Evening Star Newspaper, May 25, 1895, Page 2

2 THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, MAY 25, 1895—TWENTY PAGES. LATE NEWS BY WIRE Two Men Lynched for Fear They Might Be Pardoned. SENSATIONAL SCENE IN ILLINOIS John Halls and William Royce Taken From Jail. —_+ BOOKWALTER’S APPEAL eee DANVILLE, UL, May 25.—John Halls, jr, and William Royce, two young men of unsavory reputation, who assaulted Miss Laura Barnett and Miss Lillian Draper, were hanged to the Gilbert street bridge, the scene of their crime, at 3:30 a.m. today, just as the first streaks of daylight were seen in the east: Shortly after midnight a mob of farmers attacked the Vermillion county jail and demanded that Hall and Royce be given up to them. Sheriff Thompson, his wife and Deputy Sheriff Sloan besought the men to depart. KF. Barnett, the father of the in- jured girl, said to Mrs. Thompson, “Mad- ame, you never had a daughter outraged, and her blood demands vengeance.” His reply was wildly applauded. By this time a railroad tie was secured, and with three blows the outer door was battered in, the besiegers thronged in and commenced work on the inner door. From midnight, when the crowd first made its appearance at the jail doors, until the victims were reached, it was the deter- mined, desperate struggle of a frenzied mob to mete summary justice, battling against heavy oaken doors and iron bars, and occasionally halted by the grim stand of a little band of defenders of law and order under the command of Sheriff ‘Thompson. Judge Bookwalter’s Appeal. At 2 o’clock Sheriff Thompson sent for Judge Bookwalter of the circuit court, who addressed the crowd from the jail corridor. He made an earnest, eloquent plea to let the law take its course and not bring dis- grace on Vermillion county by the first lynching in its history. He assured the men that Halls and Royce would receive a severe punishment if found guilty; that the trial jury would do its duty. At first his words produced a telling effect, but the leaders, who are among the most prominent men in the county, finally re- plied, “Yes, we know the jury will convict them, and give them a severe sentence, but Goy, Altgeld will pardon them out. He recently pardoned three rapists you sent up from Champaign county for twenty years, and will pardon these men. If any other man than Altgeld was governor we would not lynch these men, but we are determined a will never have a chance to turn them Joos With these words they again commenced work on the doors. Finally Royce was located, crouched and ebivering with fear. His cell door was quickly battered down. A score of hands dragged him unceremoniously from his hid- ing place, underneath the wooden bench which serves prisorers as the bed. Half dragged and half pushed, he was hustled into the dining room and seated on the table. A rope was placed over his head, and while part of the mob kept close guard over him the others continued the search for Halls, until he was discovered in a other and more remote portion of the jail. The Lynching. On the way to the bridge from the jail, @ procession was formed, taking the boys through Main street. Halls and Royce both walked with a firm step, with a rope around their necks. Royce wanted to see his fa- ther, and a delay followed. His father did not come. Halls said he was not ashamed of what he had done. They would not jump, and they were both thrown over the bridge railing at 3:45. They dropped thirty feet and death, followed, both ex- piring in fearful convulsions. Their faces were not covered. They hung side by side on_the east railing. The men were hanged to the Gilbert street bridge, the scene of their crime, ut 30 a.m. The mob was composed of a thousand people, mostly farmers from near the vil- lage of Indianola,where Miss Barnett lived. in the jail before being taken out both boys protested their innocence, although they had been identified by Miss Barnett’s companion yesterday at the jail. Royce was most slowly strangled. His struggles lasted for fifteen minutes. The mob then quietly dispersed. The coroner was noti- fled and the bodies were cut down and taken to an undertaking establishment. Miss Barnett, one of the victims, hovers between life and death. The Crime. The criminal assault was made on Thurs- day evening on Miss Barnett by Halls and Royce, young men vf unsavory reputation. Miss Barnett, in’ company with Lillian Draper, was walking on the Vermillion river bridge, when accosted. The girls started to run. One man knocked Miss Bartlett down. Miss Draper made her es- cape up Main street, and her shrieks col- lected a crowd, who started in pursuit of Halls and Royce, who dragged Miss Bar- nett with them. They passed John Downs, an old man, who attempted to interfere. He was knocked down by Halls. Miss Barnett was found unconscious several hours later. Halls and Royce were arrest- ed, watved preliminary examination and were bound over to the grand jury. Soe hes CONGRESS AND SUNDAY. Complaint Considered in the General Assembly. PITTSBURG, Pa., May 25.—After the de- votional services of the general assembly, led by Dr. John C. Rankin of Basking Ridge, N. J., Moderator Booth announced the appointment of Rev. William L. Mc- Ewan, D. D., pastor of the Third Church of Pittsburg, as chairman of the committee of twenty-five to have charge of the mat- ter cf collecting the million-dollar fund for the liquidation of the debt of the church's missionary board and for the further pros- ecution of their work. The committee on bills and overtures re- ported on a request for action upon a com- plaint egainst Congress because recently it continued its sessions on Sunday. The as- sembly advised the complainant to have resort to petitions addressed to the Con- er itself. Objection was made by Judge Wilson of Philadelphia to the statement of the com- mittee that no circumstances could ever the Congr in meeting on the ani the wording of the assem- ance was changed