Evening Star Newspaper, November 5, 1895, Page 11

11 THE EVENING STAR, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1895-SIXTEEN PAGES. Mrs. Olmstead possesced sufficient force of will to successfully resist the will of he= h and, but, upon the objection of Mr. Ohnstead’s counsel, Judge Bradley refused to allow Mrs. Webb to answer the question. She was then asked, after her counsel had noted an exception to the court's rul- OLMSTEAD WILL CASE Difficulties in the Family Fully Tes- ific at the time of the making of the will, June tified To, ;, ISS, capable of resisting the importuni- —— ties and suggestions of any one. That AVERSION POR NEAREST RELATIVES | question was also ruled out, as was one as to whether, in Mrs. Webb's epinion, her sister w at the time able to fully recog: nize and realize the claims of the witness, her child and mother upon her natural affections and bounty. The same ruling was made by the court when Mrs. Webb's asked her if, in ker opinion, Mrs. ad was able to realize the effect of her will—that is, did she realize and fully know that in making it she was cutting off her mother, sister and niece, leaving her estate, after Mrs. Olmstead’s death, to his relatives, instead of to her own relatives. Adverse Ruling Again. Again Mr. Olmstead’s counsel objected, and again the court sustained their objec- tion, Mrs. Webb's counsel, of course, noting an exception. ‘That closed Mrs. Webb’s direct examina- tion, znd Mr. Jere M. Wilson proceeded to ercss-examine the witness. AGAINST THE SALOONS Mrs. Olmstead Refused to Recog- nize Her Grandmother. FAMILY INFELICITY Upon the resumption of the trial of the Olmstead will case this morning Mrs. Linda Hutchinson Webb, who is contesting the will of her sister, Mrs. John F. Olm- stead, resumed the witness stand, to which she was called shortly before the court ad- journed yesterday afternoon. When the trial was adjourned yesterday, Mrs. Webb was being questioned as to the effect of the proceedings instituted in the Probate and Equity Courts in 1884, by Mr. and Mrs. Olmstead against her mother, and her mother and herself, respectively. Mrs. Webb stated this morning, in response to the question of her attorney, R. Ross Perry, that the proceedings caused an es- trangement between Mr. and Mrs. Olm- stead on the one hand, and her mother and herself on the othe But upon the objec- tion of Mr. Olmstead's counsel, Judge Brad- ley refused to allow Mrs. Webb to state the charges contained in the proceedings re- ferred to, and also refused to allow her to explain the reasons for instituting the pro- ceedings. To all of such rulings counsel for Mrs. Webb noted exceptions. Peculiar Condact. Mrs. Olmstead, explained Mrs. Webb,was named after their grandmother, Mrs. Hutchinson's mother, and during the es- trangement referred to Mrs. Olmstead would pass her grandmother on the streets, refusing to recognize her. After her fath- er’s death, said Mrs. Webb, Mr. Olmstead frequently endeavored to persuade her mother to break ker (witness') father’s will. Once, she stated, Mr. Olmstead, with the stump of a cigar in his mouth, stood directly in front of her mother’s chair, and in an exceedingly offensive manner en- deavored to compel her mother to agree to break the will. During the estrangement, explained Mrs. Webb, Mrs. Olmstead discontinued all com- munication with her mother and herself and refused to recognize either of them, and during an illness of witness Mrs. Olm- stead, she said, did not even call to inquire as to her condition. Yet, declared Mrs. Webb, Mrs. Olmstead was of a loving, gen- tle disposition, and seemed very much re- lieved and delighted when the reconcilta- tion followed. But there always remained after the reconcillation an indescribable re- straint when the respective parties met. Mrs. Webb then related two or three inci- dents, which, she thought, showed the domi- neering authority exercised by Mr. Olm- stead over his wife, and stated that on one occasion, when his wife offered her and a cousin ginger ale, Mr. Olmstead insisted that beer should be served, when witness and her cousin withdrew. Domestic Unpleasantness. Although invited by Mrs. Hutchinson to so do, Mr. Olmstead refused to resume the previous custom of his wife and himself of dining at Mrs. Hutchinson's home on Sun- days, and Mrs. Webb related an incident at Meeting of the Anti-Saloon League Last Nicht, Preparations for the National Tem- perance Convention to Be Held Here in December. The