Evening Star Newspaper, July 16, 1895, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR SS PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, 1101 Pennsylvania Avenue, Ccr, 11th Street, The Evening Star Newspaper Gain + 8. H. KAUFFMANN, Pres't. Rew York Offce, 49 Potter Building. ‘The Evening Star i city by carriers, on 1 per week, or 44 cen! counter 2 cents each. By mall—anywhere in the United States or Canada—postage prepald—60 cents er month. 2 P Saturday Quintupte Sheet Star, $1 per year, with foreign postage added, $3.00. Entered et the Post Office at Washington, D. C., as second-class mail matter.) . {[7-All mail subscriptions must be paid tn advance. Rates of advertising made known on application. Che Fvenin ae =, Siar. | No. 13,218. WASHINGTON, D.C., TUESDAY, ‘JULY 16, 1895-TWELVE PAGES. VERDICT NOT GUILTY The Jury Took an Hour to Acquit Mrs. Farrall. THE PROSECUTOR'S SCATHING SPEECH Scenes in Court During the Closing Argument. MRS. FARRALL’S DEMEANOR Special Diepatch to ‘The Evening Star. LA PLATA, Md., July 16.—Mrs. Belle Farrall is not guilty of causing the death of her husband, Frederick Farrall, Decem- ber 17 last. So sald the jury at 2:06 o'clock this afternoon, after having been out about an hour: Mr. Mitchell, the state's attorney, finished speaking shortly after 1 o'clock, and the twelve men then retired and the spectators dispersed about the town. In @ short timg, however, a general scurrying toward the court made it plain that an agreement had been reached. The room was packed in a moment. Judge Briscoe rapped for order, as the jury filed In, fol- lowed-a moment later by the prispner, look- ing as calm and collected as usual. “Call the jury, Mr. Clerk,” said the court, and as each name was called the owner answered and stood up. Clerk Turner then directed Mrs. Farrall to rise and hold up her right hand, which she did in a remarkably self-possessed manner. * ‘The court admonished the spectators to make no demonstration, whatever the ver- dict might be. “Gentlemen of the jury,” next said Mr. Turner, “have you agreed upon a verdict?” “We have.” - “What say you,, is the prisoner guilty or not guilty?” “Not guilty,” said the foreman. Mrs, Farrall threw her arms about the neck of Col. Wilmer, and for the first time during the day showed a sign of emotion. Notwithstanding the caution of the court, there was a semblance of applause. The jury was discharged, with the thanks of the court. As Mrs. Farrall left the hall, under escort of the sheriff, three cheers were “ given for her by hundreds of persons gathered in front of the door. The late prisoner entered Sheriff Brittain’s buggy, and was driven to his home, near Port To- ‘bacco. Her intentions as to the future are not yet fully determined on. The verdict met with general approval, and it is thought that the individual members of the jury had fully made up their minds to acquit the prisoner before the defense submitted {ts case. Congratulations were in order during the afternoon, Col. Wilmer and his associate, ex-Congressman Mudd, coming in for a goodly share. Thus the greatest and most scrsational criminal trial ever heard in southern MaryJand reaches an end. The Jary Sent Out. State’s Attorney Mitchell, after speaking in behalf of the state for seven and a half heurs, concluded at 1:15 o'clock this after- roon. The bailiffs in charge of the jury were then placed under oath. The court gave a brief instruction as to the form of verdict to be returned, and the twelve men retired, the court taking an indefinite recess. A verdict was expected at any mcement. .Probably every one connected with or interested in the case fully ex- pected that a conclusion would be reached last night, even though if might have been Necessary for the court to sit until a late heur. Therefore it was a genuine surprise when at 6 o'clock an adjournment was taken until this morning. Perhaps never before in any court room has the charac- ter of a prisoner, especially a young and beautiful woman, been assailed to such a degree as was that of Mrs. Farrall by Mr. Mitchell. . The Accused Shows Feeling. While the stat attorney was speaking the accused “glared at him like a tigress, with an expression of deepest scorn on her face. Mr. Mitchell this morning declared that the state had proved Mrs. Farrall a weman utterly regardless of her marriage vows, and a woman who had dishonored her husband's name. “She has shown ab- solutely no feeling over her present situa- tion,” continued the attorney, “and I don’t believe an innocent woman, no matter how strong-minded or masculine, could have fat here during these proceedings as calmly as has this prisoner.” After claiming that the experts, those of the defense as well as for the state, had clearly demonstrated that Frederick Far- rall in his last illness failed to display the characteristic symptoms of uraemia, but did show the results of strychnine poison- ing, Mr. Mitchell had something to say re- garding professional etiquette among Paysicians, and then argued at some length that Dr. Carrico was in error when he con- cluded that the deceased was suffering from uraemia. The attorney went on to Say that the testimony of Dr. Schaeffer and Dr. Kalusowski was clear, direct and unbiased, and then expressed the belief that the Washington experts would not utter one untruthful word for $5,000,000. Supply of Experts. ne other side has criticised us,” said Mr. Mitchell, “for securing our experts from Wasnington, a city with less than 250,000 inhabitants, while Baltimore, a big city, with a population of 500,000, was available. Now, I'll venture to say that Washington has ten.times as many scien- tifle men as has Baltimore.” In speaking of Eugene Hall, Mr. Mitchell sali Great as is my contempt for that man, there are some redeeming features about him, for when asked questions tend- ing to disclose his relations with Mrs. Far- rall he lied and perjured himself like a gentleman.” Before closing, the state’s attorney recapitulated the