Evening Star Newspaper, September 16, 1895, Page 2

2 THE EVENING STAR, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1895—TWELVE PAGES. LATE NEWS BY WIRE Probable Nominations by New York Republicans. EXCISE QUESTION 10 BE LEP ALONE Platt's Preferences to Guide the Convention. Mr. WHAT MR. FASSETT —————— SAYS 1 Dispateh to The Evening Star. SARATOGA, 2} y., September 16.— Many of Mz. Thomas Collier Platt’s ene- nm doubt that he w: run the republican state convention w a will meet tornorrow at noun to ratify selections for the state offices to d and the platform he has framed. A canvass of the 00 dele- Bates who throng the corridors of the United States and Congress Hail today will soon discipate the doubt. ‘The con- vention will ve and most un- interesting the party hey beld in the em- pire state in nv v These cificers Bpec ix will be nominat very Hit if any, opposition: For etary of state, John Palmer of Aibany; for treasurer, A. B. Colvin of Warren; for attorney xeneral, Pheodore . Hancock of Onondasa; for engineer, Campbell W. Adams of sida; for judge of the court of appeals, Martin of Broome. tform to one, prince: be a for pred will nguished “sate* Wiat it will leave unsaid rather than what it savs. ‘there will be a sound soney plank, another holding the democratic party respon for many existing ev’ and one coutaining a well-concealed Mor- ton presidential iightning rod. The con- vention will prohably iast only one day, and its duries kaving been — previou: Mapped out will be w@gply perfunctory. The determination of Mr. Wiatt to let alone ‘stion leaves out one uncer- tity for the convention to deal is concerns Mayor Strong and his ation In New York To Punish Mayor Strong. reform administ city. That the mayor will*come in for a fine taking over th? coals ai the hands of the convention there not the least doubt. The mayor is to be tapped under the belt by a severe castigation. Mr. Platt hi f is working on that particular plank which is to attack the mayer. It will not men- tion the mayor by name, but in the most skillful manner the home rule plank in the platform is atain a fling at the in- gratitude of for municipal office for favors rece the hands of Mr. Flatts machine. ayor’s selection of citizens of other 3 than New York city to hold office and administer the aifairs of the metropolis is to jorously de- nounced. Perhaps the mayor will come in for a roasting for encouraging Commis- sioner Theodore Roosevelt in enforcing obnoxious laws, but that will be abou: as near an @xpression on the excise qu as the convention's platform will contain. The dig at the mayor will be the star fe ture of the platform. The Sanday Opening Question. The determination of the advisers of Mr. Platt to stifle the Sunday opening elephant Was reached last night only after a con- ference that lasted until midnight. The country members came flat-footed againat any and all propositions in favor of local eption. Mr. Platt ani the city members of the conference were compelled to submit to their demands, although every man from New York city and the other big elties who was heard championed the cause of local n. Ths most vigorous opponent of any favorable expression for libe eformer Lexow of Rock- land, who is to be permanent chairman of the convention. The program mapped out by Mr. will be carried thro the delegates w s Tuesday n on the early ones Wednesday morni: The Contests. It is believed that the contests to be made by the anti-Platt men, including that of Job Hedges in the twenty-fifth New York, and Congressman Mahaney, in the first Erie district, will be summarily dis- ‘posed of. Hedges is fighting for scais ale realy uceredited to the Platt delegation, While Maharey wants these held by anti- Platt men. te avoid unnece: delay, Hedges will be pl ry ed against Ma- he and the result will be as ‘The other contests will not be perm get in the wayot expre: upon. ssetts Arrival. Mr. Sloat Fassett, fresh from his victory arrived this morning on the and was received with open who have so far divided themselves. Fassett came at she head of the delegation from his county. ‘The Platt people made a stiff fight to beat him, but he landed, and is in high.fettle as a@ result of his success. “I do not regard my victory as a per- zonal triumph,” he said to an Evening Star reporter, * a rebuke to the bane of our party—bos Chemung and one or two other count ve put themselves op recor m, and more will first erms by the anti-Platt me train, follow. York county did rot do so. s only begun, and it Will k Fassett has nipped in th to inake hitn temporary he is not 2 ca he wouldn't deny bud the scheme fight on the enlar tion, which Wilbur F. Wakem ported to Saratoga, and claims to have be- tween 180 and 25) votes for. Fassett likes the sche because it is against Platt, and will fight for it. Wn Miller may i in the fight, but he will not add any io the strength or efficacy of the movement. It was Mr. Platt’s fear M might Work too hard to force t mittee idea on the ¢ the substitution of loyal to Platt, for red com- Gon that led to who is & ed. Congres porary chairman. Chauncey M. Depew is pected tonight and wiil be cordially received. As the del- egates come in they are held up by “ es Payne, who is the most energe Saratogz; Henry G. Burleigh, Mr. Barnes of Albany and Jno. F. Paikhurst of Steu- ben, who have their knives out on the old ticket. Those experts are determined to Controller Roberts and Attorney Gen- ancock because of their friendliness nti-Platt people. Lexow said today that the oppo- sition to Roberts and Hancock was more formidable than was believed last week. iegates don't know whether to view opposition humorously or not. They been given to understand that Mr. ts the old ticket renominated, urse came prepared to support it. y ut any doubt that the ticket will xo through, but tne friends of Rob- erts and Hancock are a good 1 more anxious than they care to admit. The op- ponents of R Ss and Hancock want Julien FP. Parkt ot Bath named fo: controller Cody of Mr, F 3 orney Reneral. Judge C. S, ome wil be named for the court of appeals in spite of the opposition Bturted yesterday, ee Lost in the Mountains. DENVER, Col. September 16—Glen Ford McKinney of New York, a son of John 1. McKinney of Titusville, Pa., bank presi. | @ent, has beea lest in the mountain: 1 northwestern Colorado for ten days. H ren separated from the hunting pariy ° 3 h he was a member, and in spite of dilige: search no trace of him has been tour ——_-—_ More Mine Victims Found. CALUM September 16.