Evening Star Newspaper, September 19, 1895, Page 2

‘LATE NEWS BY WIRE Many Lives Lost by a Disaster to a HEAD OF .THE CUBAN NAVY LOST Collision at Midnight Near Ha- vana. ATTEMPTS AT RESCUE HAVANA, September 19.—The cruiser Barcastegul was wrecked at midnight by coming in -collisien with the merchant steamer Mortera in the canal at-the en- trance of che port of Havana. Marine Gen- eral Delgado Parejo and three other offi- cers and many of the crew were drowned. Gen. Parejo’s body has been recovered. Capt. Ybanez’s body was also recovered, but in a badly mutilated condition, indicat- ing that he had been crushed in the col- Msion. The cruiser Barcastegul had been employed on government business between different ports of the Island of Cuba. The Parcasteguil was a third-ciass cruiser carrying five heavy and two rapid-fire guns. She wax of 1,000 tons displacement. She Was built in 1876. The cruiser left Port Barcastegui at mid- night, with Gen. Delgado Parejo on board. On reaching the mouth of the harbor close to Moro Fort, the Barcastegui came in col- Ksion with the Mortera, a steamer engaged in_the coastwise trade. . The Mortera struck the cruiser on the starboard and so badly Injured her that she sunk at once. The Mortera, though badly damaged, stood off to give assistance to those on board the Barcastegui, and, with her boats, saved the greatér part of the crew. Gen. Parejo, Captain Ybanez, First Lieut. Lopez Aldazajo, Second Lieuts. S. Juncto, Soto and Canajo, Dr. Martin, Purser Pu- eyo, Machinist Zarzuela and thirty-six of the crew were drowned. . Aid-de-canrp Gastone was saved. Victor Aroja, another of the officers, had his leg broken, but was picked up by a boat from the Mortera. General Delgado Perejo wes commander of the Spanish naval forces in Cuba. He arrived on the Island on June 17 from Cruiser Not Sunk. TAMPA, Fla., September 19.—Offictal news received in this city today states that at the entrance of the harbor of Havana last night at midnight the Spanish gunboat Sanchez Barcastegui collided with the Spanish merchant steamship Mortera. The latter was almost immediately sunk. ‘The rear admiral, Senor Delgado, four other officers and thirty seamen were thrown over- board from the gunboat and all were drown- The damage to the sunboat was serious, but she was not sunk. The loss of life on the Mortera is not stated. ——_—_ MRS. LANGTRY’S GREAT LOSS. Her Jewel Box, Containing $200,000 Worth of Gems, Stolen. LONDON, September 19.—During the ab- sence of Mrs. Langtry on the continent a forged order was presented at her bank for her jewel box, which contained $200,000 worth of jewels. The box was delivered to the bearer of the order. Mrs. Langtry returned home a few days ago, ard today she sent to the bank for her j¢wels, when she learned that the box had been delivered under the circumstances above indicated on August 24. Mrs. Lang- try immédiately drove to the office of Sir George Lewis, Q. C., her legal adviser, and informed him of what had taken place. Scotland Yard was at once notified of the robbery. Up to the present time no trace has been found of the missing jewels. There is reason to believe that the value placed upon the jewels which have so mys; teriously disappeared is not exaggerated, as they have long been, famous, and, !n- cluded three tiaras, one being of diamonds and pearls, another of diamonds and rubies and a third of diamonds and turquoises, besides several necklaces and rivieres. The box, in fact, contained nearly all the gems and precious stones that Mrs. Langtry pos- sessed. The order upon which it was de- livered was written on paper marked with Mrs. Langtry’s town address, 21 Pont street, S.W. —_—.__ TAYLOR LOST HIS NERVE. He Might Hawe Escaped the Pentten- tiary. CHICAGO, September 19.—According to the story told by Attorney D. K. Tenney of Chicago, had W- W. Taylor, the embezzling tueasurer of the state of South Dakcta, now under sentence of five years in the peni- tentiary for his theft of $367,000 of the funds intrusted to his official care, not lost his nerve and patience at the hour and un- ceremoniously fled, his crime would in all probability never have been made public, and he teday would be a free man. Mr. Tenney, who acted as Taylor’s legal adviser, ard who himself, under indictment at Pierre, S.D., for conspiracy to defraud the state, says that had Taylor remained here twenty-four hours longer the whole matter would have been quietly settled. John T. McChesney of New York, one of the ex- treasurer's bondsmer, last December told of the shortage, and the attempt to secure the $150,000 ni ry to settle. — $100,000 was quickly secured, but Taylor failed in etting the last $50,000. McChesney went 0 St. Paul to raise it,“and while there, ‘Taylor lost his nerve and fled. Twenty-four hours later, McChesney reached Chicago with the money, but Taylor had gone, and the exposure followed. ——.—— TO MEET AT DALLAS. Proccedings of the Sovereign Grand Lodge, I. 0. 0. F. ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., September 19.— At the morning sezsion of the Sovereign Grand Lodge, the amendment providing that a grand representative must be a past grand in good standing and a member of the lodge in good standing, that he must have recelved the royal purple degree and be a member in good standing of a Re- bekah lodge, was indefinitely postponed. Officers living at a distance from the printing committee were given permission to have their reports printed without sub- mitting them to the committee. A resolution to amend section 2, article 16, of the Sovereign Grand Lodge consti- tution, was indefinitely postponed. This resolution provided that persons contain- ing not more than one-eighth part Indian blood cannot be admitted to the order. The committee on legislation reported ad- versely the resolution making it lawful for subordinate lodges to wear on street parade the uniform prescribed prior to the law enacted in 188, making the Patriarch Mtlliant the only authorized branch of the order. A change in the law in regard to public installation was made by passing the fol- lowing resolution: “Resolved, That the resolution adopted at the session of this Grand Lodge in 1894, amending the law as digested in section 1023 of White's Digest, 1889, be amended #0 as to read as follows: ‘The several grand bodies be, and they are hereby authorized to confer upon subordinate lodges, en- campments and Rebekah lodges, the right to install their officers in public, providing that the ceremony be conducted by an officer of such grand body, a district dep- uty grand master, or district deputy grand patriarch, or by a past grand or past chief Pheantenctipe duly authorized by the grand aster or grand patriarch, providing they use the Lodge.’” Dall: Texas, was chosen as the next Place of meeting. It was stated at this morning’s session that the expenses of this meeting of the Sovereign Grand Lodge had been $30,810.60. ———>.