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2 THE EVENING STAR, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1895-SIXTEEN PAGES. ions, for this was certainly a matter of ealth, the hearing closed. Gen, Birney and Mr. Wolf. Gen. Birney. however, had something more to say, and he argued that if the fire department was to be increased for the benefit of fire insurance companies, the District had better go into the business of writing policies itself. The city, he sald, paid about $400,000 per annum for the sup- port of the fire department, and the fire insurance companies paid nothing other than the meager tax put Upon them. He thought the insurance companies who reap- ed the direct benefit of the fire department should certainly maintain it. This roused Mr. Simon Wolf, who replied rather hotly that the fire underwriters did not appear before the Commissioners with the expectation of hearing an argument by Gen, Birney: but he would say when the market question came up there were a num- ber of citizens who would like to be he d. The fire underwriters paid, and promptly paid, all taxes levied by Congress, and if the law was bad It should be corrected and the fire urderwriters would promptly obey it. Bullding Permits. Building permits have been issued to the following: B. J. Edwards, to erect two brick dwellings at Nos. 1821 and 1823 Ore- gon aveuue northwest, $9,000; R. J. Hot- rus, to erect two two-story brick dwellings at Nos. 1342 and {344 27th street, $1,600; Henry F. Bauer, to alter and repair No. $17 19th street northwest, to cost $1,000. i BOTH APPEALS DISMISSED. Eckington Railway Company and That of W. Kesley Schoept. In the Court of Appeals today the ap- peal noted in the case of the Eckington and Scldiers’ Home Railway Company against the District Commissioners, and that in the case of the District against W. Kesley Schoepf, late superintendent of the roa, were dismissed on the motion of the ap- pellants. The first ease, filed the 29th of last June, was an effort on the part of the railway ccmpany to prevent the District Commis- sioners, by injunction, from proceeding to carry into effect their threat to tear down the overhead tralley poles and wires erected by the company on New York avenue. Chief Justice Bingham refused to grant the in- junction, and the company yoted an appeal. Some time ago the company removed the poles snd wires, and the dismtssal of the appeal today followed as a mere formal matter. In July last Mr. Schoepf was fined in the Police Court for obstructing the street by maintaining the erection and use of the poles and wires, and the same day he ap- plied for his release by writ of habeas corpus, having been committed into the custody ef the superintendent of the work- house when he refused to pay his fine. Judge Cole refused to liberate him, where- upon he noted an appeal to the Court of Appeals. In agreeing today to a dismissal of the appeal, Mr. Schoepf agrees thereby to end the case by a payment of the fine. —_— MAXWELL-GOTTLIEB. What the Court Records Show as to _ @ Marringe License. Consilerable interest was created in Richmond, Va., last week by the report that Mr. George Seymour Maxwell and Miss Rosalie Gottlieb of that city, were married here Octoher 26. Maxwell was the man- ager of a telephone company in Richmond and especial interest attached to his mar- riage by reason of the fact that he was known as a married man, and was living with his wife end two children, aged, re- spectively, twelve and three years, at the St. Clair Hotel, until Wednesday, October 23, when his family left for their former home, in Louisville, presumably on a visit. ‘As soon as the report was received, inqui- ries were made for Maxwell, and it was de- veloped that that gentleman had obtained leave of absence from the offices of the telephone company, and had gone north on a business trip. Last Monday Mr. Max- well returned to Richmond, and caused: the- rumor of his marriage to be contradicted through the press, making the statement that it was his cousin, whose name is iden- tical with his own, who was the fortunate individual. "The court records of this city show that a marriage license was issued to George 5. Maxwell of Louisville, Ky., and Rosalie M. Gottlieb of Richmond. The license was issued October 26, and Maxwell first stated that he was from Richmond, but after- ward erased this and changed it to Louis- ville, Ky. No return from a minister has yet been received and there is no record of the marriage having been performed. SS JAPANESE IN COREA. Troops to Remnin Ther> to Maintain ° Order. LONDON, November 4.—Regarding the official statement from tht Japanese govern- ment as to the position of Japan toward Corea, which has been communicated to Secretary Olney, according to dispatches from Washington by the Japanese minister there, Mr. Kurino, it is authoritativ plained that after the evacuation of the Liao Tung peninsula some Japanese troops will be left in Corea to protect the Japanese and maintain order. From this it is inferred that Japan may in Corea as Great eypt. pursue the same cours Britain is pursuing in _ ANOTHER INTERNATIONAL MATCH. Civil Marringe of Count de Forns and Miss Read. PARIS, November 4.—The civil marriage of Count de Foras, son of the grand marshal of Bulgarian court, and Maria, daughter of Gen. Meredith Read, first United States con- sul genera! for France, and formerly United States minister to Greece, took place here to- day. The witnesses of the ceremony were Mr. Henry V aud, secretary of the United States embassy; Col. Stoeanow, aid-de- mp to Pripve Ferdinand of Bulga the Marquis de Beauregard and the Marquis de Lasteyrie, great grandson of Gen. Lafay. ette. The religious ceremony will be performed temorrow, and promises to be a brilliant affair. Letters of congratulation have been re- ceived from the king and queen of Greece, -Queen Isabella of Spain, the Duke of Nemours, the Duke of Aumale, Prince Ro- the Prince of Wales, the jand Bonaparte, Duke of York, the Duke of Cambridge and the Maquis of for England. he Figaro today, commenting on the Venezuelan affair, s “The dispute between England and Ven- ezuela is worth watching, on account of the proximity of the British and American fleets. Prudence recommends that they should not be left too long together, for the intense hatred of the Ame ans toward the old country is appalling. WHI Protect the Americans. CONSTANTINOPLE, November 4.