Evening Star Newspaper, July 1, 1895, Page 3

THE EVENING STAR, MONDAY, JULY 1, 1895-TWELVE PAGES. SPECIAL NOTICES. SPECIAL NOTICES. L_0. 0. OF Y )POLIS are ree tor t_ their ho and bb . BW, on MONDAY » July 1, at § 0° the faterel of ou to iat wake arrange brother, Peter t, Recording See BRIDGM: Jail officials and to the comfort, sincere th friends w of her during his illness and kind it H d PRINTER AND PUELISHD FINE BOOK AND JOB PRE 1108-1116 E ST. N.W. TELE BE LOT OF ¥ LOOKING OD DINNE Pretty soon, Famili to go a alreaily. "Phose ant to hal goul things to eat while thelr wives are a to dine with us. All the st Bul stantial and d = of the se wiked in deliclons sty ttentive Served Walters, Regular dinn c FRITZ REUTER’ Sy1-10d fr AVE. AND 4 SPRANSY’S CHAT. $10, $12 & $15 Suits To $7.50. Not our entire stock, but better cnes than this price will " obtain elsewhere. Rather you wouldn't take our word for it. Prefer you would come in and look. Serge Double-breasted Sack Sults— eS orton foes ee $4 Geo. Spransy, 434 7th St. Can do satisfactory 3 = No Typewriter Cn, &, satisfactory ribbon. The best on the market is the Webster Non-illing, For sale bY Trg C, Darker, oe er, 19 7th st. o.w G17. most refreshing of et. Good Claret like ours er drinks is ( pide dix a LIFORNTA CLARET F¢ , S12 FST RURD wit as L will distribtite the i said creditors on and . Assignee. “METROLOLIT. Wasi ctur ing: . desires to inform th i improve machinery at No. G36 G street nw. They are prepared to design and construct al ery of high grade, to maki Is for in- ventions and p for castings. had a large experience in those spectalties, } in this country and Europe. Je2e-12t* They have th ALL ANDINC ets In stock will 13th st. wilt he supplied to large “Three Sisters" Tce Houses, uct bridge. Good roads for tes. 2 Wr. 910 Pa. ave. —_Jel9-Sd TISTRY DONE ON WEER- ly and monthly ins for cash. Dr. T. 16 The Reaction Has Set Ini Cheap, Shoddy Tailoring Doomed! There is om in Washington whe quality and thore hip will ne rifieed to name Our tailoring shop styl hw cr be sace alow pric Ineteased facili- buying from first ud systematized work- vowth, shop enable us to drop the sa Uttle and yet do ter tailoring. With us it is not how cheap, but, how gool we can turn out’ the work, You can get custom-made Suits here that would by a revelation to all the oth tailors—the “che (waste- ful) ones and the extrava- gant ones — to ur $20 G. Warfield Simpson, » both day and ev ch pupils to ride in We shill be trons, part fs made ut deducted from the price of a mu: pate "* RAMBLER. All 1895 patterns of Safe Never so before—and nm Be eer LY & JE We Offer $1.50 Neglige Shirts for $1. We can » thi and eve ine if y 's, $106. Tandems, $150, er before so ch ERY MFG. €O., 14th st. nw. De > It, is a shirt house, and we m ity. Either of Pereaie or Madras made and 1% collar puir of detach ed link’ or closed cuifs with each. We also offer Zhe. Hosiery for 121 old timers.”* wel uth st. Ellery & Ireland, J tad Cancerg CURED WITHOUT THE KNIFE Cancers Suiarum, 1320 6 et. a. ap8-dmo CHARLES ALLEN. M. D. Better Get a Good Supply s e the farnity e “with kinds of Pens and Inks, &e.. &e. Cr Trives always the lowest. Easton & Rupp, 421 11th St. Popular Priced Stationers, Gust above ave.) fy1-1 Iced Claret Is Delightful —tastes extra fine with our regular We serve a “LARGE pint bottle’ nicety with every meal. All the substantials and delicacies of the season—served faultlessly. Ey day from 5 to Sundays, 4 to 6. The Belford, 617-’21 13th St. Lid . Dinners, iced to a Always ap EQUALS the i bottles COSTS ONLY HALE at soda fountains. from scur grocer or here—direct. Sam!.C. Palmer, iiiial Wrens, 615-621 _D ST. S.W. INE 480, J Auxiliary Advertising ——any sort that helps newspaper adver- v tising—Booklets, € phlets. Our taste in getting them up is good—we've been told—and our prices for dcing it are much less than others’, Get Byron S. Adams, Jezu-lad Ten’s 25¢ wash ties.2 for 25c ——In nearly every, case we have reduced th which were 12t%e, Windsor Ties, : Le. This furnishing Stock must go, even If ve lose mont P. T. HALL, Shirtmaker, 908 F st. 29-100 Order Prompt Printer, 512 11th st Asrusa A as Corartt Cured by the ESPIC’S CIGARETTES OR POWDER. Oppression, Suffocating, Coughs, Colds, Chest, Neuralgia, &e. Paris: J. ESP New York: oA, MILHAU. Sold by all chenists of Americ A laxative. refreshing fruit lozenger, very agreeable to take for CONSTIPATION, Taman hemorrhoids, bile Joss of appetite, ‘gastric and intestinal troubles and headache arising from them. GRILLON. aris. INDIEN F. 83 Rue des Archives, Sold by all Druggist: GRILLON. ap15-mism-3p THE CITY’S GROWTH. New Buildings Erected and Increase in Taxable Value. The board of assistant assessors todey furnished to the Commissioners a tabulat- ed statement of the assessment of new structures, and of additions to or improve- ments of old structures by the board for the year ending June 30, 1895. During that period the assessment of new buildings in the city aggregated $1,- 384,900; in Georgetown, $54,100, and in the county, .S00, a total assessment for the new build:ngs of the city of $1,005,S00. Assessments due to additions and im- ovements aggregated in all $274,400, ci- vided as follows: In the city, 800; in setown, $5,000, and in the county, 9,700, Reductions for buildings removed, of which sum $79,750 was in the ci in