Evening Star Newspaper, January 5, 1895, Page 2

2 “ THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, JANUARY 5, 1895-TWENTY PAGES ne | LATE. NEWS BY WIRE Senator Blackburn Announces His Political Platform. FOR FREE SILVER A STRONG ADVOCATE He “Roasts” ‘His Party for Break- ing WW" Pledges. A SENSATIONAL INTERVIEW — Special Dispateh $6, The Evening Star. LOUISVILLE, Ky., January 5.—Senator J. C. 3, Blackburn, in an interview in the Louisville Post “Qtis _ afternoon, makes formal announcerhént of his candidacy for return to thes(Bited States Senate. The Senator comes out for’ free silver, first, last and all the time. ¢He “roasts” the demo- eratic party afd-gays it has not kept a single one of {ts pledges as made in the} Chicago platform, with the exception of the repeal of the-federal election. laws, and roundly berate Congress for its dilatory nd negligence. : “E am going to take the stump in Kentucky as‘g00n as Congress adjourns in the spring and-will speak to the people of every county in the state. I believe in the free comage of silver and at a ratio to be determined by an average standard of value. [| would take the market price of silver ever sffice it has been used in cur- rency, and them strike an average and then coin it,at, that ratio. Senator Blackburn has no nowspaper sup- pert in the state, But indications point to his re-election @n hid Bilver platform. He is opposed by Gov. John Young Brown, ex- Gev. Simon B. Buckner and Representa- tive James B. McCréary. The contest is warming up and promises to be a hot pqiti- cal fight. ——-— PENSION DECISIONS. vernl Important Rulings on Various Questions by Judge Reynolds. Several rulings affecting the practice of the pension bureau have been promulgated by Judge Keynolds, assistant secretary of the interior In a case arising in. Rhode Island the department holds that an agent appointed "b¥ & state to prosecute, without cost tas appileants, claims for pensions against the United States, ‘fs entitled to the recogi#itlon" accorded.any..other agent or attorney.. When In a claim for increase an order fgr a medical éxamination is not obeyed the attorney will be notified of the fact, Whif“tnless satisfactory explana- tion of the failure to report for examina- tion is made within ‘ninety’days from the date of notice. the attorney will be held to be in neglect anif Afs “attorneyship for- feited. in, cases whege.there Is evidence showing @pey.and notorious adulterous co- habitatian-ou; the part ef a claimant, with- out proet of. €xistence of the offense at the tte! Of Application, the pension ; bureau wif hereafter allow pension to con- tinue for one year trom the date of filing the application,...ihe. department also de- cided the rignt of surviving partner in a firm of iittorneys-prosecuting pension cases. Judge Keynolds holds that where such a firm has Qeen prosecuting a claim, and one of the attorneys dies before the completion of the claim, the sutviving partner will not be required to obtain a new power of at- torney in #% own behalf to entitle him to Tecognipion in that claim. Accordingly, he will hou puggyall..te proceed with the case in the Gate of the rm. The contract en- tered into in such case, it is cited, remains an entire contract, and no question as to apportionment arises. | ~> MUALETY.OF GAS. Complatut of Georgetown Article and Aetion Taken. The contractors lighting the city are un- easy. Capt. Powell has given instructions to his spberdinates that they see to it that the requisite candle power is fur- pished each night. Recently the George- tewn Gas Light Company was found to be furnishing gas not up to the standard and the president of the company was called «fpow to give his reasons why this was the case. He replied that the company was sur- prised to notice the apparent deficiency and that it was doing all in its power to bettér the quality of gas furnished. In fact, the. best coal was used and a large inerease has been made to enrich the gas. Capt. Pewell teday brought before the board of Commissioners the following memorandum: “The law provides for a penalty of $100 a day for deficiency in the purity or candle power of 28, gas 0 be recovered before the proper trifunal, and paid into the treasury of the District of Columbia. I move that the president of the Georgetown Gaslight Company be called upon to present reason, if any exist, why such a deviation from the legal standard could not have been pre- vented by ordinary care and prudence.” ‘THe matter will be discussed by the Com- missioners Monday in board session. oe EDUCATIONAL DEPARTMENT. New Branch of Y: M. C. A. Work. ‘The opening exercises of the educational department of the Young Men's Christian Association for the winter term was held in the gyrinasium hall last night, and brought tegether the full capacity of the building of the students and their friends. A program of great interest was pre- sented, including a vocal selection by Mrs. Nellie Wilson Shir-Cliff, recitations by Mr. Jchn Tweedale and banjo solo by Prof. George Stannard of Trenton, N. J., while the chief attraction was an address by Rev. S. H. Greene, D. D., acting presi- dent of Cotumbian University, on “The } Value of Practical Education.” ‘Dr. Greene was listened to with marked attention to the clo e of the address, which was not ubject. mphasize but three ity ef the acquire- Opening of a ment of knowledge,” ‘The discipline of the fac by which knowledge is acquired” and “The practical relation of such knowl- edge and diseipline to the duties of life.” These made clear to the minds of his hear- ers, he showed how the Y. M. C. A. was prepared to carry out the work outlined and the value to the community of this de- partment of the association work as man- ifested by the 275 students and competent instructors in ten practical studies, all of which were filling the needs in young men's lives made by either lack of opportunity or failure to improve such opportunities until the burden of life had to be borne. He impressed upon young men the neces- sity of taking advantage of the privileges thus placed before them, and urged upon the community the need of extending the facilities of the association