Evening Star Newspaper, December 27, 1894, Page 2

THE EVENING STAR, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1894—TEN PAGES. LATE NEWS BY WiIRE| Inspector Williams Again Put On the Back. ‘THE LEYOW COMMITTEE HARD AT WORK Questioned Closely by Mr. Goif Regarding His Career. THINGS “NOTIN THE RECORD” 2 NEW YORK, December 27.—Interest in the Lexow investigation today centered in the testimony of Inspector Williams. Prior to that officer taking the stand Counsel Goff cailed for Captains Martens, Meakin, Washburn and Westervelt. Meakin and Westervelt were reported sick, which prompted Mr. Goff to intimate that the plea was not well founded, but that the captains were seeking to evade going upon the stand. ‘Then Inspector Williams was called to the stand. He had with him a large book. After a little sparring, Goff asked: “Will you swear that Perkins did not get a check for $5,000 through you when you were superintendent of the street cleaning department?” “I will not.” “Everybody who has testified against you is a perjurer or a liar. Now, has there ever been a member of the police force charged with more corruption than you?” ave not been charged with corrup- “I find that on March 2), 1874, you were charged by Louise Smith, the keeper said: of a disorderly house, with taking from her six pocket handkerchiefs, one gold- headed cane, one pistol, one pair of slip- pers, one velvet vest and one-half dozen pairs of socks.” “I don’t remember it,” replied Williams. He could not remémber whether or not he was found guilty on the charge, and wished to refer to his record Goff, towever, insisted upon an answer. “Don't think,” he said, “that because you wear a gold shicld here and are an in- spectur that you are one whit different from other witness: “T krew-I am not.” “Will you swear that on April 2, 1875, you did not go to police headquarters to stand your trial on these charges?” don’t recollect." “Didn't you swear yesterday you had been charged with offenses eighteen times? Can't you remember these offenses?” “No. I can tell you by reference to my record.” Mr. Geff went on to say that up to this year, when the committee's attention was called to the fact, there was no record on the books of the department of charges preferred against Williams by the late Rev. Howard Crosby and others. Coming to the time Williams had charge of the eighth precinct Mr. Goff asked the witness if there were any houses of ill- fame there. “I found them there,” he replied. “And you left them there,” added Mr. Ge ft. “Yes, because they were fashionable at that time,” was Williams’ extraordinary reply. Mr. Goff then called off the names of any notorious houses in Mercer, Green, llivan and Bleecker streets. Williams said he had heard of them, and had assisted the board of education to close them up. He insisted that they were “al- leged” disorderly houses, although he had said at the time that he knew all about them at the inquiry instituted by the board of education. - Mr. Goff got the inspector to say that he would not give the name of the proprietor of_a house of ill-fame to the committee in 1874 because he considered the committee Was not an honest one. “Did you ever know of an honest investi- gating committee before which you ap- peared “Yes. You said before that committee that houses of ill-fame do not injure children going to scheoi?” “Yes.” es, si “Were you ever called a uniformed bul- ly “No, sir." “Were you ever called the clubber? ” “Yes, sir. “Then as to charges which you do not re- member. You have committed so many outrages against the citizens of New York « that you don’t remember charges. “No, sir.” Do you remember a charge made against you by a man in Vesey street?” “The case was never tried, as the com- Plainant found he was in the wrong,” said Williams. “I was captain of the fourth precinct, and there was a big fire one Sun- day evening In Washington Market. Walk- ing through Vesey street, this man stopped me and said: ‘Let me introduce you to “Alderman Smith.”" He took me for a countryman or a ‘come on.’ I took him by the throat and threw him into the street, as any citizen has a right to serve any loafer.” “You didn't throw Haggerty, the Phila- delphia tough, to the the street?” raid Mr. Goff. did not meet him. “Ob, yes, you did; he was looking for you and wanted to clean out the town “{ did not meet him,” persisted the in- spector. ou didn’t throw Joe Coburn?” es, I did. The witness denied knowledge of any panel house robberies having occurred in the eighth precinct. Mr. Goff then said there was a charge against Williams, the trial of which lasted three days, but there was no record of it on the police records. Tave you any recollection of any recom- mendation for your dismissal on account of your dissraceful conduct?” ‘ “Don't you know the voting was two and wo “There is no record of it.” “Who keeps the record?” asked Chairman Lexow. “Robert Peters,” said the witness. “Have you got the charge against the Proprietor of an oyster stand who had a permit? You made the arrest yourself. t ig not in the record.” ‘Do you recollect the arrest of a man named Donovan by Officer Fitzyeraid? Donovan was brought before Judge Mundell and said yeu came behind him and clubbed him on the head and neck. ‘The judge dis- charged hitn and said: “rhis clubbing by po- licemen must be stopped.’ ”. The witness said he never told iles about respectable men. He bore a repctation tor clubbing, but did not think he deserved it. “Did you say at lunch the day after a meeting of starving people in Union Square this year that they were a lot of howlers, and ail you had to do was to show your pistol and disperse them?” “dn Sa:d such a thing.” Recess was here taken. ‘champion Foreigners’ Right in Japan. An Associated Press reporter called Min- ister Kurino's attention to the testimony cf Inspector Williams before the Lexow in- vestigating committee that he owned some ground in Japan, and inquired what prop- erty rights foreigners had in the mikado's realm. Minister Kurino replied as follows: “While foreigners cannot obtain title m fee simple to land in Japan, they can, in the treaty ports and in the foreign conces- sions in Tokio and Osaki, acquire, under certain conditions, what amounts substan- tially to ownership thereof. They may lease the land for a long term of years and then release it, which amounts practically to a perpetual leasehold. For this privi- lege they, of course, pay a certain sum to the owner, and a ground rent to the gov- ernment. ‘Tne treaty ports in which such privilege may be exercised are Yokohama, Nagasaki, Hakodate and Kohe. Replying to further questions, the min- ister said the privilege to thus acquire what {s practically a perpetual leasehold had existed for a number of years. Last King of Naples Dead. VIENNA, December 27.