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LATE NEWS BY WIRE Rumors Regarding Baltimore Con- ference Appointments. PROBABLE CHANGES OF LOCAL INTEREST Discussion of the Case of Dr. i . Naylor. ' WORK AT WASHINGTON Bpecisl Dispatch to The Evening Star. BALTIMORE, Md., March 11.—There was nothing in today’s routine proceedings of the Baltimore conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church that interfered for any length of time with the gossip which is m- variably the feature of the day or two im- mediately preceding adjournment. Unless there is unlooked for debate the one hun- dred and eleventh annual session will come to an end tomorrow, and, although in the regular course of events, comparatively few changes are likely to occur, there is never- theless possibility of transfers that would awaken things and give local Methodism scmething to talk about for months to come. Bishop Andrews and his council of presid- ing elders have met frequently, and with a degree of secrecy n¥t common to this con- ference, at least, have endeavored (and to scme extent successfully) to prevent even the smaliest scrap of real information reaching those who might be directly ‘or indirectly interested therein. But the truth will out anyhow, and, although it is the episcopal prerogative to upset every ar- langement at the last moment, it can nevertheless be announced that the changes, in which some of Washington's Methodists are deeply concerned, have been agreed upon. 4 No conclusion, however, has been reached as to what ts commonly referred to as “the Naylor case,” in which the entire con- ference is sincerely interested. Bishop Jcyce arrived in Baltimore Saturday even- ing and has spent some time in the com- pany of -Bishop Andrews. Of course it is gererally understood that visiting bishops never attempt to interfere with the plans of a presiding bishop,but it would be rather strange were Bishop Joyce to refrain from Saying a good word for Dr. Naylor, who was a college chum, and for whom his friendship is more than ordinarily warm. The vigorously exptessed desire of Dr. Naylor's well wishers is that he be reap- peinted presiding elder of the Washington district, and they are arguing the feasi- bility of their preposition. the remedy is to be found in taking Dr. W. S. Edwards off the Esst Baltimore district, where he has already served an unusually long term, in transferring Luther B. Wil- son to the place thus made vacant and in appointing Dr. Naylor to the old district from which he was removed. Another proposition that finds favor with many of the conference leaders involves the returning to the pastoral relation of W. M. Ferguson, presiding elder of the Balti- more district, and the transfer to that dis- trict of Presiding Elder Wilsor, who has, it s cheerfully steted everywhere, ren- dered most excellent service. It may be stated emphatically that Bishop Andrews does not approve either idea. ‘The bishop is said to be anxious to amend the deetor’s material status, but he cannot see how such action is possible without what he deems improper disturbance of ministers who were in no sense responsible fer Dr. Naylor’s decapitation a year ago. This afternoon and evening there will pe further consideration given the mat- ter, and it may be that a way will be found 20 give Dr. Naylor a presidirg eldership, but should that fail to materialize then a movement is to start in favor of a Wash- ‘mgton pastorate for the doctor. That out- took, however, is the least promisirg cf the two, for as the program now is all the Washington congregations where the itin- eracy rule does not demand a change are to have their present pastors returned to them. Dr. Gibson's Assignment. One of the difficulties with which the bishop and his advisers have labored 1s that of finding a suitable appointment for Dr. Gibson, who has served Waugh for five years, and who must therefore move on. Saturday afternoon it was thought that the doctor would be sent to Frederick, and there was a rumor that assigned him to Annapolis, but both plans have gone glim- nering, and now Waugh's pastor has to choose between Laurel and Piedmont. The Frederick proposition was opposed by a strong committee from that town, a com- mnittee that insisted upon the return of A. H. Zimmerman. The Annapolis rumor would not stand handling, for W. lL. Mc- Dowell has an extensive work on hand there that could not safely be interrupted at this time. Changes of Local Interest. Waugh is almost certain ‘to get the preacher it has asked for—E. O. Eldridge; and the vacancy caused by his leaving Douglas Memorial is likely to be filled by the appointment of John L. Walsh of Westminster. The hole at Westmiaster will almost surely be stopped by Joel Brown, whom the time limit removes from Union, to make way for A. Bielaski, at present stationed at Piedmont. The com- mittee from Union—Messrs. A. 8. Taylor, E. 8. Wescott and F. C. Linger—cast long- .ng eyes for a while at G. C. Bacon of Ha- gerstown, but without success up to this hour, for there seems to be unanimous tes- timony as to Mr. Bacon’s remaining longer at his present station; hezee the detail of Mr. Btelaski, who has the reputation of being a most excellent specimen of Metho- distic energy and ability. W. H. Chapman goes to Brookland and Langdon. Among the things that may be Is the ap- pointment of a young and wide-awake Minister to start a small church in the vicinity of Dupont Circle. Dr. Corey is said to be weary of his “‘curbstone” pastor- ate, and will unquestionably be relieved if he but asks to be, and it is understood that he has made such a request. Originally it was Dr. Corey’s intention to secure a large sum of money with which to build a great Methodist church in the fashionable rorthwest, and it was this intention that gave him the empty appointment, which he is now. Ifkely to jose. The financial stringency killed the plan. Now. the chances favor a_ small ehureh, “an offshoot of the Metropolitan,” and a youpg preacher, not far from Stew- art castle. Dr. Corey will not be given an appointment for the coming year. He pre- fers io maintain a nominal relation until This Morning's Session. The routine proceedings of the confer- ence were generally unimportant today, a large part of the morning being devoted to memorial services over those members who died during the past year. Thomas Myers, John W. Cornelius, W. T. D. Clem and Littleton F. Morgan were the names on the mortuary roll. Each life was sketched in a carefully compiled and properly eulogistic memoir, and these papers were