Evening Star Newspaper, March 7, 1895, Page 2

THE EVENING STAR, THURSDAY, MARCH 7, 1895-TWELVE PAGES. LATE NEWS BY WIRE Bishop Hurst Disousses the Motho- Gist University. BALTIMORE CONFERENCE HIS HEARERS Arguments Against a Government University. MANY MATTERS DECIDED Bpetinl Dispatch to-The Brening Star. BALTIMORE, Md, March 7.—Today’s session of the Baltimore conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church was devoid of the spicy debate promised by some of those who have convictions of the most decided scrt and courage and lungs with which to assert them in the assembly of their fel- lews.. In fact the three hours and a half devoted to business was so calm as to make some of the old timers imagine that the conference had lost much of that man- ly vigor which has always been one’ of the characteristics which it developed on or be- fore the second day of each annual meet- ing. Yesterday evening it was propiiested that warm debate was in order for today, but it may be that the addresses of Bishop Hurst and the other representatives of closely related interests used up so much of the time that the program was disturb- ed and the pent-up language stored away for tomorrow. As soon as the regular routine business was of the Rev. H. S. France presented a'written request for the trans- fer of Dr. Ames, president of the Lucy Webb Hayes Home, from the New York to the Baltimore conference. The signers of the request were Revs. H. 3. France, G. W. Hobbs, L. B. Wilson, C. Herbert Richard- son, G. C. Bacon, J. B. Stitt, W. R. Strick- len and W. I. McKenney. The transfer was made. Then came a motion for a transfer of property at Marlboro’ based upon a peti- tion forwarded through Presiding Elder L. B, Wilson of the Washington district. The petition was signed by J. C. Love, pastor, and W. H. Brooks, presiding elder. ‘The statement of fact in the memorial is as follows: “There is a lot, 100x70, in * Marlboro’, Prince George’s county, Md., upon which, before the war, stood the old Methodist Church. The membership was composed of white and colored, and in one corner of the lot sleep the white, in another the colored—saints waiting the resurrection of the just. At the close of the war all of the white members with- drew, leaving no Methodist in town but our people, who, because of the feeling, went out of town, down under a hill, out of the way of both saints and sinners, and built their modest church.” Presiding Elder Wilson's motion to trans- fer was agreed to. There was acquiescence in Dr. Naylor’s formal suggestion as chairman of the com- mittee on memoirs that memorial services be held Monday morning, commencing at 1030. Authority was given by which the useless church structure at Woodsboto may be sold. Representing Washington. Rev. W. W. Van Arsdale was nominated and confirmed as the representative of the Washington district in the City Mission and Church Extension Soctety. Conference consent was given to the transfer of Green- wood, which is in the Berryville, Va., cir- cuit, to the Virginia confererfce, which has jurisdiction in the same circuit. For the second time an effort was made to secure a report. This time a financiai statement, from “Dr. Geo. H. Corey, pastor of the Dupont Circle Church,” but the doctor was absent, and not even the smil- ing presiding elder of the Washington dis- trict could say more as to the collections at Dupont Circle than that he was sure they were fully up to the collections of the year preceding. s Presiding Elders Wheeler and Edwards of the Frederick and East Baltimore dis- tricts made their reports. Institutions in which the conference is interested, received especial consideration for awhile, addresses being delivered by Dr. Hanlan of Penning- ton Seminary, Dr. Gray, president of the ‘Williamsport and Dickinson seminaries; Dr. Freeman of the Sunday School Union and Tract Society; Dr. Breckinridge of the Methodist Episcopal Hospital of Brooklyn, and Bishop John F. Hurst. Dr. Breckinridge’s remarks were of the awakening sort, his anecdotes resulting in laughter and applause. The Methodist University. The feature of the morning was Bishop Hurst's talk on the Methodist University at Washington. The bishop’s statements went directly fo the heart of the confer- ence, and there was evidence of sympathy that promises well for individual and col- lective interest in the great institution which Bishop Hurst is laboring to make Bure as soon as possible. Commencing with avowed remembrance of the fact that the Baltimore cenference was the first body to publicly indorse the university proposition, the bishop proceed- ed to call attention to the fact that the ten thousand dollars contributed two years ago by preachers’ toward the cost of Asbury Hall had grown to seventy-two thousand dollars. What was wanted now was to further in- crease it to $100,000, and when that sum was reached he believed that the son or father or brother of a preacher would give $50,000 more. The bishop admitted that he Was on the trail of that man. One of the insistegt questions put by peo- ple who wished the university built was, “Why do you not begin to build?’ The reasons were based-upon what was believed to be a proper conservatism. “We have lost some very large subscrip- tions because of necessary delay in con- struction,” said Bishop Hurst. “We lost $70,000 that was offered us by a Washing- ton gentieman, who would give only with a condition that we should commence build- ing at once. That was two years ago. ‘Those seventy thousand dollars have gone, but we will make up the loss. Then we lost ten thousand dollars in another way. Some time ago I delivered an ad- dress in the Congregaticnal Church in Washington. It was at a temperance meet- ing, and in the course of my remarks I said I believed I would live to see the day when there would not be a saloon within the city’s bounds, and I believed that day would soon appear. The next morning I received a note from a subscriber with- drawing his subscription of ten thousand bon if because I was opposed to personal erty. Appeal for Funds. “Of course that amount has been more than made up. It could not be otherwise. I want every pound of mortar, every scrap of material in all the university building to be free from the taint of intoxicating liquor.” When the applause that greeted that declaration had died away the bishop went on to say