Evening Star Newspaper, October 21, 1895, Page 2

THE EVENING STAR, MONDAY,:> OCTOBER 21, 1895-SIXTEEN PAGES. LATE NEWS BY WIRE Official Announcement of England’s Demand of Venezuela. LONDON PAPERS EXPECT NO TROUBLE Think It Will Be the Corinto Affair Repeated. DISCUSSING THE FORCES LONDON, October 21.—In view of the many reports in circulation regarding the attitude of Great Britain towards Vene- zuela the following official announcement was made today: In consequence of Venezuela not offering an apology or repcration for the Uruan incident the Marquis of Salisbury has taken steps to inform her @s to wnat repa- ration Great Britain requires. But as relations between the two countries have been broken off for some years the com- munication was rot sent through the di- rect diplomatic channel. As the docu- ment has not reached its destination it is not consitered desirabie to give details of its contents. But it is couched in forcible terms and points out that Great Britain will nat permit Venezuela to overstep the boundaries marked by the course of the rivers Cuyene and Amacura, but is willing that the question of the other disputed territory should be submitted to arbitra- tion. Verezuela appears to be well equipped to withstend a hostile movement. Her chief ports are fortified. La Guayra is the chief port, end half of the entire customs are received there. It is well protected by heavy guns set on a hill back of the town. Porta Cabello is the next fort of import- ance. It has a powerful fortress at the en- trance of the harbor. Maraicaibo, next in impcrtance, has a fortress and an outer bar, over which warships drawing more than ten feet could not pass. Ciudad-Bo- livar is also well protected. These are the only perts at which the British would be likely to make®: demonstration. Veneauela‘s Troops. The Venezuelan troups are strongly arm- ed. President Crespo has purchased from Germany 40,000 of the latest pattern of Mauser rifles and forty large pieces of ord- nance, including Krupp and rapid-fire guns. ‘The last showing of military force made by Venezvela was in the revolution of 189 when 0,000 men were in the field. Ge: Crespe's troops at that time numbered 30, 000. It is believed by officials that 60,000 to 70,000 men are available today, and these are equipped with the best of Mauser guns and heavy ordnance. At the Sinte Department. ‘The official statement from London fails to elicit any res,onsive statement from the State Department, and the officials, under Secretary Olney’s Iirstructions, persist in Preserving an absolute silence upon the whole subject of the Venezuelan affair, possibly deeming it prudent to learn as much as they can of the British position without disclosing our-own stand. . There is some reason to believe that there is a disposition on the part of the British fcreign office to shift the issue, if it is pos- aible to do so, and without relinquishing any ground directly upon the boundary dispute, to make the main issue their de- mand for reparation for the treatment ac- corded the colonial chief of police at Uruan some months ago. This might result in a repetition of the Corinto affair, and, as the United States admitted in that case that a mation had a right to demand reparation for an insult to the national honor, the United States thus might be placed in a -position where it could find with difficulty a reason for interference, even though the real motive for the demand might be a de- sire to clinch Great Britain's claim to the disputed territory. For this reason the last developmert of the case Is being watched with some uneasiness here. The Ultimatum Unexpected. The ultimatum reports, exclusively cabled to the Associated Press, were a complete surprise to the Venezuelan officials in Lon- don. A representative of the Associated Press had an interview with Acting Consul Burch, representing Venezuela, who said that the statement that the ultimatum nad been sent through Senor Rodrigues, the for- mer consul general here for Venezuela, was ridiculed. Senor Rodrigues, he added, at present at Caracas, where he went a ye: Zo at the expiration of his term of office. Mr. Burch added: “The crisis was so unexpected that my uncle, Mr. N. Geach Burch, the vice con- sul and acting consul general for Vene- auela, left London a fortnight ago on a three months’ pleasure trip to South Africa. Neither he nor I have received any communication with the Marquis of Salis- bury or any other member of the govern- ment which would lead to the belief that an ultimatum was to be presented to Venezuela. The dispute between the re- public and Great Britain 1s of fifty years’ standing, and comes up periodically. But we had not the least idea there was any- thing critical in it. We did receive papers trom the late government on the subject, which were duly forwarded to President Crespo. “But we have not-received anything from the Marquis of Salisbury. Diplomatic re- lations between Venezuela and Great Britain have been broken since 1888, and from that time England has not had a representative at Caracas. But if an ulti- matum bas been sent it might have gone through Consu] Boulton at Caracas, or the German minister there. In any case, we have not heard anything of it.” ‘The Globe, discussing the same matter, says: “We are strongly of the opinion that, so far as the United States ts concerned, the statement of the New York Post repre- sents the final word of wisdom in regard to the Venezuelean dispute.” Alleged Interview With Bayard. The Exchange Telegraph Company sent out a report of an interview which one of its representatives has had with the United States ambassador, Mr. Thomas F. Bayard. Mr. Bayard is quoted as Saying that he will prebably receive an immediate answer {rem the Marquis of Salisbury on the Ven- ezuela question, end that the United States Would be quite satisfied if its overtures led to negotiations for the resumption of the consideration of the frontier dispute. The United States ambassador 13 also said to have informed the representative of the exchange telegraph company that the United States can do nothing regard- ing the Marquis of Salisbury’s demand for an indemnity from Venezuela. PARIS, October 21.