Evening Star Newspaper, February 5, 1895, Page 1

————————— THE EVENING STAR. PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, 1101 Peunsylvanig Avenue, Cor. 11th Street, by The Evening Star Newspaper Company, 8. H. KAUFFMANN, Pres’t. sauyes : New York Office, 49 Potter Building, The Evening Star {s served to subscribers in the eity by carriers, on their own account, at 10 cents Der week, or cents « month. Copies at the counter 2 cents each. y mail—anywhere in the United States or Canada—postage prepaid—60 cents Der month. ‘Sa‘urday Quintuple Sheet Star, $1 per year, with foreign postage ded, $3.00. (Entered at the Post Office at Washington, D. C. 8s second-class mall matter.) {All mall subseriptions must he natd In adeon Rates of advertising made known on applivation. - A NARROW ESCAPE Lecal Brokers Asked to Buy Worth- less Bonds. STOLEN SEVERAL YEARS BEFORE ee eens But for a Slip, $8,000 Would Have Been Advanced. Crs par A DETECTIVE STORY A most interesting detective story was enacted in Washington last week, with the result that two very much frightened New Yorkers are nobody knows where, and one or two Washington brokers still shudder when the thought of their hairbreadth es- cape ovcurs to them. Fourteen years ago the Attica, N. Y¥., issued $10,000 of bonds for water works. These bonds were paid over to a company for putting In the improve- ments. Not long after they were thus turned over $10,000 worth of these bonds were stolen from Mr. Frost, the secretary of the county. From that day until last Saturday the bonds were not seen by any of the parties most interested in them and other bonds had been issued in lieu of the stolen documents. Ten days ago Russell L. Kinsey of Buf- falo, N.¥., applied to Yerkes & Baker, brok- kei of this city, for a loan of $8,000 on $10,000 of Attica, N. ¥., bonds. Mr. Yerke: knowing Mr. Fred C. Stevens of this city, who had always been a director in the At tea Water Company, t to see him about the matter. Mr. Stevens felt sure something must be wrong, and he went to Attica and saw the officers of the com- Pany there. He found that Mr. Loomis the president of the company, alone held $88,000 of the original ue of $40,000. It was, of course, plain that these bonds of- fered here in Washington must be those that had been stolen. Mr. Stevens went to Mr. John B. Larner, counsel, and laid the matter before him for action on behalf of the water company. Mr. Larner proceeded to get the whole story from Mr. Yerkes—how the bonds were numbered from 31 to 40 inclusive, were for $1,000 each and had all the coupons re- Moved except one, due in June next, when the bonds were to mature. Acting upon Mr. Larner’s advice, Mr. Yerkes told Kin- sey he must see and deal with the princi. pal. Kinsey said the man who held the bonds was Frank W. Hayden of Buffalo, N. Y., and formerly manager of the Tiitt House in that city. A meeting was ar- rxnged to take place Saturday, at noon, at Mr. Larner’s office, where he, ostensibly as attorney’ for Yerkes & Baker, would ex- amine the bonds and report to the brokers. The Trap Set. Kinsey and Hayden were promptly on hand Saturday, Hayden having been in the city all the while and not in New York, as Kinsey said. Mr. Yerkes and Mr. Loomis, whe had come on from New York, were waiting in a rear room. When Mr. Larner asked Hayden for the bonds, the latier handed him nine $1, Attica water bonds, from which the coupons had been removed, with the exception of the one due little town of th June, 1805. To Mr. Larner’s questions, Hayden the coupons -had all been paid except this last one. ‘he tenth bend, he said, had been hypothecated, but would be secured and put up with the others, when Yerkes & baker were ready to make the loan. All this time there sat fm the room Deputy United States Marshal Wallace Kirby, who had been duly equip- ped with a writ of replevin, for which a due and sufficient bond had been given at the marshals office. The Trap Sprang. Turning to Mr. Kirby Mr. Larner said: “Are these the bonds, Mr. Kirby?” Mr. Kirby took them im his hand, looked them over carefully, compared them with the description in his writ, and said he thought they were. “Well,” said Mr. Larner, “this is Mr. Kinsey. Thereup the deputy produced his writ leputy United States rected by the Presi- tes to take posses- ds: “Tam a Rarshal, and I am dent of the United sicn of these bonis. The two New Y kers were naturally thunderstruck. They said taey didn’t know they were handling stolen bonds. They certainly did not mean to impose on an; ore. In the conv: jon that followe? Hayden said he got th> Attica bonds from Elijah Johnson, a in now dead. They had been left in the safe in the Tifft house, he said. When Mr. Loomis declared that the coupons on the stolen bonds had never been paid Hayden admitted that he h: himself cut them off. The two men backed down and made no effort to keep the tends. The bonds have been sent to the water company for identification and will be ean- celed. It remains to be found where the other $1,000 bond that had been hypothe- cated now is. Hayden and Lindsey have disappeared. The latter represented him- self to be a lawyer in Buffalo. Had they remained here a few hours longer they would have been arrested and it is likely they may be caught yet. ——— JACKSON'S SUCCESSOR. JUDGE Three Cabinet Oilleers Said to Desire the Place. ‘There appears to be some rivalry among members of the cabinet for appointment to the expected vacancy on the Supreme +h. The final adoption by Congress of bill to permit the retirement of Justice . Which was reported from the Sen- committee y. is not 1, and there is a gr of spec to who will be Judge Jackso! Il, whose retire- jewed as already settled upon, Secretary Hoke Smith and Secretary Carlisle are all spoken of. The general opinion is that of the three Car- i the choice. judietary doubt ment from the c: their home pa Hoke he vi; ——— t to serting that pointment if t STILL HOLDING OUT. The Island im Wei-Hai-Wet Harbor Not Vet Taken. HIROSHIMA, February 5.