Evening Star Newspaper, April 1, 1895, Page 2

THE EVENING STAR, MONDAY,. APRIL 1, 1895-TWELVE PAGES. LATE NEWS BY WIRE Seeking the Identity of the Strang- ler’s Victim. MAYOR STRONG REMOVES PLATT MEN Mysterious Armed Boats Off. Yu- catan. ry BREAK AMONG MINERS RAHWAY, N-J., April 1.—Inquiry among the colored people of this place regarding the probable identity of the strangled wo- man, whose mutilated body was found at Waverly Place and 6th avenue, New York, yesterday morning, and near whose body was a bit of paper indicating that she may have been from Rahway, elicits the fact that only one person who could at all ll the description of the murdered woman is missing. This is a young colored woman known here by the name of Pearl Ivory, and who was recently in the employ of a family on Elm avenue. She was suspected of taking some jewelry from her employ- er’s house and disappeared some time ago. A young colored man, who was supposed to be from Newark, frequently called to seo her here. | An effort is biing made to find a trace of her in Newark.. Among the dozen people who called at the mcrgue today to try to identify the wo- man whose mutilated body was found at 6th avenue and Waverly Place yesterday morning, was a negro who said he thought he recognized her. The man was from Newark, and he said that the girl he has in mind also lived there, and that she left her home a month ago. Since then she has mot been heard of. The negro would not tell his name, nor that of the girl. He went back to Newark and said he would return this afternoon with the father of tke missing girl. — MYSTERIOUS ARMED BOATS. Whey Have Been Sighted From Var- fous Places in Yucatan. PROGRESSO, Yucatan, April 1.—A fish- ing bark just tn off the gulf of Mexico re- ports having encountered two unknown boats, heavily armed with cannon and ap- parently well equipped with all the muni- tions of war. It is thought the ships have gome bearing on the Cuban revoiution, al- though it is reported that there are pirates manned by renegade Cubans coasting about the waters of the gulf and along the coast of South America. There have been num- bers of strangers seen within the past few days from Progresso, Campeche, Merida and other points in Yucatan, whose busi- ness is unknown and who are evidently Cubans. ——————— ON SHILOH’S FIELD. ‘The Monument to Be Unveiled on Fri- day, April 5. ST. JOSEPH, Mo., April 1—Gen. B. M. Prentiss, one of the two surviving generals who took part in the battle of Shiloh, left today for the battlefield to be present at the unveiling of the monument on April 5. Gen. Prentiss will be the only one of the surviving generals present on this accasion. MONTICELLO, Il., April 1—The mem- bers of the Shiloh Battlefield Association feel indignant that their association has been ignored in the appointment of the sec- retary of the Shiloh commission, as they had asked for this position as a slight rec- ognition of what the association has done. ‘The state of Illinois had more troops in the battie than any state in the Union, yet it has no representative on the commission whatever. —_—~—___ PLATT MEN MUST GO. Police Commissioners Murray and Kerwin Asked to Resign. NEW YORK, April 1.—Mayor Strong has went word to Police Commissioners Murray and Kerwin, Platt republicans, that their resignations are desired. It is not known who will be appointed to succeed them. It can be stated pretty positively that the reason for the mayor's action at this time is the opposition of Mr. Murray and Mr. Kerwin to the policy of the mayor in police matters, as represented by Commis- sioner Andrews. That policy was for im- mediate and independent reform of the de- partment so far as the present law would permit. The three commissioners hoiding over completely blocked the carrying out of this plan. as WHILE FIGHTING FOREST FIRES. Lives Lost in the Burning Timber of Kentucky. BOWLING GREEN. Ky., April 1.—Near Hadley, in the western part of this county, about 500 acres of timber have been burned over. The homes of Henry Eiler, Otis Smith and James Walters were destroyed. ‘The family escaped, but Henry Eiler was burned, and a negro farm hand perished on the Eiler farm. News has been re- ceived here that William Edwards, colored, ‘was burned to death while fighting fire near Anneta, in the southern part of Gray- gon county, where a large amount of tim- ber was burned. ——— BREAK IN MINERS’ RANKS. A Number of Strikers Agree to the Compromise Rates. PITTSBURG, Pa., April 1—There was a break in the ranks of the striking miners of the Pittsburg district this morning, when ths mines of F. L. Robinson, on the ‘Wheeling division of the Baltimore and Ohio road, resumed at the compromise rate of 60 cents, 9 cents lower than the rate demanded by the strikers. —_——____ Jake Kilrain’s Coming Fight. BALTIMORE, Md., April 1.—Jake Kil- rain began training today for a twenty-five fight with Steve O'Donnell before the Sea- side Athletic Club, Coney Island, May 6. er Hat Trimmings Case Postponed. PHILADELPHIA, Pa. April 1.—The lorg-delayed hat trimmings case was on the list for trial at the opening of the April session of the United States circuit court today, and was again indefinitely Fcetponed. ———<.__ Germans In New York Celebrate. NEW YORK, April 1.—Prince Bismarck’s birthday is being celebrated by the Ger- mans of this clty today. Flags are flying throughout the dfStinctive German dis- tricts on the east side. All the German so- cieties, Schuetenzen Corps and organiza- tions celebrate in some form or other. APPLETON, Wis., April 1.—The options held by a syndicate on fifty Wisconsin paper mills expired at noon today, and the Preposed $10,000,000 deal has fallen through. ——..—_ The Deadlock at Dover. DOVER, Del., April 1.—The republicans today resumed their original position in the senatorial contest, the vote being: Hig- ins, 9; Addicks, 5; Massey, 4; Ridgley, a ‘ennewill, 1; Bayard, 1. -— Wisconsin Farmers Pleased. MILWAUKEE, Wis., April 1—The rain yesterday was general throughout the state. The farmers throughout Wisconsin have been praying for this boon, as they @re anxious to begin seeding. ns Saved From the. Sea. NEW YORK, April 1.