Evening Star Newspaper, February 14, 1895, Page 2

THE EVENING STAR, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1895-TWELVE PAGES LATE NEWS BY WIRE| THE HowaaTe DEFENSE/FROM EVERY CLIME The Nicaragua Canal Discussed in the House of Commons. INTERROGATING THE GOVERNMENT (england Believes That It Should Be International. ene eee | THE TRANS-PACIFIC CABLE POR RON een LONDON, February 14.—During the ses- sion of the house of commons this after- noon Sir Edward Harland, conservativ. -d whether the government was aware that Mr. Morgan's Nicaraguan canal bill had passed the United States Senate and was now before the House of Representa- +3. and that Mr. Morgan had stated in Senate that no foreign government ob- jected to the bil, ard whether, in view of the importance of the canal to British ship- owners, the government would make ur- gent representations to the government of the United States against apy provisions in Mr. Mo bill detrimental to the in- terests of British shipping. Sir Mdward asked whether the govern- ment would consider the propriety of urg- ing upom the government of the United States the importance of the creation of a British and American commission to deal with the question of the construction of the canal and its statues when built. Sir Kdward Grey, ‘parliamentary secre- tary for the foreign office, replied that it was not usual for the government to make any representations against bills be- fore foreign legislatures. ‘The goverrment, he added, considered that sueh a canal as it was proposed to construct through Nicaragua should be under international control and whatever steps it may deem desirable will be taken the government to advance this view. He, however, saw no reason to suppose that the United States government would not maintain their treaty engagements. Sir George Baden Powell, conservative, questioned the government in regard to the proposed Pacific cable. Mr. Sydney Buxton, parliamentary sec- retary of the colontal office, In response said that negotiations relative to the cot struction of a cable were proceeding, but that it would not be to the public interest to enter into a detailed statement of their status. - peeeneerrsmen HAYWARD GOOD SPIRITS. © Defense In the Mur- der ‘Trin MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., February 14.— It was the turn of the defense in the trial of Harry Hayward for the murder of Catherine Ging today, and there was eager sriosity to learn what tack Attorney Erwin and his assistants would pursue. The defendant's demeanor vpon entering the court room was positively jubilant. He nedded to som lady friends in the front row, an then, espying his mother, went up to her and said: “Good morning, little mother,” and kissed her upturned Ips. When Counsel Smith arose to address the jury in his sauarely around to the jury and scanned their faces as the words fell from the lips Opening for of his counsel. Before the court opened he found time to tell the reporters that the report in a morning paper to the effect | th: t he had remarked, “They are ng me,” was unqualifiedly false, and that he had rever given utterance to any such statement. Attorney Smith, in addressing the jur; called attention to a number of things which | the state had promised, at the outset, to prove, and waich, he said, had not been proven. It had not shown that Hayward had secured all of Miss Ging’s money, 2 she had a t ce in the bank at her death; it had not shown that he had gone riding with her the Wednesday and $ urday zs before the murder, as prom Smith declared that the in- sura tle the aci ng of an interest and the waiver of as- of which much had bi ate, were all in the orc ary course in any way unusual. sweat-box method of wring- ing so-called confessions from Blixt and Adry Hayward were referred to in de- terms nse admitted that Harry was a r, and deplored the fact, but assert- o at he was not on trial for gambling, t for mur ASSOCIATED PRESS ELECTION. Officers Unanimously Chosen by the ard of Directors. February 14.—The board of ciated Press met tod y elected the following offi- CHICAGO, director: and una lent, Victor F. Lawson, Chicago 1 and Chicago News; first vice pres Horace White, New York Evening ; second vice pr t, John R. Me- Cincinnati Enq| general man- ecretary, M Stone; as- eneral manager and ant sec- “harles 3. Diehl; George Schneider, election as second nt of ill-health. > declined re- Vice president on accor —_—— WALTER GEDNEY’S SUICIDE. It is Believed That He Was Insane at the Time. PHI HIA, February 14.