Evening Star Newspaper, January 28, 1895, Page 2

THE EVENI NG STAR, MONDAY, JANUARY 28, 1895-TWELVE PAGES. thief the court took a rec 1 o'clock. During re that he Jast m the ¢ least a mont In his 1 of Capt. Crai the fact that the room uc- by Capt. Hows Capt. Craig Myer, the chief signal officer, the voucher t there was no} hear to the e (the elec- ¢ twenty- and stated the accounts for five yea manifer telegr ‘andum of the it and received was made, the n each counte the accounts, ing markei “O. K." by him, were rent to the property rsing officer. Many of the monthly accounts had sinc been destroyed under an act of Congres Those not destroyed should be foun the Treasury D: nt. The part of the telerrtn business was d by the Western Union Telegraph Co: w. Capt. A. Howgate. To Mr. Worthington the witness said that the monthly bills averaged from $8,000 to “), Prior to ISX} no accounts approved by the witness were recorded. Witness had nothing te do with the, vouchers apnroved | by the office beyond those duties described by him. Mr. Worthington asked the witness if it was not true that quite a controversy arose between the telegraph company end the office as to the rate paid the compauy for telegraphic work. Mr. Birney objected, on the ground that {t was an immaterial matter, and the witness was excused. - Mr. Birney then introduced in avidence an order, signed by Gen. Myer, directing telegraphic accounts to be forwarded to and approved by the disbursing officer. James P. Whelpley of the American Se- curity and Trust Company, formerly of the office of United States treasurer, ex- plained the details observed by the Treas- ury Department in placing funds to the credit of the disbursing officers of the gov- ernment. After funds had been placed to the credit of such officers the department subsequently acted as the agent of such of- ficers, the funds then being subject to the checks of the lisbursing officers. To Mr. Worthingtcn the witness explain- ed that the United States treasurer acted a3 the cashier of a bank in such proceed- ings, the disbursing officers being required | by regulations of the Treasury Department Reports of Terrible Suffering Among Wisconsin Settlers. | DESTITOPION IN THE TOWN OF RUSK Thinly Clad With Mercury Twenty. Degrees Below Zero. COUNTY ASKED FOR RELIEF GRANTSBURG, Wis., January 28.-Re- ports from the town of Rusk add to the tale of terrible sufferings and starvation among the settlers there. The country has just ‘een opened up and many settlers are recent arrivals. The greate: number of them come from the southern part of the state and were nearly starved out when they arrived at Rusk. The few morsels they had would not have filled a dry goods box. Those who arrived last spring cut away the wooas, opened a small clearing and tried to raise a few vegetables to live on, after having put up rough log houses to live in. Had they succeeded in raising anything matters might have been differ2nt, and their sufferings reduced’to a certain degree as far as hunger was concerned. But crops were an absolute failure. And then came the terrible forest fires, sweeping everything in their path. Many farmers lost the little hay they had gathered from the scattering marshes, and in several instances houses, barns and their all were swept away. ‘The towns of Shell Lake and Cumberland assisted them some last fall. The local charity fund and town furds are exhausted, and: now the county relief committee Is asked for aid. Gov. Upham has been re- quested to give immediate relief. They have almost nothing to eat and very little to wear. One-fifth of the inhabitants are without proper food, and any have not a peund of flour in the hov ‘The relief committee held a meeting here yesterday, after having given notice to those in need of aid. Their tales of want and need were taken under oath and were terrible in the extreme. It is a pitiful sight to see how thinly these people are ciad when the thermometer fs registering 20 to 20 below zero. —_—_—_ CANROBERT DEAD. GEN. The Last Marshal of France Passes Away. PARIS, January 28.—Marshal Canrobert is dead. Francois Certain Canrobert was born June 7, 1809. Having distinguished himself at the St. Cyr Military School, he served with credit in the army. He was made an aid de camp by Napoieon after the coup d'etat of December 2, 1857. Upon the for- mation of the army of the cast in 1854 he was appointed to the command of the first division in the Crimea. Marshal St. Ara- nad resigned six days after the first hat- tle in the Crimea, and the command of the to state on theli checks for what the checks were intended to pay. The checks were paid in the lawful money of the Unit- ed States. Mr. Worthington asked particularly as to the nature of the money paid on the al- leged forged order, the object of the ques- tion being, explained Mr. Worthington, to show that the grand jury could have de- scribed the money. If the grand jury could have described the money, and failed to do s0, the defendant wa% entitled on that ground to be acquitted. The witness could not more particularly describe the money, and he was excused, when Mr. Birney submitted certified coptes of the requisitions made by Gen. Myer dur- Ing the years 1879 and 1880 for disburs ment by the defendant as disbursing of- fieer. Also copies of warrants in connec- tion therewith, the object of such docu- nents being to show that the amounts re- ferred to therein were made subject to Capt. Howgate’s checks. Also copies of the drafts. Counsel for the defense stated that there was no necessity to introduce the decu- ments, as it would not be denied that the amounts were duly made subject to the de- fendant's checks. Mr. Birney, however, thought it best to introduce them. The defendant's counsel objected, how- aver, to the introduction of papers subse- quent to the time of the aileged offense. Judge MeComas thought it best to in- troduce only those connected with the al- leged offense. Distriet Attorney Birney then submitted f warrant issued in August, 1878, for 325,- 0, Counsel for the defense objected, on the round that the prosecution could not show such a state of affairs so far pre- vious to the alleged offense. The govern- ment claimed that $11,800 had been em- bezzled in October, 187, and