Evening Star Newspaper, January 15, 1895, Page 2

2 = LATE RE A Struggle of Endurance Begun at Brooklyn. COMPARATIVELY FEW CARS ARE RON NEWS BY WI Se Hote! Keepers Refuse to Feed the Policemen. ee ARBITRATORS ON HAND - BROOKLYN, N. Y., January —Both sides in U electric street railway strike show a determi i front today. On the Court Street line twenty cars are being run at irregular intervals, each guarded by frem two to eight policemen. Strikers or their friends have obstructed the tracks by upsetting barrels of ashes. The rub- bish was cleured away by laborers from the power house. On the Flatbush Avenue lin a mail car was sent out at o'clock. It was preceded by six mounted policemen, while eight unmounted policemen rode in the car. It passed through a district where the strikers are reported to be in a more reckless mood than elsewhere, but the manrer in which it was guarded evidently overawed any who might have been in- clined to lawlessness, for no attempt was made to stop it. Ancther mail car on the Flatbush Avenue line was started out at 9:28 o'clock, and the company announces that it is determimed to ran the mail cars all day, no matter what action the strikers may take. ‘The strikers centemplate presenting a petitien to Mayor Schieren today asking him to end the tie-up by virtue of his of- ficial power, and will cite the action taken by Mayor Pingree of Detroit in 18M, when he held that the railroad companies had violated the ten-bour iaw, and warned them that if the strike then in progress was not over in twenty-four hours he Would declare thetr charters forfeited. A mail car on Sth avenue was captured by the strikers. It was released by the mounted police. The steamboat squad has been ordered on strike duty. ‘The hotelkeepers of Mlatbush have re- fused to supply the police, who are on duty there protecting the property of the railroad company, with anything to eat, even at advanced prices, which they were offered by the officers. This action on the part of the hotelkeepers was at the request of the local assembly of the Knights of Labor, to which all of the striking railroad employes belong. Commissioner Welles was notified, and he promptly dispatched supplies to the hungry blue coats, ‘The state board of arbitration sent a no- tice to President Norton of the Atlantic avenue line te appear-before them, but he refused te go. A subpoena will be issued for him, and if he refuses to obey this he will be ar- raignet for contempt. is do not éntertain any fear delays to mails resulting from the Brookiyn strike. ‘he division superintend- ent of the railway mail service at New York, who was called upon last night for @ report, telegraphed today that no postal delays of such consequence as to warrant any offictal action have yet occurred. —_ AT DEPEW. Clergymen Resent a Stigma Cast Upon ‘Their Profession. NEW YORK, January 15.—Dr. Chauncey M. Depew was roundly denounced at a Meeting of the Methodist ministers of this city and vicinity in the rooms of the Meth- odist Book Concern, The denunciation was for the stigma he had cast on ministers in @ recent interview, wherein he defend the action of his railroad in withdrawin' the half-rate privileges from clergymen. Dr. A. J. Palmer, pastor of St. Paul's M. E. Church, said that Dr. Depew should be asked to retract his statement that minis- ters had abused their privileges and that em had even sold hali-rate t pers, thus defrauding the com- Dr. Palmer demanded that Dr. De- ish the society with the names of t ters, so that the alle: culprits might be tried at the conferences of the coadjutors. — DUEL EN AN OFFIC Pistols Drawn tn a Dispute Over a Note. COLUMBIA, c., January 15.—Capt. James fH. Tillman and B. B. Evans met at the aw office of Mr. Simpkins yesterday afternoon to settle a question about a note given Capt. Tillman, concerning which there has been some trouble. Mr. Tillman made ar k relative to Mr. E which the latter sail was a side Issue which he woull setile afterward in any way desired. Capt. Tiliman at once drew his pistol and fired, the ball passing through Mr. Evans’ hat. Tilln ans returned the fire, his ball wounding an in the chin. Tillman fired two other shots, one striking Evans in the shouller. Evans fired again, wounding Till- man in the body. Evans’ wound is slight, but Tillman's are of a dangerous nature. sare PROBABLE DIVORCE CASE. ‘Treacy Jeffords Retarns Suddenly Last Sight. M Home Upon returning about 10 o'clock last night from New York Mr. Tracy L. Jef- fords, one of District Attorney Birney’s assistants, as a result of what he saw and heard at his home kicked Dr. Sigel Roush, suid to be a local dentist, out into the tree Mr. Jeffords resides with his wife and ebiid, the latter a little girl of three and a half years old, at 611 Maryland avenue northeast. Sunday evening he left the city for New York, where he was yesterday the stamp robbery causes. He the city shortly after i0 o'clock last evening. Going at once to his home, rding to his friends, he noticed a light the dining room, and, hearing voices ‘em, he stepped to a window. Looking ough the blinas Mr. Jeffords saw that wife and Dr. Roush occupied tae room. said that the actions of the pair josed such a condition of intimacy as «© the husband to enter the house in ard throw the doctor out. According to the story Mr. Jeffords Opened the toor and burst in upon his wife and her visitor. A stormy scene followed, ani the dentist made for the door, grab- bing up Mr. Jeffords’ overcoat by mistake in his fight. The angered husband closely followed the fleeing dentist, and by the Vigorous apptication of his foot greatly in- vased Dis speed. Jeffords met Dr. Roush at Herndon, ee last summer, and quite an intimacy is said to have sprung up between them. He 1 to be a writer of verses, as is Mrs. | ds, and it is said that a similar scene | Occurred at the house a few da after « Christmas. ‘That time Mr. Jeffords, re- ing home from a trip to Atlanta, Ga and discreet. ords, who is an exceedingly pop- is, very domestic in his habits, to be devotediy attached to child. Friends say that he n pointed out to of ¥ her conduct, ten pron 1 to there wife and today by 5 his state of mind was most observa- er he that he anything, and declined would or would not for a divorce. cally denies today that as anything in any way improper tm his relations with Mrs. Jeffor ——— ‘Theater at Milwaukee Burned. MI.WAUKEE, January 15.