to accord with his objection. The report of the seminaries committee + adopted without further debate and withe ue division. A scene of scme confusion was caused by the attempt of John H. Dey, an elder ficm the presbytery of West Chester (New rk), to secure a reconsideration of th action by which the “boycott” of Unio Seminary was instituted. Another Sensation. Another sensation was caused by Dr. Roberts’ charge that a pamphlet by Mr. Lhomas McDougall of Cincinnati had a falling off of $53,000 in the March receipts of the board of home missions for criticism of the boards for bu: ig a site in New York and erecting a building thereon a cost of one and three-quarter miliions of dollars. Mr. Thomas McDougall of Cia- cinnatl, the author of the pamphle! a letter to Moderator Bocth, in whi he demanded that retraction of the statement be made by Dr. Roberts. Mr. McDougal denied the truth of Dr. Roberts’ statement. Gov. Beaver took a hand in the fray, moving that there be no record of either letter, reply or discussion placed on the minutes of the assembly. This action was taken after some re- marks from the floor, and the assembly ad- fournec till Monday morning. ‘The clerk informed the assembly that the prcrpects were that final adjournment Rag be reached on Monday in the after- oon. EUGENE BOYENS AND CO. Miss Lewis Released in New York Yesterday. Police Here Stil Investigating the Firm—The Methods They Used to Sell Cigars. Irspector Hollinberger was very much surprised this morning when he learned that Ida Lewis, the young woman who was arrested in New York on complaint of Edward H. Robertson, as printed in yes- terday’s Star, had been released. Miss Lewis, as published yesterday, was arrest- ed because Mr. Robertson suspected that in addition to being a typewriter she was really a member of the firm of “Eugene Boyens & Co., in which firm,he put $2,000. The young woman's arrest was made on Mr. Robertson’s complaint, which was af- terward supported by an affidavit. Yes- terday afternoon a Police Court warrant for alleged conspiracy was issued here and sent to New York; but before the arrival there of this document the young woman's case, was called before Judge O’Brien in the supreme court chambers. Lawyer Sweetser was her counsel, and he asked the court that his client be dis- charged. She Wns Discharged. In support of his motion, counsel told the court that the young woman was arrested Thursday afternoon while walking along 14th street. Miss Lewis, he said, was for- merly employed as a typewriter in the of- fice of a firm of lawyers in Washington. She was arrested upon the complaint of Robertson, who charged that the lawyers had swindled him out of $2,000, and alleged that Miss Lewis had something to do with the transaction. Robertson asked a po- liceman to arrest her, although he had no warrant, declaring that she was a fugitive. from justice. She was locked up in the Jefferson Market prison. Mr. Sweetser declared -that her arrest Was an outrage, as the charge against her was without foundation, and he also in- sisted that the affidavit upon which she was held was entirely insufficient. Assist- ant District Attorney Hennessey admitted that the case was rather weak. Judge O'Brien thought so, too, and said it certainly could not be claimed that a person could be arrested while king aleng the street, upon a charge made by a person from another state, without any warrant, in order to give that person an opportunity to go back to the state from whence he came, get a warrant and insti- tute extradition proceedings. Such a thing, he said, could not be tolerated. The law would not permit it. He immediately dis- charged Miss Lewis, who left the court room with several friends. The officers here will make another effort to have Miss Lewis arrested, and they have also requested the arrest of Eugene Boyens and William Lewis, who was known here as the young woman’s husband or brother. Their Methods. Inspector Hollinberger and Detective Boardmar are following up the investiga- tion of the firm of Eygene Boyens & Co., and today Mr. N. J. Payne of Virginia, who is stopping at 244 East Capitol street, called at headquarters to give an idea of the nature of the business conducted by the firm. He had dealt with them, and had bought cigars, giving in payment a cer- tificate of Basic City, V&., stock. He showed the inspector a certificate given him by the Boyens company on John C. Kane & Co. of Boston. This certificate en- titles him to 1,000 cigars. According to the Boyeus company’s plan of business dealing, as explained by Mr. Payne, they sell the cigars at the rate of $30 per thousand, $20 in the article traded and $10 cash, the cash money, he claimed, going toward defraying the expenses of packing, shipping and revenue. The cigars he obtained in this way, he says, were worth not more than $9" per thousand, so his clerk told him. In a letter received from the Boyens Company Mr. Payne 3 told that the ci- gars were high-grade 5-cent cigars. By way of explanation the letter said: **They are all fresh goods, nicely labeled and give satisfaction wherever sold; but during the last season the firm stopped giving credit to their customers, and the demand for ci- gars for cash has not been as great as they expected. Consequently they have ac- mulated an immense stock in their wace- house of between fifty and sixty million ci- gars. Therefore, ir order to turn these cigars into cash, they have instructed us that if we can trade them for good ayail- able real estate to do so. We are willing to trade the cigars for the low price of $30 per thousand, the same price that they sell for cash, less the amount of revenue, box- ee labeling, &c., which is $10 per thou- sand.” Another Company. Inspector Hollinberger has communicated with the Boston police officials for informa- tion concerning the Boston company. Boyens advertised his business extensive- ly in sone of the papers, and it was in answer