Evening Star Newspaper, July 27, 1895, Page 2

A Woman’s Hair Found in Holmes’ Building, - TBITER FROM HIM 10 QUINLAN New York Saloons Must Close To- morrow. MR. LONG NOT WANTED gees CHICAGO, July 27.—A mass of human hair clotted with blood was found today in the search of Insurance Swindler Holmes’ basement. A number of bones were also found today. The hair was apparently that ef a woman. The hair was brown, about twelve inches long, end was found clinging to the damp earth from which the bones were dug. The police aJso found a letter from Holmes to Pat Quinlan, to which much importance Is attached. Holmes’ Letter. ‘The letter is as follows: . July 18, 1895. “Dear Pat—Among their other fool theories, they think you took the Pitzel boy to Michigan, and either left him there or put him out of the way. I have alwrys told them that I never asked you to do anything iNegal, but they are bull-headed. On the 12th I saw you at the factory, I think. Can't you show where you were all the rest of the month? If they question you or threaten to arrest you, tell them y- thing there fs to tell about this or any oth: er matters. They may want to know if you were in Cincinnati or Indianapolis about October 12. It is well for you to be able to know where you were working. I am awfully sorry, Pat. for I Rave always tried to make things easy for you. When Minnie killed her sister I needed you the worst way, but would not drag you into it. If the detectives go to New York, as I want them to, they would find where Min- nie took them by boat. I have done no killing, Pat. One by one they are finding them alive. ‘Minnie wiil not come here as long as there is any danger of her being arrested. A Boston man knows where she is, and her guardian (Mossie H. Watt) will, at a proper and safe time, go to her. Let your wife write me anything you wish. Not oftener than two times a month. Direct H. H. Holmes, county prison, lth and Reed streets, Philadelphia. { cannot write many letters to you. I am doing all I can for all. Expect to hear shortly from you. Give my love to your wife and Cora. Tell her I have a tame mouse and spider to keep me company. My food is the worst part here. Clarence Phillips’ restaurant at its worst would be fine compared with it. I only eat once a day. Shall be out of it Sooner than you expect. They kept Mrs. P. shut here six months when we would have let her out on bail. Made a fool of her. Write soon and free. Ask any ques- tion you want to. Georgiana is visiting her mother. Went about two weeks ago. With Tegards to all, H. H. H. (Pencil mem.)—If you see Tfedt tell him I am much obliged to him. ‘The police believe that the chain of evi- dence against Pat Quinlan is now com- plete and Holmes’ ex-janitor will be tried for murder here. < Will Try Quinlan. “IT won't allow Quinlan to become a state's witness to escape the rope,” said Chief of Police Badenoch today. “I be- Neve in hanging murderers, and I believe Quinlan is a murderer. I shall make every effort to have Holmes brought here for trial, for Chicago was his center of operations and most of his killing was done here. I have enough evidence to in- dict botn Holmes and Quinlan, and the ease will be submitted to the grand jury, soon.” = Only Sheep Bones. The bones found today developed upon examination into soup bones from an in- mocent but choice sheep, instead of the ghastly remains of a slaughtered human being, as the police at first announced. Af- ter the find had been examined by a phy- sician the detectives admitted that they had been misled regarding the bones, but still insisted the hair found was from a human head. ———-—— DRY AS A KILN. New York's Prospects for Quiet and Order Tomorrow. - NEW YORK, July 27.—“It will be as dry as a kin tomorrow,” was the remark made by Acting Chief of Police Conlin when he wes asked today how the excise law would be enforced in the city. Chief Conlin said that he would not give frspectors any additional instructions as to how the law should be enforced. He added: “My instructions to the men ywere plain enough at first, and I know of nothing to add to what I have already said. I shall see to it that the men carry out my instructions, and I expect that the law will be enforced tomorrow as it has never been enforced before.” ‘The City Vigilance League members will be ail about the city tomorrow, and there will be few saloons in the city which will Fot be visited some time during the day or night. Commissioner Roosevelt has assured the secretary of the league that the board ‘will co-cperate with the league, and that wherever a violation of the law was dis- coverad it would be considered against the police captain of the precinct. —_—_—_—_ PERSONA NON GRATA. Coausul General Long is Barred by Private Complaints. CITY OF MEXICO, July 27.—James B. Long, for whom there was recently made an application to the secretary of foreign affatrs for the issuance of an exequatur permitting him to officiate as United States consul general at Chihuahua, has been re- fused on the score that he Is persona non ‘The refusal is based on a report ed to Ignacio Mariscal and sub- scribed to by Governor Aheumada of Chi- huahua, in which private information was ‘given regarding Long's action, but the na- ture of this is not known. It is learned at the State Department that James B. Long, to whom the Mexican government is reported to have refused an exequa was really named as United States commercial agent at the small town of Paral in the state of Chihuahua, and not as consul general at Chihuahua, wiich of- fice does not exist. The place is worth Nothing in emoluments and has no salary allowance. Mr. Long, who is a native cf Pennsylvania, is a resident o€ Paral, and At the suggestion of the United States con- sul at Chihuahua, based on a desire to have ne at hand to look out for American ts in Paral, the State Department selested him as a commercial agent. If the Mexican government has declined to issue recognition, which !t unquestionable right to do, the him a certificate of has an w the place to go without an agent. ———— Northwestern Regatta. ST. CLAIR, Mich., July 27.