__ Car Companies Consolidate. ST. LOUIS, Mo., September 19.—The re- port that the St. Louis Car Company and the American Car Company will consoll- @ate has been confirmed Ly the officers of both companies. The consolidated coacern will be known as the Louis-American Car Company. Rumor says there lave been Begotiations for the purchase of the Gil- bert coucn works at Troy, N. Y. form prescribed by this Grand THE E wee wert an VENING STAR, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1895-TWELVE PAGES. 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. i Advertising space in one pa- per costing fifteen cents a line may be profitable investment, while 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. NEW JERSEY REPUBLICANS. Unusual Interest in the State Convén- tion. TRENTON, N. J., September 19.—No con- vention in recent years has caused so much excitement in this city as the republican gathering of today. All of the guberna- torlal candidates were astir early today, and are working their hardest to win. The chances of John Kean were materially strengthened this morning by the action of the Camden delegation. They-met and practically decided to abandon Senator Rog- ers. This delegation, it is said, will vote solidly for Kean. This, it is thought, will bring Kean’s vote up to 295 on the first ballot, while Griggs will probably have 32), The committee met this morning and united upon J. Frank Fort of Newark for permanent chairman of the convention. Congressman Pitney will be chosen tem- Porary presiding officer. It was ten minutes after noon when Franklin Murphy, chairman of the repub- ican state committee, called to order the state convention assembled fur the purpose of nominating a republican gubernatorial candidate. Taylor's Opera House, where the convention is being held, was crowded in the pit and the first gallery, while the upper tier was well filled. Prayers were offered by Rev. Dr. Hanlon of Pennington Seminary, who eulogized the republican party and prayed that the can- didate nominated might be elected. After prayer, Chairman Murphy recom- mended, cn behalf of the state committee, the name of Congressman Mahlon Pitney for temporary chairman. This recommen- dation was adopted and Mr. Pitney was escorted to the stage by ex-Senator Gar- rett, A. Hobart and Senator E. Stokes. Congressman Pitney, in accepting the temporary chairmanship, thanked the con- vention for having complimented his Jis- trict with selecting himself. He then made @ speech in which he arraigned the d2mo- cratic national administration for its tariff and foreign policy. He then attacked the democratic administration in this state and referred to the state house frauds, the sen- ate steal, the pardoning of the Hudson county ballot-box stuffers and the Gutten- berg “Elg Four.” He closed his spe2zh by predicting the election of a republican governor. After Congressman Pitney had concluded the roll of counties was called for the nam- ing of the representatives of the different ties on the ccmmitlees of resolucions. ermanent organizition, &c. When Garrett A. Hobart, who is leading the fight fur 3chn W. Griggs, rose to an- nounce the committee members from Pas- saic he was greeted with cheers. When Union county, the home of Kean and Voor- hees, was called there was more cheering. The convention at 1 p.m. took a recess until 2 o'clock. The platform declares for sound money and an honest government for New Jersey, and pledges the party to wipe out statutes hostile to the interests of the people. ——.—__ CANDIDATES ARE COURTEOUS. e Rivals Show Each Other Attention at the Timonium Fair. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. BALTIMORE, Md., September 19.—The candidates on both the republican and democratic tickets visited the Baltimore county fair at Timonium today, and the appearance vf the rivals for the suffrages of the people attracted an unusually large crowd. Mr. Hurst escorted Mr. Lowndes about the grounds, and Controller Smith, who is a candidate for re-election, looked after Mr. Graham, the republican nominee for the position. A large number of poll- ticians from both parties went out from the city, and a veritable love feast was held. The presence of the rival candidates at a county fair under such circumstances 1s distinct novelty in the history of Mary- land poiitics. The various courts of the city are busy today naturalizing citizens, most of whom are residents of the slums. Sa GOV. CULBERSON’S POSITION. It is Believed He Will Arrest Corbett _ and Fitzsimmons. AUSTIN, Texas, September 19.—The as- sertion of Governor Culberson on the prize fight opinion of Judge Hurt, “That a full bench should determine the matter and thus determine the law, and wihutever it is, it will be enforce is construed by some here as showing a weakening on his part, but this is not true. It is believed that the law against disturbing the peace and unlawful assemblies, relied upon by Gevernor Ross, is sufficient, and Governor Culberson is going to rely on it. Tt is believed he will have Corbett and ‘itzsimmons arrested before the fight and put under bonds to keep the peace, and if they persist and enter the ring they will be arrested before they strike a blow. Everything here plainly indicates that the power of the state is going to prevent the fight under the common penal statutes, no matter what decisions may be rendered on vs e-fighting law. ide of sporting circles it is not be- that Dan Stuart will persist in hay- ing the fight at Dallas in spite of the gov- ernor. ————__ THE ALLEGED FILIBUSTERS. Testimony Against the Wilmington Suspect WILMINGTON, Del., September 19.