Evening Star Newspaper, July 24, 1895, Page 2

SS —— THE EVENING STAR, WEDNESDAY, JULY 24, 1895-TEN PAGES. LATE NEWS BY WIRE Gathering Evidence of the Many Crimes of Holmes. SILVER IN MISSOURI AND MISSISSIPPI A Boy Hypnotized and Put to Sleep for a Week. A PRETTY ELOPEMENT MILWAUKEE, Wis., July 24.—There fs no longer any doubt that H. H. Holmes, the alleged murderer of B. F. Pitzel, his three children, and the Williams sisters, was in this city either last summer or the one previous to it. Whiie here he received let- ters from a woman ptrporting to be his wife. E. H. Holmes of this city read by mistake some of H. H. Holmes’ letters. The Chicago Proceedings. CHICAGO, July 24.—Inspector Fitzpatrick said last night: “If Mr. Minter presses his charges against Holmes, as represented in the warrant sworn out, we will make ap- plication to the Philadelphia police for his return to Chicago. As far as our police are concerned, we have no evidence that Holmes murdered Mrs. Connor; but if Mr. Minier furnishes us with tangible proof to that effect we will lose no time in having Holmes brought to Chicago. The police will search No. 7400 Horore street, where Holmes formerly lived.” Human Bones. The police assistants at work on the H. H. Holmes building under the drug store in the basement’ have uncovered a number of pieces of what they think are parts of a human skeleton. One piece they say held two teeth. They think they have parts of a mumber of ribs. : The fa:nous “castle” built by Holmes at 6d and Wallace streets has been marked for destruction by the building department. Inspector Laughlin has sent a letter to the - building commissioner, Downey, calling at- tention to the many defects in the struc- ture, aiff pconouncing it a menace to life and limb. During the exploration of the secret rooms and concealed stairways the fiimsy and inflammable nature of the build- ing was discovered. Search at Indinnapolis. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., July 24.—Detective Geyer had not arrived here up to noon, but ‘is expected. Both Geyer and the local de- tectives believe that Howard Pitzel was murdered by Holmes in the Circle House here and his body shipped away in a trunk. Their coming investigation will be to find out, if possible, where the trunk was sent. aA thorough search for the body ‘will be made here also. —_—_ MISSOURI'S SILVER EDITORS. Their Convention Asserts That the People Want Free Coinage. SEDALIA, Mo., July 24.—At yesterday afternoon's conference of the democratic editors of the state permanent organiza- tion was effected by the election of W. E. Switzler, Booneville, president, and one vice pres:dent from each congressional dis- trict. Gov. W. J. Stone briefly addressed the editors, advocating a thorough organ!- zation, preparatory for the battle next year for free silver. After speeches by Gov. Stone, ex-Congressman Bland and Senator Cockrell, the editors unanimously adopted a set of resolutions setting forth the!r views upon the free coinage ques- tion. The preamble gives a history of the free colnage movement, and speaking of sition to the ratio of 16 to 1, says that while some people persistently op- pose that ratio they suggest no other bet- ter. France is giver as an illustration to show that the ratio can be maintained. The question is asked ‘Why don’t silver drive gold out of France?’ The address states further that being in touch with the masses of people of Missouri, the edi- tors are aware of the fact that nine-tenths ef those people favor free coinage at a ratio of 16 to 1 and are opposed to a gold standard. The resolutions which follow favor or- ganization of a literary bureau to keep people informed on the question, and urge every democrat'c editor to actively co-oper- ate jith the executive committee in per- fecting a thorough organization of the de! ocratic voters to secure harmony and vi tery. The ‘esolutions conclude with a pledge to oppose every effort, no matter from what source, to com: the democra- ey to gold monometallism, and for a third time pledge the democrats to fight un- falteringly for free and unlimited coinage of silver end gold at a ratio of 16 to 1. Mississippi for Silver. JACKSON, Miss., July 24—About half of the counties of Mississipp! have held pri- maries. Without a single exception they have instructed for ex-Senator McLaurin for governor, and have elected silver dele- gates to the state convention. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. PETERSLURG, Va., July 24.—For some time pzst Louis Bishop, a well-known drug clerk of Richmond, and Miss Blanche Bu- ford of this city have been ardent lovers, but there appeared to be some objection on the part of the young lady's parents to the tying of the nuptial knot. The young cou- ple, however, were determined not to be separated any longer, so they met yester- day by appciptment and arranged for their elopemen This morning about 2 o'clock Bishep, accompanied by a friend, went to Miss Bufcrd’s residence on Washington street and awaited her presence in the yard. The young lady quietly left the house, and shé,with the man of her choice, went to the depot, where they took the 2:40 o'clock am. train for Washington to be married. Miss Buford is quite pretty and she has a host of friends and ac- quaintarces here. The elopement was quite a surprise. —_—>—-_ 6 HYPNOTIC EXPERIMENT. A Boy Kept Asleep for a Week in Cleveland, Ohio. Special Dispatch to The Evenirg Star. CLEVELAND, Ohio, July 24.—Hypnotist Santanelli last evening awakened Frank J. Sohn, the nineteen-year-old Ravenna boy who was put to sleep a week ago Monday night under hypnotic influences by Santanelli, after a slight wave of the hand and the usual hypnotic expression “All right.” Sohn jumped from his chair and stood upon his feet in apparent amaz- ment. He said he felt no ill effects from his long sleep, and although he had tasted no food and drank but once during his sleep, he was not hungry or thirsty. Before sub- mitting to tha experiment Sohn weighed 129 pounds Tuesday night. His weight to- day is 114 1-2 pounds. The father of Sohn was in the audience and created consider- ble excitemeat by his frantic efforts to get his boy away from the hypnotist. Later in the evening he appeared at the central station and endeavored to secure a war- rant for the arrest of Santanelll, charging him with abduction. He was told that no warrants were issued at night. The boy was cared fer and taken charge of by L. 8. Fish, who has watched the experiment from the