—The Figaro today commenting on the Venezuelan situation remarks: “The ultimatum habit that Great Britain is acquiring may be prejudicial to the cause of general peace.” Neither the British embassy nor the Vene- Zuelan legation today received further in- formation on the ultimatum, and they are depending on the press dispatches for their information. he terms of the ultimatum are being awaited with Interest. WAR NOT LIKELY. Seantor Davis Thinks a Firm Attitude ST. PAUL, Mirn., October 21—In an In- terview on the Venezuelan matter Seuator C. K. Davis said: “Considering the pres- ent situation in Venezuela and the action of the Pritish government in the suizure of Corinto, I say most confidently that the United States ought to intervene in this Dbusiress or formally and by proclamation abandon the Morse doris- ss a scare crow which will no longer frighten. “I do not appr fi with Eng- land 5 conditions or thing which we can feresee. She with all her pow the ominion of Canada a to the United States far t that she can hope to I think that firm remonstran: ide so unyielding it will demonstrate the certainty of warlike action as the last extremity, will repress @ggression, assert her dignity, secure our safety and vindicate our principle NO COMPROMISE POSSIBLE. re Mow the Offic’ Statement garded Here. The official statement given out by the is Re- The Reason For Advertising. Advertisers use The Star because they get ble in it. ess know, ores that each one pays a price for a like service. Advertising space is not iven to one in order t it may act as a decoy duck for others. No “discount” for one, “special discount” for an- er and “extra i discount” for still another. Like price for like service is the only fair way. British foreign effice Is viewed by »fficials here as not adding to the-facts already known, although it gives official sanction to the reports that radical steps have been taken. It is known here that the ultima- tum has not yet reached Caracas. The in- direct channel through whom the document 1s being transmitted is undoubtedly the German minister at Caracas, as he was the one who acted last November when Great Britain made her first demands on the Uruan incident. ‘The statement from London that “Great Brita’n will not permit Venezuela to over- step the houndarles of the Buyuni and Am- acura rivers” appears to leave no possible compromise open. The Venezuela claims extend far beyond these rivers, and in the last official statement from Venezuela, given exclusively in the Associated Press dispatches Saturday, the Venezuelan min- ister of foreign affairs positively declined to recognize these boundaries, saying that it would amount to a surrender cf all that Venezuela ever had claimed. What is Now Said. A high official of the British foreign of- fice today said that Great Britain had not scnt an ultimatum to Venezuela, but that a dispatch on the subject of the misunder- standings between Great Britain and Ven- ezuela had been forwarded to President Crespo. The Corinto Affair. The landing of British marines at Corinto is regarded as a precedent of the course Great Britain may take. In that case a cash indemnity was demanded to be paid within a stated number of days. When this Period passed withovt the payment being made Great Britain landed her marines at Corinto, seized the custom house, placed the British naval captain in charge of the town as governor and began collecting the customs receipts to be applied on the de- manded indemnity. Nicaragua yielded on this show of force and paid the demand in cash in London, whereupon the marines were withdrawn. In anticipation of the possibility that a similar course will be pursued as to Veue- zuela, officials are comparing the relative strength of the forces which might be brought together. CG The British Fleet. The British have a fleet of sixteen war- ships available in the North and South At- lantic. Twelve of these are rendezvoused in the West Indies and in Canada. They are the Buzzard, Cleopatra, Crescent, Canada, Magicienne, Mohawk, Partridge, Pelican, Tartar, Tourmaline, Terror and Urgent. Vice Admiral James E. Erskine is in command, the Crescent, a_ first-class cruiser of 7,700, tons being his flagship. The other ships are fast and powerful cruisers. ——— THE BIG PRIZE FIGHT. Expected to Call Out ‘Troops. HOT SPRINGS, Ark., October 21.—Attor- ney General Kinsworthy went en route to Little Rock this morning with a complete transcript of the evidence and records of the Corbett habeas corpus case tried Satur- day before Chancery Judge Leatherman. ‘The supreme court will review the same at the earliest practicable moment, and may do it today. Gneral Kinsworthy, in an interview this merning, said the supreme court would re- verse the chancellor's judgment, but re- fused to say why he entertained the belief. He also said he believed the decision was not correct, but again declined to give any reason for his assumption. He would not disclose, if he knew, what action Gov. Clarke would take should the supreme court sustain th2 decision. The Florida Athletic Club will meet the representatives of Corbett and Fitzsimmons this afternoon for a discussion of the ar- ticles of agreement, which Julian, who has full power from Fitzsimmons to act, says positively he will not sign. Brady says Julian should bring his man here and let him and Corbett gettle the matter In the arena. News from Little Rock is looked for here with great interest. The consensus of be- Nef is that the governor will call out the troops and issue a proclamation for a meet- ing of the legislature in session extraor-li- nary, notwithstanding his former assertion that he would not do this if the tight were to be pulled off in the state house yard. Developments of the ensuing forty-eight hours are eagerly awaited by the people. a DECLARED OFF. Gov. Clarke Reported That the Florida A. ©. Has Given Up the Big Figh: HOT SPRINGS, Ark., October 21.