Evening Star Newspaper, July 30, 1895, Page 2

2 eS LATE NEWS BY WIRE Great Interest in Tomorrow's Balti- more Convention. ALL THE TBADERS (N THE SCENE No Ticket Has Been Actually Slated. ALL FACTIONS AT WORK —S a Special Dispatch to Tha Even!ag Star. BALTIMORE, Md., July, 30.—The cor- ridors of the Carrollton Hotel today pre- sert the usual animated appearance inci- dent upon the arrival of delegates to the democratic state convention, which meets at the Academy of Music tomorrow to nominate candidates for governor, con- troller and attorney general. ‘The interest aroused by this campaign, due to the efferts of the’ antl-Gorman fac- tion to wrest the power from the senior Senator, and the activity manifested by the friends and supporters of the several aspirants for the nominaticn, is apparent fn the greatly increased attendance, and the crowd of politicians about the Carroll- ton today is larger than has been seen here ior years. Although the time for the convening of the detegates is less than twenty-four hours distant, it can be stated that no ticket has be-n actually slated, and the eupporters of the several candidates are making -every possible effort to advance the cause of their respective leaders. . State Treasurer Spencer C. Jones ap- , Feared at his headquarters early today ard spent the greater part of the forenoon chatting with his friends in the hotel cor- ridors. The Jones faction declare them- selves as sanguine of success, and say they are in the fight to stay. They claim thirty-nine votes on first ballot. Senator Gorman arrived from Laurel this morning, and will remain untik the con- vention adjourns. The Senator is in com- plete control, but has sent out no positive mUimation of what course he proposes to pursue, and the Hayes men say that this may be taken as significant that Gorman will continue in his supposed acquiescence to the candidacy of the state senator. Senator Gibson arr! from Talbot county today, and all the democratic Con- gressmen as well as the prominent po! cians from all over the city and state are hera, and are waiting for Gorman ‘o show his hand. ‘Th> Hurst boom, reference to which was made in yesterday Star, is assuming larger proportions, and now promlses to be- come a factor of unlooked-for importance. Mr. John KE. Hurst {s a millionaire dry- gocds merchant,-and I. Freeman Rasin and his Heutenants are trying to force Senater Gorman to order Hurst's nomina- ton on the ground that It Is necessary that the democratic nominee should be a man of means. Senator Hayes and the other can- dijates are not wealthy men, and the pro- moters of Hurst’s boom ere working vigor- ously in his behaif. : It should be said that the agitation for Mr. Hurst is entirely confined to Balit- more. The necessity of a wealthy leader fails to impress th> county delegates, and to those who favor Hayes, and the major- ity of the out-of-town delegates do, the fact that the reassessment champion is not a plutoerat is a decided point in his favor. ‘The situation is one that almost defies speculation, although the greater number of politicians. say the contest lies between Hayes, Jone8 and Hurst, but until Gorman serds the final word down the line noth- ing dednite will be known, and until that time the statesmen will be obliged to pos- sess their souls in patience. Notwithstanding the influx of the demo- crats, the’ republican headquarters at the Carrollton, which adjcins the democratic, not been deserted, and Congressmen 5 ‘in arrived this morn- prepared to keep a strict and are ing, watch upon and profit by any inistakes or dissensions among thelr political adver- sarfes. _ = < GALE ON THE LAKES. A Schooner Wrecked Near Lorain, Ohio. LORAIN, Ohio, Juiy —During a heavy gale this morning the schooner Republic, in tow of the steam barge Swallow, coal laden, became waterlogged and sank in forty feet of water, two miles off this port. The tug Cascade succeeded In rescuing all of the crew of eight men, who were cling- ing to the rigging. The schooner and her cargo will probably be a total loss. She is. owned by E. Ewing of St. Clair, Mich. MULWAUK Wis., July 30.—A sudden d storm last night played havoc with the small boats on the lake in this vicinity. With the wind blowing forty miles an hour and every wave dashing over him, Andrew Koon of Bay View clung to the bottom of his capsized sail boat for nearly two hours before he could be rescued. ‘The storm came entirely without warning, and it is feared some of the many craft on the lake may have met with disaster. ogg A RICHMOND SENSATION. ‘Thos, J. Todd and Wife Sued for $10,000 for Slander. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. RICHMOND, Va., July 30.—Miss Loulsa H. Gibson has brought suit against Thos. J. Todd and Mrs, Mattie W. Todd, his wife, for $10,000 damages for alleged slander. No declaration was filed, and the plaintiff has until the 7th of August to make her charges. Mr. Todd is a well-known citizen of Rich- mond and lives on West Grace street. He and Mrs, Todd are influential and zealous members of Grace Street Baptist Church. Dilsa S. Gibscn wes employed by Miller & Rhoades. She will allege that a few months ago Mrs. Todd and two other ladies went to Miller & Rhoades and told the firm that Miss Gibson had made a statement that reflected upon Mrs. W. EB. Hatcher. The ladies demanded the discharge of Miss Gibson, and Messrs. Miller & Rhoades re- luctantiy asked for and received her resig- nation. The plaintiff clams that she has a letter from Miller & Rhoates which intimates, af it does not say so in plain words, that Miss Gibson's resignation was called for solely for the reason that a committee representing a large portion of their pa- trons demanded it. The plaintife denies that she ever utterad a word that reflected in any manner upon Mrs. Hatcher's method of dealing with stores, and declares that she never has heard anything of the sort attributed to herself stated by any one. The statement which it Is alleged Miss Gibson made reflecting upon Mrs. Hatcher, who 1s the wife of Rev. W. KE. Hatcher, D.D., is one which has been the subject of much gossip in this city for some time. Mrs, Hatcher is accused of being a victim of Kleptomanta. ane DEATH FROM APP) NDICITIS. Mr. Robert HW. Gillespie Succumbs to ‘That Peculiar Malndy, Mr. Robert