—This Morning at 9 o'clock the bodies of Mal- Strom and Walter Dahl were discovered in eighteonth lead of the Osceola mine, nd brought to the surface. This E upter In the Osceola mine dies found today make those who lost their Here is a suggestion that may save some business man money. A business man advertises for profit—not to see his name in print. Advertising that does not be- get profitable results is dear at any price Advertising space in one pa- per costing fifteen cents a line may be profitable investment, white in another space at a cent a line may be excessively dear. Note that The Star’s advertis- ers are the prosperous concerns of Washington. GOVERNMENT FINANCES Proposition to Retire the Greenbacks by Redeeming Them in Bonds. This May Be Carried Through Both Houses, but Much Opposition is Expected. - There are several different theories about what is going to hapzen concerning the government finances. The views express- ed by Senator Gray in an interview in The Star Saturday, favoring the retirement of the greenbacks by their redemption in bonds, are understood to accord entirely wlth the idea of the administration. The bankers and castern financiers gen- erally have the same thing in view. There- fore, when the proposition is recommended to Congress by President Cleveland, as it is understood it will be, the division of the question will probably not be on party lines. It is expected that Mr. Reed and the eastern representatives, without distinction ag to part vate the conversion of the non-int ng debt represented by the greenbacks into interest-bearing bonas. The preference of the interest-bearing ever the nen-interest-bearing debt ts on ac- count of the fact that the latter is a de- mand obligation, payable in gold, while the other leaves the hour of settlemexit detinite- ly in the future. ‘The Expected Opposition. The men who are expected to oppose the retirement of the greenbacks are all the anti-administration democrats and many of the western republicans. Men representing districts in which there are important banking interests will prob- ably to a man vote for the proposition. It 1s not impossible that a majority in the next Con muy be got te support ommendations of the President in spect. If this should prove true, the suggestion would be as to how far the opposition would carry the fight. The administration will have to go to with the confession that the of the revenues now compells the of both the greenbacks and, notes ) independently of the requirements of law as to the former, and that their re- demption cannot come in the form of a liquidation of the debt. Effect of Such a Confession. sion of this sort, involving the of the tariff law as a revenue must go far toward satisfying producer, the partisan spirit of the republicans and disposing them to that which their con- stituents favor, even if it is in accord- ance with the recommendations of an op- position executive, This, however, will not apply to the re- publicens who are not influenced by the banker sentiment, and all the silver men of both parties, the populists and those who believe in the greenbacks as a currency will stand in the opposition, In the House, {f it is true, as believ that Mr. Reed is in sympathy with the re- tirement of the greenbacks, it is probable that a minority could not prevent the p sage of such a measure. But in the S majority is apt to be the other way, and even if it should prove otherwise, a minority could easily defeat the me It all depends upon how far they would regard it as good policy to go. Whnt Silver Men Might Do. The filibuster against the repeal of the Sherman Jaw collapsed suddenly because the opposition thought they had more to sain from letting it go through, with the prospect of a failure of any benefit, and, therefore, a fulfillment of their predictions. milar fight should come up over the nm of the greenbacks, the silver conclude, atfer making this sufticiently apparent, that it would be better for silver in the end to mit thcse holding different views as to ance go to the exiremy Jength of their policy and retire everything but gold. It is not impcssible that they may take this position. ee FATAL FIRE ON SHIPBOARD. Seven Persons on an English Steamer Lose Their Lives. LONDON, September 16.—Fire broke out on board the steamer Iona, from Edin- burgh to London, today. The flames spread with so much rapidity that before aid reached the vessel six of the passengers and the stewardess of the Iona were burned to death, The fire was put out after four hours’ struggle. . The fire broke out when the Iona was off Clacton, in the fore part of the vessel. The passengers were aroused, and it was sup- posed that all had escaped from the burn- ing cabin. While the cr were busy fight- ing the fames suldiers on beard assisted in lowering the boats and in supplymg pass- engers with life belts. There was no wind, and the was perfectly smooth. ‘there was, however, so much excitement confusion among the passengers that tain was unable to restore order. Suddenly it was discovered that some women and children were missing. The stewardess re-entered the burning cabin, it is presumed to try to rescue those who were missing, and she also perished. The darkness and the volumes of smoke issuing from the burning cabin combined to make a terrible scene. Here there was a passenger rushing te and fro in anguish, seeking his wife, and there there was an- other searching for his daughter. It was not until three compartments had been burned that it became possible to enter the cabin, where were discovered the charred remains of six women and one child. ‘Then the engines of the steamer were Started up again and the vessel proceeded on its way to London. There are various rumors as to the origin of the fire. Some of the passengers alleged that male passengers acted in a cowardly manner, seeki}g first their own safety, in- stead of assisting the women and children into the boats. —_ —_ ‘Transfers of Real Estate. Deeds in fee have been filed as foilows: Lucy A. Willard to Charles W. Hayes, lot sq. 760; $5. Robert Herman et ux. et al. to Benj. A. Colorna, original lot 17, sq. 986; $25 ——. _—. Won by the Americans. PHILADELPHIA, September 16.