the sole ques- tion, they asserted, at issue was did the defendant embezzle that amount at that time? Judge MeComas said he would allow the govert ment to show how much had been Placed to the credit of the defendant dur- ing the vear preceding the alleged offense, the object of the prosecution evidently being to show that at the time of the al- leged offense there was to his credit an @m unt equal to that alleged to have been taken. New York Witness. An exception was noted by the dgvense, and Mr. Birney called Chas. G. Nemann of New York city, bookbinder. He stated that he knew the defendant as Mr. H. Wil- Hams. Witness first met him five or six years ago, and had done much work for him. To Mr. Wilson the witness said that the Gefendant was in the book business at 62 or 64 ith avenue. That section of the city was one of the busiest and one of the best known in New York. Some days witness would see the defendant three times a day; gemetimes would not see him for a wees. The place was near Rroadway. At one time the defendant lived or Me- Devgall, ond at aroiher time on east 1th Street. In going to his place of business the defendant would cross Broadway and the other most frejuented thoroughfares. The witress had often met the defendant at the post office. ‘Ever meet him,” inquired Mr. Wilson, “near the United States courts and mar- replied the witness. Not having at hand some necessary doc- umentary eviderce Mr. Birney asked the court to adjourn at this point, 2:40, until 10 o'clock, which was done. ale THE POPE'S ENCYCLICAL Given Out Today to the Press by Mgr. Sato! The pope's encyclical which has just been received In this country was given out to the press today from the office of Mgr. Satolll, In speaking of the establishment of the legation in this country the pope says that the ultimate aim is to strength- en the institutions of the church and the bett-r fortify her discipline. As to Catholics entering societies of working men, the pope urges the faithful to shun not only those associations which have been openly condemned by the judg- ment of the church, but those also in which the opinion of intelligent men, and especially of the bishops, are regarded as suspicious and dangerous. = => Large Dividends Declared. The controller of the currency has de- elared dividends in favor of the creditors of insolvent 1: ational banks, as follows, viz: A third dividend, 5 per cent, in favor of the creditors of the Stock Growers’ Nation- al Hank of Miles City ton clair Mont., making in all proved, amounting to $IS4,460.07. A tinal dix idend of 37-10 per cent in favor of the creditors of the Spo- kane National Bank of Spokane, Wash., making in all 47-10 per cent on claims proved, amounting to © a. —s The Thiet © Miss Lena Weismiller, who lives on the jensburg road, had an exciting experi- ence in the Northern Liberty Market Sat- vurday night. She was walking through the market, when a colored man snatched her pocket book and ran. An outcry wus made, but the thief esoaped. 2,01 army was transferred to Gen. Canrobert. Gen. Canrobert was in the thick of the fight at Inkerman, and while heading the impetuous charge of the zouaves was wounded and had a horse killed under him. In May, 1855, he resigned, and soon after returned to France. He was treated with distinctior. and was sent on a mission to the courts of Denmark and Sweden. In the Italian war he exposed himself to great danger at Magenta and at Solferino had to effect a movement which brought aluable assistance to Gen. Niel. Was afterward made a marshal of Franc2. Marshal Canrobert was shut up in Metz in the war of 1870 with Marshal Bazaine, and on the capitulation of that fortress he was sent prisorer into Germany. In 1879 he was elected senator for Charante. In 186) Marshal Canrobert married Miss Mac- Donald, a Scotch lady. He is the last marshal of France. ee Petersburg’s Ball Club Incorporated. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. PETERSBURG, Va., January 28—Judge J. M. Mullen of the corporation court cf this city today granted a charter of in- corporation to the Petersburg Base Pall Association. The officers for the first year are Richard C. Scott, president; Charles Cohen, vice president, and Saml. C. Stevens, secretary and treasurer. These officers, with Robert Gilliam, M. Levy, H. P. Har- rison, F. K. Clements and E. H. Blakeny, are the directors. E sd Dore Practically Acauitted. EOSTON, Mass., January 28.—In the su- perior court this fofenoon the jury in the case of Attorrey John F. Dore, who was brovght here from Seattle, Wash., charged with the embezzlement of $2,500, returned a verdict which is practically an acquittal. On six counts the defendant is found not guilty and on the other three the jury could not agree. It is very improbable that the case will come up again. Dore was very prominent in Seattle and his arrest caused a sensation. SS The Delaware Deadlock. DOVER, Del., January 28.—Two ballots were taken today in the United States senatorial fight, without results. The fol- lowers of Higgins and Addicks remain firm. —— Indian Institutes. ‘The question of holding institutes in the west for the benefit of tezchers and others in the Indian service is now under con- sideration at the Indian bureau. There were five of these meetings held last year, but this year the number will be reduced at least to three, which will be held during the latter part of July and early in August, probably in South Dakota, in Oklahoma and in Oregon or Washington. ‘The inst!