—Francis II, the last king of Naples, died today at Arco, in the Austrian Tyrol, SUFFERING FOLLOWS The Snow Brings Cold’ and Sorrow to Many. Police Fund and Associated Charities “ Overrun by Applicants for Aid— Fuel the Great Need. ‘The snowstorm of yesterday did not re- sult in much sleighing, as today’s thaw has almost stripped the streets of the white cevering. This morning the streets were in a terrible condition, the sidewalks being slippery and treacherous. The snow has hurt the poor severely. Washington, how- ever, has escaped lightly, as other cities have been severely visited by the storm. From a weather bureau view the chief characteristic of the present storm has been the rapidity of its development and movement, this result being largely due to a barometic pressure in Nontana of 31.2 inches, the highest recorded by the weather bureau. By night time it is expected that the storm will have moved into Maine and the St. Lawrence, leaving snow and slush behind. Rain has fallen generally east of the Mississippi, while from west of chat river cold weather and high winds are ad- vancing. Bismarck, N. D., leads the cold weather stations at 21 degrees below, and it is 18 degrees below at many points in the far northwest. Storm,signals are displayed all along the Atlantic and Guif coasts. Damage to shipping is feared, as the wind’s velocity will range from forty to seventy miles an hour. ‘i Charities Crowded. “House full” was the sign put on the door of the municipal lodging house yes- terday afternoon before 3 o'clock, and after that time no lodgers were admitted, al- though many called between then and 10 o'clock. Some of the men plead with the man in the office to be permitted to get in out of the blinding snow storm and cold. Many of them would no doubt will- ingly have occupied the piles of sawdust im the woodyard as a bed, but there were seventy-two men in the building and as there are only that number of beds there the others had to leave and seek shelter elsewhere. Many of the men who are here to live on the city as long as they can and then go elsewhere had been in the lodging house or police station before, and while twenty-five of them were lodged in the first police station, adjoining the lodging house, others went farther away, and those who were fortunate enough to get in the mission slept under cover and got something to eat, while those who ended their tramp in search of lodgings in a police station had to content themselves on a wooden bed with a warm air cover- ing. There were, in all, sixty lodgers ac- commodated in the poiice stations and there were perhaps seventy-five given resting places in the mission, Police Fund. The appearance of the snow storm yes- terday caused an increased demand tor assistance on the police and Asso- ciated Charities, and it is likely that an appeal for donations of money, food, fuel or clothing will soon be made, as the char- ity fund of the police department is get- ting very small. Chief Cierk Sylvester, who has charge of this fund, has been assisting some persons in extreme cases, and the assistance then was readered only after a careful investi- gation. "The appeals for help this winter have not been as numerous as they were last win- ter, and this, the police say, is because of the mild weather. When the weather is good poor people can get fuel, and gener- ally they are able to get something to eat, but the appearance of snow covers the ash piles where these people pick cinders and causes suffering on account of the cold. At the police stations a numer of ap- plications have been made from tme time during the past two months, but dis- tressing cases have not been very numer- ous, although a few such cases have been found and the parties assisted. ‘The police at the stations will receive do- nations of any kind, and at any time and distribute them to worthy persons. As a rule the police are acquainted with per- sons on their beats and are able to tell whether or not they are worthy. Should the present cold snap last sev- eral days the police think the stations will be besieged by applicants, but un- less some donations are made the relief will be small in propcrtion to what was done last year. Associated Charities. The Associated Charities is also much in need of funds and the demands on it for coal and for food are pressing. Con- tributions for this fund of money or ma- terial can be sert to Secretary Emery at the central office, $11 G street. ——— PROBABLY NOT TRUE. Thought Improbable Miss Pollard wi Attach Breckiuridge’s Receipts. Referring to the repert from Cincinnati that Miss Madeline Pollard contemplated attaching the box office receipts of Con- gressman Wm. C. P. Breckinridge during his lecturing tour throvsh the country, Mr. Calderon Carlisle of Miss Pollard’s counse’ stated to a Star reporter this after- noon that the story was news to him. It had, he believed, no foundation in fact. “You may say,” said Mr. Carlisle, “that I have recetved no instructions from Miss Pollard in the matter. “To attach the receipts it would first be necessary to institute a suit based on the Judgment of $15,000 which Miss Pollard secured against Mr. Breckiaridge here. Such a suit would have to be instituted wherever it was sought to attach the re- ceipts. In some jurisdictions at least judg- ment would first have to be obtained by Miss Pollard before she could have an attachment, while in some states she might secure an attachment upon the filing of a suit and before final judgment. It would all depend upon the law and prac- tice applying in the particular jurisd! tion in which Miss Pollard sought to se- cure an attachment.” Miss Pollard, Mr. Carlisle stated, is now in New York city with her brother, where she has been for several months. ——__— ss SHE WILL PROSECUTE. Mrs. Roth Changes Her Mind Regard- ing Her Husband. Mrs. Maggie Roth, wife of George Roth, who attempted to cut her throat with a razor and then made her drink ammonia, so she charges, has changed her mind about prosecuting him. She had a conver- sation with Sergt. Acton yesterday, in whick. she said that he had shot at her, set fire to her dress and then, on Christmas day, had used the ammonia and attempted to use the razor. “Heretofore,” she sald, “I have shielded him, but now I will prosecute him.” She also told the officer that she thought she was never born to be killed by her husband. Instead of being released yesterday, as he expected, Roth was taken to