H. Gillespie died at the Gar- field Hospital this morning at 3 o'clock of appendicitis, a few hours after a surgical operation had been performed upon him. Mr. Gillespie reached the hospital yester- day about noon. He then had symptoms of obsiruction of the bowels, accompanied by vomiting and peritonitis. He soon be- came so much worse it was decided by the physicians that if his life was to be saved at ali a surgical operation must be per- formed. Last night the operation was be- gun. In a little while Mr. Gillespie began to sink, and the dociors decided it would be useuss to continua the operation, as he could not live through It. Mr, Gillespfe continued to sink and died this morning at the hour stated. Mr. Gillespie came to Washington from Gall. tin, Tenn. Yle sas unmarried and about thirty-five years of age. He had held no political of- fice prior to his appointment, April 17, 1893. aa chief of the public lands division of the eneral land office. "t's remains will be sent to Tennessee. BLOOD-STAINED TOOLS. They Have Been Found in Quinlan’s Rooms im the “Castle.” - CHICAGO, July 30.—The warrants for the arrest of H. H. Holmes, the msurance swindler and murderer, and Patrick Quia- lan are now hanging fire. They are not taken out for the reason that It is the desire of the complainants to give the police all of the lee way possible before forcing them to act as to Quinlan, the janitér of the “castle,” where human bones were found. Circumstantial evidence is considered a3 showing Quinlan to have been as gullty as Holmes. An important witness against Holmes and Quinlan has been found in a mys- terious bricklayer, who butit a fire box in the castle, which he thinks might have been used as a retort for dead bodies, turned up and told his story. O. M. Knepher of Dickey street came forward and told of jolmes: “He was very familiar with Mrs. Connor. He would be gone from the build- ing several days at a time, and then sud- denly appear and make the statement that he had been away and $1,000." In the tool chests of ick Quinlan in his fiat in the “‘caatle,” there have been found bloody draw shaves, knives and chisels. These stained tools will be sub- jected to chemical tests, to determine whether .the blood is from a human being. Holmes has made a statement in which he claims that Pitael, of whose murder he ia accused, among others, committed suicide in Philadelphia, and that he removed the evidences of suicide so as to obtain the in- surance money. He claims that his busi- ress in Chicago was selling bodes and skeletons to medical schools. CHICAGO, July 30.—Peter Cigrand, father of Emeline Cigrand, who is said to have been murdered by H. H. Holmes, arrived in Chicago today with Philomena Cigrand, sister of the missing girl. With Dr. B. J. Cigrand, a relative, they went to police headquarters, where a secret conference was held with Chief Badenoch and In- spector Fitzpatrick. The search for the acid vats in the basc- ment of the “castle” wag continued. The tank which was uncovered yesterday was forced open, but nothing was found but a few inches of petroleum in the bottom of the vat. Old man Chappell’s story that the tanks were used for dissolving human bodics was largely disproved by today's investigation. Search for other vats was continued, as it was believed that Chap- pell might have been mistaken as to their lecatton. In the course of the further excavation in H. H, Holmes’ 634 street building today the police unearthed parts of two thigh benes, a plece of skull and four smaller Pieces of bone. ee OMAHA FEARS TROUBLE. Dispute Over Control of the Police Force. OMAHA, Neb., July 30.—As the first day of August approaches, the day upo’ which the Churehill-Russell A. P. A. law goes into effect, the interest In police matters becomes intensified among all classes of citizens. Ever since the appointment of Chief of Police White by the present board of fire and police commissioners, and until last Sunday, the opin‘on generally prevailed that an armed conflict was almost un- avoldable if two rival police and tlre com- missions were set up. The police plotters have been in almost constant conference with the members of the radical clement of the A. P. A., of whem Judge Scott ts the head and Attorney Covell, partner of Churchill, the leading light. Nearly all ot the twenty-two policemen who were re- cently dismissed by the present board have been enrolled as a nucleus police force io be organized by the new bozrd, and they boast that all are armed. As a part of the well-laid program, it has been announced that Judge Scott has not adjourne:i his section of the disirict court, and would be on hand to Issue any judicial order required for the plans of the new beard. Yesterday the real inwardness of this statement Lecame mznifest when one of the band tld an officer of the police force that “H—— will be popping next Thursday.” Asked to be more explicit, he said that the plan was to appoint the commissioners under the terms of the Churchill-Russell law, at a late hour Wednesday night, and have then. ready to take possession of the affairs of the police early Thursday morn- ing. If they resisted they were to be ar- rested. These arrests were to be followed by the atrest of Chief of Police White and all of the officers of the force who were not in sympathy with them and who were not ready to do their bidding. Arother part of the alleged scheme was that Scott was to be on hard and issue all writs that might be necessary to ald in erecting the ma- chinery of the new law. Among the more mcderate element of the A. P. A. and the great mass of citizens the universal sentiment is in favor of a settle- ment by the supreme court. —_—_ AURANIA REACHES PORT. The Big Liner Delayed by a Burst Stcampipe. NEW YORK, July 30.—The delayed Curard line steamer Aurania has reached ber pier, with all on board safe and well. Captain McKay reports that on July 26, in latitude 44.18, longitude 55.37, at 8 a.m.,~ during clear ard calm weather, he was obliged to stop the ship, owing to a frac- ture In the main steampipe. The break was ncar the flange, and was about twenty- four inches long. The repairs were com- pleted after a stoppage of thirty-seven hours, The Auranila then proceeded under reduced speed, at the rate of thirteen krots, without further accident, up to the time of arrival. Captain McKay reports that little or no excitement prevailed at the time of the accident. The passengers, when informed of the nature of the damage, and a possible delay in reaching port, received the news with the best of good nature. The dam- aged steampipe will be repaired at this port in time to enable the steamer to sail on Saturday. The Aurania brought 86 saloon, 62 second cabin, and 457 steerage passengers. ——.