Evening Star Newspaper, June 24, 1895, Page 2

~ 3 THE EVENING STAR, MONDAY, ‘JUNE 24, 1895-TWELVE PAGES. ———— then the democrats of Kentucky must say so. If they have not been true to it then to reform the platform without a supple- mentary definition of it would be the veriest nonsense.” = “The fact Is that the administration’s fidel- ity to the monetary clause of the platform on which it was elected is its crowning claim,io distinction. It will be its chief glory “in histury. The unswerving resolu- tion with which, through the severest or- deals, it has maintained the soundness of all forms of our currency and -protected the national credit is the one achievement which is not only the basis for the imme- diate future of a national democratic arty, but it has been the bulwark which a8 protected this country f niversal ruin. No section of the dem pudiate this record of its istrative representatives and go to country with any claim of confidence or any party inspiration that can command fespect.” XN The Delegates. ‘The make-up of this convention is about as badly mixed an affair as could be imag- ired. The delegates are divided into sin- cere opponents of free silver coinage, sin- cere advocates of free silver coinage, sin- cere partisans who care more for party than for any one principle, expediency men and sincere spoilsmen, who only look upon parties as means for getting offices. When the political pot, with this mess in it, gets to boiling tomorrow, it will make a pretty lively stew. ‘There is considerable speculation as to the actual position of Clay, the reputed sound aroney candidate for governor. While he has not geclared himself positively, it is “generally bagerstood that he is for sound Money. It is charged, however, that he has promised to support Blackburn's contest for the senatorsh:p, and those who make this charge say that Clay's position on the currency question is simply this: He thinks the silver issue ought not to be discussed in the state campaign, and when it ts all over, if the democrats are im a majority in the legislature, he is not against the re- election of Free Silver Blackburn. Wire Pullers at Work. The wire pullers are at work today fixing up the committees on permanent organi- zation and resolutions. These committees will consist of one man from each of the eleven congressional districts, elected by the delegation from those districts, and two appointed from the state at large by the temporary chairman, and is thought to be conservative. The committee on perma- nent erganization will name the permanent chairman. The indications today are that the first, second and third districts are for free @ilver, the ninth, tenth and eleventh for Bound money, and iire fourth and sixth doubtful, although these figures may ‘te materially changed before tomorrow. They serve to indicate today that the contest over finances will be excitingly close and bear out the statement that the sound money people have not stamped out the free silver movement. HARDIN IN THE LEAD. His Followers Claim Enough to Nom- inate Him. By Assoclated Press. LOUISVILLE, Ky., June 24.—The demo- cratic state convention here tomorrow will ‘be among the hottest contests in the his- tory of the commonwealth. Many delegates were here over Sunday. All are here today for the preliminary skirmish in the district meetings. The polling of all the Louisville papers show the gold delegates to be in a majority. The silver men dispute their estimate, and charge that the Louisville papers claim mest of the uninstructed delegates, when these delegates are equally divided. The lines are drawn on the indorsement of the administration, with Carlisle's friends lead- ing for the administration and Blackburh’s friends agains® its financial policy. General Cassius M. Clay is the adminis- tration candidate for governor and Gen. P. W. Hardin is the anti-administration can- didate. The silver men will try to force nomina- tions before the adoption of a platform. The gold men are bitterly opposing this order of business, as they claim Hardin is stronger than the free stlverites. Hardin 4s a pronounced frée coinage man, as much 0 as Senator Blackburn, and, if nominated, Wants a free silver plank. ‘The -first test of srength will come to- morrow on the selection of a temporary chairman, who has the appointment of two members at large on all the committees. There are eleven congressional districts. It is estimated that the gold men will have Bix and the silver men five of the commit- tee on resolutions from the districts, but if the silver men secure the temporary organ- ization the platform makers will stand Beven to six. This is the fight that Is being made today. Neither side will announce its candidate for temporary chairman, although Chair- man W. J. Stone and M. S. Berry are still most prominently mentioned by their Fespective sides for presiding officer. ‘The Post, which strongly supports the ad- ministration’s financial policy, today has a full poll of the delegates, showing 435 for Hardin, 378 for Clay and 65 doubtful. The Post says: “There are S78 delegates, #40 necessary to choice, and the poll indi- fates that Hardin lacks only five votes. “The Hardin men say that they have the five votes. This is not by any means cer- tain. Gen. C. Gordo Williams was defeated sixteen years ago by James B. McCreary when within five votes of the nomination.” Ex-Goy. Buckner publishes a card today that he would not accept the nomination for governor, and insists that sound money demccrats must select some other man if they cannot nominate Gen. Clay. Gen. Buckner says he is a candidate for Sen- ator on a sound money platform and will have nothing else. —— A Fourtecen-Year-Old’s Suicide. PHILADELPHIA, Pa., June 24.—Disap- Pointed because her sister had not bought her a shirt waist, fourteen-year-old Katie McCoy, who lived in the rear of 1307 Law- renge street, committed suicide last night by hanging. The child lived with her sis- fer, Mrs. Mary Baker, who had promised her the coveted garment on Saturday Right, but failed to keep her word. Katie was much chagrined when she learned of her disappointment, and last night she Quietly crept up stairs and attaching a ciothes line to her neck hung herself. se To Seek the Lost Mine. ESCALON,Mexico, June 24.