Evening Star Newspaper, March 20, 1895, Page 2

2 LATE NEWS BY WIRE Augusta, Ga., Swept by a Tor- nado, ns HOUSES TOSSED ABOUT LIKE STICKS Few Persons Hurt and No Lives Lost. —— SOME WONDERFUL ESCAPES AUGUSTA, Ga., March 20.—At 9 o'clock this morning a tornado struck Augusta back of the old Lafayette race course. ‘The first house struck was hurled across McKinnie street and thrown against the house on the opposite side. Its sole occu- pant, a colored woman, was badly but not fatally hurt...Nothing but the floor of the house was left. In the next house demolished a negro woman and five children were buried under the wreck, but, after an hour's work, were extricated alive, though some of them were badly bruised. In the central southern part of the city a.dozen houses were wrecked and all along the path of the storm, trees, fencing and outhouses were leveled. A small house was hurled through the roof and into one of the big rooms of the Miller flour mills. The Central Railroad round house and paint shops were badly damaged and one engine smashed under the debris. It is extraordinary that no lives were lost and that few-people were hurt. The entire police and fire forces, reinforced by large bodies of citizens, are at work on the ruined houses, and those who have Met hurt are being cared for at the hos- pital. COLUMBUS, Ga., March 20.—A heavy wind in the nature of a whirlwind nassei over this city and Girard, Ala., at 5:40 o'clock this morning. Little damage was done on this. side of the river, but three residences were leveled on the Alabama side. The Columbus Fertilizer Company's building was partly unroofed. ——e BREAK AMONG HIG ‘S MEN. Excitement at Dover, Del., Temporary Desertion. DOVER, Del, March 20.—There was much excitement when the first ballot was taken today, and it was found that Hig- gins’ followers, with the exception of Rep- resentative Wilson, had deserted and voted for Edward G. Bradford of New Castle. Money and Walker (Higgins), who are ab- sent, were paired. On the first and second ballots Higgins got 1 vote and Bradford 6 On the third ballot Higgins got 1, Bradford 1 and Hiram Burton of Sussex county 5. Fourth ballot, Higgins, 1; Burton, 6. Fifth ballot, Higgins, 7. The desertion was en- tirely unexpected. Representative Moore, an Addicks adhe- rent, says this ts the beginning of the end. Representative Ball, another Addicks fol- lower, canvassed the republicans in the house in the interest of Harry A. Richard- gon of Dover, but without success. So far 86 ballots have been taken since the dead- lock began. WILMINGTON, Del., March 20.—The sig- nificance in today’s senatorial ballots at Dover is that the Higgins followers are ready to leave their man for the purpose of electing a compromise candidate for Sen- ator. They claim that their action today proves this and that any time enough re- Publicans may join them from the forces of Addicks and Massey to elect a Senator. Of course this attitude is construed to mean that the Higgins people are not will- ing to go to either Addicks or Massey. Any other republican, however, is satisfactory to them. While the Addicks and Massey followers are not likely to go to F. G. Brad- ford, it is belteved they cannot refuse to go to Dr. Burton or some other equally avail- able republican. Great pressure is being brought upon the republican members to elect a Senator, und now that the Higgins people have shown @ disposition to break the deadlock, the Pressure will be hard for them to resist. os THE TRUSTED SERVANT STOLE. During a Fire Annie Pitt Took Many Valuables. PHILADELPHIA, March 20.—Annie Pitt, colored, who robbed Mrs. Brooks of this city of $3,500 in money and yaluables,cloth- ing, jewelry, &c., 1nd who was arrested in Harrisburg last night after a long chase, attempted to commit suicide this morning in her cell in the city hall. After she had finished her breakfast she said to the de- tective: “What would you do if you were in my place?” The detective told her the best thing to do was to make a full confession. Mrs. Pitt, seizing the knife with which Bhe had been eating her breakfast, said: “I will end it all now,” and commenced sawing on her throat withthe dull blade. ‘The detective overpowered her before she could injure herself seriously. She was given a hearing at the court. She exonerated from all blame Mr. and Mrs. Douglas, who were arrested on Satur- day for receiving stolen goods, saying that they had no knowledge of where she secured the money she had given them. Bhe testified that her husband left her at Over a Bel Air, Md., and said he was going to Boston. Since then she had not heard from him. Mrs. Pitt said her husband had about $200 when he left her, and this was all the money she had left out of the $3,500, with the exception of $190, which is deposited in a Harrisburg bank. The prisoner was held for a further hearing. Mrs. Pitt had been.a servant in the Brooks family for thirteen years, and had kole charge of the house. When the rob- bery and fire occurred, in November last, Mrs. Brooks had not the slightest idea that her trusted servant was the guilty party, but when, on January 1, Mrs. Pitt decided to leave for Florida, Mrs. Brooks became suspicious. She did not place the case in the hands of detectives until a few days ago, since which time they have foi- lowed Mrs. Pitt to Havre de Grace, Md., Rock Run, Bel Air, Md., York, Pa., and nally to Harrisburg, where she was caught last night. ‘The money was spent for ex- pensive clothing and trinkets and given to People who “bled’’ her. —_——_— COULDN'T BEAR DISEASE. A Wilmington, Del., Man Preferred the Ml He Kuew Not ‘Of. WILMINGTON, Del., March 20.