Evening Star Newspaper, August 3, 1895, Page 2

THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, AUGUST 3, 1895-TWENTY PAGES. LATE NEWS BY WIRE Alleged Dissensions Among New York's Police Commissioners. COL. GRANT MAKES SHARP COMMENT His Associates Refuse to Discuss the Matter. EAKINS’ TRIAL THE CAUSE NEW YORK, August 3.—In police circles teday, there is much talk over an incident, of last evening, during the trial of Police Captain Eakins, for failing to suppress dis- orderly houses in his precinct, before the Polics commissioners, and which is con- stried as indicating a rupture of the una- nimity which since the reorganization of the board and the appointment of Theodore Roosevelt to its presidency has chara-ter- ized the proceedings of that body. ~ After questioning Capt. Eakins as to the money he had saved during his term of of- fice as a policeman and what the captain had done with it, Commissioner Grant said that he believed ft was a crime to place the captain on trial. The statsment is made that Capt. Eak- ins’ prosecution was decided upon without Col. Grant having been consulted upon the subject, and that ever since that time Col. Grant has not been in full accord with his colleagues. It is sald that the other commissjoners have been endeavoring to have Commis- sforer Grant commit himself on the excise questien, but that he has always assumed @ neutral stand and refused to be drawn out in the matter. On occasions when Commissiorers Roosevelt and Parker ad- dressed meetings of good government clubs, upon special invitations, it is said invitations were also extended to Colonel Grant. He declined the invitations upon the plea of urgent business. Commissioner Roosevelt was asked to- day if he had seen the remark made by Commissioner Grant. “Yes, I have seen it,” he replied. = you express yourself concerning “No,” said the commissioner with a laugh, “I have absolutely nothing to say regarding the matter.” _ Commissioner Andrews said: “I betieve that Colonel Grant made the remark un- thinkingly. I do not feel disposed to dis- cuss the matter. To do so would be dis- courteous. Neither can I say anything about the Eakins case. I have listened to nearly two-thirds of the testimony, and it would rot be proper for me to express an opinion one Way or the other.” Major Andrews denied that there was to be a split in the board. Commissioner Graut said to a reporter: “I repeat that the trial of Capt. Eakins is a crime, and from what i have heard of the testimony, I do not think he ts guilty I cannot think there was sufficient ground for. bringing the charges against him. 1 am unallerably opposed to dismissing him. He'has been badly treated. He is a compe- tent officer, and ought to be an inspector. I say this trial is a crime because he is being tried by. public opinion, He has been twenty-nine years on the force. He has -saved-9200-or $200 a year. He ts forced to expend one-third of his savings in defending himself, and is tried for public opinion more than anything else. Capt Eakins" record is good. I, as chairman ce the committee on rules and discipline, ap- proved of the charges against Eakins, but I regret now.that I did not advise against king the charges. I do not think there any dissension in the board. I do not criticise the actions of any of my col- leagues, and if any perscn has heen lax in the Eakins matter, it has been myself. ‘The other commissioners are men of ‘great in- tegrity and ability, but I am ignorant of their views on the Eakins trial.” THE OMAHA POLICE ROW. Restraining Order Against the A. P. A. Commissioners. OMAHA, Neb., August 3.—Judge Hope- well arrived in Omaha last night and issued @ new restraining order against the A. P. A. commissioners restraining them from ex- ercising the functions in any capacity. Soon after his arrival attorneys for Mayor Bemis, C. H. Brown and D. Clem. Deaver, members of the old fire and police commis- sion, appeared before him in chambers and presented a petition for an injunction restraining Foster, Broatch and Vander- voort from exercising the duties, powers and rights of members of the board of fire and police commissioners, citing them to appear in court at 2 o'clock this afternoo/, and show cause why the temporary injunc- tion should not be permanent. Judge Hopewell acceded to the petition and signed the restraining order asked for. ‘The plaintiffs allege that the appointment of Foster, Broatch and Vandervoort is il- legal, null and void, having been made in direct violation of the law and contrary to the constitution of the state in this, that Churchill, as attorney general, and Russell, as commissioner of public lands and build- ings, assumed the power and prerogatives of the executive of the state. —_.__ QUINLAN'S ADMISSIONS. They Bring the Charge of Murder Close to Holmes. CHICAGO, August 3.—Pat Quinlan, for- merly janitor of Holmes’ “castle” here, has given information within the last twen- ty-four hours, which brings the charge cf murder nearer to Holmes than It has been at any time:since the case opened. He and his wife have made admissions by which the chief could use them on the stand as valuable wiinesses against Holmes in proving that Mrs. Connor and a child were made away with by Holmes for the pur- pose of securing-insurance which Mra. Connor carried on her life in favor of her daughter or in which Cora Quinlan's life cut an important figure. Further, Quinlan and his wife have prov- ed to the police that Mrs. Connor was so well aware of the schemes which Holmes was operating that it becomes necessary for Holmes to put the woman: out of the way. Pat Quinlan and his wife have admitted partially that a business in receiving ard disposing of dead bodies stolen from coun- try grave yards was carried on in the casue, under the direction of Holmes. — ENTERTAINING GEN. LAWLER, On His Way to Louisville to Look After Encampment Arrangements. CINCINNATI, Ohio, August 3.