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been just.as effective had he quietly sub- mitted to search. Senor Muruaga’s Visit. Senor Muruaga’s visit to the State De- partment today was for the purpose of presenting the position of Spain, from the information now at hand, on the firing of a Spanish gunboat on the American mail steamer Allfanca. y The minister telegrapned for full particu- lars to the governor general of Cuba, and in reply received a dispatch that the cruiser which presumably figured in the affair had not yet returned, having prolonged her watch along the Cuban coast. The captain general had no particulars of the incident. Under these circumstances Senor Mura- gua feels that only one side of the story has yet been told, and that the recital of the other side may present a different aspect to the case. But should it appear that there has been any offense or indis- cretion on the part of the Spanish war- ship, Senor Muragua says that Spain will speedily make every apology consistent barby the friendship she bears to the United tates. This assurance was given to Acting Sec- retary of State Uhl, although the latter had taken no steps as yet to protest against the action of the Spanish ship. Not on the High Seas. ‘Taking the version of the affair as given by Capt. Crossman of the Allianca, Min- ister Muruaga says it was apparent that the American ship was in the jurisdic- tional waters of Cuba and not on the high seas. ‘These waters are measured from the outer keys about Cuba, and not from the inainland, this basis of measurement being adopted the world over, and especially rec- ognized by the United States, CUBAN REVOLUTIONISTS PLEASED. How They Look on the Alliahen Affair. . NEW YORK, March 13.—In the Cuban colony today the firing upon the American steamer Allianca by a Spanish*man-of-war off Cape Maysi was eagerly discussed, ond the revolutionists appeared to be greatly Pleased at the possibility of a fleet of United States men-of-war being sent to Protect American merchantmen in the vi- cinity of Cuba. It seemed to them to put the United States on their side. One of the editors of “Patria,” the revo- lutionist organ in this city, said, when asked for an opinion as to which ship had fired at the Allianca: ‘There are six Span- ish warships now cruising -around Cuba. Three are painted white and three. black. The man-of-war that fired upon the United States flag was probably the Pelanvo. She is named after a Spanish general, and an- swers the description given by the oificers of the Allianca. “She has lately been cruising near Cape Maysi with the Jorge Juan, another war- ship, also painted black, but differing from the Pelanyo in some respects.” When asked why the Pelanyo or any other Spanish warship should fire upon a United States merchant vessel he said: “They have done it before and the United States did nothing. “They simply warited to show authority that Spain was guarding Cuba. It was a piece of insolence, and I hope the United States will retaliate. There can be no ex- cuse. I think it was intended as an insult to the United States flag, as a warning to all vessels to stop when a Spanish man-of- war signals.” ——__ A ¥100,000 New York Fire. NEW YORK, March 13.—The large fac- tory building at 33 and 35 South 5th ave- nue burned early today, causing a loss of $100,000, It was occupied on all but the top floor by Gillis & Geohegan, steamfitters’ supplies, and the top floor was used as a manufactory and workshop by Nicolo Tesla, the electrician, The loss of Gillis & Geohegan is $60,000; of Tesla, $10,000,and of the owners of the building, $30,000. —_.—__. Originator of Sub-uarine Telegraph. ST. LOUIS, Mo., March 13.—A special from Peducah, Ky., says: Capt. Jack Sleeth, the veteran steamboat man, fa- mous in river circles, died at his home here ef cancer. He was sixty-nine years’ of age. He was born in Pittsburg and began life on the river as a cabin boy at the age of fourteen. During the war he served as captain in the confederate army. He is believed to be the discoverer of the sub- marine cable. In 1845 he erected the first telegraph in this section, from St. Louis to Nashville, and conceived the idea of bury- ing the wire under the Ohio river at this point. Cyrus W. Field is said to have bor- rowed his idea of the Atlantic cable from this invention. ee To Keep the Sabbath Sacred. ST. LOUIS. Mo., March 13.—The Sabbath Association has begun its crusade against desecrators of that day, and the first war- rant, charging infraction- of the state statutes, has been sworn out for the arrest of-a clothing merchant doing business on Jefferson avenue. Saloon keepers, haber- dashers, clothiers and others who are in the habit of keeping their stores open for business on Sunday will be proceeded against under the statute, which has for a@ long time been a dead letter, and which provides a fine, and, in the case of saloon keepers, imprisonment in addition. SEs For “Liberal Sunday Laws.” NEW YORK, March 13.—The executive committee of the united societies for lib- eral Sunday laws met at the Astor House last night. President John Friedrich was in the chair. The object of the meeting was to perfect arrangements for the mass meeting to be held at Cooper Union tomo row. The committee represents 600 soci- eties, with a membership of 70,000. These include labor organizations, singing and secret societies and other societies. Pres- ident Friedrich says that Mayor Strong has promised to send a letter expressing his sympathy with the movement. ge Had a Rough Passage. HALIFAX, N. S., March 13.—The Do- minion line steamer Oregon arrived from ‘Liverpool at 2 o'clock this morning and at 10 o'clock sailed for Portland, Me. The steamer experienced a succession of gales all the way across. Some days the steamer would be only able to steam 134 to 136 miles. On the 6th instant the machincry broke down, and the steamer rolled in the trough of the sea for six hours. Repairs ‘Were made and the steamer proceeded. The worst gales were experienced from the 5th to the Sth. A cattle man had his head cut open and a seaman was considerably bruised by being thrown about the deck. ——.