Evening Star Newspaper, October 30, 1895, Page 14

2 THE EVENING STAR, W EDNES DAY, OCTOBER 80, 1895—TWELVE PAGES. LATE NEWS BY WIRE Holmes Becomes a Spectator at His Trial, SHORY OF THE PiTEZEL INSURANCE How Attention Was Directed to the Accused. TALE TOLD BY HEDSPETH Pull "HIA, but ene question pas this morning when, the smed, ‘What will the ‘The strang: hich have cor ling developments ng exch other si Monday morning have worked ihe nerves of every listener to such a pitch that what- ever muy come hereafter will not be ma veled at. The interest never dass for a instant in or out of court. People are ing. writing, dreaming of the strange story with its mitral figure. ther or not Holme of the crimes han: no doubt that the mi Last night he recailed the law. ed the day apparent that their presen erfuous. It fs Holmes w the case. Searcely witr hout be kested by him to they take the lit out first consul rike him sitated to irritable tepping of the + of all head, gui over his whom he d is before, no new trying it to a ug with his pencil on the 10 o'clock Holmes, with his , swinging along the leading from the cell room, and under the escort ef a big officer took his seat in the A moment later the jury were ushered in from their gell for so the ca the “peo lock and key city hall, Messrs. Shoemaker Relan, who achieved retoriety Monday by withdraw- irg frem the spite of Judg Arnohl's threats, came back to their client last tight, 4 whispered con the taking of the " wit hele nitation with him before tim my was ind at © said week in Alice Pierce of d Pitezel's lived at Pitezel us aM icture boarded Isg, aHiow hill street that of aman i known him ther store. On el Was not ast, The Vitezel losurance. La Fore stant to thi pres- of the Mutual Life Assovia- tion, was then called. This is the company that was Jed out of the $10,000 fo: which Pite: life was Insured, and it was Perry who began the investigation i ey. He identitied the poticy in wh Carrie E. Pitezel, the ¥ is the vember 9, 18 Next he i¢ dow It is dated No leptha D. How reprseated bienber . ent whea Howe received the Wheat Hotnes ca to thi: request of the compan i Howe and e Pitezel Ho me> came tn afterward and was introduce® to 1 - He anl Howe mei strangers, bat he sail he had met Ali fore, and s! Attr the 5 ter was ¢ by Presi the is letter was received of iy ndent dice H ‘This contained the dec of Hedspeth, the train robber, that in jail in St. Lou's, he had overheard sand Vitezel ruk'ng of forming a cecrsp. to defraud an insurances ccm- out of 31000) by the substitution of a Pitezel, Insperior Gray of the © company was sent to St. Louis soviewe | Hedspstin, On the info mation thas obt a Tant was sworn out for Hi on charge of and upon this he arre ted in tness went ty and “ of of St. 1 ” and i war- the was to spiracy, dentitied Hol verbal statement to the reseace of Teputy Super om, Chief of Police Watts 1 of the Toston Pink f Watts’ office. ed him where Mrs. Pitezel_w: Perry, “and he replied that he not care to tell. ‘Then T asked him w Pitezel was, and he said he was in South America or on his way there an the Howard with him. Alice and Nelli were in London with Minnie Will The latter wit ness dent Joha agen:y, ar sal Corn a Ch he had given Howard to yt, and had Nellie a Toronto on train on whic short Min Williams eliher ara Falls—I forget which.’ Afi¢y an unimportant cross-e: Peri 0) withdrawn from the stand. Inspector Wii Gray. of the insur anee company tok of a trip to St. Lou where he procured Hedspeth'’s statement. This was produced, Dut not yet offered in evidence In sequenc i nes Was begun, fensh Burlingion, amines Hel as point Vt. and Bos withdrawn shir rempor- Orrin N. Hanscom, deputy superin cndent of poli f Boston, directed Holmes’ arrest on a telegram from Fort Worth, Texas saying he wes wanted there for “larceny of one horse.” Holes smiled at this testimony. When arrested Holmes said aid not want to go to Fort Worth, but that he Wwoult go without requisition to Philadel phia, where he had defrauded the Fideifty Insurance Con any of $19,000, This was ly voluntary on Holmes’ Recess Taken, enti part. Arna teok the Hanscom, ment. riet Attor M. Robbins, the stenographer who examination of Holmes by Deputy Tentified a copy of the ate- y Graham offered the state- ment in evidence, and Assisiaat Barlow read it to the jury. When he had finisne] the court took a recess. Shortly after polie Ww a vector Hall nt arrived is expected to six+ the spade with y sf Pitezel gt Vir thee ted by d askel for of the w - th a iy ves to tae 1 he ont Mr. tyve lent Hoi: t 18 her ent bodies Hon joan of a spa REGABILITATION OF RE Twenty Mini Mill Be ADIVG. How the ss Requir ae th ihe quired for it timat t of tito l R Hitation of t he collected fro and $4,609, 1 det nding $12,000,000 w the rs Of th the impend- dtnior s nm from ing reorganization plan incide an assess- ment of $10 per sl p on the reckon- . and on the first preferenc » 1 per c 1, 20 per ¢ 12 per ome te given preferred stock snients and the preferer le converted into preferred rilative rank in priority ef tated that the Will be expected to give ns in exchange for preferred taking new bonds for the principal. k will, aceor which is witho some propor il: ferred s ding to the official aut a oof t