—The trial of the alleged Cuban filibusters jn the United States district court this morning began with proof of the receipt for freight on account of the boxes ofsarins captured when the men were arrested; The boxes were shipped from Philadelphia to Wilmington. The receipted freight bill was offered in evidence, and the defense, after objecting to the admission, noted an ex- ception. Henry Seymour, one of the Pinkerton de- tectives of Philadelphia, testified that on August 28 he was instructed to follow a wagon from 6th and Arch stre+ts, Phila- delphia. He did so, and it went to the Wil- mington steamboat wharf. The boxes were put on the steamer Brandywine, and Sey- mcur came to Wilmington on the boat. The boxes were taken to Desoto’s store, and later one of Warner's wagons came and took the boxes to the wharf. Seymour stood on the wharf and saw the men load them on th» tug Taurus. Eugent Scheurle, another Pinkerton der tective, testified to shadowing Pablo Es- teriz and ‘ancisco Navarro, and the two came to Wilmington on a train, the de- tective coming on the same train. Upon arriving in this city they went to Desvto’s store and loafed around there until about midnight, when with some others they walked over to King street. and from there to the wharf. Edwin 8. Gaylor, superintendent of Pin- kerton’s agency, then told about seeing the boxes taken to the steamboat wharf. District Attor1ey Vandegrift here asked for an adjournment until tomorrow morn- ing, as he had received come papers written in Spanish and desired time to have them translated. Senator Gray objected to the government being aliowed more time for the preparation of its case. Judge Wales, however, agreed, and the trial went over until 10 o'clock to- morrow morning. ——.__ Soap Makers to Combine. SAN FRANCISCO, September 19.—It is stated that the thirty-four soap manufac- turers of the state are about to form a combination to raise prices and avoid keen competition among themselves. A meeting will soon be held here to arrange the mat- ter. Eastern competition is the cause of i the action. STAR CHAMBER RULE District Triumvirate Awakes Again to Action. REPORTERS T0 BE BARRED Commissioners Object to News Reaching the Public. —————— MR. TRUESDELUS LECTURE The secretive policy of the Commission- ers concerning the publication of news has been resuscitated, and the dangerous reporters who strive to keep the public informed of the current news at the head- quarters of the District triumvirate have, by an order of a majority of the Commis- stoners, been excluded from the office of the secretary. When the reporters arrived at the Dis- trict building this morning they found pasted upon tho wall of the little room assigned to them ihe following notice: Office of the Commisstoners of the District of Columbia. WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 18, 1895. Ordered: That newspaper reporters are prohibited from entering the office of the secretary of the board. Official. copy. By_order: (Signed) WILLIAM TINDALL, Secre' Just why this order was issued is not known. Of course, the object is plain enough, but why the Commissioners should take such action at this time is a matter of conjecture. No great municipal secret bas leaked out recently through the sec- retary’s office. When the Comissioners is- sued their famous star chamber order last March the citizens became alarmed lest the news which rightly belonged to them would be suppressed. Gradually, however, the gates became ajar, and when the Com- missioners themselves violated the order it was thought that it had become a dead letter and would never be enforced again. Citizens Were Troublesome. And so everything moved along smoothly. ‘The public was kept informed through the medium of The Star of everything that oc- curred. Now and then there would be a weak objection to the premature announce- ment of some public project, but it rested there and nothing more was heard from it. Recently The Star published the preliminary schedule of the streets to be improved next year. It was a matter which concerned every property owrer in the city, and gave them a chance to apply to the Commission- ers for the improvement of some street in which they were interested, and to present arguments showing why it should be done. Hundreds of letters were received after this publication, and countless interviews were given citizens who called in person to urge their respective claims. This was altogether too much bother, and the Commissioners de- murred. Another order was sent out to the heads of the different departments warning them not to give out any Information to the newspaper reporters. It is not known wheth- er the Commissioners served an order upon themselves, for they had violated the pro- visions of the order. But, then, Commis- sicners are privileged individuals. There was a rule which the Commissioners agreed to, which was in effect not to give out for publication any report or statement unless it had been seen and approved by a majority of the board. During the past month it has very frequently happened that only one Commissioner was left in charge of the of- fice, and he forgot all about the rule and gave out reports and other interesting mat- ter to the reporters without ever once think- ing of the rule. To Suppress News. When the Commissioners were asked if they had any objection to giving their rea- son for passing the rule prohibiting the re- porters from entering the secretary's office, Commisstoner Truesdell spoke up and said: “No; we have not the slightest objection. That rule was issued to keep newspaper men out of that room. During the past two weeks The Star has published in advance several important reports, which did not come through the proper channel, and were not ready to be given to the public. We want that stopped, and it’s going to be stopped.” Later in the day a messenger from the Commissioners notified the reporters in the building that they would like to see them. ‘The newspaper men were conducted before the tribune, which consisted today of Com- missioners Truesdell and Powell, Commis- sioner Ross being in Illinois. A Few Kemarks. After a whispered conversation with his colleague Mr. Truesdell said: “We have called you before us to make a few remarks concerning the publication prematurely of reports and official papers which have not been acted upon by the Com- missioners. Now, this has got to be stopped. Only a few days ago The Star published the preliminary schedule of street improve- ments, and also published the report upon the Proctor case. When these things are published by one paper exclusively the other reporters complain that they are not being treated fairly. We want to treat ali impartially, and when reports or official Papers