so as to enable them to meet the increased demand upon them. General Secretary James E. Pugh gave a number of illustrations, showing the practical value of the work, and how it not only prepares the young man who has Not opportunities, but gives to others a chance to review the ciementary part of their education. The record fom the past three months stows students, 197 sessions in 10 studies and a total attendance of The work of the educational department is under the direction of a committee of the association, with John T. Freeman, an. and J. R. Buckelew, H. . A Dodge, L. F. Sp G Wright and W. burn as associates, The faculty Is compos- ed of E. P. Hanna, stenograph, A. M. P. Maschmeyer, dra ". C. ‘Henry, arithmetic and beck John W.Cr: ford, and P. Lewis, phy typewriting; Harr Hine, algebra nglish and penmanship; ics. a Regret for Dr. Marx. At a meeting of John F. Reynolds Post, No. 6, G. A. R., last evening, resolutions of regret were passed on the death of Dr. George Marx, who died on Thursday. The was at one time commander of the post, and at the time of his death Its surgeon. _— A marriage license was { Max Lasaron and Annie Gold: med today | these one sort is organized purely for drink- THE PRESS CLUS CASE The Objections to the Information Over- ruled by Judge Kimball. A Jury Trial Demanded and ‘the Case for Next Week Before Judge Miller. - ae Judge Kimball today in the Police Court overruled the demurrer enteréd by the counsel for the National Capital Press Club ageinst the information charging the manager for the club with violating the excise law by selling liquor without a li- cense. He held the defendants for trial, which will take place next week before Judge Miller and a jury. The case was brought before Judge Kim- ball at 10 o'clock this morning. Mr. An- drew Lipscomb appeared as counsel for the club and Mr. Pugh as prosecutor. Mr. Lipscomb moved that the information be dismissed. The Arguments. He went on to argue that there could be no sate of liquor under the statute because the transaction was from the club to its members, its component parts, who, as members, have an interest in the stock of the club. Therefore the process was merely @ special change of holders, and could not be a sale, because the owner of an article cannot sell to himself. He quoted from the English case of Graff agt. Evans to prove that his position has been main- tained by the courts. Mr. Pugn admitted that ordinarily clubs of this character are not required to get out a license, and that the decisions gen- erally tend to that effect. But the stat- ute of IS. he contended, specifically re- quires a license. Judge Kimball called attention to the eighth section, in which the ‘word: “dis- pensing”’ occurred, which, he thought, cov- ered the case. Mr. Lipscomb, reading the statute, discovered that it required a li- cense where liquors were “dispensed, to be drunk where sold.” Judge Kimball's Remarks. “There is no question in the mind of the court,” said Judge Kimball, “that a club, a bona fide organization of social character, where liquors are sold not as the purpose of the club, but as an inci- dent, and where members choose the man- agement by baliot, and the club is carried on strictly as a club, and there is no spe- cial law requiring a license, the weight of the authorities is in favor of your contention. But it is my opinion that sev- eral states have endeavored. tq cover just such cases by special statute. Then followed a discussion.of.the Mary- land laws nthe, subject. The sixth section of the a¢t’cf 1893 was dissected. - Mr. -Lipseomb, contended that it was loosely drawn and did not strictly set forth that a club shall proeure a license. He interpreted.this law to mean that such a club might scll liquor wtthout a license, but if it shouid:so desire.it might apply for a license and the excise boar should act in its diseretiomes 000% 0 ss. Judge Kimball was inclined sto interpret the section thus:* Thtre‘aredm the District as is well known-two kinds of clubs. Of ing, the’ ‘clu’ name of-which: i The other sort, of club is that wh s respectable purpose, in*Whiéh drinking is merely atr-incident. Such a club is that now defendant at the bar’ Th® section was intended, the judge believed, to mean that such clubs might be given a speci to sell liquér-béyord honrs ‘or on But all clubs myst get a license. commerted on Mr. Lipscémb's position thus: “I do not see why any club would be} foolish enough “td Squander $100 for a/ license, if, as you contend, it can sell liquor without a license, and’ only apply for one to the excise board when, jt, should feel like it.” Mr. Lipseomb answered that this might be true, but that the section, even under such an interpretation, provides no pen- | alty. The court thought that the general penalty clause of the act covered this omission. Attorney Thomas’ Contenti Mr. Thomas, attorney for the District, who had come into court during Mr. Lipscomb's argument, then appeared in behalf of the information. He admitted that clubs are not required to secure sig- natures to its application for a license, but eentenced that all clubs, of both kinds, must get a permit to self liquor. It was idle for Congress to say what it did in the sixth section if it did not mean that all clubs must apply for a license, and placed it in the power of the excise board to discriminate between. bona fide and sham clubs and to grant to the former a permit to go beyond hours. Objections Overruled. Judge Kimball then overruled the objec- tions of the defense. If it had not been for the sixth section, he said, there would be very great doubt about the intention of Congress as to incorporated clubs. Without that section there is no question that clubs could sell liquor without. # license. Before that act was passed clubs certainly had that priVilee. But as to the uncertainty of the section, it was positive that Congress meant something, and it was apparent that the intent of the law was that the excise board should exercise its discretion in the granting of licenses to clubs and that those clubs entitled to licenses must apply for them. The court held that the general pen- alty clause sufficed to cover-the