—_—_ The Scotch-Irish Congress. CHATTANOOGA,Tenn., March 13.—A rep- resentative of the national executive com- mittee of the Scotch-Irish Society of Amer- fcais here today to confer with the secre- tary, Mr. A. C. Floyd, of this city, in re- gard to arrangements for the seventh con- is of the rate, to be held at Lexington, 'Va., June 20. Invitations will be extended to a number of distinguished speakers to Geliver addresses. —_——___ FATHER FLAHERTY EXCLUDED. Was Not Allowed to Participate in Funeral Services. AUBURN, N. Y., March 13.—The funeral services of the late Very Rev. Dean Sey- mour here were the most imposing rites ever witnessed In local church circles, the spacious edifice being imadequate to ac- commodate the vast throng. Bishop Mc- Quaid of Rochesier delivered the eulogy. At the commencement of the services Father Flaherty of Mt. Morris, recently silenced by Bishop McQuaid, entered the westry, carrying his missal and a silver- headed cane, apparently intending to take tin the celebration of the mass, when was stopped by Vicar General O'Hare, ‘who commanded him to “Go where he was wanted.” Without answer, Father Flaherty left the church through the vestry, to re-enter the auditorium shortly after and take his seat mong the worshipers. es A Venerable Georgia Structure. ATLANTA, Ga., March 13.—The old Mid- way Church, in Liberty county, the most {pncient house of worship in the south, hav- been built in 1752, is the scene today of ye one hundred and third annual reunion of the Midway Society, an organization hose mission {t is to perpetuate the his- ical associations of the venerable struo- ture. Negroes now own: the building. THE EVENING STAR, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13, 1895-TWELVE PAGES. LATE NEWS BY WIRE Three Burned to Death ina Hotel Fire. ‘ TOGBOAT SUNK AT NEW YORK A New Political Party at Pitts- burg. JAPANESE AT ANNAPOLIS HENDRICKS, W. Va., March 13.—I. D. Junkins’ ‘hotol at Macleville, four miles from here, was consumed last night by fire. Three men were burned to death and three more were injured so that two of them will die. The names of the dead are yet unknown. Loss, $5,000. SUNK A TUG BOAT. ‘fhe Captain So Exhausted That He Died. NEW YORK, March 13.—The tugboat N. B. Starbuck, Capt. Brandow, was sunk off pier 17, East fiver, at 10:45 a.m. by the steamship Seneca of the Ward line. The captain and crew of five men were thrown into the river and had to swim for their lives. All were picked up by surrounding tugs, but Capt. Brandow’s condition was so serious that all efforts to resuscitate him were futile, and he died at the barge office. The Starbuck was passing a line to the Seneca at the time of the accident. THE NEW PARTY. Free Silver and No Liquor the Plat- : form. PITTSBURG, March 13.—Delegates are arriving to attend the conference in this city tcmorrow to discuss the formation of @ new rational party, which shall have for its principal objects the abolition of the drink traffic and the free coinage of silver. Among, the speakers who will be present are Mrs. A. M. Rice and Mrs. S. M. Per- kins of Cleveland. The conference will be held in Lafayette Hall, which is of his- torical inferest as being the birthplace of the republican party. VISITED BY JAPANESE. The Naval Attache of the Legation Goes to Annapolis. ANNAPOLIS, Md., March 13.—Comman- der Naoki Miyaoka of the imperial Japan- ese navy, and naval attache of the legation at Washington, made an unofficial visit to the Naval Academy today. He is the guest of Naval Cadet Takasaki, the Japanese student who had been excused ‘from studies in. order to escort the visitor through the ounds. = Commander Miyaoka called on the super- intendent and officers of the Naval Acad- emy, and was an interested spectator at the skirmish drill and other practical ex- ercises which took place at the 2cademy this afternoon. He said, in some respects these maneuvers were not unlike those that Japanese ataience are required to mdergo in his country. Mister he visited the armory and critically examined the fotchkiss and Lee rifles, which he compa! favorably with the Japanese Murata rifle, invented by Col. Murata of the Japanese navy. The Japa- nese rifle contains more cartridges than the guns used in the American navy. —_——— IN THE SOUTH SEAS. Conferences of Premiers of the Aus- tralasian Governments. VICTORIA, B. C., March 13.—Advices re- ceived’by the steamer Mirowa state that a conference of premiers at Hobart, Tas- mania, has resulted in the drafting of an Australasian federal enabling bill, which, by arrangement, is to be submitted first to the parliament of New South Wales for adoption. The understanding is that the other governments will wait until they see what may happen there, and that if the bill should be amended there, they will en- deavor to submit to their respective legis- latures bills altered in a corresponding manner. How far this readiness to accept changes will be carried in practice does not appear, but it is obvious that if the government is to be successful the bills passed in all the colonies must. be uniform as to thelr main provisions. Premier Reid, who has returned to Syd- ney, and Premier Kingston, who has se- turned to Adelaide, have Both expressed satisfaction with the work done by the conference. jurvir of the wreck of the American rae Sarah S$. Ridgway of Philadelphia, pound from Newcastle to Singapore, with cecal, reached Bundaberg February 10. They comprise Captain N. Shjorgen, his wife and officers and crew, numbering eleven. January 25 the--Ridgeway encountered a terrific cyclone, lasting four days. Three of the crew were washed away and drown- ed. On the 29th the bark went ashore on Bemona shoals, 433 miles northeast of Bur- net Heads. The master stood by until Feb- ruary 5, when finding that rescue would be impossible he and the crew took to the poats. They arrived at Bundaberg ut- terly destitute. Henry Bailey and Charles Olsten were drowned. ‘About 1,000 applications under the cheap- money act have been received in Auckland. The aggregate amount applied for is £700,- 000. By a reciprocal trade treaty entered into between South Australia and New Zealand, the latter colony can send into South Australia free of duty barley, oats, horses and hops. South Australia can send to New Zealand free wine, salt, olive oil and fresh and dried fruits. It will affect American trade. The conference at Hobart adopted a reso- lution favoring the apportionment of the cost of a Pacific cable among England, Canada and the colonies of Australia and the naming of a joint commission made up of representatives, all to consider the project. SEA BEACH GOLD MINING. Camps Are Being Established on the Pacific Shores. SAN FRANCISCO, March 13.