—Up to noon yesterday the Chinese still held the forts on f Kung-Tau Island. The Japanese attack continues. LONDO! dispatch to the Times from that the cap- ture of Teng- -Hai-Wei) has made @ r the Chi- nese than the fall of Port Arthur. ids that the reported re- The dispaten tl t fusal of Japan to treat with the Chi envoys confirms the belief expressed in Pekin that the Japanese are not willing tg nume their terms of peace. ‘Ad ch to the Times from Yokohama says that the text of the credentials of the Chinese peace envoys, with whom fused to treat on account of in- ers, was as follows: appoint you our plenipo- s to meet and negotiate the mat- the plenipetentiaries appointed tentiar’ ter with by Japan. You will, however, telegraph to the Tsung-Li-Yamen (Chinese foreign office) for the purpose of obtaining our which you will abide. “The members of yeur mission are placed ander your cottrol. You will conduct your mission in a faithful and diligent manner and fulfill the trust reposed to you. Re- Che EFveni ga Star. No. 13,080 WASHINGTON, D.C., TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1895-TEN. PAGES. TWO CENTS. SBe proof of the pudding is in {Be eating, Pesferdag’s Star confained 36 cofumns of advertisements, made up of 601 separate announces ments. These adverfisers fought pubficite-not merefp space. THE ADMINISTRATION BILL Not Much Interest Taken When Its Dis- cussion Commenced in the House. Why There is a Delany in the Bond Issue—New York Bankers Here in Conference. The discussion of the administration financial bill began in the House today al- most without interest. Very little disposi- tion to discuss the question was evinced, and when Mr. Springer began a tedious de- fense of the bill very little interest was shown by other members of the house. It appears to be accepted as a foregone con- clusion that the present attempt at legisla- tion holds out very little more promise than former efforts which have failed. It is evident that the administration is not sanguine of success crowning the forts of Mr. Springer. It is only a con- cession to the propriety of the situation that is causing a delay of the proposed bond issue. It is the desire of both the President and ‘the Secretary of the Treas- vry to wait until a final vete is taken in the House before availing themselves of the authority they now have, and, more- over, it would be difficult to place bonds of a character at present authorized by law if at the time it were anticipated that bonds of a different character and more desirable were about to be authorized. Quick Action Needed. It is therefore deemed important that the question of further legislation should be settled speedily, and this consideration is what induced the committee on rules to provide for an earl; vote in the House. It is weil understood thdt if anything at all can be accomplished through legislation it will be a simple prcvision for a bond issue will propose, and that, deubtful, in view of Mr. tion that the treasury is not suffering from want of revenue, but will have a surplus at the end of the year. The enly theory upon which the anti-ad- ration people of beth parties in Con- will agree to authorize a bond issue is that the government is in need of money to meet the actual current expenses. Whichever way the matter turns the re- sult will be a bond issue—either by legisla- tion or by executive action. New York Bankers Here. Pierpont Morgan, Spyer, Bacon and other bankers from New York are here consult- ing on the qu jon of a bend issue. They have endeavored to ccnceal the fact of their presence by declining to register at the hotels where they are stopping, and their riovements have been conducted with great efforts at secrecy. Secretary Carlisle did not go to the treas- ury this morning, and it is understood t he was in conference at his own house with Pierpont Morgan and others up to the hour of the cabinet meeting. The cabinet as- sembled at the White House at 11:40, and a leng discussion of the situation occupied i The report of Assistant Secretary Curtis: on_his interview th the bankers in New York, and the propositions made by the visiting bankers here, formed the immediate subject of discussion. The ne- gotiations still appear to hang fire on ac- count of the objections of the foreign ba ers to the use of the word coin in: gold, but there was no difference of opin- jon in the cabinet on the proposition that it would be impossible to get the authority of Congress to insert the word gold in the bonds. Unless emergency demands it there will be no issue of bor until after the vote in the House has been taken on Thursday. Senate Finance Committee. The Senate finance committee today put the stamp of their disapproval upon the proposition to issue 3 per cent bonds, and emphasized the proposition that there can he no legislation such as the administration desires during the present ssion. A di- rect vote was had on the bond questio: which showed that the committee stood six to five against bonds for the replenish- ment of the gold reserve. ‘There was a long and heated discussion, in which the silver men contended that they would never consent to a bond issue except for the purpose of meeting an ac- knowledged deficiency in the revenue, and that since Secretary Carlisle had informed them that no such deficiency existed there was no need for a bond issue which they would recognize. On the contrary, they as- sumed that there could be no legislation at this session, and declared that the: d not temporize or accept any makesuaifts, but, having a majority for free silver, they would put through the Senate a free silver bill or nothing. For some reason not disclosed, they did rot desire to report a free