—Walter Gedney. about twenty-five years, shot ard killed himself at 6th and Chestnut 1 o'clock this afternoon. From “s person ft is Streets at papers found on the suict: believed he is a lwether of A. G. Gedney of 9% D street northwest, Washington, D. Cc. A Star reporter who called at Mr. A. G. te place of business, #43 D Street northwest, was informed that Wal- ter Gedney is Mr. Gedney’s prother atch. The de- tedney of the mised in the foregoing dis sed is a son of Mr. J. F. te Department, who resides at 419 B street noi Thomas H. Gedney and William both employed in the bu brot three sisters nd printing, are ased, and he also hag residing in this city. Waiter Gedney was born in Washington, and was ¢ 1 in A. G. Gedney'’s en- graving establishment up to about two years ago, when h> went to Philadelph' He rematned in that city for some time, and then returned to Washington. After a lapse of several months, and without the knowledge of his family, he returned to » Quaker ci here he had been ever The ased was employed as a an, and was w Le stated with: D~ said_ Mr. G t Walter | Gedney's ordered. At times he would act queerly, and I am positive that he himself this insane." rnoon while tempo: RETURNING TO Worn. Old Men Apply for Places tn ng that him t e said he s he couid on of the Atlant rajlros t about fifteen ¢ old men applied for work to Rot pit them to work. ieliberate fashion, Harry faced | ving to | Opening Statemen: Today by the Defend- ant’s Counsel. Gen. Greely and Others Testify te Meeting Capt. Howgate in New York City. The trial of Capt. Henry W. Howgate did not really begin today until after 1 o'clock this afternoon. The morning was spent in first waiting for Mr. Wilson, who had a case in the Court of Appeals, and then in passing upon certain questions raised by the evidence. Finally, Mr. Wilson came in, when a recess was taken until 1 o'clock, when Mr. Worthington opened the case for the defense. Mr. Worthington said that the jury would for the first time learn with what the de- fendant was charged from the defendant's counsel; frem him; although the district attorney should at the very commencement have informed them. The district attorney it was true, attempted to state the but no one but a lawyer could have understood him. ‘The defendant, explained Mr. Worthing- ton, was charged with first embezzling the sum of $11,800, and then with forging the rame of Treasursr Rochester of the Wepst- ern Union Telegraph Company to a voucher for the purpose of concealing the alleged embezziement. But, said Mr. Worthington, the defendant neither converted the sum to bis own use nor forged Mr. Rocheste: rame. He would show that the check was made out for a legitimate purpose, and with the approval ef the defendant's chief, Gea. Myer, and that Mr. Rochester's nams was not forged. As to the Dead. Ceunsel and defendant, remarked Mr. Werthington, had been charged with cast- ing reflections upon the honesty of both Gen. Myer and Leonard Whitney. But the charge was false and unjust to counsel and the defendant. Mr. Worthington stated that he imew both of the dead men well, and paid quite a graceful tribute to thelr integrity. explaining that the defendant nor his counse! fer a single moment even thought of reflecting upon the dead. But, said Mr. Worthington, the defendant 1s charged with dishones:y, and the acts ot the dead had only been recalled to show that if the Cefendant had done or even at- tempted to do wrong so careful and con- scientious a man and officer as Gen. Myer would have detected and prevented it, and so honest a man as the late Leonard Whit- ney would have exposed rather than par- ticipated in the alleged wrongdoing of the defendant. Not a Fugitive. Mr. Worthington referred to the conten- tion of the prosecution that the defendant had been a fugitive from justice and stated that he would show that he never was such. He would show that he roamed the streets of New York for years, meeting and conversing with high officers of the and that not a step was taken st him. “We will show,” exclaimed Worthington, in conclusior, “that the ndant surrend d himself when first ed, that he remained in jail for months witheut being given a trial, and at he was lowed to go out of jail in ndicate that they Gen. As the first witness for the defense, Mor- Greely’s Testimony. ris C. Wyman o: ew York was called. He stated that he is a book dealer, and had dealt with the defendant for seven years, | opal him as H. Williams. Gen. A. W. Greely, chief signal officer, was next called to the stand, and created some prise by stating that he twice sceifentally met the defendant in New York about three years ago. He first met | the defendant on Astor Place, B 4 . being called by the defendant. They con- versed for about five minutes, and about two months later they again met there, when they corversed for about half an } hour. The defendant made no suggestion as to witness concealing the fact of their ng or the whereabouts of the de- t utenant David J. Gibbon, U. S. A., tired, testified that he had known the de- ant for twenty-five years, and in No- 1889, met him in New York, at Gth avenue and Broadway, talking with him for some few moments. Joseph Silk, Samuel Rainer and Samuel Coulter of New York testified that they were engaged in the book trade there and had known the defendant there for several years. At the conclusion of their testimony the trial was adjourned at 2:30 until tomorrow riorning. br fenc T EVIDENCE. _ NOT SUFF ‘Attorney General Hanco the Brooklyn porers’ Appliention. ALBANY, N. ¥., February 14.