Evening Star Newspaper, June 18, 1895, Page 2

2 LATE NEWS BY WIRE William Henry Arraigned for His Father's Murder. RICH CLUBMEN PAY FOR HIS DEFENSE None of the Neighbors Believe in His Guilt. NO SIGN OF THE WILL BROOKLYN, N. Y., June 18.—The police have made but little headway with the Henry murder mystery. Wm. Henry,the son of the murdered C. W. Henry, was arraigned in the police court today. Foster L. Backus appeared for the prisoner. The proceedings were brief, and William was remanded to jail until Friday. After William had been remanded Law- yer Backus was asked how he came to be retained in the case. He said Mr. Mor- rison Hoyt, a nephew of old Mrs. Henry, the widow of the murdered miser, and a director of the Midwood Club, had retain-' ed him. He also said that a meeting cr conference of the direetors of the Midwood Club of Flatbush had begn held last nixht for the purpose of talking over the Hen. murder. The outcome of the confererce was that the directors came to an agre2- ment that all contribute to pay expenses incurred in defending William on his trial. The club is wealthy and influential, and a significant fact is that many members are well acquainted with Walter, the so-called “good son,” yet they stand by William, who ts called “wayward.” Superintendent McKelvey ts troubled ‘to account for the fact that Walter did net tel! William on Friday night, when the latter called on him at his home in Fiat- bush, that his father was dead. Willlam called to talk over the advisability of hav- ing his father put in an insane asylum, 30 that they might get his fortune. They talked about this, yet Walter never tol William that his father was Jead. Walter, when asked about this, replied that he thought William would learn it soon enough. When Wiillam did .bear cf it, or rather reai about it and that ne was suspected, he gave himself up to the po- ice. The fact has been brought out that the letter produced by the dead man’s gon Walter, in which the father had written of @ quarrel with the other son, William, and threats that the latter had made against his life, was not received through the post ¢ffice, but was handed by the father to his favored son at the old man’s home two Gays before the murder was committed. Although the house of the murdered man has been carefully searched, and nearly $70,000 in cash and securities found, no trace of a will has been discovered, and st is thought the securing of this document, if it existed, may have been the incentive for the commission of the crime. Not one of the nelghbors believes that William Henry is guilty of the murder of his father. ———.__. HOWGATE CASE. The Jury Will Probably Decide Thurs- day Next. Because of District Attorney Birney’s engagement in another case, the trial of Capt. Henry W. Howgate, charged with forgery and falsification of his accountd, while disbursing officer of the signal office, in 1879, was not resumed today until after the usual noonday recess. Yesterday afternoon J f@ McComas overruled the motions 2 by the de- fense to quash the inmtictments, and also overruled their demurrer givea on the part of government. This afternoon the prayers of either side for instructions to the jury were again taken up, when Judge McComas proceeded to pass upon them. It is expected that ail of tomorrow will be devoted to arguments before the jury, but the jury is not ex- pected to take the case until some time on » Thursday. to the evidence —_s—_ TREASURY ELEVATORS. Bids Opened for the Construction of Bwo New Ones. Bids were opened at the Treasury Depart- ment this afternoon for two elevators for the Treasury Department building. The bidders evere Otis Bros. & Co. of New York, S. Norris, Craven & Co. of Phil- adelphia, Pa.; Morse, Williams & Co. of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Elevator Com- pany of Bioomburg, Pa.; the St: Elevator Company of Chicago and & Prince of Chicago. eee eae Lawn Party. Tonight the ladies of the People’s Church will give a unique lawn fete for the benefit of the church. The affair takes place at the residence of Dr. William Tindall, on Cali- fornia avenue, Washington Heights. The spacious grounds will be brilliantly iilu- mirated with Chinese lanterns. An em- bryo menagerie under the personal direc- tion of Prof. Edward Schmid and contain- ing two Gila monsters is one of the at- tractions. — The Amphions Are Incorporated. The Amphion Glee Club has been incor- porated for the term of twenty years, dat- ing from June 15, 1505. The trustees for the first year of its corporate existence are Messrs. Jacob B. Walker, J. Henry Lewis, Frank B. Williams, James H. Washington, W. W. Orme, Wm. Goodrich and Wm. C. Elkins. The objects of the association are to acquire a proficiency in the art of vocal music, and to support an organization for the promotion of the same. A ladies’ auxil- jary is one of the new features. _——— Bids Opened. Bids were opened by the Commissioners today for swecping Pennsylvania avenue by hand. Several days ago bids for this work were opened, but were so low that the Commissioners were persuaded the work could -not be satisfactorily done at the prices offered. The bidders today were Richard Horn & Son, ); James O'Day, $23.50; R. V. Rusk, $23; Ralph Wormley & Wm. Ryan, $21.50; John Lee, — Fell From 1 Ladder. This afternoon shortly after 2 o'clock Mercer Cyrus, employed on the new library and living at 1016 19th street , fell from a ladder. He was re- the Emergency Hospital, where his injuries wore attended to. —— Racing on the Islnnd. The first race at Alexander Island today, five furlongs, was won by Adaxus (Mur- phy), 15 to 1; Harris (Neary), even, second; Juliet (Coleman), 12 to 1, third. Time, 102 3-4. +. Final Arguments, The Commiassionere heard the final ar- guments this afternoon in the gas en- gire controversy of certain residents against the Nelson Morris Beef Company. Attorney Lambert made an extended ar- it against amending the building reg- ms permitting the setting up and maintenance of a gas engine, and Mr. Henry Wise Garnett replied at length. The Commissioners reserved their decis- fon. —_.