—-The steamer Yu muri, which arrived this morning from Havana, brought as passengers Captain Green, mate, steward and three seamen of the three-masted schoorer Nina Tillson of Rockland, which was burned at sea March 21 while on the voyage from limore to Galveston. A GOOD ARTISTIC EXHIBIT. Pictures Loaned to the Business Wo- man’s Club - -There is an excellent showing of paint- ings and water-color drawings at the ex- hibit of women’s work, now {n progress at the Business Women’s Club. Miss Helen Nicolay has loaned three unusually good canvasses. * Miss Rhine Sollomons €ontributes'a well- treated landscape and some clever portrait studies, while Miss Meuden has a taking bit of genre, an old-time “aunty” over her wash tub. A strong portrait fs loaned by Miss Min- contributions. Miss Alice Archer Sewall, besides a well-executed head study, shows a number of drawings in India ink. Among the water colors there are some flower studies by Mrs. W. H. Davis, a se- ries of landscapes by Miss Agnes Leavitt, still-life studies by Miss Atchison, several sketches by Miss Woodruff and others. Mrs. M. T. Fox has loaned a series of her clever etchings, while Miss Lowry con- tributes two miniatures. Miss Adelaide Johnson shows two busts, one in marble of Lucretia Mott, and the other of her brother. Miss Clara Hill is well represented by protraits in bas relief and a bust in terra cotta. A symphony in red and white is the table of candies made and donated by Mrs, Towers. Mrs. Towers’ fine embroideries have attracted much at- tention, as have some dainty bits of knot- ted lace by Miss Amy Leavitt. There are seven medalists represented, one of them being Mrs. Rose, whose delicious bread will be sold today. Tomorrow evening a class of the young ladies will give poses, dressed in Greek costumes. a ‘THE WOMEN SCHOOL TRUSTEES. Pressure Brought Upon the District Commissioners. Indisposition kept Commissioner Ross away from the District building Saturday, so the expected appointment of women school trustees was not made, nor has it been made up to this time. It may be stat- ed upon good authority that Commissioner Ross’ preference is for two women—one white, one colored—whose names have not up to this time been publicly mentioned in connection with the vacancies. It is un- derstood that the two other Commissioners are strongly opposed to the appointment of a colored woman. This morning a delegation called upon the. president of the board and urged the claims of Mrs. Helen Cook, the wife of Mr. John F. Cook, and therefore related to superin- tendent of the colored schools. For this reason, it is said, Commissioner Ross ts unwilling to appoint her. The delegation consisted of Mrs. Anna Murray, Mrs. Tun- nell and Mrs. John H. Smith. While these were being heard Mrs. Rosetta Lawson, who resides at 2011 Vermont avenue and whose nusband is a clerk in the pension office, called in her own behalf; she is recommended by John M. Langston. It is pcesible that Commisstoner Ross will bring the matter up at beard meeting this even- ing, but the Commissioner himself is rather of the opinion that nothing will be done in the matter until tomorrow. . —.—___ AT ST. ASAPH’S TRACK. The Attendance Was Large and Bet- ting Was Brisk. The weather at the St. Asaph track to- daf was very changeable—at one time it looked like rain, then the sun would come out and brighten things up. The card was @ good one, both in size and quality. A large number was on hand. Fifteen books weighed in, and betting was brisk; track fast. First race, half mile—Summertime (Ne- cey), 4 to 5, first; Old Age (Loates), 6 to 1, second; Bandala (Reiff), 5 to 1, third. Time, fifty seconds. —_.__. DISTRICT GOVERNMENT. Examining Fenders. A committee appointed by the Massa- chusetts legislature to examine street car fenders is in the city. For the benefit of the committee a test of the Claude fender will be made on cars of the Rock Creek railway at 18th and U streets this after- noon at 5 o'clock. Building Permits. Building permits issued today were as follows: Miss Carr, to erect one two-story and cellar brick dwellicg at 613 Eliott street, to cost 1,800; Wilfrey & Weedon, to erect four two-story frame dwellings on lots 9 to 12, block 4, Garfield Hospital, fronting 20th street, to cost $2,000. ——__ Wills Filed Today. By the provisions of the will of the Jate Mary Ann Mills, filed this afternoon, Saml. C. Mills, a son, is given lot 34, square 587 and a lot in Takoma Park. He is also named as executor. Wm. E. Poulton is given $100, and Carrie E. Poulton, $50. The rest of the estate is divided equally among Saml. C., John and Ida Mills, children. The will of the late Frances Nevitt, filed this afternoon, appoints Peter C. Kelly ex- ecutor, and divides the estate equally be- tween Mary Green and Jerry Nevitt. eee Marringe Licenses. Marriage licenses have been granted to the following: Free E. Crawford and Leita Brown; Robert Mahorney of King George county, Va., and Elva Yeake of this city; Ellis Gregg Myers of Chicago, Ill, and Georgiana Irene Harper of Cleveland, Ohio. ———— Against the Endowment Association. Mrs. Henry Anne Stewart, widow and administratrix of the late Charles Stewart, todey filed a bill in equity against the officers, stockholders and receivers of the Washington Beneficial Endowment Associ- ation, to enforce a judgment creditor's bill of $5,000. as ‘Will Not Contest the Will. NEW YORK, April 1.—The efforts to break the will of the late J. Hood Wright have collapsed. The contestants who have withdrawn are the sons of Charles Hood Wright, a brother of the deceased. ——.>__ Y. M. C. C. at Baltimore. The Y. M. C. C. bowlers were defeated by the bowlers of the Baltimore Catholic Club on Saturday night two games, 725 to 820, and 728 to 828. One they won by 821 to Tis. ee Moonshiners Shot Down. LITTLE ROCK, Ark., April 1—Deputy United States Marshai Johnson and a posse of six men fought a gang of moon- shiters in the mountains of Hempstead county. Two of the outlaws were killed, a third taken alive’and an {Ilicit plant capa- ble of making twenty gallons of whisky a day was seized. —__»__ Sale of Suburban Property. R. A. Phillips & Co., real estate brokers, recently sold to Mr. Deaming, a wealthy resident of Cleveland, Ohio, fourteen acres of land on the Virginia side of the Potomac one and a quarter miles ‘above the Aque- duct bridge. The price paid was $7,000 cash, and the ground, which is high, commands a fine view of the city. The purchaser pro- Poses to erect, during the present season, a handsome cottage on this property. The heme of Mr. A. A. Lipscomb adjoins this property. _——_———.