reorcanizati rity n pre- FIRES IN ROCK CREEK PARK ANOTHER ONE ADDED| POLICE CALLED: - QUT DISCHARGED A ~ VETERAN THE CRANK CAME | Emp'oyes Call on the Gity Officials for Help. Police and County Roadmen te the Resxcue—Flames Sweeping the Woods. | During the past few weeks several small | fires in the woods in Rock Creek Park have caused the officers and persons residing in the park some alarm, but heretofore the flames have been extinguished withoat much damage. This morning fire started in the park, and more serious consequences are feared than when the other fires oc- curred. Soon after the fire started the county police were called, aml they did all coull to assist the Rock Creak Park chmar to extinguish the flames, but without much suecess. About 2 o'clock a | telephone message was rece!ved at police | headauarters, asking for assistance from the fire depaitment. This, it was tho.ght, cculd not he given. and no one of the en- zine companies wes sent out. When this nm » was sent to the park anotMer re- quest came over the wire. This wa to Capt. Austir. The officers at th said that the fire was gaining on them, and they betievei it might pos: y get away from them and do considerabl> damage. When they jearned that assistance from the fire department could not be obtained a request was sent-to the superintendent of the men employed on the county roads to have his men assist them in beating out the flame Dry as Tiader. ‘The fire started on the hill on the west side of Rock Creck falls, near the Military road. This is a deserted spot, covered with a forest of large trees, and grown up sine the government acqeired the land to de undergrowth. After four are dry as tinder, months of drouth these woods and the ground is cov- ered with dry leaves. The woods stretch southward from the Military road, where the fires are raging, for a distance of a mile, with ne tation nor any obstru:- ticn that woukl check the flame: One or two small streams flow through the tract, but they are new nearly dried up, and the fire easily Te. : Where the five J neres of yellow jae woods, especially dry and i for a fire Unie: Leeked the fire will eep over four or five hundred acres, and damaxe one of the most picturesque portions of the park beyond repair. SS FIGHTING OVER THE WILL. Controversies Over Testimony in the Ohmstead Case. In the contest over the will of the late j Mrs. Kitie Hutchinson Onnstead, wife of Mr. Jobn F. Olmstead and dauzhter of the late Hayward M, Hutchinson, the testi. mony of the mother of Mrs. Olmstead oc- cupied the attention of the court today. Much of ihe testimony given by Mrs Hutchinson at the first trial of the case was today execlided on the Ghjections of Mr. Olmste counsel, Messrs. Henry E. Davis and . M. Wilson. Indeed, most of today’s proceed ; wsted of legai controversies betw and Messr: Enoch Totten and Perry, counsel for Mrs. Linda Hute Webb, sister of Mrs. Olmstead, who seeking to break the will made in !SSi, which Mr. Olmstead was made the pt cally sole benefit, The object of introdue‘ng Mrs, Hutehin- | son's testimony, it appeired, was to sup- yn of Mrs. Webb that Mr. | ears prior to the m. jing of his wif sought to secere for | kis wife her share of her father's es land als) endeavored to create Gssen | between Mrs. Olmstead and her mother H port the e-nteati Olmstead some Judge Bradiey aeld that such testimory was both irrelevant and too remoie to affect i the questions at issue In the case on trial. His rnlings, of cou nvariably ex- cepted to by Mrs, W eunsel. = AT COLUMBE FIRE GA, Ss, Five Dwellings and the Girls’ High School Burned. COLUMBUS. Ga., Ocetober 30.—Fire is raging in one of the most populous resi- ree districts of Columbus, and is beyond the control of the fire department. Five hundsome residences an@ the Girls’ High Scheol building have been burned. The fire is fanned by a strong wind, which ¢: live coris for blocks It locks as !f a lar territory will be burned over. fs ‘The stcres are closed, and all the clerks, ete., are fighting the fire. Se GEN. SCHOFIELD’ Paymaster neral Sianton’s Deci- sion in Regard to It. The question recently arose in the pay de- partment of the army as to the retired pay of Lieut. Gen. Schofield, and Paymaster General Stanton has made a decision ihat he is entitied only to the retired pay of his . and not to the full pay of a lieuten- ant general on the active list, as had been erroneously contended by some of his friends. The pay of a licutenant general in active service is $11,000 and the pay for the same grade on the retired list is $82 The active pay of a major general is $7,5°%). Consequently Gen. Schofield, even now that he is retired, reesives nearly $1,000 a year more than he did while in’ active service | before his promotion to the grade of heu- tenant general. There was no controversy over this matter and it is understood that . Schoficld himself had never made any im for the higher pay. The question was ed by Maj. Candy of the pay depart- who had been ts on account d. DISPATCH, 1 ment, stationed at Oma! called upon to mi of the salary of MINISTER Report Confirm: United St of the Armenian Massacres I-A Warning to the Port tes Minister Terrell has cabled to the State Department a practical con- firmation of the press reports