Evening Star Newspaper, February 16, 1895, Page 2

2 THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1895-TWENTY PAGES. Cee ar tag lomer le LATE NEWS BY WARE | AE HE BONE: ISSUE NEEDS ABOUT US} sestesc rrectce ot me sar [FINANCE AND TRADE Possibility of passing any legislation in the line indicated by Mr. Hili’s resolution. He deciared, in view of this fact, that Mr. Hili was merely threshing old straw. He also described Mr. Hill's declarations of bimetai- lism, and said that with two or three ceptions the democratic Senators who had taken the Secretary of the Treasury at word, that the movement of the repea the Sherman law had been intended in the interest of bimetallism, those who had voted for repeal were the enemies and not the friends of silver. The present time was, he declared, unpropitieus for such a res tion, coming, as it does, on the very h of the monstrous attacks which the Presi- dent has made upor? the curren: credit of the country in his bargain to s our bonds abrogd on such terms as he had made with the Eutopean ‘bankers. This action he proncunced the most dis- astrous assault upon thé country’s finan- al system which had evr been made, nd worst feature’ of the whole he said, with growing earnestness, “is that the atfack is made by tho man who, because of his position, should have stood the foremost in our de- fense. Our nest has been befouled by the +man who should have stood for our credit.” The Bond Contract Criticised. Mr. Wolcott criticised the recent con- tract made for the sale of bonds in Europe, declaring that far better terms could have been secured in this country. and among our own people. He asserted that the pay- ment to the Rothschilds was to be made on an excessive basis, and followed this up with the declaration that the policy had apparently been adoptel for the purpose of discrediting our finances, and he de clared that the unfairness of the transa tien had already been exposed. He did not believe that the bankers through whom the negotiations had been made weuld ever be called upon to advance more than 1 per cent of the amount of the bends sold on account of the advance in their price. Men Not Entitled to Consideration. He had been assured that in New York alone $1.12 1-2 had been tendered for $ 000,000 worth of those bonds, and said he had the autherity of one of the leading bankers in New York for the statement that within sixty days the whole issue woul! be worth $1.20. “If,” he said, speak- ing directly to the resolution and the de- sire expressed by it to uphold our national credit, “there were ever any men who were rot entitled to consideration it is the Rothschilds and the President, because they have sought to blacken our credit.” He asserted that the resolution and the speech of Mr. Hill were in the same dire tion as all other efforts made to discredit silver, and then launched into a defense of the silver advocates, declaring they did not advocate this course because they were un- patrictic, or because of selfish purposes, but because they would relieve the suffer- ing in the country, and they did not be- lieve this was possible of accomplishmeat until the double standard should be re- established. There could be no prosperous times with wheat at 50 cents a bushel. He referred to the proceedings in the German reichstag of yesterday concern- ing silver as an indication that there was to be a change in the interest of silver. “We are working toward it,” he concluded, “but if any act could serve to paralyze progress in that direction it is the disgrace- ful and dishonorable dicker of the Presi- dent with the Rothschilds.” Me. Lodge's Criticism. Mr. Lodge (Mass.) said the substantial and Important part of the resolutions was the last half of them, declaring the right of the bondholder to receive his pay in the best money. He would push all the other declarations of the resolution aside as im- material and let this stand. He did not re- gerd it as necessary to define the question as to who was the bimetallist, or to pro- neunce for the parity of all kinds of money, as the latter declaration was already to be found embodied in our statutes. The point was in neither of these directions, but in the sustenance of the credit of the countr: He believed that the holder of a govern the wretched busine: ment bond should be xble to ask for pa Ment in the the best money, and in gold if and ‘he believed that republican part 1 with Mr. tt that the Pres 1 the credit of the country, he had made the att upon our coin bonds. be u of t Congress should de ivoeation or res to ofits ed the a ministration in dealing with A fact, he added, only fant that the country } ke good its pre Tt w: of bimetallism or monom that were to t sanit on, i replied to Mr. Wolcott in a for his resolution. In clo: If an earnest bin Hist the destovation of silver su: 1 him: to read an Associated uteh, just ved from g that action had been looking toward the rehabilitation of silver. Mr. Teller’s Denunciation. In a speech in the nate this afternoon Mr. Teller (Col) arraigned the President In severe terms on account of the recent bond transaction. THE rejoiced HOUSE. se today the bill for the sale of tsolated tracts of public land was re- ported from the Senate, with an amend- ment reducing the minimum price for the sale of lands from to $1. In the He Mr. Keed (Me.) inquired why the price had been fixed at anacre. ~ Mr. Mekae (Ark.) said he was responsi- ble for that, because he was trying to raise mum price of all public lands to but had failed to carry his point. ate amendments were agreed to. nate amendment to the joint -sting arbitration for the boundary line disputes be- of n brittish Guiana and Venezuela was i to. agre A bill was pa Beach on the reti ¥ ion b $ nittee of the ast night's welve in number, including cne to » the pension ef Major General Ju- Stahel, the Hungarian nobleman) were passed, after which the House went into committee of the whole and resumed consideration of the naval appropriation bill. Mr. Washington's