Evening Star Newspaper, April 11, 1895, Page 2

LATE NEWS BY WIRE Hawaii Hears of Secretary Gresham's Oihaciie si iaics Ponca THE QOVERRMERY HOY YET. NONPIED Minister Hatch May Come to Washington. OF MR. WILLIS THE CASE SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., April 11.—The steamer Almeda arrived today, bringing the following Hawaiian advices, dated April 4: ‘The first news brought here of the trouble existing between Minister Thurston and Secretary Gresham was received by the China, Tuesday, two days ago. It was a great surprise in official circles as well as in the community. Minister Willis stated that the first and only information he had received was through the press dispatches that reached here on the 2d. The only notice received by the government was a telegram from Thurston stating he is on his way home. His letters written March 20 allude tg the rumors, but in a private letter he stated he intended remaining in ‘Washington for che present. Minister Hatch said today: “We have received absolutely nothing cffictal in the matter. Six weeks have elapsed since the newspapers stated Secre- tary Gresham's notice was served on this government, and it is forty-eight hours since the arrival of the press dispatches, but Minister Willis has en no notifica- tion of any action on the part of the Amer- ican Secretary of State.’ Notwithstanding this the reports are gen- erally credited to be true, with the excep- tion of Thurston's reported verbal apology. Mr. Hatch May Come Here. The government is quietly awaiting de- velopments. If Thurston-returns perma- nently to Honolulu, Minister Hatch of the fcreign department will succeed him if he will accept the position. hurston will be given his position in the bureau. Attorney Gereral Smith hasbeen mentioned by seme members of the American League to succeed Thurston, but his appointment is improbable. A movement may be made to have Thurs- ton go into the legislature in a position made vacant by C. L. Carter’s death. Im- ant legislation is to come up, for which é is regarded as an able champion. President Dole is at present on a trip to other islands, having left just after the arrival of the China dispatches. The ministers of the government would avowedly like to. refuse to appoint a suc- cessor to Thurston, thus necessitating the recall of Minister Willis. He has made himself obnoxious to the republic in many ways of late, and were it not for a desire to keep on fricndly terms with the United States his recall would have been demand- ed long ago; also that Consul General Mills’ policy alone keeps them here. To the body polltic of Hawail they are said to be persona non grata in every sense of the word, but President Dole will do his ut- most for a reconciliation before entering upon a policy savoring of retaliatory meas- ures. —_—-_—. HIGHEST SINCE 1877. O11 Was Bid Up to $1.68 This Morn- ing. PITTSBURG, .Pa., April 11.—The oil ex- eitement here continues unabated. The Standard this’ morning put their price up 15 cents to $1.50, On the exchange cash oil opened at $1.50 and sold up to $1.00. May options opened at $1.50 bid, and the first sale was made at $1.60, It then broke to $1.58 and rallied to $1.60 on sales. It was then bid up to $1.68, without sales, at 1 o'clock. ‘The opening sale was a cash order for 10,000 barrels at $1.50, and the next sale was made at $1.563-8. The first sale in May options was at $1.60. This Is the highest of] has been since 1877, when it sold as high as $3.53 1-4. Speculation, which heretofore has been confined to national transit certificates, has been transferred to Melton pipe line certificates and a sale of 10,000 barrels was made here today. So far this week the, advance amounts to 40 cents per barrel by the Standard and 43 cents on the exchange for the May ception. To the producers of western Penn- sylvania and West Virginia this means $37,500 a day more than they were getting for their oil last week, or an increase of $1,125,000 per month. The total market value of the product is nearly $3,500,000 per month. It has greatly stimulated ac- tivity in the field, and not only furnishes additional work for hundreds of oil éril- lers, but has also increased the demand for iron and steel supplies, consumed in the business. So far the consumer has been taxed an®additional cent per gallon for his iliuminant, but a further advance ts almost certain. TOLEDO, Ohio, April 11.—Crude oil took another 5-cent jump today, north of Lima now being S2tc.; south of Lima, 77%c.; Indiana, 72%c. This is a rise of 15 cents in three days. oe NURSE HAD TO RUN. THE Made a Fatal Mistake in a Mexican Hospital. CIPY OF MEXICO, April 11.—George Ageson, the Mexican Central foreman who was accidentally polsoned at the American Hospital, is dead. This is the first affair of the kind which has occurred in the his- tory of the American Hospital. It is not known for a certainty, but it is thought the nurse who made the mistake has crossed the border at Laredo, and 1s now safely over the line in Texas. As the wictim of the mistake lived until within less than four hours of the schedule time of the train for getting off Mexican soil, the unfortunate lady was enabled to reach United States tetritory without mishap. She and the gentieman to whom she is engaged, and who accompanied her, it !s thought, will be married at once and then proceed’ to St. Louis. : —_ CHOLERA IN SOUTH J@PAN. Progress of Contagious Disease in the East. VICTORIA, B. A., April 11.