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“country shoul —————_— THE EVENING STAR, THURSDAY, JULY 18, 1895-TEN PAGES. LATE. NEWS*BY WIRE|THE 84P Tho Bammock Indians Still Causing Trouble, COLLINS . PLEADS SELF-DEFENSE Mts. Pietzel’s Story of Holmes’ Per- fidious Crimes. NOTES OF GENERAL INTEREST CHEYENNE, Wyo., July 18—Aujutant General Stitzer left last night for the scene of the Indtan trouble in-the Jackson Hole country. If necessary he will take steps to have some of the state troops on the scene. It fs reported the Indians are hold- ing a sun-dance at Hays’ ranch. It fs elafned they ar® threatening to destroy property of the settlers. Judge Torry, speaker of the house, has wired Gov. Rich- ards from Lander, asking permission to or- ganize a force and go to the ald of the suf- ferers. The commissioner of Indian affairs has sent the following dispatches to the agents at the Shoshone and Bannock reservations in Wyoming and Idaho, Indians from which are reported making trouble in the region south of the Yellowstone Park in Wyoming. ‘The commissioner said: “Do all in your power to prevent further disturbance and to return absent Indians to reservation. If troops are needed advise me immediately.” The following reply was received this morning from Agent Teter at Fort Hall reservation: in answer to your telegram of the 17th instant I will stgte that on the 13th instant I received the Information that Indians were killing game unlawfully in Wyoming. I immediately sent my entire police force to ‘Wyoming to bring back the Indians belong- ing to this reservation. The captain of the Indian police sent back a policeman, who arrived today, and stated that one Indian had been killed by settlers, and from other rources f hear that several Indians have been killed. I leave for the scene of trouble at once.” “ye , ————e ARGUING COLLINS’ CASE. The Theory of Self-Defeuse Urged in the Negro’s Behalf. — TRENTON, N. J., July 18.—In the Collins murder trial this morning the address to the jury was begun by Chauncey Beasley, who ridiculed the theory of the state that the students were afraid of their lives, for it was proven that they followed Collins and Downs. The state had failed to show any malice in Collins’ act, and it was purely one of self-defense. Counsel said that Student Scott of Kentucky was to blame for the whole trouble, as he was undoubt- edly looking for a scrap. Assistant Prose- cutor Apgar made a strong plea for convic- tion, saying that Collins’ story had been contradicted by Cochran in important par- ticulars, and was not to be believed. He said there was nothing in the case to justi- fy the plea of self-defense. The shooting was delibe ..He said the people of the ‘assured by a conviction that they can.send their sons to Princeton College, for the county has jurors who will punish crime. —— MRS. PIETZEL’S STORY. She Almost Recovered Her Children -+im Boronto. CHICAGO, .Dl«..July 18—Mrs. Pietzel, who left late last night for Toronto to iden- tify the bodfés'’6fthe two children found in the cellar of the-house at 16 St. Vincent street, talked about her past life and her husband’s dealings with Holmes just be- “fore leaving. Mrs. Pietzel is broken in health and mind, the victim, she believes,of a hypnotic. influeuce exerted by Holmes. Her story was straightforwardly told and it ia Impossible to.believe after being any * length of time in her company that she was an accamplice.of Holmes in the com- agnission of any of hia crimes. +s Mrs. Pletzel says her husband thought Holmes honorable and told her to trust him, She last saw her husbend August 24, “1894, When he went to St. Louis. Holmes afterward told her the body said to be that of tzel was not her husband's. sick with her baby and could not go to Philadelphia to identify the body. She “‘risted Holmes” With her children and he ‘said he would educate them. Holmes at all times acted kindly and like a gentleman. She. way poor’and did as he said. He told her Pietzel. wag still alive and she should see him. She went to Toronto to hunt for the children and met Holmes, but he zave her, the slip and she never saw him again. “She' (Ninks her children were in Toronto at yhat time and that Holmes hid and killed them then. * LONDON, July 18.—Inquiries here regard- ing -the statement of Holmes, suspected of having murdered.the,Pitzel girls at Tor- onto, show that he did not tell the truth when he told District Attorney Graham of Philadelphia thaé the children were taken to England by the Williams woman. Holmes said he put the girls in the keep- ing of Minnie Williams, who came to this city and established a massage resort at 8 Vedar street. There is no Vedar street in London, and when Vigo and Vere streets, the nearest names to those men- tioned by Holmes, were searched, no trace was found of a woman or of an establish- Ment answering the description of those referred to by the prisoner. CHAUNCEY IN ENGLAND. He Says McK: '¥ Now Would Be the Popular Choice. SOUTHAMPTON, July 18.—Among the Passengers who were landed here at 7 o'clock this morning by the steamer Paris of the American lire was Dr. Chauncey M. Depew. He said in conversation with a represontative of the Associated Press: “I have absolutely no plans or engage- ments here, but I am greatly interested in the British elections. I think that the overwhelming conservative majority post- Pones home rule for at least seven years. “In regard to the United States, almost the whole republican party and two-thirds of the democratic party are opposed to the free coinage of silver. There is a strong bimetallic feeling in both parties based -on hope of an international agree- ment. Silver will not be made an issue of much momeut in the presidential election. “As to local politics in New York, Tam- many is gaining strength from the same reasons which have so enormously helped the conservatives here, namely, the unani- mous support of the liquor interest. “If the republican national convention was to meet now Mr. McKinley woul-1 largely lead the other candidates; but there are so many contingencies before it meet: es Killed by a Trolley Wire. NORWALK, Conn., July 18.