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2 LATE NEWS BY WIRE Cold-Blooded Murder in a Tennes- see Mining Town. CONSTABLE SHOT BY A. CRIMINAL Bloodhounds Are Pursuing the Murderer. PEOPLE MUCH EXCITED Bpecial Dispatch to The Evening Star. CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, March 4—A murder occurred this morning at Soddy, a mining town in this county on the Cincin- mati Southern raiiroad, which will in all probability be followed by a lynching. Saturday warrants were put in the hands of Constable Eugene Lynch for the arrest of John Lemon, a man about twenty-eight years of age, living on the outskirts of Boddy, and a young woman, Lida Welsh, with whom he was living. Charges were made that the two had assaulted Lemon’s father, beating the old man up terribly. Both parties were taken before magistrate ourt yesterday, and bound over to court. Lynch took the prisoners to his home with the purpose of bringing them to the city this morning to be put in the county jail. Not being able to guard both pris- oners he put the man Lemon in charge of his brother. Some time during the night Lemon made his escape, and knowing that Constable Lynch would be coming to town this morning with the woman he secured ® shotgun, loaded it with buckshot and Jay in wait. About 7 o'clock this morning Lynch started with the woman to the depot and just as he was crossing the railroad bridge Lemon sprang out and emptied both barrels of the gun into the constable, mor- tally wounding him and slightly wounding the woman. He made his escape, but of- ficers were soon on his track with blood- hounds, and there is no doubt of speedy capture. The people of Soddy are terribly excited and are likely to make short work of this murderer, if he is captu ——._—_ GOVERNOR WILL APPOINT. A Vacancy in the United States Sen; ate From Delaware. DOVER, Del., March 4.—The sixty-third ballot for a United States Senator was taken today. It resulted as follows: Hig- gins, republican, 8; Addicks, republican, 6; Massey, republican, 4; Wolcott, democrat, 7; Martin, democrat, 8; Bayard, democrat, 1 e The term of Senator Higgins having ex- Fired with the adjournment of the Fifty- third Congress, there is now a vacancy in the United States Senate from this state, with but little prospect of a Senator being chosen by the legislature now in session. Both the Higgins and Addicks factions re- main firm and refuse to talk of a compro- mise candidate. They claim that they will hold out as long as the legislature is in session. This being the case a successor to Senator Higgins will probably be ap- pointed by Governor Marvil. The governor and ex-Senator Higgins are fast friends, and it is freely admitted by Addicks’ fol- lowers that Gov. Marvil.will either appoint ex-Senator Higgins to succeed himself or some person that is favorable to Higgins. —_—___ EXCITEMENT IN CUBA. Considerable Trouble in Cities on the South Side of the Island. NEW YORK, March 4.—The steamer Vig- Slancia, which arrived this morning from Havana, brings word that much excitement prevailed on the south side of the Island of Cuba, particularly in the cities of Santi- ago and Cienfugo. There had been consid- erable trouble at these cities, but particu- lars were hard to obtain, owing to the gov- ernment censorship. The report of the Heath of the rebel, Manuel Garcia, was con- firmed. Matters are very quiet at Havana, the city being under martial law. The’ last Spanish war vessel in the harbor salled for Bantiago on the morning of February 28. Sg + LONDON'S COUNCIL ELECTIONS. Returns Show That Each Party Chose Fifty-Nine Members. LONDON, March 4.—The county council elections have resulted in a dead heat, each alde electing fifty-nine members. The dead heat is due to the fact that Lord Dun- raven, for the moderates, was elected for Wandsworth. ‘The progressives, however, will have a small majority in the council on account of the votes of the aldermen, who are chiefly progressives. a THE VIOLET HERE. All Ready for the Presidential Duck- ing Expedition. ‘The buoy tender Viclet, which will serve as private yacht for President Cleveland and Secretary Carlisie during their pro- posed ducking trip, to Chesapeake bay and the sounds of North Carolina, reached Washington at 7 o'clock this morning from Baltimore, where she has been lying for a month or more. The Violet, with the American flag flying, made fast to the wharf of the Kennebec Ice Company, just above Stephenson's wharf. It is expected that the party will set off down stream to- morrow or Wednesday. The Violet differs from the Maple, which was used by the President d Secretary Gresham on the last administration cru- © sade against the ducks, in that she is a side-wheel steamer, the Maple being a pro- peller. Like the other light house and buoy tenders, the hull of the Violet is painted black and the upper portion yellow. The steamer by no means resembles a palace or the private yacht of a millionaire, being smaller than the average excursion steamer, with no evidences of luxury apparent about her. She is commanded by Capt. Donald and carries a crew of nineteen men ‘All was quiet aboard this afternoon when a Star reporter, without disclosing his identity, asked permission of the quarter- «Master to inspect the steamer. The quar- termaster carefully scrutinized the new- comer, hesitated for a moment and then went in search of the captain. After a de- lay of several moments the captain emerged from his room aft, and after taking an ex- tended look at the reporter granted the necessary permission to come aboard. ‘The room which will probably be occupied by the President and Secretary Carlisle during the trip is situated on the upper deck near the stern of the boat. It is fitted with a double brass bedstead, a bureau with large mirror, a writing desk, a table, rocking chairs, rich carpets, curtains and porti A copy of “Tales From Town ‘Topic: occupied a prominent position on the table. On the lower deck is a small cabin with a bed room leading off, which might be used by the chief executive instead of the one above. ~ No mention of the President could be @rawn from any one aboard, but, on the contrary, there was a noticeable effort to impress the reporter with the fact that the Violet is in these waters for the sole pur- pose of repairing buoys, all of which, it was claimed, have been greatly damaged by the ice. $$ o+___. The New Irish Land Bill. LONDON, March 4.