__. a Colin Campbell Dead. BOMBAY, June 18.—Lord Colin Campbell, fourth son of the Duke of Argyle, a cap- tain in the Bombay Rifle Volunteer Corps, fs dead at the age of forty-three years. ise of death was pneumonia. Lord Colin Campbell was the brother of the Marquis of Lorne, husband of Princess Louise. a Army Orders. Capt. George McCreery, assistant sur- geon, has been ordered from Fort D. A. Russell, Wyo., to Fort Niobrara, Neb. Capt. Chas. H. Ingalls, assistant quartermaster, has been granted four months’ additional © leave of absence, on TTS Urn lyn rainr>tarnersrrep pnp meiarseseesigipesetlpersesettann sense sspenens on io-enius=iare>-vuesro-iooensnsoeorrersseoenmmaon osoespangoetensiaeneouhionnentaetes| LE COINTE CASE. REVERSED Gives the Prisoner a New Court of Appeals Zi Trial. The Character of the Adverse Testi- mony Questioned and the Manner of Charging the Jury Criticised. The Court of Appeals, in the case of George Le Cointe, conyicted several weeks ago of robbing Dollie Ballard of several hundred dollars’ worth of diamond jewelry last February, and soatenced to three years in the penitentiary, today reversed the judgment of the court below, and remanded the case to the Criminal Court for a new trial. The case was tried before Judge Cole, and the defendant's counsel excepted to several rulings of the court, among others that the indictment alleged that the jew- etry belonged to the woman, when, in fact, it was her husband's, she being, married. The Court of Appeals, however, holds that as the woman acquired the jewelry from some other person than her husband, the allegation in the indictment was not de- fective. It was claimed by the government that Le Cointe made a confession at the jail in the presence, if not in the hearing, of sev- eral perscns, two of the parties testifying that they did not hear it, and the trial judge said to the jury that such a state- ment was not a contradiction in law of those who testified to hearing the alleged confession. That was error, the appellgte court held. 2 Judge Cole's Ruling Criticised. A plain instruction to the effect that a defendant in a criminal case is entitled to the presumption of innocence is all that is required, and as the ordinary jury has no difficulty in so understanding, says Justice Sheperd, the better way is to avoid ex- plaining or illustrating the rute. Le Cointe is now in jail, and it is under- stood that his counsel will apply for his re- lease on bail pending the ordered new trial. ——_—_—_ WHOLESALE MARKET. A Petition Asking for the Adoption of Regulation: G. M. Henault, representing a number of wholesale farmers, truckers and gardeners, appeared before the Commissioners this af- ternoon and presented a petition signed by a number of them relative to the use of the old Haymarket square for their use. The petition asks for the building of a stable and pens for different kinds of stock from B street to Little B street, fronting on 12th street, with hay seales at the corner of 12th and B streets, the said stable to be covered with a roof extending to the curb on 12th street and extending on the back twenty-five or thirty feet, so as to shelter the corn, hay and straw. wagons. 2. The balance of said square to be paved entirely with a raised curb for the backing of the farmers’ wagons, the whole to be covered by one or more roofs, extending to the curb on all sides, that is, B street, 10th street and Little B street, with watering tank at the curb on the three sides in the center of the square. 3. The whole market to be under the jurisdiction of the. District Commissioners, who will appoint ‘a market master, said market master will act as collector of stand fees, and he will be Bonded to the Commissioners for the honest and faithful performance of his duties. The Commis- sioners will also appoint as many watch- men as necessary, to be paid monthly salaries, and the Commissioners will ap- point sweepers to keep the market clean, to be paid monthly salaries. 4. The Commissioners will formulate rules and regulations as they deem proper for the welfare of the producers who attend the market. 5. The stand fee shall be ten (10) cents per day, and no discrimination for one or two-horse teams, as a obe-horse team oc- cupies as much space as a two-horse team. The first come on Monday morning selects his stand and pays the market master his fee, and if he desires to keep it for the next day he will notify the market master, and at the end of the week every stand will be vacated, and they are no one's stand until Monday morning next. 6. The market master will keep a book for the registry of all farmers and vro- ducers who attend the market, their names, state, county and post office, so that the farmers, producers and the pub- lic will be protected from bogus and pre- tended. farmers. : oR eg DEATH JAS ACCIDENTAL. Davis and Phillips Built the Defective Seaffold. Deputy Coroner Glazebrook today held an inquest to determine the responsibility for the death of Rogerie Davis and Robert Phillips, the cornice workers who' fell from a scaffold and were almost instantly killed yesterday morning while at work on house 1124 12th street northwest. The jury, consisting of Pliny M. Hough, George J. Oct, Charlies C. Langley, Julius Ruth, B. T. Litze and Larionce A Latch- ford, after hearing the testimony of a number of witnesses, returned a verdict at- taching no blame to any one. ‘The First Witness. Edward Robison, who worked with the two cornicefitters, sald that one of the beams had a knot in it. The men built their own scaffold, erecting it about ten minutes before 9 o'clock yesterday morn- ing. Lee Lawson, an apprentice hoy, in the employ of Mr. Reavis, stated that he was at the building helping the men. Davis was holding the cornice in position and Phillips was about to secure it with a nail when the scaffold gave way. A. 8S. Reavis, the employer of Davis an Phiilips, stated that it was the custom o: his men to