—Miss Katie Valentine, daughter of Charles E. Valen- tine of Butler street, was found dead in the fields at the rear of the summer residence of Mrs. Rebecca D, Matthews of New York in this city. Le Grand Jennings attempted to raise th2 body and was knocked down by an electric shock. It was then discovered that the girl had been killed by electricity. Her face was lying across a telephone wire, which had crossed with a heavily charged trolley cable. The girl, who was sixteen years old today, was employed at Roth & Goldsmith's corset factory, at South Norwalk, and was on her way home from the factory. Shortly after her arrival she had complained of feeling ill and was allowed to go home. On the way she made a short cut across lots, when she tripped and fell over a wire lying in the grass and thus was killed. >_> — Given Caught. Gpecial Dispatch to The Evening Star. CHATTANOOGA, July 18.—Johnzie Given, accused of defrauding people at Chattanvo- ge by means of forged checks, and claiming jo are been a lawyer with Carrington & rrington in Washington, has been cap- tured near here, and is In custody. ———.——__. An increase of about 7 per cent will he made in the wages of the 1,500 employes of _— Tredegar Company at Richmond July Enthusiastic Aesemblage of the Young People in Baltimore The City of Monuments Extends a Most Cordial Welcome and the First Session Opens Today. BALTIMORE, Md., July 18.—The fifth in- ternational convention of the Baptist Young People’s Union of America was begun to- day. It was sweltering hot within the in- closure of the great tent brought here from Cleveland for the convention, The decora- tions were simple. The colors of the union —red, white, blue and yellow—were fes- tooned in front of the officers’ stage; and on the poles supporting the tent were min- lature flags of the United States, Great Britain and the Young People’s Union. “Smok:ng proh:bited’ was the legend on a frequent and conspicuous placard. Banked behind the officers’ stage was the chorus of 500 voices. The delegations began to ar- rive early. New York marched in singing to cornet accompaniment and was wel- comed with a generous clapping of hands. Brooklyn soon followed, the caps of the delegates bearing the word and figures “Brooklyn, 1897”—a suggestion that the convention should go to the city of churches two years hoace. At 9:30 the 1,500-pound bell rang out its call for delegates and peo- ple generally to gather at the tent, and the arrivals were rapid thereafter. Prompt- "y at 10 o'clock President John H. Chap- man of Chicago arose and called upon the chorus, which responded with ‘Beautiful Zion—the Beautiful City of God’ and “Jesus Save: Rev. C.,A. Hobbs, D.D., of Delavan, Wis. madé ‘an earnest prayer that the blessing of God would be with the delegates and their work. The president was very happy in his address, and led forth much laughter when he alluded to the warm hearts and warm sun of the south. Skeptics and pessimists were refer- red to the recent great convention in Bos- ton and the present gathering ag the best answer to their doubts ans despondency. In a happily expressed speech Mr. Eugene eine welcomed the delegates to the city. Mr. Levering was followed by Mayor La- trobe, who gave to the delegates an earnest and cordial welcome to Baltimore and Maryland. “My Country, ’Tis of Thee,” was sung by the choir, and Rev. H. M. Wharton, D. D., made the address on behaif of the Baptist Young People's Societies of Baltimore. The response on behalf of the board of managers of the International Union and delegates was made by Rev. L. M. Haines of Troy, N. ¥. The annual report of the board of man- agers was presented by Rev. Frank L. WIl- kins, D. D., general secretary. Two addresses were made in moving the adoption of the annual report. Oné was by Rev. O. 8. C. Wallace of Toronto on “Cul- ture for Service,” the other by Rev. Roland D. Grant, D. D., of Portland, Oreg., on mane Junior Society, the Hope of the Move- ent.’ ‘The several committees were appointed and the morning session was adjourned. Delegates and visitors retirei to beautiful Drpid Hill Park, beside which the tent was pitched, and enjoyed a basket picnic. —— THE PORT OF NINGPO OPENED. The Chinese Government Acts in Re- sponse to Mr. Denby’s Request. The Department of State has been in- formed by Mr. Denby, our ministér to China, under date of June 11, that, in reply to his request of the yamen that the orders existing at Ningpo, which compelled ves- sels to anchor at Chin Hal, and preyented their going to the city walls, be rescinded, he has received the following prompt reply: “Upon the 30th-May-we had the honor to receive a note from your excellency in re- gard to steamers being detained at. Chin Hai and not being allowed to go up to the wharf, and you asked that the taotai be instructed by telegraph to allow commer- cial affairs to resume their ordinary condi- tions, &c. We at once telegraphed the gov- ernor of Chekiang to order an investigation by the taotai and report. That officer has replied. by wire: “That the torpedoes laid at Chin Hai had not been rentoved and that steamers had to anchor off the side of the entrance and were not allowed to proceed to Ningpo. These precautions were taken as a preven- tive measure against maliclous and traitor- ous characters. The Brit'sh and American consuls have represented thet asthe tea season is coming on, they ask that the ob- structions be removed, hut if dangét hap- pens steamers can be ordered to again anchor off Chin Hal. “Instructions have been issued to the Police authorities to keep strict guard, ead if there {s any cause for alarm, steamers must anchor again off Chin Hai. Steamers will, therefore, be permitted to come up to Ningpo for the present. The Yamen {s requested to send instructions. We have the honor, therefore, to Mmform. your ex- céllency that telegraphic instructions have been sent by the Yamen.to Ningpo to 'take action accordingly.” Grand Lodge, I. 0. 0. F. The opening session of the Grand Lodge of the I. 0. O. F. was held at Off Fellows’ Hall last evening, a large number of past officers of subordinate lodges being present. After conferring the initiatory degree upon a number of past noble grands, Grand Mas- ter Theodore Mead read his annual report. The ele@ion of officers was then held, resulting as follows: Grand Master, Rich- ard H. Sorrell; deputy grand master, Thos. J. Jones; grand warden, John I. Brown; grand secretary, Wm. R. Hunt; grand treasurer, J. A. Esbey, and grand repre- sentative of the Sovereign Grand Lodge, F. A. Stier. The session will be continued tonight. —_>_— A Bishop’s Embarrassment. DENVER, Col., July 18.