- tutes are believed by bureau officials to be of great benefit to the Indian schools, but the lack of funds for the purpose may re- sult in a decision to abandon the plan this year. ——_—_——__+2+—____ Fourth-Class Postmasters. The total number of fourth-class post- masters appointed today was forty-four. Of this number thirty-six were to fill vacancies caused by death and resignations and the remainder by removals. ‘The Virgir.ia appointments were: Chil- howte, Smyth county, W. G. Baylor, vice H. C. Heninger, removed; Dingley, North- ampton county, H. M. Johnson, vice S. M. Police Short of Funds and Many Are Suf- fering. The Work of the Central Relief Com- mittee—Meeting on Saturday and Business Done ee There were many distressing scenes at the police stations today,when men, women and children called and asked for help. A large majority of the callers were women who wanted food for their children, and what little the police had they gave in eases where there could be no question about the need. In every precinct there were families in great distress. There was one colored family, father, mother and six children, about to be ejected from their humble dwelling for non-payment of rent. Three of the children are sick, two of them hav- ing the typhoid fever. According to the Fotice served on them they were to have left the house yesterday, but the constable ceguid not eject them because a physician to the poor sent there by the police re- ported that it would endanger the lives of the sick ones. Chief Clerk Sylvester gave them tem- porary relief. At the South Washington police station, where the calls for assistance are, per- haps, more numerous than at the others, the stationkeeper told a Star reporter that donations of meat and bones for soup could be distributed to great advantage in that section. Made Happy. Ten families, none of whom had applied to any of the relief agencies for assistance, were made happy on Saturday by the dis- tribution of the supplies which were taken to the pound party at the North Carolfna Avenue Methodist Protestant Church on Friday night last. Notwithstanding the ex- treme unpleasar:tness of the night the do- nations recelved were very liberal, and early Saturday morning, Rev. Mr. Makos- ky, the pastor of the church, and Mr. C. C. Wilkinson started out with a horse and wagon to make the distribution. Among those relieved was an aged lady nearly ninety years old who was found to be in a destitute condition, while all the others aided were found to be sadly in need, and many of them cried for joy when Mr. Makosky and Mr. Wiikison rade known the object of their visit. Central Relief Committee. Th2 meeting of the citizens’ central re- lief committee was held in the private office of Judge Cole Saturday afternoon, Mrs. Babson, Miss Loring, Judge Cole, Dr. Ritchie, Col. Tracey and Messrs. Blout, Warner, Cook, Gardner and Somerville being present. Mrs. H. B. F. Macfarland of the committee appointed to superintend and manage the collection of funds and supplies, was also present. At the invitation of Judge Cole, Mrs. Macfarland made a statement of what has been done by that committee, as published in Saturday’s Star. Out of the fifty-nine districts into which the District has been divided, she said that only seven of those appointed as chairmen were so far unpledg- ed, and she hoped that they would soon be in line. The proprietors of the Boston House, Messrs. Woodward & Lothrop, had promised to have their employes canvass F street, and Mr. Lisner of the Palais Royal had promised to cover G street. Mrs. Macfarland having explained that the committee was too small, a motion made by Mr. Warner was adopted, au- thorizing the committee on collections to increase its number from three to five. Mr. Gardner, on behalf of the distribut- ing committee, submitted a report, showing that the supplies received at The Star's pound party had been distributed to the respective subdistributing agencies. But two cases of duplication had been ported, and one of those was found to have been unfounded. ‘The committee pro- posed to erect boxes through the city for contributions fer a bread fund, and would probably call upon some organization to take charge of the matter of collections. ‘The committee recommended that the num- ber of distributing agencies be not in- creased ard the suggestions were ap- proved. The remainder of the report was as printed in Saturday's Star. Judge Cole reported the receipt of a check from the entertainment committee, the re- sult of the continuous performance at Metzerott’s Hall, and a vote of thanks was extended to the committee. Judge Cole also reported that another entertain- ment would be held at Convention Hall, and read a letter from District Commts- sioner Ross stating that the police and fire departments would he permitted to sell tickets for the same. The Commissioners were thanked, and the members of the two departments, for the promised assistance. Mr. Warner made a report in the mat- ter of the soup stations, stating that much good work was belng done. The commitiee then adjourned to meet at the same place next Saturday afternoon, after Mr. Emery had presented an order for the $300 presented by the Rochdale Co-operative Association. SESE A SAD SUICIDE. mn Ends His a Pistol. Mr. Samuel Bacon, a son of Gen. Peter F. Bacon, was found dead this morning about 7 o'clock, with a bullet wound in his left temple. A servant employed at the residence of Gen. Bacon, 336 Indiana ave- nue, discovered the body. The dead man was found seated In a chair near the table in the dining room, and the wound in the head and the presence of a revolver close by were clear evidences of suicide. The body was cold, and it is thought that death had taken place several hours pre- vious to the discovery. Policeman Herbert of the sixth precinct was called in, and he notified the coroner, who later decided that an inquest was unnecessary. ‘The eath proved a great shock to a wide circle of friends, who are earrest in their ex- pressions of sympathy for the bereaved family. The dead man was the eldest son of Gen. Peter F. Bacon, one of Washing- ton’s oldest and best-known citizens. He was fifty-one years of age, and had been associated with his father in business. As a member of Washington Commandery and other organizations, he possessed a wide circle of acquaintances and was univer- sally popular. For some time past Mr. Bacon had been afflicted with fits of de- spondency, and during one of these pe- riods of temporary derangement he un- doubtedly committed the rash deed. Ar- rangements for the funeral are still in- complete. ‘ Mr. Samuel Ba: Life With ————— The Grand Jury. James Bell was a prisoner in the Police Court today, charged with housebreaking. Precinct Detective Barnes arrested him he- cause it was charged that he entered the house of John M. Hinkle, on New Yi avenue, with intent to commit a feluhy. The case was sent to the grand jury and the prisoner was committed to jail. SS They Were Friends. Howard McClure, alias