Evening Star Newspaper, September 30, 1895, Page 2

2 THE EVENING STAR, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1895-SIXTEEN PAGES. Ss ——————— LATE NEWS BY WIRE Cold and Stormy Weather in the West. EIGHTEEN VESSELS STRANDED Unusually Rough Weather on the Lakes. BIG DROP IN THE MERCURY EIGHTEEN VESSELS STRANDED. Unusually Violent Storm on the Lukes. CHICAGO, September 30.—Yesterday's storm cn the lakes was one of the most violent and destructive of recent years. No less than eighteen vessels have been re- ported stranded at variovs points, while feperts continue to be received of others Bying the signals of distress. At Milwaukee the schooner Condor is long overdue, and grave fears are felt for her safety. Thirteen persons narrowly escaped Growning when the steam barge Kershaw Went on the reef at Choclay Beach, break- ing ccrrpletely in two. Five steamers are grounded near Detroit, and the barge R. J. Henry went to pieces or the 1ccks rear Sault Ste. Marie. Sev- eral vessels lost deck cargoes, and also ‘were siripped of all canvas, steering gear, ete. Lying Sheltered From the Storm. CLEVELAND, Ohio, September 30.—A telegram was received at the office of the Cleveland and Buffalo Steamsnip Company this morning saying the steamer State of New York, for the safety of which much @:xlety was felt last night, is lying under Long Point. She took refuge there to es- cape the big storm prevailing. SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich., September 8v.—The captain of the Anchor liner Schuyl- kill, which arrived from Duluth today, re- ports passing two Doats ashore at Kewee- Daw Point. He thought they were the Ma- toa and Masaba, the big steel steamers be- longing to the Minnesota company. The Matoa and Masaba cleared from two har- bors for Cleveland yesterday. Keweenaw Point is one of the most dangerous spots on the lakes, and the boats stranded are likely ‘to prove total losses, owing to the heavy northwest gale. HEAVY FROST OUT WEST. Reports of Damage Tobacco. OTTUMWA, Iowa, September 30.—Heavy frosts occcrred all along the line of the Burlington road in southern Iowa this to Corn ana morning. It, however, damages nothing but tomatoes and the like. MIDDLESBORO’, Ky., September 30.— There was a heavy frost this moruing. Late corn and tobacco are ruined. The financial loss is heavy. Farmers from Beans Fork report ice quarter of an inch thick. Vege- tation is entirely destroyed. © MARSHALLTOWN, Iowa, September 30. This section was visited by the first ma- terial frost of the seasén this morning. The market garden stuff was nipped, but he damage is ncmiral, as all the crop has en harvested. STERLING, Kan., September 30.—There was a heavy frost here last night and ice formed to a thickness of an eighth of-an inch. This will injure the broom corn brush, yet to be puiled. MEMPHIS, Tenn., September 30.—Frost was found in low-lying localities this morn- ing here end at various points in west Ten- north Mississippi and eastern Ar- sas. Tender vegetation was wiited, but ho serious damage was done to the Irish Potato crop, and cotton was not injured to any considerable extent on the uplands. A Gispatch from Duncan, Miss., however, re- ports a heavy frost in that part of| the jelta, which may cut the top crop short by causing immature boils to open. : EL PASO, Tex., September ‘30.—The cold and rains are unprecedented at this season of the year. EASTON, Pa, September 30.—A heavy fain storm here last night ended in a cold = Mr and a heavy snow squall about mid- HAVERFORD, Pa., September 30.—The hiladelphia. cricketers have won in one ning by 39 runs. ——>—__ THE SUPERVISORS’ CASE. e Wheir Trial in Baltimore Place Wednesday. Special Dispateh to The Evening Star. BALTIMORE, Md., September 30.—The course likely tu be pursued by Gov. Brown {mn regard to Messrs. Blans and Cairnes, the democratic supervisors of election, against whom charges of fraud are to be Preferred by the Reform League, was the Prevailing tople of conversation among Politicians of both parties today, and end- Jess speculation is heard on all sides as to the outcome of the trial. : Gov. Brown has hired Sutro Hall as the scene of the trial, which will be held pub- Ucly at 11 o'clock Wednesday morning ana is likely to be of a sensational character. The Reform League twill be represented by Col. Charles Marshall apd Mr. Edgar H. Gans, and Mr. Bernard Carter, counsel of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, and City Solicitor Bryan will appear for the supervisors. The trial will attract general attention. « A prominent democratic editor from How- ard county told a Star correspondent today that the situation in that county ag re gards the regu ar ticket was a most critical @ne, and that 500 democrats had pledged themselves to vote the republican ticket, and were openly espousing Mr. Lowndes’ fer e Howard, Senaior German's county, te Take ‘as a normal democratic majority of from iW to 300, so the effect of such a desertion an be easily realized. The fight in Howard egainst the legisla- tive ticket, and especially against Senator Rogers, a personal friend of Mr. Gorman, ‘who is up for re-election, Is aggressive and Prominent democrats from that county unite in saying that the outlook ig dubious. ———— GARBA CREMATION, . Figuring Now on the Site for the Affair. It was expected that the garbage matter ‘would be finally determined today, but the ¢ontractor did not put in an appearance and the matter went over. The delay, it is ‘understood, has been caused by the con- tractor’s inability to obtain a suitable site for the second crematory. It