Evening Star Newspaper, April 16, 1895, Page 2

THE EVENING STAR, TUESDAY, APRIL 16, 1895—-TWELVE PAGES. LATE NEWS BY WIRE|'N 4'S OWN BEHALF/EMANCIPATION DAY Nicaragua’s Reply Unsatisfactory to England. AN UNOFFICIAL REPORT IN LONDON Steps to Enforce the Ultimatum to Be Taken. FEELING IN THIS CITY —— LONDON, April 16.—The Globe this after- hoon says that the answer of Nicaragua to the ultimatum of Great Britain regarding the expulsion of Mr. Hatch, the British consular agent, from Nicaragua territory is not acceptable to the British government, and that steps to enforce the ultimatum will be taken immediately. - Belief in a Friendly Settlement. There is a strong desire felt here for in- formation concerning the position of Great Britain on the response of Nicaragua to the British demands for reparation for the expulsion of Consular Agent Hatch. While there is a belief entertained that the af- fair will be settled amicably finally, the matter has approached near to the critical Stage, and as the next step must come from Great Britain-in the form of an answer to Nicaragua's note, the substance of which was published by The Star yesterday, there is. considerable oer felt as to what the British reply will be Minister Guzman, the Nicaraguan min- ister, this morning had had no information as to what response would be made, nor has his government. Nicaragua is hope- ful that its response, conceding much that Great Britain asked, will be acceptable in large measure, and that the way will be left Open for a peaceful adjustment. Con- siderable apprehension, however, is felt, es- pecially in view of the publication in the London Globe of what purports to be the stand taken by the British government. It is impossible to secure from the State Department anything like an explanation of the attitude it has assumed toward the dispute between Great Britain and Nicara- gua beyond the declaration that the map of Nicaragua will not be changed by any action on the part of Great Britain. This means, of course, that Great Britain will not be permitted to acquire any of the ter- ritory of Nicaragua, even under color of the cld protectorate over the Mosquito reserva- ticn, which originally extended southward to the San Juan river, and so commanded the eastern approach to the proposed Nica- ragua canal, to the construction of which the United States now stands committed by the actioti of the last Congress. Not a Surprise to the Department. The announcement made in London that Great Britain had declared the Nicaraguan response to her ultimatum to be insuffi- cient was fully expected at the State De- partment. This response, in substance, amounted to a proposition to refer to ar- bitration the demand fe a A ees in- demnity for the expuision of Agent Hatch, ard it is said that it would be very usual for such a course to be pur- sued in the case of a demand for “smart motiey.” Such a demand differs entirely from a de- mand made for injuries sustained by pri- vate citizens, inasmuch as it is’based upon the idea that the horor of Great Britain has sustanined a smirch through the hu- miliation of its official. Mr. Bayard, the ambassador at London, has been using his good offices to bring about a peaceful settlement of the dispute, and in Washington Secretary Gresham has been counseling the Nicaraguan minister, Dr. Guzman, probably to make such con- eessions as may be consistent with Nicara- gua’s national honor. — > STILL IN EXCESS. = . Goverument Expenditures Continue to Be More Than Its Receipts. The total receipts for the first half of the present month were $12,355,000, and the to- tal expenditures were $21,240,000, or $8,S55,- 000 in excess of the receipts for the same period. The deficiency for the fiscal year to date .s $45,427,000. It is estimated that the receipts for the entire month will ag- gregate $25,000,000, and that the expendi- tures will reach $30,000,000, making the deficit for the month only $5,000,000, instead of nearly $),000,000, as at present. ———___-e Chief Draftsman Appointed. N. W. Hite of New Mexico has been ap- pointed chief of the draftsman division, Department of the Interior, to succeed J. W. Kedzie, resigned. Mr. Kedzie, who has held the position of chief draftsman of the land office for ten years, will remove to Missouri and engage in farming. ——----- e+ Death of Mrs. McArthur. Mrs. Mary L. McArthur, the wife of W. 8. McArthur, ex-president of the District Christian Endeavor Union, died suddenly yesterday afternoon. Mr. McArthur was absent in Chicago, but was at once noti- fied by telegraph. —_———_ Funeral of Chas. F. McDermott. The funeral of the late Charles F. Mc- Dermott, who died at his desk in the War Department Saturday, was held in the chapel in Oak Hill cemetery yesterday afternoon. The pallbearers were Mr. W.. M. Davis of the Brotherhood of St. Andrew, Mr. Albion K. Parris of the Sons of the Revolution, Mr. George V. Balch, Mr. David E. Holmes and Mr. Wm. M. Poindexter. ———— Father Kervick’s New Charge. Rev. Thomas J. Kervick, the newly ap- pointed pastor of Holy Name Church, took his residence at the rectory yesterday afternoon, and is now in charge of the parish. gers The Gordon Divoree Case. Judge Hagner yesterday began considera- tion of the divorce case of Fulton R. .against Lydia G. Gordon, and today was spent in reading the testimony taken in the case. — Muennerchor ment. The friends of the Gerinania Maenner- ehor crowded Masonic Temple last evening, the occasion being a German concert, thea- ter and ball. Many prominent German citizens were present. After an overture by the orchestra the male chorus of the Maennerchor gave two selections, “The Travelers” and “The Vagrants,” under the direction of E. Christiana. The next num- ber was also a double one and was given by a mixed chorus. They sang “The Tear” and “The Woods,” also under the direction of K. Christiana. In this last number Mrs. Christiana and Miss Frances Stiefel sang the solo parts. The first number in the thea- ler part of the program was a little one-act comedy, “By Aid of the Police.” The char- acters were: Blenda, Miss Wilhelmy; Ar- tbur, Mr. Hannemann; the director, Mr. Aue: Mrs. Schwabbel, Mrs. Sterzel, and the police inspector, Mr. Buehler. The other piece presented was a one-act operetta, “The Village