Evening Star Newspaper, July 31, 1895, Page 2

2 LATE NEWS BY WIRE Hurst Named for Governor by Mary- land Democrats, CONVENTION IN BALTIMORE TODAY Reassessment -Demanded by the Platform. CLEVELAND IS PRAISED From a Staff Correspondent. BALTIMORE, Md., July 31.—There are under normal circumstances a plentiful supply of democrats in Baltimore, but to- day there were more persons of that per- svasion In the city than there were pretty girls, and that is sdying all that is neces- sary. From early in the morning the C4rrollton Hotel has be2n a seething mass of human- ity. All of the second finor has been oc- cupied by headquarters of diiferent can- didatés. Way down in ope corner Spencer Jones had headquarters, and despite tne way things seemed going, smiled and look- ed cheerful, while bis supporters, foremost among whom were the Montgomery delega- tion, expresged confidence of his pulling off the gubernatorial nomination even up to the hour 2f the convention's meeting. Over one zoom was the legend, “Tom Hayes and Reassessment,” marking the po- Sition of another candidate. The parlors Were marked, “Cleveland Democracy, Wm. J. Fisher, and here the anti-Gormen squadron gathered. Rumors ard counter-rumors were ram- pant, but the situation lay in the hands of Senator Gorman, and he was silent. The Rumored Sinte. So the hcurs wore away until 10 o’clock, and then the news went flashing from headquarters and through the corridors that John E. Hurst of Balttmore was the ™man fer governor, Marion DeKalb Smith for controller and State Senator Crothers of Cecil for attorney general. e first selection meart the turning down of all the candidates who have fought the fights fcr the past six months, and the last choice meant the turning down of Gen. Kyd Douglass, who had been conceded the nomination for attorney gen- eral up to today. Mr. Hurst is a big dry goods merchant in Baltimore. He has al- ‘Ways been a Gorman man, ard has recently put h.mself 1s favoring a reassessment. The slate has created no enthusiasm, and im many quarters was bitterly assailed. Some of the Hayes strength. instead of go- ing for Hurst, avowed their intention of voting for Judge Fisher. The machine, however, is credited with controlling eighty votes, with only fifty-nine necessary, and it is believed the slate will go through. Senator Gibson has been at the Carroll- ton all the morning. He denies that he has withdrawn as a candidate for the sen- atorship. He says he has never announced his candidacy, but expects to do so when the proper time comes. The delegates began to gather at the opera house a few minutes before 12 o'clock, and as the delegates entered a band played lively strains. On the stage Were seated nearly all the prominent dem- ocratic leaders in the state, while the delegates occupied the body of the house and the galleries were packed with visitors. Convention Assembled. It was 12:25 when Hattersly Talbott, chairman of the state convention com- mittee, called the convention to order. Senator Talbott made a lively address. During it one enthusiast proposed a cheer for John E. Hurst. The cheers and the hisses, however, were almost equal in vol- ume. A cheer for Senator Gorman met with better success. Mr. Talbott predicted a big democratic success this year. He closed by introductag Mr. Bernard Carter as temporary chairman. Mr. Carter said he felt confident that the perty, when aroused, would, this year as it had in the past, x0 forward with united front to a great victory. He called atten- tion to the fact that this year in Maryland the republican party was active, aggressive, and was striving to secure not only the | hinder leone but the senatorship and the cal offices. He warned his hearers that harmony was necessary In the democratia Tanks, and he felt sure that true demo- crats would cast aside all anger and in- ternal strife and give to the nominees of this convention a united and loyal support. Following the speech there was loud ap- Plause and cheers for Hurst. r warned the galleries that they must not interrupt the proceedings. Joseph ‘W. Chamberlain of Harford and Thomas J. Keating of Queen Anne were elected secre- taries. ‘The counties were then called for commit- tee on credentials, according to a resolu- tion offered by Charles Purdum’of Mont- gomery. H. Maurice Talbot was the mem- ber appointed from Montgomery, and Geo. 8. Dove from Prince George’s. There were mot understood to be any contesting dele- gations, the ccntest from Allegany having been withdrawn. The committee on resolutions was then appointed. W. Viers Boulc reoresented Montgomery, and Dr. Chas. Fox Prince George's. Considering the Piatform. ‘The committee on resolutions then with- drew, and the band played, while cheers for Hurst and Fisher were indulged in by the audience. ubirs Gossip of the Delegates. During the recess which practically fol- lowed there was little canvassing. The Gorman people ‘were conceded to be in con- trol, with the ability to name their ticisct, and that ticket was Hurst, Smith and Cra- thers. The Jones people were despondent, while the Hayes faction was understood to have divided between Hurst and Fisher. fecble effort has been made to combine the anti-Hurst forces on ex-Gov. White, but it meets with little success. The unit rule is being adopted by the delegations generally, which means abso- lvete control by the Gorman men. In the Harford delegation, for instance, three are Gorman and four anti-Gorman delegates, and the four, among whom is Mr. Beaic Howard, are a very mad minority. Mont- gomery’s delegation is very sad. They are Gorman men, and they are Jones men. The Senator has left their man out in the cold, and they can only sit in their seats in calm despondency. The recent conversion of Mr. Hurst to reassessment doctrines is being criticised. Four years ago, his opponents say, he fought the assessment bill with all his energy. He has now agreed to stand by the platform, and that document, when it appears, will contain a broad plank pledg- ing the party to a fair reassessment of state property. Cleveland Democrats. The bitterest feeling is to be found among the faction calling themseives Cleve- fand democrats and favoring Judge Fisher for the governorship. Their position is a good deal like a rab- bit in the coils of an anaconda, and the rabbit has yet to be found who has felt kindly to the anaconda under such cireum- stances. This particular rabbit feels the coils tighten, and makes caustic remarks of what wiil happen in November, when the anaconda runs up against a new enemy. The committee cn credentials, after being out forty minutes, reported, recommend- ing that the temporary officers be perma- nent, and presenting a lst of vice presi- dent: ‘The vice presidents included Jas. P, Viers of Montgomery, John I. Rowland of Prince George’s, and Beale Howard of Harford. Another long wait then followed further report on resolutions. Presenting the Names. BALTIMORE, Juiy 31.