—\he in- ternational cricket match, which began on Friday 3 finished at 2:40 this afternoon and was won by the American team by 100 runs. —_.___ Mr. Crisp’s Denial. ST. LOUIS, Mo., September 16.--A tele- gram from Athens, Ga., to the Republic says that Speaker Crisp denies haying de- clared for Whitney as the democratic nom- inee for the presidency, and says he has not expressed preference for any one for | that office. —_ Minister Ransom’s Retuen. SAN ANTONIO, Texas, September 16-- Mr. M. W. Ransom of North Carolina, Uniied States minister to Mexico, pas through this city today en route to his Fost of duty. Mr, Ransom declined to say anything on polities either of this country or Mexico. RADICAL CHANGES Constitution to Be Considered by the Episcopal Convention. REVIEW OF TPS VARIOUS ARTICLES Importance of the Assemblage to the Church in Washington. MUCH DISCUSSION EXPECTED What may be regarded as the most im- portant gathering in the history of the Episcopal Church of America will assemble in Minneapolis October 2, when the next triennial general convention will begin its deliberations. At the meeting of the last general convention a commission was ap- pointed to draw up a new constitution and canons for the government of the church. The report of this commission was pub- lished some months ago, and immediately a somewhat strong opposition to ft was de- veloped on account of the extreme radical- ism of some of its suggestions. This opposition may be tempered some- what when definite action is reached by the fact that all the various schoois of thought in the Episcopal Church are a unit in agreeing that its present constita- ticn Is crude and entirely inadequate to its growing needs. This feeling, it is believed, may possibly inspire some of the deputies to vote for the new constitution, despite their impression that it is not altogether what it should be. Of course the first opposition that will make itself felt will be the argument of the high churchmen, who take the ground that it is contrary to Catholic conditioas for the church to have any sort of paver constitution, arguing that the only consti- tution of the church in the true sense of the word is Christ's divine commission to it, of which the bishops are the guardians. This question has been hotly discussed ever since the Episcopal Church was or- ganized, but as the first organizers provided it with such a document their followers have had nothing to do but to follow in their footsteps. Declaration of the Church Doctrine. The new constitution contains the decla- ration of what the church stands for and teaches. a This was not in the old constitution. The declaration is made that the Scriptures are to be received as the word of God; the Lambeth articles declare thatthe Holy Scriptures contain the word of God. ‘There will be objection, therefore, to the new statement because no such assertion has ever been put forth by the church before, and the oppenents of it argue that to say that the Bible is the word of Gedds to use figurative language, the trouble with which is that every one soon conies to interpret it in his own way. The first article of the new constitution relates to the organization of the general convention. The general convention at present is the supreme legislative body of the Episcopal Church. It consists of two houses of co-ordinate power. The house of bishops, compesed of all bishops of the church, and the house of clerical and lay deputies, consisting of four clergymen and four laymen from every diocese in the chureb. As there are now fifty-two dio- ceses and twelve missionary jurisdictions in this country and seven foreign jurisdic- tions, the convention has become almost too large a body, and therefore the new provision in the new constitution reducing the representation to three of each order from each diocese will meet with the hearty approval of every one except the odd men who will be shut out. Provisions of the First Article. The first article of the new constitution reiates tq the organization of this general convention. Its name is changed to the general synod. It also does away with a provision in the present constitution by which the house of deputies can pass a law if the upper house does not signify its dis- appreval within three days. It ts proposed not to count the missionary bishops, some twenty in number, m making querum of the upper house. This would make twenty-nine a quorum, which means that fifteen bishops might exercise the au- thority of the whole house. It is further provided that the upper house elect a president from its own num- ber, who shall be called a primus. Un the present laws of the Episcopal Church the presiding bishop is the oldest bishop in point of service as such. Consequently he is also an old man, and therefore not always able to perform the Increasingly onerous duties of the office. The import ance of this proposition in the new consti- tution will be treaied of at length further on. Article first also provides, as stated above, that the diocesan representation in the general synod is to be three of each order instead of four, and the present con- stitutional quorum of dioceses is doubled. The constitutional quorum of the house of deputies is also increased, and it is pro- vided that the two houses sit in joint ses- sion. Many Radical Reforms. Article III of the new constitution con- tains a new deciaration that the general synod is the supreme legislative authority. it contains the term degredation as equivalent of deposition from the ministry, in which has been seriously objected many quarters as being unnec fensive. It provides tuat bishops to compose the court for the trial of a bishop, and emsowers them to enact all the rules and ordinances to govern irials as they please and as often as they please. The power te define or to revise doctrines ig taken from the general synod and lodged with the bishops alone, who are thus made sole and supreme judges of what che doctrines of the church are. The house of bishops is constituted a tinal court of ap- peals and provision is made for the as- sociation of contiguous dioceses into prov- incos, each province to have its chief bishop, to be called a primate. Government of Bishops. to In article V four changes are propgsed: Missionary bishops are to be chosen by the house of bishops alone; the house of bishops alone shall have the right to