facts clatmed to have beeen proven by the prosecution, and called the attention of the jurymen especially to the oath they had taken. Dinner to the Jury. Mrs. Farrall later gave a dinner to the Sry, and while at the table seemed hys~ ter’ y happy. To The Star correspond~ ent she stated that, knowing she was {n~ recent, she at no time during the trial was at all fearful of the outcome. : Yesterday's Scene. It appeared as though every male citizen of Charles county journeyed to La Plata yesterday afternoon. Horses were hitched to trees and posts, and a business-like ap- pearance was given by probably the largest throng that ever assembled at one time in the town. The fact that the wind-up of the Farrall trial was in order had much to do with the gathering, but the chief attraction was the knowledge that Mr. John H.Mitch- ell would make the closing®address to the jury in behalf of the state. The reputation of the assistant to the state’s attorney !s widgspread throughout Maryland, and when he began his address just after recess every seat and every inch of standing room, including the space on the platform heretofore occupied only by the three fudges and the ni aper correspondents, were taken possession of by the spectators. The warm afternoon, augmented by the crowd, resulted in the atmosphere of the court room being oppressively hot. Throughout the scathing denunciation by the attorney for the state Mrs. Farrall, with what seemed a sneer of contempt on her face, unflinchingly gazed at the prosecutor. Mr. Mitchell, in opening, read the Mary- land law for murder and then explained and illustrated to the jury the meaning of circumstantial evidence. “I regret very much,” he said later, “that the little Farrall boys have been brought into this court room from day to day to hear of their mother’s degradation and be witnesses of their mother’s shame. What was it done for? Why, that woman sitting there brought her little children here to ask from you the mercy she dare not pray for herself. “Everything she has done was for effect,” continued Mr. Mitchell. “She bedecks her- self in eatin and silk and has been daily driven to court by the sheriff from his home." Several minutes were devoted by the at- torney to a denunciation of Eugene Hall, “the man with black hair, blue eyes and athletic figure, who entered the happy lit- tle family at Hughesville like the serpent described In Genesis,” after which he went on to say: “You are asked to set this woman free for the sake of those little children—this tippler, who drank whisky from bottles and pitchers and-who permit- ted her babies to imbibe the intoxicant until they staggered.” Mr. Mitchell continued speaking until 6 o'clock, when, stating that he could not conclude during the evening, an adjourn- ment was taken until this morning. a THE MICHIGAN MINERS. They Have Stopped All Shipment of Oren. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. , ISHPEMING, July 16.—Several thousand striking miners are holdmg meetings at Union Park, formulating demands and ag- gravating their feeling of resentment to- ward the mining companies. The men do not understand that recent rises in price of ore and tron cannot’ help mines that con- tracted for the season's output on April 1. All shipping has been stopped at Negau- nee, as well as here, and the Chicago and Northwestern railway, which put on a large number of extra trains yesterday to handle or2, has dropped them. The strike will greatly impede lake shipments from the Marquette fron range and help other districts accordingly. The men claim that miners in other districts will go out, but it is not believed probable unless the strikers should in here. ae Ses TEN THOUSAND IDLE. Fearful State of Things Reported at Pocahontas. Special Mspatch to The Evening Star. RICHMQND, July 16.—In a letter from Maj. Simonds, in command of Virginia troops at Pocahontas, he gives some un- published facts about the deplorable state of affairs there. He says annonymous let- ters were written and dropped in the post office In Pocahontas warning the min-rs not to go to work, and suggesting that “dead men told no tales.” A letter was written to William Lang, superiatendent of the coal company at Pocahontas, denouncing him in the vilest terms and threatening his life. He pro- nounces the charges of- the Pocahontas board of trade absolutely false, and says the men he arrested in his lines were spies for the strikers. Near Pocahontas, on the West Virginia side, 10,000 men are idle, and 300 guards are employed. Many of the idle strikers are on the verge of starvation. ee THE STANFORD SUIT. ‘To Be Heard on Appeal August 15 and Decided Promptly. SAN FRANCISCO, July 16—Judge Mc- Kenna, in the United States district court, has granted the government permission to appeal the Stanford case to the Unlied States court of appeals for this circuit. He specified in his order that the appeal must be filed before August 15. The suit for $15,- 000,000 will then be decided. ae DEATH OF A. N. TOWNE. Vice President of the Southern Pacific and a Leading Railroad Operator. SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., July 16—A. N. ‘Towne, secdad vice president and general manager of the Southern Pacific Company, Gee this morning at his residence in this city. ———— Shut Down by the Seerctary of War. APPLETON, Wis., July 16—The water power situation in the paper-making dis- trict of Fox river from Menasha to Depere, which has been strained for many weeks, was brought to a crisis today by an order from the Secretary of War shutting off the use of any water whatever for power pur- poses until the water is raised about twenty inches to the crest of the Menasha dam. The loss to this valley by the shut- down is $12,000 a day in wages, $36,000 in value of product, with 6,000 men out of employment. The duration of the shut- down is problematical. ———— Balloon Dynamiters. NEW YORK, July 16.