Evening Star Newspaper, February 4, 1895, Page 2

THE EVENING STAR, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1895-TWELVE PAGES. NEWS BY WIRE! LATE * Bank Building at Milan, Ohio, Blown Up by Burg THE TOWN ALARMED BY THE NOISE Organization of a Posse and the Capture of Two. eating WELL LAID PLANS FAIL TOLEDO, Ohio, February 4.—About 4 o'clock this morning a terrific explosion larmed the people of the village of Mi- lan, east of here. A hurried examination showed that the Leckwood Bank building had been blown up, the safe cracked and its contents, about $30,000, taken by five masked men, who, in blowing open the safe, had demolished the building and started an alarm all over the village. Among the many who started to investi- gate the explosion was L. L. Stoddard, cashier of the bank, and he was just in time to see the five men leave the bank building, jump into a carriage and drive away on a dead gallop. He fired several shots at them, but with- out effect, and the men soen disappeared in the direction of Sandusky. A posse of men was hurriedly organized and soon followed in pursuit. At the same time, notices were sent by wire in all direc- tions, and the news spread around them so securely that escape was well nigh im- pessible. At Sandusky two men were caught,wnile it i= only a question of a few hours before the remaining three will find themselves in the toils. ‘The exact amount of money secured cun- not yet be ascertained, but it is believed to be about &i,000, The bank is a wealthy concern, which fact was doubtless known by the men. ‘The only error in their well-laid plans was the heavy explosion which started the alarm. It is quite probable that they had not prepared it with sufficient caution, and by that one error their plans were upset and themselves put in danger of capture. Bhai ean TWELVE YEARS IN PRISON. m and Sentence of Mrs. Blouse’s Assailants. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. ALEXANDRIA, Va., February 4.--Joseph Jones and James @bleman, charged with gssaulting and robbing Hannah Blouse on January 10, were convicted today and the punishment of each was fixed at twelve years in the state penitentiary. These men, with David Thompson, knocked Mrs. Blouse dcwn and choked her almost to death, and then robbed the cash drawer. — HELD FOR TRIAL. Convict George Slosson Charged With Break- ing the Sunday Law. NEW YORK, February 4—The thirty- nine prisoners taken last night by the pelice in the raids on Maurice Daly’s and George Slosson’s Broadway billiard halls were today arraigned in the .fefferson Mar- ket police court for violation of the Sab- bath law. All were discharged except Slos- scn and Daly’s munager, Charles Han- cker, who were held for trial in special Sessicns. ‘Their bonds were fixed at {00 each. —_—— FATAL BOILER EXPLOSIO: ‘Two Mem Killed and One Mortally In- Jured. PROVIDENCE, R. L, February 4.—The boiler at Earl, Carpenter & Sons’ ice house at Mashapang pond, Elmwood, exploded to- day, killing two men outright, injuring a third so that he died within an hour, and wounding ten others, some of them zerious- ly. The names of the dead and injured are as follows: Killed: Patrick Hehir, John Hehir, Martin Deery. Injured: William Morton, office boy, back and right arm broken and internally in- Jured; will die; Herbert Smith, injured about the head; Thomas Casey, internaily; Charles Braton, slightly injured; Thomas Nelson, the engineer, blown through the building and scalded, but not seriously in- jured; Martin Ryan, injured about the ead; Henry Butler, colored, 37 Salem street, injured about the head; Philip Lyneh, right leg broken below the knee and injured about the head; Michael Tier- rey, scalded and injured about the head; George M. Darling, foreman, injured about the face. ACTORS IN A Teain Carrying a Theater Company ‘Tarown Down a Bank. NEWTON, Ill, February 4.—A bad wreck of an extra freight train carrying a pas- senger coach occurred on the Indiana and Illinois ‘oad two miles west of Obiong yesterday afternoon. The train was running, it is said, over double the schedule time when a rail broke, plunging five cars, including the passenger coach, down a fifteen-foot embankment. Ford's ‘Theater Company,biiled here for this week, composed of eleven people, and two other passengers, were ir the coach. The fol- lowing were injured: Clint G. Ford, man- ager, arm hurt; George M. Adams, leading A WRECK. man, m and head badly cut, internally injured; Harry Fahern: comedian, head and arm cut; George Jackson, foot mashed; D. W. Seagrist, hand and leg gashed and hadiy bruised; T. H. Hand, se- riens head wounds. The three ladies es- caped without injury. The coach and two of the cars are a mass of ruins. None of the passengers will die. _—_ In Chase of Train Robbers. TUCSON, Ariz., February 4.—No news has been received frorm the posse in pursuit of the daring bandits who held up the west-beund Overland last Wednesday near Wilcox. It is positively known, howev2r, that they crossed the line into Mexico. When last heard from tney were headed fer the Tonto basin country. If they ever reach that section of the territory the ebances fcr their capture are small. —_ The Southern Pacific Labor Dispute. SAN FRANCISCO, February 4.—The Southern Pacifle locomotive engineers are excited over the statement given out by one of their number yesterday that it was their intention to enter upon a strike in ease their demands were not acceded to by the railroad company. Just what prop- osition they will assume in case of a re- fusal by the company to adjust thei. dif- ferences is as weil guarded a secret as was ever shared by so large a body of men. Both Chief Arthur and Chairman Myers of the engincers’ committee de- nied that any strike was contemplated. : is A Basiness Man's Suicide. GENESEO, N. Y., February 4.