Frederick Haner, and Paul Flynn were friends until a few days ago, when they met in a hotel cor- ridor and Paul showed his friend a railroad ticket. McClure went toward the door with the ticket and disappeared. Later he soid it toa scalper. Paul had him arrested, and Judge Miller today fined him $25 and ordered restitution. He went down. ee The Hotel Robbed. Saturday the Eckington Hotel was en- tered by thieves and robbed. The side window on the lower floor was forced open and a gold watch and chain, some silver- LeCato, rsigned. Se Action in Pardon Cases. The President has granted a pardon in the case of Richard 8. Hicks, convicted in Connecticut of embezzling bank funds and sentenced January 3, 1888, to four years’ imprisonment. The term expired under ecmmutation July 8 1890, and the effect of the President's present action is to restore the convict’s rights to citizenship. In tke case of John Workman, convicted in Arkansas of an assault and sentenced plated spoons and a pair of lace curtains were taken. The curtains were taken from the parlor windows. —_— The Stove Gone, In case of the colored woman Frances Bowman, who figured in the case of “Jim” Gallagher when he attempted to cut Police- man Maguire, as printed elsewhere in The Ster, Judge Kimball suspended sentence and released her on her own recognizance. When she returned home from court she discovered that her room had been entered November 20, 1898, to three years’ im- and her stove stolen. After making in- prisonment, the President has commegted | quiries about the loss of the stove, Frances the sentence to one year and six mag@hs’ | swore out a warrant charging Mary Rollins je ‘tual imprisonment. with the theft, and Mary will be arrested. LATE NEWS BY WIRE|HELPING THE POOR] A TERRIBLE ROW Effect of the Sones Message on the hy lemocrats. eS SILVER MEN ARE ALSO IRRIRATED Not Likely That Any Legistation Can Be Had. SOME EXPRESSED OPINIONS President Cleveland’s message has raised & terrible row among the democrats in Congress. Heretofore they have been try- ing to deceive themselves into-the belief that they were making an effort and some progress toward an agreement. Now it is probably no exaggeration to say that a majority of the democrats in both houses are thoroughly argry. This does not de- scribe the sentiment of the extreme silver men, who have been fighting the adminis- tration all along, but that of the conserva- tive silver men and state bank men, who have been trying to align themselves with the administration. The radical silver men express satisfac- tion at the message, not because of any- thirg that Mr. Cleveland says, but be- cause of the effect it has had upon the conservatives, whom they have heretofore regarded as being separated from them— seduced by the administration. An Opposite Effect. On every hand the opinion is expressed, often with considerable vigor of language, that the message has had just the oppo- site effect from that intended by the Pres- ident, and that if there ever were a chance of legislation this has ended it. Members of the banking committee of the House wko have heretofore been working hard to bring about some agreement are ren- dered silent by the message, and with an ominous shake of the head predict that at the meeting of the committee tomorrow there will be a very lively discussion. It is very strongly predicted that the ad- ministration bill will have the support of not more than two or three members of the committee, and that it can never be report- ed to the House. The great excitemen® is all on account of the use in both the message and the bill of the word “gold” in conection with the bonds, and the con- cession mede to silver has caused irritation among the silver men instead of placating trem. . No Possibility of Passing the Bill. ‘The opinion is almost universal that there is no possibility of the bill being passed. The radical silver men resent even being asked what’ they think of the message; their conservative cqleagues are silent and gloomy and the men of bota parties who agree with the administration generally express the opinion that nothing can be done. Views expressed by Senator Lodge represent substantially those expressed by all the “sound money men.” “There are,” he said, “many good sug- gestions in le message. I thoroughly agree with Mr. Cleveland that there should be a bond issue, and should be glad to as- sist the administration in this respect as far as possible; but it is much easier to make good suggestions than it is to se- cure good legislation. I do not think there is much prospect of legislation. Nearty all of the conservative silver men decline to talk and very few of the ad- ministration democrats ¢xpress any hope of legislation. Unquestionably the message has increas- ed the irritation in Congress and appar- ently added to the difficulties already suffi- cient, in the way of legislation. As a result of the manver in which the President's proposition ts received, and the intimation in the message that an extra session would be called if no actio&® came of this Congress, it is regarded almost universally as practically settled that the Fifty-fourth Congress will be assembled soon after this sesston closes. Opinions of the Message. Many of the Senatcrs did not obtain a clear idea of the President's message to- day from its reading from the clerk’s desk, and therefore declined to express opinions as to its purport or its effect upon legisla- tion. As far as there were expressions, they were generally to the effect that conditions had not been materially altered, and it would still depend upon whether the atti- tude 2f the silver men had been changed by_the message. On this point the democratic silver Sena- tors were generally non-committal, walle the republicans and populist silver men Were quite outspoken in declaring that they were not appeased. “The adoption of the President’s plan,” said Mr. Stewart (WNev.), “means 20-cent wheat and 2-cent cotton. Senator Wolcott (Col.) remarked: “The President speaks cf ‘the tyranny of pre- conceived opinions,’seeming to overlook the fact that he makes himself a proper sub- ject of his own criticism.” Senator Jones of Arkansas, a democratic silver Senator and a member of the finance committee, did not