the ‘Police Court today and committed to jail for a hearing on 2 charge of assault with intent to kill. ————— Railrond Hearing. President Baker, Nathaniel Wilson and O. C. Green, representing the Columbia Railway Company, today appeared before the Commissioners and presented a number of additicnal arguments tending to show that the Columbia road is entitie1 to prefer- ence of right of way over the Washington and Georgetown road as regards the pro- posed north and northwest extension of the two lines. a Police Census Just Completed Shows 269,158 Inhabitants. The population of the District of Colum- bia, as set forth in a report compiled by Chief Clerk Richard Sylvester of the met- repolitan police and forwarded to the Com- missioners this afternoon by Major Moore, > 209,158. By police precincts it is as fol- lows: First, 12,078; second, 38,481; third, 33,827, fourth, 83,171; fifth, 40,128; sixth, 24,312; seventh, 19,460; eighth, 36,934; ninth, 29,867. ESO SESS 8. G. Holm ary goods merchant at Denison Sherman, Texas, has assigned Liabiliti il probably reach $75,000, INTERESTING TOPICS Those Treated by Associated Histor- ians of America. ——-___. AN OLD NATION OF INDIANS Invasion of New Mexico and En- glish Labor Unions. THOSE PRESENT TODAY The Associated Historians of America began their work of telling each other in- teresting things about their work at 10:45 o'clock this morning, in the lecture hall of the National Museum. They had started their tenth annual session last evening at the Cclumbian University, and today’s meeting was in continuation of the pro- ceedings. A program of nine papers was the order of the day. The delegates were a bit slow in arriving on account of the slow going, due to the freezing that fol- lowed the snow storm. Prof. Windsor of Harvard called the meeting to order and announced the first paper, which was read by Mrs. Lee C. Harby of New York on the habits, government and superstitions of the Tejas Indians. Interesting Indians. It proved to be the only connected nar- rative which has been written of this nation of Indians, who possessed the dis- tinguishing excellence of having been al- ways friendly to the white man. The rame, Tejas, had its existence long before the generally accepted account of how Texas received its appellation. The origin of it has not been ascertained, but the first mention of it in history is where we are told that Nuno de Guzman in 1530 had as a slave one of the Tejas nation. The nation consisted of forty-eight distinct tribes, banded together in leagues of from five to nine tribes. Over each tribe was a Xinesi, and the league was ruled by a grand Xinesi. The tribes were governed by their own consent, It was a confeder- acy. It was also a community of interests and of werk. They allowed no idleness; there was certain work to do and those who refused were punished by whipping. They held their rulers in great respect and showed especial reverence for age. The Tejas worshiped one God, saying that He possessed the power of doing every- thing, they recognized and understood a great first cause; yet they believed that all things, animate and inanimate, could be propitiated by prayer. They attacaed no penalties to infidelity in conjugal rela- tions. One might leave the other accord- ing to inclination. It was simply a mutual agreement, without fight or quarrel to mar its simplicity. Some of the tribes practiced polygamy, irrespective of con- sanguinity. They lived in houses made of cular in front and “twenty varas high A fire was kept continually burning. Their beds were made of palm mats sireiched between posts and canopied with the same, rudely painted. The men went nude in summer, but dressed in buffalo hides when it was cold. The women never went un- draped from the waist down; they wore deer skins. They believed in the immor- tality of the soul and believed the souls the dead were gathered together in fam: ilies and sent to populate new worlds. They were agricultural in their habits, planted for their subsistence, were docile, kind, obedient and very courteous; easy to evan- gelize, said the priests—who deprecated an army ‘being sent there, as they heeded no protection. When trouble arose it was entirely due to the soldiery, who, jealous of the influence of the church, meddied with the kindly natives, interfered with their wives and made theraselves generally obnoxious. They inhabited an enormous extent of territory covering nearly all of that vast stretch of country which is now called Texas. New Mexico. Prof. George Parker Winship of Harvard next read a paper telling why Coronado went to New Mexico in 1540. He said that the Spanish expedition to New Mexico in that year, under the command of Coronado, was in part a result of the need of getting rid of the soldiers of fortune, who had come over from Wurope to take part in the conquest of the old world. There was no specially attractive field for their services between 1535 and 1540, and they setued in the City of Mexico and other towns of New Spain, living as best they could, and prov- ing a constant source of trouble to Viceroy Mendoza and the colonists. The Spanish settlers In old Mexico had heard before 1586 that there were wealthy cities in the north, but the first reliable report was brought in that year by Caleza de Vaca, a Spaniard, who had been wrecked on the Texan coast some years before. He had walked to Mexico and had heard rumors from the Indians about the more populous cities on the upper Kio Grande. Between 156 and 1589 several efforts were made to reach these cities without success. In 1539 a Franciscan friar, Marcas de Niza, crossed the mountains and got sight of the seven cities of Cibola, the pueblo villages of the Zunis. The indiscretion of the negro Estevan, who accompanied the friar as guide, made it impossible for him to enter. ‘The friar returned and gave such a glowing account of the seven cilies that the viceroy determined to send an expedition to con- quer the region. The friar’s story was re- peated from the pulpits and market places until greatly exaggerated ideas spread in regard to the size and weaith of the cities. Tt was currently reported that they were surrounded by high stone walls, and that their houses were many stories high. The people, it was said, had vast herds of cat- tle—probably the buffalo herds of the plams —and also of sheep, besides having large Mike gold, silver and precious stones. A large army was collected in the spring of lbw, which started. to conquer the seve cities, confident of finding vast stores of wealth, which should rival the treasures of Montezuma and the Incas of Peru. In- stead, they