build the scaffolds they worked on. They had been doing so for several years and had never before met with an accident. The funeral of Davis will take place from his late residence, 636 H street southwest, tomorrow afternoon at 4 o'clock, and in- terment will be made in Congressional cem- etery. Services are to be held over the re- mains of Phillips at 500 6th street aorth- east tomorrow afternoon at 2 o’clock. The body will be interred In Glenwood cemetery. —————__ SILVER KNIGHTS OF AMERICA. A Chorter Granted for the Supreme Temple of the Order. * Judge Norton today granted a charter to a steck company to be called the Supreme Temple of the Silver Knights of America. The general objects are stated to be to establish a secret society for the purpose of seeking to secure in a legal way the free coinage of silver in the United States and to make silyer a legal tender for all debts, and to collect and expend money for that purpose. The capital stock {is $100,000, and the shares $100 each. M. B. Harlow is the legal agent. W. M. Stewart of Carson City, Nev., is president; James L. Pait, vice president; Oliver C. Sabine, secretary; James A. B. Richard, treasurer, and 8. 8. Yoder, director general. DISTRICT TELEPHONES. The Commissioners Will Equip a Service of Their Own. Tired of paying what they regard as exorbitant rentals for telephones, the Com- missioners will, upon the beginning of the next fiscal year, equip a telephone service belonging to the District. ‘This much was decided today, when the Commissioners issued an order accepting the proposal of Kennedy & DuPerow to furnish two hundred sets of telephone transmitters and receivers at 33.75 per set, provided a satisfactory bond be given by the Manhattan Supply Company, the maker of telephone sets, as a guarantee against infringements. - a Quay is for McKinley. Senator Quay is for Gov. McKinley for President. Such is the logical deduction to be drawn from an interview had with State Senator Boise Penrose last night in Philsdelphia. Senator Penrose, who is one of Senator Quay’s closest friends, has just returned from Brigantine Beach, where he has been in close consultation with the Senator for two days. ae NE SE SN AEE ES Ea SE lat Ree THE EVENING STAR, TUESDAY, JUNE 18, 1895-TWELVE PAGES. CAMP WASHINGTON Doings of the Soldier Boys Down the River. IMPROVEMENTS IM DRESS PARADE Training Sentries and the Direful Results So Far. TOO MANY BANNER§ Staff Correspondence of The Evening Star. CAMP WASHINGTON, June 18, 1895. Officers’ drill took a new turn today. Yes- terday there were two hours of instruc- tion in position drill. This morning's hour was alvided, the first half being devoted to the kneeling, sitting and lying down posi- tions in the firings, with the inspector gen- eral of rifle practice as the instructor. The other halffhour was set apart for instruc- tion In the manual ef the sword, the exer- eises being conducted by Capt. Constan- tine Chase, U. S. A. This afternoon the hour will almost surely be devoted to ex- tended order drill, the officers falling in as a company on the right of the camp colors and being marched to the parade ground. Where is Mr. Blount? There has been great profusion of stars and stripes in camp, many of the regimen- tal and battalion commanders having hoist- ed colors in front of their respective quar- ters. This afternoon, without ceremony and probably at irregular intervals, the colors will come down. They will also stay down. It is not the proper thing nor is it according to military custom permissible to fly more than one national color in a camp or post. Gen. Ordway’s motto—re- vised to meet present conditions—is: “One country, one post, one flag.” The River Patrol. If the keepers of the floating speak- easies on Swan creek have made expenses during the past three days, they have done it without the assistance of the National Guard, for only a very small number of the soldiers could by any possibility suc- ceed in making their way to the arks with- out detection. Last night the mounted patrol, which is composed almost exclusive- ly of officers of the general staff, spent several lonesome hours on the northern edge of the reservation. Two boats were also out, and as a result several men whose passes were fatally defective spent the night in the guard tent. The best evidence that the speak-easies are not doing much business is found in the admirably sober condition of the men in camp and the high standard of discipline which is maintained through every hour in the twenty-four. There will be no relaxation at all in the important matter of river-front patrol; rather the vigilance will be increased. Noticeable Improvement. As the encampment grows older there is noticeable improvement in the execution of the formal ceremonies that mark the beginning and end of the day’s military duty. Although the first dress parade of the encampment was by no means a dis- creditable affair the improvement made in that beautiful military exercise has been steady and gratifyingly rapid, so that yes- terday’s review, which was witnessed by a goodly number of people, had in it those elements which go to make up perfection. The same flattering and noticeable improve- ment in the less familiar, but more im- portant, duty of guard mount has been the object of general and favorable comment, and the training in guard duties given by the two officers detailed specially for that For the Hospital. purpose is now manifesting itself in the resultant good effects. The company as- signed for general guard duty was com- pany A, third battalion, familiarly known in Washington. and throughout the country as the Morton Cadets. Capt. Edgar A. Shilling was officer of the day, and the senior and junior officers of the guard were Lieuts. George E. Tralles and C. M. Rob- inson, respectively. Witnessing the ceremony were Gen. Ord- way and members of his staff, Capt. Chase, U. 8S. A., and a number of members of the National Rifles, who remained in camp over night and are spending the day crit- ically