Evening Star Newspaper, April 23, 1895, Page 2

2 . THE EVENING STAR, TUESDAY, APRIL 23, 1895-SIXTEEN PAGES. ‘LATE NEWS -BY WIRE Testimony in Mrs. Girty's Standard Oil Suit. CHARGED WITH KILLING A SAILOR A Canadian Town Under Five Feet of Water. OF EMBEZZLEMENT BROOKL able testimony term of the supreme court before Judge Cullen today in the action brought by Mrs. N. Y., April 23.—Consider- was taken in the special Caroline &. Girty against the Standard Oil Company, to recover certain landed property in Cleveland, Ohio, which, it is alleged, was deeded to the company as the result of fraud and duress. ‘The plaintiff testified that in 1888, on her return from the funeral of her child, her hushand, George W. Girty, since deceased, admitted that he had embezzled a large sum of money belonging to the Standard Oi Company, by which he was employed, and that if restitution was not made he would be arrested. He further said that before he would submit to this he would kill her and himself. If, however, she would sign over the property, it would save him and he would still be retz:ned in the company’s employ. Mrs. Girty says she agreed to become se- curity for the amount embezzled, which, she was Informed, was something like $250,000. She signed certain papers in 1892, ard later learned that she had signed ai! absolute deed of conveyance for property worth $160,000. Later her husband denied that he had ever embezzled any money be- lerging to her employers. ‘CHARGED WITH MURDER. Arrest of Chief Engineer Soltau of the Orinoco. NEW YORK, April 23.—Chief Engineer Soltau of the steamer Orinoco, which reach- ed this port today, was arrested upon the steamer’s arrival at Bermuda, April 18, and is held there to await investigation of the accusation that he murdered his fireman, Wm. Seeger of Hoboken, N.J., on the pre- ceding trip from Bermuda to New York. Friends of Seeger appeared before Com- missioner Shielas in this city April 16, ask- ing for a warrant for Soltau’s arrest for the alleged murder of Seeger, but they were referred to the British consul, the Orinoco being a British ship. It was said that when Seeger complaintd of being ill and unable to work, Chief Engineer Soltau kicked him in the stomach, causing death. Seeger’s body was buried at sea. Captain Frazer of the Orinoco says that the dead flremzn’s body showed no marks of violence. ST. JEROME UNDER WATER. An Immense Ice Gorge Causes a Flood in Cannda. NEW YORK, April 23.—A dispatch from Montreal to the Evening Post says: . The town of St. Jerome, about forty miles from this city, is completely flooded, the worst damage being done in the vicin- ity of the large paper mills. The flood was caused by the overflow of the river owing to an immense ice gorge. There is fully five feet of water in the main street. Communication is possible only by boats. CHARGED WITH EMBEZZLING. Thomas P. Borden of Fall River. Mass., Has Disappenred. FALL RIVER, Mass., April 23.—A war- rant has been issued for the arrest of Thomas P. Borden, treasurer of the Meta- comet & Annawan mills, charging him with the embezzlement of 36,013.86 from the Metacomet mills. Borden left this city for Boston at 1:36 yesterday afternoon and his present whereabouts are not krown. Borden's friends have made good the de- falcation, but it is stated that, notwith- standing this fact, he will be prosecuted. Some time ago a small shortage in the ac- counts was discovered. but this was squared by Borden’s father, who is presi- dent of the American Linen Company of this city. Borden is a bachelor, about forty years old, and has been treasurer of the Metacomet and Annawan mills for many years. a A YOUNG GIRLS SUICIDE. She Had Been ensured by Her Par- ents for Wild Conduct. NEW YORK, April 23.—Julla Gross, six- teen years oid, who disappeared from her heme on Saturday and returned home yes- terday afternoon, committed suicide early today by throwing herself from the fourth- story window of her father’s house. The girl lived with her parents. A few months ago her parents decided that she was old enough to work, and sent her to a type- writing school in Union Square. She pur- sued her studies at the public school and attenfled the typewriting school at night. From the typewriting school she brought wonderful stories to her companions in the day school. She fiirted? she said, with men in the building where the typewriting school was, and one day she told her par- ticular friend that a nice man with a beard had given her a box of candy. Saturday afternoon a school girl friend visited Julia at the latter’s home, and iater in the even- ing Julia started to go part of the way heme with her. After that the family saw no more of Julia until yesterday afternoon. The police had meanwhile been asked to search for her. When she returned home she told a story of abduction. Her parents censured her severely and threatened to send her to a reformatory. This morning before the household was awake she threw herself from the window of her room and was instantly killed. SSS TO HOUSE THE THRONG. Bunks to Be Provided at the Chat- tnavoga Ceremopies, CHATTANOOGA, Tenn,, April 23.—At a meeting of the citizens’ committee on the Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park dedication a plan was an- nounced for housing the crowd. It is that @ building be erected under supervision of the commisston, containing numbered bunks. The fact that such quarters can be secured for the ek by the remittance of $2 to the representative of the com- mission will be widely advertised some time before the dedication. Those sending the money will be mailed the tickets en- titling them to a berth. ‘The butlding will be comfortabie and equipped with all neces- sary conveniences. —>__ Reforming New York’s Police. ALBANY, N. ¥., April 23—The New York city bi-partisan police commission bill passed the house today. It was sub- sequently made the special order in the senate for tomorrow. — Ocean Steamships Arrived. NEW YORK, April 23.—Arrived, steamer Wesierland, Antwerp. GIB LTAR, April Arrived, steamer Werrane, New York for Genoa. GLASGOW, April Arrived, Brazilian, Boston via Halifax. — Passed Through St. Mary MARQUETTE, Mich., April 23.—The tug Merrick passed through the St. Mary's river, arriving at Sault Ste Marie morning, cpening navigation for La! perior. steamer gee Narrow Esenpe of the Inmates. 8ST. JOSEPH, Mo., April 23.