send bishops to foreign lands; new bishops must have the consent of a majority of the bish- ops and the house of bishops shall have the right to meet at any time for any purpose except that of legislation. Hereafter, also, bishops alone shall pass on the election of a diocesan bishop. The translation of bishops is authorized in one of the proposed canons, Article VII raises the number of self- supporting parishes and settled pastors in a proposed new diocese from six to ten. Article VIII gives the declaration of bellet to which all candidates for the ministry must assent. A noticeable phrase is “to conform to the doctrine of the church” in- stead of the “doctrines.” A controversy over this 1s expected, as the same ques- tlon has been discussed in previous con- ventions with much warmth. Article IX says the prayer book “shall be the use” in the church, but it does not gay that every rubric shall be obeyed. Article X is so worded that if it were adopted it would be practically impossible to alter or amend the constitution in the future. Matters of Intense Local Interest. The coming convention, while being of Paramount interest to Episcopalians throughout America and the world In gen- eral, is of supreme importance to the mem- bers of the church in the diocese of Mary- land. The reason for this is obvious. It will be recalled that several months ago the diocesan convention at the Epiphany Church in this city favored, by a large ma- jority, the proposition looking to the divi- sion of the diocese of Maryland into two portions, each to haye a bishop of its own. The lower counties of Maryland and the | District of Columbia to be included under the name of the diocese of Washington, while the diocese of Maryland would con- sist of the rest of the counties in that state and the city of Baltimore. It re- mains for the general convention to decide finally whether this shall be done, and in view of the unanimity its favor exist- ing among those most concerned, there is no doubt that the Minneapolis assemblage will adopt the recommendations of the diocesan convention. In this case Bishop Paret, who now pre- sides over the diocese of Maryland, will be given his choice between the two new dio- ceses, and it fs generally believed that he will select Washington. Right here an- other and very important possibility arises. Since the discussion of the selection of a primus bishop by the general convention has been going on there has been a feeling among many that Washington should be selected as the see city, and the bishop of Washington becéme the primate of the church. Being national in his character of administering his duties in connection with the Episrépal Church, it is but nat- ural that he gtpuld reside at Washington, which is the Seat of the government, and where the Episcopal Church has already laid the foundation ef a grand cathedral, whose influencp-is expected to be the means of advancing {Re power of the church for good in every“djrection. On the other hand it is claimed that the primate should be elected by the general convention. ‘Thts consideration leads many clergymen in this diocese to oppose the suggestion that Washington be made the “see city, as this diocese would be deprived of the right of choosing its bishop. ————_ CONTUMACIOUS WITNESSES Sugar Trust Uases Not to Be Tried Before November. Mr. Birney Outlines the Government's Program—Piobability of the Affairs Going to the Supreme Court. Speaking to a Star reporter this after- noon of the approaching trial of the al- leged contumacious sugar trust witnesses, Messrs. Macartney, Chapman, Seymour, Shriver, Edwards, Havemeyer and Searles, District Attorney Birney stated that none of the accused would be tried before No- vember. When the case of Broker Elver- ton R. Chapman was continued last June by Judge Cole until fall, at the request of the defendant's counsel, it was then thought that the cases would be called the latter part of next month. Mr. Birney, however, now says that so early a trial of the cases is hardly practi- cable, for the reason that both criminal courts will all of next month be occupied in considering jail cases—thai 1s, cases in which the accused are in jail awaiting 1. Indeed, Mr. Birney believes that both ts will not be able to dispose of such es much earlier than the middle of No- vember. And not until they cre disposed of will other cases be called "p for trial. Mr. Birney stated that he proposes to call up as the first of the alleged contumacious cuses that of Broker Chapman. He, of course, expects to convict Mr. Chapman, and if he succeeds he will, as he now con- templates, call the next cases those ainst Brokers Macartney and Seymour. These will be followed in all probability by those against Correspondents Edwards and Shriver, the alleged members of the sugar trust, Havemeyer and Searles being the last ones to be called up for trial. It is expected by Mr. ney, of course, that in the event of a conviction of Mr. Chapman or of any of the remaining de- fendants the cases will be carried to the Coart of Appeals, and, in all probability, to the United States Supreme Court, but he explained that such action on the part of one or more of the defendants would not cause him to delay the trials of the other defendants til after such appeal had been finally dispcsed of by the higher courts. NTH WEEK. to Slow Progress of the Durrant Murder Case. SAN FRANCISCO, September 16.—The Durrant trial entered upon its ninth week this mcrning. A slight change in the pro- gram for today was made necessary by a death in the family of Mrs. George P. Dor- gan, whose exanilnation was not finished when court adjourned last Thursday. Durrant’s defenders will be unable to persuade Mrs. Elizabeth Crosett to modify her testimony regarding her ride in a Val- encla street car on the afternoon of April 3. The old lady is as sure of the day as she is of the fact that she rode on the same car with Durrant and tried to attract his attention from the girl who was with him. Mrs. Crosett’s visit on the following day was.to the home of her son-in-law in Ala- meda. The aged woman remembers the day she went and her friends who went with her tothe ferry will be able to cor- roborate her. The testimony of Mrs. Crosett wili be the key to the prosecution's arch, By it the evidence of these who saw Durrapt be- fore he entered the church and those who saw him