are given to. the press, let all re- porters have an equal chance. The Com- missioners have given the press facilities which the public does not enjoy. They have set apart a room for you, and expect you to treat the Commissioners with some con- sideration. Our rules are being violated, and it will have to be stopped or the priv- ileges will be taken from you.” ‘The Commissioners were asked what they required of the press, that they might live in peace and harmony with the istrict triumvirate, and still serve the people with the current news of the day. “Simply that you observe our rules. If an official gives you information which he has no right to give, and you publish it, it is a violation of our rules, and you are getting that official into trouble. We object to premature publications, and no report should be published, or any official state- ment made prematurely, unless it is given out according to the rules which we have made.” “Then, according to that, Mr. Commis- sioners,” sald one of the newspaper men, “a reporter is really not needed at the Dis- trict building. If that rule is enforced, all that will be required of a newspaper is to send a messenger boy once or twice a day to the secretary, and receive from him a copy of such news matter as you may deem ready for the public to know about.” “Well, we don’t propose to regulate the newspapers,” said Mr. Truesdell, “but we do propose to insist upon an observance of our rules in this building, and if they are violated by a newspaper reporter we will try and keep him out hereafter.” ‘The Commissioners had nething further to say, and the hearing closed. An Obnoxious Rule. A review of the workings of the rule of the Commissioners’ famous order relating to the giving out of news matter may not be amiss. According to their idea, which was embcdied in a rule, all information for the public was to be given out by the sec- retary of the board. Dr, Tindall trem- bled when the order was made and he openly stated that the responsibility placed upon him was too great. That it would be impossible for him to give out everything that occurred the moment it was ready. For instance, when an important paper is acted upon by one Commissioner it is taken to the others for thelr consideration and action. They act, and in due course of time it finds its way back to the secretary. It cannot be expected that he will know everthing before him that is ready, for he is obliged to distribute some of the work to the clerks, and oftentimes it is several days before the action is recorded in the Beautiful ealf-bound letter book. And very requently these days it never There are other hooks. ae They look for all the world like the one the press presume to call theirs, but every time 2 letter is press-copied in one of them, they are hurriedly taken to the big safe (which used to belong to the board of pub- Me works) and quickly tocked up with great ceremony. What a fund of good reading matter this book contains, and what interesting articles could be’ pub- lished. But they are doomed to the cold, damp atmosphere of the safe until a board to = of Commissioners Is appointed that has the interests of the people at heart, and don’t believe in hiding its actions. The rule which the Commissioners are making such a fusg over, and which they demand be strictly lived up to by their su- bordinates, has been violated time and time again by_the Commissioners them- selves. AQ Examp! Soon after the interview. the Commis- aloners, to furthe press the rules upon the reporters, ggya.a hearing to Contractor Warfield on ga e matters, and stationed @ messenger af\ths door to keap the re- | porters from lésrning anything of a sub- ich dmportance to the on. ject which is ol citizens of Wash FINED FIFTY DOLLARS x Mr. Rivers Must Pay That or Spend Two Months in Jail. His Trial for Assaulting Mr. Billings- ley in the Willard Hotel Lobby. Monday afternoon there was a fight in the lobby of Willard’s Hotel, which had its se- quel in the Police Court this afternoon, when Charles Rivers was charged with an assault upon James -Billingsley. Mr. Billingsley, who is an elderly man, is the proprietor of a livery stable, and Rivers was formerly in charge of his carriage of- fice at Willard’s. Mr. Billingsley had a very black eye when he took the stand to tell the story of the assault. He said that he discharged Rivers a couple of months ago, and Monday afternoon Rivers came in while he was sittirg at his desk, near the door. Rivers used some profane and abusive language, and, without any further warning, stooped over and struck him a number of severe blows. The first rendered him un- conscious, and after Rivers got through with him it was necessary for him to go to the Emergency Hospital’and have a couple of stitches taken in a cut on his head. His eye was bruised, and he was also injured about the body. * How the Trouble Began. On cross-examination Mr. Billingsley said that the trouble between him and Rivers began over some testimony which the latter had given in a sult brought against him (Billingsley) by a man with whom he had formerly been connected in business. He denied that he had started the disturbance Monday or threatened to throw an ink stand at Rivers. The proprietor of the hotel, Mr, M. D. Lewis, described the assault as he saw It Billingsley was sitting inside the railing at his desk whea he saw Rivers lean over and strike him a number of blows. He heard nothing of what was sald. At this point a recess was taken. Mr. Rivers’ Side of the Case. After recess other witnesses told of the assault, as they saw it, and then Mr. Rivers tcck the stand in his own behalf. He said that he was at the hotel on other business, and stopped to ask Mr. Pillingsley why he had ordered his men not to speak to him Mutual recriminations followed, and then Billingsley, so Rivers said, insulted him grossly, and at the same time started té'thfOw an inkstand at him. Then the blows followed, and Rivers ad- mitted that thi other man got the worst of it. There was no reason for the assault other than the heinous crime with which Billingsley charged him, He did not strike until Billingstéy ‘attempted to strike him. After the ggsault. he walked out and jumped on a ¢able'¢ar and rode toward the Baltimore and Ohio station. Rivers denied that he struck Billingsley @ single blow while the latter was sitting. Five or six blows were struck. Mr. Coulanan, who was Mr. Billingsley’s partner, stated that’Rivers’ reputation “for peace aud gool order” was of the best. The reverse is true in the case of Mr. Billings- Tey, but he admitted that Billingsley and he were Involved Jn a, jaw suit at the present ime. 4 Policeman Sutton ‘testified that he had known Rivers for wine or ten years, and that he bearg..an excellent reputation. Sergeant Moore gaye similar testimony. In disposing of the case Judge Kimball said that from the evidence it was clear the assault was an unjustifiable one. 5 severe was fined $50 or two months In jail. —_>.