sixth sec- on, & Jury Trial Demanded. Mr. Lipscomb demanded a jury trial, and the case will be heard again on Monday or Tuesday. Holmes, the actual defendant, is under personal bonds, and Mr. Pugh said that it would be satisfactory to continue this arrangement. Mr. Lipscomb will probably renew his demurrer before Judge Miller. He inti- mated this morning that if the club should be convicted it could avoid taking out a license by surrendering its ebarter and con- tinuing Without incorporating itself. The statute, he contends, applies only to in- ccrporated clubs. As a social club, there- fore, the members would have the right to buy liquor znd consume it en the premises of their clu» house. Ss DISTRICT GOVERNMENT. Two Railway Bills. House bill 8357, “relative to Rock Creek railway,” is kefore the Commissioners for report. The bill authorizes the company by a majority vote of its capital stock to contract with any street railway company operating a connecting or intersecting line to lease or purchase the same and operate it in connection with the original line. House bill 8260, authorizing the Commis- sioners to establish a union passenger sta- tion on B street north between Gth and 7th streets for street car passengers, is be- fore the Commissioners for report. Fire Alarm Box Needed. Surgeon-in-Chief Williams of the Freed- men’s Hospital has called the attention of the Commissioners to the tire which oc- curred January 1 in the Nurses’ Home, caused by a defective flue, and the neces- sity of providing a fire alarm box for tne hospital. He says there are about 350 human lives to be protected from danger ef this nature, and that the facilities in case of any emergency are entirely inade- quate. Notes. Health Officer Woodward kas recom- mended the laying of a board walk on Erie street from Central avenue to 15th street extended northwest if it is practicable. Health Officer Woodward has reported that the grading of the alley in square sot is not necessary for public health. a Arm Drders. Capt. Egbert B. Savage, eighth infantry, has been granted sick leave of absence for one month. ; On the mutual application 6f the officers concesned, the following transfers are mai Second Lieut. William R. Dashiell, from the seventeenth infa: fantry (company C). Second Lieut. David P. Cordray, from the eighth infaatry to the seventeenth infantry (company Ly. ry to the eighth in- CURRENCY DEBATE Only the House Was in Session To- day. FOR AND “AGALNST THE MEASURE Mr.Bourke Cockran Takes a Hand in the Debate. MR. BLAND’S QUESTIONS pase Sa ‘The only business done by the House in the morning hour was concurrence in the Senate amendments to a bill for the relief of Zimri Eliott of Kansas, and a resolu- tion to pay the funeral expenses of Col. Wm. T. Fitch, for twenty-one years a door- keeper in the House, and who died Christ- mas day. The debate on the currency bill was be- gun by Mr. Boatner (La.), who expressed surprise at the opposition to the measure which had devetoped on the democratic side of the House. He paid a tribute to the abil- ities of Secretary Carlisle, and dwelt upon the duty of supporting him, which, he said, rested upon democrats. Mr. Bland’s Questions. In the course of the speech Mr. Bland (Mo.) put several questions to show that the administration had adopted a gold policy and finally declared that the finan- cial platform was a fraud, if there was no intention to carry it out, asserting that platforms should mean something. + Mr. Boatner asked if Mr. Bland had not been a supporter of President ‘Cleveland in the last campaign, whereupon Mr. Bland responded that he had supported the plat- form and voted for the candidate, and that the party had gone down in ignominious de- feat for its treachery and fraud. Mr. Pence (Colo.) brought up Secretary Carlisle's advocacy of silver, while a mem- ber of the House, in supporting.,the, Mat- thews resolution, and asked if s after acceping the treasury portfolio’ he fad not announced. his intention of paying some of the government obligations in silver, and had been “called down,” and Mr., Boatner replied that it was useless to revive free silver as a factor of the currency question. Mr. Bland retorted: “You can't run the democratic party on republican lines, and no mugwump can change its policy.” Mr. Boatner continued that it was the mistake of the century when the admin- istration refused to pay obligations in sil- ver as well as gold. “We should no longer keep ourselves on exhibition,” Mr. Boatner concluded, ‘‘as unable to agree on a single measure that promises relief to the people.” Mr. Lacey Opposes the Bill. Mr. Lacey (lowa) followed in opposition to the bill, asserting that the people did not distrust the currency; that the inability of the government’s revenue to meet [tS] expenses was the real trouble and the cause of the bond issues, made ostensibly to maintain the gold reserve. = Mr. Bourke Cockran’s Spench. ‘There was the usual filling of seats and" galleries when )r. Cockran (N. Y.) rose in. the first aisle of the democratic side and deplored measure as a party one was likely-xtw. wreck it on the rocks of political expe; diency. The vote of confidence in the dem- ceratie party in 1892 had been reversed, he said, and he did not think the: constitu- | tional provision which allowed the party to retain power until March 4 warranted it in passing party acts. “An agitation with- out results, which would ruffle restored business tranquility, had better be drop- ped,” he said. “If this House succeeds in establishing a monetary system based on human reason atid experience of experts its last days will not be without profit of devoid of honor,” he declared. ‘here were, in his opinion, questions on which legislators could divide along party lines with advantage, but this was not one’ of them. He said there were many questions on which mankind had differed from the be- ginning of civilization, and the questions connected with the finances and politi eccnomy were among those over wi! there had been most disputation. Never- theless, he contended that the laws con- trolling thes? questions were immutabte, and to obey them was to bring blessing: to ignore