has been settled that the Smith and Brown systems will be insisted upon, and @s socn as the other site is found the de- cision of the Commissioners will be given out. The Commissioners reserved the right to name the site, as well as the system to be employed. Some time ago a site was resented, but it Is understood the Jocation as not favorable to the Commissioners, and the contractor was sent off to hunt up another place. it was stated today by one who is familiar with the situation, that a new site had been found and that it would be presented to the ‘ommissioners today, but up to the time he Star went to press the contractor had Mot called upon the Commissioners. ‘The answer of the Commissioners to the rgumenss of the residents of South Cap- tol street against the location of the cre- Matory in their neighborhood will shortly be made public. The Commissioners, it is inderstood, will refuse to interfere in the atter of the permit for erecting the fac- ory. As soon as this report is made pub- lc the attorneys of the South Capitol streat Fpinct will go into court and ask for an junction. They propose to fight this mat- to the bitter end. ————— Badly Injured. John Minor, twenty-three years of age, ‘who resides at 9/3 Florida avenue, was @truck by a falling timber while working ma sewer near the Zoological Park this fternoon, and suffered a serously sprained ck. He was taken to the Emergency lospital. ] Here is another suggestion for the business man who adver- tises or ought to advertise. Advertising space is valuable in proportion to the extent and character of circulation of the advertising medium. The Star’s advertising rate for a given space for three months or more is less than 5 cents per line, without changes; for ten thousand lines to be used within a year, changes at will, the rate is 7} cents per line. The Star’s circulation is be- lieved to be five times that of any afternoon paper in Wash- ington—no other afternoon pa- per makes public its circulation. On this basis it is therefore easy to calculate that a fair rate for space in other afternoon papers would be one cent a line where The Star charges five and 1} cents a line as against The Star’s charge of 7} cents. A COURT-MARTIAL LIKELY The Understood Decision of the War De- partment as to Captain Armes. Charges of Insubordination and Dis- respect Said to Be in Course of Preparation. : . Although Secretary Lamont will not ad- mit it, it is generally understood at the War Department that he has decided to order a court-martial for the trial of Capt. G. A. Armes on charges growing out of his alleged insult to Gen. Schofield while the latter was acting as Secretary of War. Secretary Lamont’s only response to in- quiries on this subject today was that he had not taken any action in the matter as yet, and probably would not do so for two or three days. Gen. Schofield left the city last evening for a season of recreation at Peelce Island, Lake Erie. Before his departure, however, ha had a personal ihterview with Secretary Lamont in regard to the case, and left with him the letter which resulted in the arrest of Capt. Armes. It is said that beyond mak- ing a full statement of all the circum- stances connected witn his action, Gen. Schotield made no formal charges against his unfriendly visitor, leaving it entirely with the Secretary to decide whether the latter should be subjected to further dis- cipline. Charges That May Be Brought. Retired officers are by statute subject to the regulations of the army and the articles of war, the same as officers on the active list, and can properly be punished for all infractiors thereof. The. charges upon which Capt. Armes will be tried by a military court are insubordination and flagrant dis- respect to his superior officer. It is believed that charges of this character are now in course of preparation at the War Depart- ment. ‘The fact that Capt. Armes is at liberty through the action of the civil courts will hot affect the future action of the military authorities. Regardiess of court-martial roceedings, an officer of the judge advofate ral's department will undoubtedly be gned to the duty of representing tho ¥ Department at the habeas corpus ng before Judge Bradley Saturday. There is considerable doubt among offi- cers of the army as to the lezal propri- ety of Judge Bradley's action in setting aside the orders of the acting Secretary of War in a purely military matter, pending final settlement. It is claimed, by the offi- cers that there was ample legal author- ity for the action taken by the acting sec- retary, and at the coming hearing a strong effort will be made to convince Judge Bradley of the soundness of that conten- jon. » ——-o-_____ RAILROAD RACES IN ENGLAND. Fast Runs in That Country and the United States. From the Railroad Gazette. The principal newspapers of this country have, of course, been greatly interested in these reports and have commented upon them at length. The most noticeable fea- ture of their comments igs the anxiety man- ifested to show that this excellent record of the English roads is no great shakes after all; that they have not beaten us, and, anyway, if they have, we can turn around and beat them if we have a mind to. There fs no occasion for this anxiety. For the entire run there is nothing in American records with which to make a fair comparison, but this lack is for-well- known reasons, which are not discreditable. The fast trip made by the New York Cen- tral on September 14, 1891, was over a course of 104 miles shorter, and the train was, without doubt, considerably heavier. Moreover, orly