Evening Star Newspaper, April 27, 1895, Page 2

2 THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, APRIL .27, 1895—TWENTY PAGES. set of the detalled sheets of the part of the first section south of Rock Creek Church and Spring roads, being the more important part, were joined to make a wall map seven feet by nine feet. This map has been hung in the public board room for fully ten months, and kept corrected as changes in the map were authorized. Hundreds of persons have examined the map and re- ceived explanations about it. It is judged that the representatives of a dec'4ed mo- jority of the property interests of that ter- ritory inspected the map, and informed themselves of the progress of the street plan. Numerous hearings by the board of Ccmmissioners have been given, and many suggestions or protests as to part of the plans have heen received ‘and considered. At no time since the preparation of the maps or sketches began has any property owner or agent of @ property owner been denied the privilege of the fullest and most com- plete inspection of them or any of them, or es an Sees with regard to their de- How the Plans Were Made. “For the plans themseives an early step ‘was to lay down on a District map main avenues or driveways connecting the large Parks or distant points,.so that conforma- ble provision might be made for the por- tions falling within the first section. A filling-in on the general working map by Principal streets, connections of subdi- visicns and the harmonizing of irregular ones followed. Transfers were then made to the detail sheets, the house maps and coast survey topographical maps for close study to secure acceptable grades and loca- ticns for streets without causing excessive or undue damages to improvements or lots. For these results changes in many cases were necessary, and they in turn caused others. The final adjustment was reached by a painstaking study and adopted by the Cr estate ae after their careful consider- aticn. Mr. Olmsted’s Work. “A provision in the District appropria- tion act of 1894 directed the employment of Frederick Law Olmsted for the prepara- tion of sketch plars and report on the ex- tension of the streets and avenues. “Five reports, two prints, showing curved street plans for certain areas adjoining the Rock Creek Parks, and three sketches fur- nished by Messrs. Olmsted, Olmsted & Eliot, the frm of which Frederick Law Olm- sted is a memiber, are herewith, being in- closures 1.to 10. Mr. J. C. Olmsted, a mem- ber of the,firm, made three visits and Mr. F. L. Olmsted one visit to the District for inspecting the plans and the ground. These gentlemen were supplied with copies of maps called for. ‘Our general map showing existing high- ways as distinguished from new ones, and subdivisions and bearings, for convenience, temporary: names of new streets, being thereby useful for reference in connection with the reports and prints mentioned above, is inclosed and marked inclosure 11. “A blue print of a drawing, compiled and reduced in scale from the maps for record, to show on one sheet the adopted plan, omitting details and abandoned highways, is herewith and marked inclosure 12. Some of the Extensions. “Of the streets and avenues radiating from the two principal centers of the plan of Washingtons.whose_prolongations fall with- in the’ first section, it may be noticed that North Capitol street and 16th street have been, extended..with their city widths 130 and 160 feet, direct to the District line, that® New Jersey avenue has been narrow- ed from ‘180 to 120 feet width, deflected and made to termjnate at 16th street; that Vermont avenue, 130 feet wide, terminates at Brightwood road, and Connecticut ave- nue, also 130 feet wide, is slightly deflected through Washirgton Heights. “A direct, extension of New Jersey ave- nie would’'strike bufidings of the Freed- men’s Hospital and cut the park south of Howard University aid the grounds of that institution; the grade would not be good and the avenue would run near a length of _ Brightwood. road... “The tne of New Jersey avenue as se- lected gives.a good grade, intersects 13th, 14th and 16th streets at prominent points, makes us¢ of a part of 14th street road, de- flects from the direction of Brghtwood road and affords a short line from the Cap- itol to the probatle main entrance of Rock Creek Park. The reduction of width was for economy; moreover, a number of the stréets crossed” by--the extended avenue have liberal widths, and for present pur- poses thé whblé width of New Jersey ave- nue in the city does not appear fully use- ful there. “The direct extension of Vermont ave- nue beyond Brigh’ road would run into high ground, destroy some brick resi- dences, cut a building of the Howard Uni- versity amid penetrate the new reservoir grounds. A deflection for passing these grounds would still require a deep cut. The joining and widening of Grant and College streets will furnish a driving way from Vermont avenue to the university and res- ervoir grounds, and through or around them to the Soldiers’ Home. Still the stop- page, Sverion"a thoroughfare of a Wash- ington avenue, leading from the Executive Mansion foward the Soldiers’ Home, was adopted. with reluctance. “The small deflection in Connecticut ave- nue Is for a better crossing of Rock creek, a little better grade for the avenue, and especially as a matter of economy. The adopted location uses existing streets, and need not damage any building. “Rhode Island avenue is extended direct, and its further extension of full width, 130 feet, to the District line, is provided in the pro} "gtraet-plans for the 2d section. “It is out of the question to extend New Hampshire avenue, on account of the very large expense which would result for dam- ages and land. New Hampshire avenue of Petworth subdivision