Evening Star Newspaper, May 28, 1895, Page 2

2 LATE NEWS BY WIRE A River Rises Thirty Feet in Thirty Minutes. HOO SWEPT INTO TRE RAGING WATER Twenty Persons Believed to Be Drowned. a : STORY OF NAT SULBACHER —— SAN ANTONIO, Tex., May 28.—Nat Sul- bacher of this city has just returned from the Devil's Silver Country, where he came near being the victim of a terrible flood that visited that section last Thursday. He was caught in the rushing waters and lest all of his baggage. He says he helped bury four persons,who met their deaths by drowning near Ozona. Two others belonging to the same family were drowned, but their bodies have not been recovered. The victims were George Velasce’s wife, and the latter’s two boys and three servants. They lived on the banks of the river, which rose thirty feet within thirty minutes, and swept their house into the raging torrent. All of the hous in the Prosser ranche, between Juno and Comstock, were swept away, and several families, numbering in all about twenty persons, are bélieved to have been drowned. ‘The Devil's river and its tributaries are still out of their banks, and much damage to property along. the streams {s reported. oo STARTED FOR ENGLAND. The Cornell Eight Given a Send Of at Ithaca. ITHACA, N. ¥., May 28.—The Cornell University boat crew who are to compete in the Henley regatta in Juiy left Ithaca today for New York on their way to Eng- jand, whence they sail tomorrow. The oars- men 2 escorted to the railway station by a platoon of city police, the University Cadet Band, city artillery, the Ithaca fire departmenf, carriages containing the mayor of Ithaca ard Cornell professors, the University Glee Club agd 1,500 stu- dents. The last trial of the crew before sailing was made yesterday afternoon. Al- though in rough water and in a heavy boat, the crew defeated the stay-at-home eight in 7 minutes 12 seconds, exactly the time made by the winner at Henley last year. ‘The crew's best time for the Henley course is 6.55, four seconds slower than the Hen- ley record. HOLMES PLEADED GUILTY. Abrupt Ending of His Trial tor Con- spiracy to Defraud. PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Ma S.—The trial of Herman Mudgetts, alias H. H. Holmes, alias Howard, on fhe charge of conspiring to defraud the Fidelity Mutual Life Asso- elation of $10,000 by the imposition of a corpse as that of Benjamin F. Pletzel, was brought to an abrupt ending today, when the prisoner plead guilty. Sentence was deferred. Before proceedings were begun Holmes held a whispered conversation with his counsel, who handed the prisoner a letter, which he read, and at its conclusion kugh- ed and exchanged smiles with his counsel. His attorney then spoke a few earnest words to the prisoner aad Holmes’ mar ner at once become serious, and he nodded his head as though in assent of some prop- osition. : Counsel for the defense then held a con- sultation with Distriet Attorney Graham and Thomas W. Barlow, private counsel for the prosecution, ard it was agreed to plead guilty. =e BRITAINS POSITION. GREAT Will Adbere Firmly to the Gold Standard. W YORK, May 28.—A London cable- gram to the Evening Post says: Sir Wm. Vernon Harcourt, chancellor of the ex- chequer, has formally replied to the memo- rial forwarded by influential bankers and financiers,in terms emphasizing his previous strong remarks in favor of the gold stand- ard. His reply concludes thus: You may rely upon it that her majesty's government will give no countenance to any change in the fundamental principles of our monetary system, nor in any dis- cussions in which they may be called upon to take part will they admit any doubt as to their intention firmly to adhere to the single gold standard.” >— DEBS WILLING TO SURRENDER. He Calls on the United States Marshal at Chicago. CHICAGO, May 28.—Eugene V. Debs, president of the American Railway Union, called on United States Marshal Arnold to- day and announced to that officer that, in view of the decision of the United States Supreme Court denying him a writ of habeas corpus, he was ready to resume the serving out of his sentence in jail at Wheaton. ‘The marshal told him that he had not re- ceived the mandate of the court for his reincarceration and did not expect it inside of a w Mr. Debs contemplates a trip through North Dakota and left with the marshal his itinerary in order that he might be no- titied whenever wanted. ————— GRIFFIN KILLED. JOC The Crack Steeplechase Rider Thrown rom a Horse. BOSTON, May 28.—William Griffin, the Jockey, was killed by being thrown from a horse which he was exercising at the Clyde Park track, Brookline, today. Grif- fin was thirty-five years of age, and was regarded as a crack steeplechase jockey. — Growth of the Associated Press. KNOXVILLE, Tenn., May 28.—The Knox- ville Tribune, the leading morning newspa- per of eastern Tennessee, has signed a year contract with the Associated » and has severed its relations with the Southern Associated Press. The leased wire night service of the Associated Press will be extended to Knoxville on June 1. Every newspaper in Tennessee, taking a telegraphic news veport, with one ex ception, is now a member of the Associated Press. ——— DISTRICT GOVERNMENT. Improvements Requested. Re H. T. Stevenson and J. E. Minnix appeared before the Commissioners thi merning and urged an increase in the police service for An ia, Hillsdale and Twin- ing City. Compared with other precincts, they showed that the fifth precinct has mere territory than the seventh, while having but little m the force. They a of improving the re th quarter of mportance An- acestia. The Commi: ers sugge: the gentlemen embody their sugg @ letter and present it to the Cor ers for consideration. Haymarket Square. ‘The Commissioners this morning paid a visit to the haymarket square and for some time studied the situation with a view of settling the matter with reference to moving the farmers to that place. While nothing was decided and the visit was purely for personal inspection, it is un- Gerstood that within a few days they will issue certain instructions to the major of police, and the ground will be subdivided and allotted. Will Be Closed. The District building will be closed to- morrow as a mark of respect to the mem- ery of Secretary Gresham. A Request. ‘The Conimissionevs today requested Pres- Ment Dunlop of the Washington and Georgetown Railroad Company to stop the ears of that road during the parade