Position. Mr. Washington (Tenn.) argued that it ed to place Warren C. por’ was bad policy for the American republic to attempt to construct and maintain an immense naval equipment. Mr. Adams (Pa.) reproached Mr. Wash- ington for his sentiments. He had never expected to hear them from the lips of a man bearing the name of Washington. The illustrious man whose name the gen- tieman from Tennessee bore in his fare- well address had warned those who were to follow him to prepare for war in time of peace, If the Monroe doctrine was to be pre- ved a navy was absolutely essential. Mr. Bartlett (N. ¥.), speaking for the metropolis, appealed to his democratic sieagues not to abandon the policy first Ivecated by William C. Whitney in 18s when he was made Secretary of the Nav He paid a high tribute to Mr. Whitney and declared it would be a disgrace to re- fuse to continue the regeneration of the Ameri navy, begun under democratic auspice Mr. Milliken’s Appent. Mr. Milliken (Me.) urged the House not to withhold the approprigtion for the new ne h was desime@@¥o maintain the dignity and glory of the republic. After seme further debate in favor of the bill, Mr. Talbott, in charge of the measure, clesed the general debate with a resume of the arguments adduced in support of the increase of the navy. The committee then rose. The Senate bill passed granting two condemned to the Iowa Historical Society at also granting to the Biloxi and 2 y Bridge Company the right to con- struct a bridge across Backbay, Miss. The ite amendments to the post office ap- rivtion bill were disagreed to and the bill sent to conference. At lock, under a special order, fur- ther business of the House was suspended end the ainder of the day was devoted to eulogies on the life and public service of Inte Senator Colquitt of Georgia. Mine Workers Express Confidence in McBride. THE veereiaTes EXONERATES Hill a ae Mark Wild, His Accuser, Forced to Leave the Hall. ——a as OFFIC ‘ERs ARE VINDICATED COLUMBUS, Ohio, February 16.--John McBride today, by the unanimous report of the committee of fifteen, was reported to have been/not guilty of the charges of cor- ruption in cennection with the Hocking Valley rajlroad strike. The committee's repert ea that Mark Wild, the railroad man who preferred the charges, is a dema- gogue and self-confessed corruptionist. Thereupon a resolution was adopted by the United Mine Workers’ convention extend- ing a voté of confidence to Joh McBride and ordering Mark Wild to leave the hall. Mr. Wild jendeavored to obtain the floor, but the demonstrations against him were 30 wea hike to that the presiding officer advised him to withdraw immediately, and he did so. Mr. Lewis, In making the report relative to McBride, said the committee believed he had nes indiscreet in the handling of the money. The vot on the report was 122 to 4. The vote on Wild leaving the hall was 226 to 734, vention then elected P. H. Penna , president; Cameron Miller of president, and re-elected Patrick kecretary and treasurer. These vere a complete vindication of Ohio, vice McBride elections the men who acted on behalf of the nilners in the settlement of the strike last summer. — SERIOUSLY REGARDED. NoT Men's Alleged Intention to fake Mexican Colas. MEXICO CITY, Mex., February 16—The general opinion is that the attempt of the free silver men of the United States to reach fred coinage by the channel of Mex- ican coins! is not worthy of serious consid- eration. It is doubtful if it could be suc- cessfully joperative under any circum- stances, but aside from this is the fact cf which the free silver men seem to be ig- norant, that the Mexican mints are no longer coining silver currency of tne de- nominations named. The dies have been destroyed, and the quarter, eighth and six- teenths of a dollar have been withdrawn from cireistation to such an extent that row the duly piece of the old issue at all common 3 the peseta, or 25c. piece. aes JAVANESE IN POSSESSION. Silver The Island in Wei i-Wel Harbor Gives Up. WEI-HAI-WEI, China, February 16.—The Japanese forces are now in complete oc- cupation of the Island of Liuh-Kung-Tao, in the bay here, the forts on which were the last to hold out against the victorious Japanese forces. CHEFOO, February 16.—All the foreign- ers who Were serving with the Chinese forces at Wei-Hai-Wei, except the Ameri- can, John) Wilde, alias Howie, or Harvie, have been| set free. Wilde is the man who was arrested by the Japanese authorities at Kobe, Aboard the French steamer Syd- rey, with) Cham Taa Moore, formerly in- terpreter ha the Chinese legation at W, ington, afd an Englishman named ¢ on R charge of being engaged in a plot ‘to d#stroy Japanese warships by the means of |tor; and his two com- penions were rel ng oaths to do nothi ist China during the war. It eron, by Japan and tion of the wa p that Ru fo mediate @ p Japaa. A report is foreign apprehensive of is to be bro tive war shi tion of the leg bruary 16.—This afternoon’ Pall Mall Gazette prints a dispatch from Chefoo repe ng the atement that Ad- mirai Ting, the Chinese na 1 commander at Wei-Hai-Wei, has com tted suicide on account $f the reverses to the Chinese forces. | The dispatch adds that Commodore Liu and Gen. |Chang have also taken their own lives for the same reason. | —_ CALLED HIM A LIAR. arrang LONDON, Arother| Exciting Scene in the 4 | bama Legislature. ateh to The Evening > TGOMERY, Ala., February 16—At a late hour last night Gov. Oates sent in a message vetoing the alien railroad bill. It was |charged the bill was lobbied through fhe legislature by one in the in- terest off another corporation. The cor- porations! interested were the Great South- ern and the Queen and Crescent system, and wouljl have placed the disputed control of the lajtter in the hands of the former. ‘The vetojmessage is a lengthy one, but the strong point in it is that the bill crimi- nates inst alien rs of property tate cr itution. ihe veto m e was received it intense excitement and a heated arose. ative O’Brien of Jefferson called mber a liar. He retorted in a meeting on the outside of s prevented further trouble. sustained. ar. contrary to the When Attempted N. Suicide of a School Boy. TROY, |N. Y., February 16.