read to the biggest attendance that, despite snow and sleet, has yet attended the sessions. Chaplain McCabe added to the effectiveness of the eceasion (at the request of the conference) by taking charge of the singing. Among those who addressed the cen- ference in behalf of Methodist enterprises were Bishop Joyce, Chaplain McCabe, wko announced that the Baltimore conference Was more than $3,000 over the line of a million and a half for missions; Dr. Day, chancellor of the Syracuse University, and Dr. Harmon of Dickinson College. The Washington District. In the Rev. W. L. McDowell the confer- ence has a first-class statistical secretary, who has forced business a trifle so as to let the readers of today’s Star know all that the conference will know for some time to come of the figures which show the state of affairs in the Washington district. Two or three of the minor churches have not reported, but even with these out the show- ing is-a good one, better than ever before. Here are the condensed statements as to membership and property: Number oi probationers, 722; full mem- bers, 7,003; deaths, 105: children baptized, 626; adults baptized, 59; Sunday schools, 67; officers and teachers, 1,263; scholars, 8925; churches, 66; probable value, $871,800; parsonages, 21; probable value, $105,500; ‘They insist that f , _ THE EVENING STAR, MONDAY, MARCH 11, 1895-TWELVE PAGES. paid for building and improving churches and parsonages, $6,494; paid on old indebt- edness on church property, $12,730; present indebtedness on church 7» $54,578. In the matter of berevolences Washing- ton district has done nobly. with other districts is not now possible, but when it is there will be nothing for Wash- izgton Methodists to be ashamed of. Here are the official figures: Missions, parent board, $9,301; Woman's Foreign Missionary Soctety, $2,122; Wo- man’s Home Missionary Society, $14,753; board of church extension, $506; Sunday School Union, $102; Tract Society, $82; Freedman’s Aid and Scuthern Educational Society, $377; children’s fund. $272; other educational objects, $2,290; American Bible Soclety, $136: Episcopal fund, $532; confer- ence claimants, $1,340; general conference expenses, $146; sustentation fund, $874; to- tal, $32,737. a HEAVY BUFFALO FAILURE. Assignment. of John B. Manning, the Maltster. BUFFALO, March 11.—John B. Maaning, the malster, made an assignment today to John A. Kennedy of the Niagara Bank. ‘The assignment is ascribed to the failure of the Standard Brewing Company of Bal- timore, which company owed John B, Man- ning and Manning & Sons upwards of $160,000. 4 Mr. Manning has been mayor of 3uffalo, and possesses large property interests in this city and vicinity, upon which during the recent period of depression he has been unable to realize ready cash. He has heen looked ypon as one of the solid financial men of Buffalo, and it is said that the as- sets will exceed the liabilities. The total liabilities are not yet definitely known. The preferences amount to $50,000. Mr. Manning was president and a heavy stockholder of the Galland-Henning Pneu- matic Malting Drum Company, controlling a valuable patent used in malting in many Cities. . ——_—_ + SHOT WIFE AND SELF. The ‘Double Crime of a Cincinnati Laborer. = CINCINNATI, Ohio, March 11.—Michael McCarthy, a laborer, shot his wife in their apartments, 1714 West 6th street, today, went to the house of his brother-in-law and told of his crime and then shot himself in the breast and lay down to die on the river bank. The wife will die, but the murderer is expected to recover. Kolb Going to Birmingham. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. MONTGOMERY, Ala., March 11.—Capt. Kolb, who claims to be Alabama's rightful gcvernor, left Montgomery this morning for Birmingham, to be present at the meet- ing of the populists’ executive committee tomorrow, called for the purpose of de- termining whether the party shall adopt revolutionary methods to seat Kolb. The Star correspondent attempted to interview him before he left, but he declined to talk, saying, “I have written a strong commu- mication to the committee, which will be given to the press.” It is sald here that Kolb favors revolutionary methods, and seme of his friends are claiming that he can get 50,000 men well armed and equipped to move on the state capital in twenty- four hours. It is said the committee will be about evenly divided on Kolb’s propo- sition. Senator Goodwyn and Mr. Man- ning, populite leaders, are violently op- Pcsed to Kolb’s use of force. ets A Tennessee Tragedy. NASHVILLE, Tenn., March 11.—John Seaye, an old fisherman, who lived three miles from this city, was killed last night by Allen Allsbrook, a nineteen-year-old bey, who-escaped from the Tennessee In- dustrial School’ yesterday. Allsbrook sur- rendered today. He says that while in- toxicated he applied fér a night's lodging, which Seaye refused. He says that Seaye attempted to strike him, whereupon he struck Seaye. ——.__ New Englanders Visit Georgia. ATLANTA, Ga., March 11—A committee frem the Massachusetts general assembly, ecmposed of two senators and eight rep- resentatives, have arrived in Atlanta for ife purpose of investigating the industrial situation in the south and inquiring into the special inducements held out by the laws of the state of Georgia, making it more profitable for the New England cot- ton mills to do business in this section. —_s—___ Glove Contests Allowable. NEW ORLEANS, La.» March 11.—In the case of the state agt. the Olympic Club, the case was decided in favor of the club on all points in controversy. Glove con- tests will, therefore, be permitted as here- tofore. —__ A Sensation at Chattanooga. ‘Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. CHATTANOOGA, Tenn., Mareh 11.—A. M. Doyle, a local mail carrier,three months ago, after drawing his pay for the quarter, disappeared, leaving his family in this city destitute. Nothing bas been heard from him until yesterday, when a letter was re- ceived from a friend of the family stating thet he had been married at Sulphur Rock, Ark. At the time of the wedding he said his wife was dead. Mrs. Doyle No. 1 will prosecute him for bigamy, and he will be brought back at cnce. He was always con- sidered a straightforward man, and the af- fair has created a great sensation. a Locked Up as a Runaway. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. PETERSBURG, Va., March 11.