—Gen. Thomas G. Lawler, commander-in-chief G. A. R., and members of his staff arrived from Chicago at 7:30 a.m. Later Gen. Law- Yer and Gen. W. E. Bundy, commander-in- ohief of the Sons of Veterans, and staff ‘went to Hamilton to attend the outing of the Sons of Veterans. Tomorrow Ohio and Kentucky posts entertain Gen. Lawler at the zoo. On Monday he goes to Louisville fo confer with the general council on the rrangements of the national encampment ‘onight Gens. Lawler and Bundy will be mdered a public reception at the Odd ‘ellows’ Auditorivm. = DEATH AMONG THE DANCERS. Terrible Tragedy at a Village Ball in Mexico. CHILLANSINGO, Mexico, August 3.—A ferrible tragedy 1s reported from the vil- lage of Chilepa, west of here. A ball was in progress at the home of Jose Ferreta, a rominent citizen of the place. Louis A. fartinez, a young Spaniard, became en- ged at being refused a dance by a young dy, and drew a pistol and began firing indiscriminately into the crowd of dancers. fe fired a dczen or more shots, and killed, three men and one woman. He then left the place in the midst of the excitement @nd has not yet been captured. —_—-—- The Ningarn at Cowes. COWES, Isie of Wight, August 3.—How- ard Gould's twenty-rater Niagara has ar- ived here from Queenstown after having cst her topmast in a gale TAMMANY ON ITS Feet! 4 BOY’S SAD DEATH Tt is Expected to Present a Strong Front in the Next Campaign. Richard Croker Coming Back With Higgexpericnce in London to Take Charge of Affairs. Democratic visitors to New York who re- turn home by way of Washington all tell the same tale about the revival of party spirit in the metropolis, and all predict the triumph of the democracy at tle polls in November. The reform movement, they are led to believe, has lost ground with the masses, who are expected to avail them- selves of the first opportunity to return to their old party allesiances. Tammany is reported es in fine feather again, full of energy, full of confidence, and awaiting with impatience the return of Richard Croker from London. Mr. Croker will arrive early next month, and the be- lef is general that he will direct the vom- ing fight. Croker’s London Experience. The Tammany people esteem it fortunate for them that Mr. Croker should have been in England during the recent elections there. He is rerresented as a ‘‘chiel takin’ notes,” the fruits of which are to be ap- plied in New York this fall. It is thought that he must have gathered in London, particularly, points that will be of value to him and to/his party in the struggle be- fore them. There had been a reform move- ment in London somewhat similar to that now in progress in New York. The town fathers had undertaken to correct many flagrant abuses, going so far as to put their hands on some of the concert halls. The excise question also became involved, and first and last a decided stir was cre- ated. Loud protests arose. It was charged that a purpose existed to govern the great city after the forms of a country town. ‘The laboring men and the men of leisure and pleasure were persuaded that their rights were being invaded. They were urged to strike back. The general elec- tions came cn. The liberal party, though not responsible for all this, was In power, and in England, as in tha United States, the party in power is held to a wide-em- bracing accountability. So the liberals got the lick. ‘The conservatives swept London, the great brewing interests in particular exerting themselves to the utmost to help bring about a change, in the hope, ‘of course, of profiting by it in the matter, of legislation. What He is Expected to Do. Mr. Croker having been on the ground and seen all this, Tammany reasons that he ought to come back home deeply in- structed. The masses in London are not unlike the masses in New York. Tam- many argues that a local government that fails in the one city will fail in the other. it is merely a question of reaching the masses in either city’ and convincing them that they have a grievance. The game, in- deed, should be worked a little more easily in New York than in London, owing to the advantages in the forms of suffrage and its facilities of expression. ‘The principal quarrel in New York is over the excise law, and Mr. Croker is expected to solidify the brewing interests there In favor of the cemocrats, as the brewing interests of England, and especially in London, were solidified in favor of the conservatives. Inasmuch as Senator Hill has already Ivid the foundations for such an arrangement, Mr. Croker's task when he arrives will be by that much the more easy. Democracy on Its Feet. The object of impressing visiting demo- erats from a distance with this improve- ment in the New York situation is, of course, obvious. The democratic disaster in the state last fall was so overwhelming it seemed for awhile to be irremediable. The discouragement in party circles ex- tended all over the country. New York seemed lost to the democracy for a decade at least, and wien the history of the state and the value of the slate of recent years were taken into account this was justly regarded as a very serious blow. The effort now is to disperse this gloom. The assur- ance is being sent broadcast that the em- pire state democracy is on its feet again, sword in hand, and eager for a fight. Rich- ard Croker is to command the battalions in town, wnile Senator Hill and Mr. Whit- ney are to look out for the state at large. And a democratic revival in New York is expected to insure a democratic revival all along the line. ———<—_-o+—_____ ONLY ONE WAS KILLED. Gov. Richards Says Reports of In- dian Massncre Were Cxaggernated. DENVER, Col., August 3.