—The Turkish government has again instructed rnor of lis to protect the Amer- ionaries a missionaries who relieving the sufferi Sassoun have de; tiens and seel Escaped From Formosa. LONDON, November patch from Shanghai sa Fu, the Black Flag leader in the Formosa, is reported to have e German warship from Amping to Recent Marine Disasters. PED NC ovember 4.—The American ship Granite State, Captain Fulton, belong ing to Portsmouth, N. H., and which arrived at Falmouth, from Laplata, on October 27, struck some rocks near Land's End tod while bound out, and was beached to save her from foundering. ed, however, that she will prove to be a tota? Ie POOL, November 4.—The British n, ©. Bertie, from New ns on Octoh which arrived to- y with a cargo M4) bales of cotton 41 80.000 bushels of corn, reports ske out in her cargo on Wedr . The emount of damage done t known, oe M. Gliesse, a member of the Fr chamber of ‘deputies, has been appoi minister for the colcnies. LATE NEWS BY WIRE|DEATH OF GENE FIELD Campos Favors More Liberal Re- forms in Cuba. 10 PUSH A VIGOROUS CAMPAIGN Some Japanese Troops to Remain in Corea. FOREIGN TOPICS IN GENERAL MADRID, November 4.—The Heraldo to- @ay publishes an interview with its corre- spondent in Cuba had with Captain Gen- eral Martinez de Campos, in which the lat- ter declares he is not disposed to agree to the Independence of Cuba, but thinks that the reforms should be applied in a more lib- eral manner. He added that he proposed to Pursue the campaign vigorously, and that no proposal for peace had been addressed to him by the insurgents. HAVANA, November 4.—Captain General Martinez de Campos has arrived at Villa Clara. As soon as the weather permits ac- tive operations against the insurgents will be begun. It is officially denied here that the Spanish government intends to recall its ambassador at Washington, Senor Dupuy de Lome. It is added that the government is perfectly satis- fied with the course Minister De Lome has followed. A dispatch from Nuevilas, province of Puerto Principe, says that the insurgents have derailed a train near that place by the use of dynamite. Three insurgent prisoners have arrived at Cienfuegos. The insurgents have liberated sixteen Spanish prisoners, who were taken during the recent engage- ment at Tardio, near Cienfuegos. A detachment of fifty-three guerrillas at Los Alfonsos, Santiago de Cuba, hgs had a skirmish with 250 insurgents, commanded by Miro. .The enemy left four wounded and retired. Two insurgent officers, Maj. Ro- alee Zahas and Lieut. El Perna, were cap- ‘The insurgents have burned the planta- tion of Purga, near Trinidad, oi Sante cine idad, province cf —— WORK OF THE CANDIDATES. What Has Been Done to Carry the Election in Ohio. Speelal Dispatch to The Eventng Star. COLUMBUS, Ohio, November 4.—The democratic meeting at Cincinnati Saturday night addressed by ex-Governor Campbell Attorney General Harmon and Governor McCorkle of West Virginia, a large and en- thusiastic assemblage, has caused the re, publicans to lower their estimate of their Pturality in the election tomorrow, but stil) claim the state by a safe plurality. Some of their leaders put it as hish as 60,000. They are much more confident in their claims as to the state ticket than they are as to the legislature. Registration in Cleve- Jand is low, and in all the strongly republi- can western reserve there is not much en- thusiasm, which is bad for the republicans. Chairman Kurtz still refuses to make an estimate of the result. He has pushed a very active campaign. Today he said he had called into the campaign sixty speak- ers, and altogether 8) meetings had been held under the auspices of the committee. Foraker made forty-three speeches in “thir- ty-five counties,McKinley forty-two speech- es in thirty-seven counties and Bushnell sixty-six speeches in fifty-five counties. Meetings have been held during the cam- paign in eighty-two of the eighty-eight counties. Chairman Anderson (democrat) said: “You may say that I have absolute confi- dence in the situation. Our latest reports from over the state enable us to claim both the state and the legislature by safe plu- ralities.” He seid Governor Campbell had spoken In fifty-one counties, and would have visited five others but for illness. He had made in that time 140 set speeches and a great many informal ones. —__ ATROCIOUS OMAHA MURDER. Gaskin Found Choked to Death. OMAHA, Neb., November 4.—At 2 o'clock this morning the police found the dead body of Ida Gaskin, aged eleven, in a ya- cant room on Howard street. She had been outraged and then choked to death. She had been missing since evening. Her mother searched for, but failed to find any trace of her. At 11 o'clock she reported to the police station that her daughter had disappeared. When the police sergeant de- veloped the murder, three hours later,three young men, Ed Sanferd, George Morgan and Booker, were arrested, charged with the murder. While all were out of the room, save Mrs. Gaskin, her little son and a reporter, the little boy said: “I know-who killed Ida.” On being questioned, he said that during the afternoon, ‘‘George and Ed sent me up- stairs to tell Ida they wanted her.” The reporter learned that “George and Ed" were George Morgan and Ed Sanford, and that they occupied rooms on the floor belo Hurriedly calling an olficer, the re- porter secured the arrest of the pai t the station most damaging evidence was found on Morgan's person. The little girl had been choked to death, her threat showing plainly where the fingers had left their imprint. Booker is a driver of a coal wagon, and had been a friend of the G kin family. Morgan is a collar maker by trade, but has been out of employment for some time. Sanford works for the Crane Elevator Compan It is the opinion of the police that the case is con@lusive against Morgan. _— QUICK TRACK LAYIN G. Records Broken by Railways in Chicago. HICAGO, November 4.