—Harry Kienle, who lived with himself and family at No. 1216 West 2d street, committed suicide this morning by shooting himself with a shotgun. The charge from the gun bored a big hole in the man’s body, and death followed almost instantly. The sui- cide was undoubtedly premeditated, as all the indications point to the fact - that Kienle set about in a cool, deliberate way to take his own life. He had been in Ml health for several years and had suffer- ed much agony from a complication of @iseases. About 4 o’clock this morning he arose from bed and went down to the sit- ting room. ‘The sound of a gunshot soon after caused bis wife to spring from her sleep in terror. fhe hastened down stairs to the sitting recm. A lamp was dimly burning, and by the light of it she recognized the form of her husband lying on his back on the floor. The gun was found to contain one empty shell, and the supposition is that Kienle held tne gun with the muzzle touching his body and pulled the trigger with his toe. Before taking his life Kierle wrote sev- eral letters to his family anu ‘riend8. To John Hammer he addressed a note, gaying: thank you for the gun you loan- ed me some time ago. It came in good place this morning.” r Kienle was well to do and had retired from business two years ago. —_———__— RIOTERS INDICTED. Thirty-Five of Last Week's Mob in New Orleans. NEW ORLEANS, La, March 20,—At Boon today the grand jury brought in in- @ictments against thirty-five of the men who participated in last week's riot on the levees. Some of the indicted parties are already under arrest. Caplas hag been is- sved for the others. THE EVENING STAR, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 20, 1895-TWELVE PAGES. KILLED IN THE STREET A Small Boy Run Over by a Delivery Wagon. Tragedy on Thirteenth Street This Afternoon—Statement of Bystanders. At half-past 2 this afternoon one of M. W. Beveridge’s delivery wagons ran over a little boy named Louis Bachsmid on 13th street, oppcsite the Builders’ Exchange, and killed him. The accident was seen by @ number of bystanders, who give uniform- ly the same account of it. The driver, a colored boy, was not urg- ing his horse, which was at the time going at a very moderate pace. The wagon was Icaded with barrels, and the vehicle was a little to the left of the center of the street and going northward up the slight hill at that point. In Front of the Team. The little boy was crossing the street, and got just about eight feet from the curb on the west side of the street, when the driver seemed to become aware of the boy’s presence, and picked up the reins. Whether he pulled the wrong rein or did not have control of the horse is not clear, but the animal jumped to the left, directly toward the boy, knocked him down, and in an instant the nigh fore wheel of the wagon had passed over him. There was a groan from the bystanders, and a dozen men rushed to pick up the ferm of the boy. In a moment from the upholstery store at 724 13th street came the father of the boy, Paul Bachsmiid, who had been looking out of an upstairs window just before and saw his boy playing safely on the sidewalk. Louis was carried into his home, where his agonized mother ten- derly laid him on her bed and asked him where he was hurt, while several messen- gers ran for doctors. The little fellow had his hand on his breast and said it hurt there, and in a few moments gasped and died. © He was a remarkably bright and beauti- ful lad, about eight years old, and business men in the neighborhood regard2d him as @ pet. Several of the bystanders declared it was sheer carelessness on the part of the driver that caused the accident. At Mr. Beveridge’s stors no one could tell which of their drivers it was. The man drove or uptown after the boy was picked up, and seemed to think no serious harm had been done. —————d AN ATTACHMENT ISSUED. Slapped a Teacher's Face and For- feited Collateral. Yesterday afternoon there was a lively scene in the Van Buren school, in Ana- costia, when the principal of the building, Mr. Selden M. Ely, and A. E. Thorn, a resident of Twining City, came together. Mr. Thorn was there te avenge an al- leged wrong committed on his young brother Clarence by the principal, and as they could not come to terms on a peace- able basis, Mr. Thorn, it is alleged, slapped the school teacher’s face and left the build- ing. The affair caused considerable excite- ment among the children in the school, ard Policeman Robey responded to a call for a »ecliceman. He met Mr. Thorn on the sti -t, and the latter told him that he hhad slapped the teacher’s face and went with him to the police station, where he left $10 collateral for his appearance, It dppears that Clarence Thorn, who at- tends the sixth grade, had figured in a fight in the school yard, and when he en- tered the building afterward he claims that the principal called him to account and tore his clothes. Clarence went directly home and reported the affair, and his report called out~his older brother, who took the law in his own hands. When the case was called in the Police Court this morning Mr. Thorn failed to appear, and his collateral was forfeited. This amount was deemed insufficient by the prosecuting officer, and an attach- ment was issued to bring him into court. ‘The case may be heard tomorrow. ——.——_ CHRISTIAN WORKERS. Convention in. Progress at Eastern Presbyterian Church. A convention af Christian workerg is being held at the Eastern Presbyterian Church today, under the direction of the International Evangelical Alliance, con- ducted by Rev. A. R. Simpson of New York and Rev. Stephen Merritt of New York. About two hundred delegates are present from New York city, Maryland and Vir- ginia. The principal object of the conven- tion Is said to be “the promotion of a deeper spiritual life and the evangelization of the world.” The cenvention was called to order ‘at 10 a.m. today. Rey. Dr.