—The post- es of the Northwestern Amateur Association were pulled off this fhe wind was stiff and the water The senior single scull A. Rumohr, Toronto, in s Van Damme of the Mutuals 2.07, and R. N. Johnson of the suts third. Time not taken. four-vared gig race was taken by time, 11.24. senior double sculis Toronto rowed the course alone, the Mutuals having r home. Time, 11.50. started in the senior pair oars to ntrance money, and Toronto rowed he course alone in 15.31. —_——. -— A Lonely Voyager Safe. YORK, July The Gerntan Taormina, which arrived this om Hamburg, reports that on n iatitude 45.10, longitude 40, Richard K. Fox, Capt. M ‘ox sailed from bound for Queens- only companion ak. Factional Fight Splits an Ohio Oounty Convention. Gov. Campbell Heads One Fragment He and Sorg Are Chosen Delegates, HAMILTON, Ohio, July 27—The demo- crats of Butler county met today to select delegates. The two factions came out with immense forces to carry their side. The main fight was on securing the majority in the central committee for silver. The con- vention was called to-order in the opera house, but it was not large enough for the eceasion, and on account of the war be- tween the factions there was a split. One faction adjourned to the court house, with ex-Goy. Campbelb as presiding officer, while the other faction remained in the opera house, with Allen Andrews as chairman of the convention. The excitement was intense and for a time pandemonium reigned. It finally be- came necessary to order out the police force to keep order. The court house park convention elected James E. Campbell and Paul J. Sorg as delegates at large to the state convention. The regular delegation selected was H. C. Gray, Peter Schwab, David Pierce, John F. Neilan, Christian Benninghoffen, E. B. Bun- dy of Middletown and Alf. Demoret of Morris township. Campbell's convenffon represents sound money, and Andrews’ con- vention free silver. —_.>__ STRICKEN NEGRO COLONISTS. for Food to Them Alive. EAGLE PASS, Texas, July £7.—United States Consul Parks has wired to Assistant Secretary Adee, at Washington, requesting that the government furnish from San An- tonfo several thousand rations with which to-feed the hundreds of starving negroes returning from the Ellis colony at the Tlahulaio. Fifty-four negroes are at Jaral, where they have been fed by Station Agent Bailey of the Mexican International road. Over two hundred are at Torron, and hun- dreds more are on thelr way from the colony. Small pox has appeared among them, .and fifteen have been isolated by the atfnorities at Torron. Others are suf- fering from a peculiar and fatal disease of which paralysis is 2 prominent symptom. Manager Johnson of the Mexican Interna- tional road has offered to transport the colonists to Texas, if so requested by the Mexican authorities. Consul Parks has re- ceived, by wire, this notice from the mayor of Torron: “Thanks to the humane and energetic action of Consul Parks, it is ex- pected ample provision will be made to feed and shelter these’ unfortunates on their arrival, where quarantine regulations may cause their detention for some time: ——— A SHOCKING ACCIDENT. —_ Appeal Keep An Enginer at the New Power House Caught in 2 Fiy Wheel. An accident that came near proving fatal occurred this morning shortly after 9 o'clock at the new power house of the Metropolitan Railroad Company, at 4% and O streets southwest, when H. W. Fiske, a man of fifty-one years’ of age, was shock- ingly injured because of the carelessness of some individual unknown. In company -with several other workmen, Mr. Fiske, who is an erecting ewsineer in the employ of the Providence Steam En- gine Company, was engaged in fitting a portion of one of the Greene engines con- nected with the multipolar generator which supplies the métive power for the new electric system of propulsion being intro- duced by the Metropolitan company. Dragged Beneath the Wheel. While. standing on the axle of the im- mense Ay wheel, with his mind fixed on the work, Mr. Fiske was startled to feel that the axle was cevolving. In the hope of sav- ing himself he jumped to a wooden beam nearby, but it gave way with a crash, and the engineer was precipitated to the bottom of the wheel pit. Before he could move he was dragged beneath the revolving wheel, the space be- tween the same and the cement flooring being less than one foot. In Jess time than it takes to tell it the unfortunate man had suffered a compound fracture of the right jeg, a lacerated wound on the left hand, contusions of the back and shoulders and an abrasion of the left leg. A heavy i casting which fell at the same time as a Mr. Fiske was smashed. Due to a Senseless Spectator. ‘The wheel, which had been set in motior by the shifting of a lever by some person among the many spectators watching the erection of the engine, was quickly stop- ped, and half a dozen of his fellow work- men lifted the injured man from his pre- carious position. The fact that the man had been badly” injured quickly spread about the neighborhood, and in a few mo- ments a surgeon with several members of the ambulance corps reached the scene from the hospital of the Washington Bar- racks, which is but half a block distant from the new power house. Several other physicians were also summoned, but it was decided to send Mr. Fiske to the Emer- ency Hcspital. Beat the latter institution his injuries were attended to, and this afternoon the sur- geons stated that he was resting quietly, and will probably recover. Fiske was sent to this city about two months ago by the Providence Steam En- gine Company especially to erect the en- gines for the Metropolitan Company. He resided, with his wife and child, at 1212 6th street southwest. ——— THE MASSEY-PILOT JURY. at the Various Verdicts That May Be Rendered. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star, NORFOLK, Va., July 27.—The Massey- Pilot jury asked for instructions this morn- Ing, which were argued in secret session, only the judge and counsel being present. ‘The instructions were given, and there are two reports current—one eine the eres ve mpensatory damages, the eS inst tue Senttct will compel each side to pay its own costs. A later telegram says Massey will secure 3 verdfet, but that the jury is divided between actual and vin- dictive damages. —_——_ ‘HE REPORT DENIED. Guessing It is Stated That Campos Was Not Wounded. HAVANA, July 27.