—Fire broke out tn the interier of the stage of the Bratt Theater at 11:30 o'clock this morn- ing. The Deuster Club rooms In the same buikling were destroyed. The total loss is Sstiamted at THE DIFFERENTIAL TAX A Bill Recommending Its Repeal to Be Reported to the House. Measures Which in Mr. Wilson’s Opin- ion Indieate a Retaliatory Policy the Part of Germany. or The republicans have not yet decided what their attitude will be toward the preposition to repeal the differential tax of one-tenth of a cent on sugar imported frem countries paying a bounty to their producers. The committee on ways and means at their meeting today decided to repert favorably to the House the Wilson bill to repeal this item of the new tariff law. The discussion in the committee was | for the most part of a perfunctory char- acter, Mr. Wilson and Mr. Reed being the orly members who had studied the ques- tion, and the opposition which the republi- cans mad> to reporting the bill was tenta- tive. . Mr. Reed was strongly of the opinion that Secretary Gresham was wrong in his statement that this clause of the bill was in violation of our treaty with Ger- many. He had little to say as to the ad- visability of abolishing this discrimina- tien, the republicans not having conferred together. The general question of the in- jury to the trade of this country by the tepeal of the reciprocity clause of the McKinley law and the question of the combination of continental Europe to put restrictions on our commerce were not gone into in the ‘discussion. This will be re- served for devate on the floor if the bill comes up. It is possible, however, that the republicans may not object to the re- peal of the one-tenth per cent differential, tut will merely make it a text for a moral lesson to statesmen who legislate without knowing what they are doing. Mr. Wilson’s Position Chairman Wilson took the lead in ad- vocating the bill, urging the arguments which have been advanced by Secretary Gresham that the differential violates the most favored nation clause in treaties with Germany, Austria and certain other foreign nations. “The differential,” said Mr. Wilson, “puts money into the pockets i the sugar trust at the expense of our cattle interests.” He gave it as his opin- ion and that of the administration that there could be no shadow of doubt that the exclusion of American meat from Ger- many on alleged sanitary grounds was in- spired by the sugar duty, and said that the reteliatory measures against this duty had already done great injury to American commercial interests and that still more sweeping acts of retaliation were threaten- ed by Austria and other countries. The republicans opposed the bill. Mr. Reed had some sarcastic remarks to make about the insufficiency of the revenue provided by the new tariff, and said that it would be folly to make changes which might decrease the income of the govern- ment or the effect of which was uncertain. Other republican members deplored what they termed a lack of Americanism in the policy of the State Department. They ar- gued that the differential did not violate treaties, and that a bad precedent would be estabiished by permitung foreign gov- ernments to force legislation by threats. Mr. Hopkins of Illinois held that the export bounties granted by Germany and her neighbers so affected the sugar business that an offset was necessary in our tariff. nd | he's affair has | No formal vote was taken, and the names were not recorded. a ee QUARTERLY MEETING. Program for the W. C. T. U. Exercises ‘Tomerrow. The quarterly meeting of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union, which will be held in Union M. E. Church tomorrow, from 9:30 a. m. to 4 p. m., will be of un- usual interest. Special music by Miss Nellie Ross has been arranged, and at half-past 11 Mrs. Fenetta Sargent Haskell of Missouri will ive a reading, entitled “The Golden Wed- ding;” 2 p. m., address by Miss Julia Pau- line Leavens of Chicago, on “Various Phases of W. C. T. U. Work in Other Cit- ies.” Delegates and visitors will bring a basket lunch, and coffee will be served by the union of this church. The program for the day is as follows: 9:20 a.m., convention called to order, pres- ident, Mrs. M. E. Griffith; devotionai exer- cises, Mrs. Judge McDowell; reading min- utes ‘by secretary, Mrs. Emma F. Shelton. 10 2.m.—Juvenile and Sunday school,Mrs. Alfred Wood; temperance literature, Mrs. Margaret B. Platt; legislative and petition, Mrs. Clinton Smith; prisen and jail, Mrs J. D. Smith; unfermented wine, Mrs. E ma Falconer; corresponding ‘secretary report, Miss L. S. Weightman; treasurer's report, Mrs. S. Minerva Wescott. 11:30 a.m.—Reading, “The Golden Wed- ding,” by Mrs. Fenetta Sargent Haskell of Missouri; solo, Miss Nellie Ross; Young Woman's Work, Mrs. S. D. La Fetra. o'clock—Noontide prayer. Adjourn- ment for lunch. : Afternoon Session. 1 p.m.—Devotional exercises, Mrs, Marla Merrick; flower mission, Mrs. F. G. Jones; work among foreigners, Mrs. Hannah Crosby; solo, Miss Nellie Ross; address, Miss Julia P. Leavens, Chicago—“Phases of W. C. T. U. Work in Other Cities;” scien- tific temperance instruction, Mrs. Anna F. Beiler; Sabbath observance, Mrs. M. E. Catlin; evangelistic, Mrs. M. E. Hartsock; press,’ Mrs. Margaret B. Platt; purity in literature and art, Mrs. E. A. Chambers; narcotics, Mrs. Alice Chapman; railroad, Mrs. J. H. Mitchell; social purity, Mrs. J. H. Robinson; mothers’ meetings, Mrs. Sophie Smith; heredity and hygiene, Mrs. C. E. Ritter; parliamentary, Mrs. Anna F. Beiler; messenger boys, Mrs. Netlie H. Bradley; firemen, Mrs. Maria Merrick; mercy, Dr. Alice Burritt. 4 p.m.