to one of these advertisements that Robertson and Payne had business rela- tions with him. Ste2 the arrest of Miss Lewis in New York was made known in the newspapers cemplaints against other companies have been made, and Inspector Hollinberger is new investigating at least one of them. In conversation with a Star reperter to- day the inspector said he was getting sick and tired of complaints against alleged “mushroom concerns,” and he hoped that Congress would some day enact a law giving the authorities some power to keep them in check. —_—— WHEAT JUMPS FIVE CENTS. Effect of the Weather Bureau's Pre- diction of Front. CHICAGO, May Wheat jumped up 5 cents today in less than five minutes. The advance was from 743-4, ard was the re- sult of the United Stazes weather bureau predictions of widespread killing frosts to- night. The news of the predictions spread like lightning, and the bulge followed in- |stantly, where before the market was slumping badly. The reaction was caused by telegrams from Kansas City, Omaha and Sioux City denying that the conditions in their re- spective sections were such as to justify predictions of frost. The market closed at 79% for July, within a quarter cent of the top price of the day. eae nt SOLID FOR McKINLEY. 25. The Republican County Convention at Cleveland. CLEVELAND, Ohio, May The publican county convention, which was held here teday, unanimousiy indorsi Gov. McKinley for the _presidenc James ls. Foraker for United States tor. xty-two delegates to the republican ate convention, to be held at Zanesville next week, were elected and instructed to cast a solid vote for James H. Hoyt for go) nor. ae FIGHT WITH APACHES. e “Kid” Himself Believed to Be Weund PHOENIX, Ariz., May 25.—Informati has been received through J. J. Frazier, a prominent cattle man, whose ranch is in the Sierra Anchas, that a ty of cow- boys have had a fight with Apaches on the warpath, who were_beli to be member of “Apache Kid's" band. A squaw was killed and another Indian wounded. The cowbo; believe that the a he fight took place Pedro valley, in the inity of the San Carlos reservation. Se A Maryland Horse Thief Caught. Dispatch to ws Star. CUMBERLAND, Md., May 25.—The stable of County Commissioner Martin V. Rice, four miles from this city, was broken into and a valuable horse stolen yi morning. Commissioner Rice trac who proved to be David Dolan t, Pa. but Mr. Rice covered him and him to this city, where he was n a hearing and jailed for the grand of Dolan attempted to draw his brought BUSINESS INTERESTS They Will Play Important Parts in the Silver Fight. THE MERCHANTS AND THE PLANTERS The Latter Remember the Sugar Bounty Question. WILL RECIPROCATE NOW —EE SS People who make estimates on the rela- tive strength of the free silver and gold standard men are apt to leave out of their calculations most important factors. The business relations existing between the west and east and the south and east are apt to play important parts in deciding the contest, as they have in many instances in the past. : The Interdependent Interests. The interdependence of business enterpris- es in various farts of the country is hardly understood beyond the firms that are in- volved. While great business houses of New York, Philadelphia and Boston depend upon trade that comes to them from thé south and west, yet the merchants of the latter sections are no less dependent for credit on these same New York correspond- ents. In many instances these close busi- ness relations have decided great political questions. They played important parts in maintaining peace between the north and south before the civil war. While aboli- tionists in the north were working up pub- lic opinion, and while in the south there was an undercurrent of revolt against what was believed to be unwarranted interfer- ence, merchants of the two sections were corresponding in the most friendly manner and were doing all they could to delay and ward off the great conflict that was to come. The Sugar Bounty Fight. The fact that this mercantile interest was not sufficient to eventually prevent the war does not belittle its very potent in- fluence. Doubtless it did delay the civil conflict. This same force has been exerted between the various sections of the coun- try on many of the most trying questions that have been agitated by politicians. During the last Congress this force was showr. in the fight that was made by the Louisiana sugar planters, and $5,000,000 were voted to these planters as a bounty on theis sugar crop for 184, when a very large majority of the members of the House of Representatives and of the Sen- ate firmly believed that there was no more warrant for such action than there would have been for voting $5,000,000 to the wheat growers of the country to reimburse them for the decline in the price of that product. The same argument would have held with equal force in the case of every 6ther pro- duct, both agricultural and manufacturing, in the country that had suffered a material decline in price through legislative acts. At least, this was the declaration of many a member and a Senator who, on the final passage of the sugar bounty bill, voted in the atlirmative. How Its Passage Was Effected. The passage of this remarkable sugar bounty bill was secured by the influence of the friendly relations established between the sugar growers of Louisiana and the merchants in other parts of the country, with whom they were in daily correspond- ence. The'sugar planters were indebted to manvfacturers of machinery in both the west and the east. The planters in posses- sion of this machinery were on the verge of bankruptcy, and the manufacturers were told that if they wanted to received prompt payment of the money due them they could cnly hope to do so by helping to secure the passage of the bounty bill. The manufacturers, in turn, in many in- stancés, were in straitened: circumstances, and other interests were