—Father Robin- son, vicar general of the diocese of Den- ver,Col., confirms the report that the priests of this diocese have united in the petition to Rome for early action on Bishop Matze's resignation. Father Cor: that the cathedral prope: verge of being sold for debt had much to do with the matter. Bishop Matze is in the east endeavoring to collect money to pay interest on the large cathedral debt, and to prevent a crisis until Rome.shall relieve him from his great responsibility. —_—_—_ A 400-er Nabbed. ’ YANKTON, 8S. D., July 18—Henry C. Boyer, the cousin of Mme. Yznaga, who is here for a divorce, was very much aston- ished yesterday when a Yankton police- man arrested him for riding a bicycle on the sidewalk and hustied him into police court, where the presiding judge imposed @ fine of $8 upon him. —_—.——_ Advancing on Quito. SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., July 18.—Private advices just received in this city from Ecuador, state that Gen. Afaro, the in- surgent chieftain, whose headquarters are at Guayaquil, is preparing to advance with 10,060 men on Quito, the capital of the re- public, which is the last stronghold of the conservative government. ——.——_ Demurrer Overruled. PHILADELPHIA, July 18.—In the United States court here today Judge Acheson cverruled the demurrer of the Reading railroad in the proceedings: for the fore- closure of the general mortgage of that company instituted by the Pennsylvania ccmpany for the insurance of Hves and granting of annuities. Ss American Songs in Europe. CHICAGO, July 18.—The American Union of Swedish Singers 1s going to Europe, 609 strong, to sing American songs in Sweden, Norway, England and France. The plan is to charter a steamer and sail dirsct from New York to Gothenberg, Sweden. Con- certs will be given in the principal cities in that country, and also in Copenhagea, Hamburg, Paris and London. = ee Evolution Indorsed. MADISON, Wis., July 18.—The Rey. Dr. J. A. Zabm, professor of physical sciences at Notre Dame University, Ind., has created somewhat of a sensation in Catholic sum- mer school circles by the views he sets forth in his lecture on “Contemporary Evo- lution.”” He defended the theory of evolu- tion, and held that it was not in confilct with the teachings of the church. The Third Day of the Silver Debate at Chicago. The Two Disputants Charge Each Other With Misquotations and Mlwnders. CHICAGO, July 18.—The third day of the Horr-Harvey silver debate opened in the auditorium of the Illinois Club at 11 a.m. today, the lateness of the starting hour heretofore having been found more or lesa inconvenient in some respects. The subject ! under discussion was what Mr. Harvey had characterized in his book as the “Crime of 1873"—the demonetization of silver. After some miscellaneous sparring Mr. Harvey charged corruption in the passage of the demonetization of silver. Mr. Horr, in re- ply, repudiated the inference that the cit- izens of the United States were all corrupt and none of their women virtuous. He declared that it was not true that every man had his price. Members of Cgngress were a honest as the average American citizen. He (the speak€r) knew whereof he spoke, for he had been a member of that body himself. Mr. Horr then took up the history of the de- monetization act, ard proceeded to show the stages through which it had passed and that Its final enactment was not till after it had been before Congress for nearly three years. Mr. Harvey then returned to the attack upor. the honesty of legislators throughout une country, including Congress and the illinois and Colorado legislatures. This venality was sapping the foundations of the government, as it had sapped the foun- dations and destroyed every republic of the ast. Pair, Horr again returned to the defense of the honesty of the American people. He said Mr. Harvey merely picked out a few corrupt men and drew from them the prop- osition that the people of the nation were all corrupt. Why, if Mr. Harvey had lived in Job's time he would have looked over that unfortunate man’s sores and would have gone out and published throughout the world that all Chaldea was one im- mense carbuncle. Mr. Horr, then, amid laughter, sald he woujd return to the ques- ticn under discussion, and proceeded with the history of the demonetization of silver, pointing out how the bill ha@ been read in full several times, and printed separately eleven times and twice in the reports of the controller of the currency. The debates in the Senate on it occupied sixty-six columns in the Congressional Record. In the report of the committee it was stated that it had been examined line by line and word-by word and was finally passed. He would show that in so doing the Senate knew what it was about. Mistake as to the Bill. Mr. Harvey in reply said that Mr. Horr would have to retreat from his positiot’ when the proper time came. In point of fact the bill about which he had been talk- ing was not the bill finally passed. Judge Kelly in presenting the bill in the House said that it was merely a codification of the mint laws. In response to a question Judge Keily replied that the bill made no change in the value of the coins ef the na- tion. In 1872, when the bill came up again, it was spoken of as a bill on a dry subject, |. and members lost interest. It was at that time, as appears from the records, that the first disclosure of the intention _to change the standard to gold was made in @ speech by Mr. Hooper. But there was reason to believe that the speech was not actually delivered, but was printed by leave, or that it was read from manuscript and those words omitted. But no reference was made to the demonetization of silver. On the enrollment of the bill a clause was omitted which had the effect of limiting the coinage of silver. A Mixquote Charged. Mr. Horr, replying, charged Mr. Harvey with quoting a single sentence and leav- ing out the modifying context. The reeord showed that this statement was made in the morning debate, apd was not under leave to print. In the very speech referred to by Mr. Harvey, the speaker said, this bill provided for a Stand- ard, “in a single’metal” instead of as be- fore, in two metals, and that all coins, ex- cept subsidiary coins, uld be of gold. Mr. Horr then spoke on the demonetization of silver in 1816 as the result of experience in the use of the double standard. In 1871 Germany adopted the gold standam: and threw on the market $300,000,000 in silver. It was this that set the