—The Single- ton House, a large frame hotel in the southern part of this city, was fired by incendiaries early this morning, and the in- mates parrowly escaped with their lives. The fire was started in two places, one of them being a closet at the hgad of the ‘airway. zo ronce mex 70 din Mi] MR, KOHLSAAT’S PAPER Campaign Against Non-Union Miners at Mimersville, Ohio, POMEROY, Ohio, April 23.—Al messenglt | Walter Wellman Defines Its Political in a buggy dashed into town from Miners- ville at 1 a.m. with a request that Sheriff Titus come to the scene of mining trou- bles at once with sufficient help to suppress the riotous strikers. He stated that the operators were in fear of their lives and that the village was about to be searched and burned. THe sheriff gathered up a dozen citizens and placed them at a hotel where he could reach them by telephone and then went to the scene of trouble, single handed, to re- connoiter. Spies evidently notified the strikers of his approach, as they disappear- ed from the streets before his arrival. He remained on the ground until a late hour, but nothing of a serious character hap- pened, Last night’s outbreak was caused by a report that non-union miners had increas- el in numbers and that eighteen men would &o in the mines this morning. Strikers are determined that non-union men must go. They had a secret meeting at Schafer Hall last night and resolved to harass them until forced to retreat. It is expec ed that company I,-seventeenth regiment, O. N. G., stationed at Middleport, five miles below, will be called on if the trouble is not otherwise squelched at once. ‘Ten non-union men notified the operators of Williams mine later in the day that they would work no more, and the strikers rais- ed dunds to send tiem away. The wives ot Wm. Manley and Nelson Alshire, leaders of the non-union men, notified their hus- bands to quit work or they would leave them. These two men agreed to go with their wives, taking eight others with them. Only eight workmen remain. —— BIMETALLISTS. THE Gov. Matthews on Ex-President Har- riron’s Fitness as a Candidate. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., April 23.—Gov. Matthews says that im his opinion as an outsider the signs point to the nomina- tion of Gen. Harrison next year as the re- publican candidate for President. “Reed,” he said, “does not know where te jump on this question, and McKinley is closely connected with another subject, which will not cut much figure in the next campaign. Harrison has a better reputa- tion as a bimetallist, and say what.you please about his administration, it was a safe and clean one, and from a republican standpoint I do not know how you could ask a better.” SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, April 23.—The bimetallists do not propose to lose any time in their effort of organization. Enoch Pepper, chairman of the executive com- mittee of the state silver league, has ap- pointed a worker for free coinage in the Person of P. O. Chilstrom, an attorney, who has been prominently connected with the people’s party. Mr. Chilstrom has been selected as the first committeeman from San Francisco, and he is now en- gaged, according to the instructions sent to him by Chairman Pepper, in looking about for the men whom he is to associate with him on the committee. ——— WAS SHE INSANE? A San Dicgo Woman Claims She Was Drugged and Imprisoned. BUTTE, Mont., April 23.—A morning pa- ber prints a startiing story about a former well-known woman, Mrs. Jerome B. West- gate, having been locked up in a private mad house at San Diego, Cal., on charges trumped up by her husband. She claims that he drugged her and had her confined in a private asylum, and kept in a solitary cell for weeks. ‘Friends charg- ed her husband with her murder, and in this way her whereabouts were discovered. Mrs. Westgate has secured a copy of her marriage certificate, and will return to San Diego to recover her property. SAN DIEGO, Cal., April 23.—Jerome B. Westgate, against whom _ sensational charges of putting his wife in an insane asylum have been made, states that for some considerable time after he and Mrs. Westgate came to San Diego, she showed signs of insanity, but that no particular notice was taken of her case until last Oc- tober, when she was regularly examined by physicians here, declared insane and committed to the asylum at San Bernar- dino, whence reports occasionally reached him that she was no better. On April 15 he was informed by the manager of the asylum that Mrs. Westgate had been re- leased on March 26, with a certificate that she was 95 per cent sane, and that she had accompanied her sister to Chicago. Wesigate is living here in a quiet and un- assuming manner, occupying a cottage that appears to have been built by careful sa ing, Neither his personal appearance nor his habits would indicate a violent nature or extravagant living. Annunl Mining Statistics. HAZELTON, Pa., April 23.—The annual report of Mine Inspector Lewis of the fifth anthracite district has just been finished. During the year there were fifteen colliery accidentS, resulting in fifty-eight deaths and ninety-five serious injuries. The total preduction in tons of coal was 6, shipments in tens of coal, 5 worked, average for sons employed, 18,36 112,800; steam __boile1 .415; horses and mules, 1,912; mine locomotives, 94; pounds of dynamite used, 1,006,758. —— Mrs. Parnell Much Weaker. BORDENTOWN, N. J., April 23.—Mrs. Parnell is now in a critical condition. She has had five convulsions since early this morning, and has grown much weaker. ee Life Imprisonment Gives Divorce. MADISON, Wis., April 23.—By a decision of the supreme court handed down today, the validity of the law which provides that life imprisonment works absolute divorce without further legal proceedings is es- tablished. ——— Evidence Showing His Innocence. PROVIDENCE, R. I., April 23.—A peti- tion for the pardon of “Yankee” Dan Sul- livan, who is serving a life sentence in the state prison for the murder of Anthony S. Haswell, a wealthy East Providence man, six years ago, has been presented to Gov. Brown. It was referred to the committee on pardons, who wiil act on it on Wednes- day. Sullivan’s friends claim that new evidence has been discovered proving his innocence and that he has contracted con- sumption in prison and has only a few months to live. —_—.__. Opening, the Erie Canal. ROCHESTER, N. Y., April 23.—Superin- tendent of Public Works Aldridge stated teday that he had decided to open the canal for navigation on May 3. ———— Grasshoppers May Cruse Damage. BATAVIA, N. Y., April 23.