—Three Amer- feaus, Louis Demond, James Crissmore and Hal Jeffrey, have titted out an expedition and will leave here today for the Sierra Madre mountains in search of the famous Jest mine, La Fuente, which, according to fradition, contains a vast amount of ore of fabulous ricaness. The m!ne was aban- @cned by the Spaniards Qn account of the Indians over a century ago, and although Many attempts have been made to redis- cover it, none have been successfut _ The Lover Suspected. DAYTON, Obio, June 24.—The district six miles southeast of this city is intensely excited over the death of Anna Frost, aged gighteen, which is alleged to be due to the @uministration of drugs for a criminal pur- Ee Her lover, Alonzo Miller, is sus- —_———— Over a Hundred Houses Burned. ST. PETERSBURG, June 24.—Over a hun- idred houses have been destroyed by fire at Wishnee-Volotchok, seventy miles from Byer, on the Zna. Many of the inhabitants Berished. a A Philadelphia Broker's Death, PHILADELPHIA, Pa, June 24—Mer- wick Price, the well-known broker, is dead In this city, aged fifty-nine years. He was pne of the largest bucket shop proprietors In Philadelphia. Death was due to heart Bailure. Mr. Gladstone Returns, LONDON, June 24.—The steamship Tan- @alon Castle, upon which guests of Sir John Purrie and Mr. Gladstone have been wit- ebration of the opening of Wilhelm canal, arrived at Mr. and Mrs. Gladstone we to London by special train. ——— Poisoned by Bad Well Water. NTEZUMA, Iowa, June 24.—At a fami- , eee near Tilton fourteen persons we been poisoned. Jacob Trout died, but Bbe others will recover. The poison is sup- to have been in the water taken from unused well. well. A dead bat was found in LATE NEWS BY WIRE Investigating the Incendiary Plot in New York. THREE MORE CONSPIRATORS INDICTED = a Bench Warrants Issue. Expected to GRAND JURY AT WORK es NEW YORK, June 24.—Three indictments were found by the grand jury today against alleged members of the firebugs whose op- erations were -revealed to the police by Samuel Milch, a fire insurance agent, last week. The men indicted are Geo. W. Holt, fire insurance adjuster; Kophel Friendland, the shirt manufacturer, who was a member of the firm of L. Cohen & Co., and Charles F. Lenz, ‘the policeman, who was formerly de- tailed fot duty at the officé of Fire Marshal Mitchel. All the indictments are for complicity in the incendiary fire of the shirt factory of Louis Gordon. Holt is indicted for arson in the second degree, Friendland for arson in the third degree and Lenz for bribery, in taking money to suppress his knowledge of the work of the firebugs. An indictment was also found against Henry Cohen, a member of the firm of Cohen & Co., for complicity in the fire at 21 White street. It is expected that as a result of today’s | work before the grand jury bench war- rants will be issued for the arrest of other insurance men, a number of clerks in the offices of different insurance adjusters and for at least one high insurance company official. —— FITZSIMMONS’ TRIAL. Charged With the Killing of Con Reardon. SYRACUSE, N. ¥., June 24—Bob Fitz- simmons appeared in the court of sessions today to answer to the indictment charging him with the killing of Con Reardon, his sparring partner, in the course of an exhi- bition given in this city last winter. When court adjourned at 12:30 o’clock two jurors had been accepted, but they are subject to peremptory challenges. They are Frederick Reihlman, farmer from Otis- co, and John A. Robinson, farmer from Pompey. TO BE LAUNCHED WEDNESDAY. The New Yacht Defender Ready for the Water. BRISTOL, R. I., June 24.—The yacht De- fender will be launched on Wednesday. This was decided upon at a meeting of yachtsmen today, at which were present Mr. EB. D. Morgan, C. Oliver Iselin, W. K. Vanderbilt, Cornelius Vanderbilt, Horace Leeds, Nicholson Kane and Nat. Herre- shoff, the designer. g ‘The tide is high at 12:30 p.m. on Wednes- day, and the launching will probably take place at that hour. Nearly . a TRAIN WRECKERS ARRESTED. Seven Negroes in_a Haste to Turn State’s Evidenee. SAN ANTONIO, -Tex., June 2t.—The ar- rest of seven negroés,some living ‘n Flores- ville and some in San Antonio, charged with the wrecking of trains on the San Antonio and Aransas Pass railway dur- ing the past four months, was made tcday in this city. All the accused are trying to turn state’s evidence. They have con- fessed. The refusal of free rides on the trains is their excuse for the crime. —_—_—.——_ Killed by His Drunken Son. WATERTOWN, N.Y., June 24—George L. Fell. a painter of Potsdam, was murdered today by his son Ernest. Young Fell re- turned home in a drunken condition, and struck his father, who ran upstairs to es- cape. The son followed, and in a scuffle seized a pair of scissors and struck the fatal blow. Death was instantaneous. Mrs. Ollie Corbett’s Divorce Suit. NEW YORK, June 24.—Mrs. Ollie Cor- bett’s suit for divorce from James J. Cor- bett, the pugilist, is to be tried before Ed- ward Jacobs, whom Judge McAdams in special term of the superior court named as referee in the case today. The action is brought upon the statutory grounds. The teferee is also directed to take testimony as to the financia! standing of Corbett, and ascertain the amount of alimony to which Mrs. Corbett will be entitled should her al- legations be sustained. Corbett denies all the accusations. The corespondent is said to be a married woman from Chicago. ————— Hail Stones as Big as Lemons. ALBERT LEA, Minn. June 24.—A cyclone passed eight miles south of here last evening. A number of barns were wrecked and horses killed, but no one was injured. The storm was accompanied by hail and ¢rops in a Mmited area were badly damaged. Hail stones as large as iemons are reported to have fallen near Hokah, Minn. <== Five Children in Two Weeks. GRINNELL,Iowa, June 24—William Case has buried five children within two weeks. Diphtheria was the cause in each case. The father is blind. The five children con- stituted his entire family. Soe Set Ocean Steamships Arrived. LIVERPOOL, June 24.—Arrived, steamer Indiana, Philadelphia. NEW YORK, June 24.—Arrived, steamer Manitoba, London. —_———.__ Sheepshead Races Postpgned. NEW YORK, June 24—Owing to the funeral of J. G. K. Lawrence, president of the Coney Island Jockey Club, the races advertised for tomorrow at Sheepshead bay will not be run until Wednesday. Wed- nesday's card will be run off on Thursday and the Thursday events on Friday. ——— Lench Resentenced to Die. NEW YORK, June 24.