beginning. In speaking of his feat the hypnotist sald: “I have suffered mere than Sohn. The strain has been a heavy one. The medical students and doc- tors have been pulling the boy to pleces with experiments, and it has been a tussle for me the en.ire time. Now I am anxious to wrap a man in a rubber blanket, pack him in ice and make him perspire freely, but it will be difficult to procure a sub- ject." Probably the next experiment will re putting a subject to sleep for fourteen ys. ee At St. Asaph’s Today. Owing to the heavy rains of last night Facing was resumed at St. ABaph today over a very heavy track. The card®pre- eerted wag a good one, both in size and quality. Tne weather was cloudy and leasant; the attendance ver; |. Fb Pooks were on. fa catchs BEAM IS REPENTANT The Condemned Man Manifests a Marked Ohanga - Is Glad to See His Spiritual Advisers— Everything Ready for the Exe- cution Next Friday. When Joseph A. Beam, who shot his stepdaughter, Annie L. Leahy, to death the 22d of last December, is told, next Friday, that the scaffold awaits him the jail of- ficials now believe that a penitent, mercy- seeking man will-walk to his death. Here- tofore, as appeared from the interviews had with the murderer by a Star reporter, Beam violently and profanely referred to death and the world beyond, declaring that death held out no horror or fear for him, and that he would walk to the scaffold as the bridegroom steps forth to meet his bride. Up to within the last few days, even after Travers had suffered death on the scaffold within earshot of him, Beam was seemingly indifferent to his fate, and glori- fied in the belief that in sending a defense- less woman into eternity he had rid the world of what he termed an inhuman monster. All is now changed, and, on iis knees, the wr2cched man is praying to God for mercy and forgiveness. He is no longer profane, violent or defiant, but quietly and calmly, if not resigredly, awaits death. Last Sunday Beam informed Warden Leonard that he had become very favor- ably impressed by Father McAtee of St. Aloysius Catholic Church, and intimated that he would be glad to see him. The warden communicated with the priest, and Monday the clergyman called upon the un- fortunate man, And also yesterday and to- day. This morning Beam informed the warden that Father McAtee should be recognized as his spiritual adviser, and no one else. The priest, accompanied by Father Dolan, also of St. Aloysius Church, spent an hour or more with Beam this morning, and the man evidently derived much consolation and encouragement from the visit of the clergymen. He sleeps well, hearty consumes all the food placed before him, which, as is cus- tomary in such instances, consists of what- ever the man’s fancy suggests. That he enjoys the delicacies provided for him by Warden Leonard may be inferred from the fact that he remarked, after finishing bis breakfast this morning, that he wished they would hang him often. ‘The execution will take place about 11:30 o'clock Friday morning, and everything is in readiness for the carrying out of the extreme penalty of the law. This afternoon Beam was weighed, and, contrary to gen- eral expectation, he weighed but 160 pounds. Warden Leonard will furnish the man with a suit of new clothes, black cheviot, white shirt and collar, black tie and patent leather shoes. The invitations to witness the execution were issued by the warden this afternoon. Tomorrow Beam’s wife, the mother of the woman he killed, will bid him farewell. He is denying himself to all callers but the clergymen, and is earnestly endeavor- ing, he says, to prepare for the next world. He says there need be no fear of him weakening, for he intends to walk to the gallows without fear, and confident , of leaving this for a better world. Thomas J. Taylor, whose sentence was yesterday ccmmuted to life imprisonment, is today calm and very happy, although he is confident that he cannot survive im- prisonment more than two or three years. He was yesterday afternoon visited by his sister and by his little daughter, the latter carrying him a bunch of flowers. To- day quite a number of friends visited the man. He will not be taken to the peniten- tiary for a week or two. He is very grate- ful to all those who assisted in the effort made in his b2half, and says that hereafter all his thoughts will be of the world to come, for which he will endeavor to pre- pare himseif. ooo NOT WIRED PROPERLY. An Easily Remedied Defect in the 9th Street Motor Cars The Metropolitan Railroad Company made further experiments between midnight and daybreak this morning with the new elec- trical equipment of the 9th street branch, ard President Phillips said today that he was perfectly satisfied with the success of the system, in which sentiment he was Joined by all the other officials of the road. Several things were proven last night, sald Mr. Phillips, and among them the Import- ant fact that it was as easy to codduct elec- tricity for the purpose of propelling street cars through ison tracks as it was by cop- per wires. It was also proved that the con- duit came up to tha expectations of its de- signers and the contractor who bullt it, Mr. E. Saxton. This was developed by the heavy rain storm, which began pouring down at 1 o'clock, and continued almost without intermission for.three ‘hours. This incipient deluge had no effect upon the elec- trical work in the conduit, and the current was kept up through the tracks during the whole time the rain fell without the loss, as shown by the meters at the power house, of as much as an ampere of the power. It was discovered, too, that the motor cars had not been properly wired. A car was started out shortly after 12 o'clock, having on bvard President Phillips, En- gineer Connett, Contractor Saxton, Elec- triclan Barney of the General Electric Company und a number of other passen- gers. After going about a mile over the road, the lights in the car suddenly went out, and it came to a stop. Mr. Barney thought that the fault was In the under- ground equipment, believing that the tracks had failed to carry the current. An im- mediate test was made, which showed that there was ro diminution in the electrical force being carried through the tracks. It was apparent, therefore, that the trouble was with the motor car. Various experi- ments were made, and at ‘last one of the wires connected with the controller was discornected, and the iights immediately flared up again and the car received motive power. Further examination at