—There is no truth in the reports circulated saying that the sons of Capt. Gen. Martinez de Campos were wounded in the charge which the former led agalitst the insurgents at the battle of Valenzuela. ———— Exenped a Serious Accident. Careless work on the part of a squad of tree trimmers, at about 1 o'clock this after- nocn, cn Pennsylvania avenue between 21st and 22d streets northwest, came within an ace of injuring the passengers on two cable trains of the Washinxzton and George- town railroad. These trains were approach- ing each otker, when, without warning be- ing given, a limb of a tree was allowed to fall into the street. It was over six inches in diameter and heavily weighted with branches. It reached to ‘he far track of the road and feli immediately in front of the eastbound grip car. There was a great cloud of dust raised, but fortunately no damage was done. Had the limb fallen a second later it would kave struck the ca- ble train between the grip and trailer, and serious injury would certainly have result- ed. The passengers generally cxpressed in- dignation at the carelessness of the work- men. ——._—_ Today at Alexander Island. The Ol Dominion Jockey Club was fa- vored with perfect weather for their meet- ing today and had a very good attendance. A very good card was on, and with the track in first-class shape a good day's sport was looked for. Five books were on. First race, four and a half furlongs, at Alexander Island today, resulted: Morris- sey, Carson, 4 to 1, first; Grampian, A. Moore, 15 to 1, second; Tolosa, Coleman, 4 to 1, third. Time, 57% seconds. THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, JULY 27, 1895—TWENTY PAGES. Chat With a Washingtonian Who Knows the Indians. FEARLESS, BOT NOT TROUBLESOME Jackson Hole is a Bad Spot, With Tough Citizens. TRAITS OF THESE INDIANS ——————— Information about the Bannack Indians is at a premium, now that the telegraph wires are heavy with more or less sensa- tional statements regarding the alleged outbreak of that tribe near the Fort Hall reservation, Idaho. Mr. W. P. Ramsey, an officer of the 2oast survey, was for nearly five years employed on this reservation by the United States government, and is thor- oughly well acquainted with the character- istics and circumstances of the tribe. He said to a Star reporter this morning: “In the summer of 1885 I was appointed by Mr. Atkins, who was then Indian com- missioner, as farmer on the Fort Hall reservation, and I served at Fort Hall from that time until the 1st of December, 1890, in different capacities. During part of the time I acted as agent and also as clerk, as well as farmer, and my duties in the latter capacity took me all over the reservation to give the Indias instructions in agriculture. I would sometimes be absent. for weeks, and I frequently lived with the Indians in their huts. There are two tribes of In- dians on the Fort Hall reservation, the Bannacks andi the Shoshones. Theres are about 450 of the Bannacks and 1,050 or 1,100 ef the Shoshones. This reservation contains almost all of the Rannacks in this country. They are exclusive, and as they will not marry out of their tribe they are rapidly dying out, and it will only be a question of a few years before they are entirely exterminated. Bannacks Are Big Men. “The Barnacks are very large people, and ere fine, manly locking specimens of humanity. It is rere to see an adult Ban- nack less than six feet high. They are brave, courageous and fearless, and if forced to fight will fight like fiends. The ‘Bannacks can never be whipped except by extermination, as they will never surren- der if aroused to a fightirg pitch. In this they differ from the Shoshones, who are agricultural Indians, and ere spiritless and quiet. The Bannscks are not agricultural by nature, and they will only raise hay. But although they are always ready to fight if made the subjects of aggression, they are not eager for a row, as they are intelligent enough to know that if they should go on the warpath their numbers are so small that they would be easily cvercome. One of the Bannack braves once sald to me: ‘No good for Bannack to fight. Not enough of him. Soldiers come like grass. Bannack cleaned out." “I do not believe that the Bannacks could possibly today muster one hundred and eighty-five warriors all told on the Fort Hall reservation, and to do this they would have to take in all the old men and cripples. They have no arms to speak of and they are very pcorly equipped for a row. I have letters from there frequently, and all my information is to the effect that the Indians are in a peaceful frame of mind, and that there is no trouble at all on the reservation. A letter received ten,days ago from . persona] friend, Mr. wis Main of this city, who is now the farmer on the reservation, gave no hint whatever of any symptoms of disquiet among the Indians. It is my opinion that the reports that have come from the west about this so-called outbreak are highly sensational and are probably founded on flimsy facts. Trouble About Hunting Rights. “This whole trouble,” continued Mr. Ramsey, “is a matter of state's rights more than anything. The treaty between the Indians and the United States, made, I think, in 1808, gave the Bannacks the right to hunt on the public domain, and the question now is whether the admis- sion of Idaho and Montana into the Union repealed that right or not. Personally I do not think it has ever been repealed, and that the Indians have as great a privilege to hunt on the public lands as have the whites. Every year the Indians go out to hunt beyond the reservation and they al- most invariably go to the agency Yor per- mission. The agent gives to those Indians whom he can trust passes that are made out in regular form, stating the name of the Indian, the place that he has chosen for his hunting ground and the period that he desires to remain. There are some fifty or sixty bad Indians on this reser- vation who cannot be trusted away from the agency. These Indians, however, often go without permission, and it is probably some cf them who are causing the pres- ent trouble. They will go out and take their chances, but they never go in nar- ties of more than four individuals. They are