—Mr. John Morley, chief secretary for Ireland, introduced the new Irish land bill in the house of com- mons today. accepted the declaration of unionist hellef ‘made by the member for South Tyrone, Mr. Thomas Wallace Russell, that the land question was at the bottom of the dis- turbance and ill-feeling in Ireland, and that arliament was competent to make such ws as the condition of Ireland required. eS Nat. Herreshoff's Iiness. BRISTOL, R. 1., March 4.—Mr. Nat. Her- reshoff was reported more comfortable and his physician now thinks that he will es- cape a threatened attack of typhoid fever. His condition is watched with great anxle- ty by those interested in the cup defender, as the only thing which can be done with- out him after the smoothing of the keel is completed will be to set up the frame. In doing so he said that he | COLOMBIAN REBELS GAIN. The Situation Alarming From the Government's Standpoint. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. NEW YORK, March 4.—Mr. C. F. Z Caracristi, general manager of the Pan- American Investment Company, with of- fices in the Sun building, Washington, and No. 35 Wall street, this city, was asked this morning by a representative of The Star as to his advices regarding the revo- lution in the republic of Colombia. “I have just received the following letter from a Colombian member of congress,” he said, “which, translated, explains itself. It is dated Barranquilla, February 20, and says: “ ‘Although our government is making every effort to disguise the truth of the serious situation in the interior, yet private advices that have come to me from Bogota are not only discouraging to our party, but are calculated to stimulate the hope and courage of the liberal revolutionists. The situation is alarming, and the revolution, if not suppressed within a week or two, will gain such root in the minds of the worthless poorer classes that it may not be suppressed at all. . "The government has done its best to overcome the liberal movement, and nearly all the liberals that are not actually under arms against the government are im- Pprisqned. “The liberals have been ten years pre- paring this revolution against the church and government, and we fear that they have the support, moral at least, of Gen. Crespo, the president of our neighbor sister Tepublic Venezuela. He is a liberal, and did for Venezuela what Gen. Accosta is trying to do for the liberals of this coun- try. A most significant evidence of his il- legitimate interference is the fact that the rebels are armed with Venezuelan rifles, and it is known that the arms in the hands of the liberals not only bear the devices of Venezuela, but also we know that they have been imported over the, Venezuelan frontier by way of Maxacaibo and the Rio Meta, a branch of the Oronoca. “The revolutionists are reported in pos- session of a number of the interior towns and river traffic is totally suspended above Banco, so that all news has to be sent from the interior by special carrier. The wires are down all over the country, or in the possession of the rebels. All kinds of stories reach here from Venezuela and the interior and are sent to Colon, and I pre- sume are published in the states.’ ” Commenting on the above, Mr. Caracristi said: “I consider the views expressed by the member of Congress as impartial, and showing the ideas of the thinking people of Colombia. During my two years’ ex- plorations in Colombia my contact was of the most intimate character with leading people, and I have known of the war prep- arations for years.” SUPREME COURT DECISIONS They 4 ffect $600,000,000 Worth of Prop- erty. : Valuable Telegraph, Electric Light Patents Wiped Out. Telephone and ‘The case of the Bate Refrigerator Com- pany against Ferdinand Sulzberger & Co., vpon which the question of when Ameri- can patents expire when foreign patents have been previously issued, was decided today in an exhaustive opinion by Justice Harlan. It is estimated that not less than $600,000,000 of capital hinges on the de- cision, which determines the status of many valuable patents. The court held that the invention for which Bate received @ patent was previously patented in a for- eign country, and the United States pat- ent did expire with the foreign patents. The case involves the construction of section 4887 of the Revised Statutes, which provides that “every patent granted for an invention which has been previously pat- ented in a fereign country shall be so lim- ited as to expire at the same time with the foreign patent, or, if there be more than one, at the same time with the one having the shortest term, and in no case shall it be in force more than seventeen years.” Important Patents Affected. Among the patents effected are three is- sued to the Western Union Telegraph Company, on applications filed by Thos. A. Edson as follows: Patent No. 474,230, application filed April 27, 1877; No. 474,261 and 474,232, applications filed July 27, 1887. On March 7, 1593, patent 492,780 was is- sued to the same party on an application filed by the same party on September 5, 1877. These inventions became the prop- erty of the American Bell Telephone Com- pany by the telephone consolidation con- tract ef November 1, 1879. 2 ‘These Edison patents are claimed to be fundamental and they, with the Berliner patent, now in litigation, and which re- mained in the patent office from 1877 to November, 1891, expire at the date of the expiration of the foreign patents. The in- ventions have been in use since 1878. ‘The Edison inventions were patented abroad, in England, France and Canada in 1877, in Belgium, Austria-Hungary, Italy, Germany and Spain in 1878, and in Prussia in 1882. They are free in foreign countries, and under the construction now given of sec- tion 4887 are made free in this country. Substantially, the decision will affect in the |. same way the quadruplex telegraph pat- ents which were applied for in October, 1874, and issued December 15, 1885. The incandescent 'amp patents owned by the General Electric Company are also includ- ed in these, whi be affected by the decision. There was no dissenting opinion. Saar . TWO RAIDs. Suspected Gambiing Houses Sur- rounded and Inmates Arrested. Policemen Duvall and Hartley of the second precinct made two raids early yes- terday morning and interrupted games of “five-up” as well as capturing two prison- ers and several packs of cards and sets of “bones.” John Briscoe and William Moton, the