Musicians.” The parts were taken us follows: Simon, Mr. Christiana; Peter, Mr. Toense; Hannah, Miss Wil- nelmy; Lottie, Mrs. Sterzel, and Friederick, Mr. hter. The whole was under the di- rection of Mr. William Escher, who also accompanied the soloists on the piano. The entertainment concluded by a waltz song by the female chorus. Afterward refresh- ments were served in the supper room, and then there was dancing until a late hour. gs National Rifles Anniversary. The thirty-fourth anniversary of the mus- tering in for service of the original National Rifles was celebrated last evening by a banquet, at which fourteen of the survivors 34t down. The company was organized in 189, and was the first company o¢ citizen troops ordered into the service of the United States in 1861. Seventy-seven men were mustered in,and of the survivors twen- ty-one are now residents of the District. Those present last evening were Edward T. Matthew Joseph McMakin, Col. Wm. @. Moore, mas H. Alexandr, Goodwyn Y. Atice, William D. Baldwin, Gustavus A. Brandt, John T. Clements, Noble D. Larner, W. G. Phillips, Thomas M. Shepherd, Gen. T. H. Stanton, the recently appoinied pay- master of the army; Thomas W. Steuart and Gilbert B. Towles. Germania Entertain- Taylor Describes the Killing of His Wits. : Shooting Claimed to Be Accidental— Insanity and Aceident the Double Defense of the Prisoner. The trial of Thos. J.’ Taylor, charged with the murder of his wife, Nannie W. Taylor, on the 14th of last September, was resumed this morning before Judge Cole in Criminal Court, No. 2, in the presence of a greatly crowded court room. As on yesterday, the defendant's sister sat beside him, and his pretty little three-year-old daughter sat in her aunt’s lap, just across the corridor from where her .unfartunate father was on trial for his life. As stated in The Star, the testimony for the government closed yesterday afternoon, and after Mr. O. D. Barrett had explained to the jury that the defense would be first that the shooting was accidental, and that it was the result of the defendant's insani- ty, witnesses were called by the defense who testified to the fact that Taylor suffer- ed from epilepsy, was severely kicked when a child by a horse, and was at times very uliar. Mrs. B. Wagner, Dr. John J. lattery, Annie Kemp and J. P. B. Barber testified this morning, their testimony be- ing to that effect. 2 About 11 o'clock today the defendant was placed on the witness stand, and proceeded to testify in a clear, collected manner, al- though evidently laboring under quite a mental etrain. . Prisoner’s Statement. Taylor stated that he lItved with his cousin, Lucy A. Carter, until he was slx- teen years of age, When twelve years old he was kicked in the head by a horse and severely injured. Since then, he stated, he had suffered from fits at frequent inter- vals. He had been engaged in different occupations, and at the gime of the shoot- ing was driving a bakers’ wagon, Taylor also said that he was an habitual sleep- walker and suffered greatly from night- mare, and sometimes, upon waking, would find his pillow covered with blood. He related a dream he had while at the jail, in which he saw a beautiful woman Standing near him. A little child ‘sat at the foot of the bed and held his feet as he attempted to go to the woman. Coming down to the time of the shooting Taylor stated that he started out on-his wagon at 2:30 in the morning. He returned to his home the first time about + o'clock, and was proceeding to state what he then saw and heard there, when Mr. Birney objected, contending that the Jefense being insanity no alleged provocation could be shown. His Disease. Mr. Barrett claimed that the evidence was admissible, as it would tend to show that what the defendant then saw and heard at his home aroused such excitement in the man as to cause insanity, or irre- sponsibility for the crime. Mr. Barrett claimed that they had shown that the de- fendant suffered from epilepsy, which was at least medical insanity. Judge Cole held, however, that epilepsy was not, in itself, a legal insanity, and the alleged excitable tnings seen and heard by the defendant at his home at 4 o'clock could not be shown until after it had first been shown that his disease was likely to be so affected by such matters as. to cause insanity. The defense noted an exception, and then Taylor stated that when he left the house at 4 o'clock he endeavored to finish his de- livery route, but could not. He went home again about 8 o'clock the same morning, and, after making the kitchen fire, called his wife down. He was about to state that he wished to talk with her about what he had seen and heard at 4 o'clock, but Mr. Birney objected to any statement of that kind,on the ground that the alleged wrong- doing of the wife or any quarrel was no justification for the crime. Ruled Out. “Your honor,” exclaimed Mr. E. G. Niles, “is the district attorney going to send this man to the gallows without a chance to say a word in defense or explanation?” “I object,” retorted Mr. Birney, “for per- scnal and other reasons to such remarks of counsel.” “Yes,” remarked Judge Cole, hardly proper.” “I beg the court’s pardon, and Mr. Bir- ney’s,” teplied Mr. Niles, “but we desire to remind the court that one of our de ferses is that the shooting was accidental.” Judge Cole smcothed the ruffled feelings of counsel, but declined to allow the de- fendant to state the conversation with his wife previous to the shooting. Then Taylor went on to say that when his wife came down into the kitchen he had a conversa- ticn with her respecting what he had se2n and heard. when he came home at 4 o’clo:k that morning. As the result of that con- versation, he explained, he suddenly be- came very much excited and depressed, and was filled with a desire to end his life. The Fatal Shot. Glancing up, said Taylor, he saw his pis- tol, a self-cocker, lying on a shelf. He reached for it, pointed it at his breast, and fired. His wife grabbed his arm as he at- tempted to fire at himself again, and she received the second bullet. He exclaimed: “My God, Nannie, are hurt?” to which she replied: “No, not much. Don’t kill yourself." He then placed her or the lounge, called for assistance, and _endeay- ored to revive the dying