—A special to the News from Cheyenne says: The In- dians’ Rights Association having made an attack on the settlers of Jackson's Hole and the Wyoming state officials regarding the troubles, Gov. Richards makes the fol- lowing reply: “I have information.of the killing of only one Indian, who, with fifteen, was resisting the law officers, and attempted to escape after having been arrested for killing elk in open violation of the laws of Wyoiing. The insinuation that these arrests were planned in order that the Indian might be killed is unwarranted. One ofthe Indians arrested on July 17 had a pass, signed Thomas D. Teter, dated at Fort Hall agency May 25, giving him permission to be absent thirty days for the purpose of visit- ing friends at Shoshone agency. When ar- rested his pass had expired nineteen days.”” A News special from Lander, Wyo., says: J. Wilmarth and two other Colorado pros- pectors have arrived from Jackson's Hole. They left there on Wednesday morning, and have made a quick ride into this coun- try. Night before last Wilmarth counted seventeen camp fires, which seemed to oc- cupy the entire rim of the basin. At some of these fires he judged that there were small parties of thirty to forty and others of one hundred or more. The settlers thought that the bands In the mountains would concentrate in Ho- back Canon, and there dictate terms to the army. This confirms the report of the strength of the Indians. They are reported to be gathering supplies and taking them to the point. Everything indicates a stub- bern resistance to the military. Another special from Pocatello, Idaho, says: The situation at Soda Springs is very quiet, and the white people are preparing to return to their homes. About 150 Ban- nack Indians who were at Madison passed Soda Springs, going with great speed toward Fort Hall reservation. Agent Leman came into Soda Springs ard said he went into the camp of 100 In- dians on Gray’s lake. They told him they did not know of any fighting, and that it was all fuss made by white people, and laughed at the idea of settlers getting scared at them. Ic is the impression that the Indians re- ceived news of the troops coming into the Hole, and are guarding themselves, and are more stared than the whites. Agent ‘Teter of the Fort Hall reservation is with the troops at Jackson's Hole. —_——__ CONDEMNATION AWARDS. Sums Given Owners of Land Along the Great Falls Electric Road. Awards were filed in the District Court this afternoon in four cases of the con- demnation of land by the Washington and Great Falls Electric Company, as follows: Georgetown College, cash value of land $1,692, damage $705; John F. Ricks, cash value of land $544.32, damage $300; W. J. Fowler, cash value of land $1,020, damage 3175; James E. McCaffrey, cash value of land $393.60, damage $2,500; “such damages being all active and immediate and not speculative and conjectural.” — WANTS A DIVORCE. Walter E. Newman Charges His Wife With Unfaithfulness and Threats. Walter E. Newman filed this afternoon a suit for divorce from Elizabeth L. Newman. The parties were married in this city in March, 1886, and the divorce is claimed on the allegation that the defendant has violated her marriage vows with a man named Rose or Roes, and that she is of such ungevernable temper that he has reason to believe that if he continues to live with her she wil] execute her threat to take his lifa. Victor Malnati Accidentally Hangs Himself in His Gymnasium. * HIS SISTER DISCOVERS THE BODY Her Theory as to How He Lost His Life. NO IDEA OF SUICIDE There was a death by hanging {n East Washington this morning, the victim of the noose not made hy-a hangmen being Victor Malinati, who lived with his parents at No. 818 East Capitol street. The exact circumstances of the boys’ death will never be known, although it is generally helieved that his death was the result of an accident. Victor Malnati was fifteen. years cld, and was a very heavy boy for his age. Last year,he at- tended school at the Maury building, where by hard study he succeeded in making for himself a record which entitled him to ad- mission to the Eastern High School at the opening of the next school year in Sep- tember. He was soon to take a vacation, and spend a month in the country, intend- ing™to return in time for the opening of school. The boy was a young. athlete, which was the result of his exercising in a roughly made gymnasium in his back shed, and it was in this shed that he met his death at the end of the rope. A Home Gymnasium. Suspended frcm a refter in the center of the shed was a lerge pulley over which a rope had hung. This rope was used as a trapeze and at times a rvdely constructed punching | ag was tied to the end of it. In just what conditicn the rope was this morning when Victor went to the shed is not known, but when his sister, Miss Jen- nie Malnati, found his body swinging in the sir the rope was securely fastened to the lower part cf the pulley and the knot about his neck had every appearance of having been tied as tightly as possible. Victcr was not an early riser, but he had always been in the habit of going out of the house befcre eating his breakfast. Sometimes he would go in the gymnasium and exercise, and at cther times he would go in the Chinese laundry at the corner and look at the Chinamen froning clothes. This morning he went out as usual, only a few minutes before 7:30 o'clock, and when breakfast was ready he had to be called. Discovered by His Sister, Miss Jennie went to the back door and called him, but there was no response. He had been seen to go to the shed and no one had seen him leave there, so the young lady went out in search of him. As she stepped in the shed a heartrending’ sight met her gaze. There, suspended from the small rope, was the dead form of her brother. Instead of rushing out for as- sistance, as many a young woman would have done, Miss Malnati ran to the kitchen, procured a knife and cut the rope. . While A KNOWN QUANTITY. It is the practice of The Star to print on Saturday a sworn statement of itr circulation day by day for the preceding week.’ It would seem self- evident that the advertiser is entitled to this protection. Below will be found the statement for the week just past. . : The average circulation exhibited is believed to be much more than the combined circulation of the other Washington dailies, and fully five times that of its afternoon contem- porary. Circulation of ‘Fhe “Evening Star.” SATURDAY, July 27, 1995. MONDAY, July 29, 1896. TUESDAY, July 80, 1895. WEDNESDAY, Baly'3i, 1895. THURSDAY, Aug. 1, 1895..... FRIDAY, Aug. 2 2 Total... 2 yor Daily average... 