after will be supported. Through it an absolutely unbroken chain has Wb made. The prosecuting attorneys have now a case that they did not dare hope for when District Attorney Barnes made his opening statement. ‘The identity of the “sweet pea girl,” the mysterious young woman who has con- stantly attended the trial, and who has at- tracted so much attention by her devotion to the alleged murderer, has been discov- ered. She is Mrs. Grace Bowers, the wife of an insurance clerk. Last Wednesday she left her husband as a result of her in- fatuation for Durrant. Mr. Bowers says that his wife never knew Durrant, but that from the beginning she has taken 2 great interest in the trial and believes Durrant innocent. It is thought that her mind has become affected and that she is rot re- sponsible for her actions. = es Army Orders. The foilowing transfers in the twenty- third infantry are made: Second Lieut. James E. Normoyle, from company K to company E; Secend Lieut. Hollis C. Clark, from company E to company K. Lieut. E. H. Catlin, second artillery, has been granted leave of absence for one month. Capt. Louis A. La Garde, assistant surgeon, has also been granted one month's leave of absence. A general court-martial has been appoint- ed to meet at Willett’s Point, N. Y., next Tuesday for the trial of such prisoners as may be brought before it. The detail for the courf is as follows: Capts. Theodore A. Bingham, corps of engineers; Nathan S. Jarvis, medical department, and William C, Lanatitt, corps of engineers; Lieuts. Chas. S. Riche, George P. Howell, Charles W. Kutz, Meriwether _L. Walker, Robert P. Johnston, Robert R. Raymond, William B. Ladue and William J. Barden, all of the corps of engineers; with First Lieut. E. W. Van C. Lucas, corps of engineers, as judge advocate. ‘An army retifing board has been appoint- ed by the Secretary of War, to convene at Chicago on the 8th of October. The board will consist of the following officers: Major General Wesley Merritt, Col. R. E. A. Crofton, Col. M. I. Ludington, Lieut. Col. Albert Hartsuff and Major’ J. M. Brown. Maj. Henry M. Cronkhite, surgeon, has been ordered before the board for ex- amination. The following transfers in the ninth in- fantry are made: Second Lieut. Charles C. Clark, from company D to company I; Sec- ond Lieut. Thomas F. Dwyer, from com- pany I to compaay D. Lieut. H. L. Bailey, twenty-first infantry, has been granted four months’ leave of absence. A board, consisting of Maj. L. C. Forsyth, quartermaster; Lieut. Wm. F. Blauvelt, fifteenth infantry, and Lieut. James B. Hughes, tenth cayalry, has been ordered to meet at St. Louls for the purpose of fixing the responsibility! fcr the condition of some horses for which Lieut. Col. James Gilliss, ceputy quartermaster general, is responsl- ble. ——___- e+ ______.. Executive Hérses Brought Back. The horses from the executive stables, including President Cleveland’s pair of handsome Kentucky sorrelg and Mrs. Cleveland’s span of beautiful, bay Ham- bletonians, were brought to Washington to- day from Meadow View grazing farm in Prince George’s county, Md., near Chel- tenham, where they have been kept since Mr. and Mrs. Cleveland left for Gray Gahles. —_—._—. Cruisers Reach New York. NEW YORK, September 16.—The cruisers New York, Montgomery, Minneapolis and Raleigh, which have been maneuvering off Boston under command of Admiral Bunce, steamed up through the narrows at a little after 8 o’clock this morning and came to anchor off Tompkinsyville. A sa- lute was fired from the Columbia, which also lay there, and was returned from the New York, . HISTORIC +MEMORIES What Washington Intended for Har- per's Ferry. A GIGANTIC ARSENAL THERE An Eye-Witness Speaks of John Brown's Attack. AN INTERESTING STORY Special Correspondence of The Evening Star. HARPER'S FERRY, September 14, 1895. This resort will always be interesting to visitors on account of its historical connec- tions, as well as its picturesque scenery. Much has been written about this place, yet much remains to be said. Robert Har- per, the founder of Harper's Ferry, was born at Oxford, England, in 1713 and emi- grated to Philadelphia at the age of twen- ty, where he followed the business of archi- tecture and millwrighting. In 1747 he visit- ed what is now known as Fréderick city, Md., and while there was engaged by the Society of Friends to build a Protestant Episcopal Church on the Opequon river on the site of Winchester, Va. He formed the acquaintance of a German named Hoffman, who told him that by going through what was then cailed the “Hole,” he could reach his destination by a shorter route than by taking a round-about way by Antietam. ‘Yhe “Hole” was then a dense forest, and the only dwelling in the place was the Stevens cottage, situated on the site of the house now owned by Mr. Kreps, on Shenan- doah street. The scenery was so pictur- esque and beautiful that Harper decided to settle there, and accordingly purchased the Stevens property for the sum of fifty guineas. He afterward learned that the place belonged to the great Fairfax estate, and that Stevens had squatted there and had no right of possession. He then saw Lord Fairtax and obtained a title from him. Establishing the Ferry. Being an enterprising rcan, he established a ferry on the Shenandoah and Potomac rivers and gave the name of Herper’s Fer- ry to the place. He lived in the Stevens cottage till , and died in 1782, Mr. Harper, having no children, willed his prop- erty to Sarab Harper, the only child of his brother Joseph, and to seme nephews of his wife named Griffith. Sarah Harper mar- ried a gentleman from Philadelphia named Wager, who was a grandson of a German by the same name, who emigrated from the city of Worms, in Hesse Darmstadt. it is said that neither Wager nor his wife saw their Harper's Ferry estate, but many of their descendants gre now living and own a large part of the property here. Harper gave about four acres of ground to the tewn for a burying place, situated on Camp Hill, near the Catholic Church. The plots in which Harper, the Wagers and their descerdants lie are inclosed with iron railings. These plots are on the brow of the ill oyerlcoking the beautiful valley in whose bosom the waters of the Potomac and Shenandoah reet. Harper's Grave. A simple irarble slab, bearing the follow- ing inscription, marks the spot where rest the remains of Robert