Evening Star Newspaper, January 10, 1895, Page 2

LATE NEWS BY WIRE An Indiana Clergyman and Wife Fatally Assaulted. BRAVELY GRAPPLED WITH BORGLARS Great Excitement Throughout the Neighborhood. BLOODHOUNDS TO BE USED INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., January 10.—Rev. W. is. Fienshaw, aged thirty years, a Methodist mtnister, living at Belleville, Ind., fifteen miles west of this city on the Vandalia road, and his young wife were fatally assaulted by burglars at an early hour this morning. The wife was awakened by the burglars, who had entered through the kitchen. As they turned to leave Mrs. Henshaw jumped out of bed and grappled with one of the men. Mrs. Henshaw was dragged to the porch, where tne burglars shot her through the head with a revolver, and she fell fatally wounded. The noise had awakened Mr. Henshaw, who jumped up and went for the other thief. The thief was grabbed by Mr. Hen- shaw just as he was going out of the back decor. The two men fought clear into the middle of the road, where the burglar. overpowered the preacher, and after shoot- ing him through the hip stabbed him no less than twenty times with a dirk knife. There is great excitement in the neigh- borhood, and crowds are scouring the ceuntry in search of the robbers. ‘The police of this city nave been enlisted fm the search and blood hounds have been gent to the scene. —_—-__—_ TAYLOR SENDS MONEY. It is Only $5,000 and No Explanation Accompanies It. PIERRE, 3S. D., January 10.—Deputy Treasurer Burrington today recetved from New Yerk a letter written by the missing state treasurer, Taylor, dated January 3, inclosing certificates of depcsit in different state banks to the amount of $8,000. There was no explanation. What ts Said in New York. NEW YORK, January 10.—Further de- tails of the defalcation of W. W. Taylor, the defaulting ex-treasurer of the state of South Dakota, which reached here last night, state that the Chase National Bank qf this city holds $190,000 of South Dakota warrants and that they are overdue. Pres- ident H. W. Cannon of the Chase National Bank was seen this morning by a repre- gentative of the Associated Press and ques- tioned concerning the matter. President Cannon said: “The statement that the Chase National ik holds $190,000 of South Dakota war- nts is incorrect. The official account of the state treasurer of South Dakota has for me time past been kept with this bank «1 the state warrants are made payable here. We have no doubt that the holders of the warrants are, entirely secure, as they Were properly and legally issued by the state and signed by the governor and other Officers, and the fact that the treasurer had defaulted does not affect the innocent holders of the state's obligations. Mr. Tay- lor had no personal account with this bank and is not indebted to us.” “The first National Bank of Redfield, 8. D., of which he was president, kept its New York account with us, and Mr. Taylor calied here from time to time in relation to business matters in the same manner that other out-of-town bankers do when in the city. His tast visit was in November, and we have seen or heard nothing from nim since that time.” The news of Taylor's defalcation was a great shock to ail the brokers in this city Who are interested in western securities. One well-known broker this, morning said that ‘Yaylor’s defaication was the result of “tbo much pohtics.”” it was a well-known fact, the same broker said, that Taylor re- cently hat been endeavoring to raise a large sum of money here, but it was under- Stood it was for a relative. Owing to the excellent financial condition of the state of South Dakota, very little anxiety is feit here among interested par- ties over ‘laylor’s defalcation. — FIRST REGIMEST’S TROUBLES. Court of I ry Appointed by the Geverner of Virginia. RICHMOND, Va., January 10.—Governor O’Ferrall today ordered the following court of inquiry to meet here on January 22 to investigate and report as to the cause of the troubles in the first regiment of in- fantry: Captain George A. Mushback, Al- exandria, Captain R. W. Tomlin, Norfolk; Captain Hugh T. Nelson, Charlottesville, and Captain R. E. Boykin of Isle of Wight, judge advocat +. -— CROSSING DISASTER REPORTED. AB. a 0. Passenger Train Cuts An- other in Two. MASSILLON, Ohio, January 10.—A wreck is reported at Lodi. It is said that a Bal- timore and Ohio passenger train cut a Wheeling and Lake Erie freight in two while the latter occupied the crossing. > EiGHT MILLIONS INVOLVED. Demurrer Overruled in the Steven- ron-Burk Suit. COLUMBUS, Ohio, Janvary 10.—Judge Pugh overruled the demurrer In the Ste- vVenson-Burk $8,000,000 suit. This holds the cese In court. Burk wanted it thrown out. The suit is to recover monzy alleged te have been improperly taken frem the Co- lumbus, Hocking Valley and Teledo rail- read. z oe a MORGANFIELD’S IDENTITY. Trying to Connect Him With the Aquia Creek Robbery. MINCINNATI, Ohio, January 10.—Judge Wilson is today hearing the testimony to fdertify the wounded Morganfield as one of the Aquia creek train robbers. Two witnesses, the express messenger, Crutch- field, and Murray, who were on the car at the time, say that the voice is the same ag that of one of the robbers. —__— © Opposes the Free Ship Bi USTA, Me., January 10.—Represent- ative Twitchell of Bath introduced in the house today a memorial to Congress op- posing the Fithian free ship bill, and it passed beth houses and without reference to committee was sent to be engrossed. cecal A Russian Princess’ Death. CINCINNATI, Ohio, January 10.—A spe- blegram to the Enquirer from Paris, states that ihe Princess Engal- if died there suddenly of pneumonia. » princess was well known in this city, having delivered readings here in a number of private houses on Russian affairs about a year and a half ago. She has a son liv- ng in Chicago. — To Live Fair Mansion. SAN FRANCISCO, January 10—The fine Awelling at the corner of Pine and Jones street, closed since the death of Mrs. Theresa Fair, is to have permanent Mr. and Mrs. Herman Oelrichs 4.to make San Francisco their home. It is announced that Mr. Oelrichs had made the business arrangements necessary for the change. >— ter Phelps Better. NEW HAV Conn., January 10.