—Col. L. V. Baugh- man of Fred2r county, chairman of the committee on resoluticns, read the report of his committee, which was adopted unan- imously after having been read. The com- mittee on resolutions approved of the dem- ocratic platform of 1 and of the ablé and patriotic administration of President Cleveland. They dectzre against fr and approve of the Wilson tariff pill, which was characterized as the best the country has known for thirty-five years. The administration of Gov. Brown was hly complimented. Reassessment was “led by the committee as being de- ' by the people, who exuct of the THE EVENING STAR, WEDNESDAY, JULY 31, 1895—-TEN PAGES. rroreamntatives to carry out thelr wishes! THE MISSING MANAGER for a fair and equitable assessm: No mention was made of the record of any of Maryland’s represemtatives in Con- gress. The nominations for governor were. then ealled for. Mr. Grason of Baltimore county presented the name of ex-Judge William A. Fisher of Baltimore city. His references to Mary- laad’s representatives representing the wishes of their constituents im Congress Was greeted iy loud cries of “Gorman,” “Gorman.” Mr. Bernard Carter of the second legis- lative district of Laltimore city tuen_pre- sented the nane of Mr. John 4. Hurst, who, he said, was unpledged and un)nfiu- enced by any one. This statement did not coincide with the views of the crowd. as Hurst is ied as the German candidate and a scene of wild confusion ensued, which was quieted only by a threat to clear the galleries. Mr. Biedler of the third district of Balti- more city, then nominated State Senator Thomas G. Hayes, the champion of reas- sessment. Hurst Nominated. Later.—John E. Hurst was nominated for governs on first ballot. NO WORD OF SMOOT He Seems .to Have Got Away With His Employer's Money. Detcetives and Police Officials in Every Direction Notified of His Crime and Flight. , Frank P. Smoot, the alleged defaulting clerk, who is wanted here for the em! ie ment of $2,000 of the funds of his employer, Maj. H. L. Biscce, the wholesale lumber dealer at the 10th street wharf, has not been seen here since Friday, although the police have made every effort to-apprehend him. Detectives Carter and Gallaher have made a thorough search of every place in the city where they think the fugitive would possibly have gone, but failed to locate him here after Friday afternoon, when he left his employer's office. The de- tectives think he remained at his home, No. 417 6th street southeast, Friday night and left here at an early hour Saturday morning, as the condition of the house and bath room indicated that he had been there. It is now certain that Smoot had never thought of robbing his employer until he actually got the $2,000 in his hands and started for the bank, as a letter sent to his wife the day of his disappearance shows. Mrs. Smoot and her two children were at Churehland, Va., and she had evidently written to him and asked him for money. On Friday he wrote her a letter, in which he spoke of his heavy debt, and said: “Where I shall get money for the house rent God only knows.” He expressed sor- row for the sick child, and signed himself “Your husband, Frank.” In one corner of the letter he scribbled in pencil that he had gone South with some of Maj. Biscoe’s money. Being written in this way, and in pencil, the detectives think, shows that the taking of the money was not premeditated. Inclosed in the let- ter thers were ten $10 bills, and this money Mrs. Smoot returned to Maj. Biscoe as soon as she returned home Monday. The de- serted wife and children are at the home of John Smoot, the fugitive’s father. This morning the detectives were busy sending out circulars giving information of the case to various police departments and a descripticn of the man wanted, together with his picture. The circular reads: “FRANK P. SMOOT, warted for the larceny and embezzlement of $2,000, committed July 26, 1895. His de- scription is as follows: White; twenty-nine years old; about five feet six inches; 130 pounds weight; slender build; dark com- plexion, hair and eyes; smooth face (mus- tache shaved off); dresses well; drinks moderately; fond of women and likely to be found around sporting houses. For the past ten years has been engaged in the lumber business in this city; last seen here July 26. “Maj. H. L. Biscoe, his employer, offers a reward of $100 for his arrest and deliv- ery to any officer of this jurisdiction or 15 per cert of any money recovered. “Please cause diligent inquiry to be made for him, and if found arrest and telegraph L. H. Hollinberger, inspector, detective bureau. ‘These circulars have been sent to all the large cities, as well as to town and county officers, and the detectives think they may lead to the capture of the man wanted. It is thought, however, that Smoot will spend the money, as he is fond of sporting life, and it is hardly probable that Maj. Biscoe will get back much of it, eee SOUTHERN RAILWAY OFFICES. An Atlanta Delegation Want the Headquarters Taken South. NEW YORK, Juiy 31—A committee of leading citizens of Atlanta, Ga., including delegates to the chamber of commerce, met President Spercer of the Southern Railway Compan¥ today for the purpose of endeavoring to induce the railway com- pany to remove its headquarters to Atlanta. President Spencer, when seen by a re- porter of the Associated Press after the meeting, stated that he and Vice President Andrews of the company had heard the views of the delegation and the points they made in favor of -he change of the com- pany’s headquarters from Washirgton to Atlanta. He declined to express any opin- jon on the subject, saying that of course he could not xt this time say what action the company would take in the premises. The members of the committee, he s: had stated the case very forcibly and ear estly, and whit they had said would be carefully welghed d considered by the company. JONES IN THE FIELD. Will Be a Candidate for Governor in Virginin. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. RICHMOND, Va., July 31.—S. Wellford Corbin, president of the state board of egriculture, during the session of that body this morning, made some remarks in- dicating that Congressman W. A. Jones would be a candidate for governor the next term. Afterward, to a Star representative, Mr. Corbin confirmed the report. Ex-Congressman Wise will in a few days publicly express his views on the financial question, and will advocate hard money. He will be a candidate next year for his old seat in Congress. —.>___ RAZORS IN THE AIR. A Lively Time at a South Carolina Primary. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. COLUMBIA, 8. C., July 31.—During the progress of the primary election yesterday the Lightsey-Bennett feud was revived at Varnville. The worst fight seen in years followed. Knives, clubs, pistols and razors were used. Henry Lightsey and his sons, Bul, ike and John, were all seriously wounded, and so were Hamp, Ben and Jud Bennett, None killed outright, but severai expected to die, Every Oine to the Whereabouts of Ranier Being Worked. Silsby & Co’s Vanishing Employe to Be Hunted to Earth. Nothing has been heard from W. & Ranier, the manager of a branch office of Sllsby & Co., stockbrokers, who disappear- ed Monday. The only thing in the line of a discovery which has been made is the rather unpleasant one that the amount of money belonging to the firm. which Ranier is believed to have taken, is larger than was at first suppesed. Yesterday it was thought that the total loss footed up to about $500, but it has since been found that there is an additional $100 missing. It is possible that similar discoveries will be made, but ft ts rot supposed that the total will be very materially increased. It seems that Ranier got into the habit of charging indzbtedness to customers that did not exist. The rule was that trans- actions should be ir cash, and ‘it is thought that in some eases Ranier pocketed the money and put in due bills ia order to show that the money had not been paid. One or two transactions of this sort led, it 1s believed, to Mr. Ranter’s determination to leave the city. It is not thought that he had this step in contemplation for any length of time, He came here with good Tecommendations, and the theory is that after he had been here for a little while he began to perhaps dabble in stocks a Ettle on his own account, and that he also visited the race course and indulged in what Is known as playing the races. Saturday last the manager at the main office found in his returns a due bill for $150, Ho called Ranler’s attention to this and said that it was not the custom to ee ‘to any extent, and that he must @ money re; oy Montay. ley represented by the paper it thought that Ranier had spent this meney, and not being able to procure any funds, he gathered up what cash he could and disappeared. It is believed that, if he had planned to go away he would have awaited a time when he could have taken more money with him, and for this reason it Is sald that the decision which led to his sudden departure was made after the clese of business Saturday. One of the theories in regard to the case is that he is still in the city, and Mr. Sils- by has secured the services of a private detective to hunt him up. Detective Car- Is belng followed’ that hay bec Syenenee ng followed t as n presented. His wife ts still in the city, Bnd it is | thought that she is as much in the dark in regard to the whereabouts of her hus- band as any one else. She is left without Toney, but has been assured that she will be given temporary assistance. According to the statement of a man made to a representative of the firm of Silsby, Mrs. Ranier some days ago called at his house to engage rooms. He said that she seemed to be unwilling to give any in- formation about herself or her husband, and for some time refused to state her name, but finally she said it was Ranier. She -also said that they had no baggage, with the exception of a couple of -smali yalises. The detectives and representatives of the firm who have seen and talked with Mrs. Ranier believe that she had no idea that Ranier intended to leave the city, and 1s ignorant of where he has gone and of his plans. ——__ TIED ILLEGAL KNOTS. A Colored Brother Holds Meetings and Assumes to Marry Folks. Cc. C. Mason, an Anacostia colored man, who, it Is said, claims to be a Baptist ministér, is to be arrested and prosecuted on a charge of false pretenses, the warrant for his arrest having been taken out in the Police Court today. Mrs. Estella Quict Swore cut the warrant, and the amount charged is seventy cents. This action re- sulted from an investigation made by the Colored Baptist Ministers’ Union, which bedy met Monday night and passed the following resolution: “That C. C. Mason has been performing marriages in the District of Columbia un- lawfully, not being an ordained minister of the Gospel, and is not even a member of any church, . “Therefore, the Baptist Ministers’ Uniog puts its condemnation upon the actions of Cc. C. Mason.” ef Mrs. Quiet, who swore out the warrant, alleged that Mason performed the marriage ceremony for Robert Quiet and herself, and was paid seventy cents on account, the bal- ance to be paid when the certificate of mar- riage was furnished. This certificate, so it is alleged, has not yet been furnished. Mason conducts services in a house on New Jersey avenue near the Baltimore and Ohio depot. -Rev. W. P. Gibbons, who is pastor of a South Washington church, has interested himself in the investigation, and he consulted Prosecuting Attorney Mul- lowny before the warrant was issued. Speaking to a Star reporter today, Mr. Gibbons said that Mason had married eight couples, so far as he had been able to as- certain, —_——.