Evening Star Newspaper, March 5, 1895, Page 2

LATE NEWS BY WIRE Closing Scenes in the Minneapolis Trial. JUROR DYER CARRIED INTO COURT The County Attorney Not Fully Recovered From Illness. BEGINNING HIS ARGUMENT MINNEAPOLIS, -Minn., March 5.—The closing act in the great trial of Harry Hay- ward for the murder of Miss Ging was be- gun today under strange auspices, The deputies and attendant nurses had brought 8S. H. Dyer, the sick and aged juror, care- fully into court and deposited him in a re- clining attitude in an easy chair. It was an evident effort for him to hold his head up, but when at last he had found a com- fortable position court was opened and the defense, having concluded to introduce no more evidence, County Atttorney Nye arose to address: the jury. His face was ashen pale and his eyes shone like two stars on a dark night. It did not seem as he leaned against the table that he could possibly prove equal to the. five hours’ talk before him. However, be- fore he had been talking twenty minutes the oretorical excitement was upon him, and the mental inspiration of the compli- cated and remarkable case which he was now to analyze for the jury played its part. His voice rang out, and his friends were confident that he would hold out to the end. Mr. Nye opened with an admission that he did not feel strong enough to be sure of going through to the end of the closing argument. But he felt sure that the ver- dict did not rest on any arm of flesh. God, who ruled the universe, would direct che light of truth on this extraordinary case. Briefly, but effectively, he then sketched the career of Harry Hayward, his gambling proclivities, his associations with Miss Ging and his influence over “this sick man” —Blixt. The crime had been committed by Blixt at the incitation of Hayward, but it had brought with it a revolution in his entire being. After it came conscience, reinorse, horror of himself. No man could picture the agony of the horror that Blixt en- dured after the commission of the crime until he decided to tell the truth. ——— SEPARATED BY COURT. Vanderbilt Granted a Divorce From W. K. Vanderbilt. NEW YORK, March 5.—Judge Bartlett has granted an absolute divorce to Mrs. Alva E. Vanderbilt from William K. Van- derbilt. — TEN THOUSAND MINERS OUT. Strike im the Pittsburg District for . the 69-Cent Rate. PITTSBURG, Pa., March 5.—A strike among the miners of the Pittsburg district is on. Early last evening, as the result of action taken at yesterday's convention, se- cret orders to suspend and remain out for the @-cent rate were sent wherever the constituency could be reached by wire. The action was unexpected, and bears out the threat of the district officials that the op- erators would not have twenty-four hours’ notice in which to prepare for the suspen- sion. Ten thousend men are affected. When the convention adjourned last even- ing every delegate having telegraphic com- munication with his constituency obeyed instructions and wired heme that the strike was on. This action was kept secret until today. It is stated that not another ounce of coal will be mined in the commu- nities so notified until the 69-cent rate Is fecognized. The sentiment for the abro- gated scale price and no compromise pre- vails in the district. _ The plan was laid in the convention to hotify or confer with the associated opera- tors. The demand for an immediate Strike as so strong that it was ordered, and all her matters pertaining to it were lost sight of. ———..—_ _—_ COLLECTOR MANOGUE’S CASE. The Matter Still in the Hands of the President. One of the matters left undisposed of by the President is the case of Collector Ma- mogue of Georgetown, much to the disap- Pointment of several eager applicants who are seeking his place, on the theory that his tenure of office is nearly run. This case has been settled so far as the Treasury De- partment is concerned, and rests entirely with the Presiderft. Secretary Carlisle had nothing to do with the appointment of Mr. Manogue, it having been a personal matter with the President, and he naturally feels @ delicacy in acting in the matter. Serious charges were made against Mr. Manogue, and they were investigated by two special agents. Their report contained @ severe reflection on Mr. Manogue’s ad- ministration, and it is understood that it recommended his removal. Secretary Car- lisle showed the report to Mr. Manogue and his counsel, Mr. Harry E. Davis, and allowed them to answer it in detail in writ- ing. All the papers were then submitted to the President. This was several weeks ago. ‘The papers are still at the White House. Private Secretary Thurber says that the President has been so much engaged on mcre important business that he has not yet had time to consider the case. The situation is regarded as favorable to the retention of Mr. Manogue, for the stated reason, that if he had been found guilty of any malfeasance in office he would at least have been suspended pending the final disposition of the case. ~ CHARLES LANMAN DEAD. He Passes Away at His Residened in Georgetown. Mr. Charles Lanman died at 6 o’clock last evening, at his home, 3035 P street, after an illness of three weeks from heart dis- ease. As stated in yesterday's Star, his condition had been for some days alarming, and his death was not unexpected. Funeral services will be held Thursday at 4 p.m. at the chapel in Oak Hill cemetery, Rev. Dr. Buck of St. John's, Georgetown, officiating. Mr. Lanman was born in Monroe, Mich., June 14, 1813. He received an academical education, and had been ten years in a business house in New York city, when he returned to Michigan, and in 1845 took charge of the Monroe Gazette. The fol- lowing year he was associate editor of the Cincinnati Chronicle, and in 18t7 was en assistant on the New York Express. In 1819 he was librarian of the War Depart- ment, and in 1850 librarian of copyrights and private secretary of Daniel Webster. In 1853 he was examiner of depositions for the southern states, and in 1855-'57 libra-« rian and head of the returns office in the Interior Department. He was also asso- ciated with the National Intelligencer. He was librarian of the House of Re] re- sentatives in 1866, and from 1871 to 1882 secretary: to the Japanese legation. As stated in yesterday's Star, since he retired from the jatter position he has lived at his home, engeged in writing and in painting. He was the author of some twenty-five works. Mr. Lanman leaves a widow, but no children. eg 3 The Governor Ames Arrives. BALTIMORE, Md., March 5.