only found the Pueblo Indians of Tuni and Tusayan, much as they exist today. An Old Institution. ‘The third paper of the day was by Prof. Bernard Moses of the University of Cali- fornia on the “Casa de Contratacion of Seville,” being read in abstract by Prof. George B. Adams of Yale. The paper was an account of the Spanish office of colonial administration, during the time when the Spanish holdings in America required spe- cfal care at the seat of the home govern- ment. ‘Prof. Moses called this establishment the “{ndia office” of Spain, and described its vast system of accounts, inspection and finance. Corruption, he said, crept into the yast scheme of administration, and scan- dals resulted. Great fleets were fitted out from time to time for the colonies, from which individuals grew rich, and the re- sult was the final downfall of the Casa de Contratacion. Jury System. Dr. Walter B. Scaife of Geneva, Switzer- land, sent a paper, which was read In his absence, on “Some European Modifications of the Jury System.” He showed that the system was introduced on the continent by the French revolution, for criminal trials only, The code Napoleon retained it, but required merely a majority vote for the verdict, and abolished the jury of accusa- tion, corresponding to our grand jury, and which has never since found a footing either in France or the neighboring coun- tries. Southern Regulators. “The Regulators of North Carolina in 1766-71," was the topic of Prof. John S. Bassett’s paper. He.is of the facuity of Trinity College of Durham, N. C. He said the paper was based on new points found in the recently published colonial records of North Carolina. He claimed that the regulators was only a peasants’ rising, and not an attempted revolution, and that it was due to economic and political rather than to religious causes. Kansas’ First Governor. Prof. Frank W. Blackmar of the Uni- versity of Kansas read next, “A Chapter in the Life of Charles Robinson, the First Governor of Kansas.” He called Robinson the most important character in the build- ing of the commonwealth of Kansas. He wi on the whole, said Prof. Blackmar, the greatest leader of the free state cause. posts and fine grass, without windows, cir-. Prof. Blackiner gave some very inter- esting facts connected with the lives of Senator Lane and John Brown, and drew a strong contrast wetween them and Robin- son, greatly to the credit of the latter. Continéntal Congress. Dr. Herbert Friedenwald of Philadelphia contributed a paper on the Continental Congress, whiciithe itermed “a neglected portion of American revolutionary his- tory.” That congress, he sald, arouses unique interest in American history as the, dictating head of the great war that was to establish the United States among the nations of the world. It combined all the functions of a legislative, executive and judicial body, and exercised them at va- rious times. ‘Its remiins are embodied in a mass of documents’ which may roughly be divided into ‘the journal of the pro- ceedings and all.other papers. Labor Unions. Mr. Edward Parritt of Farmington, Conn., read a valuable paper on the origin and de- velopment of the labor movement in na- tional and municipal politics in England. He said that this movement began in par- liament and worked downward into munici- pal politics. Labor representation in the house of commons began in 1874, while it was not started in local councils until 1889. The parliamentary movement began be- fore the working classes were enfranchised. Working men living in the towns first exer- cised the parliamentary vote in 1868, and those living in the rural districts in 1835. In 1867, however, a royal commission was appointed to inquire into the organization and conduct of trades unions, and the se- lection of its members led to the appoint- ment by the trade unionists of a represent- ative national committee, which developed into the organization now known as the ‘Trade Union Congress in 1868. In 1869, at the congress held in Birmingham, labor representation in parliament first became a definite policy of the trade unionists. At the general election of 1868 two labor lead- ers unsuccessfully sought seats in the com- mons, and it was not until 1574 that trade unionists were elected by the miners of Northumberland and Staffordshire. The miners were the first to take advantage of the reform act passed in 1568, and they, also, more generally than any others, took advantage of the reform act of 1589. This activity. of the miners results from their much closer ad more frequent con- tact with the law than any other workmen, and in many Constituencies on the great coal tields the miners are in the majority, so that the parliamentary candidate who secures the unanimous support of the miners is certain of election. Five parlia- ments have been elected since 1389. In the first there were two labor members, in the second three, in the third ten, in the fourth twelve, and in the fifth and present there are sixteen. So far the labor party has principally confined itself in municipal politics to demands for the establishment of municipal workshops, for an eight-hour day, the abolition of the contract system in all public works, remunerative work for the unemployed, and reduction of the salaries of the legal, engineering and clerical staffs in the municipal service, and to attempts to compel school boards and town councils to usurp many of the functions and duties which parliament has since 1834 imposed on the boards of guardians for the relief of the poor. ‘The last paper of the day was by Prof. Wm. A. Dunning of Columbia College, on “American Political Philosophy.” In Attendance, Those members of the association who have so far attended the meeting. are as follows: Prof. Geo, B. Adams of Yale, Prof. Herbert B. Adams of Johns Hopkins, Dr. Cyrus Adler of the Smithsonian, Prof. Edmund K. Aldensof Packer Institute, Brooklyn; Andrew H. Allen of the State Department, Revs Wm. G. Andrews of Guilford, Conn.; Dr.»Frederic Bancroft cf Washington, Prof, y. Blackiner of Kan- sas, Prof. Edward G. Bourne, Adelbert Col- lege, Cleveland; Dr. Olarence W. Bower of New York, Prof. Geo. L. Burr of Cornell, A. Howard Clark of the National Museum, Mendes Cohen of Baltimore, Wm. E. Curtis ot Washington, ‘Prof. William A. Dun- ning, of Columbit “College, New York; Prof. E. Emerton of Harvard; Prof. Henry ron of Trinity Goilege, Hartford; Dr. erbert Friedenwald) of Philadelphia; Dr. G. Brewne Goode ef he Smithsonian; Mrs. Lee C, Harby, New Xcrk; Prof, Chas. H. Haskins, University of Wisconsin; Prof. Johr Bell Heayeman, Hampden‘Sidney