examining the performances of their brethren of the National Guard, with whom they have so recently associated them- selves. Only complimentary things were said of the manner in which the men ac- quitted themselves, and the pleasant things were sincerely said. Guard mount in the first regiment was witnessed this morning by Lieut. Heiner, U.S.A., instructor in guard duties, and was a very satisfactory performance. Lieut. Heiner last night delivered his first lecture on the duties pertaining to the proper guarding of the camp, and his instructing remarks bore fruit in the various cere- monies this morning in the different regi- ments, All officers who expected to go on At the Wharf. guard duty today were ordered to attend the lecture, which was held in the large lecture tent erected in the rear of the quar- ters of the general staff. The audience was augmented by a num- ber of other interested guardsmen anxious to perfect themselves in military knowl- edge, who voluntarily applied for permis- sion to attend the instruction—-a request that was not slow in being granted. Lieut. Heiner’s remarks partook of the nature of a chalk talk; as he explained the duties required of the guards and gave instruc- tion’as to how the ceremony of guard mounting should be gone through with, he illustrated his remarks with graphic black- board sketches, which proved a valuable aid in fixing in the minds of the officers of the class the positions they should take up and the manner in which the company should be formed and marched in review. Other instructing lectures will be held nightly by officers in charge of the various branches of military knowledge. Guard Duty. That the sentries are being thoroughly 1) Jt is welf for advertisers fo Reep steadify'in mind the fact tat Zhe Star makes @ sworn defaifed statement cach Saturday of its circu: fation for tBe preceding week and tat it is he onfy Wash: ington: netospaper that ree: ognizes the right of the ad: bertiser fo inow the measure of publicity for which Ge is paying. Te amount of ad: bertising appearing daifp in The Star is ampfe evidence hat this poficy is appreci: ated. The average daifp civcufation fast week was 31,570. instructed in the onerous duty of guarding the camp from intrusion 1s daily becoming more apparent, and the wisdom of detail- ing Lieut. Heiner of the fourth artillery, and accepting the. volunteer services of Capt. Broome as instructors of the guard is manifestly indisputable. Sentries have become strictly attentive to duty, and in some cases their zeal in insisting upon ev- ery little point of military requirements or their misunderstanding or misinterpreta- tion of instructions has been the cause of some friction and much amusement. Some of the incidents have been ludicrous. It is said that some of the officers in camp, of exalted rank, have been halted and com- manded to button up their coats, an order they were not slow to obey. One captain, Eowever, when a sentry told him to button his coat. replied that he preferred it open. “But you must button it, sir,” came the imperative answer of the guard. “No, I’ll be blanked if I will,” said the obdurate offl- cer, turning on his neel and walking back; “I'll go to my tent first.” And he secluded himself where the eyes of the common sol- dier could not discern whether his coat was buttoned or not. The silence of the camp was broken in the early hours of this morning when the stern cemmand, “Halt!” rang out. m the still air. This was repeated with greater em- phasis and intensity a second and third time, the object at which the order was directed evidently paying no attention to the sentry’s frantic efforts to prevent en- trance within the Hnes of what might turn out to be an armed enemy. The vigilant warrior on guard duty, finding that word of mouth was of no avafl and that his com- mands fell on an apparently deaf ear, pro- ceeded tO run after his intended victim, at the same time loudly calling out, “‘Head him off! Call tut’ the guard!” When he presently discovered that the violator of the strict rulesof-camp was a horse which had broken away from the corral he im- mediately collapsed, and the next heard from him was ‘whén he called in a sheepish voice; “Corporal of the guard, post No. 4, relief.” te The board of. trade will visit the encamp- ment at Fort Washington Thursday after- noon, and will be the guests of the District militia. Secretary: Wright is sending out invitations today,,on behalf of Gen. Ord- way, and it is.expected that the recipients will go down the river Thursday on the boat leaving the Wharf at 4:30 p.m. THE \ LEAGUE EPWORTH Enthusiastic Assemblage of Its Members in Washington District. The first annual convention of the Ep- worth League of the Washington district, Baktimore conference M. E, Church South, began this morning, at 10:30 o'clock, at Ep- worth M. E. Church South, Rev. J. O. Knott pastor, corner of 7th and A streets northeast. The list of delegates, in addi- tion to these whose names were published in yesterday’s Star, is: Alexandria-—Rev. J. T. Williams, Mr. C. W. Mellin, Miss A. Kemp, :Miss. Kate Fisher; Occoquan — Miss Minnie Davis, Devetional exercises were conducted by Rev. J. W..Grubb, president of the District League and pastor of the M. BE. Church South at Leesburg, Va., after which an ad- dress of welcome was delivered by Mr. Fred E. Woodward of Epworth League, Washington. President Grubb replied to Mr. Wood- ward's address. A’ committee on creden- tials was appointed as follows: Revs. M. E. Gallaher, H. I. Stephens, H. M. Strick- ler, Mrs. Kent, C. A. Wood and Miss Hat- tie Williams. A short report on the work of their re- spective leagues was made by Rev. H. I. Stephens of Middleburg, Va., Rev. 1. M. Strickler of Marshall, Mr. F. E. Wood- ward of Washington and others for the seniors, and Master Frank B. Woodward for the Junior League of Epworth Church, the only junior league ‘n the M. E. Church South in Washington. ‘The Junior League. Master Woodward's report in part was: “The Junior Epworth League of