—Ben. Collins, aged twelve years, of, Nash- ville, N. C., who says he is a son of B. F. Collins, an employe in the patent office at Washington, is in the police station here, having been arrested today on suspicion of being a runaway from home. His father has been notified of his arrest. The lad says he left home last Thursday with his brother Archie, to visit his uncle, ‘Thomas Collins, in Richmond, but when they got there they found that their uncle had gone to Texas to reside. The lad says his broth- er left him at Richmond. —_—_. A Smallpox Case. Another case of smallpox came to light yesterday, the patient being Charles But- ler, colored, three years old, whose father, Benjamin Butler, a huckster, was taken to the smallpox hospital two weeks ago from his home, No. 2104 11th street northwest. Mrs. Butler, the child’s mother, did not want her child sent to the hospital, and only consented after receiving a message from her husband telling her to send the boy down to him. Butler, as already stated, was sent to the hospital just two weeks ago, and this is just the time the health officials are ex- pecting to hear from his case, if any per- sons were infected at the time he was taken sick. . Today thde was a suspected case re- ported from ‘the neighborhood of the Butler house, and the patient was Isolated and is under observation. ——— Hawkins Divorce Suit. In the suit filed by Sarah A. against John H. Hawkins, for maintenance, Judge Hagner today allowed Mrs. Hawkins $35 a month. She is given the guardianship and custody of the child, a girl, and fs given a further allowance of $10 a month for the maintenance of the child. The order made today is to hold until the further direction of the court, or until the defendant re- stimes the marital relations with his wife. About a year ago Mr. Hawkins, a clerk in one of the government departments, sued for divorce, charging Mrs. Hawkins with desertion. That suit, however, was dis- missed, the wife's suit for maintenance fol- lowing. —_—__ To Stow Cause. Judge Hagner today directed George Kain to show cause on the 18th instant why his wife, Cora O. M. Kain, should not be grant- ed alimony and counsel fees in the suit for divorce fled by Mrs. Kain. ——— Real Estate Matters. James G. Jester, real estate broker, has sold for Wm. E. Chandler to Mrs, Anna Brahler lot 19 feet front on Maryland ave- nue northeast between 6th and 7th streets. A four-story brick and stone dwelling is to be erected on this lot. Mr. Colonna’s Pince Asked For. ‘The Secretary of the Treasury, it is un- derstood, has requested the resignation of Mr. Benjamin A. Colonna, assistant superintendent of the coast survey, KILLED BY A STREET CAR. Patel Ending’ of s Boy's Bide on tho Oo- !~ Jumbia Boad, A Coroncr’s Jury Teday Returns s Verdict of Accidental Denth. Five years ago an eight-year-old boy named Charles Hessler was run over and killed by a brick cart at the corner of North Capitol and H streets. Yesterday afternoon Arthur P. Hessler, eleven years old, was run over by a Columbia street railway car at the same cerner and his life crushed out. Both victims of these pe- cullar accidents were. brothers and the sons of Conrad G. Hessler, a bricklayer, residing at No. 826 Ist street northeast. Arthur’s death was the result of acci- dent. With a number of other boys he had been playing on the roadbed between the tracks trying to catch the newly start- ed cable with strings dropped through the slot, to which tin cans were attached on the surface. While engaged in this pas- time car No. 43, driven by John Johnson and.in charge of Conductor Andrew Coop- er, came along and young Hessler jumped on its side, holding on to the window ledge, while his feet rested on the brake rod di- rectly in front of the rear wheels. Sudden- ly his fingers slipped from their precarious hold, and in his endeavor to save himself he threw himself under the car. In an in- stant the wheel had passed over his chest. The car was stopped as soon as the driver —who was ignorant of the occurrence—felt the obstruction to the wheels. The child was taken to a near-by physician's, where it was found he was dead, and the body was then removed to Mr. Hessler’s home, half a square away. Driver Johnson was arrested by Officer Patrick Fitzgerald, who, by a singular co- incidence, had arrested the driver of the wagon which killed Arthur’s brother five years before, and taken to the sixth pre- cinct station to await the action of the coroner's inquest. The inquest over the body was held at police station No. 6 this afternoon. The jury was as follows: Wm. Riley, Geo. H. Gill, James Holms, Geo. W. Sollers, Julius Roth, Pliny M. Hough. The first witness was Edward Blush, who picked up the boy. He did not see the boy till the car had passed. Patrick Fitzgerald, driver of the police patrol, testified to having placed the driver of the car under arrest. Both the driver and conductor sought to aid the victim. Wm. Topham saw the accident. The boy was hanging to the guard ral!, with his feet on the axle brace. In jumping he fell and was caught by a rear wheel. Aecideptal Death, John Miller, a small boy, who was with Hessler on the car, testified to the acci- dental nature of the death. Dr. Glazebrook testified to having performed the autopsy and to the injuries sustained. John Johnson, driver of the car, gave testimony that he was going at the rate of four miles and did not see the boy. - At 2:15 the jury announced a verdict of accidental death, and that no blame at- tahes to any of the employes of the rail- road. ———— DISTRICT GOVERNMENT. Wagon Stand Abolished. The Commissioners have abolished the wagon stand on the north side of E street between 13% and lth streets, and have es- tablished one on the west side of 15th street between Pennsylvania avenue and E street, extending southwardly from the rear Hne of the Randall Hotel to the line of E street. An Additional Private. William A. Galty has been appointed an additional private on the metropolitan po- lice force for three years, for duty at the Whitney Avenue Mission. Excise Board. At a meeting of the excise board this afternocn the followtng applications for liquor licenses were granted: Wholesale— Thomas J. Biggins, 3275 M street; Joseph A. Marceron, 323 and 325 I street sovth- east. Retail—Willlam H. Brown, 216 9th street. Building Permits. The building permits issued today were as follows: Henry Schneider, three brick dwellings at Nos. 1629 to 1633 4th street, to cost $12,000; F. B. Pyle, five brick dweil- ings at Nos, 1314% to 1322 Wallach street, to cost $17,500; E. J. Newton, one brick dwelling at 1820 K street, to cost $7,500; George King, two frame dwellings, 3726 and 3728 Prospect street, to cost $2,000; W. M. King, two frame dwellings, 205 and 207 Harrison street, Anacostia, to cost $1,800. ——_—-__ Young Larcombe’s Injurtes. Griffith Larcombe, the lad who was thrown from his horse near the Long bridge last Saturday and badly injured, was taken from the Emergency Hospital Saturday night to his home, 1815 H street northwest. It is thought that he will re- cover. In Saturday’s Star young Lar- comibe’s name was inadvertently given as J. 8. Larcombe, ——__ ‘Tomorrow’s Alexander Island Entries First race, six:and one-fourth furlongs— Mattie Chun, 95; Tiny Tim, 100; Feitz, Irish Pat, 97; Mayor B., 97; Duke of Fief, 97; Lita, 95; Home Run, 100; Harry Hink- son, 100; Lum, 100. Second race, four and a half furlongs— Duke John, 103; Mikey, 103; Jim R., 103; Lilly K., 102; Jennie T., 94; Psyche, 94: Boonton, 92; Intimidad, 99; Son Malheur, 09; Charles R., 100; Trixey Gardner, 98; So- nora, 98; Con Lucy, 104; Annie T. (late An- archy filly), 86; Bon Voyage, 111. ‘Third race, 1 mile—Paris, 101; Appren- tice, 91; Leigh, 106; His Grace, 109; Prince Klamath, 105. Fifth race, 6 1-4 furlongs—Wolcott, 128; Glenall, 112; Gonzales, 122; Fluetten, 110; McFonso, 110. Fourth race, five-eighths mile—O’Hearn, 107; Flash, 101; Ludy Luce (late Uproar filly), 96; Brilliant (ate Pokna fly), 99; Quilla, 105; Little Tim, 114. es He is Dead. The police of the sixth precinct were no-" tified this afternoon of the death of Frank Delliher, an aged man who was knocked down Saturday and injured. The affair happened near 3d and Massachusetts ave- nue northwest, and it is said that a ve- hicle krocked him down, but did not pass over him. The hub of the front wheel of a grocery wagon, it is said, struck the aged man on the leg and threw him to the ground. The driver of the wagon, a young man, did not attempt to drive away and escape, but took the injured man to a drug store, paid the bills and then took him home. The wagon belongs to a grocer at New Jersey avenue and F street north-~ west. Deceased, who was about sixty-five years old, lived at 1029 North Capitol street. Coroner Hammett has been notified of the affair and will make an investigation. 2 — The Awful Tyranny of Things. From the Pall Mall Gazette. Things! Things! Things! Nothing but things!—stuffing up all the corners; crowd- ing one so that one can hardly breathe; dogging one’s footsteps so that one can hardly move. Who does not pine at times for the life of a savage? Yes, the reaction must come. We shall not be able to stand it much longer. Sooner or“later we shall all take ship for the desért islands to avold suffocation. ‘And perhaps, when they find we have all gone, the factories will cease pouring out rubbish, and the trains stop carrying and stattering it about. And the stuffed-up houses will crumble away and cover up all the things they are so full of, until the city becomes a great smooth mound with grass growing at the top. But then our descendants will come back from the desert islands with spades, and dig them all up again and put them in rows in museums and label them all with their wrong names. We could not bear that. Perhaps we had better save them the trouble by staying where we are. rmy Orders. ‘The leave of absence of First Lieut. Will- jam H. Bean, second cavalry, is extended cne month on account of sickness. The leave of absence granted First Lieut. ‘Thomas H. Wilson, second infantry, is ex- tended one month. Said JE is well for advertisers fo feep steadifp in mind the fact Bat The Star mates 4 sworn detaifed statement ec Saturday of ifs civeu: fation for; Be preceding week — and that itis the onfp Wash: ington newspaper that recz ognizes Ce right of the ad- bertiser fo Know the measure of pubficity for which Be is paying. The amount of ad- pertising appearing daifp in The Star is ample evidence that this poficy is apprect: ated. She average daifp civcufation fast week was 35,280. APPLYING FOR RELEASE. Geo. Tolman Says He Has Been Sen- ‘tenced for Life. Judge McComas, late this afternoon, con- sidered the applfcation for the release from Jail of Geo. R. Tolman, a Treasury De- partment clerk, convicted on the 19th of last month by Judge Hagner as in con- tempt of court, for failing to pay Eva Francis Tolman $600 back alimony. The petitioner was represented by Mr. H. E. Davis, Mr. O. D. Barrett: representing Mrs.. Tolman. In explaining the case to the court Mr. ‘Davis stated that it was a novelty in this jurisdiction, and the petitioner, being un- able to pay the money, and he having been committed until. he purged himeelf of con- tempt by paying the same, Tolman, con- tended ‘Mr. Davis, was practically con- demned to life imprisonment. Mrs. Tol- man, stated Mr. Davis, had not sued tor divorce, but for alimony or maintenance | only, and had been granted an allowance of $50 a month. There had been no_ testimony taken, merely a bill of complaint and answer, ex- plained Mr. Davis, and Judge Hagner had granted the allowance on that showing. Mr. Tolman, said Mr. Davis, had shown Judge Hagner that he was unable to pay the amount due, but had expressed a de- sire and willingness to resume the marital relations and provide for his wife. But Judge Hagner, stated Mr. Davis, had re- fused to hear Tolman until after he paid the back alimony. Therefore, explained Mr. Davis, the petitioner had been struck dumb by Judge Hagner, not being allowed to be heard until he had first paid the amount which he had declared he was and is still unable to pay. The situation of the petitioner, declarés Mr. Davis, was that of @ man sentenved to prison for life. There is no law to warrant such a thing here, contended Mr! Davis, and he read numer- ous authorities which, he claimed, sup- ported his contention. Without desiring to be offensive, explain- ed Mr. Davis, he was bound to say that the petitioner had been sentenced to jail by a court blind and deaf to the complaints made by the petitioner. The imposition of the imprisonment, said Mr. Davis, was in the nature of'an inforcement of a proceed- ing to collect a debt. There being no imprisonment for debt in the District, said Mr. Davis, another rea- son was found for the release of the peti- tioner. In replying to Mr. Davis Mr. Barrett de- clared that Judge Hagner had found Tol- man able to pay the monthly allowance of $50, and sald that Judge Hagner’s allow- ance had been affirmed by the Court of Appeals. The allowance, said Mr. Barrett, was granted in May, 1892, when it was shown that Tolman was in recelpt of a monthly salary of $150, and as he still received that salary, it was not true that he could not obey the