Evening Star Newspaper, May 9, 1895, Page 2

THE EVENING STAR, THURSDAY, MAY 9, 1895-TWELVE PAGES. TE NEWS BY WIRE Outlaws Trapped in Oklahoma and Shot. A BOOKKEEPER’S }= EMBEZZLEMENT Deadly Feud Between the Two Chickasaw Governments. GENERAL NEWS OF THE DAY GUTHRIE, Okla, May 9.—Newcomb, alias “Bitter Creek,” and Pierce, allas “Dynamite Dick,” leaders of the desperate Dalton-Doolin gang of outlaws, who were Killed last week, were betrayed by sup- posed friends, entrapped into the latter's home and murdered while they slept under their hosts’ roof. The killing, according to a story of neighbors, brought in from In- galls, was done by the Dunns,who had been promised large rewards by the deputies, who claimed later to haye made the cap- ture of the famous outlaws. The friends of the latter have sworn vengeance and the Dunn family are arming. The killing is on a par with the assassin- ation by the Ford) boys of Jesse James. The Dunns were in Ingalls on the after- noon of the killing and went home with a large amount of beer and whisky. It had been arranged to have Sallie Niles, a sweet- heart of “Dynamite Dick," and the two out- laws meet at the Dunn house that night for a fine time. By midnight the outlaws were badly under the influence of liquor and shortly afterward went to sleep heavily armed. While in this condition, it is as- serted, the Dunns perforated them with Winchester balls and buckshot. An ex- amination of the bodies showed that all the bullets and buckshot had gone into the bodies in such a way as to leave no other conclusion than that the men were lying down when shot. One of the Dunn broth- ers.was brought in here a few days after the capture and lodged in the federal. jail, but in two days was turned loose. The Dunns are lying very low. Their house is an arsenal and they expect a raid on them any night, as Newcomb and Pierce had many friends in that country. ——__ THE BOOKKEEPER EMBEZZLED. Late Senator Fair's Wheat Deal 2 Mixed Up Affair. SAN FRANCISCO, May 9.—The mystery of the disappearance of Charles S. Smith, bookkeeper for McGlaughlin & Co., the grain brokers, who engineered the late Senator Fair's $3,000,000 wheat deal, is clearing, and the firm now asserts that the young bookkeeper is an embegzler. Smith dropped out of sight a week ago Sunday under such pecullar circumstances that his wife and friends insisted he was demenied. ‘Then some said that his departure was due to those who wished to prevent an invest!- gation of the methods used in getting Fair into the big deal. The brokers now admit Smith may be a defaulter to the extent of many thousands of dollars. Before leaving the office of his employers Smith destroyed the books that would have been the evidence of his pecu- lations. All of the leaves in the current cash book and ledger—or as many of them as bore written records—were cut out, and either carried away or burned. —_—_»—_—_ A DEADLY FEUD. The Chickasaw’s Dual Government on the Eve of War. DENNISON, Tex., May 9.—The national courts have convened at Tishomingo, the capital cf the Chickasaw nation, with a state of affairs existing which may pre- cipitate civil war. There are two sets of officers throughout, from judge down, and a clash seen's certain, as both sides are ob- stinate and do not seem inclined to yield in the least. The factions are heavily armed. A single shot fired means a bloody feud. ‘The governor's offer of mediation has been rejected. genes Almost 1 Disaster. NEW YORK, May 9.—A dummy mortar shell of ‘rather insignificant proportions fired from the. proying grounds at Sandy Hook during a series of experiments there fell into the water near the passenger steamboat Al Foster, which was returning to this city from a fishing excursion at sea, and besides giving her 150 passengers a rudé shaking up frightened most of them into a panic. Capt. Foster claims that the distance be- tween the stern of his vessel and the spot where the shell struck was no more than fifty feet, and his statement is corrobor- ated by the pilot and the passengers. As the shell disappeared under water, the Foster shivered all over, as though she had run upon a rock. The passengers in a mo- ment were scrambling for places of safety and shrieking in wild alarm. The engineer of the Foster crowded on all steam and got the boat out of range. No more shots were fired from the Hook after that al- most fatal one. es Bank of England’s Statement. LONDON, May 9.—The following is the weekly statement of the Bank of England, issued today,showing the following changes | as compared with the previous account: Total reserve decreased, £83,000; circulation decreased, £25,000; buliion decreased, £108,- 221; other securities decreased, £116,00 other deposits decreased, £239,000; public deposits decreased, £62,000; notes reserve decreased, £197,000; government securities increased, £528,000. The proportion of the Bank of England's reserve to liability, which last week was 65.96 per cent, is now 65.25 per cent. === All Quict at Pocahontas. ROANOKE, Va., May 9.—Dispatches frora Pocahontas at noon today say that all is quiet in the Flat Top coal region. There was some firing at Cemetery Hill last right, but no damage was done. The night force of men employed by the Southwest Company is slightly smaller than before, and no Hungarians are at work. The day force Is larger than it was yesterday, but no new men have arrived to take the places of the striking miners. ——— Jabee Balfour Held. LONDON, May 9.—Jabez Balfour, ex- member of parliament and Liberator So- ciety promoter, recently extradited from Argentine, was rearraigned at Bow street police court today on numerous counts with obtaining money under false pretenses. The magistrate declined to discuss the question of the prisoner’s extradition. The prisoner was remanded, ——— A McAllister Seeks Divorce. SAVANNAH, Ga., May 9.—Mrs. Heyward H. McAllister, wife of the son of the late McAllister, filed a suit for absolute in the superior court here today on und of desertion. —_-__. Toole to Retire. .ON, May 9.