Evening Star Newspaper, May 7, 1895, Page 2

{HE EVENING STAR, TUESDAY, MAY 7, 1895-TWELVE PAGES. ae =a case-the chart had laid down the princi- Nes: * ca That qs. between therules of apportion- Ment ahd of uniformity the Jatter ig to re- ceive the prafarance in cases of doubt— 2. That the same article may be the sub- Ject of both direct and indirect taxation. 8. That ff a tax is mixed in effect it should be rated as indirect. 4. That the English terminology was en- titled to great weight. Mr. Whitney also reviewed the Pacific. in- surance, the Veazie bank tax and the Scha- ley cases, adducing from each precedeuts in support of his position. Attorney General Otney Speaks. Attorney General Olney followed Mr. Whitney and began speaking about 2:2) p.m. Mr. Ofney said: . The preseat posture of the case I con- ceive to be this: The contention of the government at the former hearing was that the validity of a gencral income tax law cou!d not now be drawn in question— being conclusively settled by repeated ad- judications of this court as well as by the uriform and long continued practice of the other departments of the government. That contertion has been sustained, though, by an equatly divided court, with two excep- ticrs. One relates to the income of state ard municipgl securities and presents a question upon which I do not ask to be re- heard at this time. The other relates to rents of real estate, in respect of which the position of the court is that they are rot embraced within the scope of the pre- vious decisions. This com sion is one of which I am unable to feel the force or ap- preciate the justice, and, as the question is of immense importance to the govern- ment, politically and pecuntarily, I shall consume a few moments in respectfully urging its reconsideration. It is important to bear in mind the pre- cise questicn. It is not whether there may not be a tax on rents which must be deem- ed to be a tax on the land producing them. It is not whether a land tax measured by rents or rental value may not be the most efficient and most scientific way of taxing land. ~The question is, does this income tax law create a tax which is necessarily to be deemed a tax on real estate? For answer the best source of informa- tion is, of course, the statute itself. The most superficial examination shows that no real estate tax as such is Intended by Congress. If it had been there would have been a provision for the appraisement, by rental value or otherwise, of vacant andl unproductive land. If it had been there would have been provision for the appraisc- ment, by rental value or otherwise,, of houses and grounds which are occupied as homesteads and for purpose of private enjoyment and pleasure. The owner of vacant ard unproductive lands held for investment and speculation, whether they be city lots or thousands of unimproved acres, pays nothing under this law on ac- count of such land’. The millionaire, with a half a million-dollar mansion in the city and an equally costly residence by the seaside, pays nothing under this law. The manufacturer or the railroad corporation, the very basis of whose business is the interest in the real estate occupied and used therefor, pays nothing under this law on account of such real estate. It ts im- possible to contend, therefore, that this law contemplates real estate as such as the subject of the tax imposed by it. If there could be a possible doubt on that point it is excluded by the enumeration of the subjects of the tax contained in section 28. Each and every one is personal prop- erty, and so carefully Is the distinction observed that when the clause imposing the succession tax is reached it is express- ly limited to “money and the value of all personal property acquired by gift or in- heritance.” Mr. Oinry discussed at length the intent of Congress. FIVE WHITE MEN ALREADY. Applications for Land to Cultivate Potatoes—A Talk With Mr. Emery. Applications are beginning to be received by men who are anxious to have a try at small farming this summer on the city lots. Five white men have already left their names and addresses with Mr. L. S. Emery, secretary of the joint executive committee, at the office of the Associated Charities, on G street, and they have been told that as soon as the committee in charge of the distribution of the lots shall make thelr report land will be assigned to them, and they will be supplied with the necessary tools end seeds. Everything is ready, in fact, to start these five farmers on their way to self-help. Blank Forms to Be Ready. Steps are being actively taken to make a systematic start with the business, and blank forms will probably be ready for detlvecy in a few days. There have been received here copies of the blanks that are in use in New York, where the Detroit plan is being tried on a large scale, and these forms will doubtless be utilized as general guides for the local enterprise. They are of two kinds, a small individual blank for use in the regular run of the business and a larger, more detailed blank, to be filed away for future reference at the end of tha season, for example, when it may beesme advisable to review the werk of the summer and figure out the per cent of success. ‘The first blank is Intended as an order, as well, on the superintendent of the lots to assign a man to a piece of ground and start him at work. It has few entries, and when filled out states the name of the per- son indorsing the applicant, the number of months of experience in farming that the applicant has had, the number of members of his family capable of working, and whether he can pay for his supplies or not. It is thought desirable to require the appli- cants for ground to pay for the tools anl seeds whenever it is possible for them to do so. A Detailed Record. The larger blank has a number of head- ings, and a line for each member of the household of the applicant. It goes into the question of his +color, his nationality, whether town or country born and bred, and the number of individuals in the family capable of working if employmen@ were had. A warning at the top of the blank to the effect that the failure of the app! cant to answer any one of the