order of the court. an An Aeronanut Dead. Charles P. Fest, a skilled engraver of peer] ani ivory, living in Germantown, Pa., and who for nearly forty years had been trying to solve the problem of aerial navi- gation, expending much money in the ex- periment, died recently at his home. De- ceased has sent up hundreds of balloons of mammoth proportions, the last being about one year ago, when he released the “Su- sanne Elizabethe,” named after his wife, which was expected to cross the ocean, but unfortunately caught fire before it had fairly started. It was the latest device of the invenior and was known as the hot-air principle. Mr. Fest objected to the gas balloon on account of the limited time it can be kept in suspension, due to the loss of gas. After much labor he constructed an air heater, entirely his own idea, which was light, strong and fire proof, and with three gal- lons of gasoline he claimed that he could keep his air ship suspended for thirty con- secutive hours. The inventor had for some time past been engaged in constructing a large sized balloon, which he claimed would remain suspended for one month, and by increas- ing the size of the bag would be made to remain in the air for three months. fully expected to be able to cro: ocean in his new balloon next summer. : See A Battle Over Whiskers. From the Albany Argus. St. Louis is the scene of a lively battle between organized employers and the wait- ers In hotels and restaurants, etc. “It is the same old strife over whiskers. The employers want the men to be clean shaven and the employes refuse to allow the hir- sute adornment which covers their faces to be removed. The trouble has even extend- ed to the hackmen and coachmen, who have combined with the waiters and have taken a firm stand against allowing their whiskers to be removed. They have been seeking to obtain the sympathy of the labor organizations of St. Louis, but the members of the Barbers’ Union are against them and are ready to cut the objectionable whiskers off, shave them off, chop them off, in short, anything to remove them. The legislature has taken a hand in the trouble,and two bills have been introduced, one requiring all waiters in hotels, restau- rants, etc., be clean shaven and the other making it a misdemeanor for an em- ployer to discriminate against an employe who wears a, beard. o+—_____ Dividends Declared. The controller of the currency has de- clared dividends {n favor of the creditors of insolvent ,national banks as follows, viz.: Twenty! per: cent, the Nebraska Na- tional Bank of Beatrice, Neb.; 4 per cent, the Columbia National Bank of Chicago, Bricklayers’ Wages. It is understood, that the boss bricklayers are considering the question of a reduced scale of wages for the coming season. The matter, jt is said, will be decided at meeting to be held ‘tonight. : Colleges and Foot Ball. From Lit. ° President Eliot of Harvard says in his arnual report that it has become perfectly clear that the game of foot ball as now played is unfit for college use. Dr. Eliot is a clever man, but he shows himself sub- Ject to misconception of the relative size of things. What he said 1s true, but he would_have expressed himself more suitably if he had said that colleges as now conducted are clearly unsuited to the development and training of players of the game of foot ball as it is now played. The possibility of changes in the management of the colleges that might make them equal to the re- quirements of the game seems not to have suggested itself to Dr. Eliot’s mind. ——_+o-+____ Frederick E. Sickles, aged seventy-six years, the inventor, died in his office at Kansas City last week from heart disease, EXPLOSIVES AS FREIGHT Oongress Proposes to Regulate the Oarriage . of Dynamite aad Nitroglycerin, How It is Proposed to Make the Ship- ment of These Dangerous Articles Comparatively Safe. An investigation has been undertaken, under an act of Congress, by the Treasury Department in regard to the shipment of high and low explosives as freight on steamers plying between the United States and foreign countries. . There is legislation on the statute books now, but it is ridiculously obsolete. it ap- Plies to explosives not now in use, and has no application to many which have been invented since the law was passed—18ut. A section of the present Jaw makes it man- slaughter to import high explosives in Passenger conveyances; but-as the high explosives designated in the law have been obsolete for many years, the conviction of an offender under it would be difficult, ir not impossible. One section provides that these obsolete explosives shall, be packed in metallic vesseis, surrounded by plaster of paris, and marked “‘Nitroglycerin, dan- gerous.” Now modern science has discov- ered that there is no more dangerous meth- od of packing any high explosive than that described in this law. At the time this law was passed the exuding of nitroglycerin from the package was thought to be the source of the greatest danger. But it sas been shown ‘that the greatest danger 1s from the liability of the explosive to freeze; and as it freezes at about 54 degrees Kah- renheit, it could not be more dangerously incased than in meal cylinders. Im Place of Steam. The great need for some tegislation on the subject of the transportation of explo- sives lies in the fact that a new use 1s be- ing developed for them--a commercial use, which may be quite as important as the use now made of them in mining. It ts proposed to use them in place of steam; and all that has been needed was the dis- covery of some way of bridling their great power so that they would not destroy rather than serve. This has been accom- plished in a crude way: in England, and a ram has been worked there with explosives to furnish the power. ‘The legislation proposed by the ‘Treasury Department to be enacted by Congress is based on the English law, and follows the English classification in almost every par- ticular. ixplosives are to be classed as gunpowder, nitrate mixtures, nitro-com- pounds, chlorate mixtures, fulminates, am- munition and fireworks, No one who is not familiar with the manufacture and sale of explosives could have any idea of the great variety in Which they are to be found. Many of them are named after their in- ventors; others have names derived from the Greek or Latin, from words descriptive of their properties. Some of those which are to be designated in the proposed law are