colored men arrested, seem to have a fondness for cards, which they know is al- most certain to get them in trouble. Moton as raided ence before for keeping a jpeak-easy” and spent several months on the farm, while Briscoe has once paid the penalty for keeping a gambling place. The officers had learned of these alleged gambling places, and about 12:15 o’clock a call was made on Moton, who has rooms at 457 L street. There was a light seen in the rooms, and the officers gave a gentle tap on the dcor, hoping to get a response. In this thyy were not mistaken, for a husky voice within inquirea: ‘Who's there?” “Me,” answered cone of the officers in a whisper; “let me in quick. The man inside the house, whose heart was made glad because he expected an- other player with a “stake,” opened the door, and when he saw that the early morning visitors were officers he wanted to faint. Escape was then a matter of im- Possibility, and the card players found themselves under arrest. A game of crap had been played earlier in the night, so the officers were informed, but this had been laid aside, and games of five-up and poker had taken its place. Mpton and seven guests were in the room, and about two hours after they had been carefully looked after Briscoe’s house was visited. He had been raided before and made to pay the penalty for setting up a gaming table, and so a raid was nothing new to him. His home is at 5% Fenton place, and when the officers reached there they, found the door securely fastened. To knock at this door meant a warning to the players, which would probably defeat the officers in their undertaking, and so they concluded not to take the chances. With but little effort they caused the dropping of the lock and in the back room Briscoe and three visitors were seated about the card table. One of them managed to run upstairs in his effort to escape, but as he was afraid to jump out the window he was captured and taken with the others. In the Court. When the cases were called in Judge Miller’s court this morning, Briscoe was first tried and the witnesses failing to sub- stantiate the charge, the case was dis- missed. In the case of Moton, his counsel entered a plea of guilty. The defendant is a crip- ple and as the game did not amount to much the court took his personal bonds to appear for sentence — > A valuable painting representing Pallas (Athena) by Botticelli, and dated 1180, has been discovered in the apartments occu- pied hy the Duke of Alosa, nephew of the King of Italy, in the Ritti Palace, Flor- ence. THE EVENING STAR, MONDAY, MARCH 4, 1895-TWELVE PAGES. NEARING THE END Closing Up the Testimony in the Chase-Taylor Case. THE DEFENDANT — CROSS-EXAMINED He Charges a- Crime Against the Recorder of Deeds. RECALLING WITNESSES For some reason or other, either because of Marshal Wilson's strict orders against the wholesale admission to the courtroom, cr because the people have tired and be- come disgusted with the details of the case, the attendance this morning at the trial of Wm. Calvin Chase, indicted for criminally libeling Mr. C. H. J. Taylor of Kansas, the District recorder of deeds, was exceedingly small. Not more than a dozen spectators were present when trial was re- sumed. As the trial proceeded, however, and Mr. Birney warmed up in his cross- examination of the defendant, the crowd graduelly increased, and soon about every seat was occupied. The preponderance of cclored spectators was always maintained. Mr. Taylor again occupied a seat behind the district attorney, and frequently prompted Mr. Birney in his cross-examina-, tion of the defendant. In resuming his examination today Mr. Birney asked the defendant if he knew a bcotblack named Andrew Jackson. He said that he did, and that he met him at the office of the Bee one evening previous to the defendant's preliminary examination in the Police Court. The defendant was asked if Jackson had not then told him that it was not true that Jackson and Mr. Taylor had visited houses of ill fame, and that Jackson knew nothing against Taylor. “No, sir; Jackson did not say so. On the contrary,” said the defendant, ‘Jackson wanted me to pay him for testifying against Taylor, and I refused. “Didn't you agree to pay Jackson $10. for every witness he would get to testify against Mr. Taylor?’ “No, sir; I never agreed to pay him or anybody else.” The defendant stated that he did not know Jobn C. Gordon, a colored man, never asked him to testify against Taylor, and, in fact, never talked with him. Gordon was produced in court, but the defendant still stated that he neither knew him nor had talked with him. Some Denials. The defendant stated that he knew a@ Mrs. Henderson, whose appointment by Recorder Bruce he had secured. “Mrs. Henderson,” he explained, “is the lady about whom Taylor spoke of oncé*in an in- sulting way.” “Didn’t you get Mr. Taylor to discharge her?” “No, sir.” “Didn’t you threaten to blackguard her in your paper unless she resigned?” “No, sir.” ¢ <- The defendant was asked if the alleged insult of Miss Elwood by a Mr. Johnson in the recorder’s office had not occurred be- fore Mr. Taylor became recorder, but he denied it, and also denied bringing the matter into the present case in a malicious manner, so as to injure Mr. Taylor. At the dinner given Minister Smith by Mr. Tay- lor, December 7, last, the defendant stated that he was an invited guest, and admitted that the late Fred Douglass severely criti- cised those who had been criticising and opposing Mr. Taylor. “In your account of that dinner you re- ferred to the menu as one which an ordi- nary street vendor could have supplied. Was that a criticism of Mr. Taylor's offi- cial characte “Why, yes,” replied the defendant. “He had a 25-cent ‘possum at the dinner, and I referred to it, as I had a right to do.” “Did you at that time have any informa- tion about Mr. Taylor that you didn’t have before?” A Crime Charged. “No, sir,” exclaimed the defendant, “for I then learned that Taylor had had per- formed on Miss Garrett a criminal abor- tion.” “Who told you of that?” “I decline to answer; but I told Taylor of it, and he asked me not to say anything about it.” “Don’t you know that she died in August last of consumption?” “No, sir; I don’t.” “Did you ever look at the return made to the health office “No, sir, I did not; and it makes no dif- ference what that return says.”