—Mail advices by the Empress of Japan tell of a grave danger which threatens southern Japan. Particulars are contained in the appended extract from e private letter received py Dr. George Duncan, heslth officer of this city, from a brother professional in Yoko- hama, whose position places him in posses- sion of all the facts: “From the Sth to the 10th of this month,” says the letter. which bears date of March 29, “there were elghteen cases of genuine cholera, with ten deaths, at the naval sta- tion of Moji, southern Japan. The disease had been imported from China. Most act- ive measures were enforced by the author- ities, and there have been no cases since the 19th. I think the disease has been Stamped out for the present. We, however, look for new importations cf cholera, ty- phus or even the plague at any time, though specially stringent regulations are in foree, with the hope of controlling the epidemic diseasegp likely to be brought home by returning troops of coolies. “The Japanese government has within the last few days received official informa- tion of the breaking out of the plague at Heng Kong, though I suppose, with their usual bland policy, the colonial officials will conceal or lie about its presence as long as ossible. Formal quarantine against Hong ‘ong has not yet been declared, though we are most carefully inspecting.” ——— | SYMPATHIZING WITH INSURGENTS. Reported Arrest of Many Officials in Cuba. CHICAGO, April 11—A special from Key West, Fla., says: Fifty well-known Spanish officials have been in jail, it is re- ported here, on suspicion of sympathizing with the Cuban revolytionists. Rifles and cartridges belonging to the Spanish gov- effiment have been secretly removed from Havana and turned ovet to the Insurgents. TERMS Tepan's Demands Mean the Oivilising of the Ohirese Empire. It Must Pay. Humilisting Tribute Be- sides Opening Its Walls to the World’s_ Commerce. An authoritative statement of the terms sources. The statement is made in order to clear up much misapprehension arising from speculation as to the terms of peace. They are five in number, as follows: 1. Independence ef Corea. 2. Permanent cession of the Island of Formosa to Japan. 8. Indemnity of 300,000,000 taels (Chinese coin worth $1.33.) 4. Permanent occupation of Port Arthur and the immediate contiguous territory. 5. A new Japan-China treaty opening the interior of China to commerce. The money indemnity is expected in Chi- rese taels, instead of Japanese yer. The tael is in reality a weight, instead of coin. It is considered silver money. While the face value at $1.33 would be equivalent to $599,000;000 in gilver, it is said the actual value would be between $210,000,000 and $220,000,000 in gold. The fifth term as to a new treaty includes various trade ag pe | such as free access of Chinese rivers. The fs no demand for territory on the mainland outside of Port Arthur and {ts continguous surrot 53. —__—__+«+_____ MINISTER THURSTON’ CASE. Secretary Greshum Requested Presi- t Dole to Recall Him. Despite the advices from Honolulu to the contrary, it is asserted today, with the utmost positiveness, by a gentleman who claims .to have seen a copy of the dis- patch, that Secretary Gresham did instruct Minister Willis. to suggest to President Dole the desirability of the recall of Min- ister Thurston on the ground that he had ‘become persona non grata to the admin- istration. ° + o-_—_——_ TO SAVE DR. BUCHANAN. His Counsel Applies to the United States Supreme Court. G. W. Gibbons of New York, attorney for Dr. Buchanan, under sentence of death in New York by electricity after conviction of the murder of his wife, was at the Su- preme Court today for the purpose of en- deavoring to prevent his client’s execution. Late this afternoon he will present a peti- tior to Justice Brown of.the United States Supreme Court at the latter’s residence for a writ of error in his client's case. He al- leges in his petition that his client is about to be deprived of-his life without due pro- cess of law. - + SHIPS FOR NICARAGUA. The Olympia and Monterey Said to Be Going There. SAN FRANCISCO, April 11.—It is rumor- ed here that the cruiser Olympia, instead of going to Santa Barbara to attend the flower festival, is under sealed orders to proceed to Corinto. Report also has it that the Monterey is hound for the same place, and that when the British war vessels ar- | rive at Corinto to collect England's bill against Nicaragua, they will find two American men-of-war waiting for them in the harbor. The Olympia arrived at Santa Barbara today, and according to a dispatch from that town will go to Santa Cruz Is- land for target practice and drill. The Monterey Is at San Diego. . CHICAGO, April 11.—A special from San Diego, Cal., says: Capt. Higginson of the U. S. S. Monterey, about to sail for Nicaragua, has received a dispatch saying Lieut. Baker of Gen. Mc- Cook's staff is journeying westward to take passage with him for Nicaragua, presum- ably on government business. Officers of the Monterey are mystified about the mat- ter. It is thought that Lieut. Baker is a messenger for the State Department. Denied at the War Department. Inquiry made at the War Department into the movements of Lieut. Baker of Gen. Mc- Cook’s staff, as reported from San Diege, shows that the officer has secured two months’ leave of absence, in order to visit Peru. So far as the department officials know he ges on purely personal business and is not charged with any official duty. He cannot go on the Monterey, which is under orders to voyage to Callao, Peru, without permission from the Secretary cf the Navy, which has not yet been applied ‘or. ———— WALTON ELECTION LAW. Its Constitutionality Affirmed by the Virginin Court of Appeals. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. RICHMOND, Va., April 11.—The court of appeals today passed upon the consti- tutionality of the Walton election law. The court goes into every detail of the law and declares not only that it is con- stitutional, but an excellent law. One point of special interest decided is that in the fifteenth section “may” means “shall,” and that it is mandatory upen the special con- stable to aid every ignorant voter, who: may call upon him for assistance in pre- paring his ballot. This was a question of dispute with the newspapers before the election. In conclusion the court delivers quite a homily upen honest elections, — Capt. Sheppard Sinking Rapidly. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. RICHMOND, Va., April 11.—A telegram from Lynchburg says that at 2 o'clock this afternoon, Capt. Hamilton Sheppard, collector of internal revenue of the west- ern Virginia district, was still alive, but sinking rapidly. ~ 1 Tragedy at Covington, Ky. COVINGTON, Ky., April 11.