—The Corbett-Fitzsimmons fiht has been declared off by the Florida Athletic Club. Corbett and Brady were willing to postpone the fight to December 11, but Julian, as Fitz- simmons’ representative, was not, and the club then declared the match off. —_—_s——_ MAY THE NOMINEE. End of the Democratic Deadlock in Alexandria. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. ALEXANDRIA, Va., October 21, 1895. The second demccratic legislative con- vention for this district met, in Serepta Hall today at 12 o'clock. =: 2 Mr. Wm. H. May was unanimously nomi- nated. There are now five candidates for the house of delegates, as follows: May, democrat; Lewis, republican; Harper, popu- lst; and Morgan and Coleman; independ- ent. —_——_—_ DICKINSON DEFEATED. A Labor Candidate Nominated for Mayor of Detroit. DETROIT, Mich., October 21.—Don M. Dickinson was defeated for the nomination for mayor of Detroit in the democratic city convention today. The nominee is Al- derman Samuel Goldwater, a labor candi- date, who received 51 votes to 34 for Dick- irson on the first ballot. — Double Tragedy at Hagerstown. HAGERSTOWN, Md., October 21.—Wil- liam Landes, aged forty-two, an engineer, shot his wife fatally and killed himself last night. Jealousy is thought to have been the motive. 2 « Gas By an explosion of gas at the Knicker- pocker colliery. Shenandoah, Pa., Saturday three persons were fatally and six others seriously injured. ‘Senator Edmond Magnier, who has been found guilty of corruption in connection with the administration of the South of France’ Railway Company, was sentenced in Paris Saturday to a year’s imprisonment. Five men were seriously injured by the falling of the fron roof of the casting house of No. 3 furnace of the Pennsylvania Steel Company at Steelton, Pa., Saturday. The collapse of a wall caused the accident. John J. Duffield, a director in the Harlem River Bank of New York,which was declared insolvent some time ago, has been arresied on the charge of perjury. Consijo-Viso line. Lord Aberdeen’s line. Lord Granville’s line. Extreme limit of England’s present claim. Line of arbitration limited by England. Original Schomburgh itne. Line once proposed by Dr.Rojas, Venezuelanenvoy,as & compromise The first Rosebery line. Venezuela’s extreme claim. Alteration of Schomburgh Ine. THE VENEZUELAN BOUNDARY. Great Britain's Claims to Territory—A Shifting Line. The above map illustrates the manner in which Great Britain is alleged to have encroached upon the Venezuelan territory. The Venezuelan government claims that the boundary should be along the Esre- quibo river. They agreed, however, that there might be a smaal strip of country within this claim, the title to which might be properly settled by arbitration. The English claimed that the boundary iine should start at Cabo Nassau and run to the Rio Cuyuni and then to Roraima. This claim was far inside of the Schomburgk line. The latter line was drawn in 184i from Pt. Barima in asiightly curvel line to Mt. Roraima. Later this was altered so as to take in much more territory, and later still a claim was put up for a bound- ary bellying out from between these points so as to take in the territory to Ripata, almost to the Orinoco river. According to the Venezuelan statement of the case, the republic of Venezuela in- herited from Spain all the territories form- erly known as the Captaincy General of Venezuela. Guiana was a province thereof. It was bounded by the Atlantic ocean on the east anid by the Amazon river on the south. A part of thia territory had been invaded by the Dutch during their war of independerce. Their rights over the newly acquired possessions along the nortiern coast of South America were recognized ty Spain on the 30th of January, M3 (treaty of Munster). In the extradition treaty signed at Aran- juez, June 23, 1791, by Spain snd Holland, the islands of St. Eustache and Curacoa, and the colonies named Essequibo, Dem- erara, Ferbice and Surinam, lying east of Venezuela, were considered to be Dutch Possessions. Essequibo, Demerara and Berbice were transferred to Great Britain through the treaty of London, August 13, 1814. England has no other title to Guiana than those conferred by virtue of this treaty, so that in 1811, the year of Ven- ezuelan Independence, the Essequibo river was the boundary between Dutch Guiana and Venezuela. The Essequibo limit was furthermore maintained by the govern- Ment of Columbia in 1822, and has been es- tablished in the constitution of Ven- ar we Ee RSE time. ister Andra: Gresham, sald: le, in a letter to Secretary Great Britain'had not advanced beyond the Pomaron river in 1840. All et once, in the same year, she made an attempt to ex- tend her dominion as far as Barima, where she fixed the starting point of the frontier line between) the two Guianas—Schom- burgh’s line: he‘getrograded in 1844, and Proposed that the line should commence at the River Moroco, between the Pomaron and Punta Batima+Aberdeen’s line; in 1881 she removed ‘the-starting point to a dis- tance of twenty-nine miles from the Mo- roco, in the direction of Punta Barima— Granville’s line; thence, in 1886, to a place on the coast West of the Guaima river. be- tween the former 'spot and Punta Barima— Rosebery’s line; in 1890 she set