—__. NOT DELIVERED. John C. Stoner is Wanted by Penn- sylvania Authorities. Upon a requisition from the governor of Pennsylvania, John C. Stoner of this city was arrested today upon a bench warrant issued by order of Judge Bradley. At- tached to the requisition was a copy of an indictment returned in Dauphin county, Pennsylvania, charging that Stoner, on the 24th of September, 1894, by means of false- ly representing to one Jonn A. Fritchey that he owned tn fee simple a brick house in Harrisburg, Pa., obtained from Fritchey the sum of $00. When Stoner was brought before Judge Bradley this afternoon his counsel, Mr. T. C. Taylor, objected to the surrender of the man to the Pennsylvania authorities, be- catse the copy of the indictment was not avthenticated in due form, and because it was fatally defective, in falling to definitely set out an offense. Judge Bradley sustained the latter con- tention of Stoner’s counsel, holding that the indictment failed to acquaint the ac- cused with the crime alleged to have been committed by, him. The judge therefore refused to del'ver Stoner over to the agent of the state cf Pennsylvania, and he was accordingly discharged from custody. Ccnstable G. W. Charters of Harrisburg, the agent of Pennsylvania, explained to a Star reporter that Stoner was the agent there of the Fidelity Building, Loan and Irvestment Association, and that last fall he was charged with defrauding people there. ‘Then it was, said Mr. Charters, that he induced Dr. Fritchey to go upon his bond, falsely representing that he owned a house in Harrisburg. Dr. Fritchey, sald the officer, went on the bond and he had to pay $60 costs through Stoner’s departure. ——.—__ TO SHOW CAUSE. The Great Falls Rallrond and Its Overhead Trolley. ‘The Commissioners have written a letter to the president of the Washington and Great Falls Railroad Company directing him to show cause why he should erect any overhead trolley in the limits of Georgetown, if such righf is claimed, in view of the prohibition by Congress against the erection of any additional overhead wires in Washington, which row includes Georgetown, and the condition in the act amending the charter of the company that the act becgfpes null and void if the cars are not run yegularly for the accommoda- tion of the puolic By August 23, 1895, and the failure tg:so cars. Hot on the Island Track. Thosa who»mads: the trip to Alexander Island today®expetting to find it cool were disappointed’ ‘as the heat was as intense there as in)town-, While the card for to- day was a ght one in the way of entries, its quality yas very, good. The track was dry and fapt. Altendance good. Five books were on. First race, alf mfle—Tartar (Burkholder), 8 to 1, firsty:Aleppod (Andrews), 4 to 1, sec- ond; Pathway (Parsons) 6 to 1, third. Time, 50%. is Sesame = Tomorfow’s St. Asaph Entries. First racé,, six “furlongs—Little Bravo, 103; Salisbury, Criterion, Tim Flynn, Zama- craw, Notre Dame, Flakewood, Courtney, 102. Second race, maiden two-year-olds, four and a half furlongs—Tyro, Ratt Goundy, Mario, 103; Ora Oiive, Fred. Munch, Rod- ney, Ida Reynolds, Soroso, 100. ‘Third race, six and one-quarter furlongs, selling—Elizabeth, Renaissance, 107; Trojan, Columbus, jr., Tralee, 102; Minnie S., 99; Dutch Lady, 95. Fourth race, four and one-half furlongs, selling—Capt. Jack, Reform, 105; Countess, Cody, Billy Leggins, Tanglefoot, Dorcas L., Jack Barry, Prosper, Delia M., 102. Fifth race, six and a quarter furlongs, selling—Irish Pat, Dr. Reed, Patti, 107; Wyoming, 99; Carnalite, 98; Jimmie James, Padre, 95. Sixth race, all 9ges, four and a half fur- longs, selling—Ronald, Pope, 110; Galety, Nemo, Melinda, Black Beauty, 107; Eonda, 100; Harry Keister, 97; Carpenter, Lady Watson, 93. DRUGGISTS HAPPY)PRO84TING THE WILL| FINANCE AND TRADE September is Trying to Boom Their Soda Water Receipts. BA MGRIY HOT. DAY t The Thermometers Say So, Even it They Vary. NINETY-SIX IN THE SHADE Decetitful September! Fickle, coy, uncer- tain mopth! She first tempts the tourist back to his home, then roasts:him for a fortright, then makes him shiver for three or four nights, and now she takes a hand at booming the soda, water trade and the cold beer business. April is no longer to be mentioned for uncertainty. September is the leader in surprises. Last Saturday night the Washingtonians who had come back to their beautiful city from the warm resorts of the coast were sorry that shey had been so precipitate. Today they are condemning their haste even more roundly than before. Washing- ton is hot, hot, hot. i Woe to the unfortunate wight who changed his flannels on the first of the month! Woe to him who gave his straw hat to the corner bootblack and regulated his headgear according to the calendar in- stead of his memory of the weather history of Washington, in which September is set down as a month of surprises! Woe again to the sad one who told his wife up in the mountains that the appointed time for re- turning to town had come! He will never be able to explain away the unhappy cir- cumstances that are now causing a cool- ness in his family, the only cool place, in- deed, that he can find. Woe to all who breathe, for it is hot, hot, hot. Nobody cares a snap of the fingers to- day what the weather bureau says about how hot it is. Every one knows how hot 4t is—just too hot fer comfort. No one is bothered about the reasons why it is hot, whether it is a “low” crowding a “high,” or a “high” pushing up against a “low,” or whether both a “high” and a “low” have got tangled up in a barometric trough and cannot get out. It may be a storm in the sun that is causing it, and the fact does not scare a single Washing- tonian in the least. He just knows it is hot. One Scientific Explanation. The suggestion of the scientific citizen who came into The Star office at about 1 o'clock and held up a small thermometer counts for naught. What he gave