__ Society No Longer Visits. From the Ladies’ Home Journal. Calls have become in our busy life of great cities so perfunctory an obligation, many people have seen fit to drop the at- tempt to make them except in cases where condolence or congratulation are in order. These cases demand the leaving of cards in person only; and so visiting, for form’s sake, Is drifting out of vogue. So well is the difficulty of accomplishing all one’s visits understood, that people of the world do not hold each ot..:. to strict account if @ season passes witiut an interchange of cards. They simply meet somewhere and take up the thread dropped when they last met, months before, with perfect good temper. E ——__—+e+—_. The Literary Society of the ¥Y. M. C. A. Saturday evening tendered a_farewell 1e- ception to Mr. William P. Freeman, one of the founders of the society, who will jeave Washington this week for his future home in Maine. GIVING GOOD WISHES Congratulations Pouring in on Bis- . marok, VISITED BY FOUR THOUSAND STUDENTS All Public and Many Private Build- ings in Berlin Decorated. GENERAL FOREIGN TOPICS ———— FRIEDRICHSRUHE, Germany, April 1. —Since an early hour this morning trains are arriving here Idaded with visitors from all parts of the empire, desirous of con- gratulating Prince Bismarck on his eight- ieth birthday. At Ii o'clock a deputation from the cur- assier regiment, of which the prince is hon- orary colonel, arrived at the castle in order to congratulate him. The cuirassiers were followed by a stream of other deputations, including one composed of university pro- fessors and ancther of senators from Ham- burg, Lubeck and Bremen. The dispatch of congratulation which King Oscar of Sweden and Norway sent to Prince Bismarck alluded to the latter as the creator of German unity. Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria was among those who telegraphed their con- gratulations to the prince today. The king of Wurtemburg sent an aid-de- camp with a letter of congratulation. In receiving a deputation from the gymnasium today the king praised Prince Bismarck’s greatness. A deputation of 4,000 students from the different universities of Germany proceeded to the castle at 2 o'clock this afternoon. They took up positions in front of the ter- race and when Prince Bismarck appeared he was greeted with deafening cheers. The spokesman of the students then read an address of congratulations and presented the ex-chancellor with a gift subscribed for by the students. After thanking his vis- itors the prince conversed with several of them and returned to the house amid a fresh storm of cheers from the students’ deputation, which then dispersed. All the public and most of the private buildings in Berlin are bedecked with flags and bunting in honor of the eightieth birth- day of Prince Bismarck. At all the schools the pupils assembled this morning in order to hear special Bismarck addresses. The pupils were then given a holiday. Many of the business houses are closed and all the main streets are crowded with sightseers. At the theaters there are special perform- ances, with prologues appropriate to the day which is being celebrated. The Reichsanzeiger, official, publishes prominently today the following reference to the celebration which is being observed throughout Germany: “Prince Bismarck today concludes his eightieth year. The country’s proofs of sin- cere love and veneration which have been shown him in connection with the event during the last few weeks from far and near, by high and lowly, testify that the thankfulness for his immortal services in building up Germany’s power and great- ness is indelibly engraved upon the hearts of the German people. May the fervent wishes for his continued welfare, which to- day ascend to heaven from every place where Germans dwell together, be fulfilled, and may Germany's great son have the Pleasure for many years to come of seeing the continuous growth ama consolidation of the work of German unity achieved by him in the service of the glorious e1 and hero.” Eke cee FRENCH IN HYSTERICS, Comments of the Press on Sir Edward Grey's Speech, LONDON, April 1.—The correspondent in Paris of the Pall Mall Gazette refers to the “hysterical extravagance” of the French Press in regard to Great Britain, and quotes Henri Rochefort as saying: “France is submitting to a series of humiliations in sending ships to Kiel to salute ‘the victors of Woerth and Wissemburg. But, worst of all, she has endured the insults of Great Britain ‘without protest. Why does she not hide her flag?” The Temps demands an apology or a re- prisal, and says: “The speeches of Ashmead Bartlett, a mere Yankee, and Sir George Curson, an eastern commercial traveler, are not of the slightest importance, but we are aghast at the indiscretions of Sir Bd- ward Grey and Mr. Joseph Chamberlain.” The Capture of Makung. YOKOHAMA, April 1.—Col. Ito’s official report of the capture of the Pescadores Islands says that Makung castle was not taken until two engagements had been fcught. The Chinese lost thirty killed and sixty prisoners. The Japanese, lost one Killed and had sixteen wounded. Calling Out Spanish Reserves. MADRID, April 1—Marshal Martinez Campos lunched with the queen regent yesterday, previous to his departure for Cuba. Owing to’ the dispatch of the rein- forcements of troops to Cuba the govern- ment has called out 20,000 men of the re- serves in order to complete the effective strength of the army. Death of Viscount Hill. LONDON, April 1.