- Easton, pastor of the church, delivered the address of wel- come. He told his hearers of the beauties and prospects of Washington, but of its need, like every other city, of increased zeal and earnestness in Christian work. Preliminary religious exercises were held, and then Rev. Dr. Simpson rendered a scholarly exposition of Paul's epistle to the Ephesians, emphasizing the necessity of Christianity being endued with power for Christian service. Then followed a pleasant address on “How to Be a Chris- tian” by Stephen H. Merritt. This even- gelical convention is making a tour of the south and will invade Texas. Its next stop will be at Lynchburg. The morning serv- ice adjourned at a little after noon, the afternoon session will begin at 3 o'clock and the evening session will open at 7:30. Three sessions will also be held tomorrow, the night session being the closing one of the series. i Rev. Dr. Simpson has nearly five hundred missionaries at work.in different parts of the world and conducts a large missionary college at New York city. —— 'Yomorroe Alexander Island Entrics First race, four and a half furlongs, sell- ing—Clansman, 110; Civil Service, 110; Son Malhuer, 110; Jennie T., 110; Columbus, 110; Marguerite, 115; Despair, 115; Fan King, 105; Some More, 100; Commodore Roughan, 100; Miss Bess, 100; Annie T., 100; Rama, 100; Wang, 100; Surprise, 100. Second race, six and one-half furlongs, selling—McKeever, 115; Lum, 115; Blue Bird, 1 Mikey B., 115; Headlight, 115; Flvellen, 1 Grand Prix, 115; Hemet, 115; Caroven, 115, Jersey Pat, 115; Foxglove, 1 Forager, 115; Elizabeth, 122; Leigh, 122; Pottowattcmie, 122. Third race,4 1-2 furlongs, selling—Bizarre, 94; Dama, 90; Boonton, 99; Flash, 102; Far- ragut, 102; Miss Tristan, 106; Syde, 109; Lura, 104; Quilla, 101; Surgeon, 99; Little Jim, 107. Fourth race, one mile, selling—Ponce de Leon, 101; Red Star, 100; Brightwood, 97; Vestibule, 104; Tiny Tim, 104; Thurston, 109. Fifth race, six and one-quarter furlongs, selling —Cadet, 105; Little Bravo, 105; Tena- cious, 105; Pocahontas, 105; Charley R.,105; King Bird, 105; Clementina, 100; Anxiety, 102; Blackfoot, 102; Finance II, ence L., 103; Come Home, 107; Paris, 1¢ Minnesota, 108; Sappho, 100. Sixth race, six and a half furlongs, sell- ing—Benvolio, 102; Fassett, 102; Trinculo, 108; Dillon, J., 108; Detroit, 95; Fredericks, 99; Wolcott, 100. ——__. Sent for Treatment. About 9 o’clock this morning a colored man named Allen Tykes was seriously in- jured about the head and back by the fall- ing of a bucket in an excavation near 36th street and Prospect avenue, where he was working. He was sent to the Emergency Hospital for treatment. esas More Subscriptions. Additional subscriptions for the benefit of the poor have been received at The Star office as follows: Heretofore acknowledged. Golden Days Club. Mrs. M. E. reo Coleman He Sold Beer. Policemen Brown and Warren, attired in citizens’ uniform, visited Edward Fick’s cafe one Sunday several months ago and had oysters and beer. Then they swore out a warrant charging the proprietor with violating the Sunday law. the case was tried today and the jury returned a verdict ef guilty. Counsel gave notice-of a mo- tion in arrest of judgment. DRAWING TO A CLOSE SENATORIAL. VIEWS Evidence in Rebuttal in the Beam Mur- der Trial. Government Attacking the Insanity Plea—The Prisoner's Actions in Jail Since the Crime. ‘ The efforts of counsel for Joseph A. Beam, charged with the murder of Annie L. Leahy, his stepdaughter, on the 22d of last December, to show that the man was not responsible because of insanity, were continued today before Judge Cole and a jury in Criminal Court No. 2. The trial attracts quite a large attendance, and the conduct of Beam in court is closely watch- ed by the curious throng. The man con- tinues to be apparently the least concern- ed person in the court room, and, as he strokes his red beard and gazes out of the windows, paying little attention to the testimony, his appearance is that of a man decidedly bored by the proceedings. Yes- terday and today Dr. John B. Chapin of Philadelphia, the expert in insanity, who testified on behalf of the government in the Schneider murder case, occupied a seat in the court room, for the purpose of con- sidering the testimony of the defense and to observe the conduct of the alleged mur- derer. It is understood that Dr. Chapin has examined Beam at the jail, and he ts expected to be a witness for the govern- ment in-rebuttal of Beam’s insanity. Regarded as Insane. After The Star's report of the case closed yesterday Oliyer T. Beaumont, an inspector in the health office, stated that he had known Beam from boyhood, and he regard- ed him as insane. Beam was peculiar in boyhood, and often read the Bible over @ pauper’s grave near the school house, éx- Plaining that the dead man could hear him. Several times he saw Beam address- ing cattle, he claiming that the beasts un- derstood all he said. About ten days be- fore the killing of Mrs. Leahy, said the witness, Beam told him that -he had just returned from England, where, at the re- quest of Queen Victoria, he had investi: gated the labor question. Beam stated that in his report to the queen he had held the Fifty-third Congress responsible for the trouble, and that he intended blowing them to hell. “Did you then regard Beam as insane?” asked Mr. Birney. > “TI did,” replied the witness. “Did you inform the health officer or the police of the man's threat?” No, sir; I did not.” “Don’t you think you neglected your duty as a public official in failing to do so?” “No, sir, for I didn’t believe Beam would do anything of the kind.” Several witnesses were examined yester- day and this morning on behalf of the defense, tending to show Beam to be cranky or insane, and shortly before noon today the testimony for the defense was concluded. In Rebuttal. As his first witness in rebuttal, District Attorney Birney called Policeman Charles J. Wagner, who stated that Beam talked intelligently at the time of the tragedy, and the officer also stated that Beam had several times been arrested for assault and threats, and that he had seen Beam intoxicated several times. Justice of the Peace Sam'l C. Mills stated that he had Known Beam for several years, and re- garded him as an intelligent man, and of sound mind. He had seen him under the influence of liquor. Fred. W. Pilling, a builder, for whom Beam had worked, stated that he did not consider him insane, but pecullar, obsti- nate and pigheaded. He was a good work- man, doing his work well. At the Jail. James W. Walters, a jail guard, testified as to Beam’s conduct and habits at the jail, stating that the man ate and slept well, talked intelligently, and conversed intelligently last night about the trial. ‘The man enjoyed good health, and he had increased In weight since his committal to jail. James Woodward, another jail guard> gave similar testimony. Daniel