meal @retion day. THE EVENING STAR, TUESDAY, MAY 28, 1895—-SIXTEEN PAGES. DIOCESE OF MARYLAND Episcopal Convention and the Business of Most Importance. Will Discuss the Division of the Dio- cese—The Division of Funds an : Important Question. Tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock the 112th annual convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church of the diocese of Mary- land will meet at the Church of the Epiph- any. In some respects it promises to be the most important gathcring of the church in many years past. Ordinarily the meetings last but a couple of days, but there are so many important matters of business to come before the body this year that it is doubtful if an adjournment will be reached before: Friday afternoon. Bishop Paret, who will preside over the deliberations of the convention, will open the meeting with an address, which will take the place of a sermon, and which is expected to deal particularly with the questions that will come up before the body. A communion service will follow, and in all prokability the convention will not get down to actual work much before after- noon. There will be sessions mornin, afternoon and evening. The diocesan c vention alternates between Baltimore and Washington, and when it meets here the Church of the Epiphany is selected as the meeting place as being particularly well adapted Yor the purpose. There are a number cf smaller rooms in tire edifice, and these make excellent accommodations for committee meetings. Regular Basiness. der the rules there are only two mat- ters of business which are put down as special orders. According to these the first evening of the convention is always set apart for the consideration of diocesan missions, and noon of the second is the hour for holding the election of the stand- ing committee. There is a regular order of business to be followed, and as there is so much on hand this year it is possible that a motion will be made for a postponement of the subject of diocesan missions until a later. time. The secretary of the convention, R Mr. Peregrine Wroth of Baltimore, will read the list of clergymen entitled to seats in the convention, and then the list of the lay delegates. These will be referred to two committees for a report of the oificial isembership of the body, and all contests will be acted upon by the proper commit- tee and then settled by the convention. The list of lay delegates is made up of the names furnished to the secretary by the registrars of the different parishes entitled to representation. The only contest whick is expected to develop is in the case of the lay delegate from St. Mark's Church of this city, where some differences of opinion have been engendered, resulting in the election of two vestries, two registrars and .two delegates to the convention. The list of delegates in the two orders as already ae up was published in The Star yester- lay. Division of Diocese. The matter that will occupy the attention of the gathering for the most of the time is the question of the division of the dio- cese of Maryland, and the consequent question of the division of the funds of the diocese. At the convention in Baltimore a year azo a committee was appointed to report this year on the provision that could be made for the support of a new bishop, if the diocese should be divided. This com- mittee consists of three clergy and three laymen, as follows: Rev. Dr. McKim of the Church of the Epiphany, Rev. Mr. Stuart of Christ Church, Georgetown; Rev: Mr. Harding of St. Paul's, Mr. Henry E. Pel- lew, Mr. Lewis J. Davis and Mr. Seymour Tulloch. The report w h they are able to make will be most satisfactory te the friends of division. They will say that they have as a foundation of a fund for episcopal support, in cash or in pledges,- about $4,000, This, with a half of the present episcopal fund and a third of the accu- mulating fund, which is regarded here as only an equitable division, would give up- wards of $75,000. They will probably re- port that they are able to offer $5,000 a year to the new bishop, together with $1,200 a year for the rental of an epis- copal residence. It is thought that before very long a permanent home for the bish- op would be built here, either in the city or in the neighborhood of the site of the Episcopal cathedral. Division of Funds. So important is the matter of an equit- able division of the funds of the dioc that it will probably have to receive con- sideration before the question of a divisioz of the diocese itself can be profitably d cussed. It is admitted that a proper s tlement of the first problem might affect a good many votes when it comes to taking up the second. It will be no easy task to make an equitable division of the funds which are in prospect, and even ifsa dio- cese of Washington should be provided for it might be some time before it received its share of the money. There is now in bank in New York the sum of $3,000, which was bequeathed to the diocese of Maryland, and a further bequest of more than $200,000 from the same family, which is being set- tled up now. Unless Washington should be provided for out of-this amount some of the parishes in the lower Maryland counties might rai an objection to leaving an older and richer diocese for a comparatively poor one, feel- ing that their ministers, who now receive assistance from the general diocesan fund: would not be so well off under the new rangement. The difference, enyhow, would not be as great as they imagine, for there has been some misunderstanding as to the terms of the bequest, the interest from only a third of the latter sum going to the diocesan fund, the remainder being devoted to home and foreign mission work. No serious difficulty is anticipated in the set- tlement of these questions, and the general impression in this city is that, if they are satisfactorily disposed of, a division of the diocese will follow without much oppesi- tion. Sentimental Objection. It is said that in the lower counties of Maryland, which would belong to the dio- cese of Washington, there is something of a sentiment against a division, as the peo- ple do not like the idea of leaving the dio- cese of “old Maryland,” of which th have been a part from the beginning. It is a sentimental objection altogether, and offset by the fact that all the commercial and social relations of this section are with Washington rather than with Baltimore Another reason