several questions wil. detract largely from the scientific value of the information thus se- cured, which, it is anticipated, will be of great use to the committees in charge In later months In drawing conclusions from the season's work. The record of individ- uals can thus be kept, and a fairly accurate estimate made of the actual amount of ben- efit afforded to the unemployed. Mr Emory sald that so far as_ possible the applicants will be given land in the neighborhood of thetr residences, as it was highly desirable for them to be obliged to travel as short a distance as possible in going to and from their lots. It was not to be expected that these men will be able to pay car fare, and they should also be hear enough to be able to work early in the morning snd during the evening hours, so as to lea the middle of the day open for : » of stray chances to work He further said that the § secretary of Ag- Ticulture would probably be able to assist the committee by furnishing some of the smaller s though it would be necessary for the committee to purchase the larger seeds and the potatoes for seeding. ganna Good Attendance, Track Fant. Perfect racing weether signalized the thirty-sixth day of the Old Dominion Jeckoy Club's meeting at Alexander Island, and today they had a large crowd. The card was a good one. Fifteen books were on, anc ng was brisk. Track fast. First ri four and one-half furlongs— Flash (Duffy), 6 to 1, fir yde (Burns), 10 to 1, second; Juliet (C. Donn Sto t, third. Time, . —.__ Tomorrow's St. Asaph nines. First rac furlongs—Integrity, 109; Nick, 109; W ‘actotum, 107; Longbrook, 1 Second 1 ug m le or Quits, 108; Fred K., WS; Sea Gull, 163; Mural, 14 G 105 Cutlong (forme : Rub Hunt, 106, irth ra a) : M liz, 1m myaro, fle Pas FE, ft Ste vt. Jack, Win at Pocahontas. COAL OPERATIONS ARE SUSPENDED £oldiers Drill, but Miners Keep Quiet. NO ARRESTS REPORTED ———_+ POCAHONTAS, Va., May 7.—There is no mining today. The soldiers are having a quiet reception and are mingling freely with the people. They say they came here under % misapprehension, the belief being that trouble would occur. The min- ers’ convention will assemble today. No arrests were made last night, and all the men who were charged with violations ot peace have been discharged. Peace and quiet prevail. The town is patrolled. Capt. Martin of the Farmville company is offi- cer of the day. The railroad company is doing practically nething, and no shipments of coal are mak- ing. It is understood that all coal opera- tions are suspended. No effort to destroy railroad property has been made, and the officers of Tazewell county, Va., with spe- cial deputies are upon the ground to pre- vent any possible disturbance. Lawless, the mine organizer, is still here with his men, and is working industriously. The railroad company has special detectives out to ascertain the local leaders, and high feeling ran yesterday because of some abuses of the police, but better counsel prevailed, and peace was preserved. The operators claim that the output will be forty cars of coal and ten of coke today. The soldiers have been drilling in the streets, but the miners are preserving peace, and no arrests are reported. The only movement of the troops in the coal fields today was the removal of Cupt. Perkins’ command from the Browning mines to Pocahontas. There are 350 picked men at work in the Southwest Yirgiula Improvement Ccmpany’s mines. .@ ma- chine men are at werk. Private dispatches state that the danger of rioting Is past and that the presence cf the troops will deter the miners from any lawless act. Two members of the Rich- mond Howitzers were in Roanoke at noon on their way home. It is their opinion that the differences will soon be settled by arbi- tration. —.__ HUNTINGTON NEEDN'T GO. He Was Indicted in California for Giving a Railway Pass. NEW YORK, May 7.—Judge Brown, in the United States circuit court todey, de- nied the application for a writ of removal in the case of Collis P. Huntington, presi- dent of the Southern Pacific Railway Com- pany, indicted in California for violation of the interstate commerce law in .having given a pass over the Southern Pacific railway to a man named Stone. Judge Brown denies the application on the ground that “the indictment is fatally defective in not averring that any use was ever made of the pass or that any trans- pertation was ever furnished under it. Where the indictment is bad in substance no removal will be granted.” The judge holds that the various pro- visions of the act itself and the rulings and adjudications of the interstate commerce commission leave no doubt whatever that that act is intended to deal with transpor- tation, and that nothing in the act makes criminal the mere issuing of free tickets or passes that are never used. ee PANIC AT ST. JOHN’S. Some One Started a Run on the , Banks. ST. JOHN'S, N. F., May 7.—There Is an- other banking scare here. Last night the story was circulated that the Bank of Montreal had suspended. This rumor was traced to a number of anti-confederation fanatics, who are constantly starting dam- aging reports. But the people here were so badly bitten in the late banking disas- ters that the rumor was eagerly swallowed and this morning there was a run on every bunk in the city, causing great excite- ment. Crowds of people surround each of the banking institutions, where the officials are paying out gold as fast as demanded. All the banks have large reserves of gold, as owing to the unsettled condition of af- fairs here during the past few months, most people refuse to handle notes, but ccnyert them into gold immediately they are obtained. There is no apprehension of any danger to any of the banks. The managers all say they have an abundance of gold to meet any possible call, and it is expected that the panic will have subsided by the evening. —_———.__ BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS. Col. Wilson's Report of Operations During the Month of April. Col. J. M. Wilson has made a report to the chief of engineers of operations upon public buildings and grounds during the month of April. After telling of minor repairs in the Executive Mansion he says: There were 153,216 visitors to the top of the monument during the month, of which number 9,287 made the ascent in the eleva- tor and 3,929 by the stairway, making a total of 1,076,821 persons who have Visited the top since the shaft was opened to the public, October 9, 1888. Col. Wilson reports good progress on the work at the government printing office. The skylights of the new story to the southwest structure have been completed and an additional flight of stairs with two landings added to the fire escape on the west side of the building. The five-story building to be constructed between the southwest and south center buildings is well under way. The noeth and south walls are well advanced and it is hoved that the building will be cempleted and ready for occupancy early in July. Considerable progress has been made in the preparation of plans and specifications for the proposed six-story fireproof strue- ture of brick, with steel frame, upon the site of the present stables. Proposals for the erection of the steel frame will be in- vited early this month. The old buildings are being torn down and arrangements have been made for excavation and laying the foundation. Work on the lines indi- cated above will be continued during the month of May. —__—_+e+___ BAIL FOR HOWGATE. Offered Thix Afternoon in the Sum of Capt. Howgate was brought from the jail late this afternoon and taken before Judge Cox, where bail was offered for his release. Judge Cox had announced that he would release the prisoner in $15,000 surety. Mis Howgate, daughter of the pris and John Henry Murphy, offered to qu: In that sum. —_—- John R. McLean’s New Paper. m the New York Herald. John R. McLean, editor and proprietor of the Cin Enquirer, spent much vf sterday in the of of the Morning Jouz- nal of this city, which, as told in the Herald d to have purchased. of the transactioa While act of the Morning Journal yes- of the editorial staff > of the saiv of the ‘the off lay the mi sit to 2 Capt. Lou is in this city on | Lieut. M. C, Butler, city on leave of absenve. of ab; cavalry, is in the LATE NEWS BY WIRE|° NP | are not made public, nor the future cou: of the paper defined, practically no doubt J exists that Mr. McLean has that he inte rd of the journal to the first | Troops Fraternizing With the People) 72 Up én Potomac Flats Arguments Today. Mr. Wilson Concludes for the Kidwell Heirs—fhe Canals Side Be- gins This Afternoon. Mr. Nathaniel Wilson had not concluded his argument on. behalf of those claiming under the so-called Kidwell claim when the Potomac. flats case was adjourned yester- day afternoon until this morning. When he @psumgd this morning Mr. Wilson re- ferred to the testimony on both sides in respect to the condition of the land cov- ered by the patent, and declared thet at best there was a great Conflict of opinion. There could be, he. asserted, no decision based upon a mere preponderance of evi- dence one-way or the other, for the United States Supreme Court holds that a patent such as the one in question cannot be set aside and canceled except upon clear, con- clusive and convincing evidence. There be- ing no such evidence submitted, he de- clared, in support of the government's con- tentions, the court can, therefore, find no authority for granting the prayer of the United States. Mere suspicion of fraud, however strong, he argued, was not sufli- cient to place on the defendants tho burden of proof. The burden of proof, he declared, was just the other way. Charges of Fraud. Explaining that he appeared on behalf o€ the heirs and children of Dr. Kidwell, Mr. Wilson stated that the dead man’s family felt that he had been unjustly charged with fraud, and were therefore sincerely anxious that the deceased's un- questioned character should not be sullied by such imputations. It was not fair nor right, thought Mr. Wilson, that the gov- ernment should have waited for so many years, when Dr. Kidwell and his attorney, Jobn Wilson, have passed away, to make such grave charges. They were honora- ble men, as was the commissioner of the general land office, the late Jos. S. Wilson, and the court, declared Mr. Wilson, could not well attribute fraudulent practices to such men because of mere suspicion or where the testimony on either side so strongly conflicted. In concluding his argument, which he did at 11 o'clock, Mr. Wilson declared that all the presumptions were in favor of the claimants as against the charge of fraud. The officers of the government had, in granting the Kidwell patent, observed all the requirements of law, and, having full jurisdiction in that matter, their act can- not now be inquired into. Hence, asserted Mr. Wilson, the patent cannot now be set aside, and must, therefore, be sustained. The Canal’s Claim. Upon the conelusion of Mr. Wilson's ar- gument—the closing one in the matter of the Kidwell clatmants—the court next took up the claims of the trustees for the bond- holders of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Gompany, who claim riparian rights from 26th to 17th street. Mr. Hugh L. Bond, jr., of Baltimore, Md., opened the argument on behalf of the trustees of the bondholders, explaining that the canal company was in- corporated in Virginia in 1824, in Maryland the next year, and by Congress the same year. By the acts of incorporation, ex- plained Mr. Bond, the company was an- thorized to construct a navigable canal, and to acquire land in fee simple, and in 183% the canal extended from the head- waters of the Potomac across the Alle- ghany mountains to navigable watérs of Ohio, and in the District from Rock creek to the 17th street basin. The claims of the company, stated Mr. Bond, included squares 3, 89 and 148, and also reservation 6, all south of the line of the canal, the com- pany’s claims in squares 63 and 89 con- flicting with those of private owners. His clients, stated Mr. Bond, claim the right and title to all parts or parcels of the land not covered by the waters of the Potomac river used in the construction of the canal or Its works between the inter- section of G and 27th streets, together with all appurtenances and riparian rights’ to the same, acquired as the absolute estate and property of the