—Last year the farmers in this vicinity suffered severely from the ravages of grasshoppers, and the prospects are that the same pests will cause much damage this year. One farmer has reported swarms already appearing, and as they did not appear until about July 1 last year, the fact that they are thus early on hand indicates that their numbers will be larger than a year ago. —__—. Early Won a Name. PHILADELPHIA, Pa., April 23.—Prof. James Harvey Robinson of the University of Pennsylvania, who has accepted a call to Columbia College, New York city, as professor of European history, is still a young man, having been born in Blooming- ton, ill., in 1863. He was graduated from Harvard in 18S + — Reception to Archbishop Kenrick. ST. LOUIS, Mo., April 23.—A reception was tendered the venerable Archbishop Kenrick yesterday by the students at the Christian Brothers’ College. Four hundred students received the aged prelate. He was accompanied by Archbishop Ryan of Phil- adelphia and Coadjutor Archbishop Kain of St. Louis. An address of welcome was de by William Gilmore of the class of which was responded to by Coadjutor rehbishop Kain, owing to Archbishop Kenrick’s feeble condition. a yack Post Office Robbed. NYACK, April 23.—The Nyack post office was entered by burglars last night and robbed of nearly $1,500 in money and post- age stamps. The safe was blown open, t Attitude. He Denies That It Will Be Republican =—Mr. KohIsaat and Finan- cial Questions. Walter Wellman, Washington corre- spondent of the Chicago Times-Herald, has just returned from Chicago, whither he went trom New York with Mrs. Scott and the remains of the late James W. Scott. In conversation with a Star reporter Mr. Wellman said Mr. Kohlsaat, the new owner of the Times-Herald, is determined to man- age that newspaper on a purely independ- @t basis. “There seems to be a general impression,” said Mr. Wellman, “that the Paper will be republican, but this is not true. It will not even be an indépendent Paper with republican leanings. It is to have no leaning in either direction, and is to be thoroughly, honestly and aggressively independent. This does not mean that it 1s to be neutral. “Mr. Kohlsaat is a man of earnest con- victions, and he will boldly fight for the principles in which he believes. Chief among these is what is known as the cause of honest money. The prairies of the west are on fire with the free silver craze, and the Times-Herald will oppose this craze, no matter at what temporary cost to itself. Though originally a republican, Mr. Kohl- saat is a great admirer of President Cleve- land, and is in hearty sympathy with the administration on the financial question. “He was also one of the President's warm- est supporters during the labor troubles in Chicago last summer. ‘fhe President's de- yotion to civil service reform also has Mr. Kohlsaat’s sympathy. The new Times- Herald will contend for non-partisan con- trol of municipal affairs and for civic re- form in the best sense. “Mr. Kohlsaat is one of the most remark- able men in this country, and his arabition is to make his paper a great power in the country through its ability, aggressiveness, sincerity and fearlessness. Mr. Kohlsaat believes there never was a time in the his- tory of the country when party ties sat so lightly upon a large share of the people as today. Probably 25 per cent of the voters of both parties are now giving their sup- Port to principles rather than to parties. “The times are ripe for a thorough inde- pendent journal, noted for its able teaching and expert news-gathering, to make itself a power. Mr. Kohisaat has already begun gathering about him in Chicago a staff of Newspaper workers unexcelled in character ard ability. He is himself a great manager ard manipulator of men, and he will make his paper a success on its merits.” Talk of New Papers. “Will there be a new paper in Chicago?” “Certainly. The democrats will have a paper, perhaps two papers. The silver men want an organ and so do the sound money men. I should not be surprised to see the Inter-Ocean turned into a sort of democrat- ic silver paper. Mr. Nixon, its editor and nominal proprietor, is already a silver man. Mr. Kohlsaat expects to have rivals. He thought of all that before he bought the Times-Herald. He is not afraid of compe- tition, and, in fact, invites it. “The many eastern friends of the late Mr. Scott and of Mrs. Scott will be glad to knew that the latter is left-with a for- tune of about a quarter of a million dol- lars, most of it in government bonds, and some in Herald stock.” * Even before public announcement was made of his purchase of the Times-Herald Mr. Kohisaat asked Mr. Wellman to con- tinue as the Washington correspondent of the paper. Mr. Wellman, noted as an in- dependent writer, wholly free from party prejudices, finds the new field exactly to his liking. The Cabinet Mecting. The cabinet meeting today was attended by all the members except Secretary Smith. The session was shorter than usual, It was over by 1:15 o'clock. Secretary Morton re- aained after the others, and took luncheon with the President. ees Condition of the Treasury. Today’s statement of the condition of the treasury shows: Available cash balance, $183,740 3 gold reserve, $90,S35,S: 245; net silver of 1890, States notes in the treasury, $ ¢ ; treasury notes of 1890, $26,166,15 total receipts,this day, $396,291; this month, $18,848,467; total expenditures, $540,693; this month, —— Army Orders. Capt. E. B. Fuller, seventh cavalry, has been detailed as professor of military sci- ence and tactics at Clemson Agricultural College, Oconee county, S. C., relieving First Lieut. T. Q. Donaldson, jr., eighth cavalry, who is ordered to join his troop. Leave of absence for four months has been granted First Lieut. George O. Cress, fourth cavalry. : ‘The following transfers in the eighth in- fantry have been ordered: Capt. P. H. Ray, from company I to company D, and Capt. R. H. Wilson, from company D to company I. — What the Trial Was For. The Navy Department has received no information of results of the final trial of the Minneapolis at Colon. There seems to be a misunderstanding concerning the trial. It was a forty-eight hours’ trial and was to determine whether there were any de- fects in the vessel, or anything necessary to be done by the contractors to make the ship comply with specifications. There will be no bonus nor premium allowed under this trial. The speed trial previously