—Viscount Hill is dead. His son and heir, Charles Rowland Hil, is now in the United States. ———— What a Hanging Costs. From the Philadelplia Record. The price of hanging a murderer will be fixed, in all probability, by the Lehigh county court. Sheriff Franklin Bower de- mands $215.50 for having swung Harry Johnson into eternity, but the commission- ers propose to give him only $63.88. The sheriff today notified the county auditors that he would not accept the smaller sum and asked them not to approve the finan- cial statement of the commissioners for 1894. The auditors will irvestigate the mat- ter and the statement will not get their signatures for a short time, at least. Harry Johnson, the murderer, was the young man who threw his little daughter into the Lehigh river and drowned her. He was hanged during the summer, and Sheriff Bower thinks $215.50 was not too big a price for the job. The commissioners re- garded $53.88 as the proper figure for a few minutes work. —_+e+_____ Ears Clipped for Identification. From the Courier-Journal. Charles Johrson is a colored prisoner at the county jail who will be released next Tuesday, his sentence for malicious cutting expiring on that day. One peculiarity about Johnson is that no one can tell how old he is. He looks to be seventy years of age when he is quiet, and when he laughs he Icoks to be forty. Another peculiarity about Johnson is that he has only a half an ear on each side of his head. How this happened ts not known. Johnson says that his mother told him that his master mark- ed him that way in slave time so he could tell him from another boy who looked just like him. The ears show that they have been cut off with a knife. ++ 00. How to Dust. From the Boston, Herald. The ideal maid is the maid who dusts properly. But where do we find our ideals? Not in our own parlors, as a rule, but in parlors of other women, who do the dust- ing themselves. The careful housekeeper will have faded upholstery, dull woodwork and badly defaced carving unless she is willing to pay the price of eternal vigi- lance. She must give her a feather duster, soft silk old handkerchiefs for the piano and the polished mahogany and cheese- cloth duster for ordinary use. The mar- bles and ornaments must have a separate dveer from the furniture and a large, soft piece of muslin can be used to polish the picture glasses with. A chamois and a lit- tle ofl do for finishing touches for the ma- hogany and polished oak and a soft brush must be used to penetrate the crevices of carving. A whisk broom is also necessary for the upholstered furniture, and a cane dust beater is well used twice a week. FROM PILLAR TO POST. Ses 2c geen | Mary Delaney is Not Yet in an Asy- lum. Mr. T. &. Lambert, the lawyer who inter- ested himself in-ihe case of Mary Delaney, charged with setting fite to the Catholic churches week \pefore last, appeared be- $ this morning in her be- at the sixth precinct until she could be committed to St/ Eliza! "8. For some reagon or other Miss Delaney was sent to the jail from the station last Friday evening, ‘notwithstanding the fact that the statutes expressly forbid that an insane persen de in the jail. Mr. Delan According to Mr. Miss ey was put in the wame cell with two colored women, and as @ result of her confinement there had been a marked change for the "Hee lie ase ae ny, of fudge ler ordered the court. to communicate with the Secretary of the Interior at once, with a view to hav- ing the woman committed to the insane asylum without further delay. Miss Lewis, the police matron of the first precinct, has received information that Miss Delaney has five sisters, all of. whom are comparatively well off, and is making an effort to communicate with them for the purpose of interesting them in their sister’s behalf. ————>+——__ SEARCH FOR CHARLIE ROSS. Alleged Charlies Still Continae to Put in an Appearance. From the Philadelphia Inquirer. : So many years have passed since Charlie Ross was stolen from his home in German- town that the crime is lost to the memory of many, but that has not deterred some people from still making the attempt to palm off a bogus youth upon the afflicted famfly as the lost son. The latest effort of this kind was made by a woman who rep- resented herself as the widow of oné of the two burglars who were killed at Bay Ridge, L. 1, while trying to rob the house of a judge of the courts. The woman brought with her.a young man, who, a relative of the boy says, was flat-headed and beetle-browed, and could in no way have borne resemblance to what little Charlie would have been at manhood. She had the story ef the disappearance pat enough—how the two children, Charlie and Walter, were decoyed from the lawn of the house, at Washington lane and Chaw street, by the two men in a wagon, Mosher and Douglass; how they were driven ‘nto the country, where Walter, the elder, was dropped, and how $20,000 ransom had been offered for the recovery of the younger son. Other faets she seemed familiar with, but her scheme had nothing else in it. Many believe the boy to be dead. There have been a hundred or more alleged Char- lies, but in no instance has the father, who has traveled all over the country, had any hope after seeing the alleged child or youth produced. The secret of his fate probably died with the Bay Ridge burglars, one of whom ex- pired immediately after being shot, while the other only lived long enough to say that his companion had known where the child was, that the lad was still alive, but ion he himself knew nothing of his loca- tion. In narrating some of the facts the rela- tives of the Ross family also shed more light upon the efforts to find the hoy, and made the important statement that once when success seemed assured they were frustrated by one of the police captains of New York, a man who was charged before Lexow committee with having acquir- ed wealth by the most corrupt mearts. It was there, he says, the kidnapers had ar- ranged to deliver their prisoner upon the payment of the $20,000.. They had exacted the condition that Mr, Ross and those helping him should leave, New York upon board of a special train, @ locomotive and one car, bound‘for Albany. At one point; along the road a colored lantern light was to be waved, and the money, at this signal, was to be dropped by the side of the track. Further up the track there was to be another light shown, and there the boy was to be delivered to them. According to the relative's story, the rescuing party took along an expert rifleman, with thé object of maiming the kidnaper, whoever he might be, and then effecting his capture. They made the trip, but nothing came of ft. No lights were shown and no other clew was obtained. The police captain in question, the rela. tive says, | pate the tip to the thieves that the sharpShooter would be on board the car. Walter Ross, the son who was dropped by the country side, was married about two months ago. ———_+e+___ WANTS A WORD. President Cleveland Attempts to Re- call the Name of a Verse