W. Shute, the jail pyysician, stat- ed that he had conversed with Beam sev- eral times, but the man always declined to discuss the. shooting of Mrs. Leahy, ex- plaining that he preferred ‘to discuss it only with his counsel. The man slept well, ate heartily and had no hallucinations. Last night, however, Beam talked tor half an hour with Dr. Chapin. Police Sergeant E. J. Wall stated that Beam had been arrested several times for assault and drunk and disorderly conduct. He never noticed anything irrational in the man’s conduct or conversation. Policeman Frank P. Smith gave similar testimony, stating that Beam went on sprees and had been convicted of assaulting his stepdaugh- ter. Station Keeper Wm. H. Burkhart of the ninth precinct testified to Beam’s several arrests for assaulting his wife and like of- fenses. The man’s conduct was that of a man in liquor. Otherwise his conversation and conduct were those of a sane man. Wit- ness talked with Beam a few hours after the killing of Mrs. Leahy, when the man explained that the shooting of the woman was not premeditated, but the result of impulse. Mr. Burkhart was followed on the stand by Yoliceman Michael G. Flynn, Policeman Henry Ehlers, Henry H. Fisher- and Dr. John B. Chapin. The latter gave exp2rt testimony in regard to insanity. Ss ALL-ROUND SURPRISES. The Green Goods Trials and the Sen- tences Imposed. Yesterday afternoon in the Police Court when the “green goods” cases were con- cluded, and Judge Miller sentenced Ira Greathouse and J. O. Wheeler to six mcnths in jail, persons in the audience were as much surprised as were the men who were sentenced. They came here to catch the “green goods” men at their own game, and after their arrest they sup- pesed that they would be let go, because they had frustrated the game, but in this they were mistaken. Judge Miller sized up the case and said that if there had been a meeting some one would no doubt have been killed, and, as printed in yesterday’s Star, he characterized the affair as one of the most diabolical schemes that had ever ccme to his notice. Wheeler was not much affected by the sentence, for he has served time before, but Greathouse went back to his cell and cried as if he. were a child. The shock was too much for him. heretofore printed, he 1s a merchant at Hyer, W. Va., and persons in this city came forward to give evidence concerning his good character. An effd¥t is now being made to have Judge Miller fmpose a fine in the case, instead of a jail sentence, Greathouse having expressed a willingness to pay his $300 to secure his release. When Judge Miller had expressed his surprise at the conduct of the jury in ac- quitting Hickman, when no defense had been made in the case, he ordered that Hickman should not be released in event of his giving bond in the vagrancy case, but that he and Hill should be charged with conspiracy. This warrant has been issued, and the case may be heard before the close of the week. -Hill, who was convicted of a charge of carrying a pistol, will probably be sen- tenced on Saturda; —_—__ An Accident. : Daniel Chambers, a colored man forty- five years old, employed in Schultz's saw- mill, near 31st and K streets, met with an accident today, which resulted in three fingers of his right hand being nearly cut off. The injury was dressed at the Emer- gency Hospital. O. H. Douney, of Albion, Ind., an acknowledged expert in mat- ters relating toadvertising, pro- nounces The Washington Even- ing Star one of the best six daily papers inthe United States for advertisers’ use, because-= touse his own words--“‘because it comes nearer to covering its field entirely than any other paper on earth.” Mr, Hale Thinks Minister Thurston iy the Wrong, , cA (3 ENIQUETTE Mr. Frye Makes’ Some Caustic “Comments. OUR FOREIGN AFFAIRS Senator Hale of. Maine has been among the most zealous defenders of the Hawaiian republic on the fioor of the Senate, but he does not support Mr. Thurston in the matter of the minister’s reported recall at the instance of Secretary Gresham, on the facts so far as’ geveloped. “I have. no inside or exclusive informa- tion,” he said in discussing the matter teday, “but the published reports say that Mr. Thurston’s recall has been asked be- cause he made public diplomatic corre- spondence before. submitting it to the Secretary. If this is correct he was clear- ly in the wrong and could not expect that the Secretary would do otherwise than ask for his recall, “It was clearly a breach of official eti- quette, and is a practice which this coun- uy cennot ‘afford to encourage. There might be times when such a course would lead to serious consequences, and if mat- ters of international importance are to be so treated by the representatives of foreign governments we might as well have no State Department.” “Is it not possible,” ‘was suggested tg the Senator, “‘that Mr, Thurston’s course was dictated because he conceived that the ad- ministration was antagonistic to his gov- ernment?” “That is possible, but it is no excuse. In fact, if it be true that the administration is averse to the Hawaiian republic that is the best reason Thurston could have for discreet conduct. “Whatever the attitude of the administra- tion, he is accredited to it, and should treat it with becoming courtesy. I have heard it suggested,” continued the Senator, “that there was some prejudice on the part of the department toward Mr. Thurs- ton because it is belleved there that the minister has supplied Senators antagonistic to the policy of this government in Ha- waliian affairs with some of the facts used in the debates in the Senate; but that fact, if it be a fact, should cut no figure. The department could ask nothing of Mr. Thurston except courteous treatment at his hands in his official dealings with the department. It could have no supervision over his intercourse with Senators.” Mr. Hale added that he had formed a very high opinion of Mr. Thurston and had come to look upon him as an entirely fit man for the part he holds. “I had hoped,” he said, “that nothing more would happen to strain our relations with the Dole government, for I believe it is a good government, and