—AH the records in the way of railway building were broken in Chicago yesterday. The Chicago City Railway Company, after massing men avd materials for sixteen hours, began work on Indiana avenue at 39th street, with the be- ginning of the day, and by 10 o'clock had turned the horse car line from that point to Slst street into an electric road. Three hundred men in that time planted a mile and a half of poles and strung the neces- sary wire. At 10:42 o'clo>k a car propelled by electricity went over the track. The Northern Pacitic did almost as well. At 1 p.m. a long train loaded with men, thousands of ties_and four miles of rails backed on its track on West 40th street. teen hours later another track was in place from Washington boulevard to Tay- lor street, a distance of nearly two miles. This piece of work was done to forestali the Ogden Avenue Electric Railway Com- pany, who had {ts eye on the street. The street railway company had already one track down, and as trolley poles were placed in position last week, the Northern Pacific took no cha 3 of losing an op- reet. Policemen were as no need of their rtunity to get the sent there, but the presence. The Northern Paci the street by old town of C 3 The Union Loop Company also improved the day in which no injunctions can be 1 Three hundred men labored all and the same whee ail night. —— SUNK IN THE MISSISSIPPI. The Stenmer Joe Peters Goes to the Bottom. - MEMPHIS, Tenn., November 4.—The steamer Joe Peters, plying between this city and Vicksburg, sunk at 12 o'clock last night at Island Sixty-three, 120 miles below this city, while on her way down to Vicks- h a cargo of about 120 tons of mis- The cause of the acci- No lives were lost. The in and owner, A. L. Cummins, tele at both boat and cargo are a to! The boat was valued at $10,000, and red for $6,500 In Louisville. The s worth about $3,500, and insured in '" policies, pe ¢ claim their right to ise granted by the -elaneous freight. dent is not known. capt Heart Disease Suddenly Carried Off the Genial Writer. One of His Last Efforts Was a De-- fense of an Old Associnte— His Newspaper Career. CHICAGO, November 4.—Eugene Field, the poet, died in his bed of heart failure about 5 o'clock this norning at Buena Park. He retired last night In usual health and apparently slept soundly till daybreak, when his son, who oceupied the room with him, heard him groan, and putting out his hands found that death had already taken place. Mr. Field leaves a widow and five children. . Mr. Field had been indisposed for several days, but no serious results were feared even by his family and immediate friends. George Yenowine was at Mr. Field’s bed- side when he died. Mr. Field and Mr. Yenowine intended to start together for Kansas City, at which place Mr. Field was to read tonight. Mr. Field has a wide ac- quaintance in the city and the announce- ment of his death causes a shock. KANSAS CITY, Mo., November 4.—Eu- gene Field had been booked for a reading at the auditorium in this city this even- ing. The demand for seats for the popular poet has been remarkable, and a crowded house was assured. Mr. Field had hosts of friends in this city, especially among the newspaper fraternity, in which he was himself a member several years ago, hav- ‘ing worked on the Star. Elaborate plans for a reception had been mad2 by his newspaper friends and ad- mirers, and a royal time was anticipated. A dispatch was received last night from R. M. Field, brother of the poet, announc- ing the illness of the latter, and asking a postponement for a few days of the audi- torium reading. No new date was set for the readings, but it was expected to soon follow, as the message indicated that Mr. Field was only slightly indisposed. “Gene” Field's Career. Eugene Field was born in St. Leuls Sep- tember 2, 1850, and was, therefore, f§rty-five years old at the time of his death. He was the son of Roswell Martin and Frances (Reed) Field. His parents were both natives of Windham county, Vermont. His father graduated from Middlebury College when only fifteen years old, became a lawyer, and introduced a bill in the Vermont legislature permitting atheists to testify in courts of law. He was Dred Scott's first attorney in the case which resulted in the famous Dred Scott decision by the United States Supreme Court. He attended Williams College in 1868, Krox College in 1869, and the State Univer- sity of Missouri in 1871. He adopted the profession of newspaper writer, beginning with the St. Louls Journal in 1872. His next cennection was with the St. Joseph, Mo., Gazette, in 1875, after which he returned to St. Louis to take an editorial portfolio on the Times-Journal. In 1880 he was on the staff of the Kansas City Times, but left that paper in 1881 to become managing editor of the Denver Tribune. He went to Chicago August 13, 1883, to accept a position on the editorial staff of the Chicago Mcrning News (now the Rec- ord), and his connection with that paper ccrtinued without interruption until bis death. Mr. Field’s last contribution to his department on this paper, “Sharps and Flats,” was published Saturday morning. and in it was a characteristic defense of Bill Nye and a refusal to accept the impu- tations as to the cause of the recent sault on the humcrist by indignant auditsrs at Paterson, N. J. By strange coincidence this expression was used “Ten years