woman. Then the room filled with people, and he inquired if his wife’s wound was fatal, saying that he would finish himself. “I devotedly loved my wife,” explained Taylor, id had no thought or desire of killing he Counsel for the defense again attempted to have Taylor state the conversation he had with his wife prevjous to the shooting, but Judge Cole refused to allow it, sayjng that if the shooting was accidental, or if the man was insane, the defendant is not guilty; otherwise, he is. Mr. Barrett then stated that they would ask the defendant nothing further until after more foundation had been laid by other testimony as to the man’s tendency to insanity. = To Mr. Birney. the defendant stated that he remembered of firing but one shot. He was not angry at the time, but greatly ex- cited and prostratel,his only thought being to kill himself. He said he knew of no one here but one unknown, man having seen him in a fit, although he had them fre- quently at the jail. He admitted having been ‘once discharged by an employer be- cause of drink. —_—_-_ THE COURTS. “that is Ccurt of Appeals—Chief Justice Alvey and Associate Justices Morris and Shepard. Admission, Roger A. Sprague. No. 447, Mackall agt. Willoughby; motion to dis- miss ordered, to be heard Thursday, April 1s. Ex parte Jno. E. Brown et al.; rule to show cause ordered to issue. No. 412, Don- a’dson agt. Wright, commissioner of labor; motion to dismiss ordered to be heard, with argument of cause, and argument con- cluded. No. 431, Peck et al. agt. .Icurich; cn hearing. Equity Court No. 1—-Judge Cox. Taylor agt. Taylor; sale finally ratified and cause referred to auditor. O'Hanlon agt. O'Hanlon; testimony before Chas. E. Thorn, examiner, ordered taken. Lucas agt. Clifford; pro confesso against certain defendants ordered. Suit agt. Brooks; re- investment of title; Wm. A. Gordon’ ap- pointed trustee to convey. Blackston agt. Blackston, and Donath agt. Riddle; ap- pearance of absent defendants ordered. * Equity Court No. 2—Judge Hagner. Hannon agt. Waldron et al.; bill dismiss- ed as to defendant Waldron. Howlett agt. Coughlan; order releasing purchaser and for return of deposit. Pierschynski agt. Pierschynski; appearance of absent defend- ant ordered. Gordon agt. Gordon; on hearing. Criminal Court No. 2.—Judge Cole. United States agt. Thomis J. Taylor, murder; on trial. Probate Court. Estate of Rufina Schneider; will filed. Estate of Robert S. Avery; executrix au- thorized to pay balance of $300 counsel fees. Estate of Francis Mason; will filed. Estate of Mary E. Curtis; will proved. Estate of Eloise Foster; petition for letters of administration filed.’ Estate of Samuel Norment; certified copy of decree in equity No. 13889 filed. Estate af Peter McNama- petition for letters of administration a. b. nc. t. a. filed. Estate of Hial Main; statement and report of executrix filed, Estate of George Harrington; petition of executor for instructions filed. Estate of Virginla A. Smith; George W. Smith ap- pinted administrator; bond $6,000. Estate of Jane FE. Stamm; will filed. The Occasion Fittingly Celebrated : in This City. THE PARADE AN IMPOSING ONE Military and Civic Organizations in Line. MANY INTERESTING SCENES It has been the day we celebrate—that is to say, a lerge section of us. Emancipa- tion day, a clear sky, splendid weather for a parade—what more could any one wish for who desired to commemorate the eman- cipation of the colored people of the Dis- trict of Columbia? And such a celebration as it has been! It is still in progress, and there is no tell- ing when it will really come to a close. There are to be speeches appropriate to the occasion at Lincoln Park this afternoon, and in the evening there are to be an eman- cipation concert and entertainment at Ebenezer African Methodist Episcopal Church, and a grand emancipation ball and cake walk at the colored Grand Army Hall on M street. The Usual Delay. For some feason or other Emancipation day parades are never able to get off’ in time, and this was most certainly the case today _ According to the program issued in advance, the line was to form promptly at 10:30 o'clock this morning, with its right at M street and its left at I street. At 12 o'clock there was not a uniform on the scene and no forerurmmer of the great turn- out beyond a couple of small colored boys and a peanut vender. A half hour later a dash of color was added to the landscape, when the marshal in charge of the forma- tion of the line came up, mounted on a horse. Across his bosom from right to left ran a heavy yellow sash, and beneath it his proud heart beat the faster for the honor which attached to his proud position. About the neck of his more or less pranc- ing steed was hung a wreath of artificial flowers. He confided to the two newspaper men who were gathered on time—the only ones who were—the fact that his wife had sat up all last night to complete that equine ornament. The marshal was accompanied by a couple cf his aids, and there he sat on his horse for over two hours waiting for his procession to materialize. The trio were the cynosure of all eyes, for of course a crowd had begun to gather long before the parade was ready to start. Small boys were in their element, and colored young ladies, gotten up regurdlessly, were there to give a welcome to the brave men who were to march through the streets of the capital to celebrate the holiday. The man upon whom devolved the duty of organizing the parade was Capt. P. H. Simmons, the secretary to the chief mar- shal. He told The Star reporter that he was going to start that line promptly at 12 o'clock if he was the only man in it. But the old story of the mutuability of human plans was exemplified once more. At 12 o’clock a corporal could not have made up a full guard out of the material at hand. Baltimorean»’ Deceit. Shortly after that hour another, a mar- shal’s aid, rode up and brought the dire news of a defection in the ranks. Accord- ing to the story he told he had been with his Grand Army Post to the depot to es- cort a contingent from Baltimore, made up of a soldier company and some war veterans, but that the Baltimoreans, ce- duced by the beauty of the day and of Washington parks, had decided that they did not care very much for marching anv- how and had broken