Harper: “In memcry of Robert Harper, the found- er of Harper's Ferry. Born in 1713, Ox- ford, England. Died 17 This stone is erected by his great nephew, John Wager Swayne.” i Another tomb in the same plot bears this inscription: “Mrs. Mary Harper Seelig. Born_ Phila- delphi. ugust Died June 12, 1 Washingten, D. During Washington's administration, in 1794. on Camp Hill for national armory. It George Washington surveyed the spot for this purpose. Congress ap- plied to the general assembly of Virginia ‘icn to purchase the site. The complied with, under the con- the government was not to ) acres for this project. consisting of 125 acres, mtained in a triangle made by the Poto- B that dition have more than A tract of land. mae and Shenandoah rivers, and running in a line from the former to the latter to what is now known as Union was purchased from the heirs of Robert Harper. The water power at the % of these two rivers is sald to be one of the finest in the world. Another tract of land, containing 310 acres, and sit- tated on Bolivar Heights, was also pur- chased by the government from Mr. Ruth- erford. In 176 the government erected shops in Bolivar. It bought some land on Loudoun Heights, in order to have pos- of the fine timber with which the mountains abounded. Deeded to Washington. The property which was purchased by the government for the establishment of the armory was deeded to George Wash- ington and his successors in office forever. Jefferson's Rock on Camp Hill,which over- looks Shesandoah street from a height of 2bout 150 feet, is supposed to be the rock upon which ‘the “Sage of Monticello” wrote his famous “Notes on Virginia.” The old engine house, which John Brown occupied as his fort during his celebrated raid on Harper's Ferry, has been removed to Chicago, but a small stone monument erected by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company now marks the spot near the de- pot where it once stcod. Miss Kate Field is contemplating having the fort brougut on from Chicago and placed on Bolivar Heights, upon a piece of ground consisting of two acres, which Mr. Bracket, president of the Historical College of Bolivar, has agreed to donate for this purpose. A monu- meat of shells will be built some thirty or thirty-five feet high on Bolivar Heights, overlooking the Potomac. Some time ago there was considerable talk of erecting a monument to John Brewn, but as this was received with a storm of disapproval by the southern people residing in this locality, the project was abandoned. Story of the Raid. A great deal has been said concerning John Brown's raid on this place, but a few statements made by The Star's correspond- ent from Mr. Jesse Graham, who settled here on the 15th of November, 1847, and who was taken a prisoner by one of John Brown's men, and kept in the engine house, may prove interesting. At that time the arsenal was fenced around with musket barrels, spiked with bayonets. g There were two gun factories, one situ- ated on the Potomac, and the other ort the Shenandoah. Smothbore muskets were made at the former, and rifles at the latter. The rifle factory stood on the Shenandoah where the logs for the pulp mill are soaked, and at low tide the old stones of the build- ing used can be seen. Brown's object in taking possession of Harper's Ferry was to capture about 25,000 guns which were then stored in the arsenal. ‘The states had not received thelr quota of guns at that time, and this accounted for the large number which were in the build- ing. When asked by Mr. A. M. Ketzmiller, the chief clerk, who then had charge of the arsenal, what he expected to gain by cap- turing Harper's Ferry, Brown replied: “I expect to get possession of all the guns stored here; they are mine.” Brown then asked him if he ever read the battle cf Ossawatomie, Kansas.. ‘0,”” sald Ketzmiller. ‘Then you never read much,” replied Brown. As he turned around and faced the chief clerk, it suddenly dawned upon his who Brown really was, and he sali yes, I have read about that battle. Brown then informed him that he was John Ossawatomle Brown of Kansas, and that his mission was to liberate the slaves. He said that he had no time to establish fortifications, and if the men would peace- ably surrender they would be set free at the end of forty miles’ march, as he would have masters and sons enough then to take their places. A Long Picket Line. He further stated that he had a picket | line established from Harper’s Ferry to the Mississippi valley, and he did not mean to have any child’s play, but was deter- mined to have the slaves set free. Brown had been in the neighborhood for several months, and had gone under the assumed name of Smith. He pretended to be inter- ested in mining, having prospected in the mines of Loudoun and Maryland Heights. He also taught school for a while in Mary- jJand near this place. A number of guns, pistols and spears were shipped to him, free of freight, while he was preparing for the insurrection. Brown took about twenty- five prisoners when he captured Harper's Ferry. One of Brown's sons, who was shot on the street during the insurrection, was brought into the engine house and jaid upon the floor. He was in great pain and groaned distressingly. Brown turned to him and said: “Why do you groan, young man? You know that for every drop cf blood that is shed here now buckets full will flow hereafter.” The young man died that nigat. The next morning another of Brown’s sons was killed by being bayoneted by a United States marine. Mr. Greham gives a graphic account of his own arrest by one of Brown’s men, and how the man was af- terward convicted and hung at Charles- wen principally upon his (Graham's) evi- lence. Identified by 2 Tooth. Albert Hazelett, one of Brown's guards, went to Graham’s house on Shenandoah street on the night of the raid with a squad of men and placed him under arrest. Hazelett was described as being about thirty-three years of age, 5 fe2t 11 inches tall, weighing about 170 pounds, and hav- ing high check bones. When Graham came to his door he recog- nized his friend, Thomas Gallagher, as a prisoner in the hands of Brown's men. A rian presented a gun at Graham and com- manded him to halt. Mr. Graham replied that he had already halted. Hazelett then stepped for “You are my prisoner.” When asked for what offense he -vas ar- rested, the guard told Graham