made fixed the premium. —— Compulsory Education in Switzerland Consul Germain at Zurich, Switzerland, in a report to the State Department, says that instruction is obligatory in Switzer- land, and that tuition, books, stationery and all other supplies are furnished free to all school children without distinction, For children whose parents are unable to clothe them, coarse but suitable apparel is ob- tained in much the same manner as the revenue and supplies for the kitchens, that is, by solicitations of contributions. ————+e+__| An Export Duty on Coffce. United States Consul Bidlake at Baran- quilla, in a report to the State Department, says that on April 1 a new order went in- to effect by which an export tax or duty of $2 a sack of 125 pounds has been laid upon coffee by the Colombian government, and an additional 15 per cent has been added to all import duties. SS Arrested in California. Chief Hazen of the secret service, has received a telegram-announcing the arrest nt Berkeley, Cal., of Henry Piper, formerly an employe of the Carson City, Nev.; mint, on a charge of feloniously taking away gold and silver property of the United States of the value of $100. —_———_ e+ —_____ Fourth-Class Postmasters, Thirty-five fourth-class postmasters were appointed today, thirty of whom were to fill vacancies caused by deaths or resignations, peered es Appointed Special Agent. R. B. Armstrong of Kansas has been appointed special agent for the purchase of lands for the absentee Wyandotte indians. eee A Bun for Bunn. It is expected that the President will to- day appoint ex-Congressman Bunn post- master at Rocky Mount, N. C. pasate eee Letter Carrier Case. The case of Thomas W. Jordan, the col- ored ex-letter carrier charged with se- creting and embezzling two letters in Oc- tober last, was given to the jury at three o'clock this afternoon. The defendant showed a previous good character and de- nied the charge, claiming that he was the subject of a conspiracy on the part of other employes in the city post office, SSS First Race at St. Asaph. First race, five furlongs—A. O. H. (Zeller), 3 to 1, first; Dama (Coudrier), 20 to 1, sec- ond; Devisee (Washburn), 6 to 1, third. Time, 1.00 1-4, |THE POTOMAC FLATS Long-Pending Cases Regarding Own- ership Begun Today. <1 +—_—__ PRELIMINARY AGUMENTS BY COUNSEL The Burden of Proof Lies With the Various Claimants. MASS OF TESTIMONY The long-standing case of the United States against Martin F. Morris and others was taken up today, when Chief Justice Bingham and Justices Hagner and McComas of the District Supreme Court stated to the many counsel in the case that the, court was ready to consider it. The hearing tceok place in the old General Term room of the city hall, and the court room was crowded, the counsel in the case form- ing no inconsiderable part of the throng present. : As heretofore explained in The Star, the case is one in whicen the United States seeks, by a proceeding in equity, to quiet the title of some. two score or more claim- ants to the Potomac fiats and the adjacent river front from about Easby’s Point to the arsenal. ‘The proceeding was instituted November 26, 1886, under an act of Congress approved August 5, 1886, entitled “An act for pro- tee the interests of the United States in the Potomac river flats in the District .”" By that act the Attorney was dirécted to institute a suit “against all persons and corporations who may have or pretend to have any right, title, claim or interest in any part of the land or water in the District of Columbia within the limits of the city of Washing- ton or exterior to said limits and in front thereof toward the channel of the Potomac river, end composing any part of the land or water affected by the improvements of the Potomac river or its flats in charge of the Secretary of War, for the purpose of establishing and making clear the right of the United States thereto.” The case had not been heard when the Court of Appeals was established, and it was placed upon the docket of that court. t a doubt arose as to whether or not that tribunal had jurisdiction, and cons¢- queatly it was never considered there. At the iast session of Congress, however, an gct was passed providing for the considera- tion of the case by the District Supreme Court, with the right of appeal from that court direct to the United States Supreme Corrt. The Claimants. The claimants whose titles the United States now seek'to quiet are divided into four classes: First, those claiming under tne Kidwell patent; second, the heirs of James Marshall of Virginia, a brother of Chief Justice MarshaH, who claim the bed of the Potomac river under the grants to Culpeper’ and Fairfax and Lord Bal- limore; third, riparian proprietors of lands »ve che Long bridge, claiming the chan- nel of the Potomac ri and, fourth, ripar propriete#s of lands below the Long bridge, elpiming wharling privileges. Mass of Testimony. When Chief Justice Bingham announced this morning that the court was ready to proceed with the.case, As nt District Attorney 14 art representing the United States, stated that a great mass of testi- mony, embracing seven volumes of several hundred pages each, had been taken in the . Which he laid before the court. Briefly stating the nature of the rai classes of claimants, Mr. ‘Taggart suggested that the ¢ the ‘Matsball heirs be first con- then those of the Kidwell heirs, , the Chesapez and Ohio mpany. After a shart discus in which Messrs. R. Byrd Lewis, Geo. FE. Han Ideron Carlisle, A. Leo Knott and Nathaniel Wi thought the goverument should first state ‘ts case as to each claimant, Mr. Taggart ted that the government, being in po session, was entitled to have the several sts » grounds upon which Burden of Proof. The court retired to consider the matter and upon its return Chief Justice Bing- ham announced that the court hold- ing that the government starts with the presumption of title, saying to the claimants that they must assert title or stand foreclosed, it seemed that the burden of asserting title is upon the claimants. Therefore, said the chief jus- tice, the court had decided that the claim- ants should open the case, the government to then repiy, the claimants to close, and each branch of the case to be separately presented by the several claimants, and, so far as possible, separately disposed of. It was also decided that the claim of the Marshall heirs should first be considered, their cas2 to be followed by the claim of the Kidwell