it in the mouth of the Amaeuro, west of Punta Ba- rima, on the Orinoco—Salisbury’s line; and finally, in 183%, coystantly advancing west and south in the Interior of the country, she carried the boundary from a point to} the west of the Amacuro as far as tha source of the Cumano river and the Sierra of Usupamo—Rogebery’s new line. Vene- zuela has alWays abode by the convention of 1850, by which both parties engagéd not ta_occupy the territéry in dispute so long as the question remained unsettled. Great Eritain has violated that convention. with- out any consideration whatever to the other party. JAPAN AND COREA. Reports That Japanese Admit Blame Not Confirmed Here. It was stated at the Japanese legation this morning that no further advices had been received from Japan with relation to the situation in Corea. Nothing was known, therefore, of the alleged acknowl- edgment by the Japanese government that Japanese subjects participated in the Seoul riots. The statement was made in the cable dispatches to the New York World yesterday that Japan admitted the fault of her subjects. The dispatches referred to said: “Japanese soldiers escorted the Tal Won Kun to the palace and failed to pre- serve order during the tumult. Gen. Miura, Japan's minister to Corea, is chargeable with gross negligence, if noth- ing worse. The conduct of the entire Jap- anese legation at Seoul during the disturb- ances and also of the guards and the police will be subjected to the strictest inquiry. Several arrests have been made already and others are to follow.” It was further stated that “the govetn- ment of Japan will conceal nothing. It de- sires that the fullest publicity be given to the circumstances attending the riot, no matter who fs implicated. Russia, France and Germany are wholly satisfied.” A later dispatch states that the minister of Japan at Seoul instigated the murder of the Queen of Corea. In the absence of any information, the Japanese legation here can make no state- ment on this subject. The legation expects dispatches soon and will, on their receipt, know if there is any truth in any of these statements, ee DEATH OF GEN. PITCHER. He Had Served With Distinction in Two Wars. Word has been received here that Gen. Thomas J. Pitcher of the army died at Fort Bayard, N. M., yesterday, after a long illness, from paralysis. Mr. L. M. Saunders of 2101 Wyoming avenue has arranged to have the remains brought here for inter- ment. Gen. Pitcher has an excellent record as a soldier. He entered the army from Indiana in July, 1841, and was graduated at West Point four years later. He served gallantly during the Mexican war and the civil war and was brevetted four times for meritorious services at Contreras and Churubusco and at Cedar Mountain, Va. He reached the grade of brigadier general of volunteers during the war and was brevetted brigadier general in the regular establishment March 18, 1865. In the bat- tle of Cedar Mountain he was badly wound- ed in the knee. In July, 1866, he was made colonel of the forty-fourth infantry, and later was as- signed to the command of the first in- fantry. He was retired in June, 1878, since which date he had spent most of his time in this city. a DISTRICT GOVERNME! To Replace Poles. A permit has been issued by the Commis- sloners to the Chesapeake and Potomac ‘Telephone Company to raplace poles on 7th street extended between Piney Branch road and the residence of L. P. Shoemaker. The Commissioners have granted a permit to the Pctomac Light and Power Company to erect poles and string wires thereon along Ist street north of the city boundary, running west from the Tenleytown road, for a distance of two blocks and down 2d street to the Tunlaw road. Opening an Alley. The Commissioners, in accordance with an advertisement, gave a public hearing Saturday to those persons interested in the opening of an alley in block 35, Columbia heights. S. T. Fanner appeared as objector. Bids Opened. Bids were opened by the Commissioners today for furnishing an eight million gallon pumping engine for the use of the District at tl U street pumping station. There were a large number of bidders present. THE HAWAIIAN MINISTER, Mr. Castle Formally Received by President Cleveland Today. Mr. Castle, the Hawaiian minister, was formally received by President Cleveland today. In his address to the President he said: Mr. Castle’s Remarks. “In conveying to you the assurances of respect and good will of the president of the republic of Hawail and of his desire for the continued prosperity of the nation over which you preside, I desire to add the fur- ther assurance that I shall, while I have the honor to occupy this position, by every means in my power seek to foster, main- tain and continye the relations of cordial amity ond friendship which have for so many years existed between the United States and Hawaii.” The President in his response said: “I reciprocate the good wishes you are pleased to convey to me, and have pleasure in expressing the eincere desire of this gov- ernment and of my countrymen that pros- perity, happiness and good government may be the lot of the Hawaiian people, and that the friendly intercourse and cordial rela- tionship they have hitherto enjoyed with the People of the United States may long con- tinue.” ————_+e-—____ Death of Secretary Carlisle's Coach- man. Mr. Charles Morgan, Secretary Carlisle's coachman, died suddenly last evening at his residence, on P street near 17th. He was appointed a messenger in the Treasury Department about ten years ago and served faithfully and satisfactorily ever since. More recently he has been driving the Sec- retary’s carriage. SSS eee Nothing at the Department. Nothing has been heard at the State Department of the grievances of the mer- chants of Sonnenburg over the utterances