the power house developed the fact that the motor cara had been wired incorrectly, and this morn- ing Mr. Walter H. Wright, the expert elec- triclan ef the General Electric Company at Schenectady, N.Y., was telegraphed to, and a reply was received that he would be fn Washington tomorrow morning to rem- edy the faults. President Phillips sajd to- day that there would be no trouble what- ever in removing any defects that may be found to exist in the cars, and that no fur- ther trouble on the 9th street branch was expected. ed DEAD IN HER CHAIR. An Insurance Collector Finds a Bene- ficiary a Corpse. William Balderstone, collector for one of the insurance companies that pay small benefits to weekly and monthly contribu- tors, was greatly shocked this morning about 9 o'clock, when he called at the house of an old colored woman named Harris in Brown's court. He found the ‘woman seated on a chair at the breakfast table, and approached her to collect the money, but, much to his surprise, he found that the woman was dead. The police were goon notified of the case, and Coroner Ham- mett will make an investigation this after- roon. There is no suspicion of foul play. a The Late John G. Judd. Funeral services over the remains of the late John G. Judd will be held tomorrow afternoon at the family residence, 2808 14th street. Rev. Dr. Stakely, the pastor of the First Baptist Church, with which the deceased was connected for so many years, will officiate. At the close of the services the remains will be conveyed to Oak Hill cemetery, where the interment will be made. At a meeting of the employing printers held yesterday resolutions were adopted ex- pressive of the high appreciation of the life and character of Mr. Judd, and sympath: for his family in their bereavement. W. T. Tomlinson presided, and Byron S. Adams was the secretary. ———___ The English Yachts. KINGSTON, Dublin Bay, July 24.—Allsa and Britannia started at 10:30 this morn- ing tm the regatta of the Royal Irish Yacht Club. The breeze was light. Niag- ara and Dakotah started at roon in the race for the twenty-raters, under the aus- pices of the same club. They crossed the line together. Niagara won, her time being 5h. 8m. 5s. Dakotah was second and Eucharis third. TROLLEY'S NEW MOVE An Application for a Writ of Habeas Corpus. 10 GET SCHOEPF OUT OF DURANCE He Was Constructively Committed _ to the Work House Today. PROCEEDINGS IN COURT Yesterday afternoon in the Police Court when Judge Miller announced his decision in the case of W. Kesley Schoepf, vice president and manager of the Eckington and Soldiers’ Home railroad, as printed in yesterday's Star, holding the company able for occupying the streets with the foles and electric wires, Mr. Pugh, the presecuting attorney, asked leave to file twenty-two additional charges against the defendant, one charge for each day this month. Lawyer. Ridout, for the defendant, thought that this action was a little out of the regular order, put Mr. Pugh sub- mitted that as the defendant was In court he had a right to file the charges. All he wanted was for the defendant to give his personal bonds in the cases and avoid the necessity of serving them. Counsel for the representative of the trolley company thought that the action of the prosecutor would have the effect of @ persecution and would prevent the com- pary’s taking the case up on a writ of hateas corpus. The writ, he said, was to be applied for in good faith, and he felt certain that the Court of Appeals, if not cne of the other judges, would decide the matter favorable to the road. “We are not responsible for any delay,” said counsel, “that might result from the adjournment of the Court of Appeals for the summer.”” He thought that in justice to his client these additional charges should be laid over until the habeas corpus ts decided. Mr. Pugh said he would certainly object to any such arrangement. He had filed the cases and certainly he would ask that they be tried. The trolley poles and wires are on New York avenue in violation of law, end unless otherwise ordered he will insist that the cases be heard without delay. Judge Miller said that this is not such a case as should be continued to await a decision. There is an occupation of the street in which the public is interested, and the government is anxious to have the poles and wires removed. The court is certainly not going to take such action as will tle the hands of the government and virtually end the prosecutions for weeks and perhaps months. The Manager Fined. Today the Police Court proceedings were very brief. Mr. Schoepf and his counsel appeared and Judge Miller announced the penalty, $25 fine, and in default to be com- mitted to the workhouse. The fine was not paid, of course, for that would have ended the proceedings, but the defendant was constructively in the hands of the intendent of the workhouse. Subsequently Mr. Schoepf's counsel applied for a writ of habeas corpus to issue to the intendent of the Washington Asylum. Writ of Habeas Corpus. The writ recited that the petitioner, Wm. K. Schoepf, is now a prisoner confined in the custody of Walter H. Stoutenburgh, intendent of the Washington workhouse, in the District of Columbia, for a supposed offense, which is charged in the informa- tion filed against him in the Police Court of the District of Columbia. Then is given in full the allegations made in the informa- tion, and also the wording of the commit- ment to the workhouse. The motion made by the defendant to quash the information, and the special plea filed after the motion to quash was over- ruled, are given in full. The petition then goes on to say that the petitiorer “interposed a plea of not guilty, whereupon proof was adduced to the pros- ecution tending to show that on New York avenue between 7th street and the bound- ary of the city of Washington there had been erected by the Eckington and Soldiers’ Home Railway Company certain iron poles, imbedded in the surface of said avenue, on which poles were strung two wires for the purpose of propelling street cars of said company by electricity; that said poles and wires were erected about six years prior to, and were upon said street and in use by said company, on the second day of July, 1895; that this petitioner is the vice presi- dent and general manager of said railway, and the foregoing was all the proof offered in the case, whereupon this petitioner wa: adjudged by said justice to be guilty an was sentenced to pay a fine of $25, and in default of payment thereof