* The defendant was finally compelled to say who told him of the alleged abortion. The girl was the daughter cf Mr. Taylor’s housekeeper, he said, and he stated that Miss Benseman, a man named Garnett, the undertaker and one or two others had told him of the alleged abortion. Chase said that he learned of the matter in No- vember or December. “Before the dinner?” asked Mr. Birney. “I think so,” replied the defendant. “Did you believe the story?” “Certainly.” “Now, don’t_you know that the Bense- man woman did not go to Mrs. Garrett's until after her daughter had died?” “Certainly; but Miss Benseman said she had been told of the abortjon by the girl's mother, Mrs. Garrett saying to her that her daughter had died in great agony.” “And yet you attended an abortionist’s dinner?” “Why, certainly; I didn’t propose to let my personal feelings stand in the way.” Another Matter. The defendant admitted that he had in last December offered to bet one Fremont a box of cigars that he'd have Taylor out of office in ten days, but denied telling the Rev. Mr. Gilcrist that he proposed giving Taylor the devil because he had not kept faith with him in the matter of promised offices. “Didn't you offer Miss Hill a position in the Agricultural Department if she would testify against Mr. Taylor?’ “Great Caesar, no. I couldn’t, for I don’t even know. the Secretary.” The defendant stated that he had given Taylor “a sort of milk and water support” before Taylor’s confirmation, but denied that he had commenced his ‘attacks July 14th last, when Taylor hac urloughed a Miss Anderson, in whose recention the de- fendant was interested. “You have been ccnvicted in this court, have you not, Mr. Chase, of libeling two young wcmen?” next asked the district at- torney. “I have. They were school teachers, and I thought I had the right to criticise their actions.”” “The libel was contained in The Bee, was it not?” “It was.” “And it was ycur paper then?’ “It was.” “You have been convicted of larceny, too?” “No, str, I was not. I was charged with it, but never convicted.”” By His Own Counsel. That concluded Mr. Birney’s cross-exam- ination of the defendant, and Mr. Smith then re-examined him. To Mr. Smith the defendant stated that when he mentioned the alleged abortion on Miss Garrett, Mr. Taylor said, “Say nothing more about it. I paid the funeral expenses, and let it alone.” Referring to an alleged assault by a man in the recorder’s cice on a young woman in the office, the defendant stated that Tay- lor asked him to get an affidavit about the affair, and that evertually the young wo- man was discharged. ‘As to the dismissal of Miss Anderson the defendant stated that Taylor before his confirmation had threatened to dismiss her because her sister had been abusing him. She was dismissed, but the defendant de- nied that he began to abuse Taylo. be- cause he had refused to make Miss Ander- son index clerk. ‘A letter written by the defendant to Tay- lor in last July was identified by him, and the defense offered it in evidence to show that there was no malice on the part of the defendant. Judge Cole refused to ad- mit the letter on the ground that no writ- ten declaration of the defendant was ad- missible. The defense also unsuccessfully sought to introduce in evidence letters from Judge Miller of the Police Court in relation to the charge of larceny. Judge Cole held that the defendant’s denial of a conviction thereof was amply sufficient, and Mr. Bir- me 2 a O-IH1. Dotiney, of Albion, Ind., an acknowledged expert in mat- ters¥elating to advertising, pro- noufices The Washington Even- ing"Star one of the best six daily papers inthe United States for advertisers’ use, because-= touse his gwn words--“‘because it comes nearer to covering its fielé entirely than any other paper on earth.” f # = ney explained that he had been wrongly informed, otherwise he would never have even mentioned the matter. i ig to his characterization of Tay- human monster,” the defendant explained that he based the charge alone on what he had learned, as developed in the evidence introduced during the present trial: He had no malice in writing the complained-of article, he again denied that he had received a cent of the $100 he had secured for Taylor from Booker, and again declared that five positions in the office had been promised therefor by Taylor. An Undertaker. That concluded the defendant's testi- mony, and the defense called as their next witness Wm. C. Arnold, a colored under- taker. Last July, the 20th, the witness testified, he met Mr. Taylor at the house of Mrs. Garrett. Witness had gone there to prepare the body of Miss Garrett for burial. Taylor arranged with him to bury the body, agreeing to pay his bill. The witness spoke of the condition of the body, stating that it was a bad one. He em- balmed the body, buried it, and Mr. Tay- tor paid the bill by check. Mr. @aylor, stated the witness, also: attended the funeral. . The witness was asked by counsel for the defense if one Gilcbrist, a government wit- ness, had approached him in relation to his testimony, but Judge Cole refused to allew the inquiry unless the government was connected with the matter. Counsel for the defense disclaimed any such reflection upon the district attorney, and the witness was excused, Mr. Birney having no ques- tions to ask him. Barnes Recalled. At this point the defense discovered that several of their witnesses were missing, and while they were seeking them Mr. Birney asked that C. L. Barnes, the young colored man who testified last week for the defense, be recalled for further cross-ex- amination. Upon again taking the stand Barnes stated at first that he did not know Wm. T. Finley, the janitor of the building at 338 Indiana avenue, but when Finley was brought into court he admitted that he did know him. ‘The witness then denied meeting Finley in the court house last week, and denied asking Finley which side he was on. He denied also telling Finley that he was go- ing on the stand.to testify that Taylor had gent him with improper proposals to wo- men. Neither, said Barnes, did he suggest to Finley-tnat he testify against Tuylor, nor did he tell Finley that he should do all he could to get Taylor out of office, when he and witness could get positions in the recorder’s office. In fact, Barnes de- nied having any conversation with Finley whatever. : Had Been Discharged. “Mr. Barnes,” inquired Mr. Langston, “you were an employe of the pension office when youl testified for Mr. Chase last week, were you not?” “I was, sir,” replied