—Mr. Edward J. Phelps, ex-minfster to England, has returned to this city to resume his course of lectures before the Yale law stu- dents. Prof. Phelps is very much improved fm health. After the iliness which nearly terminated fatally last winter he went scuth, and since then has been at his home ae WO THE EVENING STAR, THURSDAY, JANUARY 10, 1895-TWELVE PAGES. DEER PARKS SUGGESTED. Our River Reservations Weuld Make the Best Kind of Preserves. United States Consul General DeKay at Berlin has come forward, in a report to the State Department, with a-novel proposition that should command immediate attention on the part of social economtists as: well as | of sportsmen. He says the abundance and excellence of venison cannot fail to impress’ persons who live in Germen cities. It is a common dish ‘ali the year round, and its price is so moderate that only the poorest classes fail to taste it now and then. The reason for this is the high cultivation ‘of forestry and the care with which deer are, bred, fed and protected from poachers. Considering the excetienee of venison as food and the small cost of rearing deer under prefection, it is in America especially. that steps to form practical deer parks might be easy and of profit. In the neigh-. borhood of great cities the supply of water has to be regulated by the preservation of large districts of more or less trountainous and woody country. In New York: for ex- ample, the Croton watershed ani the Ad- irondack reservations might be easily used as deer preserves, and the annual killing and sale of animals of the proper sort would furnish an income far b2yond the ag- gregate salaries of overseers, foresters and guards. . In Germany great success has attended the crossing of the Ameriean Wapiti with the native deer. The consul calls atten- tion to the recklessness with which in our country the wild animals have been de- stroyed, bringing its own punishment, and he urges that our river reservations be stgcked with Wapiti and Virginia deer and the herds then regularly decimated to supply the markets with cheap and whole- seme food. By a very moderate gun license also sportsmen would derive much pleasure, and the parks would be a source ‘of revenue. —— TONIGHT’S RECEPTION. It is in Honor of the Diplomatic Corps. All the arrangements have been com- pletsd for the reception.te be given by the President and Mrs. Cleveland in honor of the diplomatic corps, at the White House this evening, and it. promises to be a bril- liant affair in spite of the present unfavor- able state of the’ ‘weather. - Among: those invited to meet the diplomats are the members of both houses of C and there is an impression in certain quarters that Senator Hill of New York will pay his Tespects to the host and hostess on this occasion. It is certain that many of to- night's guests will wateh for. the appear- ance of the senior Senator from New York with considerable interest, as tending to indicate a restoration of the entente cor- diale between the’ President and that gen- Ueman. THE RUSSIAN THISTLE. Its Continued Progress: Eastward Seems to Be Inevitable. The spread of the much discussed Rus- sian thistle in this country and the means of prevention are discussed in a bulletin which has been issued by the Agricultural Department. It was prepared by Assistant Botanist L. H. Dewey, who says that the thistle’s already wide distribution east of the Rockies makes" its continued progress in that region inevitable. But it may yet be excluded from’ ‘thé Pacific “states. If wherever found .it, should, be, killed before it produces seed during three ‘successive years the pest would.in al] probability be completely exterminated. ‘he most trou- blesome means of introduction and rapid distribution is running water, thistles spreading with remarkable rapidity during the past two years over -the irrigated lands in Colorado and Idaho. THE LAST SAD RITES Over the Remains of Pay Director Richard Washington. The funeral of Pay Director Richard Washington, who died suddenly in this city last Monday, tcok place from St. John’s P. E. Church. this,.afternoon and was largely attended, considering the stormy weather. Deceased was a popular officer and had a host of friends in this city, Loth in and out of the service. Rev. Dr. Maekay-Smith conducted the services, and paid a high tribute to the memory of the dead officer. He was en- titled to a military funeral, but at the re- quest of the family all military ceremo- nieS were dispe: sed with, except in the de- tail of eight sailors as body bearers and from the marine barracks to sound “taps” at the grave in Arlington cemetery. The honorary pallbearers were as follows: Paymaster General Stewart, Lieutenant Commander Wainwright, Col. John M. Wilson, Pay Director Cosby, Pay Inspector Frailey, Medical Inspector Van Reypen and Chief Engineer Fletcher. ———_—— DISTRICT IN CONGRESS. The Senate Committée. The call has been issued for_a meeting of thy Serate District committee tomorrow at 10:30 o'clock. Early in the week it was thovght that Senator Harris, the chairman of the committee, would be detained In Tennezsee throughout the week, and that his absence would prevent the holding of a meeting. He returned, however, yester- day morning, and insisted that a regular meeting should be heid, on the ground that the session is too short to allow any days to be wasted. For the Firemen. Senator Palmer today presénted a mam- moth volume to the Senate, containing the names of over 26,000 citizens of Washing- ton in behalf of the proposed increase of 25 per cent in the salaries of members of the fire department of the District. The petition, which was In the form of a hand- somely bound book, was referred to the committee-on appropriations. The Increase Favored. The House committee on labor reported favorably this morning a Dill fixing the compensation of printers and bookbinders in the government employ at fifty cents per hour. sons ————— Our Trade With Brazil. In a report te the