silver bill at this meeting, but it was significantly sug- gested by the silver men that in a week from now they would insist on positive action. They do not anticipate legislation of any sort, but they want to emphasize their determination to stand by the free coinage of silver as an issue. —— +o. JAPANESE TREATY. A Motion to Reconsider Made in the Senate. The administration 1s not satisfied with the action of the Senate in amending the Japanese treaty by the insertion of a pro- viso that it may be terminated upon a year’s notice, and has taken steps to have that action reconsidered. A motion to re- consider has been formally entered, which will keep the treaty pending before the nate until four executive sessions have ysed. Meanwhile Secretary Gresham has submitted fresh representations to § ators interested to show that the amend- ment will defend the entire treaty. As it is now asserted that the amendment as adopted was far broader in its scove than vas intended by its authors, it is believed that there will be little or no objection to its modification so as to make it accept- abie. THE eg WORK OF FIREMEN. Report of the Department for Month of January. A report of the cperations of the District of Columbia fire department for the month cf January, 18%, wes submitted to the Commissioners today by Chief Parris. During the month there were twenty- three alarms for fire, an increase of eight over the previous month, and an inerease of two over the corresponding month of the preceding r. The estimated losses were 36,100, covered by an insurance of $414 agajnst a loss of $0,215, insurance, 37,975, he previous month, and a loss of $14,120, insurance, $6,450, for the corr2- sponding month of the preceding year. ‘There were also twenty-eight local or still alarms sent in by telephone and vari- ous other ways, the losses amounting to $8,495, with an insurance of $4,4 es Merchant Tailors’ BUFFALO, . Y., February 5.—The tional Merchant Tailors’ Exchange met in annual convention in this city for four days this week, beginning today. Delegates are present from about fifty cities in the Unt- ted States. nvention. ee Conspiracy € regen Dismissed. CHICAGO, February 5.—Judge Grosscup today dismissed the charges of conspiracy against Dennis Larkin, John Burke, Joseph McDonald and Frank Dreyer, co-defendants with Debs. In the cases of Hanahan and McVean, the judge said he would hold his action in abeyance until more of the testi- mony had been heard. A SENATE SCENE A Lively Colloquy Between Messrs. Harris and Mitchell. BOTH EXHIBITED MUCH FEELING Rerseal eA SoS The Administration Currency Bill Up in the House. THE DEBATE BEGUN A sensational episode occurred in the Senate as soon as the session opened to- day. Mr. Mitchell (Oreg.) rose to make a report on certain sugar bounty claims, on which, he said, he desired to make a brief explanation. “There will have to be an explanation when the subject comes up,” interposed Mr. Harris (Tenn.), “so that it will be a waste of time to have an explanation now. I therefore object.” Mr. Mitchell urged that the explanation would not take three minutes, but Mr. Har- ris shook his head. “Then,” said Mr. Mitchell, with growing impatience, “I will not make the report. I will withdraw it. It is most extraordinary that Senators cannot submit a brief expla- Bo if they so desire. It is remark- able. Mr. Mitchell's words were emently. “It is needless for the Senator to pro- test," said Mr. Harris. “I object; and I emphasize it; I object.” “Then I withdraw the report,” declared Mr. Mitchell. : w it, then,” exclaimed Mr. Har- nuy. Some Sharp Words. Mr. Mitchell showed intense irritation at the defiance, and, raising his voice, he said to Mr. Harris: “The action of the Senator is unusual, most unusual.” “I want the Senator to understand,” re- terted Mr. Harris, measuring each word, “that I am capable of doing unusual things, and am responsible for doing un- usual things. “Ye: nswered Mr. Mitchell, his flushed face showing intense indignation, “I ap- preciate that the Senator is capable of do- ing unus' and then Mr. Mitchell added, apable of doing un- gentle snapped out anly things. Biarris stepped forward from his cesk, and for a moment it seemed that he was about to resent the statement in an urusual and emphatic way. He paused, kewever, and then, with a gesture towar Mr. Mitchell, and addressing him directly, said: “Let me tell you, sir, that your con- dvet is contemptible—contemptible.” The presid ne x cilicer had been rapping the two ated. The colleagues of enators gathered about them, and indicnant expostulations continued in subdued tones. The presiding officer di- rected the clerk to proceed w susiness and the incident was s ly closed. Mitchel! moved about the rear of the chamber reiterating his protests, while Mr. Harris sat at his desk apparent- ly unmoved by the sharp exchange of per- sonalides. Senator Perkins Sworn In. The credentials ot Mr. Perkins (Cal.) for the unexpired term of the late Leland Stanford were presented to the Senate, and the Senator was sworn in. He has previ- ously served on the appointment of the governor, pending a choice of the legisla- ture. After considering minor routine subjects the Senate again took up the District of Columbia appropriation bill. THE HOUSE. The House met at 11 o'clock today to take up the consideration of the new currency bill. Several bills were passed by unani- mous consent, among them one to pension the widow of Commodore Frank Avery at the rate of $20 per month, and one for the relief of Kate Eberle, an Indian woman.’ In eccordance with the terms of the spe- cial crder adopted yesterday, the House then resolved itsef into committee of the whole to consider the bill “to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to issue bonds to maintain a sufficient gold reserve, and to redeem and retire United States notes, and for other purposes.” Mr. Springer Opens the Debate. Mr. Springer (ll.), chairman of the com-, mittee on banxing and currency, opened the debate with a long statement con- cerning th condition of the treasury. He preduced figures to show that there would ke an estimated surplus of $26,000,000 in the revenues at the end of the present calendar year, but a deficiency at the end ot the fiscal year June 30 of $20,000,000. The deficiency now was $34,000,000, ‘but this would reduced $14,000,000 in the he said, there would be in the treasury $85,- 006,000 of surplus revenues. ‘This surplus had been derived from the sale of bonds. Mr. Springer while discussing the dwin- Gling gold reserve and the enormous out- standing gold obligations of the govern- ment, was interrupted by Mr. Simpson (Kan.), who asked if the Secretary of the Treasury was compelled to redeem the legal tenders in gold. He replied that the Secretary was so compelled by the prece- -dents of former secretaries, or in bad faith repudiate the established policy of the gov- erpment. There was, Mr. Springer said, a broad distinction between the obligations of citizen to citizen and those of the gov- ernment to citizen. The pending bill, he argued, would retire the legal tenders and furnish the relief which the treasury reeded. In conclusion he eppealed to members to lay aside party prejudice and as patriots stop the drain of the gold and Save the country’s credit. Mr. Cox's Opposition. Mr. Cox (Tenn.), in eprositicn to the bill, taunted Mr. Springer with his agility in getting on every side of every question. The fundamental principle of the original bill introduced by Mr. Springer on behalf of the administration was that all the legal tenders presented for redemption should be paid in gcld and to secure the gold issue gold bonds. The country's credit, he said, had never been despaired cf because its bonds were payable in coin, and he protested against making every ob- ligation of the government a gold obliga- tion. That would be the effect of this bill. He made a vigorous argument in favor of the substitute he should offer, which was based on the principle of the Carlisle Dill (the issue of circulation by banks on deposit of legal tenders), contending that this would get the greenbacks out of the ay without increasing the interest-hear- ing debt of the country and without throw- ing the country upon an absolute gold basis. ‘Mr. Hall (Mo.) followed in the same strain in support of the substitute. He deprecated the further washing of “dirty linen” on the floor of the House.’ The Administration Criticised. Me. Swanson (Va.) bitterly criticised the administration. The present trouble was due to two causes—deficiency of revenue and the gold raid on the treasury. Con- gress passed the bill for the coining the seigniorage. The President vetoed it. That bill would have placed $52,000,000 in the be ecming five months. On June 30, 1S! treasury; it also provided for the retire- ment of the coin notes, which had since been used to draw gold from the treasury. Congress had, therefore, twelve months ago risen to the occasion. The President had vetoed the bill. Let the responsibility be placed where it belonged. Mr. Swanson eclared that he would never vote for a bill providing for gold bonds. Mr. Reed's Speech. Mr. Reed, the leader of the minority, then took the floor. He was given close atten- tion. This bill, he began, might exhibit the sctence of statesmanship, but it did not exhibit the art thereof. In order to ac- complish anything it was necessary that a bill should pass both houses and be sign- ed by the President. What was wanted, he declared, was a practical measure that would remedy the evil which had produced this crisis in our national affairs. He did not want to crit- icise for the purpose of criticising, he said, but it was necessary to review the acts of some high in authority in order to throw light upon the situation. “In my judgment,” he continued, “if the President, when he became convinced that an effort was being made ta drain the treasury 6f its gold had announced his pur- pose of maintaining the reserve at the $100,000,000, the limit set by Conrad Jordan, a democratic treasurer, and had followed that announcement with vigorous measures there would have been no difticulty. If the party in power had provided sutlictent rev- enue there would have been no trouble.” Mr. Reed warned the House, however, thet thcre could be no currency legislation at the dictaticn of any cne man—the Pres- ident, Mr. Springer, the Speaker, or any other it must be had by the consensus of opinion by al ae CLUB LIQUOR LICENSES Some Pay for Privileges and Others Do Not. sstoners Will Not Return Money bs That Com Paid in for Licenses—C! Spoke Too Quickly. The different social clubs of the city which sought to profit by the decision of Judge Miller in the recent case of the Na- tional Capital Press Club have found them- selves mistaken and have been caught for a $100 license each. The excise board today granted liquor licenses to the following duly incérporated clubs of the city: The Metropolitan Club, the Columbia Athletic Club, the Army and Navy Club, the Cosmos Club, the Buena Vista Pleasure Club, the Concordia, the Washington Saengerbund and the Acan- thus Club. The decision of Judge Miller in the Po- lice Court case when the steward of the National Capital Press Club was on trial for selling liquor without a licensé was to the effect that a properly incorporated club did not need to have a license, and dismissed the case. Practically all of the other clubs of the city had already. made applications for licenses and had deposited the necessary $i. When the Press Club case was decided they supposed they would get their money back without trouble, but they now find that they reasoned without their host. They had already asked for licenses, and the