wrapped up in their ability to raise money. The result of this kind of campaign work was that vast commercial interests in the west and north took up the cause of the sugar planters. Memorials were sent to Congressmen, and in some instances public meetings were held. The men who engineered the sugar bounty bill were quite ready after they had won their fight to acknowledge that the victory hung on the aid rendered by these commercial interests in the east and west. Planters Will Help Defeat Silver. The people who helped the sugar planters will not be slow to ask assistance in re- turn if they need the aid of these planters in defeating the free silyer movement. Through these methods thousands of sen- sitive lines of communication connect the interests of the east and west and of the east and south. These are the influences that make the least noise in determining results. While a public meeting may be stirred to a foment by a hot speech of a politician and the resolutions there adopted may be spread from one end of the country to the other through the press, the work that is carried on between the commercial interests is not heralded, but goes on in silence. Amid the clamor of free silverites, the silent and potent influence exerted by the commercial interests of the country should not be overlooked by all those who would form a correct estimate of the sentiment of the country as it will appear by the time the next national conventions are held. Ss CHARITIES AND CORRECTION. ‘The National Annunf Conference at New Haven. NEW HAVEN, Conn., May 25.—The first regular sesison of the national conference of charities and corrections opened at 9 o'clock this morning in Alumni Hall of Yale University. Robert Treat Paine of Boston presided, and the meeting was de- voted to hearing reports from the states. The first report read was by Sheldon Jackson of Alaska, but was read by H. H. Hart, the corresponding secretary of the conference. It dealt largely with the ques- tion of intemperance, which prevails to an Jarming extent. The natives are poor and re subjected to many privations. There is no systematic method of caring for the poor, the insane, or the deaf or blind. John E. Coflin of Whittier, Cal., said the state legislature had passed a commend- able act, forbidding the sale of cigarette: J. H. Gabriel of Colorado bore especially hard on Colorado politics, and made the atement that that state is more com- pietely subject to the evils of the spoils system than any state in the Union, Col. John Tra superintendent of char- ities at Washington, D. C., spoke of the work there, stating that it is well done, ipported by the government and the peo- ple take a great interest in it. pesto ase: © Distinzuixshed Sick. Secretary Gresham is gaining steadily. He 1 comfortable night, and his condition shows a slight improvement. ge Is much better this afternoon, a e was very restle: through the night. Represents ty ifitt’s condition is very low, and does ¥® show much change from day to day. Se In Mr. McCulloch's Memory. jazs on all the buildings of the Department in this city were dis- at half-mast in respect to the memory of ex-Secretary McCulloch,and will also remain in that position Monday the day of the funeral. —_—___-e-_. Harf Wins on the Island. Although the weather was threatening it did not hurt the attendance at the Alex- ander Island track today. The card was a good one, but scratchings were numerous. The track was dry and fast. First race, four and a half furlongs— Frank R. Hart (Fitzsimmons), 2 to Rufus (Avery), 15 to 1, second; (Ham), 5 to 1, third. Time, ae ee To Open the Gallery. Mr. Thomas E. Waggaman will open his art gallery Monday, the 27th, from 12 m. to 10 p.m., for the benefit of the ladi committee of the District of Columbia for the Atlanta exposition, A KNOWN QUANTITY. It is the practice of The Star to print on Saturday a sworn statement of its circulation day by day for the preceding week. It would seem self- evident that the advertiser is entitled to this protection. Below will be found the statement for the week just Past. The average circulation exhibited 4s believed to be much more than the combined circulation of the other Washington dailies, and fully five times that of its afternoon contem- porary. SATURDAY, May 38, 1995, MONDAY, May 20; 1905: TUESDAY, May 21, 1895, WEDNESDAY, May 22, 1395. THURSDAY, May 2, 1395. FRIDAY, May 24, 1805,.3..... Tota), Daily average. Tsolemnl; : we: that the above statement rep- Tesents only i... timber of copies of Tue EVEN- ING STAR circulatedduring the six secular days end- ing Friday, May+24,*"1s95—that 1s, the num- ber of coplea actually sold, delivered, furnished ormailed, for valuybte consideration, to bona fide purchasers or subseribers, and that none of the copies 80 counted were returned to or remainia the office unsold. J. WHIT. HERRON, Cashier Evening Star Newspaper Co. Subscribed and sworn to before me this twenty-fifth day of May, A. D. 1395. JAY B. SMITH, Notary Public, D. C. THE GIR TENCED. Five Yenrx for Trying to Burn the Reform School. Judge Cole today sentenced Mary Jack- son and Alice Price, the two young colored girls who set fire to the girls’ reform school on the 22d of last month, to five years in the Albany penitentiary at hard labor. The girls, cach about sixteen years of age, had been inmates of the reform school at the time of the insurrection there last month, and Mery pleaded guilty when ar- raigned before Judge Cole a few days ago, and stated that while she did. most of the burning, Alice assisted her and watched that they might not be discovered in ihe commission of the crime. The following day Alice was convicted. Their counsel to- day explained to the court that they were motaerless, and practically abandoned by their friends. Because of their tender years, he asked that the minimum senteace a year and a day—be imposed. Judge Cole, however, thought that the girls were deserving ‘of a more