Staite Department by United States Consul Matthews at Para the opportunities, for extending American trade in Brazil are set out, but he adds that much uneastness is felt by our busi- ness men there in regard to the abro: tion of the reciprocity treaty with Brazil, and it is claimed by them that our trade will be seriously affected unless we can get a new treaiy with that country. Ad vantages secured from the Brazilian gov- ernment offer the surest and perhaps the only way by which we can hope to suc- cessfully compete with European nations, for the commerce is controlled by the Por- tuguese residents, whd naturally lean to the interests of Europe, and will only turn their patronage to America when they can derive special advantage from,so doing. pel a A Local Court-Martial. A general court-martial is now in sessioa at Washington Barracks for the trial of a number of prisoners. The detait for the court is as follows: Maj. Jacob B. Rawles, fourth artillery; Capt. James M. Lancaster, third -artillery; Capt. Frederick Fuger, fourth artillery; Capt. William Ennis, fourth artillery; Capt. Constantine Chase, fourth artillery; Capt. Walter Howe, fourth artillery; First Lieut. Charles G. Wood- ward, third artillery; First Lieut. Walter S. Alexander, fourth artillery; Second Lieut. | James Hamilton; third® artifiery; Second Lieut. Henry H. Whitney, fourth artillery Second Lieut. Gordon G. Heiner, fourth ar- cond Lieut. David M. King,fourth 'y; Second Lieut. John C. Gilmore, jr. fourth artillery; First Lieut. W. P. Stone, fourth artillery, judge advocate. oi Death of Luther Pike. Luther P. Pike died last evening at his residence, 1243 North Capitol street. The deceased was a brother of the late Albert Pike and was well known in Mason- ic circles and was a commander of the Scottish Rite. Be are ations by the President. ident today sent the following nominations to the Senate: Postmasters—Cornelius De Keyzer, Hol- land, Mich.; William L, Stewart, Arlington, N. J.; Wm. &. Hall, Burlington, Vt.; David E. Pence, Golden City, Mo.; Marion A. Baldwin, slanchester, Ohio; Lucien D. Woodruff. Jabnetewsa Ya RECEIVERS’ - REPORT Fidelity Case Comes Up in Court Today. RESOURCES AND THE DEBTS .Strong Protest Against Continuing the Business Further. ARGUMENTS TODAY This afternoon Judge Cox, in Equity Court No. 1, took up the case of the Fidel- ity Building, Loan and Investment Asso- ciation, for which the court several weeks ago appointed L. Cabell Williamson and L. H. Poole as receivers. Mr. H. B. Moul- ton, on behalf of certain holders of stock, asked the court to allow them to continue the business of the association under the direction of the court and by a board of di- rectors elected from their own number. The motion was opposed by counsel for certain other stockholders, but before coun- sel in opposition were heard the report of the receivers was read by Mr. Poole. The receivers state that the Fidelity Building, Loan and investment Association was incorporated in Virginia July 23, 1891, and February 8, 184, its name was changed to Columbia Building, Loan and Invest- ment Association, with its home office here. At the time of the incorporation there was @ corporation known as the Fidelity Build- ing and Loan Association incorporated in Virginia November 12, 1800. Both asso- clations always had the same officers, and have always been closely connected. Upon the organization of the Columbia Associa- tion the weekly installment stock of the Building and Loan Association was trans- ferred, say the receivers, to the former as- sociation in a way not clearly appearing in the records, and a large part of the ex- penses of the Butiding and Loan Associa- tion was paid by the Columbia Association. Expenses Limited. The expenses of the Columbia Associa- tion, the receivers explain, while always “limited” by the constitution,’ have been increased from time to time. By the earliest copy of the constitution it was Hmited (on the monthly plan) to 1 1-2 per cent of the par value of shares; by one form of the monthly installment stock cer- tificate to 1 1-2 per cent per annum of the par value of shares; by a printed copy of the “Weekly Kegulations” to 3 1-4 per an+ num of the par value of shares, and by another copy to tne first month’s dues and 3 1-4 per cent per annum. But, as the dates of such changes do not appear from the records, or from the amount of stock issued under the several changes, the re- celvers state that they are unable to give the exact amount applicable to the expense fund, but they charge that the amount expended even under the highest percent- age allowed by the constitution and regu- lations on, account of the “expense fund” exceeds by many thousands of dollars the amount applicable. Receipts and Expenses, The total amount paid by weekly and morthly installment stockholders, the re- ceivers find, was $298,164.12, and the total amount expended on account of the “ex- pense fund” was $248,808.35. Total re- ceipts from all sources, $372,987.83, and total amount expended on account of “‘ex- pense fund,” was $245,808.35. The receivers say that they have, because of the imperfect and incomplete condition of the records, to ascertain the amount of installment stock outstanding and in force, or the amount due thereon, but the ascer- tained indebtedness of the association, they state, far exceeds the amount the receivers can expect to recover from the assets turn- ed over to them, leaving nothing applicable to the payment of liabilities on account 0} the installment stock. . The nominal assets, say the receivers, consisting almost entirely of small loans, amount to $57,760.19. Of that amount $17,- 807.90 is secured on real estate, the greater part of which lies beyond the court's juris- diction, and it is estimated that the re- ceivers may collect $5,000. There is secured by chattel trusts $4,316.83, of which the re- ceivers estimate they may collect $2,158.42. Secured by the association’s stock is the sum of $35,135.40, of which the receivers be- lieve little or none is collectible. Hence the receivers say that they do not believe that the assets