—The long verdue flve-masted schooner Geovernor mes, which left Salem, Mass., February 5 for Baltimore or Norfolk, and for whose safety there were grave fears In shipping circles, arrived at Norfolk this morning. —— What New York Strikers Say. NEW YORK, March 6.—The striking electrical workers say that the 200 non- union men who were at work on the differ- ent buildings yesterday quit work after the walking delegates had argued with them. ‘The strikers announce that on all the build- ings where strikes have been declared work is at a standstill. a A Brazilian deputation will ¢hortly visit the United States to thank President Cleve- Jand for arbitrating the question of the territory. the jurisdiction over which was in dispute with the Argentine Republic. BELT LINE TRANSFERS Patrons Who Complain of the New Ar- rangement. The Question of a Continuous Ride— Provisions of the 3 Charter. Tere is a good deal of complaint by the patrons of the Belt line railway in regard to the new arrangement for running the cars. The “belt” line feature of the road |. has disappeared, and in Its place there are, it is said, practically two Hnes of cars. The new arrangement has been explained in The Star, and, briefly, is as follows: The brown cars from 1ith and O travel east along O street and down 4th and G and 1st street, along Maryland avenue, and then up to the market, and along Sth street, and thence to 1ith and E, which is the end of that route. By means of a switch the car at this point is transferred to the other track and the return trip is made. The yellow cars run down 1ith street, turning west at E, and thence down 14th street to 12th street and the wharves. Passengers are transferred from the yellow line to the brown line or vice versa, but only one transfer is given on a single fare. For example, a person living at 5th and P streets, and going west, is given a transfer at llth and O streets, but is not entitled to a transfer either at 11th ‘and G with the Eckington or at 11th and E. A correspondent of The Star in discuss- ing this new arrangement has the follow- ing to say: “It seems that residents east of 11th street have no rights that. the company respects, and both going and coming fram the center of the city must transfer, no matter what the weather, and stand with no protection from winter’s storms or summer sun, to wait for a slowly creeping car. I, for one, would much prefer to walk a couple of squares and take the cable at ith street, and I have heard many others make the same remark, and I hope the company may realize that they might better carry one or two passengers’ past the place of their getting on than deprive so many of the convenience of getting down town without chenge.” A patron of this road, in writing to The Star, relates the following as his personal experience: “I wished to go from New Jersey avenue and R street on to 12th street northeast, so, as I have done many times before, I got on a brown car at New Jersey avenue and P street and went over to Lith street, where I received a transfer to the 11th street line, and when I asked for a trans- fer at 11th and G streets to the Eckington road, I was informed that I was not en- titled to another transfer, as I had pre- sented one at the junction of lith and O streets. This is not fair dealing with the public, as it is contrary to the agreement entered into by the two roads. Again, this morning, in going to my work at the bureau of engraving and printing, I board- ed a south-bound car at the foot of the Capitol, and when 12th and B streets south- west was reached we received transfers to the yellow line, which (under the new or- der of things) runs past the bureau, and we had the extreme pleasure of waiting nine and one-half minutes for a car. This would be nice on a stormy morning, would it not? “If the company chooses to change its route, that is its privilege, but if it’s doing it for an improvement, I think it is mak- ing a very poor showing.” So far as the charter of the road and the subsequent rulings of the attorneys for the District, with referenee to questions raised by its transfer and transportation systems, there would seem to be some clouds over the matter of the rights of the Belt line road to charge two fares for a ride over the line in any direction. The Belt line used to be really a belt line, so that it was possible to make a complete circuit of its route for one fare, but under its new system of running cars this Is now said to be an Impossibility. The only way “in which one can make a complete circuit for one fare is to take a car at llth and O streets and_return to the same point. If one should take a car on lith street below that point, say at llth and M streets, the rule of the road which forbids the issuance of more than one transfer would prevent the patron of the car from coming back farther than lith and P streets. : The original charter of the road, March 3, 1875, fixes the point of its beginning at ist street west, in front of the Capitol grounds. The original route of the road is then outlined, with the restriction that a fare may be charged “not exceeding 5 cents a passenger for any distance on said road, from-its beginning to its terminus on Ist street west.” ‘The most important point with reference to the right of the road to charge two fares for a ride on its lines was raised about a ™onth ago by a school teacher, Miss Ran- ney, and her complaint was referred to the office of the attorney for the District for an opinion. In Miss Ranney’s case, she took a car at 13th and B streets southwest to 12th and B southwest, where she trans- ferred to a car running north. At the cor- ner of 11th and E streets, although remain- ing in the 7ame car, the conductor com- pelled her to