apparently accept the suggestion of gold bonds with favor, but said he would nct undertake to say what effect the message would have either on the finance committee or the Senate. Sena- tor Sherman declined to speak of it, saying that he supposed he would have to give the decument official consideration at tomor- rcw’s meeting of the finance committee. Senator Teller. Senator Teller said, very emphatically: “The messag2 has made no impression upon the Senate. It is easy to see that the President is wedded to the gold idea. His bond is a gold bond, and would weld the gcld standard upon the country. It is the bankers’ bond, one which would give the banks the abselute control of the fimances. There is nothing in it for silver. Nor is there any possibility of the adop- tion of the plan in the Senate. It is to fur- ther invrease the JebY, and make it payable only in gold.” Senator Dubois of Idaho said that while the President declared himself a fricnd of silver, he was endeavoring to prevent anything being done for silver by preparing a measure which would prevent silver from ever becoming a part of the money system. Opinions in the House. Many of the democratic leaders of the House declined to discuss the message un- til they had had time to consider its de- tails. Mr. Strauss (N. Y.) sal he moment a bill on the line of the President’s recom- Mendations has been passed, not only will gold shipments cease, but the tide of gold will turn the other way. Europe has ‘ost confidence in our ability to maintain gold payments. They hold from three to four thousand millions of our securities, which they are selling as rapidly as our markets will absorb them, regardless of the fact that they do not know what to do with their money. “They would rather lose several years’ interest than to receive back the principal in a 50-cent dollar. Unless Congress acts promptly the President will have to sell another $50,000,000 of bonds at a rate less favorable to the government, and this will have to be repeated at constantly dimin- ishing periods and less favcrable rates.” Mr. Hatch. s Mr. Hatch (Mo.).—‘‘There is nothing novel or startling in this propcsition except that it goes farther than many of us over ex- pected to see a democratic President go. It propores to pay in gold alone obliga- ticns now payable in coin. It is substan- tially the same measure that the House de- clined to order the previous question on, but more objectionable to the silver men than the currency Dill was.” Mr. Newlands (Nev.)—“It is intended to place the government cn a gold basis alone, to raise the value of gold and increase the burden of the debt-bearing classes, The silver men will fight it.” Mr. Sperry (Corn.), member of the bank- ing and currency committee: “Mr. Cleve- land has risen to the emergency. It will draw a distinct line between men who are for the gold and those for the silver stand- ard, and force the fight on lines that will make it impossible to longer compromise the issue. Whatever may be the result it is very desirable that the issue should be so stated that the position of men upon it can no longer be mistaken.” Mr. Bland (Mo.), the silver leader: “A gold bond means a gold standard, and this is the first presidential proposition ever made that brings Congress to the direct is- sue between the gold standard and bimetal- lism. Silver is wholly ignored as a redemp- ticn fund for government obligations. The Chicago platform said silver should be treated as a standard money equally with gold.” Representative Hull of Iowa said: “It is an able paper, and I think his plan a good ene. It is time for this government to take steps for the protection of its credit. I dcn’t like the idea of losing the greenbacks, but we may have to do it to protect our- selves.” Representative Pickler of South Dakota (rep.), said: “I am_ opposed to issuing bonds payable in gold. The people of my country are not favorable to the retirement cf the greenbacks, for they think it is the best money they ever had. However, I be- Heve the republicans will unite upon some plan in regard to the currency.” Representative Dockery Representative Dockery of Missouri (dem.) said: “While I realize the gravity of the financial situation and the necessity of action I am opposed to issuing gold bonds. The people of my country would not approve | Representative Coffin of Indiana (rep.) said: ‘The President's proposition comes very close to the republican standpoint on the question of gold bonds. When he gives a sop to the silver men and state bank men I cannot agree with him.” Representative Loud of California—“The President’s message is a bold exposition of the conditions and clearly points out the fact that we have arrived at the forks of the roads where it is to be either gold or silver.” Representative Reed of Maine declined to comment. Representative Dingley. Representative Dingley (Me.) said: “I am glad they have ceased treating this ques- tion as one for the relief of the democratic party, and have begun to treat it as one for the relief of the country.” Representative Grosvenor (Ohio): “The message is a little weak in referring to his fcrmer message, which his own party re- pudiated.” “The President appeals to us to be non- partisan, and yet every financial measure that has come here for the rellef of the treasury has been treated as a party measure by the democratic caucus and re- publican opinion and advice ignored. Representative W. A. Stone (Pa. message is strong and meets the situation squarely. The conditions of the country require immediate relief, administered purely from a patriotic standpoint.” Mr. Outhwaite (Ohio), member rules com- mittee: ‘The message 1s very strong, both in its reasoning and conclusions, and the situation it presents is truly alarming.” “Personally I think the bill might go farther than it does in the direction of concillating the silver interests. All tho silver bullion in the treasury could be coin- ed in connection with such a measure with- cut creating public apprehension. STILL GOING. GOLD Trensury Officials Hopeful of the Ef- fect of the President’s Message. The treasury gold balance suffered anoth- er heavy loss today by the withdrawal of an additional $4,000,000 of that metal from the New York subtreasury for