heirs. Preliminary Statement. Mr. Taggart then made a brief prelim- irary statement in general of the whole ease, stating that he was quite confident the court would finally hold that the United States has a perfect title and right to all of the various disputed tracts. Not only, said Mr. Taggart, has the United States never parted with the tracts, but it has also expended about $2,000,000 in im- proving the same. On behalf of the Mar- shall heirs Mr. R. Byrd Lewis then ad- dressed the court in support of the claim of his clients. The Marshall Claim. The Marshall heirs, explained Mr. Lewis, claim under the grants to Lord Baitimore and the one to Lord Culpeper from James II, in 1688, which read: “The said rivers themselves (the Potomac) and all the is- lands within the outermost banks thereof, and the soil of all and singular the prem- ises, &c., and all manner of deodands, goods of. felons and_ fugitive: treasure trove, waifs, strays, ures, eS- cheats, advowsons, royalties and heredita- ments whatsoever which now are or at any time or times hereafter shall be had coming, being, arising, growing, renewing, accruing, found or taken within the bounds, limits precinets or places aforesai The bid of the Potomac, said Mr. Lewis, in this controversy embraces the Jand from high water mark.from shore to shore, and, therefore, the grant covered the bed of the river by the grant of the soil thereof. The Marshall heirs, stited Mr. Lewis, claimed as purchasers by and through the Lord Baltimore patent or charter, and their claim of title is unbroken, if the last lord proprietary was not legally deprived of his title. The last lord proprietary was Henry Harford, a British subject, and the Mary- land act of confiscation, said Mr. Lewis, as it respected Mr. Harford, was contrary to the Maryland pill of rights, and, there- fore, unconstitutional. Mr. Lewis admitted that this point had rever been raised: before, but he declared that it was fully sustained by law, and he wos confident. that it would be confirmed in the present case. If it should be, he said, it would establish the claims of his clients beyond all question. —_>__ Runaway. This morning about 10 o'clock a pair of horses attachéd to a wagon belonging to S. E. Ward of Prince George's county ran away in Anacostia, and caused some ex- citement on Monroe street. After the ani- mals had possession of the street for a few minutes they ran against a horse in front of Brinkley’s store, on Monroe street. The horse was knocked down and seriously in- jured. —_——.—__. A Good Card on the Isinnd. The indications up to noon pointed strongly to another cloudy day at the is- land track, but ther matters took a turn, the sun coming out:strongly, and with it came a very large‘crowd. ‘The card for to- day was a good one,salthough not as heavy as usual. ‘The ifack was in first-class shape. Eighteen books were on. es Government Receipts. National bank notes received today for redemption, $345,427. Government receipts —From internal revenue, $145,480; customs, $242,330; miscellaneous, $8,481. south ARRESTS Billy Williams’ Startling Confession Cregtes @ Scare, NO NEW Police Have Not Found Any of the Other Partics Implicated in the Series of Crimes. As the investigation of the confession of “Billy” Williams, one of the safe robbers, proceeds the number of crimes committed or concocted by the alleged gang do not decrease. But, as already printed in The Star, the confession of this desperate crim- inal includes the three crimes, the safe robbery at the ferry wharf, the burning of the Lady of the Lake and the conspiracy to assassinate Sergeant Daley. Long be- fore the arrest of Williams he had been seen to meet Offutt, who is now wanted by the officers. They had met in the park of Missouri avenue several times, and the officers thought then that there was something wrong. Still the men were not arrested, and for some unknown reason Inspector Hollinberger refused to hold Williams when he was arrested by Private Detective McDevitt on suspicion of being implicated in the Rosslyn safe robbery. Detective McDevitt thought that Williams had on him at that time some evidence of the crime, but if he did have it he carried it away with him when he was released. It was known all this time that “Billy” Williams was spending considerable time about the notorious places in Jackson City, and at the same time’ was visiting police headquarters and endeavoring to get some indorsement to his application for a watch- man’s place under Col. Wilson. It may be that he imagined he might be put in charge of some place where his “pals” and him- self could make a big haul, and then he would leave this part of the country. 4 But he failed to get the position before he was arrested, and now, of course, he will never set it. Some Comments. In this connection some comments have been made about the course of the grand jury. The confession of Williams, involv- ing, as it did, such serious offenses, some persons think should have been followed up by the grand jury before the lapse of many hours and all the parties to the alleged murderous conspiracy indicted and arrest- ed before they had a chance to get awa: But their slowness in the matter, it is said, gave at least cne man, Offutt, a chance to get away, and he has disappeared. On the other hand, il is possible that the grand jury wanted some corroborative proof and Were waiting for this before taking action. Detectives Horne and Weedon are work- ing on the case today. They left head- quarters in a buggy this afternoon, but just where they went and upon what point they are looking for proof is not known. Offutt Has Disappeared. Offutt, whose name has figured prom- inently in the story of crimes, has, as already stated, disappeared. He was here several days after the arrest of Williams and left about the time he supposed Will- iams was talking. Heretofore Williams has been close mouthed, and his making a con- fession this time was very much in the nature cf a surprise to the thieves and others with whom he had Heen associated. The police thought that Offutt had gone away with a huckster wagon selling fish in the country, and his return Saturday even- ing was expected. Just where he had gone the officers probably did not knows but they suspected that he had gone either in the neighborhood of Rockville,Md., or Staf- ford Court House, Va. it is thought that he possibly went south and connected with the missing “Jack” Dempsey in Virginia, and that they are