that the Ha- walians have a republic which is such in fact as well as in name—not like these Central Amefican® ‘republics, including Mexico, which are nothing but military despotisms ” = Mexicy and.Guntewaln. This diversion led to‘a discussion of the dispute betwéén Mexico and Guatemala. “With that,” said Senator Hale, “we have no concern. It is a~dispute between two American statés, and’ should say we could do nothing exvept stahd aside and allow them to settidit as best they can, but I believe in a thoroughly vigorous American policy, and I, for one, think Secretary Gres- ham scored aJpoint when he made the de- mand he did make upon Spain in the Alli- anca affair. ‘The pedple of this country like that sort°of fring. and can always be counted upon’ to! support a demand for reparation forvan Insult when such an incl- dent is proved-to be sueh. “In case of ’a war with Spain we should certainly acquire Cuba, and that is a mueh- to-be-desired consummation.” The Véheauela Case. Asked for his opinion concerning the re- ported encroachments by Great Britain up- on Venezuelan territory, the Senator said he had no doubf that England had been pursuing her usual course of establishing herself in Venezuela, and he added that he believed it to be a-case for the interposition of the United States, “We are the great American power,” he added, “and should make the fact known in all cases where the European nations attempt to interfere with affairs of this continent.” ,A SMALL PIECE OF BUSINESS. Senator Frye’s Opinion on the De- mand for Mr. Thurston's Recall. “If the Hawaiian government can put up with Minister Willis, I think this govern- ment might easily overlook such a trivial matter as that which was made an excuse for- Minister Thurston’s dismissal,” said Senator Frye of Maine to a Star reporter today. “It looks to me like a very small plece of business, As I understand the matter Mr. Thurston did not give out to the press official communications, but the information which he imparted to the newspaper men was @ summary of news conveyed to him by private letter. “I think that Secretary Gresham's dis- pleasure with the ministeradates to a time anterior to this occurrence, however. I think that Minister Thurston’s famous re- ply to Blount started the trouble, and I think that Mr. Thurston was absolutely right in that reply to Blount. The admin- istration did not like it, and they have felt resentful to Mr. Thurston ever since. MR. THURSTON AND THE PRESS. The Minister Charged With Inspiring Attacks on the Administration. It was learned rather late this afternoon that the Hawaiian minister is accused, in addition to the giving out of facts, of hav- ing instigated the publication of newspaper articles in New York papers attacking the administration. It is held that this brings his case on all fours with the celebrated Catacazy case, which caused so much com- motion during the administration of Presi- dent Grant. Catacazy was the Russian minister here, and it had been clearly shown by the testi- mony of the newspaper men concerned that he had furnished the substance for articles published in the New York World attacking the foreign policy of the admin- istration and criticising bitterly the atti- tude of the United States toward Russia, then involved in a serious dispute with Great Britain. e The minister specifically denied responsi- bility for the publication, although it was indubitably breughts home to him and shown that he,had revised the manuscript before it waa,printed., There were other grievances against minister, growing out of allegatidys of jmmoral conduct and improper attjpude rd the Perkins claim, then pehding, “though these mat- ters ao not_made.tge ground of official complaint. Z On June 16‘Becretat¥ Fish, by direction ‘of President @pant, directed our minister to Russia, Mroi€urtif;!to inform the Rus- sian government “thatthe conduct of Mr. Catacazy, bo officially and personally, has been for ’some ie past such as to impair his usétélness to his own govern- ment and to fender*intercourse with him either for busitiéss of sécial purposes high- ly disagreeable! 29 Under these!cfreumistances the President is of the opinfon that’ the interests of both countries would be promoted and relations placed on a surer footing if the head of the Russian legation here Were to be changed. In the discussion which followed the Russian government was obliged to con- cede the principle of the right of a nation to request the recall of an objectionable minister. But it was disposed to stand by its own minister in this case, and the out- come was that Mr. Catacazy, under threat of receiving his passports, returned to Russia on an indefinite leave of absence, never to return to Washington, leaving the affairs of the legation in care of a charge. 2+ ____ A Runaway. This morning about 9 o'clock there was @ runaway accident on Nichols avenue, Hillsdale, in which'a lamp post was badly damaged and R. A. Bell, the driver of the vehicle, was painfully injured. He was sent home by the police. CITY GOVERNMENT SECRETS | Some That Were Developed Today Through 8 ‘Vindall What the Commissioners Are Doing— A Private Conference Over a School Yard. The Mystic Order of Three, some time known as the District Commissioners, were at the lodge rooms on Ist street in secret session today. - Commissioners Truesdell and Powell were on hand, but Mr. Ross, the third member of this fraternal organi- zation, is not in this city. It is understood that matters of considerable interest to the residents of the District were acted upon, but this ideg cannot be confirmed, and the business transacted will be reported, if ever, in the next annual report of the Com- missioners, which will be issued just prior to the convening of the next session of Congress. The usual precautions were taken to pre- vent any knowledge of public matters from getting ‘o the public, but these did not al- together Avail. One of the reporters got possession of the beautiful yellow calf- bound letter books in which the official communications of the Mystic Order of Three are copied, and from this it was learned that so much of the order of Oc= tober 30, 