them, the reverse. “We can, he declared, “no more affect the economic laws by our legislation than we can, by the same means, affect the laws governing the seasons.” He asked that the question. now at issue be considered on the basis of the economic laws. He thought he saw evidences that the judgment of the gen- eration had been warped by the super abtndanee of talk on the “crime of 1: when silver was demonetized, which hid involved the use of a host of empty phrases and much mystery, but bad tievght but very little practical good io the people generally. What Brings Prosperity. The tendency to treat political economy as a mysterious science had enabled men to pose as statesmen who. if they talked common sense. would have been discover- ed, but were able to confuse the people by spouting platitudinous nonsense. Ancient astrology wa3.no more absurd than <:he double standard, but when we reflected that this generation had allowed its daily affairs to be affected by the nonsense of impostors our charity toward the ancients broadened and our sympathy was touched by the sight of our own people listening to men who said that the payment of wages in a bad dollar was beiter than in a good dollsr and that taxation was the handmaiden of prosperity. $ yhen Mr. Cockran alluded sarcastically to the free silver fight of Messrs, Bland and Bryan, and what he termed thechang- ed attitude of Mr. Boatner, who was-about to retire to the calmer fields of. jurispru- dence, Mr. Bland interrupted. with a ques- tion regarding Mr. Cockran’s predictiort that the repeal of the purchasing clause of the Sherman act would restore prosperity, and Mr. Cockran challenged him to pro- duce a word of his to that effect. “J am not one,” Mr. Cockran resumed, “who pretends that prosperity can be forged in this chamber, or by the law of the lard. I believe all the law and gospel or. the subject of pclitical economy was to the first man when a just God told him that by the sweat of his brow he mvst eat his bread. Prosperity was in the earth and the earth alone, and char- latans who said they had it in their clothes or their brains, and who had cursed the country for twenty-five years, it was the chief object of his speech to oppose. “There is nothirg,” Mr. Cockran contin- ued, “in the laws governing the trade of the country from the laws governing the trade of individuals. The present cannot be a producer of commodities; what it gives it must take. Government cannot at the same time be both generous and just; to be generous toward one it must be oppressive to another, and he contended that the idea that the government could in some way promote one interest at the expense of another had been responsible for- many evils. The law of justice to all must be consulted and obeyed by all. It was the bond of God and of nature to man. Its limitations were saiutory—its opera- tions always beneficent. Against the Pending Bill. Taking up the banking and currency bill, he spoke briefly of the claims of the com- mittee that it would promote the ends of trade. He controverted this position and claimed that instead of promoting it would prevent, forbid and obstruct the very thing it was hoped it would accompiish. SSS eo An Officer Thanked. ° Major Moore has received a letter from Col. Wiison in which the latter extends to Lieut. Boyle his sincere thanks for the soidierly and efficient manner in which the officers handled the crowd at the White House during the New Year reception. —_— Congressman Burrows’ Retarn Home. KALAMAZOO, Mich., January 5.—Con- man Burrows was given a trumphal ption by his townsmen last evening on arrival home, in honer of his election as United Stat Senator. A procession with znd of m escorted him to the lead- hotel, where he was tendered an in- formal reception. that the tendency to treat the A KNOWN QUANTITY. “ It is the practice of The Star to print on Saturday @ sworn statement of its circulation day by day for the preceding week. It wouJd seem self- evident that the advertiser is entitled to ‘this protection.” Below will be ‘found the statement for the week just Past. The average circulation exhibited is believed to be much more than the combined cireulation of the other Washington dailies, and fully five times that of ‘its afternoon contem- _ porary. we Circulation of The “Evening Star.” SATURDAY, Dee. 99, 1604;.. 37,112 MONDAY, Dec., BY isd 31,941 TUESDAY, Jan. 1 1805q..,. WEDNESDAY, Jaa. 9,11696. THURSDAY, Jan..g, 135 FRIDAY, Jan. 4, 18:5. Ws J solemnly sweag;thagjthe above statement rep-. 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FACTS ABOUT: THE’ "UTES Major Powell ‘Palka About the Indians Who » wate ieHave Made'a Scare, 7" TAN | White Men Have Killed Their G and They Have to Depend on Arid Land Tilkage. “The Utes, -with regard to whom ide na¥ beéh such a. Scare-recenty,-arve vary interesting. Indians,’ said Major J. W.. Powell, director of the bureau of ethnoldsy, to a Star writer, ‘’~heir home is one of the most remarkable regions in the world— on the: western slope of the Rocky, moun- tains, and extending to The Uintah and Wasatch tranges, ‘incTuding- the: woaderfub: canyon country that lies besween,, with the, Yampa, |W Green, Grand, San Juan ers. On the slope of 'the: Rocktés ‘are those ‘bedutiful natural parks —the North, Middje, South and San Luis Patks—which, though now transformed into. agricultural ared8,.were ‘for a long time resorts for’ tourists. vs “The Utes origitialy were ‘distributed mainly through, cegtral and western Col orado and eastern tah, Lhe, terrizory of | Utah was nained after them. fee 8s of the family »werei locatedy:im ) nerthern Arizona and southern Wyoming. They Were never. a very sjrong nation, being at- vided up into smalitribes, widely scattered through that large»sarea. They spoke six or seven diffefent! dialects, which, how- ever, communication ould be maintained by oral speech supplententell by. . gesture signs. They lived ‘niainfy Sy ‘hunting, fishing and the garjering.aoh squitsy,seeds and roots growing Wild, A few of the southern tribes practiced, a limsted {&grieulture ‘with irriga- tion. ow * Need} of Srrigation. “They gathesed scorns, fruits of some cacti, suntiower sett{s’and a great: variety of seeds and gragses...