—Richard Leach, who murdered his mistress and whose mo- ticn for a new trial was denied by the court of appeals, was to day resentenced to die in the week commencing August 5. ——.__ Local Pensions Allowed. Maryland—Reissue—James W. Lancaster, Baltimore; James H. Johnson, Baltimore; Clinton H. Green, allas William Massey, Baltimore; John Nehrer, Jacksonville, Bal- timore. West Virginia—Increase—George C. Aul, Wheeling, Ohio; Francis W. Waldick, Cedarville, Gilmore. Reissue — Sylvester Miller, Ravenwood, Jackson; John Masters, Ganotown, Berkeley. Original widows, etc. —Catherine Bradley, Parkersburg, Wood. Virginia—Renewal and reissue—James T. Tynes, Smithfield, Isle of Wight. Increase —Charles Gordon, National Military Home, Elizabeth City; Walter Gilchrist, Burrows- ville, Prince George. Reissue — Thomas Watson, Chincoteague Island, Accomack. District of Columbia—Renewal—John H. McDonald, Washington, D. C. ~ Family Troubles, William Ferguson and Georgie Ferguson, his wife, were unable to get along together without a quarrel, and the wife had her husband In Judge Miller's court today. She convinced the judge that he had not treated her exactly right, and that he had slapped her. For this the court fined him $10 or thirty days. John Ray and Mary Ray, his wife, were also in the court to have differences settled. In this case, it was charged, a piece of brick was used, and now Mrs. Ray will be a grass widow for four months. George C. Moody and Virginia F. Moody, who live west of Rock Creek bridge, want- ed the judge to pass upon their trouble. ‘The question before the court was whether the husband slapped the wife or only push- ed her, and the judge disposed of it by ‘aking his personal bonds. ‘lutionists, it is said, are about to send an- INSURGENT LEADER KILLED | Captain General Oampos Back at Havana. Another Expedition to Be Sent to Cuba—It Will Be Well Armed and Equipped. e HAVANA, June 24—Captain General Martinez de Campos arrived here this morn- ing at 3 o'clock from Cienfuegos. At Quivican, near Havana, the insur- gents have raised a small band of men. It Is reported from Remedios, province of Senta Clara, that the insurgent leader Zayas has been ki‘led. c Another Expedition to Cuba. NEW YORK, Juhe 24.—The Cuban revo- other big expedition to the island, This one will be under the command of Col. Callazo, and will start from a small island in the West Indies, which is owned by an Englishman. The latter is in sympathy with the Cuban cause. The landing will be made in Vuelta Abajo. All the arms and ammunition have elready been sent to the island. With Cal- lazo go one hundred and fifty veterans of the last revolution, as well as several West Point graduates. Six Gatling guns, six Hotchkiss 1-pounder rapid firing guns, 1,500 Winchester rifles, and 750,000 rounds of ammunition for the rifles and a large quan- tity of ammunition for te guns are to be carried by the expedition. The work of landing this large cargo will be dangerous. Gomez has sent to the coast all the men he can spare.to protect the expedition. Three unsuccessful attempts were made to secure a steamer in Flgrida. Reyolutionists in this city are elated over the news that Cienfuegos has taken up arms. Cienfuegos is a Spanish stronghold. ‘There are five Spaniards to one Cuban. The Spaniards are the owners of all large plantations in that vicinity, and were giv- ing aid to Campos. The insurgents decid- ed to cripple them by blowing up their sugar-crushing machinery, which is very costly, with dynamite, and this they did. The destruction by means of dynamite of the two small forts in Santiago de Cuba, as well as the railroads in that province, is contemplated by the insurgents. In Cuban circles the report that Bermu- dez with his band had surrendered is de- nied. Dr. Gomez y Castro said: “As a matter of fact, it was he who acted as leader in the uprising of Cienfuegos. A band of eleven men in Camajuni, near Hol- guin, surrendered, but not in Camajuani, in Las Veilas.”” Watching Vessels. A special to the World from Boston says: The steamer Breidablik, which. arrived from Sama, Cuba, confirms a story of a massacre of the Spanish soldiers at Sama. Several of the Spaniards were killed and quartered and nailed to trees near the beach, and others were taken prisoners. Since that massacre a large Spanish army, with headquarters at Gibara, some fifteen miles distant, has been engaged in fighting the rebels in the vicinity of Bar- lay, about ten miles inland from Sama. A regiment of soldiers is stationed at Sama at present and every vessel that enters the harbor fs now placed under the care of the Spanish soldiers. Four of these soldiers occupied the deck of the Breidablik during her stay in that port and watched every moyement of the men on board and care- fully scaaned any visitor who came aboard the ship. The cargo also was watched while it was being shipped, and care was taken that nobody came away on the ves- sel who did not belong on her. This is the first time that soldiers have been stationed on the Breidablik. The ves- sel was thoroughly searched on her ar- rival, and every vessel that enters the har- bor from this out will be treated in the same way. None of the crew was allowed to go on shore during the stay at Sama except the captain. Casalles, ie insurgent chief, whose death has jugt been announced from Pla- cetas, is the former major of the Cama- juani regiment of volunteers, whose deser- tion to the enemy with many of the sol- diers of the regiment caused Col. Linro, commander of the Camajuani regiment, to commit suicide. The troops in pursuit of Casalles’ band have found five more dead and thirteen wounded of the enemy. : One of the most noted battalions of ma- rine infantry in the Spanish service has arrived here from Spain to reinforce the troops under Captain General Campos, pean ake RUSSIAN MEAT REGULATIONS. They Have Been Adopted With a View of Increasing the Exports. Some time ago Consul General Karel, at St Petersburg, sent to the State Depart- ment a report upon the forelgn market for Russian meat and cattle, and the efforts that were being made to increase the ex- port. He has sent a supplementary report, in which he says that the one branch of the commission to work out a project has made the following recommendations: To avoid the bringing of contagious cat- tle diseases from the northern Caucasus into the interior governments, it 1s ordered that sick cattle