of Mr. Dwight J. Partello, the United States consul there, charging them with systematic undervaluation of goods export- ed to America. It is presumed that if any complaint has been made to the consul gen- eral at Frankfort, as stated, it will reach the department in the regular course of mail. Three Foreign Ministers Presented. Three foreign ministers were presented to the President today by Secretary Olney. Senhor Augusto de Seguiera Thedim, the Portuguese minister, was presented at 11 o'clock; W. Ri Castle, the Hawaiian min- ister, at noon, and Mr. Constantin Brun, the Danish minister, at 1 o'clock. Frank Marphy Held. The case of Frafk Murphy, the War De- partment watchman who was arrested Saturday by Detective Carier on a charge of indecent conduét toward Emile Garet, five years old, as‘published in Saturday's Star, was unable to give bail, and there- fore he was ‘compelled to remain locked up, Instead of returning to his Hyattsville home. This morning he was taken to the Police Court #nd atraigned on a charge of assault. ot Lawyer Campbell Carrington appeared for him, and demanded a jury trial. Bond was fixed at°$500, and the case went over. ——— Controller’s Eckelw’ Return. Mr. Eckels, controller of the currency, has returned from a visit to Europe, and he was at the Treasury Department today hard at work, as usual, —_—_—_-e-_______ Narrow Enscape. William Henshaw, a fourteen-year-old messenger boy, was struck by a cable car last evening near the Baltimore and Ohio railroad depot_and had a narrow escape from death. The lad passed under the fender, but the wheel guards probably saved his life. He escaped with a slight abrasion of the knees. ——__ Forest fires are again raging in the neizh- borhood of Green Bay, Wis. The flames have swept a part of the Oneida Indian res- ervation. SSS ey OF HIGH DEGREE Annual Session of the Members of the Scottish Rite. THE ROYAL ORDER OF SCOTLAND et Gathering Here of Men Promi- nent in Masanic Circles. CONFERRING OF - DEGREES The biennial session of the Supreme Coun- cil of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Masons began at noon today in the library of their house, corner of 3d and E streets northwest. For the first time in the istory of the council every member was present. The members are as follows: Thos. H. Caswell, ileutenant grand commander and acting grand commander, San Fran- cisco; E. T. Carr, grand prior, Leaven- worth, Kan.; O. S. Long, grand chancellor, Charleston, W. Va.; Martin Collins, minister of state, St. Louis; Frederick Webber, sec- retary general, Washington, D. C.; R. C. Jordan, grand almoner, Omaha, Neb.; S. M. Todd, grand auditor, New Orleans; R. E. Fleming, grand constable, Fargo, N. D.; B. R. Sherman, grand chamberlain, Des Moines, Iowa; J. Q. A. Fellows, first grand equerry, New Orleans; J. R. Hayden, second grand equerry, Seattle, Wash.; A. L. Fitz- gerald, standard bearer, Eureka, Nev.; G. Meredith, sword bearer, Baltimore; H. M. Teller, grand herald, Central City, Col. R. Singleton, grand tiler, Washington, D. C. Other members of the Supreme Council present are T. S. Parvin, Cedar Rapids, low: J. D. Richardson, Manfreesboro’, -; §. E. Adams, Minneapolis, Minn.; J. F. Mayer, Richmond, Va.; N. Levin, Charleston, S. C.; R. J. Nunn, Savannah, Ga.; G. F. Moore, Montgomery, Ala.; Frank Willis Foote, Evanston, Wyo.; I. W. Pratt, Portland, Ore.; J. A. Henry, Little Rock, Ark.; A. B. Chamberlin, Galveston, Tex.; W. A. McLean, Jacksonville, Fla.; N. F. Pierce, Oakland, Cal. The Thirty-Third and Thirty-Second Deurees. Also the following honorary thirty- thirds: A. C. Sherman, Topeka, Kan.; J. M. Sears, Memphis, Tenn.; Wm. Ryan, Richmond, Va.; 1. C. Plunley, Far- go, N. D.; J. G. Smith, Wichita, Kan.; John Torre, Eureka, Nevada; J. W. Cort- land, Asheville, N. C.; Evan Davis, Topeka, Kan.; T. W. Hugo, Duluth, Minn.; M. M. Miller, Topeka, Kan.; C. C.’Kneisley, Dav- enport, Iowa; T. M. Sadborovgh, Omaha, Neb,; F. L. McDermott, Fort Scott, Ken.: I. P. Noyes, J. C. Taylor, W. 8.’ Roose, Washington, D. C.; members of the thirty- second degree, Charles E, Green, San Fran- cisco; Thos. W. Harrison, H. C. Bowman, William H.Wilson, Furman Baker, Topeka, Kan.; E. T. Taubman, Aberdeen, S. D.; Wm. E. Richardson, Duluth, Minn.; Wm. H. Mayo, B. F. Nelson, P. R. Flitcraft, James F. Ewing, St. Louis, Mo.; C. E. Ro- senbaum, Little Rock, Ark.; W.'S. Strawn, Omaha; ‘Morris Goldwater. Prescott, Ariz. Of those named, Lieut. Grand Commander and Acting Grand Commander Caswell was, for many years, chief justice of the supreme court of California, retiring re- cently on account of age; Grand Chancellor Long has, for twenty-eight years, been clerk of the supreme court of West Vir- ginia; Minister of State Collins is one of the leading insurance men in the west. Grand Chamberlain Sherman is ex-governor of the state of Iowa. Standard Bearer Fitz- gerald is a judge in Nevada, Henry M. Tel- ler is the senior United States Senator from Colorado, T. S. Parrin has been grand sec- retary of the Grand Lodge of Iowa for fifty-two years, and is a well-known writer on Masonic subjects; S. E. Adams is one of the old settlers of Indiana, and is an alder- man in the city of Indianapolis; Dr. Nunn is a Georgia physician. The commanding officer of the militia of Wyoming is F. M. Foote. He co-operated with Gen. Coppinger, U. S. A., during the Jackson Hole difficulties. A. B. Chamberlin is a physician in Galveston, Tex. He is now on his wedding tour. H. C. Plumiey is editor, and for fifteen years past has been one of the owners of the Forum, the leeding daily paper of Fargo, Neb. R. E. Fleming was for many years secretary of the Soldiers’ Home at Dayton, Ohio, and is now one of the largest wheat farmers in Nerth Dakota. William Mayo is the grand recorder of the Knights Templar of the United