that he would’ let him know after awhile. Gra- ham was conducted to Brown's “fort” and kept there a prisoner for twenty-four hours. He noticed that Hazelett had sar dy hair and beard, and a decayed eyetooth, After Hazelett was captured in Penns: venla. with Cook and brought to Charles- town for trial, the sheriff of Jefferson covnty sent for Graham and asked him if he could identify the man who had ar- rested him. Hazelett had, in the mean- time, dyed his hair and beard black. Graham lcoked at him and said: “He re- sembles the man who took me prisoner very much, only he had sandy hair and beard, while this man’s are black.” At Graham’s request the sheriff then cpened Hazelett’s mouth, and it was discovered that he had a decayed eyetooth. He was kept about ten days, during which time the sandy hue of his hair and beard became visible, and Grinam was again sent for and easily identified him. After being tried at Charlestown, he was convicted and hanged. It was’ the de- cayed eyetooth that caused him to be identified. Two of John Brown’s men who were shot In attempting to cross the Shenandoah to the Virginia shore opposite the rifle fac- tery are buried near the foot of the moun- tains opposite what is now the pulp min. It is said, however, that the floodg have since washed their bodies away. ——- FALSE ALARM. vard and said: Causeg by a Reported Suicide Today. Considerable excitement was aroused in the northeast section of the city about noon today by the report that a man had taken a heavy dose of laudanum with suicidal in- tent. A telephone message was sent to police headquarters, and an ambulance and a couple of dectors were at once dispatched to.the house, 1019 6th street northeast, where the affair occurred. On their arrival they found that the call was in the nature of a false alarm. An investigation devei- oped the fact that a young white man by the name of A. J. Gcod had caused a big scare among the people of the house by telling them that he was tired of life and had taken a dose of laudanum sufficient to put an end to his. A small boy in the family heard him, and at once sent in an ambulance call. The doctors found that there was nothing the matter with Good beyond the possible fact that he had been indulging too freely in stimulants. The peo- ple in the house were very reticent about the occurrence, and refused to give any de- tails beyond the statement that the young man ‘was anxious to scare his sister,” who was in the house at the time. His wife and mother drove up shcrtly after the affair, greatly excited, as they had heard that he had attempted sulcide, and were immensely relieved to find that the story was without foundation, Excitement ——— DISTRICT GOVERNMENT. Toduy’s Orders. ‘The Commissioners teday ordered: ‘That water main assessments be canceled as follows, on account of the decision in the Burgdorf case: Against lot 98, Wright and Dole’s subdivision; against east half of lot 4 and lot 19, block 3, Meridian Hill. That cement sidewalks be laid as fol- lows, under the provisions of the permit tem: In front of 1706 to 1712 G street rorthwest, at an estimated cost of $209. in front of 1323 and 1325 R street north- west, at an estimated cost of $76; in front of 1413 Sth street northwest, estimated cost, $4 in front of 829 Sth street, esti- mated cost, $21; in front of four new houses cn 15th street near Pennsylvania avenue northwest, estimated cost, $363.08. ‘That two naphtha lamps on i6th-street extended between Florida avenue and Cres- ent street be adjusted to new curb line, estimated cost, $4. The bid of Wiiliam J. Donaldson & Com- pany for furnishing cement in barrels at $1.97 per barrel, being the lowest and best bid, is hereby accepted. - The time for completition of the contract No. 2024, with the Potomac Terra Cotta Company, is extended until September 6, 1895, without penalty. Allotments for sewers to be constructed under contracts, as follows, are hereby ap- mroveds Contract 2182, with Lyons Bros., $1,000; contract 2183, with J. P. Larguey, $1,100; contract 2184, with Darius Gaskins, $4,200. —— ARMED MEN AT THE MINES. Strikers May Employ Violence and Cause Trouble. CHARLESTON, W. Va., September 16.— The officials of Fayette county say the striking miners In Louis Creek will today attempt to force the miners at work in McDonald's mines, on Upper Top creek, to come out today. Armed men are at these mines. Yester- day a deputy sheriff from Fayette count came kere and employed detectives to go to the mines and to assist in preventing trouble. If the attempt is made to force the working minérs out trouble will result. ———+.__ Army of the Tennessee. CINCINNATI, Ohio, September 16.—The twenty-seventh annual session of the So- ciety of the Army of the Tennessee began here ct 10 a.m. with an unusually large attendance. Over one hundred officers of high rank were registered. The morning session was devoted to reports and routine business. Grain and Cotton Markets. Cottoa and grain markets, rej Hibbs, stock, grain and cotton bi GRAIN. uted dy W. B. er, 1421 ¥ st. November. 1 7.838 7.90 December. 98 7.80 7.97 January. 04 7:96 8.06 Baltimore Markets. BALTIMORE, September 16.—Flour dull—western super, 2.20a2.40; do. extra, 2 do. family, 2.08.25; winter wheat patent, 3.50; spring do., 3.4098.50; spring wheat sti .25a3.40—re~ celpts, 19,173 shipm arrels; is. W! suies, 500 bar Bulg; b mont Bah: 21,000 Dushels; low, 40a41 533 bushels. timothy, § steam to Liverpool per bush: D ber; Cork ‘for orders per 25,744, September. Sagar firm—granulat er 100 pounds. Butter steady and firn 2; do. tml tation, 16a3@; do. ladle, 13u1 10412. Eggs fresh, 16; cold Cheese firm—fincy New’ Yor do. 85 pounds, 91.29%; le, 11012; FINANCE AND TRADE A Successful Bear Raid in the Early Hours. © THEN THE BULLS TOOK THEIR TURN Continued Scarcity of Bills of Ex. change. GENERAL MARKET REPORTS ee Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. NEW YORK, September 16—The ac- cumulation of a large volume of selling orders over Sunday resulted in forcing a tharp decline from an irregular opening in this morning's stock market. London's early prices were fractionally improved, the impression obtaining abroad that last week's decline had proceeded far enough. At the conclusion of the first hour's busi- ness the trading became more settled, and a fair buying Gemand from the room es- tablished an improved level of