one trial was made at that time, the object of the experiment being accomplished the first day. If was not an attempt to make the very highest speed possible. The regular runs of the empire state express over the Central are subject to similar qualifying conditions. .The ex- position flyer of 1893 ts the only regular train that has ever been run in America which could be compared with the English runs for so great a distance as 540 miles, but the exposition flyer was a heavy train, weighing about two hundred tons, and much of the time over two hundred and thirty-six tons, exclusive of the engine. The fast run from Jacksonville, Fla., to Washington on August 26, 1894 (forty- nine miles an hour), while a highly credita- ble performance for the roads which made it, Is not to be compared with trips over double track lines- perfectly signaled. If there were any legitimate reason for strife between English and American rail- road men, newspapers or betting men con- cerning the speed record, {t would be found, of course, mainly in the differences in the construction or management of the locomotives. All other conditions are either such as cannot be changed or else are mere questions of money. An illu: tration of this is seen in the fact that the most favorable course for fast running in America, the New York Central, is ham- pered by a whole mile in Syracuse, where the speed has to be reduced to eight miles an hour, not to mention several other sim- ilar hindrances of less consequence. The bearing of cost is seen in the statement that the London and Northwestern made all other passenger trains clear the Scotch express fifteen minutes and _ suspended night freight trains entirely. If this latter statement is even partly true it means a heavy loss. To compare locomotives we must have full details, weight of train, etc., and the profile of the whole line. The best speed mentioned in the English report, thirty-two miles at seventy-four miles an hour, falls considerably short of the record made by the Camden and Atlantic on April 21 last from Camden to Atlantic City, N. J. This Atlantic City run was made by an engine with 78-inch driving wheels. If our American editors who are inclined to feel chagrined at the new English records wish to compare mere speed figures they should emphasizo this performance. The whole run of 58.3 miles was made in 453-4 min- utes, equal to 76.46 miles an hour, and a distance of 49.8 miles was covered in 371% minutes, or at the rate of 79.7 miles an hour. —__—_+e+—_ Reported Trouble in Bluetields. LONDON, September 30.—Inquiries made at the foreign office here today were met with the statement that nothing is known there concerning the report that fresh troubles have occurred at Bluefields, the chief port of the Mosquito territory of Nic- sragua, eS) SS, GEN. MILES CHOSEN He Will Be Designated to Succeed Gen. Schofield. HIS GALLANT MILITARY CAREER —— in the War of the Re bellion and on the Plains. Service NOT A WEST POINTER Maj. Gen. N. S. Miles will succeed Lisut. Gen.. Schofield in command of the army. Maj. Gea. T. H. Ruger will succeed Gen. Miles at New York in command of the mil- itary Department of the E: Orders to this effect will be issued by the War De- partment in a day or two. They would probably have been issued today but for the displeasure of Secretary Lamont at the publication of the news this morning. It is understood that the authorities desired that the announcement of these orders should be deferred until their official pro- mulgation. Consequently, even now that it Is known as a fact that Gen. Miles has been selected to command the army, it Is impossible to obtain official verification of the report to that effect. The reason for this mystery is not apparent, inasmuch as Gen. Miles himself is authority for the statement that Secretary Lamont notified him in person last Friday of the Presi- Gent's determination to two officials met by special appointment at the Metropolitan Club in New York. Gen. Miles’ Career. Gen. Miles is a gallant soldier, with an exceptionally fine record, and will receive a cordial welcome in this city, where he has so many stanch friends and admirers. He is the first commander of the army since Gen. Scott who was not a graduate of the Military Academy. ° General Miles is a native of Massachu- setts, having been born at Westminster in that state August 8, 183). He entered the volunteer service from Massachusetts, but was commissioned lieutenant colonel of the sixty-first New York volunteers in 1862, ard as a New Yorker gaiaed all his laurels. He was three times wounded in active service, and was brevetted for gal- lantry in the battles of Chancellorsville, the Wilderness and Spottsylvania Court House. He was mustered out of the voi- urteer army with the rank of major gen- eral and entered the regular service as col- onel. Then more brevet appointments came to him, and he became successively brigadier general and major general in the regular service for remembered bravery in the battles where he had earned distinction as a yolunteer. As an Indian Fighter. Afterward he gained by hard fighting dis- tinction in Indian wars against the Co- manches and the Sioux under Sitting Bull, and the Nez Perces and Bannacks. The states and territories of Kansas, Montana, New Mexico and Arizona all voted him either thanks cr swords of honor. He cap- tured Sitting Bull, and subsequently com- pelled the redoubtable Geronimo to sur- render. He was in command of the troops during the turbulent times preceding the Wounded Knee affair, a few years ago, and it was his management of that