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THE EVENING STAR, THURSDAY, MAY 23, 1895-TWELVE PAGES. natural resources were still unimpaired, and upon that foundation you have con- structed, and are still constructing, a sys- tem of diversified industries and interstate and international commerce whieh, if not disturbed by unwise experiments in finan- cial legislation, must attract to your sec- tion of the country all the active capital and skilled labor necessary to make it the most prosperous part of the continent. “Your magnificent deposits of coal and iron, your fertile soil, adapted to the growth of cotton, sugar and many other prod which no other part of the country will yield, your unrivaled facilities for the man- ufacture of iron and steel, eotton goods, lumber, oil, furniture, and almost innu- merabie other articles which can be cheap- ly produced from the raw mater thin your limits, constitute the elements of a marvel growth and prosperity which nothing can prevent if the people of the South will continue to exhi! % . » spirit of conser ion to prince racterized them S neve n the past. nessed a grander than and fortitude here when a defeated people, without mon almost destitute of the and implements necessary ,téthe per! ance of manual labor, went uncompiain- ingly t rl tablish their social orde mercial relations and re their industrial sy and I am ling to believe that thi same people can now be so discouraged a tempor. siness depression, or 2 Is to their prejudices, that ort to new and hazar- the in dous exper with currency which ali their transactions must be con- ducted. An Attempt Often Tried. “The attempt to cein the two metal: said the Secretary, “without the limit as to the amount, into full legal tender money and keep both in circulation at the same time has been made by nearly every civil- ized netion and has failed in every one of them. Ovr country is not without expe- rience upon this subject and the results here just the same as everywhere else. “The act providing for the purchase of silver bullion and the issue of legal tend treasury notes in paymert for it was pa: ed on the Hith day of July, 1890, and th purchasing clause of t act was repal- ed November 1, 1893. While it remained in force, United States treasury notes re fssued to the amount of $155,931,002, and there were many people who believed that this was making a material and permanent addition to the volume of our currency; but the ojficial records show that during the same time the net exports of gold from this country amounted to $103,419,191, so that the real addition to our circulation ac- complished by the issue of nearly $156,000,- 000 of new notes was about fifty-two and a half million dollars during a period of more than three years. The mere appre- hension that the government would not be to maintain the parity of the two under the policy inaugurated by not only discredited the .new treasu’ notes themselves, but the whole volume of our currency, and gold went out about as fast as the new notes came In. “Free coinage would absolutely give us a depreciated and fluctuating currency, and able metals that act, the question is whether the producers of exportable articles will be benefited by such result. The character of value of in use in the producing coun- affect the price of the article abroad to any extent whatever. But if our monetary system were so changed that it would require two dollars to purchase here what one dollar will purchase now the ex- chanze with foreign countries would be double, making us pay twice as much in our money as now, while the foreigner would pay only half as much in his money for the same number of dollars as he pays Furthermore, the exchange would be constantly in a state of fluctuation, just as it has been between Great Britain and India on account of the changes in the prices of silver from day to day, and the American producer would be compeiled to pay for the risk taken on account of the fluctua- tions by receiving a less price for his pro- duets. the currence try does no serticn that the fall in prices since 187 is due to the appreciation of sld alone is based upon the assumption that the relations between supply and de- mand have net changed. * * * This sumption i: so inconsistent Known economic and historic facts that it seems scarcely worth while io give serious consideration.” Increase in Wages, The Secretary then reviewed the re- searches of the Senate committees in 1S, 1802 and IS0%, on the course of prices and ages f labor for as long a period as au- thentic records would embrace. The in- vestigation covered a period of fifty-two years, end embraced all the occupations in which the American pecple were engaged, and the fact was unanimously found that, although years had elapsed since si lation, the wag an in 1872 or is) Waxes were r cent higher than in 1860, a i years before the silver legislation and more than 8 per cent higher than in 1873, when that legis- lation was adopted. ‘The ar: ont that the reduction of prices is due to the appreciation of gold, and that the silver le tion has produced a scar- city of metallic money, are assumptions not justified. There is now more gold and silver in > as full legal tender money fore. The gold in use amounts , the full legal tender silver 860,000, and the Hmited Mgal ten- der silver to $619,900,009. Mi cy Per Capita. attach yery little importance to the rgument, because the amount of cvrrency required in a country depends ainly upon the volume of business to be ed and the customs of the people in conducting their exchanges, and not at all upon the number of men, women and children residing in it, but, as there are a great many who believe that the circulation should 1 it may be worth while production of gold alone in 1 regulated by the census returns to state that th W—-and it is much larger now—was nearly half tim: ater than the average production of gold and silver both during the which closed with the year 18). “Otic in the x the stoc capita al monet statistics show that tandard countries of the world s of money are much larger per than in the silv ndard_ coun- ¢Taking the and the siiver-standard countries, it appears tha n ISd4 the s of money in the United States was capita, in the