Epworth Church was organized during February, 1895, with thirty members, of which twenty were girls and ten boys. Since then three beys and two girls have been admitted, making a total membership of thirty-five. Rey. H. L Stephens read a paper on “The League as a Training School,” and Rev. Avgustus Davisson of Washington made an address on ‘The Cottage Prayer Meeting.” Mr. F. E. Woodward of Washington read a paper on “The Posstvilities of the Epworth League.” The convention took a recess until 3 o'clock, and during that period the delegates partook of lunch, prepared by the Epworth Leaguers for them. Afternoon Session. Upon reassembling devotional services were aguin conducted, after which the fol- lowing papers were read: “A Model Junior League—An Object Lesson,” by Miss Lizzie Humme-; “The Duty of Giving,” C. A, Wood, and “A Model Business Meeting,” L, P. Boteler, all of Washington. Tonight there will be a mass meeting, to which all leaguers are invited, at Waugh M. E. Church, corner of 3d and A streets northeast, where eddresses will be made by Rev. A..Coke Smith of Norfolk, Va., and other able speakers. —— Drank to Excesa, A petition for divorce from George Thom- as Toombs kas ben filed by Anney May Toombs, who states that they were married here September 14, 1875, three children sur- viving of the‘five born to them. Within six months after their marriage, says Mrs. Toombs, her Husband commenced to drink to excess, and has been, she charges, an habitual dyuwkard for fourteen years. Shortly afte? their marriage, asserts Mrs. Toombs, het husband began to treat her cruelly, and’Jane 19, 1881, she charges, he willfully desefted and abandoned her and his children, Mrs, Toombs prays that she may be allowed to retain the custody of the children, 7 Grain Exchange Officers. At the annual election of officers for the Washington Grain Exchange the retiring president, Mr. Robert B. Tenney, gave a brief history of the exchange, showing the beneficial results of such an organization. He predicted that soon Washington would have an exchange hall of which the city could feel proud. The election of 01 resulted 2s follows: President, Rot Tenney; vice president, Walter secretary and treasurer, E. W. Wa board of directors, W. E. Mannakee, L Mayer, Willie S. Hoge; board of arbitra- tion, B. B. Hendrickson, C. S. Taylor, T. A. Long; board of appeals, I. W. Brown, D. G. Mohler, H. L. Wilkins. sam eg Over One Hundred. Mary Jane Bell, a colored woman whose age was given as 101 years, was buried in Harmony cemetery Sunday afternoon. She lived at 467 11th street northeast, and was a native of Maryland. PENSION DISMISSALS/NEW 4 Records of the Ex-Clerks Being Looked Into. EFFIGFENT CLERKS DISMISSED The List May Be Given Out After All. NO REINSTATEMENTS YET —_+—_—_ It keeps a clerk busy most of the time to leok into the records of the pension office dismisees who make complaints to Secre- tary Smith. The number of clerks who make complaint is considerable, and every case is looked up carefully by a.clerk desig- nated by the Secretary, and a full report made to him at once. None of the cases so far, he says, have led to any action or Promises of action toward the reinstate- ment of those dismissed. Several of those whose complaints were received directly by Secretary Smith were found by the inquiry made by his represen- tative to have very poor records, notwith- standing they insisted that they had main- tained a high standing for years. This is the version of the Secretary’s of- fice. That of the dismissed clerks is quite different. Old Soldiers With Good Records. An old clerk, speaking of the efficiency line, which is said to have cut a figure in the selection of the clerks to be dismissed, said to a Star reporter: “The public would be led to believe that inefficiency cut an important figure in the question as to wao should be dropped. I know of several who were retired whose efficiency record, like my own, was above ninety, and, like myself, were also old sol- diers, and had no other relatives in gov- ernment office. “I know also that many clerks were re- tained whose records are bad, both inside and outside of the bureau. A number of this cless are young men with no responsi- bilities—frequenters of Jackson City, the pool rooms, &c., and always behind finan- cially. I think it unfair to withhold the names of the discharged employes and then comment adversely upon them. Give their names and their standing as kept in the several divisions where they worked. Mention was made of an old soldier who was dropped who received a salary of $900 and kis daughter $1,200. I know ‘of three just sucly cases, only that one of them has three relatives on Uncle Sam's pay roll, and not old soldiers, either. I, for one, am doing no kicking. I know of no proposed congressional investigation, but I object to being kicked when I am ‘down and out,’ in order to cover up a wrong that has been done me.” Alleged Violation of Law. “I will say,” sald another ex-clerk, “that what The Star said Saturday, relative to pension office dismissals, was not only true, but much more can be said on this subject. I know that the Revised Statutes and ‘civil service rules in favor of the Unign soldiers have been not only ignored in’ many bu- reaus of the government service, but es- pecially defied in the pe: sorry to say that under tie present admin- istration there is no remedy or redress for a Union soldier, and the only way I sce for the future ts to elegt only patriotic, honest men as Representatives, who dare to force the head of bui 5 and execute the law. I, not understand why the A: tolerate such inhuman, unchristian and in- consistent treatment toward the defenders of the Union. Anarchism, riot, socialism and other isms will increase on account of such actions of the servanis of the peo- ple, who are put in power to see that the laws of the country are enforced, but on the contrary, defy the law,retain unscrupu- lous chiefs of divisions, who, perhaps, in turn for a drink of whisky, protect and