is not in line with the avenue in Washington, and can, as pro- vided for in the plans, be better joined to Columbia road. This road has been widened to 100 feet and extended to the meeting point on 13th street. It may be a matter of that New Hampshire avenue was not laid out beyond Boundary street at an early fimé, dnd rfiade to melude the part of , Creek Church. along the north- western boundary of the Soldiers’ Home, but it,s.mow too late to rectify the mis- tak Avenues Not Extensions. “An inspection of the general working map will discover some reasons for the lo- cation of avenues which are not extensions of Washington avenues. The former gen- erally occupy county roads, or approxi- mately take their lines. The greater num- ber and more important of these avenues are directed from the south and east,where the larger population is, to points on 16th street, at probable entrances to Rock Creek Park. The ruling width of these avenues fs 120 feet, that being the width of exist- ing avenues in the part of the first section referred to, and considered sufficient for suburban avenues. “Alabama avenue, as named on the gen- eral working map, is, however, 160 feet wide. This is intended as a grand drive- ay from the upper part of the National ark, passing north of the Soldiers’ Home, to the upper part of a proposed park along the Easter branch. Illinois avenue will connect the middle part of the park with the Soldiers’ Home. “It would seem that the portion of Col- rado avenue which begins at 16th street, here a rectangular reservation is shown, end ends at a circle on 13th street, should have been continued in a direct line to Takoma, and a parallel avenue run from the northern end of Illinois avenue, in- stead 6f breaking Colorado avenue on 13th treet, as in the plans. The former ar- Tangement would have divided the terri- tory better and made a more symmetrical map. But the direct continuation of the western part of Colorado avenue would run long a side slope, cross a avenue it a low point and P sete ara @ subdivision fed under the Subdivision law of 1888. Only minor and ess@ntial changes are au- thorized to be made in such subdivisions. The eastern part of Colorado avenue, as jlanned, is on the plateau, and generally ows the Piney Branch road; this road has a splendid grade and is much travel- ed. The two parts of the avenue are con- nected by 13th street, which has, by the Plans, the same width as in Washington, (0 feet. Besides the loss of existing high- ‘way space, the abandonment of the Piney Branch road, east of Brightwood road, is further undesirable for the reason that a ¢onsiderable part of Blair road, the only other existing highway leading from the south toward Takoma, is dropped out, and that the highway act prohibits any expense for repair or other improvement to, or any public responsibility for, abandoned high- ways after the street extension map is re- corded. “a third plan studied for this situation ‘Was to lay out the avenue from the circle on 18th stree' the one on Alabama avenue, but this line would run through the Brightwood school house and meet with other objections, In all cases, whether of street or avenue, like this one here ex- plained, ‘where any question has appeared, there & ‘weighing of advantages and ant and a choice taken ac- cording to the jog shown, “A streét ig laid out along the District V4 ye " pirsT SECTION Dr OUTSIDE OF CITIS: COMPILED & PRODUCED IN Tnt.DIVISION OP HIGHWAY, EXTENSIONS. from > Phaws aPPROVEU “ND ADOPTED arte COMMISSIONERS coy a Baal BU nnn Real se (aN jerainle hd st Oos a4 SMCONDSCIEED w. 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Fifth and 7th streets can find their out- lets to the south by-driveways to the west of the ‘new. reservoir into 4% street or through the southwestern corner of the Soldiers’ Home into Ist street. Other meridian streets are more or less broken and interrupted; or terminated before reaching the District line, the general idea being to leave the squares in the upper half of the section with their longer fronts on the north and south sides, and of ample size so that the squares can be subdivided according to future demand without inter- ference with the system of main thorough- fares. At the same time the streets of ex- isting subdivisions north of the Soldiers’ Home influenced the location of new east and west streets and of meridian streets between and, beyond these. subdivisions. “The application of a part of a curved- street plan to the larger areas between 16th street and Rock Creek Park is on account of the rough configuration of the ground and to graduate the straight line plan, east of 16th street, to the roads and drives of ee es f Ad: Mill road “The extension of Adam road on a curved ‘ihe from the sdutheastern corner of the, Zoological Bark. is.to provide a park boundary street. of practicable grade and to permit some small enlargements of the park for special landscape and other rea- sons. The Messrs. Olmsted favored this and made valuable recommendations as to exact location of thé park-boundary street. ‘The same ‘rule and remarks apply to the boundary street along the Rock Creek Park. In fact, the Messrs. Olmsted favored the widening of the park at its northern end to 16th street. A Yettér from Prof. Lang- ley, secretary of the Smithsonian Institu- tion and in charge of the Zoological Park, concerning the curved boundary street along the Zoological Park, is herewith and marked inclosure 13. » & Wide Parkway. “A prominent feature of the plan Is a wide parkway along Piney branch and Spring road from Rock Creek Park to the Soldiers’ Home. This is on a nearly east and west line, and will form a belt con- necting those grounds. The parkway !s made up of two ninety-foot streets and an intermediate reservation, being 250 feet wide over all