turned over to them will exceed $10,000. A large part of the sum will necessarily be consumed in collecting. The liabilities as they now appear, the re- ceivers say, exclusive of the unascertained amount due to installment stockholders, is $41,371.93, and that amount, they say, will probably be further increased. Protecting Provisions. In conclusion, the receivers state that the constitution of the association provides that the directors shall designate a trust company here to act as trustee for the association, and that such trustee shall have the custody of all moneys belonging to the loan fund, and such fund shall only be disbursed upon checks or vouchers signed by president, secretary and treas- urer, and countersigned by the manager of the loan department. That provision of the constitution, say the receivers, has not been observed, :he funds of the associa- tion having been banked subject to the joint check of the vice president and sec- retary. Other provisions provided for the protection of the interests of stockholders have been, charge the receivers, violated, that being particularly true in regard to the “loan fund,” from which the stock- holders were to be repaid, the separate “joan fund,"’ required by the constitution, having, in fact, not been kept. Continuance Opposed. The report of the receivers having been read, Mr. H. W. Sohon stated that on be- half of his clients he opposed any contin- uance of the business of the association. He asserted that the association was, at best, a gigantic gambling scheme, in which in- nocent and poor people were drawn by false statem@its. The court might as properly, said Mr.-Sohon, give back to a burglar the tools which he had used in robberies. Whether or not, said Mr. Sohon, the published statements of the associa- tion were purposely made misleading or were honestly believed in by the officers of the association, the fact remained never- theless that those officers should be held responsible, no matter how highly they had previously been held in the estimation of the people of the District. Referring to the published scheme of the association, Mr. Sohon discussed it at length, and said that no person of intelli- fence could be hoodwinked by it after the scheme had been carefully considered. ‘Tne published statements of the associa- tion as to the scheme under which it was operated were not only misleading, but the officers of the association, as was shown by the report of the receivers, had violated the constitution and had squandered the funds of the association. To allow such a_busi- ness to be continued, said Mr. Sohon, would be as absurd as it would be imprac- ticable. He therefore urged that the busi- ness be closed up at the earliest practic- able day, and the deluded stockholders given what little remained out of the wreck. Mr. Siddons Opposes the Motion. The motion was also opposed by Mr. F. L. | Siddons, who asked the court ‘to consoli- | date the cases of the Columbia and Fidelity Building and Loan Associations and make Messrs. Williamson the receivers of both. After Mr. Morling, the Maryland receiver, had urged the granting the continuance, Judge Cox took the papers, reserving his decision. ——__ Second Army Corps. The members of the secon®/army corps met last evening at Wormley’s and elected officers to serve for the ensuing year. Gen. James D. Brady was chosen president, Dr. Charles Smart vice president of the first division, Dennis O’Connor vice president of the second division, Charles Lyman vice president of the third division, John Finn secretary and Alfred R. Quaiffe treasurer. The following were elected members of the executive committee: E. Q. Gunson, Frank C. Jones, H. C. Bradley, James Plant and George A. Armes. Arrangements will soon be completed for the annual spring dinner of the o1 tion. FIGHTINGv SMALL POX ay No New Oases of; the “Disease Reported Tidy. ota, A Late Suspect Being Investigated— No Fears df ax Epidemic Jail. oe Yesterday afternopn, after Mrs, Ward and her three children, at Ng. 6 Q street, were found with the varioloid, and the health officials had taken, the necessary precau- tions against the disease spreading, a call from 1308 B street northeast, only a few squares from the quarantine station, was received. There the doctors found Baker Skearer, colored,’ 19 years old, suffering from an attack of smallpox. The physicians could not trace this to any of the other cases. Shearer came here only abour six weeks ago from Mississippi, and, so far as the physicians could ascertain, he was not acquainted with any other smallpox pa- tients. There are other persons in the house, and after the patient was sent to the hospital a watchman was put on duty to prevent occupants of the house from going out and probably spreading the disease. As published in yesterday's Star, Mrs. Ward and her two children were taken sick exactly fourteen days after they were exposed to Missie Williams, and as this is the period when new cases in the neighbor- hood of Logan court and Pierce street would likely show up, Health Officer Wood- ward ordered a house-to-house inspection there to make certain that there are no smallpox patients being treated in the houses. No Fear at Jail. Warden Leonard stated to a Star reporter tcday that while several cases of smallpox had been discovered within a few squares of the jail, he was confident that the disease could not invade the prison. All the ofticlals of the jail, he said, have been successfully vaccinated, and every person committed to jail is at once vaccinated on arrival there. No visitors, excepting attor- neys, said the warden, are allowed to see priseners, and -will not be until after the health officer has declared all danger to be over. Extra precautions, said Mr. Leonard, are being taken to put the prigon and its inmates in as perfect a sanitary condition as possible, and it is believed that if a case of smallpox should develop in the jail no serious results could ensue. With the exception of a few cases of minor in- disposition the prisoners, explained the warden, are in excellent health. Industrial