colonia, westialike, orissite, glukodine, scranire, diaspon, mataziette, sebastine, rhesite, porifera, paleine, plera, nitasons, dia-fyamur. romit, tounite, titan, victorite, punshon, lithstite, honitite, etnite, inline, viel, schnetbalite, callow, xylogiodine, bronolithe, xyloidine, meganite and dualine. The Proposed Legislation. — It is to be provided in the proposed law that no explosive shall be imported by any onefnot having an importation license, to be issued by the Secretary of the Treasury. No vehicle: or wagon in which explosives are imported is to contain more than 4,000 pounds, and if in trains, the vehicles are to be separated by at least seventy-five feet. Each is to carry a black flag three feet square. All inland vessels carrying ex- plosives are to carry black flags and all sea-going vessels red flags, to indicate that they have explosives on board. No boat is to carry more than 50,000 pounds of ex- plosives and no railroad ,car more than 10,000 pounds; and all railroad cars con- taining explosives are to be separated from other cars similarly loaded by three other cars, empty or filled with non-combustible merchandise. There are to be regulations to control the packing of explosives of different classes. These regulations are to apply to all packages containing more than five pounds; but any traveler is to be permitted to carry five pounds with him for private use. + ‘The importation of nitroglycerin on a railway car ‘s prohibited under penalty of $2,000 fine in the proposed act. Any viola- tion of the regulations is to be punished by a fine of $500. or less, and a further fine of 50 cents for eacn pound of explosive, to be assessed against the master of the vessel carrying the importation and the licensee. These provisions are much like those of the English law. The Frenc> regulations are somewhat similar, but they go into details concerning the identity of the importer, &c., which are characteristic of French law. The importer is to teil, for instance, how much explosive he wishes to import, the use he desires to make of it, the precise spot where it is to be used, the exact route by which it is to reach that spot. After these and many other things are stated the application is referred to the chief engineer of mines or the chief engineer of bridges, and he determines whether a license shall issue. In Germany the regulations are a matter of local determination. Austria has very stringent regulations, and so have Norway and Sweden. -—_—__+e+______ CONTROL OF CORPORATIONS. Street Railways Not a Private DBusi- ness, but a Public Service. From the Review of Reviews. A few months ago the Review of Reviews presented as an object lesson for the towns and cities of the United States the exceed- ingly favorable terms upon which .the To- ronto authorities had disposed of the street railway franchises. The city government of Toronto, it was shown, has found it entirely feasible in bargaining with the street railway company to secure a great variety of advantages’ for the citizens; to obtain satisfactory financia! returns for the privileges conferred; to protect specifi- cally the wages and the hours of street railway employes, and to retain for the municipality a very large measure of su- pervision and control. Contracts no less favorable than Toronto’s have in like man- ner been secured by most of the large En- glish and Scotch municipalities, in conse- quence of which the traveling public en- joy low fares, school children and work- ingmen may buy special tickets at half rates, an ample umber of cars must be provided, re crowding or hanging to straps is permitted, the wages of conductors and drivers are duly protected, and strikes are practically unknown. Street railways are not a private busi- ness, but a public service. They should not be allowed to issue any stocks or bonds against the estimated value of their public franchises nor should they be allowed to issue any securities in any form except as represented by actual paid-in capital. Up- on this capital they should be allowed to earn a prescribed dividend, and all earnings in excess of the dividend should be shared with the public treasury. There is no con- ceivab?6xeason why, in return for the per- formance of so simple a public service as transit in the streets, the community should be obliged to pay interest upon $10,000,000 or $20,000,000 for every $1,000,000 that has actually been invested by the company. Almost nowhere else except in the United -| States is this speculative stock jobbery per- mitted in connection with a municipal serv- ice like that of street railways or gas sup- ply. The gentlemen who lobby these local franchise measures through city councils, and who obtain for nothing the privileges that they proceed to capitalize for mil- lions, have a singularly humorous habit of disposing of every one who criticises their methods by calling him an “anar- chist.”. The American people do not seem to take eagerly or naturally to the idea of a direct public management of such public services as illumination and transit; and they recognize the simple truth that thus fay our best business ability has been em- ployed in private rather than governmen- tal capacities. For that reason they have thought it wise to allow private companies to under- take such public services as the gas sup- ply, the distribution of electric power and light, and the management of transit facili- ties> All that they care at present to de- mand Is a fair recognition of the pecuni- ary value of the franchises which the pub- lic has at its disposal, and the proper safe- guarding of the rights of the community which claims a cheap, efficient and uninter- rupted service. In other words the com- munity as a public corporation, in making a business contract with a money-making private corporation, should have its le- ly gitimate interests honestly an4 intelligent- | secured. OUR OLDEST SOLDIER. Lieut. Michael Moore in the Army for Eighty-Three Years. = From the New York Mail. A communication from a gentleman in Washington to the effect ‘that Gen. Van Viet was not the oldest soldier in the United States, but that Lieut. Michael Moore held that honor, was printed in Major Handy’s column a few days ago. The writer asserted that not only did Lieut. Moore antedate Gen. Van Vliet, but that he antedated him by twenty-four years— more than a generation. : The correspondent was correct. Michael Moore will be, if he lives, ninety-five years me et Independence day. He was born in New York city, July 4, 1800, and on April 30, 1812, he enlisted in the United States army, and was in active service un- til December 15, 1872, when he ‘Was placed on the retired Isit. He is