ago Nye was in shocking bad health, and at one time there were fears that he would be an invalid for the rest of his life. His malady at that time was menirgitis; never since his two ycurs’ affliction with that insidious and de- structive disease has Nye been a robust man. In addition to his newspaper work Mr. Field has found time to perform much ex- tra labor in the literary field, und has es- tablished a reputation as a powerful and clever writer of stories and verse. His peem 2f pretension was “Dream Ships,’ nted in an. October magazine. He was pecially adept in the poems and stories child life, and his printed hooks now number a half dozen vclumes. He has made himself famous to the public «: reader of his own stories and verses, bav- ing at different times appeared jointly with gar Wilson Nye and James Whitcom) ey Among his better know “Denver Tribune Prime: iarland,” ISST; “Little Book of Western Little books are the les,” 1880; “Se: With Trumpet and Drum,” 1 from the Sabine Farm,” 1808 Mr. Field married Miss Julin Comstock of St. Joseph, Mo., October 16, 1873. and had seven children. In June, 1893, Knox College conferred upon Mr. Field the hon- orary degree of A.M. Shock to His Friends Here. ‘The anfouncement of the sudden death of Eugene Field proved a great shock to his friends here. Mr. Field had visited Washington often, and was known person- ally by a large aumber of the public men and newspaper writers of the national cap- ital, by whom he was not only admired for pis skill as a writer of prose and yerse, but highly esteemed for his genial social qual- ities. ——— TER. in the Office Lacks Officinl Confirmation. It is reported that Mr. Yang Yu, the Chi- nese minister at this capital, is to be suc- ceeded early next year by Mr. Liu ex Taotai of Shanghai, but the report lacks official confirmation. Mr. Yang Yu came to this country in September, 1893, and in the or- dinary course of events would remain here until September, 1896. He is now on a visit to Spain, to which government ‘he is also accredited in a diplomatic capacity. Unless recalled home, he will return to the United States in the spring on his way to Chile. SS SS NAVAL CHANGES. otions and Retirements Approv- ed by the President. . The President has approved the promo- tions of the follewing named officers of the navy: Commodore Thomas 0. Selfridge to be rear admiral; Commander F. A. Cook to be captain; Lieut. Frederic Singer to be lieutenant commander; Ensigns H. P. Jones, jr., and W. O. Hulme to be lieutenants; Sur- geon Dwight Dickenson to be medical in- pector; Assistant Engineers A. S, Halstead and Willis B. Day to be passed assistant en- gineers. He also approved the retirement of the following officers: Chief Engineer Ed- ward A. Magee and Lieuts. Downs L. Wil- son, N. J. Halpine and Houston Eldredge. ee THE CITY Pr Dangerous Work on the Towers Done Today. Finials were set on the four round towers on the avenue front of the new city post office today and give to that portion of the structure quite an appearance of com- pleteness. The difficult and dangerous work of setting these top stones was watched with a great deal of interest by passers-by on the avenue. WITH ELEVEN JURORS The 0 Will Case Goes On Today. A FAMILY BSTRANGEMEN? ~ +. Mrs. Hutchinson Under Exam- ination by Counsel. HER DAUGHTER'S FORTUNE ‘hen the Olmstead will case was called up’ this morning in Circuit Court No. 1 Judge Bradley stated there appeared to be no doubt that the child of Juror Buckley is suffering from scarlet fever, and he there- fore inquired what suggestions counsel had to make. After a few minutes’ consulta- tion between counsel Mr. Jere M. Wilson of counsel for Mr. John F. Olmstead an- nounced that they had agreed to continue the case with eleven jurors. Juror Buckley having been excused Friday by the court from further ‘attendance in the case. Judge Bradley directed that an entry to that effect be made by the clerk, and the case was therefore continued with but eleven jurors in the box. Mr. Enoch Totten of counsel for Mrs. Linda Hutchinson Webb, -who is contesting the will of her sister, Mrs. John F. Olm- stead, by which will Mrs. Olmstead’s en- tire estate, estimated to be worth more than $100,000, was given to her husband, then recalled Mrs. Hayward M. Hutchin- son, the mother of the testratrix, to the witness stand. ‘When the trial was ad- Journed Thursday afternoon last Mrs. Hutchinson was being questioned as to her daughter's last illness, and this morning she stated that Mrs. Olmstead commenced to fail rapidly in the spring of 1889, she dying the first of the following August. The Estrangement. Being asked whether she showed any dis- tinction between her two daughters Mrs. Hutchinson replied that she treated them alike. Mr. Wilson asked that the answer be ruled out, because it was immaterial. Mr. Totten insisted, however, that it was material, because it would disclose the re- lations between Mrs. Olmstead and her mother and sister, and Judge Bradley al- lowed the answer to stand. A moment later, when Mts. Hutchinson was asked as to an estrangement which arose between Mr. and Mrs. Olmstead on one side and herself and Mrs. Webb on the other, be- cause of the filing of a bill in equity against them by Mr. and Mrs. Olmstead, Mrs. Hutchinson was not allowed to de- tail the causes of the estrangement. She was, however, allowed to state that for a time thereafter the two families ceased visiting each other. Previous to that time Mrs. Olmstead always had the greatest ad- miration and affection for her sister. A reconciliation followed the estrangement, explained Mrs, Hutchinson, and, upon the occasion of Mrs. Olmstead’s wooden wed- ding, she said she presented her daughter with a tine cattiage and outfit. Mrs. Hutchingon then related an incident when she heard her daughter telephone to Mr. Olmsttadi! for permission to use the Lew carriage, and she stated that as a