pay a second fare, although she desired to remain in the same car until she reached her destination, at the corner of 11th and M streets. In his report on the complaint,which was referred te him, Mr. A. B. Duvall, assist- ant to the attorney, said: “It seems that the railroad company fur- nishes transportation from any point of its line to any other point of its line for a single fare, but it cliims to reserve the right ‘when there are two distinct lines from the point of departure to the point of destination to compel the passenger to take the line involving the fewest trans- fers. The ultimate question involved is whether the Belt Line railroad, by such device or any other device, is entitled to collect a fare in excess of five cents a pas- senger for any distance on said route from its beginning to its terminus.” After reviewing the terms of the charter and the subsequent amendments affecting it, Mr. Duvall said: “The foregoing is the entire legislation respecting this company. It will be seen that Congress has authorized the company to very considerably extend its lines, so that the company new has lines extending from the northern boundary of the city to the extreme southern limit, on Water street. “While granting these additional rights and privileges to traverse the streets of the city Congress made no provision abro- gating or changing the provision of the original charter in respect of fare. ‘Che only allusion to the subject of fare in the amendatory acts refers to the fare between the bureau of engraving and printing and the nearest junction with any intersecting road, and there the limitation was that it shall be 2 cents. It is true Congress has changed the terminus on Ist street as pro- vided in the original charter, but it has not authorized the company to charge more than one fare for any distance on its route from its beginning to its terminus, except as provided in respect to the bureau of engraving and printing branch. It is not within the power of the railroad under its charter and the amendments thereto to practically maintain two distinct railroads, and treat the passenger at any point on its line as at one time upon one railroad and at another upon a separate and distinct road. “I am of the opinion that the Belt Line rati- road has no right to charge and collect two fares for one continuous ride upon its line and that the complaint of Miss Ranney is well founded. “After a conference with the attorney of the railroad, and an exposition of my views on the subject, I understood that he acqui- esced in them, and that the company has discontinued the practice complained of.” ————._—_ Im Anton Fischer's Memory. Washington Lodge, No. 15, B. P. O. Elks, at a recent meeting adopted resolutions of regret at the death of Anton Charles Fischer, who lost his life with the sinking of the ill-fated steamship Elbe. Sympathy and condolence were extended to his widow and children so suddenly deprived of a kind and loving husband and father, and a copy of the resolutions -was directed to be forwarded to the family. a Range of the Thermometer. The following were the readings of the thermometer at the weather bureau today: 8 a.m., 23; 2 p.m., 35. Maximum, 35; mini- mum, 22. —_—.__ An attempt by the juniors of Johns Hop- kins University to hold a “pot social” was resented yesterday afternoon by the fresh- men, and a free fight ensued, resulting in many swollen heads and black eyes. Thomas Williams, a freshman, was knock- ed irsensible. THE EVENING STAR, TUESDAY, MARCH 5, MR. TAYLOR. DENIES The Recorder Takes the Stand in the Chase Trial. HE WAS RECALLED TODAY Makes Sweeping Denials of Charges Brought Out in Testimony. OTHER WITNESSES The attendance at the trial of Wm. Cal- vin Chase, charged with criminally libeling the District recorder of deeds, Mr. C. H. J. Taylor of Kansas, was again small when the trial was resumed this morning. But a large crowd was at the door of the court room seeking admission, and the court room gradually filled up. Counsel on both sides stated that they believed that the case would be concluded tomorrow after- noon or Thursday morning. After The Star’s report of the case closed yesterday Wm. T. Finley, at one time the Janitor of 338 Indiana avenue, where Mr. Taylor had an office, testified to visits made there by Laura N. Benseman. He had, he stated,- seen her and Taylor in conversation, but declared that he saw nothing improper between them. He also testified as to an effort made last week by Cc. L. Barnes, a witness for the defense, to induce him to testify that he knew that Taylor was immoral and that he had been guilty of making political assessments. George Boston testified as to the char- acter of Miss Benseman, stating that it was bad, and that the girl had admitted to him that Mr. Taylor had always acted toward her in a gentlemanly manner. Na- than Sprague swore that Mrs. Hill had told him that in the hope of compelling Mr. Taylor to furnish her with funds she intended to flash on him the charge of an alleged assault on her. The witness ad- mitted that he had been sentenced to the penitentiary in the state of New York in 1876, but had been pardoned by President Grant. - A Physician. Mr. Birney, in continuing his testimony in rebuttal, called as his first witness this morning Saml. R. Watts, a colored physi- cian, who stated that last June he was called to attend the young colored woman, Miss Garrett. She was suffering from in- testinal obstruction. He partially relieved her, but she at length succumbed to the complaint, dying in a few days. “Now, doctor,” asked Mr, Birney, “did anything you saw or anything you were told by Miss Garrett induce you to con- clude that the young woman was suffering or died from the effects pf an abortion?” “We object, your honor,” exclaimed Mr. Langston; “the defense did not bring out the charge of an abortion.” “Oh, yes, you did,” remarked Judge Cole. “The defendant himself voluntarily charged Mr. Taylor with it.’ To Mr. Langston, Dr. Watts stated that his bill still rematned unpaid. Miss Gar- rett, he said, had been attended by him several times before, and he explained that she suffered from chronic constipation, which in a measure was responsible for her last complaint. Mrs. Hill's Story. Cora D. Nero, a young colored woman, employed in the recorder of deeds’ office, next testified. She stated that she had boarded with Mrs. Hill and that on the 3ist of last August Mrs. Hill told her of Mr. Taylor’s alleged assault on her. Mrs. Hill's daughter was present, and the daughter exclaimed: ‘‘Why. mother, you never told me of that before.” ‘To Mr. Langston, the witness stated that she came here last July from Kansas City to accept a position in the recorder’s office, where she was still employed. The witness stated that she told Mrs. Hill that it was strange that she had not told of Mr. Tay- lor’s insult of her before, and the next day Mrs. Hill refused to furnish her or Mrs. Jackson with meals any longer. “Who paid the bills of Mrs. Jackson and yourself there?” inquired Mr. Langston. “Why, we paid them ourselves,” replied the witness. The witness was not allowed by the court to state what her salary is or whether it had been reduced, and Mr. Birney then called Mrs. Frances J. Jackson, colored, also employed in the recorder’s office. She merely testified to the fact that Miss Nero had told her of what Mrs. Hill had said of the alleged assault or insult by Mr. Tay- lor. The witness stated to Mr. Langston that she was a resident of Kansas City, and came here to accept a position in the re- corder’s office. Denied It All. As his next witness Mr. Birney called a no less historical name than Andréw Jackson. Andrew turned out to, be a col- ored bootblack, and he testified that about three days before the defendant’s exam- iration in the Police Court the defendant sent for him. He went, he said, to the defendant’s office, when Chase inquired if he had not visited “the Division” in com- pany with Mr. Taylor. The witness said that he knew nothing of Taylor and had never visited ‘the Division” with him. Chase sent for him again, stated the wit- ness, and when he called at the office of the Bee Chase offered to give him $10 for each witness he could get to testify against Mr. Taylor. Jackson said that he could get no witnesses, and left him. Mr. Langston the witness stated that he Gid not know one Edward Oliver, ad denigd telling Oliver or any other person that he had piloted Taylor about “the Division.” The witness also again denied — having visited that locality with Tay- lor. Other Testimony. John C. Gordon, a colored man, the next witness, testified to meeting the defendant last November or December. “I asked Mr. Chase how things were getting along,” ex- plained the witness, ‘and Mr. Chase said: ‘Oh, the democrats are doing us up.’ Mr. Chase then said that Mr. Taylor was a bad substance to be in office, and that if I would go with him they could get Mr. Taylor out. I refused to do anything in the matter, and then we parted.” Frank Bell, colored, employed in the gov- ernment printing office, testified that as a result of a conversation with P. H. White about political assessments, he wrote a letter to Mr. Taylor and received a letter in reply. The witness identified Mr. Tay- lor’s letter, and stated that Mr. Taylor had helped him in securing his position in the government printing office. Mr. Langston objected to the introduc- tion of the letter in evidence, on the ground that it contained a declaration of Taylor in the matter of making political assess- ments, written to a man who acknowledged that Taylor had befriended him. “Certainly,” said Mr. Birney, “and if he assessed any one he would have most likely assessed those government employes for whom he secured positions." Judge Cole admitted the letter in evi- dence, the defense noting &n exception, and Mr. Birney then read it to the jury. It was dated September 24 last, and was to the effect that White had no authority to col- lect any assessment from the witness; that the witness should refuse to pay anything, and that White in no way represented Tay- lor. Taylor wrote that he had secured the position for the witness and that witness would be a fool to pay White a cent. To Mr. Langston the witness stated that he received the letter a few days before the last national election, although he told Mr. Birney that he got it the day it was writ- ten, Mr. Taylor Recalled. Mr. Birney then recalled Mr. Taylor, who stated that he first met Mrs. Fannie Hil here in 1886, when he was attempting to secure a consulship in Brazil. He met her two or three other times, and never saw her again until last December. He met her on the street, but denied that she came to his office, when he insulted her. She did not apply for a position. “Why,” exclaim- ed Mr. Taylor, “it was absurd. I knew her reputation too well. She could not have seen me when she said, for I was then ab- sent from the city, having occupied the same sleeping car with Senator Turple in a trip west.” Mr. Taylor stated that Laura Benseman had seen him several times, but he denied all her stories as to his alleged indecency Ru WN If a paper receives credit for having a larger circulation than it realty enjoys, a reason exists for withholdisg frem the advertiser the actual cir- ing customers with “about” and “approximately.” The Star, however, has a circul tion that it is proud of and each Saturday prints a detailed sworn ‘Statement of its actual circulation, giving the adver- tiser what by business ethics he is ‘plainly entitled to--a guarantee of that which he is buying. The advertiser in The Star is not asked to “trade jackknives, sight unseen.”’ He knows exactly what he is pay- ing for. The Star is alone among Washington newspa- pers in makiug public. an- nouncement of its circulation figures. “Last week the daily average was 35,640 copies. = or immorality. “Why, the young woman,” explained Mr. Taylor, “appeared to be per- fectly proper. I knew nothing about her, except that she was aftér me for an office. I -was greatly bothered with applicants, so much so that I refused to see them at the city hall. I have only thirty-one positions in. the office.” “How many applicants did you have for them?” asked Mr. Birney. “Why, 1,127,” replied Mr. Taylor, “and I have made only thirteen appointments— seven white people and six colored.” Miss Garrett's Death. Referring to the death of Miss Garrett, Mr. Taylor explained that the girl’s father was an old friend of his, having known him in Alabama, and he became interested in the girl and her mother. He befriended them, paid the funeral expenses of the girl out of charity, and subsequently engaged the girl’s mother as housekeeper, still em- ploying her as such. “I never had an idea that Miss Garrett was other than a pure girl, and still believe her to have been such,” said Mr. Taylor. As to the charge ef Mrs. Amanda Hill that he had attempted to assault her, Mr. Taylor stated that there was not a word of truth in her story. He had befriended her at the death of her husband, and once ad- vanced her $5 to enable her to purchase provisions for her home. = Other Denials. The young colored man, Barnes, declared Mr. Taylor was an enemy of his, as was Chase, from July to the 22d of last Sep- tember, and he would have allowed neither of them to enter his office. “The statement of Barnes,” said Mr. Taylor, “that he car- ried messages from me to women is as false as false can be.” “I was on the Lady of the Lake, but ence in myslife,”” he continued, “and then went at the invitation of the company. I was treated royally—like a prince, in fact. Mr. Tayldt said‘‘that he knew Miss Blanche Brown, and: remembered that she applied to him for a, position, but the story as to receiving mgney from her, Chase, Barnes or any one else, Mr. Taylor de- clared was false. “I-have never received a cent—not so muchas a canceled postage stamp—from: them or any one else for se- suring any one an office. Barnes lied when he said he,paid me $20.” Pojitical Assessments. ~ Referring to the charge that he had made political asSessments, Mr. Taylor denied that he had elthér made one or encouraged the making cf one. Last June, he sald, learning that negro ‘government employes were being ~assessed, he wrote a circular letter, addréssed'to some one negro in the several departments,’ advising them not to y a cent of’any amount assessed by either white orjeolored men. Mr. Taylor explained that he was then interested in some sixty or more colored persons, whose appointinents he had indorsed, and Mr. Birney, despite the objections of the de- fense, read a copy of Mr. Taylor's circular letter. : ‘The Negro Democratic League, said Mr. Taylor, had assessed its own members $2 a month for rent and furniture, and_subse- quently reduced the amount to $1. But the collections, he stated, had not been large, and he had not only paid the rent himself, but also, as the result of a sult, had been compelied to pay a bill for furniture fur- nished the league. Mr. Stil, he declared, was a member of the Afro-American League, “but,” said Mr. Taylor, “I was a member but eleven days, resigning when I discovered that they were making political assessments. I never was in any way a party to the making of any political as- sessment.” 5 The Horrowed Money. Mr. Taylor next referred to the $100 he borrowed from Chase, declaring that he paid in all $101.55 for really but $85. The money, he said, was borrowed the day be- fore he was confirmed. “Everybody then,” he explained, “was saying I would fall; that I would be the worst beaten man ever seen; so it was foolish to make any bargain about offices when it seemed that I would never be recorder. Nothing was said at the time about offices, and Chase didn’t even ask me for one. That, I thought, was very strangé.” Chase, said Mr. Taylor, was friendly with him from September 22 until about December 15, and he stated that he was desirous of doing something for Chase, and appointed two of his friends. “Did Chase ever come to your office and accuse you of immorality?” asked. Mr. Bir- ney. “No, sir,” shouted Mr. Taylor. “Did you ever promise him to do bet- ter?” “Never, sir. No, sir.” “Did he ever come into your office and call you ‘a grand: scoundrel? ” “No, sir. He couldn’t have done that.” That concluded Mr. Birney’s examination of Mr: Taylor in rebuttal, and Mr. Lang- ston commenced to cross-examine him. The Benseman Affair. To Mr. Langston Mr. Taylor denied ever visiting the Benseman girl, and declared that he did not visit Mrs. Garrett’s more than once a week, and not more than three or four times after Miss Benseman went there to care for Mrs. Garrett. He stated that he took charge of Mrs. Garrett, an ola woman of about sixty-five years of age, after her daughter's death, and when he discovered the character of the girl dis- missed her from Mrs? Garrett's house. 3 {Strong Denials. “Now, Mril'Taylof,? sala Mr. Langston, “Mr. Booker swore that he placed $100 be- fore you and .Chase,, What have you to say to that?” bee “T say that Bookew lies,” exclaimed Mr. Taylor. “I xereivedsbut $85 from him, for which I paid $101.54, and he and Chase krow it.” Gf “Do you swear tl to give Chace an 0 his attacks dh you do swear’ so.” swetr (that you never prom- PGnase $0 $10 a month so long 4 page th office, if he would . swear.” “Did you, November 2ist last, write this note "Mr, Chase: I am glad to hear the news. Let them act, so that I may know that they mean business. Words fiy, actions remain. Let them act.’