—John Laurence Toole, the well-known English actor, is suffering from paralysis and will permanently retire from the stage. ee Army Transfers. The following transfers in the first In- fantry are ordered: Capt. Frank H. Ed- munds, from company F to company K; Capt. Charles G. Starr, from company K to Company F. The following transfers In the sixteenth Infantry are ordered: First Lieutenant Charles R. Tyler, from company B to com- ny First Licutenant Beaumont B. uck, from company E to company B. eee Call for Bank Statements. The controller of the currency has issued @ call on national banks for a statement of thelr condition at the close of business May 7. ——___-e______ Government Receipts. National bank notes received today for redemption, $407,747. Government receipts— From iaternal revenue, $424,6 customs, 3; miscellaneous, $54,315. WORKERS IN CONVENTION The International Y. M @ A. Con- vention. Reports on Education: Work and Awards for Work in That Class. SPRINGFIELD, Mass., May 9.—The day's work of the international Y. M. C. A. con- vention opened at 9:15 o'clock. The stand- ing committees were announced, with chairmen as follows: International commit- tee’s report, G. N. Bierce, Dayton, Ohio; devotional meetings, O. H. Durell, Cam- bridge, Mass.; business, H. G. Van Tuyl, Detroit, Mich.; resolutions, C. W. Frost, Milwaukee; association, J. D. Dreeker, Sar lem, Va. Prof. Larsen of Minnesota was author- ized to canvey the greetings of the interna- tional convention to the Y. M. C. A. con- vention to be held on June 6. There was a discussion on the subject, “Points of En- couragement and Points of Danger in the Development of State and Provincial Work” between Dr. Lucien D. Warner of New York, Russell Sturgis of Boston and T. J. Gillespie-of Pittsburg. The main point of danger brought out is the increasing number of paid officers in the work. Dr. W. H. Doane of Gospel Hymn fame was conducted to the platform and the convention arose and gave the Chautauqua salute,afterward singing ‘‘Res- cue the Perishing. Educational Work. A vaper on educational work was next presented by Frederick B. Pratt. The judges on the educational exhibit have nearly completed their work and have made most of the awards. More than six- ty cities have made entries. The list of highest awards of merit in the various subjects include the following: Bible school, Philadelphia; printed matter, class A, West Philadelphia; English, class A, Dayton, Ohio; class B, Dover, N. J. Algebra and geometry, Washington, D. C.; physics, Washington, D.C.; chemistry, Day ton, Ohio; architectural engineering, Chi- cago; electrics, theoretical, Baltimore; me- chanical drawing, advanced, Dayton, Ohio; architectural drawing, advanced, Dayton, Ohio; free hand drawing, class A, Dayton, industrial designing, Grand Rapids, clay modeling, class A, Dayton, wood carving, class A, Chicago; clip- ping and filing, Minneapolis; sign painting, Minneapolis; arithmetic, class Washing- ton, D.C.; penmanship, class A, Philadel- phia; class B, Kalamazoo, Mich.; spelling, Baltimore; bookkeeping, class A, Dayton, Ohio; class.B, Memphis. Business _forias and correspondence, Scranton, Pa. Special awards were made as follows: American history, Dayton, Ohio; municipal civics, Dayton,, Ohio; neatness in preparation, mounting and packing of exhibits, Dayton, Ohio; Washington, D.C., and Minneapolis. eS SIX BADLY BURNED. Gasoline Stove Explodes . more “Swent Shop. Six persons were probably fatally burned by the explosion of a gasoline stove and the fire which followed in a “sweat shop” at 1424 East Pratt street, Baltimore, last evening. The burning fluid flew in all di- rections, igniting the clothing of the in- mates, and the garments upon which they were at work. The injured are: Marcus Korn, face, chest and legs burn- ed; Sarah Silberman, nineteen years old, burned on chest and shoulders; Silla Silber- man, an elder sister, legs burned and in- ternally injured; Samuel Silberman, seven- teen years old; burned about upper part of body; Abraham Silberman, father of the last three victims, slightly burned and in- jured by jumping; Mollie Sizks, twenty-two years old, arms and abdomen burned. But for the heroic conduct of a colored teamster—Samuel Morris—who heard the frenzied appeals for help five of the un- fortunates would not have been taken alive from the garret. —___+0--___ BALLISTIC “TESTS. a Balti- curious Anomalies Presented in Those Mnde Yesterday. Another contract for naval material has been closed out by the acceptance of two lots of 13-inch armor piercing shells made by the Carpenter Company, the last de- livertes to be made by this company. The ballistic trial at Indian Head yesterday presented some ¢urious anomalies, prin- cipally illustrative of the uncertainty at- tending the use of the Harvey process of hardening plate. Usually a plain nickel- steel plate is used in testing shell, and the results are very uniform. Yesterday a 12- inch Harveyed plate was used as the basis of test. ‘The first shot was fired at a ve- locity of 1,475 feet per second. Contrary to expectation the shot did not perforate the plate, but after penetrating ten inches the shot broke into pieces. The plate was cracked only on one corner and bulged slightly in the back, thus showing marvel- ous power. The second shot was fired at 1,800 feet velocity. It penetrated the plate and backing and went on a mile into the woods. The third shot was fired at 1,600 feet velocity. It penetrated the plate, but a piece was scaled off the shot and it was badly set-up. Death of Warrenton’s Postmaster. H. C. Yates, postmaster of Warrenton, Va., died in that town yesterday. He was chairman of the democratic county com- mittee at the time of his appointment two years ago. He was mayor of Warrenton for one term, and a member of the board of aldermen for many years since 1865. He has been one of the leading merchants of Warrenton. He was a 33d degree Mason and very active in the order. He was a brother-in-law of Col. H. D. Deshieles of Washington, and one son, H. C. Yates, re- sides in Washington. He leaves a widow and six children. ———————— To Ratify a Sale. William C. Clabaugh, Mary B. Clabaugh and August Burgdorf today filed a bill in equity against Lillie W. Clabaugh and four others to ratify a sale of certain property known as lots 21, 2%, 23 and 24, square 46, situated in West shington, on the east side of Morroe (or 27th) street