re- sult Mrs. Olmstead called cut her old car- riage. Mrs: Htitchinson also related an in- cident whfch <¢ccurred at her house after the reconciHatipn. Mr. and Mrs. Olmstead were visiting. the house, and when Mrs. Olmstead was about to sit down at the table she suddenly withdrew, when her husband, itt a disagreeable manner, indi- cated that he would not join them. Kept From Her Daughter. After her davghter became confined to her bed, in the latter part of her illness, Mrs. Hutchinggn stated that she would be kept waiting in the drawing room, not be- ing allowed by Mr. Olmstead to see her daughter alone, either Mr. Olmstead, the nurse or maid being always present at the interviews with her daughter. One day, de- clared Mrs. Hutchinson, she was kept wait- ing all day befcre being allowed to see her decghter. Mrs. Olmstead, said Mrs. Hutchinson, was very weak and helpless during the last days of her illness, and seemed to lose interest in everything. Once, said Mrs. Hutchinson previocs to the death of Mr. Hutchinson, Mr. Olmstead only allowed her to see her daughter after Mrs. Olmstead bad called ker in; but when she called later in the day with Mr. Hutchinson Mr. Olm- sted offered no ‘objection to his wife being seen. Difficulties, Over the, Funer: Mrs. Hutchinson stated that she was not informed of Mrs. Olmstead’s death until midnight of the day of her decease, and did not see Mr. Olmstead when she and Mrs. Webb called at the house, about noon next day, they being informed that he was too busy to see them. They saw him, that evening, when, he told them that hé had made all arrangements for the funeral. She asked that Mrs. Olmstead be buried in a certain dress which she had given her, but Mr. Olmstead declared she had no such dress. Mr. Totten was proceeding to ask Mrs. Hutchingon to give the details of the fu- neral and burial, when Judge Bradley sus- tained the objection of Mr. Wilson to such testimony, the court arking that few men consulted their wives’ relatives re- specting the details of their wives’ funer- als. Mrs. Hutchinson was then asked to describe Mr. Olmstead’s demeanor toward his wife, and she replied that he was over- bearing and virtually dictated her actions. Once, she said, he directed her to stop talking, saying that he would do the talk- ing. Mrs. Olmstead, she said, had a very sweet, obliging disposition, and was very easily controlled and influenced by a stronger will. When the Will Was Made. Mr. Totten then called Mrs. Hutchinson's attenticn to the fact that Mrs, Olmstead’s will was mad? on the Gth of June, 1889, when she replied that in her opinion her daughter was incapable of making a valid will at that time. Early in the present trial Judge Kradley refused to allow Mrs. Hutchinson to detail the incidents connected with the making of her husband's will April 21, 1883, and Mr. R. Ross Perry, of counsel for Mrs. Webb, proceeded to ask Mrs. Hutchinson, just be- fore her direct examination closed today, certain questions respecting Mr. Olmstead’s connection with the making of her hus- band’s will, when the court made the same ruling, on the’ ground that the testimony would be too remote and also immaterial. Such testimony, it is said, was allowed Judge Colé of the first trial of the ca and whe: Judge Bradley ruled it out tod: counsel for Mrs. Webb noted an exception in the matter of every one of the several questions. The €ross-Examination. Mrs. Hutchifison was then cross-exam- ined by Mr. Wilson, who asked her to de- tail other actS of Mr. Olmstead’s alleged domineering disposition toward his wife, and also any “cts of his alleged unfriendli- ness toward her and Mrs. Webb, but she replied that She could not then recall them. After the estrangement, when Mr. and Mrs. Olmstead went to reside in the Portland fiats;; Mrs. Hutchinson said Mrs. Olmstead ‘seethed to drop her former ac- quaintances, friends of her sister and mother, but Mrs. Hutchinson explained that she saw no difference in the relations of Mr. and Mrs. Olmstead. While she was frequently kept waiting before being allowed to see her daughter Mrs. Hutchinson admitted that she was almost invariably told that Mrs. Olmstead was at the particular moment too ill, or asleep, or otherwise occup! ‘Mrs. Hutchinson was subj jected to a long cross-examination by Mr. Wilson, and, when | she retired from the witness stand, iate this afternoon, was followed by Mrs. Linda Hut- chinson Webb, her daughter, the caveatér in the case. —EE Corcoran Cadet Cor; Fete. ‘The second week of the military fete of the | Corcoran Cadet Corps begins this evening at National Rifles’ Armory. The Nationai Rifles are the invited guests, and an at- tractive program is announced for the en- tertainment of visitors. New attractions have been added since lest week and the fete thereby rendered doubly attractive. UTAH ACT IN FULL FORCE Important Decision Rendered by Chief Justice Alvey, Persons Violating the Edmunds Law in the District Are Liable te Suffer Its Penalties. In an opinion written by Mr. Chief Jus- tice Alvey the Court of Appeals this after- nocn decided that the Utah or Edmunds act prohibiting adultery and similar of- fenses is in full force in the District of Cclumbia. The case in which the decision was ren- dered was that of the United States against Chas. H. Chase and Mary Jackson, alias White, who were convicted last summer hefcre Judge Cole, and sentenced to a year and a day in the Albany penitentiary. The chief justice states in his opinion that in the cas2 of Louis A. Dunan, a white man, also convicted before Judge Cole abcut the same time on a like charge, and who received the same sentence, the same ruling applies, and the judgment of the ccurt below in the two cases is, therefore, affirmed. In the first case the parties were cclored people, the woman being married, but the man unmarried, and it was charged that each had carnal knowlede of the other, the statute