?” “y did.” you never promised if he would cease in the Bee?” bed did you mean by it?” “Why. Chase had been telling me that he was very active in trying to undo the wrong he had doné me in his attacks, and that Mr. Lawrence Gardner and Mr. W. J. Costello were also endeavoring to do the same thing. My note referred to those things, and I meant that I wanted to see them act.” After a few more questions had been asked Mr. Taylor, he was excused, and Mr, Birney announced the close of the govern- ment’s case. The defense had no more witnesses on hand, and Judge Cole declar- ed that the case should then close. The case was, therefore, closed on both sides, and District Attorney Jeffords addressed the jury on behalf of the prosecution. ° 1895—TWELVE PAGES. DEATH WAS INSTANT Inquest Today Over the Body of Reuben Foster. A POLICEMAN’S FATAL BULLET Excitement Among the Colored Residents of Anacostia. THE WITNESSES TODAY ‘The shooting of Reuben Foster by Police- man Green in Anacostia yesterday after- noon, as printed in yesterday’s Star, caused a: feeling of indignation among the colored people in Anacostia and Hillsdale, and all yesterday afternoon and even after dark groups of men and women stood about the streeta and discussed the case. About Douglass Hall, near where the shooting ocgurred, there came near being a public demonstration,,and many of those who stood about denouncing the affair were anxious that an indignation meeting should be held, but none was held last night. “A large crowd of the colored people as- sembled.in front of the home of Lawyer Moss, colored, almost opposite Douglass Hall, and a delegation endeavored to exact @ promise from the attorney that he would not appear in the defense of the officer, which promise he would not make, and later he was retained to assist in the case. While the crowd was in the street and excitement was running high Lawyer Hew- lett, also colored, who takes a prominent part in having policemen prosecuted, slipped ffom a street car, and he was greeted with cheers. The body of the dead man was removed to the morgue for an autopsy to be made, and Officer Green was removed from Ana- costia to the fifth precinct station, where he was given more comfortable quarters. Sergeant Kirby, who was on duty at the time, was directed by the coroner to sum- mon a jury to meet at the sixth police sta- tion at 1 o'clock this afternoon, and he had summoned the following citizens: J. W. Bartley, Harry Beers, J. B. Redd, William Jordan, C. R. Dodge and Henry Sanderson. The jurors are acquainted with both the officer and the character of the dead man. Reuben Foster, although not more than twenty-one years old, had gained for him- self a reputation which was well known to the citizens and police alike, and many of the former were afraid of him, as he had figured in so many fights and had been known to go armed. During the past two years he had been arrested nearly twenty times, and had served a number of terms in the jail and on the farm. At the Station. In addition to a number of witnesses, there were many colored persons from An- acostia at the sixth precinct station this afternoon, anxious to hear the testimony, but they were excluded from the room. Besides the witnesses who were present at the time of the shooting, counsel for the officer, Lawyers C. Maurice Smith and Jchn A. Moss, summoned witnesses to tell of threats” that Foster had made against the officers while he was in the work house. ‘The officer was present at the hearing, with his counsel, and Coroner Hammett was assisted by Deputy Coroner Glaze- brook. Mr. Edwin Forest, the stenogra- . pher, took the testimony for the oilicer. The first witness examined was Deputy Ceroner Glazebrook, who described the ccndition of the body when he made the inquest this morning. He told of the flesh wounds on the arm and leg of the colored man, which were inflicted during the fight Sunday night. Witness then de- scribed the hole made by the bullet from the policeman’s pistol. The bullet had not entered the skull, but had cut the spinal cord. The bullet had inflicted a wound which was necessarily fatal and must have caused almost instant death. The deceased was a powerfully. built and mus- cular man. Dr. J. A. Watson of Anacostia was next examined, and he told of the visit Foster paid to his office yesterday morning. Wit- ness dressed a wound on his arm, which he said was so painful during the night that he had been unable to sleep. The cut was very smell, but had severed a superficial vein and he had lest considerable blood. Witness said that the wound was only a trifling one. Yesterday, after the shooting, witness was caHed by Officer Green, and he started in the direction of Douglass Hall. Cn his way there he met a wagon, in_ which was the body of the dead man. When the body reached the station witness probed the wound. His Character Bad. Sergt. Kirby was next examined. He was at home when a colored man, riding Off- cer Green’s horse, came there and told him, “Policeman Green has killed Foster, and wants you to come around there.” “Is his name Forrester or Foster?” “I believe his name is Forrester, but he is known as Foster.” know Foster?” ‘es, sir. iow = long had you known him?” “Ten years.” “What was his character?” “Very bad.” Witness then explained that Foster had been arrested many times, and had partic- ipated in many serious assaults, as well as in drunken brawls, and also had been ar- rested for carrying concealed weapons. “What did he do for a living?” “I have never known him to do any work.” “And you have known him ten years?” “Yes, sir.” The officer said that Foster was regarded as the worst man on that side of the river. He spent most of his time in the work house or jail, and the officer said he usually got long sentences. That is why he had only been arrested about twenty times dur- ing the past three or four years. During the past seven or eight yeazs, sata witness, when questioned by a juror, Foster has probably spent more than one- half his time in prison. More Police Testimony. Policeman W. T. Anderson was sworn, and he testified that yesterday afternoon he went to Douglass Hall, and Mr. Fowler told him that there was trouble down in the field. He went there and found Foster. lying on the ground and Officer Green folding his head, while blood oozed from a wound in the back of his head. _ Witness felt his pulse, and found that he was not dead. Later the body was sent to the sta- tion in. a wagon. Officer Anderson said that the deceased had given the com- munity, the courts and the police consider- able trouble. ‘Witness told of a difficulty he had with him one day last summer. He safd he had arrested Reuben so often that he was ashamed to arrest him at that time, and so he let him go. “That time,” said the officer, “I was advising a drunken man to go home, and Foster came along and made the remark, ‘If he was a nigger you'd lock him up.’ ” ‘Witness said that the deceased had been in the habit of going armed for the past two or three years. He said he had been on that beat for sixteen years and he re- garded Foster as the worst man out there. “Have you ever known of his threaten- ing anybody?” “T have heard of threats he made,” the officer answered, “and on the Sunday I had the trouble with him he told his sister he would go through hell with his eyes wide open for Tom Anderson.” Witness said that Foster was very fast on his feet and it was hard for a man on foot to arrest him. He had pursued him into the river on one occasion and then he swam ashore and escaped. Ceuld Not Recognize Him: John Henry Fenwick, an elderly colored man, who said he lives on the flats “ear Anacostia, testified that yesterday after- noon he was at Douglass Hall, talking to @ man named Makle. The latter called his attention to Foster, and said he was the one who got cut the previous night. The officer called to Foster and said, “Come on.”” Foster replied, “No, be —, I won’t,” and ran. The officer got off his horse and started in pursuit of him, and said, “D—n him, I'll stop him.” : Witness said. that when the officer fired Foster fell. He said that the boy had got off the porch before the officer got back of the hall, and he said that Foster and the officer did not clinch. When the shot was fired the boy was about twenty steps from the officer. Witness was asked to identify ve he the building and street was and explained by Sergt. Kirby and others. 8 Witness repeated that he had seen the officer when he fired the shot, and said he hhad given a correct account of the affair. Sergeant Kirby said that the colored man feii about seventy yards from where the officer is said to have stood. Another Account. Henson Makle testified that he was at Douglass Hall when the officer came along with Foster. They stopped and Foster sent in the store for some cigarettes, and then he told the boy to go in and get some matches. ‘The officer then told him to come on, say- ing he had no time to fool with him. Fos- ter ran, and witness watched the move- ments of the officer. He heard the officer say: “Stop, you ——- —. I'll stop you.” ‘When they got on the field the officer stop- his pistol at Foster and fired. Witness said’to Fenwick, ‘‘Foster’s dead,” and Fenwick answered, “I reckon not.” “Dia you know Foster?” og” sir; I knew him when he was a “What do you know of his cHaracter?” ‘I ain’t got nothing to do with that, for I don’t follow such a characters. ‘When further examined witness said that Foster was a man of bad character, 50 everybody said. Mrs. Susie Miller, colored, who lives near THE CAPITOL DESERTED. Only the Clerks Are Getting Together the File Papers. The possibility of Mr. Cleveland calling the Fifty-fourth Congress in extra session is not even thought of any more. The Bratification of the President that the Fifty-third Congress is no more is too evi- dent fer It to be supposed that he will want another Congress “‘on his hands” immedi- ately. - The Capitol Deserted. 4 Congress has disappeared almost as if by sudden evaporation. The Capitol was deserted, except bY half a dozen or so members and Senators. The work of clear- ing up the debris will occupy some time. ‘The clerks to the two appropriation com- mittees are engaged in making up a sche- dule of the work of these committees and a@ statement of the amounts carried. The file clerks are gathering together the vari- ous file manuscrij ers relating to various measures before the Congress jist expired. There are fully two car loads of manuscript editions and other papers re- lating to bills before committees, and about 13,000 packages of private papers relating to claims of individuals and other private bills. All of these have to be Sled away, and when this is done all the work that re- lates to the Fifty-third Congress will have been completed. No Mistakes Have Occarred. It is sald by the clerks in charge of the appropriation bills that no mistakes have cccurred in these bills. Prior to the adop- tion of the system of printing the enrolled bills on parchment, instead of requiring them to be in manuscript, serious errors in the appropriation bills were common. The system of printing was adopted by the ccmmittee on appropriations in a joint resolution, which received the approval of the two houses. Under this system the appropriation bills for the first regular session were enrolled without an error, and if this proves true of the bills which have just become laws, it will be a revelation in the system of enrollments. The printing bill which passed the House for the refor- mation of the whole system of printing public documents omitted any provision for the enrollment of bills. This failure in the printing bill would have put an end to the system of printed enrollments, which has proven-so satisfactory, but the fact be- ing discovered in time, a provision was in- cluded in the legislative bill authorizing the printing of enrollments in a permanent law. ————__-2-+_____. RUSSIAN FLOUR. An Effert to Supply Some of the Markets of Europe. Russia is about to make a determined effort to reach out for and capture some of the great markets for flour, such as England, the borders of the Mediterranean sea and Asia, which are at present largely | supplied by the United States. The gov- ernment is backing the project and prom- ising to afford special trausportation rates and facilities for the export trade in flour and to advance loans ‘o the Russian mil- lers to enable them to extend their opera- tions. These facts appear in a report to the State Department by United States Consul General Kard, at St. Petersburg. - He de- scribes at length the proceedings of the Russian millers’ convention, held in St. Petersburg last January, which, he says, may interest the millers of the United States as affecting their future trade. The convention was held under the auspices of the Russian government with the purpose of. fostering the, exportation of Russian flour. Many subjects were discussed, such as the cost of producing flour, the possi- bility of lowering port expenses, the pros- pect of finding foreign markets for bran, the best form of government loans and the establishment of technical milling schools as in other