—Adjournment. ————— A BIG HAUL. ‘Thieves Get Jewelry Valued at a Good Sunr The first good haul made by thieves for several weeks was made last night at the residence of Mr. Emile Berliner, corner of Mth street and Columbia road, and the robbery was committed earty in the even- ing. Members of the family responded to the dinner call about 7 o'clock, and they went to the dining room, on the lower floor, leaving the upper part of the house wholly unprotected and at the mercy of thieves. An outer dcor had been left un- locked, and the unwelcome visiter found it an easy matter to walk up the carpeted stairs and help himself to money and jew- elry to the value of about $1,000. The thief was probably in the house only a few minutes, for the diamonds and $150 in cash were all in a bureau drawer in Mr. Ber- liner’s bed room. It is thought that the thief had probably acquainted himself with the number of persons in the house, and had watched through the window from behind the shrubbery until all the members of the family had seated themselves at the dinner table. ‘Then he entered throvgh the door, which was afterward found ‘mlockel, and used a piece of tallow cand! to light the room in erder that he migh see just what to take. The small piece of burned candle was left in the rocm, but the money and jewels were missing. The jewelry was in a jewel | case and the money was in a hand satchel. | ¢ jewelry stolen included a pair of aia- | mond earrings, pair of pearl earrings, ame- | thyst ring, a pair of cnyx earrings and pin, onyx pin set with eleven diamonds. green enameled diamond pin, gold watch initials “C. B.,” solitaire diamond ring and fob chain. Soon after dinner was over the theft was | diseovered, and Detectives Weedon, Boyd and Horns and policemen from the eighth precinet station were soon at the house. After an investigation of the circumstances attending the robbery, the officers started out to apprehend the thief, but without any success, although they are confident that the stolen property will be recovered and the thief finally caught. It has only been a few weeks since Mr. Siebold’s house, ad- joining the Berliner residence, was robbed of about $200 worth of jewelry. Mr. Ber- liner is well known as a patentee of elec- tric works, and in this line he figured in a series of unsuccessful suits against the Bell Telephone Company. | with CRY OF THE NEEDY Finds a Prompt and Generous Re- sponse in This City. FOOD, FUEL AND CLOTHING DONATIONS Mr. John R. McLean Gives $5,000 for the Relief of the Poor. PROGRESS OF THE WORK ———— The emergency consequent upon the ex- haustion of the funds of the city’s char- itable agencies, and the increase of local suffering from hunger and cold, has been met for the immediate present through the generosity of Mr. and Mrs. John R. Mc- Lean. Mr. McLean, who is a liberal giver, both in his home state, Ohio, and in Wash- ington, was much impressed by the show- ing of the local needs made in the appeal of the central relief committee, and an- nounced to Mr. John Leetch, who was con- sulting with him concerning a shipment of food which Mr. McLean was making to suffering miners in Ohio, that he had de- cided to contribute for himself and Mrs. McLean $5,000 for the relief of the poor of the District. He called together today to advise him as to the proper disbursement Notice to'Subseribers. ~ ~ t Subscribers are earnestly requested to report any trregularity 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. and the contents put together, assoried and distribued among those who are espe- cially needy. Work of Relief. At the regular meeting of the Legion of Loyal Women last evening special ap- propriations were made for the purchase of fuel, groceries, &c., by the quantity at wholesale rates. About $150 was appropriated from the funds to carry on the work of employment and relief. Eighty-seven families have been supplied from the donations which were re- ceived at the pound party on Friday last. Great care is taken in investigating cases, and the women will not continue to supply help when the applicants refuse to work when they have the opportunity. Through the generosity of a friend, a store room has been secured which will be used for sorting and distributing the mended garments, glv- ing room for the sewing class and the gen- eral relief, employment and information work at the hall, 419 10th street. of this money Mr. John Leetch, Rev. Teunis S. Hamlin, Rev. Jos. T. Kelly, Rev. How- ard Wilbur Ennis, Mr. E. D. Batley, Lieut. Swindells and Mr. Theodore W. Noyes. Mr. McLean, in turning over the money to this committee, indicated his desire that $1,500 skould be expended in Georgetown and $3,500 in Washington, and suggested that his experience in distributing relief to the poor in a similar emergency in Cincin- nati had shown that the part of the money which had been expended in_ providing warm clothing, and especially flannel un- derclothing, seemed to have been spent to the best advantage. He did not know how far the conditions were the same in Cin- cinnati and Washington, but he thought that possibly at least a part of the money might well be expended in the same man- ner here. It was decided by the advisory committee that the Georgetown allotment of $1,500 should be expended by a commit- tee composed of Rev. Dr. Alexander, Rev. Stuart, Mr. B. T. Janney and Lieut. Jas. Swindells, acting in conjunction with Mr. John Leetch, and that while this dis- tribution was being made Georgetown ap- plicants for relief to existing charitable agencies might be referred to this commit- tee. In pursuance of Mr. McLean's suggestion concerning the provision of clothing $500 were appropriated to the Central Union Mission to carry into effect a plan of pre- paring and distributing flannel undercloth- ing. The remaining $3,000 are to be turned over to the central relief committee, with the suggestion that the money be made available for immediate use by equal dis- tribution between the Associated Charities, the police fund and the Central Union Mis- sion; and with the further suggestion of Mr. McLean’s wish that to some extent at least relief be supplied in the shape of warm clothing. This handsome contribu- tions is exceedingly timely, and with others which may be inspired by this example, may tide over the local relief organizations until the canvass and entertainments plan- ed by the central relief committee bring in additional funds. The Proposed Entertainment. The work of relieving the existing dis- tress among the very poor of Washington is going on without let up, and many czses were relieved today by the Associated Charities and the Central Union Missiun. The recently reorganized centr.l relief com- mittee has already got down to work, and, while it started without funds, the resul| of the appeal issued yesterday are xiready beginning to le felt.” New that the me