for waiving this objection les in the fact that at the general con- vention of the church In Minneapolis next October the plan of erecting Episcopal provinces will be taken up, with a fair chance of ultimate adoption. The idea of a province is to combine about five dioceses with an upper house of bishops and a lower house of delegates, with the view to sim- plifying the work and at the same time extending the usefulness of the church. If that plan is put into effect it will result in the reunion of the church in Maryland in one province, where now it is divided into the dioceses of Maryland and Easton. ae THE MILLER CASE. Test One and is ped. As intimated in The Star some time ago would be the case, Fred T. Miller, the young horseman who was indicted last winter for conductin okmaking at the Benning race track December, this afternoon withdrew his plea of not guilty, entered last Saturday, and pleaded guilty to the indictment. Upon the request of Miller's attorney, Mr, Henry E. Davis, and with the consent of District Attorney Birney, J Cole sus- pended sentence, admitting Miller to bail upon his own recognizance. Judge Cole, in suspending sentence, ex- plained to Miller that he did so because he was informed that he had made a test of the law against bookmaking at the request of others and in perfect good faith, and also because of his previous good charac- ter; but the court, as well as the district atterney, wished it distinctly understood that any future offender against the law would be severely dealt with. ————e Decoration Day. In accordance with the usual custom, the offices of the District government will be closed Decoratton day. It Was a Drop- THE VACANT OFFICE Gossip as to the Probable Successor to Mr. Gresham. SEVERAL GOOD NAMES SUGGESTED Thirty Days Allowed the President for a Choice. TO CONSULT PARTY LEADERS ee Sees In the act approved February 6, 189, Congress changed the law effecting the succession to such an office as is now vacated by the death of Secretary Gresham so as to read: “A vacancy occasioned by death or resignation must not be temporar- ily filted (under the three preceding sec- tions) for a longer period than thirty days. The old law had limited the duration of a temporary appointment in such cases to ten days, but the President may now desig- nate Mr. Uhl to act as Secretary of State for thirty dayS at most. In fact, that is just what President Harrison did after Secretary Blaine’s resignation, for Mr. Wharton acted under his designation as Secretary of State for the full legal period, and Secretary Foster was not appointed until the last of the thirty days. Speculation as to a Successor. There was a great deal of speculation feday about the probable succesor of the late Secretary of State Gresham. Those people who are nearest to the administra- tion are very far from being able to sug- gest any name that will probably be select- ed by President Cleveland. There are half a dozen candidates, but, so far as is known, no one has even permitted his friends to say a word in his favor so shortly after the death of the Secretary. It is not likely that any ambitious can- didate who would like to be Secretary of State would permit his friends doing any- thing in his favor, at least until after t funeral ceremonies have been perform! and the body of the late Secretary is in- terred. There have been several instances in which efforts have been made to boom candidates before the body of the offi holder was cold, and Mr. Cleveland has ex- pressed himself very forcibly on the im- propriety of such conduet. Mr. Cleveland's views of such actions are known to be so strongly against over eagerness to fill a dead man’s shoes that it is generally be- lieved that it would tend to hurt the chances of any. man to start any cam- paign in his favor at this early day. While Mr, Cleveland may have his own idea as to who he wishes to be his Secre- tary of State, it ts believed that he will consult’ party leaders on this important subject in order to secure the greatest ad- vantage from a political standpoint, as well as to secure some one well qualified for the important diplomatic duties involved in the office of Secretary of State. Assistant Secretary Uhl Suggested. There is considerable talk about the pro- notion of Assistant Secretary of State Uhl to fill Mr. Gresham’s place. Mr. Uhl is a man of polished manners, of diplomatic in- stinct and one who has taken most active interest in all the affairs of the govern- ment connected with the State Depart- ment since his oceupancy of his present office. If there were but a few more months for the administration to exercise pewer there is little doubt that Mr. Uhl would be promoted. The assistant secre- tery has hosts of friends and he is as pop- ular with members of the cabinet with whom he has had intimate relations as he is with all persons who have transucted business before the State Department. Mr. Uhl is a Michigan man and there is little doubt that the congressional. delegation from his state would readily indorse his promotion as a just recognition of service and of the merit system as well as an henor which their state would appreciate. hut it is not thought likely that Mr. Uni will secure this important position. It is generally believed that in making his selection Mr. Cleveland will keep in view the giving of the appointment to a section of the country not now represented in the cabinet. He will® also want to strengthen party unity. Senator Gray Handicapped. Senator Gray of Delaware has been men- tioned as a possible successful candidate to be Secretary of State. There is no pos- sibility of such a choice, however. To be sure, Mr. Gray has been one of the strong- est administration men in the-Senate, and he is regarded by Mr. Cleveland as not on- ly one of his mest earnest supporters, but as a personal friend. But Mr. Gray’s can- didacy is handicapped by the fact that should he leave the United States Senate his seat would be filled by a republican. Of the thirty memters of the state senate of Delaware nineteen are republicans, Even were the administration willing to lose Mr Gray's support in the United States Senate in ogder to have him in the cabinet, it is not i probable that such a move would be indorsed either by the democ of Delaware or other party leaders. While Mr. Gray has taken an important part in Senate debates on the Hawaiian and other questions relating to foreign affairs of