now the oldest living soldier in the United States, and, so far as known, in the world, although it is claimed that in Germany there lives a sol- dier who was conscripted in the year 1810. That, however, is not authentic. Great Britain had begun, to harass Amer- ican merchantmen on tbe high seas only a few months when young Moore, with an elder brother, determined to run away from home and go into the army. Michael was a good-sized, brawny bey, and found no difficulty in getting himself taken as a drummer in Capt. John Sproull’s company of the thirteenth regiment of infantry, commanded by Col. Peter B. Schuyler, and stationed at Greenbush, opposite Albany. The drummer boy's first experience under fire was at the battle of Queenstown, in which several men in Col. Schuyler’s com- mand were killed. He next smelled powder at the capture of Fort George, and then at Stohy Creek. At the battle of Fort George he was wounded in the arm by a bullet. When Gen. Wilkinson, that feeble-hearted soldier afterward characterized by bluff old Winfield Scott as “an unprincipled im- becile,” laid out his wonderful plan of cam- Paign, the ultimate object of. which was the capture of Montreal, the thirteenth regiment formed part of the 7,000 men that were to take part in the expedition. The drummer boy was in the engagement in which Gen. Covington was killed. The next battle of importance in which young Moore took part was the battle of Williamsburg, after which his regiment went into winter quarters at French Mills. In 1814 he participated in the fight at Sack- ett’s Harbor. The thirteenth regiment had then been consolidated with the fifth infantry, and was ordered to Detroit, then an Indian trading post. He remained there until hos- tilities ceased and received an honorable discharge. After two or three months of inactivity he re-enlisted in the second reg- iment of infantry. This regiment had a lively experience with the Indians in Mich- igan, and in 1821 established a military post at Sault St. Marie. When Gov.Cass went on an expedition to the head of Lake Superior, the second reg- iment acted as his escort. "Moore was then a man of twenty-six, about five feet ten inches in height, broad-shouldered, deep- chested, with the ideal physique of a sol- dier. In the year 1832 he had the first seri- ous experience in Indian warfare. It was in the Black Hawk war, which was crr- ried on with such sagacity and determina- tion by the famous fighting chief, who har- ried the whites until he nearly compelled them to give up the contest. The néxt Indian fighting in which the young man took part was in the Seminole war. He had three years of It there. He had then been in continuous service for twenty-eight years, and in recognition of this fact and for his bravery he was given an honorable discharge at Fort King, Florida, and was sent to report at Bedloe’s Island. He remained there from 1841 until 1869, and then he was commis- sioned a second lieutenant. Three years later he was retired,after serving his coun- try atively for sixty years. All soldiers on the retired list are @bnsidered to be in the service of the United States, so that he has been a soldier for eighty-three years. Licut. Moore antedates Gen. O. O. How- ard by thirty years, Gen. Henry W. Slocum by twenty-seven years, Gen. P. H. Sheri- dan by thirty-one years, Gen. W. S. Han- cock by twenty-four years, Gen. W. T. Sherman by twenty years and General Grant by twenty-two years. He was drum- ming in front of a regiment before any of these famous officers had been graduated from West Point. Lieut. Moore is now confined to his home, No. 20 7th avenue, Brooklyn, with a broken hip. He had a bad fall a few years ago, and this, with a severe attack of the grip, has so greatly enfeebled him that he is not permitted to see visitors. = Stage Fright im Public Speaking. From the Burlington (Vt.) Free Press. ‘There are some speakers who never ex- perience the least bit of trepidation before an audience, but from what I can learn this is the exception rather than the rule. A gentleman who has charmed many a Vermont audience by his meéilifluous words informed me that he was frightened for the first time in his life while speaking after the witty and brilliant Depew at the recent banquet in Burlington. This is not to be wondered at, and I noticed that even" the ready and self-possessed toastmaster appeared at his best after the chief orator had left the hall. One of the best-known governors that the Green Mountain state has had in recent years told me recently that it bothered him somewhat to think that he could never get over being embarrassed when he addressed an audience. When he went outside of the state to speak he said that he was more at ease, being in the presence of strangers, but when he appeared before an assem- blage of Vermonters, many of whom he knew, and who knew him, he spoke not without considerable trepidation. His ex- perience in this direction led him at one time to congratulate ex-Senator George F. Edmunds on the fact that the latter had appeared in public so much that he was perfectly at home when addressing an au- dience, but the congratulator was aston- ished to hear Mr. Edmunds’ reply: “You are mistaken. I never rise to my feet to speak without feeling more or less uncom- fortable.” ————— Secretary Gresham's Condition. Secretary Gresham is reported to be im- proved in health today, but is still confined to his room at the Arlington. Mrs. Gres- ham, who has been visiting in Chicago, re- turned to this city yesterday. —___-_e-_ Trensury Receipts. National bank notes received today for redemption, $142,160. Government receipts —From internal revenue, $557,640; customs, $631,880; miscellaneous, $23,817. ——_—__-2-—__. The Gunboat Yorktown. ‘The Navy Department is informed that the gunboat Yorktown has arrived at Che- mulpo, Corea, where she will remain for several days. Grain and Cotton Markets. Cotton rnd grain markets, reported by W. B. , 1421 F st., representing Hubbard, Price & ot senyegat ae geeat! SASS 5. and mon: GO¥G; May, GOA0%: steamer No. 2 red, eceipts, 3,889 bushels; stock, 425,705 bushels: Jes, 23,000 bushels: southern wheat’ by sample, ade, 570601. Corn unsettled and 8 49%4049%; month, 49%4049%; ed; steamer mixed, 4Stia4: sk 311 bushels; shipments, 2,714 bushel 448 bushels; sales, 82,000’ bushels; corn, 49350; do. yellow, 4814249. ‘Oats firmer—No. 2 white western, 37 mixed, 34a341¢— 0. 