values. The cutside demand was not visibly improved, owing, no doubt, to the unsettled condition of the foreign exchange market and the conflict of authority on the outcome of ex- isting conditions. - Foreign bankers report a somewhat easier tone for exchange, and a moderate concession in actual rates was posted. The continued scarcity of all classes of bills was responsible for the engagement of $1,000,000 gold for export tomcrrow, and will probably result in further withdrawals ar the week progresses. It is not con- Sidered likely that last week's shipments will be equaled, but at this exrly date all estimates are unreliable. The tendency of the money market is unquestionably in th direction of higher interest rates, and this fact may soon bring about concessions in the foreign exchange market. The demand for money from interior points continues and the local demand has so far increased as to warrant the belief in the early resumption of a pro‘itable loan business. The Granger shares, which attracted the bulk of last week's realizing sales, were advanced moderately during the day on a good volume of buying for both accounts, The recent depreciation in the values of this group has been instrumental in dis- posing of an unwieldy following of weak holders whose presence in the market at the top level was never desirable, The next upward movement will result from buying of a substantial character which will consider merit and not senti« ment and wiil consequently have fewer weak features, An advance in the rates for several class« es of refined sugars resulted in a Uberal buying movement in Americen sugar to cover outstanding short contracts, th price advancing steadily for a 2 per cen| gain, The trading in this property, as else- where throughout the active list, was largely professional. Tennessee Coal and Iron sold off 1 1% per cent during the first hour's busin but subsequently recovered the entire The buying of this stock at the decling web for the accounts of those best able te judge of its value. Distillers was weak under room selling, decline of 1 1-2 per cent being easily oft fected. The trading of the final hour was un, clanged in character, although a trifle lesg active and with noticeable disposition te realize moderately on early purchases. The situation presents no new featureg from last week, and until some .radi changes in the gold situation are ane nounced a traders’ market is the most t@ be expected in the immediate future. There is little disposition to put out extensive short line at the present lev the prevailing belief being that the great profit is the long side of the market, Advantage will be taken of all reactios to accumulate stock in anticipation of sharp rally upon the return of the public speculation. The period of doubt now pi vailing will culminate, in all probability, during the next ten days, ——__ FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. The following are the opening, the est and the :owest and the closing pri of the New York stock market today, as Ported Corson & Macartney, membei New Yor’: stock exchange. Correspondent! Messrs. Moore & Schley, No. 8) Broadway. ‘ftocks. Riss Sok” To ey American Sugar. 1033 108 103% American Sngar, 100° 100 100 100 American Tobacco. YG OTE American Cotton oil My BY gm oF ‘Atehisor 1X 19% 18 19g Canada Ce ee Canada Pacific. <viig 55% 56% | BON Chesapeake & Ohlo...4. 19% 193 Giro Reo Sy oh cago. Necteca 8556 Chlc & Northwesiera., 10's 102% Chicago Gas. C. M. & St. Paul C. M. & St. Pauli, Pfd.., Chic., R. I. & Pacific. Del.. Lack. & W. 5 Delaware & Hudson. Den. & R. Grande, Pfd. Dis. & Cattie Feeding... General Electric. Minots Central Lake Shore. Erle ..... Louisville & Nashvill Long Isiand ractio: Metropolitan Traction. Manhattan Flevated. Michigan Central. Missouri Pacific. National Lead National Lead Co., U. 5. Leather.. New Jersey Central. New York Central. N.Y¥.&N. Eng Ofs N.Y. C. & St. Louis. Northern Pacific. Northern Pa North Ame: Ont. & Western. Pacitic Mail Vhila & Reading. Pullman Pal. Car Co... Southern Railway, Pfd. Phila. Traction. : Texas Pacitic. ‘Tenn. Coal & Iron. Unton Pacific. Wabash... Wabash, Pfd. Wheeling & L : Wheeling & L. Erie,Pfd. Western Union Tel. Wisconsia Central... Silver . Washington Stock Exchange. aD ee ee ia 4s, gg rere et asked. U.S 48, 1925, 1204 Did, 121% asked. “U, S. 5a, 1904, 11535 116 aske pipistrict of Columbis: Bonde. 30-year fund 8, gold, 112 bid. 1901, currency, 115 bid! Water rtock 7s, 117 bid. 3.58, funding, currency, 1! , registered, 0s, 100 b cous Bonds.—Waehington nd George- town Railroad conv. Ga, Ist, 160 bid, 165 ats Vashington and Georgetown road rony. 160 bid. Metropolitan Railroad conv. 68, 110 bid, 114% asked. Belt Railroad 5s, 82 Utd, '90 asked. Columbia Railroad 6s, 111 Washington Gas Company 6s, series A, 113 bid. Washington Gas Company 63, series B, 114 bid. Washington Gas Company conv. 63, 125 bid. U. 8. Evectric cony. 5s, 127 bid. American Security and Trust F. and A., 100 bid American Security and T: Ss, A. and O., 100 bid. Washington Market Com- pany Ist 68, 110 bid. Washington 3 pany imp. 68, 110 bid. Washington pany ext. 63, 108 bid. National Bank Stocks.—Bank of the Tepublic, 245 bid, Metropolitan, 270 bid. Farmers and Mechan- igs’, 180 bid. Second, 135 bid. Citizens’, 180 bid. Golimina, 130 ‘bid, 142 asked. ‘Capttal, 118. bid West End, 107 bid, 112 asked. Ohio, Safe Deposit and Trust Companies. Deposit. and Trust, 120 bid. Washi ‘Trust, 121 bid, 126 asked. America Trast, 189 bi Washington Safe Dy 80 axked. Railroad | Stock 280 bid, 300 ai sked., bid. National Safe ein | curl posit, oe bid, Prarie Gas and Electric Light Stocks.—WashIngton Gag, 49 "bid, 50's asked. “Georgetown Gas, 50 b'd. UL rle Light, 133% bid, 135 asked: Inamance Stocks. Ficomén', 27, Vid. 43 asked, iklin, 40 tid. Metropolitan, 70 bid, 95 aske saroran, 35Uid; Potomac, 63nd. Columbia, IB Washington and od. Metropolltun, | bid. Riggs, bid, 8% asked. P-ople’s, 5% bid. Title Insurance Stocks.—Real Estate Title, 108 bid, 116 asked. Columbia Title, 74, M¢, 84 asked. 14 asked. Shesa| District Ti: ‘Telephone Stocks. ake and Potomac, 08 4, Sig asked. Miscellan20s 1“ vid. An Eight-Hundred-Mile Wheel. Dirrelle Chaney, son of Judge Chaney, seventeen years of age, has arrived from Sullivan, Ind., his grandparents’ home, hav- ing come the entire distance, over 800 miles, on his bicycle.