that the university trustees now eppealed to the church for funds with which to put up the first building, the hall of history. The trustees had subscribed $82,000, and in four weeks the amount needed grew to $2,100. As soon as the total for that purpose reached $150,000 the building would be erected. The original estimate of the cost of the hall of history was $200,000, but since that was made the price of labor and material has ‘declined so that it could be put up for $150,000. It was believed that 40 per cent could be saved by speedy construction. There was a good foundation for believ- ing that two corner stones would be laid during the present year, both on the same day. It was as nearly certain as anything here could be that one would surely be put in place. When the ceremony came off he wanted every minister in the Balti- mcre conference at least to be present. “A national university, a university en- dowed and controlled by the general gov- einment, was,’ id the bishop, “an ab- surdity if not an impossibility. From the day when Washington sought to have his stock in the Potomac and James River Companies applied to the founding of a national university there had been discus- sion of the project. Congress had said more or less about it at almost every ses- sion for a hundred years, but had done ab- wolutely nothing, which was as much as should be expected of it.” The country was now in such shape that there was no necessity for such an institu- Uon, The country was better off without it. The great American University would bo the Methodist University, on the board of trustees of which five denominations were represented and which had recenfly received limitless endowment from the Methodist Episcopal Church South. At this point Bishop Hurst exhibited a four page letter on a National University, written by George Washington, a recently discovered and valuable epistle? which he recently purchased, and now proclaimed ‘for the first time. After reading the letter and commenting thereon, the bishop took up his argument against a purely national university, and declared that .all state educational institutions suffered more or less from political embarrassment. That “here were not three such in the United States that have prospered, as they would have done had they been religiously con- trolled. “You can trust the churches when you cannot trust parties,” said he, and the conference agreec with him. “But should it be,” continued the bishop, “that Congress some day established a national ‘university, there need be no fear of its overshadowing the Methodist Uni- versity, for the latter would be benefited by comparison. “Few people had thought seriously of the difficulty attendant upon the operation of a national institution. A Sen- ator was asked recently by the bishop how he would manage to conduct the theological department in a econgressionally governed university, and he replied that he would put Episcopalian.and Methodist and Pres- byterian and Baptist and other professors of church history in separate rooms, and if there should chance to be any clash he would let the disputants fight ft out among themselves. Aen “And when I heard that,” said the bishop, “I thanked God anew that George Washington’s Potomac and James. river stock never amounted to anything. Wash- ington’s principle and design were good, but in practice the plan would not work. In these days the first and probably the successful applicants for rofessorships would be broken-down politicians.” After Presiding Elder Ferguson of the Baltimore district had told the conference how admirably he and his ministers had done those things committed to them Bishop Andrews introduced to the confer- ence Bishop Alpheus Wilson of the Metho- dist Episcopal Church South and Bishop Wayman of the. African Methodist Episco- pal Church, a combination that would have been impossible in Baltimore or anywhere else only a few years since. Then ensued adjournment. - Woman’s Home Missions. Washington made a magnificent showing yesterday afternoon at the anniversary meeting of the Woman’s Home Missionary Society, held at Mt. Vernon Place Church. | From the opening of the meeting to the conclusion thereof the District of Columbia was very much in evidence, its voice being heard through its living representatives as well as though that garrulous product which, whether it be of gold or of silver or of baser metals or of paper, talks loud- ly at every opportunity. And Washing- ton’s cash contributions were vociferous on this particular occasion. Footings of the figures presented in the report of the con- ference treasurer show that the three Bal- timore districts contributed, in currency and supplies, the sum total of $3,530.63, while the Washington district went down into its skirt pocket and hauled out a total of $14,713.86! 5 Comparisons, of course, are odious, and should never be permi.ted even temporary residence in the minds of the evangelically inclined, but poor humanity ts weak at- best, and must once in a while bow in the presence of local pride, and find room in its midst for congratulation of a somewhat egotistical and worldly sort, but as there isn’t even a little resemblance between purely ‘personal selfishness and a laudable desire to outshine others in good works, no one will. blame the Washington contingent for exulting inwardly because of suprem- acy achieved over a community that has Yast material wealth and a stable popula- on. Within the Washington district the place of honor belongs to Foundry Church, for from it came $10,986.59; of which amount $10,000 was given by, one person for the founding of the Sibley Hospital. Second place belongs to McKendree, which con- gregation would have been first but for the exceptional Sibley contribution, its total being $1,208.94. Next in order was Ham- line, with $883.94, and then there followed: Metropolitan, $558.30; Wesley, $292.10; ‘Trinity, $136.14; Dumbarton Avenue, $133.40; Ryland, $125.47; Waugh, $99.51; Kensing- ton, $79.53; Anacostia, $72.66; Grace, $45.05 Fifteenth Street, $34.55; Union, $22.75; Douglas Memorial, $20.17;. North’ Capitol, $13.25; Gaithersburg, $1.50, making a total for the Washington district of $14,713.86 A Remarkable Feature. © The most remarkable fegture of the treasurer’s report is the conspicuous in- crease in the totals. Last year the con- ference total was but $14,482.95; so it is evident that despite the increasingly hard times the open-handed Methodists in the Baltimore conference shelled out “$4,209.29 more than they did in 1893. Financial considerations aside, the meet- ing would have been a success anyhow. It was, of course, unfortunate that Mrs.Henry M. Teller was suffering from the grip and could not preside, but her place was well filled by Mrs. Clara L. Roach. Washington contributed liberally to the program. Dr. A. H. Ames, president of the Lucy Webb Hayes Memorial Deaconess Home Training School and Sibley Hospital, talked of that flourishing institution; Miss Ida E. Miner chatted interestingly of home mission work and elucidated her remarks by the use of @ map of the United States; Mrs. S. L. Beiler reported on work In Alhska, Mrs. C. W. Brown talked finance, while Mrs. Roach read her report as corresponding secretary. The Baltimore Deaconess Home was not neglected, its story being told by Mrs. John Neff, its president. Rev. H. S. France and Mrs. T. P. Frest also participated; the former offering prayer, the latter reading the Scripture lesso: The Bishop Was Mischievous. ‘The conference had a hearty laugh at the expense of Dr. W. 8S. Edwards during yes- terday’s session. The doctor is treasurer of the Bohemian Mission and had his ac- counts ready for inspection. He therefore moved that 2 committee of two—the mem- bers of which he named—be appointed to audit his accounts, and there was immedi- ate and unanimous acquiescence. Then said Bishop Andrews: “Of course, it is all right, Brother Edwards, but you are doubtless aware that it is not customary for the per- son whore accounts are to be audited to rominate his owa committee.” A ripple of laughter moved over the face of the as- gemblage at the suggestion, and it became a wave when the doctor endeavored, con- fusedly, but seriously, to withdraw his nominations and was met by the bishop with: “It is too late, now, brother.” G.H.H. eee THE HAVEL AGROUND. An Ocean Liner’s Mishap Near New York. NEW YORK, March 7.-The North Ger- man Lloyd steamer Havel, Capt. Jungst, from Bremen February 26, and Southamp- ton on the 27th, while entering the harbor this morning, ran aground on the north side of Gedney channel. The steamboat George Starr has been sent downto take off the Havel’s cabin passengers and bring them up to the city. There are on board 155 cabin and 271 steerage passengers. The position of the steamer is unchanged. There are ten tugs alongside to render assistance, and she will probably be pulled off at high tide, which will be about 4 o'clock. The Cumberland Mystery. Special Dispateh to The Evening Star. CUMBERLAND, Md., March 7.—The pre- liminary hearing in the Zufall case was taken up again this morning, and quite 2 number of witnesses have been examined, but no testimony was offered to throw any light upon the mystery. McKane, the man who had his throat cut,has been vindicated pone any connection with the murder of Zufall. , —_—_—__. A Cashier's Suicide. GRAFTON, Mass., March 7.—Henry F. Wing, cashier of the Grafton National Bank, was found dead in his barn this morning with a bullet hole through his head. Mr. Wing has been in poor health for some time. er The Atlanta Departs. COLON, Colombia, March 7.—The United States warship Atlanta has sailed from this port for Bocas Del Toro, under orders from Washington. It is reported that she intends to overhaul a schooner supposed to have a cargo of arms. Several thou- sand additional government troops have been sent to meet the rebels. SS Ocean Steamers Arrived. BREMER-HAVEN, March 17.—Arrived: Lahn, New York. TAYLOR'S TRIUMPH| ~ Ho Talks About Chase and the Libel Case. - WILL LET THE LAW TAKE ITS COURSE} * Does Not Contemplate Making Changes in His Office. YESTERDAY’S VERDICT —_»—_—_—__ The conviction of Wm. Calvin Chase yes- terday afternoon for criminally libeling Recorder C. H. J. Taylor in the Bee, as stated in The Star, was an unusually prompt verdict, and to the great majority of thcse who had closely followed the evi- dence offered on both sides the conclusion of the jury. was the one expected. It is understood-that but one ballot was taken by the jury and that each man voted guilty without more than three minutes’ cenference. Chase had undoubtedly ex- pected an adverse verdict and received it with apparent indifference. When, how- ever,- Judge. Cole refused to accept bail Pending a decision in the matter of the motion for a new trial, which was prompt- ly filed by counsel for the defense, the de- fendant became somewhat uncomfortable, and rather reluctantly made his way to the cage below, from which he was shortly afterward taken to jail. Counsel for Chase endeavored to persuade Judge Cole to al- low him to remain at large on’ bail, to await the final disposition of the motion for a new trial, but the court remained firm, explaining that the custom was against granting bail, to a convicted man and that District Attorney Birney opposed it. Judge Cole consented, however, to hear the matter at 2 o'clock this afternoo1 and then: the court was adjourned. = - The Judge’s Charge. Ih charging the jury Judge Cole ex- plained the meaning of the term “with malice,” as it applied to lMbel, saying that it meant, among other things, a willful disregard of the truth, and stated that the mere fact of the publication raised the presumption of malice. The fact shown of the. bel having been published, the bur- den then rested on the defendant to show the“truth of every allegation contained therein, and that the charges were pub- listed for justifiable and good motives. It was necessary, said Judge Cole, for the defendant to show the actual truth of every charge. It would not do, he stated, to show the truth of several of them, or of all but one, for if he failed to prove any one of them he should be convicted. But, explained the court, even if the defendant should prove the truth of every charge, he would then have to show to the entire satisfaction of the jury that he published the charges with good motives and for justifiable ends. The only justifiable end, remarked Judge Cole, was the public good, and if the defendant published the article for any other motive he was guilty as charged. : In that connection, explained the court, the jury should consider whether the pub- Ne good required or justifled the publica- tion. If the only object of the