Writer. From the Chicago Times-Herald. ‘When President and Mrs. Cleveland dined with Secretary and Miss Morton a few Weeks ago the President and his wife had not only the pleasure of sitting in chairs of unique design, made for their especial use, but of drinking punch sewed with a punch ladle which possesses a most extra- crdinary history. This ladle was sent to Secretary Morton by Ambassador Bayard as a New Year gift, and it was made in the time of Hogarth by one of the silver- smith’s apprentices whose wild career that great cartoonist was fond of depicting in his immortal sketches. The ladle was made out of a five shilling piece, which is about the size of one of our silver dollars, and the work was so skillfully done that: the mill marks on ‘the edge of the piece were not effaced and may be seen to this day upon the rim of the ladle. President Cleve- land was very much interested in this odd specimen of the silversmith’s art, and Sec- retary Morton read to him Ambassador Bayard’s letter, in which Mr. Bayard said: “I wish the lesson of this lad’s skill, ac- quired only by a long apprenticeship of in- dustrious painstaking, would be considered by our countrymen in the more difficult task of making laws for a great, populous and diversified country. But whether Ever since the years Till they be gathered up, The wit that plies the flowing can Still haunts the vacant cup, experience alone can teach." When the lines of verse were read Presi- dent Cleveland scratched his head and ex- ciaimed: “‘Morton, there’s something wrong about that. I don’t believe that word wit belongs there. It seems to me it should be truth, or something else. Do you know the author of the lines?” Mr. Morton was com- pelled to confess that he did not, and neither the President nor the Secretary, nor yet any of the guests at the dinner party was able to tell the origin of the sentiment. Furthermore, no one has yet been able to learn the identity of the au- thor. Secretary Morton has in vain con- sulted all sorts of books of reference and ccllections of quotations. Just before starting on his ducking trip President Cleveland called Mr. Morton’s attention to the matter again, and said the lines had been running through his mind and that he was sure he had olice known the name of the author,\but coulis not recall it. —_——eee. Artificial Noses and Ears. From the Chicag¢ Record.” < The making of artificial noses and cars has become a good business within the last few years. A nose is first modeled to the proper shape in papier-mache, and then it is waxed and ‘varnishéd to the tint of the complexion of the noseless person. Ordi- narily it is fastened on by means of a pair of spectacles, to the nosepiece of which it is firmly attached. Im some cases, how- ever, where the remaining stump is large enough, it is clamped in place and the spectacles are not necessary. An ear is made in much the safe way, but is far more difficult to attach. Most frequently small springs fitting into the ear duct are used, but they are likely in the end to ser- jously impair the hearing. Other physical deficiencies are remedied by wigs, false teeth and glass eyes. The last are made almost exclusively in Thurin- gia, Germany, and the workmen are mar- velously expert. — : Grant and Greeley’s Famous Ride. From Seribuer. * Grant and Greeley became, in effect, foes. They had many party friends in common, who sought by every means to reconcile them, but in vain. Greeley was once in- duced to call at the White House. Grant invited him to a drive, and he accepted. ‘The horses went, the President smoked,and Greeley kept silence—all with a vengeance. Only monosyilables were uttered as the two stiff men rode side by side, and each was glad when they could alight and separ- ate. AVOIDING A TRAGEDY Oliver P. Gooding Declared Insane by a Jury. HAS =A DANGEROUS DELUSION Believes the President and Others Are Conspiring Against Him. IS QUIET OTHERWISE ‘What may have developed into another Guiteau case was prevented this afternoon when a marshal’s jury decided that Oliver Paul Gooding, formerly of St. Louis, Mo., is of unsound mind, and directed his in- carceration in an insane asylum. The investigation was held by Marshal Wilson and a jury at the city hall. The attorney for the District, Mr. 8. T. Thomas, examined the following witnesses: Drs. W. W. Godding, D. P. Hickling and J. R. Nev- itt, Newspaper Correspondents O’Brien Moore and Walter B. Stevens, Detective J. W. Mattingly, A. J. Wood and Charles W. Terry. The physicians stated that they had ex- amined the unfortunate man, and they had concluded that he was insane, suffering from delusions that he was the object of a great conspiracy to destroy him, the Pres- ident and the Missouri politicians being at the head of the conspiracy. It was shown that Gooding had published two books of several hundred pages each, detailing the movement against him, the President being particularly referred to therein as the arch- conspirator. Dr. Godding explained that the man appeared to be a second Guiteau, and he consilened ea him to be a dangerous Person to be ai ‘ge. Sp Recrehaart come, ce be fi which it ap) e was under the delusion that the lent had promised him an appointment as a brigadier general on the retired list, but had refused to make good the promise, and was now endeavoring to have him .mur- dered. The President. was also charged with the destruction of the Old Ford Thea- ter building, in order to have Gooding Killed with the unfortunate clerks. The public men who died during~the past year or so were declared by the author to have been poisoned by the conspirators, as well as the many men prominent in private life, here and abroad. He Went Armed. Correspondents Moore and Stevens stated that they were well acquainted with Good- ing, who had formerly been a police com- missioner in St. Louis. He was a man of education, they stated, and was prominent years ago in Missouri politics. About 1887, they said, Gooding became possessed of the delusion that he had been prevented by a great conspiracy from marrying a promi- nent St. Louis lady. Then he became pos- sessed of the idea that Presideat Cleveland was under many obligations to him for aocrces rendered during the campaign of It was stated that the man’s brother had given him funds with which to live here, and