shall be killed wherever found. The quarantine districts to comprise as small territories as possibje. To suspend the quarantine measures re- garding the transportation of wool, be- cause it has been established that wool does not spread contagion. For the export of meat to England, to build special fast boats, which will carry no other frelghts that would taint the meats; these beats must sail under the Russian flag, and until they are built an agreement is to be entered into with the company of sea communications to arrange its boats for carrying the meats. To establish special agencies in England for the sale of Russian meats. ‘To build at. Libau, the principal seaport for exporting meats, large Ice houses and other arrangements to keep the meats in goed cordition. Cattle to be transported on the Russian railways with speed. Se Tomorrow’s Alexander Island Entries First race, five-eighth mile, selling—Imp. Savant, 104; Harris, 104; Dr. Parkhurst, 104; Flash, 102; Young Magenta, 102; Thack- eray, 102; Chink, 99; Delia M., 97; Arda, 97; Cashmere, 97; Juliet, 97; Calista, 97. Second race, six and one-fourth furlongs, selling—Minnesota,110; Vagabond, 110; Fair Play, 110; Half Breed, 110; Blizzard, 110; The Snake, 100; Headlight, ‘110; Clansman, 110; India Rubber, 110; Belwood, 110; Par- venue, 110; Little Bravo, 110; Wang, 110; Tiny Tim, 110. . s Third race, one-half mile, two-year olds, selling—Ginger Ale, 111; Young Griffo, 104: "illie Dexter, 101; Al. Helenbolt, 100; Hera, 99; Princess Helen, 99; Vesta, 97; Off Hand, 95; Ida May, 89. Fourth race, one mile, selling—Eddie M., 106; Eclipse, 106; Red Star, 103; Foxglove, 103; Chieftan, 103; Conners, 103; Watch Charm, 100; Belisarius, 100; Paris, 97; Pul- itzer, 97; Dispatch, 95; Mattie Chun, 95. Fifth race, four and one-half furlongs, selling—Tom Finley, 114; Elmstone, 114; Forest, 114; Con Lucy, 114; Morrissey, 114; Paragon, 114; Tammany Hall, 114; Flattery, 114; Woodchopper, 114; Duke of Fiet, 112; Johnny F., 112; Courtney, 132; Traitor, 112; Imp. Plunderer, 112; Free Press, 107. Sixth race, six and a half furlongs, sell- ing—West Side, 110; Columbus, jr.,_ 110; May Win, 110; Frank R. Harf, 110; Bron- ston, 100; Rosita, 100; Lady Brooke, 100. ee < Serious Accident. This morning about 10 o'clock there was a runaway accident on 14th street near the Columbia road. A horse attached to a wagon in which Mr. Victor Edin and his wife and son were seated caused the trouble. The wagon was upset and threw out its occupants. Mr. Edin recelved an ugly cut across his face and the boy was slightly bruised. Mrs. Edin escaped unin- jured. Dr. Gibbs attended Mr. Edin and his son, and they were taken to, their home, on 8th street, in the police ambulance. —— What Alexandria’s Mayor Says. Maycr Strauss of Alexandria, in speaking of the situation to a Star reporter, said: “You know this is not the first time the garbage contractors of Washington have anchored their scows loaded with filth off this city, and we have remonstrated with the District authorities time and again, but without avail, so we have now concluded to take the matter in our own hands, as we consider the health of our city in jeo- pardy by such actions. Whenever scows loaded with garbage are anchored near this city they will be sunk or destroyed.” i MOSTLY MISINFORMATION The Spanish Minister Disoussee the Alleged NewsFrom Cuba. He Suys It Is Namufactured in This Specifies Instances Where Fakeg Aje Self-Evident. a x ac ae i Minister Depuy De,,Lome of Spain says that the report of the killing of Capt. Cam- pos, said to be the son of Gen. Campos, is without foundation, as is also the report coming via Tampa that a sanguinary bat- tle was fought on the 12th, in which many were killed “I am surprised,” said he, “at the sys- tematic manner in which this propaganda of misinformation is sent cut from the cen- ters of Cuban sympathy—Tampa, Key West, Jacksonville, Gainesville and Nas- sau, Bermuda. Here is a great public ques- tion on which the facts,,if kuown, would permit the public to form their judgment. But these centers keep furnishing reports of bloody battles and the killing of gener- zis, although no such battles or casualties occur. The reports show on their face that they have been manufactured. One of them took the account of a battle which eccurred in the American civil war and fitted in alleged Spanish and Cuban details. It referred to company A, company B, etc., although the Spanish troops are not num- bered by letters. * What an Inquiry Developed. “The report came recently that a well- known Spanish general had been Rilled,” continued the Spanish minister. “He was a relative of one of the officials of the legation, so inquiry was made at Havana as to the report. ‘The answer came quickly that the officer was well. He had not even participated in an engagement. In the ‘Tampa report of today that Capt. Campos, son of the general, ‘is killed, this same clumsy invention is evident. Gen. Campos has no son with him who is a captain. The son with the general is not a military man, but is serving as a private secretary. The other son, who is a military man, is a lieutenant, not a captain, and he is far from Gen. Campos’ headquarters. And yet it is said that the military son is ki'led while with his father. ee Cuban Geography Ignored. “These centers also send reports which ignore the gesgraphy of Cuba,” said Min- ister De Lome, in corclision. “A leader is given at one point today, &nd the next day he is given as leading a charge at another point several hundred miles away. The Cuban agitators are also in the habit of giving the same er-gagement frcm several different points. Tampa will first tell the story of a fictitious battle. The next day Gainesville furnishys anether report of the same battle. Then it comes trcm Jackson- ville, and a Uttle later from Nasgau, so that the fighting is made to serve for several weeks. This is being done systematically by the persons interested in giving a ficti- tious importance te.the-trouble, but it is only fair that the public should understand the motives which mpel the series of hoax battles.” —___-e-—___ THE MARRIAGE BRIEF. Country and Wm. Kingsbury Says His Wife Con- fessed ; Wrongdoings. Last Tuesday, alleges Wm. J. Kingsbury in a petition filed today by him for annul- ment of his marriage with Ricka Kings- bury, he was masried.to the woman. Two days thereafter, he declares, his wife