1894, as authorized the construc- tion of a sewer in lot 18, square 9+4, has been canceled. An official statement has been authorized by the Commissioners that C. FP. Calvert has been appointed computer and drafts- man, under the engineer ‘department, and not carpenter and draftsman, as was er- roneousiy stated in the officiai statement, which was furnished to the press yesterday by the secretary of the board. It is un- derstood that the error was a clerical one, made in copying, though it has not been ed officially. S°phe. following additional privates have been appointed to the police force, to serve without compensation from the District: H. M. Woodward, for duty at the office ot the permit clerk, Chas. H. Marshal, at the District bee ae Joseph Sulley at the Business High School. The ‘Commissioners have-ordered that the grade of M street in front of the new union passenger station of the Washington and Georgetown Railroad Company chenged in accordance with the “ecom- mendation of the engineer department. So far as the public of Washington may be permitted to know, this represents the results of the labors of the entire District government up to noon today. Reports and Rumors. The large room over the entrance to the District building, formerly used as the board room, has been turned over to the newspsper men, and here they have their desks and typewriters. All the conven- fences are there for writing, but there is nothing to write about, as all the channels for legitimate news have been effectually dammed. So has the recent order of the Commissioners. The reporters have es- tablished a circulating brary, which helps to pass the weary hours between the rare occasions when a little news is allowed to trickle through the official filter. A newspap2r man this morning was in search of a bottle of ink. He found one, which he was permitted to use for a few minutes. Is it red cr black ink?” he asked of the clerk. “J am really very sorry, but you will have to ask Dr. Tindall.” There was a persistent rumor about the District building today to the effect that the Commissioners are considering the ad- visability of establishing a rew pump some- where in the District. It was impossible to learn the proposed site of the improve- ment to the city, and all efforts to trace the rumor to its head were fruitless. The mouth of the third assistant deputy to the assistant of the engineer department in charge of pumps and pump handles was officially sealed by the recent order of the Commissioners, and Dr. Tindall had not been officially authorized to disseminate any information with reference to the mat- ter. —_ TARENTUM TOOK THE FIRST. Increased Attendance at St. Asaph’s Today. ‘There was an increased attendance at the St. Asaph’s track today, the second day of the Virginia Jockey Club's spring meeting, and fifteen bookmakers weighed in, The weather was cold and raw, and heavy wraps were in demand. The track, while not yet good, was in very fair shape. Jockeys and odds in the first race were: Tartésa (Nacey), 20 and 4; Tarentum (Reiff), 7 to 10 and 1 to 4; Florence (Hor- ton), 30 and 10; Peggy D. (Keefe), § and 2; Lady Lawrence (Doggett), 3 and 3 to 5. ‘The first race was won by Tarentum, Lady Lawrence, second; Peggy O., third. Time, .53 1-4. —. Disorderly Houses. Several young white women, all well dressed, who have been herded in Ida Drury’s house of ijl fame in the “Divi- sion,” were in the Police Court this morn- ing ready to give evidence against the mis- tress of the house. They did not appear of their own accord, but had been forced to answer a summons issued from the court. The police raided the house more than a week ago, because Ida had gone to the house cf another woman and engaged in a fight. Lawyer Ferrest, who repr>sented the woman, entered a plea of guilty in the ease. He said he had been advised that she had never before been arrested on this charge, and informed the court that her house is on C street near 13% street, not on one of the thoroughfares leading to South Washington. The police were questioned, and they said that Ida herself gets drunk, and is usually disorderly at cther houses or on the street. So far as the house is concerned, the ofii- cers say it is generally orderly, and they had received no complzints of robbery or of young girls being in the house. Judge Miller, in disposing of the case, said he had nothing to do with the rule or system which permits these places io exist. In cas2s where the women have been in court before, where there is constant dis- order in the house, where young women are harbored or where persons are robbed, the court is certair.ly not going to license them in the way of imposing fines. In this case, however, the woman is on the same footing as the cthers in her neighborhood, and the court saw no reason for sending her to jail and breaking up her house and letting the others exist. A fine of $150 and costs was imposed. ee LYNCHED A COLORED WOMAN. She Was Suspected of Incendiarism in Tennessee. FAYETTEVILLE, Tenn.,March 20.—News has reached here that Harriet Talley, eclored, was hanged night before last by a mob near Petersburg. She was suspected of burning the dwelling of Mr. Bayless Marshall near this place, a few months ago; hence her untimely death. —_—.—__ Gen. Badeau Died From Apoplexy. RIDGEWOOD, N. J., March 20.—The death of Gen. Badeau was caused by apo- plexy. The general was stricken at about 5 o’clock yesterday afternoon, and while be was talking with his adopted son,George Corsa. ——— A Suit for Damages. Robert Campbell has entered suit against the Weshington and Georgetown Railroad Company, claiming $10,000 damages, be- cause of injuries received by being run into by one of the company’s cars. The acci- dent took place on November 19, 1894, on 8th street near G strect southeast. = Accident on the Southern Railway. MACON, Ga., March 20.—The south-bound vestibule train on the Southern railway was wrecked near Jackson at 2 o'clock this morning. Spikes had been drawn and the rails spread, causing the entire train to leave the track. Fireman Roberts was badly scalded and may die. This is the fourth wreck since March 1 caused by ma- licious parties. ———.