the witness. “Are you now?” “No, sir. I have been discharged.” “Discharged since testifying here -last week?” “Yes, sir”, “Why were you discharged?” Mr. Bifney’s objection that the letter of dismissal was the best evidence prevented the witness fram replying, and then Barnes stated that he had been arrested since testifying. “When were you arrested, Mr. Barnes?” asked Mr. Birney. “The night of the day I testified, sir,” answered the witness. “What for?” “I don't know, sir.” “Don’t you know that it was on a charge of false pretenses, because one Louis Kent charged you with giving him a worthless check for $25 on the National Capital Bank?” Se believe it was something of that “And didn’t Mr. Kent swear out the war- rant, and didn’t you or your friends make good the amount’ x “I believe so sir. But I understood that the warrant was issued so as to have me arrested at 2 o’clock in the morning. There was nothing wrong that I did, and the whole rhatter was settled up all right.” The witness was then excused, and the defense promising to have their witnesses on hand at 1 o'clock, a recess was taken at 12:15 until that time. Loaned $100. When the trial was resumed after recess Wm. H. Booker, a colored man, was called as a witness by the defense. The witness was one of those missing just before re- cess, and, after a lecture from the court, he was required to pay the costs of an at- tachment issued for him. The witness testified that last May he loaned the de- fendant $100 to be given Mr. Taylor. The parties met in the defandant’s law office, and witness saw Chase hand Taylor the $100. The latter xave # note for the amount, indorsed by Chase, which witness a few days later placed in bank for col- lection. ‘To Mr. Birney the witness stated that he was a grocerman and saloon keeper, but denied that he was a note broker, al- though he admitted that his absence from the court room today was due to the fact that he had been collecting money from old pensioners and others. “Now, Mr. Booker,” asked Mr. Birney, “isn’t it true that you shaved the note?” “No, sir; it isn’t. I want there with the $100 and 1 threw it down before them.” “Who picked it up?” “I don’t know, sir. Didn't notice, sir.” Two Women. Eva Consey, who stated that she lived at 1213 D street, was the next witness, and being asked to look at Mr. Taylor, the wo- man was asked if she had ever seen him before. . “No, sir; can’t say that I have.” Rene Walker, a young colored girl, who stated that she lived at 1213 D street, next testitied, but why, it was not apparent, for when she was asked if she knew a Mr. Taylor, she replied that she did not. Counsel for the defense sought to recall the Consey woman, but Judge Cole refused to allow her to again take the stand. “The womar looked straight at the man you asked her to identify, she could not identify him, and I shall not allow the woman to again take the stand.” , Witness Recalled. -The defense then rested their case, and Mr. Birney called Arnold, the colored un- dertaker,; He stated that he told the de- fendant jthat from the condition of Miss Garrett’s. body..and from what he had heard, he thought there was something wrong. (1 r “Didn’td you,” “asked Mr. Birney, “tell Mr. Harvey Given of my office, that you didn’t te Chase anything of that kind, be- cause it would have ruined your business to tell such things?” “No, siz; I don’t think I did.” The witness said that he told Chase of the matter in warm weather, but just when he did not:remember, iPaid Money to Chase. Mr. Birney next called Miss Blanche Brown, colored. She identified the receipt for $20 given her by the defendant, and stated that it was in part payment of a position to be obtained by Barnes and Chase for her sister, in the government printing cffice. “How much more were you to pay?” asked Mr. Birney. “Thirty dollars,” answered the witness. “They tirst wanted $60 in all.” “In your interview with Chase and Barnes, was the name of Mr. Taylor men- tioned?” ‘No, sir.” “Was anything said by Chase or Barnes to indicate to you that Mr. Taylor was to get the position for your sister?” “No, sir.” — —— Range of the Thermometer. The following were the readings of the thermometer at the weather bureau today: 8 a.m., 39; 2 a.m., 54; maximum, 54; min- imum, 37. WHAT CONGRESS DID In Boutine Matters It Was Unusu- ally Active. A REVIEW OF ITS WORK Its Failure to Meet Public Demands on Financial Questions. SILVER AND THE TARIFF ‘With all the complaints and criticisms that have been passed on this Congress, a review of its record will show that it has been at least an unusually active one. A few very important matters which the Con- gre’s was expected to deal wigh failed to secure action. The failure to furnish relief for the financial situation which has been demanded has excited so much feeling on the part of those interested that it doesn’t matter much what Congress has done. The fact that nothing has been done on finance is sufficient to excite the popular clamor. It has been many years since a Congress as had so many important questions press- ing upon it,and since the public have been so much interested in legislative matters. The eyes of the whole country have rested on} the Capitol since the Congress first began with an extraordinary session. The Con- gress started with a fight, and from the be- ginning to the end its career has been marked by intense antagonisms. The dif- ferences of opinion and the indisposition among a*great many democrats to follow the advice of the administration have not led to an exhibition of violent passion to any extent, but have been expressed in in- difference, which has made it difficult to force legislation. The Senate has been the great stumbling block in the way of important legislation until it came to finan- cial measures proposed during this session, when the House itself stood out against the proposed legislation. While the con- flicting factions have been doing battle over measures of general importance, and there has been a wide complaint of inac- tion, the routine business has progressed generally with more than usual activity. Silver and the Tarif. At the extra session called in August, be- fore the first’ regular session, the Sherman silver law was repealed. The House acted upon this measure with great promptness, but it was only after many weeks of hard fighting that the measure was got through the Senate. Finally it did pass, and it was a triumph for the