Georgetown and $2,000 in, the coun The number of new brick buildings erect- ed during the year was 914.. Of this num- ber 29 were erected: in the city, 58 in Georgetown and 227 In the count: The number of frame buildings erected was 29, all of which were in the county. There were S6 buildings removed during the year, S3 of which were in the city, 2 in George- town and 1 in the county. — EER H 82,150, $100 S$ FUNERAL. CHIEF EN Buried at Arlington Satarday—Fol- lowed to the Grave by His Colleagues. The funeral of the late Chief Engineer Robert B. Hine, U. S. N., who died last ‘Thursday, es took place Saturday “afternoon. Services were held at the family residence, 1825 19th street, and the remains were in- terred at Arlington Saturday, the 2th, at 30 o'clock, with military honors, eight sailors from the United States steamer Dale carrying the casket. Taps were sounded at the grave. Rev. R. W. Wood of . John’s P. E. Church officiated at the house and cemetery. The honorary pall- bearers were the following named offi of the nav Engineer-in-Chief Melv Lieutenant Commander Dunlap, Lieutenant Commander Wood, Chief rineer Baker, Chief Engineer McCartney, Chief Engineer Griffin, Passed Assistant Engineer Free- man, Passed Assistant Engineer H. P. Nor- ton. —_— What Shall Be Done With the Divi- sion? To the Editor of The Evening Star: I have ne wish to be drawn into a con- troversy over the “social evil question; but The Star’s “blue-pencil” editor, in emasculating my article ‘of Wednesday last, concerning the “Division,” forces me to demand a further and a fair hearing. My article, as sent to The Star, simply protested against using a moral sentiment to break up the Division at the expense of respectable localities, when as a matter of fact tne real reason for the onslaught is to improve the value of property in the vicin- ity of the Division. Mr. John Johnson’s article, which I aimed to comment upon, said nothing at all about “helping, comforting, rescuing, loving or saving” the women whose fame damns the Division; but, as I remember it, it assailed “the evil,” because it existed in such a prominent location. During my residence in this city I have kad brought to my notice several in- stance where these “poor unfortunate women" have worked their way into re- srectable localities, yes, and into respecta- ble houses, but not for the purpose of re- fcrming. I recall one instance where one of these peor abused creatures so slyly played her game that her landlord's daughters, good, pure girls, just budding into womanhood, sed Into service as her compan- in jaunts about the city. Imagine the horror of their parents when they discovered that this newcomer was rone other than one of the most notorious dive keepers this city has ever seen! Im- sine, if you can, the feelings of those girls, when the news was made known to them, probably by some man who had enough decency left in him to protect his neighbor's home, as well as his own. I am no defender of the institution which rakes the Division what it 1s. Neither am I prepared to go into the business of “help- ing, comforting or loving’ the poor crea- tures who have been forced to a life of shame through the perfidy and infamy of men wh» protected their own homes, while they assailed their neighbors’. I prefer to leave that species of moral sublimity- to those who fancy it; I do not; but I do as- sert the right to protest against a process of reformation conducced by a “real estate syndicate,” which will work injury to re- spectable people, even though in doing so I excite sentimental hysterics in the bo- scms of those who think that the women who infest the Division are there more from necessity than from choic JAMES E. FENTON. -_ Naval Movements. ‘The cruiser Marblehead arrived at Cron- sta@t, Russia, today. The monitors Cats- kill and Lehigh, which have been anchored in the James river near Richmond for many years, have arrived at Norfolk,where they are to be prepared for transfer to the League Island navy yard. The gun- boat Petrel sailed from Shanghai yesterday for Nagasaki. The New York and the Co- lumbia left Kiel yesterday on the way to New York. The New York will stop at Gravesend and the Columbia will stop at Southampton in order to prepare for her speed trial trip across the Atlantic over the route traversed by the fast merchant steamships. Nicotine Neutralized CHIBW AND SMOKE MOAJL POUCH TOBACCO. NO NERVES QUAKING. NO HEART PALPITATING. NO DYSPEPTIO ACHING, -NERVOUS. AN TI =-DYSPEPTIC. sthat he A LONG FIGHT OVER (Continued from First Page.) promised her that he would not execute her husband until she returned to the prison, in order to allow her to see him orce more. When Warden Sage returned to his office after his early visit to the death house he found a telegram from Mrs. Buchanan. It read: “To Warden Sage: All pleadings vain. Governor cannot possibly interfere. ~ “ANNIE BUCHANAN.” At 9 o'clock some of the witnesses had not arrived. Dr. O'Sullivan of New York, who was one of the counsel of the defense, is here, and will witness the execution. A Last Protest. The following dispatch has been received at the prison from New York: To Warden Sage, Sing Sing prison, N. ¥.: Opinion attorney general misleading and misstates facts as to appeal. Buchanan's case is in Supreme Court United States and by United States ur authority is stayed. You must