the man had become a great nuisance to Missourians in Washington. It was un- derstood that Gooding went armed, al- though Messrs. Mcore and Stevens believed him capable of being easily frightened off. Declared Insane. Detective Mattingly stated that he had shadowed the man during the past two years, and believed him to be insane. He thought it not unlikely that Gooding would, on provocation, or impulse, commit vio- lerfce. The man had become greatly excited by the Ford’s Theater disaster, and be- Heved the President and other public men to have designs on his life. Mr. Terry stated that his firm had printed the second bcok written by Gooding. Mr. Wood tesiified that Gooding was a guest of the Oxford Hotel, and when not laboring under his delusion respecting the conspiracy to murder him, appeared to be perfectly rational. He was well behaved, quiet end paid accounts promptly. areal the man had gone armed, but not ately. The jury returned a verdict at once, de- claring the man to be insane, and without family or estate. Marshal Wilson stated that he would at once take Gooding into custody, preparatory to placing him in St. Elizabeth’s Asylum for treatment. It is said that the man served in the federal army during the war, and was quite a dis- tinguished soldier. ——S State Elections This Week. State elections will be held in Michigan, Wisconsin and Rhode Island this week. To- day Michigan will choose a justice of the supreme court, two regents of the State University and county officers. There are four tickets, democratic, republican, pro- hibitionist and people’s. Two amendments to the constitution will also be submitted. Last November republicans won by over 100,000 plurality. Wisconsin will select an associate justice of the supreme court tomorrow and minor officials. Wisconsin gave a republican plu- rality of over 54,000. On Wednesday in Rhode Island state of- ficers and a legislature are to be elected and a constitutional amendment providing for biennial elections is to be voted upon. ‘There are three tickets, democratic, republi- can and prohibitionist. The republican plu- rality last November was about 7, Dhin’t Believe in Divorces. An unusual ending of a divorce case is reported from Bibb county, Ga. Mr. and Mrs. Ward had passed several years of happiness in each other's society, but at last they concluded that they could not get along together. A divorce was applied tor and received. But on the very day the decree was granted Mrs. Ward met her former husband as he was plodding along alone to his farm. “So you are going to leave me here alone, are you?’ he asked. Telling about the occurrence to a neighbor, Mrs. Ward said that she could not stand the man’s lonely air, and so she went up to him and said that she did not believe In divorces anyway. Then and there they de- cided to be remarried, and a minister was sent for at once. —_____+e+____ The Editor's Wood Pile. From the Northampton (Mass.) Gazette. We were engaged the other day in piling wood tn the cellar and our thoughts ran in the direction of the amount of labor ex- pended in cutting, preparing, hauling and getting the wood to the stove or fireplace. First the trees are felled in the forest, then the trunk and limbs are cut into four- foot lengths and split and piled; then haul- ed out te the roadside or slid down the mountain; then hauled off to market; then delivered at the houses of customers; then thrown into the cellar or woodshed; then sawed; then split; then piled; then carried into the house and placed in woodbox; then burned. Eleven times at least the wood is handled and rehandled, about half of which labor falls upon the seller and the other half upon the consumer. It is about the same with coal. The ‘inal article is of less value than the or re- quired to get it into practical use by the consumer. And so it is largely with al- most everything that gces into general con- sumption. Labor is the great element of cost in human existence. ——+er. In Place of the Hour Marks. From the Courier-Jounal. “The finest watch owned in Louisville be- longs to a prominent young society man,” said a jeweler yesterday. “He gave us his order last November, and we were to fill it by the middle of February, which we did even earlier, as we cabled the order direct to the Geneva manufacturers. The cost of the watch was $800. The young man or- dered it in honor of his twenty-first birth- day. On one side of the case is his mono- gram in diamonds. The other side is a fiying bird, studded in diamonds, with eyes of rubles. Its weight is sixty-nine penny- weights of 18-carat gold. The works are of first quality and a minute repeater. In- stead of the numerals being used on the dial to indicate the time the letters of the young man’s name ere used.” . = ———_+ee —_____ A runaway horse yesterday afternoon knocked down and pdinfully injured Jo- hanna Brown, the ten-year-old daughter of Mr. Andrew Brown of B street southeast. The horse is owned by Arthur ‘Walls of 100 6th street southeast, THE PONY EXPRESS. —— Ite is Claimed That Ben Holliday Did Net Start This Service. From the Chicage Journal. Alexander Benham of Butte City, Mont., ‘was at the Grand Pacific Hotel last even- ing, having come east on “a little matter” concerning hig mining interests. He is one of the men who started the now famous “pony express” across the plains and the Rocky mountains. That was back in 1860. Said he: “The first expres ever run across the Plains was si by @ men named But- terfield in 1858. It started at Little Rock, Ark. and followed a southern route through Arizona and ae co Los Cal. Sooner) aoe » In 1860, ee coupeny ae formed for the purpose of the mafis to the Pacific coast. It was known as the Central Overland, California and Pike’s Peak Ex- Press Company. William H. Russell, Alex- ander Majors and a man named Waddell formed the company, and the contracts with the government for carrying the mails ‘were made out in their names. I was chcesen manager, and had my office in Denver. * ~ “This was long before Ben Holliday was known, and those accounts which have been .aying that he was the man who first established the ‘pony express’ are al- together wrong. The records at Washing- ton wiil show that I am right, and that two lines of overland express were in operation at time he started his express. How- ever, the