worl] to considér-’ ing the silver questior—not any gold-bug conspiracy. The financial policy of no great nation was ever dominated by a con- spiracy. This closed the debate for the day, except the answering of questions by the disput- ants propounded by members of the audi- ence. The attendance was not large,. but was TISTS' UNION/HORR AND HARVEY ON. REORGANIZATION Republicans Will Not Have Enough wa. in ghe Senate. Westerner Will Have No Combi- ~snatipre With Them. See 5 9 THE APPROPRIATION ' BILLS The attitude assumed by the western Senators Tenders the reorgantmation of ‘the Senate-by. the republicans improbable. ‘ If Dupont is admitted as the Senator from Delaware the republicans will still have less than a majority in the Senate. It is regarded as entirely probable that it will be decided that the election in Dela- ware was legal, or at least that Dupont’s eredentials are satisfactory. “This “will make the number of Senators who may properly be termed republicans forty- three. : ae : Forty-five are necessary to a reorganiza- tion, and to make up the deficiency the re- publicans have the “republican populists”’ +Jones. and Stewart of Nevada, Peffer and Marion Butler—to draw,on. If two of these ‘would’ go into’the republican. caucus the question of reorganization -would then be settled. It is believed that Jones may go into this caucus, but if he does he will probably be the only one, the other popu- lists desiring. to keep up. their third party. organization. There might be a combina. tion between the republicans and populists, but it is here that the western republican Senators step in and object. : » WHHL Agree to No Combination. They will not agree to any combination with the popillfsts. If the populists, or any ofthem, go into the republican caucus they will then have to be considered as having given up’all third party association and be- come republicans, but 4s populists the western republicans say they can have no dealings with them. The eastern republi- cans have been notified of this position taken and the-reason for it. The,Senators, representing the western republican states say that their fight at home is against the populists, more than against the demo- crats; that the populists are their natural enemies and that their differences with the democrats in that section of the country are slight, hoth the old partles practically uniting against the populists. They have nothing whatever to fear from the demo- crats, but must fight the populists. There- fore.an.alliance in the Senate between their party and the populfsts, Whom they’ hold up to reproach in the west, would work great injury to the republicans in that section. They have no objection to an agreement with the democratic Senators, under which a reorganization can be had which will give both parties recognition, and it is believed that some such arrange- ment will be made, if the republican cau- cus does not develop a majority. A Republican Caucus. It ts proposed to call a caucus of the re- publican Senators, to be held immediately upon the méeting of Congress” ‘Thd"admis- sion of Dupopt gpd the presence, of, Jones in this caucds would leave them still short one vote of # mXjority, with the prospect, however, of ’sc¢lirmg the necessary ma- jority on thé"eléction of the two Senators from Utah. “But if Mr. Jones adheres to his abandonhient of his old party associa- tfons, even the election of two republicans from_Utah wil g6t help the situation, since it would indfease the republican strength to but forty-five, while Increasing, the num- :pep necessafy to'a maiorfty ¥o ‘forty-six. fhe situation will, therefore, be determined atthe first eauéus of the republicans by whether or ajot aay. of the wayward repub- licans who ‘ ye, jupiped out of the party return to the, fold. Th by the west , thing insisted upon prn. fteppbiicans {3 that these Senators pak be Fopulists if they are, again to associate themselves With the republican party and ee in a reorganization of the Sen- ate. What Will Probably Be. Dene. It Is thought that what will probably be done’is td make a partial reorganization wader,ek, agreement between the two old parties. In the event of any sort of a reorganiza- tion, the younger men will have a great deal to say about it, and, reorganization or no reorganization, one very importaat thing will be done immediately upon the meeting of Congress. Just before the ad- journment of the last Congress..a, resolu- tion préviding for the distribution of the appreciative and generous and impartial in | approprjation bills was introduced,,by Mr, its recognition of telling points. ee Transfers of Real Estate. Deeds in fee have been filed as follows: Elon A. Woodward and James White, trus- tees, to Andrew J. Sanford, part lot 51, sq. 502; $1,180. John Ridout and Jefferson B. Dubois. A large majority for the resolu- tion was secured before it was introduzed, and Dubois was selected to lzad the fight. Such men as Chandler, Gallinger, Hill and Proctor were anxious that the passage of the resqlution should be forced at that time, but it was finally decided that there was no need of the hurry. This resolution is to be called up as soon as Coagress Cralle, trustees, to Isaac Cohn, lot 3, blk. | mects, and will certainly be passed, !f there 16, Edgewood; $310. Henry N. Copp et ux. to Ellen D. Copp, lot 26, sq. 727, part origi- is any power in an immense majority. The matter is not to be made subject to action nal Ict 25, sq. 516, lot C, sq. 274; $16,000. | by any party caucus, but is to be called up Mary Kelly to Allen E. and Mary B. Miller, part lot 3, sq. 566; $100. Frederick G. Au- in the open Senate, and the resolution will be advécated by strong men In both parties. The resolucion will have to be reintrodu: kam et ux. to George H. Carroll, lots 33{ and after a few days’ sojourn in the com- and 34, s 5, Lincoln; 00. H. W. Gar- nett, trustee, to Pauline E. C. Heitmuller, lot 31, sq. 992; $1,510. Elizabeth Wood to mittee on. rules it can be called up’ by its author, and will be speedily passed. It will take from the appropriations committee Lonnie E. and Alice M. Waring, part lot| and distribute among appropriate commit- 12, blk. 4, Effingham; $10. Samuel L. Mat- tingly, trustee, to John C. Wilson, lots 42 and 43, bik. 1, Trinidad; $2,200.’ Mahlon Ashford and Aldis B. Browne, trustees, to Thomas F. Barry, lot 26, sq. 986; $2,825. Kate Earngey to Frank S. Gibson, lot 23, sq. 1005, and lot 7, sq. 112 E. Haines et ux. to Emma M. Martin, part lot 270, Anacostia; $10. Frank M. Jenkins et ux. to James D. Tebault, tract in Bright- wood, $10. Wilbur F, Nash et ux. to Mar- garct Weisman, part lots 9 and 10, sq. tees all the bills except the sundry civil, the legislative and the general deficiency bills. Added Importance to Committees. ‘Tais will add considerable importance to ; $2,000. David | several of the Senate committees. Any re- organization of the committees that is made will probably include the enlargement of the finance committee and the appoint- ment of both Platt and Cameron to mem- $10. Mary E. Plummer to Nellie H.| bership, Cameron to succeed McPherson 77 O'Keefe, lot 12, sq. 65; $1,000. ee A Queer Law Suit. and Platt to take one of the two new places, the other going to a democrat. This committee stood six to five in favor of sil- ver in the last Congress. Under the pro An unusual law suit was instituted today | posed new deal it will be eight to five in by Mahlon, Hutchinson against the Colum- bia Chemical Company. The plaintiff, stat- ing that he sues on behalf of the United States and himself, alleges that the de- ferdant violated the copyright laws by printing, publishing and circulating 1,074 copies of a small book, entitled “Method of Administration of the Animal Extracts,” favor of silver. The promotion of Platt to the finance committee will leave three im- portant chairmanships open for Senators from the new states—the public lands, the Indian affairs, and the territories commit- teer. Pettigrew is to have Indian affairs, Dubols public lands, and Hansbrough ter- ritories, The regular order of precedence will be followed throughout the rest of the reorganization; but if there is a division be- prepared by Dr. Wm. A. Hammond. Upon’ tween the two parties, the terms will have the 1,074 copies of the book alleged to have | to be arranged between a joint committee. been printed, published and circulated by the defendant company -the plaintiff charges that the company falsely and fraudulently printed the following: “‘Copy- righted, 1884, by the Columbia Chemical Company.” Mr. Hutchinson claims that the com- The Resolution. ‘The resolution taking power from the ap- propriationa) committee distributes the ap- propriation Dills!as follows: ‘That paragraph 1 of rule 16 of the stand- ing rules of the Senate be amended by pany, because of Its alleged violation of the | striking out the, words “All general appro- law, ‘section 4963 of the Revised Statutes | rriation bills shall be referred to the com- of the United States, has become Hable to | mittee on appropriations, except bills mak- @ penalty of $100 on each and every one of ing appropriations for rivers and harbors, the 1,074 books, or, in all, $107,400, one-half | which shall be referred to the committee of which amount he claims, the other half being due the United States under the law, he asserts. + Fatally Burned by Alcohol. Special Dispatch to The Evening S-ar. CUMBERLAND, Md, July 18—At an early hour this morning Dr. H. V. Porter, one of Cumberland’s most prominent den- tists, was horribly and perhaps fatally burned by the explosion of a gallon bottle of alcohol, igniting from a match which he struck. ———+——__ Dragging the Chrome Pits. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. BALTIMORE, July 15.—Nothing further has been discovered regarding the disap- | Pill pearance cf Mz. Dana Davenport. chrome pits in Baltimore county, near the The | ror rivers an cn commerce,” and inserting the following: The general appropriation bills shall be referred to committees as follows: To the committee on appropriations—The bills for legislative, executive and judicial expenses, for sundry civil expenses and for all deficiencies. To the committee on agriculture—The bill for the Agricultural Department. To the committee on foreign relations— The consular arid diplomatic biN. ‘o the commfttee on military affairs— The bill for the ‘tnilitary establishment, in- cluding the Milltary Academy. To the committee on naval affairs—The bill for the naval establishment. To the committee on post offices and post roads—The post office appropriation bill. To the committee on Indian affairs—The for Indians and Indian tribes. ittee on commerce—The bill harbors, To the committee on coast defenses—Thé To the com! scene of his last appearance, are being | fortifications bill. dragged today. + Sentenced. NEW YORK, July’18.—Sentence of death by electricity was today passed upon Marla Barberi, who on April 26 cut the throat of To the committee on the District of Co- lumbia—The bill making appropriations for the District. To the committee on pensions—The pen- sion appropriation bilis. 2 The report from England of the: engage- Dominico £ataldo, a bootblack, with whom | ment of Miss Consuelo Vanderbilt, daugh- she had been living, and who had cast her| ter of Mrs. Alva 8. Vanderbilt, to the off. The date of execution was set for the week beginning August 19, Duke of Marlborough is denied at Newport by good authority. y i off entirely with the+ THE REPUBLIC OF FORMOSA Will Be Known as a Short-Lived Gov- ernment. The Japanese Are Now Near the Capital—A Declaration of Independence. The acting secretary of state has re- ceived an interesting dispatch from United States Minister Denby, dated Peking, June 13, in regard to the late republic of For- moga. He giv»s a translation of the offi- cial “declaration cf the republic of For- mosa,” and says that republic will go into history as the most short-lived government that ever existed. “The Japanese,” he says, “have already taken Keelung, which is only eighteen miles from the capital, Taipelifu, and order will soou reign. Ex- Gov. Tang was inaugurated president on the 25th of May. He and the various mem- bers of his cabinet have all left the island. “It is very questionable whether the peo- ple are at all concerned at the change of rulers. It is stated ‘that the movement for independence was organized by the officials, and that the people were supremely indif- ferent. ‘There were 50,000 Chinese troops in Formosa who were well armed with modern rifies, but the Chinese will not fight. Many of these braves are now in Amoy and are frightening foreigners. The forts at Keeling were, as is usually the case with Chinese forts, indefensible in the rear, though they were strong on the sea side, and were provided with Armstrong, Krupp and machine guns.” The