ranks. He suid that they were bivouacking in Green’s Hall, and suggested the advisability of sending an aid to invite them to the place of meeting. Capt. Bimigas vetoed this proposition with the remark ‘that if the Baltimore brethren did not of themselves appreciate the solemnity of the occasion it was not his place to enlighten them. Then there were rumors that the boat from Alexandria was late, or that the Virginia contingent had failed to catch it altogether. At 12:30 the eyes of the waiting marshal were gratified by the sight of a float which would be a great addition to the beauty of the line. It was a big sailboat mounted on wheels and drawn by four horses. It was manned by several colored sailors and was given a prominent place in the procession. Of at Last. It was after 1 o'clock when the parade actually did get together at last. It seems that the bulk of it had assembled at the armory of the Butler Infantry Corps, and the whirl of martial music announced its approach. There were soldier companies and civic associations of all sorts. Among the organizations in the line were the fol- lowing: The Butler Infantry Corps, Capt. Young; the Capital City Guards, Capt. Abe Beckwith; the Alexandria Zouaves, the Al- exandria Industrial Guards, the Hastern Star Twilight Cadets, Capt. Henry Jack- son; Tournament Company, No. 5, Capt. Ruben Burnett; the Hillsdale First District Emancipation Club, G. W. Turner, presi- dent, and J. M. Goodloe, superintendent, and the Hod Carriers’ Association. There were bands of all sorts, regimental bands, Grand Army bands and fife and drum corps, making music of all sorts, but unfortunately they were so close that they frequently interfered with each other and made it difficult for those marching in be- tween to keep in step. But the plans of the marshal were knock- ed into a cocked hat when the discovery was made that the line was entering 16th street from Massachusetts avenue coming south. This brought the right of the line where the left should have been and the left where the right should have been. This made confusion worse confounded, for the parade was to start out M_ street and the line was di- \ rectly across that street and heading down 16th street to- ward the White House. This required considerable counter- manding of orders and countermarching, James W. Poe. but it was all straightened out without so very much difficulty, and the parade was finally off about 1:30 o'clock. Order of Procession, It was a most imposing sight as the line filed down the street amid the cheering of the populace and the freely expressed ad- miration of a horde of camp followers. The line of march was on M street to 24th street, to Penn- sylvania avenue, to lith street, to the Executive Mansion, where it will revie ed by the Presiden thence to 15th street, to Pennsylvania ave- nue to D street, re- viewed by the Dis- trict Commissioners; thence to € street, to 4th street” northeast, to East Capitol street, to Lincoln Park, where the speaking will take place. Heading the Geo. Stewart. procession was a platoon of police, followed by the chief marshal, with P. Moten as right aid and J. H. Richardson as left aid; Robert Holliday as chief of staff, with Washington Perkins as messenger ‘to the chief marshal, and Capt. P. H. Simmons as secretary. The first division consisted of the mil- tiary, Capt. Benjamin Young, marshal, es- corted by the Eagle Drum Corps. The sec- - ond division consist- ed of the South Washington division, marshaled by Benja- min Broadus, with Addison Banket as chief of staff. The third division _con- sisted of the Alex- andria division, mar- shaled by Capt. Jas. Washington, with J. W. Cole as secretary, headed by the Ama- teur Cornet Band of Alexandria. The fourth division con- sisted of the East E. V. Davis. ‘Washington division, marshaled by T. H- JC is well for advertisers fo Beep steadify in mind the fact Bathe Star makes @ strorndetaifed statement each Baturdap of its circu: - fation for the preceding week and that ¢ is the onfp Wash - ington néwspaper that rec: ~~ ognizes the right of the ad- _ vertiser fo Anow the measure of publicity for which Be is paying. fhe amount of ad- bertising appearing daifp in. Te Star is-ampfe evidence that this poficy is appreci: ated. The average raifp circufation fast week was 34,104, Gibbors and followed in carriages by the officers of the association—the president, secretary, orator of the day and chairmen of the various committees. Reviewed by the President. ‘The President reviewed the procession from the porch of the White House. The head of the line arrived a little before 2 o'clock, and ten min- utes later the few carriages that brought up the rear had passed in review. The President was unaccompanied, al- though. Col, Wilson, Private Secretary * Thurber and several policemen were also on the porch. The bands played their loudest and the men marched their best as they passed under the port cochere. The President raised his Prof. Lawxon. can flag in the line, and also returned the salutes of the marshal and his chief as- | sistants. The Exercises nt Lincoln Park, According to the program or arrange- ments, after the pa- rade reaches Lincoln Park the audience will be addressed by Prof. Jesse Lawson, orator of the day; Prof. I. Garland Penn, W. H. Jack- son, esq., anf others. Rev. Dr. Walter H. Brooks will act as chaplain of the day; Prof. E, H. Lipseomb will preside; E. V. Davis wil) read the letters of regret, and W. C. Payne will read the edicts. Alex. e MR. DONN’S CONDITION Moten. Farther Téstimpny in the Inquiry as to His * Sanity. Witnesses Who Believe Mr. Donn is Capable( sf Attending to His , Business Affairs, ee tar 27, el { ‘Renewed interest, judging from an in- creased ‘attendance in the court room, marked the opening of the third day of the proceedings to determine the sanity of Oliver P. Donn, the outcome of which involves the management of an estate aggregating more. than $200,000. The case of the opponents of the petition was continued without delay this morn- ing, Deputy Marshal W. B. Robison being called to the stand. Mr. Robison Saturday last was dispatched by the marsiial to Mr. Donn’s residence to bring him before the jury. The witness described in detail the trip from the city hall to the home of