. U.S. Elec- trle Light couv. Gs, 125 bid. Chesapeake and Po tomac Telephone 5s, 100 bid, 103 asked. American Security and Trust ‘Ss, F. and A., 100 bid. Ameri can Security and Trost 5s, A.’and 0., 100 bid. Washington’ Market Company Ist 6s, 108 bid Washiugton Market Company imp. 6s, 108 bid. Washington Market Company ext. fs, 104 hid. Ma sonte Hall Association 5s, 102 bid. Washington Light Infantry Ist 6s, 99’ bid. Washington Light Infantry 20 7s, 99 bid. National Bank Stocks.—Bank of Washington, 900 bid, 820 asked. Bunk of the Republic, 270° Wd. 200 asked. Metropolitan, 280 bid, 297 asked. Cen tral, 275 ‘bid. Farmers’ and Mechanics’, 100 bid. 200 asked. Second, 138 bid, 150 asked. ' Citizens’, 130 bid. “Columbia, 130 bid, 150 ed. Capital, 115 bid. West End, 108 bid. Traders’, 102 bid, 112 asked. Lincoln, ‘96 bt bia. Safe Deposit and Trust ttonal Safe Deposit-and Trost, 125 bi % Toan and Trust, 120 bid, 124 asked.” American Security and Trvst, 185% bid, 137 asked, Railroad Stocke.—Washington and G Digs 810 asked mola, 63 bid, 63 asked Belt, 23 bid, $9 asked. Fekingion, 33 bid. Gus and Heétrie Light. Stocks.— Washington Gas, 46 bid, 48 asked. ‘Céorgetown Gus, 50 bid, 60 asked. U. 8. Electric Tight, 127 bid, 120 asked. Insurance Stocks.—Firemen's, 38 bid, 45 asked. Frarklin, 45 bid, 65 asked. Motropolitan, 68 bid. Corcoran, 57 bid. Potomac, 68 bid. Arlington, 150 bid, 155’ asked. n-American, 100 bid," d tional Union, 12 bid, 13% asked. Columbia, 12 bid, nd 15% asked. , 7 Did, TH, asked. People’s, 5% bi Bia; $i asked "Elncoa, Tig bid 7% sake.” "ome ‘Title "Insurance Stocks.—Real Estate Title, 19" bid, 115 asked. Columbia Waatngen tg ae ae au askee el stocks. —| Cheeapeake and Potomac. 80 bdr @) asked Amer jean Graphophone, 4% bid, 5! Gan Gartiage, 27 tad. Sovanegns Paeumetk Miscellaneous Stocks.—Washington Market, 14 bid, 18 asked. Great Falls Ice, 130 bid, 142 asked. Norfolk and Washington Steamboat, bid. Line coln Hall, 85 bid, 100 asked. Inter-Ocean Building, er eae Mergentbaler Linotype, 130 |id, a2 Baltimore Markets, BALTIMORE, December 12.—Flour dull—rece! 21,774 barrels; sales, 250 barrels, Wheat st “ag spot and month, 594260; January, 60',a60%; Feb- roary, 61%4a61%; May, igi. Reamer No, 2 red, 56%a57—receipts, 21,255 bushels; stock, 1,103,- 945 bushels; sales, 62,000 bushel by sample, ObaG1; do. on grade, 574000, Corn easy—spot, 4944944; your, i; January, 49% mixed, 477%048—recelpts, 67, stock, 663,475 budhels sales, 5,006 em white corn, 45800; do. yellow, Oats firm—No, 2 white western, { mixed, "BatGaae—receipte; 31-358" Dasheles : els, “Rye atendy—-No. 2, 6da5d 58,554 bushels; stock, 35,870 bushels Hay stroig—good to cholce timothy, $12.50a$13.00. Grain freights rather quiet, unci ed. Sugar, butter and eggs quiet, ‘unchanged. ‘frm, unchanged. _—_—_— Chicago Grain and Provision Marekts Bankers and Brokers. December 12, 1894. High. Low. Ch Wheat s =a $5 nay BE FO 594 50% 468 47% R cy 0: By 20% Ef oy da ts 2 6 32h 2-H OG AN. Pork 11.90 11.93 "11.004 LST 11.05 11ST 1105 d 12.20 12:80 12:20 12:30 Lard. G80 682 6.80 OSB OST 6.90 6.55 6.90 T1271 710 TS S.Ribs 692 50S 5.92 5.05 592 5.95 5.92 5.95 612 6.20 6.12 6.20 | praary March, Ma; a rs IMPATIENT TO RETURN. The Absconding New York Bank Bookkeeper. CHICAGO, December 12.—Samuel C. Seely, the New York absconding book- keeper, locked up at the Harrison street police station, had become somewhat im- patient today at the delay in his return to New York, He frequently asked his guards for information regarding his expected de- parture, and appeared much more nervous and ill at ease than at any previous time since his arrest. The United States marshal has assumed control of the case, and a deputy of that official will take Seely to New York. The president of the National Shoe and Leather Bank was expected to arrive late this afternoon to identify the prisoner. That formality over, Seely will be taken east, probably starting tonight. The ex- bookkeeper plainly showed the result of his anxiety and confinement today. Hi face was pale, his eyes blood-shot and he ate a light breakfast. He nervously paced his narrow cell, evidently much agitated. His refusal to discuss the case was em- phatic, and to all inquiries he impatiently replied that he wished to be let alone. He was shown New York dispatches this afternoon reporting his wife prostrated and seriously ill. He was visibly agitated and eagerly inquired for late news from her, “I cannot send any encouraging word to her,” he said. “But I hope some one will tell her I am well. There is nothing for me to say to her, for now that I am down the whole world is against me.’ “Did you profit much by the alleged de- falcation?” asked a reporter. “T can’t swer that question now,” Seeley answered, “but I don't look very prosperous, do I? Do you think I look though I have many’ thousand dollars? The prisoner's agitation over his wife's iliness had made him more talkative, and he spoke bitterly of MacFarland, the man who aided in his arrest. “I don’t want to say much about Mac- Farland,” he said, “but I consider his giv- ing me away a low trick. I hope that $5,000 reward for my capture will go to the police instead of to him. No, I have no idea as to how the bank people will treat. me—whether they will be hard on me or not. I don’t care very much, ag this thing has taken the interest out of life for me.” — od ALBAUGH’S ENTRANCES. Mannger Allen Takes Praiseworthy Action Before the Commissioners, The Commissioners are considering the advisability of passing a regulation com- pelling carriages to assemble on 15th strect and cell at the entrance of Albaugh’s Theater on that street when waiting for their patrons after the performance. The consideration of this subject grew out of a letter which appeared in The Star, sign- ed Pro Bono Publico, calling attention to the danger the audience was subjected to in being compelled to use but ene entrance, when, as a matter of fact, there were two available ones. Manager Allen of Albaugh's Grand Opera House called upon the Commissioners this morning for the purpose of getting them to pass a suitable regulation keeping the car- riages from in front of the main entrance of his theater after the performance was over, He said his only desire was to give the public the best facilities for gettii cut, and it was for this purpose that the new entrance was opened. What he desired was the Commissioners to pass a regulation compelling carriages when calling for parties to use the 15th street front. No possible inconvenien could arise from such a course, and was certain pet it would be a great ben- efit all round. His theater being so amply provided for in the matter of exits, 't was his desire to use them all to the best possible advan- tage, but he had been unable to control the carriage feature, and he felt it would be an improvement if the Commissioners would pass a regulation providing that all carriages mvst call for their patrons at the 15th street entrance, _-——.——_ DISTRICT GOVERNMENT. Today's Orders. The Commissioners today ordered: That J. B. C, Shipman, inspector of gaz and electric lighting, at $900 per annum, be appointed inspector of electric lighting at $5.50 per diem, and that Charles G. Harris be appointed inspector of naphtha lehting at $3 per diem. That a hexagon tile sidewalk be laid in front of the Woodm Towa Circle and 18th street, under the provisions of the permit system, ‘That sixty-three lamp posts, recently made under contract with the Radford Pipe and Foundry Company and rejected ‘on account of slight defects, be purchased in open market from said company at % each, this price being a reduction from contract price of $1 each. The following sewers to be added to the provisional schedule of sewers to be con~ structed in the fiscal year 1896, provided Congress appropriates funds sufficient, or under the permit system upon receipt of the usual deposit; In Brightwood avenue, to serve premises 8229 Brightwood avenue; in Benning road (H street northeast) be- tween 15th and 16th streets. That the contract for grading Massa- chusetts avenue, e> tended northwest be ex- tended thirty days from December 15th without penalty. That hy water main be laid in Arthur (Valley) street between Chestnut and High streets, Anacostia. That proposals for paving alleys received December 7, 1804, be accepted as follows Hu ‘& Brown, to pave alleys in squares , o8, 273 and 11112, Georgetown, with rifled brick or block, at 65 cents per square yard, and alleys in squares 140, 4, 302 and 628 With asphalt block, at 53 cents per square yard, this firm being the lowest bidders on ithe work. —E—— Made a F. R. G. 8. In recognition of his distinguished serv- ice in the Dharris campaign against the African slave traders, the Belgian Royal Geographical Society has ted R. Dorsey. Mohun, United States commercial agent in the Congo Free State, an honorary member. _— To Pe Mrs, Banks. Representative Sickles (N. Y.), has intro- duced in the House a bill for a pension of $100 per month to Mary Palmer Banks, widow of Maj. Gen, Nathaniel P. Banks.