southern route run by Butterfield did not have as much prominence as ours, which for years was known as the ‘pony express’ route. It started in at St. Joseph, Mo., running through Nebraska to Fort Kearney, to Fort Laramie, Wyo., thence to Denver, to Salt Lake City, to Placer- ville, Nev., and to Sacramento, Cal. The whole trip, extending half across the con- tinent, was made in seventeen days when no accident befell, and accidents were not so numerous as some have im- agined. From St. Joseph to Denver the trip took seven days, and from Denver to Sacramento was a journey of ten days. That was, of coursé, by the regular stage route, and little time was lost in making it. “To accommodate our business we had about 150 coaches, most of which were kept running all the time. To haul them we had 1,500 horses scattered along the route from St. Joseph to Sacramento. In addition, we had 6,000 or 7,000 head of cattle, which were used in hauling heavy freight and transporting feed for the horses and pro- visions for our men. You can see that the business was not by any means a small one, and it continued to grow as long as there was any use for such means of trans- portaticn. This was until the completion of the Union Pacific railway to California, in 1870. Then overland traffic and mail service could be managed to better pur- pose by the railroad, and our pony express went out of existence. But up to that time from the day that the route was first open- ed, in 1800, its busimess had steadily in- creased. Even the building of the railroad assisted us, for our line was the best adapted for to western stations employes and provisions.” —____ -+e+____ Used the Wrong Bottles. Charles Hohman, who runs a small bot- tling establishment at 4th and L streets northeast, was the defendant’in a case be- fore Judge Miller this morning, charged with using in his business bottles which be- lenged to other bottlers, and which were blown or stamped with their names. Mr. Finley of Frank H. Finley & Son and Charles Jacobson testified that they visited Hohman’s place last week, and there saw bottles bearing their names and filled with beer. bd Hohman practically admitted the truth of the charge, saying that he did not have bottles of his own until about ten days ego, and had intended to discontinue the practice. As the law inflicts a fine of fifty cents for each bottle so used “for mineral waters or other beverages,” and as there were twenty-one bottles found on _ Hohman’s premises, he was fined $10.50. His personal bonds were taken for appearance tomor- row in another case of the same sort. ———__ Another Postponement. The trial of George Le Cointe, charged with robbing one Dollie Ballard of sevéral Pieces of diamond jewelry several weeks ago, was again postponed this morning. Last week Le Cointe forfeited his bail, and he was arrested on a bench warrant. He proved to be a sick man, and he was placed in charge of a deputy marshal at Le Cointe’s stopping place, H street be- tween 10th and lith. When the case was called this morning, Dr. Shute, the jail physician, stated to Judge Cole that Le Cointe was suffering from cholera morbus, but, while he was quite ill last night, he believed the man would be ready for trial the latter part of the week. The trial was then set down for Thursday next. Unless he should give bail before then, Le Cointe will be taken to jail as soon as he suffi- clently recovers. An Explosian. Residents and pedestrians In the neigh- borhood of 14th street and New York avenue northwest last evening were star- “led by a loud report resembling a pistol shot. No one seemed to know anything about the noise, and for a time it looked as though the reasen for the report would remain clouded in mystery. Finally, a policeman, with the assistance of a drug clerk, discovered a quantity of chlorate of potash on a rail of a street-car track. The wheels of a car passing over the potash caused the explosion. ———_ Arrivals of Fish. Last week there arrived at the river front 475,000 herring, 24,199 shad, 1,656 hickory shad, 59 carp, 12 black bass, 7,591 bunches of various fish, and 10,800 bushels of oys- ters. Inspector Harris condemned 63 bush- els of fish. The arrivals Saturday were 165,000 herring, 7,957 shad, 415 hickory shad, 24 carp, 7 black blass, 1,600 bunches of va- rious fish and 900 bushels of oysters. —— Food Condemned. Food Inspectors Cavanaugh and Mothers- head last week condemned 200 pounds of beef, 105 pounds of mutton, 101 pounds of veal, 5 pounds of pork, 37 chickens, 28 pounds of sausage and a quantity of fruits and vegetables. Grain and Cotton Markets. ton and grain markets, reported by W. B. Biss sted, suain and cotton broxer, 1421 F street. ‘GRAIN. Bie toe ee 56 S55 185-5 40% | 465. 465 48% ° 4 SH 406 ° 404-5 30 23 a, 2%, 1252 1240 12.47 12.75 12.55 12.60 710 (7.05 7.05 725 7.20 7.22 637 630 6.85 47 Close. 6.20 6.28 6.30 6.30 Baltimore Markets. BALTIMORE, April 1.—Flour firm—west 2.00a2.10; do. extra, 2.20a2.! ‘Oo. fat 6ba2, ter wheat patent, 3.00a3.25; mi} pring (special brands higher); spring wheat S5a5-50 receipts, 11.370 ‘barrels; ship- ments, 21,476 barrels; sales, 1,025 barrels. "Wheat 26144; July, G04 veipts, 3,043 eusy—spot, month and May, 61 asked; steamer No. 2 red, 58a6S\—res shipments, 36,000 bushels; stock, 397,455 sales, 41,000 bushels; southe:n wheat’ by Samplé, G0a62; do. on grade, 58a61%, Corn quiet— spot and month, 50050%; May, 50iga501 mixed, 48%ad receipts, 34,947 ‘bushel 393,603 bushels; sales, 22,000 bushels: white corn, 50%; do. yellow, 50%a51. Oats steady to firm—No. 2 white western, 3744a38; No. 2 mixed, B4aBi—recelpts, 2479 bushels; stock, | 183, bushels. Rye firmer—No. 2, 58a50—receipts, bushels; stock, 21,672 bushels. Hay quiet ‘ai steady—-good to choice timothy, $18.90a§13.00. Grain freights quiet, inclined to he easy, un- changed. ae lirm—granulated, 4.20 per 100 Ibs. Butter firm—fancy creamery, 22;’ do. imitation, 16a 17; do. ladle, 14; ladle, 16a12; store packed, Cheese firm— 18; stock, southern Pog eae New You size, * do. size, 12) do. ‘So to 25 size, 12%. ° ; ee ee Washington Grain Market. Reported by the Grain Exchange. ring wheat patent flour, per barrel, $6023.90; ing wheat straight flour, per barrel, 3.2503-50; winter wheat patent flour, per barrel, 3:1523.30; ae ere ae ee inter wheat extra 5 4002.50; Clipped White oats, per bushel, Someions Mee ds White oats, per bushel, 37%a: . 