—__ A BOSTON MYSTERY. Strange Disappearance of a Christian Endeavor Delegate. BOSTON, Mass., July 30.—A most mys- terious affair connected with the recent Christian Endeavor convention here has just come to light. Mrs. E. T. Gardiner cf Arcadia, Neb., whe came here as a deie- gate to the convention, has not yet returned to her home and husband and child, and the report of ner death here is not sup- ported by the records of the health de- partment or by any known facts. Mrs. Gardiner {s thirty-five years old. She had always been apparently healthy, and when her husband recelved from her a letter dated July 15, stating that she was about to die, he was astcunded. Following that letter came sroiher, signed “Mr. J. Brewn of South Bestcn,” who nelther Mr. Gardiner nor any one else knows, stating that the woman was dead, and that in the interest of ecoromy her body would be buried here. The death registers bear no record of any such death, and detectives employed by Mr. Gardiner have failed to find a trace 9f Mrs. Gardiner, dead or alive. It is feared by sme of thuse interested in the casa that Mrs. Gardiner has been spirited away vy thieves, who were at- tracted by the large sum of money and valuable jew2lIry she carried, while some believe she died »nd that her body was secured for dissection purposes. When Mrs. Gardirer was in Boston she did not stay with the rest of the Nebraska delegation at the regular headquarters, but with some friznds, who cannot now be found. ——.—__ A REMARKABLE FIND. Parts of Two $1,000 Bills Discovered in an Attic. A colored woman named Ford, wife of John Robert Ford, a barber, employed in Thomas’ shop, on 14th street near G, who lives in the building formerly occupied by the board of health, found in rummaging up in the attic the halves of two $1,000 bills. They Jooked as if some one had at- tempted to paste them together. Ford took them to his shop, and was there advised to take them to the Treasury Department, which ke did, and they are now in posses- sion of the secret service people. It is said that the pieces have been identified as parts of two bills known to have been stolen. THE TRINIDAD ~ AFFAIR quis of Salisbury presided, and he and all ;racing season, which is of four days’ dura- of Trinidad by Great Britain, and the agi- worth claiming. can governments,” said Mr. Bayard, in con- structions from Washington regarding the Island ef Trinidad. uties today the Itallan emigration question again came up for discussion. plying to Signor Imbriani, said that the es- Ellis Island, N. Y., had been the means of preventing the government of the United States from adopting severe legislation against Italian emigrants. was married today to Miss Ina McNeill, formerly a lady of the bed chamber to the queen, and a cousin of Sir John MeNeill, who married the Duke of Argyll's sister. ‘The ceremony took place at the Palace of Ripon, and was performed by the Bishop of Ripon, who is a cousin of the bride. The wedaing was quiet, owing to the re- cent death of Lord Colin Campbell, fifth gen of the Duke of Argyll. the last night were lacking to complete the :e- majority, a loss of forty-nine votes, and for Donegal, east division, Arthur O'Con- nor, McCarthyite, has been re-elected by a previous majcrity. one of the directors of the Liberator So- cieties and who, By His Own Confession He Has Caused was continued in order to permit State Fire charges against him. By his own confes- THE EVENING STAR, TUESDAY, JULY 30, 1895—-TEN PAGES. QUEEN’S ADVISERS|SOXTRACTS AND WAGES First Meeting of the New British * Oabinet, OPENING OF THE GOODWOOD MEETING Fashionable Wedding in Englich Society, —— LONDON, July 30.—The first cabinet meeting since the general elections was held at the foreign office at noon today. It was expect2d that the speakership would be one of the subjects discussed. The Mar- the cabinet ministers were loudly cheered on arriving at tha foreign office. The Goodwood Racing. LONDON, July 3¢.—The Prince of Wales, the Duke of York and a distinguished party went by train to Chichester today, in order to attend the opening of the Goodwood tien. ‘The weather was cloudy, but the course was in good condition. Mr. Michael F. Dwyer had Primrose Knight and Harry Reed entered for the first race on the card and the Steward’s cup, respectively, but they did not go to the post. The Steward's cup, for which there were twenty-two starters, over the two-year-old course, three-quarters of a mile stralght, was won by A. F. Bassett’s Wise Virgin; J. C. Windover’s Undecided, second, and Baron De itothsckild’s Amandier, third. Harry Reed was also scratched for the ‘West Dean stakes, which was won by the Duke of Portland's Oyster Catcher. The Trinidad Island Affair. LONDON, July 30.—The United States ambassador, Mr. Thomas F. Bayard, re- ferring to the reported seizure of the Island tation in Brazil on that subject, said to a representative of the Associated Press to- day that the incident was a trifling one. The island, he added, was very small, occu- pied only by a few goats, and the British ships merely stopped there to lay a cable. Great Britain, he continued, did not claim the Island of Trinidad; in fact, it is not “Like most South Ameri- clusion, “Brazil is intensely excited over nothing.” Mr. Bayard has not had any jn- Italian Emigration Question. ROME, July 30.—In the chamber of dep- Baron Blane, the minister of foreign affairs, re- tablishment of the emigrants’ bureau on A Fashionable Social Event. LONDON, July 30.—The Duke of Argyll Latest Election Returns. LONDON, July 30.—Reports from two of three parliamentary districts which turns of the general election have been received. For Londonderry, south divisto Thoras Lea, unionist, is re-elected by majority of 662, which is 101 less than his Saved by Death From Trial. LONDON, July 30.