defendant was the removal of an unworthy person from office, the jury, declared the judge, had the right to consider whether the de- fendant should not have first communi- eated with the President, who alone pos- sessed the power of removal. Before the jury could consider the question of good motives and justifiable ends, stated Judge Cole, they should first find that every pub- lished charge wag true. In conclusion, the judge instructed the jury to disregard the findings and recommendation of the civil service commission in the matter of the charge made against Mr. Taylor of making political assessments, explaining that it “was not evidenee. It was necessary to show by competent evidence that Mr. Tay- lor actively participated in the making of political assessments, explained Judge Cole. A mere printed circular bearing his name would not do. Mr. Taylor Talks. Mr. Taylor was not in court when the verdict was returned, but when told of it hastered to the court room, and cordially thanked the several members of the jury. A Star reporter, calling at his office today, found the recorder surrounded by a num- ber of his friends. He stated that he had little to say, except to state that he was delighted with the complete vindication, as he expressed it, which he had received at the hands of the jury. The verdict, he said, was the one he had confidently ex- pected from the outset, and he felt that the people of the District would agree that he had been foully and unjustly accused. “There is one thing,” said the man from Kansas, ‘I want to say, and that is I am very grateful to The Star for the very fair and impartial way it treated’ me during the trial of Chase. I will admit, however, remembering how vigorously The Star fought my appointment, that I feared it would treat me rather severely during the trial, but I am glad to be able to honestly sty that it was the one Washington paper which treated me honorably and fairly, and the only one which did not prejudge me. That was all I asked, and The Star certainly treated me right.” Wu! Not Intercede for Chase. Mr. Taylor stated that, while he bore Chase no personal feeling, he certainly would do nothing to prevent his punish- ment. “The man,” he said, “accused me of about every mean and indecent thing he could think of, even charging me with murdering a good girl, and in prosecuting him I did it only to save my personal char- acter. Yet the fellow sent for me after he was convicted yesterday. But what he wanted to see me about I don’t know. I didn’t get his message until late last even- ing, otherwise I might have seen him. But I’m afraid I can’t do him any good now.” Will Not Make Changes. Mr. Taylor’s attention being called to a rumor to the effect that he would now pro- ceed to make many changes in his office, said: ‘“There’s no truth in it. Why should I? All in my office now are my friends, and why should I want to get rid of them? No, sir; I have only made thir- teen changes since I came in, and I don’t propose to make any more that I know of now.” “Chase’s charges, said the recorder, were the outcome of a deliberately planned ef- fort to get him out of office. “But I’m in yet,” he laughed, “and I guess I'm likely to stay. It is the old story of people get- ting mad because they couldn’t zet what they wanted. Why, don’t you know,” said the Kansan, confidentially, “that every- one of Chase’s lawyers had asked me for appointments? Yes, sir; every one of them, and I have their requests here in black and white. That’s what’s the matter with them, and with a good many others here.” The recorder then again thanked The Star for its fairness, explaining that he had nothing more to say just now. The Question of Bail. Judge Cole was so much occupied with other business today that the question of admitting Chase to bail pending the dis- position of the motion fer a new trial was not reached until 3 o'clock, when argu- ments *were commenced. Mr. Campbell Carrington appeared as additional counsel for Chase, and filed a motion in arrest of judgment. ——— _ Building Permits. Building permits issued today were as follows: - ‘W. H. Davis, to one brick dwelling, at 1825 12th street, to cost $4,000. Mrs. Martha Hile, to one frame dwelling at the intersection of Brookville road and Rockville pike, to cost $1,500. F. M. Carr, to one brick dwelling, at 629 Elliot street northeast, to cost $1,800. N. Auth & Co., to one brick stable and carriage house, in rear of 630 Virginia ave- nue southwest, to cost $1,200. L. A. Miller, to one frame dwelling on Albany street between 4th and 5th streets, Eckington, to cost $1,400. Charles Hawkins, to one brick dwelling, at 1735 4th street southeast, to cost 31,200. B. B. McCormick, to one frame dwelling, = ie Jackson street, Anacostia, to cost a 0.H. Dountey, of Albion, Ind., an acknowledged expert in mat- nounces The Washington Even- ing Star dyle of the best six daily papers inthe United States for sivertisérs’ use, because-- touse his own words--'because it comes-nearer to covering its field entirely than any other Paper.on earth.’ BOOKMAKING CASE. Arguments Today Before the Court of Appeals. The Court of Appeals today considered .the case of Fred T. Miller, indicted for conducting bookmaking at the Benning race track last December. Miller demurred to the indictment, on the ground that it charged no offense. Judge Cole, as in the case of the indicted Ivy City bookmakers, overruled the demurrer, holding that there is ample law to make unlawful bookmaking in_every section of the District. From this decision Miller noted an appeal to the Court of Appeals, and that was the matter considered by the court today. Dis- trict Attorney -Birney argued the case on behalf of the government, the defendant being represented by Mr. Henry E. Davis. ‘The arguments were practically the same as those made in the court below, and the court reserved its decision. ———— BAD NICKELS IN BALTIMORE. Specimen Couhterfelts Examined at the Treasury Today. Reports have reached the Treasury De- partment that a new and dangerous coun- terfeit 5-cent piece is in extensive circula- tion in Baltimore, and an officer of the secré® service has been sent to that city to make a thorough investigation. The sub- treasurer at Baltimore has sent one of the spurious coins to the chief of the secret service, and it was closely examined today. ‘The counterfeits are of