—Attorney General Hancock has handed down a de- cision denying the application for permt: sion to bring action to vacate the chart ef the Brooklyn Heights Railroad Co for failing to e its lines according to the provisions of its charter. The attorney eneral holds that if the ten-hour labor law has been violated it was by the officers of the company, and not by the corporation itself. a concluding his opinion the attorney “While it appears from the to me by the applicants that the laws of the state y nees may have been vio- lividuals, I am satisfied from a consideration of facts presented by the | petitioners that they are not sufficient to justify the bringing of an action to annul charter of the corporation. pon the ication to have President » Brooklyn Heights and Pres- 1 of the Atlantic Avenue rail- om their posi- *s Reply to and the c! lated by t Nort d companies removed f tions bec se of alleged vioiati of the labor law, Atto neral Hancock holds Offenses must be proven by legal action can be taken, which t yet been presented to him. ys, “it shall appear from the tigations now or hereafter to be made that it can be established by competent proof that the presidents of the companies have broken the law by exacting excessive hours of labor from their employes the cases will receive further consideration.” > —— ACTORS IN A FIGHT. A Bystander Was Shot in the Thigh During the Metee. SAVANNAH, Ga. February 14.—The chief of police has received instructions from Macon to arrest all male members of the Lottie Collins company on their arri- val here. Last night two of the actors had a fight In the depot in Macon over some mm ers of the company, In which the en- tire company became involved. All drew pistols, and a number of shots were fired ‘A bystandr was shot in the thigh and sev- al persons had narrow escapes. es ASHORE OFF THE © rman Tank Steamer ise Maric. BALTIMORE, Md., February 14.—Ger- n tank steamer Elise Marie, from Ham- rg, January for Paltimore, to load 1, is ashore off Cape Charles. See TROUBLE EN SIAM. Peril of the ¢ E FRESH sht With French Soldiers In Which r is Wounded. Febru: 14.—Diff- tw the ne left bank of th 10un, seriou occurred. At one pl ct between a number of 1 a detachment of & which a French of- Dispatch to The Evening § D HILL, Va., Fe ry 14.—Traffie Imost entirely suspended in this ction of Piedmont, Va. Th day night, followed i of yesterday and last filed the tracks made drifts. The mall train due here at 7 last might came in nearly four hours late, The stage line to Win- chester is stili tied up. through the . The Antithesis of Babel Locked in Five Boxes. THE HBOGE POLYGLOT PETITION Getting Ready to Present It to President Cleveland. Se LABOR OF —— A LOVE In a little pyramidal stack of boxes down at the big warehcuse of the Adams press Company on Maryland avenue is the huge polyglot t#mperance petition of all the nations of the earth and the rest of mankind. In the chaos of kegs, boxes, crates, machines, bags, wheels and a legion of miscellaneous things, not to mention hampers of quacking ducks and crates of bawling calves, one might pass by the neat. clean pine boxes that contain this concentrated prayer of the wide, wide world. But the expressmen, who are bus- tling in and out with their heavy iron trucks, will point it out to any who wish to see it, and will add a practical word of philosophical comment on the box: their contents and thelr moral significance. The first thing, however, to be mentioned by these servants of the public is the fact that the boxes are heavy and they have had Miss Ackerman. Mrs. Lenvitt. no end of trouble and bother with them. “But never mind that,” said one of them today, “if the thing will only do some good.” The Boxes Are Heavy. There are stout hinges on the lids of the five boxes, and also stout hasps and tumbler padlocks, no two locks being alike. The bo€es are of different slzes—one very big one, about three feet high and wide and four feet long, containing the names of the people of America; another, about as large, contains those secured from the countries of Europe; three smalier boxes contain the