to be commit- ted to the workhouse for thirty days. “That petitioner is advised by counsel, and verily believes, that said conviction and imprisonment are illegal in this: “That the said ordinance is void because the same was ultra vires, the sald late corporation of Washington »ecause It is indefinite, uncertain and unreasonable. “Because it does not apply and was ‘not intended to apply ‘to the offense with which petitioner is charged. “Because the poles und wires complained of were not erect2d or strung by this de- fendant, but by the Eckington and Sol- diers’ Home Railway Company of the Dis- trict of Columbia, a corpcration created by act of Congr23s approved June 14, 1888, 25th Statutes, 190, the said poles and wires having been erected by said corporation by virtue of the authority upon it by its said charter. “Because said wires and poles together constitute one permarent structure, firmly annexed to the bed of said street, and if said structure be illegal it is a purpresture, for the removal of which provision is made in seetion 1818 of the Revised Statutes of the United Stat2s, the proceedings provid- ed for by said section being a bill in equity for a mandatory injunction, which pro- ceeding is not within the jurisdiction of the said Police Court. “Wherefore, petitioner prays!’ That the writ of habeas corpus may be issued in this cause; that he be discharged from said custody; that pending the hearing upon the said writ he may be admitted to bail; that such further order may be made as to right and justice may appertain.” Before Judge Cole. Attorney Ridout, in company with Mr. Schoepf, this afternoon appeared before Judge Cole, after filing the application for the writ. Attorney Thomas not being pre- pared to argue the matter then and there, the court fixed upon Monday morning next at 10 o'clock as the time for disposing of the matter. Mr. Schoepf gave bail in the sum of $500 for his appearance at the time mentioned. ange Cole stated that he understood it was the intention of the district attorney to file informations against the road each day. He then took occasion to suggest that ne further action regarding the case be taken in the Police Court until the petition for writ of habeas corpus be disposed of. —__—— MONTGOMERY PROHIBITIONISTS. They Nominate a Ticket and Hold a Ratification. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. GAITHERSBURG, Md., July 24.—The county convention of the prohibition party of Montgomery county occurred here yes- terday, with a ratification meeting at night in the opera house. Delegates from all the districts were precent, as well as a number of prominent politicians heretofore affillat- ing with the old parties, indicating a healthy growth in the party, which expects to hold the balance of power at the com- ing local election. Mr. A. B. Shoemaker called the convention to order. After per- manent organization the chairmen of the several district committees were appointed to form a new county committee, Rev. J. W. Steele being made chairman. Nomina. tions for the office were made as follows: Members of house of delegates, Frank W. Watkins, C. C. Lawson, Charles D. Duvall; judges of the orphars’ court, George L. Stabler, Milton Boyer, Louis E. Shoemaker; sheriff, Jacob B. Ernest; county surveyor, Vernon D. Watkins; county commissioner, Geo. M. Cecil, third district. The delega- tlon named to attend the state and judicial conventions at Glyndon ts Rev. C. J. Bur- dette, Albert E. Shoemaker, Rev. John W. Steele, Miss M. R. Hobbs, R. C. Beall, Rev. J. D. Rayfield, Chas. D. Duvall, Wm. Moore. Next Saturday’s Star will contain the installment of eno) gnd The fing a most interesting st tan- ley J. Wi 5 sg San: “A Gen ef France,” etc., one of the most; authors of the day. “Fhe story will be in three _ installments, i A detective story of intense interest_by Howard Fielding, called “Stamps Enclosed for Re- ply,” will be published in full in the same issue. PLAYING SEE-SAW Mr. Stewart Goes Up and Mr. Bayly Comes Down. ; ‘The Garbage Problem Assumes Its Usual Daily Change of Front—The Baltimore Contractors. The complications and entanglements which surround the solution of the vexed garbage problem took another twist today and at the rate things are going it will soon require’ the services of an expert to figure out for the benefit of the Commis- sioners just “where they are at.” Monday Mr.W.Cranch McIntyré and Prof. Anderson, representing the Anderson Cre- matory Company, appeared before the Commissioners in the interests of that method of disposing of the city’s refuse. With them was.Lawyer Arthur Stewart of Baltimore, who claimed to speak for the Baltimore firm which has the garbage’ contract after November 1. He represent- ed that the contractors and the crematory company had made an amicable arrange- ment and that they were in favor of erect- ing an Anderson plant in this city, pro- viding the Chicago test of the crematory should meet with the approval of the Dis- trict authorities. : Their proposition was favorably received by Mr. Ross and Mr. Truesdell, and it looked as though the Commissioners were beginning to see a way out of their troubles, Yesterday Mr. S. P. “Bayly, the Washing- ton representative of the Baltimore con- tractors, dropped a bombshell in the board room at the District building when he an- nounced that Mr. Turner, the manager of the Warfield Company, the Baltimore con- tractors, had repudiated Mr. Stewart and claimed that he acted without authority when he took It upon himself to speak for Mr. Warfield. Furthermore, he said that Stewart had been the attorney for the An- derson people, and what he said gave the Commissionérs the idea that there was something qtiite out of the ordinary in the whole affair. When Mr. McIntyre read cf this later de- velopment in ‘The Star last evening he was surprised, to say: the least. Prof. Ander- son, the inventor of the crematory,’and also the president of the company, was over in Baltimore yesterday afternoon holding a business consultation with Mr. Turner and Mr. Stewart, when he heard that there was trouble in Washingtcn. He ‘st no tume in co) g over here, and last evening he was closeted until a late hour with Mr. McIntyre, the attorney for his company, at the latter's residence. This morning the two appeared before the Commissioners: again, and added a new element to the case by completely vindicat- ing Mr. Stewarts position in the matier. They stated that Stewart,. whose char- acter is such that he wouid never have