__. A Raid. Last night the South Washington police raided the houses of Lucy Clark and An- nie Fitzgerald, in Louse alley, and the wo- men will be tried in the Police Court on charges of keeping disreputable houses. CHARGED . WITH. LARCENY Alleged Swindling of a Number of Gro- oerymen. One Youthfal Offender Pleads Gullty to Thefts of Goods—Makes : an Appeal. Arthur Simmons, colored, son of the col- ored messenger who has done service at the White House for many years, was ar- rested yesterday by Precinct Detective Mc- Glue of the third precinct, and locked up on a charge of larceny. Last night his father gave bail in the sum of $500 for him, and he was released. The arrest of Sim- mons, who is about thirty years old, was the result of complaints made by grocery- men concerning the manner in which they had parted with their goods to a colored man. This man, it is charged, is Arthur Simmons, jr., the defendant in the case. It is alleged that -he would go to a store and purchase groceries amounting to only $1 or $2, and would tender in paymert a $50 bill. This, of course, the merchants could not change, and the man would or- der the goods sent to some house where he said he-was employed. In each case the man would meet the wagon driver at the door or gate and take the goods. ‘There were three charges of this kind against Simmons in the Police Court this morning, the complainants being Charles Buhler, Walter White and Anson T. Ward. Lawyer Carrington appeared as his coun- sel, and demanded jury trials. The cases may be heard later in the week. Youthfal Culprit. George Lewis, a fourteen-year-old boy who has been employed in the furniture store of Craig & Herding, was given a trial on three charges of larceny, it being alleged that he stole blankets and drapery from his employers. ‘The youthful defendant admitted his guilt. He had taken the stolen articles home, and told his mother that they were remnants, and his mother never suspected for an instant that he had come by them wrongfully. When Precinct Detective Helan was call- ed to investigate the case he soon arrested the boy, and recovered the goods. “Have you ever been arrested before?” the court asked. “No, sir,” answered the boy. “This is my first time, and it will be my last.” Judge Miller then explained to the boy that he was under conviction, and told him that if he again does a dishonest act he will be charged with second offense, which is a penitentiary offense. “Then I'll never be charged with that,” said the boy. ‘This is my last.” “What made you do this?” “I don’t know.” There were three charges against him, and he was fined $20 or twenty days in each case. Two Jars of Milk. Harry Detweiler and Charles Henry, boys, were given a hearing on a charge of having stolen two jars of milk from the front door of Charles Graff's house. They were fined $1 each. A colored man named,Henry Winn was arraigned on a charge of the larceny of a set of harness from a stable, and he plead guilty. As he had been convicted of theft on another occasion, the court held him for the grand jury, and he was committed in default of $500 security. —_———_ LIFE UNDERWRITERS. The National Assvuciation Holding a e Session Here. The executive committee of the National Association of Life Underwriters began a two days’ session this morning in the Shoreham, with the following members In attendance: Chairman Geo. P. Haskell of New York, President E. H. Plummer of Philadelphia, Secretary Geo. Fremont Had- ley of New York, Joseph Ashbrook of Phil- adelphia, Ben. S. Calef of Boston, Ben. Williams of Chicago, Geo. N. Carpenter of Boston, Thomas L. Alfriend of Richmond, W. H. Haskell of Albany, David B. Hen- drick of this city, E. D. Schofield of Port- land, Me.; E. D. Weeks of Litchfield, Conn.; W. D. Justice of Buffalo, H. C. Ayres of Pittsburg, F. A. Kendall of Cleveland, C. E. Tillinghast of Cleveland, L. D. Drewry of Chattanooga and James L. Johnson of Springfield, Mass. ‘The proceedings are secret, but it is un- derstood that many matters of the utmost importance relating to insurance are under discussion by the committee. The Life Underwriters’ Association of the District of Columbia will give a ban- quet tomorrow evening at the Shoreham in honor of the committee, and to which a number of prominent persons have been invited. The arangements are being made by the entertainment committee of the local association, with Robert Cook as its chairman. Max Cohen, the editor of “Views,” is to pose as toastmaster, and among those expected to be present and address the gathering are President Cleve- land, Chief Justice Fuller, Mgr. Satolli, Dr. Teunis Hamlin, Rabbi Stern, Rey. Dr. Rogers, Rev. J. Russel Verbrycke, District Commissioners Ross, Powell and ‘Trues- dell, Interstate Commerce Commissioner Veazey, John Wanamaker, Senator Brice, Henry C. Lippincott and Shepaerd Ho- mens. The banquet is to be an elaborate affair, with a decidedly’ unique menu card as a feature. ee The Alleged Present to Queen Lil. The Honolulu Advertiser, which has just arrived here, clears up a mystery which has long puzzled officials here, as to an entry in ex-Queen Liliuokalani’s diary, stating that on the day specified President Cleveland’s present had been received by her. It was at once denied here that the President had even sent a present to the ex-queen, The Advertiser now explains that Mrs. Dominis received a copy of.the report of the board of public works of Chi- cago for the year 1893. Some one had taken the trouble to cover it handsomely in cicth, and had also secured the personal cords of Mr, Cleveland and Mr. Gresham. e cards, the paper says, were placed in- le the volume, with a suitable statement of regard on forwarding it. The ex-queen did not doubt the genuineness of the pres- ent, it seems, nor suspect that some prac- tical joker had been at work, and according- ly made the entry in her diary. The Hono- lulu paper states that the report contained “plenty of useful information that could be used to advantage by a progressive mon- archy.” += Grain and Cotton Markets. Cotton and grain markets, reported by W. B. Hibbs, 1421 F'st., representing Hubbard, Price & @o., New York. Baltimore Markets. BALTIMORB, March 20.