States. E. T. Carr is the architect of nearly all the Soldiers’ Home buildings that have been erected in the United States. E. T. Taubman is a lawyer. Today's Session. At the session today, after the appoint- ment of E. B. McGrotty of this city as as- sistant secretary, the arnual allocution was read by Acting Grand Commander Caswell, which was followed by the appointment of the various standing committees. It is ex- pected that the election of officers to fill vacancies will take place during the after- noon, and it is conceded that Acting Grand Commander Caswell will be elected to the position of grand commander, made vacant through the death of Grand Commander Tucker of Texas; that Grand Chancellor Long will be promoted to be lMeutenant grand commander, and S. E. Adams chosen grand chancellor. The office of treasurer, made vacant by the death of Gen. John Mills Brown, is also to be filled. There will be no session of the Supreme Council tonight, but it is expected that right sessions will be held commencing Tuesday. It is expected that the council will not complete their business before Fri- day or Saturday. Thursday night the members will have a banquet at the Hotel Raleigh, the attendance to which will be limited te members of the council, their ladies and the members of the press. The Consolidation Question. The thirty-third degree will be conferred on a class Thursday afternoon, but the names of those composing it will not be known until Wednesday. There Is, it is sald, a vast amount of bus- iness to come before the Supreme Council, but it 1s belleved that the project so long and so ably advocated by the late Gen. Albert Pike for the consolidation of th northern and southern councils will not be considered. Prominent men in the order here look upon organic union as inadvis- able and impracticable for many reasons, principal among which are constitutional difficulties and the difference in the ritual. It is also understood that no attempt will be rade at the present session to change the law in reference to the tenure of office of any of the grand officers, all of w! under existing law, are elected for life. There has been some agitation of the ject in the past in favor of a two or four years’ tenure, but the majority of ethe members, so far as heard from, it is aka; are opposed to a change. a It iene understood that Rev. J. Y. Pair and Mr. Frank T. Sutton, both of Rich- mond, Va., will be nominated for the rank of knight commander of tae Court of Honor. Should they be elected, as it is expected they will be two years hence, they will be eligible for the thirty-third degree. The active membership of the Supreme Council is limited to thirty-three, and there is no power io increase the number. At present there are six vacancies. It is thought that two or three of the vacan- cies will be filled at this session, and that action in regard to the remaining places will be postponed until the session of 1897. Royal Order of Scotland. ‘The Royal Order of Scotland ts holding its annual session today at the Scottish Rite Cathedral on G street. The convention consists of about 125 representative Masons from all portions of the country. The Royal Order of Scotland is today what was orce the Order of the Star ard Garter, famous in English history. This is the 5&2d year of its existence, the order having its inception in Scotland in the days of Robert Bruce. It has only existed in the United States since 1878, as for a long time the Scotchmen refused to establish a branch in this country, upon the ground that the Americans are not of royal blood. ‘The claim was made, however, that every American is a sovereign, and therefore the peer of any man of royal blood, and the or- der was finally established here. This meeting is largely a social function, although degrees will be conferred upon about twenty men. Tonight there will be a banquet at the Raleigh, concluding the ses- sion at Washington. The next meeting will be at Pittsburg. The officers are: Josiah Hayden Drunimond, provincia! grand mas- ter; Thomas H. Caswell of California, pro- vinelal deputy grand master; Sir rge Mayhew Moulton of Chicago, provincial sentor grand warden; Sir William Ryan of Richmond, provincia! jenior grad warden; Sir William Oscar Roome of Washington, provincial grand secretary; Sir Thomas J. Shryok of Maryland, provincial grand treasurer; Sir Oscar Mack Metcalf, St. Paul, provincial grand sword bearer: Sir Charles Henry Fisk, Covington, Ky., pro- vinelal er bearer; Sir Hartley Carmichael, Richmond, Va., provincial grend chaplain; Sir George Edgar Corson, Washington, D. C., provincial first grand marischal; Sir John Hezekiah Olcott, Wash- ington, D. C., provincial second’ grand marischal; Sir Thomas Somerville, Wash- ington, D. C., provincial grand steward; Sir Allison Nailor, jr. Washington, D. C. provincial grand steward; Sir Adrian Cyrus Sherman, Rossville, Kan., provincial grand steward; Sir Richard Joseph Nunn, Savan- nah, Ga., provincial grand steward; Sir Brenton Daniel Babcock, Cleveland, Ohio, provincial grand guarder. ——— THE LEGATION ROBBED. Japanese Minixter Loses Some Valu- able Property. Sneak thieves entered the home of Shi- michiro Kurino, the Japanese minister, at No. 1310 N street northwest, last night and carried off between $500 and $1,000 worth of jewelry and other articles. It was about fifteen minutes after 9 g’clock when the robbery was committed. Most of the members of the household were at home at the time, but none of them saw the thieves, although it is certain that they were frightened off, as the condition of affairs show. An incemplete list of the stolen property furnished the police by the minister in- cludes two gold watches, a gold chain, two gold and platinum chains, four pairs of gold sleeve buttons, a collection