—_- DISTRICT GOVERNMENT. Building Permits. Buildirg permits were issued today as follows: Mrs. A. G. Bell, two four-story brick dwellings, 1215-17 Corinecticut avenue, $35,C00; James Hurley, extension to brick building, 1222 N street, $600; T. Rover, two-story additicn, northeast corner North Capitol and N streets, $3,000. License Transfers. f The excise board has allowed transfers of Vquor licenses to Alfred W. Clark, 1338 B street northeast, and to Charles C. Bev- eridge, 1827 E street. Use of an Old Law. As the only way of reaching unlicensed plumbers, who have made a practice in the past of tearing up sidewalks and streets in doing plumbing work, the Engineer Com- missioner has called upon the attorney for the District for an opinion as to whether they may not be prosecuted under the act of June 3; 1853, which declares that it shall not be lawful for any person to destroy, injure, deface, cut, or break any property, public or private. The penalty for this is $10 fine in the Police Court. The Tenleytown Reservoir. Bids were opened at the District building at noon today for the completion of the reservoir at Reno near Tenleytown. Bids were received from M. ¥. Talty, Manning & Parsons, Justin McCarthy, C. H. Esland, W. E. Chaffee, C. T. Bride and John E. Lyons. The estimates for the valve house varied from $550, Chaffee’s bid, to $3,100, the highest, and the bids also included esti- mates for excavation, concrete masonry of gravel and stone, of gravel alone and of stone alone, and for asphalt coating and asphalt keys. ——.——_—_ MANY CONTRACTORS YIELD. —— Striking Tallors Clnim That They Will Have a Big Victory. NEW YORK, July 31.—The strike of the United Garment Workcrs, which began last Monday, will probably be settled satisfoc- torily before the end of the week. ‘Sie leaders claim that the contractors will all come to time and the strike will be crowned with success. It was stated authoritatively today that 462 out of 635 contractors had signed the new agreement acceding to the demands of the striking tailors. Everything is peaceable today, and the strikers who assembjed at Walhalla Hall and at other points on the east side are be- having themselves admirably, and they claim that this will be the most successful demand ever made by organized labor in this country. Bill in Equity. Alice Sanders, the widow of Sidney Sanders, today filed a bill in equity against James Sanders and others, for the sale and partition of part of lot 89, Hol- mead’s addition to Georgetown, and for the assignment to her of her dower interest in the same. ° —_——._—_ An Assignment. An assignment for the benefit of their creditors was made today to Charles A. Pike by William and Notley E. Moreland, shoe dealers, at 457 Pennsylvania avenue. The Mabilities are placed at $6,164.13 and the assets at $2,793.57. HURLED FROM A CAR PRINTERS’ ELECTION DAY A Serious Avcident This Morning on "the @hevy Chase Line, HG, ODD Of THE SMITESONAN HORE Tried to Stép From the Motor to the Trailer and Was Thrown. IN A PRECARIOUS CONDITION Mr. Everard R. Todd, document clerk at the Smithsonian Institution, met with a se- rious and perhaps fatal accident while on his way to the office this ntorning. He lives on the Pierce Mill rodd, ebout midway be- tween the Tenleytown and Chevy Chase railroads. In accordance with his invariable custom for years, he boarded train No. 24 of the Chevy Chase road at the intersection of the Pierce Mill road at 8 o'clock this morning. He carried a small basket of very fine plums, and these, in a measure, were responsible for the accident of which he was the victim. In getting on he chose the rear seat In the motor car, and showed his fruit with special pride to several friends sitting near him. He was in partic- ularly good spirits, and just as the train was nearing the Rock Creek bridge it sud- denly occurred to him that he would like to show his plums to a neighbor who oc- cupled a seat in the trailer. He was ap- parently accustomed to the cars, and antic- tpated no difficulty in getting from one to the other while they were in motion. With an air of confidence he stepped on the foot- rail of the motor and swung himself around to the hand-rail of the trailer. Just as he was about to make his position secure the train entered a sharp curve, and the two cars spreading suddenly outward at the side where Mr. ‘Todd stood, his hold was broken and he was thrown headlong to the toad, several feet from the track. In fall- ing he struck, apparently, with his full weight on his: shoulders and back of his head. The force of the fall rolled him over several times in the dust, and when this momentum was lost he lay perfectly mo- tlonless on his back. The incident caused unusual excitement, and the train, which Was crowded at the time, was stopped as soon as possible. The conductor and sev- eral passengers ran back to the prostrate body, and did what they could to aid Mr. Todd. He was entirely unconscious, and it was Impossible to tell the extent of his in- juries. He was alive and that was all, and it was feared that he had sustained a se- vere concussion of the brain. There were no residences convenient, and it was de- cided as the best thing to be done under the circumstances to carry the injured man to town at once on the train. Willing hands carried him to the rear seat and made him as comfortable as possible. The nearest drug store on the route was at the corner of 14th and U streets, and Mr. Todd was removed there and medical assistance summoned. What the Passengers Say. Among those_on the train at the time of the accident were Mr. Dunlop of the Wash- ington and Georgetown Railroad Company and his two sons; Mr. E. I. Renick, chief clerk of the State Department; Dr. Foster