—Gold min- ing is being carried on almost within the corporate limits of San Francisco. On the beach, three miles south of the Cliff House, an old squatter has for years toiled with shovel and pick, eking out a scanty living by extracting gold from the deposits on the shores by the currents and tides. Ex- perienced miners have frequently asserted that the entire coast from Alaska to Cape Horn is full of free gold, but that its suc- cessful amalgamation was the sole obsta- cle to working it. Several weeks ago a newly invented amalgamator was employed by a company organized for the purpose, and as a result of fifteen days’ labor three chunks of amalgam are now at the United States mint, from which a value of from $1,000 to $1,200 is expected to be developed. Four men are required for each amalgamator. A machine will run from twenty to twenty- five tons of sand per day, the net profit being “estimated at $2.50 per ton. The ocean shore wherever the black sand ex- ists is now considered as good as any quartz mine, and camps are being estab- lished along the beach. —_—~_ Will Not Be Indicted. MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., March 13.—The grand jury has decided not to indict Geo. Grindall and Maggie Wachter for perjury in the Hayward murder trial, and they have accordingly been set at liberty. The arrests Were on warrants sworn out by Blixt’s attorney, and the jury after hearing the evidence decided that conviction would be next to impossfvle. > Ocean Stenmers Arrived. LIVERPOOL, March 13.—Arrived: Steam- ers Kensington, Philadelphia; Michigan, Beston. HAMBURG, March 13.—Arrived: Steamer Pclaria, Baltimore. LONDON, March 13.—Arrived: Steamer Richmond Hill, New York. GOTHENBURG, March 13.—Arrived: Steamer Baumwall, New York. NEW YORK, March 13.—Arrived: Steam- er Manitoba, London. TRAVERS ON TRIAL A Colored Man Arraigned for the Murder of His Mistress. Opening Argument of the District At- torney Completed and Testi- mony Begun. . James L. Travers, a young colored man, was placed on trial today in Criminal Court No. 2, before Judge Cole, on an in- digtment charging him with the murder of Lena Gross, a young colored woman, on the 19th of last November. Little difficulty was experienced in obtaining a jury, H. B. Darling, Chas. Earl, Wm. R. Bradford, John Breen, Cole Sears, John Mickéljohn, Dougiass Allen, John R. Major, Geo. W. Pitman and Geo. S. Robinson, and Willis Tibbs and Calvin Crutchfield, colored, be- ing selected. District Attorney Birney and his assistant, Mr. Tracey L. Jeffords, rep- resented the government, and ex-Gov. Alonzo Hart and Mr. Alexander Wolf ap- peared on behalf of the defendant. Story of the Crime. Briefly explaining the nature of the charge, Mr. Birney told the jury that he expected to show that Travers and the woman he killed had been living together for several months. On the early morning of the day of the homicide, said Mr. Bir- ney, Travers and the woman met in the woods just off the 7th street road, = Brightwood. They had some words, t e woman being accused of infidelity, an that as the result of the quarrel Travers knocked the woman down and cut her throat with a razor. About noon of that day the body of the woman was found by some boys covered with leaves. They gave the aiarm, and that evening Travers ‘was arrested in the neighborhood. ‘Travers Makes a Confession. At first he denied killing the woman, con- tinued Mr. Birney, but the next day made a full confession to the policemen. He claimed that the woman had struck or cut at him, and that he then knocked her down with a blow of his fist. Looking back, after moving off a short distance, he saw the woman move and heard her groan. Sorry that he had hurt her, but bongs to put the woman out of pain, he stated that he went back and cut her throat, piling the leaves over the body. In conclusion Mr. Birney stated that he would show that Travers had previously threatened to kill the woman, and her death was the result of the man’s premed- itation and malice. Probable Defense Insanity. Counsel for the defense reserved their opening, but the defense, it is stated, will be that of insanity. The following wit- nesses for the government were then ex- amined: Henry and John Darling, Jas. H. Oliver, Dr. L. W. Glazebrook, Alfred M. Matthews, Chas. H. Mattingly, Chas. W. Mattingly and Ada and Peter Branson. Se Three New York Murderers. SING SING, N. Y., March 13.—Dr. Buch- anan, the condemned wife murderer, was not taken to New York today to be re- sentenced, as was expected he would be. His going depends on the action of the New York authorities. The executions of Leach and Kerrigan, the two condemned murderers, who occupy cells in the death house, and who were under sentence to be killed in the electric chair next Monday, have been indefinitely postponed. In each case counsel has filed notice of appeal, which acts as a stay of proceedings. ———— DISTRICT GOVERNMENT. Liquor Licenses. At a meeting of the excise board this afternoon the following applications for liquor licenses were granted: Wholesale—Conrad F. Arabin, 1531 334 oe 406 9th street; John muel Bien, 9 street; Lynch aot 9th street; Charles Kraemer, 735 Tth street; Earnest Le Mour, 320 8th street; Thomas F. Conroy, 1121% P street; James Tharp, 812 F street; Herman Thurm, Pennsylvania avenue extended, Twining City; Jacob Xander, 1315 7th street; Wil- iam T. Wall, 1303 7th street, and Jamies Ryan, 331 C street. Building Permits. Building permits issued today were as fol- lows: Dennis Kane. two brick dwellings, 3210 and $212 R street, to cost $3,000; Henrietta Peyton, one frame dwelling, Barry farm, to cost $200; Carl Eschinger, private stable, corner 12th and N streets, Trinidad, to cost $180. Transfers of Real Estate. Deeds in fee have been filed as follows: Luther M. Reynolds and Chas. C. Homer, executors, to Marion V. Hines, lot 32, sq. 799; $401.80. Douglass S.Mackall and bake . Miller, trustees, to Arthur Leroy Fill, Iet Ee sq. 1034; $2,800. Robt. E. Bradley et ux. to Jno. H. Welles, lot 79, sq. 1008; $10, W. H.Barstow et ux. to Jno. H. Voor- hees, lots 30 to 32, sq. 1035; $10. Chas. H. Davidson to J. Hall Lewis, lot 102, sq. 628; $10. Diller F. Groff to Jno. H. Simms, part lot 3, blk. 15, Brightwood Park; $10. Henry ‘A. Griswold et ux.