con- fessed to him that twé months previously she had departed from the straight and rarrow path of womanly virtue, charging that one Reuben Wright was the author of her undoing. That very same day, says the petitioner, he conveyed his wife to her sister's home, in’ Anacostia, thereafter re- fusing to live with her. In company with a Mrs. Mary Cecil, Kingsbury states that he saw Reuben, when the latter acknowledged the truth of Mrs. Kingsbury’s confession. Kingsbury informs the honorable justice holding the Equity Court that he is an old soldier, al- most totally helpless from severe injuries; a member of the Central Union Mission and of the Methodist Church; that his con- duct prio to his marriage was not only pure and chaste, but also circumspect; that he married his wife in the belief that she was a pure and good woman, and that while he is deeply distressed on account of the position in which his wife's misstep has placed them, he cannot, as an honorable man, continue to live with her as her hus- band. Therefore he prays that as the mar- riage was procured by fraud, it be set aside, and that he may have such other ond further relief as the nature of the case may require. PLEASAN <e SANT CELEBRATES, MT. The New Fire Engine Received With a Parade and Speeches. The new chemteal fire engine company assigned to Mount Pleasant went into com- mision Saturday at noon, and that evening the citizens of the village celebrated the event. There was a parade, composed cf the Mount Pleasant Citizens’ Association, the village fire company, the District Vet- eran Firemen's Association, the new com- pany, Chief Parris and the officials of the District fire department, the Mount Pleas- ant Drum Corps furnishing the music. After the parade speeches were made from a stand in front of the new engine house by members of the committee of arrange- ments, District Commissioners Ross and Truesdell and Mr. Justice Harlan respond- ing. A drill by the new company, followed the speeches, and a fine collation served in the engine house by the ladies of the vil- lage closed the celebration. —— Use of Water Power. A bill in equity has been filed by William H. Burr against. Joseph Bryan and other acting substituted trustees of the Chesa- peake and Ohio Canal Company praying for an injunction. The complainant states that he has become possessed of certain mill property, known as Edes’ mill, located near the Little Falls, and that he is entitled to the uninterrupted use of certain water power to be drawn from the Chesapeake and Ohio canal, 120 square inches thereof. The mill property, formerly known as the Robinson mill, is now being used for the manufacture of ice, and the complainant prays that the location of the water power may be transferred thereto. He therefore asks for such a decree, and for an order enjoining the defendants from in any way iuterfering therein. Ss University Extension at Laurel. The steadily increasing belief in the ad- vantages of untyersity extension has re- ceived a decided support in the movement inaugurated at Laurel Saturday evening to organize a subordinate nucleus for work along the lines suggeSted by the commis- sioner of education for those who are inter- ested in the general subject. The roster of those who met for thig purpose consists of James Albert Clark, who was chosen pres- ident of the society; Charles S. Willis, sec- retary, and Messrs. Kerr, Kellogg; Cruse, Stockman, Odenwald, Tighe and Schooley. Next Saturday evening Mr. Clark will pre- sent @ paper on eccult sciences as viewed by western civilization. ss Arson, Was Charged. Henry Flagg, a small boy, was in the Police Court today because it was suspect- ed that he had made an attempt to burn a frame shed in rear of & school building in East Washington, Incorrigibility was the charge against the boy, and his father promised to do the best he could for him. Judge Miller took his personal bonds. O. H. Douney, of Albion, Ind., an acknowledged expert in mat- ters relating toadvertising, pro- nounces The Washington Even- ing Star one of the best six daily papers inthe United States for advertisers’ use, because-= touse his own words--*‘because it comes nearer to covering its field entirely than any other paper on earth.” THE AQUEDUCT BRIDGE Pier No, 4 Found to Be So Eroded as to Be Worthless. The Funds at Hand Not Sufficient to Pay for on Entire New Pier. A serious question has been presented to General Craighill, chief of engineers, in connection with the repair of the Aqueduct bridge. Major Davis, the engineer officer in charge of the work, has,reported that pier No. 4 is in very bad shape and can hardly be properly repaired with the funds at his disposal, viz., about $30,000. Since the base of the pier was revealed by the pumping out of the coffer dam it has been found that the foundation has been badly undermined* by the action of the rapid current and that the masonry is so se- riously eroded as to be practically worth- less for further use. A Visit to the Bridge. Being undecided what to do under the circumstanees, he laid the matter before Acting Secretary Doe and Gen. Craighill, and at his suggestion thcse gentlemen vis- ited the bridge today and made a personal inspection of the pier. They found the pier in a very bad state and practically useless for the support of the bridge. Gen. Craighill told a Star reporter this after- noon that he thought an entirely new pier shovld be built, but that such action was impossible with fhe funds at hand. According to him, the question to be de- cided is the best course to pursue under existing conditions, He said the pier will be repaired as thoroughly as posgible with the funds at hand, but it will probably be necessary to change the original project and enter into a new contract for the work. A conference on the subject will be held to- morrow. Gen. Craighill added that the bridge was perfectly safe at present, and would not be endangered by the proposed repairs, eros Sans BATHING BEACH. Young Snell's Death Suggests an Im- provement. Superintendent Stevens of the bathing beach today filed a report with the Com- missioners upon the drowning of young Snelj at the beach last Saturday afternoon. In the report he tells of the drowning and the belief that death was from heart troubles. Continuing, he says: “I would again call your attention to the fact that the tide varies four and one-half feet within the space of six