choose between sup- posed duty to the state and obedience to the supreme laws of our countr: ARTHUR GC. BUTTS, GEORGE W. GIBBO . Among the witne present in the war- den’s office were Dr. W. J. O'Sullivan, who defended Dr. Buchanan on his trial; Dr. Irvine, m physician; Dr. Wilson Gibbs, iesen, the pathology expert: J. J. Sullivan of Passaic, N. J., and Dr. J. Kelly of Mt. Vernon, Ben. Teal, Baron Asilippenbach, Russian vice coysul at New York and half dozen press representatives. Mrs. Buchanan arrived in the train reac ing here at 10:30, and was taken to the residence of the pastor of the Presbyterian Church. Warden Sage sent her word that she could net see the prisoner, and at the time she arrived they were already pre- paring him for the electric chair. ‘The Execution, It was 11:14 when the witnesses were called Into the execution chamber, All was then ready and Electrician Davis was at the switchboard. In a closed box was the convict who, upon signal, was to turn the switch. When the party was seated the electrician put a bank of incandescent lights on the chair and sent the current through them. There were 1,740 volts on the bank, and when they were switched off again’ th den and two guards ap- peared at the door with Dr. Buchanan. It was the quickest and most successful execution ever seen at this prison. The Official Figures. The official figures of the execution are as follows: Brought in death chamber. Current turned on Current turned off. Current turned on again Current turned off finally. Pronounced dead After turning off the first contact the ex- amining physicians—Drs. Irvine and Van Geisen—examined the body. The unloosen- ing of the collar permitted some air to escape from the lungs. Then the current was applied for twenty-three seconds longer, making the actual time one minute and nine seconds. The body was then un- strapped and taken to the autopsy room. All of the physicians present agreed that death was Instantaneous. ‘The messages from Attorneys Gibbons and Butt, already given, did not reach the warden until after the execution. During the execution Mrs, Buchanan was in the warden’s house, having come there after the witnesses were summoned to the death chamber. She was extremely ner- vous, and when told of the death of her husband broke down and wept freely. She was taken care of by Mrs. Sage. Mrs. Buchanan is in destitute cireum- stances, her expenses to Rh'necliff having been defrayed by Warden Sage. There is a story curren this afternoon that when Buchanan was visited by the warden this morning he handed that official long pin which he had, and said: “I could have cheated you, Mr. Warden, but I thought I would not." There is a s! current this afternoon hanangs defenders’ an W ffected. It ain weighed und that Buc but -4 ounces, or about 14 to 15 ounces lighter than the average brain. In gray matter and depth of cells it was up to the average. A Unique Case. Seldom, if ever before, in the hi criminal procedure in this country there been such a determined and untiring legal fight made to save or prolong the life of a condemned murderer as that which was made in behalf of Dr. Robert W.. Bu- chanan, the convicted wife poisoner. Buchanan was practically on the thres- hold of the death cell no less than three times since he was sentenced. On two of these occasions his life was pro} nged by the clemency of Gov. Morton, who granted ory of a respite of cne week at the earnest so- licitation of the prisone wife, and the other respite owing to lexal technicalities. Dr. Robert W. Buchanan horn Scotch parents on October 17, 1862, and be- gan business as a drug clerk in Halifax, N. S., shortly after he left school. When a little over twenty-one years of age he graduated from the College of Physicians and Surgeons in Chicago. He returned to Halifax, and soon afterwards married Miss Helen J. Patterson, a young woman of good family. Subsequently Buchanan, ac- companied by his wife, went to Edinburgh, Srotland, for a course at that city’s cele brated university. While in Edinburgh Mrs. Buchanan gave birth to a little girl, who was named Gertrude. The doctor and his family re- turned to this country in 18$7, and settled down in New York city. He had no friends or acquaintances there, and he had a pretty hard time to make both ends meet. Debts accumulated rapidly, and the young physician having picked up some undesir- able companions, began to drinlc. Hin Second Marriage. In 1890, his wife, whom he accused of faighlessness, separated from him, leaving little Gertrude in his charge. After this separation Buchanan met a woman named Annie Sutherland, who had kept a house of fll repute in Newark, and she became in- fatuated with him. He secured a divorce from his first wife, and married the Suther- land woman in 1890, This woman, who was reputed to be very wealthy, made and signed a will in the octor’s favor. The instrument was wit- nessed by two of Buchanan's quondam friends, Macomber and Doris. She was old enough to be the doctor’s mother, and when they went to live at 267 West 11th street, New York, he passed her off as a wealthy widow who insisted on being his housekeeper. Buchanan soon began indulging heavily in drink and paying attention to other wo- men. Quarrels became frequent, and while intoxicated the doctor was heard to would get rid of the “old hag, and that it would be an easy