of the re- cent Armenian massacres. He has given ‘formal warning to the porte, by direction of Sceretary Olney, that Turkey wiil be held responsible for the safety and security of all American missionaries in that coun- try. a TWO WILLS FI of the Late Edward d@ Pamelia Granger. Last Requests Tippett a The will of the lat: Edward T. Tippett filed today. It is without dste, and nts Hester A. Tippett, the widow of xecutrix, and gives her estate absoluicly. The real te her for life, and at her death it is te be equally divided among the four children of the testator. will of tembe the Ia Pamelia Granger, », Was also filed to- to James H ne testat to him for li his death I Ada V. Kle: i. William EF. ror. ded at ra an CLOSING THE ARGUMEN ring the End of th der Case. Darrant Mur- H H SAN FRANCISCO, October 30,— | Attorney Barnes today began his closing argument on behalf of the state in the trlal of Theedore Durrant for the murder of Blan Lamont. The court room was crowded, and close attention S paid to j the speaker, 3 Murph; morn, jorrow night. ri charge the jury to- 1a verdict is expected i —_—<s—____ | A Settled Caxe Renewed. s. H. Turner coday filed an- | other Lill in equity for Clayton E. Emig against Levi Maish and Hugh H. Gordon, | praying that Mr. Maish be restrained from collecting from Maj. Joshua H. Jacobs of payment for the digging of wells Myer, Va. Several days ago the court dismisscd a similar bill. | hela at W | dent of th The Deadly Grade Crossing Increases Its | Casualty List. A B. and O. Train Crashes a Vehicle on an Unprotected Passage Across Its Tracks in Eckington. Another grade crossing collision, which nearly resulted ir. terminating the lives of two persons, and which did instantly kill a valuable horse and demolish a vehicle, oc- curred at 9:35 o’clock this morning at the R street. crossing of the Metropolitan branch of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad in Eckington. One of the delivery wagons of the Boston Variety Store, in charge cf Driver George who had with him an errand named Jesse Andersor, was moving eastward along R street at a trot. The horse had crossed one railroad track and was about to cross the other, whtn Mom- berger discovered an engine, drawing a train of cars, at fui! specd, almost upon him. | With sreat presence of mind the driver” pulled hard on the left rein and succeeded in turning the horse's head northward and up the track. It was too late, however, for the engine struck the H@rse with such force that the animal, together with shafts, ' was cut loose from the wagon and hurled fully twenty feet. It was miraculous that the wagon itself was aot struck. Alter proceeding several hundred yards the train w: brenght to a standstill, and one of the passengers humanely ended the sufferings of the unfortunate horse by severing its jugular vein with a penknife. Both hind legs of the animal were broken and a large hole had been gouged in its flesh. No Gates and No Flagman. There are no safety gates at the R street crossing, and no flagman is stationed there. In fact, absolutely ro protection is afforded pedestrians or vehicles from danger of be- ing struck by the meny trains that pas: daily. This morning a train of empty freight cars had beer backed onto a siding directly adjoining the Eckington warehouse ot James H. McGill. The end car of this train stood some feet beyond the building line and flush with the sidewalk, so that it was absolutely impossible to observe the upproach a train from the direction of the depot u S one was standing en the tracks. The train that eollide the wagon this morning was No. 2 by engine S06, and was kuown as the Chicego express. It left ine ade in this at ck. R. C. M is the conduct engine firemen refused to give y name No Warning Given According to eye witnesses, the train rounded the bend at New Yerk avenue and ircressed its speed in order to meet the slight grade at Eckington. When it struck the horse it was running, so declare thi persens Wao were present, fully twenty iriles an hour.~ The whistle was not sound- ed, Lor was any warning of its approacn given, M the owner of the | horse and was matter to | the railroad offi r sd assur- | a that th e would be paid for the company. Momberger and Ander- | not injured to any extent, the ver sustaining a bru Serked the rein in an ed hand when he ort to prevent the von. Momberger resides at i107 4 street southwest, and Anderson's home i at 1281, HE street northwest. Linble to Re Repented Any Ti An ace‘dent of a sim rnature occurred in the same vicinity a few weeks ago, two mules were killed. A Star rey informed by several persons who sion to know that it is rarel the t whistle on approa Street crossing, and it is frequs: that freight cars are allowed to side tracks, rendering it cern the preach of tr ZS CUBAN Arrunagements for t Held in This Arrangements are now practically com- plete for the mass meeting which is to be held tomorrow evening at Metzerott Hall for the purpose of getting a general ¢ pression of ssntiment in sympathy with the Cuban insurgents, Mr. Simon Wolf, the chairman of the executive committee in charge of the meeting, has received letters expressing inte: t and encouragement from ail over the country and as far away as New Mexico. ev. Dr. Rankin, the