excellent workman- ship and are apt to deceive any but an ex- pert handler of coins. The spurious coins are both the old and new issue. Some of them contain the figure 5 on the reverse side and are known as the old issue. Others have the letter V on the reverse side and are designated as the new issue. The new issue is somewhat larger in size than the old. The coins are bright, but a close inspection reveals a dull lead color between the engraved lines. This will only be noticed on close inspection and affords the most accurate way of detecting the character of the coins. It is reported that the street car compa- nies of the monumental city are the great- est sufferers so far from these counterfeits. These companies’ make daily deposits at the subtreasury, and have the small coins which are feceived ‘for fares exchanged for notes. Of late many of these counterfeits have been thrown back on the companies. They naturally lose in this way, inasmuch as they have no,means of tracing the source of the coins. The spurious coins be- fore being returned are branded as ‘bad’ ane conmeauen tly’ ean do no further mis- chief. Other houses whose business entails the extensive use of minor coin are also said to have béen victimized by the new coun- terfeit. The subtreascrer at Baltimore has expressed, the opinion that these spurious nickels were made in that city, and that they have been put in circulation gradually for several weeks past. The officials of the Treasury Department say that there is not much danger to be apprehended from this latest counterfeit, and ‘that fts circulation has been undoubt- edly exaggerated. None of them has reached this.<ity so far as known, and, certainly none has been presented at the treasury cash room, where the street rail- Toad companies make daily exchanges’ of minor coin for notes. The United States treasurer says the only counterfeit nickels he has seen are the poorest kinds of imita- tion, which no one would accept as genu- ine, and even these are seldom seen in the ordinary course of business. NEW PATRIOTIC SOCIETY. - The Military and Naval Order of the United States. In the oldest house in New York city, }that now numbered 122 in William street, on the spot where the first blood was shed in the war of the revolution, the newly organized Military and Naval Order of the United States began its public life yester- day afternoon. The new order consists of the commis- sioned officers of the army and navy, or the male descendants of the same, who fought in one of the four wars waged by the United States against a foreign foe. The officers of the society are as follows: Commander, David Banks; ‘vice command- er, Jas. H. Morgan; judge advocate and acting secretary, Frank M. Avery; treas- urer, Gen. Egbert L. Viele, U. S. V.; deputy secretary, Robert Webb Morgan; chaplain, the Rey. Dr. T. Stafford Browne; compan- ions of the council, Gen. Alexander S. Webb, U. S. A.; Gen. Fitz John Porter, U. S$. A.; Gen. John P. Hatch, U. S. Aj; Gen. Gustavus W. Smith, Col. Delancey Floyd Jones, U. S. A.; Col. John C. Calhoun, Lieut. Irving M. Avery, U. 8. V.; Charles H. Murray, Maturin L. Delafield, jr., George W. Olney. —_—+--____. Grand Jury Cases. Several grand jury cases were called in Judge Kimball's court this afterrioon, and three of them were held for trial. One of them was Edward C. Tremaine, the young ran arrested for picking the pocket of J. B. Agnew, as printed in yesterday's Star, and he was committed to jail for the grand jury, in default of $1,000 bail. William H. Dangler was charged with second offense, petit larceny. It was charged that he stole scme cigars, tobacco and dry goods from the store of Mrs. Andrea, No. 915 C street southeast, and bond in his case was fixed at $500. Bond was fixed in the same amount in the case ot Charles S. Bowie, who was charged with having entered the tool house of F. W. Venable with intent to commit a felony. Solomon Alston and his son Ran- som were charged with the theft of a horse, and the case went over. The horse formerly belonged to Alston, but had been purchased’ by Mrs. Spellman, and now Alston again claims the animal. ee Tomorrow’s Alexander Island Entifes First race, six ad a quarter furlongs.— Pottowattoiie, 105} Hemet, 105; Criterion, 105; Clanstwan, 108} Tumult, 105; Pocahon- tas, 105; MeKeever, 105; Phil. Daly, 105; Fannie Maftin, 105y Jennie T., 105; Andrew D., 105; Jim R.,2105; Lotion, 105; Fagot, 105; Brightwood, 108. fae Second rdce, six and a quarter furlongs.— “Vo . 115; Pantata, 115; Ram: Vo! a, 115; Red Grose 15; Déspatr, 112; Jim McLaugh- lin, 112; Lata, 113; Jersey Pat, 12, Third race, five-eights of a ile— Mickey B., 101; BeSsemer, 101; Mate, 105; Paragon, 405; Forest, 108; Elmstone, 105; Grand Prim 102. Fourth fopm and @ half turlongs— Quilla, 107; Miss Castles, 107; Northford, 112; Frolit; 109; ‘Flash, Bob. Miller, 100; McFonso, 1i2; Indian Girl, 107. Fifth race, four and a half furlongs— Lady Danby, 107; Apprentice, 112; Fritz, 109; John “Croker (late Stella gid.), 109; Princess, 107; O’Hearn, 109; Bellagio, 109. SS No Power to Retaliate. When the dispatch concerning a meet- ing at Juraez, Mexico, to urge retalation against the United States was shown to Minister Romero of Mexico, he said: “The Mexican states have no power to retaliate against any foreign government, and there- fore, whatever may be the wishes of the Mexican citizens of Juarez, neither they nor the people of Chihuahua can do any- thing which will affect the commerce of the United States on the frontier.” —_+o+—___ Mr. McAdoo Has the Grip. Assistant Secretary McAdoo is confined to his house today with an incipient attack of the grip. : advertising, pro- 3 MONEY FOR SEALERS Question Asked in the House of ¢ Commons. WHAT WILL THE UNITED STATES D0? The English Government Unable to - Say. DISCONTENT IN CANADA LONDON, March 7.