United Kingdom near- nd in’Germany nearly $19, while in the per capita was $4 and Finland 38.32, and in China’ $3.26, tries use large amounts but the silver-standard ries use no gold as money, and can- not do so for the reasons I have already i to explain. ecretary then reviewed at length uments of his recent Covington ch on the question of national dishon- esty in attempting to place a de] ated currenc and in conclusion said, so far » volume of our curr : ave an ses, but is not pro} conce ample supply for under the ex- ly distribu to stic requirements of busine ds of the year. The Uni id_go entirely out of the bar ™ lsory issues of notes an opportunity y based up and affor to supply their n their means and ecrejit. thus enebling every communit to utilize its resources when necessary and i he cireulation from time to time sal nds of legitimate com- OF THE GOVE DISTRES NYVENY. ag Salish fleok in Marquis s ive ex-pr addre of the Primre ague | sradford, drew a gloomy 4 of the outlock for the country. He at- tributed the st tion of capital to the di of t! sent government. He that th sullen ranks of half- starved al who, if the unemployed capital be i ed, would enjoy an unre- stricted a happy honre. But be:ween rflowing coffers and the micle ( ord S. Marquis of Sali: fs is untrue. News (liberal) that Sir | Neustria, Mai LATE NEWS BY WIRE|>'SEASED MEAT Claim of Colombia to the Mosquito Coast. SSE ANOTHER CENTRAL AMERICAN DISPUTE Collecting a Forced Loan of a Million. Bosna GENERAL REY HONORED pera of the Associated Pi (Copy is . by the Associated Pre COLON, Co.ombia, May W ly cabled to the Associated Press today, the government of Colombia is preparing to set forth in ail the claims of this re- the Mosquito territory, The claims of Colombia are based upon rights contained in old Spanish documents and in titles, believed to ‘that country. Gen. Ren. secretary of the Colombian legation at Washington, who has been fight- ing for the government against the rebels in the interior, ~ left here to- day, on board the steamsh‘p City of Para, ; will take this correspondence to New York. Gen. Renjifo is returning to Washington for the purpose of resuming position, peace having been restored throughout the republic, and it is believed that he will present to the State Depart- ment at Washington the views of the Co- lombian government regarding the Mos- quito cerritor, Colombia's Claim. In brief, Colombia bases her claims on the following facts: Under a royal order of the King of Spain in 180% his majesty annexed the Mosquito coast to Santa Fe Di Bogota, and when Colembia gained her independence, in 1510, she became the rightful possessor of the Mosquito coast, assigned to her by the principles of uti possidetis, “as you pos- sess” (the basis or principle of a treaty ch leaves the belligerents mutually in ssion of what they acquire by arms the war), and exercised dominion over that territory up to 1824. Even in the treaty between Colombia and the Ce tral American states the former did not re- linquish her claim to the Mosquio territory. Peace having been restored the Colom- bian government is busily occupied in col- lecting a forced loan of $1,000,000 to cover the expenses of the late political troubles and go prepare for emergencies. General Reyes, the Colombian com- mander who put down the insurrection, has been presented with a laurel wreath and a gold medal by the ladies of Medellin 4 at Bogota the municipal council ed a triumphal arch under which he assed when he entered that city in triumph. The municipality of Bogota also presented General Reyes with a gold medal. during es TO LABELS. RIGHT: Substance of the Decision by Judge Lacombe. NEW YORK, May 23.—Proprietary right in the style of label or package adopted by a manufacturer is in a measure affirmed in a decision which was handed down by Judge Lacombe in the United States cir- cuit court today The case in question is that of C. Garcia Cuervo against a cigar company. The plain- | tiff some time ago procured a temporary injunction against the defendant because the cigar company put up its cigars in box- es ornamented with labels so closely re- sembling the trade-mark which designated the comy ant’s goods that it was diffi- cult to find any variance between them. After being enjoined the defendants search- ed the stock of certain lithographers, who get up designs, and selected labels’ with many points of differences, but resembling them in the general make up. Judge Lacombe says that in spite of ail- davits to the contrary it is his opinion that the defendants still sought to deceive. He adds: “It is apparently so easy for one who honestly wishes to sell his own goods, as 3 them in such a way that may he recognized as his own, that en he offers them to the public in a ess sufliciently like his neighbor's as to average consumer, courts st his notions to be what ate."” eS SIGNS OF BETTER TIMES. his own, to di the his actions ini Improvement in the Steel and Iron Industry. NEW YORK, May 23.—The Iron Age to- day say The improvement has now spread to practically every section of the country and to every department, with few exceptions. The consumption is growing and the demand is certainly very much better, buyers having given up re- sistance. Unless some fatality throws back the iron trade, the balance of this year promises to be quite good. ‘Thus far only very few eastern concerns f the initiative of the west in & wages, simply because the im- nt in prices is just beginning to ach them. ‘The soft steel market is up, with little material available for July delivery. The el rail trade is in better shape, although current reports are exaggerated. The wire industry is quite active. There has been a sharp advance in all nails. In the foundry iron business there has been quite some activity in the west and have follow advanci a very decided hardening in the eagt. ee GEN. SCHOFLELD SUGGESTED. It in Asse ‘That He Will Be a Presidential Candidate. ATLANTA, Ga., May 23.