between M and Qlive streets. ogee ‘The New Gas. Dr. J. J. Luckert lectured last evening be- fore a large and appreciative audience in the hall of the Columbian University on the discovery of Mr. Thomas L. Wilson— the production of calcium carbide and acetyline gas; its value as an {lluminant, the history of its discovery and commercial development. Mr. Wilson was present and conducted the practical portion of the lec- ture. —_——__. Run Over. Charles Schoeback, a seven-year-old boy, was knocked down and run over by a car- riage on H street northwest between 4th and Sth streets. His right leg was badly injured. The injured boy was taken to the Emergency Hospital in the patrol wagon and was afterward sent home. Pueshontstnetimaies Rulings in Pension Cases. Assistent Seerctary of the Interior John M. Reynolds has made the following rul- ings in rension cases: Where an application for pension was filed under the act of June 27, 1890, and re- jected, the attorney in the cases having no part in a subsequent application, the at- torney is not entitled to a fee when the second application is granted. Payment to the attorney of the fee agreed upon is full performance of contract on the part of the claimant, the secretary states, and where this has been made the claimant fs at liberty to discharge the at- torneys from service in further prosecu- tion of a claim based on disabilities not ac- cepted at the time of the adjudication. He also decided that a power of attorney, inoperative when filed because of the prior rights of anotker attorney, becomes opera- tive when said rights shall have been for- feited. ++ TREATY OF PEACE Ratification Articles Exchanged at Chefoo. RUSSIA MORE PACIFIC IN TONE Spain to Act as Arbiter Between Russia and Japan. VARIOUS FOREIGN NEWS =e YOKOHAMA, May 9.—China has with- drawn her request to have the armistice prolonged and the ratifications of the treaty of peace have been exchanged. LONDON, May 9.—A dispatch to the Times from Chefoo says that the ratifica- tions of the treaty of peace between China and Japan were exchanged at midnight. The dispatch’ adds that Russia disclaims any aggressive designs against Manchuria, and asserts that she is acting on a purely defensive footing against Japan. BERLIN, May 9.—A dispatch received here from Chefoo states that the ratifica- tions of the treaty of peace between China and Japan were exchanged there yester- day. PARIS, May 9.—The Figaro this morning referring to the negotiations between Japan and Russia, France and Germany, for a modification of the treaty of Shimoaseki, says that it has been left to Spain to draft a plan for a final settlement of the matters in dispute between Japan and the three powers. Word Received Here. A cable message was received at the State Department this morning from Mr. Read, United States consul at Tien Tsin, dated at Chefoo, saying that ratifications of the treaty of peace between China and Japan were exchanged at Chefoo yester- day. JAPAN WILL NOT GAIN COR! The Effect of the Treaty on the Out- side Wortd. MARIETTA, Ohio, May 9.—James Creel- men, the war correspondent, who is here ergaged in writing his historical book, says that the action of Russia in forcing Japan to abandon all thoughts of conquest on the Ckinese mainland will prove a blessing to the civilized yorld. It means that Cerea is to be absolutely independent. Mr. Creel- ran declares that Russia was justified in believing that the Japanese interded to gradually annex the Corean peninsula. The Ccrean king is today a mere puppet in the hands of Count Inouye, and all national movements among the Corean people are ruthlessly suppressed by Japanese troops. With Japan guarding on one side of the gulf and China on the other, Europe would in time find itself powerless to de: ither nation. Russia has in no sens: from Japan any legitimate spoils of’ war. The Japanese Live trom the very begin- ning declared that the sole object of the struggle was to free Corea. Mr. Creelman is seriously alarmed cause nothing has been heard recent from his colleagues in the east, Mr. Cowen of the London Times and Mr. Ward of the Pall Mall Gazette. After the massacre at Pcrt Arthur the European correspondents were always in danger among the Japanese trecps. Increasing the Navies. ST. PETERSBURG, May 9.—Russia, France and Germany, it is announced, are about to increase their naval forces in the China seas. Sir Frederick Leighton Recovering. ALGIERS, May 9.—The report circulated in London, and said to have origina here, saying that the illness of Sir Fred- erick Leighton, president of the Royal Academy, has taken a serious turn and that his recovery was looked upon as ex- tremely doubtful, is erroneous. On the contrary, Sir Frederick is rapidly recover- ing. Cholera at Pescadore. YOKOHAMA, May 9.—Advices received here from the Pescadore Islands show that 1,300 persons died there from cholera dur- ing one month. The epidemic is now sub- siding. CONSUL WALLER’S CASE. The French Authorities Awnit Data From Madagascar. PARIS, May 9.—The United States am- bassader, Mr. James B. Eustis, has not re- ceived a reply to his note to the foréign office here regarding the trial by court- martial and sentence to twenty years’ im- prisonment ef Mr. John L, Waller, formerly United States consul at Tamatave. But M. Hanctaux, the minister for foreign af- fairs, has promised, upon receipt of the necessary documents from the Island of Madaguscar, to give the question the full- est consideration. The Gold Market. LONDON, May 9, 4 p.m.—Gold ts quoted today at Buenos Ayres at 271; at Madrid, ; at Lisbor 6 at Athens, Vienna, 103. NO PEACE YET IN CUBA. The Rumor of Campos’ Negotiations Thoroughly Denied. MADRID, May 9 (noon).—The government has received no news which would tend to confirm the report in circulation in the United States that Captain General Mar- tinez de Campos has arrived at a settle- ment with the rebel leaders in Cuba. HAVANA, May 9.