west of 16th street and 200 feet east of it. The reservation is to in- clude the creek, walks, parkings and u riding lane. West of 16th street a fifty-foot roadway on the south side of the parkway and a thirty-foot roadway on the north side are contemplated; east of 16th street the wider roadway is expected to be on the north side A plan tracing of the park- way is herewith marked inclosure 14. The Olmsted sketch of the same is also in- closed. The object of the sketch2s was for fixing the boundaries and crossings of the parkway; the highway plans, of course, do not determine any method or character of future improvements. “An extension of the parkway by an ave- nue 160 feet wide from. the southeastern angle of the Soldiers’ Home to the pro- park along the upper part of the Eastern branch is included in the plans of the second section. “South of the parkway two direct street connections between the Rock Creek parks and the Soldiers’ Home are provided. in this territory of irregular subdivi- sions the effort has been toward squaring the blocks, connecting east and west streets and extending the meridian streets of the city, It is here, on account of the small number of north. and south thor- oughfares and the contracted area between the Zoological Park and the Soldiers’ Home, new reservoir and Howard University, that the travel would become crowded. Fif- teenth, 17th and 19th streets have been ex- tended, with widths reduced for economy from 110 feet in Washington to ninety feet; ft is expected that the roadways, how- ever, will not be narrowed. Eighth, 9th and 11th streets are opened for short dis- tances. Champlain avenue, which north of Superior street will become 18th street, is extended. Beyond Florida avenue some of the non-extended Washington streets are represented by short lengths, and Sherman avenue, which more nearly corresponds to 10th street, and also serves as a continua- tion of 9th’street, has been widened from eighty-five feet in 9th and 10th streets to 100 feet: Sherman avenue will have an ex- cellent grade, and is a natural route for a street railway. Twelfth, 20th and 23d reets are stopped at Florida avenue, on count of steep grades. Meridian Hill Streets Straightened. “From an inevitable cutting down of Meridian hill no reason remains for the curving of the present Prospect and Cres- cent streets; they are, therefore, straight- ened to better conform to the plan of Washington as the highway act intends. Mr. J. C.- Olmsted: strongly recommended the straightening. He pointed out that the > —s curved streets would badly disfigure the “street plan; that the place was on thé bor- der of Washington, where there was noth; ing like curved streets, and that lots abut- ting on the straightened streets would-be improved. The blocks on Prospect street east of 1Gth street having been squared, a line parallel to Superior street was,drawn from the intersection of the center lines 6f East Prospect street and 16th street. west to 17th street, and the half street width on each side laid off for new Prospect street. Crescent street was drawn to be parallel therewith, to make a good connection with Morris street and leave the block between Crescent and Prospect streets deep enouga for two tiers of lots without rendering the lots on the north side of Crescent too shal- low for building use. “The square between 18th street, Cham- plain avenue and Supertor street, part of which belongs to the aqueduct tunnel and is marked United States park, ts selected as a reservation, The small rectangle in 15th street between Prospect and Morris is taken for a reservation on account of its view looking down the street, and since it was undesirable to abandon the present 15th street at the locality. Some lots oc- cupied by an educational institution: face the street, and other available frontage cannot be readily supplied them. Be yea! “The square between Florida avenue and |, p Clifton, 13th and 11th streets is taken as a reservation since the square is unimproved, lies on the hillside overlooking the city and has a fine growth of trees; and especially to provide a driveway through it on a prac- ticable grade connecting the two parts of K street. rhis is a fine through street, but is ef- fectually blocked by a very steep grade be- tween Florida and Clifton. Brightwood read, Sherman avenue and 14th streets will become traffic streets; 11th and 15th streets will be short streets and steep. It, there- fere, becomes essential that 13th street be made useful for driving purposes. ‘To cut dewn the hill at Clifton, or to fill at Flori- da, extent or to do both, to a sufficient now appears inadvisable on account of ex- | isting improvements. “Following the adopted rule to make reser- vations of the sites of the forts of the late defenses of Washington, the marked square between 13th street and Brightwood road, and the tract at the intersection of Ala- bama and Kansas avenues and North Capi- tol street are so selected. Forts Stevens and Siocum occupied these sites. Slocum Park is intended for part use as a mididle service reservoir. “The maps indicate reasons for the selec- ticn of the smaller reservations. The Rock Creek Park. “The p'ans contemplate the establishment of a park along Rock creek south of the Zoological Park to Lyon's mill, or io the prolongation of 25th strect of Washington. ‘this part of the creek and its banks are very picturesque. Nearly all of the land adjoining is unadapted for building pur- peses. Below the mill the banks have heen defaced by dumps of earth and refuse Le- yond reclaim. The proposed park includes three strips of land, aggregating six and three-quarters acres, which already belong to the public; two of them were dedicated as public parks; the third is aqueduct tun- nel grounc. “On the right bank, as indicated in the third