—Ernest Win- ters, ten years old, tempted suicide in the Parsons public school, Hoosac Falls. The boy was teprimanded by his teacher for dis- obediene¢ and shut up in the cloak room. Some tine after the teacher found the pu- pil suspended from a hook and unconscious. Winters had buckled a skate strap round his neck| and tucked a bitten between the strap and his neck to make the noose tight. Mr. Diilon, the teacher, released the boy and suceveded in reviving him, | — ROCK CREEK PARK. Beginning the Work of Assessing | Benefits on Property. Judge “ox having refused to restrain the Rock Creek Park commission from pro- ceeding {o assess the benefits accruing or supposed to have accrued to adjacent prop- erty ce of the establishment and maintenance of the park, the commission met at the city hall at 2 o'clock this after- roon for such purpose. Prof. S. P. Langley, Gen. H. V. Boyntor and Mr. R. Ross Perry were the only members present, and, in the absence of Gen. Casey, Mr. Perry was made chairman pro tem. A number of owners of adjacent land were present, some represented by counsel. Mr. Hugh T. Tag- gert represented the government. Calling} the commissicn to order. Mr. Per- ry mined that the commission had de- termin to at once proceed to take testi- mony, and had invited the District board of assessors to be present, it being the commission's intention to first take their statements. But, said Mr. Perry, the com- mission was not empowered to administer oaths, nor had it power to subpoena wit- nesses. Therefore, witnesses could only be requested or invited to attend and make their statements. ——— = The Delnware Deadlock. DOVER, Del., February 16%Two ballots were taken in the United States senatorial fight see, They resulted as follows: Higgins, |rep., 7; Addicks, rep., 4; Massey, rep., 4; Walcott, 5; Congressman John W.'Causey, 4. | | dem., Senators Severely Oriticise the Adminis- tration. Mr. Lodge Causes Something ‘of a Sensation—Mr. Wolcott's Declarations. The attack upon the administration on account of the bond contract, which was made in the Senate today, was much more direct than anything that was said in the House Thursday. Wolcott’s direct state- ment that the President had attacked the credit of the country; that he had tried to blacken the credit of the country; that he had befouled our own nest, and that the contract entered into privately was dis- honest, went far beyond anything that was said in the House, as severe as was the criticism there of the administration. Mr. Lodge’s Denunciation. Still more severe was the calmer denun- ciation indulged in by Mr. Lodge, who re- peated the declaration that the recent sale of bonds below market price was an attack upon the national credit, and that the coy: tract made in secret was a disgrace. Additional severity was given to Mr. Lodge's criticism by the fact that he urged this alleged attack upon the national credit as a reason why Congress should at once come to the rescue by declaring that the government should meet its obligations in gold—that is, bonds and notes should all be pa ‘able in the best money there is. This peech coming from such a man as Lodge, end being delivered deliberately, evidently made a deep impression, as showing how far the disapproval of the method of the bond issue has gone. That these denunciations of the President should be permitfed to pass without any one rising to his defense was regarded as a remarkable indication of the spirit of the Senate. To Prevent the Bond Issue. Some speculation was excited by the dec- laration by Mr. Wolcott that the bond con- tract would not be carried out. It Is said that there is under contemplation an at- tempt to prevent the bonds contracted for being delivered. wo accomplish this by a resolution has been repeatedly suggested, but that is not practicable, as it would not be permitted to come to a vote. Another proposition is that the assistance of the courts be in- voked to restrain the Secretary of the Treasury from delivering the bonds at a rate below the market price. Upon what ciple of law the application for an in- ion could be maintained is not dis- MORE SNOW PROMISED. Unpleasant Prospect for This Even- ing’s Weather. Snow is prophesied by the weather bu- reau for the District of Columbia this afternoon, with indications that it will clear away and be fair by midnight. A fair day tomorrow is promised, with north- easterly, shifting to northwesterly, winds. The storm in southern Florida has moved to the middle Atlantic coast, increasing slightly in intensity. This is the #torm which is coming. A second storm has de- veloped to the north of Montana. ‘The area of high pressure has moved from western Nebraska to Utah. Rain has fallen in Florida and snow in the middie gult and south Atlantic states. The tem- perature has fallen in New England, the lower lake region and in Florida; it has made a decided rise in the northwest and has retained nearly stationary elsewhere. Extremely cold weather continues in Texas, San Antonio reporting a minimum temperature of 16 degrees above, Abilene minus two, and Corpus Christi and Gal- veston ) degrees respectively, 18 de rees and 8 degr temp ature orded at these any prev r during the cade of ch, which are, rees, the 11 de lowest ions in second de- re ———— PROBLEM. ‘The Contractors Must Alter Thier Methods, Say the Commissioners, st the health office of n deluged with com- tion of garbage. The in all parts of the 1 come SO numer- ous that the authorities realize that some- thing must be done, and at once, knowing that if the matter was allowed to run along until warm weather it would become I menace to health. The *t has been called to the atten- tion of the Commissioners time and again, and today they decided to take sume definite action in the matter. Late this afternoon