—John Davidson, a prominent business man of this place, committed suicide today by shcoting himself in the mple with a re- volver. He was sixty-six years of age. For scme time he had been afflicted with hallucinations. ——— A Cornell Reanton. The Washington alumni and alumnae of Cornell University will hold their twelfth arpnual reunion in the rooms of the Down Town Club on Saturday evening, February 16. Preparations are being made for an unusually enjoyable eccasion. ——+. —_— Treasury Receipts. National bank notes received today for redemption, $210,047. Government receipts —From internal revenue, $151,911; customs, $583,165; miscellaneous, $109,041. —_—_—___—__- e+ -—-__ Madame Joniaux has been convicted in Brusse!s of killing her relatives for insur- ance and been sentenced to death. Ex-Congressman M. D. Stivers died Saturday in his chair in Middletown, N. ¥. PRESENTED THEIR PETITION. Staikers’ Committee Escorted to the Brooklyn City Hall. BROOKLYN, N. Y., February 4—Police Superintendert Campell gave out a warn- ing today to those who had in contempla- tion a demonstration in favor of the strect car strikers at the City Hall square this afternoon. The superintendent said: ‘The mayor’s proclamation, issued two weeks ago, is still in force, and consequently no gathering or meeting will be permitted in the streets or squares of Brooklyn. “[ have issued an order holding the re- serves in readiness at each precinct to be ready to prevent any demonstrations of the strikers.”” Judge Moore, in the court of sessions, to- day instructed the grand jury that it would have a great deal of work before it in in- vestigating the disorder during the past few weeks caused by the strike. The responsibility of the disorderly acts, he told the jury, must be placed. Law and order must prevail, and it is the duty of the grand jury to find out who was re- sponsible. ‘About a quarter to 2 o'clock this after- noon, a crowd of strikers, numbering about 1,000, headed by Master Workman Connelly, Best, Collins and Giblin of the_executive board of District Assembly, No. 75, Knights of Labor, marched from their headquarters on Bridge street up Fulton street to the city hail. ‘A petition had been circulated in New York and Broeklyn asking the board of aldermen to repeal the trolley franchises. Mr. Collins of the executive committee said that 61,000 signatures had been ob- tained. When they reached the city hall they were greeted with cheers of about 2,000 people, who had congregated on the side- walks in the neighborhood. The commit- tee which was to present to the board of aldermen the petition consists of Master Workman Connelly, Best, Collins and Gib- lin. ‘They ascended the steps of the city hall, and the body of strikers, which had ac- companied them to the city hall, marched around the corner to Jerolemon street. While Police Inspector McKellar was al tempting to disperse the mob a squad of meunted police, numbering about fifty, who had been secreted in an alleyway be- hind the city hall, charged on the crowd and drove them off the square. No particular trouble is apprehended, and no arrests have as yet been made. —_ FIRST NEWS FROM ARMENIA. Comment on the Enterprise of the Associated Press. PITTSBURG, Pa., February 4—The Post, commenting upon the Armenian letter of the Associated Pres, says: “The investigation of the Armenian mas- sacre made by the Associated Press is one of the most valuable pieces of newspaper work done for a long time. Not only is it of worth from a news peint of view, and it was a fine scoop for the organization that furnishes the Post with so much of its telegraphi= news, but it will prove of per- manent value in the settlement of the ques- tions, political and social, that must neces- sarily arise before the affair of the Turk and his victims can be looked upon by the rest of the world as settled. It was a most commendable piece of high class enter- prise.” “When the Associated Press first sent out, and the papers belonging to it printed, the news of the massacre, rival news as- sociations tried to belittle the value of the information, and even up to the present have not given the subject the attention it deserves. They could not do so, but pre- tended that its importance had been €x- aggerated. The investigation disposes of all such pretensions forever, and gives proof that the Associated Press news is reliable in all respects. “As to the trouble itself, the correspond- ent’s labors do not put the Turks’ in any better light than they have been since the first rumors of the outrages were heard. The Armenians are shown to be rebellious, and most Americans will think rightly so. The Turks, to punish rebellion, permit all manner of unnamable crimes to be com- mitted, goading the persecuted people to frenzied outbursts, which are in turn pun- ished@ with still more awful atrocitics. The fault of the whole matter is seen to be in Constantinople, and with the European nations that permit the sultan to exerc'se his sway over the country of the Ar- menian: —— Ss minnztions by the President. The President today sent to the Senate the following nominations: Treasury, to be collectors of customs— Abraham Osborne of Massachusetts, dis- trict of Edgartowa, Mass.; Henry P. Kit- field of Massachusetts, district of Glouces- ter. Mass. Justice—Sinclalr Taliaferro of Texas, to be attorney ef the United States for the eastern district of Texas. Postmasters—John EF. Conn Mass.; John W. McNamara, C! Navy—Passed Assistant Engineer Robert G. DeKnight, to be chief engineer; Assist- ant Engineer Willis B. Day, to be a passed assistant engineer; Assistant Engineer Rob- ert B. Higgins, to be a passed assistant engineer. ——— a Death of Mrs. W. X. Stevens. Mr. W. X. Stevens, superintendent of the Sunday school of All Souls’ Church, better known as superintendent of the tathing beach, has met with the loss of Ms wife, Sarah Elisabeth Stevens. She was as well as usual up to about thr: weeks ago, when one morning on her to market she caugnt a severe ‘cold. sipelas set in to complicate the mal: and her lungs were soon affected. Pneu- monia developed a few days ago and Mrs. Stevens ly succumbed, 4 morning. She was, like her husb: publie-spirited, kind-hearted citizen, will be keenly felt. — A Narrow Escape. Secretary Carlisle had eceasion to con- sult with the President in regard to the financial policy yesterday afternoon, and, as he was crossing the av to enter the White House grounds, he had a narrow escape from what might have been a seri- ous accident. He was walking leisurely along, evidently absorbed in thought, and Gid uot realize his danger from the sleighs and other vehicles which were passing in great number. Suddenly a high-spirited steed, drawing a entter containing two young people, dashed down the avenue immediately in front of the Secretary. The horse seemed to be beyond the centrol of its driver, and, if the Secretary hadn't checked his progress and stepped bacis sev- eral paces, he would undoubtedly have been knocked down. His hat fell off, but was recovered, without damage. Fortu- nately, the financial minister suffered no other inconvenience. The sleighing party drove off and was soon Gut of sight. deceit ei cea Naval Movements. ‘The cruiser Minneapolis left Norfolk yes- terday for New