good enough hunters to know that it is impossible to capture game with larger parties. Their plan of action is to go to the center of the territory they have chosen for a hunting ground and after se- lecting a camp, scatter in different direc- tions. Each man will take up a position on sume favorable spot and sit motionless for hours waiting for game. They do not stalk the game as the white man does, but wait for it to come near them. When seen from a distance the Bannack hunts- man looks more like the stump of a tree or a stone than a_ human being, so still does he sit. The Bannack always leaves bis blankets and feathers at home when he goes on a hunting trip, as he knows well that there is a peculiar odor about the articles cf attire that is easily dis- tinguished by the game. He consequently wears white man’s clothes. But as 2 mat- ter of fact the Bannacks almost all wear such garments. A Tough Settlement. “Jackson Hole is a very tough com- mtrity. It is located about a hundred and twenty miles from the railroad and is in- habited by a squad of settlers who subsist mainly upon the game they kill on the government lands. They are, as a ru! rather desperate characters and bitterly resent the privilege given to the Indians to hunt off the reservation. They have been known in the past to forcibly inter- fere with their right to do so. There is a game law on the statute books that re- stricts the hunting to certain periods of the year, but it is a dead letter and I have never known it to be enferced against the white man. “In 1889 this neighborhood was infested with lawless people, and the state authori- ties of Idaho and Wyoming requested the agent to furnish them with a squad of Indian police from the reservation to help in a raid that was going to be made on a gang of cattle thieves located at Jackson Hole. There was also some in the Teton basin in Idaho. We sent out fourteen mounted Indian police, but there were no arrests made that year. The next year the white authorities made a raid and captured several of the outlaws, some of whom are now serving sentenc and killed one or two of the cattle thieves. I mention this to show the character of the people who are now raising the outcry against the Ban- nacks. None of the neighbors of the In- dians living near the reservation fear them at all, as they are well enough acquainted with them to know that the Bannack is not looking for trouble and will not seek it of his own accord. When the Bannacks go out on the warpath they will leave their squaws behind and will go meaning busi- ness. There will be no doubt whatever of their intentions. The last trouble with the Bannacks was the war in 1878, and since then they have been perfectly peaceable. Peace and Quiet at Fort Hall. “Fort Hall is sixteen miles from the agency. It was abandoned as a military post In 1882, and, being turned over to the Interior Department, was fitted up as an industrial school for the Bannacks and Shoshones. There is now a large farm con- nected with the school, which has about 1 people. I can safely say that there is no town or county in this country which will compare with the Fort Hall reserya- tion for peace and quiet. I acted as chief of police for nearly five years and I never saw a more tractable, docile lot of people than the Hannacks. There is an Indian court at the agency, consisting of a chief justice and two associate justices. I think the most A KNOWN QUANTITY. It is the practice of The Ste: to print on Saturday a sworn statement of ite circulation day by day for the preceding week. It would seem self- evident that the advertiser is entitled to this protection. Below will be found the statement for the week just past. F The average circulation exhibited is believed to be much more than the combined circulation of the other Washington dailies, and fully five times that of its afternoon contem- porary. Circulation of The “Evening Star.” SATURDAY, July 20, 1895. ~ 35,184 MONDAY, July 22, 1995..... 20,524 TUESDAY, July 93, 1805. 29,546 WEDNESDAY, July 24, {895 29,986 THURSDAY, July 25, 1695. 29,937 FRIDAY, July 26, 1595... 1 solemnly awear that the above statement rep- resents only the mumber of copies of THE EVEN" ING Srak circulated duting the six secular days end- ing Friday, Juiy® 26, 1895—that {s, the pum- ber of copies actially’sold, delivered, furnished or mailed, ‘purchasers or subgeribers, coptes so couated were returned to or remain in the office unsold. , J. WHIT. HERRON, Cashier Evening Star Newspaper Co. Subscribed and sworn to before me this twenty-seventh day of July, A. D. 1895. JNO. C. ATHEY, Notary Public, D. C. that at present it is composed of two Ban- nacks and one Shoshone. This court tries all cases of minor offenses committed on the reservation, and metes out punishment to the Indians. Offenses against ‘he state jaws are punished, of course, more severely and criminals are promptly turned over to the state authorities.” AN OLD INDIAN FIGHTER’S VIEWS. An Army Officer Talks About the Belligerent Tribe. Officars on duty at the War Department are rather timtd about expressing thelr views on the subject of the Indian out- break in the Jackson Hole country. One of them stated to a Star reporter today that this reluctance was due to the fact that Secretary Lamont was oppos2:d to their talking for publication. This officer is an old Indian fighter, and he cons2ated, how- ever, to give some detalls about the Ban- nack Indians, on condition that his name was not used. He said that the reservation occupied by the Bennacks had been devas- tated years ago, go far 1s its hunting quali- ties are concerned, and thelr only hunting grounds now. are many.miles to the north- ward, being in the vicinity of the Yel- lowstone Park. Tho Bannacks are warlike Indians, who prefer hunting to work of any kind. With them manual labor is fit only for squaws, and a buck who should w would scon find himself din disgrace with his own and other tribes. About this time of the year the Indians usually re 1 mission to go on shert hunting expediti off their reservation. What game is ob- tained is usuaily smoked and-dried for the winter. It is while the Indians are on these hunt- ing trips that the traders incite them to acts of mischief. Violence