of the National Tribune, Mr. Richardson of the Navy Department, Mr. Gresham and several other residents of Chevy Chase and vicinity. All of them assisted in carrying the unconscious man from the roadbed to the cars, which were brought back to the point where he fell, and they also assisted in taking him to the drug store at the cor- ner of 14th street. No one of them knew exactly how the accident occurred. Mr. Todd rose suddenly from his seat near the’end, amd, with the simpie remark, “I’m going, to,see some one on the other car,” stepped on the footboard and tried to get to the trailer by swinging around outside to the handrail and footboard of the other car. He moved very quickly, and none of the passengers realized his danger until they saw him thrown violently to the road. Mr. Todd’s motive in attempting the dangerous passage from car to car under the circumstances is not known, What makes his conduct all the more inexplicable ‘s that he is usually a careful, conservative man of cool, methodical tem- perament. All the passengers on the train agree that the accident was unavoidable, and that the train hands were in no wise re- sponsible for it. His Condition Unchanged. Mr. Todd was removed to the Garfield Hoepital soon after he arrived at the drug store. At a late hour this afternoon his condition was practically unchanged. The physicians stated that although It is hard to express an opinion now regarding the outcome of the accident, they are inclined to think that it will not result fatally. —_ MAIL ROUTE CASE. Pay for a Line Diverted to Subcon- tractors on Another Job. Judge Cole had before him today the ques- tion of the right of the Post Office Depart- ment to divert’ the payments due a mail contractor on one route, for the purpose of paying subcontractors under the same prin- cipal on another route. The case in which the question arose was that of the United States against James B. Colegrove and his sureties. In 1890, it is claimed, Mr. Cole- grove contracted with the department for the carrying of a certain mail route, and it is charged that he failed to pay subcontrac- tors on other routes, whereupon an amount due him on the first route was withheld by the department, and with it the subcon- tractors were paid. Because of that action of the defendant, it is said, Mr. Colegrove threw up the first route, having run it for one of the four years under the contract. ‘Thereupon, the department relet the con- tract, and Mr. Colegroye and his sureties were subsequently sued for-the difference between his contract price and that paid his successor. In the hearing before Judge Cole today the severnment was represented by Dis- trict Attorney Birney and Mr, C. H. Armes, the defendants’ counsel being Mr. Jere M. Wilson. The defendants admitted the making of the contract and the giving of the bond, but pleaded that the diverting of the money by the department was 1l- legal. To that plea the government demur- red, contending that the department was fully authorized to do as it had done by the act of Congress of May 4, 1882. Judge Cole reserved his decision in the matter. —_-—__ THE NINTH STREET LINE. ‘The New! Equipment —A Threatened Trouble With Employes. Three trains; consisting of an electric motor car and trailer each, are now run- ning regularly, for the transportation of passengers on the 9th strect branch of the Metropolitan railroad, and additional trains will be added until the full quota of twen- ty-two trains are being operated and all the horse cars taken off. President Phil- lips wants to,retain all his old employes, and for this reason the full equipment of the road with’ electric cars is delayed. By August 15‘he éxpects to call the last horse car in. B Many cohduttors and drivers of the 9th street line, it has been announced, are to Be given an opportunity to work on the electric trains when the road is ready for full operation by-electricity. Some feeling, however, has been occasioned by the ac- ticn of President Phillips in employing a non-unidn man to break in the motor men. The matter will, it is said, be brought up at the meeting of the Street Railway Protective Union tomorrow night, Some of the members of the union are in favor of askirg President Phillips to em- ploy a union man to do the work the non- union man is now doing if the iatter will rot unite with the union, or otherwise to have the men resign their positions with the company. In either case it is believed that it will require considerable diplomacy to avert trouble. ——. “The most expensive short story ever printed is “The Long Arm,” the $2,000 prize detective story, the first installment of which will be printed in The Star of Sat- urday, August 3. Columbia ‘Typegraphical Union Qhooses Its Officers for the Year Votes Drep Briskly Into the Ballot Boxes in the Chapels and st the G Street Temple. This is the printers’ election day. Once ®@ year the knights of the shooting stick avall themselves of the divine right of man- kind to choose governors and ballot for officers of Columbia Typographical Union, No. 101. It ts always more or less of an event in typographical circles, as there is sure to be at least oné contest over “he ballots, and sometimes more. This year there are twe struggles in progress, one for the position of president and the other ‘or secretary of the union. It is the case of the ins against the outs. President George J. Tracy and Secretary F. H. Padgett are being opposed for re-election by 8. J. Trip- lett and John W. Usilton. There is but one candidate for each of the other offices, as follows: E. G. Farrell for vice president, J. J. Higgins for treasurer, R. E. Hard- wicke for sergeant-at-arms, Granville Har- ford for doorkeeper, T. M. Ring for truscee for the full term and J. J. Sullivan for trustee for an urexpired term. The election today is progressing quietly, and will probably close tonight without any unusual incident. The plan being followed is that which was adopted three or four years ago of canvassing the vote by chat els, instead of all together at some cent polling point. There are thirty-six chapels in the