matter for a doctor to “dump” his wife, and on an- other occasion he said to ‘one of his friends, “Carlyle Harris was a d—d focl; he could have covered his tracks if he had been smart = On April 1 his second wife took sick suddenly, after eating a hearty break- fast, while she was making arrangements for a trip to Europe. A doctor was called in, and Buchanan told him his wife had kidney trouble. The visiting physician thought she was only hysterical, and pre- scribed for her. Mrs. Buchanan's Death. A dentist's wife who lived in the house, and a professional nurse, who attended the woman, saw Buchanan administer two spoonfuls of some other medicine to the sick woman that evenirg. On the follow- ing evening, April 23, Mrs. Buchanan died, while Buchanan was absent on a profes- sional call. At the funeral he laughed and joked with those who accompanied him to the ceme- tery, and a good deal of liquor was con- sumed on the way home. He did not in- form any of the woman's friends of her death, nor was any notice of it published in the newspapers. He started on a pro- longed debauch, and told many people that the dead woman had left him $40,000. On the 16th of May he secretly remar- ried his divorced wife, at Windsor, N. S. They went to New York and lived at the Hotel Hamilton under assumed names. As the facts leaked out through the newspa- pers, Buchanan became frightened, and spread the report that the deceased woman was addicted to the morphine habit. In @ burst of confidence he said to a friend: “I wish to God I had cremated her. ‘Then the newspapers and the author- ities could go to h—.” He kept on drinking, and grew more rest- less every day, as he was afraid the body would be exhumed. He visited the grave in company with two men to see if it had been tampered with, and these very men THE OFFICIAL WEATHER MAP. EXPLANATORY NOTE: Observations taken at fsobars or lines of equal air presbure, drawn for each tenth of an inch. or lines of equal temperature, drawn for each ten degrees. or snow has fallen during preceding twelve bours. areas of high and low barometer. Small arrows fly Fl °° Crear. -.@ Partly Couey orl 9 C/oucht @ Rain 8 a.m., 75th meridian time. Solid lines are Dotted lines are isotherms Shaded areas are regions where rain The words “High and “Low’’ show location of y with the wind. MUCH RAIN HAS FALLEN. The Wenther Man Looks for Higher ‘Temperature Wednesday. Forecast till 8 p.m. Tuesday.—For the Dis- trict of Columbia and Maryland, fair to- ght and Tuesday, probably preceded by showers this afternoon; slight changes in temperature; light ffortherly winds For Virginia and North Carolina, fair to- night and Tuesday, possibly preceded by showers this afternoon; light westerly winds. During the last twenty-four hours rain has fallen generally in the eastern and southern districts, and fair weather has prevailed in the upper lake region and the northwest. At Washington city 2.40 inches of rain have fallen since Sunday morning, and at Block Island, R. L, a depth of 4.12 inches is reported for that period. Rainfall to exceed 1.00 inch has occurred at At- lantic City, Montgomery, New Orleans: and Nashville. The indications are that showers will oc- cur in the middle and south Atlantic and New England states today, followed Tues- day by fair weather. In this section Tuesday and Wednesday will be fair, with higher temperature Wed- nesday. : Condition of the Water. Temperature and condition of water at 8 a.m.: Great Falls, temperature, 77; condi. tion, 1; receiving reservoir, temperature, 82 condition at north connection, condition at south connection, 1; distributing reser- voir, temperature, Si; conditien at influent Bate house, 2; effluent gate house, 2. Tide Table. Today.—Low tide, 9:21 a.m. high tide, and 9:33 p.m.; p.m. Tomorro: 25 a.m. and 10:35 p.m.; high tide, 6 a.m. and 4:06 p.m. Rar ge of the Thermometer. The following were the readings of the thermometer at the weather bureau today: 5 am., 70; 2 p.m., 70; maximum, 73; min- were at the time in the confidence of the authorities and working for Buchanan's arrest. 5 On June 5 the body was disinterred, and an autopsy held. The following day Bu- chanan was arrested and committed to the Tombs on a charge of murder. A Sensational Trial. His trial, which was a very sensational one, was begun on March 20, 1893. It cost the county about $30,000. Expengs were pitted against each other, and no stone was left unturned by the prosecution or defei in their preparations for a medico-legal battle. The best criminal lawyers in the y defended Buchanan. The trial lasted six weeks, and under the ‘strain one of the jurymen, Hastings Paradise, became deliri- ous while the twelve were deliberating over the verdict. 