1 solemnly awear that the above statement rep- resents only td ‘number of copies of THE EVEN- ING SraR circulated during the six secular days end- ing Friday, August 2, 16%5—that 1s, the num- ber of coples dctuahy gold, delivered, furnished or mailed, for valuable consideration, to bona fide purchasers or qubscglbers, and that none of the copies so counted were returned to or remain in the office unkolif’ > «= “f! WHIT. HERRON, Cashier Evening Star Newspaper Co. Subscribed and sworn to pefore me this third day of August, A.D. 1895. > JNO. ©. ATHEY, Notary Public, D. 0. ENTIRELY UNFOUNDED. No Truth in the Declaration That Carl Brown Deserted His Wife. The publication today in a morning peper that Carl Brown, the chief marshal of Coxey’s commonweal army, deserted his young wife, who was Mamie Coxoy, ten days ago in New York, and that she is now living in seclusion in Baltimore, was far frem accurate, to say the least. Mr. and Mrs. Brown for the past three weeks have been domiciled in a suite of rooms at 213 4% street northwest, and a Star reporter who called this afternoon was accorded a hearty welcome. - Mr. and Mrs. Brown were entertaining several friends at lunch- eon and the “Goddess of Peace” seemed to be the happiest of brides. The allega- tion that he had left his wife was de- nounced as a libel in the most emphatic terms by Carl, while the former Miss Coxey declared the publication to be ludicrous in the extreme. One of the rooms is fitted up as a com- plete printing office, and according to the ex-marshal he fs literally up to his ears in werk, preparing for the initial issue of a menthly paper, which is to make its ap- pearance August 16, and will be known. as “Carl's Cactus.” “Our paper, if properly encourage develop into a great national daily, Mr. Brown to the reporter. “It will be published in the sole interest of the peo- ple’s party in opposition to the powerful doing this she made an outcry, attracting'|'pitftocratic press. «Mire, Brown will.be,the the other members of the family. In a few seconds the body was placed on the Iawn beneath one of the shade trees and Dr. E. S. Lothrop was at his side. Dr. Richard Kingsman was also called, but although the body was still warm means of artificial respiration ap- plied were of no avati, and when the doc- tors finally concluded that the boy had passed beyond the aid of medical skill his budy was taken into the house. Policeman Ehlers was called in and he made a report of the case to the coroner. No Idea of Suicide. Members of the boy’s family are certain that the death of Victor was the result of an acciijent, and do not have the slightest idea that he committed" suicide. He had been in the Habit of acting on the trapeze, and they think that this time he made a mistake and slipped. But the knot about his neck was tied so tightly that it Is \bought by others that he could not have met with the accident in the ordinary trapeze exercises. His sister thinks he had read of the recent executions at the jall and that he provably wanted to imitate what was done there, with the exception of taking his life. ‘The end of the rope was near the ground,+| so that the boy’s feet must have beea touching the floor when. his body was found, although his sister is®not certain whether suzh was the case.or not, as slie was so much excited at the time. How He Protably Met His Derth. Resting about a fodt above the floor, on some wood, was the punchbag, and iis condition indicated that the boy had stood upon it. His sister thinks that he stood upon the bag, and then swung into the air, thinking he would get the benefit of» the sensation of aman who is executed, end at the same time would go back on the bag and rescue himself. In letting go, however, the drop, although only a few inches, was too much for him, and ren- dered him unconscious, so that, had his body swung back, which is not likely, and his feet fell upon the bag, he could not have saved himself. The sad affair caused deep sorrow to the neighbors and many frjends of the family, a number of whom soon visited the house and tendered their services. Deceased was a son of Mr. Frank Mal- nati of the firm of Lane & Malnatl, ccn- tractors. —_—_>—__ MARBLEIZED PICTURES. Artintic Decoration of the Great Pen- ston Office Columns. There is an artistic interpretation of the work of decorating the great columns of the pension office which is gradually dawning upon the employes of that build- ing. Some time ago an artist was set to work iarbleizing the great brick columns that support the roof of the pension office building. There are six of these columns and work is now progressing on the fifth one. While the.columns are of brick, they now have the appearance of being con- structed of higbly polished marble with lines of grain running through it in every direction. Marble of this kind is about equal to nebulous clouds or to a great oak wood fire in giving form to picturesque objects, which may be seen by the use of a little ingenuity on the part of the watcher. Men's faces and weird animals can always he constructed from the lines in the marble, but in the case of the pen- sion office columns the artist has used his ingenuity by forming many and’ varied pictures while marbleizing the columns, At first, clerks of the pension office who watched the work in progress thought that it was by mere accident that near the base of one of the columns there was a picture of a horse mounted by a figure, with a valet standing at his head. This figure has since become known as Napoleon on horse- back. On another column, near the roof, is a profile of Washington, easily recog- uized and a wonderfully good likeness from the brows down. Way up near the top of a column, on the G street side of the court, is a little house of a type that may be seen in many a small town through- out the country. These pictures in the marble were looked upon for some time by employes of the office as mere acci- dents, and it was thought strange that they should have been so well formed. They are true to nature, however, only so far as it was possible to make them so by the black lMnes necessary to work the marble In a natural way. But the clerks were convinced that the artist had a purpose in his work when they discovered an American flag on one of the columns, with distinct stripes and dotted with stars. Everything else shown by the work of the marbleizer might have teen accidental, but the stars and stripes were evidently put there deliberately, though they are not seen except on a close examination of the column. ‘These are a few of the pictures that have been deciphered on the marbleized columns of the pension office. The columns are now forming an interesting study to the clerks, because they