2 mixed oats, Ber bushel BsyaS5ie: No.2 yellow. corm, per bua | 51a52; ‘No. 2 white corn, per bushel, ‘Sta52; No. 1 timothy hay, ZS, 12.75a13.50; No. 1 mixed ‘on, "1 00; "No. 1 clover hay, per per ton, 13.00ai4.b0, tons, 18:00050.00; rye straw, er toon 1S. 052P Ree wheat straw, pec ton, 5.6026.00. ‘The above quota: Hons for ear lots delivered on track: ‘Washingt FINANCE AND TRADE. Wall Street Awaiting the Income Tax Decision. EFFECT OF AN ADVERSE RULING Less Energy and Confidence in Speculation. GENERAL MARKET REPORTS —__.—— Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. NEW YORK, April 1—Opening prices this morning reflected advances varying from 1-8 to 5-8 per cent, but the lack of business outside of the professional ele- ment subsequently resulted in irregularity, The dullness which characterized the trad- ing of the second hour was attributed to fears that the Supreme Court would ¢e- cide against the constitutionality of the income tax law, in which event the treas- ury would be deprived of $30,000,000 antici- pated revenue. extra session of Congress would also be forced upon the country by such a de- cision, and this prospect was an additional oe to wane @ energy and confidence so pronounced in last week's trading were conspicuously lacking this morning, traders being dispos- ed to realize on eve percha and the several manipulating interests less aggressive than formerly. aes The advance in New England was sud- denly checked this morning by moderate selling by brokers not identifed with the recent activity in that property. The de- cline which followed the selling in question Was practically the only interruption the advance has had within 5 per cent of open- — gg . lew Jersey Central opened strong, but ylelded to selling orders Simost ii ; for a loss of 1 1-4 per cent. Buying at the decline of the character noted last week, forced the price back to opening figures. Reading was in good demand at a further advance, and the balance of the coal stocks attracted little attention. Manhattan was in fair demand, at an advance of 1 3-8 per cent, in which particular it differed from the railway list in general, prices in a ma- jority of instances being steady around initial figures. Sugar was the feature of the day’s trad- ing, selling down % percent on early trad- ing and subsequently advancing under Mb- eral purchases for a net gain of 1-1-4 per cent to 104 3-4. The attitude of Germany on the export bounty question and rumors of a possible extra dividend of substantial proportions Were responsible for the advance. The largest purchases were attributed to the accounts of inside interests. General Electric was weak at a reduction of 1 per cent under trading, mostly pro- fessional. Tobacco reflected the pre’ irregularity of the market, selling a cent during the pe: and @ same amount from opening figures later in the day. The market for foreign exchange was strong, with rates fractionally higher than those last quoted. The volume of business is small and the supply of bills lHmited. Arbitrage houses were practical, the market. The last hour's trading resulted in re- cording the lowest prices of the day. Lack- awanna reflected a 3 per cent loss during this period, and elsewhere the reactionary tendency was marked. It is not probable that the reaction will extend beyond the usual limits of a traders’ movement. ——>——_ FINAKCIAL 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. dents Messrs. Moore & Schley, No. 80 Broadway: Open. High. Low. Close. Yosyg 10a 108, 108 Siig 95 BG Py Seg 7 es 6% 6 nts 50% «49% «BD: Spenco teen soil ITM Te lly 1 a 0.5 cs CCG and StL... 38% 8 BB Chi Q 7 ‘Texas Pacific... —— Sat and Iron... Wisconsin Central .. Silver....... 112% asked. District of 106% bid. tock 71 u. Columbia 80-year fund ¥ and Gi fown ‘Railroad conv. 130 bile 140 asked. Metropolitan Rattroal conv. 6s, 100 ‘bid, 10254, asked. Belt Railroad 5s, 85 oa 86'% asked. Eckington Railroad 6s, 104° bid, | Columbia Katlroad 6s, 108' Washington Gas Company Us, series A, 11312 bid. Washington Gas Company 6s, series B, ue? bid. Washington Gas Com) . 135 bid. U. 8. Blectric Light conv. 5s, 135 Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone 100 bid. American Se- curity and ‘Trust 8, F. and A., 100 did. American Security and Trust Ss, A. and’O., 100 bid. Wash- ington Market Company ist (s, 110 bid. Wash- ington Market Company 1 (3, 110 bid. Wash- ington Market Company, 6s, 107 bid. Masonic Hall Association 5s, 105 bid. Washington Light Infantry Ast 6s, 100'bid. Washtngton Light Infan- r a ; "Kational Bauk Siocks.—Rank of Washinzton, 230 bid, 300 a: |. Bank of the Republic, 250 bid. Metropolitan, 252 bid, 300 asked. Central, 205 bid. Farmers and Mcchanics’, 185 ind, ced. Sec ond, 136 bid, 150 ask Citizens’, 135 bid. Co- lumbie, 135 bid, 145 asked. Capital, 217 bid. West End, 107% bid, 1it-asked, ‘Traders’, 102 bid. Lincoin, 100 bid. Ohio, 78 bid. Safe Deposl: and ‘Trust Companics.National Safe - Deposit aud ‘Trust, 122 bid. Security and Trust, "134 bid, 136 asked. “Washington Loan and Trunt 118 bid." 130 asked. Washington Sate De- 95 asked. Columbia, Georgetowr and Tennallytown, Gas and Electric Light Stoc 49 bid, 49% 8. Electric 23 a Washinzton Gas, G asked. Ge U. Light, *123 |, 133% asked. Insurance Stocks.—Firemen’s, 35% bid, 40% asked. @ranklin, 44 bid, 54 asked. Metropolitan, 71 bid. Corcoran, 57 bid. Potomac, 68 bid, 75 asked. Ar- Mington, 150 bid, 157 asked. German-American, eat er ee LD aot jumbi “ a L. 7 asked. People’s, 5% bid, 5% asked. Lincoln, bid, 9 aske Commercial, 4 bid, 5 asked. Titl rance Stocks.—Real Estate Title, 108 bid, 16 asked. Columbia Title, *7 bid, 8 asked, oe Title, $ asked. District Title, 10 bid, asl ‘Telephone Stocks.—Pennsylvania, 36 I 1a. _— Potomac, rie bid, i} asked. American ray 2h bid, 34 dated. “ Petmatic Gun ‘Stocks.—Washii ington Market, 15 Did. Great Falla Ice, 130 bid, 145 tsked. ” Bull Run Panorama, 80 asked. Norfolk and Washington Steamboat, 90'bid. Lincoln Hall, 80 bid. Mengen- thaler Linotype, 158 bid, 180 asked. *Ex div. Divorce Granted. Judge Hagner today granted Wm. H. Cul- lison a divorce from Charlotte Cullison. The petition, filed March 1, 1894, charged the wife with unfaithfulness. » 50 did. ly out of -