up- hold worthless and inefficient clerks and cause the dismissal of many ex-soldiers who are known to be efficient and in every respect entitled by law to hold their po- sitions.”” What the Commixsioner Says. Commissioner Lochren, when seen by a Star reporter in regard to the complaint that good clerks had been discharged, said: “Tt is true that some clerks had to go whose efficiency was not questioned. In making those selections we took those to whom dismissals would not be so great a hardship, as it would be to others, who perhaps did not stand so high as clerks. But these cases were in the minority. In making up the list of those who were to go out we were governed by the desire to keep our best clerks in the office. As to publishing the list, it was on my judgment that it was not given out. And my reason for not doing so was that we did not wish to cast a stigma on any who were thus legislated out of office. It is not against many of these clerks that they were not as efficient as other clerks, and it should not prevent them from getting employment elsewhere. It may be that we should pub- lish the list, and I will consider the mattér and have a talk with the Secretary about it.” The report that the granddaughter of Francis Scott Key has been reinstated or promised a reinstatement by Secretary Smith is dented by him. . a SUNDAY EXCURSIONS. A Committce of Colered Clergymen Try to Stop Them. ‘The Baptist Ministers’ Union of the Dis- trict of Columbia, which is composed of the pastors of the colored Baptist churches of this city, the District of Columbia, Vir- ginia and part of Maryland, has begun a crusade against Sunday excursions of the colored people down the river. The regu- lar meetings of the union are held each Monday morning in the lecture room of the Mt. Carmel Baptist Church, on L street rear 4th. The association recently ap- pointed a committee from its membership to wait on the officials of a steamboat company, which is composed of some lead- ing colored men of this city, who own and run the steamboat George Leary. The com- mittee was composed of Rev. George W. Lee of the Vermont Avenue Baptist Church, Rev. W. P. Gibbons of the Mt. Carmel Baptist Church and Rev. Henry Clay Robinson of the First Baptist Church of South Washington, and the object was to request the steamboat company to stop the runing of excursions on Sunday. The secretary and other members of the com- pany, after hearing the request of the com- mittee, said that the Sunday excursions were at all times orderly; that the people who went on the company’s excursions were of that class that found more pleas- ure in a day’s outing on the river than in attending church services, and that if the colored company did not carry them white steambcat companies would. The report of the committee was to have been submitted to the ministers’ union yesterday, and a large gathering of the ministers was in attendance. But, as the committee expected a letter from the steamboat company, a report was deferred until next Monday’s meeting. Rev. George W. Lee said to a representa- tive of The Star that the association would take no other action than request the com- pany to stop the excursions, as they, as ministers of the gospel, thought that the Sunday excursions were wrong. He did not know what action the other ministers would take, but, as for himself, he would not speak against the company from his pulpit. Rev. H. C. Robinson said that the com- mittee could do nothing in the matter ex- cept to discharge the duty which it owed the public as ministers by advising them not to run the Sunday boats. Rev. W. P. Gibbons, the other member of the committee, said that the company had promised to take the matter under advisement, and had said that the request of the ministers should be carefully cons!d- ered. —_.—__ Prof. Neweomb Honored. A Paris dispatch announces that the Academy of Sciences has elected Prof. Simon Newcomb of this city its foreign as- sociate in place of the late Prof. Helm- holtz. Jacob's Theater on 3d avenue, New York, was burned early yesterday morning. RMY OFFICERS Appointments and Assignments of the West Point Graduates. Those Who Are Placed in the Differ- ent Branches of the Regular Army. The Secretary of War has made the fol- lcwing appointments and assignments of the graduating class of 1895 of the Military Academy: Cadets E. H. Schulz and Harry Burgess, the two honor graduates, to be additional second lieutenants in the corps of engineers. To the artilliery arm, with rank of sec- ond Heutenants—H. E. Smith, battery A, first regiment; J. DL. Knowlton, battery F, second regiment; Thates L. Ames, to bat- tery A, third regiment. With rank of addi- ticpal second. lieutenants—Conway H. Ar- rnold, jr., to the fifth artillery; Joseph Wheeler, jr., to the fourth artillery; Adrian S. Fleming, to the fifth artillery; Brooke Payne, to the fourth artillery. To the cavalry arm, with rank of second lieuternants—To sixth regiment—Casper H. Conrad, troop M; H. H. Stout, troop H. A. White, troop H. To the seventh regi- ment—Nathan K. Averill, troop M. To the ninth regiment—H. L. Cavenaugh, troop L. To be additional second lieutenants—Morti- mer O. Bigelow, to the tenth cavalry; Will- jam.G. Sills, to the second cavalry; August C, Nissen, to the fift walry; Clyde E. Hawkins, to the thirdtavalry; James S. Parker, to the fourth cavalry; Joseph S. Heron, to the first cavalry; Henry B. Dixon, to the tenth cavalry; George B. Pritchard, jr., to the ninth cavalry. To the infantry arm, with rank of sec- ond lieutenants—Franklin S. Hatton, to company D, second regiment; Jens Bugge, jr., company K, third regiment; John A. Gurney, company C, fifth infantry; Ame icus’ Mitchell, company G, fifth infantr, Thos. W. Darrah, company K, ninth reg- iment; T. F. Dwyer, company I, ninth reg- iment; Louis H. Lewis, company G, ninth regiment; M. L. McGrew, cormpany I, elev- enth regiment; F. P. Siviter, company F, twelfth regiment; Glenn H. Davis, company I, twelfth regiment; F. W. Smith, company K, twelfth