hours every day, and if we had the basin which I have so repeatedly recommended, with water only four and one-half feet deep at all times, in all the general swimming por- tion, the deceased would have been found by any person wading in five seconds, and if he was alive drowning could certainly have been prevented. “I would like to place upon record a pro- posal for your consideration, as follows: That Congress be petitioned to grant to this city the use of the whole imner basin, the little one that opens into the tidal reservoir, with sufficient ground around it for the purpose of bathing. The original design of the engineers was to use this Uttle basin for flushing the 17th street sewer, but as that sewer is being prac- tically abandoned no connection has ever been made between the two, and it is an open question what shall be done with the inner basin. I ask you to look over the matter this summer with the view of recom- mending to the next Congress a suitable act to carry out the above named project. I should have made this recommendation three years ago but for the 17th street sewer being open.. The little basin, with its shade trees and a drive all around it, a dam and a gate to control the tides, will make an ideal bathing place worthy of the nation’s capital.” THEIR LAST TESTAMENTS. Bequests Made by the Wills of John W. Wetzel and Isaac Shorter. The will of the late John W. Wetzel of Georgetown, dated February 2, 184, was filed today. Wm. H. and Jas. A. Wetzel, sons of the deceased, are appointed execu- tors, and the personal estate is to be di- vided among his children equally. A one- eighth interest in the real estate is given to each of the following children of the deceased: Frederick L., Wm. H., Jas. A. and Jos. A. Wetzel, Agnes E. Wendell and Sarah J. Bailey. To William, James and Effie Haney, grandchildren, each, a one- twenty-fourth interest is given. For the benefit of Wm. E. Wetzel, another grand- child, a one-eighth interest is given, it to become his absolutely upon majority. All the real estate must be sold by the time the youngest grandchild reaches age. Out of the interest given to Wm. E. Wet- zel $612 is to be paid to Wm. H. Wetzel to release an Indebtedness of the boy's father. When@ill the real estate is sold, $500 is to be paid to Agnes E. Wendell and Sarah J. Bailey, but in a codicil dated December 10, 1894, the gift of $500 in the will to the for- mer is revoked and $200 of it given to Jas. A. Wetzel and Jos. A. Wetzel and $100 to Miss Wendell. The will of the ate Isaac Shorter, dated April 11, », was also filed today. The es- tate is given to the widow, Mary Shorter, for life, and at her death it is to pass to the child or children of Hannah L. Bro- naugh, a daughter, and if there be no chil- dren of the daughter living, then it is to be sold and the proceeds given to the pas- tor or pastors of St. Augustine’s Church, this city. The widow is appointed execu- trix. = THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS. Suggestions as to Changes in the Heating and Ventilating Apparatus. Health Officer Woodward and Building Inspector Brady have returned from their inspection tour in quest of heating and ventilating apparatus for use in the public schools. They visited Philadelphia, East Orange, Newark and Asbury Park and stopped on their way back at Baltimore. They brought back with them several im- portant ideas, which they hope to get in- troduced into the public schools here. They were particularly pleased with the arrange- ment they found in the public schools in Philadelphia for keeping the cloaks and hats of the scholars. In lieu of the regu- lar cloak room, each pupil has a separate and distinct closet af his own, with a place to hang hat and cloak and a shelf for over- shoes. Doctor Woodward spoke of the ad- vantages of such a scheme. It kept the clothing apart and was highly‘sanitary. In case a scholar is infected with a contagious disease, the clothing of the other scholars is not liable to become contaminated. An- other idea which the commission brought back was that of having adjustable desks. In song of the higher grades it was often the case that a scholar was received who was too small to occupy the regulation desk. Then, according to this idea, it can be suitably adjusted. The commission will continue its investigations and make an elaborate report in the spring. —.__—_ Building Permits. Building permits issued today were as follows: Francis & Schneider, to erect seven two-story brick and stone buildings, 135 to 147 T street northwest, to cost $21,000; J. Whit Herron, to erect one three-story brick dwelling, 13th street near Lydecker avenue northwest, to cost $3,000; St. Margaret's Church, to erect a one-story brick building, corner Connecticut avenue and Bancroft piace northwest, to cost $7,000; Frederick Lemmer, to erect a brick building at 1224 F street northeast, to cost $1,250, Henry Stobey, to erect a two-story private brick stable, 816 41 street southwest, to cost $200; James F. Fraser, to alter and repair brick dwelling 900 B street southwest, to cost $15,000; A. C. Barney, to alter and add to 1628 Rhode Island avenue northwest, to cost $6,000; Nathaniel McKay, to build rear brick addition to 1012 13th street north- west, to cost $6,000; Mr. French, to add at- tic on brick dwellings at 709, 711 Massa- chusetts avenue northeast, to cost $1,000; Samuel Smith, to alter and repair 1311 22d street northwest, to cost $600. ee The Kaiser on the New York. KIEL, June 24.