campaign that undoubtedly prevented a general out- break. At that time he was a major gen- eral, commanding the department of the Missouri, which command he held up to last autumn, when he was transferred to New York on the retirement of Gen, How- ard. Miles is closely connected by marridge with Senator Sherman and Sena- tor Don Cameron. His wife is a niece of the former and a sister-in-law of the latter. Gen. Miles will be the youngest officer that has ever been at the head of the army with the exception of Gen. Sheridan, who was ebout fifty-two when he died, and had been its commander since Gen. Sherman re- tired. Gen. Miles is now fifty-seven years of age, and has yet seven years of active service before he reaches sixty-four years, which fs the limit allowed ui unis Ww serve in the active service. All three of the present major generals owe their promotion to President Cleve- land, Miles having been advanced under his first administration and Gens. Ruger and Merritt within the last year. The two last named officers have about two years of ac- tive service before them, and should there be ro casualties there will be no further army patronage for the administration in the higher grades. Will Net Add to His Rank. Gen. Miles’ new assignment will not ada anything to his present rank. The rank of lieutenant general expires with Gen. Scho- ficld’s retirement, as it is a grade only cre- ated by special acts of Congress in recog- nition of distinguished services. Tt has been bestowed upon s.x gem Is—Wash ston, Scott, Grant, Sherman, Sheridan and Scho- eld. An Unfounded Ramor. There has been lately a good deal of gossip in army circles over a widely circu- lated and apparently well authenticated story that the functions of the command- ing general of the army are to be greatly erlarged by the army regulations, now in course of final revision. According to the story that officer is to be made chief of staff and is to act as an intermediary between the Secretary of War and the heads cf all the staff departments. Such a regulation would give the com- manding general the right to examine and comment upon all military questions aris- ing in each department before their sub- mission to the Secretary for final action. This would be a radical change in the ex- isting system, and would add largely to the duties and responsibilities of Gen. Scho- field’s successor. A diligent inquiry among those conversant with the facts shows that there is no provision of the kind in the re- vised, regulations, now in the printer's hands, so far as they have keen completed, and that nothing of the sort is contem- plated. ee EXAMINATIONS FOR OFFICE. The Pertod of € Service Tests Be- iva This Week. This week begins the general tour of the United States by the Special examiners un- der the civil service‘eommission to give op- pertunity for oandidates for positions in the departmental, railway mail and Indian service, to undergo the usual examinations. Five tours have been arranged, to embrace all the central-points where the commis- sion found it practicable to hold examina- tions. 3 3 ‘The first_embr: ces the cities of Wilming- N hester, N. H.; Augus tland, \t.; Albany, N. Yl; Reaches Bing- hamton, N. Y.; Altoong, Pa., and is assign- ed to Mr. George B. Hey of the cities of Asheville, N Sharleston, S. ipa, ‘¥ ‘Tern., and the examin: will be in charge of M The third includes land, Ohio; ions In these placcs W. R. Ricket ens Point, apolis, Minn.; een, S. D.; Sioux Falls, S. D.; Omaha, Neb.; Des Moines, Iowa; Davenport, lowa; Bloom- ington, Ill., and is in charge of Mr. F. M. Kiggins. Phe fourth covers Cumberland, Md.; Parkersburg, W. Va.; Cincinnati, Ohio; Indianapolis, Ind.; Evansville, Ind.; St. Louis, Mo.; Kansas City, Mo.; Okla- homa, Okia.; Dallas, Texas; Austin, Texas; Galveston, Texas; Shreveport, La.; L.ttle Rock, Ark.; Memphis, Tenn.; Nashville, Tenn.; Louisville, Ky., and Mr. A. N. Hiller has charge of it. The fifth takes in Denver, Col.; Chey- enne, Wyo.; Salt Lake City, Utah; Poca- tello,Idaho; Helena, Mont.; Spokane, Wash Seattle, Wash.; Portland, Oreg.; Roseburg, Oreg.; Reno, Nev.; San Francisco, Cal.; Fresno, Cal.; Los Angeles, Cal.; Tucson, Ariz.; El Paso, Tex.; Albuquerque, N. M., and Garden City, Kan., and W. S. Wash- burn is the examiner in charge of it. Side-route examinations will be held at Springfield, Mo., October 18; Wichita, Kan., October 21; Salina, Kan., October 23; Has- tings, Neb., October 25, by Mr. W. H. Hus- ton. The examinations begin next Monday, the 30th, and follow coritinuously until November 11, with intervals of a few days between eacl ‘The railway mail examinations will oc- cur at the following named places on the dates foned: Atlanta, Ga., Octooer 29; Bostgn, Mass., October 17; Chicago, IIL, October 10; Cincinnatl, Ohio, Gctober 5; Cleveland, Ohio, October Des Moines, Towa, November Detroit, Mich., October 5; Indianapolis, Ind., October 8; Kansas City, Mo., October 15; Milwaukee, Wis., October 12; Minnezpolls, Minn., October 19; New York, N. ¥., October 8; Omaha, Neb. October 29; Philadelphia, Pa., October 3; Rockester, N. Mo., October t Washington, the clerk-copyist, watchman, and the messenger e3 tions will ngt be given, but the mental and the Indian service ¢ tions wiH be given next Wednesda: typewriting aad stenography examina- tions on the first Thursday in October, and the railway mail examination next Friday. THE LIBERTY Y., October 29; St. Louls, 2, the nial BELL. ‘The District Commissioners Consider- ing 2 Demonstration in Its Honor. The liberty bell will be in Washingtoa Friday, October 4, and it 1s