bers of the commit‘re have, got fairly to work, there is no telling tc what the sum may grow. Star ing out with such a sub- scription as 50,000, the members of the com- mittee naturaily Teei imbued with hope. Organized e‘orts for nelpiag the tion of the pour in this city have : be so valuable in years gone by that they have the utmost confidenes in the publi who give freely and with the knowleds that their orferings will be wisely dis- tributed. In addition to the issuance of the appeal yesterday, Judge Cole, chairman of the committee,appointed an entertainment com- mittee to prepare for a concert, the pro- ceeds to go to the relief of the poor. The members of the committee are Dr. Frank- lin T. Howe of The Evening Star, Mr. Wil- lard Holcomb of the Post, Mr. J. F. Dur- ham ot the News, Mr. Whitman Osgood of the Times and Mr. Frank B. Metzerott. Dr. Howe, the chairman of the commit- tee, has called a meeting for 4:30 o'clock this afternoon at Metzerott’s music store, to look over the ground and to discuss plans for the proposed entertainment. Se: eral suggestions have already been mad One is to hold a continuous performance next Saturday, beginning at 2 o'clock and continuing through until 11. The enter- tainment will be provided by local talent— that is to say, if this suggestion 1s adopted, as is thought likely—and by means of a continuous performance of this sort a much larger number of people can be pro- vided than would otherwise’ be possible. This first concert is for the purpose of raising a sort of emergency fund or imme- diate relizf, and will be followed within the next fortnight by a more imposing and carefully planned entertainment. A general effort will be made to sell the tickets, and there is no reason why several thousand dollars might not be cleared in this way. Rerepond to the Appeals. According to reports made by those who are engaged in the distribution of relief at the two associations, a larger number of applications for help have been received today than any day for some time past. ‘Yhe crying need is for food and fuel, and a tremendous amount of each was given out before noon. On the third floor of the Central Union Mission a half dozen women who have volunteered for the work were engaged in assorting and distributing to the needy ones the second-hand clothing which has been donated in large quantities. It is an interesting and gratifying fact that the individual cases of suffering which have been reported in The Star during the last couple of weeks have each and all brought forth generous responses from sympathizing people. The daily mail of ‘The Star includes many letters from people who write to ask for the names and ad- dresses of those who have been particularly referred to, and every case which has been investigated and found to be deserving has been attended to. Several of the most needy families have found friends among the readers of The Star who have volun- teered to remove their names from the list of the charity organizations and care for them through the winter, or at least until the heads of the families are able to se- cure regular employment. It is also get- ting to be quite the thing just now to or- ganize little groups of a haif dozen well-to- do and charitable families in different parts of the city to interest themselves each in a particular case of suffering, promising to look after their wards until their time of worst need is over. Suggestions to The Star. A number of letters have been received at The Star office containing money to be sent to special cases which have appealed to the writers. As a rule these letters have been unsigned and simply contain a clip- ping from The Star describing a particu- lar case. It goes without saying that all mongys have been turned over without delay, though not without thorcugh inves- tigation, to those for whom ft was in- tended. In a number of instances where provisions and fuel were most needed ac- counts have been opened with the nearest grocers and coal yards to be used as need- ed. Every letter contains some pleasing reference to the work of The Star. For instance, one writer yesterday said: “I am a poor working man, but there are others poorer than and I want to send a dollar to The Si which is aways the friend of the poor. Frequently the letters contain a sug- gestion as to how the work of relief can be prosecuted. Some of these would be impracticable, but others are not without merit. One man writes, “Why not have a spe- cial collection in all the city churches?” Another says that he is greatly in favor of the plan of leaving empty bags at every house, to be filled up with what each fam- ily can best spare, these to be collected One of the most welcome subscriptions for the work of relief came today. It was in the form of sixty pairs of blankets, new, warm and white, from Mr. Toni B. Rein- hardt. They were sent to The Evening Star office with the request that as many of them as were needed be used to help the people whose conditions have been de- scribed in The Star, to be sent to these peo- ple direct, and that the balance be turned over to the central relief committee. Subscriptions Received. Subscriptions have been received for the relief work of the Central Union Mission as follows: Previously reported, $65 Jas. C. Strout, $1 Mrs. Cash, $1; ; L. E. B., $1; A Well- Wisher, $5; G. L., A Widow, Indeed, $1; Friend, per B. H. W., $50; A. H. H., $; Elizabeth A. Fox, $5; Miss Louise Arm- strong Davidson, Mrs. Mildred C. Frost, $5; Employes of M. C. Stone, $11; Laborers cn Mrs. Childs’ house. $4; B. C. Lazinby, $2; A Reader, $2; Campbell Carrington (blankets), $10; W. M. B. (fuel), $2, J. Mac- bride Sterrett, $5; Mrs. Beard, $10; N. M.”"Ambrose, $1; Mrs. $1; Through Evening Star,” $1 No Name, $1; Mrs. N. M. Brooks, Friend, $10; Cash, $2; Mrs. F., $2; 2; F. C. Carter, $1; C. L, Jenkins, $1 J. 8. D., $1; Mr. Hugley from Wesley, $5 Emma P. Cook, $1; L. M., $2; Unknown, by mail,, $2; M. C.