Declaration of Independence. In its preamble the declaration of inde- pendence states: “The Japanese have affronted China by annexing our territory of Formosa, and the supplications of us, the people, at the portals of the throne, have been in vain. We now learn that the Japanese slaves are about to arrive. If we suffer this the land of our hearths and homes will become the land of savages and barbarians, but if we do not suffer it our condition of compara- pye eakness will certainly. not endure long. = “Frequen®conferences have been held with the foreign powers, who all aver that the pecple of Formosa must establish their in- dependence before the powers will assist them. “Now, therefore, we, the people of For- mosa, are irrevocably resolved to die before we will serve the enemy, and we have in council determined to convert the whole island of Formosa into a republican state, and that the administration of all our state affairs shall be organized and carried on by the deliberations and Gecisions of offi- cers elected by us, the people.” ———___.—_. QUEER WILL. Nelson Conner Divided Up the Rooms of a House. The following was filed here today as the will of the late Nelson Conner: ‘WASHINGTON, D. C., July Sth, 1805. “Mr. Nelson Connex, 515 L street north- west, or his sick bed sent for me to come and see him rignt away, as he wished to have me to write his will. When I went to see him, he said: ‘Brother Lee, I don't know what the Allwise Wisdom may do, so I want to talk while I am able. I have worked very hard in my lifetime for my ALCOHOL iN FRANCE A Serious Danger on Account of the ~~ Spread of Orooked Brandy. It as Caueea am Incre: mess in the Lower Classes, of In- snaity and of Crime. e of Drunken- Consul Chancellor at Havre has made an extended report to the State Department upon alcohol in France. He quotes large- ly from M. Maurice Laporte-Bisquet, who has recently published- a brochure inveigh- ing against the farmers of France, who, it is said, convert all or part of the products of their vines and fruit trees into an in- different brandy by a process of Imperfect distillation. Mr. Chancellor says they are lterally legalized “moonshiners.” The ex- isting law in Frence concedes without tax- ation to this class of distillers having small portable stills entire liberty to man- ufacture into liquor all their own fruit and all that may be brought to them by neigh- bors, and also they may move about from place to place and make liquor. The large distillers, who are heavily taxed, object to this, and it is asserted that it works a great fraud on the treasury. The law was orlg- inally intended to apply to a limited quan- tity meant for home consumption, but it resulted in the manufacture of an enormous amount of vitiated brandy which is sold to the community and drinking houses at a very low price and has had the effect of greatly increasing the drunk- enness in France. A Serious Danger. Senator Bisquet says this habit has grown to such proportions that the coun- try stands in the presence of a very serl- ovs danger, not only in the moral and social aspect, but it is felt in a loss to the government in a reduction of revenue amounting to more than 32,000,000 francs nnugily. The effect upon the legitimate commerce in brandies and alcohols has been serious, some large houses complain- ing that their business has fallen off 25 to 50 per cent. A reduction in prices has also resulted. 5 In 1874 there were less than 300,000 of these small distilleries in France, and but 40 litres were allowed to be produced by a gingle proprieter, and this was confined to usc on the premises.- In 1804 the number had increased to 900,000, with privilege of unlimited production. Much of this cheap Uquor finds its way to the United States as “pure French, brandy.” It is said many thousand hecfblitres of this pernicious dis- tillation are annually exported to the United States. Inereare ¢f Drankenness. Consul Savgge at Nantes, France, in writ- ing to the Department of State, saya that since the advent of “crooked brandy the progress of alcoholism in France has been very rapid. Increase of drunkenness among the lower classes has been alarming in the past ten years. A writer in one of the pubiic journals says: ‘Alcoholism is the great misfortune of the present day, ard if the evil is not corrected, ice—the country of sunshine,of-good wine and great ‘wilt be changed into a nation of Insanity is also on the increese with the increase of drunkerness. In 1884 there were 133 cases to each 100,000 of population; in 1SK5, 136. to 100.000, and at this time it is said to be 166 to every 100,000. Consul Savage thinks that whisky drink- ing in the United States can be checked by family, and I want them to have the bene-\|'the substitution of cheap wines. While fit of my labor. I will to my wife, Louisa Conner, the two front rooms, the shop jownstairs, and the room over it for her ifetime. And the dining room or middle roor: downstairs, and one room in the third story, I want Mrs. Angeline Sands to have for her lifetime, unmolested by any one as. long as she pays her taxes. “The back room upstairs and they kitchen room downstairs I want my grand- son, John Silas Gordon, to have during his lifetime. And I want them all to live to. gether in peace and love. I want them to pay Dr. Thomas Martin every dollar I owe him for his services. And I also give Brother Lee something for his services.’ His “NELSON X CONNER. Mark. “Done in the presence of— “Thos. Martin, M. D. ‘Pierce A. Jones. “Written by Rev. James H. Lee, pastor cheap wines were obtainable in France, and before the great increase of cheap brandy, drunkenness wi comparatively re. oo THE COURTS. Equity-Court-No. 2—Judge Hagner. Myers, agt. Myers; testimony before C. E. ‘thotn, Geaminee, “otdered taken. Everett agt, Everett..et al; sale confirmed nisi. Mulford agt. Bateman; pro confesso against Géfendant vacated: Jenifer against Jenifer; testimony before W. H. Shipley, examiner, ordered taken. “Myers agt. Lawler; Louis Rothschild made party complainant. Bag- aley agt. Bagaley; motion to strike ont in- te-regatories overruled. Carter agt. Na- tional Sanitary. Co.; distribution of fund” directed. Gresham agt. Fickling; leave to file supplemental bill granted. Fitzpatrick agt. Fitzpatrick; rule on defendant, return- able July 27, granted. Krause agt. Krause; of the ‘Third Baptist Church, corner sth |.appearance of absent