1) «as On April 26, having debated for two days, the jury returned a yerdiet of “guilt His lawyers made a mation<for a new trial on the ground that Juror Paradise was in- capable of rendering an intelligent verdict. After a delay of nearly faur months Re- corder Smyth denied the motion on August 14, and ntenced Buchanan to death by electric Ler 2, 189 during the week beginning Octo- Appenl Rejected. ‘The cause was then appealed, the appeal acting as a stay of )execution, and on February 25 of this year the court of ap- peals sustained the convictfon. Buchanan was brought’ down from Sing Sing prison on March 27 and resentenced to death by Recorder Goff during the week beginning April Lawyer George W. Gibbons applied to Judge Brown for a writ of error and su- persedeas on constitutional grounds. Judye Brown referred the matter to the full bench of the United States Supreme Ceurt. On the 17th of April the Supreme Ccurt dented the application. Sir Julian Pauncefote, the British ambas- sador, was then appealed to for interfer- ence, Buchanan was a_Hritish sub, but Sir Julian declined. The lawyer then petitioned Goy. Morton for a stay of exe- cutior, to enable him to produce new evi- dence in favor of the condemned man. The governor refused, and Warden Sage of Sing Sing, on Sunday, April 21, issued in- vitations to those who were to witness the electrocution to be at the prison on Wed- nesday morning, April 24, at 11 o'clock. Respite Granted. On the following Tuesday Mrs. Buchan- an, accompanied by a Mrs. Coleman of New York, went to Albany, and after piteous pleading for a brief respite, the governor consented and notified Warden Sage that the execution should not take place until Wednesday, May 1. This gave new hope to Buchanan's law- yers, as they claimed that the governor had no right to fix a day for execution,and con- tended that after Sunday, April 28, had passed the condemned 1aan would he con- sidered legally dead, the time set for his execution having expired. They went before Judge Addison e United States district court on Mon- April 29, and asked for a writ of ia- beas corpus on the constitutional grounds that Buchanan was heli in prison without process of law. Judge Brown denied the application after half an hour's de! ion. Lawyer Gibbo: ed to Washingtcn the moment the tO WV announced, and a notice of appeal against Judge Brown’s denial of the writ to the Sx Court at Washington was filed with Cl Lyman and a copy of it served on War Sage at Sing Sing prison. rs The Fight for Life. Lawyer Gibbons reached Washington that night, and next morning he applied to Clerk McKenny cf the United States Su- al preme Court to have docketed an ap; from the decision of Judge Brown refusing to take cognizance of Buchanan's petition for a writ of haosas corpus. The clerk refus2d to docket the case on the ground that the papers did rot come to him in_regular form. Mr. Gibbons sought to have an indorse- ment which Judge Brown had made on the paper accepted in lieu of a formal order denying the petition, and also presented a certificate of the action of Judge Brown's court from the clerk ‘of that court, but Mr. McKenny would not accept them. Mr. Gibbons confessed that his:primary object in seeking to have the case considered in a United States court was to secure a stay of proceedings, and to this end he k a copy of the*paj 2 of the penitentiary at Ying Sing. He notwithsianding the refusals of the United States court officers to entertain his appli- cation, to induce the ‘state authorities to stay Buchanen’s ex2cutior, Warden Sage appealed fo the attorney general for instructions, and was directed to defer the execution ubhtil the app: claimed to have been taken should be dis- missed or determined. Gov, Morton grant- ed another respite of cne Week until May igs : District Attorney Fellows and the at- torney general had a éonference as to the best method of disposing’ of the legal tangle, and the attorney general said that fn order not to delay the execution of jus- tice any longer the matter Should be taken to the court of appeals on the application of the district attorney. This course was adopted, and on May 20 Mr. Fellows made motion before the court of appeals at Albary that Buchan- an’s lawyer should show cause why he should not be produced for resentence on a day to be named by the court. Lawyer Gibbons, who was present, was granted two days to submit a brief, but he claims that Assistant District Attorney Linsday handed him a printed order (aot written nor typewritten) half an hour later, granting the motion and ordering the production of Buchanan on the 27th of May for resentence. Gibbons submitted his brief on the 224. On May 27 Bucnenan was taken from the prison to Albany, and on that day he was resentenced to die during the week be- ginning July 1. The Latest Objection. Warden Sage of Sing Sing prison an- nounced last evening that until he receiv- ed a written opinion from the attorney general of the state he would not execute Buchanan. The warden sent a messenger to Albany with copies of the paper served on him by Dr. Buchanan's counsel, which the counsel claimed operated as a stay. The warden requested that written instructions be given him from_ the attorney general's office. Attorney General Hancock was ab- sent from Albany, and Deputy Attorney Hasbrouck declined to write any opinion. On learning of this ion Wa: Sage telegraphed to Attorney General Hancock at Syracuse informing him that he would not execute Dr. Buchanan until he had re- ceived an opinion of the effect of the legal papers served upon him by ccunsel for Dr. Buchanan. Last night Warden Sage received a reply from Attorney General Hanecck saying I do not think the last proceedings operat: as a stay and have no further advice to give. No Appeal Filed Here. Up to the hour of Dr. Buchanan’s electro- cution today no appeal had been filed in the United States Supreme Court. The officials of the court had expected it in view cf the presence in the city of Arthur