regimen’ H. Paine, company F, thirteenth regiment; Perry L. Miles, company K, fourteenth regiment; B. T. Simmons, company D, sixteenth regiment; A. S. Brookes, company F, eighteenth reg- iment; W. S. McBroom, company I, eigh- teenth regiment; L. T. Richardson, com- pany I, twentieth regiment; Chas. R. How- land, company H, twentieth regiment; M. F. Smith, company E, twentieth regiment Louis M. Nuttman, company K, twenty- first regiment; David S. Stanley, company C, twenty-second regiment; J. N. Augustin, ir., company F, twenty-fourth regiment; Samuel G. Creden, ¢ompany I, twenty-fifth regiment; Girard Sturtevant, company E. twenty-fifth regiment. To be additional second Meutenants: Louis H. Bash, to the thirteenth infantr; Anton Springer, jr., to the twenty-first in- fantry; Frank B. Watson, to the nineteenth infantry; Oscar J. Char! to the tenth in- fantry; Thomas A. Pearce, to the four- teenth Infantry; Daniel Duncan, to the seventeonth infantry. The officers herein- before named will report in person at their proper stations on the 13th of September next. Those who have been attached as additional second liditenants will be as- signed in order of seniority to vacancies as they occur in the arm of service to which they have been attached. SS CIVIL SERVICE AT THE G. P. oe. Goecd Results Expected to Flow From Recent Officinl Action. To the Editor of The Evening Star: Perhaps you have no idea how generally Hover this city the placing of the goy- ernmert printing office under civil service rules is being discussed. And no wonder. The pernmianency of employment at the reat printing house fs a most vital mat- ter with thousands of worthy men and wemen. I am, as you know, an old-time printer, and naturally the svbject is an in- teresting” one to me. For one, I have con- cluded that the step now finally taken in the matter is a beneficent one. Of course, the regulations governing the civil service in no wise cnrtail the public printer’s right to diseharge as many persons as he may desire, nor is he hampered in the number of Sis “reorganizations;” but the main reason for discharges—to “make room" for the proteges of influential men—will no longer exist, and that means a great deal. As a genera: thing, It means permanent tenure of office to, the worthy employe. It means that the advent of a new public printer, be he democrat gr republican, will not fill the souis of thousands of workers with fear ‘and apprehension. Hundreds, thousands of employes will not hereafter be turned adrift every four or eight years. Homes will no longer be unnecessarily broken up by the score. The savings of years of economy will no longer have to be spent in subsisting, while looking in vain for werk. In short, the new order of things will mean permanency ef empioy- ment to %5 out of every 10 of the people coucerned. And that is enough reason, in my opinion, why those who have the best interests of these employes, as well as the business prosperity of Washington, at heart should hail the new order of things. I have noted the objections urged by some against the reform which seems now to have becn consummated. The member- sbip of Columbia Typographical Union will undoubtedly dwindle. The action of that body will then be shaped alone by the printers empicyed in private establish- ments. It has always seemed to me that such should te the case. These men are influenced by the laws of trade. The em- ployes of the governn-ent printing office are governed solely by the laws of Con- gtess, and whenever the tnterests of these two have conflicted the numerical prepon- derance of the G. P. O. employes has gen- erally carried the day. This state of things will pass away, of course, and the union will be numbered by hundreds rather than by thousands. But if the Typographical Union takes its stand once more with sis- ter unions and assemblies, it will be an organization of power and influence, as of yore. The organized labor of Washington is mighty as an army with banners, and it has a fashion of considering that “the in- jury of one is the concern of all.” The local artisans in- the printing trades —those not emplcyed under the public printer—will be benefited by the new order of things :n several ways. No longer will the market be glutted by those discharged in droves, as heretofore. They will also be able to obtain many weeks of profitable employment when the pullic printer finds himself compelled to act under the “emer- gency” clause of the regulations, The many worthy ex-employes of the public printing office, who fear that the limitation as to reinstatement will preclude their re- employment under a new dispensation, may also take heart. There is now no limit as to veterans of the late war, and as to the remainder, they will find at the proper time that the board fence isn’t quite as high as it looks. For the rezsons stated, I am in favor of placing the government printing office under the civil service law. Now let that law be so amended that no government employe can be discharged—so- long as there is need for his or her ser- vices—except for cause, and not then un- less cause is clearly shown. AUGUST DONATH. ———— THE MONROE DOCTRINE. Another Opportunity of Applying It Likely to Occur. 5 There is a prospect that the administra- ticn may be given another opportunity of applying the Monroe doctrine in the inter- ests of Venezuela, in order to prevent the acquisition of an island off the coast of Verezuela by Germany, for use as aenaval station. The attention of officials recently has been directed to the interests of Ger- meny in that locality, and there is appre- hersion that the subject may assume quite as formidable an aspect as that of British aggression on Venezuelan soil. The cir- ccmstances are such as to lead to the be- lief that the United States will be called upon again to define to what extent the ac- quisition of territory by foreign powers on South American soil is compatible with the Monroe doctrine. Senor Andrade, the Venezuelan minister here, when asked as to Germany's purposes, said he had not been informed of any in- tertion to acquire one of the Venezuelan islands for a naval station, although he was acquainted with the investment of Ger- men capital in the railroad and the guar- antee by the Venezuelan government. oe Bridgeport, Ohio, had an $80,000 fire Sat- urday. FINANCE AND TRADE Tendency of the Speculators to Re- alize Profits. ADVANCE CF THE HARD COAL STOCKS Favorable Reports From the South- west. « GENERAL MARKET REPORTS Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. NEW YORK, June 18.