expected there will be ‘a demonstration on the purt of the authorities. Word has been received by the Commissioners that the mayor of Phil- adelphia and his patty will arrive in Wash- ington Friday mbérning with the bell, en route to Atlanta, where it will be pe exhibition. The Commissioners conferred about the matter today, but arriveu .. .u definite conclusion. It was Gecided to con. fer at once with President Warner of the board of trade, with a view of arraneine a suitable reception for the historic liberty bell. ——_ A Victim of the Ready-Made Bow. From Truth, He was shown into the parlor. While waiting for her he seemed uneasy. At least half a dozen tIlmes he rose frem his chair, and, walking to the mirror, carefully surveyed himself. After she had entered he grew more uneasy, apparently because the relief of consulting the mirror was im- possible. He fidgeted In his chair. He ercssed and uncrossed his legs spasmodi- cally. He answered her questions at raa- dem. He would sit silent for a long time, then he would interject some remark en- tirely foreign to ~vhat had been said be- fore. His few attempts at gaicty were ghastly. His fingers wandered continually to his throat, as though he were choking. His moody restlessaess affected her. She, teo, became un She flushed whenever he began to speax. She talked rapidly, in- consequential. singly. She seemed to dr ent’s silence. Yet she seemed expec At last the sus- pense became s nendurable, “What is the she cried, or tather ser you are so un- natural tonigh “Excuse me," he shouted, Jumping to his feet and rushing to the mirror, whera he scrutinized himselt carefully. Then he turned to her ha sigh of relief, said: “I’m sorry I'm so nervous, but the fact is for the first time in my life I tied my own necktie tonight, and I'm all the time thinking it’s come untied.” A MENACE TO LIFE Lieut. Sewell on the Government Printing Office. HOW A COLLAPSE §=MIGHT COME Great Danger of Disaster in Case of Fire. THE RECEN WORK Lieut. Sewell, the army engineer in charge of the additions now being made to the government printing office, having made some startling presentations as to the un- safe condition of the present structure, in which 2,700 people are employed, it 1s ex- pected the matter will be called to the at- tention of the grand jury. Lieut. Sewell’s exposure of the condition of the building was brought out in the trial of the alleged violation of the eight-hour law in the Police Court last week. To a Star reporter who called upon him today at the scene of the operations upon the additions to the printing office Lieut. Sewell repeated practically what he had testified in the trial and represented in his letter to the district attorney. A Menace to Life. “I consider the government printing office in its present condition a constant menage to tWe lives of the inmates,” he said today. “I do not think it Is in immediate danger of collapse, although it has been in that condition and may be again, but I do be- lieve it to be in danger of destruction by fire, in which case a calamity of horrify- ing’ proportions would undoubtedly ensue. This contingency I deem ample reason for hurrying work on the fire-proof addition to the utmost in order to relieve the over- crowded condition of the H street wing. “This porticn of the building is old and the timbers are soaked with cil and grease. If a fire got a good start it would sweep through the pf&ce like a whirlwind. The first flcor to burn through, which would be a thing of but a short time owing to its inflammable nature, would start the col- lapse of the whole place and the falling of the walls. As soon as the timbers of one floor should burn their falling away wculd deprive the wall of support and !t would go down, carrying everything with it. The stairways and the fire escapes would be totally inadequate to empty the place in time, and men would crush each other in their efforts to get out of the death trap. What Might Cau a Collapse. “There are also conditions which would bring about a collapse of the building as it now stands. The imposing of overweight on a floor, a sudden shock or vibration to the long wall on the H street side might start a movement which would precipitate the entire mass, but this can be guarded against by proper precautions. From what I have heard from empioves, there have been times in the past when that building was on the verge of a collap: that is, the tions permitted the px ty of such a lam'ty, brought about by overweight, by the careless aiterations in the structure, changing of p.llars, and otherwise weak2a- ing the supports. It is possible to create the same conditions again. “There are structural defects in the bulld- ing which to engineers seem very serious The Is are badly constructed in many places, and I haye found that the mortar fs frequently having crumbled niels over the windows I: kened with dry rot, and e way under the pres- hs above it woald let out “If I can get the new steel structure un- der roof before freezing weather sets in, the terior of the building can be ready by spring for the public printer to move his men into, or begin to move, at any rate. That will relieve the pressure on the H street side and remove some of the danger. Of course that part of the house is gradu- ally going to pieces by general decay, but if it Is not overcrowded, if presses are not set running on the upper floors, and if pre- cautions are taken about making changes in the structural features, I think there is no immediate danger of collapse.” ——— © GAIL HAMILTON’S ILLNESS. Her Great Pence When Lying, as She