—The correspondent of the Associated Press here has made in- quiries in official circles regarding the re- port current in the United States that Captain General Martinez de Campos has reached a settlement with the rebel leaders, and that the insurrection is practically over. As a result of these inquiries, the statement is made that the captain gencral hds not reached a settlement with the rebels, and that he will not do so. He will depend upon force of arms to put down the rebellion and restore peace to Cuba. Advices Received Here. Official information reaching here indl- cates that the Spanish authorities no long- er regard the Cuban uprising as a serious affair. It is not considered that the trouble is actuolly closed and the rebeilion formal- ly ended, but the authorities are satisfied that the revolt has ceased to have the menacing aspect of a few weeks ago. The rebel armies have been reduced to a few scattered bands, who are in hiding. Until these are reduced it cannot be said that the uprising is over. It is so near an end, however, that official steps have been taken to discontinue the reinforcement of naval and military equipments, which were re- garded as indispensable a few weeks ago. Bank of France. PARIS, May 9.—The weekly statement of the Bank of France, fsued today, shows the following changes as compared with the previous account: Notes in circula- tion, decreased 59,150,000 francs; treasury accounts current, increased 5, gold in hand, decreased 3,9 bills discounted, decreased 1¢ silver in hand, increased francs Mrs. Logan's Mission to Springfield. Mrs. John A. Logan's visit to Springfield at this time, according to a press dispatch, is due to the fact that she wants a bill passed appropriating $50,000 to the relict of Mr. Wilishire, to Isaac R. Hitt and to her- self, $10,000 each, for services rendered Ly Gen. Logan, Mr. Wiitshire and Mr. Hitt in securing the enactment by Congress of the bill refunding to Illinois the amount of direct taxes paid by the state during the Charles Owens, charged with the theft of a watch from William Coggill, was given six months in jail by Judge Miller today. Harry W. Jones, a destitute boy, was turned over to the board of children’s guar- dians this morning by Judge Miller. war—some $8'10,000, She interviewed a number of members yesterday, and met with a cordial re tion, although they looked with disfavor upon the appropriation bill. There is little ckance for a bill of that character to pass at this session. JE is week for advertisers fo fleep steadifp in mind the fact hat The Star makes 4 sworn defaifed statement each Saturday of its circu: fation forthe preceding meek and that it is the onfp Wash: ington némepaper that reez ognizes the right of the ad: bertiser fo fnow the measure of publicity for mbich Be is paying. Te amount of adz vertising appearing daifp in The Star is ample evidence that this poficp is appreci- ated. Te average daify civcufation fast meek was 33,932. CRUELTY TO ANIMALS. Two Cases Brought in Police Court Today. Agents Rabbitt and Replinger of the Hu- mane Society were witnesses in the Police Court this morning in the case of Richard Horne, a contractor, charged with cruelty to animals, and while they were telling of how the defendant’s horses were straining every nerve to pull a wagon load of brick up the Connecticut avenue hill car horses in front of the court were straining them- selves in an effort to draw the heavy cars up the Louisiana avenue hill, but no one molested the drivers. Lawyer Thomas Jones, who appeared for Mr. Horne, examined one of the witnesses about the car horses. He said he had seen the car horses pulling very hard, but he said they do not pull as hard as the brick wagon horses were pulling yesterday. ‘The proof was that there were 600 bricks on the wagon, and one of the bricks taken from the wagon weighed nine and a half pounds. The wagon weighs 1,800 pounds. In addition to the alleged overloading, the witness charged that the shoulders of the animals were sore and the harness rested on the raw places. ‘The defendant and his son gave evidence in the case and paid special reference to the sore shoulders of the animals. They did not consider it cruel for the horses to draw the load of bricks up the ill. Judge Kimball commented on the ques- tion of horses drawing heavy loads up hills and spoke particularly of the hills just north of Florida avenue. The judge thought that with such heavy loads a hill horse should be used. There were two charges against Mr. Horne, and he paid a fine of $5 in each case. Charles Richardson, a young colored man, bought what he celled a horse and paid $3 for the mass of sin and bones. The called animal was attached to a wagon, and the owner started off to earn his living. It is true that the $3 steed was able to draw the wagon, but was unable to go as fast as a cable car. Agent Rabbitt saw the man endeavoring to get the animal out of a walk, which was an impossibility. The Hur e Society's agent thought the animai’s condition @nd the use of the whip was cruelty, and so he arrested the driver and had him before Judge Kimball today. Richardson told his story of the purchase of the $3 horse, and upon making the re- quired promises about his future disposi- tion of the animal Judge Kimball took his personal bonds. Ea THE UTAH ACT. Police Warn Offenders to Get Mar- ried, Now that the Police Court holds that the Edmunds law, known as the Utah polygamy act, is in force in this Di it is said that seme of the social purity associations will make a move in the ma ter and assist the police and prosecuting officers in the enforcement of its pro- visions. Today Prosecuting Attorney Mullowny gave the police instructions to notify the unmarried people who are living together of the provisions of the law and give them an opportunity to get married before swearing out warrants. This morning a noile pros. was entered in the case of Richard Somerville and Cath- erine West, colored, charged with an cf- fense against this law. In this case the man’s wife swore out the warrant because she said she wanted to compel him to support their children, There was no proof that he had been 1 ing with Catherine West, and for that rea- son the case was ended in the manner stated. It was stated this afternoon that a wo- man from Georgetown swore out a warrant rgainst a citizen of that section, charging him with violating this law, but the officers refused to give any information concerning the warrant. as DISTRICT GOVERNMENT. ‘Today's