section plans, a similarly proposed park is to extend from the Zoological Park to T street extended. “As the Commissioners are not certainly authorized under the highway act to lay out parks of the character of the one de- scribed, this perk tract is marked ‘pro- posed park’ on the maps, and a street plan over the tract is omitted further than to provide for the extensions through it of Connecticut avenue, T street and 25th street, which in any event will be neces- sary. This park proposition was explained on the ground to Mr. J. C. Olmsted and he gave it his hearty approval. . “The Commissioners have in view to rec- ommend, when revenues may justify the measure, a certain improvement and part reclaiming of Rock creek below Lyon’s mill, and 2 widening of 25th street to 13 or 120 feet for an avenue connection be- tween the intended park on the flats and the Rock Creek Park. “Such an avenue with the Piney Branch and Spring road perkway, its avenue ex- tension east of the Soldiers’ Home, and the proposed park on the Hastern branch and East Capitol street, and preferably with a part return to Major L’Enfant’s plan for the Mall,would complete the chain of grand parks and driveways joining them. “A small map herewith, being inclosure 15, sketches this proposition. “with an expression of my obligations to my colleagues on the board of Commis- stoners for their aid, support ‘and encour- agement in the somewhat difficult and dell- cate matter of the street plans, and also to Mr. W. P. Richards, civil assistant, and all the employes of the highway extension di- vision, I have the honor to be,” etc. The Star reprints today the map of the Se section explained in Maj. Powell's re- po! ee Capt. Woodruff’s Detail. Capt. Thos. M. Woodruff ‘fifth infantry, has been ordered to attend the encampment of the Florida militia at Tallahassee, from May 7 to 1% sonny” -heart-breaking rive, Floretta winning as A KNOWN QUANTITY. It is the practice of The Star to print on Saturday a sworn statement of its circulation day by day for the preceding week. It would seem self- evident that the advertiser is entitled to this protection. Below will be found the statement for the week just past. The average circulation exhibited 1s belleved to be much more than the combined circulation of the other Washington dailies, and fully five times that of its afternoon contem- porary. - Cireulation of The “Evening Star.” SATURDAY, April 20, 1995. 39,221 MONDAY, April 22, 1995. 33,110 TUESDAY, April 23, 1955. 38,164 WEDNESDAY, April 24, 1895. THURSDAY, April % 1395. FRIDAY, April,26, 185. 19. iy Total aseecesee --203,380 be Dally average. 34... -33,896 J solemnly swear 4hat the above statement rep- resents only the number of copies of Tum EveN- 2NG Sra circulhied during the six decular days end- Ing Friday, April 26, 1905—that 1s, the num- ber of copies aytuahy. sold, delivered, furnished ormalied, for ¥#luatfe consideration, to bona fide purchasers or gnbscrtbers, and that none of the copies so counted were returned to or remainia the ottice unsolfg ‘ Jt WHIT. HERRON, cashier Evening Star Newspaper Co. Subscribed and: sworn to before me this twenty-seventh day of April, A. D. 1595. GEO. H. MICHAELSEN, Notary Public, D. C. FREE LIBRARY. Greely “Reports Encouraging Start of a Fund, The plan “of establishing a free public Ubrary in this city received a decided tm- petus last evening at a meeting of those who are interested in this subject at the residence of Gen. A. W. Greely. Gen. Greely is a member of the committee up- pointed some time ago by the Librarians’ Association of this clty to consider the most practicable plans for establishing a free public library here. he result of the deliberations of this committee was that an appeal should be made to the lber- ality of the citizens for the funds neces- sary to make a beginning. At the meeting last evening, which wes attended by some fifteen men, representative of those who are most deeply interested in this project, Gen. Greely stated that as a result of a personal canvass which he had made for funds he had secured subscriptions =mount- ing to $10,000, which had been pledged by Gen, | sixty subscribers, to be paid in five annual installme:.ts of $2,000 each. Gen. Greely was of the opinion that if such a sum could be secured. by the efforts of a single in- dividval, he thought that thé co-operation of others, and a systematic canvass, would result in securing at leest as much more. Me beiloved that a Jarge number of the government employes in the eity would be willing to give.a doll: »a-year to such an enterprise, and he thought that small in- dividual subscriptions would be better for the, interestg of the fujure lbrary than if the entire amount- could: be obtained through the generosity of a single individ, ual. “In order to relieve Gen. Greely of the responsibility of the jy of—sugh..a fund. It was decided to turn sit over to W. A. DeCaindry, the treastrerof the Cosmos Cluny who was appointed trustee. of the ‘und. : The xppointinent of # committee of five, of which Gen. Greely is to be chairman, ae authorized. up the plans for the incorporation and gev- ernment of the library. It is expected that a buliding er at least-rooms will be rented and a library started in a small vay, so that’ by the time Congress mieets tere next j winter a free public library will be in prac- tical operation. = HE HARTFORD DEAD. Dais’s Promising $12,000, ‘Colt Suc- camb# to Hiness. “Father Bil’ ‘Daly's promising two-year- old, The Hargford, died at the St. Asaph track. this morning. The youngster has been alling, ftom “ se¢ere cdld for some time, and to dhe Surprise of about all the ether horsemen at the track Daly started him about teif dajS ago In oné of the twe- old stakps against Floretta and Ap- WAP ata. oe it ot He finishe@thind, beaten away off