Thought, at Denth’s Door. From the Boston Herald. A paper written by Miss Abigail Dodge (Gall Hamilton) was read in the church in Hamilton last Sunday evening. It was entitled “In the Val- ley of the Shadow of Death.” Miss Dodge refuses to give the manuscript of the paper, but a short sketch of what was sald has been obtained. She tells in the paper of reading her own obituaries. Passing on to her own experiences, she said that she was taken lil last spring, while locked in a room in the Blaine inausion at Washington. She felt that she was falling, and realized that something very serious had seized her. Her most intense feeling was the shock that her friends would receive when they broke epen the door and found her dead upon the floor. She felt that the shock would be lessened to them if they should find her lying in a natural position pon the sofa, and £0 she rade a mighty effort with her fast-ebbing in to cross the rcom to the sofa. She reached it, but stumbled and fell beside it. She realized the situat‘on when her friev.ds found her and could hear them as_ they spoke about her, although apparently she conscious. Then came a long blank d she knew not. At times ally recover consciousness and wonder whether she were dead or not. Her brothers, Stanwood and Brown Dodge, both of whom are dead, one of them dying less than a year ago, appeared to her and conversed with natural: She sometimes felt that she would like to speak and inquire if she were really in the other world, but found it impossible to enunciate syllables. She decided to impress upon those who heard the paper read the truth of the sen- tence, “‘Biessed are they who die in the Lord,” for death, she said, “is indeed a bless- ed thing.’” She felt no especial sorrow in leaving life and laying down its burders, but she had a poignant sympathy for ber relatives and friends, who she knew would mourn long and deeply at her death. “Do not have a horror of death,” was her thought; “it Is a blessed thing.” Much interest has been taken In the paper since Sunday, and the audience that listened to its reading was rather a limited one. The whole thing was a complete surprise to every one but the minister, Mr. Nichols. ———————EESE GRAND JURY. The Indictments Returned and Cases Ignered Today. The following indictments were returned by the grand jury this afaternoon: John, alias Patsy, Harris, murder of Matthew Spruell; Edward T. Benton, jr., embezzle- ment; Thomas H. Ciarke, forgery; Catha- rine McGowen, violating section 4745, Revis- ed Statute: john H. Madden, larceny from the person; Edward Downing, do.; Wm. Gordon, assault with intent to kill; Sumne Lee, do.; Robt. Quiet, do.; Edward ‘Tolson, do.; Charles Grayson, ’ larceny; Wm. Washington, do.; James Anderson, do.; Samuel Douglass, do.; James Gray, second offense, petty larceny; James Peake, do.; Wade Hamilton, do.; jam Wilkins, alias Wilson, pretenses; Chas. M. Baker, do; Wm. R. Thompsen, do.; Warren Thompson and Frank [.Holiand, do.; Michael, @lgs Biddy, Doyle, housebreakin; Wm. Owens, do.; Ed. ward, alias Junk, Wheeler, do.; Daniel Rob- inson and Wm. Woods, do.; Wm. sdarry Wilson, do.; Chas. Miller, do.; Wm. Dennis McDonald and Lewis W. is, do. The fotlowing cases were ignored: Willie Lewis, receiving stolen property; Walter Davis, housebreaking; Jos. Washington, second cffense of petty larceny, and Jesse L. Belden, forgery. Progrevs of Liberal Thought. EUDA PESTH, September 30.—The lower house of Hungarian diet today adopted bilis providing for the recognition of the Jewish religion, and cstablishing freedom of worship. GENERAL HARRISON'S LETTER It Has a Direct Bearing Upon the New York Campaign. The Republican Position as Stated by the Party Leaders and the Opposition. The letter Gen. Harrison has contributed to the local campaign in Indianapolis has, by chance or otherwise, a direct bearing also on the local campaign in New York. In the one city, as in the other, the repub- licans are insistfng on the execution of all the laws, and to this policy Gen. Harrison, in terms of characteristic force and fello- ity, has given his unqualified indorsement. It is regarded as likely, too, that the letter will have a strong influence in both cities, and help at least to keep the republican contention clearly before the people. A Confusion of the Issues. Leading republicans believe that their only danger in New York lies in a con- fusion of the issue. The democracy, under Mr. Hill’s lead, is seeking to make the re- publican party appear as the party of pro- hibitiog, resolved not only to shut up the saloon##on Sunday, but to increase the pen- alties of the business altogether. And sme headway has already been made on that line. But the brewing and the distill- ing interests have taken alarm, and are preparing to give to the democracy a sub- stantial support in November. This, in- deed, as some well-informed men declare, is the sole hope of democratic success. This it is that has brought Richard Croker home, for, although Mr. Croker insists that he is out of politics, the prediction is that he will be very much in evidence on the inside during the campaign. Even Tammany without the brewers would be helpless this fall. Republicans Stand for Law and Order As opposed to this statement of their cese by the other side, the republicans state theic own case. They stand for law and order—for the impart.al execution of all the laws on the statute books. The Surday closing law is there with others, anc with the others and for that reason is being executed. Whether the law should stand without amendment of any kind is ancther question, That