School. ‘There is not, nor has there ever been, any smallpox at the Industrial Home School. The children’s friends were excluded on visiting day for fear the disease might be brought in from the city. There was one suspected case today in Union court. The patient was seen by the smallpox inspector, who will see him again tomorrow, before giving his final decision as to whether or not he has the varioloid or smallpox. ees DISTRICT GOVERNMENT. Returning Guarantee. Recently a contractor for paving streets applied to the Commissioners for the re- turn of his guarantee for five years to keep the streets*paved by him in repair and agreeing to segure the District, in lieu thereof, by the execution of certain bonds, In an opinion to the Commissioners today, the first controller holds that, as Congress made no provision for substituting a bond for the retained 10 per cent, it is not within the power of thé Commissioners or the con- troller to change the law. No Right to Divide. The attorney for:the District today ren- dered an opinion to the Commissioners on this question: Whether the owner of an undivided one-half interest in real estate in this city has a right ‘to pay his share of the tax whether his co;tenant pays or not. Attorney Thomas holis that the statute in force here gomprehends an asscssment against real property as an entirety, and the collector of taxes has no right to ap- portion the tax... + Mis Salary. Replying to an inquiry of Representative Dockery concerning the compensation of the inspector of fuel, the Commissioners have replied that the net revenue of this officer for the last fiscal year was $1,600, as shown by hts sworn statement, New Blackboards. Building Inspector Brady has notified the Commissioners that, with their approval, he will arrange to have one of the rooms at the new Mount Pleasant schooi building furnished with Homestead blackboards. Liqucr Licenses. The excise board will resume the consid- eration of liquor licenses tomorrow at 2 o'clock. Submit a Substitute. The Commissioners today made the fol- lowing report upon Senate resolution 108, entitled ‘Joint resolution to empower the Coremissioners of the District of Columbia to make and enforce regulations to secure the removal of snow, ice and dirt from the sidewalks in the District of Columbia.” They say that after a conference with their legal adviser they were of the opin- ion that the resolution was not sufficiently comprehensive to insure its effectiveness, especially in the matter of compelling non- resident property holders to comply with its provisions. They thereupon directed their attorney to prepare a_ substitute, which they submit and recommend in lieu of the resolution referred to them by the District committee. eee CAPITOL TOPICS. Indian Appropriation Bill. Work on the Indian appropriation bill was fimished today by the House commit- tee on Indian affairs, and the bill will be reported to the House this week. Its to- tal, as previously stated, is about $20,000 below the estimates. Representative Holman, the chairman of the committee, explains that provisions are cheaper this year than usual, that most of the inhabitants of the United States are forced to practice unusual econ- omy, and that the Indians should share the same conditions. The principal legislation embodied in the bill provides that a committee of five members elect from the Fifty-fourth Con- gress, who are also members of this Con- gress, and of the Indian committee, shall before the first Monday of December in- vestigate all Indian expenditures by the <overnment. "the committee is to have a clerk and its expenses are to be limited to $4,000. It is empowered to travel and embody its con- clusions in the form,of a bill. Oppose the Dawes Plan, A delegation from the Indian territory appeared before the House committee on judiciary today to oppose the Dawes com- mission plan. ‘Messrs. Duncan and Young, ore a half-Blood, ‘the other a full-blood Cherokee, speaking through an interpreter, said their people desired to achieve state- hecd eventuajly, but.were not yet prepared for such responsibility. Judge Parker of the United $tates ,court refuted the pre- vailing reponts of the prevalence of crime. He asserted it to be the work of lawless refugees from other, sections. Mr. Henrd Better. It was reported fate this afternoon that the condition of Kepresentative Heard, who is lying ill at, his apartments at the Riggs House, was much improved. Notice to Subscribers. Subscribers are earnestly requested to report any irregularity in the de- livery of The Star and also any failure on the part of the carrier to ring the door bell. A proper service can only be main- tained through the courtesy of sub- scribers in reporting shortcomings. GIVEN TO THE JURY Stamp Robbery Evidence All In This Afternoon. LONGSTREET MAKES A SCENE Committed to Jail tor Calling a Lawyer Names. DEFENDANT’S TESTIMONY es Testimony was continued today in the stamp robbery case and after argument the jury was given the case and retired. The jury was still out at 3 o'clock. During the arguments of the case Mr. Taylor intimated that Longstreet knew a great deal about the stamps, and remark- ed that Longstreet had lied in testifying. The remark greatly angered Longstreet, who happened to be in court, and he call- ed out in the court room that Mr. Taylor was a liar. Judge McComas ordered him into the custody of the marshal, and subsequently committed him to jail for forty-eight hours for contempt of court, adding that were the man not wanted Monday next in New York as a witness he would have made the imprisonment longer. The testimony in the case of Wm. B. Smith, charged with the larceny in Sep- tember last of 70,000 two-cent postage stamps from the bureau of engraving and printing, where he was employed, was concluded after The Star's report of the case closed yesterday. The instructions to the jury were discussed, and at 3:30 the trial was adjourned until this morning. In his opening address to the jury on be- half of the defendant Mr. O. B. Hallam stated that. his client had come into the possession of the stamps in an honest man- ner. That is, that it would be shown by the defendant that the witness, Longstreet, had give. him the stamps, Smith being told by Longstreet that the stamps had been obtained from New York newspapers, the papers receiving great numbers of them in return for advertisements and sub- scriptions, The First Witness for the Defense. James W. Moore, the keeper of the vault at the bureau of engraving and printing, was called as the first witness for the de- fense. He stated that any one from the packing division could enter the vault where the stamps were kept. But it was the rule that those entering should be ac- companied by the witness or the latter's assistants. 