York and Newport, where she will coal and receive her torpedo cut- fit, prior to her departure for the West Indies to join Admiral Meade’s squadron of evolution. The gunboat Castirfe sailed from New York yesterday on her long roundabout cruise to the Brazilian station by way of the Mediterranean sea and the Indian ocean. This long detour is made for the special purpose of displaying the United States flag on the east coast of Africa and at Madagascar and looking after long- neglected interests in that section of the world. The Ranger and the Alert sailed from San Diego, Cal., yesterday, the former for Buena Ventura, Colombia, and the latter for San Jose, Guatemala. se ee Will Give Bail Tomorrow. In the cases of the sugar trust recal- citrant witnesses refused habeas corpus, the district attorney postponed the giving of bail until tomorrow at 10 o'clock, as Judge Cole was tn the Clreuit Court and Judge McComas was busy with the How- gate case. Ashland, ton, Mass. 2+ ______ The Jackson Retirement Bill. The Senate judiciary eommittee today de- cided to report favorably the bill for the retirement of Associate Justice Jackson, amending it by striking out the proviso that Justice Jackson should retire within ten days after the act was passed. + o+_____ Living Evidence. Brom Life. Wife—“The cook says she never was with a family that lived any better than we do.” Husband—“Yes. The policeman on the corner has gained twenty pounds since she came.” IN| THE RANKS TROUBLE Union Veteran Union Makes Appearance in the Courts. A Member Applies for an Injunction and Accounting—What is Charg- ed in the Bill. There is trouble in the ranks of the Union Veteran Union, according to a bill for an injunction and accounting filed this afternoon by John J. Freeland against William Irving, Stephen F. Hamilton, Har- low L. Street, William H. Prescott, W. Cooper Taliy, George O. Barker and Hi- ram H. Brewer. Mr. Freeland states that he is a trustee, and one of the original members of John A. Logan Command, No. 2, and was elected treasurer of the trus- tees in 1891. Harlow L. Street is the col- onel of the command; Stephen F. Hamil- ten is the adjutant, George O. Barker is quartermaster and Hiram H. Brewer, Wm. H. Prescott and W. Cooper Tally comprise the auditing committee. Mr. Freeland states that as treasurer he has a small amount of money on hand, but he is unable to know the exact amount or to find out the exact amount due the command, on account of the acts of cer- tain officers, and certain resolutions pre- tended to have been passed at a meeting of the command, which resolutions are de- clared to be false, wicked and malicious. It is alleged that on July 3, 1804, Ad- jutant Hamilton embodied in his minutes from Quartermaster Barker a charge against Mr. Freeland of $11.50 as trustee, but the sum, it is claimed, was never re- ceived by the latter, but the adjutant, with full knowledge of the irregularity and fal- sity of the charge, embodied the same in his minutes, although it had never been reported at any meeting of the command. Upon the reading of the minutes of the adjutant, it is further chaged, Colonel Street, with full knowledge of the falsity of the charge and under the objection of Mr. Freeland, declared the same adopted by the ecmmand. Mr. Freeland was later called upon by certain oificers of the command, so he says in his bill, among them being William Irving, a trustee. They claimed to come as members of the command and friends ef Mr. Freeland, and wished him to ac- ccunt for a sum of money, including the alleged false charge in question, which he refused to do, and then and_ there William Irving offered him the position of cclonel if he would set the matter right and account for money which he had never received. Thi: offer was also refused, the bill goes on to say, and thereupon Col. Street pre- pared a report, which did not state the true reasons why Mr. Freeland could not account to the command, and by vote ob- tained from the organization, through fraudulent misrepresentation, authority di- recting the adjutant to notify Mr. Free- land that if he did not make an accounting he would be dishonorably discharged. Later, Mr. Freeland says, he was informed that he had been dishonorably discharged. All_the proceedings mentioned, it is averred, were without any notice to Mr. Freeland, and also against the iaws of the Union Veteran Union. any other misdemeanors are charged, h ure in brief that the defendants named in the bill have joined together to hurt Mr. Freeland among his fellow mem- bers of the union, having shown a wanton violation of the rules by which they are bound, and have by their acts tried to make ovt that he is guilty of a gross breach of trust. Mr. Freeland asks a general injunction and accounting, including the passing of a decree to give him an honorable discharge from the organization, and an order for’ the colonel and the adjutant to withdraw all charges made against him to the Sec- retary of the Interior. ——E THE ARCHITECT'S OFFICE. Mr. Carrere Declined Because of Bad Condition of Work. In a recent interview in the New York Sun Mr. John M. Carrere, the New York architect, detailed the efforts of the archi- tects’ committee to secure the passage of the McKaig bill providing for an improved system of government architecture and the efferts they had made to induce Mr. Bank- head, chairman of building and grounds committee, to withdraw his opposition to the measure. “We told Mr. Bankhead,” said Mr. Carrere, “that we were not riding a hobby, and did not advocate any particu- lar form of bill so long as the principle in volved was carried out. We told him that the existing bill had the support of the thinking people of the country and of Con- gress. We asked for his reason for taking a stand against it, and he positively re- fused to give any, and then uttered that famous remark about ruining the country by a reckless expenditure of money. Th McKaig bill does not touch work m hand. It only applies to the work of the future, and that work would be under the legisla- tion of the House and Senate committees on public buildings. “That he was acting absolutely for po- litical motives could easily be seen, and we retired. It is the general impression in Washington and among architects that Logan Carlisle runs the architectural pari of his father’s business. When ex-Supervis. mg Architect O'Rourke disagreed with Mr. Kemper, his assistant, who is an intimate chum of Logan Carlisle, O'Rourke went and Kemper remained. It is the opinion of many well-informed