in.a she pleased. That race is believad to h: been targety fgsponsible for the youngster’s death. = 2 The Hartford wes a chestnut selding hy Himpnr, andien the frest showing made Ly im at the St: Asaph track Daly was of- tered $12,000 for: hin by an agent of Messfs. J. Ryand F, P, Keene. gee 1 COURTS. *” Eguity Court No. 1—Judge Cox. Straus agt. Thompson; auditcr’s report contrmed. Fry agt. Jones; leave to amend Lill granted, .Middle States Building, Loan and Construction Company agt. Whitaker; sale decreed, with R. Byrd Lewis, trustee, to sell. In. te lunacy of Oliver P. Donn; inquisition-confirmed, with F. T. Browning and J, C. Heaid appointed committee. In re lunacy of Andrew J. Kimmell; trustee authorized to employ counsel. Everett agt. Everett; Frederick E. Chapin appointed guardian ad litem. Hirsh agt. Frank; de- eree dismissing bill vacated, with leave to file amended bill. Stutz agt. Stutz; pur- chaser allowed to pay cash. Steele agt. Steele; defendant ordered into custody. Equity Court No. 2-Judge Hagner. Rhodes agt. Taylor et al.; decree substi- tuting Alex. H. Bell, trustee, to convey. Criminal Court No. 2—Judge Cole. United States agt. Thomas W. Jordan; violating section , Revised Statutes of the United Stat: motion for new trial filed. United States agt. Thomas J. Taylor, murder, motion for new trial overruled and defendant sentenced to be hanged on Friday, July 26, 1595. Circuit Court Ng. 2—Chief Justice Bingham. Hurdle agt. Washington and Georgetown Railroad Company; bill of exceptions ar- gued and sealed. Wright agt. same; do. Probate Court—Judge Hagner. Estate of Wloise Foster; Wm. H. Dennis appointed guardian; bond $500. Estate of Mary A. Carpenter; will proved. Estate of Serena Hanson; petition for probate of will filed. In re Jas. T. Allen, guardian; order to give additional bond of $1,000. In re Wm. H. and Catherine G. Keating; An- nie T. Keating appointed guardian; bond $300. Estate of Mary D. Peabody; will filcd. In re orphans of Andrew G. Glorius; Elizabeth A. Glorius appointed guardian; bond $1,000. In re Catherine W. Chesley, minor; Jno. T. Chesley appointed guardian; bond $3,000, In re Henry J. Keough, guar- dian; first account of guardian passed and order allowing guardian to expend $20 per month for ward's clothing. Estate of Peter McNamara; order of pub- lication and citation issued. Estate of Henrietta B. Edwards; will admitted to probate and letters testamentary issued to Minnie Kensington; bond, $600. Estate of Jno. Coburn; letters of administration is- sued to Sarah Coburn; bond, $200. Estate of Phebe C. Power; will admitted to pro- bate and letters testamentary issued to Marion A. Wilbur; bond, $30,000. Estate of Michael Gannon; letters of administration issued to Chas. W. Weisser; bond, 3300. In re Henry C. Bolden, guardian; order on guardian to show cause. Estate of Cather- ine W. Bligh; order of publication. Estate of Jane E. Slamm; will admitted to pro- bate and letters testamentary issu:d to Emma H. Slamm: bond, $500. Estate of Fredrika Wagre ministration isstfed to Marie Rochon; bond, $700. Estate of Catherine B. Bayliss; do. to National Safe Deposit, Savings and Trust Company. Estate-of Emma L. Hopkins; will admitted%to probate and letters testa- mentary issued td Chas. A. Hopkins and Paul H. Cromelein; bond, $1,60). Estate of Chas, BE. Birckhead; do, to Ella A: Birck- head; bond, $500. Estate of Anne C. Humer; Wm. Allen appointed administrator; bond, $1,600. Estate. of..Elizabeth M. Ridenour; executor bonded and qualified. state of Honora Finn; order of publication. Estate pf Frederick Heidglmann; letters of aflmin- nage issued to, Larenzo Thomas; bond, ‘This committee ts“to draw | LATE NEWS BY WIRE Nothing Known of the Rev, Jonathan Bull’s Whereabouta. LEPTERS WRITTEN HIM BY MISS HALL Fears That Killed Himself. His Wife He Has INDIGNATION AT OLDBURY OLDBURY, Eng., April 27.—The Rev. Jonathan Bell came to Blackheath from Bradford fifteen months ago. His pastor- ate embracéd the three hamlets of Black- heath, Rowley and Halesowen. Emma Hall, the young woman for whose death in a Detroit hospital the Rev. Mr. Bell is said to be responsible, was a daughter of John Hall, a day laborer, employed in the chemical works at Oldbury. Miss Hall was engaged to nurse the wife of the Rev. Mr. Bell, and when the latter recovered and visited her mother, Emma remained with the family. Emma went to Leeds on Oc- tober 27 last, and wrote from that place on December 27 to a cousin, Joseph Hall, living at Sparkbrook, near Birmingham, the story of her fall. Emma Hall’s parents received a letter from her on January 16, and heard nothing else from her until the news of her death teached them. ‘The Rev. Mr. Bell Hved at Primerose Villa, Blackheath. His wife is a plain, hard-worked woman, with a small child. She said today: “J don’t know where my husband is. He left here on Tuesday, after seeing the papers. I fear he has committed suicide,as he had no friends in England to whom he could fly.” Mrs. Bell also said that she did not know what money her husband had with him. She admitted he had confessed his guilt to her on Monday, and on Tuesday she found in his desk a letter addressed to him at Boston, Mass., and coming from Emma Hall, who wrote from Leeds. Miss Hall in this letter said: “When I wrote my mother, crossed my lips, and never shall. I know I have thrown them off the scent from you altogether. I don’t think now that any- body will think of you in connection with me, unless it is your wife, but I hope not. I feel sure you, until now, have done the best for me, but, if you think I have for- feited every right to your help and sym- pathy, I am sorry. You will never need to lie or fight a battle if my condition ever gets known. You will never be betrayed by me. Don’t trouble to write to me again. Don’t, dear, be 4ngry