2 receipts, 1,188 bushels; stock, 225,544 bushels. Itye inactive—No. 2, 57—receipts, 3,448 Lushels;estock, 21,236 bushels.” Hay steady—good to choice timo- thy, $12.50a$13.00. “Grain freizhts quiet and firm— steam to Liverpool per bushel, 2d. Gork for orders per quarter, 2s.9i.a26.1 FINANCE AND TRADE Looking for Lower New York Cen- tral Dividend STOCK SOLD ON THAT ASSOMPRON The Grangers Were Strong Under Buying. © GENERAL MARKET REPORTS Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. NEW YORK, March 11.—Speculation this morning was corducted largely in the in- terest of improved values, the covering of short contracts being the dominating fac- tor in the improvement. The tone of the London market was slightly better than last week, and this fact, coupled with an exhausted supply of borrowable stock, sug- gested the wisdom of reducing the volume of outstanding obligations. The movement was no less professional than its immediate Predecessors, hdwever, and beyond being a trifle more confounded than usual, the speculative situation is unchanged. The room was disposed to regard a re- " duction in New York Central dividend rate as assured and sold the stock liberally, in the belief that the company’s directors would vindicate its attitude toward the ‘close of the month. The stock was prac- tically lacking in support until a reduction of 143 per cent had been recorded. The more conservative operators are of the opinion that the above view will prove ex- pensive to those acting upon it, and it is well known that several of the larger com- mission houses, usually well informed in such matters, have wired thei» out-of-town clients that the full rate will be paid, as usual. ‘The Grangers were strong under buying by brokers recently identified with the activity in the opposite direction. St. Paul's directors will settle the question of the next semi-annual dividend at next Thursday’s meeting. In advance of official action, the street predicts that 1 per cent will be all that holders of the common stock are justified in expecting. The limit of the decline, in the event of the sustaining of this forecast, is fixed at 5 per cent from present prices. - New Jersey Central was in good demand throughout the morning and added 2 per cent to its market price in consequence. Baltimore and Ohio was strong at an ad- vance of 13-8 per cent, attributable in the main to negative influences. If the stock could be borrowed readily there are no in- dications warranting a belief that the bear campaign would be temporarily delayed, as it now is. The upward movement in Sugar was re- sumed this morning under the auspices of the same strong inside jnterests who in- augurated the advance last week. A gain of 2% per cent was recorded after liberal purchases, to which disappointed shorts contributed largely. An advance of ao in all ae of refined sugars, making the jpany’s profits per barrel about 75 conte, wns utilized to cnod advantage by the manipulating interest. ‘The increase in the German export bounty is likely to be announced shortly, but opins ions differ widely as to the effect of such announcement. The market for foreign exchange was dull and steady. Bankers were not to pay as high prices for commercial draw- ings as those prevailing last week. This is due more to a decrease in’ the demand ther than to any increase in the supply of bills. . The trading of the last hour was active and irregular, with Sugar the feature at the highest prices of the day. ee FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. The following are the opening, the high- est and the lowest and the closing prices cof the New York stock market today, as re- ported by Corson & Macartney, members New York stock exchange. dents Messrs. Moore & Schley, No. 80 Broadway: . Low. Close, PO 10D wy 96 Bs 88% se Chicago, Chic.and Northwestern. Chicago Gas... 3 Del., Lack. and W. Delaware and Hudson... Disand Gate Feeding and Cattle ; General Electric.......- U.S. Cordage Co. U. 8. Cordage Co. Pf New Jersey Central. New York Central. N.Y. and N. E. Cf: Texas Pacific. ‘Tenn. Coal ani r firm—granulated, Per 100 pou " ; do. imitation, 17; do, % Store packed, 10. ladle, 15; ladle, weak_troske 14. "Chtese frm” takey New Works ——_—_ Range of the Thermometer. The following were the readings of the thermometer at the weather bureau today: 8-a.m., 40; 2 p.m., 36; maximum, 41; mint- mum, 34. Sales—regular Light Infantry Ist 6s, $1,000 at Gan, & at 30; 1689 at Ee People’ ara Gs it Bonds.—U. 3S. 4s, tered, Wo Tilis asked. U. 8. ds, coupon, 111% bid, 1 113% bid. | 30-year fund Gs. gold, 114 is, 001,” currency, 1g bid. Water stock Te, 1008, currency, 120 bid, 3.658, funding, cu: Ai bid, 113% asked. $148, registered, 2-108, 100, bia. ‘Miscellaneous Bonds.—Washi: and 100% bid, 103 asked. Belt Railroad 5s, 50 bid, 8 |. _Eckington Railroad @s, 102 bid, 104 asked. Columbia Rallroad 6s, 109% bid, 110% asked. Wash ington Gas Company 6s, series’ A, 114 bid. Wash- Gas Company 6s, series B, 115 bid. | Wash- bid. _U. 8. Elee- and Po- and ‘Tru: 3 curity and Trust Sa, 0. ._ Washing- Sieeket Company tmp. ea," 110. bid. Washlagton Market Com 68, ‘ashington C rege s06 bide Masoule: Hinll 3 . Association 5s, 105 bid. Washington Light Infantey tot Se 108 vid. Washington Light Infantry 2d 7s, 100 bid. National Bank Stocks.—Rank of Washington, 280 Did, 300 asked. Bank of the bile, 250" bid, 275 asked. Metropolitan, 280 bid, ed. Oen- tral, 260 ‘bid. Varmers’ and Mechanics’, 180 Did, 200 asked. Second, 138 bid, 150 asked. ° Citizens’, 135 Did. Columbia, 130 bid, 140 asked. tal, 11534 bid. West End. 108 bid, 115 asked. ‘Tra rt > Lincoln, 99% bid, 105 asked. Ohio, 76 Safe Deposit and Trast Companies.—National Safe Deposit and Trust, 123 bid, 128 asked. Washington Loan and Trust, 118 bid, 121 asked. American Se- id, 18514 asked. curity and Trust, 153. Hallroad Stocks.—Washingtou ‘and Georgetown, 275 bid, 298 asked. Metropolitan, 65 bid, 79 asked. Columbia, 62 bid, 70 asked. Belt, 28 asked. Eek: ington, bid. Gas ‘and Electric Light Stocks.—Washington Gas, Did, 504 asked. “Georgetown Gas, 50 bid. U. 8. Electric Light, 132: Insurance | Stocks. —] ef Franklin, 45 bid, 54 asked. Metropolitan, 70 bid. Corcoran, 57 bid: Potomac, 68 bid, 75 asked. Ar- li 150 bid, |." German-American, 160 bid. National Union, 160 12 bid, 15 asked.” Co- lumbia, 12% did. Riees, 74 bid. 7% asked. | Peo. le’s, 5% asked.’ Lincoln, 8 bid, 8% asked” mercial, 5 asked. Title Insurance Stocks.—Real Estate Title, 108 bid, 116 Title, 7% bid, 8 asked, District Title, 10 bid, Telephone Stocks.—P. ‘lvania, 36 bi Chesa- peaks and Potoms Sg Bie, ‘asked. “Americas Carriage, 23 oid. |, 45 _asked. Poeumatic Gun Mi Stocks.—W: or ee ees Linotype, 160 bid, 200