export. ‘This reduces the balance to about $53,000,- 000—as low a figure as it has ever reached. Treasury officials are hopeful that the President’s message will have a good effect on the money market, especially on the rates of exchange, and that the heavy out- put of gold may be checked. As an evi- dence of the high standing of American credit abroad, it is stated that foreign in- vestors have offered to subscribe for $500,- 000,000 of American bonds. Several other large offers of a similar character have been received from London bankers. One of these was for $100,000,000 United States bonds at 3 per cent flat NAVAL EVOLUTION Three Vessels to Leave This Week for the West Indies. Admiral Meade expects to start on his cruise of evolutions in the West Indies next Wednesday. He will leave Hampton Reads with three vessels, the flagship New Ycrk, the Raleigh, which arrived in Hamp- ton Roads today, and the Cincinnati. It was expected that the Minneapolis would start with the fleet, but she will be delayed for a short time in order to finish some work, and it will probably be at least two weeks before the Columbia can sail to join the fleet. The department haus abandoned the idea of attaching the Atlanta to the evolutionary fleet, and the ship will be kept cruising off the Central American coast watching the revolution in Colombia and the Guatemalan trouble until the mid- dle of February, when she will go to New Orleans to participate in the Mardi Gras festivities. +e. Walcott Gets a Medal. The Geological Society of Iondon has conferred the Bigsby medal upon Prof. Charles D. Walcott, director of the United States geological survey, in recognition of important services rendered by him to geology and paleontclcgy. Prof. Walcott will not be in London at the formal presentation on February 15, but the American ambassador, or his rep- resentative, is expected to be present and accept the medal in his behalf. Only twice before has the United States been honored with the medal. It was awarded to Prof. Marsh cf New Haven in 1887 for important researches in vertebrate-paleontology, and in 1879 to Prof. Cope of Philadelphia. —— ae = Nominations by the President. The President tcday sent the following neminaticns to the Senate: Postmasters—Henry D. Linsley, Bran- ford, Conn.; John L. Elliott, Clinton, Mass. John R. Hopkins, Appleton City, Mo.; Will- iam Lewis, Lee’s Summit, Mo. War—First Lieut. Hugh Lenox Scott, sev- enth cavalry, to be captain; Second Lieut. Francis H. Beach, sixth cavalry, ‘to be first lieutenant; Second Lieut. Alonzoe Gray, sixth cavalry, to be first lieutenant. = PLAYING TROLLEY WHIST. What May Be Expected to Occur in About the Year 1900. From the New York Herald. “Rotten luck!” ejaculated the motorman, as the police pulled his victim from under the wheels, and the car sped merrily on. “Did you get that leg down, Jimmy?” “Yes,” answered the small boy, wno was keeping the score on a tablet. “You're in hard luck today, Bill. Yer ought to have had two legs there, easy. Looks as though Tom would beat you today, dead sure.” “Hi! yi! there, keep quiet now,” whisper- ed the motorman, as he jerked the lever wide open and the car shot ahead at light- ning speed. An old white-haired man, steadying his steps with a cane, was fee- bly picking his way across the tracks a little distance ahead. Noiselessly, but swiftly, the car stole upon him. I tried to shriek out a warning, but so horrified was I that my voice stuc in my throat. I could not utter a sound. Then the voice of a bystander rang out a loud alarm. The old man looked up, trembled violently, gave one superhuman spring and fell, fainting, beside the track— safe. “Curse that idiot!’ yelled the motorman, in a furious rage. “‘Ain’t I never goin’ to have any more luck, nohow. Here's an honest man as earns his drinks by the sweat of his brow, and hasn't killed a man for two days. Wouldn’t I like to mash that fellow that yelled then!” “Might I venture to inquire,” said the small boy, ‘what this all means The small boy diverted his quid from port to starboard and back again and made an- swer: “Ain't yer on to Bill? Why, he’s the flyest motorman on the line. He an’ Tom Collins kill more men in one week than all the others put together. He an’ Tom they have a game they calls ‘trolley whist.’ I keeps score for Bill one trip and for Tom the next. If yer knocks a man down an’ he ain’t hurt, it counts one; if he’s un- conscious, it’s two; cutting a leg or arm off counts five; two legs, twenty; killing a man counts fifty; a woman an’ her baby, a hundred—and so on. The one what wins gets treated—see?’ + 0+ Range of the Thermometer. The following were the readings of the thermometer at the weather bureau today: 8 a.m., 28; 2 p.m., 34; maximum, 3 imum, 28. to FINANCE AND TRADE The President’s Message Checked the Fall in Stocks, BUT THE RALLY WAS ONLY TEMPORARY No General Apprehension Felt in Wall Street. GENERAL MARKET REPORTS Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. NEW YORK, January —The Presi- dent’s message to Congress recommending an issue of $500,000,000 fifty-year gold bonds, bearing interest at the rate of 3 per cent per annum, served to check a pro- rounced tendency toward further reces- sions in stock values this morning. Open- ing prices reflected conctssions varying from % to 1 per cent and sold off during the first two hours of business under a continuation of the gold withdrawals from the subtreasury. The actual amounts taken for shipment tomorrow are considerably over $2,000,000, and Wednesday’s steamers will take out as much more. The decline in values was suddenly checked by the re- ceipt of Washington advices announcing that the attention of Congress’ had been officially called to the evil effects of this continued and unnecessary drain on the gold reserve. A general covering move- ment forced prices up to, and in some in- stances beyond, initial figures. The rally was only momentary, however, as the word “gold” in the message was construed as foreshadowing the defeat of any legislation framed in accoraance with the plan suggested. The silver men in Congress will consider no proposition in which any preference is shown for the yellow metal. ‘The conclu- sion of the street is, therefore, that if any zemedial currency