—Sir Richard Web- ster, member for the Isle of Wight division of Hampshire and one of the British coun- sel before the Bering sea tribunal of ar- bitration, in the house of commons today questicned the government in regard to the negotiations, for a settlement with the United States of the British sealers’ claims for seizure prior to the arbitration pro- ceedings. ’ He pointed out that the award of the tribunal was adverse to the United States, vhe orly point unsettled-being the amount vf compensation, and that Canada had agreed to the sum she was willing to ac- cept in’full payment of her claims. Con- sequertly Sir Richard Webster asked whether, in view of the great and growing discontent in Canada, the government proposes to take any (and if so, what) steps to settle the dispute, either by ob- taining the payment by the United States of the agreed amounts, or, if necessary, by arbitration. a In_addition, Sir George Baden-Powell, M. P., and one of the British commission- ers on the Bering sea tribunal, asked what conditions were attached to the agreement to enable the award to be carried out in the event of any failure upon the part of the United States Congress to appropriate the necessary moneys, and in the event of th@ United States government not being in a position to pay the sum for some time to come, whether her majesty’s govern- ment would take steps to advance said sum to the sealers, many of whom were in se- rious want, owing to the long-deferred payment of their acknowledged claims for just compensation. Replying to these questions, Sir Edward Grey, parliamentary secretary to the for- eign office, said that Canada had agreed to accept a lump sum of $425,000 from the United States in settlement of all claims. But as yet the money had not been paid. No representations, however, had been received from Canada on the subject of the refusal of the American Uongress to agree to the appropriations, but the delay in the payment of the claims must necessarily be felt, and must be the cause of disappoint- ment and loss. ir Edward Grey added that the ne; tlationr which were originally in ogee respecting all claims of British subjects for injuries sustained at the hands of United States cruisers were suspended when the United States offered the pay- — of a lump sum. ‘e secretary of foreign affairs,Gresham, had expressed mch regret at the un- {ecnnateaclay, on had taken place in ie ‘ging of the obligatio: United States. Ga aa ———>. Fire in a Steamer’s Hold. BOSTON, March 7.—Fire was discovered last night in the main hold of the British steamer Naparima, which arrived late yes- terday afternoon from Matanseas, Cuba, with a cargo of sugar. It is thought that most of the cargo has been ruined by wa- ter. It consisted of 2,100 tons of sugar in bags, valued at $125,000, consigned to the American Sugar Refining Company of this city. It is fully insured. ——__ Bessie Fairbanks Held. NEW YORK, March 7.—Bessle Fairbanks, who last night shot Isaac A. Cochran, was today ‘held for examination on Saturday. Cochran will probably survive his injuries, but will lose his sight. —— Can Wear Distinguished Garb. TRENTON, N. J., March 7.—The senate today defeated Senator Roger’s bill making it a misdeameanor for any public school teacher to wear any garb,. insignia, em- blem or marks indicating that such teacher belongs to any sect or religious order. The vote was 16 to 5. The five voting for the bill were Bradley, Packer, Roger, (republicans); Staats (democrat). ‘The governor vetoed the elective judiciary bill. —_——_—>——_ Sentenced to Hang. NASHVILLE, Tenn., March 7.—The su- preme court today sentenced Matthews Cal- loway,, colored, to be hanged on April 28, at Columbia, for the murder of a half- witted negro named James Waters. Mary Waters, wife of the victim, who was in- dicted on the charge of aiding and abetting in the crime,was sentenced to imprisonment for life. es ‘War on the Pool Rooms. JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., March 7.—The house today passed the senate bill prohibit- ing pool selling and bookmaking except upon race courses during the racing season. —_—.—__. . Victory for Women. AUGUSTA, Me., March 7.—The woman’s suffrage bill passed the house today by a vote of 80 to 55. It has-yet to pass the Senate. ——— Funeral of Ex-Detective Raff. The funeral of ex-Detective Raff, who died in St. Elizabeth’s Asylum Tuesday, took place this afternoon from the resi- dence of his widow on E street northwest. The pallbearers were Detectives Board- man,Weedon, Proctor, Carter, Gallaher and Rhodes. After services at the house the body was interred in the Adas Israel ceme- tery, near Anacostia. —_——_ Bill in Equity. A bil in equity was filed today by Henry W. Stevens, as the father and next friend of Florence R. Stevens, an infant, against Chas. A. Pike and others, for the. construc- tion of the will of the child’s grandmother, Mary Pike. + Marriage Licenses. Marriage licenses have been issued to the following: John Hammond and Slanna Vir- ; Joseph Bohannan and Virginia ; Willian Simpson and Sarah An- derson; Henry M. Gray and Mary M. Are- good; Walter Myers and Sopha Johnson; John E, Dyson and Ida Fisher; James E. Scott and Catherine F. Reiser; John Longsdaile of Accomac cotmty and Mary Hopkins of District of Columbia. See Mental Condition. Petitions for an inquiry into the mental condition of Walter Brownell, Martha C, Polly and Sodosia Butler, alleged lunatics, were filed today by the attorney for the District. . ——>—_—_ ‘The Emancipation Parade. At a regular meeting of the Southwest Division of the Emancipation Association held Tuesday night Lewis Willis, the presi- dent, In the chair, the chief marshal of the day addressed the meeting in the interest of harmony. Berry Broadus, Samuel 8. Nixon and A. B. Jones were appointed a committee on chariot, music and ship. a Arrivals of Fish. Potomac river fish are getting more plentiful, and each day the shipments show an increase. The arrivals yesterday as shown in the report of Inspector Harris, were 320 bunches of rockfish, 620 herring, 287 bunches of yellow perch, 119 bunches of white perch, 133 bunches of catfish, 58 bunches of pike, 36 bunches of mullets and 8 bunches of eels. The report also shows that 1,400 bushels of oysters arrived yes- terday. ———___ Destroyed by Fire. The residence of Mr. W. H. Hinchman,on his farm near Forestville, Md., was totally destroyed by fire, with all of the contents, last Monday. This house was one of the old Jandmarks of Maryland. VENISON AS FOOD. A Consular Report on Deer Breeding in Germany. “Cheaper venison for American cities” is the subject of an interesting report to the State Department by Mr. Charles de Kay, United States consul general at Ber- in. . “The abundance and excellence of venison,” he says, “cannot fail to strike the attention of those who live in German cities. It is a common dish practically all the year