at- tempted to pass himself off for what he was not, is now: the actual attorney for the Warfield compan§, and in cvery way qual- ified to speak for the contractors. The only way they..could account for Mr. Bayly’s statement was on the presump- tion that he had misunderstood Mr. Tur- ner’s telephone’ message yesterday from Baltimore. Mr. Turner's hearing, they say, is defective, and consequently he is not an expert in the use of a ‘phone. They say that he must have missed the meaning of Mr. Bayly’s questions over the wire d said no when he ought to have said yes. They said that at the conference in Balti- more yesterday Stewart was representing the contractors, and that the Commission- ers would receive today a telegram from Mr. Turner explaining the whole matter authoritatively. ‘That is the history of the garbage ques- tion so far this week, and the week is orly half gone. No one can tell what its status will be by Saturday. Mr. McIntyre told a Star reporter this afternoon that the outcome of the whole affair would be that a test will be given in Chicago shortly; the Commissioners will be pleased with it; an Anderson plant will be erected in this city for the use of the contractors, and that all the problems that now seem to vex so sorely will, like the garbage, end in smoke. But there is a possibility of many more complications before the first fires are sterted in the city’s crematory. Mr. Bayly Surprised. Mr. Bayly was not present at the hearing this morning. He came to the District puilding later in the day, and when he heard of the representations of the Ander- son people It was his turn to be surprised. “Tt is true,” said Mr. Bayly to a Star re- porter, “that Mr. Turner is rather hard of hearing, and that is about all there is true in it. I am confident that Mr. Stewart has no official connection with the contractors. If he had, why should Mr. Turner have called me up over the telephone to deny It? I know that Mr. Stewart has not seen Mr. Warfield, and I was present at the last in- terview he had with Mr. Turner, I have written to Mr. Warfield to come on to Washington, and when he gets here it will rot take long to get things straightened out.”” —__——>——_ A BAKER KILLED. Nothing to Tell His Name or Where He Lived. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. MANASSAS, Va., July 24.—Train No. 9 on the Southern road struck and killed irstantly a man who was crossing Bull Run bridgs about 9*a.m. yesterday. This man passed through Manassas at 7:30 a.m. He stopped and got his breakfast at Bry- ant’s bakety. Me sald he was a baker by trade, tha}, he ¥ and Bluefield, Ws:Va., and was on his way to Delaware, seeking employment, and that he hag stayed all night Sunday with a Mr. Nortdi in “Culpeper. He was about fifty-five years of age, slightly gray, and measures & feet 7 inches high. His right leg was broken just above the ankle, and his head was cyut,and skull fractured. On his person were found pipe, tobacco, knife and fourtesn cefits in change; a hem- stitched handkerchief with the initial letter “p” in German text; also a “pass book,” on which was written “T. C. & J. Towney in account. with.Spangler & Co.,” a paper inside, on which was written Luray, Va., bakery, and a bifl head of John Grigg & Co., Keystone, Wa Va., on which was the address, “BD. F. Mejler, Candy Maker, Key- stone, W. Va.” In his coat pocket was a shipping card of William Brandon, 124 Center Market space, "Baltimore, Md. The pass book was well filled with receipts for making breads and cakes. The body was brought here by the train, and, after it was examined by Dr. Iden, it was turned over to Mr. Geo. W. Hixson, the under- taker, to be prepared for interment, await- ing the authorities’ orders. Telegrams are being sent in every direction to find out, if possible, where he is from. —._—_. Stanley J. Weyman. Next Saturday's Star will contain the first: installment of “The Cat and The King,” a most interesting story by Stan- ley J. Weyman, author of “A Gentleman of France,” etc., one of the most popular authors of the day. The story will be In three installments, published daily, begin- ning with Saturday. A detective story of intense interest by Howard Fielding, called “Stamps Enclosed for Reply,” will be published in full in the same issue. turday. | LABOR’S COUNCIL The Federation Discusses Many Subjects of Interest. WORK AND WAGES ON PUBLIC BUILDINGS Some Statements Concerning The Star Proved Untrue. A NEW PRESS ©OMMITTEE It will be a long time probably before any one who was present at the meeting last night of the Federation of Labor will forget the interesting proceedings which there took place. The meeting was unu- sually well attended, thirty-one societies being represented. . President McHugh was in the chair. After much other business, to which reference is made below, was transacted, a delegate arose and stated that for some weeks past the most persist- ent efforts have been made in a morning paper and also in a weekly paper which is publshed in the interests of labor to create the impression that The Star is not a friend to the cause of organized labor. The name of no paper was, he said, mentioned in these articles, reference by inuendo being the means employed; but no one who read the articles could avoid the impression that The Star was the paper referred to. The principal alleged ground of complaint was, he said, that a piece of news had been taken by some Jabor men to The Star of- fice and that the latter had refused to pub- lish it unless it was paid for at advertising rates. % “I am in favor of dealing with all the papers of Washington impartially,” con- tinued the delegate, “and I would like to know-if there is a single man here who can say that the charge made in the pa- ceed referred to is true."” ere was not a single response in the affirmative, and the gentleman, resuming his remarks, said: “Then I am forced to conclude there is ro actual foundation for the statement, and that the whole matter was based on a rumor which itself had nothing to stand upcn.” Werking More Than Eight Hours. The committee having charge of the matter reported that it having been stated to them that some men working at Fort Monroe on a government contract were putting in ten hours a day instead of eight they had written a letter to the Sec- retary of War in reference to the matter and a reply was read from that official stating that he had no control whatever over the contractor mentioned. A com- mittee was appointed to ascertain all the facts in