-to Effie V. Butler, lot 190, Anacostia; $750. Simon Oppenheimer et ux et al. to Ber- nard J. Young, original lot 5, sq. 770; $10. ‘Wm. McNeir and S. T. Thomas, assignees, to Albert B. Hines, lot 181 and pt. lot 180, sq. 40, Georgetown; $5,500. Jacob C. Pflu- ger, 17 3-4 acres of Chillum Castle Manor; $10. Chas. W. Phillips to Henry E. Sim- mons, lot 94, sq. 208; $7,000. Harry L. Rust et ux to Thos. Heany, part lot 140, sq. 510; $25. Same to Thos. C. Steward, lot 19, bik. 11, Bloomingdale; $4,500. A Charge of Larceny. Carl H. Van Dyke, a young’ man from Philadelphia, who has been here studying to become a veterinary surgeon, was ar- rested here last night by Detective Proctor on the charge of stealing about $30 worth of clothing from the house of E. I’. Buck- ley, where he was living. Mr. Buckley re- covered the property from the stores where the young man had sold it, but de- clined to prosecute him, Van Dyke’s brother came here and took him home. —.__ Arguing the Tolman Case. Judge McComas today heard the applica- tion of Geo. R. Tolman for release on bail, pending the disposition of the appeal noted by him when Judge McComas, Monday last, refused to grant his release on a writ of habeas corpus. This is the case in which Tolman was a to aa ay, Fae Hagner last month as in contempt of court for refusing to pay Mrs. Tolman $600 back alimony. Arguments were made today by Mr. Henry E. Davis, on behalf of Tolman, and by Mr. O. D. Barrett, in opposition, but the case went over until tomorrow. —————— Taylor, the Defaulter, Caught. A Tampa, Fla., special says: W. H. Tay- lor, the defaulting South Dakota treasurer, was arrested last Sunday in Mexico by Pinkerton agents. Taylor, under the name of Mason, and a companion calling him- self Phelps, passed through here several weeks ago. They went to Havana, and the chief of police of that city was paid $2,000 to locate Taylor, which he did on a steamer bound for Vera Cruz, Mexico. —_—___+e+___ Where Populists Are Strong. Monday’s municipal elections at Oakland, Cal., resulted in the election of Populist John L. Davie, mayor, over J. W. Nelson, non-partisan republican and democratic candidate, by 100 majority. The populists also elect their attorney, one councilman and two school directors. —+e+—_____ A Trusted Cashier's Fall. For more than seventeen years Charles A. Sturges was the head bookkeeper and cashier for Proctor & Gamble, soap manu- facturers at Chicago. Today he is a de- faulter and a fugitive from justice. The exact amount of his defalcation will not be given out by the firm whose money he took, but it is said the figure will not fall short of $25,000. His peculations, which extend over a period of seven years, were discovered three weeks ago. No reason for the theft ts known, as he had no expensive habits. He is fifty years of age and has a wife and three children. Ifa oes ives credit for having a lagger circulation than it really enjoys, a reason exists; for @ithholding from the advertise? the actual cir- culation fi and mystify- ing ts with “about” and “approgimately.” The » has ‘a circula- is proud of and rows it. each Saturday prints a detailed swortstatement of its actual circulftion, giving the adver- tiser What business ethics he is plainly entitled to--a guarantee of that which he is buying. .The advertiser in The Star is not asked to “trade jackknives, sight unseen.” He knows exactly what he is pay- ing for. The Star is alone among Washington newspa- Pers in. making public an- nouncement of its circulation figures. Last week the daily average was. 35,280 copies. A PROTEST FROM ITALY. for Their, Countrymen. Marquis Imperial, first secretary of the Italian legation, called at the State Dopart- ment this morning and directed the atten- tion of the officials to the, news from Walsenburg, Col., of the assassination of four Italans. He asked that the good of- fices of the State Department be used im- mediately to prevent the further killing of his countrymen. To Open Lunds to Settlement When President Cleveland returns it is expected that he will immediately issue a proclamation opening to settlement the lands ceded by the Yankton Sioux Indians in South Dakota. The proclamation has already been prepared, and provides that in thirty days after its first publication the lands shall be subject to entry under tha land laws of the United States. The lands ceded amount to 168,000 acres and are ac- counted among the best in the state, being in the southern part, of the state and in a rich farming country. Representative Pick- ler of South Dakota says that although there will be quite a demand for these lands he does not anticipate any such rush as has been witnessed in Oklahoma. The general land office will take measures to gee that all settlers are treated alike. Another reservation which will soon be opened is that of the Nez Perces, in Idaho. The agents of the government are now at Nez Perces, paying these Indians $600,000, the purchase price of their lands. After this has been done the steps necessary to throw the ceded lands open to settlement will be arranged. smn ———-2+__ Land Office Decision Affirmed. The Secretary of the Interior has af- firmed a decision of the general land office, dated July 6 in the case of the Winona ang St. Peter Railroad Company agt. the United States. The railroad com- pany appealed f: the decision of the commissioner