—A special rep- resentative of the Journal) sent to Houston to report the confederate reunion wires the Journal that the visit of Gen. Schofield has developed a political sensation. It is stated Houston that Gen. Scho- field will be a candidate for President, and that his visit first to the military encamp- ment at Memphis and then his going to the confederate reunion at Houston is all in the interest of his candidacy. Gen. Wheeler and Joe Johnston, free silver leaders in Alabama, are said to have plan- ned this affair. It is expected to be a scheme to capture the soldiers’ vote and to result in € Schofield’s nomination on a free silver ticket. All this is denied by Gen. Schofield, but the talk in Houston has beccme open and believed that Speaker Crisp re- shotield when he alluded ern man with a war record.” —_—___=___ 2 WORKS BURY Over $100,000 Loss by Fire at Caum- ize, Mass. Mass., May 23.—-The plant > Works, corner of Maine s destroyed by is morning. The ps, and ‘he MPRIL of the Dame o'clock t covered one and a half a consisted mostly of wooden building: ated at $125,000, with a urance. S firms near so sustained conside SED HER. Miss Conners Charges Thes., Collins With Assn Annie Conners, a pretty seventeen-year- old girl, who lives with her father at 469 New York avenue northwest, was on the witness stand in the Police Court this af- ternoon, and complained against ‘Thomas Collins for an alieged assault. Ocean Stenmships Arrive. NEW YORK, May 2%.--Arrived, steamers Hamburg; Trave, Bremen. 2 ee Genz Sentenced to De JERSEY CITY, N.J., May 23 was today sentenced to be hanged July 25 for the murder of Clara Arnheim {n Hobo- ken about a year ago. h. aul Genz The Authorities Powerless to Prevent Its Domestic Sale. Congress Declined to Give Secretary Morton Authority to Destroy It Despite His Appeals. Seeretary of Agriculture Morton and Dr. Salmon, chief of the bureau of animal in- dustry, are very much exercised over the attack made on the effectiveness of the meat inspection now carried on under the act of iS). The inspection provided for under the act was to meet the demands of foreign governments to which our meat was exported, but the authorjgy given the Secretar; as insufficient, and Mr. Mor- ton has tried in every way to induce Con- gress io cure the defects. The truth has been that while the inspection separated the healthy frora the diseased meat and prevented the export of the latter, the Secretary was not clothed with the power to compel the destruction of condemned meat, and this could be sold in the domes- lic markets. If the legislatures of the states had taken steps’ to co-operate with the department by providing for the de- struction of carcasses condemned by the federal inspectors, the inspection would been rendered effective. But this was not done and the Secretary appealed to Congress. Last December, while the agri- cudtural appropriation bill was under con- sideration, he drew up an amendment to the inspection act, and urged Senator George and cthers to incorporate it in the bill, In his letter to Senator George he said “At present, condemned animals, preclud- ed from interstate or foreign trade, are put upon the market where the condemna- tion is made. When a swine carcass is found to be alive with trichinae, it can- not be sold to go into another *state nor for export. But it can be put upon the market where it is killed.”” Criticigms That Are Unjust. The amendment the Secretary prepared empowered him to “cause all carcasses which have been inspected, and for any hygienic or other reasons condemned to be tanked, rendered or otherwise disposed of in a way that shall effectually prevenj the sale of the same for human food,” pro- vided a penalty of $1,000 for violation of the law. The amendment was accepted in a greatly modified form. It does not go as far as the Secretary desired, but may sub- serve his purpose. The amendment, ho} ever, does not go into effect until July 1. Meantime, however, the department ob- jects strenuously to the intimations thrown out that the inspection, as at present con- ducted, in_no wise protects domestic con- sumers. The Secretary, without the defi- nite authority of law, insists that he has accomplished much. In the first place, he has compelled all persons having abattoirs, applying for inspection, to sign a written agreement to abide by the regulations of the department and tank all carcasses of cattle, sheep and swine, condemned, e: cept for trichinosis in pork. Of the 000,000 car s inspected during the last fiscal year 4, cattle, 465 sheep and 12,110 hogs were tanked under agreements of this character, although the law did not speciil- cally compel their destruction. This pro- portion of the total number of carcasses examined may seem small, but it is held that it shoMld be borne in mind that ani- mals sent to market are generally in condi- tion for slaughter, and, further, that all animals on the hoof discovered to be sick are rejected and not even admitted to in- spection. Public Errors About Trichinae, With reference to trichinae in pork, Dr. Salmon says much public misapprehension exists. Swine are not microscopically ex- amined for trichinosis save such as are in- tended for export to Germany country that demands and exacts su examination. It is purely a commercial— not an hygientc—requirement. Other coun- tries do not require it and rely upon the people to see that pork is well cooked—the only sure method of avoiding trichinosis. Dr, Salmon frankly says that he doubts the expediency and effectiveness of a general microscopical examination fer trickinae in pork, The results of trichinosts inspections in Germany do not justify it. There are more cases of trichinosis among the people of Germany than 2uy other, and this is attributed directly to the fact that Germans, lulled into fancied security by the rigid inspection, eat mivci: of their pork raw or under done, where the people of other countries, appreciating the dangers from trichinae, habitually cook all pork thoroughly. - ———__+e +____ MUST BE IN APPROVED SCHOOLS. Instruction Given New York's Pres! tery Regarding Divinity Students. PITTSBURG, Pa, May 23.