—After a test of dynamite balloons, which was claimed to be very successful, the New York Cuban Libre Club has placed in the hands of the man- ufacturers an order for balloons and rockets, with a full complement of dyna- mite cartridges, to be ready for shipment July 23. ——EE Foreclosure. NASHVILLE, Tenn., July 16.—A decree of foreclosure has been entered in the United States circuit court in the case of the Central Trust Company of New York against the Central Iron Company and the Southern Iron Company. This step is pre- liminary to the sale and reorganization of the properties. There are first mortgage bonds to the amount of $3,600,000. ——.—__ . Death of a Newspaper Man. BOSTON, July 16.—John Tenney Ellis, a well-known newspaper writer,about twenty- five years of age, fell on the stone steps at the entrance of the Thorndyke Hotel this morning and fractured his skull. He is not expected to live many hours. Ellis resides in Newport, R. I. He has been connected with Washington, New York and boston papers. i —_.___ This is What They Like. ALLENTOWN, Pa, July 16.—Four hun- dred employes in the pipe mill of the Don- aldson Iron Company at Emanus have had their wages advanced 10 per cent. The in- crease begins August 1. a Would-Be Murderer Fied. WEST KEWANEE, Ill, July 16.—Wm. De Bates, a Belgian, living near this town, is charged with having attempted to kill his three children. He has fled. —_____ Nails Going Up. NEW YORK, July 16.—There has been an advance in the price of nails in the last sixty days of nearly 100 per cent. This is due to a strong agreement which includes all the manufacturers {in the country. It is probable prices will go from 80 to 60 cents a hundred pounds higher, ——— } Quit Busine: SAN FRANCISCO, July 16.—The Sun In- surance Company, a local concern, has been forced to go out of business, and has reinsured its risks with the Firemen’s Fund Insurance Company. ————— Denth of a Well-Known Tennesseean. NASHVILLE, Tenn., July 16—Hon. Al- bert Roberts, at one time editor of the Nashville Republican Banner and Nash- ville American, and consul to Hamilton, Ont under the first Cleveland administra- tion, Is dead here after a short illness. IN MR. VEST'S STATE |SOUSteMUROERUNEARTHED| AIRE D Silver Men Lining Up for a Fight. THEY ALREADY CLAIM A TRIUMPH But Sound Money Men Seem to Be Not Much Alarmed. THE SENATOR’S PLANS The silver men claim a triumph in Missouri cn two grounds: Firsz, the fact itself that a special con- vention of the democracy of the state has been called to consider the question of frée coinage. The proposition when first brought forward some eight weeks ago was rejected by the state central com- mittee. Now it carries by a vote of 12 to 2. Second, the early day fixed for the con- vention, August 6. The sound money men had suggested a late day in September. The silver men saw in this, or thought they saw, a purpose on the part of the opposition to bring to bear on the ques- tion in Missouri the influence of the re- sults of the demoeratic conventions to be held before them in several states where the sound moncy men are boasting of con- trol. The Missouri deliverance on the sub- ject is to be made independent of these, and this, the silver men claim, is so much to the good for them. Sound Money Men Encouraged. On the other hand, the suggestion is madg that the sound money democrats in Missouri-are not as much afraid of an ex- pression on the subject of silver now as they were earlier in the agitation. So much has been won in the past two months, they survey the general situation with some serenity. The convention when first pro- posed would have been dangerous to the sound money cause. The Illinois democrats were on the eve of declaring for free coin- age, and Kentucky seemed likely to do the same thirg. If Missouri joined this chorus the volume of free silver sound would be alarmingly increased. But things did not develop along the lines of promise. Free coinage has made but one winning—the ll- Mnois winning—and that is now almost forgotten. It is ngt understood, however, that the sound money democrats of Mis- souri, now that a trial of conclusions at home has been ordered, purpose letting matters go by default. The purpose is to put up a stiff fight, and make the conyen- tion a very lively one. Stlver, it is pointed out, starts with some advantages in Missouri. ‘The state is in close touch, commercially and otherwise, with the free silver states of both the west and south, and her public men have always advocated frep coipage. It would be strange indeed if the home of Vest and Cockrell, Gov. Stone and Richard P. Bland did not reflect their teachings on finance. These men all approve of the convention, and three of them will be present to help shape Its procesdings. Mr. Vest's Plans. Mr. Vest, to the surprise ef many, has sailed for Europe. This time, of all times, the silver men suggest, should have mark- ed his presence at home. He has stood in the forefront of the free silver line, earn- estly battling for the silver cause, and now when a rattling engagement is approach- ing—and one whose results may mean much in his state—it is complained that he puts off his armor and goes for a rest. Moreover, his term as Senator will expire in 189%, and it is understood he desires to succeed himself. Many questior whether he is taking the right course to do that. The absence of Mr. Vest makes Gov. Stone the silver leader for this fight. The sound money men will be led by ex-Gov. Francis, a personal “friend and confidential adviser of the President, and likely to com- mand the administration's help to the full- est extent. On the one side, therefore, will be the prestige and the patronage of the state administration, wielded by the gover- nor in person, and on the other the prestige nd patronage of the national administra- tion, wielded by Mr. Francis, whose eyes are never turned toward the White House in vain. It is one of the prettiest fights of the whole series up to date, and of all the more interest for the fact that if Gov. Stone wins it he will endeavor to make the