severe sentence. were equally guilty, he stated, y undoubtedly intended to destroy. the building. That they had not succeeded was due to the fact that the fire was discovered before it had made any considerabie headway. Had it not been so soon discovered not only would the school have been destroyed, said Judge Cole, but several Ives would probably have been lost. Such an offense deserved the imposi- tion of the maximum penalty, ten years’ imprisonment at hard labor, but in view of their youth and unfortunate condition in life, he would make the penalty five years. The girls, who appeared to be rather tough characters, were somewhat startled by the soverity of the sentence, and their smiles of indifference vanished as they were led away. pws eos DISTRICT GOVERNMENT. Obstructing Proxpect Street. The Commissioners have notified Presi- dent Richards of Georgetown College that complaint has been made that the, college avthorities had run a fence acposs Pros- pect street at 38th street. They, say they consider Prospect street a public, highway, and as soon as funds become availalle will proceed’ to impréve Same, and that the ob- struction being iNegal must be removed. This is but another chapter in the old con- tention of the Distriet that the college has no right to obstquctsProspect street. Truck House Site. The Commissioners today purchased lots 67 and 68, in square 555, as a site for a truck house. This site was selected by Chief Parris and Biifjding Inspector Brady, and is 40 feet wide by 110 feet deep to an alley. Thos. J. ‘Fisher & Co. offered the property, and the pftlce paid was $1.75 per foot. The site wis accepted upon the stipu- lation that the owners would bring the lots to grade. —— A Birthday, Celebration. Mr. Sidney Bieber celebrated his twenty- first birthday Thursday, at the residence of Mrs. Thomas J. Brown, near Benning. A large party drove out to Mr. Brown's house, and the afternoon was passed in pleasant conversation and reminiscences until the dinner hour. A most enjoyable repast was served, those seated at the table being Mr. Samuel Bieber, Mr. Samuel Cross, Mr. Sid- ney Bieber, Mr. Frank Reeside, Mr. Andrew Miller, Mr. Fred. C. Gieseking, Mr. James P. Willett, Mr. I. Gans, Mr. Ed. F. Droop, Mr. Goldsmith, Dr. Frank T. Howe, Mr. Robert Downing, Mr. Charles Downing, Mr. Brown and Maj. Compton. After din- ner an impromptu program was rendered by members of the party and all entered heartily into the story telling and general conversation. Mr. Sam Cross and Mr. Ree- side sang solos, accompanied on the piano by Mr. Droop. Mr. Robert Downing gave some excellent renditions in the dramatic and also led in the story telling. The party did not break up until a late hour. —_—_—>_—_. Was Not Denf and Dumb. ‘A respectably-dressed young man, who gave his name as Charles Schneider, was a prisoner in Judge Kimball's court this morning, charged with being a suspicious person. When the man was arraigned he pretended that he was deaf and dumb, but soon after the trial started it was apparent that he was not deaf, and witnesses tes- tified that he was not dumb. Schneider had appeared at several houses in South Washington and begged for articles of clothing. At one house he presented a note, and, thinking the lady was slow at reading the contents of it, he grabbed it from her hand, and said, “You can’t read.” He wanted a pair of boots. Judge Kimball heard the proof, and in- formed the man that he was shamming. He was sent down for sixty days in de- fault of security. —— Taken to the Seashore. Dr. J..Ford Thompson was removed this morning in a special car to Atlantic City. He was accompanied by his wife and a trained nurse, together with Drs, Kerr and McArdle. It is hoped that Dr. Thompson's removal to the hore will restore him to his former health and vigor. z the uits. e Layit Workmen wer ay in exca- vating around the ing at 9th street and Pennsylvania avenue, prepara- tory to placing the conduits for the new difficult and electric line. As the work interesting, quite a crowd has been watch- ing the operations. ———— His Lex Broken, ‘There was a collision on H street north- cast this morning between a wagon and a William Monroe, a boy who lives at 1246 H street, was on the bicycle, and he collided with J. W. Fenton's wagon. They boy’s leg was fractured below the knee. He was sent'to his home, where Dr. Barry attended him. ——>__—_. Building Permits, Building permits issued today were us follows: Knights of Labor, to erect a two- story brick building at 45 B street north- west, to cost $4,500; Gilman & Ros r y~brick stor rthwest, to cost to erect one 1620 S street Martha D, tory brick 39,000 thre northw dwelling, st, to cost $7,000, THE OFFICIAL VOTE Returns of the Elections in Alexan- dria County Canvassed. RESULTS REACHED BY THE JUDGES Mr. Douglas Will Contest the Of fice of Prosecuting Attorney. A TALK WITH MR. HATCH The judges of election and _ electoral board of Alexandria county met today and canvassed the returns of Thursday’s election, with County Clerk H. H. Young, as required by law. The following is the official vote: st 5 gz 8 i238 3s = s~ 6 a Commonwealth's attorney. R, W. Johnston. 