—Senator Goebel shot and killed Banker Sanford this afternoon. ss Track Drying on the Island. One of the best cards that the Old Do- minion Jockey Ch, at Alexander Island, have had for some time was on for today, the field being large and of the best horses at the track. The track has dried out thoroughly, and !s awuin in first-class con- dition. A perfect spring day prevailed, and 'a good crowd was o% hand. Twenty books did business. —_—_——-- x ‘Tomorrow's St. Asaph Entries. First race, six and a half furlongs, sell- Ing—Copyright, 123; Restraint, 116; Ornus, 116; Will Fonso, 116; St. Michael, 112; Darkness, 11 Kilkenny, 111; Lochinvar, 110; Deno, 100; Tancred, 98; Herkimer, 97. Second race, half mile, selling—Lambert, 105; Gimme, 101; Bandala, 97; Florene, 95; Hera, 95; Charma, 95; Miss Lynah, 95. Third race, six furlongs, Doswell stakes— Capt. Brown, 114; Wernberg, 114; Hugh ‘Penn, 111; Hoey, 110; Paladin, 110; San- downe, 166; Factotum, 101. Fourth race, one mile, handicap—Captain T., 112; Ed. Kearney, 112; Equity, 107; Sir Dixon, jr., 105; Midstar, 101. Fifth race, half mile—Premier, 115; Sum- mertime, 115; Brisk, 110; Montezuma, 110; Torelio, 110, Leonidas, 110. Sixth race, six and a half furlongs, sell- ing—Reform, 110; Kandor, 107; Gov. Rus- sell, 107; Sue Kittle, 102; Himyarist, 98; The Scalper, 8. —_——_——_ Another Trial. Samuel Gassenheimer, the saloon and hotel keeper, !s to be proceeded against again on a charge of selling liquor to minors. The case was tried in the Police Court and then in the Supreme Court of the District. Several days ago the Court of Appeals decided that the Griminal Court did not have concurrent jurisdiction with the Police Court and that it was not necessary to allege in the information that the minor was under sixteen years old. Chappelle B. Lincoln, the minor in the case, swore out a warrant in the Police Court today, and the case will probably be called in court Saturday. THE EVENING STAR, THURSDAY, APRIL 11, 1895-TWELVE PAGES. INSTRUCTIONS SENT)* TRANSFER FOR TAYLOR OF THE TRUCEICAIIGHT IN CANADA Counterfeited Stamps. DID THE WORK IN CANADA One of the Gang Arrested To- day. HOW THE BOGUS STAMPS LOOK The treasury detectives have run Jown the counterfeiters of United States postage stamps. Chief Hazen of the secret service has received a telegram from Agent Porter at Hamilton, Ontario, stating that he had arrested Mary T. Mack, and she admits she was employed by George Morrison to write letters and receive mail for him. She also admits that. she sent seven packages from Buffalo to Chicago by express, but did not know what they contained. Morri- son left Hamilton April 3, and she for- warded mail to him at Buffalo and To- tonto. The seven packages spoken of con- tained the counterfelt stamps secured at the Wells, Fargo & Co.’s express offize in Chicago. A Batch of the Stamps. Chief Hazen received yesterday a batch of the bogus stamps that were confiscated at Buffalo. They are a clumsy counter- feit. The ink used is what is called “car- minated red,” and is darker than the shade used on the genuine stamps. The counter- feit evidently has more biue in its composi- tion than the genuine color, which containg a large mixture of orange. The er eame in small sheets, and the Treasury Department officials think it was obtained in England. Within the past few months English firms have offered the bureau of engrav- ing and printing paper manufactured ex- pressly for postage stamps, which was gummed before receiving the impression on the printing press. ‘This paper differs in no respect, except the gumming, from paper ordinarily used for stamps and could be obtained in almost any large paper warehouse. The practice of gumming It before printing ts one that has never been followed to any extent in this country. At the bureau of engraving and printing the postage stamps are printed on wet paper and it is gummed after if has dried thor- oughly. The stamps there are printed in large skeets of four hundred. The coun- terfeit stamps were evidently printed In small sheets, five rows of stamps wide and twenty long. The printing is badly blurred or offset, to use a printer's term, this no doubt being a result of using the paper dry and already gummed. Some Slow Work. ‘There is a good deal of criticism among officials at the Post Office- Department of the course pursued by Chief Inspector Wheeler in suppressing all information in regard to the counterfeited stamps. It is believed that had a description of the stamps been published far and wide prompt- ly after the discovery, the pcst office and treasury detectives would have been in a far better vosition to produce results than they now are. A description of the bogus stamps through the newsp#pers would have set everybody on the lookout for counterfeits and from the reports that would have come in it would have been possible to trace out the points where stamps were- disposed of, thus, at least, saving the government a good deal of loss from the use of the large quantities of spurious stamps which It is supposed have been sold in the large cities. Water-Marked Postage Stamps. A quantity of the counterfeit stamps were sent to the bureau of printing and engrav- ing to be examined by Claude M. Johnson, chief of the bureau. After careful study Mr, Johnson said that from certain pe- culiarities he believed the paper on which the counterfeits were printed was manu- factured in England, and was gummed be- fcre it was printed. It could have been made in this country, however, without violation of law, asthe manufacture of paper for postage stamps is not prohibited, as is that intended for greenbacks. Re- cently the bureau has decided to adopt paper having a certain distinguishing water mark, and the manufacture of paper with this mark will fall within the counter- feit laws. None of this paper has been used as yet, however, as the bureau is using up its large stock of unmarked paper. A Case of Poor Printing. The ink used on the counterfeits, Mr. Johnson says, is of an ordinary character, and could have been obtained easily. The specially weak points of the present coun- terfeits are in the plate and press used. The impressions are good enough to deceive or- dinary inspection, such as they would re- ceive in the mails, but their fraudulent character is clearly evident on close exam- ination, even