the case. It was the sentiment of the Federation that the matter should be brought to the attention of the United States court in Virginia having furisdic- tion with the view of prosecuting the con- trend for his violation of the eight-hour We An Appeal Not Granted. A long debate took place relative to a circular letter which had been received and read from the proprietor of a morning paper, asking the Federation to pledge its undivided support to his journal. The com- munication, among other things, stated That an offer had been made to him to pur- chase his paper, but that he intended to continue to publish it in the future, as he has done in the past. The communication also recited that the paper had done much for organized labor, because its owner is favorable to the cause, and, 1@ conclusion, asked that the Federation give the paper Its undivided support. be The debate which followed the reading of the letter was earnest, and at times the writer was criticised severely for the ut- terances the communication contained. Some of the speakers said that they thought the author of the letter had no business to send such a communication to the Federation, and the writer was consid- erably censured for his treatment on one occasion of a pressman in his employ. This man, it was stated, belonged to the Press- men’s Association which is affiliated with the Federation, and it was stated that the gentleman who fs now so anxious to show his regard for the members of the societies of organized labor exhibited anything else than a friendly feeling toward his employe. It was also stated that the course of the paper referred to on the money question has not been In accord with the expressed sen- timent of the great majority of working- men, and therefore the paper was not con- sistent in claiming to be the especial cham- pion of the labor element. One delegate de- clared that he was unwilling to have the labor cause identified with a newspaper, which had, he said, in the case of Ella Mil- ler, made a slanderous and indecent at- tack upon a dead woman, and advertised a house of fll fame. Finding that it was impossible to get the Federation to say that it would give to the paper its undivided support, thus discrimi- nating against the other Washington news- papers, a friend of the writer of the com- munication referred to, asked leave to sub- stitute the word “earnest” for “undivided,” and in this form the request was granted. A Press Committee. Following the disposition of this ques- tion a resolution was passed to appoint a press committee and President McHugh selected Secretary J. K. Potter and Messrs. E. J. Rea and C. J. Clements as the mem- bers thereof. Mr. Milford Spohn said he desired to ask the chair if It was to be the bounden duty of the press committee to give the report- ers of all the papers who shall call for the purpose of getting the information the news, fully, truthfully and impartially. President McHugh replfed, “Certainly.” Messrs. Rea and Clements then immedi- ately tendered their resignations as mem- bers of the committee, stating, as the cause of their action that they would not give any information to the reporters of any paper other than the one they are fihancial- ly Interested in. ‘The resignations were accepted, and “Messrs. Milford Spohn and Oscar Keep were appointed to fill the vacancies. Street Railway Matters. The delegates from the Protective Street Railway Unton reported that all the diffi- culties betwcen the union and the Ana- costia Railroad Company have been amic- ably adjusted, and the boycott previously ordered by the Federation was raised. The same delegates also reported that after a careful investigation of the matter which had been referred to them in reference to a boycott of the Washirgton and George- town Railroad Company, they had arrived at the conclusion that at this time, at least, it would be unwise and inadvisable to either place a boycott on the Washing- ton and Georgetown road or to interfere in any manner with the operations of the company, as nothing of good could be ac- complished thereby. Wages on District Work. The committee appointed to visit the District building, to ask the Commissi to have the public work on District bulla. irgs performed at maximum wages, made report, and that portion of the report which stated that the committee had requested that no person not a resident of the Dis- trict of Columbia be given employment on the proposed work was criticised by some delegates, who thought the course of the committee in this regard might hamper, if not defeat, the object for which the federa- tion is contending. In regard to the re- quest of the committee to embody in the contracts to be given out a clause such as would meet the desires of the federation, the committee reported that the Commis- sioners had referred the matter to their at- torney, with a request for an opinion as to whether such action on their part would bet legal. resolution was passed requesting thi papers of Washington to favorably bring to the attention of the people of the Dis- trict the desire of the federation to have tne men employed on the construction of public buildings in the city paid the maxti- mum rate of wages. Gov. Morton Not Responsible. A letter was read from Gov. Morton of New York in reply to a communication sent to him by a committee of the federa- tion stating that repairs are being made to the Shoreham Hotel in this city, which property is owned by the governor, by non- union men. Gov. Morton, in his answer, said that the repairs referred to were being made at the expense of the lessee, and over the matter he had no control. The committee which had had the matter in charge was discharged from the further consideration of the subject. WAGES AND WORKMEN District Men for the Work on District Buildi What Contractors Say of the Proposal Made by the Committee of Workingmen. Ccmmissioner Ross eald this morning, speaking of the requests made by repre- sentatives of the Iccal labor organizations concerning workmen and wages on bulld- ings erected for the District, that the en- tire question, relating both to the payment of maximum wages and the employment of residents of the District only, has been referred to the attorney for the District. Until the attorney delivers an opinion, the Commissioner said, he does not care to ex- press himself im regard to the qse. Both propusitions involve matters of law, and will be considered by the attorney, Mr. Thomas. 