have been convinced that they have been provided with a pic- ture gallery which only needs careful scrutiny to discover the many things por- trayed on the columns. prcprietor and attend to the books and re- ceipts, while -I will cartoon and cut .to pieces the tools of monopoly. The Cactus will be rignt on the ground and a faithful sertmel—fearfess and fighting all the time. In the prospectis of bis proposed paper Carl refe’s to himself as “poet, painter and puncturer of pompous pride; also of politi- cal puppets, publishers and pusillanimous poltroons of purse-proud plutocracy.” A number of cartoons haye.alygady been pre- pared for the Cactus. Mr. and Mrs. Brown expect to reside permanently in this clty or in Bladens- burg. THE Y. M. ©. The New Rooms Gradually Assuming a Finished Appearance, Encouraging progress in, the work of fit- ting up the temporary quarters for the ¥. M..C. A. is reported. The rooms in the Lenman building, a few doors west of the association's .old home, are gradually assuming a furnished appearance, and rewspaper filys, reading desks and writing tables, will be in, place,in.a,short time. Noonday prayer meetings are conducted in the north: room, where the piano tas been Placed... ‘The cepter.reom -will be used as Secretary's Pugh’s office and contains at present a desk and chair, besides the records of the! association that were saved. Tonight the: literary society will meet in the association rooms, and an interesting debate is tocbe,ithe feature of the pro- gram. i vi The. Bible olass for.Sunday s2hool teach- ers and others, conducted by Mr. W. H. H,, Smith, will besheld-as usual this even- ing. The meeting place will be the lecture rccm of Foundry: Church: In: this place also will be held the meeting for men to- merrow’ ‘afteritooh, at which an address will be delivered by Rev. Howard W. En- nis. ——__ ATTEMPTED SUICIDE. John Bute Tried to Hang Himself in His Cell. a John Bute, a young man who once had a promising future, has fallen a victim of alcckol and now most of his time‘is spent in rum-drinking, with an occasional visit to prison. Several years ago he married a widow and now he is the father of sey- eral ckildren. Yesterday he was peddling books and needies, and when he went to the store of Guy, Curran & Co., on 9th street, to make a small rurchase he took a piece of goods that did not belong to him. Policeman McCort soon had him in custody and locked him up. When placed behind the bars Bute appeared very uneasy and acted as if it were his first experience in such a place. His conduct was the result of whisky drinking, and last night he made an effort to end his life This he did by using his suspenders, which he tied about his throat and made an effort to strangle hirgself. A policeman found him in time to save his life and removed the suspend- ers. The unfortunate man was then taken to the hospital for treatment, and this morning Judge Miller heard the larceny case in court. The prisoner was about to say that he purchased the goods, but was stopped by the judge. He was told that his offense committed yesterday was bad enough with- out saying something that would send his body to the penitentiary and his soul to perdition. ‘A senteace of thirty days in jail was im- posed. ——.__ Changes in the Interior Department. The following official changes have been made in the Department of the Interior: Geological ‘survey—Promotions: Stephen J. Kubel of the District of Columbia, chief engraver, $2,490 to $2,700; Jefferson Middle- ton of the District of Columbia, clerk, $1,400 to $1,600; John R, Walsh of Illinois, clerk, $1,200 to $1,400; H. Hobart Nichols of the District of Columbia, paleontologic draughtsman, $1,200 to $1,400; Frederick W. Von Dachenhausen of the District of Co- lumbia, paleontologic draughtsman, $1,000 to $1,200; H. Chadwick Hunter of the Dis- trict of ‘Columbia, draughtsman, $1,000 to $1,200; Wells M. Sawyer of Illinois, clerk, $1,600’ to $1,800; Dunean Hannegan of In- diana, assistant topographer, $340 to $1,000. Changes of desjgnation—Philip C. War- man of New Jersey, stenographer, $1,800, to editor, $1,800; Frederick H. Newell of Pennsylvania, topographer, $2,400, to hy- @rographer, $2400; Arthur P. Davis of Kansas, topographer, $2,000, to hydrog- rapher, $2,00; Cyrus C. Babb of Maine, temporary field dssistant, $6 per diem, to assistant hydrographer, $1,200 per annum. Patent office appointments—Martin S. Murphy of Connecticut and William H. Russell of Pennsylvania, copyists, at $720. = Fell From the Car. Last night about 11:30 o’clock J. E. Swann, a cable car conductor, fell from his car, and was painfully injured about .the head. He Was taken to the Emer- gency Hospital for treatment. USURY IN THE NAVY |S8ULLETS FoR Officers of the Vermont Censured Severely. THE NAVAL REGULATIONS VIOLATED The Blue Jackets Sorely Imposed Upon. THE COURT CRITICISED The pos'tion of the Navy Department in the matter of usury in the navy is shown in the following memorandum pre- pared by Acting Secretary McAdoo in the case of the officers attached to the re- ceiving ship Vermont at the New York navy yard: “The department cannot refrain from ex- pressing its disappointment at the lack of order and thoroughness with which the court conducted its work. The omission of the court to make such investigation into the matters submitted to it as was desir- able in order to render its inquiry com- plete and satisfactory, has somewhat emi- barrassed the department in arriving at a conclusion as to what should be done in the premises. There is, however, enough of evidence in the record and the admis- sions of some of those concerned to war- rant the department in concluding the matter in such a way 3s shall conserve the best interests of the service. Irregular Pryments. “It appears to be indisputably cstab- lished that, contrary to the navy resula- tions, enlisted men received money from the paymaster’s office at irregular intervals, and without the written order from the commanding officer of the ship, Capt. Silas Casey, United States navy; that moneys were paid to persons other than those to whom they were due, without such writ- ten requisition, and without due regard to the navy regulations governing such mat- ters; that neither have