Ccllege, Va.; Prof. Richard Hudson, Uni- versity of Michigay; Prof. A. C. MeLau lin, University of Michigan; Prof. Otis ‘T. Mason, National, Museum; Pref. A. D. Morse, Amberst Coligny: Judge Chas. A. Peabody, N York; Phillip G, Peabody, Boston; Dr. Wm. J. Poole, librarian New- berry Library of Chieago; Prof. James Hervey Robinson, University of Pennsyl yania; Miss L. M. Salmon, Vassar College: S. M. Sener, Lancaster, Pa.; Ainsworth R. R. Spofford of Washington; Dr. Bernard C. Steiner, librarian Pratt Library of Bal- timore; Prof. Wm. P. Trent, University of the South, Sewanee, Tenn.; Dr. John M. Vincent, Johns Hopkins; ' Dr. Willston Walker, Hartford; Ethelbert D. Warfield, president Lafayette College, Easton, Pa.: John A. Weekes, New York; James A. Wilgus, Columbus, Ohio; Gen. James Grant Wilson, president New York Geneological and Biographical Society, and Dr. Justin Windsor, librarian of Hatvard. —_ CONGRESSMAN HENRY'S WEDDING. Ceremony Celebrated According to Old English Customs. Spectal Dispatch to The Evening Star. CAMBKIDGE, Md., December 27.—The wedding of the W. L. Henry, representative in Congress, from the first district, and Mrs. Mattie H. Henry took place here to- day in Christ P. Church. The church was packed with friends and relatives. ‘The wedding ceremony was celebrated by the Rev. Franklin Bache Adkins, a brother of the bride, assisted by the Rev. T. C. Page and the Rev. Dr. Jas. L. Brown. The bride was given away by her brother, Wm. H. Adkins. She was attended by Miss Char- lotte Goldsborough Henry, a sister of the groom. Congressman Henry was attended by Levin S. Dail of Cambridge as best man. The ushers were Robert G. Henry of Bal- timore, a brother of the groom; Guy Steele of Baitiniore, A. Eugene Dereeves of Phila- delphia, William H. Ross of Cambridge end Hughlett Hardcastle of aston. Adkins Henry and Byron Shepherd were the pages. The wedding ceremony took place at 1:30, and the bride and groom took the 3 o'clock train fo" a trip north. After the first of the year they will reside in Washington for the winter. The bride is a widow of the late Daniel M. Henry, jr., who was a cousin of Con- gressman Henry. Christ Church was beautifully decorated with evergreens, holly, mistletoe, cut palms and roses. A full choir sang the wedding march from “Lohengrin” as the oridal party entered the church, and during the betrothal sang “A Voice that Breathed O’er Eden.” The ceremony was celebrated according to the old English custom. The betrothal tock place at the altar steps, and the bride and groom stood with clasped hands while the betrothal hymn was being sung. Then the whole party advanced to the chancel rail, from within which the ministers pro- nounced the final wo¥ds and the blessing. STRUCK -B¥ A TRAIN. A Terrible Accideat to a of Young Men. GREEN BAY, Wis., December 27.—An omnibus containing eighteen young men was struck by a Milwaukee and Northern passenger train as it was pulling into the yard of that company in the southern part of the city, at Mason street bridge, today, and six were seriously injured, the others being bruised quite severely. Two of the injured, Alfred Abbott and George Chand- ler, may die. ’Bus Load —_—_— EX-PRESIDENT ELLAURI DEAD. He Was Twice Chief Magistrate of Uruguay. MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, December 27.— Dr. Jose Ellauri, formerly president of Uru- guay, is dead. Dr. Ellauri was twice elected president; the second time he resigned and was suc- ceeded by Idiarte Borda, the present chief magistrate of the republic. —_—_———_—_ Seha’ Remains Interred. Special Dispatch to The Bvening Star. HAGERSTOWN, Md., December 27.—The remains of Charles J. Schall, the young Washington photographer who committed suicide here on Christmas evening, were interred today in Rcse Hill cemetery. Schall carried a life insurance in the Met- ropolitan Insurance Company for $500, but there is a clause in his policy making it void if death is self-inflicted. SMALLPOX SPREADS Limit Almost Reached at the Con- tagious Hospital. POLICE AND THE BRANNON CASE Several New Patients Last Night and Suspects Today. OFFICIALS ARE AOTIVE The smallpox which started among the colored people in the vicinity of Pierce street, where there are so many tenement houses, occupied almost exclusively by cclored people, promises to be productive of @ great many more cases than did the Cos- ton case, when department clerks and a few servants were hauled off to the small- pox hospital. Four cases were reported yesterday, and the patients were sent to the hospital. A few more cases and the little hospital building will have to be en- larged. Last night Dr. Elliott telephoned to the health office a list of his patients, as fol- lows: Mattie Williams, white, twenty-two years, 606 East Capito! street; Anna Williams, white, twenty years, 606 East Capitol street; Mary Williams, white, eleven years, 606 East Capitol street; William Green, cclored, twenty-four years, 1224 Madison street; Martha King, colored, forty-four years, 625 Marion court; Jesse Corbin, colored, thirty-five years, Pierce street; Missie Williams, eighteen years, 6 Q street; Joseph Brannon, colored, twenty-four years, Madison court; Sarah Thomas, col- ored, twenty-tive years, 8 Logan place; — colored, thirty years, 52 Pierce street Yesterday's Cases. The smallpox episode at the second pre- cinct station late yesterday afternoon, as published in yesterday’s Star, caused more uneasiness than any other case. Joseph Brannon, the colored man from Madison court who called, was literally covered with pustules, and it did not require the diagnosis of a doctor to convince the police that the smallpox hospital was the place for him. ‘The officers who were on duty in the station at the time were badly fright- ened, and Policeman Murphy, who was in charge of the patrol service, was kept busy telling the man to remain near the door and not approach the desk. Brannon had been at the station Sunday, and complained of feeling sick, and yesterday, when he called, he endeavored to explain to the officers that he had the ckickenpox. But there was no time for explanations, and Dr. Bradiield, one of the physicians to the poor, soon notitied the health office of the case, aoe was hauled off to the hos- pital. Missie Williams, the colored girl at No. 6 Q street, had already been removed, and later Sarah Lfhomas of Stone’s row and Mary Grant of 52 Pierce street were re- moved to the hospital. The latter, feeling unwell, had called at Freedman’s Hospital for treatment. ‘The removal of Joseph Brannon from the Second police station did not end the scare concerning this particular case, for there