3 A tour among contractors and builders this afternoon developed that few of them had given sufficient attention to the propo- sition to admit of their expressing an opin- jon upon it. There was general approval, however, of that part of the suggestion providing for the. payment of maximum wages to laborers and mechanics engaged cn work being done under contraat for the District government. g “That would meet my approval,” said Mr. Jacob Veihmeyer, the stone and marble work contractor, “and I believe all other contractors would approve it, too, because it wouldn’t take anything out of any of their pockets. I am not in favor of the system that compels an employer to pay uniform wages, however, use under it poor workmen receive as much as the good ones, in spite of the difference in the value of the labor they perform.” Mr. Veihmeyer didn’t like the part of the proposition which looked to the employment of residents of the District only, saying it was frequently necessary for contractors to secure skilled men from other places. He thought -that Washington contractors generally employed residents in preference to any other appli- eants for work, but did not approve a com- pulsory system of this sort. He was also of the opinion that the adoption of such a clause as that suggested in contracts for District work would not have any effect upon regulating the wages paid by com- tractors on private work. Approved the Entire Proposition. Mr. W. B. Speir of the firm of W. E. Speir & Co., contractors and builders, heartily aproved the entire proposition sub- mitted to the Commissioners, and in the course of conversation gave an excellent idea of the conditions of the contracting and building business in thig city. “A great’ desriment to the build! and contracting trade in this city,” sal Mr. Speir, “is the diversity of wages paid and the difference in the number of hours work- ed by different contractors. Employers like ourselves, who pay the highest wages, are compelled to compete with others for work who do not pay as much. Conse- qvently, in order to meet their figures, con- tracts are sometimes taken by first-class firms, which can only be carried out at a loss. ~ “The insertion of such a clause as that spoken of in the contracts given out for District work,” continued Mr. Speir, “would guarantee a better character of the work performed no matter of what variety it might be. Uniform maximum wages, too, would be an incentive to poor workmen to improve thelr work, for they moult fe that competition to secure emplo; would be keen, and thus make additional efforts to save their own places. “There is no doubt of the propriety of em- ploying District residents on District work, and I wish that District people would pa- tronize District enterprises more than they do. Now there are four or five mills here which could easily provide all the mill work, such as sashes, doors and blinds, necessary to the building trade in Wash- ington. They could be kept busy and give steady employment to many mechanics and laborers. At present they don’t supply more than 50 per cent of the millwork used here. The rest is brought from the north- west; from Oshkosh, Wis., Dubuque, Iowa, and other places where lower wages are paid in the mills and where longer hours are demanded. “There is another drawback to the build- ing trade here,” said Mr. Speir, in conclu- sion, “and that is the feature of the present mechanics’ lien law, which makes the owner of a building in course of construc- ticn, or completed, responsible for the wages owed to the men who might have been employed on it, or the material fur- nished the contractor for its construction. Subcontractors look to the owners, and the m!ll wok dealers will furnish material to anybody, no matter who, or whether re- sponsible or not, Lecause they know they can hold the owner if the contractor fails to settle. This feature has retarded build- ing a great deal here, in my opinion. To return to the proposition, however, I hope the attorney for the District may find au- thority for the Commissioners to adopt it, because under the present system of doing District work, contractors who pay high wages are compelled to bid against those who do not, and they must either bid blind- ly to a degree, or refrain from entering bids at all” All on the Same Footing. Contractor Littlefield and others favored the main proposition of having maximum vages provided for contracts for District work, Because all bidders would then be placed on a known and equal footing, and could prepare their figures accordingly. —_—_—=——_ DISTRICT GOVERNMENT. Today's Orders. ‘The Commissioners today issued the fol- lowing orders: ‘That the bid of E. F. Mcckabee for erect- ing a new ward at the Washington Asylum Hospital, at $3,291, be accepted. ‘That $75 each be allowed for the funeral expenses of Sergt. Charles Kerby and Pri- vate G.’T. Parker of the police force, sald allowance to be made out of the police re- Nef fund. That steam engineers’ licenses be granted as follows: First class, to H. W. Stevens and J. A. McKelvey; third class, to James L, Carberry. That the charges against Private J. L. Kilmartin and Patrick O’Brien, tried for ona unbecoming an officer, are hereby ism. Thst Private Wm. Evans of the police force be removed. Evans was tried July 10, 1895, for neglect of duty, and his re- moval takes effect July 25. . Bids Opened. Proposals for a.site for a public school In Ivy City were opened by the Commis- sioners at noon today. There were five bid- ders, M. M. McKinlay, W. T. Okie, Mar- garet Butler, Andrew Oehman and J. H. Gray & Co. The prices ranged from four- teen to twenty cents a square foot, and it will require considerable figuring to deter- mine which is the most desirable bid. ——_——_ Graia and Cotton Markets. Cotton and grain mark Hibbs, stock, grain abd cotten Dicker 12 GRAIN, Ww. B. broker, 1421 F a ‘Wheat—Sept. 7 Tong, Cats 70) Ke 70} 77 i 36 35) 35 233 635 630 6.35 617 610 6.17 Baltimore Markets, BALTIMORE, July 24.—Flou nged— RE, rol ir quiet, unchai receipts, 8,468 shipments, §,085 barrels; sales, barrels, it unsettled and higher— spot and month, 69%470; August, 70a7014; Septem- ber, 7Z144n714; December, 7414 bid; steamer No. 2 red, 66%a67—receipts, 42.364 bushels; stock, 407,- 534 bushel sales, 145,000 bushels; sonthern wheat by sample, 70a72; do. on grade, 69a72. Corn firmer —spot and month, 49% bid; August, 48% bid: Sey tember, 49 bid; 2 aski i2 bushels; stock, toathera wi ear, 42° asked. 