excise board grinted them today, with the result that tho revenues from the sale of liauer have been increased by $3,200, This action of the bcard was in line with the deci§ion of Attcrney Thomas, rendered yesterday, to the cffect that whem the Dis- trict government had taken money in good faith it could not be refunded. Without waiting for any further complications, and withcut giving the clubs a ckance to ask for their money back, the excise béard has stepped in and given them what they ask- ed fo-> at $400, although they could have got along without it just as well. All of the larger clubs of the city, with the ex- ception of the Press Club and the Down Town Club, got pinched. The citicers of the Down Town Club, it is understood, were of the opinion that it was hardly wortn while to pay $400 for the privilege of selling liquor, when it is so little called for, and they did not ask for a license. They have saved their money, and are on just as good a footing as the other clubs of the city. Sa Sees MAIL FROM THE ELBE. A Bag Picked Up—Opening of an In- anest. LOWESTOFT, Enala' February 5.—A mail bag marked “No. 1,” belonging to the steamship Elbe, was found off Southwold this morning. An inquest upon the remains of Fried- rich Ernst of Magdeburg, Prussia, the drowned passenger of the Elbe whose body was landed here yesterday by the fishing smack Verena, was opened here this morn- ing. The corener swore in a special jury and announced his intention of traversing all the facts in the case. The inquest was then adjourned until February 26. The coroner is communicating with all the par- ties interested in the disaster, BERLIN, February 5.—The Frankfurter Zeitung says that, allowing for deprecia- tion, the Icst steamship Elbe was worth $300,000, She cost $725,000. ‘The North German-Lloyd Company insures _ itself. The London underwriters are heavy losers on the cargo. LA GASCO — E STILL DUE. The New York Agents Not Alarmed at Her Non-Arrival, NEW YORK, February 5.—The French liner La Gascogne, which was due here from Havre last Sunday, has not yet ur- rived. Although the delay causes some surprise to the agents of the vessel here, because of a very recent increase to her speed through new machinery, and addi- tional boilers, they are in no way alarmed as to her safety. At this pefiod of the year ships like La Gascogne’ frequently make ten-day trips. There appears’ to have been heavy weather at sea recently and few steamships have arrived here since Sunday, owing, it is supposed, to unfavor- able conditions. —_—_———_- Preparing to Oust Tanunany. ALBANY, N. Y., February 5.—The Law- son power of removal bill for New York has passed the senate, all the republicans and one democrat voting for it. It had previously passed the house, and now goes to the governor for his signature. —_— The Delaware Deadlock. DOVER, Del., February 5.—Two ballots were taken in the senatorial fight today. ‘They resulted as follows: Higgins, 9; Ad- dicks, 6; Massey, 4; republicans, Wolcott, 7; Tunnell, 1; Nicholson, 2; democrats. —_—.__—_. Quick Time From Cuba. BALTIMORE, Md., February 5.—The steamship Earnford has arrived after a record-breaking passage. She ran from Santiago, Cuba, to the capes in four days and twenty hours, the usual run being six cays. ee Prince and Princess Cleered. LONDON, February 5.—The Princess of Wales arrived in London at noon today from Russta,where she has been in constant attendance upon her sister, the wife of the late Czar of Russia. Enormous crowds of people lined the streets, and cheered the prince and princess most heartily. es Rev. Dr. Coit Dead. CONCORD, N. H. February 5.—Rev. Henry A. Colt, D.D., réetor of St. Paul's School, is dead. z BLIXT ON THE STAND THE APPROPRIATION BILLS FATE The State Springs a Surprise in the Minneapolis Trial. HAYWARD WAS UNPREPARED FOR THIS The Ex-Janitor Appears Bold and Defiant. STORY OF MISS GING’S DEATH ——+ MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., February 5.—The mass of preliminary evidence in the trial of,Harry Hayward for the murder of Cath- erine Ging having been cleared away the state today sprang a surprise by placing Claus A. Blixt, the self-confessed tool of Hayward, on the stand. He seemed calm enough as he was led into the court room between two officers. Hayward had evidently not expected to see his alleged accomplice so soon, but he simply looked mildly astonished as the janitor of the Ozark flats took a seat near him, But he betrayed no uneasiness ,or dislike for the man. Blixt’s wife sat near him, looking very pale and apprehensive. The murderer him- self appeared tc be in good health, and so far as external appearances went was not disturbed. ‘The case of the state against xt had been set for today, and it was generally supposed that he had heen brought into court that it might be reset. There was a murmur of surprise, therefore, when County Attorney Nye at the opening of court called in a clear voice “Claus Alfred Biixt.” The state's main witness walked firmly to the desk and took oath with hand held high above him. The attitude seemed al- most one of defiance, and his facial ex- pression detracted nothing from this imn- pression. He mounted the witness stand and sat composedly with his hands crossed in front of him, evidently a characteristic attitude. Hayward never removed his eyes from the mid&, gazing intently at him, and seem- irgly endeavoring to read his purposes. But Blixt looked anywhere rather than at Hayward. Mr. Nye first drew out some information as to his antecedents and his employment as janitor by the Haywards. In answer to questions from Mr. Nye Blixt related how, for six or seven weeks before the murder, Harry Hayward was accustomed to come down into the engine room and have long talks with him. Blixt pointed out the rooms on the dia- gram of the flats where they were accu: temed to talk, and went on