Orders. The Commissioners today ordered: That Jefferson place, between 19th street and Connecticut avenue, be closed tu ye- hicles pending the construction of a sewer in 19th street. That a cement stdewalk be laid in the east side of 1st street northwest between V street and Soldiers’ Home, under the provisions of the permit system. ‘That the sidewalk in the north side of M street between Ist and 2d streets south- east be repaired, That the compensation of Andrew J. Johnson, assistant foreman pump division, be increased from $2.50 to $3 per day. Complained of the Blasting. John Brown of the Conduit road, whose house came near being struck Monday night by a piece of rock hurled by the force of a blast from a quarry gcross the river, took the stone to the District Commission- ers this morning with a complaint. When the board met this morning Commissioner Ross called attention to the case, and the attorney for the District was asked what remedy, if any, the Commissioners had in the premises. —_—-—_— Transfers of Real Estate. Deeds in fee bave been filed as follows: Jno. K. Butler et ux. to Ann R. Connick, lot 607, Anacostia; $50. Mary C. Castell to John Nokes, part Jot 1, sq. 976; $1,400, Mi- chael J. Colbert and Chas. H. Parker, trus- tees, 10 Paul ©. Johnson, east one-half lot 39, sq. 542; $1,000. Same to Paul E. John- son and Alex. W. Eaton, lot 38, sq. 512; $2,000. Geo. M. Dowe to Edwin C. Ford, part block 36, Brookland; $10. Diller F. Groft to Wm. L. Boroughs, part lot 1, block 13, Brightwood Park; $900. James T. Har- rison, jr., et Ux, to Alexzner Dunnington, part lot 382, Anacostia; $800. John Pizinger et ux. to Otho §, Pumphrey, lot 79, Ana- costia; $1,575... Hannah Steiger to Richard S. Douglas, Idt I,, sa. 169; $2,500, Brainard H. Warner et uX. to George Truesdell, all sq. 14 (exceppiote:5 and 14),Eckington; $10. Mary M. Ward et al. to Francis M. Ward, part lots 8 and 9 sq. 488; $10. C, Richard Taylor and James Struthers to Miles Full- er, lot 14, sq. 22, Eckington; $8,000, Anson $.’Taylor and Jackson H. Ralston, trustees, to Lily E, Jones, lot 45, sq. 101; $10, Rich- W. Henderson to Robert Bonar ant Wn. Jardine, lots $8 to 92, sq. 672; $4,254.30. Jno. W. Gregory et ux. to Robert Carter, lot 34, block 16, Deanewood Heights; $75. James Nevitt et ux. et al. to Jno. D. Sul- livan, north one-half lots 65 and 63, sq. 93, Georgetown; $10, Laura A. Sprague to Jno, S. Bittorf, part lot 9, sq. 767; $1,400. Robert A. Van Horn ct ux. to Chas. W. Guilford, lot 21, sq. 758; $10. David D. Stone and Richard M. Johnson, trustees, to Frank D. pastes, part lot 8, block 8, Avalon Heights; 10. ss Hearing Concluded. The hearing in the case of Policeman A. W. Green before the police trial board for the killing of Reuben Foster was conclud- ed this afternoon and the findings will be made public in a few days. SOUND MONEY MEN They Will Not Desert the Demo- cratic Party, EVEN IF SILVERITES CAPTURE If They Will Wait Until the Legisla- tion Period. MR. BRICE’S SIGNIFICANT LINE — eS A line in the letter addressed by Senator Brice to a friend in Ohio respecting silver in the caming democratic convention in that state fixes attention and is considered important. Mr. Brice takes a pronounced stand on the subject. He is opposed to free coinage, and deplores the enthusiasm shown in democratic circles im Ohio in favor of that policy. He announces that he will fight it to the full extent of his ability in the convention. He believes that a deliverance in behalf of silver will, if adopted, cost the party many votes at the polls. Many sound money democrats will either be alienated ~outright, or else be driven into temporary indifference as to party success. But, for his own part, Mr. Brice boldly declares that he will not fore- go his party allegiance for a moment, no matter how strongly silver may score. He will still be found in the democratic ranks, and still battling at the old stand for demo- cratic victory. In other words, if the dem- ocratic party in Ohio declares for free coin- age at the state convention, Mr. Brice, who believes that free coinage would ruin the country, will, nevertheless, support the ticket nominated on such a platform, and thus. fcr the time, indorse the policy he so greatly fears and so roundly denounces. Alrendy Suggested. ‘This utterance is in strict accord with a suggestion recently made in The Star. The subject under discussion was the probable course of sound money democrats in the next national convention in the event of the capture of the convention by the friends of silver. Would they secede, and either put up a ticket of their own, or 40 over openly to the republicans? Or would they swallow their discomfiture, help along the party under a standard they despised and trust to luck and the future to baik the game of the silverites when the ques- tion should come before Consress for legis- lation? Reference was made to the history of the fight for tariff reform, and to the course pursued by the protection demo- crats, who, though repeatedly beaten with- in the party ranks as to tariff deliverances, kept thelr places in the ranks and in the end won their fight. After the adoption of the most extreme free trade platform in national convention they turned their at- tention to Congress and made a tariff Ill that suggests the platform about as much as brimstone does the land of pure delight. The platform denounced every shade, de- gree and species of protection, and commit- ted the party to the extirpation of e whole principle from the government's revenue _polic ‘The tariff bill passed bulges with protection and might have been supported Mr. Randall himself had that sturdy character been spared to the coun- try. Among those who rendered yeoman service to the party on that platform were Mr. Brice, Mr. Gorman, Mr. Murphy and Mr. Smith, and it so happened that they were the very: men afterward to throw over the platform and force the party in legislating on the tariff to yleld to the de- mands of the great business interests, which, after the battle at the polls had been won, raised the flag of conservatism and insisted that no extreme step in revis- ing the law should be taken. They said about free trade what Mr. Vanderbilt is ere to