1Din1to “bushels: southern white corn, 52; do. yellow, 53. Oats quiet and steady— No, '2 white western, 82 asked; No. 2 mixed, 30 asked—receipts, 13,930 bushels; stock, 106.584 busb- els. Rye dull—receipts, 398 bushels; stock, 6,940 bushels, Hay firmer--choice timothy, $16.501$17.00. Grain frelghts, easy," unchanged. | Sugar firm, ‘un: changed. Butter steady—ta : imitation, 15a16; do. ladle, 1; good Indie, ‘12a13; store packed, 10a12. Eggs weak—fresh, 11.’ Cheese ‘unchanged. SSS” FINANCE AND TRADE Incidental Fluctuations Due to Slight Individual Trading. SMALL SHOWING IN THE GRAIN STOCKS The Slight Forwarding of Wheat Keeps Grangers Quiet. GENERAL MARKET NEWS Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. NEW YORK, July 24.—It being “first making-up day” in London, and the inter- est rates a litle above the last settlement, London prices came 1-8 and 1-2 per cent lower this morning, and were accompanied by moderate orders to sell the international Specialties, based on the idea that as our market had had a two days’ rise largely on the covering of shoris, a reaction wag due. The foreign selling was, however, too small to be a factor in the market, and their offerings were readily absorbed at slightly advanced prices, and the feeling in the room was very bullish, though the vol- ume of business was small. Chicago Gas tinued to abs: orb thi osm portion of the interest, and though e early advices from Chicago were of a rather bearish nature the crowd men- tioned in previous dispatches were active buyers from the start and marked the price up to 58 in the first few moments of trading. It was then announced that a way had been devised by which dividends can be legally paid, and it 1s probable that some dividend will be paid in October. This accounts for the strength displayed by this specialty for the past few days. Sugar refineries certificates were rather slugeish, though very strong at the open- ing. Sales of upward of 7,500 shares by a broker supposed to represent inside inter> ests depressed the price to 112 7-8, when it was taken in hand by Well and rapidly hid up to 114 1-4, and was very strong. There dl aed mee to account for the fluctna- were merel i ee = 1e rs were rather dull and en- tirely featureless. The dispatches from the West were not so rosy as on yesterday. One dispatch in cular had a very dampe: ing effect. It showed the receipt of twen- ty-one cars of wheat this morning as against 387 last year, and the four great Wjuter wheat points showed only 152,000 this reason speculation in this group lag- ged, and the traders who control the The market for sterling and continental bills retains its steady tone at uncharged rates from yesterday’s quotations. No gold ported yesterday bya wellienown ‘ballon po: yt y a well-known bul! house are looked for. SR ‘The earnings of St. Paul for the week show an increase of upwards of $450,000, but as this increase compares with the “strike period” of last year, it had na effect on the price of the stock. New England was a feature on very light trading, opening at 53 as against 56 1-2 last night, and sold up to 54 1-2 on the an« nouncement that the road would be fors mally taken possession of on September a the New York, New Haven & Hartf Reading was in demand, owing to the de« nial of reported large assessment on the stock, and sold up to 18 1-4 on rather large ener he trading continued of a purely profes. sional character, and prices at the clos showed only fractional changes from thé lowest prices of the di +. FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL, The foll»wing are the opening, the high- est and the iowest and the closing prices of the New York stock market today, as ree ported by Corson & Macartney, members New Yor's stock exchange. Correspondents Messrs. Moore & Schley, No. 80 Broadway. Btocks. High. Low. Clone, pore Se ce TE UN ie ‘American Tobacco. ines in T1135 118: ne ran $ E Louisville eeu feats jevated. Pullman Pal. Car Southern Rallw: “Pra Phila. Traction...'..... ————— Washington Stock Exchange. Government Bonds.—U. 8. 4s, registered, 1 bid, 112% asked. U.S. “4s, coupon, 112% bid, asked. U.S. 4s, 1925, 123% bids 134 asked. “V. 5s, 1004. 115% bid, 115% asked. District of Columbia Bonds.—20-year fund Se, 108 Did. 30-year fand 68, 112% bid. Wi Zs, 1901, currency, Tigh. Water stock Te, 1908 bid. Bigs 2 100 bid. Ze Mi rash and Miscel Bonde ington i st, Washington and town naa ae aa 120 bid, 140 aaked- Metropolitan Railroad conv. = asked. it Railroad 5s, wld ‘on asked. Columbia d 6s, 110 bid. Wash! ton Gas Company 6s, series A, 112 bid. Washingy ton Gas Company 6s, series B, 118 bi Wi ton Gas Company conv. 6s, 123 bid. U. 8. Elect: it conv. 125 ‘Chesa; Pot Tel Sa, 100 bid. Ameri ity ‘Trust 5s, F. ‘and A., 100 bid. Ai in Securit and A. and 0., bid. Washi: farket Compsny ist 6s, 169 bid. Washington Mare ew — OAs _— _ Market ; ic Hall Associae tion Ss, 108 ‘bid. W. it try ist bid. ational Bank Stocks.—Bank of Washington, 288 800 asked. Bank of the Republic, 250 big. Metropolitan, 285 bid, 315 ask tral, 270 bid. Farmers and Mechanics’, 170 bid. Second, 138 Citizens’, 130 bid. Columbia, 180 140 a Copttal, “116 bid. West 108 bi 08, : 82 bid, 86 asked, les.—National Safe Deposit and Trust, 120 Nd, 130 asked. Loan and ‘Trust, *120! id, 12a sated.” Anse Security and Trust, Bs bid. Washington Safe De- poslt, Rail Stocks.—Washington and Georgetown, 267 bid. Metropolitan, 87% bid, 90% asked. 20 asked. “Hektagton, 30 bid, 30° ake. —— Gas and Electric Light Stock: shington $504 bid. 82 asked. Georgetown Gas, 50 bid. Ue S. Electric Light, 183 bid, 183% asked. Insurance Storks.—Firemen’s, 88 bid. Prank! Corcaran. BE bia ‘Arlington, 140 bid. "German National Union, 10 bid. So bid. $3 asked. | Pop Gommercial, 24% bid. serie Ms Lincoln, 8 Title Instrance Stocks.—Real Estate Title, 108 bid, 115 asked. Columbia Title, 7 bid. 8 asked. Washington Title, 8 asked. District Title. 8 bid. Telephone Stocks.—Cheeapeake and Potomac, bid, 60 asked. | American Graphophone, 3 bid. 4 asked. Pneumatic Gun Carriage, .22 bid, .25 esi equliseetlanrous ne Vashinston and George- own, 12 hid. Grea is Teo, | Ball Ran rama, 25 140 asked. 6s American, 160 bid. lumbia, 13 bid. e's, 5% bid. : ——-—_ Approve Sunday Closing. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. RICHMOND, July 2+.—The ministers of the colored Baptist churches of Richmond, representing 4 membersbip of over 15,000, this morning waited on Maj. Howard, the new chief of police, and presented him with resolutions thanking and commending him for his efforts .o enforce the Sunday laws,