to say that along in November Hayward began to talk to him about doing some outside work in_a newspaper case. - This brought an objection from the de- fense, and the court ordered the state to make a foundation for the introduction of such testimony first. Accerdingly the examiner took up once the Ging matter. Blixt described how he had witnessed the xx) given by Miss Ging to Hay- d. He said he had been instructed by Harry to say, with an cath, when he se the pile of bills: “What a lot of money! The note was pffered in evidence, and was found to be d&ted November 24, nine day before the murder. That night in the ba: ment of the Ozark Harry had said to him: “I am_going to kill her. I didn’t let her have $7,000. It was cnly $2,000. “I am going to take her around where I have taken her here and gamble as iitgh as $1,000 on her. I am going to take her to a restaurant and have her show the money and tell her how careless she’s been.”” “Afterward,” continued Blixt, “he told me that he took her around to a restan- rant and had her show the money, and she placed it in a tumbler while she ate, and some one else told her she would be kilied for her money. at — DIED WITH HIS BOY. Fred. Daumueller Overcome While His Home Was Burning. PITTSBURG, Pa., February 5.—Two per- sons were burned to death and another probably fatally injured in a fire on 2d avenue, shortly after midnight. ‘Their names were Frederick Daumueller, aged forty years, burned to death; son, aged six years. John Patterscn, fireman, hurt internally; may die. Daumueiler kept a small store at S$ 2d avenue, and lived in the rear of the store. About midnight a fire started in the kitchen of Daumueller’s house, and in a few minutes was burning fiercely, Daumueller, his wife and two children, and a hired man, ran to the front part of the house to save themselves. On the way Mrs. Daumueller lost the little boy and her husband returiied to find him. Mrs. Daumueller and one child were saved by jumping into blankets held by people in the street, and the man ran down the stairway. After the fire was out Dau- mueller and the boy were found lying on the floor of the bed room dead. ‘They were not badiy burned, but were probably suf- focated. The small dwelling next door, No. 2268, owned by John Finnegan, was also burn- ed. During the progress of the fire Fire- man John Patterson fell from the building and was injured so badly that he will prob- ably die. ‘The loss by the fire will not ex- ceed $5,000. —_—— COLD AT NEW YORK. The Mercury at 8 O'Clock Was 6 Above Zero. NEW YORK, February 5.—This is the coldest day experienced here since Janu- ary 16, 1898, The mercury at 8 o’clock in- dicated six degrees above zero. At Nyack, where the Hudson is its widest, three and a half miles, the river is frozen all the way across. At Geneseo the temperature at 7 o'clock was nine degrees below zero. The day is clear. Tie wind velocity in this city at 9 a.m. was twenty-seven miles an hour. At Sandy Hook, forty-four miles, and off Block Island, thirty miles, the wind was blowing steadily from the northwest, and it is expected it will continue from’ that direction all day. THREE MEN KILLED. Explosion of a Boiler While Cutting Feed on a Farm. NEWCASTLE, Ind., February 5.—Three men have been instantly killed, one fatally and two seriously hurt by the explosion of a portable engine on the farm of Nathan ‘Taylor, near Mooreland. The killed are Nathan Taylor, his son and John Weeks. ‘The injured are Jacob Clapper, ex-township trustee, fatally, and two farm hands, names unknown. Several hands were engaged in cutting feed by steam power, when the boiler ex- ploded. The men were struck by the end of the boiler, which was blown entirely through both sides of the barn. > SOLD FOR A MILLION. Second Mortgage Hondholders Take the W. N. Y. and Pa. Railway. PITTSBURG, Pa., February 5.—The West- ern New York and Pennsylvania railroad was sold here today to Frederick Straus of New York, representing the reorganization committee of the second mortgage bond holders. The price was $1,000,000 and the assuming of $10,000,000 first mortgage bonds. : | Earlier and Later Sessions of the Senate Necessary to Finish Them. Six of the Mensures Yet to Be Acted Upon—At the Present Rate an Extra Session is Unavoidable. There has got to be some earlier and later sitting on the part of the Senate if the ap- propriation bills are all to be passed by the 4th of March, and if the present rate of progression continues. Five days have been consumed in the consideration of the District bill, the first of the important budgets to come before the Senate. AS this measure contains fifty-seven printed pages this means a rate of about eleven pages a day. There are yet to follow the naval bill, now pending in the House, with forty-eight pages; the agricultural bill,with thirty pages, also in the House; the sundry civil bill, now in Senate committee, with 107 pages; the Indian bill, not yet passed by the Senate, with seventy-seven pages: the Ciplomatic bill, with twenty-six page: now on the Senate calendar; and the legis- lative bill, just reported to the*House,with 1i7 pages. This makes a total of 404 pages yet to be considered in the Senate, not in- cludirg the general deficiency bill, which has not yet been reported to the House, and the length of which is, therefore, only conjectural. Estimate of Time Required. It is a low estimate that it will swell the total of pages to 450 at least. At the rate of eleven pages a day these measures will consume the time of the Senate for forty- one working days efter today, provided the District bill is passed before adjournment this evening. There are remaining between now and adjournment on March 4 only twenty-two working days, so that, on the basis of the calculation just had, there will be 209 pages of appropriation bills unacted upon when this Congress expires, or_al- most