the originals of money requisitions or orders been retain- ed by the paymaster, nor the duplicates thereof returned to the captain, and that the petty cash book shows erasures and changes made in such a manner as to re- quire substantiation by such requisitions or orders, a condition of affairs for which Paymaster Tiffany is responsible. Fur- thermore, making allowance for the diffi- culty of getting proof in cases where of necessity the recipient of money obtained in the form of usurious loans must have been in collusion with the person engag- ing in these irregular and illegal prac- tices, sufficient evidence has nevertheless been adduced to show beyond doubi that in at least two cases, viz. those of W. W. Jones find, John O'Shea, loans were made by Jeppe Rasmussen, ter’s yeoman, at an usurious‘rate of in- terest in the case of the former. A Definite Case. “When thes2 men were paid by the pay- mester's clerk, W. V. Moriarty, the amount sv loaned, together with this excessive in- terest In the case of Jones, was deducted from their pay, notwithstarding the fact that at the same time they signed re- ceipts falsely acknowledging that they had received the full amount credited to them on the books. There is absolutely no defense offered as against this, unless the statement that errors not infrequently oc- curred in making up the amounts due the men may be magnified into such a de- fense. “The wise and salutary rule of the naval regulations which requires that ail pay- ments of money to the craw shall be wit- messed by an officer, in order to render it certain that each man actually receives the exact amcunt for which he rece!pts, was not observed in its true meaning and spirit on board the U. S. R. S. Vermont, it apparently being the custom to have a warrant officer withess for these men en bloc. One of these witnesses, Gunner Cor- nelius Cronin, «dmits in his testimony that he cannot posi:iyely swear-in certain in- dividual cases whether the men were act- vally- paid the exact amounts receipted for or not. The manner in which these payments were made; the lack of orderly and businesslike methods; the flat neglect to obey the navy reguiltions, and the savor of illegal and unjust practices in certain individuai cases among the subordi- nate officers who conducted the payment, merit the severest censure. Officers Punished. “The department believes that the best interests of the public and of the service will be subserved by the following course: 1, A letter censvring Capt. Casey for his failure to observe the naval regulations respecting payments to the crew of the vessel under his command. 2. A similar letter to Paymaster Tiffany; he to be plac- ed on furlougn when he has completed the settlement of his accounts. 3. The ap- pointment of W. V. Moriarty us paymas- ter’s clerk to be immediately revoked, and he to be informed that the department will not approve of his selection for ap- pointment by any paymaster or permit his entrance into the service in any capacity in the future. 4. Jeppe Rasmussen to be discharged from the service, with an_in- dcrsement on his discharge to the effect that he is not Geemed a -lesirable person for re-enlistment in any capacity. “Subject to the foregoing remarks and action the proceedings and findings of the court of inquizy- in this case are approved, as recommended by the judge advocate general.” BROKE HIS THIGH. R. Morgan, an Iron Worker, Injured by a Fall at the New Post Office. Roland Morgan, twenty-five years of age, an fron worker on the new ost office build- ing, fell from the structure shortly after 7 o'clock this morning, breaking his thigh. The unfortunate nan was ov gaged at work on the 12th stre2t wing of the building. and, losing his balance, fell. Just before reaching the ground he struck an iron beam. Morgan, who is an Englishman, came here from Chicago, and resides at 188 Missouri avenue. He was removed to the Emergency Hospital, where the frac- ture was cet. Later in the Gay the unfor- tunate man was taken to Proviednce Hos- pital. ——.__. A MARINE OFFICER'S TROUBLE. Col. Forney May Be the Subject of a Court of Inquiry. It ig said that Col. James M. Forney of the marine corps, on duty at Portsmouth, N. H., has got into trouble with the Navy Department, and that a court of inquiry bas been ordered to investigate the matter. oS An Echo Meeting. An echo meeting of the Boston conven- tion will be held in the Sunday school room of Mount Vernon Place Church, corner 9th and K streets, tomorrow at 9:45 p.m. There wii be good music and good speakers, and it is expected that delegates to the con- vention will tell of the good time they had. a Monday’s St. ph Entries, First race, five furlongs, selling — Dr. Faust, Philadelphia, 106; Eddie M., Lum- berman, Tolosa, 103; Wyoming, Headlight, 100; Minnie S., Belle of Fermoy, 98; Ple, 97; Melinda Jewel, 95. Second race, four furlongs, two-year-olds, selling—Crescent, 118; Hallie, Gay, 106; Miss Bowser, Wistful, Dutch Girl, Lady Watson, ; Mural, 102. wthird race, six and a half furlongs, sell- ing—Savant, 105; Stanley M., Leporello, Capt. Bab, Bob Miller, 102; Annie T., Lady Danby, Unlucky, 100. Fourth race, seven furlongs, selling—Jim McLaughlin, 104; Tuscan, 103; Sina, 101; Ponce de Leon, 100; White Cockade, Selah, Trump, Jeck Dennison, 96; Snake, 92; Miss Carter, 91; Monitoress, 87. Fifth race, four and a half furlongs— Eclipse, , West Park, Jack Lovell, 120; Fagin, Jimmy Lambly, 117; Sonora, Um- braw, 115. Sixth race, four and a half furlongs— Dvke of Gloucester, Geo. Hakes, Eva's Kid, Delurey, Pope, Georgie R., Putnam, Velvet Rose, 110. PEACHES An Alleged Bequest for Fruit Met With B-B, Shot. Case of Shooting Fruit Thieves Oc- cure at the Japanese Legation Building Today. Today about noon the alley in rear of the Japanese legation, No. 1310 N street north- west, came near being the scene of a repe- tition of yesterday's tragedy, and the police |-have a complicated case on their hands. What; if anything, they can or will do re- mains to be seen, but it is ‘claimed that the shooting was done by two attaches of the legation. . There is a peach tree in the rear yard near the fence, and the large branches, which are filled with fruit, hang over the alley, that is paved with