105 215 207 5 Dougl: 1356 227) 85 treasure . Wibert Duke orrison, omunissioner of H. L. Holmes... County sheriit— R, A. Veitch. Wm. i. Palmer. Christopher Costellow « DISTRICT OFFIC Board supervisors— Phillips (incumbent). Clark (incumber Bire of peace— Frought . Robert Monroe. James Henry Constable J A Chas. Isaac Wn. 3 Mr. Douglas Will Contest. A Star reporter who called at the resi- dence of Mr. William W. Douglas, the de- feated candidate for the office of prose- euting attorney of Alexandria county, Va., near Ballston’s cross roads, this afternoon, was informed that Mr. Douglas had gone to Alexandria with a party of friends to take preliminary steps toward contesting the election of Mr. Richard Johnson to the position mentioned. The reform party in this county, the father of Mr. Douglas to the reporter, “is convinced that my son was defeated by the most dastardly fraud, and we in- tend to exercise every legitimate means to oust Johnson. The majority of the latter amounted to but forty-seven votes, and at least 100 illegal votes were cast at Jeffer- son precinct, near Four Mile run, where the tough element and negroes from Jack- son City, who, of course, have no right to vote, were permitted a say in the election. The office of prosecuting attorney is, with out doubt, the most impcrtant in the coun- ty, and with such a man as Johnson hold- ing it the terrible condition of affairs will not be remedied. “The re-election of Johnson and the con- sequent defeat of the reform party, so far as the office of prosecuting attorney is concerned, has depreciated the value of property in the county, in my opinion, to the extent of $50,000. Had we possessed | sufficient money to pay half the legitimate expenses of a necessary campaign the re- form party would have elected all its can- didates by an overwhelming majority. But as it is my son and his supporters will leave nothing undone to successfully con- test the fraudulent election of Johnson. As yet we cannot outline the exact steps that are to be taken in that direction, but the very best legal advice will be secured, and if one plan fails we will try another and another, until we finally succeed.” “Have you any idea what policy the new sheriff, Mr, William H. Palmer, will pur- sue?” Mr. Douglass was asked. “Mr. Palmer is a bright and popular man, and I think will fill the office in a credita~ ble manner, although he has sporting ten- dencies and is a frequent visitor to the race tracks. But with Johnson as the prosecuting attorney a reform sheriff is handicapped. As I said before, the latter office is the most important on the ticket, and until an energetic reform man fills it it is A certainty that things will not be bettered.” The New Sheriff. Now that the elections are over in Vir- ginia, and Alexandria county has chosen its officers, there is a good deal of specula- tion whether the new incumbents will do better than their predecessors in the mat- ter of cleaning out the illegal establish- ments at Jackson City and Rosslyn, that have proved such a menace to the city. Sheriff-elect Palmer is the object of most of this regard, and those who know him intimately say that he will be a vast im- provement over Sheriff Veitch in the mat- ter of reducing the evil. One of his neigh- bors is Mr. W. H. Hatch of Arlington, who has lived in the county for the past twenty- five years. He said today to a Star re- porter: “I am sure that Palmer will make a good sheriff. He is a fearless man, thor- oughly honest, and he has the respect of all who know him. He is today absolutely untrammeled by the gamblers, and stands free to act against them without fear or favor. It is my firm belief that he wfll do so. “He does not believe that they have any right to stay in the county against the law, and I do not doubt that they will find him a very difficult man to oppose. The Commonwealth Attorney. “Now, a word as to Johnson, the com- monwealth attorney. I have known him from his boyhood, and have always liked him personal though we differ politi- cally. I believe that he means to run his office better now than before. He has, per- haps, neglected his work for his horses, and has missed a good chance to clean out the gamblers, but he has never refused to prosecute any cases brought to him with sufficient evidence. It is true that he, as commonwealth attorney, has all the subor- dinate officials of the county under his control, and that he'can, if he wishes,make them do their duty. I sincerely hope that he will turn about and make as good a corporation attorney as he is capable of making. and so relieve the county of the blight that is now upon it. ‘The agitation of this matter has prac- tically ruined the county. Everything is at a standstill, and no one dares to push ahead. I believe that the end will come sooner or later and that the decent people of the county will win the fight. I do not think they can be beaten, for if things do not grow better pretty soon they will be- come desperate, and they may take matters into their own hands. Mr. Frank Hume Corrected. “There is one matter that ought to be cor- rected. The Star of Thursday printed a statement made by Mr. Frank Hume, who was defeated for county supervisor, to the effect that ‘Mr. Hatch, the leading temper- ance man in the county, was working with all his might for Mr. Johnson and the rest of the gang.’ I know that The Star readily corrects misstatements made through its columns, and I hope it will correct this declaration of Mr. Hume's. “I neither worked nor voted for Mr. John- son. I feel that Mr. Hume would not will- fully tell an untruth, especially in politics, and have reached the conclusion that some of his lieutenants have carried him the wrong information. I wish to have it un- derstood that while Mr. Johnson and I are at variance politically, he is and has been one of the best neighbors I have ever had.” —__._—_ Real Estate Matters. Ratcliffe, Darr & Co., auctioneers, have scld at public sale the property at the southeast corner of llth and I streets northwest to Edwin Canfield for $15,700. PUBLIC PATRONAGE Mr. Oleveland to Hold Up Mlincis Appointments. Serator Palmer Interested—No More Appointments Until After the Con- vention—The Objects in View. Although President Cleveland has no Con- gress to handle with the aid of federal patronage, yet he is said to be still regard- ing such subtle means of influencing mem- bers of his party as results from the judi- cious distribution of offices as an important factor in shaping public affairs. On the authority of Senator Palmer of Illinois it can be stated that Mr. Cleveland will make no more appointments in Illinois until the June convention in that state is over and until he sees whether he is