petitions circulated in Asia, Africa. and South America. One of the boxes is open about an inch, and the snow white folds of the long roll of inuslin on which the names are pasted can be seen. A red edge has been pasted along to the sides of the yard-wide roll of muslin, which makes a pretty border to it. The weight of the petition on the scales is 480 pounds. Its moral weight may be something in ex- cess of thi ‘The ladies who are assembling in Wash- ington to present this huge appeal for re- lief from the bendage of opium and liquor have been ten years in getting the names signed to the long roll. Never before in the history of the world were so many people united in one praye The first woman to embark in the service of this polyglot petition was Mrs. Clement Leavitt of Boston, who set out in 1883, under the auspices of the Women’s “Christian Tem- For seven years she trav- din every part of the globe and visited nearly every country in Christendom. ‘Traveling to Get Names. She went (o the largest cities of Europe and Asia, to the jungl of the Congo and Padagascar, through China, ateng the Great Wall. across India, and up and down South America. She set out alone, gray haired, a woman of culture, sweet hearted and cd: vout, braving the ills and terrors of constant travel, encountcring choiera and yellow fever more than once. She found whe people were enslaved by @rink, and there were millions glad to sign the petition. Thus, there are over 4,000,000 names in those five boxes. The words of the petition are translated into known tongue on earth, and the sig- natu are in all sorts of queer handwrit- ing, from that of the queen of Madagas- car to the mystical hieroglyphics of the Chinese, the Hindoo and the Turk. ing the example of Mrs. Leavitt in signatures, Miss Jes: of California, in ISST went began a task’ to which she ral years of her life. In 1888 made world organizer and s! y for the Hawaiian Islan mediat! tray apan, India al as organized branches extensiveiy in these countries. for a time president of the federated Australian prov- inces and greatly strengthened the work there. She is a tireless worker, an excel- lent organizer, while her unusual experi- joined with her native platform give her thrilling power as a speak- Presenting the Petitic The petition will be delivered tomorrow morning at Convention Hall and in the lands of Mr. George Kraft, the profes- sional draper, will be hung in festoons around the hall and from arch to arch of the immense roof. Intermingled with the endless stretches of the white petition will be the flags of all nations. Such a sight will he historically memorable. But two pe- titions anything like as long or large as this were ever before secured—one was displayed some years ago in London and one of 200,000 names was festooned around the walls of the Tilinois state house two or three years ago. The Program clces which be- The program for the ex gin tomorrow follo’ Metropolitan M. E. Church, morning ses- sion, 10 a.m.—Address of welcome, Mrs. M. E. Griffith; response, Mrs. Clara C. Hofl- 10:30 a.m.—Prayer and consecration izabeth W. man. meeting, conducted by Miss E Greenwood, 12 m.—Noontide p M. E. Griffith. Afternoon session, 2:30 p.m.—Devotional service, Mrs. Helen M. Barker; address, “The W. C. T. U. Has Attained Her Ma- jerity; Is She Worthy of Citizenship?” Mrs. Margaret B. Platt; address, Mrs. Emily L. McLaughlin; address, Mrs. Matilda B. Carse; music. Adjournment. Convention Hall, evening session, 7:30 p.m.—Grand mass ‘meeting; devotional ex- crcises, Mrs. Katharine Lente Stevenson; music, Moody chofr of 300 voices; address, “Origin of the Petition,” Miss Willard; ad- dress, “Its Value As An Educator,” Mr: Henry L. Hunt; solo, Miss Katharine Wil- lard; address, “What the Petition Will Mean to the World,” Lady Henry Somerset; addre “Its Relation to the Final Victo- rs. Clara C. Hoffman; music, Moody benediction. Marine Band will furnish mustc at The all of the meetings. The Invitations. ‘The text of the unique invitation extend- ed to the President and Congress to attend the exercises connected with the presenta- tion of the mammoth petition is as fol- he President of the United States and members of the cabinet, the Senators and ntatives of Congress, are specially to be present at Convention Music Washington, I February 15, 1 “n to addresses by rd and Lady Henry Some t of the: polyglot petition, opie, addressed to the heads nments of the world, praying for the withdrawal of their protection from the opium and liquor traffic wherever legalized. Please present this at the door and platform.” inter 4,000,009 of of the gove liss Willard, who is to present the pe- tition to Pre: at Cleveland, will arrive, with Lady s from Boston this an