-H., $1; N. W. G., $1; En- deavorer, $1; Four Little Children, $1; G. A. Y¥., $3; Alice A. Hercus, $5; Mrs. H. P. Henderson, $4; Morris Lanman and H. Benjamin, $1.10; H. M.S. Mrs. Liat Anderson, 1 Major Hodge, $2 Grant, -. $1; Friend, 25 e rs. M. er, $5; Friend of the Needy, $1; King& Waughters West Pres- byterlan Church,9%2°%. M. C._A., $1; Rich- ard Small, $3; Member of Moody Choir, $5; Mr. O., $25. "Fotgf, $1,051.10. Genéritl, Relied. Heretofore acknowledged, $780.11; cash, $1; ‘to name, $5; E. Jean Con- . F. AntireWs, $25; Hotel Johnson employes, $4.30; progeeds of fair given.by Millicant Murray, $h.1 w ". BU E., $1; C. S. Sperry, f -, %; Alice Winans Downey, erates of the poor, $. Total to date, $866.58. “ _For special cases—ti B. T., $5; Miss W., $. Total, $10. —— D RIC’ GOVERNMENT. - Keeping’ Pipes in Condition. The Commissioners are wrestling with an important question as to the responsi- bility of keeping the service pipes, trench- es and pavements in good repair in con- nection with the laying of house con- nections between the water mains and the house. Under the act of 1894 the Commissioners have laid a considerable number of lead and castiron water service pipes from the mains to the building line on streets to be improved. The question of keeping the service pipes, trenches and pavements in good repair and condition seems to have been overlooked in connection with the consideration and passage of the act. The regulations of the Commissioners govern- ing this matter provide that all persons taking water are required to keep their service pipes and all fixtures connected therewith in good condition and repair and protected from frost at their own expense, to prevent all unneces: waste and keep the trench in which their service pipes are laid from the building line in good condi- tion. The superintendent of the water depart- ment today asked the Commissioners for specific instructions in the matter. ‘Are the repairs to the pipes and improved pavements to be made by the water de- partment at the expense of the property owners, or will the expense attending the keeping of the pipes and trenches in good order and condition be borne by the water department?” These are the questions he wants decided. - The attorney for the District has been asked to place the responsibility. For Pavements. Bids were opened by the Commissioners this morning for laying asphalt pavement or six-inch gravel base, and laying vitri- fied brick or block pavement on six-inch gravel base, in alleys in squares 152, 509, 225, 275, 510 and 37. The only bidder was Messrs. Sanders and Houston of Pittsburg, Pa., at $1.08 per square yard, and the pro- posal will be rejected and new bids asked. Tapping Mains. Secretary Lamont has forwarded to the Commissioners the following recommenda- tion of Col. Elfiot with his approval: “That general authority be granted to the Commissioners of the District of Co- lumbia to tap all United States majns in the District of 12 inches in diameter and under at their pleasure, with the excep- tion of the 10-inch main in Georgetown between its valve just north of M street and the Rock Creek Aqueduct bridge at Pennsylvania avenue; the 12-inch main on the Conduit road between the distributing reservoir and Foxall Hill, and the 12-inch main on the Canal road. “That the Commissioners of the District of Columbia be requested to lay a distrib- uting main on thé Conduit ahd Canal roads between the dist&ibuting reservoir and the foot of M street at the Aqueduct (Arling- ton) bridge, and ghat, if this main be laid, and it be requestgd by; them, permission be granted to the Soni astoners to tap the 12-inch main for the supply of this distrib- uting main.” Hg Protests, Miles Fuller of 504 1th street northwest has entered a protest with the Commission- ers against the Ifcat{jn of concrete works | in square 711. He,says\the location of these works will undouptedly result in a nuisance to the property,,in that vicinity, and he does not think that such an establishment should be allowed within the city limits. Three Vielations. William Scott, in a drief but forcible let- ter to the Commmissioners today, calls at- tention to three violatibns of the law, which should be corrected. He starts by saying that the Anaccstia street car line is daily violating the law; that swinging signs should be removed, and that overhead wires should be put underground. Con- cluding, in his letter, he says: “Do the tel- egraph companies and the telephone com- panies own the streets? They certainly defy the law: Wonld Be 2 Trouble. Gray, a commission merchant, doing business at 903. Louisiana avenue, in- quires of the Commissioners today the sccpe of the order published in yesterday's Star relative to the removal of obstructions on Louisiana avenue. He says the removal of coops which are daily consigned to the merchants and left upon the sidewalk until Mr. A. sent back would proye a very great in- convenience. ——— Suicide at Baltimore. BALTIMORE, January 15.—William “W. Crozier, a well-known oyster and fruit packer, shot himself dead today. INCOME TAX DEBATE|THE NICARAGUA CANAL| FINANCE AND TRADE It is Further Continued in the Sen- ate Today. MR ALLENS SPEECH AGAINST If He Asserts That Such a Tax is Unconstitutional. MATTERS IN THE HOUSE Touching and eloquent reference was made in Chaplin Milburn’s opening prayer in the Senate today to the bereavement of Senator Hansbrough of North Dakota in the loss of his wife. After the stirring speeches of yesterday the Senate appeared to settle back to its accustomed sefenity, and there was scant attendance on the floor or in the galleries. Mr. Chandler (N. H.) was present for the first time since his return to the Senate, and was warmly congratulated by his as- sociates. Mr. Frye (Me.) secured the suspension of the rules and the passage of bills for nu- merous lights on Kennebec river, Maine, and for amending the maritime laws as to the measurement of vessels. Mr. Voorhees, from the finance commit- tee, favorably reported the bill for coinage at the branch mint at Denver, Col. Tarif? Information Called For. Mr. Manderson’ secured the passage of two important resolutions calling on the Secretary of the Treasury for informa- tion on the tariff. One resolution asks for the quantities of spirits and high wines taken out of bond ‘during the sixty days prior to August 28 last, when the new tariff law took effect, the names of the partles or concerns who took the goods from bond and all other detailed informa- tion concerning the same. The other reso- lution calls on the Seoretary for full in- formation as to the amount of sugar im- ported during the sixty days prior to Au- gust 