to be ruled out of the democratic party. The remarks of Secretary of State Hinrichsen,- who will preside at the convention which is to sound a campaign bugle for silver, have been in- terpreted by Mr. Cleveland as meaning that if he does not embrace the silver cause he is no longer a democrat and need not ex- pect the support of his party in Illinois. Senator Palmer's Share. Senator Palmer has been in Washing- ton for three days, and during that time he has had very interesting conferences with the President. He heartily supports Mr. Cleveland in his financial views and Proposes to do all in his power to antag- onize the free silver movement that has gained such headway in a short time in his state. Senator Palmer will in the fu- ture, as he has in the past, work steadily in order to advance the cause of the ad- ministration, and ke will uphold by every means in his power the cause of sound money. Administration democrats who _ believe that a sound money policy should be the shibboleth of their party will view as very important this declaration that comes from the White House that federal ap- pointments will be manipulated by Presi- dent Cleveland with a view to keeping the free silverites in check. Everyone knows how potent was this influence in the re- peal of the Sherman act, and in shaping nearly all of the legislation of the Fifty- third. Congress. No democrat likes to feel that his influence with the ‘administration is worth nothing, and it is safe to say that any member of the party who antagonizes the policy of sound money at this time, when that is the one great question before the country, may hope to influence the distribution of patronage. Altgeld Will Not Like It. Governor Altgeld and his secretary of state, Mr. Hinrichsen, will doubtless have something to say when they hear of this course that will be pursued by the admin- istration. During the next few months there are likely to be some very important offices in Illinois to be filled by Mr. Cleve- land. The President will not name for these places men who are antagonistic to the Hinrichsen convention, but he will hold the places open so that the leaders in that movement may understand it is not too late for them to repent and come into the fold. The convention has been called with the view of indorsing in the strongest manner the free silver movement. What Mr. Cleveland wishes to accomplish is either to make the work of the convention a fizzle, or to cause that body of men to declare in favor of a policy of recognizing silver as a part of the monetary system of the country rather than declaring in favor of free and unlimited coinage of the white metal at 16 to 1. President Cleveland has in the past proven himself a powerful and sagacious manipulator of his party, and he is taking a most lively interest in the work of the Illinois conyention. Many democrats be- lieve that if the President can so manipu- late affairs as to nullify the acts of that convention he will be looked upon as a safe leader for the party in 1897, notwithstand- ing the prejudice that such a candidacy should have because of the third termism involved in it. Mr. Cleveland is said to consider that a great crisis for the demo- cratic party fs now at hand, and it is al- leged that he will spare no pains in order to prevent the party from committing itself to free silver. + DROVE OFF THE AMERICANS. Mackerel Fishermen Charged With Brenking Canadian Laws... HALIFAX. May 25.—A local paper says that a fleet of fifteen American schooners came in from the sea late last night and anchored in the northwest arm. They were mackerel seiners. The government steamer Aberdeen went up the arm and drove the Americans out. The Aberdeen lay off Point Pleasant until the Americans had all de- parted. The fleet of schooners lost no time in getting to sea when ordered out by the Aberdeen. The presence of the Americans was communicated to the department of marine and fisheries, and the Aberdeen at once went down. The seiners are supposed to enter and clear at the customs house in the regular fcrm, but they have repeatedly violated the law, and slipped out in the morning. ——.__ Several Bequests. A paper purporting to be the will of the late Elise Dorothea Sautter, dated June 6, 1890, was filed with the register of wills today. It bears the signature of no witness and appoints Robert and William Gilmore Hoffman of Baltimore, Md., executors with- out bond. She directs that she be buried beside her late friend, Mrs. Campbell Gra- ham, in Greenmount cemetery, Baltimore, and that a granite tombstone not exceeding $1,500 in cost beeerected over her grave. All her property is to be “sold under the hammer” as soon as the executors see proper to have it sold. To her sister, Annie Marla Watt, “the sum of $1,000" is given, the deceased say- irg, “that sum will cover by a good bit all I owe her,” a former will entirgty in this sister’s favor being intended to be re- voked by the instrument filed today. To the father of the deceased, Johannes Saut- ter, $500 are left. To Christian Sautter, a brother, a similar sum is given, and the same amount to Frederick Sautter, an- other brother. To Yakob Sautter, a broth- er best liked by her, the deceased leaves $600, and to Philip Sautter, another brother, $500, The residue of the estate is to be invested for the benefit of J. Latimer and William Hoffman by their trustee, William Gilmore Hoffman, jr. ———-, + Released Her on Ball. Annie Cassell, a middle-aged white wo- man, held to await the action of the grand jury on a charge of adultery, was rele: on bail this afternoon. Her husband, M. Cassell of ‘M street, qualified woman's surety. For Dive A petition for divorce was filed today by Anna M. Whitaker against Albert R. Whit- aker. Adul y is alleged, it is understood, but the pap in the case were withheld from publication. ——_—__ Must Let the Workmen Alone. PITTSBURG, Pa., May 25.