—The devo- tional services of the Presbyterian general acsembly, at the opening of the seventh day of its session, were conducted by Rev. Irvin M. Muldrow, a colored minister from Cheraw, S. C. The question of the relation of the stu- Gents of Unior: Seminary to the presbytery of New York came up on an overture from that body. A long opinion was read, and it was recommended that the presbytery of New York be instructed and enjoined not to receive students who are pursuing or who propose to pursue their studies in seminaries not approved by the general assembly. ‘This motion was carried by a large vote, and in announcing the result, Moderator Bcoth said that New York’ presbytery weuld note the instructions given by its superior authority, and would obey its or- ders. The opposition to this action was de- cided, but insufficient to affect the vote of the assembly. ‘The day of prayer for colleges was fixed for the second Sunday in January. Judge William H. Jessup then took the floor and read the report on systematic beneficence, summarizing the gifts of the church during the year to the various benevolent purposes of its missionary and other boards. He was followed by Dr. Rufus S. Green of Elmira, N. Y., secretary of the committce. 5 GUARDING THE MINES. ‘Trouble is Expected and Deputies Are Summone PITTSBURG, M —Serious trouble is expected on the Wheeling division of the Baltimore and Ohio road, and at the Turtle Creck mine. A large number of miners assembled at Willock station yesterday and marched to the mines of F. L. Robbins in a body, remaining there all night. As a result the mine is closed today and the miners ai out for the 69-cent rate. ‘The strikers today moved on to Snowden, where the mines of the Pittsburg and Chi- cago Gas Coal Company are located. Sher- if Richards was notified, and at once sent five deputy sheriffs there to prevent any ioting. A -meeting is arranged to be held at Turtle creck tonight to bring out the em- ployes of the New York and Cleveland Gas Coal Company, men who are working at ‘$ than the union rate. A force of deputies has been detailed to guard the and tect the men who are at ASTONISHED. _ SLE MR. CARL! Had No Idea of the Size of the Sc Money Movement. MEMPHIS, Tenn., May 23.—To an Asso- ciated Press reporter Secretary Carlisle this afternoon A orescon ninesiseo eriame ished at the magnitude of the sound money demonstration. the greatest confidence,” said he, 2 ultimate success of the sound y movement. he wave of silvi formidable proportions, about spent Itself 2: declin ad. ¢ sentiment reached but I think it has 2 Is already on the y own state the ctruggle is a hard and F have seldom scen such great ul interest In @ public question as is thera, and, in fact, throughout this I trust the go0d sense and judg- more vitally ce of a souad polley rnment, and none has greater promise of prosperity un- der sound, economic ceaditions.” O. H. Douney, of Albion, Ind., an acknowledged expert in mat- ters relating toadvertising, pro- nounces The Washington Even- ing Star one of the best six daily papers irithe United States for advertisérs’ use, because-= tousc his own Words--*because it comes nearer to covering its field entirelyAthan any other paper on earth.”” J i SEALING, INSTRUCTIONS Sent to Customs Officers in Regard to the Pelagic Cate istant Secretary Hamlin has issued special instructions. to customs officers in regard to the pelagic catch of fur seals, un- der the regulations of the Paris tribunal of arbitration. These officers are inform- ed that the masters of all vessels engaged in fur seal fisheries, whether licensed or unlicensed, must make entry of their catch at the custom house, and at the time of entry must file with the collector, duly verified by oath, the official log book, or a copy thereof, and in addition thereto must furnish under oath the further information required by the prescribed form, which torm must be duly filled out and filed on entry. Furthermore, each skin in the said catch shall be inspected at the time of entry by inspectors duly appointed for said purpose, as to number, sex, and mode of killing, and the result duly certified to the collector. If, on examination, a vessel appears: to have been engaged in fur seal fishing with- in the prohibited area without the pre- scribed license, entry will be refused, and the facts reported to the United States dis- trict attorney for proper action. As a guide to inspectors in examining skins, the collectors are provided with out- line sketches of male and female tur skins, in order to determine their sex. —_—__-e+____. STRONG FOR STEVENSON. ” Hill Says He is a Favorite With Ohio Silver Men. “Ike” Hill, who manipulated the mace in the House of Representatives during the last Congress, and gained much favor for keeping the members in order when great excitement prevailed, has arrived in the city. Col. Hill has just gotten through running a convention in his county in Ohio, and is confident that the free silver senti- ment will dominate the actions of the dem- ocrats throughout that state in the next presidential campaign. “Of the eighty-eight counties in Ohio,” said Col. Hill to a Star reporter’ this af- ternoon, “the republicans are thoroughly disorganized in all but about twenty coun- ties. ‘The republicans had a good laugh at the democrats in the Fifty:third Congress over the fights of all sorts of factions, but just wait till next winter and we will see the laugh on the other side. The re- publicans will be more badly torn by fac- tions than were the democrats. “I came to Washington by Way of Cin- cinnati,” continued Col, Hill, “and I talked with any number of Kentucky democ Judging from the wniversal sentiment, would advise every one to stake all his money on Blackturn. Carlisle will not be in the race, andywhat the administration sees fit to call ‘sqund money’ does not af- fect the people,,out; there in “he least. Blackburn in a, few, days will have the greatest ovation that Wwas ever given a man in Kentucky. 