Europ2an countries. The government representatives promised that if a national association cf millers was formed, reductions and immunities in transportation charges would be granted. A representative of the government bank promised that the millers’ suggestions con- ‘| cerning loans would be examined and pre- sented to the minister of finance for cen- firmation. A committee was appointed to draw up a project and the mecting ad- journed to May 5 next. ————o+—____ Rock Creek Park Benefits. Judge Cox today heard the arguments in the case of the Van Riswick heirs agairst the Rock Creek Park commission, in which the complainants seek to enjoin the commission from proceeding to assess their property, because of benefits having resulted thereon from the establishment and maintenance of the park. It 1s clatmed on behalf of the complain- ants that the proposed assessment would be unconstitutional and that, in fact, no benefits have accrued. Mr. T. A. Lambort in support of the motion, Assistant District Attorney Taggart representing the government. — Grain and Cotten Markets. Cotton and_grain Ww. B. ithe, 1421 F st., a) price & ©., New York. Baltimore Markets. BALTIMORE, March 5.—Flour, more doing, un- changed—receipts, 18,183 barrels; shipments, 300 barreis; sales, 1,850 ‘barrels. t “steady —spot month, 59! 3 May, ee steamer No. 2 red, 5a % rece! 3,271 bushels; stock, 514,614 bvshels; sales, 11,000 bushels; southern 80; do. on 57200. May, 48%a48%; st Sea, Nomar recipes, ; steamer mi , a47—receipt 38,439 bushels; 'stock, 41,973 bushels; S31000 b ; southern white and yellow Oats firmer—No. 2 white western, 363361; No. 2 mixed, S4—receipts, 8,676 bushels:’ si 481 bushels, SRS Se SS s! lay si a timothy, '$12.50a§18.00. Grain frelghts firmiy held, m1 ‘Sugar firm, unchanged. Butter unset- tled—fancy creamery, 20; do. imitation, 17; do. ladle, 15; good ladle, 12;' store 10. ‘Rege weak_—fresh, 20. Cheese firm, FINANCE AND TRADE A Firmer Tone in Stock Values Was Noticeable. CHICAGO GAS SHOWED A DECLINE Signs of Better Times Seen in Wall Street. GENERAL MARKET REPORTS Special Dispatch to The fvening Star. NEW YORK, March 5.—Speculation took on a decidedly firmer tone this morning, opening figures reflecting gains varying from 1-8 to 5-8 per cent. A notable ex- ception to the prevatling tone was found in the case of Chicago Gas, a reduction of 1 1-4 per cent being reflected in the ini- tial transaction. The signing of the Og- den gas ordinanee by the mayor last night was responsible for this depreciation in value, es the revenues of the company will be seriously curtailed by the com- petition of a new company supplying the same commodity at a reduction of 10 per cent from the present minimum contract Price. This will be the inevitable result, provided that the new company is organ- ized for more legitimate purposes than have been generally credited to it, but if - the new charter is for sale to the highest © bidder, as has been intimated, it is proba- ble that a consideration of moderate pro- portions would effectually curb the am- bition to cripple the operations of the older com; The filing of a bond for $100,000, and the expressed determination on the part of the new incorporators to begin the work of construction at once, are factors which, on the surface, are unpleasantly businesslike from “the standpoint of a Chicago Gas stockholder. After the decline above noted in. the price the stock was well supported within % per cent of first The railroad list was strong during the early trading, but subsequently became- ir- regular under cover of the extreme dullness. trading at mia- con- tracts was that the Increased imquiry for stocks reported by commission brokers woull sooner or later result in enlisting a good outside demand for the better class of securities. Interests which at one ume were Strong factors in speculation, and which of late have taken no active part in determining va‘ues, are now showing signs of increasing interest in the daily move- ment of prices. Money is in better demand, and bankers repert an encouraging pros- pect for a gradual hardening in rates. This reflects an improving commercial condition, as the volume of business in stocks has not realiy heeded by merchants and manufac- turers, the prospects for higher stock val- ues are founded on the most genuine of all the recently advanced The former reports an increase of $31,738 for the fourth week in F¥ and a net decrease fcr the full month of $111,575. The latter for the former period decreased $18,000 and for the full month $161,000, while the total decrease for the year 18% to date is upward of double the last amount. The tradink of the last hour was dull, with prices, in mest instances, within frac- tional figures. ———_ 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- perted by Corson & Macartney, members New York stock exchange. Messrs. Moore & Schley, No. $0 Broadway: aeeeel a B66 Tee 703 70; Chicago Gas. Wg 7% o Gas. C.,M. and St. Paul. Big SB. Shi C..M. and St. Pani Pid) Nig Uiy 107 IT Chic. RL and Pacific... 62g Chg Delciack and Wen) 18" 15 155 Delaware and Hudson.. -.... 196 196% Den. and R.Grande Pid 84% BMX 24% Dis.and Cattle Feeding. 12: B 1 General Electric 2.2 Sp-galtgsehee ase es Us BY Wheeling and L. Erie. Wheeling and L. E. Ptd. Western Unton Tel. ‘Stiver. st Washington Stock Exchange. Sal lar call—12 o'clock m.—Columbia Rail- road at 110. Washington Gas, 1 at 50%) 2 at Soi; 5 at Bib; 2 at Gi ‘Telephone, 26 at 57; 21 at 57; 20 at STs 30 st ST; 20 st 57; 20 ak BY: 20 a8 215 es, Government —U. 112 asked. U. S: 4s, Mapon, 33 bid, Tad asked. U.S. Ss, 1 bid. District of bid. 30-year 7s, 1901, eu 7 TIT bi asked. ents and ‘Trast, 3244 Dil, 135% eakedl asked. ‘Washi and tor a, 76 asked. Culumblas 7 bid, 25 asked. Metropolitan, 71 id, 90 .. Metropolitan, a. | Artington, in bid, 157 asked: German-American, 160 ‘National bi a bid. id, sked. _Columbi: 13% bi Te asked cols bid, cPanel, ket ba, vids tie eine Columbia ise, 7 bid Bean "Telephone Stocks. 50 asked. Ches- WEES phone, sip bid, B asked” Posamatie Gus Gas "fiiccliancoss = esbington Markot, 1B > es Py tinier Linotype, 100 bid, 130" asked.