—F. Coldwells, for- merly a member of parliament, who was with Jabez A. Balfour, also an ex-member of parllament, and others, was awaiting trial on the charge of conspiracy and fraud, was found dead 1 the garden of his residence at Bourne- mouth yesterday evening. ee A DANGEROUS YOUNG INCENDIA:.¥. Many Fires. . CHELSEA, Mass., July 30.—Henry G. Clark, seventeen years old, was in the municipal court here this morning charged with housebreaking and entering. - His case Marshal Whitcomb to prefer more serious sion the boy is one of the most dangerous fire-bugs in Massachusetts. Last. spring he set fires that caused a loss of more than $50,000. Young Clark's principal fires include the burning of Strahan’s wall paper factory in Chelsea, March 21; of an occupied house here, March 18, and of the Hotel Strath. more, the largest hotel on Crescent Beach, Rowero,April 12. He also broke into the First here and started a fire, Baptist Churca but regretted his action in time to extin- guish the flames. Clark has already served time for in- cendiarism, —-— MICHIGAN FOREST FIRES. Valuable Timber being Destroyed by the Flames, e GLADSTONE, Mich., July 30.—Extensive forest fires are raging to the northwest of this clty, and considerable apprehension is felt for the “Soo” Ratlroad Company’s round house and the plant of the Wash- board Company. A strong gale is blowing from the northwest, and unless it stops soon or shifts, considerable property’ will be destroyed, as much of it les beyond the reach of the city water plant. The fire at present is in the Goodman addition, northwest of the city. Anothep fire is raging on the peninsula east of the city, and is destroying much valuable timber. It ie feared that it will reach the farms, in which case much sut- fering will be caused. There has been no rain for many days, and the swamps and slashings are dry. —_—_—>—_ DEFENDER WAS INJURED. ‘x ut New London This Morning. NEW LONDON, Conn., July 30.—The schooner Constellation arrived first, lead- ing the fleet of the New York Yacht Club from Eaton's Neck this morning into this harbor at 11:30, the Vigilant second, at 11:30. The Defender met witb an accident, breaking her steering gear, and was an hour behind the loaders. The accident oc- curred shortly before reaching New Lon- don, Late Im Arrivh —— Commerical-Gaxette Will Pay. CINCINNATI, July 30.—Lost week Rich- ard Smith, who is a large holder of United Press stock ond a small holder of Com- mercial-Gazette stock, enjoined the Com- mercial-Gazette from paying any part of the guarantee fund of the Associated Press, to which the paper had subscribed. Hé claimed that Murat Halstead, who was vice presidcnt of the Commercial-Gazette Company in 1893, had no authority to sub- scribe. The directors of the Commercial- Gazette yesterday not only voted unani- mcusly to pay their subscription to this fund @s soon as the Injunction is dissolved, but they also directed Thornton M. Hinc- kle, thelr coursel, to ask for the dissolu- tion of the injunction. Mr. Hinckle filed his motion in court yesterday afternoon, and expects an early dissolution of the in- junction. : He Held» That Those OMicials Cannet sition presented last week by a committes buildings the Commissioners Insert a clause Attorney Thomas? Opinion Handed to the -. Oommissiencra Regulate Wages—Mr. Blake ~ Argues to the Contrary. x Mr. 8. T. Thomas, the attorney for the District, today rendered an opinion to the Commissioners as to legality of the propo- representing the Knights of Labor and the Federation of Labor, suggesting that hereafter in making contracta for District requiring that the contractors shall pay their employes the maximum rate of wages which prevails in the various trades in the District, and that they employ only residents of the District of Columbia. It was understood at the District build- ing yesterday, as stated in The Star, that the opinion of the attorney would hold that the recommendation the repre- sentatives of organized labor coutd not, under the law, be adopted and put in force by the Commissioners. The formal opinion, however, was not received by the Commis- sioners until this morning. The attorney holds that the organic act providing a permanent form of govern- ment for the District does not give the Commissioners authority to take any such action. He says that the provisions of the law which require the proposal of the low- est responsible bidder to be accepted makes any such move on thelr part impossible. Mr. Thomas’ opinion in full, as rendered today, Is as follows: “By a letter of recent date you request my official opinion upon the question whether in contracts for public works you may insert a provision fixing the mint- mum wages to be paid by contractors and also whether you can provide that con- tractors shall employ only residents of the District of Columbia. “The fifth section of the act of Congress, approved June 11, 1878 (20 Stat., 106), pro- viding a permanent form of government for this District, commonly called the ‘or- anic act,’ provides: screphat hereatter when any repairs of streets, avenues, alleys or sewers within the District of Columbia are to be made, or when new pavements are to be substi- tuted in place of those worn out, new ones laid or new streets opened, sewers bull, or any works, the total cost of which shall exceed the sum of $1,000, notice shall be given in one newspaper in Washington; and if the total cost shall exceed $5,000, thea in one newspaper in each of the cities of New York, Philadelphia and Baltimore; also for one week, for proposals, with full specifi- cations as to materials for the whole or any proportion of the works proposed to be done. ‘And the lowest responsible proposal for the kind and character of pavement or oth- er work, which the Commissioners shall de- termine upon, shall in all cases be accepted: “Provided, however, that the Commis- sioners shall have the right in their dis- cretion to reject all of such proposals. “This langu we exclvdes the Idea that the Commissioners have the right to fix the pay of laborers emplcyed by contractors, or to require contractcrs to stipulate that they will employ only laborers resident in the District. The Commissioners would have just as much right to require con- tractors to obtain their materials from specified persons as they would have to fix the wages’ they