victory serve his purpose in his effort to be elected to the Senate in Mr. Vest's place. ee MISSIONARIES ILL-TREATED. Ex-Congressman Timothy Campbell Wants Ecuador Disciplined. Ex-Representative Timothy Campbell of New York called at the State Department today and had a conference with Acting Secretary Adee respecting the ill-treatment of certain American missionaries in Ecua- dor during the progress of the recent revo- Jution in that country. In 1887 a number of sisters of the Benedictine order sailed from New York for Ecuador, and started missions at Roeapuerte, where a convent was established, in charge of Sister There- sa, and at Babahoyo and Calcetra, the lat- ter mission being in charge of Sister Gene- vieve. The latter recently arrived at New York, accompanied by Sisters Francis, Desalles and Josephine, after having ex- perienced great hardships in Ecuador. Dur- ing the revolution the mission at Calcetra was destroyed and the sisters were ill- treated and ccmpelled to escape from the country in a small boat. The other mis- sions suffered also, and the sisters who reached New York are apprehensive as to the fate of the twenty-two missionaries they left behind them, from whom nothing hes been heard. After bearing this state- ment, Acting Secretary Adee promised to cable immediately to United States Minis- ter Tillman at Quito, instructing him to se- cure governmental protection for the re- mainder of the little band and see that they are not further prosecuted. It is probable that as soon as the case can be put in proper form our government will be asked to prefer a demand for reparation upon the Ecuadorian government for this out- rage. —___..___ WILL DEPART TONIGHT. Ex-Gov. Shepherd Spends the With Old Friends. Ex-Gov. and Mrs. Shepherd and Mrs. Quintard will leave Washington tonight for New York on the midnight train. The governor spent today with old friends, and the scores who called on him at the Arling- ton were keenly disappointed at his ab- sence. Mrs. Shepherd was Indisposed, and compelled to deny herself to callers. a The Niearagua Commission. The U.S.S. Montgomery, on her way home from Colon, with the Nicaragua canal com- snission aboard, has heen obliged to stop off Key West harbor to replenish her coal bunkers. As-the commissioners could not land, without subjecting themselyes to a fifteen days’ quarantine, they decided to remain on the Montgomery until she reach- es New York. Coal was sent off to the ship in lighters, so she did not enter port. ee ggg oe : She Did Not Sink. 7 RICHMOND, Va., July 16.—The steamer Ariel, reported sunk in_the James river, with a crowd of colored excursionists, ar- rived safely at Petersburg this morning. It was delayed by the storm. - Day Probably the Work of Johnson, the In- surance Swindler. Evidence Multiplies That He Tried to Kill the. Whole Pitzel Family. PHILADELPHIA, July 16.—The finding of the bodies of two of Pitzel’s children in ‘Toronto created @ sensation in police circles here. The authorities are convinced that they were murdered by Holmes, who is now in prison here awaiting trial on the charge of conspiracy to defraud the Fidel- ity Mutual Life Insufance Association of $10,000. This amount was obtained by Lawyer Jeptha D. Howe of St. Louis, rep- resenting the family of B .F. Pitzel, who, it is alleged, was killed in this city by the ex- plosion of a chemical, and who had short- ly before been insured In the Fidelity Com- many. It is probable that the charge against Holmes will be changed from con- spiracy to murder, as it is generally be- lieved now that Pitzel is really dead and Holmes murdered him. : Just before Holmes was brought to trial ‘he made a confession, in which he said that he procured a corpse in New York, brought it to this city, and disfiguring it by use of chemicals, palmed it off success- fully as the remains of Pitzel. After the confession Holmes’ trial was postponed un- til October. It is believed since the Phila- delphia murder antedates the Canada crime by a year, the man will have to stand trial here. A Long Chase. Detective Geyer, ‘who found the bodies of the children in Toronto, has been on the case sirce September, 1894, when the char-" red remains of the bogus or genuine Pit- zel were first found. He has followed out many clues furnished by President Fouse of the Fidelity Mutual Insurance Associa- tion and has been confident from the outset that the crime cf murder would be finally fastened upon Holmes. President Fouse gaid today: “Everything points to the fact that Holmes plotted to destroy the entire. Pitgel family, and as Howard disappeared. in Detroit, it is proba- ble that he was killed there. We found a house on Forest avenue in Detroit where Holmes and the boy had been together, ard there were traces of a huge fire having been built in the furnace, from which we infer that he burnt the boy's corpse. “The belief is algo that he attempted to destroy Mrs. Pitzel tw, Burlington, Vt., by having her handle a ean of nitro-glycerine that he had left in the house she occupied. Should it be proven that Holmes murdered the children it will be strong circumstan- tial evidence that he ‘killed .their father, and he will undoubtedty be tried here for the latter cririe.” Mrs. Pitzel, the mother of the murdered children, is at pre! supposed to be at her old home in Galva, Henry county, UL, with two of her children, a daughter aged seventeen and a baby. She went direct to Galva after Holmes ‘had pleaded guilty. Excitement at Indinunpolis. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., July 16.