the guest of Miss ley Seward at Wormley’s. Mrs. the custodian of the big petition, today take rooms at the Ebbitt House, e the Woman's Council will have its rt ‘The petition will be stored here after its presentation, to be evening, away alee > sent to London next summer, where, on June 15, it will be presented to Queen Victoria. Ad It is needless to that the names on the petition will ndt be read to the Presi- dent tomorrow night. It would take a polygot translator to do so, and as Mrs. Carse has calculated that the names, if written out in a continuous line, would reach thirty miles, there will hardly be time for such a proceeding. The W. C. T. U. jheadquarters at present are in the Ohio Bank building, where visit- ing delegates and:speakers are reporting hourly. — TO BE DEFEATED. The Bond Resolation Will Be Snowed Under by a Large Majority. Careful inquiry about the House indi- cates the bond resolution will be defeated. Not even the friends of the measure have any confidence in its success, and the gen- eral opinion is that it will be defeated by a majority larger even than the Springer bond bill. There has been for a short time unusual activity among the republi- can leaders. They have been trying to arrange a proposition which will not make a split in the party. It is recognized that if the vote is taken on the main proposition, as provided in the rule, it will result in a division of the re- publican strength. The scheme fs to offer a motion to recommit the resolution to the ccmmittee on ways and means, with in- structions, and the kind of instructions 1s what is causing the trouble. If an agree- ment can be reached between: the wings of the republican party on a form of instruc- ticns this motion will be made. Several leaders claim this can be done. Mr. Reed to Oppose It. Mr. Reed will oppose the Wilson bond resolution in a speech, in which he will ad- vise the republicans to vote to order the bill to a third reading in order that he may move to recommit, with instructions to re- port back the bill he introduced as a sub- Ftitute for the last Springer bill. This was the probable course at 2:30, after the re- publicans had had some consultations, but there were still contingencies that might muke it impossible to carry it out. The republicans are working to secure harmo- rious action, and this seems at this writing the only course open o—_—___——_ WERN RAILWAY. THE SOU Vice President Baldwin Talks to the Employes. Vice President Baldwin's new schedule of wages and hours of labor on the South- ern railway system was the subject of an animated discussion at the meeting of the representatives of the employes today. At his conference with the employes Vice President Baldwin verbally explained the written statement submitted yesterday, and offered the employes every . facility to verify, from the company records, the statements made therein. No answer from the employes is expected for several days at least. 4 —___— -- «-—____—_. THE CHINESE SURRENDER. Official Advices of the Fact Reecived in This City. Secretary Gresham received this after- rcon a cable message from Minister Den- by at Pekin saying that the Chinese ad- miral at Wel-Hal-Wei had surrendered to Admiral Ito, in command of the Japanese forces, on condition that the lives of the Chinese belligerents and the foreigners in their service be Spared. Minister Kurino, the Japanese minfster, received similar ad- vices from his government. sarsal Aes Senator Manderson's Future. Senator Mandeygon,, teday corroborated the report that he wauld become the gen- eral solicitor for the Burlington and Mis- scuri railroad system. after his retirement frem the Senate. ‘The tender of the post- tion,” said he, “eame to me along with others in the line of my profession from my state and from outside of it. Owing to the facts al] my material interests are lo- cated in Nebraska, and that I expect to aake my permanent home ther I re- fused to consider any proposition for my service i require a change of residence. + 2+ —____—_ Liqnor Licenses Granted. At a meeting of the excise board this afternoon the following liquor applications were approved: Granted—Retall: 1428 and 1430 Edward H. Neumeyer, E_ stre Walter J. by, 49 A street southwest; Michael Lyons, 908 Pennsylvania avenue; Daniel O'Con- nell, 605 C street. Wholesale: George W. e and Calvin G. Pribb 1 © street northeast. a West Point Cadets Appointed. Cadet appointments to the Military Acad- emy have been issued during the past week to Henry N. Way, Gilson City, IL; Chas. S. Iliff (alternate), Washburn, IIL; Wm. P. Libbey, Malone, M Warren B. Dennis (alternate), Lynn, Mass.; George B. Sevenbetz, Brooklyn; N.Y.; Eugene E. Grimm (alternate), Franklin, Pa. ee Nordhof in Hix Right