company by grants or deeds made to it, or by the exercise of its chartered rights of eminent domain. The United States Supreme Court, said Mr. Bond, has decided that there are in the District such rights as riparian rights, and he then entered into an extensive legal argument, quoting many authorities, in support of the claims of his clients. ——— DISTRICT GOVERNMENT, Building Permits, Building permits issued today were as follows: Atkinson and Sherwood, to erect five brick buildings, 632 to 610 Whitney avenue northwest, to cost $11,000; Hattie A. Pearce, to erect one one-story brick building, 1336 Emerson street northeast, to cost $10), Annoyed by the Belt Line. Mr. D. A. Macarthy presented to the Dis- trict Commissioners today the petition signed by property owners and residents on V street between 9th and 10th streets and Florida avenue between W and U streets, asking tor relief from the nuisance caused by the Belt hne horses, driven from their stable, corner of llth and W streets, to the changing station at 7th and P streets. This petiuon, which was published in Sat- urday’s Star, described at considerable length the annoyances to which the resi- dents of the neighborhood are subjected. Today's Orders. The Commissioners today ordered: That catch basins be constructed as fol- lows, chargeable to main and pipe sewer appropriations, estimated cost, 3300: One in Ist street at the corner of North Carolina avenue; one in E street at Ist street, southeast corner; one in E street at Canal street northeast; one in E street at Canal street, southeast ‘corner. ‘Also that catch basins be constructed as follows,chargeable to street appropriations, estimated cost, $250; At northeast corner of Ist street and North Carolina avenue; at southeast cor- ner of Ist street andy North Carolina avenue; at northeast cor“er of North Caro- lina and New Jersey avenues, and at north- east corner of South Capitol street and E street. ‘That twenty feet of four-inch water pipe be laid in Massachusetts avenue to con- nect present four-inch main’ with six-inch main on west side of 7th street northwest; also that thirty feet of four-inch main be laid in Massachusetts avenue at the cor- ner of 3d street northwest, to connect bed end of four-inch main in Massachusetts avenue with six-inch main in 3d street. That gas lamps be erected and lighted as Two in N street northwest, be- tween 22d and 23d streets; one corner N and 23d streets; one in 23d street between nd N streets. Also two gasoline lamps in 24d street between M and N streets. That so much of E street southeast, be- tween South Capitol and 3d streets, as may be payed out of the appropriation for 18) be awarded to the Washington Asphalt, Block and Tile Company, and the contract numbered 11. Also, that so much of the following streets as may be paved out of the appro- priation for 1805 be awarded to the Cran- ford Paving Company, and the contract numbered 1998: nue, New Hampshire avenue Flori avenue, Q to R streets; 3d street southwest, between F and H streets; U street between and 35th streets. ——— Fenders on the Coluwbia Road. Messrs. R. A. Baker, Nathariel Wilson and E. G. Dayis, representing the Colum- bia railroad, had a hearing before the Commissioners this afternoon with refer- erce to equipping their road with fenders. The Commiss‘oners were asked what ac- | ticn, if any, 1 been taken upon their | communieatic letter has never been s.ven to the pr id its contents are un- known. They repre: t their road equipped ing fender pal erything required. sioner Pcwell called attention to killing of a man on the 3d avenue line, » the fender was in use. up. The was a pick at the engineer of the examining the Tom Johnson and ore of the cars would short- y he equipred. The Commissioners prom- ized to examine the fender when applied. 0. CANAL CLAIMS| A DOUBLE AUTOPSY ae ae Continuing the Johnson Murder Case Today. HIS HEART WAS REMOVED Witnesses of the Killing Testify to the. Incidents. THE DEFENSE’S POSITION —————>r-— After The Star's report closed yesterday in the case of James Andrew Beverly and Neison Thurston, charged with the murder of Charles E. Johnson on February 5, some important testimony was given for the government to sustain its contention that the fatal blow was struck by Beverly, who was urged on by Thurston. Im opening for the defense, Mr. Taylor said that their claim was that. the murder was committed by some other than Be erly. Beverly, he said, was in the party, which broke up in a row early on the morning of February 5. He was set upon by Johnson, as a result of a disagreement over a bottle of gin, and that the first blood was drawn from Beverly, who was stabbed in the right breast by some mem- ber of the party in the fracas. Seeing that Beverly was getting the worst of it, Thurs- ton sprang in with a hatchet, with which to protect himself, but the evidence would snow, Mr. Taylor claimed, that the fatal wound could not have been committed with any such weapon. The first witness called for the govern- ment was Dr. D, 8, hamb, pathologist of the Army Medical Museum, who performed an autopsy on the body of Johnson the day after the killing. Dr. Lamb said that death was caused by a puncture of the right ven- tricle, made by the thrust of some long sharp instrument, like a knife, which pene- trated the body in the neighborhood of the fourth rib. It was impbssible to prebe the wound to the end, because the cartilage between the ribs had closed in. When the body was opened, however, it was seen that the puncture in the ventricle and the hole in the left breast were made by the same weapon. The heart and a part of the rib were removed and preserved in alcohol. Yesterday's Testimony. Washington B. Wiliams, who lives in Pomeroy street, near the scene of the af- fray, testified that during that night he heard a noise under his window. With his wife, he went to the door, where they heard Johnson say to Beverly several times that Beverly had a knife, and that he was afraid of him. In reply Beverly said that he had been stabbed by Frank Holliday, one of the colored men in the crowd. John- son appeared to be afraid of Beverly, and witness testified that a little later he saw him