W. Butts, attorney for the condemned man. But Mr. Butts did not present himself at the court during the morning, nor did he consult any of the justices individually, so far as could be learned. The court officials are of the opinion that the electrocution settles all legal complica- tions, and that there can be no further ac- tion In the form of collecting damages from the state of New York, as has been sug- Bested. Mr. Butts was not at the hotel when the bulletin of Buchanan's death came, and it was believed he had left the city. Mr. Butts called upon Justice Harlan of the Supreme Court yesterday and left the city last night, saying that there was not one chance in a million to save the life of his client. > AN ATTEMPTED SHOOTING. It Arone Over an Alleged Game of Crap. A big colored man named William Snow- den was a prisoner in Judge Miller’s court this morning, and tMe charge against him was one of having attempted to kill another colored man named Henry Chapman. It is charged that Snowden shot at Chapman Saturday afternoon, and the latter at- tributes bad marksmanship, on part of Snowden as the only reason why he is not now the occupant of a coffin. The trouble occurred over a game of craps. A party of colored men were engaged in the game, so it is said, and because of the war be- ing made on “crap-shooters” by the police the men did not put their money @n the ground, but trusted to luck. When the particular winning “pass” had been made Snowden called for his fifty cents, so it is claimed, but Chapman did not produce the money. Without any further ceremony, so it is chagged, Snowden drew a pistol from his pocket and fired. The bullet did not take effect, but the report of the shot attracted a large crowd and created some excite- ment. Policemen Russell and English were soon on hand, and they went out to make an investigation. They were told that Snow- den had fired the shot, and had fled in the direction of the White House. The officers learned from another man that Snowden had secreted the pistol in the grass near a post on Executive avenue, and there it was found by the officers. Later in the evening they arrested the alleged owner and user of the weapon, and he protested his inno- cence. Several witnesses were found by the officers who say they witnessed the shooting. The case will be heard in the Police Court this week. ——S SS Privates Appointed. Late Saturday afternoon the Commis- sioners, upon the recommendation of Major Moore, appointed the following privates on the police force, in accordance with the new apropriation bill: Michael F. Colbert of 2312 H street north- west, aged twenty-eight. Archie Baker of 524% 4% street southwest, aged twenty-three. Thaddeus R. Bean of 210 L street south- west, azed twenty-two. William A. Reith of west, aged twenty-two. Joseph W. McDariel of 310 Virginia ave- nue southeast, aged twenty-five. James Price Cochran of 2008 14th street northwest, aged thirty-one. Charles H. Steinbroker, 3321 R_ street northwest, aged twenty-seven. John R. Evans of 480 M street south- west, aged thirty-four. James P. Hendricks of 49 P street north- east, aged thirty-four. Johu A. McDonald of 58 K street north- east, aged twenty-three. James S. Boswell, colored, of 219 Q street northwest, aged twenty-seven. es A Rainproof Awning Wanted. To the Editor of The Evening Star: If an observer may venture an observa- tion, I would ask why the authorities in charge of Marshall Hall do not provide a waterproof awning for the dancing pavilion cn their pleasure grounds. Recently an excursion party was caught by a severe thunder shower during the afternoon, and the only amusement for those on the pavilion was to dance, and yet the rain was blown completely through from the river side, drenching the dancing floor and even those who sought shelter on the opposite side of the pavilion. Sure enough, a force of sweeps was put to work to clean off the floor and sprinkle corn smeal, but the damage was then done, and dancing with any comfort was over for the evening. Now, it certainly would be more rational to protect both the pavilion and the danc- ing floor against such accidents by a suit- able awning, at least on the river side, than to hire sweeps to make vain attempts at drying a sloppy floor. What do those in authority think of it? AN EXCURSIONIST. 5 Sth street north- INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS. AUCTION SALES BOARDING ...... BUSINESS CHANCES. CITY ITEXS. SSIONERS OF DEEDS. 5 TRY BOARD... 3 4 7 5 5 12 3 FOR EXCHA} 4 FOR LEASE... cone: 4 FOR RENT (Flats). * FOR RENT (Houses) * 4 4 FOR RENT (Rooms). 4 FOR RENT (Stores). 4 FOR SALE (Bicycles 5 FoR (Houses)... 