District, and in each of these a bal- Jot was opened some time between noon and 8 this evening. For example, in The Star office the ballot box was opened from 12:30 to 2:30, but in this office, as probably im most others where a day force is em- ployed, the ballots were ali deposited at the noon lunch hour. In each chapel two judges of election superintend the casting of the votes. One of these was the chair- man of the chapel and the other was a member who was not a candidate on the ticket, chosen previously by the chapel. The working card that each member of the Typographical Union carries entitled the bearer to deposit one vote, and as he did so the corner of his card was clipped to prevent repeating. The Unattached Members Vote Also. A poll was also opened at Secretary Pad- gett’s office, in Typographical Temple, on G street opposite the pension office. The official judges of election assembled there shcrtly after noon and at 1 o'clock opened a emall window to the west of the en- trarce and received the votes of the mem- bers of the union who are at present un- attached to any chapel or who are on leave from the government printing office. It Was estimated by the judges soon after 1 o'clock that there will be fully two hun- dred and fifty votes deposited in this box. ‘There was quite a crowd collected in front of the building at 1 o'clock, and for a few minutes after the polls were opened the voting was very brisk, althougtt there was mc excitement whatever. Politics among the printers is not very lively this year. The judges of election are J. M. n- hart, Preston B. Wright, E. B. Kelly, Z. T. Jenkins and M. G. Molan. They will re- ceive the votes of the miscellaneous mem- bers of the union until 7 o’clock this even- irg. It is required that the ballot boxes shall be received from all the chapels in the District by that hour. The judges will then proceed to canvass the vote, and as soon thereafter as possible the results will be announced in the great hall in the upper part of the temple. R Ordinarily the election day proceedings attract a large assemblage of printers to the temple, and it is probable that there will be quite a crowd on hand this even- ing to hear the returns. There are about thirteen hundred members in the union teday, although the number was said by some of the printers this afternoon to be much higher than this. Some estimated that there were nearer fifteen hundred members. The present mode of voting brirgs out a much fuller ballot than the old plan, when it was often impossible for the men to leave their work long enough to to the polling place, which was usually located near the gayernment print- ing office. The largest number of mem- bers is, of course, to be found in this great establishment, and the G. P. O. ballot box usually cuts a tremendous figure in the result of the printe: election day. It is probable that the result of the election will not be made known before 11 or 12 o'clock tonight. THE Y. Cc. A. Contributions Coming in to the New Quarters—More Needed. The friends of the Young Men's Christian Association are responding gallantly to the appeal for help in the work of furnishing the rooms of the cssociation in the Lenman buildirg. Mrs. Sara Spencer has donated a handsome desk chair and a dozen office chairs, and Messrs. Sanders & Stayman have sent a piano to the new quarters, so that it will be possible to have musical ac- companiments to the noonday religious meetings that are held in the rooms. Mr. A. J. Whitak-r gave an office chair. There are other crying needs, however, that should be filled at once, such as a good many more chairs, scme tables, a safe for the valuables of the association—which ard fewer in number now than they were a fortnight ago, but still precious—a clock and another office desk. Mr. 8. W. Woodward, chairman of the finance committee, returned to the city at 1:30 o'clock this afternocn from Massachu- setts and entered at once with character- istic energy into the project for raising a fund for the new building. The subscription blanks have now been prepared and the subscription lists ure epen. A feature is being made of the young men’s fund, and a number of names have been cecured of members who have prom- ised to give one hundred dollars apiece, pay- able in four years. One of the young men has also promised to secure one thousand dollars by means of subscerifition lists of his own, and a well-known newspaper cor- respondent told Secretary Pugh yesterday that he would secure $5,000 before the first of January. ————— THE BILLS WERE WORTHLESS. Those Halves Found by the Colored Woman Had Been Canceled. The two mutilated $1,000 United States notes found in a garret at 402 6th street by a colored woman named Fannie Ford, as told in yesterday's Star, are pronounced worthless by the officials of the Treasury Department. The find included only the upper halves of two notes, which had been redeemed and canceled, and which had been stolen from the register’s office over thirty years ago, while awaiting complete destruction by burning. Each piece was dis- tinctly marked ‘‘Canceled,” after the method employed just after the war. They were worthless when stolen, which fact ex- plains why no attempt was made to use them. Redeemed rotes -are now cut, yunched and destroyed by maceration, but fore the present system was adopted they cut, stamped “Canceled” and then de- stroyed by fire. ——____—_-o+—_____ ON THE ANXIOUS BENCH. Those Who Are Cnndidates for the Register of Wills’ Office. Another day has passed and the expected change in the office of register of wills has not occurred. Unless some serious hitch hag occurred the name of Colonel Wright's successor will be known before the week is out. Meanwhile the various candidates for this office ere nervous with expectations. That is, some are sanguine, while with others it is a case of depression from hope deferred. —_—__—-o-—____ PASSED WORTHLESS CHECKS. A Weman’s Alternative Was to De- fraud or Beg. Detectives Horne and Weedon succeeded today in capturing the woman who has been passirg worthless checks on market dealers and merchants, and