administration. This was the work for which the special session was called. During the recess between the first and the extra session the committee on ways and means began the work on the second great measure on the program of the Congress. Shortly after the regular session began this committee reported the Wilson tariff billto the House,and it specd- ily passed. Here again the Senate stood in the way, and what promised to be very prempt legislation on the start dragged out through weary months of disagree- ment and bickerings. The vast interests in- velved in some of the items of the bill, and the earnest effort made by a few Senators to protect these interests, led to intima- tion and then to bold newspaper charges of impropriety, and the sugar scandal was more the subject of discussion during the closing -weeks of the session than was the tariff bill itself, though investigation fail- ed to prove any of the many scandalous assertions made. Finally the tariff passed the Senate, but it was not the bill which had come from the House. It was a new bill, carrying heavier duties on certain items, and conspicuous chiefly for the res- toration of the duty on sugar, a measure calculated to produce more revenue than the House bill. The contention of the Sen- ate from first to last in dgfense of their course was that the government would need the revenue, afd that if the Wilson bill were adhered to it would cause a large deficiency. In order to accomplish ‘any leg- islation at all the House was compelled to eccept the Senate bill in its entirety. In the repeal of the Sherman law the ad- ministration and the House were victori- ous over the Senate; in the tariff legisla- tion the Senate was victorious over both the House and the administration, and the till of the Senate was denounced by Mr. Cleveland, who refused to sign it, permit- ting it to become a law without his signa- ture. The Last Session. The session just closed opened amid a period of the deepest depression, and was greeted with a universal demand for relief legislation, confounded by a conflict of counsel and advice and distracted by ir- reconcilable differences of opinion on the financial question. A majority of both houses opposed the issue of bonds. A ma- jority of both houses opposed the recom- mendation of Secretary Carlisle for a gen- eral revision of the currency system of the country. A majority of the Senate was avowedly and openly in favor of the free coinage of silver at 16 to 1 and opposed to any financial legislation that did not in- clude this. not of the same mind with that of the Sen- ate, there was at least such a wide differ- ence of opinion as to what should be done, or whether or not anything should be done, that an agreement upon any particular proposition proved impossible. In vain ef- forts to find some common ground upon which a majority could stand the time of the session was wasted, so far as it re- lated to financial legislation, and the ad- ministration suffered a severe defeat in whatever was attempted in that line. These were the three great fights of the Congress which make its record in the public eye. ‘The repeal of the Sherman law and the passage of a tariff bill are in a measure lost sight of in the disappoint- ment of all hope for relief from the finan- cial depression in which the country has been involved. And the failure to pass a financial bill has given to this the title of a do nothing Congress. Business That Was Attended To. If these great questiohs had not occupied public attention what this Congress, es- pecially the House, has done in an ordi- nary legislative way might have given it the reputation of a business Congress. On appropriation bills and all measures of non-political character and such as form the minor routine of legislation the House has been extraordinarily prompt. During both regular sessions the House committee on appropriations, of which Mr. Sayers !s chairman, had their work advanced far beyond the custom, and action in the House has been secured usually without delay. Through the operation of the new rules it has always been possible to pre- vent filibustering and to secure a vote on any measure which has had the support of a majority. The Senate has been less active, yet has not been dilatory in ordi- nary matters of legislation. The appro- priation bills in the Senate were back- ward, and the greater part of the session was wasted in long speeches, but this was more in conformance with a fixed policy than on account of any accident. A number of important bills failed in one or both houses during this session, but for the most part the failure of those meas- ures to secure consideration arose either from a belief that the government could not at this time afford the expenditures involved or because the measures them- selves were not popular. The Nicaragua canal bill failed for economic reasons, and the Pacific railroad bill because its effi- ciency was distrusted. The failure of bills for the admission of New Mexico, Arizona and Oklahoma as states of the Union is attributed to political reasons. The rail- road pooling bill passed the House and was sent to the Senate, where it failed. The work of the short session was chiefly that of providing for the ordinary ex- pense of the government, and quite a num- ber of bills of minor importance were adopted. : The House adopted joint resolution for an amendment to the Constitution providing for the election of United States Senators by direct vote of the people of the states, but the resolution was reported adversely by the Senate committee on privileges and elections. Failed in the Senate. Among other House bills that were not acted upon by the Senate was one to define the crimes of murder, in the first and sec- ond degrees; manslaughter, rape, mutiny and desertion, and to abolish the death penalty for other crimes, a bill upon which Representative Curtis of New York, who is . If in the House a majority was | interested in the work of prison reform, had given much attention; a bill for the forfeiture of lands granted to aid the con- struction of railroads in cases where the aor on —— =I acne — e time stipulat yy the granting acts, and which would have resulted in the re- version to the government of several mil- lions of acres; & bill to confirm cash entries of public lands; a bill to protect public for- est reservations; a bill for the relief of settlers who had entered lands under the timber and