was so much uneasiness shown that it be- came necessary to close the front office and desert it. Some of the policemen positively refused to enter the station, and one of this num- ber was Sergt. Davia Dunnigan. Not only did he refuse to enter the station, but he Went to headquarters and made a report of the occurrence, and also discussed the situation with health officials. Health Officer Woodward visited the station later in the afternoon and had the front oftice fumigated. He said there was no danger in other parts of the building, and some of the officers mustered up courage enough to sleep in there last night, while others slept in the adjoining building. Owing to the closing of the front office, the patrol and telephone systems could not be op- erated, so that the policemen on duty did not have to mae’ their hourly calls bywtel- ephone. There was a heavy barricade placed in front of the building, so that citizens who had police business to look after had to go to other precincts, plice Court Uneasy. The appearance of second precinct po- licemen in the Police Court this morning caused the judges e little uneasiness, and the officers were questioned as to whether or not they had come in contact with the smallpox patient. Judges Miller and Kimball talked about the matter, and the result was that all persons not having business in court were ordered to leave. Persons attracted to court througa curiosity will not be admit- ted until the smallpox scare is over, and Judge Kimball's remarks on the subject were made in such a way that by the time he had finished talking only about six of the hundred spectators were left in the room. ‘Those who frequent the court day after day were told that they would have to find another loafing place. Officer Daniel Williams, who handles the District's finances in court, was not satis: fied with what the judges had done and he called at the health office and asked that some disinfecting or fumigating be done. Chief Clerk McLean heard what he had to say and promised to do what he could today or tomorrow. 5 Kept Busy. The number of cases showed such an in- crease yesterday that Health Officer Wood- ward and his assistants were kept busy until after midnight. Sulphur candles, powdered sulphur and strong disinfecting solutions were in great demand, and Dr. O'Malley and his force of men at the quarantine station used large quantities of them at the various houses from where the patients were taken. In addition to making thorough disinfec- tions the health officer had the Commis- sioners appoint a number of special police- men, eight in all, to watch the infected houses to prevent as far as possible the spreading of the disease. Although the health office was not closed until nearly 1 o'clock this morning the officials were on hand at 9 o'clock as usual, and tonight the office will not be closed be- fore 12 o'clock. Another Quarter. ‘Today the disease has started ‘in another quarter. This time South Washington has the case. This patient is Lula Whitaker, colored, twenty-one years old. Last night about midnight she was reported as a sus- picious case, and this morning when Dr. Walls, the smallpox inspector, called at the house he found the patient ill. Seven days ago she was taken sick, and when Dr. Walls caw her this morning the eruption had appeared all over her face and body. The doctor could ascertain no history whatever of the case, One year ago Lula came here from At- lanta, Ga., and had been in service until September Since then she has lived in a little hut in rear of 1241 34 street, Dr. Walls found the woman in this filthy place she called her home. From her he learned that she had not been in the neigh- borhood of the smallpox cases about Pierce street and Stone’s row, and just where she contracted the disease the doctor has no idea. As soon as the doctor saw that the young woman had the smallpox he sent for the ambulance and had her sent to the hospital. Police Are Angry. ‘The police are greatly incensed at the action of Dr. Bradfield, physician to the poor, because of his action in the case of the colored man, Joseph Brannon, whose appearance caused so much uneasiness yes- terday. Lieut. Teeple reported the facts to Maj. Moore today. According to his report of the case, when the colored man first ap- peared and said he was sick with the chickenpox he was referred to Dr. Brad- field, the physician to the poor for that particular district, and later the doctor drove down to the station with the small- pox man in his buggy. The doctor then escorted the man into the station and then he seated himself on a chair. Then the doctor told the officers the man's ailment and asked them to telephone to the health office. “Why did you bring him in here?” the doctor was asked, and his response was that he did not know where else to take him. 1 ‘Then the colored man remained there for nearly two hours before the ambulance for him. A Suspicious Case. This afternoon about 2 o'clock there was @ suspicious case reported to the health office. A servant girl, who lives at the house of a well-known citizen, near 17th and P streets, was taken sick last even- ing, and a physician was sent for today. It was stated that an eruption had appear- ed on her face, and the physician sent for could not respond because he had received a call from the country, and could not call to see the sick woman. He sent word to the health office, and because of the sus- picious nature of the woman's illness Dr. Walis, the smallpox inspector, was directed to proceed to the house as soon as possible and make an investigation, a SOCIETY OF CHURCH HISTORY. It Convened This Afternoon—Bishop Hurst’s Address of Welcome. The American Society of Church History, which was organized at New York city on March 23, 1888, convened in annual ses- sion this afternoon in the reception rocm of Columbian University. The opening ad- dress was*delivered by the president of the society, Rev. Bishop J. F. Hurst, who ex- tended a cordial welcome to the society. He gave a review of the progress of the science of church history in Germany, France, Great Britain and the United States during the year 1894. In his re- marks he asserted that Germany takes the lead in Uterary productiveness of this kind in this year as in former ones. In connection with German literature he mentioned Budde, Grank, Krenkle, Theiner and others as producers of works of this character. In France he enumerated Bos- quet, Lector, Sabatier and others as the chief authors of the year. In Great Britain he mentioned Graham, Pool, Froude, Over- ton, Creighton and MacLaren as the lead- ing authors of church