\'he Jatter may be cohsidered as wild grain, since torn, wheat, barley and all our other grains are seeds of species of grasses. They hunted the elk, the deer, the antelope and the moun- tain sheep. All of these animals were abundent. ‘trout were plentiful in the streams, and there were numerous gamé birds, such as grouse, sage-cocks and part- ridges. Since the coming of the whites the game and fishes Have been pretty nearly: wiped out. ‘thus these Indians are no jonger able to procure a subsistence by their old methods. ‘'hey are opiiged to re- soft to agriculture and stock-raising. “At present the Utes have four reserva- tions. The most important of these is in the Uintah valley, and the valley of the Green river adjoining. It is within the ter- ritory of Utah. A second reservation is in southwest Cclorado, of large area, but af- fcrding a limited space’ of tillable land. The third reservation is in southwest Utah and southeast Nevada, on the Moapa river. The lands there are not very promising for agricultural purposes. There is also a small reservation on Deep creek, in Utah. Most of the tribes are gathered on these reservations, but a few of them still exist away from them in southern Utah, northern Arizona and southwest Colorado. — Occa- sionally some of these Indians wander into thern Nevada. These reservations are amply sufficient to furnish all of the Utes with lands, but the latter cannot. be utilized without irri- gation. The region has been so_ thickly settled by whites that hunting, fishing and the gathering of wild roots and seeds no longer yield a subsistence to the aboriginal people. A few of the tribes not yet gatn- ered on the reservations are settled near Mormon towns, beifig located on lands to which they have no title. But the Mor- mons do not desire to disturb them. On the contrary they encourage them to 1e- main, finding them useful as laborers. More than that, it ig a part of the religious idea of the Mormons to civilize the Indians, a duty which is inculeated by their sacred writings. Not Likely to Make Trouble. “The Utes generally are peaceful and in- dustrious. In fact, they are remarkably good Indians. They’ are chiefly deterred from agricultural pursuits by the cost of labor required for digging canals and cre- ating other irrigating works. Though in- dividuals among them commit cri oc- casionally, there is not the slightest reason to anticipate any outbreak. “The recent scare Was occasionel fact that a few of them ventured the Uintah reservation into lands owned by the Mormons. The latter were not in the least alarmed, and there was no rea- son why they should be. “The peaceful character of the Utes does not arise from pusilanimity. They used to possess considerable skill in warfare, a3 was discovered, by the Mormons when they tackled them. They did credit to them- selves in their vonfticts with the Navahoes ard Comanche’. Ip the earlicr history of this country perded a few such out- the 2 by the out of er 4 breaks as that which was fatal to agent Meeker... Meeker was a good the but he wanteil to! insist that should abanden hunting and tak culture. They'aweré not then quite r fer t change! You know how it is \. Indians gener@tly. They regard manual In- bor as the duty of women and degrading to men. Often! the¥ will fight rather than undertake it. ‘It not easily possible to accomplish a centyy of progress in a year or two. As a pattral consequence, Mecker was killed. There has been no trouble with the Utes for vty long time, and they ot likely ;to etrate any important dis- turbance in the future. were not_Sd distinct but that inter- |. NEW PRECAUTIONS ‘Health Office Renews Recommenda- tions for Vaccination. AID OF COLORED PASTORS Some Additional Cases of Suspects _ Reported Today. Ah TW B20 SPA Ag . The increase in the number of patients inthe smallpox hospital yesterday fur- rishéd additional evidence of the fact ~hat the diséase is scattered in all parts of the city, and it fs impossible to tell just how. long it will be before the last case is re- pcrted. In 1872 there were several hundred cases and they extended over the entire year,.and the disease was not finally stamped out until 1873. The first case of this small size epidemic occurred about the 1st of, October, and up to this morning there had been in all thirty-five cases re- perted; with nine deaths. As published in yesterday's Star, there were three cases yesterday and one suspicious case was re- ported this morning. = With but one éxception the recent cases’ have occurred among the colored people, ard owing to the fact that so many of them live in close quarters and go about frem place to place at their work Health Gfficer Woodward thinks they should pay mére attention to vaccination. There are many colored ‘persons who have refused to be vaccinated, and for this reason the health officer today made an appeal to the pastors of the colored churches, think- ing they might accomplish more in this direction than could be done in any other way. To each minister he h of the followirg: “With but one exception, the recent cases of:eqmedipsx-: in this city have occurred amgohgreriored people, and quite a number addressed a copy | of thém: have been exposed to the disease. Recent investigations by this department 4 bave shown that only a few of them have made“anyeffort to protect themselves by vatettiation: “IT do not think it would be out of place if you would from your pulpit tomorrow iinpress upon the members of your congre- gation that it is their duty to use such means as have been given them to avoid the disease. 3 “A successful vaccination .within five years provious to exposure to the disease affords <lmost certain protection from it. li the vaccination does not take it should be repeated several times, as it is only suc- cessful vaccinations that give protection. “If you can, consistently with your views of duty; mention this from your pulpit to- morrow, it will be a public service.” 