have once said about the pub- ic. The Policy Entered Upon. Has not this policy been entered upon with regard to silver? Is it at all likely that sound money democrats will suffer themselves to be driven out of the party by the free coinage contingent? Is not it their purpose to keep their seats even at the expense of some temporary discomfit- ure, and, considering more the value of legislation than that of mere campaign bloviation, try to put a spoke in the wheel of the silver coach while it is on the way through Congress? Such is regarded as the present aspect of things. The same men that won the tariff fight are again on deck. Mr. Brice, Mr. Gorman, Mr. Murphy and Mr. Smith are against free coinage as they were against free trade. They will do as much to defeat the one as they did to defeat the other. Mr. Brice is the first to speak. His is the territory now in evidence. The democrats of New York, New Jersey and Maryland will declare for sound money. Ohio is on the eve of shouting €or silver. Mr. Brice, therefore, comes at once to the front. He is against free silver, but he will sup- pert his party on a free silver platform. Wry? Is not it because he does not be- lieve it possible for silver to win in the end? Is not he thinking of the tariff fight? Could he, with his views on the subject of finance, and, considering the enormous bus- iness interests he represents in New York as well as in Ohio, support his party on a free coinage platform if he thought for a mcment that the platform would ever be converted into law? Free coinage, in his opinion, would wreck the public credit. Would he, could he, assist in doing that? A Difference in the Two Cases. There is this difference in the two cases to be taken into account. The legislative situation when the silver issue comes be- fore Congress will not be the same as the situation that confronted the tariff issue. Mr. Brice kimself may not be a member of the Congress to which the silver problem will be submitted. The chances now seem favorable to his retirement from office. But Mr. Gorman and other democrats of that school will be on hand, and Mr. Brice can be of assistance on the outside. The fight will not lack for either members or skill. Silver would by no means be out of the woods even with an apparent popular ma- jority at its back. All legislation is com- promise, and it may be accepted as a cer- tainty that however high campaign oratory may soar next year, the law that will be written on the books by the Fifty-fifth Con- gress affecting the finances will represent no extreme view in either direction. ——_—_+o+_ Cases Went Over. The cases of the Louisiana avenue, 9th and 10th streets merchants, against whom charges of occupying the sidewalk in front of their premises were filed in the Police Court two days ago, as printed in The Star at the time, were called in Judge Kim- ball’s court this morning, the representa- tives of twenty-two firms being in court. Mr. Pugh, representing the District, call- ed the cases to the attention of the court, and said that one-of the merchants, Mr. Clayton Emerich, had applied for and had been granted a temporary injunction against Sae Commissioners, and he thought it was no mcre than fair that these cases should go over until the injunction Is dis- posed of. The action of the court in the case, however, will not affect these cases, for they are brought, not by the Commis- sioners, but by the people. He thought, however, it would be good policy to let the cases go over until the upper court dis- poses of the matter. Judge Kimball said that the cases should go over by all means, for, he said, the de- cision of the upper court may have some bearing on the cases before him. ‘The law laid down-in the injunction case will cer- tainly be followed by this court. On motion of Mr. Pugh, the cases went over indefinitely, and the defendants will be notified when to appear. —__—>_—_ Unlicensed Peddlers. Mr. Pugh, in the Polfce Court this morn- ing, called Judge Kimball’s attention to the provisions of the law relating to ped- dlers, which the judge characterized as ridiculous. Under the law non-residents are not required to take out a license, but residents are. There was a case before the court, a young Hebrew named Harry Atken, being charged with being an un- licensed peddler. The proof was that Harry, a young man who had been as- sisted by the Hebrew Society, had been given the use of another license. Judge Kimball heard the proof, and took the boy’s personal bonds. CLAIMS TO POTOMAC FLATS Mr. Taggart Argues Against 0. and 0. Canal Contention. A Street Between Waterway and the River in Original Plans— Mr. Cowa! Address. This morning Assistant District Attorney Taggart resumed in the Potomac flats case his argument in opposition. to the claims of the Chesapeaké and Ohio Canal Company and those of Henry H. Dodge, who claims to be the lessee of the company. The claims of both the company and Mr. Dodge, explained Mr. Taggart, were Practically identical, both claiming ripar- jan rights from the south line of the old canai from 26th to 17th street out to the navigable waters of the Potomac river. The canal company, that is, the trustees of the bondholders, said Mr. Taggart, in- sisted that they were entitled to the rights claimed by them because the United States in granting the canal company the right of way through the District granted it in fee the land used in its construction of the ca- nal. Mr. Taggart, however, declared that while such a grant of right of way through Maryland and Virginia might have given the company land there absolutely, Con- gress never intended to and never did make such a right of property here in the com- pany. But, said Mr. Taggart, while such a right might have been claimed here under certain contingencies, he insisted that in making the corcession to the canal com- pany which it did, Congress required the company to perform obligations on its part which, if ever attempted, were never final- ly nor fully fulfilled. Therefore, he argued, the company was not entitled to hold the land after the failure to utilize it for the purpose for which it was granted, and the company failing to hold it, Mr. Dodge was likewise affected, Intervening