history. Of Ameri- can authors he referred to Straus, Thomp- son, Henderson, Dunning and Smith. He called attention to the fact that in the important series of the histories of the church in the United States, ordered by the society four years ago, seven of the thirteen volumes have already appeared and received recognition in this country and in Europe. Bishop Hurst stated that the science of church history was getting a firmer hold on the religious world. He said that there were four particulars which distinguished the later history of the church. First. Popular treatment by scholarly writers, and he mentioned a series called “The National Church,” now in process of publication. Second. Its apologetic value. Third, Interest of laymen in theological life. In this connection he spoke of Thomp- son, §traus, Lea and Campbell as illustra- tions’ of this important characteristic. Fourth. The writing of church history from a standpoint of science. He said the oid plan of writing denominational history had been laid aside. History ts now construed to mean life of the universal church. The controversial ax has lost much of its edge and the day seems to be dawning when there will be no_use for the ax itself. During the afternoon Rev. Prof. C. M. Mead of the Theological Seminary, Hart- ford, Conn., speke of “Ritschl’s Place in the History of Doctrine,” and Rev. M. J. Cramer of East Orange, N. J., read the translated letters from John Hus to his church in Prague, written while in prison. —— WANTS AN ACCOUNTING. Two New Suits Filed in the Walker Cane. Bartow L. Walker, the real estate dealer, who, July 10 last, was declared by a mar- shal’s jury to be incapable of managing his affairs because Of unsoundness of mind, Was today made the defendant in two suits instituted by his wife, Genevieve 2. Wal- ker. The first was a suit for divorce, and the second for an accounting of a trust | tuna. The papers in the divorce suit were with- held from publication. In the second suit Mrs. Walker states that they were mar- ried January 25, 1883. She claims that she has intrusted to her husband $31,000, which he has handled as trustee, and she wants an accounting. On the 3d of last October Mr. Walker, upon his own motion, was discharged from the custody of Attorney B. F. Leighton, the committee appointed by the court to manage Mr. Walker's estate during his mental incapacity, and he was restored to the possession of his estate. ences PARAMOUNT. ARE An Interesting Question on Prop- erty Rights and Tax Sales. Mr. C. C, Duncanson in a communication to the Commissioners on the 14th instant in relation to the proposed improvement of an alley in Cooke Park, between Cam- bridge and U streets, Georgetown, under the assessment and permit system, sug- gested that seventeen of the eighteen houses on Cambridge street abutting the alley proposed to be improved are incum- bered by deeds of trust, and insisting that the assessments made to pay for the alley improvements shall be subject to his in- cumbrances. The matter was referred to the attorney for the District, who, in his opinion, ren- dered this afternoon, states that the ques- tion is a novel one in this District, and therefore he has considered it with the care its importance demands. The provision of the statute bearing on the matter, according to the attorney, is that one-half of the total cost of the as- sessment work provided for, including the cost of the advertisement, shall be charged against and become a lien upon abutting property and an assessment therefore shall be levied pro rata according to the linear frontage of the property. If property upon which such assessr.ents and accrued interest thereon or any part thereof shall remain unpaid at the expira- ticn of two years from the date of notice of such assessment It shall be subject to sale therefor, under the same conditions and penalties which are imposed by exist- ing laws for the non-payment of taxes; and if any property assessed as provided for shall become liable to sale for any other assessment or tax whatever, then the assessments levied under this statute shall become immediately due and payable, and the property against which they are levied may be sold therefor, together with the accrued interest thereon and the cost of advertisement to the date of sale. At- torney Thomas concluds that the ilen of assessments to pay fcr assessment and permit work are paramount to the len of mortgages and deeds of trust. —__. An Opinio: The attorney for the District this after- noon rendered his decision on the petition of the Metropolitan Railway Company for permission to run an iron pipe along the line of its tracks on P street southwest and Water street from the Potomac river to its power house, on square 547, for the purpose of conveying Potomac water. It is recommended that the application should be granted under such condition and lMmi- tation as will prevent the pipe from being in the future an obstruction to sewers or other public works in the streets. Baltimore Markets. BALTIMORE, December 2T.—Plour dull, uncang- ed—receipts, 13,878 barrels: ‘shipments: 2,905 tak, Fels; sales,’ 100 barrels. Wheat. firmer—spot and month, 59%4a59%; January, 59%a60; February, 00%; May, 63; steamer rea, —re- ceipts, 17.604 bushels; stock, 1,052,849 bushels; sales,’ 7,000 bushels; southern wheat by sample. Bsa61; do. on grade,’ 57200. Corn firmer--spot and Year, ‘$74a47%; January, 4884844; May, 52: steam- er mixed, 46%9a46%—receipts, 61,873 bushels: ments, 17,148 bushels; stock, 1,088,102, bushels sales, 20,000 bushels; southern white corn, 44048; do. yellow, 45a48. Oats quiet but firm-—No. 2 white western, $8a38%4; No. 2 mixed, 85a35}4— receipts, 11,672 bushels; stock, 168,678 bushels. Ityo quiet” No. 2, 57a5T4_receipts, 2,053 bushels; stock, 5, G28 bushels, Hay sfendy—good to choice timoth $13.00u$13.50. Grain freights inactive, unchanged. Sugar quiet, ‘unchanged. Butter and rggs steady, unchanged. " Cheese unchanged. ago Grain and Provision Markets Reported by Silsby & Co., Bankers and Brokers. CHICAGO, December 27, 1404. Open. High. “Low. “Close. acy Izy _ 5T%4-% — — — 1. Beesoen= SBsasani New York Cotton. Cotton wires down owing to storm, ae FINANCE AND TRADE Improvement in Speculation Pree dicted for the New Year, SUGAR SITUATION AGAIN CRITICAL Effect of Threatened Complications With Spain. GENERAL MARKET REPORTS Special Dispatch to The Evening Stur. NEW YORK, December 27.