people that O'Rourke went bet e Logan Carlisle said he was to go. Do you suppose Logan Carlisle would want a commission of architects and en gineers? This is opinion, of course, but it is entertained by every architect wh« worked for the McKaig bill, and may It not account for the action of Mr. Bankhead? “Now, as to my declining the place offer- ed by Secretary Carlisle. In the first place the condition of the work in the architec- tural bureau is almost indescribable from the point of view of both the architect and the busin man. Disoi ation is the only word for it. For instance, right ir Washington one contractor has a contract to put a roof on a building in thirty days under forfeiture, and the walls of the building are not half up. “The iron framework of the flooring in that building is in position as far as it is built, and the masons have not been allow- ed to place their fire blocking in it. Labor- ers are walking over those floors in mo- mentary danger of death. Mr, Kemper re- cently went before the House committee and admitted that the work could not be done in proper order. One building had been built in which no provision had been made for plumbing. “There is not a man from top to bottom who has had the experience that would justify his holding his place. Logan Car- lisle is no architect, and yet he is said to run the bureau. “D. H. Burnham, the director general of the world’s fair had the best assistance the country could afford. He had alf the work concentrated in one place. The su- pervising architect of the Treasury Depart- ment has nis work scattered all over the country, and is supposed to do the work that Burnham and all his assistants did. Then between him and his work comes the politician. Do you wonder I declined? If I made the present system a success there would never be a change. By constant fighting we will get what the people ought to have.” PRACTICE DISCONTINCED. Belt Line Will Not Charge Double Fare. Attorney Duvall rendered an opinion to the District Commissioners this afternoon with referenco t> the complaint of the school teacher, Miss Raney, that she was charged two fares for a continuous ride on the Belt line recently. Mr. Duvall has decided that this action on the part of the railroad is without warrant of law, and that, after consultation with the attorney for the road, the latter has agreed to dis- continue the practice. — Orators Will Compete. The second annual oraterical contest of Hamline Chapter, Epworth League, will be held in Hamline Church this evening at :30 o'clock. The judges on thought and composition are Mrs. W. M. Springer, Prof. J. Howard Gore ard Mr. Charles Davies; on delivery, Hon. M. Brosius, Hon. Geo. W. Hulick and Rev. O. A. Brown. SS Gas Company Election. The Washington Gaslight Company today elected directors for the ensuing year as follows: John R: McLean, William B.Webb, James W. Orme, John C. Bullitt, George Dunlop. It was a re-election in each case. THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS Further“Disbussion of the Schedule I (the Senate. THE DISTRIGY APPROPRIATION BILL Substitiite Amendment for the Tun- nel ‘Test Adopted. SENATORS ON EDUCATION When the Senate adjourned on Saturday afternoon, shortly after The Star went to press, an agreement had been reached be- tween Mr. Gorman and the republicans who have been discussing the District ap- propriation bill that a final vote should be had on the bill before adjournment today. The understanding was that the general debate on the bill should cease at 3:30 o'clock, and that the discussion should then proceed under the five-minute rule until the measure should be disposed of, unless there should some exceptionally important matter arise, in which case Mr. Gorman promised that the time for gen- eral debate should be extended. Five pages of the bill were passed on Saturday, and when the Senate began work upon it today, the fourth day of considera- tion, the amendment appropriating $10),000 for a new business high school building was still under discussion, at the bottom of the twenty-ninth of the bill's fifty-sev2n pages. The Tunnel Test Appropriation. When the bill was laid before the Senate at 1:15 Mr. Gorman asked to have the clerk go back to the item appropriating $35,000 for an investigation of the local water supply. He said that the criticisms of Senators Chandler and Aldrich of the Janguage of this amendment were well founded. This demonstrated the value of discussion. He submitted a substitute, which separates the appropriation into two parts, alowing $25,000 for the purpose of testing the aqueduct tunnel and its capac- ity for conducting water into the new reservoir. In addition the sum of $10,000 is given for an investigation of all of the other sub- jects included in the original amendment. ‘Thus the same amount of money is given, but the test of the tunnel is made sepa- rate from the investigation into the need of a higher dam at Great Falls, etc. There is no designation of the means by which the tunnel test is to be conducted. The substitute amendment Was adopted with- out a vote. The Tax Penalty. Mr. Gorman also went back to the tenth page to the paragraph reducing the tax alty from two to one per cent, which was passed over the other day. Mr. Gorman offered 2 substitute for the amendment raported by the committee, which was embraced in three lines. The substitute was the amendment offered by Senator Gallinger after consultation with the tax assessor and collector. It is to the same effect ag the other, but longer and more in detail Ag to the methods of comput- ing the penalties on taxes in arrears. The substitute: was: adopted. ‘The School Schedule. The school schedule was then taken up, and Senator Chandler took the floor to debate the Aldiich amendment. He said that he was not, quite satisfled in his mind as to the value and need of industrial schools, and he was searching for light. He believed that though the Business High School is mow established, and will go or inoa rentetl building, even if the ap- propriation for! new quarters were not granted, :the passage of the appropriation would be a legislative declaration that the school should gyntinue. He proceeded to address imseif' to the genera] qhestion of technical’ education, amd spoke in partic- ar of the decfitation of Mr. Vilas on Sat- rday that he was proud of his New Eng- land birth. Mr, Vilas had expressed his surprise that the New England Senators were opposing the appropriations for higher and Industrial training. Mr. Chandler read at some length from