cobblestones. As had been the case with the residents of Washington Heights, the boys, both white and colored, had been very annoying. The tree had been disfigured a number of times and the green fruit knocked from the branches. Stenes thrown by the boys had landed against the hguse, and several times the large window panes came near being smashed. Five white boys were in the alley today when the shooting was done, and the only reason one of the poys was not seriously hurt was because the weapon used was what is known as a cat rifle, and cviries small “B-B” shot. What the boys wefe doing, as told by Persons in the legation, was that they were trying to strip the tree of its fruit, but the boys claim that they were only there to ask for the fruit. Oscar Reid, thirteen years old. son of B. C. Reid of 4309 15th street, felt one of the skot strike his hani, but there was not force enough in the weapor. to even make a sear. Soon after the shocting was done the mews was pread abcut the city with light- ning rapidity, and the rumor was that the boy had been killed. When a Star reporter called at the Jap- anese legaticn this afternoon a young man employed there who said bis name was Harry Stewart, came to the door. He takei freely alout the affair, and ad- mitted that he bad done some of the shoot- ing. There were about fcur shots fired, he thought, and part of them were fired by a young Japanese whose name he refused to ive. The boys, he said, had annoyed them un- til they could endure it no longer. They had thrown a great many stones over into the garden while trying to knock off the peaches, he said, and it had become dan- gerous to walk there. ‘The boys were there today, as usual, and when they went out the boys refused to go away, and the shots were fired. He said he had no intention of even in- juring the boys, and he knew the cat rifle had not the necessary force, even if he de- -Sired to hurt them. All he wanted to do oe to frighten them, and this he thinks e did. When the report of the alleged killing was started some one called at the Reid house and imparted the untrue informa- tion to the boy’s mother, and the ehock was so great the mother was completely unnerved. The boys were seen by a Star reporter, and they said they were not there to rteal the peaches, but went there to ask for them, and received bullets instead of fruit. The police are investigating the affair, but it is not likely that there will be any prosecution in the ease. ~ —_—_—__ HEAVY DAMAGES CLAIMED. Serious Allegations Made in the Suit Against S. M. Bryan. Louisa H. Patterson today entered suit against Samuel M. Bryan for $20,000. She sets out in her declaration that June 14, 1898, she was the owner of a stock trust certificate representing 100 shares in the National Typographic Company, and that she , placed it, together with an assign- ment In black, signed “Stilson Hutchins, prior owner,” and a letter providing for the transfer of the shares represented. She further declares that she intrusted one E. L. Andrews with the envelope and con- edge or consent Andrews “broke open, or caused to be broken open,this envelope and ee the sald stock irust certificate” there- ‘rom. ‘The complainant also charges that on June 16, 1893, the said Andrews sold and delivered to Samuel M. Bryan, the defen- dant, the certificate, receiving for it $1,500. The plaintiff declares she never received this money alleged to have been received by Andrews nor an*accounting from him, and that the pretended sale was never ratified, recognized or confirmed by her. She further alleges that the defendant ex- changed the certificate for 100 shares of stock in the National Typographic Com- pany and a stock dividend of 37% shares in the Mergenthaler Typographic Com. pany, and has received other large divi- dends therefrom. She states that-she has demanded the return of the certificate or the proceeds thereof, but that the defel dant has failed and refused to deliver same to her, wherefore she claims damages stated. IMMIGRATION FROM GERMANY. Some Statistics Furnished by Com- mercial Agent Stern at Bamberg. A report by Commercial Agent Stern at Bamberg, Germany, to the State Depart- ment shows that for the year 1894 Ger- many sent to the United States 34,210 emi- grants. The largest emigration to the United States was in 1884, numbering 206,- 189 persons. In 1893 there were 75,102. During the period covered by the report, 20 years, the German emigration to the United States amounted to 1,781,349, more than 90 per cent of the total emigration from the empire. The imperial govern- ment is making every effort to turn the tide of German emigration to the German colonies in Africa, but so far has met with but little success. Agent Stern has also sent to the State Department some statistics concerning the increase of crime in Germany. The in- crease is attributed to hard times, the ma- terial increase in the tariff, the over-pro- duction of some years and to the general sociological conditions prevailing in Ger- many. Similar conditions, the agent says, prevail in Engiand, France and Spain. SMITH HELD FOR TRIAL. ‘The Man Who Tried to Kill a Citizen and Policeman Waives Examination. James Smith, the young colored man who was arrested yesterday by Policeman Yoe of the eighth precinct, after he had at- tempted to kill a citizen and policeman, as published exclusively in yesterday's Star, was arraigned in the Police Court today. His counsel, Lawyer Jones, waived an ex- amination, and the case was sent to the grand jury. —__ DISTRICT GOVERNMENT. Building Permits Issued Today. Building permits were issued today as fol- lows: Mrs. M. N. Frederick, to erect a one- story brick building at No. 10 Harrison street, Anacostia, to cost $450; R. A. Mc- Lean, to erect a three-story brick building at No. 1130 6th street northwest, to cost $4,500; E. S. Whitney, to erect a two-story and attic frame building on lot 3, block 23, Emporia, Langdon, D. C., to cost $2,500. * A Resignation. Mr. J. J. Bradley, draughtsman in the of- fice of inspector of buildings, has resigned. ‘The Commissioners today accepted his res- ignation and appointed C. E. Bendon in his place, at a compensation of $4 per diem. An Appointment. Michael Daly has been appointed a pri- vate in the fire department, the position having been made by promotions on ac- count of the death of First Assistant Chief . Lowe. —_——.