legislation is to be nad an extra session of Congress will be neces- sary. In the meantime the effect of this delay is in doubt, but nothing serious is anticipated outside of the realms of chronic pessimism. The industrial list furnished the buik of the activity, National lead common start- ing the day at a decline of 1 per cent from Saturday's closirg and yielding still fur- ther to a renewal of short selling. The liquidation so pronounced at the close of the week was absent in the early dealings and traders were disposed to cover out- standing contracts. The result of this movement was an advance of 1 1-2 per cent in the price of the stock. Officials of the company were quoted as denying any knowledge of a just cause for the recent attack on the property. General Electric was sold down by the room for a decline of 1 3-8 per cent, part of which was regained on the midday ad- vance. Chicago Gas declined under a moderate selling movement for a loss of 1-4 per cent, the bulk of which was restored by the later attempt to cover. The affairs of the com- puny are believed to be gradually adjusting themselves to suit the wishes of the new interest. Sugar was conspicuously strong throughout the day, an advance of 1 1-4 per cent being recorded during the period of weakness in other departmen Jersey Central was the active feature of the railway list, declining 1 1-2 per cent on rumors of a bad statement of earnings to be made public about two weeks hence. The Grangers were heavy at the opening, but responded easily to the demand later in the day and took on fractional gains. Missouri Pacific was under pressure by the room element and lost 1 per cent on sales for the shcrt account. New Englcend was weak on rales by traders, and the balance of the list, while dull, was barely steady. Earnings are more encouraging and the general business outlook is brighter than it has be2n at any time of recent date, but traders, as a rule, are not in sympathy with this prospect and hesitate to increase their risks on the leng side of the market. There is, on the whole, little In the pres- ent situation to warrant a belief in any- thing more than a narrow, professional and sensitive market. ‘The attitude of Congress on all subjects | relative to or embcdying financial ques- tions will be carefully studied, and will, in all prcbability, be the only legislative factor to be reflected in the daily fluctuations of active stocks. The continual shipment of gold may yet necessitate an issue of 5 per cent bonds | similar to those put cn the market last November, in which event a temporary ad- vance in prices would result. ——— ANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. FI 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 Brozdway: Stocks Open. Hign. Low Close. American Sugar........ 89 0% S89 894 American Sugar Pid.) 9 s1y 91g American Tovacco ans 927, 93 American Cotton Oil 2 213 2135 Atchison. 45 ‘ Canada Southern Canada Pacific. Chesapeake an icago Gas. C..M. and St. Paul, C.,M. and St. Paul Pd! Chic., R.I. and Pacific. Del., Lack. and W..... Delaware and Hudson... Den. and R. Grande Pfd Dis.and Cattle Feeding. General Electri Tiiinols Central Lake Shore. Eri Lonisvilie and Nashvi Long Island Traction Metropolitan Manhattan Michigan Central. Missouri Pacific. National Lead Co. U. S. Cordage Co. U.S. Cordage Co. Pid. New Jersey Central. New York Central, N.Y. and N. E. Ci. N. iC. andSt. Louis. Northern Pacific... Northern Pacitle Prd. North American. Ont. and Western. Pacific Mail. Phila. and Reading. Pullman Pai. Car Co. Southern Railway Phila. ‘Traction... ‘Texas Pacitic.. Tenn. Coal and Union Pacific, Wabash... 12 Wabash Pfd.-- Wheeling and 1. Erie.: Wheeling and L. E. Pfd. Western Union Tel. Wisconsin Central Silver... Washington Stock Exchange. Sales—regular call_12 o'clock m.—Columbia Rail- road Gs, $1,000 at 100%: $1,000 at 103%. Government Bonds.—U, 8. 4s, reg bid U.S. 4s, coupon, 112% bia. E id. District of Columbia Bonds. -year fund 5s, 106 bid. 30-year fund 6s, gold, 110 bid. Water stock 7a, 19 15 bid. er stock 7s, 1903, 125 bid, 3.658, fund'ng, - currei 4% asked. 3158, rezistered, 2-108, 100 Miscellaneous Bond: shington and town Railroad conv. 6s, Ist, 133 bid. and Georgetown Railroad Cony. 6s, Metropolitan Rafiroad cony. 63, 4 Belt Railroad 5s, 83. bid, Railroad 6s, 101 bid. bid, 111_ asked. ries A, 112 bid. ries B, 113 6s, 130 bid. 1 3 Chesapeake an ‘Telephone ay 103 asked. American Security and Trast_ 5s, and A., 100 bid. American Sceurity and Trast 5s, A. and O., 100 bid. Washington Market Ist 68, 108 bid. Washington Market Compa 6s, 108 bid, Washington Market Company: 105 ‘bid. Masonic. liait Association. os.) Washington Lizht Infantry Ist 6s, 100 bid. ington Light Infantry 2d 7s, 100 bid. National Bank Stocks.—Bank of Washington, 305 asked. Bank of the Republic, 250 bid, 275 usked. Metropolitan, 280 bid, 297 . Central, 260 bid. Farmers and Mechanics’ fd, 200 asked. See: ond, 138 bid, 148 asked, Citizens’, 130 bid. Co- lumbfa, 130 bid. Capital, 115 bid. "West End, 109 bid, 112 asked. Traders’; 103 bid, 112 asked. "Lin- coln, 95% bid. ‘Wash Safe Deposit, and Trust Companies.—National Sate Deposit and ‘Trust, *120 bi Washing- ton Loan gnd Trust, *115 b Ameri- can Security atid ‘Trost, 13544 asked. Washington Safe Deposit, § cod. Raflroad | Stocks.--Washington and Georgetown, 280 bid, 290 asked. Metropolitan, @ bid, 73 asked. Columbia, 57% bid. Belt, 15 vid, 30 asked. Eck- ington, 82 bid. Georgetown and ‘Tennallytown, 33 Gas and Electric Light Stocks.—Washington Gas, *48 bid, 49 asked. Georgetown Gas, 50 bid. U. 8. Electric Light, 128 bid, 129 asked. Inaurance Stocka,—Firemen's, 45 asked. Franklin, sked. Metropolitan, 70 bid. Corcoran, otomac, 65 bid. Arlington, 150 bid, 160 rman-American, 160 bid. ational bid, 16 asked. Columbia, 13% bid, Bly . Riggs, 74 bid, ed. People’ Ly bid, 5% Et Lincoln, bid, 8 asked. Com- Inshrance Real unsyIvania, 37 bid, 50 asked. 750 "bid, 52% asked. 4 bid, 5 asked. Pneumatic x, 90 asked. Mergenthaler Lin- vid, 160 asked. —_— Baltimore Markets. PALTIMORE, January 28.