now together. Two nights ago there was a bold robbery attempted in Prince William county, and it is thought possible that some members of this alleged gang may have been implicated in the affair. Not a Saint. rT, speaking to a Star reporter that when Offutt is caught the o‘ficers will not have a saint. Three years ago, he said, Offutt and a man named Sulli- van kept a grocery store in South Wash- nd the place was heavily insured. ght the store was set on fire, and Sullivan came near being burned to death. ‘The grand jury may make a report in court tomorrow, and it is thought possibie that some indictments growing out of this case may be returned. MARINE BAND. THE A Story That They Have Been Strand- ed in Texas. A letter was received in this city this merning, under a Texas date, written by @ member of the Marine Band, which for some weeks has been on a concert tour through the south. Prior information has been to the effect that the tour has not been a financial success, but it was not suspected that the failure was as great as this letter represents it to be. The writer sayS that the manager of the band failed to pay the salaries, hotel bills and railroad expenses of the members, and that he finally deserted the organization and left the musicians stranded in a Texas town. Prof. Fanciulli was left in the same pre- dicament as his men, and together they have been jeavoring to work their way back to Washington, so the letter stated, by giving concerts from town to town. inquiry was made at the marine bar- racks this afternoon, but the officers there stated that no information to this effect had been received by the marine corps in this city. It was thought that if any such thing had happened Prof. Fanciulli would have telegraphed at once to the command- ant of the corps, Col. Heywood. The last in- formation from him showed that he was still in Texas, and in the absence of any- thing further from the leader of the band, the ofiicials are prone to think that there is nothing in the story that the bandsmen have been deserted. —_.__. Tomorrow’s St. Asaph Entries. First race, five furlongs, selling—Virago, 105; Tralee, 105, One, 105; Wheeler, 105; Lady May, 105; Lasotta, 105; Foundling, 105; Mabel Glenn. 105; Cuckoo, 105; Lillie K., 105; Minnie S., 105; Benefactor, 105; Chevalier, 105. Second race, half mi 116; Vice Regal, 110; Hermia, 104; Gloria, 104; Bandela, 104; Cariz, 101; Muriel, 101; Heretic, 95; Benning, 95; Onchunga, 95; E. Ball, 95; May Peters, 95; The Kite, 95; Himyaro, 2%. Third race, seven furlongs, Fairfax stakes —Owlet, 107; Paladin, 105; Tusean, 4 Tinge, 100; Golden Gate, 97. Fourth race, one mile, handicap—Re- straint, 110; Truepenny, 106; Kilkenny, 104; Solitaire, 104; Nockbarren, 102; Fidget, 101; Harry Alonzo, 97; Little Matt, 93. Fifth race, six and a half furlongs, sell- ing—Ben Lomond, 116; Chiswick, 1 Ham- mie, 113; Ornus, 110; West Park, 108; Little Tom, 107; Clarus, » selling—Fifield, ixth race, five furlongs—Hugh Penny, Will Fonso, 112; Ettarre, Panway, 95; Tancred, 93; Polydora, 93; Lady Adams, 90. : ——__. A Lively Fire. Shortly before 2 o'clock this afternoon flames were discovered bursting out of the third-story back windows of the house 1210 C southwest, just across the alley from St. Mark’s Lutheran Church. The fire depart- ment was quickly on the scene. The fire was extinguished by the chemical engine before it had gained any considerable head- way. The house is occupied by Mr. F. B. Cookscy and family, and the rooms on the third floor are reated, and the fire started in the room of Charles Smith, a Grand Army veteran, and destroyed a new set of furniture, which Mrs. Cooksey was paying for, as Well as nearly all the personal ef- fects of Mr. Smith, who had his hair and mustache singed in his efforts to save his clothing. Mrs. Cooksey’s loss is about $50, and the building, which is owned by William Neu- land, is damaged to the exent of over $100, fully covered by insurance. The origin of the fire is a mystery, as the room was un- occupied at the time, Mr. Smith having left it some ten minutes before the flames were discovered. —_———_. A Petition for Divorce. A petition for divorce was filed today by Kate N. against Augustus R. S. Foote. The papers in the case were withheld from publication, .— THE CHILDREN AT HOME. Nettie and Stewart Franz Found in nome + Baltimore. Nettie and Stewart Franz, aged thirteen and: seven years respectively, who were kidnaped about noon Sunday in East Wash- ington by their father, Charles F. C. Franz, and taken from the city are once more at home and in the custody of their mother, Mrs. Marietta A. Franz. It seems that after placing the children in the carriage the party was driven out the Bladensburg pike to Hyattsville. There a train was taken for Baltimore, where the little ones were located last evening by Private Detective James McDevitt of this city. Shortly after daylight this morning Mrs. Franz, accompanied by Mr. McDevitt, journeyed to Baltimore and returned with the children about 11 a.m. The little girl, Nettie, related her experi- ences to a Star reporter in a decidedly in- telligent manner. “My brother and I were on the way to see papa Sunday,” she said, “when I heard a footstep behind us. I turned, and there he was. In the street was a carriage, and papa told Stewart to set in with him. He did not want me to go, but I said I would have to go along with Stewart. In the carriage there was another man with a red face. We screamed, but they d not seem to mind it. As we $: an) sister's hose Stewart and I tried to holler, but they put their hands over our mouths. Finally, we got to ule anu there got on the steam cars, but papa would not tell me where he was taking us. “At last we got off at Baltimore and were taken to an orphan asylum, but the priest would not take us in because they didn’t receive girls there. Then we went to an- other orphan asylum, but couldn’t get in there, either. After that, we went to a boarding house, 128 North Front street. Fifteen people boarded *there. Papa left us Monday morning and I would have come home or telegraphed to mamma if I had had the money. This morning mamma and Mr. McDevitt came to the house and brought us home. Both of the children seemed overjoyed at being once more with their mother. When asked about the note written by her and addressed to her mother, as described in The Star yesterday, Nettie said that her fatherewould not permit her to say any- thing in addition ¢o the few brief