of the general land office, wherein was rejected the claim of said company to a qudfter section of land in the Marshall district of Minnesota, said land being!4withinithe six-mile (granted) limits of said railroad. It appears from the record that, the commissioner rejected the claim of ;.the company, because of a prima facla valid pre-emption claim, by virtue of a declaratory statement filed by Wm. F, Kerns, March 29, 1864, alleging settlement ,/at that, time. This sustained. nS Sah ° Shifoh Park Commissioners. The Sccrétary of War has appointed Cor- nelius Cadfe, Don Carlos Buell and Robert T. Looney commissieners to establish a na- tional military’ park at the battle field of Shiloh, Tenm., under the act approved De- cember 27, 1804, with compensation at §250 per month each. $$ +_____ Illness of Capt. Sheppard, Capt. Sheppard, chief of*the revenue cutter service, who has been ill with the grip for several days, has been attacked with pneumonia, aad is in a serious condi- ticn. ——+-2+ —- ___—_ California Senators Excited. Yesterday there was a sensation in the California senate when Senator Biggy made charges of attempted bribery and corruption. A bill repealing a law making. 5 cents the maximum fare to be charged by San Francisco street railroads was up for consideration. Biggy of San Francisco denounced the bill as in the interest of the street railroad combine. He said any one who would vote for the repeal of the pres- ent law was a hireling of the Southern Pacific. Senator Arms of San Francisco demanded an apology. Mr. Biggy stated that this week he was offered $8,000 to stand in with the combination on water, gas, telephone and other bills, and that the railroad money was promised him when he reached San Francisco. This statement created a terrific row. The bill was adopted by a vote of 18 to 10, —- -- -se+. Suicide Ends a Wild Life. J. E. Stocking, the young son of the mitI- lionaire lumberman of Eau Claire, Wis., committed suicide Monday night at Duluth by taking 125 grains of morphine. Young Stocking married about a year ago and settled down for a time. He was under the influence of wild companions, however, and went on a spree. His father cut off his allowance and he went to Hot Springs and then began selling water filters in various cities. os. Preferred Death to a Law Suit. Mrs. Frank Edinger of Elbert, Col., being threatened with a law suit by a neighbor with whom she had quarreled, took a dose of strychnine, and also gave a dose of the poison to her seven-year-old son. The mother died, but the boy will recover. —+o+____ What Newfoundiand Wants. The Newfoundland delegates who are go- ing to Canada in crder to confer with the dominion government on the question of confederation left St. Johns last evening. The terms to be submitted by the New- foundland delegates are 3700,000 for thé administration of the local government and civil service departments, $1,000,000 for harbor inmsrovements, steam ‘and mail service, railroads)’ etc., and Newfound- land to hd¥e powé¥ by a plebiscite to ac- cept or refuse conféderation. 18) ce 51 % Insurgents Digvussing Surrender. A privatel dispatch received at Madrid from Havé#a sayS’that the leaders of the war of separation, of 1884, who joined the present rising in Gyba, are conferring with Captain eral Qglleja, with the view of a possible cessation of hostilities and the surrender of the repel arms. +0 . Opened dy the Kaiser. Emperor, *Williatp yesterday afternoon at Berlin opened the,husbandry committee of the state council, called to consider agra- Han reforgps. Chairnian of London’s Council. The newly chosen London county council has elected Mr. Arnold, the progressive candidate, to be its chairman by a vote of 66 to 57 cast for the Duke of Norfolk. 6 Gold for the Bonds. The Umbria brought $1,400,000 in gold bars on account of the bond syndicate. Upon placing the treasure on deposit at the assay office a preliminary certificate for $1,200,000 in gold coin was secured upon it, taken next door to the subtreasury and there added to the bond account proper, so that interest would begin cn that amount of bonds. —_—+e+___—_ Rush C. Steele, who is being sued for di- vorce in the District courts, is not an as- sistant engineer in the-navy, as published, but an enlisted man. NO REQUEST FOR TROOPS > The Army Not Oalled Upon to Interfere in au Policy of the War Department Re- specting the Use of Troops—Re- strictions of the Law. Secretary Lamont sald this morning that he had received no request of any kind from any source for the use of federal troops in New Orleans. The policy of the War Department in the case of civil troubles in the states is set forth in a general order, dated July 24, 1894, the preparation of which was in- spired by the labor troubles at Chicago. In that order the attention of all officers of the army was invited to the following section of an act of Congress approved June 18, 1878: Sec. 15. From and after the passage of this act it shall not be lawful to employ any part of the army of the United States, as a posse comitatus, or otherwise, for the purpose of executing the laws, except in such cases and under such circumstances as such employment of said force may be expressly authorized by the Constitution or by act of Congress; and no money appro- priated by, this act shall he used to pay any of the expenses incurred in the em- ployment of any troops in violation of this section, and any person willfully violating the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof shall be punished by fine not exceeding ten thousand dollars or im- prisonment not exceeding two years, or by both such fine and imprisonment. The Constitution. The constitutional provision on this sub- ject is article 4 of the Constitution, which provides as follows: “Sec. 4. The United States shall guaran- tee to every state in this Union a repubil- can form of government, and shall protect each of them against invasion; and on ap- Plication of the legislature, or of the ex- ecutive (when the legislature cannot be convened), against domestic violence.” ‘The order repeats all the acts of Con- gress, understood as