Mind. ‘The old friends of Mr. Charles Nordhoff, who have been so astounded by his extra- ordinary actions and utterances in behalf of the disreputable Spreckels-Dominis, roy- alty, sugar, opium and lottery rings in Ha- wali, are relieved to find that he has thrown up the job of defending the unwholesome combine. In a late letter he says: “I have read carefully the very full re- ports of the trials of the insurrectionists contained in a file of Honolulu newspapers, which came to me by the last mail. The court was a military court, but it is clear from the circumstantial reports of Its pro- ceedings that the members acted through- out with care for jus! Tam not ready to say it would not be a proper and wholesome act to hang such persons as Wilcox, Cummings and Ashford, if there is evidence to con ct the last named. “{ don’t suppose myself that the Dole government will hang any of the con- demned, but it certainly ought to expel them from the country. I mean the white men and such half-breeds as Wilcox and Nowlein; though Wilcox could, I think, be hanged amid general applause. “As to the queen, considering that she al- lowed dynamite bombs to be stored in her house, and allowed her personal ald and friend, Nowlein, to engage in this absurd attempt, she is at the mercy of the gov- ernment, and ought to be sent out of the jslands, unless, now that she has abdicated in favor of the Dole government, she can satisfy Mr. Dole that she will conduct her- self hereafter loyally to the government to which she has*given her allegiance — obo Grain and Cotton Markets, Cotton and grain :markets, ported by W. B. Hibbs, 1421 F st., 7 sel Hubbard, Price & Co., New York. re ng High. Low. Close. BIR B31 BIE BAG BAGH OE Is 544-3 4 4 SiMe 154 28 28iy APO 9.90 3040 10.17 G37 652 BAO B25. Month. c. March. re Ap 5 52 ae Boe OS: Jun 5.59 Baltimore Markets. BALTIMORE, February 14.—Flour dull, 4,074 A shipments, Eales, 110,000 . 48ah0; do.” yellow m—No. 2 white western, 4,285 gu t—No. 2, 56a57 32,149 bushels. Hay pice 3.50a$ 14.00, it freights demand small, ‘unchanged. ugar quiet, unc Tuutter and eggs firm, un- changed. Cheese firin, unchanged. —_—.——_ Range of the Thermometer. The following were the readings of the thermometer at the weather bureau today: 8 am., 18; 2 p.m., 30; maximum, 31; min- imum, 16. recesp strong —Zo0d to ¢ quiet, FINANCE AND TRADE Opening Prices Were Higher, but the Advance Soon Stopped. DISCUSSING WASHINGTON ADVICES Chicago Gas Prominent Among the Industrials. —— GENERAL MARKET REPORTS ——>— Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. NEW YORK, February 14.—In accord- ance with a recently established custom, opening prices this morning were made to reflect gains varying from \% to 14 per cent, but, like previous efforts, the advance terminated suddenly and left sentiment un- improved. Wise legislation alone can give the desired speculative relief, and this, un- fortunately, seems improbable at this ses- sion of Congress. Several praiseworthy at- tempts in this direction have reached: va- rious stages of advancement, but those in position to judge predict that none of them will be enroljed upon the statute books. Prices may respond momentarily to the at- titude of the committees having charge of the subjects in question, but the conserv~ ative operator will discard all legislative uncertainties and weigh values under exist- ing conditions, making due allowance for the effects of their prolongation. The ad- journment of Congress may be the occasion of some improvement owing to the removal of the uncertainty which now exists. Outside of the varying opinions received from Washington there was little news of any importance received during the day. In the railway list Northwest was active at a further decline of 3-4 per cent, due largely to short selling by the room on con- tinued doubt as to the rate of the next dividend. The balance of the grangers were steady on small transactions. Pacitic Mail sold up 1 per cent during the early trading, but dropped back to opening prices scmewhat erratically and became dull at a fractional net advance. New England was steady and Improved 3-8 per cent on pur- chases by brokers usually conspicuous in any movement in this stock. In the industrial list Chicago Gas was prominent at a reduction of 1 per cent from first prices, the selling being attrib- uted to both accounts. Owing to the late arrival of the train bearing the eastern representatives of the new interests, the election of the board was unavoidably de- layed. The covering of yesterday’s sales in American Tobacco caused an advance of 14% per cent in the price of that stock. The Senate committee tomorrow will recommend the repeal of the discriminating duty on imported sugars. This action