half of what now confronts the Sen- ate. This is probably a crude method of computation, but it is the best at hand, and there are items in these bills that are sure to lead to prolonged debate. One of these is close #t hand, in the diplomatic bill, which is the next to be taken up for consideration in the Senate. This is the appropriation of $500,000 for the Hawaiian cable, and it is to be expected that this will be made the text of a fierce debate that will reopen the entire Ha- waiian question. It is not beyond the range of likelihood that the general average will thus .be, maintained. To Sit at 11 O’Clock. To counteract this tendency there is now pending a proposition to have the Senate sit at 11 o'clock daily rather than at noon. This will be absolutely necessary if the bills are to be put through before adjourn- ment, unless the republicans shali give an earnest of their declaration that the: have no notion of consuming time by thi persistent talk on the mesures. This calculation precludes all reckoning for general legislation between now and March 4. It is not likely that much else than a financial bill will be allowed to come before the Senate, if that, and such a bill would start a tremendous talk t would eat up a week at the least. As it is this kind of discussion is apt to crop out at any time, to the utter demoralization of the plans of the appropriations com- mittee. So that unless something happens right soon, an extra session is among the most imminent probabilities, from sheer lack of time to do the necessary business. ——— AGAINST THE DISTRICT. CLAIMS Rates Paid by the Board of Public Works to Be Allowed. The House today passed the Senate bill providing that in the adjudication of claims brought under the provisicns of the act entitled-“‘An act to provide fer the settle- ment of all outstanding claims against the District of Columbia, and conferring juris- diction on the Court of Claims to hear the same, and for other purposes,” approved the 16th of June, 1880 (Twenty-first Statutes | at Large, page 284), the Court of Claims shall allow the rates established and paid by the board of public works; and when- ever said rates have not been allowed the claimant or his personal representative shall be entitled, on motion made within sixty days after the passage of this act, to a new trial of sucn cause. History of the Claims. The history of these claims is substan- tially as fellows; The board of public works was charged with the entire control of municipal imprcvements in the Dis- trict. The execution of these improvements was done under contracts with the board of public works, and at ‘prices fixed by it. Several months after the commencement of the works the board readjusted the con- tract price. The revised prices were tech- y called “board rates.” In most cases where “board rates” were allowed the mod- ification of the contract so made was em- bodied in a writtea egrcement in due form; in others by written or oral orders or cor- respondence, which, through clerical inad- vertence or other causes not affecting the intention of the contracting parties in the premises, had not reached the stage of a formal contract. Upon the abolition of the board of public wcrks nearly all of the work in progress under contracts with that board at the time was suspended. Subse- quently, most of this untinished work was recommenced and ccmpleted at boar under new contracts, denominated sions” of the suspended contracts, with the board of Commissioners, which succeeded the board of public works. The | claims under consideration were mainly for compensation for werk done under these so-called extensions. The Au volved. She amount involved in thus carrying into effect the true intent of both parties to the contracts will not exceed from $00,- 000 to §70,000, it appearing that nearly all parties have received these rates, and those who have failed to receive them have failed frcm clerical omissions on the part of the District officials te whom was intrusted | the preparation of the contracts. The pro- pesed legislation does not extend to any claims other than those already filed, and does not permit the institution of new suits. It is further shown that these rates were made the basis of assessments against the property abutting the improve- ments, and have been collected from the property owners in all ca No addi- | tional appropriation is needed to carry this law into effect. Legislation on this subject has been pending for many years and has been favorably reported from time to time to both houses of Congress, and has uni- versally received favorable recommenda- | tions from the Commissioners of the Dis- trict. Having passed both houses, the bill now goes to the President for his signature. made EARTHQUAKES IN NORWAY. Eleven Persons Killed by the Rush of an Avalanche, CHRISTIANIA, Norway, February 5.— Dispatches received here from Molde, Aalesund, Bergen and Christiansund report that at all these places earthquakes were experienced between 12:15 and 12:43 this morning. The shocks ran in the direction of southeast to northwest. No damage was done, ja | can: Eleven persons were Killed by the fall of an avalanche at Kvanagen. IN DOUBT No Official Report as to the Concord’s Officers. HOPE FELT AT THE NAVY DEPARTMENT Serious Complications Possible From the Affair. COUNTRY AROUND CHIN KIANG The absence, so far, of official confirma- tion of the reported kidnaping of officers of the American gunboat Concord, near Chin Kiang, China, has inspired the hope among officials at the Navy Department that the report was unfounded. If the af- fair was as serious us represented, involv- ing the liberty, perhaps the lives, of Amer- ican officers, it would be the duty of those able to do so to report the facts to the department at once. It is possible that the commander of the vessel has been un- able to