intended to be ex- cepted from the operation of section 15, above quoted, authorizing the employment of the military forces for the purpose of executing the laws. These include the statutes prohibiting the obstruction or re- tarding the passage of the mails, and for the protection of trade and commerce it unlawful restraints, General Instructions to the Army. The order concludes with the following instructions, based on the Constitution and laws, as given: “Officers of the army will not permit the use of the troops under their command to aid the civil authorities as a posse com- itatus or in execution of the laws, except as authorized in the foregoing enactments. If time will admit, the application for the use of troops for these purposes must be forwarded, with a statement of all the ma- terial facts in the case, for the considera- tion and action of the President; but, in cases of sudden and une.c:pected invasion, insurrection, or riot, endangering the public Property of the United States, or in cases of attempted or threatened robbery or in- terruption of the United States mails, or other equal emergency so imminent as to prohibit communication by telegraph, of- ficers of the army may, if they think a necessity exists, take such action before the receipt of instructions from the seat of government as the circumstances of the case and the law under which they are act- ing may justify. In every such case they will promptly report their action and the circumstances requiring it to the adjutant — for the information of the Presi- lent. a GENERAL NEWS NOTES. A Columbia, S. C., man was murdered a few days ago in the woods, and his bull dog was the first to find the body. When the searchers came up they found the dog beside his dead master, and the animal stubbornly refused to allow him to be touched in any way. Two young men have found buried in a sand bar on the Missouri river the hulk of an old steamer, lost before the war, which contains 100 barrels of whisky. The daughter of a day laborer in Jack- sonville has inherited $100,000 by the death ihe New ox wees: luminum heel tips are coming in vogue in England. ie na An Oregon man has hewed a thirteen foot boat out of a cedar log, and proposes to voyage to Europe from San Francisco by Cape Horn, unless the railroad companies allow him to put his boat on wheels and using the tracks, sail before the wind. A New York man asked to be excused from serving on jury duty on the ground that he was incompetent through his con- viction that he should not judge the guilt or innocence of his fellow man. His plea was granted. D. J. Flummer of Birmingham, Ala., president of the International Migration Society, yesterday chartered at Philadel- phia the steamer Horsa, which, on Fri- day of next week, will sail from Savannah, Ga., with 300 American negroes, with whici an attempt will be made to colonize Li- beria. The colossal figure of Progress, for the dome of the San Francisco city hall, is a winged female figure, 22% feet high, and holding aloft a torch. At night this torch will be brilliantly illuminated. The statue is over 300 feet above the ground. Miss Bird, the traveler, has stated that Japan, of course in time of peate, spends twice as much upon the elementary schovis as upon the navy; while Great Britain spends more than twice as much upon her navy as upon her elementary schools. Miss Alberta Scott of Cambridge, Mass. is the first colored girl to enter the Ha vard “Annex,” or rather Radcliffe College. ——--see. The Bernhardt Case. The testimony and arguments in the case of Frances L. against Dr. Wiihelm Bern- hardt, for separation and maintenance, were concluded before Judge Cox today, and the court reserved its decision. The defendant is a teacher of German in the public schools, and his wife charges him with cruelty. ee 'The Sanity of Lean Throop. An inquiry as to the mental condition of Lena Throop, an alleged lunatic, was filed today by Annie E. Throop, her mother, who asks to be appointed a committee to take charge of the person and estate of the afflicted child. The estate is said to be valued at $550. ———S Taken to the Hospit: Lemuel Butler, a tinsmith, residing at 1045 4th street northeast, was taken sici\ at 724 11th street this afternoon and was removed to the Emergency Hospital. It is thought he had an attack of heart disease. ——.—__ The Manchu Dynasty Denounced. Len Chew, a Chinese merchant at Bos- ten, who was educated in America, has just returned from China. He says: “While I did not go to the seat of war in the north at all, I did spend some time in Shanghai, only about 400 miles from the seat of war. “The government takes all pains imag- Inable to keep the people from knowing anything, let alone the facts concerning a disastrous war. The government will not allow the common Chinese to be educated, lest they should equal the European or Americans, and that would lead to a revo- lution that would sweep the corrupt and cowardly crew of thieves and blackmailers called the government of China from the face of the earth. The result of the war will be simply to enrich a few office hold- ers if the Manchu dynasty is not destroy- ed. If that gang of scoundrels is captured and beheaded it will be an immeasurable benefit to mankind.” +00. Application Denied. Secretary Smith has denied the applica- tion of Jesse B. Bulkley for the survey of an island as government land and open to agricultural entry. The island is in the Wabash river. The Secretary holis that the survey of the land adjacent, when made, does not show the island, and that it is properly classed as swamp land be- longing to the state of Illinois. —-e——_____ The prohibition town of Portland, Me., uses $76,000 worth of liquor every year for “medicinal and mechanical purposes.” FINANCE AND TRADE Advices From London Send Up the Prices. SPECULATION AS 70 N.Y. C. DIVIDENDS Chicago Gas Became the Conspic- uous Stock. GENERAL MARKET REPORTS Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. NEW YORK, March 13.