2 g_ouf :n Ohio think that is aout the best man in “The democrat Mai Stevenson regldency, bat they will wai awhile before showing their rands on that Tk ft sht for the questio ge BREAD Aj CBENT HIGHER. is The Price ix Put ‘Up by All Dealers and Reiatlers, 2 The price of btead, was increased 1 cent a loaf ail over ‘towni yesterday, the con- sumers who had! formerly: paid 4 ‘cents a loaf at retail beitig ¢hiled on for a, njckel. This was brought about, by the actign of the wholesale ba! increasing the whole- to 4 cents a loaf. Con- siderable indignation exi#ts amorig ¢onsum- ers over the increase in the Gost of food that constitutes the greater portion, of the daily fare of many; families,sand those ac- qvainted with such matters claim that the idea that bread cannot be made’ and dis- posed of at a handsomé profit at 3 cents a lcaf wholesale, when flour is at its present price, is ridiculous. A grocer, writing to The Star, says: “If you will take a general view of the flour question no good reason will appear for the increase in price of bread. For several years prior to the recent reduction in price of bread flour was phenomenally low—so low that many of the proprietors of bakeries accumulated fortunes out of their enormous profits and only reduced in consequence of the war waged by the friend of the people—The Evening Star. Now, the present rise in wheat is caused by the usual spring boom that occurs ever: year, and will subside within forty-tive days, when the new crop begins to eppear in the market, as the boss hakers well know, and, in view of the fact that they made such large profits unmolested so Icng, I think they can well stand the recent rise a few days longer. Moreover, does the ad- vance of seventy-five cents per barrel jus- tify them in charging the people an ad- vance of $2.40 per barrel, which the one cent per loaf will realize? I hope The Star will look into this matter in behalf of the poor of the District.” = THE COURTS. sale price from 3 Equity Court No. 1—Judge Cox. Walsh agt. Walsh; testimony before C. P. Myers, examiner, ordered taken. Fegan agt. Ganncn; auditor's report confirmed and distribation ordered. Smith agt. Bram- hall; commission to get testimony in Fred- erick city ordered taken. La Fetra agt. Hutchins; demurrer sustained and bill dis- missed. Anderson agt. Granite State Prov- ident Associaticn; rule on Jefendant, re- turnable May 28, granted. Cireuit Court, No. 1—Judge Bradley. Burns agt. Datsh; motion to vacate ver- dict. Woarms agt. Hammond; judgment for plaintiff on verdict. Scott Co. agt. Hoare et al.; judgment for defendant as verdict. Carlisle et al. agt. D. C.; judgment in certiorari. Wolf agt. D, do. Steele D. C.; do. Rich agt. D. C.; do. Rup- ;.do. Govern agt. D. C.; do. D.C.; do. Casilear agt. D.C. ;do. Brew. Co. agt. Nofsinger; default. National Marine judgment by Bank agt. Aiken; plaintiff allowed to with- draw original note on filing copy. Mary Mason agt. Leopold Luchs; on hearing. l S. agt. Jos. R. West et ‘al.; verdict for plaintiff against defendant West for $557.25 and for defendants Thompson and Webb. Dieudonne agt. Bradford et al.; judgment by default. Criminal Court No. 2—Judge Cole. U. S. agt. Hi Mason and George Price; housebreaking; verdict guilty, with recom: mendation to mercy, United States agt. George Washington and Emma Ford; re- sisting officer; verdigt not guilty. U. S agt. Hattie I rd, grag la defendant pleads guilty to peti sentence— jail ninety days. U. S. Leon W. Waters; embezzlément; verdict not guilty. Criminal Court No. 1—Judge McComas. U. S. agt. Wm: Wells; violating section 1151, R. S. U. S.; recognizance $2,000 taken, with Albert Carry, surety. Probate Court—Judge Hagner. Estate of Jas. G. Craighead; i fully proved. Estate of Mary Talburg; will filed and fully proved. Estate of Wm. E. Brown; will fully’ proved. Estate of Susan V. Smith; will partially proved. Estate of Wm. Scherger; will admitted to probate and letters testamentary issued to Eliza- beth Scherger and Chas. Kraemer; bond, $00, Estate of Jno. F. Cullinane, two caveats filed. Estate of Mary A. Evans; will admitted to probate and letters tes- tamentary issued to John Miller; bond, $100, Estate of Arthur F. Wilmarth; ad- ministratrix bonded. Estate of Chas. C. Mills; executor bonded. Estate of Annie Cc. Humer; inventory filed. Estate of Emily Dodge; final notice, naming Friday, June 21, 1895, for settling estate. EG Doers Alexandria Election. Today has been the quietest election ever held in Alexandria. No one would suppose it was election day unless told so. Up to 2 o'clock only 1,200 votes had been cast. This is an unusually small vote. But it is expected from present indications that the entire democratic ticket will be elected. ENTERING A HOUSE Judge Cole Defines the Authority of a Policeman. Officer Hanley Exceeded His Powers In a Recent Case—Taken From the Jury. Judge Cole, in Criminal Court No. 2, to- day rendered an opinion respecting the right of policemen to enter houses without a warrant, of vast importance and interest both to the force and to the public. George Washington, an elderly colored man, and Emma Ford, a colored woman with whom he was living as man and wife. were placed on trial, charged with resisting and assaulting Policeman Hanley on the th instant, while the officer was in the lawful discharge of his duti, It appeared from the evidence submitted by the gov- ernment that the woman was disorderly cn the day in question, and dared the officer to come into her house. ‘The policeman pursued her, threw open the ciosed door of the house, and attempted to arrest the woman, when, he asserted, Washington and the woman turned upon him anjl se- verely beat him. Washington, however, testified that the policeman broke open the closed door and Struck the woman over the head with his club. When he remonstrated, stated Wash- ington, the officer turned upon him, beat- ing him with his club and attempting to shoot him. To defend his own life, ex- plained the old man, he picked up a heavy cane and struck the policeman several blows. At this point Judge Cole interrupted, stating that the trial should go no further. The evidence tending to show that the wo- man had been guilty of even a misde- meanor was very slight, he said, and he was clearly of the opinion that the officer had exceeded his authority in forcing his way into the house without a warrant. It Was a well-settled rule of law, explained Judge Cole, that a policeman has the right to enter a house without a warrant only in case of felony, of.imminent breach of the peace or the reception of stdlen goods, and admittance into the house must, however, be first asked and refused. While the defendants in the present case might have used more force than was necessary, it was not altogether certain that the officer had not used more than the required force. But the charge, after all, stated Judge Cole, was resisting