with me. The part I played with you was pleasant, but it left a bitterness beyond endurance. We were both weak. I cannot look back without a shudder, but I know the Lord has forgiven me. Do exactly what you like, but come back and go on with your work, with fresh help from on high.” Mrs. Bell also found in her husband's desk a letter from Mrs. Lane, who kept the hospital in which Emma Hall died. It is dated Detroit, March 15, 1895, and is ad- dressed to the Rey. Jonathan Bell,at Black- heath, and contains details of Emma’s con- dition. Mrs. Bell told a‘ representative of the Associated Press today that her husband burned many letters on Monday evening, the two just cabled to the Associated Press being overlooked, and it is presumed that the letter from Detroit must have been written after the death of Miss Bell. Mr. J. N. Parsons, a merchant of Black- heath, and a member of the flock of the Rev. Jonathan Bell, says that the latter was seen at 1¢ on Tuesday going, by back lanes, toward Causeway Green, a back road to Birmingham. Mr. Parsons adds that Bell was a sociable, pleasant and intelligent man, thirty-eight years of age, of slender build, five feet nine inches tall, wearing a long, dark beard. Mr. Par- sons can form no theory as to where Bell has gone, and knows very little of the missing pastor's antecedents. ‘The police inspector of Halesowen says that the Hall family has not asked for the arrest of Bell, and that no warrant has been issued. The feeling against Bell ts increasing. At a meeting of the officials of the church teday a resolution of sympathy with Mrs. Bell was passed, and it was decided to al- low her to remain in the church house un- til the end o fthe ministerial year, in July, and also to provide a livelihood for her children. ———— OSCAR WILDE'S TRIAL. A Variety Singer Gives Testimony Re- garding Accused. LONDON, April 27.—The trial of Oscar Wilde and Alfred Taylor, charged with serious misdemeanors, was resumed at the Old Bailey court today, with a large at- tendance. Alfred Wood was examined and was then cross-examined by Sir Edward Clarke, Q. C., counsel for Wilde; but his evidence was not shaken. Frederick Atkins, described as a variety sirger, gave evidence as to knowing Alfred Taylor and others mentioned during the trial. The trial was finally adjourned until Monday. When Edward Shelley, the former em- ploye of the publishers, Matthews & Lane, was testifying and was asked to tell the jury what had occurred in Oscar Wilde's rooms the witness pathetically ap- pealed to counsel to read it from his previous deposition and thus spare him the shame of repeating it. Counsel, how- ever, made the witness repeat his story. The day was occupied by the examina- tion of the same witnesses who have al- ready been called to the stand, ahd the testimony was of the same character as already outlined. SSS FOR A “GREATER PITTSBURG.” Three Bills Passed by the Pennsylva- nian Legislature. HARRISBURG, Pa, April 27—The “greater Pittsburg” bills will go to the governor next week. There are three bills. The first relates to the consolidation of Pittsburg with boroughs and townships and parts of townships. If a majority of the entire district votes in favor of consolida- tion it will be made. ‘The second bill relates to the consolida- tion of Pittsburg and Allegheny. A major- ity of each city must vote in favor of con- solidatipn, or it cannot be effected. ‘The third bill refers to the determination of the debt of the districts to be consoli- dated, and how it shall be paid. The vote for or against consolidation wilh take place at the presidential election in 1896, and if the vote is in favor of consoli- dation the districts will be united into the “greater Pittsburg” in March, 1898. The combined population of the territory to be consolidated is 450,000. It Is estimated that this will be increased to 600,000 before the taking of the next census. —— APARTMENT HOTEL BURNING. Extensive Damage to a Boston Build- ing. BOSTON, Mass., April 27.—Early this morning fire broke out in the six-story brick apartment hotel on Bay street road. The flames originated on the second floor and burned to the fifth story, seriously damaging the handsome irsterior panneling and the decorations. The loss Is estimated at $50,000. The building was unoccupied, having just been completed at an expense of more than $300,000. It is owned by Al- bert Geiger. ——— Against Extending the Track. Speclal-Dispatch to The Evening Star. - ROCKVILLE, Md., April ting of the Agricultural Society w+ today and after a spirited debate « + vesolu- tiom authorizing the board of ta.:sazement to cont¥act @ loan not exceeding $10,000 to secure. additional land for extending the track, the Same was defeated. —._—_ Ocean Steamships Arrived. NEW YORK, April 27.—Arrived—Steamer New York, Southampton. Arrived—Steamer Adriatic, Liverpool. Arrived—Steamer Campania, Liverpool. through my cousin Joe, your name never- CRUELTY CHARGED. An Orphan With Cuts and Bruises as : Evidence. Dressed in tatters and rags and with his feet almost on the ground, Charlie Weedon, the fourteen-year-old colored orphan, ap- peared in the Police Court this morning and gave evidence against Montgomery 8. King and his son, Claude F. King, whom he charged with having cruelly assaulted ‘him. Weedon is the boy who was taken from the Colored Orphans’ Home more than two years ago by Mr. King and who went to the house of Detective Rhodes for pro- tection after he had been whipped with a rawhide. There was an ugly cut on the boy’s face and Detective Rhodes told the court that there were bruises on his back. The boy claimed that he had been ill treated on several occasions and claimed that during the cold weather last winter he was improperly clad. He denied that he was impudent, but admitted that Wednes- day he would not