various authors, writing upon these topics, and in conclu- sion said that he would not now vote to strike down any institution now estab- iished in the District. Senator Harris’ Astonishment. Senator Harris expressed his astonish- ment at the scope of this discussion. The practical question, he said, is whether the government shall continue to pay an an- nval rental of $2,500 for inadequate quar- ters or shall construct a new building. Every motive of economy would suggest the latter. Else the Congress should abolish the school. What Senator, he asked, would rise and Vote for such an act as the dis- continuance of such a fine school as this has been proved to be? He said he would join any one in an effort to give ample ap- propriations to open the doors of the com- mon schools to every child in the District. He characterized the debate as a quibble ind a “latitudinarian digression” that was wholly unprofitable. Senator Daniel's View. Senator Daniel said he would support the amendment for a new busincss school yuilding, and expressed his surprise at the ault that hed been made upon the high rade of education of the District, and at he source from which it came. There is so burden of taxation which the public sears more willingly than expenditures for ducation, and this is true of industrial chools a8 well as of primary institutions. He scorned the idea of hesitation being found in billion-dollar Congresses when it came to an item of $100,000 for new butld- ings to a splendid school, which he called a mere globule dropped into the bucket of the general enlightenment. The Senator re- ferred to statistics furnished by the super- intendent to the committee on appropri tions to prove that the schools need more money from Congress. There should he more high schools, he said, and Congress should strive to make the local system of public schools a model for the country. Senator Gallinger followed with a few words in favor cf the committee's amend- ment. He sald he had examined the bill very carefully and had come to the con- Jusion that the schedule of money grant- ad is so arranged that ample school facili- lies will be granted in all the grades to avery child of school age in the District. He favored the business high school, while, he thought, boys and girls could get a hetter and more practical education than at the main high school. This Is a very poor time, he concluded, for the Senate to wipe out and cripple existing schools. Mr. ‘Aldrich’s Amendment Los ‘A vote was then taken on Mr. Aldrich’s amendment, turning the $100,000 over to the Commissiowers for furnishing buildings for primary schools. There was evidently a large iajority ayainst the amendinent, and it was decMired lost without a division. The appropriation for the new building was theh passed. The other committee amendmelts wete passed without question, end Mr. /Allison‘offered a new amendment, appropriating $35,000 for a new eight-room building, to be located in the eighth di- vision B, which,was agreed to. Mr. Aldrich entered the chamber at this time and! gave notice that he should insist upon a separate‘vote later upon his amend- ment abaut the Business High School. The sghool gection of the bill through without, further change. > Police Van Drivers. Senator. Martin moved an amendment in- creasing ‘the pay of police van drivers from $420 to $600. This amendment was agreed to. In the same way tho pay of ambulance drivers vas raised to $600, and of assistant am- belance drivers to $500, The patrol. wagon drivers were raised from $420 to $600 each. Mr. Peffer moved to make these in- creases take effect at once, but withdrew the motion temporarily. —_-e Constructing Sewers, Bids were opened by the Commissioners this afternoon for constructing sewers in the District. of Qolumbla. The bidders were Hussey & Brown, BH. G. Gunnell, Thomas Buckley, B. J. Coyle, Lyons Bros., M. F. Taity, John Jacoby, Sawders & Hous- ton, George 8. Goode, H. Maylor, James McCandlish, Cudmore & Frawley, Bolden & Wormley, H. L. Cranford, John P. Lar- guey, Andrew Gleason, T. M. Lelsher & Bon, went TAKEN TO VIRGINIA A Smallpox Patient From Here Discov- ered. May Have Spread Infection on the Cars—Other Cases of Sus- pects Examined. Major Moore this afternoon received a dispatch from Catletts,Va., a station on the Alexandria and Fredericksburg railroad, making inquiry about a colored woman named Sarah Diggs, who reached there from this city Saturday. The dispatch, which was signed by W. A. Lawler, stated that the woman, who was in charge of another colored woman, has a well-develop- ed case of smallpox. She said there that she came from No. 2733 P street, George- town. Inspector Hollinberger reported the mat- ter to Health Officer Woodward, and made inquiries about the address givcn. House No, 2733 is a new brick dwelling, and it was ascertained by the police that Mary Diggs had not lived there. So far as the health authorities are con- cerned, they know of no one named Diggs having had the smallpox here, nor are they able to account for the case. It is possible that the woman was taken sick, and, not wanting to go to the hos- pital, got on the Saturday train and went home. If she really has the disease, it 1s feared she may have spread it, and that some other persons who were in the car may be stricken. Health Officer Woodward will probably communicate with the Virginia health au- thorities about the case. There were no suspicious cases reported here today. Yesterday there was a suspect in the county near Brightwood, but when the case was investigated it was ascer- tained that the patient had the chickenpox. Thomas Keys, the colored man whose ill- ness caused a little uneasiness in Provi- dence Hospital Friday night, has been in the suspect camp since early Saturday night. Today Dr. Nevitt reported that his condition was normal and that he has not got the smallpox. He will probably be al- lowed to go home this evening. During the past few days several patients have been discharged from the hospital, and there are now only fourteen convales- cents in the little building near the jail. cease Se MORE HAWAIIAN CORRESPONDENCE, The Chief Feature is That Between Mr. Gresham and Mr. Thurston. The President sent additional Hawalian correspondence to Congress today. Most of it has been published hitherto. The chief feature is correspondence between Secretary Gresham and Minister Thurston, In which the latter speaks of possible trouble the Hawallan government will have in protecting foreigners. ee IN HOTEL CORRIDORS. “The readers employed by publishing houses to read the manuscripts of novels and stories, submitted by authors, have a pretty unenviable time of it,” said Walter Lynch of Philadelphia at the Normandie Saturday evening. “In New York and iBos- ton, as well as my own city, a great deal of this work is done by men regularly employed cn daily and other papers, who have superior literary tastes and good judgment. I know a dozen industrious newspaper men, right in the harness, who read for publishers during odd hours and add consiterably to their incomes. Pub- lishers prefer such men to pass upon the offerings of authors, because they are fa- millar with the prevailing taste of the pub- lic in literary matters.’ Hundreds upon hundreds of really superior stories are re- fused every month by the men who make a business of making books, simply because the people who buy from them don’t affect the style of their creation. Of course, 1 am speaking of the work of writers who are yet unknown. When fame comes to an author, his name is sufficient guarantee of the financial success of any book he jay put out, regardless of its real merit, and that is what modern publishers are after. So the readers I speak of must have a perfect knowledge of what will sell, and choose manuscripts with that idea more in view, than the style of the author, the strength of his characters, the intensity of his plot or the dramatic vigor of its situa- tions. Today the tenfency of the public seems to be in the direction of the ana- lytical writer; one who draws his characters finely and then dissects them with a scalp- el in order to show what peculiar mech- anism of mind or matter caused them to do that, or the other. Eroticism is fa- but the simple sweet senti- mental story with its shadows of heart disappointment is not marketable. But writers of the pure romance should not tear up or burn the manuscript that Is re- turned to them by callous publishers. Theres a well founded impression abroad in literary circles that the public is palling with the present style of novel and story and will soon return to be refreshed and reinvigorated with the good and the true and the beautiful.” “It seems to me that every woman in Washington is crazy to possess a palm,” said a well-known western member of Congress, at the Arlington, yesterday. “I mean the growing, nodding palm that thrives in this latitude in a big tub, and is taken indoors when winter comes and put out to barricade the entrance to the house when it gets warm again. And every one of the women appears to think a member of Congress owns a palm grove as big as a section of Fiorida. I know I have had twenty requests from almost irresistible lips for palms. Every one of them assured me that all I would have to do would be to write an order to Mr. Smith at the Botanical gardens and any number of palms would be at my disposal. I fell at the fire of the first temptress. I wrote to Smith. Smith was mighty sorry in his reply, but the fact was he only kept one plant of each variety of palm on hand in his neck of the government woods, and to break the collection would be something dreadful. Then an older sinner in con- gressional life, whom I approached on the subject, gave me a pointer. “‘Blank, old man,’ he said solemnly, ‘don’t let the palm hunters get you to use as a quarry for their game. Send 'em bo- kays—he called ‘em bokays—and all the seed Morton will let you have; but draw the line at palm trees. A nice woman asked me to get her one once. I didn’t want to bother about getting it officially, so I bought one at a green house and had it sent up in a government wagon. Derned if I didn’t have to spend all my mileage doing the same thing for twenty-three other nice women to whom the first had bragged of her luck with me. So draw the line at palms.’ “I reckon that advice has saved me hun- dreds of hours of sleep,” continued the speaker; “but I am still compelled every day or two to get out of the predicament T am placed in by some lovely woman hint- ing at her desire for a palm. What about the men? Oh, the men here don’t ask for palms. There'd be some congressional mur- ders if they did.” “ft is surprising what a number of the old soldiers who receive pensions for dis- abilities received in the service devote the money paid them by the government to carrying insurance policies on their lives,” said Charles E. St. John, an official of a northern life insurance company, at the Ebbitt yesterday. “The custom began to grow along in the latter seventies, and for several years up to 1888 hundreds of pen- sioners were admitted to our company alone, and as many patronized the others. ‘The age of the old soldiers of today is all, in my opinion, that prevents many more of them from doing the same thing. The pen- sioners figure out what amcunt of policy they can cairy for a premium representing the sum they receive each quarter from the government, and apply for it accordingly. In many instances that came to my per- soral knowledge they pay their dues by indorsing their pension checks over to our agents. We carry policies whose payments are met in this way for three or four men who recelve substantial remuneration for the loss of a leg or arm. Of course, com- panies that do not take risks on maimed in- dividuals have none of this business, but other concerns find it profitable.”” eee ee Subtle but Costly Vengeance. From the Chicago Record. Mrs. Nayborly—“What on earth are you going to invite that odious Mrs. Smithlins to your swell dinner for? I thought you hated her.” Mrs. Sweething—“Do you. suppose I'm going to give a $20 a plate dinner and not make her see me act as hostess at it?” AN EXCITING COLLOQUY. Looked Serious, but Mr. Breckinridge Turned It Into a Comedy. An exciting colloquy occurred on the floor of the House late this afternoon between Mr. Hall of Missouri and Mr. Hatch of that state. Mr. Hall questioned a state- ment made by Mr. Hatch and intimated that it was false. Mr. Hatch in a very vigorous manner replied that the gentle- man was using language which ne could not use outside of the hall of the House. The House was in an uproar in a moment and things looked very squally, when Mr. Breckirridge of Kentucky rushed down the aisle between the two members and in a loud voice that could be heard above the turmoil said that he arose to a question of order. The House remembering Mr. Breckin- ridge’s affair of a few days ago, broke in- to laughter and the serious side of the matter was immediately turned into com- edy. Mr. Hatch and Mr. Hall were com- pelled to join