as an explanation of the heat may have been based on the hardest of rock-bottom facts. Nobody cared a picayune. It made it not a degree cooler to know all about it. Said the “scientist: “Do you want to know why it is hot? Do you want to have the real reason for this sudden wave of caloric? Are you in search of the truth?” - Nobody was after it very rapidly, for it was too hot to be swiftly desirous for any- thing but a cool draught of something. But the visitor went on: “Then I'll tell you. It is a meteoric sterm that is causing all the trouble. The earth is jus: now pessing through a great cvrrent of meteors, bound around the sun. This makes a friction in the atmosphere, =o turn causes heat. We are la grave eri.” Pthe scientist’s voice sank to a whisper, such as that which the heavy villain tells the heroine that she is his’n. He said: “Some of these meteors are vory, very large. We may hit one of them. Then it will be the end of all our troubles, for we will never know what struck us.” He was gone. He had taken his ther- mcmeter with him, and it wasejust as hot as ever. Then one of the reporters started out to find out just exactly how hot it was. No one could stop to calculate the chances of one of the big metecrs hitting the earth. Over in Baltimore the base ball cranks— and that term includes pretty nearly all the people—are figuring out the chances of seme other club than Baltimore winnirg the pennant, but that is a pastime that Washingtonians never indulge in. The hunt after the real temperature was far more exciting. It was a bright spot on an otherwise dreary and desolate day. What Some Thermometers Registered To begin with, the mercury in The Star office registered 88 degrees. This was in- side the building, on the east side. Up at Mertz’s drug store, at F and 1ith, the ther- mometer at the southeast corner door stood at 92, That at Williams’ soda water shop, at 9th and F, on the east front, was 92%. Dewn 9th street at Budd's place there was a reccrd of 91. This was a reasonably close wgreement between the instruments. At Kloczewski’s drug store, corner of 9th and E, there was a record of 95, and at a bar- ber shop a few doors south of E street the fickle fluid ran up to 98. Things were get- ting interesting. But Shedd's thermometer stced at 93, and “hat at Keyworth’s at 94. If matters had stopped there they would have been puzzling enough. But Scheller & Stevens, at the corner of 9th and the averue, had three thermometers, and each stood on an independent basis. That at the east door was naturally lowest, at 89; at the corner dcor the giant slab recorded 96, while ten feet further west there was a record of 98 degrees. At Sickle’s, near 11th ard D streets, there was a record of 96, and at Brentano's, a few doors away, 91 was marked. The thermometer on the doorway of Harris & Shafer’s store registered 97, while acrcss the street, at Davis’ Sons, there Was a record of 100. Dave Hagerty's col- umn of mercury had reached 104 degrees, and the same was marked by the instru- ment in front of Ford & Graham's place, but the latter was square in the sun, and there is no wonder that it was high. At Franklin’s, where thermometers are a con- siderable item of trade, one might expect to get a reasonably accurate return from the heat. An instrument that hung inside end was proclaimed to be perfect stood at §9 degrees, while another on the doorway marked 96. There was probably just that amount of difference between the two pleces. Taking the seventeen thermometers that hung in doorways near the street, whose recopds have been ‘given, it is found that the probable temperature on the streets, beneath awnings, this afternoon at about 1 o'clock wa3 95.7. That is good honest summer heat. Of course it was hotter than that in the middle of the street, in the midst of the mass of heated air rising from the asphalt pavements. It was cooler than that, too, in the houses, where a majority of the peoplé remained during the midst of the day. But 95.7 is probably a good fair average temperature, midway between the streets and the houses. he Weather Burean. The weather bureau cannot be wholly ignored during days when everybody be- gins conversation with the unchallenged remark: “My, my, but it’s hot!” There are some things in life that can be put aside and forgotten, but on such days as this the weather bureau will keep popping up in the mind. This morning the bureau stated, with keen realization of the fact that the chances were all its way, that it would be very. warm in the District, with generally fair weather. This, it was prom- ised, would continue Friday, but there was a prospect of showers Friday night or Sat- urday. The map showed that there was a gregt “low” in the far northwest, and the general rate at which storms travel might bring that within range of Washington in- side of three days. During the afternoon there was a gradual banking up of clouds in the west, and this gave rise to hopes that before night there would be a thunder shower, such as sometimes follows an ex- cessively hot day in this climate. But there are others. At Sioux City, Iowa, it was 104 degrees by the official thermometer Tuesday, and other cities in that region were about as warm. Wash- ington is not having all of the fun with the soda fountains and the limp handker- chiefs. The Weather Bureau All Right. The usual cry on hot days Is that there is no dependence to be placed in the offi- cial thermometric records, as they are in- variably lower than those of the down- town establishments. Today the weather bureau made a noble effort to refute this slander. When The Star received its regular offictal report of the range of the thermometer at 2 o'clock it was found that the bureau had beaten the average busi- ness house record by .3 of a degree. The official maximum mark for the day at that hour was 96 degrees. The Contest Over Holt Estate to Be Oom- menced. The Will Will Be Offered This Week— Lawyeis Preparing Themselves— Course of Procedure. It is more than probable that Mr. Luke Devlin, named as executor in the myster- lously forwarded will of the late Judge Jeseph Holt, will offer the ‘nstrument for probate before the close of the presont week. Indeed, it was expected by Register of Wills McGill that the alleged -vill would be offered for probate today. Up to a late hour. this afternoon the document, how- ever, had not been offered. The delay in the matter is said to be due to the