Mr. Donn and return, and the conversation between them. Mr. Donn was found locked in a rgom on the second floor, said Mr. Robison, and a quantity of spittle had run down on his beard and clothing. He gave lucid an- swers to a number of questions on various topics propounded by Mr. Robison, saying among other things that he did not eare for a jury or any one else to meddle with his business affairs, as he was competent to attend to thém himself. A lively tilt occurred between Mr. Wor- thington and Mr. Perry during the exam- ination of Deputy Marshal Robison, Worthington ‘contending that Mr. Perry was dictating to and endeavoring to cur- tatl the right of Juryman Dorsey Clagett in examining the witness, while Mr. Per- ry declared that opposing counsel sought to place him in bad light before the jury ‘and noted an exception to the remarks. James H. Grant, a builder, related to the jury facts regarding certain business trans- actions with Mr. Donn recently, in which the latter displayed proper competency, and then Mrs. Cora L. Dinwiddie, the second daughter of Mr. Donn, who now resides at Scarborough-on-the-Hudson, New York, took the stand. An Adjournment, EB After a recess Mrs. Dinwiddle was fur- ther examined, and then Mr. O. T. Thomp- son was again placed on the stand, and explained the preparation of a power of attorney for Mr. Donn in favor of Mrs. Metzger. BUY Testimony was given by Robert Dinwid- die, the husband of Mrs. Dinwiddie, tending to show that Mr. Donn is sane and com- petent. Millard Metzger, the husband of Mr. Donn’s daughter Mary, was called and stated that he sees Mr. Donn daily and be- lieves him to be competent to manage ‘his affairs. Next Mrs. Mary C. Metzger, the last witness in opposition to the petition, was sworn, but before she was examined at any length the hearing was adjourned until tomorrow morning. Mr. Perry stated to a Star reporter that the inquiry will surely reach an end tomor- row, but Mr. Worthington was doubtful on that point. —— = Forgot His Own Name. It is related of Joe Jefferson that he was one day introduced to Gen. Grant, an event that naturally impressed him strong- ly. Later in the day, according to the New York Mail and Express, he got into an elevator of the hotel at which they were both’ stopping. A short, heavy set man also got in, lifted his hat to Jefferson and made some remark. “I beg your par- don. Xour face is familiar to me, but I eannot recall the name;” said the actor. Gen. Grant courteously gave his name. “I got off at the next floor, for fear F should ask him if. he had ever been in the war,” Jefferson said in relating this story. Worse than that, he once forgot his own name. He had gone into a post office at some small resort where he was unknown and asked the clerk if there was any mail for him. ‘“What’s the name?” asked the clerk. “Name? Oh, yes, certainly. Why, let’s see! I play Rip Van Winkle, you know.” “Jefferson!” said the astonished and de- lighted clerk. ‘Yes, Jefferson, thanks,” he answered, politely, as he received his mail and bowed himself out. ——+2e+—____ Certain Hotel Accommodations, From the Atlanta Constitution. | - ‘An Augusta man says he recently stopped in a village where the hotel had two large rooms, one for the men and. one for the ladies. Half of each room was made into beds. He said’there was a sign hung out on the porch, which read: ‘Persons wishing to-teke a bath will please notify Mr. Jones a half hour beforehand, so that he can have the creek dammed up.” a hat to every Ameri- | More Protection Needed Along the B, and 0, Tracks. THE POSITION OF THE COMPANY Willing to Meet the Commissioners Half Way. STATUS OF THE MATTER —_—_-+—___ Every one is familiar with the vigorous contest that has been long waged between the residents of the northeastern section of Washington and the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company, whose tracks traverse that section in two directions. The resi- dents have for years demanded that there should be more means of protection afford- ed at the street crossings and at other places where the road running at grade might prove injurious to the safety of those happening to be crossing its tracks. The controversy grew so animated that the road concluded that a continued public exploitation of its shortcomings in this re- gard would affect its popularity with the people of the District and thus drive away, perhaps, a large amount of valuable freight and pessenger patronage. About two years ago, therefore, a consul- tation was held between the representa- tives of the road in this city and the offi- cials in Baltimore, at which it was decided to authorize the attorney of the road In this city, who is Mr. George E. Hamilton, to enter into any agreement with the Dis- trict Commissioners which would he ‘satis- factory to them and reasonable to the road. A Proposition Made. y Mr. Hamilton thereupon submitted a prop- osition to District Commissioners Ross and Parker, which, in effect, was as follows: The Baltimore and Ohio road agreed to delegate its engineer, Mr. Johnson, to meet with one of the engineers employed by the District of Columbia,’ and that these two should go over both iines of the Baltimore and Ohio road within the District and ascertain where, in their opinion, additional safeguards were recessary in order to in- sure a better protection to the life and limb of those who were compelled to cross the tracks. 