without the ald of magnify- ing glasses. The work was done by pho- tolithography aad transferred elther to stone or copper. The bureau prints from steel plates. The bogus printing was done by bungling processes, and made a poor re- sult. ee ee HIGH-PRICED BEEF. + Secretary Morton Wants to Know if a Cattle Trust Exists. Secretary of Agriculture Morton has be- gun an inquiry into the recent increase in the price of meats, for the purpose of as- certaining if any combination exists in vio- Intion of law for the purpose of putting up the prices. Today he addressed a letter to Dr. D. E. Salmon, chief of the bureau of animal industry, instructing him to fur- nish at once a statement of the number of cattle received at the stock yards in Oma- ha, in Kansas City, in East St. Louis, and in Chicago, during the months of January, February and March, for the years 1804 and 1895, as it is important, just at this time, to ascertain as nearly as may be fiom those sources what failing oft. there is in the cattle supply of the United States as compared with previous years. Dr. Salmon is further directed to instruct his agents everywhere to collect and send in as rapidly as posible all reliable data which may tend to show what diminution, if any, there is in the cattle supply of the United States for 1895 and also to instruct them to state whether there is in their judgment anye combination by which “a cattle ‘trust’ is putting up the price of teef products, while it is putting down the per capita price of cattle.” The Lecal Market. ‘The price of bepf In the local masket has not advanced during the past two weeks, notwithstanding reports of a big rise in New York. It is claimed that meat is dearer today in the metropolis than it has been for twenty-three years. Three weeks ago porterhouse steak retailed there at from 22 cents to 25 cents a pound, and sir- loin at from 16 cents to 18 cents, while to- day ‘the consumer must pay for similar cuts of porterhouse 30 cents to 35 cents per pound, and for sirloin 22 cents to 24 cents. The retail dealers in this city are selling porterhouse steak at 25 cents a pound and sirloin at 20 cents, the wholesale price run- ning from 7 to 10 cents. The business de- pression during the past year, forcing a quick realization on the part of cattle owners, and a short corn crop, account for the decrease in the number of cattle and consequent higher prices, according to the big dealers. Many of the jobbers, how- ever, give a different reason, declaring that the big dressed-beef firms have cornered the market and run up prices. Secretary Morton's Views. Concerning the inquiry, Secretary Mor- ton said today: “The increase in the price of cattle has been quite remarkable, and certain fluctua- tions seem unaccountable. It would appear that the primary cause of the increased price is that the supply is decreasing while the demand is constant or increasing. “In Texas there are not ten cattle today to hundreds a short time ago. And the Four Points, so-called, Chicago, Kansas City, St. Louis and Omaha—where cattle are slaughtered, are falling off in their sup- ply for the market.” The Inquiry, he remarked, was designed to bring out just what influence the “Big Four” have on prices. THE EASTER STAR. Saturday’s Twehty-Four Pages as a Medium for Advertising. Saturday's Star ‘will be a %-page issue, an@ a netably attractive number in every respect. A large proportion of its 168 long a4 well-filled columns will be devoted to reading matter ‘especially ‘appropriate to Easter-tide and the spring season, and in addition to the ‘usual varlety of original and selected articles of general interest there wilt be 2 large number of special value to the household,.and to ladies, whether old ot young. It will therefore be certain to have more than the usual phe- homenally large circulation of the Satur- day tssues, making it a medium for adver- tising fully equal in value to that of all the other papers in the city added together. Advertisers desiring to take advantage of this exceptional opportunity for reaching everybody in the District who hag a dollar to spend for any purpose whatever should send in their announcements at the earliest moment practicable, in order that they may be suitably displayed and properly arranged or classified, so as to secure the best resuits possible. They should in every case be filed in the business offiée before ten o'clock Saturday morning, and if Friday afternoon it will be still better, all round. Bear this in mind: That The Star tells its advertising patrons exactly what pub- licity they get every day when they buy space fn its columns, It is the only paper in Washington that does this. No vague general talk about “constant growth,” “booming circulation,” and all that sort of stuff, without a single positive statement as to past or present circulation. The Star gives the exact figures, every week, and will substantiate them in the most exact- ing manner every time. Last Saturday’s circulation was 39,697. The Saturday be- fore it was 40,019. Every indication leads to the belief that next Saturday's will be very much larger than either. But, whether greater or less, the public will know the precise fact. The Star neither boasts nor conceals. The truth is good enough for tt, and it is willing that the world shall knew the exact truth, always. —— STILL IN ALEXANDRIA. Desmond Refuses to Come to This City Unless Compelied. Detectives Weedon and Horn were in Alexandria all the morning trying to get Desmond to acepmpany them to Washing- ton without waiting for the papers from Judge Hughes.''A ‘Star reporter accom- panied the detectives and Deputy United States Marshal Glover to the city jail, where Desmond fs confined, and found him in the best possible spirits, and with a nonchalant air he told the detectives that he most positively declined to go unless he was granted an immediate hearing, or un- less advised so to dé by his attorney, Mr. Charles Bendheim. One thing pectliar’about the raid, which shows the character of the joint that was searched. Lieut. Smith of the Alexandria police force found between the ceiling and roof about fifty empty hand satchels of all sizes. The-kit of