—The an- nouncement that the bodies of two of the murdered Pitzel ¢hildren ha® been found buried in a Toronte celjar created @ sensa- tion, as the children were last seen alive by those who kmew them in this city. De- tective Geyer was here*three weeks ago searching for the ost chugs It was here that he got the clew that led to the finding of the bodies in Toronto. He traced the children from here to’ Detroit and from there to Toronto. He "was unable to get any evidence that the boy left this city alive, and he went from here believing that the boy had been murdered and his body shipped from here! in A trunk. The chil- dren were taken away ftom here during the last week in October. ; The Boy Douptless Murdered. _ INDIANAPOLIS, Iné., July 16—The Journal today prints ag article containing the statement that the Pitzel boy, the brother of Alice and Nellie Pitzel, whose dead-bodies are supposed to have been un- earthed at Toronto yesterday, was beyond doubt murdered in this city on October 6 last, presumably by Halmes, the insurance swindler, now in custody at Philadelphia. It was developed that a certain express driver, by agreement with Holmes, called at the old Circle Houge on that date and removed, through the rear door a large trunk, which is belleved to have contained the boy's remains. ‘The driver, Louis by name, has identified the picture of Holmes as the man who. employed him. The three Pitzel children were in this city at three different hotels for some time under the guardianship of Holmes. Detective Frank Geyer of Philadelphia, who has been a greater part of his time in this city re- cently working on the case, stated that the web was being woven,around Holmes, and that he would, beyond doubt, be found to be the murderer of the Pitzel children. Holmes to Be Extradited. TORONTO, Ont., July 16.—The bodies of the two Pitzel children, which were ex- humed in the cellar of a vacant house yesterday, were today removed to the icrgue. Drs. Cavan and R. B. Ord are en- gaged in a postmortem today to discover by what means the little ones met their death. The inquest will be reopened as scon as the autopsy is completed. Efforts will be made to extradite Holmes at once and to give him the benefit of swift and sure Canadian justice. Detective Geyer of Philadelphia came here imbued with the idea that Holmes had’rented a house and taken the children there to murder them; that after doing so he had either buried their bodies or thrown them into the bay. It is his theory that the children were chloroformed in a trunk. It remains to be seen whether the finding of the postmor- tem examiners will bear out the supposi- tion that Mrs. Pitzel’s Saratoga trunk figured in the murders, a COLLINS’ TRIAL, Testimony Showing He Had a Pistol and Talked Bloody. TRENTON, N.J,, July 16.—The trial of John Cellins for the murder of Fred. Ohl, the Princeton student, was.resumed today with the opesing pf the case by Prosecutor Stockton. All witnesses in the case had previously been excluded from the court recm. Prof. McMillan of Princeton College identified and explained a diagram which he had drawn of the scene of the shooting. John Thompson, wha keeps a student boarding house, was sitting-on his porch near the scene of the.murder. He swore he saw in the crowd Ohl, Cochran, Collins and Downs. Thompson heard one of the “Put away that pistol, and I can Collins partly took off his coat and wanted to fight, but Downs remon- strated with him, One of the white men said to his companion: “You don't want to fight a nigger with a pistol.” The parties separated, but met again in front of the saloon. Collins went into the hallway and said. “Come in here, you white —+—.” The students started in the hallway, and when on the sift three shots were fired, Collins being inside. Thompson afterward took hold of Collins, and helped to hold him until he was turned over to an officer. fee es The Star Out of Town. THE EVENING STAR will be sent by mail to any address in the United States or Canada for such period.as may be desired at the rate of fifty cents per-month. 7 But all sych orGers must be ac- companied the money, or the paper cannott be sent, as no ac- counts are kept with mail subscrip- tions. IN| COURT Judge.Miller Probes the Methods of Beneficial Companies. * HE USES STRONG LANGUAGE Poor and Ignorant People Must Not Be Defrauded. AN AGENT HELD TO BAIL, —— From time to time the police receive com- plaints against some of the beneficial in- surance companies, in which small weekly payments are made, and a number of cases growing out of trouble in the companies have been heard in the courts and before the magistrates. Policy writers and col- lectors in’ these companies are numerous, it is said, and it has been shown in court that some of them have resorted to all sorts of schemes in order to get the poor, and in many cases ignorant, persons to take out policies. Today a case involving the conduct of an agent—William F. Tay- Tor—who had been in the employ of the Monumental company, and who is now In the employ of the Mechanics’ Benevolent Society, was called before Judge Miller. ‘The charge was one of false pretenses, and the principal witness was an elderly .col- ored. woman named Margaret Ford, who seemed very much worried because of the loss of her policy and books in the Monu- mental company and because she was not beneficial in the other company. - Under the terms of the policies in many of these companies it is necessary to hold a policy about four months before becoming entitled to any benefits. - The Points in the Ca The defendant Taylor had left the em- ployment of the Monumental company about two months ago and entered the service of the’ Mechanics’ Benevolent So- clety. Among others, he called on the old colored woman mentioned and succeeded in getting from her her policy and book in the Monumental company, and she paid him 40 cents. : Mrs. Ford, in stating her case, said that when Taylor called on her he told her that the Monumental company had broken up, and he would put her in & new company and make her beneficial! upon her taking out her policy. ‘The policy was here produced, and it showed that she would have to be a holder of the policy for sixteen weeks before she would become beneficial. Mrs. Ford said she had been a member of the-Monumental Company for three years, and she stopped her payments in it because of Taylor's represetitations. “And are vou certain he