2 Mr. Hamilton, in submitting this proposi- tion, stated that wherever these two gen- tlemen decided that a fence was necessary for the purposes of protection that the road would build it at once and that wherever a grade crossing was found where a gate wus believed necessary it should be forthwith erected. Mr. Hamilton also said that in case of a difference arising as to an existing neces- sity at any ppint between the engineer of the company and the engineer of the District, the Baltimore and Ohio road would be entirely willing to have Commis- sioner Ross to decide the matter as final referee. Capt. Powell Suys No. Both Commissioners Ross and Parker stated that this appeured to be an eminent- ly fair proposition, and it was suggested by Mr. Parker that Engineer Powell be seen upon the subject, as the matter properly came within hs particular department of District affairs. When Mr. Hamilton sub- mitted the above proposition to Capt. Pow- ell he was met with a decided refusal. Commissioner Powell stated, it is said, that he did not propose that the District of Columbia should enter into any agree- ment of the sort with the Baltimore and Ohio road or with any other corporation. There were laws, he said, which provided for the settlement of such ‘questions be- tween corporations and the District, and he proposed to depend upon them in such cases. The railroad company’s representative, aiter further conversation, informed the Commissioner that in carrying out his de- cision about using the laws to compel the cecmpany to do what was required of it he would find -himself limited to the exact metes and bounds of such laws, and that every inch taken beyond them would be contested by the company to the best of its ability. Ordered to Fence the Tracks. In October, 1894, the Baltimore and Ohio railroad was ordered by the Commission- ers to fence all its lines of tracks within the District of Columbia within forty days frcm the date of the order. The company ignored this command, and shortly after the expiration of the time specified for it to be carried out Attorney Hamilton re- ceived a letter from the attorney for the District, Mr. Thomas, asking him what the Baltimore and Ohio railroad proposed to do in relation to the fence order. In reply, Mr. Hamilton took up the laws under which the Commissioners had issued the order, and which was evidently be- leved to give them power to make regula- ticns of that character, and endeavored to show that they did not confer the outhor- ity which the Commissioners believed they possessed, and stated that with this view of the case in mind, the Baltimore and Ohio road did not propse to take any no- tice of the order, and would certainly not comply with what it believed an unjust and unreaSonable command to fence five miles of its tracks within forty days. The Proposition Made Again, In concluding the letter, Mr. Hamilton used the following language: “I wish, however, to state for the company that it is entirely willing to do, both in the erec- tion of fences and gates at any point of danger, everything that is reasonable and proper, and that it is entirely willing to have its engineer, with some member of the engineer department of the District of Columbia to go over the tracks of the Bal- timore and Ohio tracks within the District of Columbia and determine what point or points should be protected by fences and what crossings by gates and to fence and gate the same forthwith, The company is willing to do in a proper manner all that is reasonable, even if it is more than the law requires, but it is not willing that the order of the Engineer Com- missioner to attemp impossible things, or to do those things which are not authorized or required by law. Nothing more was heard of the matter by the Baltimore and Ohio Company until Superintendent Alvey was arrested and arraigned in the Police Court, on the charge of not properly pro- tecting the road by the erection of the fences in pursuance with the order of the Commissioners. ‘The,case was quickly disposed of, the court deciding that the Commissioners of the District of Columbia had no authority under the law to make regulatiorfs such as the order under consideration. The Company Still Willing to Act. With these facts in his possession, a re- porter for The Evening Star this afternoon called upon Mr. Hamilton, and inquired of him if the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company was still willing to carry out the proposition made by him to the Commis- sioners two years ago, and reiterated in bis letter of six weeks or two months ago to Attorney Thomas, regarding the erection of fences and gates, where a representative of the road and an engineer representative of the District might deem it necessary. Mr. Hamilton stated that the provosition was still open so far as the company was concerned, and that it would be adhered to in good faith whenever the District Commissioners saw fit to take the proper notice of it. He believed, in view of the manner in which the Commissioners had had treated the proposition that any steps taken to reopen the matter should properiy come from the direction of the Commission- ers’ office. oe Serious Fire. This morning about 1 o'clock there was a disastrous fire in the house of Frank Morgan, No. 1408 Bacon street, caused by a spark from an open grate. No. 9 engins company responded to a local alarm and extinguished the flames. The damage amounted to $500. a’ Seriously Injured. Andrew Cook, a lather, living at No. 428, M street southwest, was seriously injured about the head by the falling of a ladder near 14th and C streets southeast yesterday afternoon. He was removed to Providence Hospital for treatment. i FENCES AND GATES|ACADEMY OF SCIENCES Thirty-Second Annual Meeting in Wash- ington. Distinguished Men Assembled — Sur- prising Notions on the Subject of Ventilation. The National Academy of Sciences met at 10 o’clock this morning in the National Museum, to hold its thirty-second annual session. The morning session, which was held _with closed doors, and dealt. with various routine matters of business con- rected with the finances of the academy and the regular program for the present sessicn, ‘The appointments made for the program are as follows: Program of Papers. 1, On Some Variations in the Genus En- cope, A. Agassiz. 2. Notes on the Florida Reef, A. Agassiz. 3. The Progress of the Publication on the Expedition of 1801 of the United States Fish Commission Steamer Albatross, Lieut. Commander Z. L. Tanner, commanding, A. Agassiz. 4. On Soil Bacteria, M. P. Ravenel (intro- duced by J. S. Billings). 5. A Linkage Showing the Laws of the Refraction of Light, A. M. Mayer. 6. On the Color Rela- tions of Atoms,Ions and Molecules,M.C.Lea. 7. Mechanical Interpretation of the Varia- tions of Latitude, R. S. Woodward (intro- duced by S. C. Chandler.) 8. On a New De- termination of the Nutation-Constant, and Some allied Topics, 8. C. Chandler. 9. On the Secular Motion of a Free Magnetic Needle, L. A. Baur (introduced by C. Abbe). 10. On the Composition of Expired Air and Its Effect-Upon Animal Life, J. S. Billings. 