Is. frequently precipitated by some crooked transaction on the part of a rascally white man. It is agreed by pearly ali army officers,who have had experience with the Indians, that al- most every sporaiic outbreak during the past few yeurs. was due, in the first in- stanc2, to the double dealing of white trad- ers. They have an iiterest in making trou- he, and do what they can to incite the In- Gians to acts of violenee, Then they hasten to call upon the government for protec and make urgent. eppeals for troops. presence of troops is. a great source of rev- enue to the traders, and they resort io all means to secure it. The soldiers and their horses require food, and this food has to be purchased from the traders, and it is sald to be for this money that most of the re- ports of Indian troubles are started. Gen, Henry's Views. in a recent Antefview on this subject Gen. Henry briefly $xpressed the views of a great many Andian fighters in the fol- towing words: ‘The Indian is human, and when he is attacked he tries to defend himself, and, of ¢ourse, ‘blood is spilled. To add to the horrors, a Bannack Indian believes that he. will never go to the happy hunting grounds if he does not scalp his victim. But, once the soldiers appear, the Bannacks, unless they aré massed in large numbers, will not fight, but will go back to the reservation.. Their war, ghost and sun dances, amqunt,to nothing; they mere- ly give examples of the egotism, the bluff- ing nature, of the Indian. “yike the Sioux, the Bannacks have a wholesome respect for the soldiers. They know that if they really went on the war- path Uncle Sam's men would crush them, And taey will think a long time before they lose the power they now wield over the other nations, They know that after such a war is ended a few hangings ensue, and if there is anything an Indian dreads it is the possibility of being strung up. An Indian believes that in the case of a natural death the soul leaves the hody through the mouth and goes tmmedi- ately to the happy hunting ground. Conse- quently, he thinks that if en Indian be hanged the soul cannot escape. Some years ago three very bad Indians were hanged at one of the trading posts, and the spec- tacle of their bodies dangling from the ropes for days proved a wholesome lesson.” MR. Prosecuting an Editor and a Reporter “for Libel. ‘This afternoon in the Police Court Prose- cuting Attorney Mullowny called for trial the case of Jay F. Durham, editor, and Chas. J. Roman, reporter, of the Washing- ton News, charged by Lawyer Thomas L. Jones, colored, with criminal libel in publishing a report of a Police Court case, in which the lawyer was referred to as a “capper.” The defendants were represent- cd by Messrs. Lipscomb and Turner. Lawyer Jones testified that he considered he had been injured by the publication of the article, which, he said, is untrue. So far as he knew, neither of the defendants had any grudge or ill feeling against him. “What is ‘capping?’ Mr. Lipscomb wanted to know of the prosecuting witne: ‘\s 1 understand it,” answered witne: “jt means the offering of service: Mr. Lipscomb asked him if a laws offered his services was not know “shyster,” and the man employed lawyer to get business for him a “c Witness said that possibly such case. Witness sald that the article had put him in the light of asking for business, and violating the rule of the court, which, he sald, he had never done. Randolph W. Smith, a reporter on the News, gave evidence as to the positions held by the defendan' Reporter Roman testifled in his own be- haif that the article was a mistake. It was a hearsay story with him. He heard the rumor on the street, but just who told him about it he could not remember. When he wrote the story he thought he was doing what was right. Defendant said he had not known Jones, and that he wrote the story the first day he had done any report- ing in the Police Cturt. ‘Defendant was asked why he did not make a correction, and he said he did. The alleged correction was shown the court, and Judge Miller remarked that it was a correction which did not correct. Editor Durkam ‘also gave evidence. He explained the publication of the article and the retraction; ‘Defendant said he had never sean or heard of Jones until this mat- ter came up. 3 aid that he had brought the case cnly because he sought a vind tion. He said he had no ill-feeling against the newspaper people, and even now, he said, if they would promise him a full ve- traction he would aSk the court to dismiss the case. This Mr. Lipscomb was not prepared to do. He thought there had been no viola- tion of law, and ix4h @mself and his col- league were ready to argue the case. Judge Miller will hear the arguments Morday. EX-CONSUL WALLER|W4 'N THE CAMP/FINANCE AND TRADE His Defense, Which He Was Not Permitted to Make. TENIAL OF THE CHARGES MADE No Mention in Letters of French Military Movements. STATE DEPARTMENT WAITING Ex-Consul Waller has written a letter to his stepson, Paul Bray, inclosing a copy of the remarks which he had. expected to make befcre the French court-martial by which he was tried in Tamatave, but which it appears, he did not have an opportunity to deliver. Mr. Waller's letter is dated in the prison at Marseilles June 12 and was received here a day or two since through the State Department. The document is interesting, in that it reveals somewhat more of the details of the offense with which Waller was charged than have yet for yalutible’consideration, to bona fide } been made public, and also because it con- ‘and that none of the | tains Mr. Waller's version of the occur- l rence, which he has not heretofore had an opportunity to give to the public. The document Is as follows: ‘pid Not Give Information. “To the honorable judge: I do not know whether a wotd from the accused will have. very much welgnt with you or not, but I thank you for the privilege of speak- ing in my own behalf. “I am charged with having violated arti- cle — of the penal code by cotresponding with the enemy and ‘giving him informa- tion as to the movements of French troops in this place. This charge, I am sure, can- not be sustained, nor believed by the hon- orable court when your honors shall have made a careful and impartial examination