running toward 7th street, pursued by Beverly. The latter overtook Johnson near ith street, and here, the witness testified, he saw Beverly ‘stab Johnson. Thurston was present and gave Beverly a hatchet, urging him to kill Johnson. Williams’ wife, Mrs. Clara Williams, gave some corroborative. testimony, and Robt. H. Lucas, who. was in Thurston’s shop at the time of the quarrel, testified that some one asked that the door be closed. Johnson said that it should not be closed while he was there, because Beverly had a knife, while he was unarmed. A little later he saw the two running toward 7th street. A colored woman’ by the name of Lilly Davis testified that she heard a noise in the neighborhood of Thurston's shop, and, looking out of: the window, saw Beverly strike Johnson three or four times with a knife. Beverly-had said, “Run, you cow- ard, Johnson,” and Johnson said, ‘Well, you have a knife, ard I have none.” Policeman George Kelly went to the hos- pital and saw Johnson, who told him about the affray, and on this information he went out and arrested Beverly. The Autopsies. When the Reverly-Thurston murder case was resumed before Judge Cole this morn- ing the first witness placed upon the stand was Dr. Glazebrook, the deputy coroner. He testified that ke made an autopsy upon the body of Johnson. When he examined the body he found that the heart and a part of the peritoneum had been removed, and that a partial autopsy had alread: teen made. He found in a bottle nearby a heart. The defense objected to the witness re- ferring to this as Johnson’s heart, and D: Glazebrook then described the wound, much as Dr. Lamb did yesterday. With the keart in the bottle Dr. Glazebrook found a piece of rib, and this, when he tried the experiment, he found fitted perfectly into the body of the dead man. The general directicn ¢f the wound in the heart was the same as that of the external wound on the body, and the incision in the cartilage was made Ly the same sort of a weapon. He examined all the other vital functions of the body, and found them to be in a particularly well-developed state. Two all cuts, as yet unhealed, were found on the left arm. On cross-examination Dr. Glazebrook said that he did not know on what authority the partial autopsy had been made before he, as deputy coroner, viewed the remains. By an operation of modern surgery it might have been possible to save the man’s life if a complete diagnosis could have been made in time. The fact that the cartilage closed up, as it did, was enough to deceive a skillful surgeon, who would naturally have been in doubt as to whether the heart had been penetrated. Dr. Williams of the Freedmen’s Hospital testified to the treatment which Johnson received after being brought to the hos- pital. He died at the hospital on the morn- ing of February 6. Dr. Lamb called at the hospital that morning, as was his usual custom, and performed a partlal autopsy on the body. Dr, Mitchell of the hospital staff gave ad- ditional testimony as to the reception of the injured man at the hospital and his treatment there. Other Testimony. Policeman G. L. Yoe testified that je knew all the parties involved in the case, and that after the ccroner’s inquest he heard Beverly say to Thurston that he had said nothing about Thurston giving him a hatchet. Thurston told him not to say any- thing about ic then; that he would see him later on. Lizzie Golden, a colored woman, testified to hearing a quarrel between Beverly and Johnson on the night of the stabbing. John- son said he was afraid Beverly would cut him, and then started to run toward 7th Street. She saw Beverly strike Johnsoa several times, She heard Thurston teil Beverly to go “fter Johnson and “cut his —— — heart out.""’ The two men were to- gether after Johnson had started toward the hospital. a This closed the evidence up to the recess for luncheon, —_. A PROTEST SENT TO CUBA. ee Acting Secretary Uhl Acts on the Case of Manugl Fuentes, Acting Secretary ef State Uhl has cabled Acting Consul General Springer at Havana to immediately, protest to the Spanish au- thoiities against thé trial by military court of Manuel Fueptes,:the New York World correspondent. , The consul general has been enjoined to act speedily in the mat- ter, as there is;somé apprehensign that his lifé is in danger. —__+e.+_____ The Cabinet Meeting. Mr. Uhl, the acting cecretary of state, at- tended the cabinet meeting today. This is the first time since President Arthur's administration that an assistant secretary has been invited to participate im the cabi- net discussions. The presence of Mr. Uhl at the cabinet meeting caused rumors that Mr. Gresham was going to resign, but these appear to have no foundation, Mr. Uhl, it was stated at the White House, had bronght over an accumuiation of foreign uestions arising since Mr. Gresham's ill- and was going over them with the President when cabinet hour arrived. The President thereupon requested him to stay and read the documents to the cabinet. So A New Private Seeretary. Mr. J. S. Conen entered on his duties as private secretary to Secretary Smith today. Mr. Cohen has been the correspondent of the Auanta Journal. PRINTING THE PATENTS An Alleged Effort to Take Work From Government Printers. The Typographical Union Aroused— Details of the Proposals and Existing Law. There will be a full meeting of Columbia Typographical Union tonight. The busi- ness before the meeting is the apparént intention of the commissioner of patents to4et a contract, as the members of the union. declare, in violation of law. The contract, as described in the advertisement which has appeared for several days in the newspapers, includes proposals “for pro- ducing the Official Gazette, including week- ly, monthly, quarterly and annual indexes of patents and trade-marks, by the litho- grapic, photolithographic, or any other process, for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1895, a> 1 ending June 30, 1596.” The advertisement also states that “All bids accepted and contracts awarded will be subject. to the appropriation of $9,655, for the. Official Gazette and indexes, and $61,129 for the remainder of the work.” The Law as It Stands. The law as