28, the names of importers, amounts of imports, the country whence it came, . ete. House bill was passed authorizing the Little Rock and Pacific Railroad Company to construct bridges across the Fourche, La Fevre and Petit Jean rivers in Arkan- sas. Senate bill was passed to approve the construction of a bridge across the Red river between the states of Arkansas and exas at © pointiabove the townjof Sulton, rk. ‘The debate was then resumed cn the in- come tax item in the deficiency appropria- tion bill, and Mr. Call (Fla.) addressed the Senate in favor of the appropriation. Mr. Quay’s Statement. Mr. Quay submitted a statement from the stock books of the Lehigh Valley Railroad Company, showing that the income tax would fall mainly on stockiolders having small amounts of stock. It gave the total rumbez of stockholders as over 9,000, while more than 70 per cent of this number had interests below $4,000. Mr. Quay said the showing of this company was undoubtedly the same as that of other corporations. Mr. Allen (Neb.) then addressed Senate. He spoke of the fact that the Senator from Marylani (Mr. Gorman) and the Senator from Iowa (Allison) were now an- nouncing to do their readiness to get to- gether on a plan for raising revenue, al- though the parties of these two leaders had been irreconcilably separated on the rev- enue question for twenty-five years. An Income Tax Constitutional, Mr. Allen read from numerous Supreme Court reports to show that an income tax was constitutional. Taking up the tariff, Mr. Allen said a considerable element on the democratic side of the Senate was as essentially pro- tectionists as the Senators on the other side. It was merely a difference of de- gree in their protection. This common feeling, said the Scnator, was the reason they had witnessed the remarkable specta- cle yesterday of democrats and republi- cans “falling on each others’ necks and indulging in a love feast.” Mr. Allen yielded for the submission of a message from the President cencerning the arrest of two Japanese students by China while they were under the protec- tion of the United States. “Mr. Lodge of Massachasetts stated that after he had examined the papers sub- mitted he would address the Senate on the subject. the THE HOUSE. Chairman Sayers of the appropriation committee reported the sundry civil ap- propriation bill to the House today. Mr. Grosvenor (Ohio) presented a reply to a recent memorial sent to the judiciary com- mittee by Mr. Ritchie of Akron, Ohio, making supplementary charges against Judge Ricks of the United States court of the northern district of Ohio. Mr. Grosve- nor stated that Mr, Ritchie’s charges in- cidentally involved ex-Senator H. B. Payne and Judge Stevenson Burke, and the reply which was presented through him gave a full statement of the pertinent facts in connection with the Ritchie charges. On behalf of those gentlemen, Mr. Grosvenor asked for a full investigation and complete report censuring and prosecuting or ex- onerating them. On motion of Mr. Whiting (Mich.), a bill was passed for the relief of Dennis Mc- Intyre. Mr. Sayers then demanded the regular order. In tke morning hour Mr. McCreary (Ky.) called up a bill authorizing Lieut. Col. Forwood and Surgeon George H. Primrose to accept certain testimonials from the Argentine Republic, and it was passed; also authorizing Commander Dennis W. Mullen, U. S. N., to accept a medal from the government of Chile. Also to make disposition of the accre- tions upon the fund recetved by the United States upon account of the payment of the Caracas awards of 1868, to apply said ac- cretions to the payment of the new awards made in 1889 and 1800, Some time was spent in the consideration of a resolution authorizing additional compensation for the industrial commissioner to the Melbourne exposition in 1895, but the morning hour expired before it was disposed of. Indian Appropriation Bill. ‘The House then went into committee of the whole for the consideration of the In- dian appropriation bill. The Dill carried $6,494,820—$229,000 less than the estimates and a reduction of §238,783 compared with the appropriation for the current fiscal year, Mr. Holman, chairman of the Indian com- mitiee, who was in charge of the bill, ex- plained the changes made in the bill. The changes included an increase in the appropriation for Indian schools of $125,350, making the total amount $1,125,350. the same bill 80 per cent was to be used for contract schools in pursuance of the policy recently inaugurated looking to the ultimate substitution of government for contract schools. o-_______— SCHOOLS CLOSED. Two to Be Famigated Owing to a Smallpox Case. The Eastern High School and the Towers school buildings will be closed tomorrow on account of a case of varioloid. The patient in the case: is Bennie Kilgore, a fourteen-year-old girl, who lives at 912 Pennsylvania avenue southeast and at- tends school in the Towers building. She has a brother in the High School. This morning whem-the health officials diagnosed the case as varioloid the brother was taken from school and an order given for the closing of the buildings tomorrow. The buildings will be thoroughly fumigated and may not be opened again until Monday. ‘The patient has a very mild case of the disease and will probably be sick only a few days. a Range of the Thermometer. The following were the readings of the thermometer at the weather bureau to- day: 8 a.m., 28; 2 p.m., 42, Maximum, 42; minimum, 24, A Thorongh Investigation of the Whole Question Quite Probable. No More Money to Be Put in by the Government Until the Company's Condition is Known. It is believed that the proposition made by Senator Turpie to have a thorough in- vestigation of the Nicaragua canal ques- ticn, before the government puts any money into it, will be adopted in lieu of the bill under discussion, if anything at all is done on that subject in this Congress. It is not thought that the feeling among the Senators in regard to the canal bill is any- thing like as favorable as it appeared to be at first, and the prospects of the bill getting through at this session are not re- garded as good Statements have been made recently in zegard to the status and operations of the present canal company, and the general condition of its affairs appear to have ex- cited