should pay laborers, or to prescribe that laborers empleyed by them should be residents of the District. “As the law stands it is iromaterial what wages a contractor pays or whence he ob- tains his labor. The only duty the Com- missioners have is to Jet the work to ‘the lowest responsible bidder.” For these rea- sons my opinion $s, both your questions should be answered in the negative.” ‘The Commissioners did not care to dis- cuss Mr. Thomas’ decision today. They considered that the statute settled the matter of their authority in the premises, and that the whole quesion was one out of their jurisdiction. As affairs stand now, it would take some special legislation on the part of Congress to give them the authority to say what character of labor shall be employed and what wages given. Mr. Binke’s Views. When Mr. KE. M. Blake, who acted as spokesman of the committee that repre- sented the Federation of Labor before the Commissioners, was asked by a Star re- porter this morning what he had to say in view of Mr. Thomas’ opinion, he replied: “I was glad to get, through last night's Star, a notice in advance of what the opin- ton of the attorney would be, as it enabled re to consult several parties who may be able, before the epinion is accepted by the Commissioners, to present facts and argu- ments to show that the Commissioners have the authority to grant our request, and as a matter of justice and of duty should do it. “Tt is said the Object we seck can be ac- complished thrcugh an amendment to the building rogulations, and I hope to have a legal opinion to this effect. “It is our opinion, however, that the Ccmmiszioners have ample power, even un- der the crganic law quoted by the attor- ney, to insert in contracts a clause like the one we propose. Certainly the Commis- sioners have as much right and are as much bound by duty to protect the public against poor workmanship as against poor material. “If they knew or believed poor material was to be used in a building they would certainly neglect their duty if they did not impose on the contractor some obligation to use approved materiais. If a contract- or’s bid is so low that it would be impossi ble for him to pay the best wages and make a fair profit, the Commissioners know very well that it is the contractor's purpose to employ cheap labor, which means poor workmanship and a fraud on the taxpayers. So, even if the decision is adverse to our proposition, and it is held that the Commis- Stoners have no right to insert such a re- quirement in contracts, they still have the right to reject all bids which they believe are based on cheap labor, and can give as a reason for such rejection that cheap labor would not give the public a proper building. If it were once known that the Commis- sioners intended to exercise this right all contractors would base their bids on a rea- sonable price for labor. “Yes,” repeated Mr. Blake, “it !s my opin- fon that the organic law not only permits what we ask, but makes it as well the duty of the Commissioners to reject all bids so ‘ow as to indicate that they are bused on the employmert of cheap labor, as much as it is their duty to reject bids known or sus- pected to be based on the use of poor ma- terials. When a bid falls below a certain limit it furnishes evidence in Itself that the public is to get either poor material or poor workmanship, or both. “It Is the opinion of sorne members of our committee that the national eight-hour law controlling the construction of build- ings in the District grants to the Com- missioners full power to require contrac- tors to pay the best wages. I regret very much that the attorrey does not seem to haye considered this phase of the subject. We will endeavor to convince the Com- missioners, notwithstanding Mr. Thomas’ cpinion, tnat they have the power to gra t our request. If we fail in that we will make an effort to have a law made that will place the matter beyond question.” —_—>___ THE THD TERM TALK. What is Said to Be Mr. Cleveland’s Position in the Matter. The talk of a third term for President Cleveland has given rise to a story said to be well founded, in effect that all such speculation has no support on the part of Mr. Cleveland himself. It {s claimed. that office holders who would like to hold over and Mr. Cleveland’s enemies start and keep in circulation rumors to lead to a belief that the occupant of the White House would like to remain there four more years after his present term expires. It is said that Mr. Cleveland has his own reasons for not having spoken on this sub- ject sooner. Mr, Cleveland could rever go down in history as having declined a third term nomination unless he is placed in a position that would show that he might have a chance to secure such a nomination. He accordingly views with satisfaction all the talk about him for a third term, and would like to be indorsed by state and county conventions for the presidency for another term. Then, it is said, he proposes to come out in a letter_of declination, giving his rea- sons that Washington having set ihe cx- aimple in favor of not more than two terms for a President he believes it to be worthy of his approval. By this method, it is sald, Mr. Cleveland hopes to go down in history as a man who ushed away a nomination offered at the Binds of bis party for patriotic reasons. ITRINIDAD ISLAND The State Department Not Inter- THE HISTORY OF ITS OWNERSHIP TROUBLE EXPECTED by that government., This action by Great Britain is locked upon as being in line with many other acts of the English in she has ever before pretended to have any Police Looking for ested in England's Action. Brazitian People Excited Over This and Former English Acts. The State Fepartment ts taking little interest in the course thet is being taken by England in seizing the Island of Trini- dad, off the coust of Brazil, and claimed taking what they want on the face of the earth, and by threats to hold it, if they can, No one has any idea that England has any just claim to the island, or tha: claim to it. The Island of Trinidad haz never been inhabited, and is perhaps worthless, except for the purpose that England proposes to put it, the intention being to make it a cable station. The fact that there is no harbor connected with it would render it useless as a