an officer while he was in the discharge of lawful duty, and as the officer was not so en- gaged when he forced open the door of the house, the charge could not be sustained. “Therefore, gentlemen of the jury,” said Judge Cole, in conclusion, “you will return a verdict of not guilty.” That was done, and as there was no other charge against the old man and the woman, they were discharged from custody,the old man’s cane being restored to him. RAIDED BY RIFFS. Bold Piracy Committed in the Medi- terranean Sen. Piracy in the Mediterranean, almost with- in sight of Gibraltar, is so unusual as to lead United States Consul Sprague at Gib- raltar to transmit to the State Depart- ment an account of the experience of the Dutch brigantine Anna off the Riff coast on April 28. The vessel, laden with oil, was becalmed about seven miles off shore when a boat approached, manned by seven or eight savage-looking moors, stripped to the waist, with their heads shaved all except a long tuft of hair on top, and armed with breech-loading rifles and long knives. They hailed the Anza and ordered the captain to iower sail. Upon his refusal they began firing and then boarded the ship. The crew ted desperately, but having no fire- =. sve une revolver, they were over- The captain was mortally wound- 1 that night, and the mate, after ed and d felling one pirate with a crowbar, was shot and wounded i four places. The pirates arried off everything movable, even the rabin doors, and left the ship without lights or com: ses to be worked with great difficulty by the crew ‘to Gibraltar. | The affair has created a stir at Gibraltar, where it is held that such outrages almost within sight of Europe are a slur upon civilization, and the Dutch government is investigating the matter. a DISTRICT GOVERNMENT. Would Have to Be Acquired. President Clarke of the Washington and Great Falls Railroad Company had a hear- ing before the Commissioners this morning, and presented a plan showing the tracks of his road on the north side of Prospect avenue extended, and requested the same to be approved. The Commissioners stated that they had no right to give the company the right to run on that street, as there was no authority of Congress for it, and that the route would have to be acquired by purchase. Entered a Protest. General Manager F. P. House of the Rapit Transit Messenger service called upon the Commissioners this afternoon and entered a protest against the action of the Commissioners in ordering all messenger call boxes out of houses of ill-fame. => Quick Work. Detectives Horne and Weedon did a quick piece of detective work today, and Tailor Jcseph Rosenbaum of 1309 H street thinks they are “two of the finest.” The tailor's shop was entered between 2 and 3 o'clock this morning and robbed of a quantity of clothing. He called at police headquarters this morning and entered his complaint, and before he had left the office the officors had gone out and arrested the ai‘eged bur- glar. The party arrested was a coloced boy named Clarence Stevens, and the offi- cers found him almost in front of head- quarters, going to a second-hand store with scme of the clothing on his arm. The prisoner put in some coal at the tallor shop yesterday, and was seen exam- ining the shutters. The shutters he was seen examining were found cut this morss ing. Stevens, who says he lives in Rich mond, was locked up for a hearing tomor- row. a ‘Transfers of Re: ntate. Deeds in fee haye been filed as follows: Wm. E. Edmonston and W. Henry Walker, trustees, to Robert S. Scammell, lot 3, bik. 16, South Brookland; $450. Ann M. Moxley Walter P. Dean to Marie E. Dean, lot 116, sq. 555; $6,500, Jno. F. Hurst et ux. to the American University, pt. of St. Philip and Jacob and Friendship; $. Chas. T. Hughes to Jas. K. Mock, lot 70, blk. 2, West _Ecking. ton; $10. Jno. C. Hurst to Poynton W. Mu son, lots 5 and 6, bik. 2, White Haven; $10. Daniel Birtwell et ux. to Ernest A. A. Dunn, lot 50, sq. $10. Mary A. ell to Catherine Walsh, part original Jot 437; $1,025. Jas. F. Hood and Jos. F. Batch- elder, ‘trustees, to Kimetia E. Barber, lot 12 to 131, sq. 1008; $10. Esther A. Keyser et al. to Chas. W. King and Geo. E. Em mons, lot_14, res. 11; $18,000. Lewis ‘T. Lewis to Ora L. Pitney and Benj. B. Brad- ford, part lots 16 and 17, sq. 241; 319. Edw. J. O'Hare to Jno. W. Pilling, same prop- erty; $10. Ora L. Pitney et ux. et al. to same, Same property; $10. Robert A. Phil- lips et ux. to Jos. G. and Malvina T, Bush, lots 14 and 15, sq. 1021; $10. Chas. H. Tier- ney to Jas. H. Noonan, part lot 10, s se ———— Marringe Licenses. Marriage licenses were issued today to the following: William Montgomery and Alice Wright; Edward Jackson and Char- lotte Ann Washington; Frank Ramsey and Minnie Woodley; Lewis Howard and Mar- garet Bones; Anson Bowser and Avey Mitchell; Henry Smith and Sophia Eads; James Chatman and Susie Thomas; Will- jam Tasker and Ida Washington; John Hillery and Helen Brown; Jonn E. Ford and Maria J.gfall; Charlie Zell and Barbrie Fisher; Charles Burnett and Mary Wood- land; Frank Harvey and Mary Harring- ton; Frank Campbell and Susan Thomas; Reuben C. Jefferson and Rose E. Gordon; George Harris and Julia Times; Robert Stokes and Jennie Brown; W. Henry Brown and M. Veatrice Smith; Samuel Briggs and Gertrude Buckner; Phil Cooper and Rosie Taylor; John Young and Ella E. Hawkins; Solomon Duffy and Elizabeth ‘Addison; Peter Humphrey and Leeanna Toyer; Henry Carroll and Mary Williams; John Sommers and Harriet Chatman Moses Winslow and Jennie Thompson: William Bryant and Eugenia E. Pleasant. to Harry S. Haight, pt. lot 12, sq. 498; $250. | 4 FINANCE AND TRADE Another Lot of Buying Orders From London. A HIGHER RANGE OF VALUES FOLLOWS oe Bears Use Damaged Crops as a Factor. GENERAL MARKET REPORTS Special Dispatch to The Evening Star, NEW YORK, May 23.