__ Minister Ransom Improved. Mr. Ransom, United States minister to Mexico, was at the State Department today and had a conference with Acting Sec- retary Adee in regard to the extradition difficulties in the Rowe case. He says his health is very much improved and that he expects to start for the City of Mexico soon, FINANCE AND TRADE Violent Fluctuations in Sugar Re- fineries, BOLLS GAIN A PARTIAL It is Believed That Prices Tend Upward. GENERAL. MARKET REPORTS Special Dispztch to The Evening Star, = NEW YORK, August 3.—There was no London market today. The only features to our market were the violent fluctuations and enormous trading in sugar .refineries; the efforts of the room traders to rally prices, in which they were partially suo- cessful, and the unusually large supply of stocks in the loan crowd. This latter fact is causing serious com- ment‘in the street, and the more conserva- tive houses think it important to note that only a few weeks ago practically every active stock on the Ist commanded a Sreater or less premium, showing the mar- ket to be “over sold.” Now every small house in the street is buying to lend stocks at higher rates than the call money rate in order to get them carried on a narrow margin. There are a number of small houses that are getting stronger ones to carry their stocks for them at as high as 4 per cent against a call money rate of 1 per cent. ‘This indicates that the market has “over-bought,” and for this reason ra argued that the speculative situation is far from strong, and it would not take more than a rumor of damage to the corn crop to induce some sharp competitive selling that would prove serious to thinly margined accounts, but would improve the specula- tive situation and stimulate good buying: It is the best judgment of the street that in the long run the t, barring serious accidents, will work higher, for the o1 untoward circumstances at the moment is an = a situation, and that w in all prol ity, correct itself Ae the braid ad oe ie market for sterling and continental bills has been Gull and strong. Rates for sterling bave steadily hardened and the close was at the highest points of the week and year. The advance from last Saturday in actual quotations was 1-4 cent to the pound. The rise was caused by an inquiry for remittances against August coupons, although the heavy imports of merci continue and large settlements by importers are constantly falling due: The few com- mercial bills offering\are eagerly absorbed at top prices and less exchange is being so'd for future delivery against cotton shipments, probably, than in years. Ex- perters are holding their bills at prices which bankers or to pay. The extra- ordinary strength of the exchange market has again forced mercantile remittances to be made in gold, but there are no indi- cations yet that the banking community has a disposition, to export the precious metal. It is understood that practically all of the $6,000,000 Louisville and Nashville bonds seld by the company this week will be Placed abroad... ~~ om fre An encouraging change in the bank state- ment is the increase of over $3,000,000 in the loans. The slight loss in.lawful money, all of it in legal ténfe¥s; “stows that the gold the syndicate paid into the treasury a week ago dij rot come out of the ban! tut ovt of the private accumulations the syndicate. The only other changes in the bank statement are all the result of the increase in loans. It is generally ex- Fected by those best-informed'that in the near future the =yndicate will make good a the treasury the gold withdrawn yester- Ly. om The detailed statement Is as follows: Re- serve, decrease, $1,079,400; loans, increase, $8,151,000; specie, increase, $177,400; legals, decrease, $416,400; deposits, increasp, $3,- 861,000; circulation, increase, $24,000. NEW YORK, August 3.—The three Eu- an vided as follows: Saal, $1,350,000; La Bour- ' gogne, $116,400; Aurania, $70,000. > FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL, The following are the opening, the high- est and the iowest and the closing prices of the New York stock market today, as re- ported by Corson & ae éy," members sy, No. New Yor’: stock exc! corr: ndents Messrs. Mooré & Sch! Sy Ne) . 80 Broadway. Stocks. Open. High. Low. Last, American Sugar........ 113 115 11936 1148¢ ‘American Sugar, Pfd.....105... 105. 105 105 American Tobacco..... Wig M1 116 1115 American Cotton Oil... v0. ive5 +2. aS Atchison...... iy “iby “16% Canada Southern: 555 86 BOG Canada Pacific. Bien meen se al 1 Ilinols_ Central. joi” joi” i0i” igi" Lake Shore. - og og seeee i Louisville & Nashville. 613 61 Tong island ‘wraction. ite fig ire ie Metropolitan ‘Traction. 1003 10054 10036 Manhattan El National Lead C National Lead Co., U. 8 Leather. New Jersey Ce New York Central. N.Y. & N. Eng. C1 N. & St. Louis. Southern Railway, Pfd. Phila. Traction. . Baltimore Markets. BALTIMORE, Avgust 3.—Flonr qui receipts, 7,041 barrels; shipments, 100 barrels; sales, 275 barcels. Wheat weak and month, 685268%; September, 180% ; ber, 72a 7214; steamer No. 2 red, 40,182 bushel stock, es sales, 76,( ‘bush- els; southern wheat by sample, 70a71; do. on G7a70. Corn weak—spot, 482484; month, 4 asked; ember, 47% ‘asked; Fear, 40 3 January, pskced- ts, $,751 Dashels; ehip- ments, 17,316 bushels; stock, 82,048 bushels; ‘sou! era white corn, 48850; do. yellow, 49a51. Oats in- Bedoig Meceipin, “7088 bushelas stock, 126 o—res ts, TA 3 1S Ree ttendy No. 2, 2—roceipta, 2.618 ‘rpool per bushel, 24a2%\d. August; Cork for orders per quar- ter, 28.3d.u2s.6d. August. eae firm, unchanged. Ul Buiter "firm creamery, 19; do, imita- ton, 14015; do. ladle, HE good tad 18; store packed, 12.” Eggs steady— 11. Chess firm, unchanged. Grain and Cotton Markets. Cotton and grain markets, reported by W. B. bbs, stock, grain and cotton broker, wh ‘igh. Low. Close. Mail Service Now Regular. Consul Clifford at Cartagena, Colombia, replying to a State Department dispatch, says that the mail service between the United States and Cartagena is now run: ning on a regular schedule and giving com plete satisfaction.