5 Joseph H. Hartley, assistant vault Keeper, stated that while outsiders were alwa: closely watched and accompanied, those employes allowed to enter the vault were not always watched or accompanied. He stated that while the packages of stamps were sealed, a package could have been tampered with and its contents stolen. Defendant's Testimony. 2 After Edward Gibson of the bureau ha given some unimportant testimony, the de- fendant was called to the witess stand. He testified that he entered the bureau on June 21, 1894, as a laborer. August 5 he was placed in the vault to help the vault keepers. While at Willard’s Hotel one evening in August a colored boy came in and asked him if his name was Smith. The boy then said that a man at the ladies’ en- trance wished to see him. Going out, Smith said he met an unknown man, who asked him if he did not wish to make some mon- ey. Saying that he did, the man, who did not give his name, said that he was in the habit of receiving great numbers of postage stamps from newspapers, and wished to get a man to sell them for him. Smith stated that he told the man that he was afraid that he could not handie them. Some days later Longstreet met him and asked him what he thought of the stamp proposition. Witness replied all right, if the stamps were all right. Longstreet said that it was all right, and witness then asked his friend, Beach, to sell the stamps. September 21 Longstreet, said Smith, met him at Wiliard’s Hotel and gave him five or ten thousand stamps. Subsequently, Longstreet handed several thousand more to him at different places in this city. Smith sold some of them, and others he handed to Beach to sell. At one time wit- ness said he gave Longstreet $90, and dif- ferent amounts at other times, Smith said he never thought there was anything wrong in the matter until the day of the arresi, although he had heard that a 50,000 package of stamps had been missed from the bureau. He said that in handling and disposing of the stamps he never at- tempted concealment, but, believing Long- street's story, sold them openly, always giving his name. On cross-examination Smith said that there was a fifth person in the party to New York, but, stating that the person was a married man, refused to disclose his name. Smith stated that while he could have opened a package of stamps unseen while in the vault, he asserted that he could not have gotten them out of the vault without being detected. He swore that he received every one of the stamps from Lorgstrect. Longstreet, he said, could have taken them undetected from the bureau. FIGHTING*IN MONGOLTA. Hundreds of \Wounded Chinese Ar- riving at Tien Tsin Daily. LONDON, January 10. dispatch from Shanghat says that severe fighting has taken place near Jehol, Mongolia, 120 miles northeast of Pekin. Hundreds of unded Chinese are re- ported to be arriving at Tien-Tsin daily. ——_ Stock Exchange Official Dend. NEW YORK, January 10.—D. C, Hays, treasurer of the Stock xchange, ts dead. He entered the exchangS“in January, 1850. ZS eee Fire at Washington, N. J. WASHINGTON, N. J., January 10.—Fire today destroyed a row of main buildings in the business portion of the town owned by Elisha Burd. ‘The loss fs $12,000, partly insured. ‘the tire originated in the apart- ments of Dr. H. V. Lattison. —_——_—_—_— Earthquake in Canada. WESTMEATH, Ont. January 10.—A heavy shock of earthquake took place here last night, lasting about thirty seconds. sae gece Lockout of Nail Makers. SALEM, Ohio, January 10.—For refusing to accept a 20 per cent reduction in wages, the wire drawers of the Salem Wire Nail Company were ordered by Superintendent Baackes today to take their tools from tne mill and were locked out. >—. Lee Mantle for the Short Term. HELENA, Mont., January 10.—The ré- publican caucus last night nominated Lee Mantle of Butte for the unexpired term in the Senate. as A Chiengo Professor Honored, CHICAGO, IIL, January 10.—Prof. George B, Hale of the University of Chicago has had conferred upon him the highest Honor within the gift of the French Academy of Sciences. He has received a cablegram from Paris announcing that the Janssen gold medal for 1894 had been awarded him for his invention of the spectro-heliograph and the researches in astro-physics which he has made by its means. Ss Will Not Contest. RICHMOND, Va., January 10.—J. W. Southward, republican, has decided not to contest the election to Congress from the third district of Tazewell Ellet. ————— ‘To Seck for Lenz. BOSTON, Mass., January 10.—The Amer- ican board of foreign missions has decided to send a missionary who knows the lan- guage and-the country about Dela Baba Pass to assist in the search for the miss- ing bicyclist, nk Lenz, supposed to have been lost or“killed in Turkey. . GIVEN A SCARE. Fences B. and 0. Road Will Probably Have to Build. The action of the Commissioners yester- day in writing to the attorney of the Dis- trict, and requesting him to give them an opinion as to the legal procedure necessary to compel the Baltimore and Ohio railroad to comply with section 16, article 10, of the police’ régulations, requiring the railroads to fenca in.their tracks, has giver the railroad a scare. If the Commissioners en- force the regulations (and they say they mean to do so) the railroad will be required to build about five miles of fence. Within the city limits the following portions of track are unprotected: From K_ street north on 1st to