tcld you that the Monumental Company had broken up?" was asked. ‘Yes, sir,” she answered. Judge Miller Takes a Hand. “I'm opposed to any of this kind of busi- negs,, whereby these poor people are de- ptiyed of their rights,” remarked the court. Thomas B. Du Ford, manager of the Monvmentat*Company in this city, was & witress, and when Lawyer Carrington ex- amined him he was unable-to tell whether or not the company had a $20,000 reserve fund, whicn, Mr. Carrington said, the law He could not tell in what bank "S money was deposited, but he did say that the records showed that the old colored woman was “unfinancial,” be- cause her payments bad stopped. “Being unfinancial by the manipulations of thése fellows who go around in this way does not am>unt to anything,” the eourt remirked. : Manager Du Ford said that the weekly gick benefit for the 10-cent payment was It was explained by Mrs. Ford that she cannot read or write, and in this connec- tion Judge Miller said he wanted to see how far this alleged scheme of swindling is carried on. Even when persons can read and write they have trouble about their policies. “I have an insurance policy myself,” the judge said, “and sometimes I hardly know where I am. Plain Words From the Bench. Judge Miller said if he were sitting as chancellor he would compel both compantes to credit her up to date and make her financial reparation, It’s the most coward- ly thing in th@world, the judge said, to prey upon these ignorant pecple, and if there is any reason whatever for bringing this prosecution he will do all he can to protect the poor old woman, The defendant made a statement in his own behalf, claiming that he had done nothing wrong. He said that although there was no change made in the reading of the policy in the Mechanics’ Benevolent Society, she would have received the bene- fits immediately. Mr. Carrington said that the manager was in court and would make the correction, if permitted to do so. “I should say not,” said Mr. Mullowney. “If the court permitted the change tt would not benefit her, for the claim of having made the change under duress would be set up. Judge Miller said he would allow no such thing to be done. Resuming his testimony, the defendant said that the Monumental Company had not paid many of its claims. All the money he collected he turned into the company. The defendant’s father also made a state- ment, telling about the manner of doing business, and saying that his son’s trouble was the result of his rush for business. Taylor Held for the Grand Jury. Mr. Heitmuller, manager of the Mechan- ies’ Benevolent Socicty, testified that he had been in the employ of the Monumental Company, and he knew that that company had not paid its benefits. Wh'le in the em- ploy of the Monumental Company he was frequently called “dead beat’ because he was one of them. The treasurer of the Monumental Com- pany was called to the stand by Mr. Car- rington. and he said that his company did not have $20,000 reserve-fund. He thought the company had about $1,000 in bank in addition to the stock of the company, In disposing of the case Judge Miller said that the question of insurance companies did not affect the coyrt. He had dropped that question entirely out of the case. But he said he was going to preserve the rights of these poor people, and the grand jury will have to investigate the case. The young man was held in $300 security. for the action of the grand jury. ————— EXECUTED BY MEXICANS. The State Department Receives a Re- port of the Killing of an American, United States Consul Roberts at Nogales, Mex., has made a report to the State De- partment under date of July 5, in regard to the execution of Robert Tribdlet, an Amer- ican citizen, by Mexican troops. Tribolet was a resident of Bisbee, Ariz., and set- tled in Frontenas, Mex., about two years ago. According to the consul the stage of the Nacosari Copper Company, the prin- cipal owner and marager of which is Col. JIchn Weir of New York, was stopped sev- eral weeks ago by five masked men at & killed ard 36,000 belonging to ihe com pany stolen. July 1 a party of Mexican soldiers arrested Robert Tribolet at nit ranch, together with four of his Mexican workmen, for complicity in the crime. TWO CENTS. The party started for Arispee. During the march all the priscners were shot. _Tribolet leaves a wife and several chil- Gren. He has two brothers living at Phoe- nix, Ariz., one of whom has brought the case to the attention cf the State Depart- ment. A local newspaper in its account of the executicn says: “The Mexican government has a speedy ™method of enforcing its mandates against criminals. When orce a man is suspected of crime or of any violation, he is watch- ed, and if it is almost certain he is the gullty man, his fare is settled. Sealed or- ders are given a captain of a command of government soldiers, and after the party or parties named therein are taken pris- oners the same orders will also contain the line of program to be followed, which invariably means death. A number of sol- diers are drawr up in a hne, and after Placing the prisoners at a stipulated dis- a one volley frcm the soldiers settles —_—____-e—______ BROKE THE NAVAL RECORDS. |The Olympia Takes the Paim ns the Best American Man-of-War. The substance of the report of the naval beard which inspected the cruiser Olym- Pla and put her through a four-hours’ trial trip In Sancelito channel, just made Public by Secretary Herbert, shows, for one thing, that the Olympia has broken the record of American men-of-war, and that no ship fh Atlantic waters can equal her speed under natural draft. iz ‘The report is made by Capt. Frank Wilde, | President ef the board, who says that all the evolutions and exercises prescribed by the order creating the board were carried out. The ship underwent a full speed nat- ural draft steam trial of four hours’ dura- tion. She developed 19.6 knots speed. Dur- ing this trlal every gun, both of the main and the secondary batteries, was