defendan: ordered. “and Q streeis northwest, Friday, July Sth, 1895, by his request. ———_.. Popular Music at Marine Band Con- certs. To the Editor of The Evening Star: I have read with mingled amazement, amusement and indignation, Mr. Larimore’s complaint in last evening’s Star against what he, evidently in all seriousness, terms the “very classical and high-quality” music given us by our Marine Band at their va- rious concerts. While I do not recollect the- ‘fourth concert.” which the gentleman par- tcularizes, I take it for granted thet it was neither better nor worse than the average— than the one, for example, of last evening at the Capitol. While there was nothing “strictly classical” on that program, the nearest approach to it was the “Cavalleria Rusticana” fantasie, good sound music, which, I am happy to say, received the greatest legitimate applause of the even- ing, very much more than was bestowed upon that most popular of Strauss’ waltzes —‘Th® Blue Danube.” At the last White House concert the same number and the “Semiramide” overture, again the nearest approach to classicity vouchsafed us by Prof. Fanciulli, received the most generous approbation of the listeners. This should dispose of the statement that the public wish lighter music. Of the thousands who attend the White House concerts, a very small proportion are present to hear the music; the great majority are there to see and be seen, and they don’t care a rap whether Mr. Fanciulli's band plays the “Symphony Eroica” or “The Man That Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo.” But this small portion—the real listeners—do care. While it is true that many persons are still Infants in a musical sense, and natur- ally prefer infantile melodies, I do not think that the means of developing and improving thetr musical perceptions should be cut off and their diet be forever confined to music of the ra-ta-ta-tum style. Be- cause a child delights in Mother Goose is no reason why it should be given Mother B. M. Goose exclusively all its life. L Cc. eee eas Sunday Pay and the Street Sweeping Department. * To the Editor of The Evening Star: An item published in Wednesday's Star says that Secretary Smith of the Interior Department declined to allow per diem ex- aminers in the Helena, Mont., land office pay for work done on Sunday, claiming “that Sunday is not a day for labor, and that he is not authorized to pay for work done on that day.” This recalls a state- ment I read in The Star a few weeks ago that certain per diem officials in the street sweeping department of this city receive pay for Sundays, although they do no work on those days. Now, if Secretary Smith can find no law that will authorize him to pay per diem men for actual work done on one Sunday will The Star, in the interests of the general public, inform us where the District Commissioners get authority to pay per diem men for every Sunday in the year, when it is well known that no sweeping or inspecting is done on those days? It strikes me that the ofee = thy street sweeping department shou! closed on Sunday, and I trust the Commis- sioners will see that it is done. A SSeS Today at Alexander Island. ‘The first race today at Alexander Island, six and a half furlongs, resulted: Chief. tain (A. Moore), 8 to 1, first; ae (Washburn), 8 to second; @ele- hanty), 9 to 5, Time, 1832. The Star Out of To THE EVENING STAR will be gent by mail to any address in the United States or Canada for such period az * may be desired at the rate of fitty cents per month. But ali such oréers must be ac? companied by the money, or the paper cannot be sent, as no ac- counts are kept with mail subscrip- tions. . ‘Wash. ’ Association agt. Com- »mercial Alliance Life Ins. Co.; commission to take testimony in New York ordered to issue...Mulford.agt. Bateman; pro confesso so ret defendant granted. Braumann agt. mann; “sate ratified nisi. .Cireult Court No. 1—Judge Cole. Peck agt. Anacostia and Potomac River Railway Co.; rule to show cause return- able today. Parkey agt. Danels et al; mo- tion for security for costs granted, and motions of J. D. Danels and Frank M. Benjamin to intervene and to strike out Joltider of issue granted. Clark ast. Union Bulk ‘o.; judgment for costs. Henning agt. Hahdies duaement by default. Cireuit Court.No, 2—Judge Hagner. Burdette agt. D. C.; judgment in certto- rari. Holtzman et al. agt. D. C.; do. Criminal Court No. 1—Judge Cole. U. 8. agt. Robt. Taylor; larceny; nolle . agt. Wm. E. Butcher; false pretenses; recognizance $100 taken, with W. E. Butcher, 'sr., surety. Probate Court—Judge Cole. Estate of Oscar Genz; petition for pro- bate of will filed.~ Estate of Squire G. Mer- rill; will fully proved. Estate of James G. Craighead; inventory filed. Estate of Al- fred Wallace; renunciation of Robert E. Bradley as executor filed. Estate of Geo. L. Clark; petition for letters of administra- tion filed. Estate of Nelson Conner; wil! filed~ Estate of Eugenie Lechene; decree in equity 16146 filed. Estate of John D. Morrell; proof qf publication filed. Estate of Clara V. Pope; petition of Gustavus W. Pope, M.D., to be allowed to prove his claim filed. Estate of Ward Morgan; in- ventory filed. In re Wm. J. Harvey, minor; ae "B. Harvey appointed guardian, bond ———__ Vessels Key West. KEY WEST, Fia., July 18—The cruiser Montgomery, with the board of survey of the Nicaragua canal, has sailed for New York. The Atlanta arrived from Havana and was placed in quarantine. The revenue cutter McLane, Capt. Little- field, has ived from a crut: field, has arr ise on the gulf _——__ Grain d Cotton Markets, Cotton and grain mark ted . B. bbe, stock, grata and {otton broken 12 Fat ee Baltimore Markets. BALTIMORE, July 18.—Flour weak western super,’ 2.50a2.75; do. extra, 2.8013.25; do. family, 3.35a3.60; winter wheat patent, 3.75a%.00; spring go, 3-7003.90; ox wheat straight, 3.500 }.60—recelpts, rela; Tele; sales. 150 barre Viicat Mendy" and lower— 90.18.25; corn, Sda51; do. white western, ceipts, 11,184 quiet ' and firm—chotce quiet—stock, 5,798 bushel steady, unchanged. Suva steady, i a and, gst eay, unchanged. al Washington Grain Market. Reported by the Grain Exchange. Spring st fioar, barrel, 4.2504.50; i Bh. 4.0004.25; winter 2 Jas! None mised Sodom < 3 No, 2 mixed, ‘bushels; stock, 83,607. bushels. one ral ths, $16.00. mis sett i! Butter Cheese firm, un- = straight a flour, per barrel, 4.00as18! Winter straight pears, '3:75a9.00; winter extra Rolf, Der varrel, .25a3. bushel, S8a87? + abies: No.2 i corm, per 50; clipped white oat r No, 2 white cats, per bushel, oats, per bushel, 31832; No. 2 yellow bushel, 64255; No. 2 white corn, bushel, ‘No, 1 timothy hay, ton, 17 0on17.50; No. y r. othy fy ton, 14.00a15.1 x Re tn Spats. 