of the letters to my wife, Mr. Tessie and the young Hova. I call the attention of the court to the fact that in none of these letters are any of the movements of the French army in Madagascar or elséwhere mentioned nor referred to in any way. It seems to me that this fact cannot be ignored or overlooked, which fact alone should warrant an acquittal of the ac-[ , because it follows that in order to violate the article of the code under which I am charged it must be clearly proven that the accused has corresponded with the enemy to the extent of laying before him the military movements and operations of the army of the republic. I maintain that the letters now before your honors will admit of no such construction when placed under an Impartial and fair analysis, which I am quite sure you will do in this case. Mention of Private Wrongs. “2. It will be found that I refer in the legers to my wife to certain wrongs done by certain soldiers, whom I did not rame because unable to do so; but the mention of these has nothing to do with the military operations of the army. Indeed. I shoald feel sorry to see an army operating in that way. I am sure your honors would not hesitate to condemn to your wives and friends in the strongest terms all such deeds. Every gazette in France would condemn such deeds, and I believe that nine out of ten French soldiers in your army would denounce and condemn them. Why, then, should I be sent to prison for twenty years for the mention of these wrongs to my wife and friends? “The honorable judges will notice that I refer in the letter to my wife to two as- saults made upon me by certain soldiers, whose names I am unable to give. As to the first of these attacks, I informed the French authorities, through the United Stat: consul, acting. Subsequently the chief of the French police called at my house in Madagascar, without the clear establishment of which charge I contend that I could not be imprisoned even for a day. Should Have the Benefit of Doubt. “I should not fail to call the attention of the honorable judges to the fact that in all criminal matters where one is on trial, charged with a grave offense, all the cir- cumstances of the case must be taken into consideration, and the accused given the benefit of every reasonable doubt. “The eourt will see all the extenuating circumstances surrounding the case. Again I maintain’ that the court should even as- certain, so far as possible, the future inten- tions of the accused under a charge of this kind to find it possible whether it is the intention of the accused to remain here, whether he has actual arrangements with the enemy to assist them against the army of the republic. “The letters and the evidence will show the contrary, which is a circumstance that should be placed in my favor in com- ing to a judgment in this case. The time of my departure from the capital, Septem- ber 13 or 14, 1894, must not be lost sight of. Men Who Robbed Him. “I have explained the Draper and Purdy matter with me, ard how they have robbed and then made a laugh about it,-and that they have been paid money by me on a ccrtract, which they have never even at- tempted to perform, which failure has re- suited in a loss to me of mere than $10,- 000. “It is these men whom _ I ‘ actually mean in my letter, and who I designated as D. and P., having before warned my wife against them and mentioned them as | D. and P. in a postscript to the letter. “While it is clear to me that it was in- discreet to make such mention of them, yet I cannot believe that this honorable court will, after a careful and impartial examination of all the cireumstances and facts of this case, decide that I have vio- lated article — of the penal code. ance has always been noted for her of justice and lberty and for her broad and generous treatment of all of whatever nationality, and I believe that in the careful, deliberaté judgment and wisdom of your honors, you will not close the door of the world against a man who bears no ill will to France, and who has rever borne arms against you.” Awaiting Information. The officials of the State Department are at present anxiously awaiting information from Ambassador Eustis as to the man- ner in which the second demand for the record of the Waller court-martial has been received in France. It is now learn- ed definitely that the French government refused to furnish the record upon the fi presentation of the request, and that this refusal was met on the part of the State Department by a more positive and pressing demand for all the papers. department is irformed by Ambass Bustis that this de has been ed to the French authorities. has been quite sufilcient time for a reply, but none has been received. The delay would seem to indicate that the French autherities appreciate the situation to an extent at least, and while apparently not prepared te change front without due con- sideration, are yet dispcsed to delay an- other refusal as long as it can be done under diplomatic usage. Se They Were Hot Restrained. In a notice yesterday of a suit begun by the Columbia Chemical Company against Manfred! Lanza, the Animal Extract Com- pany and others, it was inadvertently stat- love ed that the Hammond Sanitarium Com- pany some time aZo secured an order from the court restraining the Columbia Com- pany from prep#cing and selling certain extracts The facts were just the opposite as show! recorés. The Columbia Compan: h jast, ina suit against the Hammond Sanitarium Company, Wm. A. Hammond and Mahlon Hutchinson, se- cured an order restraining the defendants from magufacturing, 4dvertising or sélling certain animai extracts discovered by Dr. Hammond. —— Worked the Flim am Game, Yesterday afternoon W. C. Wallace, w is in business at 12th and « streets, had a customer with whom he had so! trouble about making change. When his customer had departed the merchant discovered that he had been victimized by a man who had worked on him the flim-flam game to the amount cf $6. McKinley Agents Working to Secure Perry Oarson’s Downfall. Program to Be Followed by Local Republican Politicians in the Forthcoming Campaign. The politicians of republican proclivities are all agog today over the arnouncement among them that the managers of