burglar's tools found in the old barge {# still in the hands of the Alexandria. police, and the different bits, drills, etc., are very interesting to look at. Attorney Bendheim refused this morning to let Desmond come to Washington, and the matter will now rest until the arrival of the proper papers from the United States court. It is the opinion of the police authorities that there is a notorious Washington wo- man in the case, and an effort will be made to get her to throw more light on the sub- ject. u The proper papers for the transfer of Desmond from Alexandria to Washington are expected to be ready tomorrow or the next day. . " ee EES DISTRICT GOVERNMENT. District Orders. The Commissioners have ordered that the public gas lamp at the southwest cor- ner of 13% street and Maryland avenue southwest be re-erected. An allotment of $12,500 from appropria- tions for current repairs to county roads has also been ordered by the Commission- ers to be expended in current quarter of fiscal year on requisitions approved by of- ficer in charge of surface department. Other orders made today were as follows: That pipe sewer line in alley, square 379, be reconstructed and manholes be removed. That Robert B. Caverly, Thomas F. Foley and Frank P. McGhan each be registered and lecnsed as a master plumber and gas fitter after filing proper bond. ‘That the sewer in east of 6th street southwest between G and H streets be added to the schedule of sewers to be re- placed Guring the current fiscal year. That I street and New York avenue north of the street car tracks between llth and 12th streets northwest be closed to vehicles, pending the construction of sewer at that locality. ; Building Regulations. Upon the motion of Commigsioner Trues- dell, the board today made the following amendment to the building regulations: That footnote 2 of the schedule of limita- ticns and provisions, relative to the pro- jection of portions of buildings beyond the buiiding line, page 49, building regulations, revised and adopted May 2, 1894, and all amendments thereto made subsequent to said date, and now in force, are hereby re- pealed, d the following substituted in lieu thereof: Outside of that part of the city of Wash- ington east of Rock creek no ground pro- jection beyond the building line shall be allowed on streets less than sixty’ feet in width, except upon fronts of squares now occupied by substantial buildings, having such projections under permits heretofore granted, and except as to such fronts, the width of the sidewalks, exclusive of pro- jection, must be preterved as follows: Fif- teen feet on streets 90 feet or more in width, 12 feet on streets 80 to 9 feet in width, 10 feet on streets 60 to 90 feet in width, 8 feet on streets less than 60 feet in width. e u Today’k Orders. The Commissigners today ordered that the schedule of limitations and provisions rela- tive to the projection of portions of build- ings beyond the’ building line adopted May 2, 1894, as the basis of the Commissioners’ concurrence under the act of March 1891, be amended by Adding after the word “pavement” at.the end of the first para- graph under the heqd of “vaults” the fol- lowing: t Vaults may be allowed in alleys not more than 2% feet to the center line theresf, provided that said restriction of 21% feet shall not apply to the blind end of alleys, where. the owners of abutting property consent thereto in writing. Building Permits. Building permits were issued today as follows: American Security and Trust Ccmpany, to erect @ brick and stone bank building at No. 710 14th street northwest, to cost $31,000; J. B. Rodd, four fraine dwellings, fronting on Polk street, Ana- costia, $4,000. —_—_——__—_ Divorce Granted. In the case of Fairfax against Alice L. Irwin, for divorce, filed December 1, 1894, Judge Hagner today granted the husband a fiverce on the ground of desertion. The husband is charged with the costs of the suit and the maintenance of the infant children, and Mr. Irwin is given leave to hereafter apply for-an order touching the guardianship and custody of the children. Tuoome Tax Collectors Directed to Conform With the Decision. Tho Way It is Said the Reoordership Prob- Jem Will Bo Solved. More Complaints Reported to Have TEX? OF. THE TREASURY LEPTER| “cen Filet wie me prestaent— Provisions for Canute Returns, That Have Been Made. TAXABLE INCOMES The Treasury Department today issued to all income tax collectors a serieg of sup- plemental instructions to conform to the recent decision of the Supreme Court. The instructions are as follows: Interest from state, county and municipal bonds, or securities and rents received from real estate, are not taxable as incomes, but persons or corporations receiving said in- terest or rents shall include in their returns as receipts the full amount thereof reeeived’ or accrued within the year for which the return is made, and shall deduct the same as not subject to taxation. The amounts actually paid for taxes, in- surance and repairs on real estate may be dedu=ted from income, as heretofore pro- vided for by the law and regulations. Deductions From Returns Alrendy Made. All persons and corporations that have heretofore rendered income tax returns for the year 18 to a collector or deputy col- lector, including therein imterest received from state, county or municipal bonds, or from rents from real estate, may have the amounts of said interest and rents deducted from their income by duly making an af- fidavit, and delivering the same to the col- lector or~deputy collector to whom the original return was rendered. The form of affidavit follows, and the collector is instructed that upon its re- ceipt filled out he shall attach it to the re- turn of the affiant heretofore made, and forward it to the commissioner of internal revenue. Collectors are further instructed to have the affidavits and instructions printed da distributed immediately to all persons who have rendered returns, and are notified that all returns so far received at the Treasury Department will be returned to them for rectification. Additional Directions. In conclusion, collectors are notified to require all persons in making returns in future to show