fired. Tne trial at sea was smooth, with wind light from the southwest. The minor deficiencies and defects found, with the recommenda~ liens of. the board in each case, are noted on blank forms. They are unimportant and generally of such character that they may be corrected by the ship's artificers. The general conditicn of the ship as to cleanli- ness was found to be excellent. It is said at the Navy Department that the ship is shown to be ready to fit out almost immediately for service in Chinese waters. —___-- 2 -_____ EX-SPEAKER CRISP’S HEALTH. He Expectsto Go to Europe and Will Arrive Here Next Week. Ex-Speaker Crisp is expected in Wash- ington within the coming week on his way to New York, whence he will sail for Eng- land. Mr. Crisp expected to leave on his trip,abroad on the 5th instafit, but was un- able to get satisfactory state room accom- modations at that time. He will remain in this city but a day or two. His son, Chas. Crisp, who was his clerk during the Fifty- third Congress, will accompany him, hav- ing recently graduated in law with high honors, - - Mr, Crisp writes to a friend in this city that his health-has-greatly improved and he has had no more heart trouble, which caused his friends much uneasiness last winter. His trip abroad is for his health, and it is thought that a couple of months spent in trav2l will completely restore his old-time vigor. Owing to his unsatisfactory condition of health Mr. Crisp has taken It- tle active interest In politics since the ad- journment of Congress. CADETS APPOINTED. ‘The List of Those Who Will Enter the Naval Academy. The following-named, persons have been appointed cadets at the United States Na- yal Academy: Robert F. Turner, McGregor, Iowa; Frederick Potter (alternate), Henry, Il; Cyrus W. Cole (alternate), Toledo, Ohio; Oliver Newman, Né Ky.; E. L. Hawes (alternate), Covington; Ky.; El- dredge Baskin (alternate), Bishopsville, 8. C.; Robert Y: Conrad (ayernate), Winches- ter, Va.; Percy B. Bishop, Howell Station, Tenn.; Archibald Jordan, New York city; J. J. Walsh and Wm. Jeffers (alter- nates), New York city; H. H. Evans, Aber- deen, Miss.; -L. C. Broughton, Marysville, Kan.; Frank KE. Rockwell (alternate), Junc- tion City, Kan.; J. G. Clark (alternate), Bad Axe, Mich.; J. M. Taylor, Austin, Mich.; N. A. Schuck, Toledo, Ohio; C. L. Conder, Mc- Gaheysville, Va.; C. P. Huff Butler, Mo.; Paul Foley, New York city; E. B. Lorrimer, Wichita, Kan.; E. J. Sadler (alternate), Se- dan, Kan.; R. D. Scott (alternate), Marys- ville, Kan.; R. T. Johnson, Charleston, S. C. —__o—____ SIMPLIFYING NAYAL ACCOUNTS. Secretary Herbert Maken Some Re- forma in His Department. Secretary Herbert today issued an order Providing that hereafter all money ac- counts pertaining to the appropriation “for the naval service” shall be maintained only in the bureau of supplies and accounts; the accounts pertaining to the appropria- tion for “the legislative, judicial and execu- tive expenses of the government” as re- late to the Navy Department shall be maintained by the disbursing clerk of the Navy Department, with the exception of the accounts of the hydrographic office, the naval observatory and the Nautical Alma- mac office. Heretofore each bureau has kept a separate account, resulting, it is said, in an unnecessary duplication of work. The change is in the interests of time, money and labor, and a general simplifica- tion of business methods. A large number of other changes are made, but they are of a subordinate character. Se ee FORWARDED TO GRAY GABLES. The Papers in the Taylor Pardon Case Have Been Sent to the President. All the papers in the case of jos. J. Taylor, under sentence of death for the murder of his wife, were forwarded to the President this afternoon. They make a bulky package, and include a petition for a reprieve of thirty days and a petition for a commutation of the sentence to impris- onment. It is generally believed that the President will take prompt action in this case, and will be prepared to announce it several days before the date set for the execution. * ——————-o____ Personal Mention. Secretary Lamont arrived here this after- noon from his visit to the Yellowstone val- ley and a tour of the section of military posts in the northwest. Mrs. Lamont and .the children did not come to Washington, but continued on to Sorrento, where the Secretary will join them later In the sea- son. United States Treasurer «Morgan will leave Washingt6n tonight for a few days’ visit to his home In Connecticut. Major Thos: H. Handbury, corps of en- gineers, and Lieut. B. N. Randolph, third artillery, are in this city on leave of ab- sence. General Superintendent Kimball of the Ife-saving service has returned from a trip to Long Island, N. Y., where he se- lected sites for two new life-saving sta- tions. Attorney General Harmon has returned from a short visit to his family at Bay Head, N. J., and he was on duty at the Department of Justice as usual today. Mr. Powell, sitperintendent of — public schools, is going to spend his vacation in Eurepe. He got a passport at the State Department today. 