—The success of London's settlements being assured, today’s cables from that center brought a moderate supply of commissions to the local repre- sentatives of foreign houses, and estab- ished a higher range of values for all in- ternational issues. The damage to growing crops reflected with reliable accuracy in the steadily advancing tendency of the wheat market was used=by tradcrs in rebuttal of the more favorable features of the*specu- lative situation. Stocks were sold rather freely by the roo! element, under the leadership of pronfinent bear operators, but these ef- forts were attended with but small success. The volume of business was restricted and all offerings were quickly absorbed. Not- withstanding the plentiful supply of near- ly all classes of securities, the street is unwilling to engage in any important ope- rations on the short side of the market. The market for foreign exchange was distinctly easier in tone this morning, with rates fully 1-32 below those prevailing yesterday. This improvement was attrib- uted to renewed buying for European a count, as there were no significant changes in general conditions, The industrial list attracted the bulk of the day's trading, prices suffering in proportion to the vol- ume of business. Sugar opened strong at 11s, but yielded to liberal and frequent sales for a decline of 2 per cent. At the low level purchases for both ac- counts were noted, and the price advanced during the early afterroon to the opening level. The destruction of the small-fruit crop by frosts is said to have been so gen- eral as to materially reduce the anticipated profits of this company. These statements are variously construed, but what is perhaps the best construction is that whatever the decrease in revendes may be, the dividend capacity of the prop- erty will be unimpared. Distillers was weak on early selling,which culminated with a 11-4 per cent decline in the price of the stock. Long stock has been extensively marketed during the last few days and.on this account sentiment is less hopeful than heretofore. Chicago Gas was marked up fractionally on the announcement that a new frontage bill had been successfully passed in the lower house of the Illinois assembly. The new bill is almost identical with the one recently vetoed, the important change being a provision requiring the consent of 51 per cent of the property holders per ile instead of per block, as in the pre- vious bill. , A reaction in the wheat market during the afternoon had a_ beneficial influence on the market for the Granger shares, prices being marked up on buying for both | accounts. The street is inclined to favor the idea that the short interest in the grain market is entitled to the bulk of the credit for the recent advance in wheat and that the condition of the crops has been exag- gerated. While speculation shows unmis- takable signs of hesitancy, it is probable that any activity at the present level, ex- cept for certain specialties, will be in the direction of improvement. —_—._—_. 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. Hich. American Sugar. Ms 1183 American Sugar Wig 99K American ‘onaceo. American Cotton 0} ‘Atehison.. Canada Southern. Canada Pacitte. Chesapeake and Ohio.. Co. Cu C. and St. Le...s 0, B. and Q” Chic.and Northwestern, Chicago Gas. 5 C..M.and St. Paul. 2.222 C.. M. and St. Pau! Pfd. Chic.. R.I. and Pacific... Del.. Lack. and W...... Delaware and Hudson... Den. and R. Grande Pfd Dis.and Cattle Feeding. General Electric. Ulinois Central. Lake Shore. Erie. Louis 3 Long Island Traction... Metropolitan Traction... Manhattan Elevated... Michigan Central Missouri Pacific National Lead Ci 8. Cordage Co. - Cor an Northern Pacific. : Northern Pacitle Pid... 19° 19%, 18% 19 North American Se 6 53 (8% ‘Ont. and Western...... 19 184 18% Pacific Mail, 26% 12655 26%) Phila. and Ki Dy 1S 19K Pullman Pal. Car G Southern Railway Phila, Traction. ‘Texas Pacific, ‘Tenn. Coal and Irv: Union Pacific, Wabash... 8? 2 Wabash Prd: 19% 195, 1936 Wheeling and i Erie) 14 1414144, Wheeling and L.E.Pfd, 46%, 46% 454% 45% Western Uuton Tel... 923; 925, 924, 925, Wisconsin Central oN Silver, Washington Stock Exchange. Sales—regular call—12__ o'clock _m,—Metropolitan Railroad $5, $1,000 at 105%. Belt Railroad 5 $1,000 at 87." U.S. Electric Light, American Graphophone, 100 at Washington Loin and Trust, 2 at 121; Governi bid, 113 hy asked. 5s, 115%) bid. District ar fund Ss, 106 Did. 30- Water stock Water sto unding, currency, 11 100 bid. = ‘on and George- bid, 140 asked. Mis cella: town Railroa Washington ani 130 bid, 140 asked 4 bid, 14 S74, asFed. asked. Columbia It Washing! Washington d Ss, 103% i0 ‘bid, 1 Company siington_¢ 1S asked. U.S. Chesapeake 05's asked. : Poa 100 bid. Am; is, 100 “bid. 110 bid 110. id. ‘Trust Market s 3 imp. ext. , 105 bid, bid, 103. asl 100 Di Stocks, Mail Light Infantry Washington Light Masonte Beanie of Washi jectrie Li Insurance 44 Did. Metropolitan, Arlington, 145 bid, 165 bid, asked, asked. is ple’s, asked. ‘Title Thsur: 116 asked. Title, 8 asked. By bid, “ 41, bid, stocks. Rt Columbia Title, Dis id, 8 asked. ttle, 11 bid, asked. slephone Stocks.—Pennsyly 37 bid. Chesa- peake and Pot 57 id, 58 aske Ameri Ble asked. Preumatic Gua .27 asked. Washington M 135 bid, 145 as na, 20 asked. | Norfolk and Washingt . 9 bid. Lincoln Hall, 7 jer Linotype, 1196 bld, 200 asked. rights. —_—.__ Raltimore Markets. BALTIMORE, May 23.-Flour streng, 25 cents ¢ } fie! 10s | higher—western super, 2.8503.00; do. extra, 3.25a 3.75; do. family, 3.85a4.20; winter wheat patent, 4.2524.50; spring do., 4.85a4.90: Pwheat straight, 4.15a4.: receiptr, 16,681 barrels; ship- ments, 1,241 barrels: sales,’ 3,250 barrels. "Wheat unsettled—spot, month and June, 82 asked; July and August, " 82%a82%: September, S2%aS34; steamer No. 2 red, 79 asked—receipts, 25,30 els; stock, 532,819 bushels; sales,é 1 southern wheat by sample, 81a! a 80a83._ Corn strong—epot, 60%160%; month, G02 June, Gly asked; August, 6034 bid—recelpts, 56,904 bushels; stock, ashels: sales, 24,000.” bushels; souzhern white corn, 60% yellow, 61. Oats finn. 2 white western, 3714038; No. 2 ve Inactive —No. 2, 63—stock, 10,877 steady—zood to’ choice timothy, $13.002814.00. Grain freights quiet, unchanged. Sugar firm, unchanged. Butter firm—faney cream- £35, 180195 (do. Imitation, 14n15; do, ladle, 12a13; od Ta 0a11; store packed, 8al0. Eggs firm— fresh, 1243. Cheese quiet, unchanged. ri bushels. “Hay Grain and Cotton Markets. Cotton and grain markets, reported by W. B. Hibbs, stock, grain and co’ Droker, 1431 F st. GRAIN. High. Low en i Wheat—July. pt Ribs—huy, Sept: Month. Washington Grain Market. Reported by the Grain Exchange. nz flour, per barrel, 4.75a5.00; spring r, per barrel, 4.25a4.50; winter patent per batrel, 4.50a4.75; winter straight flour, per barrel, 4.00a4.25; winter extra flour, = barrel, 3.50ai clipped White oats, per bushel, 38% . 