she is now be- hind the bars. Her name is recorded at police headquarters as Annie J. Young, alias Moore, alias L. M. Davis, allas M. R. Doane. The woman, who is about fifty years old, gave her occupation as that of a housekeeper. She is a tall womaa, Gressed tm black, and wears a long black coat. It ts thought that there will be nearly a dozen cases against her. For more than ten days this woman has operated here, and has succeeded im passing on merchants a ee of Lesage ag small amounts. ces where managed to pass the checks she made small purchases and re- celved a few dollars in change. At Mason C, Grasty’s store she obtained $17. The woman has been stopping at No. 312 C street morthwest, and the officers ar- rested her while she was on her way to the Baltimore and Potomac depot to take the train for Baltimore. According to her story she belongs in New York. She made a full confession of her check transactions here, and said she resorted to this means of ob- taining money because she was in strait- ened circumstances, and she got desperate. “I had to do this or beg,” she said, “for I would have gotten just as much notoriety one way as the other.” The police are inclined to believe her story, although her transactions show con- clusively that she is a shrewd woman. She was sent to the sixth police station and put in charge of the matron until to- morrow, when she will be given a hearing in the Police Court. IN LINE OF PROMOTION Three Appointments Today Made in the ” Fire Department. Second Assistant Belt Made First As- sistant and Foreman Kurts Second Assistant. ‘The Commissioners today made provis- fon for filling the vacancy made by the death of First Assistant Fire Chief Lowe last Saturday. As stated in The Star would probably be done, the appointment was made in line of promotion, and Second As- sistant W. T. Belt has been moved up. Foreman J. D. Kurtz of engine company No.5 has been promoted to the position of second assistant, vice Belt promoted. Assistant Foreman J. W. Smith has been promoted to foreman, vice Kurtz promoted. The appointments were all made on the recommendation of Chief Parris, and give general satisfaction, as the three men have all made creditable records for themselves as fire fighters, and have earned the pro- motion by hard work and faithful service. The appointments of Kurtz and Smith are subject to the usual probationary serv- ice of twelve months. The New First Assistant Chief. Wm. T. Belt, who is today promoted from second to first assistant chief of the fire department, is called by his associates a “fireman from way back.” He has always been known as a brave and fearless officer of the department, and has the distinction of having driven the first steam engine in the city, He was born in Washington in October, 1846, and entered the old volunteer fire service when seventeen years old, private under Chief Engineer Peabody. The second day of January, 187), he was ap- pointed as a private in the paid depart- ment, and assigned to duty with engine company No. 2. In 1886 he was made act- ing foreman of No. 1, and fifteen days later he was made permanent foreman. The next month he was made acting assistant chief, and two years later received a permanent appointment to that position. He has been in charge of the second battalion, consisting of companies 3, 4, 6 and 8, and truck A. Assistant Chief Kurts. Mr, Belt’s successor as assistant chief of the second battalion is Foreman John D. Kurtz, who has been in the fire depart- ment since 1879. He was born in Mont- gomery county, Md., in April, 1853, and came to live in Georgetown when quite young. He served an apprenticeship as a carpenter, but he did not like the trade, ard on the 2d of January, 1879, he wag appointed a private in the fire departmen Eight months later he was made assistant forenan of company No. 5. In 1886 he was made acting foreman, and the next year he was placed permanently in command of the company, at the hi edlgpndge aos ¢ head of which he has J.C, Pilling’s Wil, The will of the late James Cc. Pilling, dated June 5, 1895, filed today, names John W. Pilling, a brother, as executor, and di- rects that the widow of the deceased, Min- nie H. Pilling, shall enjoy the estate 4s she remains unmarried. Should eee marry, it is to pass to Ruth Harper Pilling, @ daughter of the deceased, her mother and uncle, to-hold the same as trustees for the daughter until the latter becomes of age. ——__ Dislocated Ankle. James McGrath, a watchman at the State, War and Navy departments ‘build- ing, slipped in the corridor this morning and dislocated his ankle. He was taken to Lis home at 306 2d street medical aid rendered. ee Grain and Cotton Markets. Cotton and grain markets, reported Hibbs, stock, grain and cortca Woke 121 Fs $< Baltimore Markets, BALTIMORE, July 31.—Fiour stead; , unchanged— receipts, 8,245 barrels; shipments, Sst barrels; sales, 0 barrels. Wheat lower, but firm—spot menth and August, 70%a70%; This 71%; December, 7407414; ste: GF 54,248 bush: iple, Corn firm—spot and eptember, : receipts, “8, : eee Sipnests, ite aaa st nt T6 son els; southern white do. yel Onis quiet and. casy—No. ae asked; No. 2 mixed, 29%a30— ela; lock, 127,040 bushels, “Rye qule® an. xtens~— No. : bushels. Hay firm—choice timothy, $17.50a$18.00. freights rather firm, with Vetter pmaed steam to Liverpool per bushel, 24. August; Cork for orders per quarter, 2s.8d.a28.6d. August. "Sugar firth, unchanged. Butter and eggs steady, unchang- ed. Cheese firm, unchanged. 