round; its price is so moderate that only the poorest classes fail to taste it now and then. The reason for this is the high cultivation of forestry and the care with which deer are bred, fed and protected from poachers. Considering the excellence of venison as food and the small cost of rearing herds of deer under proper Protection, it is in America especially that steps to form practical deer parks might be easy and of profit. In the neighborhood of great cities the supply of water has to be regulated by the preservation of large dis- tricts of more or less mountainous, more or less woody country. In New York, for example, the Adirondacks and the water- shed of the Croton river are, or are to be, reserved for reasons affecting the water ‘upply of New York city and of a large part of the state—directly or indirectly affecting it. It is in such districts that a scientific breeding of deer might be car- ried on with small cost, relatively speak- ing. The annual killing and sale of ani- mals of the proper sort would furnish an income far beyond the aggregate of@sal- aries for overseers, foresters and guards. Considering the Problem. Of late the problem of improvement on the indigenous red deer of Europe has oc- cupied various gentlemen in North Ger- many, among whom of special note is Herr Winter in Berlin. He has been: ex- perimenting for the last decade on the American wapiti (Cervus maior Ameri- canus) as a cross on the small native red deer (Cervus elephas), in order to obtain a larger, heavier, more meaty animal, and thus increase the value of Prussia’s deer herds. Mr. Winter has been successful im every way. By removing the does of wa? piti and supplying the red does with young wapiti stags only, he obtained the desired cross. Between 1887 and. 180 he gained forty half-breed from such unions, and he now has eighty-six. They are regularly of very much greater size than the red deer. Related Through Their Ancestry. He has also proved that wepiti and red deer are related through their ancestry, because the half-breeds are not sterile, are not mules, but breed readily to red deer or to wapiti again. Wapiti were first brought to Europe in 1835, but did not do well in England or on the continent. But some of them left half-breed descendants in Silesia, and in 1876 the late Emperor William I shot a stag of twenty-two points, weighing 500 German pounds. Now, how- ever, the certainty of the practical benefits of the cross has been demonstrated, and more wapiti are to be imported from Amer- ica to still further enlarge the structure and strengthen the breed of the deer in North Germany, In the United States forests wild animals have been cut off with a recklessness which 1s bringing its ewn punishment or has already brought evils. It seems well to call the attention of individuals, clubs, corporations and states to the folly of neglecting any longer the formation of parks, and furthermore to point out the way to a supply of food which is savory and can be made reasona- bly cheap. Large tracts of hill range and woodland, now absolutely necessary to the water systems of cities, must be carefully watched and guarded in any case. They might be stocked with wapiti and Virginia deer, and the herds then regularly decimat- ey, the markets with wholesome ——__-o+___—_ LABOR AND CAPITAL. Representative Phillips’ Plan for Set- tling Some Existing Problems. Representative Phillips of Pennsylvania said today before leaving for home that he will renew his efforts in the next Con- gress for the passage of his bill authoriz- ing the appointment of a non-partisan com- mission to collate and to consider and recommend legislation to meet the prob- lems presented by labor, agriculture and capital. He will urge the bill in the House and Senator Perkins of California will in- troduce it in the Senate. Mr. Phillips’ bill was unanimously re- ported by the House and Senate commit- tees having charge of labor matters, and it is said that only the shortness of the ses- sion prevented action upon the bill by both houses of Congress. In the closing days of the session a petition was presented to Speaker Crisp signed by -200 members of the House asking him to recognize Mr. Phillips, to suspend the rules and pass the bill, but the pressure of other business was too strong. The bill authorizes the President to ap- point a non-partisan industrial commission of fifteen members, who shall in turn select six additional members, the whole to sit in Washington and investigate labor prob- lems and the needs of agriculture, recom- mending state and national remedial legis- lation. Mr. Phillips’ friends in the House say .they will urge his appointment as chairman of the committee on labor. in the next House. —S es AUDITOR MORTON. Stories as to Hin Removal and Tranus- fer From the Navy Department. ‘Various stories are afloat in the Treasury Department concerning Mr. Chas. B. Mor- ton, auditor for the Navy Department. One is that he is to be removed and another Is that he is to be transferred to another of- fice equally as good as the one he holds. The removal story is based on allegations that he has gone out of his way to criti- cise the President and Secretary Carlisle on questions of public policy. One of these allegations is that he has made verbal statements reflecting upon the integrity of the high officials mentioned. It is said that the matter was reported to the Pres- ident several weeks ago, but-that he is not yet prepared to take cognizance of it. The transfer story originated in a report that Auditor Morton has made himself personally distasteful to the officials of the Navy Department and that in consequence the business of the office is embarrassed. Mr. Morton is a well-known politician of Maine. He was commissioner of naviga- tion under Cleveland’s first administration and he received his present commission from President Cleveland. He says he knows of no trouble in his office and is not aware that he is in danger of removal. If any action .s taken in this case It will not be until the President returns from his ducking expedition. ——___-.-— Fourth-Cinss Postmasters. Twenty-eight fourth-class postmasters, twenty-four of whom were to fill vacancics caused by death and resignations, were ap- pointed today. Grain and Cotton Markets. Cotton and market rted by W. B. Hibbs, 1421 ae Freinien Bay sowing Price & o., New York. x BALTIMORE, March 7.