take dirt out of a hole where he had put it because he was tired. Detective Rhodes gave evidence concern- ing the boy’s condition when he came to his house Wednesday. Last winter, he said, the boy's clothing was not fit for anybody to wear, and, he said, he would not have treated a horse as bad as the boy was treated. A neighbor, who witnessed Wednesday’s affair, gave testimory, ard unother wit- ness told the court that the boy had been whipped frequently, and on one occasion he thought Mr. King used a barrel stave on him. This Mr. King denied. He admitted that he used the cowhide on the boy Wednes- day, and said if he cut his face he did so accidentally. % He said that the boy had not been obe- dient for a year and he had corrected him several times. Mr. King, sr., also gave evidence corrob- orating what his son had said. He sald that the boy had been properly clothed and fed and they had done the best they could for hém. Other witnesses were examined by the defense, and Miss Franklin of the Colored Orphans’ Home gave evidence concerning the bay’s good record there. She said that the boy had written her a letter in which he made complaint about his treatment. Judge Miller, commenting on the case, said that Mr. King was charged with the duty of caring for the boy and this gave him the rieht to correct him. But it did not give him the right to go beyond bounds and use such a weapon on the boy’s face or head. Claude King was fined $10 and the charge against his father was dis- missed. = The boy will probably return to the home. —_s_— THE RYANS HELD. More Clothes Belonging to Mr. Dyren- forth Found. Robert L. “Ryan and Valley Ryan, his wife, who were arrested yesterday and lock- ed up because of their connection with the wholesale robbery of clothing and material from M. Dyrenforth’s store, where the wife was employed as tailoress, as publish- ed in yesterday’s Star, are still held at the police stations. The detectives, Boyd and Rhodes, are continuing the investiga- tion, bast ‘night they found a suit of clothes in the room of the prisoners, where they had secreted it between the mai tresses,- and this mrorning Ryan was re- leved ‘of a secand suit gf clothes and given a suit which makes him look less attractive and not quite so stylish as he appeared when arrested. Lawyer Shillington, their counsel, appear- ed in Judge Miller's court this afternoon and asked the court to fix bail in the case. He said-tre ‘understood that the officers had recovered between $500 and $700 worth of clothing,“ a% *.“Mullowney, the prose- cutin; Ty gid, Jf was claimed that probably WB word! of goods had been stolen. s75 wayus Judge Miller fixed the bail at $2,000, which was notegivens rs tin The prisoners will F sega! be given a hearing if’court Monday morning. A WATER METER PROBLEM. Comminsioners. in Doubt as to Who Shall Pay the Cost. Some time ago the District Commission- ers decided” to @nforce the law regarding water meters, and made-an order that all large consumers should, put in meters. Then the questfof’ arose as to who should bear the expense of the meter. The law on the subject says that the consumer shall erect and maintain the meter at his own expense. But this does not suit the Commissioners, who think it desirable that the District should pay for the meter out- The right and own it, the same as the gas com- panies do thetr meters: In this way the District can put*in the meter which it con- siders best and exercise a_general owner- skip over it at all times. This would pre- vent fraud on the part of the consumers, by reason: of defective meters, and make the District solely responsible for them. But the question arises whether the au- therities have the right to expend public money in this way. The Commissioners are by no means certain of this, arid before final action is iaken will get an opinion from the accounting officer of the treasury and the attorney for the District. In the event the opinions of the account- ing officer and the-attorney are unfavor- able, the entire cost of the meters will have to be born€ bf the CoiiSumers. ——— DISTRICT GOVERNMENT. Licenses Granted. The excise board today granted retail lquor licenses to Thomas J. Daly, 327 Pennsylvania avenue northwest (transfer), and John H. Stewart, 621 13th str2et north- west (original). ‘The Garbage Contract. The Commissioners and the garbaze con- tractors have come to no conclusion re- garding the termination of the present con- tract for removing garbage. The contract does not expire until 1897, but the contract- ors are willing to cancel. There is a wide difference between the Commissioners er.d the contractors as to the time when the contract shall be canceled. On one hand the contractors want to terminate July 1, while the Commissioners want them to continue until September. It may be, as a compromise, the Commissioners will ebro- gate the contract July 1 and allow thé con- tractors to continue under the new specifi- cations at an advanced compensation until September. _——————— St. Mark's Vestry War. ‘The de facto vestry of St. Mark's Church and their friends feel much gratified by the receipt of the following dispatch from Rev. Mr. Graham, the rector of the church, who is at Atlantic City on a vacation: “Remove notice from church door, and inform Mr. Torbert of my direction. oo The Sick Congressmen. The improvement in the condition of Gen. Cogswell of Massachusetts continues, while that of Mr. Hitt of Illinois remains about the same. : Grain and Cotton Markets. Cotton and grain markets, fed Ww. Hibbs, stock, grain and cotton toon, eA F — oe. Chose. 6 6ay 47 4s 48! 28% 23 1223 12: 12.50 12.57 6s 6.87 7.00 7.02 G27 G27 640 6.42 Low. Close. 684 6.87 672 6.79 GS 684 681 6.88 Baltimore Markets. BALTIMORE, April 27.—Flour strong and higher —western . 