providing th: in such a case the man, although unmarried himself, is guilty of adultery. Counsel for the defend- ants claimed that the law in question, that of March 3, 1887, which was passed to amend the act of March 22, 1882, was not applicable here. The husband of the wo- man was allowed by Judge Cole to testify as to the marriage between them, and the counsel for the defendants also claimed that in permitting that Judge Cole erred. ‘The Court of Appea!s holds, however, that not only is the law fully in force here, but also that the husband Is made by the act in question a competent witness to testify as to the marriage, provided he. offers ne objection to so testifying, and it apveared from the record in the ease, says the chief Justice, that he offered no objection. Heretofore it has been seriously doubted if there was any law in force here against in- cest. The act above referred. to, however, provides a punishment for that offense, and, as that act is held to he in force here by. the Court of Appeals, incest is, therefore, made a crime and a punishment therefor provided. In holding the act applicable in the Dis- trict, Mr. Chief Justice Alvey says: “The crimes of bigamy, unlawful cohabitation, adultery, Incest and fornication are no less offensive violations of decency here than elsewhere, and they are not less the proper subjects of prevention and punishment Fy law in this District than in the territories cr other places over which the United States have exclusive jurisdiction.” = CHAIRMAN SHEPPARD SUED. Charged With Circulnting a Cam- paign Slander. BRIDGETON, N.J., November 4.—Lawyer W. H. Bacon and Assemblyman Bloomfield H. Minch each began sult today against Chairman Charles E. Sheppard of the dem- ocratic county committee for $10,000 dam- ages for libel in circulating a campaign circular containing a ccpy of a letter pur- porting to have been sent to Bacon by Minch. Both gentlemen pronounce the let- ter a forgery. They also offer a reward of $1,000 for the conviction of the author of the letter. ———_.__ THE COURT DIVEDED. Unable to Decide Whether a Sweep- stakes in a Lottery. NEW YORK, November 4.—Judge Bis- choff and Geigerich, in general term of the court of common pleas, have disagreed in the suit brought by Henry Judson against the Fh shing Jockey Club. It was cxpected that the decision of the general term would have decided the constitutionality of the Percy-Gray racing law. The sult was originally brought before Justice Lynn in the first district judicial court in a suit brought by Judson to re- cover a sweepstakes from the jockey club. Justice Lynn decided that a sweepstakes was a lottery, and threw out the case. Judge Bischoff holds that Justice Lynn's decision should be affirmed. Judge Geig- erich holds that it should be reversed. Snana CHAIRMAN HACKETT’S CONFIDENCE. He Estimates a Big Plurality for the Fusion Ticket. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. NEW YORK, November 4.—Chairman Hackett claims that the fusion ticket will get many thousand Catholic votes, which will make up for the lack of the united support of the reformers, and that, more- over, the vote for the independent good government ticket will be small. He esti- mates a republican plurality in New York city of 15.000, The confidential reports te Tammany from the district captains show a plurality cf 000 for the democratic ticket. This is a falling off from what the estimates were ex- pected to be, and the figures are not made public. Tammany realizes that some loss has been sustained during ihe past few days. ee THIEF SHOT TO DEATH. He Had Been in Several Shady Trans- actions. WYNNE, Ark., November 4.—About ten days ago Albert England, a white man, who claims Cross county as his home, broke into a store at Vilonia, Ark., a small inland town twenty-five miles west of Beebe, and stole $25 worth of goods. At 2 o'clock Sunday morning a mo» took England from the officers and shot him to death. He had been in several shady trans- actions in this part of the country and bore a bad reputation. Trial of the Hyams. TORONTO, Ont., November 4.—Assize court opened today, and this afternoon was taken up in preliminary arrangements for the murder trial of the Hyams _ twins, which will begin tomorrow. ‘The case will probably last three we —_——— Mr. Eckels on National Banking. In the public lecture course in economics at the Columbian University, corner of 15th and H streets northwest, James H. Ecke! controller of the currency, will lecture t morrow, Tuesday, November 5, at 4:30 p.m., on the national banking system. ee Grain and Cotton Markets. Cotton and ted by W. B. Hibbs, stock, r, 1421 F st. Wheat—Dee. M ovember 4.—Flour qi do. extra, $. lot western ter wheat pat 3 Janna’ ch, OT firm, active demand in freights quiet, offering m to Liverpool per ‘bus’ ‘k for orders per quarter, ovember ember. {mitation, 16018: do store packed, 1a‘ storage, 16a17. Cheese firm—fancy Ni pounds, 11a11%,; do. 35 pounds, 11%a11 22 pounds, 12012! FINANCE AND TRADE Values Depressed on Account of London Selling. FEARS OF A CLIMAX IN KAFFIRS Several of the Bears Inauguiate a Small Raid. _————— GENERAL MARKET REPORTS Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. NEW YORK, Novemter 4.