—In sympathy with the attitude of the London market opening prices this morning reflected ad- vances varying from 1-4 to 1-2 per cent. The volume of foreign business was small and had no effect on later trading in this market. The diversity of opinion on the subject of the next dividend on New York Central acted in some measure as a de- terrent to activity. The action of the stock, however, demonstrated that those who rely upon a reduction were the more cenfident of their position. The price yielded duzing the morning for a net loss of 1 1-8 per cent, the support at the re- duction being attributed ¢o covering. ‘The room -has been of the opinion for some time that a reduction in the dividend rate would of necessity follow the decreas- ed revenues reported from time to time during the last quarter. This view was not adopted by certain of the more con- servative and usually well-informed opera- tors, who were of the opinion that profits were sufficiently close to the dividend-pay- ing standard to warrant the usual dis- bursement, especially at a time when gen- eral businesr conditions were visibly im- proving The consistency with which the room has upheld its position has caused some appre- hension among the friends of the property and the conservative element admit that the chances are at best only even. Should the rate be reduced it is a wasted point as to what corresponding reduction, if any, would follow in the price of the stock. The extremes vary from 3 to 10 per cent. The policy of Northwest will be reflected to a great extent by the policy pursued by Central’s directors at Friday’s meeting. The bears will therefore use the result of such meeting either as an incentive for covering or for further extending their interests on the short side of Northwest. it. Paul was sold down 1 per cent from @ strong opening, on the belief that a raid will follow the announcement of tomor- Tow’s action. New England was mod- erately active on purchases attributed to Boston, and based on the probable success of the company under the reorganized management. New Jersey Central declined 1 per cent under renewed sales for short account, and elsewhere the volume of business was too small to warrant any important changes. Chicago Gas displaced sugar témporarily as the monopolizing feature of the indus- trial list, the execution of a liberal selling order forcing the price down rapidly. The movement was assisted by the customary room following, a loss of 1% per cent re- sulting in consequence. There was no special news cn which to base the decline. General Electric was in good demand, and gained 1 1-8 per cent on what was gen- erally regarded as the covering of out- standing short contracts. Sugar sold up % per cent at the opening, but subsequently reacted 1 per cent from that price on sales. The books of the company will close to- morrow for the payment of dividends, and some selling of speculative holdings may follow. The prevailing opinion, however, 1s strongly favorable to ultimately higher prices for this stock. The market for sterling and continental bills was firm and dull. As there is no mail steamer sailing until the last of the week there is little disposition among bark- ers to trade at current rates. The bond syndicate is confident of its ability to pre- vent any outflow of gold, the rumors for speculative purposes, to the contrary not- withstanding. Closing prices were irregular, but in the main steady. ——__ The Pacific Wheat Market. SAN FRANCISCO, March 13.—The bulls and bears are having a lively struggle over wheat this week, and a series of ups and downs marks the course of each day’s. bus- iness. Many operators denounce the re- ports of the Department of Agriculture as misleading, and do not hesitate to say that the advices should be abolished. Enthusi- asm at the produce exchange is dampened to a certain extent by the James G. Fair estate holding of wheat, estimated at 150,- 000 tons, which may be dumped on market at any time and upset the most carefully laid plans and computations. ——_—- FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL, . ‘The following are the opening, the high- est and the lowest and the closing prices of the New York stock market today, as re- ported by Corson & Macartney, members New York stock exchange. Correspondents Messrs. Moore & Schley, No. 80 Broadway: Chicago, 5 - Chic.and Northwestern. Chie. R.I. and Pacific. Del.. Lack. and W...... Delaware and Hudson.. Den. and R. Grande Pfd Lou Long Island Traction. Metropolitan Tractiot Manhattan Flevated Michigan Central. Missourl Pacific. National Lead Co U. 8. Cordage Co. U.S. Cordage Co. Pr New Jersey Central... New York Centrai Southern Railwa; Phila. Traction... Texas Pacific... Tenn. Coal and Iron. Wheeling and L. Erie.. Wheeling and L. E. Prd. Western Unton Tel. Washington Stock Exchange. Sales—regular call—12 o'clock m.—U. 8. mn, $1,000 at 112. Columbia Railroad 6s, $1,000 5 110; $500 ut 110; $1,000’ at 110. at 49; 25 at 48. District Title, 100 at 12. Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone, 26 at 56. Government Bonds.—U. 8. 4s, registered, 11 bid, 111 asked. U.S. 4s, coupon, 112 bid, 112! asked. U.S. 5s, 115 bid. District of Columbia Bonds.—20-year fund 5s, 108 bid. 30-year fund 6s, gold, 114% bid. Water stock cou- 7s, 1901, currency. Water stock 7s, 1903, Pg ne 2. s "Washington aud. Georg c George- town Railroad conv. 6s, Ist, 125 bid, 140 asked. Washington and Georgetown Railroad conv. 6s, 125 bid, 140 asked. “Metropolitin Railroad conv. 6s, 101 bid, 10215 asked. Belt Kailroad 5s, 80 bid, 85. asked. " Eckington, Railroad 6s, 102 bid, 105 |. Columbia Itallroad 6s, 109%’ bid, 110 asked. Washington Gas Company 6s, series A, 114 bid. Washington Gas Company 6s, series B, 315 bid. ny con¥. 6s, 130 bid. U. S. Electric Light conv. 5s, 180 bid. "Chesapeake and 5s, 100 bid. “American Security A., 100 bid. American Se- ind Trust 5s, A. and O., 100 bid. Washing- ton et Company ist 6s, 110 bid. Washington Market Company imp. Gs, ‘110 bid. Washington Market Company ext, Gs. 107 bid. Masonic Hall Association 53, 105 bid. Washington Light Infantry st 2, 100 bid. Washington Light Infantry 24 7s, National Bank Stocks.