—The course of prices this morning was void of interest to any but the professional element, and the volume of business was without im- prevement over the two preceding days of the week. Added to the chronic dullness incident to the holiday season was the de- struction of telegraphic communication with out-of-town correspondents, which confined operations to the local contingent and intensified the narrowness. Predic- tions of general speculative improvement to fellow the advent of the new year are almost universally indorsed by the well- informed, but pessimism is rampant among the room element, and no developments of impertance are expected while the public submits to the domination of the transi+ tory holders ot stock certificates, Investors are expected to come into t! market shortly as purchasers of the bett class of stocks and inspire the bulls wit sufficient aggressiveness to make profits the long account, occur with the frequen now accorded the opposite side. The most reasorable deduction from the mass of contradictory and complex spec- ulative material now available seems to be that dullness and a mogerately steady undertone with a tendency toward im- provement will be the principal character- istics of the immediate future. The condition of the coal trade is such as to have revived the extremely bearish feeling of few weeks ago, and resulted in moderate selling for both accounts. Jersey Central was active within narrow limits as a result of a possible reduction in the dividend rate. The opinion obtains in some quarters that the official an- nouncement of such reduction should cause no further decline in the market value of the stock, as the recent /iberal concessions were the result of a general discounting of the action now regarded as assured if conservative management is considered. New York Central moved up 1-2 per cent, and elsewhere the lack of interest pre- vented any significant fluctuation. The sugar situation has again become critical, and the holders of long stock show @ pronounced willingness to liquidate on every advance, pending some settlement of the threatened diplomatic complications with Spain. The management is openly quoted as believing in lower prices as a resylt of the above condition, which is per- haps an argument against short selling for the present. Distillers was barely steady on a decreas- ed volume of business, as compared with yesterday, and the balance of the list made little change from initial prices. The last hour's trading was as uninter- esting as its predecessors, spasmodic and featureless transactions serving to pro- long a profitless session. New York Cen- tral was marked up to par during this period and in sympathy with this advance, for which the dividend was _responsib! the general list rallied from the low h of mid-day. While no accurate estimate can be given, it is generally believed among bankers that considerable gold will go abroad by Saturday's steamers. Obligations maturing at the first of thé year will be mainly re- sponsible for the outflow. The bears will likely use this knowledge as a depressing influence on stock values, although the movement at this time is quite natural, and should cause no uneasiness, unless it assumes abnormal proportions, which is not likely. nn 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. 80 Broadway: Stocks. Open. High. Low. Close American Sugar. SH 89 BS American Sugar, pf Abies TR American Tobace 96” “96% American Cotton ig Atchison, “i Canada $ “i Chicago Gas... G, Moand St Pani ° C., M and St. Paul, pfd. Cc. RL and Pacific, Del. Lack. and W . Delaware and Hudson Denver and Rio Grande. Dis and Cattle Feeding General Electric. Iinois Central Lake Shore. Louisville and Nashville Long Island Traction... Metropolitan Traction . Mannattan Elevated Michigan Central, Mixsoun Pacific. . National Lead Co. U. 8. Cordage Co... U.S. Cordage, pid jew Jersey Centr: New York Central X.Y. and New En, N. ¥.. C. and St. Northern Pacific. Northern Pacine, pd. North American... Ont. and Western Pacific Mall Phila, and Southern Railway. Phila. ‘Traction... is. Wheeling & Lake Erie. Wheeling & L. £., ptd. Sestern Union Tel Wisconsin Central Sliver... Washington Stock Exchange. Government Bonds.—U. S. 4a, registered, 1 pid, 114 asked. “U. $. 48, foupea, Thy ond! oF rict of Columbia Bonds..— a ot 5s, 100 id. 20-year fund 6s, gold, 110 bid. Water stock 's, 1901, currency, 116 bid. Water «tock 7s, 1 Gurrency, 125 bid. | 8.008, funding, currency, 114 bid, 116% asked. "8144, Fegiatered, 2-10s, 100 bid. Miscellaneous Bonds.—-Washington and George town Railroad conv. Gs, Ist, 134% bid. ey ton and Georgetown Railroad conv. bid. , Metropolitan Raflroad conv, 69, 1 phd, 1 asked. Relt Raflroad 58, 75. bi asked. "Eck- ington Railroad Gs, 100% bid. Columbia Tiatiroad @s, 18 bid, 109 asked. “Washington Gas Company 6s, series "A, 112 bid. Washington Gas Compaay Gs, series By 114 bid. | Washington Gas cony. 63, 135 bid, 140 asked. U. 8. Blectrie conv. 5s, 125 bid. Chesapeake and Potoruac Tele- es, 103 asked, | American Security and Trost ms, F. and A., 100 bid. American Security ‘Trust 5s, A. and O., 100 bid. Washi Market Company’ ist Gs, 108'bid. Washington Market Com- pany inip. Gs, 108 bid. Washington Market Com- ext. Os, 104 bid. Masonic Hall Assoctation Be, ios bia. Washington Light Infantry, tat 0s, 99 bid. Washington Light Infantry 2d 7s, 99 1d. National Bank Stocks,—Bank of Wasbington, 800 bid, 310 asked. Bank of the Republic, 250 bid, 285 asked. Metropolitan, 280 bid, 297 asked. Cen- tral, 270 bid, 297 asked. Farmers and Mechanics’, 190" id, 200 asked. 187 bid, 147 asked: Columbia, 130, bid. Capital,’ 115 bid." West End, #107 bid,” 100% asked. Traders’, 108 bid. Lincola, 94 bid. Ohio, 7 bid. Safe Deposit and Trust Comparies.—National Safe Deposit and Trust, 120 bid, 130 asked. Ws ton Loan and Trust, 119 bid, 121 asked. Americam Security and Trust, 135% bid, 137 asked, Wash- ton Safe Deposit, 100 asked. allroad Stocks. Washington (and Georgetown, 280 bid. Metropolitan, 54 bid, 66 asked. Columr bia, 63 bid, 63 asked. 'Eckington, 35 bid. Gas and Blectrle Light Stocks Washington Ga 47 bid, 48 asked. | Georgetown Gas, 00 bi Blectric Light, *120% bid, 128 asked. Insurance Stocks.—Firemen's, 45 asked. Fra lin, 45 bid. Metropolitan, 68 bid. Corcoran, bid. Potomac, 70 bid. Arlington, 150 bid. man-American, 160 bid, | National Union, *i3 18 asked. Columbia, 18 bid. bid, asked. People’s, *5i{ bid, 5% asked. " Lincols, ve 7% asked. Commercial, 4 tle Insurance Stocks.—Rea 10 ‘Title, 108 bid, 118 asked. Columbia Title, °T bid, 7% asked. Washington Tithe, 7} asked. Telephone Sts ennaylvania, 85 bid. Chesa 55 asked. Americag asked. Pneumatic Gui ‘Miscetlaneous Stocks.—W' Great Falls I 180 Lincoln Bai, d Bid, Mereenthaler Linotype, 187 bid, 150 asked. Iv. Rosh eg Cartiegs, 38 bid. _