chairman of the committee on resolutions, re in a po- if ever that the THE will present a series of resolutions to be acted upon by the mecting tomorrow even- ing. The most important bu will be the conside point a commit to labor in the interests of the Cuba to urge upon Congress at Its next the prepriety of recognizing the i belligerents. There will be i funds revulutionary party, as the me need tp any way tc compromise the United States governm » but simply to show to the Cubans the interest which the people of Washington take in their cause. Mr. Wolf has received word from Mra. Logan that she has decided to delay her | ation of @ proposition to ap- ee of fifty men and women Ss and no effort or the support of the ing is not departure from the city, and will inake a few remarks at the” meeting’ tomorrow evening before leavi ing for New York. The flags of Cuba and of tne United Stat-s will | be used for the Mecorution of the hall, and two representatives of the provisional gov- ernment of Cuba have promised to. be nt to explain the exact si unfortunate isle. Mr. J the meeting, and Mr. N. Shane Clov will lead the singing. Frank M. del Castillo will sing in Cuban costume, and bref and appro- priate addres: re exp from Mr. Tanner, Mr. Gen, Burdette, Rey. Dr. Rankia, bbi Stern and others. —— SUBSTANTIAL SYMPATHY NEEDED. A Public Meeting Announced in Be- hali of the University of Virgin The executive committee of the alumni association of the University of Virginia have issued an appeal to the aiumni and the friends of higher education generaiiy, calling for their co-operation in the work of restoring the rotunda and main build- ing of the university resently destroyed by fire. The circular sent out recites the deplorable c. inestimable loss, not only the south, but to the fr of the institution irrespective of section, as the university kas no endowment, but is dependent upon the sympathy of her s and the generosity of her fri by the committee to be an irginia and and admirers na public meeting will he ard Hall, on evening, November which Secretary Hil sociation, w: Herbert, pr i preside and ad- be de by Postmaster Wilson, 4 > White, Holmes , Gardiner G. Hubbard, Rev. R. Hi. McKim, John G Mr. Leigh Robinsoa will be taken to aid in the move- ment for the immediate restoration of the | royed, 1 nt. builimes which have been de: are especially invited ti es Arrested on Suspicion. te he is a brickis noon by Dete orge M. Reberts, a young man who says was arrested this after- © Proctor and locked up on ‘on, because he was endeavoring to yse of an overcoat at a secon t-hand store, He had two Light ove in his possession, and sail that one of them be- longed to himself, v he took fre brother. prisoner told the officers that several ago he married a captain ‘n the Salva- Army. He until the case can be of while the other, he said, Suit on a Jude ent Creditor’s Bill. A bLI in equity was filed today by Attor. neys Hamilton and Colbert for Richardson & Burgess against Chas. H. Ficklinz. to en- force a judgment creditor's bill of $160.00, ——— President Griswold. Asks for Pro- = tection. BNCIPEMEN? QNSTHE ANACOSTIA. ROAD SSS A Tie-Up ‘of Cars on Missouri * Avenue. TONING = CAR ‘The running operations of the Anacostia Railway Company were resumed at 7 o'clock this morning despite the fact, as stated in The Star of yesterday, that Presi- dent Griswold of the company ordered every driver in their employ to be locked out of the service at 2 p.m. Tuesday This action of President Griswold brought the men face to face with a serious ques- tion, and with the necessity of deciding at ence for themselves whether they would accept the pay offered by Mr. Griswold of $41 per day of eight trips or $1.26 per day of seven trips, and thus secure cmploy- ment for the entire winter or be subject to the orders of the Protective Street Railway Assembly and hold out for $1.50, with no immediate prospect of securing a victory. After thinking the roatter over during the night eight of the old drivers this morning went to the sheds of the railway company in Anacostia and told Superintendent New- ton that they were ready to go to work on President Giiswolki's terms. Mr. Newton communicated with Mr. Criswoll on the t, and the latter at ones expressed a take the men back into the vier wa: Each ‘man there not being enough drivers to man ail the cars, it be-ame necessary to c! hange the z med to a car, but schedule, up to noon the cars. were dun eight minutes apart Anstead of six, as usual. During tae morning ous hove rivers reported for duty. and like their colleagues they were re-employed and given ca which, being at once started, enabled the | maintenance of a much better schedule than had been the case earlier in the day. It is expected that hy tomorrow t complement of ‘ats—eighteen. ning, when t minute schedaie will be again put feet. a oO in speaking today to ar reporter in reference to the lock ; that he does not care whether his belong to che Ratlway Assembly or not, but for his pari, he intends to manage the affairs of the Anacostia R. allway Com pany as pradence and judgment svgy22t ant not as the Railway L say on the subject S letter of M workmin of the Street F e.ntn.ed Mr. Griswold, may think drivers in my emp m etns hed Saturday n ght, not to ac the agreement signed Sears and | Dent, their ¢ mmities, and that it wotild be considered nuil and Void by the assomply. | relieved the Anacostia Radway Company | from any oblization as to the future scale | of wages.’ | Thore of the old Arivers who had not yet » up their'minds what to do as to the | ce piance of refectiva of Mr. Griswold's ofer were today standing near the car| sheds in Anachstia se-mingiy at a toss how | to preeesd: The faipression the Railwa abers of mons i of those who Assembly Guts: wee active in indueng the Anacostia men to ree t Pre-ident ds proposal in reference to a slight reduction of wages coms to be that those of the old drivers of A line fwho weré resonsiged toe . acwet wisely in asking for and accepting work, even at the reduced pay.) fhe Raitway Assembly. It is stated on what has usually beer considered excellent authority that some recent moves made by the Railway A sembly have resulted in the loss of a good many members, and that if the remainder should undertake to support the Anacostia men while they were out of work the tax would be so heavy for each man that it would lead to dissatisfaction. It is further stated that under the circumstances under which the lock-out occurred the locked-out men would not be entitled to benefits from the Knights of Labor, for, itis said, that although they had through the assemt voted to unite with the Knights of Labor, | they had not complied with the rules erning admission to that body suffi y to give them any rights in the matter, and that if the various assemblies of the order did anything for the Anaccstia men it simply as an act of charity, and | duty or any rights the | of ked-out men had in the not sremises, | not yet | that | who strikers who have ted Mr. Griswold’s terms den derable number of the men locked out yesterday by have returned to the s ihe company. Some of the cars whi ing operated today secmed to be manned | by imexperienced drivers. On hali of the cars the driver nied by a small colcred ho: it was to werk the brake in case the s got unmanageable. There have been ro overt acts of violence on the part of any of the ex-employes ef the railroad com- pany, but strong atiempts have been made to induce the men who are now running ome of the wold the cars to leave them, A Blockade Thix Afternoon. Considerable annoyance w caused he- tween 2 and 3 o’cleck this aflernoon by one of the new drivers abandoning his car on Missouri avenue between 3d and 4 resis northwes', resulting in all the cars of the pstia_ line beccming blocked in that to President Gris- nother driver to and the run- schedule was Word was sent who dispatched place of the st ars on revular p.n. ice Asks the ‘This afternoon, about for Protection. o'clock, a number of the road pro- one of the the mas- As- of the striking employ cceded toward. Anacostia on cars of the read. Mr. Lawrence, ter workman of the Railway Men's sembly, was on board. The men were ringing the bell and mak- ing considerable of a racket as they went along, which gave rise to reports that they intended to make troubie. A few minutes jater another car load of strikers al through Southeast: Wesb- ingt his caused much appreher President Griswold, fearing trouble t for afternoon late telephoned to the police pretection. Fearing there would Le trouble tie-up on Missouri, avenue after the the reserve from the sixth police precinct wes called out put yeamt Falvey, in charge of the yolice, reached the scene of the “tie- up" he founc rasion to upervisor no porder and there was no ke an ar Newton of the railroad com- pany was soon om hand. He seemed to ex- perierce no troublé in getting men to take the places of those who quit. 0000 ange order aff da was no violence att When car 19, with » boy ed out he foond that the brat tampered with, and he experie trouble in getting started, while jecred and A nd a number accompanied the first car from and is euch car namoved of a stcod. on the platform. A’ Car Stoned. One of the cars that left Missouri avenue at 3 o'clock, with 4 number of p. agers aboard, was stoned on Canal street. It is said the stones were thrown not by strike! but by some colored nen, who had congregated there. Blocking the Road. The first car containing strikers, when the scene, policeman | cently app | that the | 1ith str it reached G and Sth streets southeast, was stopped and thrown across the street. ‘This completely blockades both tracks. A great crowd assembled, but up to the latest deport no violence had been committed. The car thrown across the track stopped all traflic cn the road. A squad of police soon arrived at the scene, Trouble in Store for Somebcdy at the Washington Navy Yara. An Investigation Ordered by the Sec- retary and What It ix Snid to Have Shown, There is serious trouble in store for som2- body, including a high naval official, at the Washington navy yard, in consequence of the alleged irregular discharge of an old war vetesan named Waldemeyer, employei in the brass foundry. The reason given for his dschar,e was lack of work. It appears, however, that he was the only man dis- missed out of a force of eighteen men, and it is also said that he was the only veteran in-the lot. If this should prove to be the case it is likely