words she had penciled. The proprietor of the boarding house in Baltimore made no ob- jection to the children leaving this morn- ing with their mother. It was rumored today that a clerk in the office of W. Preston Williamson, at- torney for Mr. Franz in the divorce pro- ceedings, was the man who assisted in carrying off the children, but this Mr. Wil- lMamson emphatically denies. Judge’ Hagner on motion of Mrs. Franz yesterday afternoon directed that her hus- band show cause on the 27th instant why he should not be compelled to produce their two children in court. But this ac- tion will hardly be necessary now that the children are once more with their mother. September last Mr. Franz sued for di- vorce and the case is still pending, the wife having filed a cross ‘bill. Mr. Williamson, attorney for Mr. Franz, stated to a Star reporter this afternoon that he has made overtures to the attorney for Mrs. Franz looking toward an amicable settlement of the case. —_—_———_ Lonzgfellow’s Officers Exonerated. CINCINNATI, Ohio, April 23.—The report of the local inspectors to Chief Inspector Chancellor upon the wreck of the steamer Longfellow exonerates the officials of the vessel and says the disaster was caused by the smoke shutting off from the view of the pilot the bridge pier. When the smoke cleared the cross current had carried the steamer so far toward the Kentucky shore that a collision with the pier was unavoid- able. —_—— Murder, Then Snicide. SAN JOSE, Cal., April 23.—About 12:30 this morning a double tragedy was enact- ed at Hensley House, a place frequented by disreputable characters. Alice T. Blair, wife of George Blair, a prominent citizen of Woodland, Cal. was stabbed in the heart by Albert Anderson, a young man who had been consorting with her. Ander- son, after dealing the death blow, stabbed |. himself in the heart. —_—__ Challenge to Wrestle for $2,500. CHICAGO, April 23.—Dan S. McLeod of California has challenged “Farmer” Burns to a wrestling match for $2,500 and his title of heavy-weight champion of the world, best two out of three falls. Me- Leod also challenged Charles Wittmer of Cincinnati for the championship of the world at Graeco-Roman style. McLeod has posted $500 with the sporting editor of the ‘Times-Herald as a forfeit. ——— Musical Union. Articles incorporating the Columbia Mu- sicians’ Protective Asscciation, Local 16, of the National League of Musicians of the United States have been filed by John E. Esputa, Richard F. Wagner, Charles V. Schofield, William F. Weber and John W. Eisenberg. ‘The objects of the organization are stated to be to unite the instrumental portion of the musical profession for the better protection of its interests in gen- eral; thesestablishment of a minimum rate of prices to be charged by the members of the association for their professional serv- ices, and the enforcement of good faith amd fair dealing between its members. Ss) sie Sir Rob’t Hamilton's Death. Sir Robert Hamilton, whose death was announced yesterday, was born in 1836, and was educated at Aberdeen University. From 1878 to 1882 he was accountant gen- eral of the navy, and in 1882 he was ap- pointed secretary of the admiralty. He was under secretary for Ireland from 1883 to 1886 and was governor of Tasmania from 1886 to 1893. From 1893 to 1894 he was railroad commissioner in Dominica and was appointed chairman of the board of customs in 1894. >=———+e2-___ Judge McConnéll’s Position. Judge McConnell has withdrawn his resig- nation as president of the Iroquois Club of Chicago, at the request of the members, who declare that his advocacy of free sil- ver is not incompatible with the club's democracy —__+e+—____ Rev. F. B. Dunham’s Death. The Rev. F. B. Dunham, rector of the Protestant Episcopal Church of the Re- deemer, Chicago, formerly a resident of Baltimore, and a man widely known in Episcopal Church circles, died in Chicago yesterday. ———_-+____ Cotton and Grain Market. Cotton and grain markets, reported ty W. B. Hibbs, stock, grain and cotton broker, 1421 F st. GRAIN. pene ich. Tow. Chess, h 59) og 62 45% 48 Baltimore Markets. BALTIMORE, April 23.—Floar firm, unchanged— recelpts, 10,756 barrels; shipments, 25,764 barrels; Wheat steads—spot and month, a nG5'4; July, 6412aG4%; steamer 62%a63—receipts,” 987 bushel: s stock, 147,593 bushel: 31,000 bushels; soufhern wheat ‘by sample, Ga do. on grade, 62%a80%. Corn steady—spot, month and May, 51a51'%4; July, 51% bid; steamer mixed, 5025014,—receipts, 16,607 bushels; shipments, 25,504 sales, 9,000 bush- do.” yellow, 52a fea ssiaBs » 2 aie ias 2 mixed, 33!4034—receipts, 19,680 , 138,015 bushe Rye firm—No. 2, 298 bushels. Hay firm—good to choice BS 3.50. Grain freights still quiet, demand’ slack, unchanged. ar firm, unchanged. Butter and eggs steady, unchanged. Cheese quiet, unchanged. a = Washington Grain Market. Spring pateni ‘our, per barrel, 3.70a3.S5; spring straight four, per barrel, 3.60; winter patent flour, per barrel, 3. winter straight flour, per barrel, 3.00a3.10; winter extra flonr, per bar- rel, 2.50a2.60; clipped white oats, per bushe a, 40: No. 2 white oats, per bushel, 37a38i4; Xo. 2 mixed oats, per bus! 4 bushel, 54; No Ne 1 timothy hay timothy ha: bushels; stock, 276,847 bushel: } southern ‘white corn, 51a: Oats quiet, barely stead OS 423444; No. 2 yellow corn, white corn, per bushe ; per, ton, 19.00a13.00; 5012.00 1 mixed hay, No. 1 clover hay. per ton, No. 1 cut hay, per ton, 13.00a14.00; bulk bran, per ton, 17.50a18.50; bulk middlings, per_ton, 18.00a18.50; rye straw, per ton, 13.00a 00. ‘The above 13.50; wheat straw, per ton, 5. quotations for car lots ington. FINANCE AND TRADE Decreased Volume of Business in Wall Street. DIFFERENCES AMONG COAL ROADS It is Believed That the Situation Will Be Relieved. GENERAL MARKET REPORTS Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. NEW YORK, April 23.