11. Systematic Catalogue of Euro} Fishes, Theo. N. Gill. 12. The Extinct Ceta- cea of North America. E. D. Cope. On the application of a percentage method in the study of the distribution of oceanic fishes. A. Definition of the eleven faunas and two sub-faunas of deep sea fishes. B. The relationship and origin of the Carib- beo-Mexican and Mediterranean subfauna. The regular election of officers will be held tomorrow, when a president and sec- retary will be chosen for six years, and a council for one year. Thursday the elec- — of new members will be a special or- ler. The Opening Session. e At noon the academy assembled in the audience room of the National Museum. Prof. Marsh announced that the first paper to be presented would be that by Mr. M. P. Ravenel, professor of bactgriology in the Scott laboratory at the U1 rsity of Pennsylvania. This paper wat resented by Dr. Billings, who gave a synopsis of its ecntents. . This afternoon at 2 o'clock the academy met again, and Prof. Aggassiz read a paper on fauras of fishes along the Florida reef, the result of a month’s study during the past winter. The academy will continue its sessions daily urtil Friday. SE S ORDWAY RIFLES FAIR. Opened Last Night With Elaborate and Attractive Program. A decidedly attractive, and what prom- ises to be a very successful fair was open- ed last evening for a run of ten days, by the Ordway Rifles in the new Masonic Hall in East Washington. The rifles, whose offi- cial designation in National Guard circles is company D, fourth battalion, are com- posed exclusively of residents of Capitol Hill, and the boys hold a warm spot In the hearts of the people of that section. The hall has been made beautiful with bunting, and a very large assemblage was in at- tendance at 8 o'clock, w! Capt. J. M. Williams mounted a platform and read a letter from Gen. Ordway, after whom the cempany is named, regretting his inability to be present and formally open the fair by reason of illness. With a few words of welcome, Capt. Williams set the machinery of the enterprise in motion. Many interesting features are provided which cannot fail to attract the attention of visitors. There is an Easter egg rolling contest in charge of Mrs. Engle and sev- eral assistants. A well uipped rifie gal- lery is also provided. A fine-grade Win- chester repeating rifle is to be given to the individual obtaining the highest score dur- ing the progress of the fair. The lemonade beoth is in charge of Mrs. L. H. Troutman and Misses Simpson, Veneable, Harvey, Laporte, Gray, McDonald, Valentine, Wiley, Dorris, Fair and Jordan. The fancy stand is presided over by Mrs. Barnes and Misses Howe, Austin, Thomas, Collins, McCathran and Slee. The ‘Miss-Ferry, a unique feature, i$ condacted by Mrs. B. Wilson, Mrs. J. B. Daisn, Mrs. W. G. White, and Misses Thompson, Ramage, Lester, Towner, Wheeler and Castell. Miss Williams, Miss Mamnichol, Miss Bennet, and the Misses Kimberly look after a well stocked jewelry stand. Sweets are piled high in the confectionery booth, ruled over by Mrs. J. W. White, Mrs. Thomas Smith, Mrs. J. M. Williams, Mrs. I. R. Hill, Mrs. Jchanson, and Misses Forbes, Parker, Wood, Bundy, Heinline, Gaston, Von Dodt, Harvey, Platt, Shields and Judson. Maj. E. R. Campbell and staff of the fourth battalion, D. C. N. G., were present last evening in full uniform. An orchestra discoursed music at intervals, and danzing was indulged in after 10 -o'clock. This evening the attraction will pe fancy danc- ing and specialties. Special attractions have been booked for each night during the fair. There will be a children’s mati- nee on Saturday next “rom 1 o'clock to 5 o'clock in the afternoon. The fair is in charge of a committee comprising A. M Williams, chairman; C. F. Roberts, H. A, Titus, W. S. Hodges, G. W. Francis and V. S. Hillis, assisted by a number of subcommittees, He Would Wenr Kilts. From the §t. Louts Globe-Democrat. The Earl of Aberdeen is very fond of New York and of New York reporters. For courtesy and knightliness on every kind of occasion he is a Scottish Sir Lance- lot. Last time he was here he went to the St. Andrew's dinner. It was not customary for a Scotchman in New York to wear the kilt. The earl was indignant when I told him this. He said: “I make it a point zlways to wear my colors, and I am go- ing to that dinner in the Gordon tartan. i always wear the kilt on notable occasions or court ceremonies in Canada.” “But,” said I, “you and the piper will be the only two men that will be wearing the kilt, and the papers will all be out with pictures of you.” “I do not care,” said the Gordon. “We Gordons stick to the kilt. Huntly (head of another branch of the Gordons) and I al- ways wear it.” Sure enough, his excellency, the.leuten- ant governor of Canada, turned up bare- legged, filibeged, tartan feather, bonneted, and wearing the dirk among such canny American Scots as the Vanderbilts, Sleanes, the Todd-Kennedys, etc. The but- tons nearly popped off their dress suits, but the piper was so proud that he nearly burst the bagpipes, and to his dying day «he has been piper at St. Andrew’s dinners for twenty or thirty years) he will talk about “Me and his lordship wearing the lults at Delmonico’s.” ———— Baltimore Markets. BALTIMORE, April 16.—Flour firm, unchanged receipts, 18,721 barrels: shipments, 1,240 ban sales, 450 barrels. inonth, 62142624 steamér No. 2 re els; stock, 240,4: southern wheat hs; 3 do. on rrade, month, 48404844 ; stock, 336,751 bushels; sale: els; southern white corn, 50a50); do. yellow, ats quiet and steady—No. 2’ white west- No. 2 mixed, 34 asked—receipts, tock, 149,375 bushels. Rye firin— receipis, 3,001 bushels; stock, 21,500 No. 2, 60a61 bushels. Hay active and steady timothy, $13.00a§ rain fre steady—steam to Liverpool Aprli; Cork for o1 Sugar firm, unchanged. uneb Eggs firm, ‘unchanged. Cheese quiet, unchang Grain and Cotton Markets. Cotton and grain markets, reported by W. B. Hibbs, stock, grain and cotton broker, 1421 F st. pen. iy High. Low. Close. Bd sie oy “bong OTe SR RE BSESae epastd 3aga4 FINANCE AND TRADE. Better Feeling in London for Amer- ican Securities. VOLUME OF BUSINESS MUCH REDUCED Demoralization of Freight-Rates in the West. GENERAL MARKET REPORTS Special Dispateh to The Evening Star. NEW YORK, April 16—Opening