2 Free Vaccination. Persons who are too poor to pay for be- ing ‘vaccinated may have the work done free of charge by calling on the physicians to the puor or at some of the hospitals. At Freedman’s Hospital a large amount of this charity work is being done, and only two days ago 500 points were sent there for use @mong the poor. In addition to calling on the pastors of the churches for aid, Health Officer Wood- ward also called upon the merchants of Prominence by addressing them each a copy of a letter. This was done for the reason that 50 mayy people who ride in street cars and attend public gatherings may possibly get infected and spread the disease to others, even before they are fully aware that they have the disease. The letter addressed to the merchants reads: To Merchants, “Several of the cases of smallpox which have recently occurred cannot be traced to any of the previous cases, the infection probably occurring from exposure on the street or-in some other public place to some case of smallpox not recognized as such at the time. As this accident may happen to any of the persons connected with your establishment I have to call your attention to the importance of insisting upon each one of them being successfully vaccinated. A single case might be the means of in- fecting all the others and necessitate the disinfection of a part or all of your place of business. The injury that would be done to your business should this occur would be incalculable.” z Was a Mistake. The one suspicious case reported this mcrning was that of a clerk in the Post Office Department named Joseph Hayden, who lives at $08 21st street northwest. He went home yesterday feeling unwell, znd it was reperted to the health office this morning that he had the symptoms of smallpox. The chief clerk, as well as other clerks in the department, felt uneasy over the mat- ter until this afternoon, when Dr, Walls, the smallpox inspector, telephoned that the man has not got the smallpox, and that he was out visiting. This was good news for the department, and the clerks are again working without fear of the dis- ease. Two small children from the Turner house, on Valley street, from where a pa- tient was taken yesterday, were sent to the “suspect camp’ today. Henry Green, who was anpoccupant of the camp, was discharged today. _ Another Suspect. Another suspicious case was reported this afternoon, and it is thought that this pa- tient has the smallpox. The patient is the six-weeks-old chila of William Bryant, col- ored, driver of the smallpox ambulance. He [ivea.in St. Mary's court in the house from re Basil Locker was taken yes- terday. Bryant went in the smallpox service the day “after Christmas and it is said that he has not been home since he entered the service. Dr. Walls, the smallpox inspector, will see the baby this afternoon and Dr. O'Mal- ley will question the driver about his move- ments since he was appointed driver of the ambulance. —— APPEAL DISMISSED. Case of Rodda Comes Up Agnin in Court on Motion. In the case of Walter A. Rodda, who was cn the 16th of November last discharged from jail on a writ of habeas corpus by Judge Cox, the appeal of Warden Leonard was today dismissed by Judge Cox, on mo- tion of Kodda’s counsel, Mr. Calderon Car- lisle, because of Mr. Leonard's failure to perfect his appeal by depositing security for the costs thereof. Rodda, an English subject, as stated in The Star at the time, was“released trom jail through a blunder of the prison otti- cials, being at the time of his release, October 26 last, under a sentence of sixty days imposed by the Police Court. Acting under the advice of District Attorney Bir- ney Warden Leonard had Rodda captured by one of the jail officials. Upon the pris- oner’s petition for release by habeas corpus Judge Cox held that the man had been ar- rested without warrant of law and dis- charged him from custody. —_ The National Rifles’ Election. The annual meeting of the National Rifles was held last evening. The following board of directors was chosen for the cur- rent year: James F. Oyster, H. K. Simpson, J. Henry Small, William K. Ellis, 8. Edwin Tomfinson, George W. Evans, Robert B. Gittings, Charles T, Lowell, Thomas A. Garner, Edward P. Harrington, Joseph it. Curran, J. Harry Cunningham, William C. Keech, William P. Boteler, Willis B. Ma: gruder. Three line officers, thrce staff offl- three non-commissioned gfficers, six s. The reports of the treasurer and secretary represented the financial and bu affairs to be in excellent condi- tion, the company being free of debt and all current obligations settied. Se Postmasters Confirmed. The Senate in executive session yester- day confirmed the following nominations: Postmasters: Oregon—Thomas J. Stiles, at Albany; W. Fletcher Horn, Grant's Pass. New York—John C. Van Dyke, at Stam- ford; James Halligan, at Canajoharte. ‘Mr. Henderson itends to, prose to the fuftcat Stn OMAR Tam LIVELY LITTLE ROW John Harry Martin Again Gots Himself Into Trouble. ‘ThisFimé am F Street Store is the Scene —A Fight Ends 3 in Arrest. A short but exciting scrimmage, that for. a moment. looked dangerous, occurred shortly before 3 o'clock yesterday after- nogn in the store of Richard W. Hender- son, a dealer in wall papers, at 1113 F street ‘northwest: “According to eye-wit- nesses, @ man entered the establishment, and after a few words with the proprietor, struck him on the head with a heavy cane. The two, men clinched, were then parted and next was the arrest of the intruder. The man who struck Mr. Henderson is Jonn Harry Martin,.a son of Mrs. Senatop Vance. He claims to be a lawyer, with an office at 10U € street northeast. It will be remembered that several years ago, during President Harrison’s administration, Mar- tin caused a sensational scene at the White House. While intoxicated one evening about dark ‘he climbed over several high fences surrounding the Executive Man- sion grounds and ascended the southern portico of the structure. The President and his famtly were dining at the time, and they .were disturbed by a sound of breaking glass. Martin had broken one of the windows with his fists 1nd entered the house. He was grasped by an attendant, and it is said that Piesident Harrison bound Mar- tin's hands with a window cord. The prisoner was released from the station house at 2 c’clock the next morning, after Serator Vance had furnished collateral. The escapade. -w: hushed up. Not long thereafter: he’ again jumped into notoriety by shooting himeelf during a visit to Miss Effie Burritt at her home, on I street northwest. - Before the lapse of many months Martin aud Miss Burritt were married. 