a feeling that there should be first of all a thorough investigation as to the feas- ibility of the p!an, and also as to the whole enterprise as far as it has been prosecuted. Real Object of the Bil Senator Turpie’s recent speech against any action by the government until after a full investigation by army engineers as to the character of the work done and to be done, has increased the suspicion that the real object of the bill is not so much to secure the construction of the canal as to relieve the present owrers from liability which they cannot meet. The last report of the Maritime Canal Company of Nicaragua, submitted to Con- gress at the beginning of this session in accordance with its charter, showed that the company had sold 10,125 shares of the cepital stock at par, from which $1,700,840 has been realized in cash. This was re- quired in their charter granted by Con- gress, but the company reports having paid for work, &c., $844,882 in cash, $21,199,000 in stock and $6,855,000 of its first mortgage bonds. This represents a total expenditure of $28,898,S82, nearly all ef which was paid to the Nicaragua Canal Construction Com- pany, a corporation fermed under the laws of Colcrado, composed of the same indi- viduals who constitute the Maritime Canal Company of Nicaragua. The construction company was placed in the hands of a re- ceiver in August, 1893, by the United States circuit ‘court of New York, and the stock and bonds of both companies are now worthless, and will never become valuable unless the United States comes to the aid of the company by indorsing its bonds. Cost of Legitimate Work. How much actual cash would have been A Fractional Advance in Most of the Stocks. LIBERAL SELLING OF CHICAGO GAs Effect of the Injunction Issued Yesterday. GENERAL MARKET REPORTS Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. NEW YORK, January 15.—Opening prices this mornirg reflected an imprevement over yesterday's finals, rarging from 1-4 to 1-2 per cent, except in the case of Chicago Gas, which opened off a full point under pres- sure of liberal selling orders. The stock mentioned was again the center of activ- ity, en a descending scale, the result of further interviews with Attorney General Malowney on the subject of yesterday's in- junction. This injunction restrains the Fi- delity Trust Company from paying the dividend recently declared,and deprives the receipts of that company of their voting power. While admitting the temporary nature of the injunction, the attorney general is quoted as believing that the trust company will be put to considerable trouble to dis- solve it, and estimates that a special act of the state legislature may be necessary to accomplish such purpose. On the other hand, those who are suffer- ing most from this legal annoyance are confident that they will successfully elect a new board of directors at next Monday's meeting, and that the parties owning the majority of the temporarily discredited certificates will assume the management of the company’s affairs. Rumors of “endless litigation” caused the uneasiness so pronounced at the open- ing, the stock selling off an additional 1 per cent to 701-2 during the first five min- utes of trading, but gcod buying was re- ported on the decline. The stock was fair- ly steady at any time during the morning, however, the dilatory methods of the at- torney general's office being too well known to inspire confidence in the immediate re- moval of the legal handicap now existing. Sugar was the second feature of import ance, selling down 1 per cent on tracers’ operations, based ou rumors of the prob- able attempt to remove the one-tenth dif- ferential duty on imported sugars. understood that the republican leaders in the Senate have announced their inability to call up any business now on the table required to do the real legitimate work +that would tend to reopen the tariff debate, represented by the apparent expenditure of $28,054,000 in stock and bonds Is one of the matters which the investigation proposed by Senator Turple may bring to light. While the Maritime Canal Company is re- quired by its charter to make an annual Tepert to Congress, the construction com- pany fs under no such obligation. a DISTRICT IN CONGRESS. To mge Ventilntion. The committee on ventilation and acous- tics of the House has authorized Mr. Linton of Michigan to draw up a bill and report embodying some changes in the present system of ventilating and lighting the hall of the House of Representatives. The report will recommend lighiing the chamber by electricity. The committee will continue its investigation in behalf of im-| proving the ventilation of the House and furnishing a supply of pure ai To Buy the Art Gallery. Senator Morrill today introduced a bill | directing the Secretary of the Treasury to purchase the property now occupied by th2 Corcoran Art Gallery, and appropriating $350,000 for that purpose. The bill was re- ferred to the committee on public buildings and grounds. Pistrict Employes and Civil Service. Representative Everett of Massachusetts will probably appear before the House com- mittee on civil service reform in behalf of the bill which he has introduced to place the officials, clerks and employes of the District government under the civil service. Jurisdiction of Justices of the Peace, Mr. Meredith of Virginia introduced in the House today pctitions numerously signed by merchants and members of the legal professicn of the District of Colum- bia, praying the passage by the House of Representatives of the bill that had al- ready passed the Senate enlarging the jurisdiction of justices of the peace in this District, so as to include the right to issue the writ of replevin and the writ of at- tachment before judgment; likewise to increase their original and concurrent ju- risdiction with the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia to the amount of $250,000. The promoters of the bill claim that like jurisdiction exists in the states, and will have the effect, if it become law, to avoid the proverbial “law's delay and, as far as practicable, the ruinous ex- pense incident to the employment of coun- sel and costs and charges of the higher courts. ge : Diphtheria Raging. Diphtheria is raging with much virutence in Laurel, Md., and there have been six