the ernment, there are many who resard him far from being an ideal Secre- tary of State. he old rumor that Mr. Carlisle may be transferred to the State Department is gain revived, but It has no foundation in act. When Mr. Gresham was talked of as the probable suc r of Justice Jackson of the Supreme this story gained éonsiderable currency. But Mr. Carlisle's old reputation is that of a financier rather than a diplomat, and he would doubtless regard any effort to transfer him to the State Department as a ccndemnation of his administration of the finances of the country. Ambassador Bayard. Ambassador Bayard, who served Mr. Cleveland as Secretary of State in his first administration, is regarded as a possibility in the present emergency. It is argued that Mr. Bayard’s residence abroad has made him most intimately acquainted with all the questions now between this country and Great Britain and has given him an ight into present-day diplomacy t few other available men possess. On the other hand, it is argued that Mr. Bayard’s knowledge of disputes between the United States and England may be quite as well employed as ambassador at the court of St. James as it would be as Secretary of State. Ambassador Eustis, who ts regarded as having positive ideas about a firm Ameri- can policy, is also named for the oflice. Although a southerner, it is thought he would please the north, but the fact of the th having in Secretaries Hoke Smith, Herbert and Postmaster General Wilson three members in the cabinet, the idea of a fourth member from that section is not entertained, Fears of Trouble With Dickinson. Mr. Don Dickinson is regarded as rather too much at variance with the President's ideas at the present time to be selected as Secretary of State. He is a warm personal friend of President Cleveland’s and has always exercised a great deal of influence with the President. The President accept- ed Private Secretary Thurber to fill h present office on the recommendation of Mr. Dickinson, without the least personal acquaintance with a man who was to per- form such confidential duties as private secretary. But a good many people think that if Mr. Dickinson, who got along with the President well enough when he filled the office of Postmaster General, were to decide upon any given course, and if his wishes were to be vetoed by the Presi- dent, there would be trouble in the official family. Mr. Dickinson’s utterances have shown that he has entertained views at varlance- with some of the acts of the ad- ministration, and his entrance into the cabinet is regarded as too likely to cause friction to permit it to be realized. Fx-Secretary Whitney. The name of ex-Secretary ‘of the Navy Whitney is also proposed in connection with the vacancy in the State Department. New York state having losfone representa- tive In the cabinet through the resigna- tion of Mr. Bissell, it is thought that Mr. Whitney's appointment would be very ap- propriate, and if the President is arabi- O. H. Douney, of Albion, Ind., an acknowledged expert in mat- ters relating toadvertising, pro- nounces The Washington Even- ing Star arte of the best six daily papers inthe United States for advertisers’ use, because-- touse his own words--‘because it comes néarer to covering its field entirely than any other- paper on earth.” 4 ak tious for a third term, and some of his fol- lowers have already pronounced them- selves in favor of his candidacy, Mr. Whit- ney'’s aid would be of incalculable value. Everyone knows how Mr. Whitney worked for Mr. Cleveland's nomination in the last national democratic convention, how he made friends with the representatives of Tammany democracy and acted as a con- ciNator with them after it was seen that Mr. Hill, under no circumstances, could have the indorsement of that»eonvention, and it is said that this service has always been kindly remembered by Mr. Cleveland. But while speculation over the probable selection of a successor to Mr. Gresham 1s rife, the President will not hold any con- ference with his party friends on that sub- ject until after the funeral of the dead Secretar, Representative Stone’s Proposition. Representative Wm. A. Stone of Penn- sylvania has arrived in the city. Mr. Stone’s family have made their home here since the adjournment of Congress, but will now go to the Adirondacks to spend the summer. Mr. Stone will return to his home in Pennsylvania in order to take charge of the business of his law firm, his partner having left the country for a vaca- tion abroad. Speaking to a Star reporter of a probable successor to the late Se+retary Gresham Mr. Stone gave a republican view on that question. “It seems to me,” he sald, ‘that Presi- dent Cleveland could not do better than transfer Postmaster General Wilson to the State Department and to appoint Mr. Harrity of Pennsylvania Postmaster Gen- eral. The office of Secretary of State is not really a matter of much importance. The Hawaiian question is about settled, and if the Secretary of State gets in any trouble with a foreign government through a mistake all he has to do is to apolog‘ze and it is quickly settled. But Mr. Wilson, it seems to me, is better qualified for the office than any man in the democratic party. He undoubtedly is better informed on historical politics in this conatry than any other democrat. He has a wide knowl- edge of diplomatic affairs, and is a studious man. To be sure Mr. Cleveland may £0 outside of his own party to find a Secre- tary of State, as ne did in the selection cf Mr. Gresham. Harrity for the Post Office. ‘With the office of Postmaster General vacant, Mr. Harrity would be a good man for Mr. Cleveland to honor. Pennsylvania has not been recognized by Mr. Cleveland in the make-up of his cabinet, yet that state will have sixty-four votes in the con- vention that is to nominate a democratic candidate for the presidency. Mr. Harrity conducted Mr. Cleveland’s last campaign, and in all probability will take charge of the next campaign. ,He is an able political manager, and while he is not of the same political ‘faith as myself, I have a great admiration tor his fine fighting qualities. Mr. Harrity wauld (be well fitted for the ralship. It is true that In that office there is not much to do, as the important places under the department bave all been filled by democrats. Mr, Stone does not think that the repub- lie: ns of Penns tions over the ylvanja are likely to be torn ilver question. “I am