—Under the in- fluence of rather free London selling stock values ‘n all parts of the active list were substantially depressed this morning. The securities listed on both exchanges were most conspicuous, foreign houses showing unmistakable evidences of a desire to re- duce speculative risks. The unsettled dip- lomatic situation and fears of an approach- ing climax in Kaffir securities were the dominant motives for the selling move- ment. Several of the more prominent bear op- erators in the local market took advantage of the foreign attitude to put out round amounts of short stocks. In the belief that the selling would have exhausted itself before the noon hour, a moderate amount of coinmission buying was in- spired, but foreign selling continued long into the afternoon, during which time the day’s lowest level was reached. Louisville and Nashville and Atchison were especially wba 2 per cent declines being recorded in each. St. Paul, notwithstanding a reported in- crease of $860,0) in September earnings, and the neighboring members of the granger group were sold by traders with more than usual confidence. The foreign exchange situation, al- though rates continue at least one-half per cent under the export point, continues to overshadow the market, as evidences of a probable efflux of gold are multiplying. A firm connected with the last important outflow is known to have figured on mak- ing shipments last week, and was only prevented by the unprofitableness of the process. Should exchange rates advance, however, sentiment will not be permitted to interfere with the profits of a ;urely commercial transaction. The assvrance that the treasury’s gold reserve wiil be kept intact has brought the more significant features of the gold situa. tion into notice, namely, the exces3 of imy ports and the deficiency of revenu2, A rem» edy for the latter conditions is of greater necessity than the maintenance of an ar- bitrary gold reserve. The industrial department was an active feature in the day’s transactions, and in the main followed the trend of the usually more conservative railway issues. * Chicago Gas suffered most from the activ- ity in the latter department, a sharp decline of 1 3-4 per cent following a fair volume of business. The legal interferences in the way of prompt reorganization were chiefly responsible for the decline. Sugar was stronger than the prevailing idea of its value seemed to warrant, the seeming in- consistency being credited to the covering of last week’s short contracts. The increase in the short interest recorded tcday should force an early reaction from the closing level, unless new grounds for ap- prehension appear. ——S FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. The following are the opening, the high- est and the lowest uad 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. Open, High. Low. Last. American Sugar... WO 10134 100% 114; American Sugar, Pid... 99° 99 99° «(99 American Tobacco. 895 8934 American Cotton Oil Chicago Gas, Cf C.M.& St. Pant C. M. & St. Paul, Pid: Chic., HT. & Paeitic. Del., Lack.& W. 168 Delaware & Hudson. 18035 Den. & R. Grande, Pfd. 4734 Dis. & Cattle Feeding. General. Electri Mlinois Central. Lake Shore. Erie... Lontavilie & Nashviiie Long Island ‘Traction Metropolitan Tract.on| Manhattan Elevated. Michigan Central Missouri Paciffe. National Lead Go. National Lead Co., Pid. 8. Leathe Jersey Central Northern Pacific Northern Pacitic, Pf North American’ Ont. & Western. Yacific Mai thila. & Reading. Pullman Pal. Car Co.. Southern Railway, Pfd Phila. ‘Traction. ‘Texas Pac. fic. ‘Tenn. Coal & Iron. Union Pacitic, Wabash... Wabash, Pid Wheeling & I Wheeling & L. Western Union ‘Tel. Wisconsin Central. Silver... % ia inh 11D vid. 190. L Wal s fundi 0s, 100 by vad 3s, + 100 bid 0%" bid, 38 asked. Chesapeake asked. Ame id. Washing: Washington 115 bid. 106 asked. American Security Washingtoa Safe 86 asked. mbia, 40 bid. Bel asked. Georgetown and and Electric Light 30 asked. -Washington Gas, 45 bid, 47 aske: orgetown Gas, 45 bid. UL Electric , 134% bid, 135 asked. Insurance Siocks.—Firemen’s, 36 bid, 38 asked. Franklin, 45 ask Metropolitan, 70 bid. bid. German-American, Potomac, 68 bi |. “Arlington, *140 160 bid. National Union, bid. Washington Title, 12 asked. 8 asked. District Title, 18 asked. Columbia, 12% bid, 13% asked. Rigen. i ked. People’s, 5% bid. Lincoln, 734 bid. jal, 4% bid. ‘Title Insurance Stoc 1 bid, 116 asked. lumbia Title, 7 bid, & aske Chesa- Amer! Pneumatic Gun ake and Potomac, 5 phophone, 34 bid, 3% as 25 uy asked. Washington Market, . 7125 bid, 135 asked. Lia Mergenthaler Linotype, 200 Hail, 60 bid, bid, asked. *Ex div. ge To Cruise in the Caribbean Sen. The North Atlantic squadron, under com- mand of Rear Admiral Bunce, will sail from Hampton Reads on the 0th instant for a practice cruise in Caribbean se: Secretary Herbert and Admiral Ramsay are authority for the statement that thi citise has no reference whatever to pe! ing foreign complications, but is merely in pursuance of the program of fleet maneu- vers arranged early in the season, when there was not even a suspicion of possible trouble with any foreign power. THE CIVIL SERVICE AEGIS Secretary Smith Asks to Have a Large Number of Places Included. Officials at Indinn Agencies and In dian Schools to Be Pinced Under the Rules, That the civil service rules are soon to be extended to cover a large number of official positions is now clearly understood. Within the past few days the civil service commission has sent to each of the de- partments a letter asking suggestions as to the extension of the civil seryice rules and intimating in the most direct terms that the commissioners are desirous of extend- ing the civil service just as far as can pos- sibly be done. Secretary Smith, probably in compliance with this general invitation, is said to be preparing a letter to the President asking that the rules be extended to include the law clerks in the general land office and in the office of the assistant attorney general for the Interior Department. This action will include a number of the choicest posi- tions in the department, to which, in some cases, very large salaries are attached, con- siderably in-excess of the usual $1,900 limit, The Secretary is also preparing a letter in which he asks the President to approve an order including under civil service rules a large number of officials in the Indian service, such as teathers, matrons and prin- cipals of Indian schools and farmers, book- Keepers, superintendents and other im- portant officials at the Indian agencies. This