Florida avenue. East on Washington branch from ist to Florida avenue. Then there is a long distance un- prctected cutside of the city proper, but within the District, which, according to the Commissioners, must also be protected. The Baltimore and © Potomac railroad has its tracks pretty well protected. and will only be required to build about one mile of fence. There is no fence on this line between 7th and idth streets west, nor between South Capitol and 2d street east. Eckington Walls. Relative to the question as ‘to the exis- tence of party walls in Eckington, the at- torney for the District has decided that while there are building regulations for the city of Washington, in which the ease- ment of party walls is recognized and which makes such easement run with the land, it does not apply to Eckington. Party walls, he says, can only exist by con- tract, expressed or implied. ——— THE RIVER OPEN. Little Fear of a Freshet Felt Here. ‘The*heavy rain following the snow storm had the effect of breaking up the ice in the river, and the basin between the ar- senal point and the Long bridge is now clear of ice. In the Georgetown channel there is considerable floating ice coming from the upper Potomac, which, together with the swift current, makes it exceed- ingly unsafe for boats. Then at the Long bridge there was a small-sized bank of ice, which made it difficult, and perhaps dan- gerous, to operate the draw. While there has been no perceptible rise in the river here rivermen think there will be high water by tomorrow cr next day, although they do not expect a freshet such as has been experienced here several times when there was water enough on Pennsyl- vania avenue to float boats. The opening of the river was hailed with delight by the oystermen, who have been unable to come up the river for some days. Those who were here at the time of the freezeout got good prices for their oysters and were.anxious to leave, and some who had started up the river had been com- pelled to stop. on account of the ice and they were anxious to get here before their stock became worthless. Following the opening of the river many of the boats that had been held here lifted anchor and departed, and today some of the boats from down the river arrived with a fresh supply of bivalves. The river steamers are making their regu- lar trips. —__—_ Ways and Means Meeting. Chairman Wilson has called a meeting of the ways and means committee for 10:30 tcmorrow morning. It will be the first gathering of the committee in many months, and it is anticipated that import- ant action may be taken in view of the de- pleted revenues of the government. Mr. Wilson intends to call up the resolution in- troduced by Representative Plerce of Colo- rado regarding a revenue to be raised by a beer tax, and the probability is that it will be favorably reported. Mr. Wilson's bill for the taking off the one-tenth of a cent differential on sugar from countries paying an export bounty will also be considered. —————-~—__ Mrs. Banks’ Pension Approved. The President has approved the act grant- ing a pension to Mary Palmer Banks, widow of Maj. Gen. N. P. Banks. e =, Treasury Receipts. National bank notes received for redemp- tion ‘today, $428,233. Government receipts— From internal revenue, $207,000; customs, $664,361; miscellaneous, $26,881. ———_—_+ e+_____. Gen. Harry Heth 1. Gen. Harry Heth of Virginia is seriously ill from acute preumonia at his hore, 1911 I street, in this city. His family reports this morning that he is somewhat better, although in great danger. eg Fire at St. Joscph, Mo. ST. JOSEPH, Mo., January 10.—The horse collar factory of the Wyeth Hard- ware and Manufacturing Company was burned today. Loss, $150,000; fully in- sured: “personal Mention. Brig. Gen, A. V. Kautz, retired, ts on a visit to this city. He 1s stopping at the Elsmere. ——_—_-e - Cotton Markets. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star.” NEW YORK, January 10.—The increased demand for cotton from Manchester as the result of the business revival in that mar- ket increased the sales in Liverpool this morning to large dimensions. The lack of speculation and the general bearish feeling in the local market failed to sustain the advance, the arrival market closing at @ decline of 2 per cent from yesterday. The receipts at the various ports contin- ue large, and the trading elemert are in- clined to predict the failure of the foreign demand in counteracting this evidence of a large crop. The reduction in acreage which will surely follow this season’s unprofitable prices will eventually prove of greal ben- efit to values, but this is rather too re- mote a contingency to be of present value. It is somewhat significant that y afternoon’s buying orders for the conti- nental account were executed at the mar- ket. : Grain and Cotton Markets. Cotton and, grain markets reported by W. RB. Hibbs, 1421 KF st., representing Hubbard, Price & Co., New York. GRAIN. Wheat—May. July 8285 SRERE geo son auees See § 3 Baltimore Markets. BALTIMORE, January 10,—Flour firm, unchanged 6,065 barrels; shipments, 5,693 barrels; rrels. Wi frm—spot oy No. shipments, C00 els} sales, 95,000 inshels; ple, do. on grade, 5S%a61%5 spot and ‘month, 47%a48; Feb: lay, 50% bid; steamer miacd, 218 Tushel nage heat by sam- Corn’ firm. od pt pushels; St Rye quiet—> recaipts, 1,894 bish- ek, 40,548 Hay fitm'—good to Grain freights quiet easy, ui s auiet, unchanged. Mutter and eggs steady, unchanged. ' Cheese firm, unchanged. —— Range of the Thermometer. The following were the readings of the thermometer at the weather bureau today: 8 a.m., 34; 2 p.m., 39; maximum, 40; mini- mum, 31. ———_+ e+ Archie Gordon, a newspaper writer and author of a number of plays, died yesterday at his home in Richmond, Staten Island. ‘The British garrison at Suakim will as- sist the Italians at Kassala against the Dervishes. Henry M. Burr & Co., one of the largest and best known wholesale and retail mil- linery stores in Boston, has assigned. The Habilities ere between $00,000 and $70,000. ‘The safe in the Merchants’ National Bank of Defiance, Ohio, was blown