in favor of think it is necessary for the republican party to preseribe for the patient Hard Times before it is called to attend to the sick man. Especially at this time, so long before the convention, talk about the silver question will do no good, and could only result in stirring up factions. The democratic’ party has gone to pieces throygh such a course, and T think it is wise for the republican party to stand by its Well-known princtples, with the assurance thnt when the time comes it Will be well qualified to enact legislation that will counteract the effects of demo- cratic folly. Me Ido not “We are not taking much interest in politics in Pennsylvania just now. Our only contest soon to come off is over the office of state tr not likely over that eee MUST BE EQUIPPED. urer, and the people are yery much worked up Street Railways Given to June 1 to Provide Fenders, At a short and interesting meeting of the board of Commissioners today it was de- cided to take summary action June 1 on the fender question. This was an unex- pected move on the part of the Commis- sioners, who had expressed no desire re- cently to make the railroad companies come to terms and equip their several roads with safety fenders. Secretary Tin- dail busied himself this morning to get out the notices to the presidents of the several railroad companies, and at 2 o'clock the letter book was given an imprint of the following: “The Commissioners direct me to notify you that instructions will be given the attorney tor the District and the chief of police to see that the regulation estab- lished by the Commissioners in relacion to fenders on your ears are complied with on before June 1 next.” es of the above letter were sent to Ne’ president of the Rock Creek railroad; George T. Dunlop, presi- dent of the Washington Georgetown Railroad Company; O. P. Crosby, president of the Georgetown and Tenleytown Rail- road Company; W. K. Schoept, vice presi- dent Eckington and Soldiers’ Home Rail- road Company; R. F. Baker, president Co- lumbia_ Railway Company; H. S. Cum- mings,president Brightwood Railroad Com- pany. In this connection the Commissioners sent a copy of the letter to Attorney Thomas, calling attention to what had been lone... A similar communication was also sent to the chief of police informing him that pector will be placed at his service vdicate whether cars a equipped with those safety app! ae THE COURTS. yulty Court No. 1—Judge Cox. inger agt. Mills; sale decreed, with and B. Leonard, trus- . ton Reneficial En- dowment Asso tion agt. Nance Life Insurance Company Bondine admitted erger agt. ony extended agt. Luca: e sale | ney agt. T missed of replication. Cruikshank agt. Cri rles C. Tucker appointed guard litem. La Fetra agt. Hu demurrer sustained and bill 4 Engle; sale ratified nist. man; ‘appearance of absent de dered. Trimble agt. Gaddis; vived as to certain parties. Circuit Court No 1—Judge Bradley Washington agt. Turton; motion fer new ial filed. Childs Brick Company agt. Brent; judgmeat by default. Shapleigh Hardware Company agt. Herndon et al. In re estate of Patriék Sexton; on hear: Broadway National Bank agt. TI judgment by default, Criminal Court Nov 1—Judge McComas. J States agt. Dennis McDonnell, recognizance, $500, with Forrester, suret, Criminal Court No. Judge Cole. United States agt. Delia Cook and Frank MAckall, adulte: verdict, guilty; motion for new trial. United States agt. Fred T. Milier, setting up gaming table; defendant withdraws plea not guilty and pleads guilty; personal recognizance taken, and sentence suspended during good behavior. United States agt. Wm. and Daniel Kend- rick, housebreaking; on trial. Probate Court—Judge Hagner. Estate of Amanda- Haywood; inventory filed. Estate of Mary J. Johnson; sworn statement filed. Estate of Richard Cruik- shank; citation returned served. Estate of Ann W. De Valls; administrator bonded ard qualified. Estate of Hugh McCulloch; will filed. Estate.of Jno. L. Hayghe; in- ventory filed. Estate of Horatio Bridge; exemplified copy of “will filed. Estate of Jas. G. Craighead; affidavit filed. Estate of Darie! Hawkins; $75.66 turned over to reg- ister. HONORED IN DEATH (Continued from First Page.) of the District of Columbia, insuring a creditable military diplay. Orders were sent by Secretary Lamont’s direction to all military posts to place their colors at half mast, and salutes will be fired during the funeral services. MR. WILSON’S TRIBUTE. What the Postmaster General Says of His Dead Colleague. Postmaster General Wilson in speaking of Secretary Gresham today said: “To know Judge Gresham was to love him as a man and to admire and respect him as a public servant. When Mr. Bissell was leaving this department he told me that for all the worries and anxieties and disagreeable experiences of his official life he was richly compensated by having made the acquaintance and enjoyed the friendship of Judge Gresham. I share in the warmth of that feeling. As a-man the dead Secretary was plain, direct, cor- dial and high-toned. As Secretary of State he was severely laborious and painstaking. Through exceptional difficulties and em- barrassments he conducted our foreign af- fairs with great ability, to the honor of the American name and the steady increase of our standing and influence among the na- tions of the earth, for justice, wisdom and self-respecting devotion to freelom. Few lives have been more fruitful in high, un- selfish and solid service to his country Mr. Herbert's Tribute. “Everybody knows of his ability and his patriotism. He was one of the most lov- able men I ever knew. He was warm- hearted, generous, frank and impulsive. He was so natural in his nanner that every one could see that the kind things he said and did came straight from bis heart, and that was the secret of his great popularity. “He was painstaking and conscientious in the discharge of all his duties, loving justice above all things, and the immense labor he devoted to the work of his de- partment broke down his constitution, and mo doubt shortened his days.” Doctors Disagree. There is considerable discussion of the case of Mr. Gresham in medical circles. This is due in part to the fact that Dr. Krogstad, a homeopathic physician, was in charge of the case up to May 4. Dr. John- sen, who was then called in, was asked to consult with Dr. Krogstad, but declined. Dr. Johnson was then given charge of the case. In a bulletin given out last evening