2.2002-40; do. ‘extra, 25 ean do. family, 3.00a3.25; wioter wheat patent, 3.308 8.6523.90; spring wheat straight, 8.00; spring do., 8.50a3.65—receipts, 9,051 barrels; sales, 3,260 bar- rels, ta bi \er—1 month, 3 southern wheat 68. Corn do. on grade, " 65a08. and month, ‘62%4a52%; AM 281,340 bushels; sales, wi *| tions, and a strong effort ‘hite corn, 52%; do. Oats quiet—No. 2 = mixed, 83088%—receipts, 8,570. ments, 580 bushels; #1 31, firm—No. 2, 66—recelpts, 1,224 ‘bushels; stock, 1 TI4 bushels. to ct SROUASIS.ED, | rain Srelenis _aule FINANCE AND TRADE Professional Operations Responsible for Fall in Prices. OUTLOOK =AMONG = THE Effect of the Encouraging Trade Outlook. GENERAL MARKET REPORTS Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. NEW YORK, April 27.—Concessions vary- ing from 1-8 to 3-8 per cent were reflected in initial figures this morning in sympathy with similar reductions in the London mar- ket. Professional operations were respon- sible for the declines, general speculative conditions continuing to favor the advance. There were no new dévelopments in the coal situation, all attempts at a settle- ment being postponed until Monday, when what is likely to prove the final effort will be made in the interest of harmony. Should no plan be devised at the next session of the committee independent ac- tion on the part of the several roads in- terested will likely follow and a demoraliz- ing scramble for tonnage ensue. Reduced rates for the mined product will immedi- ately prevail and sericus inroads be made into earnings. Tlese facts are fully appre- ciated by those in charge of the negotia- prevent depreciatic we pe tive any de| ion of speculative holdings. The general market would probably re- flect a ratisfactory termination of the controversy to a greater extent than it would the defeat of the proposed relief measures. The result of today’s trading improved the price of all stocks in this group, except Jersey Central, which ended 1-4 per cent down. Reinet — _ dull and steady und first prices, Slightly on a. fair volume of business, The industrial group attracted the bulk of the day’s trading, and made substantial additions to opening: figures. Sugar sold down on early r sales, but liberal buying orders slightly under the market ‘prevented any serious decline, and forced the price up to 199 5-8, the highest point vine mate ed 4 6 continued encor ing trade is likely to result in are Ganlineeren of the upward movement. Those in charge of the movement report the appearance of a new buying interest, which will add fresh impetus to the advance. Distillers was strong on good buying~ based on prospects of an advance to fol- low the payment of thé final assessment next week. Inside buying of American To- bacco resulted in a sharp advance in the price of that stock to 1051-2, a gain of 2 per cent for the day." * © ep pioneae Combiion” wis "int good de- man A 38, .Per.cen buying, said to Cantus ends Rar seid quainted with ,the .merits..of .the stock. The bank statement reflects the further accumulation of money.by the local banks as the appended summary indicates : Re- serve, Increased $5,605,700; loans, decreased $216,500; specie, increased $1,566,100; legals, increased $5,643,400; “deposits, increased $6,415,200, and circulation, $17,200. SSS ee FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. The following are the opening, the high- cot and the lowest ani tas clesing prices of the New York stock market today, as re- ported by Corson & Macartney, members New York stock dents Messrs. Moore & Schiey, No. 80 Broadway: Del.. Lack. and W...... Delaware and Hudson... 1! Den. and R. Grande Pfd Dis.and Cattle Feeding, Gen c. tional Lead Co.. U.S. Cordage Co. Wheeling and Wheeling and Western U Washington and George- town Wallroad conv, 6s, dst, 128 bid. “Washington and Georgetown Railroad conv. Gs, 24, 125 bid, 137 . , Stetropolitan Railroad cany., ts, 1024 bid, 103 asked. Belt Rallroad $s, 86 bid, $8 asked Railroad Gs, 108 106 ‘asked. Co- asked. Washlig- ton Gas Company 6s, series ton Gas Company 6s, series ton Gas Company conv. y U. 8. Electric Light conv. 5s, Chenapeake and Potomac Telephone 5s, 100 bid, 104 asked. ric rity and ‘Trust Ss, F. and A., 100% ‘American Security and Trost 5a, A. and O., 100% ‘bid. Washington Market Company Ist 65, 112% bid, 115 asked. Washington Market Company imp. 63, 110% bid, 115 asked. Ws om Market Company ext. 6s, 107 bid. Masonic Tall Associa- tlon 5s, 194 bid. Ws on Light Infantry 1st 6s, 102 bid. Washington. Light Infantry 2d 7, 100 National Bank Stocks.—Bank of. W: bid, 300 asked. Bank of the Metropolitan, 283 bid, 300 asked. Farmers and Mechanics’, 180 bid. bid, 150 asked. Citizens", 185 bid. Columbia, 135 bid, 145 asked. Capital, 118.bid. West End, 10814 bid) 111 arked. ‘Traders 102./bid. " Lancoln, 108 135 bid. tid 188" asked Hlotat Colon, 13% bid, 4434" bid. | Rises, 7% Tid, 7% ‘asked. ages Tuscola, bid, 8% asked. Siocks.—Real Estate Title, 108 Pe eee colambla Tits, TH bid. Saket. Washington Title, 8 asked. District Title, 10 bid, 13 as 5 Stocks. —P. 37 bid. 50 asked. cosines Sod Fotomacy 721 bids $5 aaked Amer: ican Gray 9 bid, 3 asked. Pneumatic Gun Ca ¥ ‘asked. ‘Miscellaneous Stocks.— Wai bid. Great Falls Ice, an ae ra 100 ake. Baked," Mergenthaler *Ex div. es Shad Bake at Marshall Hall. This time of the year.is just the season for that most delightful delicacy, planked shad. Tomorrow a planked shad excursion will be given to Marshall Hall, the prettiest spot on the river, and on-every Sunday and week day following duriig the remaining’ deys of April and the whole month of May. Col. McKibbon has made arrangements to have these the most thoroughly enjoyed of any of the river excursions of the season, end ladies are es; lavited. ‘The boat leaves at 11 a.m, and 2:30 p.m, leaving Marshall Hall at 1:30 and 5:30 p.m. t