2 The affair of yesterday was the outcome of a disagreement between Mrs. Vance and Mr. Henderson over a bill fer services claimed to have n rendered last sum- mer. Mrs. Vance refused to pay the bill, and day before yesterday Mr. Henderson, in a communication, stated to her that he intended to place the matter in the hands of a collector. According to Mr. Hender- son, Martin entered the store yesterday afternoon and was met near the entrance by the proprietor. “Here is a-bii?’: said~thé- former, “and Mr.Henderson can do what he d—— pleases with it.” “I am. Mr. am Hendgfson.”, that individual claims ‘was hiS answer. “Then you are .2 d— thief,” was the next utterance on the part of Martin. “You are 9 d-— thief, sir,” replied Mr. Henderstit. s Without..wasming, it is said, Martin then struck Mr, Henderson a heavy blow just above us left temple with a cane. The assaulte , ly -picked..up a heavy roll of wal per dnd attempted to hit Martin, withyits The latter dropped, to the floor and the roll escaped from Mr. Hen- derson’s grasp. The combatants then clinched, and during the melee Martin was scratche@lightly,’"wtlé Mr. Henderson lost considerable.hlood.from: bismose. Four employes in the store rushed to the scene and separated the men, but for a moment Martin’s life was in danger. One of Mr. Henderson's clerks was about to strike the wielder,of,.the cane -witb.a heavy club when the employer ordered him to desist. A pcliceman soon removed ‘Mirtin to the first precinct police station, where he was charged by Mr.. Henderson with assault and battery, sied,,man immed ztely SHE OE Be Ritscnee Gereral Gare land, but, before,the. lattem arrived some one else furnished $10 collateral and Mar- tin was allowed to depart. ‘When the case was -called:in the Police Court this morning the collateral was for- feited. It is the eontention-of.Martin that Mr. Henderson provoked the assault by calling him a Har: cut Martin so he says. He has retained Messrs Worthington ‘and Heald as his attorneys, and in addition to the criminal charge will enter suit for de- famation of character. CENTRAL: RELIEF COMMITTER. It Met for Formal Organization This Afternoon. The central relief committee met in the Engineer Commissiener's office this after- noon at 3 o'clock, for the purpose of or- ganizing for the year. There were present Mrs. J. W. Babson, Mrs. H. B. Loring, Justice C. C. Cole and Messrs. Theo..W. Noyes, L. S. Emery, Simon Wolf, J. G. Slater, John F. Cook and Superintendent of Charities Tracy. —_~-—__ UNFIT FOR USE. Iee Taken From’ Neighborhood of Garbage Pile. The analysis of the piece of ice taken from the river near the dead animal wharf at the foot of South Capitol’street shows that it is unfit-fonr table use, or,.as Chemist Hird expressed it, “It will do to skate on.” The result of the bacteriological examina- tion will be known Monday. ——_. Funeral of Thomas Walsh. ‘Thomas Walsh of the Emmet Guard, who died on Wednesday morning last, was bur- ied yesterday with military honors trom St. Aloysius Church, Interment was made in Mount Olivet cemetery. ee ena Washington Stock Exchange. Sales—regular call—12 o'clock m.—Pneumatic Gun Ggrriage, 100 at 28 cents; 100 at 28 cents; 200 at rnment Bonds.—U. 8. 4s, tered, 118 bi aeked. U.S do, coupon, 18 dU. 8. oe, Columbia Bonds.—20-year fund 5s, 107 1 fund 68, gold, 110 bid. Water stock urrency, 115 bid. Water stock 7s, 1903, 116% bid. District Did. 30-y 118. bid.’ funding, currency, 114% ‘asked. 314s, registered, 2-108, 100 old. Miscellaneous Bonds. shington ‘and George- town Raflroad conv. Gs, Ist, 130 bid. Washingtun and. Georgetown Railroad ¢ony. 68, " 24, bid. Metropolitan Raflroad conv. 6s, 101: asked. Belt Railroad 5s, 75 bid. Eckington Railroad @s, 100%, bid. Columbia Railroad 6s, 106 bid, 110 asked. Washington Gas 113 bid. Company 6s, series’ A, Washington Gas Company 6s, series B) 114 bid. Washington Gas Company conv. 6s, 130 bid, 140 asked. U.S. Blectrie Light conv, 5s, 125° bid. Chesapeake end Potomac Telephone bs, $9 bid, 102 asked, Atnorican Security and Trust 38, FP. amd A. 100 bid. American Security and Trust 5s, A. end ©., 100° bid. Washington Market Company ist 68, 10t bid. hington Market Company imp. 6s, 107 bid. Washiugton Market Company ¢xt. 6x, 105 bid. Masonic Hall Association Ss, 10314 bid. Washington Light Infant 1d. Wash: ington Light Infant i ik ‘ington, 800 ed. Bank of the bid, |. Metropolitan, 28@bid, Cen- tral, 270 bid, Parmers’ and bid, 200 ‘asked. Second, 140 aske 0 bid Columbia, 280 bid, 145 asked, Capital,” 113° bid. West End, 10714 ‘bid, 110 asked. Traders", 103 Did. Lixcoln, 98 bid, ‘Ohio, 76% bid. tonal Sate Safe Deposit and ‘Trust Companies. Deposit’ and Trust, 125 bid. Washington Loan and ‘Trust, 119 bid, 128 asked. American Security and ‘Trust, *13414 bid, 187 asked. Washington Safe De- Washington and Georgetown, 29) bid, 310 asked. Metropolitan, 58 bid, 74 asked. Columbia, 97 bid, 62 asked. Belt, 35 asked. "Hck: Gas ‘and Electric Light Stocks.—Washington Gas, 48ig bid, 38% asked. Georgetown Gas, GO bid. U. 8. Blectitc Light, 127 bid, 125 asked. Instance Stocks.—Fireien’s, 38 bid, 45. asked. Metropoltfan, a8. bid, Franklin, 45. bid, 55 asked. 80 asked. Corcoran, 57 bid. “Potomac, 7i bid, asked. Arlirgton, 150 bid. “German-American, 160 bid. [National Union, 13% bid. Columbia, 13° bid, 1414 asked. Riggs, 7 lid, ks 8, Big bid, 5% asked. “Lincoln, 7% bi Com- mercial, 4% bid. ‘Title “Insurance Stocks.—Real Estate Title, 108 bid. Columbia Title, 74 bid, 8 asked. Washington Title, 6 asked. District Title, 14 asked. Te 25 Did. Chesa- |. American Pneumatic Gun Washington Market, 15 Great Falls Ice, 130 bid, 145 asked. |. 8 bid. Mergentbaler Linotype, ed. nd receipts, 5,330 she ; .173 bushels; sales, ern Wheat by sample, 591613; do. Corn, fran:—spet. und’ month, 473a47%; 48 ia; . DOR; Steamer mixed, 464046) receipt: 003 Dushe shipments, 91,161 bush¢ stock, 1) ern white Oats firm: mixed, 35a354—receip 386 bushels. bushels; stock, : oie timothy, $18.00a$1: dull, unchanged.” Sugar aa and’ eggs steady, unchanged: Cheese firm, changed. 