is for the next legislature to decide. The question is to be biought before that body. Amendments will be offered to the law, and it is expect- ed that some of them will develop dl- visions among the republicans as well as among the democrats. But until then there is but one thing to be done. The law, as written, must be enforced. To dicker or to temporize with those who want it re- pealed outright would be to give away the case of those who, though willing to con- sider the matter of amendments to the law, will yet Insist when the time comes on a seemly observance of the Sabbath day by stloon keepers as well as by those engaged ia cther business, Are Not Prohibitionists. The republicans have no hope, however, by any fair stetement of their case of mak- ing any impression on either the brewers or the distillers. They are not prohibition- ists. They do not consider that they are even heading in that direction. But they bave stricter views with regard to the Miquor traffic than has Tammany Hall, and. therefore, in a contest with Tammany? ever a legislature to be selected almost for the express purpose of revising the excise laws they cannot look, and de not lcck, for the support of the liquor inter- ests. Tammany, in a triumph might not be able to do all that those interests de- sired, but the argument ts that it would be certain to go very much further in that direction than the republicans would. Effect of Harrison’s Letter. The fact that Gen. Harrison is a presi- dential quantity leads to some observa- tions on that score. All of the New York leaders are Morton men at present. All heartily united in the resolution. adopted at Saratoga presenting Mr. Morton’s name for President, There is no suggestion that the performance was perfunctory or in- sincere. But Mr. Morton's strength is not such before the country as to make New York’s second choice a matter of indiffer- ence. To whom will the empire state repub- licans turn if Mr. Morton is beaten? Mr. Platt, it is believed, would turn in any di- rection rather than in that of Gen. Harri- sen. He is almost committed to that. But arner Miller and Chauncey Depew are classed as Harrison men with Mr. Morton out of the way. Now, it so happens that the excise plank in the New York repub- lican platform was written by Mr. Miller, and advocated both by him and Mr. Depew. They won the credit of securing its adop- tion. Mr. Piatt opposed it. He wanted the convention to observe silence on the whole subject. Did Gen. Harrison remember this when he wrote his Indianapolis letter? He stands by his friends, and if he had taken his pen in hand for the express purpose of letting Mr.Miller know how cordially he ap+ proved of the Saratoga performance he could not, it is observed, have expressed himsclf more to the point than he has done sn his advocacy of the enforcement of law in Indiana, —___—_+-e.______. Overhead, Wire. The application of the president of the Georgetown and Tennallytown Railroad Company for permission to run an over- head wire from the terminus of its road on Water street, about 150 feet to Gilbert's .wharf, has been referred to the attorney for the District for his opinion as to the Commissioners’ power in the premises. It is believed the Commissioners will refuse the permit, on the ground that they have no right to issue a permit, and the rail- road itself has no authority to run its tracks along Water street. = Mghtingales Sold for Food. From the London Daily News. 2 M. De Parviile, our Paris correspondent s«ys, asks for the suppression of bird mar- kets. He counted in one Paris bird market last May 200 nightingales, hundreds of p:rsons (charming little songsters peculiar to French woods and fields) and 2,000 finches. Ship loads of quails are sent from North Africa to France for the food mar- kets. The goura, heron and bird of para- dise are becoming rare. The plover must secon disappear, its wings being a favorite trimming for hats and its eggs a supper table delicacy. The white of its eggs has also, when dried and hardened, great in- dustrial value, imitations of meerschaum being made with it. Japan is the only country that shows Itself well alive to the value of all birds. Every spectes is now protected in the nesting time. M. Pichet, an authority on bird life, unites with M. De Parville in demanding protection for all birds in the nesting season. They are man’s one auxiliary against the insect. +722. —___ Grain and Cotton Markets. grain markets, reported br W. B. Cotton and Hibbs, stock, grain and cotton broker, 1421 F st. tS spring 3. 3.65—recetpts, relx; sales, 1, higker—spot, month and ber, 684269; steamer No. 5,082 bushels; stock, 613,944 bushel bushels: southern wheat’ by sample,’ 67a68; do. on je, 644674. Corn dull %a40; month, 4ni0; October, 39 asked 4 asked; an- 34 asked—receipt: shipments, 3,307 bushels; stock, sales, 81,000 rellow, 41442, ‘No. 2 white west- Ye—reeeipts, (17,585 K, 63,782 bush- els. 44245 nearby; 48 ‘western— receipts, 1,636 bushels; stock, 59,868’ bushels, Hay firm—cholce timothy, $15.00a$15.50. Grain freights dull—steam to Liverpool per bushel, 1%d. October; Cork for orders per quarter, 8. October. Sagar strong—granulated, 4.77 per 100 pounds. Butter steady—fancy creamery, Z2a28; do. imitation, 15a 17; do. ladle, 14; good ladle, i 2. Eggs sti FINANCE AND TRADE Uncertainty as to Exchange Domi- nates Prices, SPECULATION CONTINUES SENSITIVE An Active Realization in Dis- tillers. Se GENERAL MARKET REPORTS Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. NEW YORK, September 30.