it developed at the District building that the Commissioners had had the matter under advisement, and had de- cided to urge stricter attention to business upon the contractors. Deputy Health Officer McLean was notified today to in- form Mr. C. Bailey of the National San- itary Company that unless there was a marked improvement in the work of col- lecting garbage throughout the city with- out delay the District would annul the con- tract and would undertake the task itself. The new condition of affairs must go into effect next Monday, for the Commissioners are in earnest and will brook no delay or neglect. r some time p District has nts ef non-coll ome from ¢ the have —— ‘TWO FOR MURDER. Indictments Returned and Arraign- ments Toda: Among those indicted persons arraigned today before Judge Cole were two alleged murderers, James L. Travers and Joseph A. Beam. Both plead not guilty, and the trial of the former set down for the lith of neXt month. Travers, a young col- ored man, cut the throat of Lena Gross, also colored, ith whom he lived near Brightwood, last November. Beam shot his stepdaughter, Annie L. Leahy, on the 224 of last December. His trial will probably follow that of Travers, and it is under- stood that the defense in each case will be that of insanity. Others arraigned today Edward Smith, alias Davis, Wm. were John Brook- and Frank Johnson, housebreaking, and Charles Brown, sccond offense of petit larceny. All plead not guilty. The charge of perjury against Sarah Johnson was nelle pgossed. : ——— A Preliminary Henring. Patrick Scully, the supposed tramp from Chicago who was arrested in Baltimore two days ago because he had in his possession a quantity of jewelry and silverware -tolen from Kann & Sons’ store on 7th street, as published in yesterday’s Star, was given a preliminary hearing in the Police Court to- ay. dudgel Miller commltted (the prisoner’ to Jali to await the action of the grand jury, and fixed the bond at $1,000. pica ae Secretary Herbert's Return. Secretary Herbert has returned to Wash- ington from Philadelphia, where he de- livered an address last night at the ban- quet of the Pennsylvania Scotch-Irish As- sociation. — Fire at the Normandie. This morning, about 11 o'clock, a local alarm of fire sent to police headquarters from the Normandie Hotel called out No. 1 engine company and the chemical engine. An overheated pipe connected with the kitchen range had set fire to the building near the rear stairway. The hotel em- ployes went into service and prevented the spreading of the flames before the arrival of the firemen. When the firemen reached the scene they soon had the flames under control and prevented what might have been a serious fire. ee Marriage Licenses. Marriage licenses have been issued to the following: Willie Gordon and Mamie B. Turrer; Poggioli Giovanni and Avancl Eba Eugenia; J.C. Lios and F. M, Campbell; Ira C. McMillan and Mary L. Fields. Range of the Thermometer. * The following were the readings of the ee Today's Topic ‘Before the White Ribhoners. A SPIRITED: DISCUSSION nM 0 Sketches of Some: Noted Temper- ance ‘Workers. : DEVOTED -T@-°THE CAUSE 7 At 10 o'clock this morning the sessions of the grand convocation of White Ribbon- ers was continued by a meeting in the Metropolitan Church for a discussion on the special needs of the W. C. T. U. in the national capital and how these needs are to be met. There were upwards of 200 wo- men present, “Blest Be the Tie That Binds” was sung, Mrs. S. M. Westcott, treasurer of thé District W. C. T. U., leading at the organ. Mrs. Mary Haslup, president of the Maryland W. C. T. U., offered prayer. Mrs. Stevenson of Chi- cago presided and led the discussion of the morning’s topic. Miss Welghtman, corre- sponding secretary of the District organi- zation, set forth the need of a home for the local organization, and urged the use- fulness of a building for a headquarters for the W. C. T. U. of the District. She thought there was a grand opportunity for a center of temperance influence and work. A reading room, Hbrary and business headquarters would give the local work great advantage. For the messenger boy, who is specially liable to temptation, could here be taken care of and guided into a safe way of living. Mrs. Geo. H. La Fetra followed in a spirited talk on the special need in the District of the most active and thorough temperance women to come in and join the W. C. T. U. and push.its work with a united and determined effort. She desarib- ed the field, the nature of the work done and the prospects before the local organi- zation. Mrs. La Fetra, to whom as chair- man of the committee on press and courte- sics great credit is due for the excellent working details of the present convocation, has for years been most active in District temperance work, She is a native of Ohio, the daughter of the Rev. Timothy Doan and Mary Ann Custis Doan, who descended from the famous Virginia Custis family. She taught for sey- eral years in the pub- lic schools of Leb- anon, Ohio, and in 1867, having married Mr. George H. La Fetra, who held a place of intimate and close relation to James M. Harlan, then Secretary of the Interior, she came to Washington to live. Mrs. La Fetra was for eight years presi- dent of the W. C. T, U. of the District of Columbia, and under her leadership the Mrs, La Fetra. union grew to be a strong power. Mrs. La Fetra possesses rare executive ability. She was for years president of the Ladies’ As- sociation of the Metropolitan M. E. Church, is now president of the Women’s Foreign Missionary Society of’ that church and president of the District of Columbia branch of the Loyal Women of American Liberty, and vice president of the national societ She is a practical business wo- man and a determined ‘believer in woman suffrage. Generai, Discussion, Haslup of Maryland, Mrs. Barker ago, Mrs, O'Neil, and Mrs. Haumer of Pennsylvania, Mrs. Griffith of Washing- ton, and Mrs. Denman ef New Jersey, took part in the general dise’ n_of the needs ea. Ue, Barker's