coaling station, unless an im- mense sum of money were expended on it. Mr. J, C. Redman, a brother-in-law of Min- ister Mendonca of Brazil, and Portuguese translator of the bureau of American re- publics, was called on by a Star reporter today, and interrogated in regard to the character of the island in dispute, and the meee? of its ownership. Mr. Redman re- jed: 2 Belongs to Brasil. “The Islend of Trinidad is five hundred miles east of Rio de Janeiro, and is a des- olate mess of rocks, covered with stunted vegetation. I remember reading a few years ago of an effort that was being made in New York city to get up a colony to be planted on this island, and which was pic- tured as a paradise. The colorization scheme was a hocx, of course, and nothing ever came from it further than the talk in the newspapers. There are records of but four instances in which this island has been visited, and in one of these attempts to land the sailors succeeded in getting “shore and in securing a supply of water. “No attention hes ever been paid to the island, but its possession by Brazil is based en a treaty with Portugal, in which the latter country ceded to Brazil all the isl- aads on that coast. As the Island of Trint- ded was a Portuguese possession, it seems to be conclusive that it now belongs to Brazil. “It does not seem possible that any use could be made of the island, except that for which it is desired by Great Britain, which seeks to establish a cable station on it. The coast is rocky, and there is not even an inlet along its line in which a ves- se! or boat might seek shelter. It would require an immense expenditure to make this mountain in the sea desirable as a coaling station, but if this were done, by the building of great breakwaters to snelter vessels, it would be an impregnable fort- resg.”” Serious Trouble May Be Expected. In speaking of the Island of Trinidad, a prominent member of the diplomatic corps said to a Star reporter today that most serlous trouble might be expected should the English persist in their effort to take possession of this territory. “The Brazilian people,” he sald, “are very excitable, and there are instances in which England has formerly endeavored to make what were regarded unjust demands which are recalled to fire the people on this occa- sion. About 1872 an English vessel went ashcre on the Brazilian coast, and an in- demnity of about $75,000 was demanded by Great Britain. It was claimed that at the Iccation of the disaster there was no lignt house when there should have been one. The emperor couid not see that the failure of his government to provide a light house at a dangerous point made It liable for the loss of the vessel, But the English sent a fleet before Rio, demanded the paymeat of the indemnity by a threat that It would bombard the city {f a refusal were per- sisted in. There. was immense excitement and indignation, but the money was pai, though a few years after the English sent an apology for the act and returned the amount of the indemnity, acknowledging themselves clearly in the wrong. These in- stances terd to fire the people of Brazil on the present occasion. I think it is quite possible that England might retain the island she covets, at least for the present. Rio is now very peorly defended, though a plan of defense has been prepared and is now under way of construction. The city might be bombarded by English men-of- war without power to return the fire. But if England takes advantage of the defense- less condition of the capital.of Brazil I think the time is not distant when Brazil will retaliate in some way that will be sorely felt by British merchants, and as trade is the goddess of England, I think that eventually the island will be saved to Brazil, if that country fs able to clearly prove: its ownership, which it claims it can 0.” POSSIBLE SUICIDE. Coachman Named Theodore Peters, The police of the second precinct were notified this afternoon of a letter received by T. M. Draney, the ltvery stable man on New York avenue, in which the writer gave the information that when the letter was received he would be gone. The letter Was signed “T. P.,” and Mr. Draney thinks it was written by a coachman named Theo- dore Peters. In the letter, which was a lengthy epistle, the writer gave directions about the disposition of his body. He wants no money spent on him after death except enougk to defray the ex- penses of cremating his body. The man who it is suspected wrote the letter was employed as a coachman by Mr. C. 'T. Havenner, the baker, and he, spent considerable time about Draney’s Stable. Last Seturday he was at the stable and talked with some of the stablemen. It is sald that some weeks ago he was advised that he had better save his money for the future, and his answer was, so it is Stated, that he was going to have a good time, and when it was gone he would cut his throat. None of the men at the stable knew where Peters has been living during recent weeks, and the police are now en- A-avoring to locate him. News of the re- ceipt of the letters was sent to police head- quarters, and the detectives may assist the precinct officers in the search. ———S JESSE WEBSTER DEAD. ‘The Victim of 2 Mynicrious Murder at Dead Man’s Hetlow. Jesse Webster, the colored youth who was skot in a mysterious manner while passing through the section known as “Dead Man’s Hollow,” about three miles south of Ross- lyn, Va., Saturday night, died at 4 o'clock this morning at the Emergency Hospitai. A post-mortem examination showed that the bullet had passed almost entirely through the body, grazing the heart and Icdging under the skin of the left breast. Dr. Smith, gesident physician at the hospl- tal, notified the coroner of Alexandria county of the demise, but at a late hour this afternoon had received no word from that official, so that it is not known what steps, if any, will be taken to apprehend the person who fired the shot which caused Webster’s death. The bullet was evidently discharged from a pistol. —— Death of John A. Dixon. Mr. John A, Dixon, one of the oldest, wealthiest and most highly esteeme@ citi- zens of Alexandria, diced at his residence cn Washington street at 7 o'clock this morning. _——— The first installment of the $7,000 prize detective story, “The Long Arm,” by Miss Mary