desire of Messrs. J. J. Darlington and Blair Lee, who have, it is understood, been retained by Mr. Devlin and the bene- ficiaries under the alleged will, Miss Lizzie Hynes of Kentucky ang Miss Josephine Heit Throckmorton of New York, to fully acquaint themselves with all the obtain- able facts in the case before inaugurating the fully expected contest over the instru- ment. It is now said that counsel for the ex- ecutor and beneficiaries have prepared themselves as fully as possible and that they are about ready to proceed in the case, When the instrument is offered for pro- bate the Probate Court will direct that the parties interested be notified by publication in one or more newspapers published here, and probably in newspapers published else- where. The parties interested will be notified of the application for the probating of the al- leged will, and they will be directed to come into court at @ certain day and show cause why the instrument should not be probated. —_—__ CURIOUS SUIT. Extent of the Linbility of a Boat at Insue. A unique proceeding in admiralty was be- gun today in the Supreme Court of the Dis- trict by Randall Hagner, proctor for Gi more Meredith and Henry C. Winship, owners of the steam tug Gilmor Meredith. Mr. Hagner asks to limit the Hability of his clients because of a collision with a row boat at the forks of the Navy Yard and Washington channels of the Potomac river, which occurred on September 24, 1894, as heretofore noticed in The Star, in which collision James McL. Rogers lost his life. The administratrix of Rogers brought a suit recently for $10,000 damages for the drowning of Rogers, this being the ex- treme measure allowed in the District of Columbia in case of death, and this law- suit is sought to be enjoined by the pres- ent suit, which prays that the Hability should be limited to the value of the tug boat and her pending freight, and Meredith & Winship be released from all lability therefor upon turning over the vessel and her pending freight to a trustee, as allowed by the act of Congress. It is said that this is the first time in the history of the Supreme Court of the District that the law on this subject has been appealed to. * Stole a Bicycle. Harry Wainwright, the sixteen-year-old white boy who was arrested yesterday af- ternoon by Detective Horne for stealing a safety bicycle from in front of 1207 F street, as told in The Star, was ar- raigned in the Police Court before Judge Kimball this mornirg. The case was rather a sad one, as the boy claims to have been driven to desperation by hunger. ‘There was no doubt of his guilt, as he was arrested while trying to dispose of the stolen wheel. In the Police Court this morning he pleaded guilty, and was sent to jail in default of $300 bonds to await the action of the grand jury. a Blair Road. A delegation of citizens representing the Woodburn Association, and consisting of Messrs. Angus Lamond, John Micklejohn, Allen Walker and John Kelly, appeared be- fore the Commissioners this motning and urged the repair of the Blair road, which they said was dangerous. Tae Commis- sioners explained that part of this road been abandoned by the street extension plan, but the other part would be repaired this fall. They suggested that the owners out there be requested to lay out one street, 2d preferably, and then there would be no couse for complaint. ——.——_ Fourth-Class Postmasters. Twenty-one fourth-class postmaster were appointed today, seventeen of whom were to fill vacancies caused by deaths or, resig- nations. —+2+____ Personal Mention. Commander Charles M. Thomas is Visit- ing friends at 920 Farragut place. Lieut. John Gibson, on duty at the Naval Academy, is on a short visit to this city. Lieut. G. T. Langhorne, third cavalry, is in the city on leave. Admiral Russell has returned to the city and is located at his residence, 1703 De Sales street northwest. Preston, the director of the mint, has gone to Philadelphia, He expects to return tomorrow. U. S. Treasurer Morgan has returned to the city from a short visit with his family at Saratoga, N. Y. —_—_—_—-e Mixsing With $33,000. CHICAGO, September 19.—Ross C. Van Bokkelen, receiving teller of the Merchants’ Loan and Trust Company, is missing. So is $33,000 of the money belonging to the in- stitution, which is the second largest bank- ing concern in the west. It Is thought that Van Bokkelen has gone to Mexico. CHICAGO, September 19.—An employe of the National Bank of Illinois is missing and with him has disappeared $19,500 of the bank’s funds. He was one of the trusted officials of the bank, and had been with the institution a long time. About two weeks ago he sent word to the bank that he was sick. A week rolled by and he did not ap- pear. The officials of the bank became sus- Ppicious and ordered an investigation, result- ing in the discovery of the shortage.. The bank officials refused to make public the mame of the defaulter, but they believed, however, that two men were implicated. es Pat Off the Train. SAN FRANCISCO, September 19.—Miss Mabel Marshal of Los Angeles was put off the overland train at Port Costa for trav- eling on a ticket issued originally to Mrs. M. J. Hall. She refused to sign her name for the purpose of comparing it with that of Mrs. Hall, as originally signed to the ticket and was, after a struggle, ejected from the car. The ticket called for a round trip from San Diego to Chicago. Grain and Cotton Markets. Cotton and grain markets, reported by W. B. Hibbs, stock, grain and cotton broker, 1421 F st. CRAIN. High. Low. Close. GI% 59% Wheat—Dee. Ma Lard—Jan Ribs—Jan. Month. ona. ovember,. December. January. Baltimore Markets. BALTIMORE, September 19.—Flour more active, unchanged—recetpts, 15,870 barrels; shipments, 21, 429 barrei sales, 1,000 barrels Wheat unsettled and highe ‘pot and month, 63%63' G1aGii4; December, 65408: ‘No. GO%a61—receipts, 3,049 bushels; stock, bushels; sales, 44,900 bushels; southern ‘wheat by maine 6ta65; do. on grade, 61 settles “- add Oe 253 st 4a receipts, 5,303' bushel © steady—No. 2, 44 nearby; western, 48—receipts, 563 bushels; ‘stock, 60,916 bushels. Hay firm— choice timothy, $15.00." Grain freights firmer, de- mand improved, unchanged. Sug: Butter and feeds, unchangen: Checse tian: utter al eggs steady, uncl unchanged. Prices Advanced Throughout the List. GOLD FURNISHED FOR GREENBACKS Now Believed fo Be Over. The Scare GENERAL MARKET REPORTS —__-+-—__ Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. NEW YORK, September 19.