2. Secretary Rockhill’s Trip. Assistant Secretary Kockhill of the De- partment of State left Washington today for New York. He will sail tomorrow on the St. Louis for Englard, to represent the United States at fhe meeting of the Inter- national geographical congress in London. He will be absent about a month, Te proof of te pudding i in te eating. Pesferdae’s Star contained 40 cofumns of adveritsements, mare up of 710 separate announce: ments. TBese advertisers foug$t puSficifp-not merefp Space, STAMBOULOFF DYING The Ex-Minister, With Both Hands Amputated, is Beyond Recovery. RESULTS OF THE BRITISH ELECTICNS The Lord Mayor's Guests Drink to the Health of Mr. Cleveland. VARIOUS FOREIGN ITEMS LONDON, July 16—A dispatch to the Pall Mall Gazette from Sofia this afternoon says that the conditicn of ex-Premier Stam- bouloff, who was murderously assaulted yesterday evening while returning home from the Union Club by four persons arm- ed with revolvers and knives, is hopeless. At I o’clock this afternoon M. Stambou- loff was still alive, but his condition is pronounced to be kopeless. He has fifteen gword cuts on his head and one of his eyes has been destroyed. Everybody seems to be convinced that the police were in the plot to assussinate the ex-premler, as five members of the Police force who were- near him when he was attacked made no attemp! to inter- fere. One of the Stambouloff servants chased one of the assassins, but the man was etopped by. the police. M. Stambouloff's coachman, who tired hie revolver, but missed hitting anybocy when the ex-premier’s assailants attacked the carriage last night, is also believed to have been one of those who plotted against the statesman’s life, as he made no attempt to whip up his horses when the attack was made. The police and detachments of cavalry patrolled Sofia throughovt last niht, but they seem to have found no trace of the assassins except some daggers which were found in the streets. It developed during the day “that M. Stambouloff has long been convinced that he would fall a victim to the vengeance of the friends of Maj. Panitza, whom he caus- ed to be executed after he had been found guilty of treason, in 1890, in conspiring against the life of Prince Ferdinand. Since the rcfusal of the government to give M. Stambouloff his passport to Carlsbad, repre- sentatives of the diplomatic corps here have frequently called the attention of the gov- ernment to the“fact that they had become aware that an attempt upon the ex-pre- mier’s life was impending. It is strange ‘to add that not a single member of the cabi- net has called upon M. Stambouloff since the latter was wounded last night. -——.—_ THE CONSERVATIVES WIN. Thus Far They Seem to Have « Large Majority. LONDON, July 16.—At 2 o'cleck this af- ternoon the following was the result of the general elections: Conservatives, 16; union- ists, 22; liberals, 26; McCarthyites, 7; Par- Nellites, 4. The following additional candidates have been returned to parliament without oppo- sition: a % “Cork, middle division, Charles K. D. Tan- ner, anti-Parnellite; Leitrim, south division, James Pertully, anti-Parnellite; Stafford- shire, Kingswinford division, the 2t. Hon. Alexander Staveley Hill, cons-rvative; Staffordshire, west division, Hamera Bass, unionist; Sussex, Southwest division, Lord. Edmond Talbot, conservative; Armagh, north division, Edward J. Saunderson, con- servative; Buckinghamshire, division, Viscount erford, west Webb, anti-Parneliite; Cavan, west division, Edmund F. V. Knox, anti-Parneliite; Lancashire, southwest (Bootle) division, Thomas M. Sandys, con- servative; Hampshire, north, or Basing- stoke, division, Arthur F. Jeffreys, con- servative; Dowr county, west division, the Rt. Hon. Lord Arthur Hill, conservative; Tipperary, east division, Thomas J. Con- don, anti-Parnellite; Surrey, Chertsey oivision, Charles H. Combe, conservative; Canarvonshire, Eifion division, John B. Roberts, radical; Limerick, east division, John Finucane, anti-Parnellite. The following returns have been received from ccntested districts: Grimsby, the Rt. Hon. E. Hereage,. unionist, 4.166; G. Doughty, liberal, 4,547, a liberal majority of 181. At the election of 1892 the liberal candidate polled 4,201 to 3,565 polled by the unionist candidate, ‘a liberal majority of 636, showing a falling off of 455 lberal Votes in this district; Sunderland, W. T Ducksford, conservative, 9,83; Sir E. T. ae Mberal, 8,232; S. Storey, liberal, —__._____ DINING WITH THE LORD MAYOR, Statesmen and Aciors Surround the Board and Toast the President. LONDON, July 16.—The lord mayor, Sir Joseph Renals, entertained Augustin Daly's company at luncheon in the Mansion House. Among those present were the United States ambassador, the Hon. Thos. F. Bayard; Mr. Carter, private secretary to Mr. Bayard; the United States consul gen- eral, Mr. Patrick A. Collins; Judge Daly, Mr. and Mrs. Beerbohm Tree, Charles Wyndham and Ellen Terry. The lord mayor escorted Ada Rehan to her piace at the table, and Mr. Bayard led Lacy Renals to her-seat. a After toasting the queen, the lord mayor proposed the health of the President of the United States, saying that it was then given for the first time in history in the Mansion House. Sir Joseph also thanked Americans generally for the hearty wel- come they have always given to English actors. Mr. Bayard and others also spoke. ————_ “Miserable Irish Quarreis.” LONDON, July 16.—The Chronicle today, referring to the disputes between the differ- ent factions of the Irish parlixmentary party, say: ‘The people are sick of the miserable Irish quarrels and ihe vile personal squab- bles by which the great cause is dragged in the mud.” —_——__ Claims a City’s Site. LONDON, Ont., July 16—The claim of Capt. La Mothe of Alton, Ill, to the site of the city of London, which, he says, was leased in 1798 by an ancestor, only excites ridicule here. There is no such lease as he spesks of in the local archives. ‘The first one on record dates back only to 1820. ——— Mexican Notes. CITY OF MEXICO, July 16—Rains in northern Mexico are exceptionally heavy ang causing damage by washouts, but are of great benefit to the agricultural and stock-raising industries. : Heat at Vera Cruz is almost insufferable, and many of the oldest residents are send- ing their families away. ‘Phe guard at army headquarters at Pachua recently deserted almost en masse, and have not yet been apprehended. ct ess of Mexican scientists piece elk ives of twelve a Baptist Bound for Baltimore, CHICAGO, July 16.—A_ large number of young people passed through the city to- day on their way to the convention of the Baptist Young People’s Union, which be- gins in Baltimore in a few days, The dele- gations were principally from Iowa, Kan- fas and Minnesota. The Chicago delega- tion met their western friends at the rail- road stations. Several special trains run this city to Baltimore.