5 FOR (Lots). - 6 FOR SALE (Miscellaneou: SS AND V WANTED (F WANTED (Houses). WANTED (Lots)... WANTED (Miscellaneous). WANTED (Situations) Rh ORO RR ROO TIE-UP PROBABLE. Eapected Trouble on the Anacostia Railroad, z Despite the efforts made by interested parties to convey the impression that there was to b2 no meeting of the employes of the Anacostia Railroad Company in refer- nece to the wage question, as was stated in The Star would be the case, the meeting was held Saturday night behind closed doors at Haines’ Hall, Anacostia. The ses- sion lasted from 10 o'clock until 12, and the proceedings were conducted with the ut- most secrecy, and those present were pledged to divulge nothing in reference to what had transpired or what action it is cor templated to take by them or the union. Notwithstanding these precautions, enough is known to justify the assertion that the relations between the employes of the rail- road company—for most of the stablemen are, like the drivers, members of the Street Railway Protective Union of Washingicn— and the latter have become strained to their utmost tension, and at this time it looks as though only the exercise of the most skillful diplomacy will prevent a speedy tie-up of the road for an indefinite period. It understood that tomorrow morning a committee from the Railway Union and the empioyes of the line will wait on Presi- dent Griswold and ask him to increase the wages of the drivers to $1.50 per day and advance the pay of the stablemen to a cor- responding proportion. ‘Those who are most directly concerned in the matter say that they have not the slightest oxpecta tion that the request will be granted by Mr. Griswold, and that there will be only ope course left for the union to do—order a strike. When the tie-up of several months ago occurred the men on the Anacostia line Were practically without organization, and the funds of the union had become depleved to a considerable extent by reason of the substantial aid extended to those who took part in the great strike in Brooklyn, N. Y., some time before; but at this time a much different state of affairs exists, the Ana- costia drivers being under the actual pro- tection of the Railway Union, while the treasury of the latter is in a healthy condi- tion and able to stand any ordinary drain upon it. The railway men also claim that the sympatay of the public will be with the Grivers of the Anacostia line should a tie- apy occur, as now seems altogether prob- able, ——————— GARBAGE DISPOSAL. Compnarison of Cremation and Redac- tion Methods to Be Undertaken, There is every reason to believe that the Commissioners will not insist upon crema- tion as the method of disposing of the gar- bage of the city under the new contract. It will be recalled that the health officer was dispatched to Atlanta, Ga., several days ago to inspect one of the Dixon crematories, which was urged as the best system on the market. He was accompa- nied by a representative of the contractor, and the two made a careful inspection of the plant before the managers of the con- cern knew they were in the city. They were not pleased with the result, and re- turned to the city this morning with the idea well fixed in their minds that the Dixon crematory was a problem yet un- solved as far as disposing of garbage was concerned. This was due to the peculiar regulations in force in Atlanta. There all combustible material is allowed to be de- posited with the garbage, and all liquid garbage is permitted to be emptied into the sewers. There averages but 2) per cent of pure garbage in every cart load brought to the crematory, so the test was not prac- tical. During the week, perhaps tomorrow, these gentlemen will leave for Wilmington and Philadelphia, for the purpose of in- specting other systems of cremation and several reduction plants. The new con- tractor now believes that reduction of the garbage is not only the most sanitary and economical to the city, but more satisfac- tory to the residents in the immediate vicinity. The contractor has made a prop- osition to the Commissioners, which seems fair. He proposes to erect at his own ex- pense a cremation plant to be decided upon by the Commissioners, and a_ reduction plant. Each one is to be operated a certain length of time, until the Commissioners are assured which is the most satisfactory, and then it will be formally adopted. Mr. Joshua Warfield, the new contractor, stated to a reporter of The Star this morning that it was not yet decided whether the contract entered into between the District and his brother would be merged into the one re- cently granted to him. In case it was de- cided to do that, preparations would be im- mediately begun for the erection of the plant decided upon by the Commissioners for disposing of the garbage. ——— IN A RAGE. Thomys Bowman, Who Killed Frank Blue, Surrenders. Thomas Bowman, who threw a brick and killed Frank Blue in Walker Company’s brick yard, near Jackson City, Friday, sur- rendered himself last night. Both men worked in the yard, Bowman being thirty- five years old and Blue fifteen. Bowman says he did not intend to kill the boy, and had no idea the blow would do fatal in- jury. He was greatly enraged, and did not stop to think of the consequences of his act. As soon as he saw Blue fall and the other men said he was dead, Bowman ran off and hid in the woods until last night. Bowman was examined and committed to jail to await the action of the grand jury next September. —_—_—.