—A_ decreased volume of business and professional skepti- cism as to the wisdom of continued purchascs at the present level re- sulted in a dull and irregulra market this morning. London prices reflected ad- vances varying from % to % per cent, but the volume of foreign business was small. While traders are constrained to proceed with unusual caution in anticipation of a sudden shading off in values, there is be- lieved to be a liberal supply of buying or- ders, slightly under the market, which will Prevent any marked concessions. Except for a quick turn in some of the more active specialties the street unani- mously opposes short selling. Reading’s determined stand on the sub- Ject of allotments and percentages at yes- terday’s meeting of the anthracite coal in- terests resulted in still further perpetu- ating existing differences. All of the larger roads are said to have been willing to arbitrate the subjects in dispute, but the source of such dispute refuses to at the wishes of the a jority. ots It is not probable that the best interests of an insolvent corporation will be per- mitted to prevail over similar interests in properties with records for good manage- ment to sustain. It is by no means certain that the granting of all of Reading’s de- mands would relieve the actual trade sit- uation, as any unsatisfactory agreement weuld be treated as having sufficient elas- ticity to adjust itself to the views of the particular road interpreting it, and conse- quently result in its open violation. His- tory already corroborates this view of the situation. Manipulation is strongly pronounced in all of the more active coal shares, and higher prices are predicted on the ground tnat something, no matter how remote its accomplishment, will be done to relieve the Present unsatisfactory condftion. Manhattan gained 1 per cent on early buying of « few hundred shares, but lost the bulk of the gain on the marketing of one lot of steck. The grangers were steady, with Rock Island the feature, at an ad- vance to 67. Selling for both accoufts by traders at this point depressed the price below initial figures. New England was ably supported around yesterday's best fig- ures by moderate purchases for poo! ac- ““The market £ ie market for foreign exchange was dull and firm with general conditions un- changed, the scarcity of bills preventing any drawings except at top rates. The last hour's business was the most active of the day, and prices recorded dur- ing this period were uniformly the best. The sudden outburst of activity was at- tributed to a reported disposition on the part of several of the larger coal roads to accede to Reading’s demands for 21 per cent of the total output and apportion the balance among themselves after harmony has been restored. 3 There is a strong effort being made to bring the negotiations to a Climax and ad- vance the price of coal. Closing figures were generally steady and fractionally be- low the best recorded price. ——— FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL, The following are the opening, the high- est and the lowest and the closing prices of the New York stock market today, as re- ported by Corson & Macartney, members New York stock exchange. Correspondents Messrs. Moore & Schley, No. 80 Broadway: Stocks. Open. High. Low. Close, American Sugar... WOE 1065 1053 106% American Sugar Pid. 9% 9% 9% 9% American Topaveo..... 293% 93 8% 99 a ae 52% os and Chicago, z Chic.and Northwestern. Chicago Gas... C..M. and St. Paul. C., M. and St. Paul Pfd. Chic.. R.L and Pactfic.. Del., Lack. and W. . Delaware and Hudson. 18036 198% 6 Den.and R.GrandePfd 41% 41 41 41 Dis-and Cattle Feeding. 4 = pt ae meral Electric........ Ms eS Diinois Central. Lake Shore. Erie. Louisvilie and Long Island Traction. Metropolitan Traction. Manhattan Elevated. Michigan Central Missouri Pacific, National Lead Co. U.S. Cor Co... U.S. Core Co. Pid... New Jersey Centrat.... New York Central...°72 N.Y. and N. E. Cis. N. ¥., C. andSt. Louis. Northern Pacific........ Northern Pacific Pfd.. North American. - Ont. and Western. Wi Wabash Wheeling and iL. > 1K WheelingandL.E.Ptd. 44 Western Union Tel..... &9 Wisconsin Central... 435 Sliver... di Washington Stock Exchange. Sales—recular call—12 o'clock m.—Metropolitan Railroad 6s, $3,000 at 102%. Lincoln National Bank, 10 at 101. After call—Washington Gas B Donds, $2,000 at 116. Government Bonds.—U. S. 4s, registered, 111% bid, 112 asked. U.S. 4s, coupon, 112 bid, 113 asked. U.S. 5s, 115% bid. District of Columbia Bonds.—20-vear fund 5s, 106 Md. 30-year fund 6s, gold, 114 bid. Water stock 7s, 1901, currency, 116 bid! Water stock 7s, 1903, curre! 118 bid! 3.65s, fandinz, currency, 11114 Did. 3igs, rezistercd, 2-108, 100 bid. Miscellaneous Bonds.—Washington and » George- town Iailroad conv. 6s, Ist, 125 bid, 136 asked. Washington and Georgetown Railroad conv. 6s, 125 bid, 135 asked. Metropolitan Railroad Cony. 63, bid, 103 asked. Belt Railroad 5s, 8514 bid, 88 asked. Eckington Railroad Gs, 103 bid, 106 asked. Columbia Railrosd 6s, 10914 bid, 110% asked. Washington Gas Company Gs, series A, 114 bid. ishington Gas Company 68, series B, 113 bid. Washington Gas Company conv. Gq, 233 U. S. Electric Light conv. 38, 135 bid, 140 Chesapeake and Potomac ‘Telephone 5s, , 104 asked. American Security and Trust Company imp. 63, Company ext. Gs, 107 bid. “Masonic I tion 5s, 104 bid. Washington Light Infantry Ist = 100 bid. Washington bt Infantry 2d 7s, 100 National Bank Stocks.—Bank of Washi: bid, 300 asked. Bank of the Reput ay Fri 275 asked. Metropolitan, 283 bid, 207 asked. Cen= tral, 265 bid. Farmers’ and Mechanics’, 185 bid, 195 ‘asked. Second, 136 bid, 150 asked. ’ Citizens’, 135 bid. Columbia, 135 ld, 145 asked. Capital, 118% bid. West End, i08 bid, 110% asked. ‘Trad- ers’, 102 bid, 112 asked. Lincoln, 100 bid, 101% “d. Ohio, 82 bid, 109’ asked. Aus, Deposit and ‘Trust Com; posit and Trust, 125 bid. Washinzton Loan and Trust, *121 bid, "123 asked. American Securit and ‘Trust, 135 bid, 138-asked. y, Rallroad Stocks.—Washington and 200 bid, 205 asked. Metropolitan, 64 bid, 70 asked, Colmubia, G3 bid." Belt, 25 asked. Eekington, 25 Gas and Electric Light Stocks.—Washington Gas, “304 bid, 50% asked.” Georgetown Gas, 50% bid. ULS! Electric Light, 1334 bid, 140 asked, iremen’s, 39 bid. sked. Metropolitan, 71 bid. Potomac, 68 bid. Arlington, 150 German-American, 170° bid. Gr 12% bid, 15_asked. Columbia, 1314 bid, Rigus, 714 bid, 7% asked’ People's, asked. Lincoln, 84 bid, Si asked. Commercial, 4% bid. Title Insurance Stocks.—Real Estate Title, 108 Did, 116 asked. Columbia Title, 7% bid, 8 asked. Washington ‘Title, 8 asked. District Title, a1 bid, 5 asked. Telephone Stocks.—Pennsylvania, 37 bid. peake and Potomac, “52 bid, 54% ‘asked. “American iraphophone, 2% bid, aeumatic Gun Carriage, .30 bid, .31 ‘asked. Miscellaneous Stocks.—Washington Market, 14% id. Great Falls Ice, 130 bid, 145 asked.” Bull Run Panorama, 30 asked. Norfolk and Washington Steamboat, 95’ bid, 100 asked. Lincoln ‘Hall. 80 bid, 90 aaked. | Tnter-Ocean Building, (00 asked, intes.—National Safe Georgetown, jonal Chesa-