stone act, by extending the time for their final payments; a bill to au- thorize the governor of Alaska to :ppoint justices of the peace and constables; a bill to amend the articles for the government of the navy relative to court-1 and a bill for-the reinstatement of several hun- dred clerks dismissed from the railway mail ice during the first months of the Har- Tison a tration, the democrats allege, from political motives, while an act to place them upon the civil service list was pending. Failed in the House. Among the most :mportant of the Senate bills which failed to pass the House were: One for more stringent regulations for the suppression of the lottery traffic, which was indorsed by many religious organiza- tions; a joint resolution for an inquiry into the practicability of deep waterways be- tween the ocean andthe great lakes, a bill for the regulation of steam vessels, a bill to grant to the state of California 5 per cent of the net procs2ds of the cash sales of public lands, for the payment of citizens who served in the wars against Shoshone, Bannock and Nez Perces Indians, for the encouragement of silk culture, for investi- gations and tests of Americaa timbers, for the location of outstanding military bounty land warrants, to aid the states of Call- fornia, Oregon, Washingio1, Mortano, Ida- ho, Nevada, Wyoming, Colorado and South Dakota by land grants io support schools of mines and for an additional judge for the ninth judicial district. Among other important House bills which died was one for the reorganizatton of the line of the army, reported by the commit- tee on military affairs, and one from the committee on commerce to punish train wrecking by capital punishment, and at- sone at it by heavy terms ef imprison- ment. The bill for the reorganization of the navy and the free shipping bill failed. There were several ineffectual efforts in both houses to amend the last tariff act for the correctioa of errors, and to change rates, notably to increass the tax on beer, and a determined fight was made to repenl the income tax in the Senate, but the only legislation affecting the tariff act was a resolution extending to April 15 the time for making returns to the interrogatories regarding Mability under the income tax sections, and modifying the questions re- quired to be answered. : SHOT HIS PRISONER Policeman Green Kills Reuben Foster The Man Was Running Away, Being Under Arrest for a Cut- ting Affair. About 1:30 o’clock this afternoon Police- man Alvin W. Green shot and instantly killed Reuben Foster, a colored man, who was attempting to escape arrest. Foster lives in the neighborhood of Anacostia, and last night was engaged in a cutting affray with a number of other negroes, in which he received several severe cuts. He was attended this morning by a physician in Anacostia, who reported the case to the po- lice. Officer Green went after Foster and arrested him and started with him toward the police station. On the way a stop was made at Foster’s house to inform his mother of his arrest. Another stop was made near Douglass Hall, where the prisoner bought seme cigarettes. The officer became tired of waiting for him, and told him he must come along. Foster replied, “I'll be d— if I do,” and ran around the rear of Doug- lass Hall, closely followed by the officer. He was overtaken, and a tussle followed, Foster managing to again break away, and ran in the direction of Eastern branch. ‘The policeman then drew his revolver, and shot the fleeing man in the back of his head, .killing him instantly. ‘The body was brought to the Anacostia police station, where it now awaits the disposition of the coroner. The policeman has been taken into cus- tody. Foster was about twenty-one years of age, and had been arrested on several o casions. The affair has created the great- est excitement among the colored people of Anacostia, and they gathered around the station in crowds this afternoon. ——__— Congressman Bryan Speaks on Faith. Congressman Bryan of Nebraska spoke last night at the Church of the Reforma- tion, B and 2d streets southeast, on Chris- tian faith. Mr. Bryan criticised Col. Rob- ert G. Ingersoll’s utterances on religious matters, saying that he did not apply the same methods that he did in arguing legal questions. In the one case he took evi- dence and formed an opinion, but in the other he took none and became an agnob- tic. Mr. Bryan dealt with the fact of mira. cles by saying that the power to create a world and launch it in space could certain- ly perferm miracles. SS Bookmaker’s Case. At the request of District Attorney Bir- ney ths Court of Appeals today set the case of Fred T. Miller, charged with con- ducting bookmaking at the Benning race track last December, down for a hearing next Thursday. This is the case in which the defendant appealed from the decision of Judge Cole that bookmaking is illegal in all parts of the District. SS Licenses Granted. At a meeting of the excise board this afternoon the following applications were acted upon: Wholesale granted—Jesse Smith, Pros- pect and Grant roads; Nelson H. Duvall, 1923 Pennsylvania avenue. Retail transfers—David Lyons and Tem- ple Belt, 1314 82d street; John J. O'Keefe, 1425 H street northeast; William Ayre, 1000 E street. ——.__. The Queen's Sentence, In a dispatch from Minister Willis at Honolulu by Saturday’s steamer and tele- graphed from San Francisco to Washing- ton the press reports as to the commuta- tion of the sentence of death imposed upon Gulick and Steward is confirmed, and it is also stated that the queen was sentenced e imprisonment for five years and $5,000 ine. Grain and Cotton Markets. Cotton and grain markets, reported by W. B. Hibbs, 1421 Fst, . % price & Hibbs, 1421 Eat, representing Hubbard, Price & High. Low. Clore. BS =k 64% 14 5. we RRR eet ae! 20% = 2016 2a 27% 27 27 ios Tose tod 6.50 5ST 6.50 ‘our steady- 2 0a2. Wo 2. 0; ng—spot and month, steamer No. 2 red, by sa Corn_firmer— p Jo. on grade, spot, 47% bid; month, 47% "bi ixed, 47 ‘vid—receipts, 47,208 bushels; stoc 3 4 bi els; sales, 2,000 bushels; southern white corn, 4 Ne receipts, is. Hay uiet but ‘easy—good ‘to choice’ thnothy, $12.50a 18.00. | Grain freights steadysteam to ‘Liverpool per bushel, 24d. March; Cork for orders per qear ter, a2s.10Ud. March. firm—granu- lated, 4.08 per 100 Ibs. Butter quiet—faney cream- ery, 25; do. imitation, 18a19; do. ladle, 17a18; ladie, 14a15; store packed, 10a12. Exics firm-— esh, 2492. Cheese firm—fancy New York, 60 size, 11%; do. 30 size, 12%; do. 20 to 25 size, 12%. GENERAL MARKET REPORTS —_—__-+—____ Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. NEW YORK, March 4.