ed to the subject of leg- slation on the age of ‘consent, a subject which had been alfuded to 4s one of the of local distress. Mrs. arted a hearty cheer when she red that women would » the it When once they have the women in the } ture of Ww trying te do making ge of legal protection. to the pre three or four neregation sing. Leeal Needs. Miss Newman, who, though now living in the west, formerly resided in Washington, ard for three years worked most actively in the temperance cause here, spoke at scme length on the need of work here among various classes—the soldiers, sailors, y.sitors and transient population—who were 80 obviously exposed to temptation. Mrs. Clinton Smith told of the recent work in the District, with which she was actively acquainted in an_ official capac- ity. She said all the churches had now united in a_ petition called the “Voice of the Churches,”’which asked Congress for total prohibition in the District. This was receiving con- stant encouragement and would be pre- sented to Congress in due time. Mrs. Fowler Willing, conducted the devotional portion of the meeting, being unable to attend, Mrs. Me- Laughlin of Boston was asked to take . . She spoke at some length of the work in Boston and vicinity, which had the approval and attendance at meetings of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Bronson Alcott and Miss Louisa M. Alcott, who was for years secretary of the W. C. T. U. organiza- tion in Concord. Mr. Percy Foster coming in, was asked for a song, and as he sat down to the or- gan was given the Chautauqua salute, with a srand fluttering of handkerchiefs. Miss Cassie Smith cf New Jersey closed the meeting with a most earnest and elo- quent prayer. Mrs. Stevenson. Among the notable women who have taken part in the meeting this week in connection with the presentation of the polyglot temperance petition is Mrs. Kath- arine Lente Stevenson, the corresponding secretary of the National W. C. T. U. Mrs. Stevenson is an au- thor of some repute and for several years has been in charge of the literary de- partment of the ‘Woman’s Temper- ance Publishing As- sociation, She is a woman of charming Personality and fine gift as a speaker. She is the daughter and granddaughter of Methodist minis- ters, and was born in Columbia county, N.Y. She graduated Mrs. Stevenson. at nineteen from Seminary, N. Y., and in 1881 from Ament ol of Theology of Boston Univer- sity, being the only woman in her class. She was associate pastor of the Methodist Church in Allston, @ suburb of Boston, until the M. 5. church, in its general con- ference, refused to recognize women as preachers, The following year she married Mr. James Stevenson, a merchant of Bos- ton, and took up her residence in Newton In 1841 she was elected corresponding se retary of the Massachusetts W. C. T. U which position she held for two years, go- ing, in 183, to Chicago as editor of Books and Leaflets and contributing editor to the Union Signal. In October, 184, at the last national convention, in Cleveland, Ohio, Mrs. Stevenson was elected corresponding secretary of the National Union, as the suc- cessor of Mrs. Mary A. Woodbridge, who died just before the annual meeting. —->— z Conferences on Local Bills, Conferees have been appointed by the House and the Senate on the following local bills: To authorize the appointment of women as school trustees of the District, Senators Martin, Harris end Hoar, Repre- ‘A vote of th motion of the expre; Mrs. Fessenden. who was to have sentativ Heard and Aldrich; reorganizing the surveyor's office, Senators Proctor, Faulkner and Hansbrough, Representatives Cobb, Cooper of Indiana and Hull. print on Saturday a sworn statement of its circulation day by day for the preceding week. It Would seem self- evident that the advertiser is entitled to this protection. Below will be found the statement for the week just Past. ‘The average circulation exhibited is believed to be much more than the combined circulation of the other Washington dailies, and fully five times that of its afternoon contem- porary, ~ Circulation of The “Evening Star.” SATURDAY, Feb. 9, 1395. ++: 39,494 MONDAY, Feb. 11, 1sv5. -33,786. TUESDAY, Feb. 12, 1895. 34,118 WEDNESDAY, Feb. 13, 1895. 33,843 THURSDAY, Feb. 14, 1895. 33,584 FRIDAY, Feb. 15, 1895. -33,362 .208,187 Total, sseees +. 34,697 J solemnly swear that the above statement rep- resents only the number of copies of ‘TH® EVEN- ing STAR circulated during the six secular days end- ing Friday, February 15, 1995—-that is, thé num- ber of copies actually sold, delivered, furnished ormailed, for valuable consideration, to bona fide purchasers or subscribers, and that none of the copies so counted were returned to or remainin the office unsold. Daily average. J. WHIT. HERRON, Cashier Evening Star Newspaper Co. Subscribed and sworn to before me this sixteenth day of February, A. D. 1395. JAY B. SMITH, otary Public, D. C. RGED BY WOMEN, Congiess Asked to Pass the Bill for Sewer Extension. The committee appointed by the meeting ut the Washington Club last Monday to represent the women of Washington in the movement to secure for the capital the much-needed improved sewerage system, has addressed to every member af the Sen- ate a personal letter, as follows: “The imperative necessity for an in- creased and improved sewerage system for Washington, which is alike demanded by the increasing area and population and by the prevalence of diseases due to the de- fects in the present system, has resulted in a large meeting of the representative women of Washington, which appointed the undersigned committee and charged them with the duty of urging on you the necessity of immediate action by Congress in passing the bill for sewer extension now before them. The committee presents the subject to your attention as one of grave necessity and importance, which should be acted on at once, ss each day's delay only increases the existing dangers.” The letter is signed by Mrs. Archibald Hopkins, as chairman, and