cleariy that rents included and deducted were received for real estate and include nothing whatever paid for rent or use of personal property or franchises. The instructions were telegraphed to col- lectors in all parts of the country, and an- other telegram was sent by Commissioner Miller directing them if necessary for the accommodation of persons filing income tax returns to keep their offices open for busi- ness from 8 in the morning to 6 In the afternoon up to and including the 15th In- stant. RECESS POST OF FICE APPOINTMENTS ‘Will Not Be as Large as Usual. The number of presidential postmasters to be appointed during the summer Is likely to he very small, owing to the fact that four years ago all appointments were made as fer as possfble before Congress adjourn- ed, in order that the Senate might confirm them, and the appointments made in the re- cess when ccrfirmed the following Decem- ber were dated from the time of their confirmation. The number of presidential appointments to be made during this present recess on account of resignatioris, deaths and re- movals will not exceed 250. These will necessarily come up for action next De- cember, and there will also be between 409 and 500 commissions expiring within three months from the next meeting of Congress, so that a lively business in post offices may be expected to occur next winter. The number of recess appointments this year, while it is in the nature of an in- crease of presidential offices, is compara- tively small. Four years ago there were over 350 in the interval following the ad- journment of the Fifty-first Congress. The difference is to be attributed to the ex- tended prevalence of hard times, which has its effect upon the use of the mails and naturally retards the progress of many thrifty town, which would otherwise have long ago passed into the presidential list. The President today appointed George Clark postmaster at Coudersport, Pa., vice George C. Olmsted, resigned. —_____-= SUGAR TRUST CASES. The Trials Will Take Place at an Early Day. District Attorney Birney stated to a Star reporter today that he hoped to be able to take up the cases of sugar trust contuma- cious witnesses the latter part of this or the earlier part of next month. It might be, said Mr. Birney, that he could take the cases up on the 22d instant, although he feared they would be delayed a week later, at least. He believed that all the cases could be tried within a week's time, al- though he understood that counsel for the defendants thought otherwise. Mr. Birney stated that he would first call the cases of Messrs. Macartney, Chapman and Sey- mour, the brokers. They would be fol- lowed by Correspondents Edwards and Shriver, the case of President Havemeyer and Treasurer Searles of the American Sugar Refining Company, to be the last one tried. The law describes the offenses with which the defendants are charged as a mis- demeanor, and fixes the penalty at a fine of not less than $100 or more than $1,000, and imprisonment in jail for not more than twelve or less than one month. Mt. Vernon Electric Railway Officials Talk to the Commissieners. Mr. G. F. Abbot, president*and chief engineer of Alexandria and Mount Vernon electric railway, called upon the Commis- sioners today to secure a permit to lay the track of the company in this city as au- thorized under a franchise granted last August by Congress. .The company crosses the river near the Long bridge, either by barges or ferry boats, with a slip and landing on the District side. The tracks begin from this latter wharf and run ap 14th street to F street, thence east to 1314 street, south to B street, and eastwardly on B street to a point between 8th and 9th streets, where the station will be erected. The Commissioners will withhold the permit until they can ascertain the damage: that will be done to the sewer and the water main. The president was also notified fhat in the matter of the grooved rail proposed to be used in the construction of the road in the District of Columbia, the maximum width of groove used by ail other roads in this city is one inch. As the proposed rail has a width of groove of 1 7-16 inches the board did not deem it consistent to sanc- tion the use of this rail. SS The President's Income Tax. President Cleveland has not yet filled out his income tax return blank, but he is ex- pected to do so very shortly. It is not known whether he will file it with the col- lector of internal revenue in this district or send it to New York. He will probably take the latter course, as he is a legal resi- dent of New York. Private Secretary Thurber will send his returns to Michigan, when he makes them out. The accounting officers of the treasury will be called on probably to determine whether it is constitutional to deduct the $920 income tax from the annual salary of the President of the United States. The federal Constitution expressly provides that the compensation of the President “shall neither be increased nor diminished during the period for which he shall have been elected.” Taylor and His Friends. The office of recorder of deeds is again the subject of gossip. A report current to- day is that Recorder Taylor will be trans- ferred by the President to another field of usefulness. It is said, also, that another row has developed between the recorder and one of his erstwhile friends and sup- porters. It has been known for some time past that the recorder has had among his fol- lowers an individual bearing the title of “Rev.,” who has acted as a sort of man Friday for the man from Kansas. A row has now broken out between these two in- dividuals, It is said that the reverend gentleman has filed a statement of his grievances with the President and is now preparing a statement to the public. This statement, it is said, will tell the whole story of the inner workings of the office and will show how a mah can be recorder of deeds, editor of a paper and a political organizer all at the same time. The Transfer of Taylor. Mr. G. W. Fremont, a colored attorney, was at the White House one day last week, and in a talk with Secretary Thurber said, as a colored democrat, and a man who had always stood by Taylor, that for