in the general smile and peace was restored. —______-e—____ PARKER OVERRULED. The Question tween a District Judge and n Supreme Court Judge. The Supreme Court of the United States today overruled Judge Parker of the west- ern district of Arkansas, in the matter at issue between him and Justice White of the supreme court, in which Judge Parker refused to approve-the bail bonds of one Lafayette Hudson, accused of “an infam- ous crime not capital,” prepared in accord- ance witn an order of Justice White in the absence of Justice Brewer of the eighth circuit, on the ground that thc justice was without authority to interfere. -—____—_ THE COLDEST DAY. Thermometer Got Down to Zero Yes- terday Morning. Did you know that yesterday was the coldest day of the winter? You didn’t? Well, it was. The thermometer on the roof of the weather bureau building registered it so; the thermograph on the lower floor corroborated the thermometer, and Prof. Hazen declares that it is a fact. At sunrise yesterday the mercury stood at zero. Sunrise is the coldest part of the day as a general thing, because then the earth has carried the radiation of neat to the limit. It was not generally known to the people of Washington that yesterday morning was the coldest of the séason, be- cause it was Sunday morning, and early rising on that morning has not the force of custom. The early worm is very seldom used for breakfast on Sunday in Washing- ton. Most people awake at the usual heur, look out at the dreary scene for a few moments, listen to the familiar sound cf the dairy and baker wagons as they rcil alcng their routes, turn over, tuck the bed- clothes a little closer around the head, wish that every day was Sunday, and sleep again. It was principally for this reason that the city did not know that yesterday was the coldest day of the winter. If the mercury had taken a similar tumble on any other day the whole town would be talking about it. : The next coldest day to yesterday was January 13, and this was also Sunday. At sunrise of that day the merucury said six degrees above. Yesterday it warmed vp considerably toward noon, and at 8 o'clock it had risen to twenty degrees, and a little after the sun began to go down hill the mercury rose to twenty-four degrees. There has been nothing unusual in the weather tcday at this point, but at St. Vincent, Minn., it is forty degrees below zero. This is the coldest point in the United States to- day. Yesterday at the same place it was thirty-six below. The weather prophets s.y that the weather will behave properly for the next twenty-four hours. Se ATTEMPTED SUICIDE. Charles Specht Mixes Rough on Rats With Beer. e Charles Specht, living at No. 2324 Sher- man avenue, attempted suicide today in a salooa on 14th street between U and V streets, by drinking rough on rats. The attempt was not successful, though it might have been but for the vigilance of the bartender and the promptness of the proprietor of the place. Specht walked into the saloon inthe usual way and ordered a glass of beer. There was nothing peculiar-looking about the customer. He drew the beverage to him, ard, lowering it under the front of the counter to be secure from the observation of the bartender, began to stir something into it. Then, with his left hand, he placed a box, from which he had taken the pow- der, on the bar, and its label, “Rough on Rats,” caught the eye of the bartender. The customer had just placed the glass to his lips, and perhaps had taken one swallow, when the man behind the bar reached for the glass and summoned the proprietor. Then followed a scuffle. The man fought strongly, but the glass was knocked from his grasp and shattered on the floor. Officer McDonnell of the eighth precinct was called, the patrol turned out, and the man taken to the station, whence he was removed io Gartield Hospital. His drink will not result fataily, the phy- ician reporting that the usual’ remedies vere applied with satisfactory results. Specht gave no reason for his act other than that he was tired of life. ee Washington Stock Exchange. ales—regular call—12 o’clock_m.—W: conv. 68, $2, E ‘Trust, 2 at 118; 1 at 11: n Gas, 9 at 48. t@red, 110 bid. 11d bid. ar fund 5s, 105 |. Water Stock 4 asked. 31 cellancous Bond re Railroad conv. |, 141 asked. ton and ¢ conv. ts, 2a. ed. Metropolitan Railroad conv. Belt Railrosd 5x, $4 bid, 86 ington Railroad Gs, 102 bid, 104 asked. ilroad Gs, 10914 bid, 110% asked. Wash- ington Gas Company 6s, series’ A, 113 bid. Wasi- ington G 5 By. 114 bid. | Wash- 68, 132 bid. U.S. Ele Chesapeake and Po- ‘Telephone 5s, 103 asked. American Security and Trost $s, F. and A., 100 bid. Amer! Security and Trost 5s, A. and 0., 160. bid. shington Market Company Ist 6s," 110 bid. Washington Market 3 bid. Company imp. Gs, . 108 Washington Market Company ext. 6 |. Ma> sonie Hall Association 5s, 105 bid. Washington Light Infantry 1st 6s, 100’ bid. Washington Light Infantry 2d 78, 100 bi National Bank Stocks.—Bank of Washington, 290 bid, 303 asked. Bank of the Republic, 250) bid. 275 asked. Metropolitan, 275 bid, 205 asked. Ce tral, 265 bid, 205 asked.” Farmers and Mechanics’, 185 bid, 200 asked. Second, 137 bid, 147 asked, Citizens’, 130 bid. Columbia, 130 bid. Capital, 115 bid.’ West End, 110 bid, 112 asked. Traders’, 102 bid, 112 asked. Lincoln, 100 bid, 104 asked: Ohio, G5 bid, 75 asked. Safe Deposit and Trest Companies.—National Safe Deposit and Trust, 123 bid, 130 aske yshinston Toun and ‘Trust. 117 bid, 18, as American Security and bid, 135%, asked. ~ Wash- ington Safe Deposit, 98 asked. Railroad Stocks.—Washington and Georgetown, 275 bid, 285 asked. Metropolitan, 69 bid, 75 asked. umbia, 69 bid, 64 asked. Belt, 30 asked. fhgton, 30 bid. Georgetown and ‘Tennaliytown, 35 and Electric Light Stocks.—Washington Gas, 48 bid, 48% asked. Georgetown 50 bid, 60 asked." U. 8, Electric Light, 130 bid, 132 asked. Insurance Stocks.—Firemen’s, 43 asked. Franklin, 45 bid, 50 asked. Metropolitan, 68 bid. Corcoran, 5 tomate, 68'% hid.” “Ariington, Snion, 13% bid, 1 Solumbla, 125% sed. Riggs, 714 bid. 7% asked.” Peop! id. Lincoin, 7% bid, 8% asked, Commercial, 4 ‘ks.—Real_ Estate Title, 105 bid. 7% asked. Washing- ton Title, ‘Title, 10 bid ‘Telephone 8 sylvania, 37 bid, 50 asked. ke and Potomac, 50 bid, 52% asked. Amer- aphop! 3%, bid, 5 ‘asked. Pneumatic riage, .22 bid, .35 asked. Miscellanvous Stocks. Washington Market, 15 bid. Great Falls Ice, 130 bid, 143 asked. " Bull Run Panorama, 12% bid, 20 asked. Lincoln Hall, ean Building, 80 asked. a Grain and Cotton. 