is Lased on the action of the German gov- ernment in imposing retaliatory measyres advers: to certain of our industries. If the question could be brought to a vote the chances are that the committee’s sug- gestior. would be adopted, but the better opinior seems to be that its progress will stop short of that point. Traders sold the stock this morning in anticipation of a temporary depression in price, based on the committee's action. The comparative inactivity in Sugar during the last half of the present session of Congress is considered to be a stroke of good policy on the part of the manage- ment the fruits of which will be realized once the 4th of March is safely passed. The trading of the last hour was un- changed in character, prices hanging. idly within a fractional radius of opening fig- ures. The market during this period, was void of any business other than that sup- plied by the cautious trading of the pro. fessional operator. The result of the day’s developments at the Chicago Gas meeting and the Senate's attitude on pending legis- lJaticn will cover the entire field of specula- tive incentive during the balance of the week. —— FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL, ‘The following are the opening, the high- t and the lowest and the closing prices cf the New York stock market today, as re- ported by Corson & Macartney, members New York stock exchange. Correspondents Messrs. Moore & Schley, No. 80 Broadway Stocks. American Sugar. ‘American Sugar Pfd American Tovacco. American Cotton Oil. Atchison, Canada Sou C.. C.. C. and St. Chicago, B. and Q...... Chic.and Northwestern. ‘and St. Paul M. and St. Paul Pfd. Chie., R-T. and Pacific Del., Lack. and W.. Delaware and Hudson Den. and R. Grande Pfd Dis.and Cattle Feeding. General Electric. Tilinois Central Lake Shore. Long Island T 5 Metropolitan Traction. Manhattan Elevated. Michigan Central Missouri Pacific National Lead Ci U.S. Cordage U.S. Cordage Co. Pia: ew Jersey Central. Northern Pacitic Northern Pacitic Pid North American. Ont. and Wi Pacific Mail, Phila. and Ke Pullman. u ilway Paila. Traction. Wheeling and L. Erie. E. Pid. Wheeling and L. Western Union ‘Te yisconsin Central. Silver, Washington Stock Exchange. lar call—12 o'clock m.—Eckington Rail- Washington Gas, 20 at 50lg. U.S. 10 at 132; 10’ at 131. “National 8 at 13." After call—Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone, 10 at 53%. Government Bonds.—U, S. 4s, registered, 110 bid. 5.8. 48, coupon, 110 bid. f Columbia Bonds.—20-vear fund 5s, 106 ar fund 6s, gold, 114% bid. Water stock 118 bid. Water stock 7s, 1903, 8.653, funding, currency, 110 ga, registered, 2-108, 100 bi Miscellaneous Bonds.—Washington ‘and George- town Railroad cony. 6s, 1st, 138 bid. | Washington and Georgetown Railroad conv. 6s, 2d, 138 bid. Metropolitan Railroad conv. 68, 06% bid, 98% asked. ailrond 5s, 8414 bid, 8514 asked. Eckington 1 Gs, 101 bid, 105 asked, Columbia Railroad Washington Gas Com- Washington Gas ¢ Union Isuranc currency, Did, 114 asked. Rallroa 6s, 109% bid, 110% asked. Gs, series A, 113 bid. 6s, series B, 114 bid. Washington Gas C cony. 68, 135 bid. S. Electric Light conv. ge, 128 bid. Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone bs, 100 bid, 104 asked. American Security and ‘Trust 5s, F. and A., 100 bid. American Security and Trust 5s, A. and O., 100 bid. Washington Market Company Ist 6s, 110 bid. Washington Market Com- imp. 6s, 110 bid, ext. Gs, 107 bid. “Ma: bid. Washington Lj Washington Light Infan nal Bank Stocks.—Bank of W 300 asked, Bank of, the Rept isked. Metre tral, 260 ‘bid 200 asked. 120 bid. 115 bid. 108 bid, sked. asked. bid, 105 00 asked. Washington and Georgetown, Metropolitan, 65 bid, 79 asked. ‘asked, Belt, 30 asked, Bek: nd Eleetrie Light Stocks.—Washington Gas, bid, 50% asked. Georgetown Gas, 50 bid. Ul eee asked. 0 bid, 45 asked. 5 asked. Metropolitan, 70 bid, sked. Corcoran, 5 omae,” 69 bid. Arlington, 154. bid, ‘man-American, 164 bid. | N 1 bid, 14 asked. Co: lumbia, 13 cos, 714 bid, 8 as! Peoy Lincoln, ‘84s Did, 1% asked. ‘Com rate Title, 108 ea bid, 8 asked. unsylvania, 36 bid. Chesa- 56% asked. Ameri- e Pneumatic Gun Title Insurance Did, 116 aske District Title, ‘Telephone Stoc nd Potomac, 5% phophone, 44% D 23 bid, 33 asked. ington Market, 15 180 bid, 145 asked. ” Bull Run Panorame, 12 bid, 20 asked. Lincoln Hall, 87 bid, 92 asked. Inter-Ocean Building, 90 asked. Mergenthaler Linotype, 147 bid. “Twill Be Allively Ending. . We've been conducting our semi-annual STOCK= MOVING SALE in the face of the worst opposition on the part of the elements. And we rejoice with you over the return of the sun, for the snow will quickly vanish, and these who’ve been intending to take advantage of the immense values