Street. But, said Mr. Taggart, besides all that, the plan of the city submitted in evidence by the canal company shows a street in- tervening between the land claimed by it and the river front, the whole line of the canal from 27th to 17th street. This street being the proverty of the United States, whatever riparian rights attached to it also belonged to the United States, urged Mr. Taggart. - Other Claims. it 1s immaterial, declared Mr. Taggart, that the towpath of the canal, an embank- ment, was constructed in the waters of the river between the streets named under powers conferred by its charter or by per- mission of the public authorities. The company, he explained, constructed the canal at this point with notice of the fact and understanding that the plan of the city provided ultimately for a street be- tween it and the river. Therefore, ~he street being a street in law, it is competent for the United States to reclaim the land from the water and make it a street in fact, whenever the public necessities re- quire it. For such reason, concluded Mr. Taggart, the claim of the canal company to riparian rights along this portion of its former route never had any foundation. Mr. Taggart concluded his argument shortly after the mid-day recess of the court, when he was followed by Mr. John K. Cowan of Baltimore, Md., who ad- dressed the court on behalf of the claims of the trustees of the bond holders of the canal company. Mr. Cowan entered upon an interesting and lengthy discussion of the claims of those contending under the so-called Kidwell patent, insisting ‘hat under no circumstances could the claims growing out of that patent be sustained. He had not concluded his argument when the court adjourned for the day. nd THE DAY AT ALEXANDER ISLAND. Great Heat, Large Attendance and a Good Track. The heat was intense at the Alexander Island track today, but a cool breeze from the northwest made it pleasant for the good crowd that was on hand. Although the day’s card was bad, it looked as if some fair racing would be witnessed, as the track was in the pink of condition. Eleven books were on. First race, six and one-quarter furlongs— Finnwater (Parsons), 1 to 5, first; Tanered (Duffy), 6 to 1, ‘second; Rosita (Coudrier), 10 to 1, third. Time, 1.19 1-4, Entries Pomorrow at St. Asnph’s. First race, five and a half furlongs, sell- ing—Marshall, 107; Wheeler, 105; Will Fon- so, 102; Peter the Great, 102; Black Beauty, 96; Golden Gate, 95; Pontlear, 87; Edna May, 85. Second race, one-half mile, selling—Fi- field, 107; Bandela, 104; Tutelage, Fred. K., Karma, Creosote, Florene, Hubbard, Belle Washington and Benning, 95 each. Third race, seven furlongs—Longbrook, 108; Truepenny, 107; Restraint, 106; Dark- Kilkenny, 105; Cass, 105; West Fourth race, one mile, selling—Harry Alonzo, 112; Nockbarren, 109; Lady Adams, 103; Van_Brunt, 102; Southside, 92; Lollie Eastin, § Fifth race, six furlongs, selling—Kan- dor, 1 Ruby, 99; Vision, 98; Reform, 98; ‘Hellas, 98; Franciscan, 98; Flying Scud, 96; Alta Vista, 93; MacHunt, 8¢. Sixth race, half mile—Mural, 105; The Kite, 1 Tyvana, 105; Laura Davis, 105; Gloria, 105; Bessie Browning, 103. ese Grace Succecded by Fairchild. The resignation of Wm. R. Grace as ex- ecutive chairman of the New York state democracy was accepted last evening, and ex-Secretary Charles H. Fairchild was elected to succeed him. The election took place at the regular meeting of the state democracy. ———_+e+—_____ Civil Service Rules Promulgated. The President has promulgated a series of civil service rules for the government of the internal revenue service. By Secretary Carlisle's order of December 12 last this service was brought under the civil ser- vice law and was classified in four divi- sions—clerks, storekeepers and gaugers. Clerks must be over eighteen, others over twenty-one years of age. Other- wise the rules correspond to the usual civil service rules in force eleswhere. Grain and Cotton Markets. Cotton and grain markets, reported by W. B. Hibbs, stock, grain and cotton broker, 1431 F st. Wheat—May.. COTTON. Open, High. Low Close. 6.00 664° 658 6.63 6.64 6.69 U4 6.638 6.69 675 69 G72 Gis G79 673 678 See Baltimore Markets. BALTIMORE, May 9.—Flour firm, mnchanzed— eipis, $243 barrels; shipments,’ 783 barrels; ee ae ee oe T—spot snd month, utils; June, 67 asked; July, 665667; August, G6i2 asked; steafer Now Ted, Gitaddige receipts, alls b sels: stock, 405,481 bushels; saies, 80,000 bushels southern wheat ‘by sample, 63470: 66 ‘Corn steady—spot, Jaly, 55%: Ai a. 54 bid— 8, 73 bushels; stock,” 170, 1s; southern white Oats firm, heiter inquiry a37%; No.'2 mixed, 33 15 Kye quiet-—N. receipts, 100 busbels; , 4.16 firm—good to choice timothy, $1 freights slow, unchanged. “Sugar firm, Butter weak—faney creamery, 19; be 15; do. ladle, 14; good ladle, 11012; el, Salo. Eggs’ wedk™fresh, 13, changed. imitation, store pack sheese easy, Un ————.__——_ Washington Grain Market. Reported by the Grain Exchange. Spring patent flour, spring patent tour, per barrel, 3.90a4.10 83.905 Wint winter’ straight winter extra flour, .00; clipped white oats, 2 white oats, mixed oats, per bus! per_bushel, 55456: 95a36; No. 1 timothy hay, per ton. No. 2 timothy hay, per ton, 11.0a12.50 mixed hay, per ton, 12.00a13.00; No. 1 clo’ per_ton, 9.00a10.00;" No. 1 cut bay, per ton, 13.508 14.50; bulk bran, per ton, 17.00ai8.00; bulk mid- diings, per ton, '17.00a18.00; Tye stnuw, per ton, 13.00a13.50; wheat straw, per ton, 6.00. "Tl! quotations for car lots delivered’ on tra ington. FINANCE AND TRADE The Market Braced Up Somewhat Today. SYMPATHY WITH CROP STOCKS A Quickened Feeling Throughout the List. GENERAL MARKET REPORTS Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. NEW YORK, May 9.