204 bushels: sales, 4.000 bushel ak FINANCE AND TRADE Movement in Stocks Irregular and aa SHORT INTEREST GETTING UNWIELDY Gossip Regarding; “Attempts at Currency: Reform. . GENERAL MARKET REPORTS Special Dispatch to The Bvening Star. NEW YORK, January 5.—The movement in stock values this mpfning was irregular and of little significanee,.\The short inter- est in the market ts'gain «pproaching the unwieldy stage, and is practically the only visible basis fer improved values. The bear organization: has proved itself superior to that of. the opposite faction and has been favored:by the week's de- velopments in financial ‘circles. The com- plete lack of aggressiveness on the part of the bulls has been a conspicuous feature of recent trading, consequently selling on all rallies has been the course pursued by the trading element. The prospects - for activity in either direction are not en- couraging, and a continuation of the monotonous interchanging of securities by beerd room operators is all that sutface indications sezmingly ‘histify. The delay in the progress of currency reform has given. rise.to,,considerable ap- prehension among all classes of security holders and prevents any.‘4mportant un- dertakings until the solution of this em- barrassing financial problem assumed more definite and tangible proportions. The re- cent effort on the part of the administra- tion to force concerted and immediate ac- tion on this subject is’ not generally re- garded as having the probabilities of suc- cess arrayed in its favor. Repeated efforts may result in the passage of a legislative mosaic which will include the best features of the unsuccessful attempts. and over- — ie the exigencies of the present situa- ion. Missouri Pacific was a feature of the railway Mst on a fair volume of business, inspired by a reported di of $123,000 in earnings for the fourth: week in Decem- ber. A loss of 2 per cent. from the day’s best tigures followed the amnouncement of this decrease. e The cov of short contracts in Jer- sey Central resuited iy ;advancing the price 1 8-8 per cent only.:to attract re- newed selling and doressaugeaction of 1 per cent from the best’ pri¢é¢s pf the morn- ing. Baltimore and Ohio was moderately active at a decline of 1,1-2 percent on a revival of recent bear rumors, the denial of which, from official sources, has had Uttle influence on the pessimistic opiniors of traders... , a Sugar was heavy all day. and yielded easily to selling orders; the bulk of which were attributed to the short.account. The recent acti6fi Of ttiis “tock warrants the belief in ‘activity in the heat. future, the direction of ‘which is very doubtful, but probably downward. ©) sairio The room was more favorably impressed with distillers as the result ¢f the determi- nation of the stockholders to oppose the management in the proposed conduct of the company’s. affeirs, an@ bought the stock in evidence of its approval. The Chicago Gas dividend” was believed to be assured by the trading element this morning, and’ yesterday's shorts were cov- ered, together with some purchases for long account. This stock is believed to be so thoroughly under the control of the bull pool, so frequently ‘meni in this col- umn, that nothing saye. ning of what now seems to bée the improbable can prevent the success of ‘a- very carefully conceived plan fer advancing the price. The bank staement shows that the banks have again been. exchangimg- legal tenders for gold during the week, and have in spite of '-ge gold: exports" gained: 2,000,000 in golu, *he bulk of which is added to the re- serve. Considering the borrowing demand which % usually incident tothe end of the year the increase in loans is ‘generally re- garded as of little importance. The in- crease in deposits explains the increase in reserve, which is somewhat out of propor- tion with the other items in the statement. ‘The report in detail follows: Reserve in- creased $593,200. Laans increased $743,000. Specie increased, $2,106,400. _ Legals de- a oo creased $824, Deposits im 400, and circulation increased FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. The following are the opening, the high- est and the lowest and the closing prices ef 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.../.... STK Si 96% ST American Sugar Pia... ai it a 9 American Tobacco. Sig Sig. xe 6x ‘American Cottom Gil.» 2834: 028%. 983; 23%, Atchison. 4a te ay Canada Southern. Canada Pacific......... Chesapeake and Ohio.. Gticago, Br and-Q. Chic.and = Chi Northwestern. C., M. and St. Paul C., M. and St. Paul Pfd. Chic., R.I. and Pacific... Del., Lack. and W.. Delaware and Hudson. Den. and R. Grande P¥d Feeding. Long Island Traction... Metropolitan Traction. Manhattan Elevated Michigan Central. Missouri Pacific. Northern Pacific Pra. North American. Ont. and Western. Pacific Mail. Phila. and Readiny Pullman Pal. Car Southern Railway. ja. Traction, Texas Pacitic. Wheeling and L. E: Wheeling and L. E. Western Union Tel. Wisconsin Central. Silver... rie. Pid. —> __ Cotton Market. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. NEW YORK, January 5.—Early cables reflected an advance of 2-64 this morning in Liverpool cotton rates, and occasioned an advance ranging from. three to four points in our market. The advance gave way to a somewhat easier tone later in the day, the market closing dull at an advance of two points over yesterday. The ad- vance toward the close, was attributed to the closing out of deals over Sunday. Should next week’s crop movement be large lower prices are predicted, but a re- stricted movement would force an advance in the present nervous condition of the short interest. * Grain and Cotton Markets. Cotton and grain markets reported by W. B. Hibbs, 1421 F st:, represemting Hubbard, Price & Co., New York. Low. Close. 37 Bs . Month. january. March Range of the Thermometer, The following were. the readings of the thermometer at the weather bureau today: s aaa 2; 2 p.m., 24; maximum, 25; mini- mum, 7. +.