forward any communication on the subj Under the regulations he would report to the oflicer in command of the station, Admiral Carpenter, who is on his flagship Baltimore at Chefoo, and receive instructions from him as to his further course in the matter. Failing in that, how- ever, he wouid endcavor to communicate direct with the department. Serious Complications Possible. If it should turn out to be true that some of the oicers of the Concord did kill a Chinaman, either by accident or otherwise, and were subsequently overpowered and carried off by the natives, serious diplo- matic complications may result therefrom between the United States and China. No apprehension need be felt .for the safety of the Americans if they are in the custody of the Chinese authorities, but their case may reasonably be deemed seri- ous if they are in the hands of an irre- sponsible Chinese mob with known an- tipathy to all foreigners. The Officers of the Concord. Several serious mistakes have been made in the newspapers with respect to the per- sonnel of the Concord. The following is a correct list of her officers as revised at the Navy Department today Commander Joséph 5. Craig, command- ing; Lieuts. Ebenezer E. Prime, Greenlief A. Merriam, William 8. Hogg and Wm. A. Gil; Ensigns Marbury Johnston, Charles M. Fabs and Lay H. Everhart; Naval Ca- dets Chester Wells,Jas. B. Potter and Andre M. Proctor, Surgeon Walter A. McClurg, Paymaster Henry R. Smith, Chief Engineer Geerge W. Stivers,Assistant Engineer Jebn B, Patton, Naval Cadet (engineer division) John R. Brady. ROUND ABOUT CHIN KIANG. Something About the Country Where the Concord’s Officers Are. A naval Heutenant who spent some years on the Chinese station, wintering and sum- mering at*Chin Kiang, near where the Cencord’s officers have been captured by Chinese peasants, talks as follows to a New York World correspondent: ‘The country around the ‘town abounds in pheasants and deer, and the water- ways are lined with ducks. It is a famous shooting piace, and I have no doubt that some of the Concord fellows ‘plugged’ a Chinaman, for thef$ are thicker than rab- bits, and lie behind the bushes along the river front so thick it is hard to miss them, Lots of them have been winged accidental- ly, and the hole has been plugged with a half dojlar. You can settle with a China- man for hurting him, if he is alive after the occurrence, all the way from 10 to 50 cants. “But there are in the neighborhood at this time of year many Chinese toughs. Chin Kiang is at the mouth of the Grand cenal, which is closed in winter. The Chinese canaler is about as tough a speci- men as exists. The canalers form a large ficating population in the city at this sea- son and they are ready for any kind of outrage they can safely commit. It is like- ly that one of these tcughs was accidental- ly shot and that his injury aroused a mob of canalers, who captured the officer who shot him, and think that by holding him they can get some money. Jones, our consul there, is a very de- termined man, and knows exactly how to deal with that class of Chinamen. He was there in 1889 when a terrible riot oc- curred, and he lost considerable property. He made the Chinese government come to the center and make good, with a proper bonus, all hé had lost and ell that other Americans suffered. I haven't any doubt that Jones and Captain Craig will settle this little difliculty without the assistance of this government. The Depth of the River. In case anything serious should ensue, there would be difficulty in getting aid to the Concord. Seven other American war- ships are in Chinese waters, but the great- er part of the fleet is at Chefoo, 600 miles away. It is feared there that the York- town is the only other vessel of the squad- ron that can sail up the Yangtsekiang far as Chin Kiang at this time of the yéar, when there may be not more than twenty- one feet of water in places. Like the Con- cord, the Yorktown draws sixteen feet. ‘The big cruisers,the Baltimore and Charles- ton, draw twenty-four and twenty-two feet respectively. The Monocacy and Petrel are in winter quarters und could not be got out until spring. The Detroit is at Singapore and tne Machias is at Colombo. In the book containing sailing directions on board the Concord is this description of Chin Kiang: “Chin Kiang Fu, a treaty port, accessible by sea-going vessels of heavy Wurden, is situated on the right bank of the Yangtse- kiang river, two miles above Silver Island and 198 miles from the sea. It is a walled ty about four miles in circuit and half mile from the bank of the river, the space having been formerly covered with an extensive suburb, which was surrounded by a wall during the rebel occupancy of the city, so that the fortifications now ex- tend to the water's edge. “The foreign settlement extends along the river side above the city, from the custom house, at the mouth of the Grand 1, as far as Yinsham (Garlic Hill), a | steep acclivity on the west, where is situ- ated the British consulate. The settle- ment {s entirely level and is divided into eighteen lots, e of which are on the Bund fronting the river, and separated from the remainder by a road parallel to it. “In climate and temperature there is litle difference between Chin Kiang and Shanghai, but the hilly surroundings of this port are an advantage Shanghai does not possess and are undoubtedly conducive to health. Fever and dysentery, the dis- eases inseparable from situations of this kind, are prevalent during the summer. The winter is bracing and game abounds in the vicinity.” Starters at St. Louis. ST. LOUIS, Mo., February 5.—The fair grounds stewards have secured James Ferguson and Kit Chinn to handle the fing at the spring meeting, which opens Satur- day, June 8. Both starters are well on in St. Louis, having each officiated « or other of the great track. last five years.