—Influenced by a weaker market for foreign exchange and the assurance that no gold will go out tomorrow, no steamer sailing on that date, traders successfully advanced prices in all parts of the active list this morning. The celebration of the Hebrew New Year, gen- erally relied upon to restrict trading, had no perceptible influence in that direction this morning, but may have accounted for the decreased demand in the exchange market. Syndicate banks find no necessity for making shipments at the close of the week, but it is considered probable that some engagements of gold will be an- nounced tomorraw by houses heretofore prominent in the export movement. ‘The treasury was tendered gold in exchange~{pr greenbacks by several of the national banks, but the position of the bond syndi- cate on the subject of reimbursements con- tinves doubtful. The street has overcome its nervousness of @ week ago, however, and is confident that a bond issue or perhaps natural causes will prevent any further aggregation of the gold scare. The recent action of the coal stocks, by diverting attention from the apprehen- sive features of the general speculative sit- uation, is perhaps deserving of some credit for the return to optimistic reasoning. The advance in coal rates and the pros- pects for an early and aggressive effort to settle all outstanding differences have at~- tracted a good buying demand to the several members of this group, and Jersey Central being among the more conspicuous features of today’s trading. The grangers were advanced under a de- mand about equally divided between the two accour.ts, brokers active in last week's selling movement being among the purchasers tcday. Chicago Gas was the feature of the industrial group, selling up 2 per cent under a good volume of business. The rrovement is being conducted by inside interests and a prominent ex-state of who is a candidate for a place in the com- pany’s directory. The periodic attacks of the Attorney General have been provided against and the compary is to be freed from any fur- ther legal annoyance by state officials. The directors of the National Lead Com- pany declared a dividend of 1 per cent on the commcn stock, an action not wholly unexpected in well-informed circles, the re- cent increase in earnings having suggested the probability of such action at this time. The covering of a large individual short interest in American Tobacco, said to have amounted to 20,000 shares, and the denial of reports to the effect that the trust had been obliged to cut rates on the plug pro- duct, were responsible for a sharp ajvanco of 5 per cent in the stock of that compan; The movement was a surprise tu tae rcom, which has favoreG the opposite side of the market, by reason of the reported success of the independent manufacturers. An advance in certain grades of refini sugars was res) ble for the strength of the stock af the American company, pool brokers continuing their purchases at the advance. The trading of the final hour resulted in the recording of the day’s highest pri the bulk of the later dealings being credit to the room. It is reasonably certain that at least one million gold will be announced for export on Saturday, but there is little evidence of any necessity for a larger ship- ment. The transactions in tomorrow’s market will reflect these announcements, and con- sidering today’s rise in prices an extremely sensitive market is predicted pending defin- ite knowledge of the actual outfiow. FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. The following are the opening. the high est and the ‘owest and the closing prices of the New York stock market today, as re- ported by Corson & Macartney, members New Yor’: stock exchange. Correspondents Messrs. Moore & Schley, No. 80 Broadway. High. Low. Last. oom ie 100 u ‘96: 08% oon Long Island Traction . Metropolitan ‘Traction Manhattan Elevated. ‘Missou: National Lead Co. National Lead Co., Pfa . U.S. Leather. a Washington Stock Eachange. Sal call—12 o'clock m.—Culumbia Ratl- a 00 at 112% American Security and ‘Trust, 10 at 1: 140; 19 at 140. Washington 2 a 0; 12 at 49%. Government i. 8. 4s, registered, 111! bid, 1121 ed. U. 8. 48, coupon, 112% bid. 8. ds, 1935, 121 bid. “U. 8. bs, 1925, 115% bid. District of Columbia .—20-Fea bid. 30-year fund és, 112% bid. ‘Bonds. ir fund 58, 106 aE Water stock Zs, 1001, currency, 115 bi Water stock 7a, st T uid, 3.68%, funding. “curseney, atl bid. Bigs, registered, 2-10s, 100 bid. Miscellaneous ‘Washington and George- town Rallread conv. 6s, Ist, 160 bid. ern oe and Georgetown Railroad conv. 2d, 160 bid, Metropolitan Railroad conv. 6s, 112% bid. Railroad 5s, 85 bid, 87 asked. Columbia Gs, 112% bid, 113 asked. Washington Gas Com- pany 6s, series A, 113 bid. Washington Gas Com- pany 64, series B, 114 bid. Washington Gas Com- any conv. Os, 125 bid. U. 8. Electric Light conv. es 127 bid. American Security and Trust 5s, FP. and A., 100 bid. American Security and Trust 5s, A. and O., 100 bid. Washi Hrllerprnd vate md Ast 6s, 110 bid. Washington Company my Gs, 110 bid. Washington Market Company ext. € 108 bid. Masonle Hall Association 9s, 108, bid. Washington Light Tifantry 1st Gs, 100 bid. Rational Bank Stocks—Bank of | the Republic, 245 Did. 0 bid. 0 Farmers and Mechanics’, 180 bid. Second, 187 Citizens’, 130 bid. Columbia, Isl bid, VSL Capital, ‘116 Md. | West End, 107% bid, 112 Traders’, 100 bid, 05% asked. Lincoln, 96 bid, 1 asked. Ohio, 82 bid. re Deposit and Trust Compantes.—National Deposit and Trust, 120 bid. Washington Loan Trust, 121% bid,’ 126 asked. American Securit and ‘trust, 139 id, 141 asked. Washingtou Deposit, 65 bid, 80 asked. liroad | Stocks. ington and Georget 260 bid, 300 asked. Metropolitan, ¥ bid, If asked. Gas and Electric Light Stocks. 49 Lid, 50 asked. Georgetown Ga: Electric Light, 133% bid, 136 asked. Insurance Stocks.—Metropolitan, 70 bid, 95 asked. Potomac, 68 bid. | Arlingion, 165 bid. ' Columbia, 13% bid! Riggs, 7% bid. People's, 5% bid. Lim colt, 74% bid, 8% atked.” Commercial, 4% bid, 3¥% asked. ‘Title Insurance Stocks.—Real Estate Title, 108 bid, 116 asked. Columbia Title, 7 bid, 8% asked, District Title, 10 bid, 13 asked.” ‘Telephone Stocks.—Pennsylvania, 87 bid. Chose peake and Potomac, 5¢ bid. American Grapho 4% asked. Pneumatic Gun Carriage, 28 . ‘Miscollaneous Stocks.—Wasbi Market, 16 bid. Mergenthaler Linotype, 180 bias 199 ‘aaked. Es