it passed and was approved stands as follows: “For producing the Of- ficial Gazette, including weekly, monthly, quarterly and annual indexes therefor, ex- clusive of expired patents, $90,655. “For producing copies of drawings of the weekly issues of patents, etc., sald work referred to in this and the preceding par- agraph to be done as provided by the ‘Act providing for the public printing and birding and for the distribution of public documents;’ provided, that the entire work may be done at the government printing office, if, in the judgrrent of the joint com- mittee on printing, it shall be deemed to be for the best interests of the government.” How Patents Are Printed. When the commissioner's amendment was before Congress the Typographical Union opposec it vigorously and successfully. Their committee claimed that there was a saving to the government of from 25 to 50 per cent by having the work done in the government printing office. The printing of patents involves two classes of printing —the picture of the patent device, which is done by the Nerris Peters Photolithograph- ing Company, and the text or letter press of the inventor's claims. The latter is usually two or three pages of reading matter—not printed from type, as might be supposed, although it is set up in type. The process is to set this text of the in- ventors’ claims in a large size of type called “English,” and take proofs of it. These are sent to the patent office, where they are pasted upon cardboards, with the line drawings of the device In forms that are called “dummies,” and these latter are sent to the photolithographing company, who reproduce picture, type and all by their process and print from the litho- graphing stones the quantity called for. It 1s the type setting done in this process that is the bone of contention before to- night's meeting of the Typographical Union. The commissioner's advertisement for bids, the printers think, means an at- tempt on the part of the commissioner to take this work away from the government printirg office, and the printers insist that each & proceeding would be in violation of jaw. What the Commissioner Says. When the attention of the commissioner of patents, Mr. Seymour, was called to the matter by a Star reporter, he said: “I cannot enter into a contention over this ™Tatter, but I will say that I was directed by the joirt committee on printing to go ahead s:d advertise for bids for printing the Gazette. T have asked the public print- er to do thts printing, and he says he could, with an outlay of about $3,000 for plant, make the illustrations, but the whole work would cost him about $6,000 more than the appropriation of $00,655. I prefer to have the government printing office do the work. I said so in my last annual re- port. “To be on the safe side in the construction of the clause in the appropriation act, I have advertised for alternative bids. Un- der one offer we should continue as now to make up dummies from proofs of type set at the government printing office. Under another proposition the typesetting is to be done by the contractor, as well as the il- lustrations. I have acted under the direc- tion of the committee.” _——— HAVE RETURNED. Young Men Who Went to Fight for Cuba. The steamship Seneca, which arrived at New York yesterday from Havana, brought, back tc this country Gerdon Thomas and Travers Harmon of Alexandria, Va., who recently started for Cuba, to take part in the insurrection, tt was said. The young men were students at the University of Virginia, but finding life rather dull, they left the university and sailed from New York on the steamer Yumuri, April 27. Their parents having learned of their de- parture, communicated with the United States consul at Havana, through the State Department, and when the steamship arrived at Havana the acting consul and a file of Spanish soldiers boarded her and took charge of the young men. The Sen- eca sailed that night, and they were ship- ped back on her, being met at the pier in New York yesterday by their respective fathers. A reporter for ‘The Star called at the residence of Mr. Thomas, on Washington street, in Alexandria, this afternoon to ask whether or not Gordon had arrived, and was informed by Mrs. Dixon, his grand- mother, that he was expected home this afternoon or tonight. ——— No More Smallpox. According to advices received by Health Officer Woodward from Health Officer Owens of Charles county, Maryland, there is no longer any smallpox in that county, and the quarantine against the place, New- berry, where there were so many cases, has been raised. Dr, Owens says there is no truth in th> report that some of the in- ole people had left the county and come here. —_—__ Grain and Cotton Markets. Cotton and grain markets, reported by W. B. Hibbs, stock, grain and cotton broker, 1431 F ‘st. GRAL ‘Open. 61 6234 Wheat—May July. Corn—May. July + 49 Oats—May. a) July. S 23 Pork—May. . 11.70 July. 2 1195 Land—May. + 647 July + 662 6.65 Ribs—May.020T 5.90 5.97 uly. 2 8.07 6.07 COTTON. Month, Open. High. June. . 6.54 6.55 Sul, . 6.55 6.60 ‘Augu + 8.62 September: 6.45 2 ee BALTIMORE, May 7.—Flour firm, cel 118 barrels; shipmerits, 2 barrels. Wheat weak—spot an June, 66% asked; July, 6519265 gu: asked; steamer Ne ceipis, 60,268 bushels; stock, 49,000 bushels; southern wheat by sample, 67260; do. on grade, 65268, Carn steady—spot, 5itjad4iy: month, 540544; July, 541g aske Angust, 55 bid. steamer mixed, 53a53\4—receipts, 23,73 2 bushels; stock, 140, ; southern white corn, 54a55 x . Oats steady, with fair inguir: No, 2 white western, 37a3713;"No, 2 talxed, 93iga 34 receipts, 4,448 bushels; stock, 148,621 bushels. Rye duli— 2, 66—ree its, 793 bushels; stocl 8,715. bush Hay firm—good to choice timothy $13.00a$14.00. Grain freights dull—steam to Live: barrels; ; Aut 2 red, G8tan63%4—re- 98,437 bushels Ma. May ad. May. ‘Sugar’ firm, ‘unchanged. iter ‘and eges stealy, unchanged. Cheese eusy— fancy New York, 60 size, 913; medium, 35 size, 9%; plenic, 22 size, 10. Washington Grain Market. Reported by the Grain E: Spring patent dour, per b: Da4.10; spring | straight flour, per barre! 