Mrs. J. C. S. Blackburn, Mrs. Sweat, Mrs, J. Hubley Ashton, Mrs. F. B. Loring, Mrs. Chatard, Mrs. Ffoulke, Mrs. J. Y. Taylor, Mrs. Wm. Reyburn and Miss Kate Field, as members of the committee. Arrangements have been made to secure the signatures of women to a petition to Congress urging the proposed improve- ments. —————— THE MEXICAN MISSION Applicants for the Vacancy Made by Mr. Gray's Denth. The excitement and flurry of gossip which the death of Minister Gray has caused among the democratic statesmen at the Capitol shows how strongly the pangs of hunger are already seizing hold of the in'ards of those who feel themselves about to be deprived of the government proven- der. There is hardly a defeated democrat in Congr whose relations with Cleve- land are at all friendly who does not get red in the face and look guilty if the death Many of Gray is mentioned in his presence. The candidates for the vacant mission are rushing to the front with matchless eager- ness. Of course, every man whose name is mentioned is not actually seeking the place, and it will probably go to some one who has kept quiet about any ambition in that direction he might have. It is more apt to go to some such 7 as Wilson or Senator Butler of South Carolina than to any of the great number who are already eager for it. It is known positively that Mr. Cleve- land contemplates doing something hand- some for Mr. Springer of Illinois, whom he vegards as one of the most useful men in public life, but it will probably be a judi- cial appointment that the Ilinoisan’ will get. The Mexican mission is regarded as the most attractive of all the foreign mis- sions to a man who does not possess inde- pendent means. The salary is as high as is paid In the service. It is paid in our own money, of course, and is convertible into about double the amount in Mexican mon- ey. The salary is, therefore, equivalent in Mexico to nearly thirty-five thousand a year. a WIRE TAPPING CAS Judge Cole Overrules the Objections of the Defense. Judge Cole today disposed of the objec- tions urged to the indictment against Palmer P. Babcock and Frederick J. Owens, whe are charged with tapping the wires of the Westera Union Telegraph Company last fall. The technical charge against the accused is conspiracy, and their coun- sel moved to quash the indictment on the ground that it does not charge or describe any offense indictable here, and because it does not charge any conspiracy, counsel for the defendants explaining in connection with the second objection that the wires alleged to have been tapped were conveying racing odds and other like information, and, bookmaking being unlawful here, the alleged conspiracy was not, therefore, against any lawful right of the company. Referring to the alleged unlawful bus- iness of the telegraph company and to the contention of the defendants that no lawful right of the company was violated, Judge Cole held that there was nothing in it. The fact that racing messages may have been sent did not mend matters; the fact remained that it was a commercial wire. If the wires of the company had been tapped by officers of the law to prevent and punish an unlawful thing, Judge Cole inti- mated, it would be another and perhaps a different case. The objections to the in- dictment, he said, were not well taken, and the motion to quash would, therefore, be overruled. Se Next Board of Trade Meeting. The next meeting of the Washington board of trade will be held Wednesday evening of next week. The topic for con- sideration will be: “Our Water Supply— What the City Needs.” The meeting will be in charge of the committee on water supply. Interesting addresses will be deliv- ered on this subject, which is of so much importance to the community. —— Very Critical The condition of George Atkinson, whose skull was crushed in a collision with a carriage on Thursday evening, was stated to be very critical at the Emergency Hos- pital late this afternoon. —.—__ Charges Desertion, A petition for divorre was filed today by Charles A. against Fannie Alston. The pe- titioner states that they were married at Warrenton, N. C., January 4, 1879, coming here jn 1889, and he charges that his wife deserted him and abandoned him in May, 1892. es Might Use the Dolphin. A suggestion has been made that the Dis- trict Commissioners might, upon applica- tion to Secretary Herbert, secure the use of the U. S. S. Dolphin to ald in the work of clearing the Potomac of ice between the navy yard and Alexandria. The Dolphin is now lying ice-bound at the navy yard. Early London Reports Help Prices of Stocks, ACTION CONFINED 10 PROFESSIONALS ee The Vote in of the House the Topic in Wall Street. GENERAL MARKET REPORTS Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. NEW YORK, February 16.—The improved tone of the foreign market as indicated by early cables from London encouraged a corresponding buoyancy on this side,which found expression in advances varying from 1-2 to 3-4 per cent over closing figures. The evening up of traders’ contracts was the only feature of the day’s short séssion, opening prices in many instancés being the highest for the day. There was no outside demand for stocks, the uncertainties of the speculative situation being entirely too ag- gravated to attract any but professional operations, In consequence of the narrowness, it is difficult to foreshadow the immediate out- come of speculative enterprises, but sur- face indications strongly favor a continua- tien of this week’s purposeless transactions. The terms of the rew government loan and the refusal of Congress to interfere in lessening the rigors of the syndicate’s con- tract, have been the absorbing topics of discussion during the week. The strength of the silver element in the lower house, as indicated by the completeness of the de- feat of the proposed 3 per cent loan, prom- ises to furnish a basis for future uneasiness and apprehension in financial circles. The monotony of legislative disappoint- ments shows no signs of interruption, and