—A temporar; injunction was granted in court here today restraining the miners’ officials from int fering with the miners employed by the New York and Cleveland Gas Coal Com- pany and inducing them to leave their work and strike for the district price. —_—_———_ Gain and Cotton Markets. Cotton and grain markets, reported by Hibbs, stock, grain and cotton broker, 1421 GRAIN. Ww. B. 1 F at. High. Low. Close. i 74% ® Sees! RS 8 en. High. 3B 7.15 July August . September . FINANCE AND TRADE Marked Falling Off in the Extent of Speculation. TOBACCO THE FEATURE OF THE DAY — Another Advance in Sugar Looked For. GENERAL MARKET REPORTS Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. NEW YORK, May 25.—Stock values were almost stationary arcund opening figures this morning as the result of a marked falling off in the volume of business. Lon- don was irregular, and contributed little to the local trading. Railroad officials throughout the agricul- tural districts are quoted as authority for the statements that no damage of sufficient importance to seriously affect the revenues . of the grain-carrying roads has been sus- tained. The statements are offset in some measure by the action of the wheat market. The strength of the Granger shares to- day indicated a revival of purchases in the interest of higher prices in the near future. American Tobacco was the feature of the industrial list this morning, selling up to 1143-4, a gain of 3 per cent from initial figures. Sugar was only moderately active, sell- ing up % per cent at the opening and re- acting for a net loss of 1-8 per cent at the close of business, The buying of this stock is again attracting attention and a re- sumption of the advance is thought to be in_contemplation. The bank statement reports a gain of $4,400,000 to the banks, nearly all in legals. A further expansion in loans is again the most encouraging feature of the report. The increase in deposits lacks about $1,000,- 000 of the amount necessary to make the change in that item consistent with in- creases elsewhere. The detailed report follows: Reserve, creased, $2,387,250; loans, increased, $4, 600; specie, increased, $788,300; legals, in- creased, $2,630,200; deposits, increased, $5,- 25,000, and circulation, increased, $54,400. ——— 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. Low. Close. American Sugagy... ty American Suga? Pid. 9 20% Amencan Tonacco. tues American Cotton Oil.. aio Atchigon....... us Canada Souther bial Canada Pacific. “b07, Chesapeake and Ohio. 3% C.. C., C. and St. L. ie Chicago, B. and Q: S076 Chic.and Northwestern. i Chicago Gas... ie ies C..M. and St. Paul. based C., M. and St. Paul Pfd. Chic. K.L and Pacific Del., Lack. and W. Delaware and Hudso1 Den. and R. \d Caitle Feeding. General Mlectrie Mlinois Central. Lake Shore Erie... Louisvilie and Nashville Long Island Traction. Metropolitan Traction. Manhattan Elevated... Michigan Central. Missouri Pacific. National Lead Co. U.S. Cordage Co. U.S. Coraage Co. Pfd New Jersey. Central. ww York Central... Northern Pacific. Northern Pacific North American. ar Southern Railwi Phila. Traction... Texas Pacific Tenn. Coal and Iron. Union Pacific Wabasn.. abash Ptd. Wheeling and i. Erie. Wheeling ana L. E. Pfd, Western Union Tel. Wisconsin Central. ‘Silver. ao Washington Stock Exchange. Sales—regular call—12_ o'clock | m.—Washington Light Infantry 1st 6s, $1,000 at 103; $1,000 at 103; $1,000 at 103. Washington Loan and ‘Trust, 5 at Chesapeake and Potomac Telepbone, 20 at 20 at 60. After call—People’s Fire Insurance, 500 at 5%. Lincoln Fire Insurance, 400 U: S. 48, registered, 112% asked. S. 48, coupon, 112% bid. “U. « Vid, 1234 asked. “U.S. Ss, 115% bid, 16%’ asked. District of Columbia Bovds.—20- Did. 30-year fund 6s, gold, 1 Zs, 1901, currency, 118 bid. Water 5 currency, 120 bid! 3.658, funding, currency, 111% Did. 3igs, registered, 2-108, 100 bid. Miscellaneous Bonds.—Washington and George- town Railroad conv. Ist, 130 bid, 140 asked, Washington and Georgetown Railroad couv. Gs, 2d, 130 bid, 140 asked. Metropolitan Railroad conv. Gs, 104 bid, 105% asked. Belt Raflroad Ss, 87 bid, 87% asked. Eckington Rallroad 6s, 103" bid, 106 asked. Columbia Railroad 6s, 110 bid, 111% asked. Washington Gas Company 6s, series A, 114 bid. Washington Gas Company 6s, series B, 115 bid. Washington Gas oa ae Gs, 135 bid, 138 asked. U.S. Electric Light conv. 5s, 135° bid. Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone 5s, 103% bid, 105 asked. American Security and Trust 5s, F. gnd A, 160 bid. | American Security and Trust os, A. and O., 100 bid. Washington Market Company Ist 6s, 110 bid. Washington Market Company imp, s, 110 bid. Washington Market Company ext. 6s, bid. Masonic Hall Association 104 bid. Washington Light Infantry Ist Gx, 103 bid. Wash- m Light Infantry. Zs, 100 bid, 101 asked. fonal Bank Stocks.— Bank of Washingtc fd. Bank of the Republic, 250 bid. | Metropolitan, 280 bid. Central, 275 bid, 300 asked. Farm: Tso bid. Second, 137 Mid. ‘Columbia, 135 140 asked. Cap- West End,” 108 Wid," 111 asked. Trade bid; Lincoln, 98 bid, iol asked. Unio, asked. n and Trust, 123 bid. 124 asked. curity and Trust, 136 bid, 138 asked. Safe Deposit, 100 asked. id Stocks,—Ws 200 asked. Metropo! Light Stoel Georgetown Did, 137% ask my bid, 4 69 bid! ¢ Arlington, 14 ae. Insurance wy Gern bid, 260 asked. tional Union, Columbia, 13% bid. Riggs, . DiS bid, asked. Lincoin, |. Ste asked. te” Pith 7% bid, 8 ‘Title, 10 108 sked. bid, Title, Di —Pennsy} Chesa- 60 bid, Gi 4. American 4 asked. umatte Gun Car- a. "TEX rights. so3s _— Baltimore Mark Flour firm, shipments, Wheat uns: unel spot Jul F firm, unchang. Cheese Washington Reported by the Grain Exchange. pring patent flour, per barrel, 4 ft flour, per barrel, 4.2504 per barrel, 4. Winter str extra flour, clipped white oats, per tu No. 2 white oats, per, bust 7 mixed oats, per bi bo" mer 60) No. othy ha. Now 2 timothy has, | a buik mide per to t per to quotations for car lots delivered on t Washington.