—Flour steady, unchang- ed—receipts, 19,705 barrels; shipments, i6,714 bat. rels; sales. 250 barrels. "Wheat firm—spot and month, o%aGl; April, GlaGlig; | May, tine steamer No, 2 red, 57¥a58—recelpts, L708 bashed st bushels; sales, 3,000 "bi he sample, Gua62; do. ushels; gouth- tock, ern wheat by on grads, 58%a 61%. Corn strong—spot, month and Aj 0 50ig: May, 50%a50%G; Reamer mixed 493). re eps. $,588 bushels; shipments, 17,143. busi stock, 99,849 bushels; suies, 33,000 bushels: southern alte ‘com, 00; do. yellow s ‘irm— 0. 2 white western, 37a: 1 B5—receipts, 8,010. bush “O88 bushel Bye inactive—No. 2, 56' stock, 23,452 bushels. et and firm—good choice timothy, $13.00$13-50. Grain freights frm for full cargo vessel, ‘unchanged. Susur firm, un- ranged. teady, unel Hage rm fresh, 11% Cheese firm; unchanged. Washington Grain Market. As reported the Washington Delaware and Florida avenues wortsesst, no Best blended flours, 4.00; best winter patents, 3.60; spring patents, 3.70; straights, 8.40; family, 2.60; clipped. white oats, 39; No. 2 white oats, 3714; No. 2 mixed oats, 34%; yellow corn, 138) Peat tay, 14.50; bra, 18: taiaditags, 19.00; rye straw, 12.00;‘ wheat it straw, 5.7526.00. FINANCE AND TRADE Opening Prices Higher, but Sub- sequently Reacted. GOOD DEMAND FOR LOW-PRICED STOCK Tone of the Street Growing Daily More Hopeful. GENERAL MARKET REPORTS Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. NEW YORK, March 20.—®pening prices were fractionally higher this morning, but subsequently became irregular under the reactionary tactics of the professional element. In the main this latter movement was confined with fractional limits varying from 1-4 to 3-4 per cent. The larger commission houses report @ good demand for low-priced stocks of merit, and are advising purchases of such on all concessions from the present level. The general tone of the street is dally growing more hopeful, and the opinion prevails that an advancing market, subject to the natural periods of reactions, will shortly force pessimism, as a dominating influence, out of the market. The prospects for a higher money market continue en- couraging, and have already had a bene- ficial effect on the market for foreign ex- change. The rates qucted in the latter market this merning reflect a distinctly easier tone, fractional concessions from yester- day being noted. There has been no im- portant addition to the supply of bills, but tankers anticipate liberal offerings in the near future, due to purchases of our s¢- curities for foreign account. The bond syndicate is directly respon- sible for inaugurating the advance in money, and for the direct purpose of en- abling it to keep gold from going abroad in accordance with its contract with the government. Merchants have assisted the movement by an extension of credit, dye to the encouraging outlook for improved trade conditions, which necessitates” lib- eral additions to stocks depleted during the depression following the panic. These and similar influences previously referred to have discouraged traders from any extension of the short interest. Some idea of the short interest originally in the market may be hid when it is stated that the interest on that side of the market in some of the stocks most conspicuous in the recent advance varies now from 10,000 to 15,000 shares. New Jersey Cen’ was sold down by traders on the belief that the advance had already pi as far as the most favorable outcome of tomorrow’s meeting would warrant. = Reading having everything to gain by any change for the better in the anthracit8 situation, was marked up on a fair volume of business. Northwest sold down 1-2 per cent, but was well supported at the decline by the recently formed bull pool. The in- creased traffic in iron ore during the com- ing month is relied upon to bring the com- pany earaings up to a point justifying an advance. Distillers was strong at a 1 per cent ad- vance, due to a good demand from the friends of the property, who recognize its earning capacity under a conscientious management. The last hour’s trading was steady but frregular, within a narrow radius of the last figures of the day. — 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: Stocks. ba American Sugar. ......- American Sugar Pid. Amenicav Tovacco..... American Cotton Oil.. Canada Southern. Canada Pacific. Chesapeake and Ohio.. may c ¥ Chicaga, B. and Chic.and Northwestera: Chic.. R.L and Pacific.. Del.. Lack. and W.. Delaware and Hudson.. Den. and R. Grande Pfa Dis.and Cattle Feeding. General Electric. Dlinois Central. Lake Shore. New York Central... N.Y. N. E. Cs *EX-div. 33. tEx Washington Steck Exc! Sales—rogalar call 12 ‘clock m. on, $1,000 . Washi Boo a SG, 80.8 Bootie at Washington Gas, 35 at 48; 25 at 48; at 45, 48; 25 at 48; 2 at 45; 25 at Electric Light, 10 at 133; gs Fire Insurance, 100! tered, bid.“ asked. 118 bid. West End, 109 bid, 112% asked. gre", 102. bid, 112% aeked. Lincoln, “poig bid ‘Safe Deposit and Trust Companies.—National Deposit and Trust, 125 bid, 180 asked. Washi Loan and Trust, 119 bid, 1224 asked. Am ‘and ‘Trust, 134 bid, 136 asked. Washing- ton Safe Deposit, 100 asked. Railroad Stocks.—Washington and Georgetown, bi asked. Metropolitan, 71% asked. Co lumbia, 63 bid, 70 asked. Belt, 33 asked. a ington, 30 oe 35 asked. Georgetown and town, 85 2 Gas and Electric Light Stocks.—Washington Gas, 47% bid, 48) ked. eton 50 ek 2 Pa Same aa Franklin, 152 bid. German-American, 162 National Union, 12 bid, 15 asked. Columbia, 13! id yt, eee lees i pa Tw ee les, al asked. (teed 5 bid. Title Insurance. Stocks.—Real Estate Title, 108° bid, 116 asked. Columbia Title, 7 ae 8 soet ey Title, 8 asked. District Title, 11 bid, 13 ‘elephone, Stocks. —Pe myaragie, BT (bie Chesa- er fomac, ‘American raphopbone, 3% bid, 33; asked. Pneumatic Gua Mfischliaheous ‘Stocks.—Washington Market, 15 ianeous Stocks.— bid. Great Falls Ice, 130 bid, 140 asked. Bull Run Punorama, 30 asked. Norfolk ang Washingtoa Steamboat, 100 asked. Lincoln Hall, 85 bid. Inter- Ocean Butiding, 9) asked. Mergenthaler Linotype, 169, bia, 180 *Ex div.