McKin- ley’s campaign here held a conference yes- terday with a majority of the members of the republican central committee for this city. While the managers of Mr. McKin- ley’s campaign are dumb to all inquiries made as to the significance of the confer- ence, one of the colored gentlemen of that committee has vouchsafed the information that the result of the conference will be an aggressive campaign from now on until the convention is held in the interest of McKinley. He says that the members of the central committee have assured the McKinleyites that they will not antagonize their campaign here, and will not give en- couragement to the opposition. The con- ference of yesterday was the sole topic for discussion today among the politicians that frequent the vicinity of the city hall, and the McKinley people are taking much en- couragement from the situation. The McKinley people, of which Mr. Chas. J, Ortlip seems to be the head, have, up to this time, refused to publicly® antagonize the candidacy of Perry Carson for the dele- gateship to the republican national conven- tion, but the conference seems to have re- assured them, and rumor today is to the effect that they will fight Carson down to the last ditch, and will,if they are defeated by him, carry their contest into the national convention. The McKinley people, it is ru- mored, have been able to bring to their support the men here, who, as contractors, siye employment to hundreds of laboring colored men, and one of these contractors said to a representative of The Star today that while he was not inclined to force his employes into the support of the inen who are candidates from this city to the na- tional convention in the interest of Mc- Kimley,yet he thought that it was his duty, since he’ was favorable to McKinley, to in- struct his laborers to only vote for such men to the District convention as were in favor of McKinley. For Perry Carson’s place the McKinley people are throwing their support to Rob- ert Keys of South Washington. Gleeson Making Alliances. The Star's announcement yester@ay that Carson was opposed to Andrew Gleeson as bis associate ‘on the delegation from this city. has caused Mr. Gleeson’s friends to hold a conference, at which it was deter mined to throw their support to Ortlip as Gleeson's successor, The program of the McKinleyites is to elect two delegates from this city to the next convention who are favorable to Mr. McKinley’s candidacy. If tey can do this, they will, in the primaries, instruct the delegates to vote for McKinley. If they cannot, they will attempt to have the men who do.go to the convention to go unin- structed. There is to be held at Guen’s Hall next Thursday evening a mass meeting of the republicans of the District. M. J. Foley is engineering the meeting, and while it is known that Mr. Foley is favorably dis- posed to the candidacy cf Senator Allison as the republican nominee for the presi- dency, yet he disclaims that the, meeting isin Mr: Allison's interest. There will be held this evening a confer- ence of the District leaders, which the poli- ticians are awaiting with much anxiety, as it is to be held to ascertain just how the participants stand on the subject of nomi- nation seekers in their own party. —— HONORED BY HIS ASSOCIATES. Detail of Firemen to Attend Assintant Chief Lowe's Funeral. At the funeral of Assistant Chief Lowe the fire’ department will be represented by six pallbearers, as follows: W. A. Shedd, engineer No. 1; J. B. Kurtz, foreman No. 3; J. T. Young, foreman No. 8; G. H. Giles, assistant foreman No. A. M. Donaldson, private No. 8; J. H. Oliver, hostler, truck B. Chief Parris will attend the funeral as representing the department, and Fire Mar- shal W. O. Drew and Mr. H. F. Ash, clerk of the department, will also be present. In addition to these there will bé’a detail of about forty members. of the department, who will be ordered out for the purpose by Chief Parris. The detail was completed today with the exception of one or tw, names. It will be in charge of Assistan Chief Engineer W. T. Belt. It will be com- posed of the following members: No. 1 company, Private F. M. Cornwell, Private R. A. Corbey; 2 Foreman James Keliher, E Robinson, Privaté J. D. Sullivan; No. 3 company, Assistant Foreman W. E. Robert- son, Privates James Frazier, John Kani No. 4, Private G. J. Brown and Private G. A. McGuire; No. 5 company, Engineer J. B, Angel, Hostler R. R. Allen; No. 6 company, Private J. A. Merryman, Private H. W. Wright, Assistant Foreman J. W. Smith; No. 7 company, Privates T. H. Gar- rison, M. J. Barry and F. G. Bernhardt; No. 8 company, Engineer William Riggs; No. 9 company. Fireman J. B. O'Connor, Private E. Raum; No. 10 company, Fire- man James Gaghan, Private J. F. Willig, Priyate T. McGarry; Truck A, Private J. T. Rossiter, Private J. E. Hooper and Private J. A, Sullivan; Truck 8, Tillerman T. P. Gureell, Private P. J. Hollohan. Chief Lowe's headguarters, Truck B, New Hampshire avenue and M street, will be draped in mourning for thirty days. ee PROSPECTIVE NEW BRIDGE. Survey Commenced for a Structure Over Eastern Branch, Major Charles E. L. B. Davis today ad- dressed a letter to Mr. Arthur E. Randle, stating that he had commenced the sur- vey of the site of a bridge across the Avacostia river from the foot of South Capitol street to Congress Heights. The jest Congress passed a bill providing an appropriation to begin the work of placing a bridge at this point, and Major Davis is carrying out its provisions. ASSISTANT FIRE CHIEF. Denth of Lowe Will Result in Belt's Promotion. The death of Assistant Fire Chief Lowe will result in the appointment ef W. T. Kelt, new second assistant, as his suc- cessor. It is probable that the chief will recommend the promotion of one of the fcremen to Belt’s place, but no recommend- fune- ations will be made until after the tal of the dead assistant, —__.