the best geod of the party he thought it wceuld be a good thing for Taylor to be transferred. In conversation with a re- porter of The Star today he said: “I have always been with the Taylor faction of colored democrats, and sup- pcrted him in his fight for the Bolivian miesion. I went inte the fight as a demo- erat, and did as much as I could to help him. It takes a great deal to make me chenge my estimate of a man wth whom I have been associated politically, but I stated to Mr. Thurber that I thought it would be the best thing for every one if Taylor could be transferred. It is certain that his presence here is now absolutely distasteful to both white and colored demo- crats. Whether it is his fault or not, the fact still remains. “As a democrat I want to see Taylor suc- ceed, and I would do nothing to turn a democrat down. But Taylor has made a mistake in selecting his friends and ad- visers, and in a few days the public will know that this statement is made without malice, when the man closest to him will coolly tell all he knows about him as an official. During the recent trial a great |- deul could have heen proven which would have injured the democratic party on Tay- lor’s account, but those colored democrats in possession of the facts would not allow them to be made public. “I was always opposed to any man being appointed as a recorder of deeds unless he was a resident of the District of Columbia, and I still hold to these views.” Suggested by Taylor. “Who made the request that Taylor be transferred? “I am informed by those in authority to know that Taylor made the request him- self, and that the letters of Mr. Astwood and Pulies were simply given out as a blind. I am confident some change will be — although rumor may staie other- wise.” “Do you know whether the matter has been discussed officially?” “I will leave that for others to answer. The only point I desire stated is that Tay- lor suggested his own transfer.” a ee INQUEST. One Will Be Held Over n Mangicd Brakem: Charles H. Campbell, a railroad brake- man in the employ of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, met with a terrible ac- cident yesterday afternoon, which resulted in death several hours later. Campbell had opened a switch for the shifting of a coal car, near the corner of 13th street and Maryland avenue southwest, and in step- ping aside he slipped and fell across the track. Before he could arise the coal car, which had been detached from the engine, struck him, and when it siopped Camp- bell’s legs were found to be frightfully crushed. He did not lose consciousness, however. The injureg man was hastily removed to the Emergency Hospital, where the sur- geons did all in their power to aid him. At 9 o'clock last night Campbell died, with his grief-stricken parents and his wife at his bedside. The deceased was but twenty years of age. He resided at 1106 Gth street north- west and had a child one year old. He had been in the employ of the railroad company about three years, and was highly regarded. Coroner Hammett investigated the mat- ter today and decided to hold an inquest at noon tomorrow in Lee's undertaking es- tablishment. —_— The Distinguished Sick. Assistant Controller of the Treasury C. H. Mansur is still lying unconscious at the National Hotel. Although he passed a quiet night, his condition remains ‘decidedly critical. Dr. J. Ford Thompson, who is suffering with blood poisoning, fs a little better this afternoon. 5 Dr, Samuel C. Busey is rapidly recover- ing from his fall at the Concord last week. Rev. A. W. Pitzer, D. D., who has been ill with the grip, is convalescent. ig +> May Have Been Poisoned. Deputy Coroner Glazebrook, who has been investigating the case of Frederick John- son, a waiter at the Cosmos Club, who died under suspicious circumstances Tuesday last, stated to a Star reporter this after- noon that he is of the opinion that John- son’s demise was due to natural causes. There is a po: have been poisoned, which will ‘be deter- mined when the report of the District chemist, who is analyzing the contents of the stomach of the dead man, is received. AN Grain and Cotton Markets. Cotton and grain markets, reported by W, B. Hibbs, stock, grain and. ane broker, 1421 F street. GRAD Baltimore Markets. BALTIMORE, April 11.—Flour firm, unchanged— » 4,396 barrels; sales, 525 barrels, pot and month, 61% bid: May, 6 july, bid—receipts, igasve,, steamer No. 2 red, 58% 2,190. bushels; shipments, 16,000 bushels; stock, 056 bushels 62,000 bushels; southern sales. 61a63; do. on grade, ot and month, mixed, ia! wheat by sampl Corn firm. pri white mixed, 34934%—receipts, 6. 283 bushels. Rye dull ‘and featureless—No. 2, 58a 59—receipts, 1,991 bushels; stock, 19,191 bushels. Hay steady—good to choice timothy, $13.00a$13.50. Grain freights steady, unchanged. Sugar ‘un- changed. Butter steady—fancy creamery, 21; do. imitation, 16a17; do. ladle, 14; ‘good. ladle, 12; store packed, 8010. Eggs firm—tfresh, 12%. Cheese wiet, unchanged. * wtp nance Washington Grain Market. Regorted by the Grain Exchange. Spring potent. flour, per barrel, 3.50a3.70; spring stock, straight flour, per barrel, 3.15a3.40; winter patent flour, per barrel, 3.10a3.25; winter straight flour, per barrel, 00; winter extra flour, per bar- rel, 2.4023.50; clipped white oat shel, 89a 40 No. 2 white oats, per bush 7%; No. 2 yellow mixed oats, per bushel, 33%a34%6: corn, per bushel, 51; No. 2 white corn, per bushel, 51; No. ber ton, 12.75a18.50; No. 2 timothy bay, per ton, 11.50a12.00; No. 1’ mixed Lay, per ton, 11,00a12.00; No. 1 clover hay, per ton, 9.00010.50;, No. 1) cut bay. per, ton. | 18.00a 14.60; bulk bran, per ton, 17.00a18.90; bulk mid~ lings. per ton, '16.00a19.00; rye straw, ton, 12.50a13.50; wheat straw, per ton, 5.50a6.00. The above quotations for car lots delivered on track, ‘Washington. sibility, however, that he maye| {0 FINANCE AND TRADE ture of Today’s Speculation, FLUCTUATION IN CHIDAGO GAS TRUST Effect of Publishing Atchison Re- ee GENERAL MARKET REPORTS Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. NEW YORK, April 11—Dullness was the most conspicuous feature of today’s pro- fessional stock operations, but, contrary to recent