the adjournment of the Fifty-third “Con- gress is the strongest bull argument the present complex situation presents. Outside of the adverse sentiment inspired by the daily advices from Washington, the question of dividends on certain of’ this week's active specialties has occasioned considerable doubt as to the ability of the properties in question to continue the cus- tomary disbursements, and has had an im- portant influence on values. Northwest closes the week 4% per cent under Mon- Gay's Initial sale, as the result of a prob- able curtailment in its dividend rate. Action on this subject is still several months in the future, but the dividend on the preferred stock should be announced during the present month, and some indi- cation of the treatment likely to be accord- ed the common can then be had. National Lead common is also classed among the doubtful in this particular, the annual report for the year ending Decem- ber 31, showing a deficit after all charges of something over $275,000. The recent heavy selling of this stock is directly at- tributable to the knowledge of this decreas- ing tendency in the matter of earnings. The meeting of directors to act on the mat- ter is regularly due toward the last of next week. The next dividend on sugar has been publicly offered under the usual rate, but thus far no offers have been accepted. Manipulation is suggested strongly by the manner in which this last attempt to cause apprehension has been paraded in the street. The foregoing instances are prominent examples of what motives are likely to Influence prices after the legislative phase of the situation is disposed of. Chicago advices announced that progress was being made in the direction of install- ing the new management to the control of the individual companies formerly included in the trust. The stock opened strong at an advance of 8-4 per cent and continued steady within fractional limits of the first sale. Rumors ssible proceedings against the new s for contempt of court prevented d demonstration of approval of yesterday’s action. The reorganization of the property will, it is believed, be bene- ficial to all interested. The il follows: Reserve ased loans decreased $1,204,- cie decreased § 1, legals de- ts decreased 000 and circulation increased $136,400. —— Premium on American Bonds. NEW YORK, February 16.—The Evening Post's special financial cablegram from Londcn says the American Ioan is quoted at 2 per cent premium in London today. The prospectus is expected late on Mon- day. There was a sharp rise in silver stocks on telegrams from Berlin indicating a pos- sible monetary conference. — FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL, The following are the opening, the high- est and the lowest and the closing prices cf the New York stock market today, as re- ported by Corson & Macartney, members New York stock exchange. Correspondents Messrs. Moore & Schley, No. 80 Broadway: Stocks. Open. Hizh. Low. Clos American Sugar........ 91% 9275 91 9935 American Sugar Pfd.. . eases Sess tonne American Topacco. 92 92 American Cotton Oi Sooa SSS Si Atchison. Canada Southern: Canada Pacitic. Chesapeake and Ohio. C.. C.. C. and St. Chicago, B. and Q. € Northwi . Paw M. and St. Paul Pfd- R.I. and Pacific Lack. and W. de Pid Gencral Electric, Mlinois Central. Lake SI Erie. Louisville ana N. Manhattan E} Michigan Central Missouri Pacific, Nationa! Lead Co. NY. s Northern Pactii Northern Paciiic Pfa North American, Ont. and Western... Pacifle Mail... Phila. and Reading. Pullman Pal. Car Co Southern Railway Phila. Traction ‘Texas Pacific ‘Tenn. Coal ani Union W Bs fd. Wheeling and 1.. Etie.? Wheeling and L. E. Pfa, Western Union Tel, Wisconsin Ceutral, Silver... Washington Stock Exchange. Sales—regular eall—12 o'clock _m.—Columbia_Rall- road, 15 at 65. U.S. lectriec Light, 10 at 132. Government S. 4s, registered, 110% bid, 111 asked. 4s, coupon, 110% bid, 111 asked. U. 8. Sis, 115 bid. Distri tambia Bonds.—-20-year fund 5s, 106 Did. 30-year fund Gs, gold, 114 bid. Water stock Zs, 1001, curret , 11S bid. Water sto: currency, 120. bid, 3. curren bid, 1 ked. 314s, 10s, 100 bid. Mis s_ Bonds.—Wash and G town oad cony, 6s, Ist, 1 . . Was and Georgetown Railroad conv. 6s," 2u 95% bia, 4 asked. Columbia Metropolitan Railroad conv. 6 ilroad B4 bid, SS Hees pase 5 6s, 109%; bid. A, 113 bid. ts, 130 bid os, 100 bid, and Trast 5s, F. curity and Trust 5s, mm Market rk t Compan: Association 5s, 101 bid. and A. A. und 0., 100 bid. Ist (@ 110 bid. 6s, Ty bid, id. Wash: ington Tig! National Bank Stock Sufe Deposit and Trust Compantes.—Natlonal Sate Depesit and Trust, 120 bid, 125 asked. Washing- ton Loan and ‘Trust, 118 bid sked. American Security and Trust, '134 bid, 13514 asked. Washing- ton Safe Deposit, 100 asked. , Railroad Stocks.—Washington and Georgetown, oo ia, 65 bid, 70 asked. Belt, on, 30 bid. Georgetown and lumi in: Piremen's, Metrepolitan, Potomac, 69 bid. Ari American, 1 Did. ational asked. Columbia, 12 bid, 15% “4 bid, 7% asked. Peopl By 59 Lineon, 8 ‘bid, 8i4_asked. Title’ Insurance’ Stoel 1 Estate Title, 108 116 asked. Columbia Title, 7 bid, 8 asked. District Tide : T Did. Chesa- asked. American Pneumatic Gua —Washington «Market, 15 130 Wid.” Ball Run Pano- 20 asked. Lincoln Hall, S7 bid. Ine ter-Ocean Building, 90 asked. Mergenthaler Lino- type, 150 bid. gt Baltimore Markets. BALTIMORE, Flour doll, unehang- shipuents, 191 barrels; Weak—spot and month, y. SSaSS]y; steamer 80 bushels; ship- 1.193 bushels; - smnple, G68; d6. on easy—spo > Ma; 3. corn, 48a49; do. yellow, 48249. {5 quiet, very steads—No. 2 white western, 35t4a #; No. 2 mixed, 342: Feceipts, 3,958 bushels; nis: stock, 305,734 bushel 0. 2, S6abT—reveipts, 714 bushels; stock, bushels. Hay firm--good to choice timothy, '$13.50aS14.00, Grain freights quiet, de- mand light, unchanged. Sugar quiet, unchanged. Butter and eggs steady, unchanged. Cheese firm, unchanged. er Grain and Cotton Markets. Open High. Low. Close, Cotton and grain markets, reported by _W. Hibbs, 1421 Co., New Yor st., representing Hubbard, Price & GRATS High. Low. Close. 