open with dyramite Monday night, end about $25,000 stolen. FINANCE AND TRADE Declines in London Have Correspond~ ing Domestic Influence. BIG SALES OF SUGAR AND GAS TRUST + Effect of the House Action on the Currency Bill. GENERAL MARKET REPORTS Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. NEW YORK, January 10—Fracttonal declines in the London market as reflect- ed by early cables to this side were in- strumental in forcing corresponding re- ductions at the opening of our market. The volume of business being small, no importance was attached to the subse- quent irregular trading, the room element alone controlling the course of prices. The feature of the day’s business was the covering of a block of 15,000 shares of stceck for the account of a prominent bear operator, Sugar and Chicago Gas each contributing 5,000 shares to the total amount of the outstanding obligations. The practical defeat of the currency bill, which was announced just before the clese of yesterday's business, had a bene- ficial influence on prices because of the recognized inadequacy of the measure to present needs. The drain on the country’s gold supply is unabated, however, and ap- prehension still exigts in financial circies which an extra session of Congress is now relicd upon to dispel. judges of legislative probabilities predict the failure-of the pooling bill, an event which will complete the list of disap- pointments credited to the present session of Congress. Notwithstanding the repeated assurances that the railroads of the coun- try were to be helped up, to anti-panic standards of prosperity by conservative legislation, the subsequent improbability of such legislation has not as yet been re- flected in the market price of the stocks directly concerned. The ratiroad list was confined for the greater part of the day between the ex- tremes of 1-4 and 3-4 per cent on transac- tions practically void of significance. cago Gas was strong throughout the to defend their position with repeated statements to the effect that the eastern directors of the company were all to retire from the board, leaving the company in control of such local interests as were previously responsible for a most lamenta- ble state of affairs prior to the engrafting of the eastern element. This argument was effectually of today by the announcement that Messrs. Payne and Rogers of the Stardard Oil Company and Mr. John G. Moore of the firm of Moore & Schley would go into the directory at Monday’s mecting. The financial interests now centered in this stock and the character of the men who are to direct the company’s affairs insure such a development of actual re- sources as will surely be productive of orly desirable results. The market for foreign exchange was very strong, with rates a full commission higher than yesterday. Present indica- tions favor a heavy shipment of gold by Saturday’s steamers, $1,000,000 of which has already been engaged from the suo- treasury. Coffee and tea importers and arbitrage houses are the most corspicuous purchasers of bills. The last hour's speculation was dull and in the main a trifle easier in tone. There were no new developments beyond th probabilities of further gold shipments, the decline being attributed to profit taking by room operators. With a few “unimportant exceptions, the result of the day’s trading ‘was moderately adverse to values. 14 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. 93; 80% By OK American Sugar My NY ME K ‘American Tobacco. BX 9 «953; 6) ‘American Cotton Oli... iq SBig 3K Atchison, « ee BO, Chic.and Northwestern. Chicago Gas. ., M. and St. Paui. C., M. and St. Paul Pid. Chic., R.L and Pactfic.- Del., Lack. and W.....; Delaware and Hudson... Den- and 2. Grande Prd is.and Cattle Feeding. General Electric. TMuinois Central. Manhattan Elevated. Michigan Central. souri Pacifi tional Lead Co. Cordege Co. 8. Cordage Co. Pfd w Jersey Central w York Central and N. E. Cfs. = = and Readin, sy 184 $28 an a Sar Go: a = Southern Railwa: 10! 10} Phila. T z ne 4 eee Ss Washington Stock Exchange. Sales—regular call12 o'clock m.—D. C. 5s of 180, $3200'at 10v. U.S. Electric Light, 10 at 1284 at 128. Government Bonds.—U. S. 4s, registered, 313% bid, 114 asked. U.S. “4a, 113% bid. U.S. & 16% bid rict of Columba aoe —20-year fund 5s, 107 Metropotita: Belt Kailroa road 6s, 101 bid. 110 asked. | Washi 113 bid. Washington ; Coupany conv. Gs, 14 bid. | Washington Gas bid, 140 asked. U.S. Electric Light conv. 5s, 125 bid! Chesapeake and Potomac ‘Telephone 3s, 98 bid, 101% asked, | American Security and Trust Sa, F. ‘and A., 100 bid. rn 6s, 106i Washington Light Infantry Ist ext. Bt 103% bia. bid. Washington Light Infantry 2d 7s, 99% National Bank Stocks,—Bank of Washington, |, 310 asked. Bank of the Republic, 250° Md, 3 asked. Metropolitan, 280 bid, 297 asked. Cen- ral ‘0 bid, 207 asked.” Farmers and Mechanics’, Second, 135% bid, 145 asked. Citizens’, ) bid. “Columbia, 130 bid. Capital, 115 bid’ 109 bid, Traders’, lu2 bid. in, 99 bid, 102. ask: 76% bid. fe Deposit ‘and Trost Companies.—National it and ‘Trust, 124 bid. Washington Loan 119% bid, 134 asked. American Security jot bid, 137 asked. Washington Safe a Raliroad | Stocks. —Washington and | Georsetows, 200 bid, 310 asked. | Metropolitan, Gz UId, 7 ask 55 bid, 65 asked. Belt, 35 asked. Eck- 30 bid. ‘Georgetown and Tenuallytown, 85 Stocks.—Washington tod etown Gas, 51 bid. U. 48 bid, Ks Electric Light, 127% bi Insurance Stocks. —Fi Franklin, 45 bid, 65. a3 Corcoran, 57 bid. Ari German-American, 160 bi bid, 16 asked. Columbia, Riges, 7 bid, ced. aske Lincoln, *7% bid, 8 asked. 4% bid. Potomac, 70 bid. ‘hitle’ Insurance’ Stocks.—Real Estate Pitta, 108 bid, 116 asked. Columbia Title, 7 bid, 5% asked. ip er aos — 1 85 50 “lephone Stocks. Pennsylvania, asked, Chesapeake ese Did, BS asked, and Potcmac, 50%, ican Graphophone, 4% bid, 6i% asked. Pneuma! Gun Carriage, .25 bid, .28 ‘asked. Miscellaneous Stocks.—Washington Market, 15 130, =} 45 asked. Norfolk ie Hail, asked. bid. Great Falls Ice, and Washington Steamboat. Wid. Lincoln bia. Mergenthaler Linotype, 135 7 iv. Mi bid, 150