—Wall street's buying capacity reflected no dndications of improvement this morning, values being determined by the unaided efforts of the professional element, as was the case last week. London’s early cables indicated a lack of interest at that center, and brought no noteworthy commissions to this side. Uncertainty as to the probable course of the exchange market overshadows the en- tire speculative situation, and is likely to dominate prices throughout the week. There will be no gold taken out by tomor- row’s steamers, however, and hopes are entertained that the necessity for such ac- tion may be dispensed with. ‘The German demand has been practically exhausted, and special orders are not likely to force an outflow unless actual rates for bills advance sharply. The $3,000,000 Louis- ville and Jeffersonville Bridge Company bonds guaranteed by the Chesapeake and Ohio and the Big Four railroads, are said to have been sold in Europe at 94 and in- terest. The naturally weakening tendency of the exchange market should be aug- mented by drawings against the proceeds of the transaction. Speculation is extremely sensitive to all rumors reiative to the for- eign exchange situation and all arguments for improvement are subject to a condition precedent providing for a complete cessa- ton of the gold outflow. Distillers was active throughout the day on the resumption of manipulaticn, but, as was to have been expected, in view of its recent advance, the best prices were those recorded at the opening of business. Ad- vant was taken of the early demand to realize on last week’s purchases, a sharp decline of two per cent following liberal sales. At the low level some buy- ing for both accounts advanced the price one per cent, but the prevailing opinion is eomingly skeptical of much higher prices at this juncture. Chicago gas sold down 1 1-4 per cent on what appeared to be the marketing of long stock. Rumors of a probable attempt to get a new gas ordinance through at tonight's session of council had a depressing influenc as previous atterrpts of this character have uniformly proved disadvantageous to long holders of these certificates. In railway shares the market was dis- posed to yield fractionally to the very small volume of business supplied by the room. The erangers sold down about one-half per cent on rather purposeless trading, there being no new development to go on. The non-appearance of evidence confirming the much-talked-of changes in the anthracite coal situation resulted in lower prices for that group, Reading being the feature at a one per cent reduction from first figures. There is no doubt that strong efforts are being made to straighten out the tangles of the coal trade, but as yet the process is shrouded in mystery. The appearance of a fair amount of gold bills in the exchange market this after- Toon caused renewed apprehension of gold exports later in the week. The usual au- tkorities on thig subject are all at sea where questions of the probable discon- tinuance of the efflux ere considered. In view of this fact a hesitating market for securities is all that can be hoped for, and pire less trading is never immediately profit- able. —_—._—_ FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL, The following ate the opening, the high- est and the lowest and the closing prices of the New York stock market today, as re- ported by Corson & Macartney, members New York stock exchange. Correspondents Messrs. Moore & Schley, No. 80 Broadway. 10835 American Sugar. 5 American Sugar, Pi American Tobacco. American Cotton Ou. Chicago. B. & Q... Chic. & Nertheciers: ch! G Long Island ‘“raction BMetropolitan iraction. Manhattan tlevated. - Michigan Central Missour! Pacific. Nationa! Lead € Northern Pacific.. Northern Pacific, Ftd North American: . Reading. Pulimso Pai. Car Co. Southern Railway, Pfd. Phua. traction. 4exas Pacitic. ‘Tenn. Coai & Iron. Union Pacific. Wabasa. . Wabash, Pra...) Wheeling & L. Erie. Wheeling & 1. Erie, Western Union ‘el. Wisconsin Central. 4bx-div. 1. es Washington Stock Exchange. Sales—regular call—12_ o'clock _m.—W: rom Gas, 5 at 50. Riggs Fire Insurance, 100 at 7 People’s Fire Insurance, 100 at 5%; 100 at Pneumatic Gun Carriage, 100 at 30 cents. wih Tz auked "U.S. de, coupon, iz oid, Frid ted, Ss, 1035, ibs bid. we So look 115) E Diktrict of Columbia Bonds.—20-year fund Bs, 108 bid. 80-year fund 66, gold, 112% bid. Water stock Js, 1901, currency, 116 bid. Water stock 7s, currency, 118 3.655, currency, UL bid, 3i%s, registered, 2-108, 100 bid. Miscelianeous Bonds.— 200 bid. Xationsl Bask Stocks Bank of Wash! 135, Columbia, 130 bid. bid. West End, *106 bid. Traders’, a See : ie rast, 125 bid. Washington Loan lid, 125 asked. American Securit ist, *1 141 asked. Washington fe De- posit, 65 5 asked. Teailroad. Stocks.—Washington and Georges ooftliresd: Setropolitan, 98 bid. Columbia: ab bid, 60 asked. Eekington, 15 bid. Gas and Electric Light ‘Stocks.—Wasbington Gna, “igre ey ‘Gas, 50 bid. U. 8, 49 bid, 50% asked. Electric Light, *123 Insurance Stocks Metropolitan, 70 bid. Co 67% bid. Arlington, 140 bid, 160 asked. German-American, 160 bide ' National Union, 10 bid, 15 asked. Columbia, 13 bid, 16 asked. bid. People's, 5% bid, 6 asked. Lincoln, bid, 84 asked. Commercial, 44 bid. Title. Insurance Stocks.—Real Estate Title, 107 bid, 115 asked. Columbia Title, 7 bid, 5% asked. District Title, 9 bid, 14 asked. 7 ‘Telephone Stocks.—Peansylvanta, 39 bid, 50 asked. Chesapeake and Potomac, 54 bid, 00 asked. Ameri : 3 bid, ‘84 asked. Pneumatic Gun c ed. M eooR —Washington Market, 14 Wd. Great Fall ce, 130 bid, 140 asked. Mergen- thaler Linotype, bid, 225 asked. *Ex div.