2 white oats, per bushel, 37420: 0. 2 nixed oats, per bushel, ¥ 2 yellow corn, ber bushel, G0a61; No, per bush G0aG1; No. 1 timothy’ hay, per ton,” 13.7514.00 No. 2 timothy hay, “per ‘tom, 11.50112.50; No. 1 mixed hay, per ton,’ 12.0013.00; No. 1 clover hay, per_ton, .00210.00 per ton, 13.50 14.50; bulk bran, per ton, 00a18.00; bulk mid- lings, per ton, '17.00a18.00; rye straw, per ton, 13.50a14.00; wheat straw, per ton, 6.00. The above quotations for car lots delivered on track, Washington, EXCITEMENT IN WHEAT. It Touehed Eighty-One and Many Look for a Dollar. CHICAGO, May 23.—Wheat started with a wild lunge for the dollar mark today, tcuching 81 cents for the July option bafore 9:30 o'clock. The immediate cause of the bulge was the condition of foreign markets. Liver- pool was reported as plunging madly about 5 cents above yesterday's price, and other European markets were almost as radically strong. The bell Fang and its report was drown- ed in a roar from the pit that filled the great room until it seemed that sound was coming from every side of the apart- ment. The deafening howl apparently came no more from the wheat pit thaa from the furthermost corner of the ceiling. The eyes of the visitors stood out. and very many women leaned forward with gaze riveted on the wheat pit, were the wita- est excitement prevailed. Bareheaded and with perspiring, excited faces the crowd of traders pushed, shoved and struggled in the slanted inelcsure, filling back and forth across the bottom of the pit and up on the steps like caged wild beasts. The untrained ear could not detect a sin- gle intelligible sound, but the “bears heard all too plain 80 to 80 1-2 bid for July wheat, which closed last night at 77 1-4 cents. J. C. Schwartz, who has been a sensa- tional plunger in corn and wheat for a ye failed to respond to margin calls to- day upon him yesterday, and did not pay his debit balance in the clearing house. ———_—_—_ OLD BAILEY CROWDED. Great Public Interest in the Oscar Wilde Trial. LONDON, May 23.—The Old Bailey court was again crowded today when the trial of Oscar Wilde was resumed. Wilde en- tered the court room looking haggard, and stood for some time at the foot of the jury box conversing with the Rey. Stewart Headiam, one of his bondsmen. They were joined later on by Lord Doug- las of Hawick, whose eye is still discolor- ed as a result of his encounter with bis father, the Marquis of Queensberry, in Piccadilly. The Marquis of Queensberry was also in court, looking jaunty and <oa- fident. He watched Wilde closely and paid great attention to the evidence. Wilde, it was noticed, carefully avoided the gaze of the marquis. Wilde, Lord Douglas and the Rev. Stewart Headlam remained in earnest conversation until the judge took his seat. They listened attentively to all the testi- mony furnished, evidently weighing every word uttered as tudiously as counsel on both sides. The earnest conversation of the trio was an incident which attarcted much attention and was considerably commented upon. At the conclusion of today’s pro- ceedings the trial was adjourned until tc- morrow. — THE HOWGATE TRIAL. It Has Been Set for Early Next Month. By an agreement between District Attor- ney Birney and counsel for Henry W. Howgate, the trial of the latter was set down this afternoon for the 6th of June. The trial will take place before Judge Mc- Comas, before whom the defendant was tried last February, which trial resulted in a verdict of not guilty. The coming trial, it is understood, will be upon two indict- ments, charging Howgate with forgery and with falsifying accounts in connection with an account of $4,000 with the Americ. Union Telegraph Company. The trial last winter occupied the greater part of a month, but the one next month will not, it is thought, occupy more than a week's time. Upon the conclusion of the coming How- gate trial Mr. Birney expects to call up for trial the case of Broker Elverton R. Chap- man, one of the indicted contumacious su- gar trust witnesses. In the event of the conviction of Mr. Chapman the case wiil, it is sai be carried to the ited States Supreme Court, In which event the cases against Messrs. Havemyer, Searles, Ma- eartney, Shriver and Edwards, the other indicted sugar trust witnesses, will not be called for trial untjl the Supreme Court has passed upon the Chapman case. —>—_—__— ORDERED IT CLOSED. Result of a Police Inquiry Concer ing an Investment Company. A young man named H. W. Gore, who lives in Hyattsville, called at police head- quarters yesterday at the request of In- spector Hollinberger, and was asked to ex- plain a complaint made against him by Mrs. H. L. Kies of 650 East Church street, Elmira, N. Y. The complaint received by mail was that Mrs, Kies had inv in what is known as the Washing- Building, Loan and Inyestment Co h headquarters at 622 F str The name of Gore appeared in the letter as the man who was conducting the company and Mrs. Kies complained that she had been unable to make her payments, because she did not know to whom t the mone: She had concluded that as her policy me tures in a short while it was desirable that it should lapse, and as She was anxious not to lose her money she said in her letter that she had communicated with Gore, but had not received an answer and requested that the police make an investigation. in conversation with Inspector Hoilitbe ger Gore admitted that there were no o: ors of the company, he being its only { representative. Inspector Hollinberger = the place of bu s money tor ordered him to Ss so far as thi ned, and Gore con. A Polo Ga | Chase team and a team representing ‘A of Fort Myer. As this is the Cos: troop, and its members are so tho at home on horseback, the cri team of the Chevy Chase Club will have work to defeat them. The Fort Myer team will be made up from Lieut. W. C. Short and Privates White, Wyant and ‘y. The Chevy Chase team will consist ef H. F. Earle, Lewis Earle and David Porter. A very close and exciting ga! is looked fgg by the admirers of both teams.