Drs. Johnson and Prentiss stated that Mr. Gresham's illness was acute pleurisy with effusion, beginning May 1. Dr. Krogstad questions whether pleurisy set in May 1, at which time he was in attendance on Mr. Gresham. He said to a Star reporter today: “I was called to see the Secretary at noon on April 30, when he was found to suffer from an acute attack of gastralga, complicated with congestion of the liver and the pass- ing of a gall stone. For the following two cr three days the gastric and intestinal conditions were very troublesome, but were improving satisfactorily, and on Friday, May 3, were v much relieved. The liver and a developing intercostal neuralgia were very troublesome factors. At an early call on Saturday morning, May 4, I discovered symptoms of threatened pleurisy on the right side, which are always to be looked for in such liver troubles as the Secretary was found to be suffering from. They were pointed out to the patient and Mrs. Gresham, and treatment instituted for their relief. My connection with the case ended at this time, and I did not see the Secretary again.” = AT HIS BIRTHPLACE. ‘fhe Sed News Taken to Mr. Gresham's Mother. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. LOUISVILLE, Ky., May 28.—The news that Secretary Gresham was dead was re- ceived with widespread and deep regret in this city, where he was personally known to many. It was even a keener shock to the citizens of New Albany, just across the river, where he lived for some vears, and near which place he was born. Last even- ing a telegram was received in New Al- bany from Secretary Lamont by J. M. Gwin, a life-long friend of Judge Gresham, announcing the sad news of his condition, and a messenger was dispatched at once to Lanesville to notify Mrs. Sarah H. Rum- ley, the aged mother, that her son was dy- ing. She will ‘be left nearly alone in the world, Of a large family, several of whom attained distinction in war and_ politics, enly one or two survive to console her in her extreme old age. Several years of Judge Gresham's life Were passed in New Albany, and he was very popular, visiting there every year, and sometimes oftener. On Secretary Gresh- am's visit to his mother near New Albany, he slept in the plainly furnished room in which he was bern. This house was a log structure slightly modernized by weather boarding, and is still occupied by his mother. NEW_ ALBANY, Ind., May 28. Walt is dead. My poor boy is dead,” was the ex- clamation of Mrs. Sarah Rumley, mother of Walter Q. Gresham, when word was conveyed to her of her son's critical ill- About 8 o'clock last night a telegram ived in this city from the Secre War, Daniel Lamont, stating that Secretary Gresham could not survive the night and requesting that his mother be notified. Mrs. Rumley lives at Lanesville, Harrison county. The hamlet has no rail- road or telegraphic communication with the outside world and volunteers were se- cured to convey the sad news to the aged mother. They reached the old homestead about 10 o'clock, and were met by Mrs. Rumley, who instantly understood the purpose of their errand before they could speak or reassure her. “Walt is dead. My poor boy is dead,” moaned the mother, wringing her hands and weeping bitterly in her intense agony and grief. The messengers informed her of the crit- ical illness of her son, and thus afforded her slight comfort by conveying the infor- mation that her son was not yet dead. The messengers returned to New Albany, and upon receipt of news of the Secretary’s death another messenger was dispatched to Lanesville. Mrs. Rumley will not re- ceive the news of her son's death until this afternoon. THE NEWS IN LONDON. Papers Generally Refrain From Edi- torial Comment. LONDON, May 28.—The news of the death of Mr. Walter Q. Gresham, Secretary of State of the United States, was received with every mark of sympathy at the United States embassy and at the British foreign office. The newspapers of this city today print the news of Mr. Gresham's demise in a prominent manner, but without editorial comment. The St. james Gazette, however, is an exception to the rule. In its remarks on the subject it says: “Mr. Gresham endeav- ored to preserve friendly relations with all foreign countries, especially with England, and his wise statesmanship upon more than one occasion offended the spread- eagleism of Yankee politicians.” Many Americans called at the United and at the United States jate today, leaving their cards with jons of sympathy with the family of Mr. Gresham in their bereavement. The flags on the United States embassy and the United States consulate were half-masted, and so were the flags on all the American exchanges, as well as upon several other buildings. Among those who called upon the United States officials today were Messrs. Bourke Cockran and Joseph H. Manley and Congressmen Apsley and Mc- Call of Massachusetts. The latter second- ed Mr. Gresham’s nomination for the pres- idency in 1888. The general opinion ex- pressed among American politicians here is that Postmaster General Wm. L. Wilson of West Virginia wil! succeed Mr. Gresham. The Earl of Kimberly, secretary of state for foreign affairs, has sent to President Cleveland an expression of his very great regret at the death of Mr. Gresham. TRIBUTES OF RESPECT. Resolutions Adopted by State Legislatures. NASHVILLE, Tenn., May 28.—The Ten- nessee house of representatives today ad- journed until tomorrow morning eut of respect to the memory of Secretary Gres- Western j bam. The resolution was simply worded, referring to Mr. Gresham as “That dis? tinguished soldier and statesman.” SPRINGFIELD, IIL, May 28.