order if carried into effect will in- volve hundreds of employes scattered throughout the entire country. ere ASS ee PRESIDENT AND CABINET. Mr. Clevelnnd Will Not Vote, but His Associntes Except Mr. Olncy Will. President Cleveland drove into town this morning and spent the day at the White House. Secretary Olney was his only visi- tor, so that he was able to devote the prin- cipal portion of the day to the considera- tion of the many official matters requiring his personal attention. Owing to the ab- sence of many members of the cabinet it is possible that the regular Tuesday cabinet meeting will be omitted tomorrow. The Presideut will not vote in his state this year. Secretary Lamont, however, will cast his vote in New York city tomorrow. It is presumed that he will vote for Tam- many. There is no question that he will vote the remainder of the democratic ticket. Secretary Carlisle left here this afternoon for Covington, Ky., where he will yote tomorrow. Some one asked him at the Treasury Department this morning how he meant to vote and got a reply that “it was nobody's business but his own.” The im- pression still obtains, however, that he will scratch Hardin. Attorney General Har- mon has been campaigning for Campbell in Qhio and will vote for him tomorrow. Sec- retary Olney is too busy with foreign com- plications to Ieave the city at present. It is not believed, however, that the loss of his vote will affect democratic chances in Massachusetts. Assistant Secretary Ham- jin will vote in Massachusetts and Assist- ant Secretary Curtis will vote in New York. ———_-o+_____ HIGH TEMPERATURES, What Surgeon General Tryon Says of ‘That on Some Warships. In his last annual report Surgeon Gen- eral Tryon says that although the health of the navy has been most favorable for the past year, very little attention appears to have been given to general sanitation and ventilation in naval architecture. He ex- presses the belief, however, that the in- terest now shown in the matter will re- sult in methods that will vastly improve the living parts of a ship, and, in a meas- ure, remedy excesses of temperature to which the working force of a ship is con- truously subjected. He regards as sig- nificant the fact that there were fifty-five cases of heat exhaustion in the engineer torce during the year. Temperature Engine Rooms. On this subject the surgeon general says; “The. average temperature of the engine rooms of modern ships, under ordinary cruising conditions, may range from 106 de- grees Fahrenheit, with hatches large and open like the Charleston, to 152 degreeg in badly arranged and closed ships like the Amphitrite. In the fire rooms the average temperature under the above conditions may range from 124 degrees in ships with only one set of fires in each fire room Ika the Charleston, to 189 degrees when the fire room between two sets of fires like the Cine:nfati and Amphitrite. In the case of the Cincinnati, when only one set of fires is used in each fire room, the average temperature is reduced from 189 degrees to 159 degrees. The result of these high tem- peratures, with overwork, is plainly shown by the number of disabilities in the engi- neer corps.” Fell in an Epileptic Fit. ‘An unknown colored man was seized by an epileptic fit at 6th and K streets, about 730 o'clock this morning. He was eet to a y Hospital, but at a late hour this afternoon he had not regained eufficient consciousness to state his name or residence. ————— Naval Movements, The cruiser Detroit arrived at Hong Kong today and the cruiser Monocacy sailed from Shanghai for Cheefoo. Sy A Rear End Collision, A rear-end collision took place about 10 o'clock this morning on Missouri avenue between 4% and 6th streets northwest be- tween an electric train, drawn by motor car No. 19, and car No. 18 of the Anacostia line, William Chinn, driver. The Anacostia car was filled with passengers and was proceeding north at the usual rate of speed, when the motor car bumped into it with much foree. Chinn was nearly thrown over the dashboard and all the passengers were bedly shaken up, but none was seri- ously hurt. ——— One Charge Leads t» Another, Lawyer Woodworth failed to have Mrs, ‘arah M. Laycock in the Police Court, and so his motion for a new trial was overruled. Mrs. Laycock is the woman who was fined $25 on a charge of keeping a disreputable house. Several days after the case was dis- pesed of the lawyer made a motion for a new trial, and the case was argued Saturday. Affidavits were filed in the case alleging misconduct on part of the officer in the vase, and it is thought that another court case will result. ————— To Take Coloninl Beach Voters. ‘The steamer Arrowsmith will leave Wash- ington tomorrow at 6 a.m. for Colonial Beach for the benefit of lot holders wishing to vote. Keturning, the steamer will leave the Beach at 5 p.m. A Theatrical Mapager Arraigned. LONDON, November 4.—Mr. George Alex- ander, the actor and theatrical manager, was charged in a police court today with grcss misconduct on a street in Chelsea early this morning. Alexander denied it. The magistrate, addressing Mr. Alexander, said that the policeman’s evidence was cor- roborted, but he would give him the benefit of the doubt, and ordered his discharge. es Mrs. Innacs Wants a Divorce. For Jennie Isaacs, Attorneys G. Hatley Norton and Charles Bendheim today filed a petition for divorce from Wm. T. Isaacs. What the grounds on which Mrs. Isaacs based her petition and the matters she n ed against her husband were not dis- Gosed. the papers in the case being withe held from pubiication at the request of the woman's attorneys. _> The Star and the Election. Everybody can get the latest election news tomorrow night from The Star's stere- epticon bulletin display. Several spec‘al wires will bring the news directly to The Star office, and it will be immediately re- produced by stereopticon on a mammot¥ canvas.