—Speculation was hampered somewhat this morning by a profit-taking tendency on the part of the room element, but underlying conditions continue unchanged. London, as on pre- vious days, was not a factor in the local trading ard evinced little interest in the several international issues. Some sales by arbitrage houses attracted the attention of the professional element and an effort was made to force a reaction. All offer- ings were quickly absorbed, however, and no significant coneessiqns were recorded. The Grangers yielded slightly to realizing sales, and a temporary absence of support. St. Paul’s earnings for the second week in June reflected a decrease of $16,549, but when it is considered that this comparison is made with a week embraced in the strike period the report is not unfavorable. The coal stocks were advanced under covering, Reading especially being in de- mand. The actual trade situation is not materially changed, but the impression ts gaining ground that something favorable will be announced fn the near future. Un- til the exact amount of the assessment is known the street is rot likely to encourage any active speculation in Reading, notwith- standing the recognized ability of the prob- able reorganizing interest. Missouri Pacific was advanced under an increased Gemapd for a further gain of 1 per cent due to a revival of yesterday's rumors relative to increased earnings and a brighter business prospect. The reports from the southwest are so uniformly en- couraging that speculation is Mkely to center !argely in the roads operating in that section of the country. New England was the subject of another mysterious and periodic advance, a gain of 2 1-4 per cent following a brisk demand from the brok- ers identified with the previous manipu- lation. The specialties were all active and in the main irregular under realizing sales, American Cotton Oil being, an exception at a 2 per cent advance froni imitial fig- ures. Sugar was depressed to 117 on early trad- ing, but at-the decline supporting orders were abundant and ihe price soon rallied for a gain of 11-4 per cent. Around 118 the stock was freely supplied, yesterday's efforts to prevent any material advance being continued by the leading interests in the property. The balance of the industrial group was given over to dullness pending definite de- velopments in certain matters eres 2 be- fcre the courts and the various state legis- latures. Chicago Gas and Distillers were given good support, but no important change was recorded in the price of either. Traders were disposed to sell the market for a turn during the later trading, the ab- sence of any outside demand being taken advantage of in this particular. While these efforts may be attended with some success, senument is still too strongly pre- judiced in the opposite direction to warrant the belief in more than a temporary set- back. Buying orders are believed to be plentiful at prices slightly under the market, and this fact, coupled with the daily evidences of reviving business activity, is sufficieat guarantee of the probable brevity of any reactionary movement. It is not unlikely that the industrial group will lead the market in the next active upward move- ment, ——— FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. The following are the opening, the high- est and the lowest and the c! prices of the New York stock market téday, as re- ported by Corson & Macartney, members New York stock exchange. Correspondents Messrs. Moore & Schley, No. 89 Broadway: ‘Sugar. ae iz 18 American Bby & American Sugar : 100" 99% 100 American Tonacco. Serr reamriy met tg American Cotton Oi 80. 3888: Atchison it. -10% 10 Canada 56x 5658 Canada Pacific. Sig 54 BANG Chesapeake and Wx (8% F Scones ote a oe and Chic.and Nort 2 1003 1003 BY 99: ‘: 3 eeling and L. Erie. WheelingandL.B.Pfd. 46% ..... 0 ..... Western Union Tel. Wisconsin Central. Grain and Cotton Market. Cotton and grain markets, reported by W. B. Hibbs, stock, grain ang cotton broker, 1621 F st. Baltimore Markets. BALTIMORE, Jone 18.—Fiour quiet and sten unchanged—receipts, 11,200 barrels; shipments, barrels; sales, 300 barrels. Wheat firmer—spot and month, 5'4a70%;_ July, TO%a7SIq; 76%4a76%; September, Tazz; steamer No. 2 T2Haizig—receipts, 431 bushels; stock, bush 254,000 bushe: thern ‘wheat by sample, 7378; do. on grade, 72%a76%, Corn firmer spot and month, 52%4a5 faly, re- ccipts, 16,786 bushels; stock, 287,844 bushels; sales, 5,000 ‘bushels; southern white corn, 534; do. yel- v, B3Y Oats easy-—-No, 2 white western, 37a 7,170 ‘bush- K, 6,912 bushels. Hay steady, good choice timothy, $13.00a813.50. Grain freights quiet, rates barely steady, unchanged. Sugar Unchinged. Butter and’ ezgs Cheese quiet, unchanged. —— Washington Grain Market. Reported by the Grain Exchange, i ent flour, per barrel, 4.254.50; stright dour: per barlel, 4U0425; winter pate flour, per barrel, 4.25a4.35; winter straight flour, per barrel, 3.90a4.10; winter extra flour, per 5023.90; clipped white oat per bushel. No. 2 white oats, Bt r bushel, poe unchanged: 2 white corn, per bushel, 3 14.60a14.25; No. 2 tim: 50; No. 1 mixed hay, 1 clover hay, per ton, No. 1 timothy bay, per ton, othy hay, per. ton, 11.50a1 per ton, "12.00a13.00; : 9.00a10.00; No. 1 cut hay, per ton, i4.00a14.50: bulk bran, per ton, 16.00a16.50; bulk middli + ton, i650a27.00; rye straw, per ‘ton, 13.1 50; wheat straw, per ton, 6.50aG00, ‘The above quotations for car lots delivered on track, Wash-