—Bank of Washington, 230 curit bid, 300 asked. Benk of the Republic, 250° bid, 275 asked. Metropolitan, 280 bid, 207 asked. Cen tral, 260 bid. ‘asked. bid.” Columb! bid, 71 le it and Com; Deposit and Trust, 123 bid, 184% asked. remen's, 35% vid. Franklin, 75 asked. Ariiugton, 153 -Amerizan, 162 bid. Na- Stocka.—Real Estate ‘Title, 108 bid, “tie Columbia Ti hid, 8 asked. Weshington ‘tle, 8 asked. Distelet Title 1 bids Telephone Stocks.—Pennsrlvaula, 87 bid, Chesa- Peake and Potomac, 56 bi! 57 asked. Americ Graphophone, ra bid, 4% asked. Pneumatic ‘Gun 15 -25 bi Stocks.—Washt: Market bid. Great Fulls Ice, 130 Did 15 asked.” Bull Bon Hall, % bid. Panorama, 30 asked. Mergenthaler Linotype, 150 bid. Baltimore Markets. c . 3 wal - els; southern wheat by sample,’ 60a62; do. on 1%. Corn ‘and month, ———as Grain and Cotton Markets. Cotton and grain markets, ——— by W. B. Hi 1421 F st., ge = 3 lubbard, Price & 2 Low. Close. + Wheat—atay. Te eS ending of such a quest,” said George Rol- lins of Lynchburg at the Raleigh yester- day. “A couple of men met with consid- erable luck in this way, though, down near Danville not long ago. One day named Leary was visited by the men, who wented to know if there had ever been an ed. Leary told them to go ahead. Scarce- ly had the top soil been upturned before several large tin boxes were uncovered, two of which were full of old silver ware. parted. Now every farmer on the river is wondering whether it wouldn't pay better to prospect for buried treasure than to raise precarious crops.” “There is a great deal stronger senti- ment in the New York legislature in favor of the scheme recently proposed to connect the Atlantic with the great lakes by means of a ship canal than the railroad corporations which are vigorously fighting the idea would like to have people think,” said Erastus Dillman of Troy at the Coch- ran last night. “When a bill was intro- duced for the purpose and the cost of the work estimated at a hundred and fifty millions, the suggestion seemed too stu- pendous for consideration, but the people have got it into their heads that such a canal would be a mighty profitable thing, and one needn’t be surprised in the course of the next few years to see such a work actually begun. My! what a country it would be, sure enough, when an ocean freight steamer could discharge her cargo at a dock in Chicago!” “The recent blizzard and snow filled up most of the roads in Maryland as high as the fence posts on either side,” said George Randall of Montgomery at the Metropoli- tan last night, “and when the storm ceas- ed the only way the farmers had to get out for supplies was to combine and clear the roads of drifts. In a remarkably short time communication between towns and outlying places was in this way establish- ed, and the success of the co-operative work has led to a favorable discussion of continuing it on the roads at all seasons of the year, in order to keep them in good condition. The roads in Montgomery coun- ty could be kept in as perfect order as street pavements almost if the farmers who use them would agree to join with their neighbors upon stated days, three or four times a year, and devote themselves to fixing the broken places and repairing the drains. I am in great hopes that this will be done.” A pretty good story was told at the Ebbitt last night, which illustrated that a change had been brought about in the warm relations formerly existing between a well-known elderly physician and an equally prominent young lawyer of this city, so that the older man now reviles the other as generously as he used to praise him. It all grew out of an afternoon spent in playing the seductive game of seven-up. The physician was feeling at peace with all the world; he had received several urexpected fees and had finished his round of visits, and he was particularly pleased when he espied the legal wight. He called him to his buggy and suggested a litule luncheon, with a few games of high, low, jack and the game as an epilogue. The youth was nothing loth, and the program was started going. There never was such bad luck as that which pursued the doctor, and he lost game after game at an ex- pense of 25 cents each, until no less than nineteen consecutive quarters were trans- ferred to the lawyer’s pockets. The twen- tieth game was won by the physician in two straight hands. Then his opponent, with the most serious and determined look imaginable upon his face, arose from the pee and deliberately threw down his wouldn't play another game of seven- up with a man who had such luck as that if I burned for it,” he remarked, and out of the room he stalked. The doctor was as mad as a March hare, and it only made matters worse when he was told that his friend was only playi ®& joke on him. He remains ‘unappeased still, and the chances are he will continue 80. “The story in The Star’s hotel talks about the female enrolling clerk of the Kansas legislature refusing to enroll a bill until her claim for overtime was settled reminds me of another interesting phase of the woman in politics out there,” said Warren Evans of Topeka at the Riggs House yesterday. “Just now the female voters in our town are very much exercis- ed over election matters, and the main thing they are considering is registration. The Kansas law compels every person registering to give age as well as name, and the age requisite is what bothers the ladies. Of course, the young and pretty ones toss their heads and laugh at the idea of any one of any sex being afraid to say how old he or she is, but their more ad- vanced sisters, whose hair is getting thin in spots and who can’t attribute theit wrinkles altogether to the effects of close- ly studying essays on domestic economy, are blinking at the age part of the law. ag if they wanted to balk. The funniest part of it is that the women’s associations in Topeka are discussing the matter serl- ously.” ——.—__ Republican Victories in Michigan. Reports from village charter elections held throughout Michigan on Monday showa decisive republican victories where party lines were strictly drawn. In most cases, however, the results turned upon !ocal sues and upon the candidates’ qualifications and popularity.