prices this morning reflected advances varying from 1-8 to 1 per cent, but subsequent im- provement was, in the main, restricted to fractional limits. London’s early cables in- dicated a decided improvement tn the tone of the market for American securities, and foreign houses were reported as recom- ~ mending the better class of our securities to investment clients. The recent successful speculation in African gold mines has netted handsome profits to the leaders in that movement, and it is thought that a liberal share of such profits will be attracted to the local stock market. One important foreign bank- ing house, at least, is being carefully watched in anticipation of its being the source of important commissions to,this side. The improvement in the market for almost all classes of commodities is the strongest argument in favor of a further continuation of the advance in stock val- ue. ‘ % The Granger group was steady around first prices, in spite of telegraphic advice from the west indicating a most demoral- ized condition in east-bound freight rates. Manhattan was strong under a fair mand, which advanced the price to 114, after opening at a 1 per cent advance over yesterday's closing figures. The volume of business was noticeably reduced yes- terday, and to this fact may be attributed the unimportant transactions in a majority of the usually active railroad shares. In the industrial list sugar was the fea- ture at an advance of one per cent over first prices, the brokers usually employed by inside interests being conspicuous pur- chasers. Advanced rates for certain classes of the refined product and indications of further advances in the near future served to facilitate the upward movement. The street is strongly prejudiced in favor of the long side vf this property. General Electric was sold on rumors that the much-talked-of agreement with the ‘Westinghouse interest was still lacking in the important element of finality. The market for foreign exchange was firm and dull. Bankers were disposed to ask top prices for all drawings owing to the general scarcity of bills. The volume of arbitrage business is not fully reflected owing to the fact that the larger foreign houses are members of the bond syndicate. and are working in harmony with the syn- dicate’s efforts to maintain rates and con- trol the exchange market. : —_.-—__ 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. Corres; Messrs. Moore & Schley, No. 80 Open. High. pondents Broadway: low. a 1% Stocks, American Sugar. . American Sugar American Tonacco. Long Island Traction. Metropolitan Traction Manhattan Elevated. Western Unton Tel... Wisconsin Central..._ > Washington Stock Exchange. Sales—regul Railroad 6s, Bank, 10 at 100." Metropolitan Raliroad, 3 at 08. Peo- ple’s Fire Insurance, 100 at 5%. "Chesapenke and Potomac ‘Telephone, "20 at 5. rican phone, 11 at 2%. Pneumatic Gun Carrlage, 100 at 30 cents. After eall—Lincoln National Bank, 6 at 1o1. Government . 8. 4s, registered, 111) bid, 112 asked. U. 8. 48, coupon, 112 bid, 1 asked. U. 8. 5s, 115% bid, ‘116 asked. District of Columbia Bonds.—20-year fund fs, 106 |. 30-year fund Gs, gold, 114% bid. Water stock 7s, 1901, currency, 110 bid. Water stock 73, 1903, currency, 118 bid. 3.65s, funding, curren :y, 11134 bid. Sigs, registered, 2-198, 100 bia. Miscelianeous Bonds. Washington George- Ast, 125 bid. | Washington and town Railroad conv. and Georgetown Hallroad a e. a. eae jetropolitan Railroad _cony. 5 asked. Belt Railroad. 5s, 85 Did ‘asked. Eck: ington Railroad 63, 103 bid, 106 asked. Columbia Railroad 6s, 100% bid, 110% asked. Wasbington Gas Company 6s, series A, 113 bid. Washington Gas Company 63, series B; 115 bid. Washington Gas Company conv. €s, 133 bid. U. S. Blectrie ht cour. 58, 135 bid, 137 asked.” Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone, 5s, 100 bid, 103 asked. American Security and Trust 6s, F.'and A., 100 bid. American Security and ‘Trust Ss, A. and 0. 100 bid, Washington Market Company 1st 6s, 116 bid. Washington "Market Company imp. Gs, 110 Weshington Market Company ext. 107 bid, Masonic Hall Association 5s, 103 bid. Wash- ington Light Infantry Ist 6s, 101% bid. Washing- ton Light Infantry 2d 78, 100 bid. ‘National Bank Stocks.—Bank of Washington, 250 bia ‘300 asked. Bank of the Mepublic, 250° bid. Metropolitan, 283 bid, 27 asked. rmers and Mechanics’, 185 bid. "Second, 136 bid, 150 asked. Sitizens’, 135 bid. Columbia, 135 at 145_ asked. Capital, '118 bid. West End, 108 bid. ‘Traders’, 103 bid. Lincoln, 99%-bid, 100% asked. Ohio, 82 bid, 100 asked. s it and Trust Companics.—National Safe Deposit and Trust, 133 id. 140 asked. Washington Loan and Trust, 120% bid, 123 asked. American Security and Trust, 134% bid, 138 asked. Wash- ington Safe Deposit, 95 asked. Railroad _Stocks.— Washington and 250 bid, 205 asked. Metropolitan, 65 Columbia, 63 bid. Belt, 2 asked. bid. jas and Electric Light Stocks.—Washington Gas, is 'bid, 40 asked. Georgetown Gas, 43 bid. U. S. Blectrle Light, 133% bid, 139%, asked. dana id, Corcoran, 58 bid! ‘orce: Te msed. Arlington, 150 bid, "155 rman American, 160 bid. ' National Union, 12% bid, 15 Columbia, 13%) bid Rt 7 People’s, Sta id, 5% asked. bi asked. ‘Commercial, 4% bid, 5 asked. ‘Title Insurance Stocks.—Real Estate ‘Title, 108 vid, 116 asked. Columbia ‘Title, 7% bid, 8 asked. bid, 70 asked. Kekington, 25 as asked. ‘SY Je, 10 bid, 13% asked. ee phour Stocks.—enussivania, 36 bid. Ch and Potomac, 54% Did, 55 'asked. American bid, 3% asked. Pneumatic Gua pl 2! ae out eee + SSIS ‘ocks.—Washington Market, i sta tat eae 2 *'30 asked. Nocfolix a1 = Hun cyont, 88" bid. Liticola Hall, 80 bid. ater Linotype, 160 bid, 180 asked. SSEx div. ———— Washington Grain Market. Reported by the Grain Exchange. Spring patent flour, per barrel, 8.50a3.70; spring straight Hour, per barrel, 3.15a3.40; winter patent flour, per barrel, 3.16a3.30; winter’ straight flour, per bar 00; winter extra flour, per bar- Tol, 2.4022.50; clipped white oats, per bushel, 39a 40; No. 2 white oats, per bushel, 37a38%; No. 2 mixed oats, per bushel, 34935; No. a per bushel,’ 52; No. 2 white corn, No. 1 timot! ha: per ton, 13. M ns bid. Great Falls timothy hay, per fob, 11.60a12. hay, per ton, 11.00212.00; 3 ton, 9.00a10.50; No. 1 cut bi 00; 14. bulk br: a t