semi-monthly mecting of the Anti- Saloon League of the District of Columbia was held last evening in its hall at No. 623 Loutstana avenue, preceded by meetings of its executive committee and the newly appointed committee on ways and means for the national anti-saloon convention to be held in this city December 17, 18 and 19. ‘This committee is composed of N. E. Vowles, chairman; Mrs. M. B. Page, Wil- liam A. Hedrick, John C. Daley and Ed- ward A. Beekman. At the meetings of the executive committee and the league Mr. Jas. L. Ewin presided in the absence of Rev. L. B. Wilson, D.D., president. At both these meetings arrangements for the approaching convention occupied a large part of the time. The Call Sent Out. The convention committee on call re- ported that they had already distributed 430 copies to national and state organiza- tions and to the press, and were authorized to have 500 additional copies of the call and accompanying papers printed. The committee on place of meeting submitted a letter from the trustees of the First Con- gregational Church, which was read, grant- ing the free use of the refitted auditorium for the public meeting of Tuesday even- ing, December 17, and the secretary was instructed to send letters of thanks to this church and also to Calvary Baptist Church, which has granted the use of its Sunday Schcol House for the day sessions and for the evening of Wednesday, December 18, and where the headquarters will be located during the convention. Mass Meetings. ‘The committee on mass meetings, Mr. J. S. Blackford acting chairman, reported th a crowded and enthusiastic mass meeting was held In Waugh Methodist Episcopal Church on Capitol Hill Sunday, October ing, if, in her opinion, Mrs. Olmstead was, | the house after the reconciliation, when, Mrs. Webb explained, Mr. Olmstead’s abrupt refusal to participate in an evening repast Olmstead to withdraw. next endeavored to have Mrs. 27, and a public meeting last Sunday after- noon in Union Methodist Episcopal Church, where the principal address was delivered by Rev. Dr. Ennis of the Western Presby- terian Church, with closing remarks by expiain certain matters connected with the proceedings instituted by Mr. and v's object being, he explained, to show that Mr. Olmstead failed to keep a promise to dismiss the proceed- ings. Counsel for Mr. Olmstead, howe objected on the ground that the testimony would be immaterial, irrelevant and too re- rt sustained the objeciions. Rev. Alexander Bielaski of Union Church, and where an invitation was received from both pastors to hold an evening mass meeting in the near future. He also re- ported that a mass meeting will be held the afternoon of Sunday, November 10, in the Third Baptist Church (colored), at 5th and Q streets northwest, with addresses Oe suanigwed tos by the pastor, Rev. Jas. H. Lee, and others. that on one occasion Mrs. Olmstead refused Local Work. to take her mother's word In relation to the | ‘The chair reported for the committee on sale of a certain piece of property, saying: | cooperation that he delivered an address, Gals sae Sood the agreement, for I have ls. request, before the temperance society mcicghene Heavens. of the North Presbyterian Church the z 2 evening of Sunday, November 3, and had Mrs, Webb next told of an ine dent rhe | the Pleasure of hearing an appropriation occurred at Mrs. Olmstead's home. The} trom its treasury voted for the benefit of day was a beautiful one, explained Mrs.| the Anti-Saloon League. Webb, and her sister, wishing to drive in a] Mr, Albert E. Shoemaker, the attorney new carriage, given her by her mother, e ad league: submitted on Oren telephoned to Mr. Olmstead for his permis- | relating mainly to the te t sion. Although she did not hear, of course, | std Mts TADDey, ORE of tne ee aan the Harrison flats, was present to thank the reply of Mr. Olmstead, Mrs. Webb sald |} i frat ee aterttatiads to olttaini inejacsirel [cee Coenen et ee , i the location there of a liquor saloon. permission, and submissively drove that day |" Anacostia Tent of Rechabites and Wes- in_her old carriage. y and were admitt Shortly after Mrs. Olmstead’s marriage, Be Aes at ‘ee its oe said Mrs. Webb, her sister referred to the | organizations to sixty-six. baat that = pleture of Mr. Olmstead’s first ->—_— e wife was hung in her bed room. Some eo time afterward Mrs. Olmstead told her eee EE cs that she had become more reconciled to the picture, and stated that she had been out decorating