00, No. 1 clover ‘ha No. 1 cut hay, bulk rt ton, 15.00a18.00; bulk midds wheat straw, r es ie Santa aS tat tons for ca: ivered on track, Ws 2 tim: FINANCE AND TRADE The Industrial List Absorbed At- tention Today. EXCHANGE THE SUBJECT OF STUDY Shipment of. a Million. of Gold Starts Guesswork. GENERAL MARKET NEWS Special Dispatsh to The Evening Star. NEW YORK, July 18—The course of prices was somewhat irregular ‘during the eorly trading this morning, but fractional gains predominated. The railroad list was benefited by the covering of short con- tracts and encousging reports of earnings for the second week of the month. The continued strength of foreign ex- change resulted in the -engagement of $1,000,000 gold for export later in the week. The engagement was made by a promi- nent coffee importing house and may en- mnee similar shipments should ex- change rates ccntinue t - ey 'o rule at the pres. The industrial list again monopolized the bulk of the trading, Sugar and Chicago Gas ed especially conrpicuous. The de- mand for refined su: ‘was re} perticularly urgent. th eotee nna while no advance purchasers were obliged to te and take chances as to prompt d “aieey. ; There is every indication of an early ad- vance in rates to the trade, and the price of the stock rules strong in anticipation of such action. Recent @ellers of the stock were prominent smong today’s purchasers, and operators on the short side are be- coming more restricted. The market is in the hands of traders, however, and sud- oon changes in ‘direction are not improb- Chicago Gas sold down fi juying to cov. emery is cover outstanding The affairs of the company reflect no im- provement, and all questions of future Management are involved in uncertainty. The low price of the stock is now acting as a deterrent to short selling, but there is lit- tle cote of any buying for long ac- count. Tennesse Coal and Iron sold down 1 per cent on the execution of stop orders, but rall-ed later on reports of unabated activity in the company's product. There is prac- Ueally ne cessation in the demand for all kinds of iron, particularly such as is used for structural purposes, and further #d- vances in rates may be announced at any moment. ‘The granger shares were the featu: the regular list on only a moderate sid of business. Opening prices were advanced fractionally on purchases by room traders, who sold stocks in anticipation of the movement in the industrials being extend- ed to the railway lst. The th of this latter list, in the face of the extended depression elsewhere,,has been the most gratifying feature of the last month's ulation. All the-seeurities of meritorious companies have held -well.if not. inerensed vig value during the St domination a ginal advance theressed grain tact, iene oes in ti It is not isin that the volume of business should have fallen off after exhausting all the material immediately available. Unless adverse climatic conditions are reported in the very rear future much of the uneasiness which develops between planting and harvesting will be dispelled, and.new.impetus will be given to the upward movement in yaiues. a aa, demand ‘fér"sttcks, whftW at all ime @ necessary, condition precedent sustained improveinent- is not likely to net in until after the.summer vacation season has ended, and values in the meantime will reflect only @ professional estimate of a. Spy ee toe of the conservative nt is favorable to improvem the resumption of activi: - oe e —_———_ FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. The follwing are the opening, the - est and the ‘owest and ihe Sane Le of the New York stock market today, as re- ported by Corson & Macartney, members New York stock exchange. Correspondents Messrs, Moore & Schley, No. 80 Broadway. Stocks, Bit Lew, Close. American sugar........ iq Anette na. No HE i iy Ameriesn Tobacco..... J 10935" 1083, 108% American Cotton Ole ce. 2555. Qhly 253g Atevison....... . 1 We ie 53K (BBK ‘aie Sig “ai icago. B. & Q.... = BX “a Sig Chic. & : a oe x bd Chicago Gas. ‘BY Cc. M. & St. Par 68} Louisville & Nash@ilie.. Long Island Traction . Metropolitan Traction... a Sales—regular call—12 o'clock m.—U. 8. Electr Tig, Bak 133. Lincoln Fire Insurance, 20 at 5' 4 ernment Bonds.—U. 8. 4s, meee, tif cons: .--Washington and George- town Railroad conv. Ga, et, 190 bid, 140 axked. Washington and Georgetown’ allroad ‘conv. Gs, 24, 130 bid, 140 Metropolitan Raflroad conv. @s, ked. Belt Rattroad fs, 85-bid, 90 “asked. ington Hallroad (G8, 400 bid. 1°33 asked. Columbia Rallzoad 6a, 110%’ bid. Washing- ton Gas Company @s, series A, 11¢ bid) Washington Gas Company 6s, series B, ‘115 bid. lik” Gas Company cony. Gs, 135 bid. U. 3. Light conv. $1, 130 214: Chesapeake ‘Telephone Se, 100 bid, 193 naked. American Se- curity and Trust Se, F. and A., 100 bid. American Security and Trust Ss, A. and'O., 100 bid. Wash- jon ket ist Gs, 109 bid. Wash- ington Market Company imp. 6s, 109 bid. Wash- Ington Market, Company ext, Gs, Wi tid.” Masonte Hall Association 108 bid.” Washington Light Infantry ‘Ist Gs, 100 bid. National Bask Stocks Nask of Wesntagton, 250 Hel. a lic, io By othe eShcsae, SE'ELE “Paemem and Meckane ics’, 175 bid. Second, 188 bid. Citizens’, 130 bid. Columbia, 133 bid, 140 asked. 115% bid. or End, 106 bid, 1 une 109 bid, asked. in, Safe Deposit and Trast Compantes.—National Sate Deposit and Trust, 120 hid, ed. Washington Toan and Trost, 121% DM, 124 asked. | American Security and Trust, 187% bid. Washington Safe Capital, Traders’ ‘bid. Olio, 81% bid. Stocks.—Washington and Georgetown, 2 asked. on, xked. Gas st Stocks.—Wasbington Gas, a dee circ Lit 3 ‘30 bid. U. 8 Electric itl 183%, anXed. ea reperiah, OF MAA” octane lin, 42 bid. “Metropolitan, GF Wid. att, spd Fotomac, tJ id. AL ington, 149 bid. German-American, 1 ES ep Union, 30 mbia, . Th bid, ae aan, 8 ced Etheods, 8 ‘ : Btocks.—Real Eatate Title, 105 a Ser Guastia Title, 7 bia, 8 sskre Wai Title, 8 District Title, 8 wld, 13 5 = Stocks. —Chesa) ce and Potomac, #505 pid 6b sated. American Craphoplone, 34 bia, 338 jiscelinneous: tocks.—' Market, bid "Bull Hon Panoratse, 25 asked. Sengenthale> 193 asked,