__ DISTRICT GOVERN: ENT. Resignation Accepted. The resignation of J. T. Barnes, pr in the fire department, has been ace: by the Commissioners, and W. J. McElwee has been appointed to the vacancy, sub- ject to twelve months’ probation. Exempt From Taxes. The Commissioners have ordered that lot 14, with improvements, reservation 11, oc- cupied by the Newsboys’ and Children’s Aid Society, be exempt from taxation so long as used for charitable purp: — Died in the, Carringe. This morning there was a sad scene in front of the District building, when a big policeman lifted from a baby carriage the dead body of Mary Jones, a three-months- old child, and took it to the morgue. The dead child’s twin sister was also in the carriags Mrs. Jones, the mother of the child, lives on Connecticut avenue, and this morning she left her home and went to Dr. Goodall's to have him prescribe for the children. On her way to the office the chiid died, and then she went to the health office. The mother was anxious to take the child’: body home with her, but under the law she could not be permitted to do so. ———— Charged With Desertion. A petition for divorce from Mamie C. Shepherd was filed today by Stewart E. Shepherd. They were married here July 1x91, and the petitioner charges that his wife willfully deserted and abandoned him June 29, 1893. Weather and Trunk Line Agreement Brace Things Up. MONEY IN LITTLE DEMAND IN THE WES? Export Movement of Gold Has Collapsed. GENERAL MARKET NEWS Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. NEW YOR! July 27.—The foreign houses were not in sympathy with the ad- vance in the Grangers here yesterday, and London prices came fractionally lower. Though the tone of that market was quoted as firm for “Americans,” there were no orders either way. The room traders started to play for a reaction, but the bulls proved conclusively that they were in control, and after a little hesitation after initial prices the upward movement of yesterday was resumed. Burlington, Rock Island and Northwest were again taken in hand by the Chicago commission houses that were so prominent in yester- day’s advance, the buying being based on good crop weather, though the recent agreement by the trunk lines played a very important part, as it is very evident that the managers haye at last “got to- gether.” “Another favorable development was the announcement that the reorgani- zation committee of United States Cordage Company had secured a majority deposit of bonds in spite of the, opposition of peo- ple of financial power and influence. This, while merely an incident, was regarded by shrewd men in the “street” as proof that when the various railroad reorganizations, now engaging the attention of the most experienced men of finance in this coun- try, are launched, they will be backed by a support which will assure the success of the scheme or schemes which may be "Banks san have gained $4,162,000 in lawful money, thre2-fourths of it legal tenders and -practically all of it from the interior. This and a decrease of three-quarters of a million in the loans makes the statement a distinctly unfavorable one, since it re- flects an absence of demand for money. Scme arrangements,are being made, how- ever, by southern 2nd western banks for accommodations a little later on to move ectton and wheat. The export movement of gold has collapsed, owing partly to the free emission of gold by the Bank of France in connection with the Chinese loan and also for the reason that recent ship- ments are now known to have been for speculative purposes, and those who made them have deservedly fallen into disrepute ae the commercial and financial communi- jes. The detailed statement is as follows: Reserve, increase, $3,505,450; loans, de- crease, $750,500; specie, increase, $928,100; legals, increase, $3,233,500; deposita, in- Sve $2,624,000; circulation, decrease, $9,- The stock market, though largely a wait- ing one so far as activity is concerned this week, has shown great strength, and it now looks as if the larger dea'ers, who have been talking bullish on the Granger stocks on corn crop prospects, had acted upon their convictions in advance of the matur- ity or safety of the crop. A gradual broad- ening of the market is looked for as the corn crop approaches a condition of safety, provided no accident occurs. see ees AND COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL The following are the opening, the high- — est and the iowest and the closing prices of the New York stock market today, as re- ported by Corson & Macartney, members New Yor. stock exchange. Correspondents Messrs. Moore & Schley, No. 80 Broadway. “american TB sy ax Sit merican sugar.. ‘ ‘American Sugar, Pfa. Bin casconiitel American Tobacco. Delaware & Hudson Den. & RK. Grande. Pfd. Dis. & Cattle Feeding. General Electric. Miinois_C je & Nashville Long Island Traction - Metropolitan Traction. Manhattan Flevated. Northern Pacific, North American. Cnt. & Western. Pacifle Mail... Fhila. & Reading. Pullman Pal. Car Co, Southern Railway, Pid. Phila. Traction. . Texas Pacific. Tenn. Coal & Iron. Union Pacific. Wabash... Wabash, Pid. Wheeling & L. Ei s Wheeling & 1. Erie,Pfd. Western Union Tel. Wisconsin Central Silver. Grain and Cotton Markets, Cotton and grain markets, reported by W. B. Hibts, stock, grain and cotton: broker, 1421 F st. Gl IN. High. 7 Open. Wheat—Sept.. Dec Corn—Sep' Di Month, rt. 6.86 6.85 ‘ tet gi 00) bushels; southern. n grade, ‘6: eliow, 2 whit No. TD, 2 nized, 1 4 bushels: 119,989. bushels. and $17-504818.00, Grain freights dull, un ‘Sagar firm, unehanged. Butter firm— creamery, iSal imitation, 14; good ladle, store pa oi Exgs steady —fresh, 10%3. firm, unchanged. by Miss Mary On Saturday, August 3, The Star will be gin the publication of “The Lonz Arm,” story by Miss Mary E. Wilkins, which wor the first prize of $2,000 offered by The Even ing Star in connection with several othe: | newspapers for the best detective story. Out of the Imndreds of stories sent t compete for the prizes offered, the judge awarded the first prize of $2,000 to “Th: Leng Arm,” which proved to have beet written by Miss Wilkins in collaboration Chamberlain. housands of Washington admirer of Miss Wilkins’ delightful stories of Nev England life will be much interested this departure in her choice of subject= The story will begin on Saturday and several daily installments will be re quired for its completion. ————— ‘Tie most expensive short story eve! printed is “The Long Arm, the $2, prize detective story, the first installment o which will be printed in The Star of Sat urday, August 3.