3.00; winter patent flour, per barrel, 8.60a3. flour, | per ba 3.3 : per bar: el RS corn, Dp per_ ton,” 13 11.50812.50; 1 clover per 12.001 00; . 1 ent hay, per ton, 1 . ton, 17.00ai8.00: bulk mid- 17.00218.00; rye straw, per ton, vheat straw, pet ton, 6.00. ‘TI tious for car lots delivered on track, ‘ashington. Cork for orders, per | FINANCE AND TRADE Substantial Additions Made to Stock Values, CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO PROMINENT Likely to Find Favor in Foreign Markets. GENERAL MARKET REPORTS Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. NEW YORK, May 7.—Substantial addi- tions were made to stock vaives in today’s market notwithstanding a revival of the reactionary sentiment among conserya- tive operators. Cautious tradirg is be- ceming more pronounced, especially in those issues in which interest has been mcst centered of late. In consequence of this merked hesitancy to re-enter specu- lation at a point considerably in advance of that at which profits were realized only a few days ago an entirely new set of stocks is likely to be taken up by the laeger operators and put upon the higher plane established at all recent points of activity. The railroad shares were the subject of confident purchases this morning, while skepticism in the industrial group was at times quite pronounced. This desire for a reaction is not the re- sult of any radical change in the specu- lative situation, but comes rather from a wish to have the weak following of room traders forced out, so as to preclude the probability cf a sudden setback in prices. The reactionists claim no depreciation in value, but predict that realizing sales will shortly establish a more advantageous pur- chasing level. Chesapeake and Ohio was prominent among the new Issues, the merits of which have heretofore been overlooked. Opening at 191-8, liberal buying forced- the price up for a net gain of 2 per cent. This property is being recommended abroad and is likely to find favor in the foreign market, as its prospects are good and its management fully capable of developing its resources to the highest degree. “Big Four’ was advanced 2 per cent under liberal buying based on the future prospects of the property, which are said to be decidedly encouraging. Manhattan gained 11-8 per cent, Western Union 1 per cent and New England 1 per cent, all on a good volume of business. The Grangers were strong, with Burling- ton the feature, at an advance of 1% per cent, due to continued encouraging crop prospects. The coal stocks were dull and scarcely steady, Reading especially yielding easily to moderate sales. In the industrial group sugar was again the feature, selling up to 11514 at the open- ing, and reacting under realizing sales later in_the day. Buying at the decline, as usual, restored best prices. ‘The trade situation continues strong, and further advances in the price of the refined Product are probable. Chicago Gas was given good support around 74, although there was the same doubt as to the probabilities of the vetoing of the frontage bill. The last hour’s trading was active and generally at the best prices of the day. The outside demand for stocks is increas- ing, and the pessimists of the room are gradually loosing all ccentrol of the specu- lative machinerys The character of the buying is in no way inferior to the best re- cently noticed, and, without a sudden shock, now unexpected, the predicted reaction will continue to be decidedly indefinite as to both time and motive. es 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, , High, Low. Close. American Sugar. . MSY W4y 14s 1155; American Sugar Pfd.. 9% 99% 9935 9959 Amencan Topacco..... 104 104% 1osiy American Cotton Oil 2 iy Atchison. = 6 6s Canada Southern, 5335 3S Canada Pacific... esapeake and Ohio. C., C. and St. L. c Chicago, B. and Q- Chic.and Northwestern, Chicago Gas... C.. Mand St. Pani: C.. M. and St Paul Pfd. Chite.. R.L. and Pacific. Del.. Lack. and W Delaware and Hudson... Den. and R. Grande Pfd Dis.and Cattie Feeding. General Electric. Illinois Central Lake Shore. Louisville and Nashville Long Island Traction... Metropolitan Traction. . Manhattan Elevated... Michigan Central Missouri Pacific National Lead Co. J. 8. Cordage Co. U.S. Corange Co. Pfd.: w Jersey Central. w York Central . EB. Cis... C. andSt. Louis, jerthern Pacific orthern Pacific North American Unt. and Westel Pacific Mail, Phila. and Reading. Pullman Pal. Car Co. Southern Railway. Phila. ‘Traction ‘Texas Pacific, Tenn. Coal and tron. Union Pacitic, Wabash, Wabash Ptd a Wheéling and L. Erie.. Wheeling and LF. Prd, Western Union Tel. Wisconsin Central silver... Washington Stock Exchange. Saies—regular call—12 o'clock m.—Colum! road 65, § 11035. -000 at 110%; $1,000 at 1 Washington Light Infantry Washington Gas, 25 at 5 eens ig th _tesistened, 112% , 112% asked. U. 3 112% bid, 113% asked. U.S. ds, 119% bid TUS. Beata | bid, 116 asked. District of Columbia Bonds, 1. 30-year fund 6s, gold, , 1901, currency, 117 bid. Did. Sigs, registered, Miscellaneons Bonds.—Washington and George- town Rallroad conv. 63, Ist, 130 bid, 140 asked. Washington and Georgetown Railroad ¢ony. 6s, 2d, vb . CULTENC: bid. 130 bid, 136% asked.” Metropolitan Ratlroad conv, fs, 102%, bid, 103%, asked. Belt Railroad 53, 8515 bid, 86 asked. Eekington Ralfiroad 6s, 103 bid, 105 asked. Columbia Raflroad 6s, 110 bid, 110% asked. Washington Gas Company 63, series Tit Washington Gas Company 6s, series 118 janked. | Washington Gas Company A bid. bid, 140 asked. 8. Electric Light cony. 5s, 133 bid. Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone 5s, 100 bid. American Security and Trust 5s, F. and A., 100 bid. American Security and ‘Trust 53, A. and O., 100 bid. Washington Market Company’ Ist Gs, 110' bid. Washington Market Company imp. 6s, 110 bid. Washington Market Company ext. 6s, 107 bid. Masonic Hall Association 5s, 105” bid. Washington Light Infantry Ist 6s, 101% bid. Wash- ington Light Infantry 2d 7s, 100’ bid. National Bank St Bank of Washington, 280 bid. Bank of th public, 250 bid, 280 asked. Metropolitan, 280 bid, 207 asked. Central, 260 bid. Farmers and Mechantes’, 180 bid. Second, 13734 bid, 150 asked. Citizens’, 135% bid. Columbia, 130 bid. West End, 108 bid, 111 asked. Traders’, 102 bid, 112 asked.” Lincoln, 99 bid, 102% asked: Obfo, 80 bid, 95 asked. Safe Deposit and Trust Compantes.