—A further reaction in values this morning was only prevented by a continuation of the demand from Lon- don, the volume of local business being toa small to overcome the reactionary sentl- ment of the room. Opening prices reflected advances ranging from 1-8 to 1-2 per cent, but sold off slightly during the first hour's trading. Realizing that foreign buying was disclosed at every fresh concession the selling movement was abandoned and prices gradually recovered. The weakness of the foreign exchange market was again pronounced as the result of liberal offer- ings of bills drawn against securities pur- chased for European account. More gold is expected to arrive during the week for the account of the bond syndicate, which will increase the total shipments of recent date to upwards of $3,000,000. As a specu- and all" lative influence there is nothing but en- couragement reflected in the prevailing tone of the exchange market, and indica- tiens are favorable to continued improve- ment in this particular. The trading immediately following the noon hour was the most active of the day, and in almost every instance substantial advances were recorded in values. The coal stocks, particularly Jersey Central «and Reading, were the features during this period, the former gaining 2% per cent and the latter 13-4 on a good volume of business. The higher-priced members of this group recorded sharp advances, but were not so extensively traded in. The grangers were in good demand at gains of more than 1 per cent, as the result of the anticipated improvement in crop conditions and the consequent increase in revenues. Strong pools are said to be operating in this class of securities, and unless some sudden adverse developments are reported their efforts are likely to prove successful. Western Union was in good demand at a further advance of 1 1-4 per cent, invest- ment and speculative purchases combining to advance the price. The earning capacity of this property is unquestioned and in- trinsic merit is in no danger of being sacri- ficed even at a very considerable advance over prevailing prices. The less active railroad issues vere strong and generally at some advance in price, but the stocks named above monopolized the bulk of the trading. Sugar was depressed 1 per cent to 113% during the first hour, as the result of mod- erate selling to take profits. During the period of activity mentioned above the large interests came into the market and forced the price well up near 115, All of the refineries are overstocked with orders, and certain grades, in which the demand has been most general, have been with- drawn from the market. Distillers sold down 1 per cent during the morning, but recovered later, in sympathy with the im- provement in sentiment. The company’s statement for ten months reflects a profit of something over $335,000. The trading of the last hour was active, but profit taking in the active list detracted somewhat from the best prices of the day. a FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL, ‘The following are the opening, the high- est and the lowest and the closing prices of the New York stock market today, as re- ported by Corson & Macartney, members New York stock exchange. Correspondents Messrs. Moore & Schley, No. 80 Broadway: Stocks. Open. High. Low. Close, American Sugar.... Us 115% 113% lida American Sugar Pfd. My DDR MIG 9975 Amenican Tovacco. 104% 106 0X 105% American Cotton Oil... 2 2% 2 293g Atchison... sone et, Gee, eg Canada Southern. 54 BA BB BSG Canada Pacific. BO BOs BOig BONE Chesapeake and Ohto.. 21% 2235 B1%y 223 C.. C., C. and St. L. 8% Hy 48% Ot Chicago, B. and Q 78 38% Ti ISG Chic.and Northwestern. 973 98 STi SSiy Chicago Gas.. Tay 14% TSI TBM C..M. and St. Paul Bx Gye OOK M. and St. Paul Pfd. ..... -.... “go eee Chic.. RL and Pacific.. 68" 69 G8" “685; x General Electric. Miinois Central. ie and Nashville Long Island Traction... Metropolitan Traction. Manhattan Elevated. Michigan Central Missouri Pacific... Tenn. Coal and Iron. Union Pacific Wabasn. Wabash Prd. S Wheeling and 1. Brie.- Wheeling and L. E. Pfd. Western Union Tel. Wisconsin Central, Silver... Washington Stock Exchange. Sales—regular call—12 o'clock m.—Belt Rallroad $1,000 at 56. American Security and Trust, 5 13. Washington Loan and Trust, 5 at 122. ‘ashington Gas, 20 at 52%; 50 at 53; 62 at 50 at 8%; 100 at BS. UL 8 Blecttie Light al ‘Gorertment Bonds.—U. 8. 4, rests bid. 113 aksde. U. 5. 48, cou 112% bid, 113% asked. U. 8. 4s, 119 bid. i. B. Ss, 115% bid 116% ‘asked, District of Columbia Bonds.—20-rear fund 5s, 108 bid. 30-year fund 6s, gold, 114 bid. Water stock 7s, 1901, bres re tinee naaene stock 7s, 13, currency, 117 bi a, ., Currency, GM Se, registered. fide, 100 Bid ee Miscellaneons Bonds. Sree and George- 130 bid, 140 asked. etown ‘Raliroad Cony. Gx, 2d, towm Railroad conv. Gs, Ist, Washington and G 1 jetropolitan sailroad conv. Gs, Mi pid, 1084 asked. Delt Ratlroad Se, 85:4 i ered, 112% bid, 140 asked. 86 asked, Eckington Rallroad 6s, 193’ bid, asked. Columbia Railroad Gs, 110%4 Wid. 111 dink Washington Gas Company 6s, series A, 114 1 Washington Gas Company 6s, series B, Washington Gas Company conv. 6s, 135 bid. U. Electric Light conv, x Potomac Telephone 5s, 102% bid, 105 asked. ican Security and Trust 5s, F.’and A., 100% American Security and Trust 5s, A. 2 iid. Washington Market Company ist, 6s, Washington Market Company" imp. 6s, "110 bi Washington Market Company ext. Gs, 107 bid. sonic Hall Association 5s, 105 bid. | Washingtoa s. 3s, 133 bid. " Chesapeake and Light Infantry Ist 6s, 101 bid. Washington Light Infantry 24 7s, 100 bid. National Wark Stocks. ttank of Wasblagion, 250 of the Rey ie, 2 20 ao neat asked. bid. Metropolitan, 280 Did, bid. Farmers and M. 137 bid, 150 asked. Citizens’, "135 bid. 135 bid, 145 asked. Capital, "118 bid. W 109 bid, 112 asked. ‘Traders’, 102 id, 11 Lincoln, 99 bid, 102 asked. Ohio, 80 bid, 95 Safe Deposit ‘and Trust Companies.—Navions centeale S09 roma, epoait and ‘Trust, 125 bid, 126 asked. Was Dopvand Trust, 121 bid, 122 asked. American Ss 7 Washington Georgetown, 265 itan, 65 bid. Cot sked. ' Eekington, 20 bid. town, 55 asked Gas and Electri ks. Washington Gas, 53 bid, town Gas, SU vid. U: ake Light, 135 bid, 140 asked. “Firemen’s, 33 bid. Franklin, 45 bid, 55 asked. Metropolitan, asked, Corcoran, 56 bid. Potomac, 69° bid, tsked. Arlington, "148. bid. vin, 16S. bid, 200 asked. sked. el Llocoln, St bid, 5% ask ‘Tithe Insurane bid, 116 asked. American Graphophone, un Carriage, 30 kod. Washington Market, 14 bid. 130 bid, 145 asked. Bull Run Panorama, 30 asked. Norfolk and Washington Steamboat, 90 bid. W: : 100 bid. Lincoln Hall, type, |190 bid, 205 asked. *Ex div. {Ex rights.