—Both houses of the legislature today unanimout- ly adopted resolutions deploring the death of Secretary Gresham, adding that his life has taught to the young manhood of America the possibilities which lie in the path of pluck, ambition, determination and honesty, and that in his death the cause of free government has lost one of its ablest champions and the state of Illinois one of its noblest citizens. ———_ THERE MAY BE AN INQUIRY. Money Said to Have Been Wrongfally Expended on Sprinkling County Roads It is claimed that the appropriation for the “repairs of county roads” has been di- verted. The matter will, within a few days, be brought to the attention of the ac- counting officers of the treasury. It ap- pears that the superintendent of county roads, acting under orders, has been pur- chasing supplies and sprinkling county roads, although it is claimed there was no appropriation to pay for the work. All the paraphernalia necessary was purchased, and all labor incident to the work paid for out of the specific appropriation for the re- pair of county roads. Before last year the Commissioners had a fund to do this work, but the appropriation was struck out of the bill that year, and it was found necessary to use the appropriation referred to. Last vear the Commissioners made an es- timate for $5,000 for doing this work, but it was defeated, and once again the repairs appropriation has been used to sprinkle the county roads. : Maj. Powell, when asked this afternoon if he was cognizant of the above, stated that he was familiar with the facts. Allotments had been made from time to time, he said, to sprinkle the roads, but he considered that it was a proper expenditure and no di- version of the appropriation. Unless these county roads were sprinkled, they would be damaged. The wind blew the loose dirt from off the road bed, and in a very short time the road bed was seriously affected. Scenes EEE THE FIRST CONVICTION. Judge Cole Upholds the Edmunds Act in the District. The first conviction on a charge of adul- tery, under the Edmunds act, was secured by District Attorney Birney before Judge Cole in Criminal Court No. 2 this morning. The case was that of Delia, alias Cordelia Cook and Frank Mackall, both colored. Their counsel gave notice of a motion for @ new trial and in arrest of judgment, and the defendants were remanded to jail to await sentence. In charging the jury, Judge Cole explain- ed the nature of the charge, which was preferred under what is known as the E munds or Utah act, which was primaril enacted to prohibit the practice of “polyg- amy and similar offenses in Utah and in the other territories of the United States. Until recently, stated Judge Cole, the law was not regarded as being in force and effect here. But several months ago, in the ¢ase of one Knight, charged with bigamy, Judge Cole said that he had decided that the Edmunds act applies here, and subse- quently the Court of Appeals sustaifed that decision. Therefore, remarked the court, the court and jury were bound by that decision. “The claim that the parties were intox!- cated,” said Judge Cole in conclusion, “is no excuse whatever. In fact, that makes it all the worse.” The jury was out but a few minutes, and upon its return returned a verdict of guilty as indicted? Mr. Carrington at once gave notice of a motion for a new trial and in arrest of judgment, explaining that the case would be carried to the Court of Appeals in the event of an overruling of the motions. Sentence was therefore de- ferred until after those motions have been passed upon. The penalty for the of- fense is imprisonment for not more than three yearse . ee OFFICER GREEN'S REVOLVER. Trin] Board Recommends Dismissing Charges for Foster Shooting, All of the*testimony taken by the police trial board at the recent trial of Officer A. W. Green for the careless use of his re- volver in the killing of Reuben Foster is before Maj. Moore and will be submitted to the Commissioners during the week. It was learned today that the recommendation of the trial board is that the charges be dis- missed, and all that is now needed is the official’ approval of the Commissioners, and the case made famous by the citizens of Anacostia will be ended. It was stated today that a delegation of colored ministers would appear before the Commissioners before the findings of the trial board ave finally disposed of to urge that Officer Green be dismissed, notwith- standing the recommendation of the trial board. ———— Partition of the Norment Estate. James S. Edwards and Clarence F. Nor- Ment, trustees, named in the will of Sam’'l |. Nerment, have by deeds filed today made partition of his estate. The deeds set forth that, in accordance with the final decree in the equity suit affecting the estate, the trustees have had the estate appraiser, and the distributive shares are made in accord- ance with this appraisement. The appraised value of the entire real estate is $1,019,813.90, and to the widow, Mamie E. Norment, is conveyed the house No. 925 M street, valued at $26,500, and cer- tain lots in fifteen different squares in dif- mt sections of the city, valued at $331,- ‘to the widow is also conveyed the dis- tributive share of Ellie Boe: formerly Ellie Norment, valued at $119,125, and the shere of Hai Norment, valued at $118,- 350, waich she is to hold for their use, as set forth in the will. ‘Lo Clarence Norment are conveyed various improved and unimproved lots in the city and a lot near Brightwood valued at about $55,000. ———— Salute to Grant’s Memory. An erder has been sent to the com- mandant of the New York navy yard today to have the U. S. S. Cincinnati proceed to Riverside Park on Memorial day and fre a national salute out of respect to the mem- ory of the late President Grant. Gets One Thousand Dollars. By a provision of the will of the late Horatio Bridge, U. S. navy, an exemplified copy of which was filed here today, the sie Humane Society 4s given 000, -_— Grain and Cotton Market Cotton and graiti markets, reported by W. B. Hibbs, stock, grain and cotton broker, 1421 F st. GRAIN. High. Low. Close. Wheat—July. ner) Sos Sept 81 7 3 a3” Corn—July. 12 6.72 2 6. 0 6. 37 6. 37 ‘Corr 9 igh. 702 “T.5 i 12 z. 9 1 Baltimore Markets. BALTIMORE, May 28.—Flour quiet, unchan: receipts, rels; shipments, Wheat “dull and month, : asked; Jul August, mixed Spot, S84 BS asked; July, 57 stock, ern corn, 5 m—No. 2 white’ w 3 ‘eipts, ‘bus! Rye quiet—receipts, good to choice t $13.50. hts very dull, no deniand, tn- changed. r firm, uncha Butter tirm— fancy er 1 imitation, 14a16; fancy la- , 12013; good ladle, 10a11; store packed, Sal0, Eggs firm—fresh, 12%.” Cheese quiet, unchamzed, SS Washington Grain Market. Reported by the Grain Exchange. Spring patent flour, per burrel, 4.75a5.00; spring straight flour, per barrel, 4.2544.50; winter patent flour, per bargel, 4.50u4.7! wint Straight flour, per barrel, 4.00a4.25; winter extra four, per barrel, 3.5043.73; clipped white oats, per bushel. 38444394 ‘o. 2 white oats, per bi TMea38te; No. 2 tulaed cats, per bushel, 34340351 No. 2 yellow corn, per bushel, 604261; No. 2 white corn, 6OaG1; No. 1 timothy hay, per ton,’ 13.75a14.00) No. mothy hay, per ton, 11.50a12.50; No. i aixed + per top, 12.00413.00; No. 1 clover hay, per ton, 9.00u10.00; No. 1 cut hay, per ton, 13.500. 