—National Safe Deposit and ‘Trust, 125 bid, 126 asked. Washington Loan and Trust, ‘121i tia, ‘d. American | Security and Trust, 135 bid, 137 asked. Washing- ton Safe Deposit, 100 asked, Railroad Stocks.—Washington and Georgetown, 265 bid, 290 asked. Metropolitan, 65 bid, 75 as Columbia, 65 bid. Beit, 25 asked. Eckington, Did. Georgetown and Tennailytown, 35 asked. as and Electric Light Stocks. shington Gas, bid, 53%, asked. Georgetown Gas, 50 bid. Blectric Light, 1841 bid, 135% asked. as Insurance Stocks.—Firemen's, 35t4 bid, 42_asked. Franklin, 45 bid, 55 asked. Metropolitan, 70 bid. Corcoran, 55 bid. Potomac, 69 bid.) 150 bid. German-American, 160 bid. ; Union, 12% 14% asked. Columbia, 1 bid, Ty asked. Poop ‘gabed:, “Lincola, 8% bid, 834 asked: fc Real Estate Title, 106 . Columbia Title, 7% bid, 8 asked. /W eee ‘aw ‘Title, 8 asked. District Title, 10 bid, 15 asked. Telepho: Pennsylvania, 37 bid, 50 asked. | Chesapeake e584" Did, 551% asked. American 3. asked: i] mat! a2sked. Mi: Market, 14 bia. asked,” Bull | Run Pa > a Washington sambe nin Hall, 75 bid, 85 asked. Inter-Oc ked. 'Mergenthaler Lin- The Palais Royal. G AND 11TH STREETS... ..A. LISNER. 160 en Wanted. HERE ARE 320 SUITS OF THE AMERICAN HOSIERY C0."S LL-KNOWN SUMMER ME- RINO UNDERWEAK:—TWO- SUITS EACH Folt 15). MEN 6% PIECE FOR THE $1 GAR- MENTS AND $1 FOR THE $1.50 GARMENTS. ‘ZSe tor six pairs Men's 18e guality Socks, choice of fast black, tans, modes grays. Superior Haif Hose, with double toes, heels, &c. The Fire Put Out, —The gas stove lighted, the refrigerator fed, the win- dows screened, the furni- ture covered? Prepared for warm weather? All kinds of Summer Housefurnishings at the Palais Royal. Large stocks, best variety, reliable quali- ties, lowest prices. Basement Floor. PREPARED TO QUOTE LOWEST PRICES FOR LARGEST RANGE OR SMALLEST OIL Ol GAS 74¢ For the Brae” OU Btove, Pa jeree tock and two large. burners. Only $1.49 for the “Star” Double Oii Stove, with four large burners and two tanks. For the “Fire King” Gas burners. And only 19¢ for Gas Stcve. 19¢ For Gallon Size Glass Ol! Cans, extra strong, sufficiently covered with tin to save them in case ot ae eons, and with glass enough for you to see’ the oft Ice Cream Freezers. Patais Royal quotations for the “Lightning” and the Gem Freezers are price hints enough. PRICES...s2-..02 $1.38 $1.58 $1.98 $2.28 QUARTS. 2 3 Garden Tools. THE “CONQUERER” LAWN MOWER IS MORE USED THAN ANY OTHER. -THE PRACTICAL SIZES—1i TO 16 INCHES—ARE HERE AT $2.95, THOUGH YOU MAY KNOW $4 AND $4.25 ARI) LIST PRI $1.48 For 25 feet of Warranted Hose, with coupling and norzle included. Only 59c for the Hose Heel, with iron wheels. 24c For Garden Sets of solid steel, with long handles. And proportionately low prices for the more ex- On Fourth Floor. MAKING MOST WINDOW SHADES, AWNINGS, AND FURNITURE SLIP COVERS, BBCAUSE _DO- ING BEST WORK CHEAPEST—T%¢ FOR MAKING ND HANGING BEST HOLLAND WINDOW PR ic Yard for 36-inch wide Dotted Swiss, the usual 15c. quality. 5c. W Seats at Se each, and 250 2.009 Jaranese Stra Be cach, 8 Full-size Cushions for chairs and at 250 worth 19¢ each. $2.25 ‘Say and Rockers: “and “ouly $119 Time To Change Underwear. THE “OPENING” OF A $30,000 STOCK OF LIGHT-WEIGHT UNDERWEAR OCCURED HERB MONDAY. .JUDGING BY THE FLAPTERING REMARKS AND LARGE SALES THE PALAIS ROYAL HAS NO NEED TO FEAR ANY COMPETI- TION IN_W. < x 2c For Ladies’ Richelieu Ribbed Vests, better than usually offered at 2c. Better, because with silk crochet edge and ribbons. oc i Targe Wicker and Wood for Sandwich i For the Ribbed Silk Vests, with lace work sloulders, pluk, blue, cream and black. 25¢ For the Sttk-like Fast Black Gossamer-weig! Stockings. And think of Genuine Lisle Thi Hose for 25c. 25¢. : Mothers with boys from 7 to 16 of age will find the size they require in Ribbed. Balbrige gan Shirts and Drawers—and better quality thar ever before at 25c. White Kid Gloves. Reliable. because guaranteed—tried on at our risk, Stylish, Deeause with the black embroidered backs. 4-button White Kid Gloves... $1 pale S-button White Biarritz Mousquetaires. $ pair S-button White Chamois Mowsquetaires. L pale FThe Kid Gloves in English tans and browns, with four big buttons, are here at only Te pair. All sizes. Correct Summer Shoes. THE RUSSET KID “PRINCE ALBERT," WITH FLAT BUTTONS, AS SEEN IN THE TRADING XBW YORK STORES, WHERE THE PRICE IS $4 A PAIR, $2.97 F Is the Palais Royal's introductory, ice of these most stylish and best of Women’s miner Shees, $2.97 pair, but for the balance of the week only. The EntoutcasUmbrelila IX AGAIN THIS MORNING, PROBABLY SUNSHINE TOMORROW—DON'T YOU NEED AN UMBRELLA SUITABLE FOR BOTH SUN AND RAIN? 2 s nd Rain Gloria Silk Umbrellas, with hg borg Dresden and natural wood handles. The price is not indicative of thelr worth. They are worth—see them and judge. $1.98 For choice of a new lot of G. G. Sitk Parasot: h $3. Black and all colors, in combinatto: Wii whiter handles In black and curiously twis bamboo and grape vine. Miscellaneous Lots Ic Is to be tomorrow's complimentary price of Pretty Japanese Fans—the ‘opening’ Season's importations occurs tomorrow. Cc 39 the 2-quart “Fountain” Syringes, with three Lard rubber tubes. for Back and White Japanese Silks, worth art for. Oa bargain table near Eleventh st. entrance. For Your Daughters. i) TRIMMINGS, GLOVES, ROME PERS, FOR THE. MAY BALL ERIOUS COMING OCCASIONS ARB ERE VARIETY TO SAVE YOU THE TIME AND TROU.LE OF RUNNING FROM ONE STORE TO ANOTHER, ay 1 Albatross, Nun's Vetling and ¥ te Wool Albatross, Nun's Velling an RARLPTunat we would like you to compare with more expensive goods esewhere. ic 49 for White Wool French Serge, Storm Serge, Cajon aod Heprletta that are equal to any pre: Mously sold bere at O8e yard, 9 75e and 98e for Sicilian, Lansdowne, Camel’ Wool Crepon, Sample Glass Free. Wild Cherry—a_delicions tonte beverage for the warm weather. Sample glass free. Bottle for 25 cents, containing sufflelent extract to make seven quarts. Imjaire basement floor. Palais Royal, Gand mth Sts. A. Lisner. White Wool Cotele, Mohatr Hair and’ Slik and