—Emperor Vgilliam of Germany remained one hour on board the United States crulser New York yesterday. QUIET AT ARAPAHOE No Farther Trouble is Feared From the Indians. A. Sheriffs Severe Trentment of a Prisoner is Snid to Have Start- ed the Difficulty. Additional reports received at the Indian bureau on the trouble growing out of, the shooting of Cosah Red Lodge at Arapahoe, Okla., implicate Little Mans son-in-law of Solly Belly of the Cheyenne and Arapahoes, as the party who recently outraged an oc- togenarian woman there, which was the primary cause of the trouble. There are six witnesses ready to testify for the pros- €cution and the only one who corresponds with the description given fs “Little Man.” He was at Arapahoe when the crime was committed, and eviderce, it is asserted, points strongly to his guilt. The condition ef Cosah Red Lodge, who was shot by the sheriff while under suspicion, is improving. A report from School Superintendent Seger, who was rent to Arapahoe, say: “The Indians are quiet, considering the in- human and uncalled for treatment from the sheriff. They believe Red Lodge to be innocent and Little Man guilty. There is a strong resemblance between the two men. Red Lodge’s version of the shooting is substantially this: He was in charge of the sheriff, who -told him to get in the buggy with him. He did so, but neither could understand the other’s language. ‘From signs of the sheriff he understood he was being taken out to be thrown into a well or some hole in the ground on the town outskirts, where he saw a crowd gathered. He preferred to be shot, got out of the buggy, faced the sheriff and made signs for him to shoot. Walking backward a short distance to see if he would not then be shot, he kept his face toward the gheriff so as to receive the shots in the head. “Then he turned and ran away slowly and the sheriff began shooting,one shot grazing his thigh. Another man whom Red Lodge thought was going to hang him shot at him several times. The Indian ran toward him, but a crowd came up, struck him with a knife and fists, kicked, cursed and abused him and left him unconscious on the prairie. The sentiment is strongly against the sheriff, who is charged with laying himself open to prosecution by over- stepping his authority.” Capt. Mackay, commanding the troops at Arapahoe, reports that on notice of the shooting every available man was brought there and probable rupture of friendly re- lations thereby avoided. Indian officials there do not anticipate further trouble. —~e—_____ MUST GO TO HALIFAX. No Dock in the United States Big Enough for Warships. Naval officers are feeling considerable chagrin over the fact that the United States vessels Massachusetts and Iowa will have to be sent to Halifax to be docked? That is the only dock along the Atlantic coast that will accommodate a vessel of the draft of the largest vessels in the new navy. The new dock at Fort Royal will accom- modate such vessels, but at present it is not accessible, because of the shallowness of the channel leading to it, even were it in condition to at once be used. With numer- ous complications pending between this and other countries officers of the navy view this condition as especially humiliat- ing, and say it is the cause of amusement to representatives of the British and other Ee governments stationed at Washing- on. ————+ e+ ______ LOOKING FOR FILIBUSTERS. Where Is the Money to Pay for It to Come From? A question has arisen jn the Treasury Department as to the payment of expenses incurred by treasury agents in looking after filibusters on the South Atlantic and gulf cousts. An expense account amounting to $17 was received at the department, but when it reached the warrant division it was discovered that the department had no ap- propriation from which the expenses of officers employed in preventing the viola- tion of the neutrality laws could be paid. it was apparent that it could not be charg- ed to the account for the collection of the revenues, and so the matter was referred to the State Department in the hope that it could be paid from its secret service fund. ——-e.____ Test at Indian Head. The ordnance bureau of the Navy De- partment has recently made a test at In- dian Head of the bursting character of armor-piercing shells. Six-pound shells of thts kind were fired at plates ene, two and three inches thick, some with regulation fuse and others without fuse. All the shells pierced the armor and all exploded after going through. There was no percept- ible difference in the explosion of the shells without fuse. All the shells might have been exploded by the concussion or fric- tion of the shot going through the plate. The shells exploded within a foot of the plate after piercing it. ‘The test was satis- factory to the officers. 2 Attorney General Harmon Returns, Attorney General Harmon returned to this city this morning from a week's visit to Cincinnati, where his presence was need- ed for the settlement of some legal busi- ness with which he had been connected. He spent the day at the Department of Justice and told several of his visitors that he would remain in Washington the entire summer with the exception of occastonal brief visits to his family at White Sulphur Springs. He told a Star reporter this af- ternoon that there were no new develop- ments in the matter of ex-Chief Drum- mond’s claim for the $1,000 reward offered for the arrest of Howgate. ° Mr. John W. Foster's Fee. It is reported that John W. Foster will receive as his fee for acting as the medi- ator in the troubles between Japan and China the sum of $250,000. This princely fee will come from the Chinese government, and it is said that before Mr. Foster left the United States to intercede in behalf of the crientals he was paid $100,000. °—-____ Drowncd in the Eastern Branch, Thomas Myers, a colored boy, thirteen years old, was drowred in the Eastern branch near Benning bridge about 1 o'clock today. He lived at No. 1308 Linden court FINANCE AND TRADE Sugar Was the Feature of the Day’s Operations. GRANGERS GIVEN GOOD SUPPORT Coal Stocks Attract Considerable Attention. GENERAL MARKET REPORTS Spectaj Dispatch to The Evening Star. NEW YORK, June 24.—Considering the success which attended today’s profes- sional attack on values, in certain direc- tions, the complete failure of the move- ment in a majority of instances is a flat- tering testimonial of the stability of the general market. As on Saturday, Sugar was the center of attack and absorbed the bulk of the trading. On early transactions the price was advanced 1 per cent to 115 1-4, but the higher figures attracted liberal selling, which terminated in a 3 per cent decline. The selling came as usual from a clique of room traders, who have * united for several days past in the interest of lower prices. From 112 1-4 back to open- Ing figures the trading was quite spirited, friends of the property coming in as lb- eral purchasers on the theory that manipu- lation rather than conditions had been responsible for the sharp decline. The short interest has been substantially in- creased during the last two days and an advance is almost certain to follow any Pronounced attempt to cover outstanding contracts. Tennessee Coal and Iron sold off on real- izing sales, but the recently expressed faith in higher prices is