80 bid. Inter- Cotton and grain markets, reported by Hibbs, 1421, F st., representing Hubbard, 1 Co., New York. Wheat—May. Jul, geese: tare] BSbe8 hy Den. and R. Grande Pfd FINANCE AND TRADE. Concessions in Opening Prices on Wall Street Today. WASHINGTON ADVICES DISAPPOINTING London Led in the Selling of Stocks. GENERAL MARKET REPORTS Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. NEW YORK, February 4.—Concessions, varying from 11-4 te 1 1-2 per cent, were reflected at the opening of today’s stock market, Distillers and National Lead being the only exceptions. The defeat of the Pa- cific railroad funding bill on Saturday, fears of similar treatment being applied .« to the pooling bill and the delay in an- nounting the details of the proposed bond issue were the predominating incentives to the early decline in prices. London sold St. Paul, Erie and Nashville, and room traders assisted the reaction by moderate subscriptions to the short ac- count. A further reduction of 1-2 per cent in foreign exchange rates was the only favor- able development of the morning, traders regarding the reduction as an evidence of confidence in the ultimate protection of the gold rezerve on the lines previously men- tioned. After the first few minutes of bus- iness the tone of the market improved un- der covering and a small outside demand, which resulted in a partial recovery of the first hcur's losses. Louisville and Nashville was active and gained 1 per ccnt under a demand, trace- able, in the main, to those most conspicu- ous among the sellers around the opening. Union Pacitic opened off 11-2 per cent on the result cf Saturday’s developments in Corgress, but steadied up under a narrow volume of business later in the day. Bur- lington and Rock Island each gained 1-2 per cent from a weak opening and, like the majority of the railway issues, were only in fair demand. Western Union gained 1 per cent and Manhattan a similar amount cn opera- ticns representing both accounts. Jersey Central was decidedly weak on initial trad- , g, but participated in the recovery which preceded the noon hour. In the industrial group Chicago Gas was a conspicious feature, selling off rapidly, on sales by Chicago hcuses, for a loss of 1 1-2 per cent from closing figures. Good buying of a character which usually precedes an important advance in this stock was notice- able later in the day. The delay of the new interest in securing control of the property was used to de- press the stock by traders, but representa- tives of that interest are confident that matters looking to the accomplishment cf the desired purpose are progressing favor- ably. Gencral Electric was liberally sold in an- ticipation of the Supreme Court decision today, but the court’s failure to confirm the general expectations of the room was the oeeasion of a sharp recovery in price. The decision caunot be handed cown until some tim2 rext month, but there is every reason for rupposing that the greater the delay in this particular the better for the market < price of the stock. Distillers was strong on a victory for the stockholders’ committee in today’s decision in the receivership case. A sudden attack on Lead made during the early afternvon resulted in a reduction of 1 per cent in the price of that stock. As usual in the case of any important movement in this property, no tangible reason was assigned for the de- cline. Sugar was the strongest feature of the list, selling up 1% per cent on a steady and liberal volume of business. _ Among the more important reports of earnings during the day were a decrease of $260,443 in St. Paul’s report for the month of January, $9,000 of which is cred- ited to the last week in_the month, and % a decrease of $157,611 in Rock Island's re- pert for the latter period. ‘The market for foreign exchange was irregular this morning, with a tendency toward weakness. The receipts of com- mercial bills from interior points showed a_moderate increase. The immediate course cf this market can- rot be predicted with any dezree of ac- curacy owing to the uncertain feainres of ihe government loan. Some speculative putchases of exchange are liable to come on the market as soon as this loan is o! cially announced, and lower rates, of course, would follow. The best prices of the day were those re- corded during the last hour, sugar being the feature of the market in’ the advance. As compared with last week's finals, clos- ing prices were irregular, but in the main steady. So Willing to Take Coin Bonds, LONDON, February 4—In its financial article this morning the Daily News says that increasing readiness is shown here to subscribe for the proposed new American bonds, even without the stipulation of gold payment. —— FINANCIAL AXD COMMERCIAL. The following are the opening, the high- est and the lowest and the closing prices ef the New York stock market today, as re- ported by Corson & Macartney, members New York stock exchange. Correspondents Messrs. Moore & Schley, No. 80 Brondway: Stocks Open. High. Low Close. American Sugar........ 133 93% My BH « American Sugar Pia... 2 9 eriean ‘Lopaceo. " bela American Cotton Of. . tes Atchi Chie.and Northweste! Chicago Gas.... C..M. and St. Paul, nd St. Paul Pfd. R.L and Pacific ., Lack. and W.. Delaware and Hudson and Cattle Feeding. encral Electric. Mlineis Central. Lake Shore. Erte = Loui nd Nashville Long Island Traction... Meiropolitan Traction. Manhattan Elevated. Michigan Central. Missouri Pacific. National Lead Co.. U.S. Cordage Co. Cordage Co. New Jersey Central New York Central N. ¥. and N. E. © Northern Pacitic. . Northern Pacitie Pid. North Aimerican Out. and Western Pacitte Mail, Phila. and Keading. Puilinan Pal. Car Co. Southern Railway Phila. ‘Traction. ‘Texas Pacitic, ‘Tenn. Coal and Union Pacit Wabash, Western Union Tel, Wisconsin Central. Silver. ‘ Baltimore Markets. February 4.—Flour dull—western di i0a2.40; do. family, spring spring wheat ban sales, spot_and mouth, 56a ‘bls; steamer No. « 48.436 bushels; stock, 20.000 bushels sample grade, 53':a56lg. spot and in March, 4548 steamer tix; 4 bi adi re stock, 552,550 bushels; ~ vern "White corn, 454i Oat ady--No. 2 2 mixe 221,588 Hay © thy, $12.00a812.50, Grain freig! rates steady, unchanged. Sugar firm—granul 08 per 100 tbs, > imitation, 3 di al4; store packed, 1012. “Eggs st fresh, 26; cold storage, 18; “limed, 15. firm—fancy New York, 60 size, 11%; do. 80 size, 124. Range of the Thermometer. ~ The following were the readings of the thermometer at the weather bureau today: 8 am., 20; 2 p.m. 81; maximura, 32; min- imum, 28,