681407146. FINANCE AND TRADE ‘Yesterday’s Reaction in the Grar « gers Continued, LOWER PRICES RULE 'd LONDON Less Activity in Sugar Than for the Past Few Days. GENERAL MARKET REPORTS Special Dispat-h to The Evening Star, NEW, YORK, July 31—The London market was affected this mornittg by the revcding tide of enthusiasm in the Grangers in this market, and the early cables from that center described the mar- ket as irregular, with moderate declines in international securities. The advance in Sterling exchange also had some effect. AS was to be expected, yesterday's reac- tion in the Grangers went a trifle further during the early hours today. There was no evidence that the bull cliques in this group have released their control of the market for them. The recent advance, however, has been so rapid that conservative houses regard the present level of prices as inviting real- izations rather than new purchasers, and while admitting that a tremeadous corn crop is promis2d, say that every bushel of it 18 needed for the benefit of the finances of the carriers. It was but natural, therefore, that the sellers at the opening outnumbered the buyers, and concessions were made all along the line, and the market was dull and Mfeless, with indications of lower prices. The selling movement came to an end, however, shortly after the noon hour. The friends of-Rock Island despairing of further decline took it in hand, and under its lead the whole granger. group braced ae sionals. Sates until, at this < p.m.), al morning's decline had been racovered. sad In Sugar there was less activity than for the past few days, but the certificates more than held their own, and the reports from the trade, while showing no advance for the refined product, showed a very active market and healthy condition. Chicago Gas continued yery strong, and points were thick in the room to buy it for the sixties. Distillers legged, owing to fresh legal complicaticns in Chicago, Lead suffered a rather severe setback from the advance of yesterday, owing to the flat Jenial by President Thompson of ary intenticn to declare an «arly dividend on the common, accompanied by the offi- celal statement that the earnings of the company would not justify a dividend for some time to come, unlers material im- provement in the trade should occur at ‘once, - Tennessee Coal was very strong on report that another increase in the price of their product would soon be made. Market for sterling and continental bills is strong at the rates ruling at the close of business yesterday. The dearth of com- mercial bills continues, and there is no new feature to the situation. The actual rates for sterling are: Cable transfers, 40 1-22490 3-4; demand, 490 1-4a490 ty days, 459 1-42.49 1-2, The last hour's trading developed no spe- celal feature, beyond the continued strength of the Grangers, and a siight flurry in Mis- souri Pacific, based on the report that the earnings for the last week of July would show a very large increase. Prices at the close are uniformly higher than last even- ing, and the feeling in the room is that ef- forts looking toward a reaction are about at an erd. _— FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. The follwing 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 & Macsrtney, members New Yor: stock exchange. Correspondents Messrs. Meore & Schley, No. 80 Broadway. Stocks. . Low. Last. American sugar 116 NBA 116 American Sag: Fe 104” 1048 American Tobacco. 10% ley 12 American Cotton Ol a a a. Aicrison Canada Canada Pacific. Chesapeake & Gnio. Giicego. 3. =o Chic. & Northwestern. Dis. & Cattie Feeding.. General Electric... Titinols Central. Lake Shore. Eri ie... Louisville & Nashville. yy G2 GR Gy Long Jaland Traction) 17% 17% 1T% 17! Metropolitan ‘Traction:. 100% 1004 100% 100; Manhatian Flevated. . U8 M4" 118% i Centre lehigen Northern Pacific, Pfd. orth American. ———— Washington Stoek Exchange. Sales—regular call—12 o'clock m.—Belt Railroad Ss, $500 at 88: §500 at 88. Washington Loan and ‘Trust, 5 at 128. Government Bonds.—U, S. 4s, registered, 112 bi 112% asked. U. 8. 4s, coupon, 112% bid, 112% asked. U.S, 4s, 1925, 123% bid. U.S. Ss, 1904, 116% Did, 117 asked. District of Columbia Bonds.-20-rear fund 5s, 103 bid. 30-year fund 6s, id, 112 bid. Water stock Za, 1901, currency, 115 bid. Water stock 7s, 1903, currencs, 116 bid. 3.65s, funding, currency, 110 . registered, 2-108, 109 bid. Miscellaneous ‘ashington and Georze- town Railroad conv. Gs, Ist, 135 bid. | Washingvon and Georgetown Rallroad Cony. 6s, 2d, 135 bid. Metropolitan Railrosd cony. 6s, 107 bid, 119 asked. Belt Railroad Gs, 87% bid. Eckington Railroad 101 bid, 103 arked. “Columbia Railroad 6x, 119) jes “A, bid. Washington ¢ 6s, bid, 115 asked. ington Gas Company Gs, se- ries B, 173 bid. shington Gas Company conv, 125 Did. Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Se, 300 bid. American Security and Trust os, F. and A., 106 bid, | American Security’ and Trust 3s, A. and O., 100 bid. Washingion Market Company Ast Gs, 108 bid. Washington Market Company imp, Gs, 108 bid. Washington Market Company ext. Gs, eo thon Se: 103 “bid. Washington Light Infantry 2d 7s, 100 bid. Nation ak Stocks-—Bank of Washiugton, 280 |. Bank of the Republic, 250 Metropolitan, 285 iid, 315 asked. 270 bid. Farmers and Mechanics’, Second, 138 bid. Citizens’, 130 bid. Columbia, 130 Did, 140 asked. Capital, 116 bid. West End, 106 Did. ‘Traders’, 103% bid, 105%) asked. Lincoln, 100 bid, 163 asked. Ohio, 82 bid. sked. ational Safe vid, Washington , *120 bid, 125 asked. “American So- curity and Trast, 138 bid. Washington Safe De- | Postt, 80 asked. Railroad Stocks.—Washinzton and Georgetown, 265 bid, 285 asked. Metropolitan, 88 bid, 92 asked: ‘ Balt, 35 asked. Eckington, - Light Stocks,—Washiagton Gas, Lid. Georgetown Gas, 50 bid. cs,—Franklin, 42 bid. Metropol. tan, 70 bid, Corcoran, 50 bid. Potomne, a5 hid. Arlington, 140 bid. German-American, 165 bia, 300 ‘asked. National Union, 10 bid. Columbia, 13 bid. Biggs? 734 People's, 5 id, | Lincotn, 81; bid, 8 asked. Commercial,” 43 ‘Inia. ‘Title’ Insurance Stocks.—Iteal Exiate ‘Title, 197 Columbia Title, 7 bid, 8 asked. |, 115 asked. i ington Title, S asked. District Title, 1y bid, ed. phone Stocks,—Chesapeake and Potomac, 54 | nid: “American Graphophone, 3° bid, 2% asked | Pneumatic Gun Carriage, .20 bid, .30 asked. Miscellaneons Stocks.—AVashington Market, 14 oar Ace, 130 bid, “140 asked. asked. Lincoln Hall, 75 bid. * ———__ The Sausage Makers, The strike of the workmen at Auth’s sausage factory may result in the reor- ganizetion of the union that has lapsed for some time. A meeting is io be held to- night, at which it i¢ expected that thirty- five or forty men may be present,