that the two men responsible for his dismissal will be disefplined by the Sec- retary of the Navy. The officials involved are Capt. Jewell of the navy, in charge of the gun founéry, and the civilian fore- man of the brass foundry. The latter recommended Waldemeyer’s dismissal, and the recommendation was put into effect by order of Capt. Jewell. An Investigation Ordered. Waldemeyer is said to be the equal in efficiency of his co-laborers in the foundry, and claims that he was entitled to special privileges because of his service in the war. He laid his case before certain officials of nd Army of the Republic, and a committee of that order,headed by Corporal 4 ner, visited the Navy Department and made & special appeal for his reinstate- ent, on the ground that the law and the ezulations governing the employment of en in the navy yard had been violated by Lis dismissal. Acting Secretary McAdoo ordered a special investigation of the case ‘°y a board of officers. s understood that this investigation, has been in progress for several » has practically substantiated the ma- Hegetions. made by Waldemeyer, that he is a veteran of the war he is also as competent a work- man the majority of the men employed in the brass founary who hal not been disturbed. The Probable Result. ry Herbert’ and A: Adeo have given this case serious mand are suid to be satisfied that the regulations of the department in regard to the treatment of velerans have been trangressed. The result will be the dismiss- al of the foreman and the trial by court- martial of ell. In the event that the naval officer esea court-martial, it is regarded as almos tain that he will he detached from his ent duties and placed on waiting Action will be deferred, however, until the pending investigation is concluded. +--+ GOVERNMENT. stant Secre- attent DISTRAC A Conivroversy Over Dahlgren Circle. A delegation of citizens from Brookland appeared before the Commissioners this morning and prescnted a long petition, bearing the signatures of 330 citizens, pro- testing against the change of Dahlgren Circle in the new extens’on plans. Attor- rey Fulton and Mr. R. B. Goodfellow ared before the Commissioners, urging a slight change in the location of the cirele, on the ground that it vould be cheaper together more sat'sfactory to property owners, The petitioners set forth that they believe such a change as that proposed “is unnecessary, a waste of the public money, and injurious in greatly depreciating the values of those who have lready invested, and especially so to those 1 Rhode Island avenue, 12th strest and victnity, who have so ted, believing that the location of this circle in conform- the law of € gust 27, NSS, as hearing the r honoi board, Believin; setion contrary to the win of the innal this suburt e respectfully teally, remonsirate ag. your honorable board was presented tghton, R. W. Walker, F d John Redhead ‘Leatot, Q, Dennison, John Schwe'r and Reuben Co: ity to ‘proved Au- on ile, and ants of yet energet- mst any change by Commissioners’ Or. rs Today. issued orders The Commissioners Rave follows he water main lot 19, block S$, Brookland, D. C., be can- sled, on account off the decision in the Buredorf case. That the remaining installments of water main assessment against lots 22 to 28, in- clusive, square 127, be canceled, on account ion in the Burgdorf case, an iter he informed that the instal!- of this tax already paid cannot be led, as requested, as the said de not contemplate the refundment of in- ments which have been paid. Phat lamps in Ith street southeast between Pennsylvania aveni adjusted ty new curb line; estimated chargeable to improvements and ction. ‘That the gas lamps in the west side of h street sy a avenue street be diseontinued, \ that the be erected in front of the new n Maryland ayehue hetween 14 streets northeast; imat of the de men’ between Per: northwes lamp a ng loc At the nert Wallach pl et and Wallach place. That the six-inch water main in the cen- tand st corner of 12th stree ed toa depth of f © of the street; ¢ Also that forrteen pipes he lowered; estimated cost, $14 to be charged to appropriation for if expenses and pipe distribution. hat the sidewalk in front of the indus- trial school on 32d street be replaced, and cost of same paid from appropriation for current repairs to streets, avenues and al- ley hat the water main assessments be can- s follows, on account of the decision n the Burgdorf cast Against lot 14, block 14, Brookland; ayainst lot 1, block 11, Brookland; against lot 6, block 1, University Heights: against lot 3, Dlock 14, Brookland: to St, Keat » feet of le Phat a new erected at the Jersey avenue and H street northwe: cost, $50. To His © In the United States Su motion to advance was 2 of Miverton R. Chapman in the ca led by him from the decision of the — Advance se. yreme Court " pa Ww “t court from “hapman and forbidding th the charge az ion ng to testify before ‘the Senate: sugar investigating committe SS Wants the Deed Set Aside. For Jehanna Qvirk, widow of Pat- rick Quirk, Attorneys Geo. E. Harris and J. MeD. Carrington today filed a bill in equity Washington Daneahower and ethers, praying that a certain deed of trest made by her February 1, 1882, con- veying lots 18, square G1 and lot $1, square 677, to the iate Wm. W. Darenhower and the defendant Danen- hewer, be set aside. She also prays that the sub nt conveyance of the property be set a! The property, separate estate, she says, was her own and she claims that the trust, being made for the benefit of her husband, the deed was invalid, because, as she also claims, she was incapable of ma ing the conveyance for the reason that she was at the time a married weman. ——— His Leg Broken by a Cave-In. Solomon Jackson, a colored man, twenty- four years of ase, of 919 K street court, re- ccived a serious fracture of the leg today by the cave-in of a bank at the new union depot. At the Emergency Hospital Drs. Smith, Furlong and Macdonald set the breken limb, and I street | ; at the northeast corner of | T. B. Mangam Turns Up at Police Head- quarters Today. An Exumination Will Be Held as ¢ Mil Mental Condition—Some of pus Claims, His Stupen The Englishman who has been going ihe rounds of the departments and who also called at the horse of the British minister Monday to look up his supposed claim of $100,000,000 for a lost s' » as publ in Monday's Star, turned up at police head- quarters this afternoon and was introduced to Acting Inspsctor Johnson. This -ofi j Suspected that he was-T. B. Manzum, man referred to, and the man admit? identity. “I came here,” he said, “to turn o you a key of value to the Pacific r It was lest by the company and I found it in New York. Mangum told the officer that he hal ed at the departments and upon the British minister, but he had not yet called on the President. He repeated his statements about his big claim, and told the officer that he was from the state of Washingion, where his wife resides. Detective Proctor secompanied the al- leged crank to the police station, and on the way there he said he was born in Tr. land, and had served in a New York regi- ment. He is held until hfs friends can be com- municated with A CONFER) a THIS MORNING. 3 Sir Julian: Pauncef. dian Ofjcialx See s ir Julian Parncefote ter, accompanied hy Sir Mackenzie Bowell, premier of Canada, and Sir Charles Hibt Tupper, minister of justice of the Canadian cabinet, called at the State Department this mor:ing and had an informal confer- ence with Steretary of State Olney reg ing the Hering sea calfention. ir Mackenzie Yowell and Sir ©! Hibbert Tupper did not attend this cor’ 1 the Cann- reretary Olney. the British minis- ence in any official capac’ but accompanied Sir Julian, with whom are associated in an adviso APUCIE Secretary of State saw hi and the conference lasted a litle more half an hour. It is understood tha: the matter considered at the co: related to the formation ef the c icy the awards of t tribunal for allexed dam anaiian seal Tut that no de # Was ar- veda: Inasmuch os t ual prac- } tice in su ‘ory ihe erea- tion of 1 vention or | taie ihe ate at Secretary Olne: ured to ulin and bis Canadian adv hasty ac inevitable in anference sh minister. ry of State sident regarding the ne and that ss ag ne of th ie another for, and this, itis thought, will he meet early day. ae = JAPAN AND RUSSIA. Now Said That Thes Uaderstand Enc Other, SDON, October The not inclined to accept as correct the al denial from the foreign o} accuracy of the ‘Times and Globe di tolling of the important concession: have been obtained by Russia from Chit The Globe, referring to the fore'gn offic statement, says: i More than an ambig offi- sial disclaimer is needed to make us disbe- lieve the s s, Which not only reach us on good authority, but are in consonance With the known aim of Russ in the far east. The Westminster Gazette hints that Jz and Russia understand one another that Great 1 ought to -prepare startling new: newspapers an and for : or has succeeded in squaring On the side of Japan, seeing is still alliance free, it is not improbable that there are statesmen |at Tokio who would be ready to listen and | "such proposals if Russians | discreetly for a Russo-. { a coup it would ws ! =e { OURGEOIS SUMMONED. H ee { dent Faure Asked Hin Form a Cabinet, | PARIS, October 30.—President Faure, af- ses with MM. Peytral, Bour- Lockroy end Cavaignac, M. Bourgecis to form a cabine: ted the president to give him un- ow, in crder that he may consult friends. —<——___ BURNED HIM AT THE has asked The latter STAKE, A Texas Mob Takex an Awful Venge- ance on a Murderer. The residents of Ty saw Henry Hilliard, who murder I, burned to death at the stake in the public square. The prisoner was dragged from the jail in which he was confined, and, despite his eries and appeals for mercy, he was tied to a stake and forcsd to wait while his cap- ters piled wood around his 1 up to the waist. The whole town watched the operatiy and many of the spectators assisted in procuring wood to swell the pile sbout the isoner’s limbs. In the interval of pro- ng the wood the crowd tormented him of ways. using him as a target U kinds of missiles, and mercilessly him by p.ncn: ears and <I] blows in the face. was Started amid the woodpile the cries for were dreadful to ior torturing striking him repe Whe one: the ur of the He ple: death of a p guyed him. ‘or tifte flame he ol bullet, and the crowd only en minutes his screams were d before death finally ended his sutf- 7 —_— cee — “Uncle Jolin and the Rub A capital story, Ly Anthony Hope, will le published complete in S It ig entirely different in poptlar Zenda sto: cutertaining. pturd style fron but is none the tess the ——— fa and Cotton Markets. 