we’re offering will be enabled to come cut and look through the stock. —-Here we repeat some of the better values re- maining--just a few, in fact--but enough to give you a fair idea of what to expect. - —The sale positively ends this Saturday night. Bed Room Furniture. $24 Solid Oak CHAMBER SUITES, strongly, nicely made. a We there are Dining Room Furniture $6.75 » nicels $15.00 all we had, but « more GOOD sol BOARDS, beautifully made, : $18.90 SUITES coming to sell for... $10.00 a eee $175 Bird's-eye Maple = $ CHAMBER SUITE, beauti- oak or matnzany auish, tor. DID. 25 Job let of Odd DINING CHAIRS at less than HALF PRICE. $94.00 fully made, for All our fine suites, including many styles, made of Oak, Bird's-eye Maple, Walnut, Hungarian Oak and Red and White Ma- a Rrvcvrian One ant te oot wee | Hall Furniture. $80 Curly Birch CHAM- 510 B SUITE, | silver-plated $ 0.25 Solid Oak HAT RACK, trimmings. .. ae 51.90 With square bevel plate mirror set in diamond Gnished, plenty of Others, in all woods, proportionally priced. WHITE ENAMEL BED, with mattress, 20 inches wide, $5 10 MEL BED, with 36 inches wide. $5 60 COMBINATION FOLD- ING 4 pieces in one, for. $60 Combination Folding Reds for. $52 Combination Folding Reds for. $44 Combination Fe w for. WHITE E wire mattress, for. $65 rain Carpet, reg- ility—12_ pat- Reduced to, yard. t All-wool Ins 3214 in Carpets id = Mahogany ‘ elegant patterns—reguiariy i egant_P: = is STANDS, taken from $150, $204 $9.80 cold for 3 celts a yard. Now, SOG. and §: = 50 rolis Geod Qua’ Tapestry $28 Solid ©: MIRKOR, large French bevel $17.7 a TTS 5-45 Brussels. Wo: cents: “50C. tique finish, value $7.50, BOX siti WARDROBE stay COUCH, covered in cretonne, P ae ena _regulat CS spring edge on both sides and ata a SSE Seems / oth ends, tufted seat, lined Ae haeaae sig -75 a roll, choice of tre $7.90 Hy fine patterns for parl ry and dining rocms—regu- ‘ ROCKER, pat- a yard. Now. ent base wie » full roll $ Oo oe ay Wit best w ck and a ., 5 ~ back and arm: 7 5 PY a a a $9.00 WICK and comfortable, and arms, for . large full roll tack S540 including our own special ‘igus—reduced from $2.50 = $1.50 Pee Bordered Carpets. 300 Bordered Carpets, made from rem- nants gf our Dest selling patterns—m: at one-th with mirrors in top, for. J Oak? Bire and Ma- ish DRESSING TA- t up from rr this BL shaped, French tess. swe on Ca 3 shaped tops, shaped mirrors, for. 9.50 oa suche = lace pumey ed ot $16.00 Quartered Oak a Sas WARDROBE, heavy — con- ° stiictlon, one Tower dawer, Seay 90 Oilcloth. for . oe . = $8.00 All-cotton MATTRESS — regular value, 25 the mattress we recommend nes Spaniisere soa Poa eae 5.40 Reduced to... ig. Sotid Mahogany WASHSTANDS at were t n from suites it sold for $159, $200 and zs $9.80 Choice for. Parlor Furniture. $40.00 2-piece Inlaid PAR- eas ee 20:00 a * $39.00 $57.00 S-plece Overs GOLD RECEPTION elle PARLOR CHAIRS, upholstered silk dam- ask seats. Choice of 3 "$9.85 terns for. in ss—reduced to, each made of samples of car. ds long. pets, 1 to 14, INGRAINS, and $1. -$1 to $1.50 ayrna Rug: regularly sold f¢ Inche s4 $2.85 inches—fern Now Russia Rugs—equal in Best Smyrna Rugs. D inches—re MANTELS complete, top and base. Clos- everal patterns, Also MANTEL to 50 BP I PRIC to, each. $22) “BOSTON” MORRIS ace Soa se ae CHAIRS, with solid makog- ches—re 2 ony om, * $10.00 Uphol ae $24 ones, in finer quality } ! coverings, for... $11.90 pholstery Dep $10.50 Solid Oak SECRE- TARY BOOK CASES for.... 800 WINDOW SHADES, all coiors, all $7.00 v ES $9 Sold Onk BOOK sizes. Formerly cut down from $1 and CASES, splendidly made, for $4.05 ae to 2e. yi 2 a Saco to Pp) v - put up. ¢xtra for altering. Ee eae eee Now fs your chance? Think of it! This that can be raised and lowered : dpe quality of shade never before old at sack ee a price. Remember, too, we bang them, turned, brass claw fect. Worth Curtain Poles. much more than.. $7 Solid Oak BOOKCASE, with ‘A few more Brass-trimmed Cherry and Walnut Poles, 1 inch by 5 ft. 19C. ONLY, $1.95 $5.45 5 adjustable shelves, carved top, brass curtain rod and rings, for.... $18 PARLOR TABLES $10.00 $14 TEA TABLES for. “$7.00 placed in position. $11 PARLOR TABLES for. {$5.40 G0 1% inch by 5 ft. Poles, ash, cherry, $0 PARLOR TABLES for...s.sscscess $450 fit, walout and tint. antique oak, with $3.75 Solid Oak Table, prettily brass trimmings. Reduced from 0c. to turned legs, lower shelf, one Boe. ATL complete and put up. drawer, for. * $2.75 SO more of same size and color, with « $3.75 TABLE, turned and better trimmings. Reduced from 5c. to Outed legs, 24-in. square top, 50c. Don't forget, we bang them at tbese polish finish, lower ehelf, for... $2.70 prices. eS "MOSES! mM SONS F and uth Sts. N. W. Storage Warehouse, 22d St. near M.