of studs anc scarf pins, fourteen decorations, seals, pencils, keys and other articles. The thieves, it is certain, entered the front door of the house and went directly to the room on the second floor, where the Jewelry was kept, as if they knew just where the valuables were to be found. It was the work of only a few minutes for the burglars, for persons in the house were moving about during the time they were sree and nothing was heard or seen of m. In Minister Kurino’s room the thieves opened the wardrobe and took a pocketbook from the pocket of a garment hanging there and then went to the bureau and took out ere emeky, most of which was in a jewel This is not the first time that Minister Kurino has been robbed. Some months ago it was discovered that there had been a systematic robbery committed in the wine vaults, but no arrests were made, although the detectives were called in and an inves- tigation was made. SS Nearly One Hundred. Henry Taylor, a well-known colored man, who was nearly one hundred years of age, died suddenly yesterday at his home on Good Hope Hill. It is thought that death resulted from old age. ——__ Nelson Acquitted. Thomas Nelson was acquitted in the Criminal Court today of the charge of the larceny of Mrs. Estella A. Bohrer’s watch. es BATTLE WITH AN EAGLE. A Mam Atiacked by a Fierce Monarch of the Sky. From the Utica Press. During the summer there have been seen by the inhabitants living near Sylvan Beach two very large bald eagles. One day last week as Sherman Raut was crossing a field near the creek he suddenly came upon the pair of eagles, not more than 120 feet away. He was carrying in his hands a small package, and raised it, expecting to see them fly away, but what was his sur- prise when one of them came towards him. Not having any weapon with him, Raut ran for the nearest fence, and was none too soon in securing a board with which to defend himself. A desperate fight followed, in which it seemed for a time that the eagle would come off victorious, Raut finally succeeded in giving the eagle a severe blow on the wing, which crippled him, and with several more blows of the board the eagle was stunned. Raut was considerably fatigued by the struggle, and, after resting a few minutes, carried the eagle home and put it in large dry goods box. It was not dead, but disabled, and he took good care of it and tried very hard to keep It alive, but {t was too badly Injured, and died after a few days. The eagle measured from tip to a3 seven feet, and {ts talons were fully two Inches long, and sharp as needles. Raut says it has been his experience to be attacked by a mad bull, but of the two he would rather defend himself from the horned beast than the ugly eagle. — ae ‘TELEPATHY IN INSECTS. Am English Writer’s Version of an American Scientist's Investigation. From an Exchange. I have been perusing an account of some remarkable observations made on “tele- pathy” in insects by Prof. C. V. Riley, and detailed in the course of his address as president of the Washington Biological So- ciety, says an English writer. Mr. Riley is arguing that special senses, whereof we are entirely ignorant, are to be ranked among the probable possessions of insects, and in support of his views he adduces an example of deep interest. In 1863 Mr. Riley obtained from the commissioner of agricul- ture eggs of Samia cynthia, the ailanthus silk worm of Japan, which the commission- er had then recently introduced in Ameri- ca, I presume. Prof. Riley was living in Chicago, and in his garden grew two ailan- thus trees, which were to afford food for the silkworms. He had every and good reason to believe that there were no other eggs of this species of moth in any part of the country, for at least hundreds of miles around Chicago. Accordingly, Mr. Riley reared a number of. the larvae and care- fully watched for the first appearance of the moths from the cocoons. The first moth he kept separate from the others. A female moth was confined in a wicker cage of one of the ailanthus trees. And the same evening Mr. Riley took a male moth to another part of Chicago and let him loese. This moth had a silk thread tied around the base of his tail for the purpose of identification. The distance between the liberated male moth and the imprisoned fe- male was at least a mile and a half, but the next morning found the male beside his mate. see. Due to Big Sleeves. From the St. Louls Republic. For things inanimate big sleeves have swayed men and women in an astonishing degtee. They have turned more. manufac- tuters’ plans upside down, made garments @estedly costlier, and, as if not content with that, thelr demands for departure from the old order of things has entered ee ‘photographers’ studio until he has been obliged to foreswear all styles before fol- lowed. No longer ts there sufficle across the card to photograph the sitter, but it must be turned lengthwise to pro- vide room to “take” the sleeves without re- ducing the size of the face. The original photograph of a score or so years ago, mounted on a card about the size of an ordinary playing card, certainly belongs to the shades of the past. “Many peopte think it a fad of the pho- lographer,” said a well-known uptown artist, “to furnish pictures in this shape, tut it is more than that; the big sleeves have made it a necessity. But people like oddity, and even if they do think it a fad on our part they give us credit for being clever, so I am satisfied.” Grain and Cotton Markets. Cotton and grain markets, reported by W. B. Hibbs, stock, grain oa cotton broker, 1421 F at. 27H-% 2 4 rs 9.12 925 9.408 5.55 8.57 5.70 6.75 455 460 47% (4.77 Low. Close. 