—Opening prices this morning were from 1-4 to 1-2 per cent higher than those recorded at the cldse of business Saturday, New Jersey Central ex- cepted. London was fractionally lower and sold moderately in the local market, principally Nashville. The adjournment of Congress was the motive which prompted the early activity, and the irregularity noticed later in the day was due, in the main, to realizing-on the official announce- ment of this fact. The foreclosure proceedings entered into on Saturday by dissatisfied holders of Reading’s mortgages resulted in free offer- ings of the stock and an attendant decline of 11-2 per cent from initial figures. Decreased earnings in the Granger group attracted renewed selling by the room ele- ment, which resulted in declines varying from 5-8 to 7-8 per cent. Friends of the pooling bill gave up hope only when the medium through which re- lief must have come was destroyed, and their disappointment in this respect, coupled with a poor showing in earnings, and an unpromising prospect, was reflected by sales for both accounts, with the result above indicated. The Bate refrigerator decision in the Supreme Court this morning was exactly in accordance with the recent forecasts on the subject. The decision was an adverse one, and seriously impairs the value of certain patents owned by the General Elec- tric, Bell Telephone, Western Union Tele- graph and other prominent corporations. In the case of General Electric the decision affects the lives of some of the most de- sirable patents included in the assets of that company. ‘The attention of the street was directed to this fact at a time when the market value of the stock was nearly 10 per cent in excess of present prices, and further selling was noticed at the opening this morning, forcing the price down to 26. Some covering at the decline destroyed the bulk of the early loss, but left the pre- vailing sentiment of the street extremely pessimistic on ultimate results. Bell Tele- Phons declined 4 per cent and Western Union 1 1-4 under a less liberal volume of business. The trading in suga> was active through- out the day, and with varying results. An advance of % per cent followed Mberal purchases during the first hour, but was only momentary, as traders sought to realize on last week’s purchases. This lat- ter movement caused a sharp reaction of 2 per cent, which was in turn stayed by a brisk demand, forcing the price up to opening figures. « The embargo on American cattle and the probability of the German government ad- vancing the export bounty to a point which will nullify the effect of the dis- criminating duty now in force are factors likely to prove troubltsome, in the long run, The market for sterling and continental bills opened very firm, with rates frac- tionally higher than those last reported. The offerings of bills were larger than of late, but the urgency of the demand soon exhausted the supply. The situation in the foreign exchange market will be eager- ly watched during the week by bankers generally. —_o—___ FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL, The following are the opening, the high- est and the lowest and the closing prices _ of the New York stock market today, as re- | ported by Corson & Macartney, members New York stock exchange. Correspondents Messrs. Moore & Schley, No. 30 Broadway: Stocks. Open. High. Low. Close, American Sngar........ 283f 2Big 913g 9336 American Sugar Pfd.: 923g 9235 92%; 923g Amencan Tonacco. see. OL 9035 BOK American Cotton Oil. Atchison... Car a Electri Miinols Central, Lake Shore. Erie. Long Island Traction. Metropolitan Traction. Manhattan Elevated. chigan Central, Northern Pacific. Northern Pacific Pid: North American. . Ont. and Western Pacific Mail. Wheeling and 1. Erie. Wheeling and LB. Pra 21-2 begins. estern Union Tel, Wisconsin Central. ee Silver... —— Washington Stock Exchange. Sales—regular call—12_ o'clock _m.—Wash Gas, 30 at 50%. Columbia Title Insurance, 12 at 7%,’ Lincoln Fire Insurance, 100 at Si American Graphophone, 100 at 415. After call—Columbia Ti- tle Insurance, 90 at Ti. Government Bonds. i. reg! wed, 111) bid, 112 a+ked. U.S. tia. tit asked. U. 8. Ss, 115% District of Columbia Bonds.—20-year fund 5s, 106 Did. 80-year fund Gs, gold, 114 Did. Water stock Tency, 118 bid. Water stock 7s, 120 bid. 3.658, funding, currency, 11 4 asked. Sigs, reetstered, $108, 100 bia. Iscellaneous Bonds.—Washlugion and George- town Rallroad cony. 6s, Ist, 1: bid. | Washington and Georgetown Railroad conv. 138 ‘Tia. Netropolitan Ratirond conv. ty. 97 Rett Hatlroad 58, 80 bid, $5 mad Gs, 101 bid. Columb 10% asked. Washington A, 114 bid.) Washington By 115. bid. 130 bid. 8S. Electric it con’ Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone te, 5a, 163 asked. American Security and Trust 5s, F. A., 100 bid. American Security and ‘Trust Ga, A. and 0., 100 bid. Washtagton Market Company’ Ist @s, 110’ bid. Washington Market Company imp. Ga, 110 bid. Washington Market Company ext. 6s, 107% bY. Masonic Hall Assoviation 5s, 107. bid. Washington Light Infant asked. “Washington Light Nationa’ Bank Stocks. I uid. Bank of the Republic, 200 bid. 1 1s 101 bid, 102% specie Zs, 101 oa” os of ——— 290 20 . Metropolit Central, 260 bid’ Farmers and Mechant 200 a Second, 140 wid, 147 id, 140 i, 113 ‘Obie, “ton, 3 bid. Columbia, 130 b bid.” West End, 102 b id. Lincoln, #4 bid. asked. oI @sig bid, 80 a Potouiac, Arlington, 54 Did, 158 asked. German. » 164 bid, fonal Union, 15_ asked. 13% bid, asked. Riggs, bid. bid, 5 asked. Lincoln, 8. bid, 8% asked. Commercial, 4 bid, 5 asked. Title Tusurance Stocks. Real Estate Title, 106 bid, 116 asked. Columbia le, 7% bid, 7% aske Wasnington ‘Title, 73% asked." District ‘Title, pid. ‘Telephone Stocks.—Pennsslvania, ST bid. Chesa- — and Potomac, Sigvid, 58 asked. America raphophone. 4 bid, 4% asked, Pneumatic Gua Carriage, .23 bid, .33 asked. Miscellaneous St Vashington Market, 15% id. Bull tun Pa bid. Great Falls Ice, 130 bid. ‘no~ rama, 15 bid, 25 asked. Lincoln Hall, 80 bid, 80 asked, Inter-Ocean Building, 90 asked. Mergen- theter Linotype, 162 bid. A FINANCE AND TRADE Adjournment of Congress Causes Ade vance in Prices. EFFECT OF POOLING BILL'S FAILURL An Important Supreme Court De- cision.