still prevalent in the street, as the result of continued activity in the fron trade. The Grangers were only moderately ac- tive, but were given excellent support at fractional advances over final figures. This group of stocks has been neglected to some extent for a week or more, attention being temporarily diverted to the low-priced stocks in the southwest. Crop conditions ere such, however, as to encourage holders of these securities to wait for a resumption of activity on an ascending scale, as now seams probable. The coal stocks were dull, but inclined to yield to the operations of traders, who still continue pessimistic on this group of se- curities. Reading attracted most of the business and declined about 3-4 per cent in consequence. The coal situation, with all of :ts complications relative to tonnage and apportionment, must be completely revo- lutionized before opinions change as to the merits of the individual members of this group. Although strong efforts were made to de- Press prices at frequent intervals during the day, there was, comparatively speak- ing, but little long stock pressing for sale. Recognizing this fact toward the close of business, both the room and commission houses came in as buyers and established the highest level of the day. The recovery which can now be looked for will, unless new developments of an adverse nature intervene, be more speedy than the decline. Sugar’s sharp recovery during the last hour to the highest point of the day and after a decline of 3 per cent, attests the correctness of the manipulation theory. The closing was steady under an improved volume of business. Se FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. The following are the opening, the high- est and the lowest and the closing prices” of the New York stock market tod: ported by Corson & Macartney, — New York stock exchange. CorrespShdents Messrs. Moore & Schley, No. 80 Broadway: Stocks. Open. High. Low. Clase, American Sugar... Vs 154 119 1B 3 M35 9D OD 19% 1B 112 «118 secon 2 RD Atchison... 10” 10% 9% 103 Canada Southern. SSiy SG Sig Canada Pacific. ws. OB OB BB 223g 2D ig €..C., Chicago, B. and Chic.and Nonhwestern Chicago Gas.. C.. M. and St. Paul C.. M. and St. Paul Pfd. Chic.. R.L. and Pacife. Del.. Lack. and W.. Delaware and Hudaon.. Den. and R. Grande Pfd Dis.and Cattle Feeding. General Electric. Mlinois Central. Lake Shore. Eri Loutsvilie and Nashviile Long Island ‘Traction... Metropolitan Traction Manhattan Elevated. Michigan Central. Missouri Pacific. Wabash... Wabash Pid. Wheeling and Wheeling and L. Pa. a Washington Stock Exchange. Sales—regular call—12 o'clock m.—American Se- curity and ‘Trust _5s, $2,000 at 100%. Washington Loan and Trust, 7 at 123%. After call—Belz all road 53, $500 at 80. Government Bonds.—U. 8. 48, regsterad, 112 bid, 112% asked. U. 8. 4s, coupon. 713 bid, 113°, asked. U.S. 43, 1925, 133 bid. U.S. 5s, 1904, 116 bid, 1i6ty asked. pipistglet of Columbia Bonds.—20-year find 5s, 105 |. 30-year fund Gs, gold, 112% bid. Water stock 7s, 1901, cacrency, 116 bid. Water stock 7s, 19 currency, 118 bid. 3.658, funding, currency, 110! bid, 111% asked. Sigs, registered, 2-108, 10) bid. Miscellaneous Bonds.—Washingfon and George town Railroad conv. Ga, Ist, 130 bid. Washington and Georgetown Railroad conv, 6s, 2d, 130 bid, 138 asked. Metropolitan Mallroad conv. 6s, 197%’ bid, |. Beit Ratiroad 53, 85 bid, 87 asked. Eckington Railroad 6s, 100 bid’ Columbia Railroad 6s, 110% bid. Washington Gas Company Gs, series A, 113 vivgehlngton Gas Company 68, series, B, Vashington Gas Com 58, Electric Light conv. Bs, 4 iortheane: His bo. has not been recover- ed. — Cotton and G Cotton and Iilbbs, stock, n Markets. grain markets, reported by Brain aud cotton broker: Let Fete cotton broker, 142 5 GRAIN . September. October.. rb ent, 4 spring wheat ‘stra ZO barrels; do."on grade, 67% and July, 61i9051% 52a52%4; ‘steamer tui 52h45 " White western, 36% a re- ceipts, 8,527 bushels; 3! bushels. Rye quie 2, 6a62—stocl bushels.” Hay steady, good demand for chdize—zood to choice thie othy, $13.50a§14.00. Grata freights dull and easr— steam to Liverpool bushel, Tgd. to 14d. July. Sugar firm—granulated, 4.75 px 00 Ibs. Butter steady—fancy creamery, isa; do, tmitation, ia 16; do. ladle, 18; good ladle, ioaid; store parked, 10a12. —tresh, 12. Cheese frm and do size, 8%; do. Potomac Telephone sked. American Security and Trust Se, F. and A., 100% bid. American Security and ‘Trust 53, 4. and 0, 100% bid. | Washington Market Company Ist 6s, 95 Washington Light Infantry 2d 7s, 98 bid, 101 asked. i tional Bank Stocks.—Bank of Washington, 290 bid. “Bank of the tle, 250 bid. | Metropolitan, bid. Central, 275 bid. “Farmers and Mecham 180 bid, 230 asked. Second, 140 bid, 150 ask Citizens’, 130 bid. Columbia, 133° bid. Capital, 116% bid. West End, 107 bid. Traders’ 104 bid, 106% asked. ‘Lincoln, 100 bid. Cito, 88 Did, Si asked. ‘Safe Deposit and Trust Compentes.—National Safe Deposit and Trust, 120 bid, 125 asked. Washingtoo Toan and Trost, id, 124% asked. American Security and Trust, 138 bid, 140 asked. Wasbington Safe Deposit, 80 asked. allroad Stocks.—Washington and Gcorgetown, 260 bid. Metropolitan, 80 bid, 90 asked. Belt, 20 asked. Gas and Electric Light Stocks.—Washinzton Gas, 54 bid, 55% asked. Georgetown, 60 asked. U. 8. Electric Light, *134 bid, 135% aeked. Insurance Stocks.—Firemen’s, 40 Did, 44 asked. Franklin, 44 bid, 50 asked. we 65 bid. Corcoran, 55 bid. Potomac, 60% bid. Arlingtoa, bid,’ 165 asked. German-American, 16) bid. ational Union, bid, asked. Columbia, 18 1, 16 asked. Riggs, 7% Wid, St% asked. People's, Fes asked. Lincoln, 8% bid. Commercial, 4% bi ‘Title Insurance Stocks.—Real Estate Title, 105 bid. Columbia Title, 714 bid, 8 asked. Washington Tite, 8 asked. District T be bid. Telephone Stocks.—Pcnnsylvania, 38 bid. Chesa- peake and Potomac, 57% bid, 6014 asked. Ameri- fan Graphophone, 2% bid, 8% asked. Poewmatie Gun Carriage, .22 bid, .25 ‘asked. Miscellaneous Stocks.—Washington Market, 14 bid. Bull Run Panocama, 20 asked. Norfolk and Washington Steatuboat, 90 bid, 100 asked. Mergen- thaler Finotype, *102%3 bid, 198 asked, *Ex div. _Fourth-Class Postmaster. At Eckman, McDowell county, W. Va., Mrs. R. A. Rudisill was today appointed, vice 8. F. Morris, removed. Total number of fourth-class postinasters appointed today, fifteen, of which eleven were to fill vacancies caused by death and resignations.