214, BOI pei Wheat—Mag.. 5.47 5.51 556 5.60 GIFT TO MISS ANTHONY. A Handsome Annuity the Gift of Her Sisters in Suffrage Work. One of the most notable events of this woman month tuok place yesterday at the Ebbitt House, where a cheerful gathering of forty-five representative women wel- comed Miss Susan B. Anthony, the “be- loved leader,” the “dear apostle,” the “great general” of the woman suffrage movement. The banquet tables were spread in a pri- vate dining room, and decorated with roses. At each plate was a knot of yellow ribbor—the emblem of suffrage. At the head of the table sat-Miss Anthony, with Rev. Anna Shaw at her right and Mrs. Ketcham of Miciigan on her left; and at the foot, Mrs. May W. Sewell, president of the National Council, and Rachel Foster Avery, “self-constituted master of cere- monies,” and a master in very truth. After justice to the dinner, amid ani- mated conversation, Mrs. Avery called for speeches, all of which were impromptu, and made cumulative evidence of the readiness of women as after-dinner orators. Rev. Anna Shaw was the first speaker, and was followed by Mrs. Ketcham of Michigan, Mrs. Taylor of Utah, Mrs. Mary S. Lock- wood of the District, Mrs. John Davis of Kansas, Mrs. Ruth G. D. Havens and Mrs. Jennette M. Bradley of Connecticut, Mrs. Emeline Wells of Utah, Mrs. Annie Digges of Kansas, Miss Emily Howland of New York, Mrs. May W. Sewell of In- diana, Mrs. Gray of California, Miss Yates of Maine, Miss Emma M. Gillett of Penn- svlvania. Ali these speakers showed the st appreciation of Miss Anthony's faithful and loving work for worhen. ‘The great event of the day followed in irs. Avery's speech, in which she told ‘Aunt Susan” of the effort inaugurated months ago, which now culminated in the gift to Miss Anthony of an annuity for life of $800 a year and free rental of her home. Mis: Anthony, for the first time in her life, fell victim to a feminine attack of stage fright.” She who had faced every scrt of audience, and had braved ridict ‘les and bullets, serene, unflinch- unfearing, was speechless when ing re- marks. Mrs. Avery, with great tact, rose and made another speech in order to give Anthony time to gather her thoughts about the general subject under considera- tion. Yet when Miss Anthony rose she halted with “Now, girls, I don't krow what to say.” But then she forgot herself and talked eloquently of the labors of Eliza- beth Cady Stanton, claiming to have been only “the hands” for the great brain of her leader, and asking that Mrs. Stanton’s eightieth birthday be fittingly celebrated. And so, with thoughts of the absent pi- oneer, the “Susan dinner” ended. Besides the ladies mentioned, there were present Mrs. Henrietta Banker of Brooklyn, Miss Eliza Titus Ward, Mrs. Osborne of Chica- go, Miss Nikolas Shaw, Mrs. Ann Purvis, Mrs. Alice M. Goodwin, Mrs. Martha P. Vincent, Mrs, Mary Phelps, Miss Katherine Garst, the Misses Brill, Miss Cock, Miss Low, Miss Cora B. Thomas, Miss Mary H. Williams, Miss Lucy Anthony, Mrs. E. F. Sherwood. ing ai she was called upon for the clos —— DISTRICT GOVERNMENT. Their Idea. The Commissioners today returned to Chairman Heard House bill $714, “To in- corporate the Capital Railway Compan: with the report that they would prefer that the second part of the route should be more definitely stated, and that an issue of bonds should not be authorized. The description of the route referred to, the should be as follow: From the ection of Monroe and Harrison streets, Anacostia, along Harrison street, Good Hope road, and such further route to and toward the District line as may be ap- proved by the District Commissioners, and returning over the same route to the point of beginning. The Transfer Bill. The Commissioners this morning received House bill $853, which provides for general transfer arrangements of all of the roads of the city by amending the charters of the Washington and Georgetown and the Metropolitan Railroad companies, whereby the corporations are required to arrange transfers with all other roads that cross, ccnnect or unite with theirs. According to the bill the arrangement must be com- pleted within two months of the passage of the act. Transfers issued by other reads than the Washington and George- town and the Metropolitan are redeemed by the issuing company at 1 cent each, but where the Washington and Georgetown or the Metropolitan road gives transfers they are to be redeemed at 4 cents each. The enly exception to this rule is where the bill provides for the transfer with the belt roads of the city, and there the division ts equal, each road receiving 21-2 cents. The transfers are redeemable by the issuing companies once every month. He Approves. The attorney for the District has report- ed to the Commissioners that House bill 5773, “To provide for the corporation and regulation of medical colleges in the Dis- trict of Columbia,” is in good form and the object a good one. He says there can be no doubt that a due regard for public health requires that medical colleges in this District should be incorporated, reg- istered and licensed to grant diplomas. The bill, he says, should be favorably rec- ommended to Congress. Sa A Large Estate. A sult for partition, involving about $500,000 worth of real estate in the District, has been filed by Leo Simmons, as solicl- ter for various heirs of Sophia S. Kall, late of this city. Mrs. Kall, the former owner of the prop- erty, had, for almost half a century before her death, lived in the old Kall mansion, owned by herself, situated at the head of 2ed street and Connecticut avenue. The grounds surrounding the home contain about ten acres, and have become very valuable of late for building sites, being surrounded by Kalorama and Washington Heights. The city property consists of fur large houses in the northwest, two on 15th street, one on 17th just above Pennsylvania avenue, and the fourth on H street, next door to the Shoreham Hotel.