custom, advantage was not taken of the lack of business to force concessions. Traders were disposed to témpt profits on the long side, in anticipation of higher prices next week. London's early cables reflected advances averaging about 1-4 per cent, and brought some orders to this side. That market will be closed, after today, until next Tuesday morning, according to the usual Easter custom. Reading's stubborn refusal to accept less then 21 per cent of the total anthracite output is said to have resulted in an in- definite postponement of dll negotiations between the several companies in interest. The action of the coal stocks, however, ‘Was not such as to indicate any surprise at this termination of the over-advertised and Over-estimated proceedings of the last few weeks, prices in every instance comparing favorably with those of yesterday. If Prices are advanced from 5 to 15 per cent on the prospect of the successful outcome of a serjes of negotiations, and these nego- tiations fail, leaving conditions practically - unchanged, and the prices of the stocks identified with the advance fe impas- sive to the announcement of the failure, the statement that manipulation and not merit was the dominant factor would Sansa esas an cet a was sharply at the opening, Syke rallying on buying based on a repetition of the rumors that the Westinghouse agreement was practically operative. The advance in sugar was retarded by realizing sales on the part of the room. Prevailing sentiment is strongly prejudiced in favor of the long side of this propert; for ultimate results. é The foreign exchange market was dull and featureless, with yesterday's condi- tions prevailing. Posted rates for long sterling were reduc Ye per cent, but otherwise rates remath the same. The trading of the last hour was void of ‘Significant feature, the evening up of tyaders’ contracts over tomorrow's holiday being the only business of that period. *The market is -unquestionably bare of outside orders, but the impression pre- vails that next week will witness a re- Vival of activity, which, unless sentiment is radically changed, will result in im- proved values. ge 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: American Sugar........ 108 108% 102i¢ 108 American Sugar Pid. 9% - % 9% % T Wy RT IK a an at 8% GC Bix 51% Sl BL 2 40% 408 4035 401 Chesapeake and Ohio.. 0% lis Ii 17 ©... C., C. and St.L....2. +32. 38%, 38% 38: Chicago, B.andQ...... Ti 72% 71% 7 Chic.and Northwestern. 92 92%; 92 98 Chicago Gas... 1 Bo 1K TK C..M. and’St. Paul. BIg BBs OTK «TE .. M. and St. Paul Pfd. 2.0. 2000 oe--- easee Chie.. R.L and Pacific.. 64 64 ry Del.. Lack. and W... 1 Delaware and Hudson. Den. and R. Grande Pid is.and Cattle Feeding. General Electric. ut b Long Island Traction. Metropolitan Traction U.S. Coraa, 30. New Jersey Central. New York Central N.Y. and N. E. C1 N. ¥., C. andst. Louis. Northern Pacific... Southern Raflway. Phila. Traction ‘Texas Pacific. . Tenn. Coal and Iron... Union Pacific £ 5 ‘ 144 Wheeling and L. Erie.. 13; Wheeling and L. E. Pfd. a Western Union Tel. Si) Wisconsin Central. RS Silver... ree Washington Stock Exchange. —regular call—12 o'clock _m.—Metropolitan Ratiroad 6s, $1,000 at 101; $1,000 at 101%. Ce lumiia Railroad 6s, $1,000 at 110%; $1,000 at 1 $1,000 at 110; $1,000. at 110; $500 at 110; $500 110; 0. (20%. Columbia Title Insurance, esapeake and Potomac Telephone, Aiuerican Graphophone, 10 at 244; 20 at 2%, ‘Goverument Bond: 4s, registered, 111% bid, 111 coupon, 112 bid, 11 at Chi asked. U District of 30-year fund Gs, gold, 1901, enrrency, 116 118 bid. 3, 100 bid. Vashington and Ist, George- : 125 bid, 135 asked. ton and Georgetown Raflroad cony. 6s, 24, 125 bid, 135 asked. g Metropolitan Raflroad conv. 6s, 101 bid, 102 asked?” Beit Railroad Ss, 85 bid, 8&8 asked. "Eckington Raflroad Gs, 103 bid, 106 a: sked, Cohmbia Raliroad Gs, 109% bid, 110% asked. Washington Gas Company Gs, series A, 113 bid. Washington Gas Company és, B 114 bid. Wash Ga, 123 Did. UL 3. Electric Light conv |, 136 asked, Chesa- pe: phone 5s, 100 bid. Amerl- can Security and Trust Ss, F. and A., 100% bid. ‘American Security and Trust 5s, A. and 0.. 100% bid. Washington Market Company Ist 6s, 110 bid, 15 asked. Washington Ma Company imp. 6s, 110 bid, 115 asked.” Washinston Market Company bid one Hall Association 5s, 1 ext. 6s, 107 u Washington Light Infantry Ist Gs, 101° bid. Washington Light Infantry 2d 7s, 100 bid. ‘ational Bank Stocks.—Bank of Washington, 280 300 asked. Bank of the Republic 275 asked. Metropolitan, 282 bid, 297 asks tral, — bid. Farmers ‘and Mechani: Second, 136, bid, 150 asked. : Columbia, 135 Did, 145 ask End, 108 bid, 111 a: + 103. bi aa Uncol, 100 bid, 105 asked. Ohio, s nd Trust Compantes.—National Safe Deposit and Trust, 124 bid, 130 asked, hington Loan and Trust, 120 bid, 122 asked. “American ‘Se- curity and Trust, 134% bid, 135% asked. Washing. ton Safe Deposit, 100 asked. Railroad Stocks.—Washington and Georgetown, 260 bid, 295 asked. Metropolitan, 60 | aske 25 asked. . ig! Tnsurance Stocks. —Firemen Franklin, 45 bid, 55 asked. Corcoran, 56 bid. 80. asked. ‘Arlington, 150 bid, 185 asked. German-American, 760 bid. National’ Union, 12% bid, 15_asked, lumbia, 13% bid, 15 asked, Rixcs, 7% bid, asked.” People's, 5% bid, 5% asked.” Lincoln, *8 Did, 5% ‘Commercial, 4% bid, 5 asked, ‘Title Insurance Stocks.—Real Estate ‘Title, bid, 116 asked. Columbia Title, 7% bid, 8 ask Washington Tiile, 8 asked. District Title, 10 bi 14 asked. ‘Telephone Stocks.—Pennsylvania, 36 bid. Chesa- peake and Potomac, 55 bid, 55% ‘asked. Ameri Gamabes oe bid, 3 aske Pneumatic Gi € ri 22 5 ‘Mincelianeous ‘Stocks.—Washington Market, 14 bid: Great Falls Ice, 130 bid, 145 asked. Ball Run Norfolk and Washington 8: Cea a 100 asked. Lincoln Halle 8) bid, asked. Inter-Ocean Buitaing. 90 pe thaler Linotype, 160 bid, 180 asked. Ex div. Tomorrow being Good Friday, the board decided prt vor watt Monday. Painfully Injured, This morning about 11 o'clock Peter Mo- Dorald, sixty-eight years old, living at No, 1500 7th street northwest, fell from a cable car at New Jersey avenue and B street and was painfully injured. After being aeenaen by Dr. Hodges he was able to go me. ’