deaths within the past few days, and a large number of others are stricken with it. It is claimed that the disease was allowed to spread by the authurities, who tried to keep the facts hidden. Among the deaths are De Buil Gambril, son of Superintend- ent George W. Gambrill of the Laurel cot- ton mills, and Miss Mary Whitney, a prom- inent young lady pes Ohio National Bank. Directors of the Ohio National Bank were elected today as foflows: J. D. Taylor, John ©. Johnson, Wm: Lawrence, J. J. Kleiner, F. F. Browning, J. F. Dieudonne, T. H. Anderson, Dr. T. B. Hood, L, M. Saunders, Geo. H. La Fetra, Francis ‘Thomas, Henry Eberbach. eee Albrugh'’s Entrances. The Commissioners today amended the police regulations by inserting a clause providing that hereafter it shall be unlaw- ful for carriages to take up passengers at the Pennsylvania avenue entrance of Al- baugh’s Grand Opera House, and further, that vehicles shall stand on 15th street south of Pennsylvania avenue. —— Today’s Cabinet Meeting. The cabinet meeting today was attended by all the members except Secretary Mor- ton, and, it is understood, was devoted «n- tirely to the consideration of financial quesitons. o Grain and Cotton Markets. Cotton and grain markets, reported by W. Hibbs, 1421 F'st., representing Hubbard, Pri Go., New York. Wheat—May ™ Ribs—Ja May. Month. January Mareh May June. 15.—Flour firm, uncha : shipments, 236 1 Wheat ‘I GO4a0083; steamer! N bushels; stock, S68, els; southern white cor Oats firm, good demand b western, 351, 737 bushels: low. ‘No. 2, 57—re- 303, bushels. Hay g00d to choice timothy, $12. 13. jutet and steady—steam to Eiverpool per quarter, January, Is.a%s; Cork. for orders per quarter, active, unchanged. changed. Cheese January, 23.2d.a2s.10i4d. oe and eggs steady, un- but have agreed to consider any new bill that may be sent over from the House rel- ative to this fractioral duty. Competent judges of legislative chances are conlident that this duty cannot be re- moved at this session, no matter what the device employed. In the railway list the grangers were all fractionally higher on early trading, but yielded slightly to selling orders after the noon hour. Louisville and Nashville was marked up 5-8 per cent on further covering of shorts. I'he best advices obtainable on the pooling bill are of such a character as to cause some apprehension as to the bill's chances of becoming a law. The market for foreign exchange opened steady on a very small volume of business. Rates and conditions are practically un- changed from those last reported. The in- dications are that the week's shipment of gold to continental capitats will be consid- erably under original estimates. The en- Bageinent of $300,000 gold at the subtreas- y today is prescmably for export tomor- rG The volume of business during the last hour dwindled, almost exclusively, into professional trading, with prices at or near the lowest point of the day. The sentiment of the street was mixed cn the outlook at the close of business. er FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. ‘The following are the opening, the high- est and the lowest and the closing prices cf the New York stock market today, as re- ported by Corson & Macartney, members New York stock exchange. Correspondents Messrs. Moore & Schley, No. S0 Broadway: Stocks Open. High. Low. Close. American Sugar........ 90% 0% S95) 89% American Sugar Pid... ee 5 American Tobacco... American Cotton Oil Atchison. Canada § Canada Pacific, Chesapeake an c. Cc. and St. L Chicago, B. and Q.-.. 7 Chic.and Northwestern. Chicago Gas... 5 7 3 Dis.and Cattle Feeding. 114 Uy 10% 10% General Electric. Bits BAN BENG SAN Minois Central. Si North American... Ont. and Western. Pacifie Mail, nd Ri nila. in Pal. Car Wheeling and L. Erie Wheeling and L. E. Pid. vestern Union Tel. *Ex-div. 3X. i Washington Stock Exchange. Sales—regular call—i2 o'clock m. Potomac Telephone, 19 at 52. U. 9 at 128. wernment Bonds. —U. 113% asked. i |. Chesapeake and S. Blectric Light, . S. 4s, registered, 113% SS as coupon, 115%, bid. Us ms. 117 bid, 1 asked. District of Columbia Bonds.—20-year fund 5s, 107 Mid. 30-year fund 6s, gold, 110 bid. Water stock , 1901, currency, 115 bid! Water stock 7s, 1903, Qutrency, 120 bid! 3.66s," funding, ‘currency, 118 ‘Miscellancous Bonds.—Washingten George- town Railroad conv. Gs, Ist, 133 bid. Washington Georgetown Railroad conv. 6s, 2d, 133 bid. ai Metropolitan Railroad cous. Gs, Beit Ratiread 5s, 76 bid. “Eckington Railroad 6s, 101 bid. Columbia Railroad 6s, 107% bid, 110 asked. “Washington Gas Company’ Gs, series A, 112 bid. shington Gas Company Gs, ‘series B, 113 hid. Washington Gas Company conv. 6s, 130 bid. U. 8. Electric Light conv. 5s, 125 bid. Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone 5s, 99 bid, 102 asked. American Security und Trust Ss, F. and A., 100 ‘an Security Trust Ss, A. and O. bid. American s - 100 bid. Washington Market Company ist 68, 103 ¥ ton Market Company imp. 6s, 108 bid. Washinztoa Market Company ext. Gs, 106 bid. Masonic Hall Association 5s, 104 bid. Washington Light Infantry Ist 6s, 102 bid. Washington Light Infant 2d 7s, 100 bid. X Bank Stocks.-—Bank of Washinston, 200 ; ines asi Bank of the Rep 250" bid, asked. ‘Metropolitan, 280 bi and Mechanics’, 190 bid, 200 2: bid, 150 asked. Citizens’ 132" bid, 142 asked. st End, 110 bid, 112 asked. ‘Traders’; 102% bid, asked. Lincoln, 98 bid. Ohi id. fe Deposit and ‘trnst Companie ional Safe Deposit and Trust, 130 asked. Washington Loan T t, 120 bid, 7: asked. American Security ust, 13414 ‘bid, 13512 asked. Washington fe Deposit, 100 asked. Iroad Stocks.—Washington and Georgetown, 290 bid, 300 ask Metropolitan, 65 bid. Colum- bi: u Gn. L nd ec Washington Gas, “474 bid, al » bid. U. =. ‘tric Light. g 4 asked. Stocks.—Firemen’s, 45 asked. Frank- bid, 55 asked. Metropolitan, 70 bid, $0 . 57 bid. Potomac, 70 bid. | Ar- |. 434 bid. Title Insurance Stocks.—Real Estate Title. 108 bid, 116 asked. Columbia Title, 7 bid, 8 asked. District Title, 10 bid, 15 asked. —Chesa bid, 5S as . lean Graj » 4p asked. Pneumatic Gan Carri: -24 bid. Miscellaneous Stocks.—Washington - Market, 15 bid. Great Falls Ice, 135 bid, 145 asked. Norfolk a shington Steamboat, 90 bid. Téncoln Hall, 83 bid. Inter-Ocean Bullding, 95 asked. “Mergen thaler Ténotype, 136 bid, 150 asked.