E. Wilkins, will be printed in The Star Saturday, August 3. Bect of a Reling of Secretary Her- ert Upon Mis Own Confidential Clerk. A PRIVATE SECRETARY’S SALARY. Secretary Herbert has made a ruling to the effect that private secretaries, even his own, are subject to the same rules as all other clerks and employes of the executive departments, and are not entitled to any &reater privileges in the matter of leaves of absence. The decision is made to the great pecuniary less of Mr. Herbert’s own private eecretary, Mr. Louis Harvie Finney, ir. That bright young man has just re- turned to the city after a two-months’ va- cation, most of which was spent tn ad- miring the principal points of interest on the continent, including @ visit to the naval celebration at Kiel. It is understood that the main object of Mr. Finney’s extensive tour of observation was to gather material for a series of lectures on the principal cities of Europe. Heretofore, private secretaries have en- jJoyed unusual privileges in the matter of leaves, and it has generally beem accepted that their time was their own whenever their chiefs were out of the city. At any rate, no question has éver been raised against the private secretary of a cabinet officer for the time he may have been ab- sent from his desk in excess of the thirty days’ annual leave of absence, to which he, as well as all other government em- ployes, is entitled by law. When Mr. Fin- ney returned fo thts city, however, he was infcrmed in official terms jhat he had been “docked” his salary for tte month of July, for the reason that he had exceeded by thirty days his legal leave for the present yeai r. ‘The question way raised by Mr. Stickney, the disbursing officer of the. department. He asked Secretary Herbert if Mr. Finney was to be paid his salary for the extra thirty days which he had been absent, and the Secretary stated most emphatically that he was not. Mr. Finney did not know of this action until he reached Washington yesterday. He was very much astonished and could not be made to understand that it was done by order of the Secretary. In order to satisfy himself on that point, and, if possible, to secure a revocation of the order, he went to New York post haste last right to see the Secretary, who was visit- ing the navy yard there on the Dolphin. He has not yet returned to this city, and the result of his personal appeal has not been disclosed. Mr. Finney’s salary is $2,500 a year, and the loss of a month’s salary 1: matter of some consequence. —____-«- PATSY MANN’S WHARF. It Will Probably Remain Upon Just the Same Footing. With the advent of the new garbage con- tractor next November and the new system of the disposal of the city’s refuse, an in- teresting question has been raised as to the probable future of Patsy Mann's famous wharf near Gicsboro’, which has so often been the subject of complaint to the Com- missioners on account of the unpleasant odors which are wafted across the water from his reduction plant. For years Mann has had the place, and is presumed to have made a tidy sum out of the carcasses of dead animals which he has there turned into their component Tarts for the purpose of making bone dust, glue and other such useful but not par- ticularly attractive commodities. In the opinion of the engineer department of the istrict government,Mr. Mann will be upon just the same footing under the new re- ime as he has been in the past and is at present. ‘The new garbage regulations provide for the reduction, by the contractors, of the bedies of dead horses and other animals, but at the same time ft has always been re- garded as a settled question that the dead body of an gnimal is the property of the person who owned it in life, and he may dispose of it as he sees fit. In other words, Mann will be enabled to purchase or other- wise obtain possession of the.carcasses in the future, just as he has always done, providing the cwners are willing. In case, however, that the carcass Is not remcved until such time as it threatens to become a nuisance, then the contractor will be expected to take it away and burn it up. Maj. Powell, the ingineer Commissioner, said to a Star reporter this afternoon that the only remedy for peopls who object to Mann'‘s wharf would be to proceed against it as a common nuisance. If the matter should be officially called to the attention of the health office at any time as a men- ace to public health or as a public nui- sance, then action would be taken as in case of any dther nuisance. —_——_—_ COACHMAN WILLIS’ FUNERAL. A Foaithfal Employe Remembered by the President. William Willis, the President’s faithful coachman, was laid at rest this afternoon with religious and Masonic services suita- ble for the occasion. The remains were taken from their late abode in the White House stables to the Asbury Church, cor- ner of 11th and K streets northwest, where the funeral ceremony took place at 2 o’clock this afternoon. There was a very large attendance, including many of the officials and employes of the White House, wit! whom the decreas had always been great favorite. Mf. Sinclair, the White House steward, who has been in attend- ance on the President at Gray Gables, came here expressly to attend the funeral. There were many beautiful floral offerings at the church. President and Mrs. Cleve- land's tribute to the memory of their trust- ed servant was a large wreath of white flowers and asparagus fern. The principal flowers were water lilies, tea roses, ste- phanotis, swainsonia and phlox. Col. Wil- son, in charge of public buildings and erounae, also sent a handsome floral offer- rg. The services at the church were espectial- Iv solemn and impressive, and were con- ducted by the regular pastor. Phe de- ceased was a prominent Mason, and the attendance of organizations of that order Was unusually large. John F. Cook Lodge, No. 10, F. A. A. M.; St. John's Chapter, No. 7, R. A, M.; Mt. Calvary Commandery, No. 4, K. T., and Mecca Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S., of each of which the deceased was an honored member, were out in strong force and made a creditable display. They acted as an escort of the remains to the place of interment, in New Graceland cemetery. ——_- SHOT HIS FATHER-IN-LAW. A Maryland Farmer Pats Lead Pellets amto Another M: Saturday night James Richardson, a farmer, sixty years old, living on the Broad Creek road, near Centerville, Prince George's county, Md., shot and quite seri- ously wounded Wm. Craiglowe, his father- in-law, who lives at Mt. Pleasant, a near-by village. Richardson’s present wife is but twenty-two years of age, and is his third matrimonial venture. The statement is made that Richardson is a man of bad temper, and his wife wrote to her father to take her away to her old hom, on the ground that her husband ill-treated her. When Cralglowe appeared Saturday night Richardson first ordered him away from the house ani then fired on him with a gun loaded with number 8 shot, wounding him very painfully. Cralglowe was able to ride to his home, leaving his daughter behind. A deputy sheriff from Marlboro’ went to arrest Richardson, but the latter refused to go with the officer and is sti!) at large. —— Baltimore Markets. BALTIMORE, July 30.