__ He Charges Cruelty. Arthur E. Wells has filed his answer to the petition of his wife for divorce, deny- ing all of her allegations of cruelty, and has also filed a cross-bill asking for an ab- solute divorce and the custody of his chil- dren. Mr. Wells charges his wife with re- peated and deadly assaults upon him, and says that he was afraid to eat or sleep in his house owing to her threats to kill him. He charges that on January 3, 1891, she threw a fork at his face, which struck his arm in his effort to protect his face, and that on March 16 she threw at his head the top of a wooden chair, which barely missed braining him. On another occasion, he says, she threw a shaving cup, which cut a gash two inches in length in his side. He charges that she often threatened to Kill him, and drove him from home. FINANCIAL. Washington Loan & Trust Co., OFFICE, COR. STH AND F STS. PAID-UP CAPITAL, ONE MILLION, Interest ra oy perosirs. ucde on Real Estate Loans "*rra"tcttsterais Acts as Esecutor, Admfuistrator, Trustee, Guardian and Committee op Estates. Acts as Registrar, Transfer and Fis- al Agent of Corporations. Takes full charge of Real and Pere sonal Estates. Safe Deposit Boxes for rent. Stor.ge Vaults for trunks, voxes, . &e., containing valuables, silver, bric- a-brac, &e. Incorporated under act of Congress and subject to supervision of the comptroller of the currency. John Joy Edson. Jotn A. Swope. B.S. Cummi John R. Carnody.. Andrew Parke Jobn B. Larn A. 8. Worthi J. J. Darlington. President ce President Second Vice President General Counsel “} Advisory Counsel DIRECTORS. Bailey, Charles B., Hamilton, John Barber, ALL Larner, John Barker, Will Noyes,” Theodore Wee Batchelder, R. Saks, “Isadore, Baum, Charles, Shea, N. HL. Carmody, John R., Spea>, Ellis, Clapp, John M Stevens, Fraderick Qy Crane, August Swope. ‘John A. Cummings, Horace "S., Truesdell, George, Darlington, J._J. Du Bois, Jas. T., Edson, Jobn Joy, Fox, Albert F., Fraser, James, Gurley, William American Security and ‘Trust Co., 1465 G st Will loan youmoney on real estate and collateral securities. Individuals owning unimproved property and desiring to build a home or to improve it for rental purposes will be loaned the requisite amount at a low rate of inter- est. American Security and ‘Trust Co., 1405 G st. it |_| _@ 5. BELL, President, “CONCERNING LOANS AND INVESTMENTS.” This is the title of a booklet Issued by us FREE on application, Do not fail to read ft before borrowing or investing. “Gilt-edge” siz per cent real estate loans always on hand. B. H. WARNER & CO., 916 F st. nw. feT-Im FRANK WILSON BROWN BROKER, 1335 F St. N. W. Stocks, Bonds, Grain, Provisions and Cotton. Direct private wires to principal cities. Long-distance telephone 1414. Correspo: dent of Messrs. Theo. W. Myers & Co, No. 47 New st., New York, members of the New York Stock Exchange. Je0-28tt Cc. T. Havenner, Member Wes! ton Stock Exchange, Re: Estate and Steck Broker, Rooms 9 a 11, Atlantic building, Investment Securities. Stecks, Bonds and Grain bought and sold for cush or on margin. Cctton bought and sold in New York or New Orleans. Private wires to N Orleans. ‘Telephone W. B. Hibbs, Member of the New York Stock Exchange, Banker and Broker, 1421 F Street. Correspondent of MESSRS, LADENBURG, THALMANN & CO. my13-16d 46 Wall st., New York. The National Safe Deposit, Savings and Trust Company Of the District of Columbia, CORNER 15TH ST. AND NEW YORK AVE. Chartered by special act of Congress Jan., 1867, and acts of Oct., 1890, and Feb., 1892, CAPITAL: ONE MILLION DOLLARS. SAFE DEPOSIT DEPARTMENT. Rents safes Inside burglar-proof vaults at $5 per annum upward. Securities, jewelry, silverware and valuables of all kinds in owner's package, trunk or case aw York, Chicago and New gt ceehaeme aplo-tr taken on deposit at moderate cost. SAVINGS BANK DEPARTMENT. Deposits received from TEN CENTS upward, and interest allowed on $5 and above. Loans money on real estate and collateral security. Sells first-class real estate and other securities in sums of $300 and upward. TRUST DEPARTMENT. This company is @ legal depositors for court and trust funds and acts as administrator, ex- tcutor, receiver, assignee, and executes t of all’ kinds. Wills prepared by a compe! in daily attendance. JAMIN P. SNYDER, President. 8 HYDE, First ‘Vice President. : {. JOLINSTON, Second Vice Pres. THOMAS R. ri E. FRANCIS RIGGS,’ Treanurer. ALBERT L. STURTEVANT, Secretary. CORSON & MACARTNEY, MEMBERS OF THE NEW YORK’ STOCK EXCHANGE, 1419 F st., Glover buflding. Correspondents of Messrs. | Moore & Schley, oadwar, Bankers and Dealers in Government Ronds, ‘Depots. Exchange. Leane. Railrcad. stccks and bonds and ail securities Usted on the exchanges of New York, Philadelphia, Boston am Baltimore bought and sold. s. A epecialty made of Investment securities. Dis- trict bods and all local Railroad, Gas, Insurance and Telephone Stock dealt tn. ‘American Bell Telephono Stock bought and sold, asi apis WASHINGTON MARKET COMPANY. ‘Dividend No. 87. A dividend of 35 cents a share will be paid on the capital stock of this compans, payabl office of the company, in Center ‘Market, on ai after JULY 5, 1895, to stockholders of record June 30, 1895. P. S. SMITH, Treas, Washington, D. C., Jan TAM. Je29-4t LIFE, TONTING, ENDOWMENT AND PAID-UP INSURANCE POLICIES PURCHASED AT & FAIR DISCO! B loaned on same. api-tt EDWARD N. BURNS, 1307 F st. nw. The Union Savings Bank, 1222 F Street N. W., Pays four per cent interest on savings accounts. Open until 5 p. m. on Govern- ment pay days and Satur- day evenings between 6and 8. 1620-208 : — Army Orders. Leaves of absence have been granted as follows: Lieut. George W. Van Deusen, first artillery, for two months; Lieut. "A. C. Macomb, fifth cavalry, for one month; Lieut. E. A. Shuttleworth, eleventh in- fantry, for one month; Lieut. Henry L. Corkle, twenty-fifth infantry, for menths; Lieut. John A. Berry, eighth in- fantry, for one month.