8.20 8.22 8.20 8.28 831 @ it San Francisco’s second annual horse show will begin December 8. Fifteen thousand dollars in premiums will be distributed. FINANCE AND TRADE Easier Exchange Rates Relieve the Situation. FURTHER DECLINE IN COTTON The Contest With the Tobacco Trust. GENERAL MARKET REPORTS ———————— Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. NEW YORK, October 21.—Despite an en- couraging recession in the foreign exchange market and assurances of satisfactory rail- way returns, the professional character of speculation remains unchanged. Prices hold well within a few small fractions of recent averages, but activity, in its relative sense merely, usually depreciates values. The present unresponsive condition of the market Is discouraging to would-be pur- chasers and ratvrally suggests the assump- tion of only nominal risks. Stocks are for sale at every advance and the purchasing power dwindles as declines become more frequent. The bulk of the day's news was favorable, tut was not superior to the pathetic con- dition of the trading element. The order for $1,500,000 gold, which overshadowed last week’s market, was withdrawn in view of the easier exchange rates and the further decline in cotton, which is relied upon to stimulate exports. The statement of the Tennessee Coal and Iron Company for the month of September reports total net earnings $115,298, against $72,700 for the same period last year, and @ surplus after charges of $66,558, against $13,000 for 1894. The stock of this com- pany was one of the active features of the day, and in spite of these figures, declined 1 14 per cent on eelling for both accounts. American Tobacco sold down 1 5-8 per cent on a good volume of in which traders figured prominently. The contest between the trust and the outside manufacturers continues to dominate the market for the former property. Sugar was stronger than the current er- guments in the stock justify, but disap- pointments in the market action of this erratic security have been too frequent to excite wonder. Reading sold off on a fair volume of business, due mainly to unkept promises concerning the probable - ance of the new reorganization plan. Traders were successful in forcing a frac- tional rally during the afternoon. The trading of the last hour was dull and irregular. —_——.—__. FINANCIAL AND COMMEROIAL, The following are the opening, the high- est and the lowest uad the closing prices cf the New York stock market today, as re- ported by Corson & irtney, members New Yerk stock exc! ts hange. Messrs. Moore & Schley, No. $0 Broadway. Nashville. Long Island Traction. Metropolitan Traction. Manhattan Elevated. Michigan Central. Missouri Pacific. Pullman Pal. Car Southern Railway, Pfd. Phila. Traction. Texas Pacific. Wabash, Pid.. Wheeling & L. Eitie..°° Wheeling & L. Erie, Pfd. Western Union Tel. Wisconsin Central... Silver... * 2d assessment paid Washington Stock Exchange. Government Bonds.U, B. 4s, Pret bid, 1a anked. U8 de coupon, Tl bad, weer 4s, Yas, GR ha us i ae Distric mbis Lg ing og fund Se, 106 bid. 30-year fund 6s, Br Water stock Zs, 1901, currencs, Tig’oid, Water sto te Washington and Georgetown ‘Railroad cour. €s, 24, 15 bid, 175 asked. Metropolitan Railroad conv. s 114 bid, 115 asked. Metropolitan Se, bid. Belt Railroad 58, 85 bid, 90 asked. Railroad 6s, 100 bid." Columbia Rallroad 6s, 110% bid, 111 Washington Gas Company 66, se- ries A, 113 bid. Washington Gas Company @s, s0- ries B, 114 bid. W: Gas Com; ‘conv. 66, 128 bi j. 8. Blectric: Light conv. A., 102 bid. American Security and Trost Se, A. und 0., 102 bid. Washington Market Company 6s, 110 bid. Washington Market Company imp. 110 bid. Washington M: ext. National Bank Stocks.—Bank of Washington, bid, 300 asked. Bank of the Republic, 240 Metropolitan, 285 bid, 310 asked. Central, 270 bid. Eu Farmers and Mechanics’, 175 bid. Second, 135 bid. Citizens’, 130 bid. 130 140 asked. Capital, 115 bid. West End,"106% bid, 108 asked. ‘Traders’, 105 bid, 108 asked. Lincoln, 95 bid, 103 asked. Ohio, 82 bid. - ‘Safe Deposit and Trust Compantes.—National Safe Deposit and Trust, 128 bid, 140 asked. Washington Loan and Trust, 121 bid, 125 i curity and Trust, 139 bid, 142 asked. Washington Safe Deposit, 70 asked. Tallrosd Stocks. Washlogton 270 asked. Metropolitan, 1 lumbia, 60 bid. Belt, 30 = *46 bid, 60 asked. Georgetown Gas, Electric Light, 135 bid, 136 asked. Insurance Siocks.—Firemen's, 3t bid. Franklin, 40 bid. Metropolitan, 70 bid: Corcoran, 50 bid. Potomac, 68 bid. Arlington, 140 old, 155 National’ Union, Spey 1 ha 13% asked. = asked. Columbia, bid, 8% asked. People's iid, ‘Lim coun, Tie bid, SH saod Soars 4 bi, 6 a Title Insurance Stocks.—Real Estate Title, 107 bid, 116 asked. Columbia ‘Title, 7 bid, 8 Washington ‘Title, & asked. District "Title, "Telephone Stocks.—Penneylvania, 50 asked. Ches- apeake and Potomac, *50 bid, @0 asked. American Graphophone, 3% bid, 3% asked. Pneumatic Gua ‘Stocks.—Washington Market, 14 ‘Great Falls Ice, 182 bid, 140 asked. Lincoln ‘ail, 60 bid. Mergenthaler Linotype, 215 bid, 225 ————— Baltimore Markets. MORE, October 21.—Flour dull—westerm penn 2 iba 65: do. extra, 2.7523.00; do. family, 2038.50; winter wheat patent, a3. on," 310a6.00: spring weal siralght, .0baa 7 receipts, (9.709 barrels: shipments, ate oes 1050’ barrels. full a = n sereth, ‘eandsia: December, 664.a05%: ateamer Now i recelpts, 7.468 bushels; stock, 547,- 25,000 bushels: southern ‘wheat do. on grade, 6214a65%, 87 pik 2 white western, 234 _recelpts, 24,939 bu 10 Fat five Guli—No. 2, Rearby; 47a48 westerm cifeceipts, 260 bushels; stock, 66,443 bushels. Hay frm—choice timothy, $15.50 asked. Grain freights easy—steam to Liverpool per bushel, 2i4d.a2%4, Sovember; Cork for orders per quarter, 3. October, Sugar firm—granu per 100 pounds. Butter 23024; 158165 —t a + do. imita' Hz Tapgehs cove oot fresh, 18a18%; 1Ga17. Cheese ‘irm—t New York, 60 11al1%; do. 60 pounds, 11%a11%; do. 22 pounds, 12212,