—Flour dail and ersy— Western super 1.8 2.102.403 mily, Sa. 1: ments, 11 settled 56%: do. 5 ih, 46 K ary, steamer mixed, 431ja shipments, ” 34, sales, 49,000 9 stock, 3 bushels. prices—good to choice timothy $13.00. Grain freights quiet but st Sugar ‘steady—granulated, $4.08 per 100. Ibs. ter steady-gfancy creame! imitation, 1 f 15216: good Exes steady—freshi, limed, 15." Cheese firm—fui Tabs — Grain and Cotton Markets. Cotton and grain markets, reported by W. B. Hibbs, 1421 F'st., representing Hubbard, Price & GRAIN. oa Co., New York. THE CIRCULAR NUISANCE. Sound Sense for the Eye of Business Men. From the New York Sun. The mails are now loaded with the cir- culars of merchants soliciting customers for their wares as appropriate for holiday gifts. As these include articles of both luxury and necessity generally, and as millions of dollars will be spent in their purchase between now and Monday night, all enterprising dealers are seeking by lib- eral advertising to get the advantage of this harvest time for trade; but why -are so many of them dissipating so much of the money they are expending for this purpose in annoying the people with cir- culars sent through the post office at a great cost for postage? These circulars come along with a multi- tude of others begging for charitable con- tributions, so that of the two the chief part of every mar’s mail is made up. As soon as their character is discovered they are, as a matter of course, tossed into the waste basket unread. Their sending is re- sented as an impertinent intrusion, like the visit of an importunate peddler. Usu- ally, therefore, they do more harm than good tO the desiers who spend so much money in getting them up and paying their way through the post office. The only circulars offering articles for sale which justify the expenditure on them, and which can be sent out with no dan- ger of provoking resentment against them nce, are the few which contain special information, specially desired by the people who receive them. Articles of which there is no general supply may safe- to a particu- but to ly be advertised in this w: his profession or to collectors trouble a man with circulars the purchase of merchandise on sale in the trade, is to force on his atten- tion matters which concern the sender's interest only, and consequently to be guilty of bad manners. It is poor business policy. The proper place for such advertisements is in a newspaper, one of whose most im- portant functions is that of a business di- rectory. It enables the merchant to keep before the public his name, his place of business, and his wares, without causing them annoyance. As 2 part of the news of the day, he announces to the people gen- erally the articles he has to sell, their prices, and where they are on sale. He does not ring the door bells of people's heuses to thrust in unsought and unde- sired circulars soliciting buyers for his goods, but puts his advertisements in the customary business directory, which is a newspaper. There they are in their ap- propriate place, and are respected accord- ingly. s is a great opportunity enjoyed by because of the development of the newspaper. It brings the mer- chant and his business before the whole publis and gives to both the consequent distinction. The circumstance that the trade of houses which advertise the most largely and persistently in the newspapers is always greatest, proves that the public are interested in such announcements when they are put in the vehicle to which so- ciety now naturally looks for the informa- tion. . THE FASHIONABLE BAR. A Large Prescription Business With the Bartender as Doctor. From the Pittsburg Dispateh. Nowadays the bar in cities has become, with regard to its stock and the character of its concoctions, almost‘as complicated as a drug store. As a matter of fact most of the bars about New York have, in a way, gcne into the drug and prescription busi- ness. Behind their mahogany counters and lined up in front of the French plate and ranged upon their shelves are to be seen a hundred different liquors and cordiais and drugs. Jars and bottles of bromides and bitters and powerful drugs of various de- scriptions decorate the sideboard. All of these enter into the daily consumption of those who more and more often seek the saloon rather than the drug store for their medicinal remedies. The prescription business of the fashion- able bar is a very big and growing business. Men with headaches, stomachaches, colds, coughs, consumption, that tired feeling, loss of appetite, lassitude, &c., rely upon the bartender rather than upon the doctor or drug clerk. This implicit confidence is often amusing to the bartender himself as well as to those who are drinking for the fun of it. Anybody who has ever patron- ized a bar for beverages must have seen and heard the men who approach it for their medicine. “I feel miserable right here hand on his stomach, perhaps. ought I to drink?” ‘Oh, I'll fix you up,” says the bartender, grabbing a small bottle in the rear. He pours a little into a glass, then he grabs another bottle and pours something else on top of it, ard squirts in a jet of bitters and a jet of absinthe, and stirs them up in a glass of ice and strains the concoction off into a cocktail glass. Meanwhile the placing his “What omer pays little or no attention to this, but promptly swallows it when it is ready. He doesn’t know what it is or whether it is injurious or beneficial to him. But the powerful stimulating quality of the mixture probably “‘sets him up” if a few minutes. In the middle of his-conve sation he is conscious of this, and when the next round is ordered he promptly says he will take another of the same sort. “That stuff seems to make me come around all right,” he remarks. “What do you call it? “Oh, I don’t know,” responds the bar- tender, withea smile, “it’s a ‘pick-me-up’ we're on to.” And he straightway prepares another. He knows it ts not a beverage, but his customer asks for it and the re- sponsibility is at once shifted. He will mix a half dozen of them and see them absorbed with that calm indifference which is the habit of his profession. It is the other fel- low’s stomach and brain and nervous or- ganization. ——_ +02 A Cruel Command. From La Cronaca. The maravis was extremely wroth with his valet on account of one of his usual stupid tricks. Calling out to him, he said: “Giovanni! Come and help me on with my top boots. 1 want to kick you.”