134.50; bulk braa, per ton, ais.00; bulk amid. | dings, per ton, '17.00a18.00; rre straw, per ton, 13. 14.00; heat straw, per ton, 6.00. The nbove quotations for car lots delivered on track, Washington. per bushel, | FINANCE AND TRADE Reaction in Values Throughout the Stock List. GRANGERS WERE THE ACTIVE FEATURE Little News on Which to Base the Decline. GENERAL MARKET REPORTS Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. NEW YORK, May 28—With a few un- important exceptions, the reactionists oper- ated successfully against values in all parts of the active list this morning. London's cables reflected substantial fractional de- clines, and timid holders were easily per- suaged to part with their holdings at prices fixed by the professional room element. Conservative operators were quietly ab- sorbing all offerings, but made no effort to stay the decline. The action of today’s market is regarded as entirely natural, and will probably prove beneficial in its ulti- mate results. The grangers were the active features of the regular list, as usual, and all were depressed a full point from initial figures. Manhattan yielded easily to moderate selling, a loss of 21-2 per cent being re- corded during the first half of the sesison. There was little news on which to base the decline, the most potent influence originating in the general desire to force a lower level of values, in order to revive a buying demand. In the industrial list there was a fair volume of business and some irregularity. Sugur was weak on continued selling of small lots, presumably in the interest of certain operators said to be desirous of accumulating stock at lower prices. The total absence of support noticed through- out the morning and the size of individual sales gave considerable color to this view. Leather was active at a decline of more than 2 per cept,part of which was restored on an attempt to cover early sales. Gen- eral Electric advanced 1 per cent on pur- chases for both accounts. The room is inclined to view this prop- erty in a somewhat more fayorable light aS the reult of several pending develop- ments of an advantageous nature. The contingencies on which certain of these developments are dependent, however, are such as to prompt caution in estab- lishing their market value. - The market for foreign exchange was slightly firmer in tone as the result of an improved demand from remitte~s. The sup- ply of commercial bills is small, and the volume of business limited. As the result of these conditions, rates are extremely sensitive and liable to frequent changes. The meeting of the anthracite sales agents adjourned until 3 o'clock, without having taken any important action on either prices or tonnage for June. Some conclusion cn these subjects is expected to be reached during the day. The trading of the last hour was confined to the room, traders being disposed during the first half of this period to work for a rally. Fractional improvement was noted in nearly all of the more active issues, but ther2 was little disposition to regard the de- cline as complete. The holiday on Thursday will probably result in a narrow and professional market tomorrow, which will aid the reactionists in forcing further concessions, should such a desire prevail. London will contribute little to the volume of business between now and Friday, which adds weight to the conclusion that temporarily lower prices are to be expected. ————s FLNANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL, ‘rhe 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. . Law. Close. American Sugar. = 17% 116” 116 American Sugar Pfd.. 993, 29 993g ODIg Amencan Tooacco. American Cotton Oil Atchison. Canada Southern: Canada Pacific. Chesapeake an . C.. C. and St. L, Chicago Gas... C..M. and St. Pa C.. M. and St. Paul . Chic.. R.I. and Pacific D@).. Lack. and W. Delaware and Hudson. Den. and R. Grande Pfd Dis.and Cattle Feeding. General Electri Hiliuois Central Lake Shore Eri Louisville and Nashville Long Island Traction. Metropolitan Traction. Manhattan Elevated. Michigan Central. Missouri Pacin Northern Pacitic Pid North American... Ont. and Western... Pacific Mail Phila. and Keading: — = Car Co. uthern Hiway. Phila. ‘Traction. Texas Pacitic. Wheeling and Wheeling and L. E. Pta Western Union Tei Wisconsin Central. Silver... Washington Stock Exchange. Sales—regular call—12 o'clock m.—Washington Light Infantry Ist 6s, $100 at 108. U.S. Electric Light, 2 at Franklin Insurance, 37 at 44; 25 * at 44. “People's Fire Insurance, 200 at 6%, Chesa- eake and Potomac Telephone, 20 at 60; 20 at 60; Mergenthaler Linotype, 6 at 198, S. 045, registered, 112% P asked. U. S. 4s, coupon, 112% bid. “U- S. 4s, 122% bi District of ColumbJa Bonds.—20-year fand 5s, 106 6s, gold, 112 bid. Water éteck 118 bid.” Water stock 7s, 1903, 3.658, funding, currency, 11144 is, registered, 2-108, 100 bid. iscellancous Bouds.—Washington and George- Gs, Ist, bid, 140 asked. ud Georgetown ‘Railroad conv. 6s, 2d, ked. Metropolitan Railroad conv. Gs, asked. Belt Railroad 5s, 86 bid, ton Railroad Gs, 103 bid. G 110 bid, 111 asked. y Gs, series’ A, 114 bid. y 6s, séries By 11 5 bl d ke a 4 asked. American ind A., 100 bid. American . and'O., 100 bid. W ist 6s, 110 bid, 115 asked. npany imp. Gs, 110 bid, 1 Washington t Conipany’ ext. nic Hall Association 5s, 10 bid. it Infantry Ist Gs, 103 bid. Light Infantry 2d 7s, 100 bid, ational Tt: bid. Bank of 0 bid. ket Compa n Market C ak n ropolitan, and Mechan- tes’, 183 137 Did, 147 asked. _ 130 bid, 140 asked. “i, 10S bid, | 110% ‘as |. Lincoln, 96 bid; 101 ask : fe Depo fo | Deposit and Trust, 125 bid Loan and ‘Trust, 123 bid, 124 asked. curity and Trust, 136% bid. flroad _Stocks.— Washington —National a. Washin; American Se- Georgetown, .. 73 bid, 80 asked! 20 ‘bid s.—Washington Gas, getown Gas, 50 bid. UL Franklin, Cor as cht, ock: | bid, 844 asked. Commercial, 416 bid, 5% asked. ‘Title. Insurance Stocks.—Real Estate Title, 108 bid, 118 asked. Columbia Title, 7 bid. Washington | Title, 6 asked. District Title, '12 asked. ‘Telephone Stocks.—Pennsylvanta, 37 bid, 50 asked. e and Potomac, 59 bid. 69% ackrd. Amer- 3% bid. Pneumatic Gun Car- asked.” 5 tocks.—Washington Market, 24 bid. Great Falls Ice, 135 bid. Bull Run Panorama, 26 ‘asked. Norfolk and Washington Steamboat, 90 bid. Lincoln Hall, 75 bid #196 bid, 200 asked, ‘ Ex rights. Mergenthaler Linotype,