—Flour firmer— Western super, 260a285; do. extra, 2902330: do. family, 345a375; winter wheat, patent, $85a400; spring do., 385a410; spring wheat, straights, 360a370; receipts, 7,172 bush.; shipments, 90 bush; sales, 1,050. Wheat dull and lower—Spot, month and August, TiMailss; September, T2t:a72%; cember, No. 2, red, G8\a6Stg; re- ceipts, 67,209; stock, 570,870; sales, 69,000; southern Avkeat by sample, 72a73; do. on Corn _steady—Spot and 4Tgbid; year, 4013; receipts, 26,197; ship- ments, 34,114; stock, 155,452; southern whit and yellow corn, 51a5: Yo. 2, white western, 31'2a32 by 30; receipts, active—No. 2, Hay firm—Choice % Grain freights quiet, unchanged. Sugar firm, unchanged. ‘Butter firm—Fancy creamery, 19; do. imitation, 15216; do. ladle, 14; good ladle, 12a13; store packed, 10 al2. Eggs steady—Fresh. 11. Cheese firm, un- changed. % + -— Not Related to Judge McComa: Harry W. McComas, who committed sul- cide Saturday, and was described as a neptew of Judge L. BE. McComas, was not related to Judge McComas, or to any of the McComas family in this city. FINANCE AND TRADE The Apprehended Raid of the Bears Not Realized. SPECULATION IN CHICAGD GAS A Chicago Report Regarding Whisky Trust. GENERAL MARKET REPORTS Speelal Dispatch to The Evening Star. NEW YORK, July 30.—There were indt- cations before the opening this morning that an effort would be made to bring about a reaction. Lendon was lower and the foreign houses had a few orders to sell. There were a few realizing sales at the opening, also a fair amount of short selling, but the lst generally held fairly well, though the speculation was Jess gen- eral and the Strength less pronounced than on yesterday. There was no news to account for the selling. All repcrts from the “corn belt” continue favorable, except a slight experi- ence in hot winds in Kanras on Sunday, which had no effect, as weather conditions Ssewhere continue all that could be de- sire ‘Tho speculation, as yesterday afternoon, was topped by sugar refining, though thi trading in © ft was mvch less active. It was strong throughout on the announce- ment by the company that all the Jeading grades of refined sugars were oversold at least two days. The hope was freely expressed, however, that the Industrial stcckn would not as- sume fresh leadership in the market, even though led by an iasue with such a splen- ae dividend-paying record as sugar re- Ing. Chicago Gas was also strong in the early trading, though the movements in it ap- pear to be the result of manipulation by spectlators equally timid on both sides, one street element believing that at cur- rent prices it is a good speculative pur- chase, while another faction talks freely of the unstable legal position of the out- standing certiiicaces, making charges also against the earning capacity of the asso- ciated companies. There was little doing in D. C. F. It showed little strength on the announze- ment from Chicagc that the Greenhut- Morris outfit had offered to surrender to the reorganization committee their $365,- 00 at cost—0e. on the dollar. The market for sterling and continental bis is strong, with sixty-day sterling bills about 1-4 cent higher. The scarcity of commercial bills limits the supply mainly to offerings of syndicate and the demand for remittance is sustained. The advance in posted sterlirg rates is made to conform more closely with the actual market. The trading during the last hour was distinctly professional and very light. An effort was made to mark up prices by re- viving the “wheat smut” scare of last week, but met with indifferent success. The sentiment in the street is still very bullish, though there is a feeling that a owe of a couple of points ts about ue. ——___ FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. The following are the opening, the high- est and the iowest and the closing prices High. 16 116% Lo ‘Nashvi Long Island Traction Metropolitan ‘Traction. Manhattan Elevated, Michigan Central Missouri Pacific. National Lead 1s a 1TH Pullman Pal, Car WX ITOK 1654 176; Southern Railway, Pid. 427; ae aoe an Phila. Traction. sy A Washington Stock Exchange. Sales—regular call—12_ o'clock m. Rallrosd 3.000 at 110. United Light, 2 at 138. occa -Bonds.—U. 5 » 112% Prieto aru Bie 116% bid, 117 District of et is, Bonds, 20-year . 5s, 193 bid. 20-year Fund. Gs, 112 bid. Water Ntock 5 sen ae Water Htock rei x aR te 8S ty Miscellaneous — nd Georges 2a. tao bie Washi 280 Cont ced. ee 3 ad Blectric Light, Stocks.—Washington Gas, *50% bid. jeorzetown we bid. United States Electric Light, 152% ae ee Frankila, opolltan, 72 DM. 9 52 bid: bid. Ari jon, 1 bo bid, 200 aakel. oy ae Folumbla, 13 bid. , . 3 bid. cota 8 ncota, bla, Bp eked. Com: met |, 4% bid. Stocks.—Real Fatate Title, 107 wi tis asked, Columbia Tite, 7 id, B asked. Washington Title, 8 asked. District ‘Tite, 8 bid, 13 asked. ‘cleph Stocks.—Chesapeake and Potomac, 54 wd. ‘S aaced. American Graphophone, 3 bid, 2% asked. Pneumatic Gun Cariarge. 20 bid, .25 ask ‘Mizcelianeows — Stocks.—Washington t, bid. Great Falls Ice, 129 bid, 140 caked. Bull i 25 asked. Norfolk and Washington Run Panorama, Steamboat, 09 asked. ‘Bx. div. American, bid. Grain and Cotton Markets, nd grain markets, reported by W. B. ies, stock, graln and cotton beaker, 1h Pee heat—Sept be Dee. ork—Sept.. Laril—sept. Bibs—Sept. 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