—Flour steady, un —recelpts, 9,786 barrels; shipments, 711 barrels: sales, 1,040 barrels. Wheat quiet and lower—spot and month, 58%a58i%; May, steamer No. 2 red, 55%a55%—recel| 4,000 bushels: le, 7047S; Sere x bushels; st 353, hele; sales, 21,000 bushels; southern’ white and yellow oo 48%. Oats firmer—No. 2 white western, 48a: 3 ; No. 2 oixed, ‘34934%—receipta, 1,187 4 731 Rye dull—No. 2, 57—stock, to choice timo- Range of the Thermometer. The following were the readings of the thermometer at the weather bureau today: 8 a.m., 35; 2 p.m., 53. imum, 55; 82, mum, ‘National Union, 15 FINANCE AND TRADE Opening Prices on a Par With Yes- terday’s Closing. DULLNESS THE FEATORE OF THE DAY Speculation in Sugar Was Large a and Lively. GENERAL MARKET REPORTS od Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. NEW YORK, March 7.—Opening prices this morning were about on-a parity with those recorded at the clcse of yesterday’s business. There were no stocks pressing for sale and the room element seemed op- posed to declaring a preference for either side of the market: Dutiness, with a mark- ed fendency toward irregularity, was the natural outcome of such conditions, _ ‘The trading in Sugar was large In volume and extremely erratic. in purpose. On early trading the price advanced steadily for a gain of 1 per cent, but reacted on selling for both accounts for a net loss of 1 1-2 per cent, maktng the price 91 1-4. ‘The meeting of directors during the early afternoon had hardly convened before the decline was brovght te an abrupt termina- tion and _a strong buying movement in- augurated, which forced the price up to 94 7-8. In this latter movement the vol- ume of business was larger than that re- cently accorded any stock on the list. - If the tape may be relied upon, and as a rule no evidence is more accurate, the next dividend in Sugar common will be at the usual rate of 12 per cent per annum. Itis probable that an effort will be made to show that the money thus distributed to shareholders was not earned during the last quarter, and that the surplus of the company has been depleted to the extent of the disbursement. Th2 object of such a showing will be readily and correctly interpreted by those in any way familiar with the process of manipulation. National Lead was in mod- erate demand, and gained 1-2 per cent from opening figures in consequence. Dis- tillers yielded 5-8 per cent on realizing sales during the morning, but regained the greater part of the loss later in the day. In the railway list prices, in many in- stances, were permitted to prevail within narrow fractional limits of those first quoted. New York Central was weak, at a reduction of 1-2 per cent, due largely to professional trading. New Jersey Central was marked up 1-2 per cent on covering and some buying in anticipation of im- portant favorable developments in the an- thrucite coal trade. “The advance was short-lived, however, 2s advantage waa taken of the higher level to put out new lines of short stock, the price yielding 1 per cent during the precess. Manhattan gained 1 1-4 per cent on a fair volume of business attributed to the investment account. Baltimore and Ohio opened off % per cent, and sold down to 52, the lowest point yet touched. At this point brokers conspicuous among recent sellers were active in buying back their stock, the price advancing 1 14 per cent in_consequence. In the last hour the announcement that the regular 3 per cent quarterly dividend had been declared on Sugar, payable April 2 to stockholdees of record March 14, caus- ed a reaction of 1 per cent. Realizing sales were soon discontinued, however, and on renewed buying the price was forced up to the highest point of the day. In the opinion of many a large short interest is being formed at the advance. a 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. Correspondents Messrs. Moore & Schley, No. 80 Broadway: Open, Hizh, Low. Close, 81M OY 851 Canada Canada Pacific. Chesapeake and and St. Pai Chie.. El. a1 Del., Lack. and W.. Delaware and Hudson n. and R. Grande Pfd and Cattle Feeding. Palla. and Reading. Pullman Pal. Car Co. IM Wheeling and L. Krie.. 935 935 OO Wheeling and L.F. Pid. 363 363; 86H (BOIS Western Union Tel. ig Big BON BO Wisconsin Central : : Siiver....... Sales—regular | call— road 6s, $1,000 at 99%, 20 at 2 at 5 at 56; 25, at t 56; 2 at 56. American Grap! phone, 100 at Sy. Afier call—U, S. Blectric Light, 5 at 13 i . 1 .—U. 8. 48, registered, 111 bid, naked ers ‘coupon, 112% bid, 1134 asked. S. 5s, 1 B ‘Columbia Bonds.—20-year fund 5s, 106% bid. “So-year Tund 6s, gold, 1i4 bid. Water stock 7s, 1901, currency, 11% id. Water stock 1903, currency, 1: a. 3.058, funding, currency, ins iid, 11st asked. 314s, registe1 2-1ds, 1 bid. Miscellaneous Bonds.—Washii town Railroad conv. 68, Ist, 1: Yashington and town 130 bid, 141 asked. Metropol 9914 bid, 100 asked. asked. Bekit cu Security and Trust 6s, A. 100 bid. Wash- ington Market Company Ist 6s, 110% bid. Wash- ington Market Company imp. 6s, 110: ington Market Company, ext Gs, 107%» eonic Hall Association Ss, ‘ashington ‘ht Infantry Ist Ga, 101% Did, 102% asked. Wash- ie Tatantry 20%, 101% bid. Nati Bank Stocks.— o ase ropolitan, 280 bid, B00 asked Met tan, . bid. Farmers’ and Mechanics’, 160 bid, Second, 139 bid, 150 asked. " Citizens’, 735 bid. Columbia, 130 bid, 140 asked, 115 bid. West End, 109% bid. 112 asked. Lincoln, 99% bid. Safe Deposit and ‘Trust, Com it a (24 bi 5 Foun and ‘Trust, 117% hay 20 ake, ‘American Security and Trust, 184 bid, 135% asked. Washing- ton Safe Deposit, 95 asked. ‘Stocks.—Washington ‘and Georgetown, 276 bid. 300 aeked, Metropolitan, 65, bid. 70 asked: Columbia, 63 bid, 70 aske It, 25 asked. Eck. ington, 30 bid. 'Georgetor town, 86 ced. Electric Light Stocks.—Washi 30 atkot.“Geosgerown Gas, rcoran, 57_ bid. bid, 157 asked. German-American, 164 Cais koa . Rij Me , 7 Bip asked. sincola, bid, Si suked. ” Goramercial 45 bi Cor 154 4 Insurance Stocks.—Real Estate Tit 108 bias “Vie asked. Columbia ‘Title, 7% bi inet Wastington Tiite, 8 asked. “District Ti ul ‘Telephone Stocks.—Pennsylvania, 50 asked. apeake and Potomac, Soi bid Sp asked, amet Gun Gartinge, "25 bide Bp asked aes at 5 Stocks.—Washington Market, bids “Great Palle fee; 130 bide 145 waked” Bolt Tun Panorama, 25 asked. Norfolk and. Washington Steamboat, 100 asked. Lincoln Hall, 85 bid,