1 ma W, reported bby 1 co B. fon broker, 14201 Lard ibs 4 COTTON, Open, “His. 8.50 S53 Baltimore Markets. ALTIMORE, Ont ship Wheat quiet bushels—southera wheat i grade, Gia8T. Com s iu; November, sumuple, pot and mouth, 3 ABH pts Hye quiet and 48050 Western 9 bushels. felts steady, more inquiry, unchanzed, | Suzar st unchanzed. But ter, cays and cheese firm, unchanged, diplomacy | half way | 1 begged for the quick | | Long Island Traction. 'N| FINANCE AND TRADE Substantial Concessions Throughout the Stock List. COLLAPSE IN STORAGE BATTERY PRICES Continued Activity in Reading Rail-” way Shares. GENERAL MARKET REPORTS ee Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. NEW YORK, October 30.—Activity, re- sulting from increased confidence on the part of the professional trading element as to the vulnerability of steck values, result- ed in substantial concessions in all parts of the active list this morning. London cables reflected a lower range ef prices for the favorite international issues, and brought some smail selling orders into the local market. A sensational decline in the Philadeiphia market, in which the shares of the Storage Battery Company figured for 20 per cent ecncessions, was utilized to further the re- ‘tion on the theory that other securities would be sacrificed to protect crumbling margins. The phenomenal rise in the shares named was of the character and propor- tions as usually precede such events as were recorded today. The strength of the foreign exchange market, with rates a trifle nearer the ex- port point than at any time of late, was also a potent factor in the decline. The supply of all classes of bills continues small ed any important demand would find im- ate reflection in advanced rates. he liquidation cf Reading holdings wes in a conspicuous feature of the day, a per cent decline to 1-4 being recorded first few minutes of trading. The price improved sharply from this level én covering purchases, but the pro- portions of the assessment are too Hberal to encourage new buying for the long ac- count. The other coal shares were in some measure sympathetic with action of the general market, but the larger holders of Uheze stocks are confident that some profit- ile action avill be taken during the winter. The Granger shares sold down on adverse climatic conditions in the western agricul- tural districts. Burlington was particu- lari: ‘itive to a fair velume of selling orders, a Joss of 11-2 per cent from first prices being easily effected. The industrial list was literally dealt in, the short interest being responsible for the variations in figures on both sides of open- irg prices. Sugar was the active feature of this vroup, being strong and weak by turns, with the weight of argument decidedly favorable to the latter condition. General lectric and Tennessee Coal and Iron re- carded losses of 3% andi per cent, re- spectively, without-the use of any special incentiy Ali things considered, the market is clear- ly entitled to at least a mederate recovery ficm present prices, the pessimists having urdcubtedly overdone the selling, The feel- ing at the close of business was mainiy nicre epcouragirg, as the result of a pro- si cctive increase in commission business. FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL, ‘The following are the opening, the high- est end the lowest aad the closing prices of the New York stock market today, as re- orted by Corson & Macartn members ew Ycrk stock exchange. Correspondents Messrs. Moore & Schley, No. $0 Broadway. Last, 10213 American Sugar... American Sugar, Pil. ran Tobacco. eri an Cotton OF zu ©. Me& St Paul M. & St. Pant, Del., Lack. & W.. Delaware & Huison Pen. & Kk. Grande, Pfd_ Dis. & Cattle Feeding. General Electric. ino's Central. 222. Lake Shore. Erie... Louisviiic & Nal hvide.. sin Tract on.. 1 Elevated gan Central... uri Pacitic. .. th American’... ‘Oni. & Western acitié Mail... Reading. Pallman Pal. Car C Soutnern Railway, Pura Tenn. Coal & Un.on Pacitic. Wheeling & L. Erie W nUnion tel nt Central, 12 o'clock m.—United States 19 at 125, Arlington Fire _ After call—Metro- ted States 45, reg.. 111% United Staies 4s, conp., 711% tidy t sed ame 48, 1925, 122 bid. United wumbia Bonds. 20-year Fund. fs, Fund. gold Gs, 1 7s, 1901, 116 bid. Fand. ci n and Georsetown Washingion 2 Chesstpe and one Bs, Wi esked. American Security and ‘Trust ad AL 12 bid. American Seearity and s, AL and O., 102 bid. Company Ist 6s. 110 bid. Company i 110. bid. Washington Mark Masonic Hall Assori: mIpSANy ocks.—Rank of Washington, 2s vk of Ti Ife, Company, St |. 102 asked. E-kin Columbia, Sis asked. te ‘Title, 107 Wid, S asked. 7 bid. fin Tall, fer Linotype, 210 bid, 221 csked. Argentine Cattle. The bureau of the American republics has received information. that the cattle raisers of the Argentine Republic are mak- ing arrangements to import large numbers of high-grade cattle for the purpose of im- proving the herds, in order to compete in the European markets with the live-stock shippers from the United States and Aus- tralia.