the grave of Mr. Olmstead’s first wife. Her sister suffered a convulsion several weeks before her death, said Mrs. Webb, and Mr. Olmstead refused to allow either her or Mrs. Hutchinson to see her that day. And after that, declared Mrs. Webb, neither she nor her mother were allowed by Mr. Olmstead to see his wife alone. On one occasion, said Mrs. Webb, Mr. Olmstead remarked to her mother that be wished the “d—d relatives” would stay away. Big Black Bass and Carp Caught in the Potomac. The work of removing from the river near the 6th street wharf the hull of the steamer Lady of the Lake is not finished, and the workmen are still using dynamite there. Since the work commenced scme time ago hundreds of fish have been killed by the ex- plosions, among them being a number of particularly large black bass, some fine rock fish and perch and a number of carp. The largest fish yet killed was a carp that weigh- er thirty-nine pounds. Men and boys have great sport rowing about in small boats and gathering the fish. Just before the workmen get ready-to blast several of these small boats push out from shore, and as soon as the diver applies the battery they start for the locality of the wrecked hull and reach there in time to gather the fish as they rise to the surface. a PROTEST AGAINST LICENSES. Telephone Talk Raled Out. Because it seemed to be immaterial, Judge Bradley refused to allow Mrs. Webb to relate a conversation by telephone be- tween her and a nurse the night of Mrs. Olmstead’s death, although Mr. Perry ex- Plained that he wished to show that Mr. Olmstead did not wish to have the witness or her mother call until the next day at noon. The court, however, permitted Mrs. Webb to say that although she and her Mother called at the appointed hour they did not see Mr. Olmstead until that even- ing, when he told them that all arrange- ments for the funeral had been fully com- pleted by him, and refused Mrs. Hutchin- son’s request that her daughter be buried in a certain dress which her mother had given her. ‘They called the next day, said Mrs. Webb, asked to see Mr. Olmstead, when the nurse ‘wid them that he wished to see no one #ho was not loved by his wife. That testi- mony Judge Bradley ruled out, however, the ground that ft did not prove that r. Olmstead sent the message, the court Belding it could only be proved by the nurse. On the objection of Mr. Olmstead’s @cvrsel, the court also refused to allow Mrs. Webb to testify as to the burial of Mrs. Olmstead, on the ground that it would be immaterial. Ex-Secretary Foster and John W. Thompson Visit the Excisc Bourd. Ex-Secretary of State John W. Foster, ac- companied by Mr. Jchn W. Thompson, ap- peared befcre the excise board this morn- ing to protest against the issuance of liquor licenses to James D. Donnelly, who keeps a grocery store at the corner of 14th and I streets, L. Rothschild, who conducts a wholesale liquor store on the east side of 1ith street between H and I streets, and to I. Iannarone, the proprietor of the Roma restaurant. They claimed that these places were li- censed heretofore through a mistake on thelr part. They did not think that the proximity of a private school had anything to do with the iesuance of a liquor license. It was shown, however, by the excise beard that these licenses were properly 1s- sued, and no law had been violated. The beard, however, received the protests and promised to consider them in connection with the applications for licenses. ——— Divorce for Desertion. Judge Hagner this afternoon signed a de- cree divorcing George D. Ashton from Ida R. Ashton. The original bill in the case was filed July 23, 1895, and the only charge made was willful desertion. The parties were married October 24, 1887, by Rev. John P. Newman of the M. E. Church, the bride being a widow named Hoffman. The couple lived together until April 2, 1892, when, the husband claimed, his wife deserted him without justification. pane i To Enforce a Judgment. Attorney F. P. Sands today filed for Chas. C. Bryan a bill in equity against William May, son of the late John Frederick May, to enforce a judgment creditor's bill of $345.65. The interest of the defendant in his father’s estate is prayed to be sold in the enforcement of the judgment. —.——_ The Election Tonight. Full election returns will be bulletined this evening on the big screen in front of The Star buildings. Arrangements have been made for a detailed, prompt and accurate service. Everybody come. ——__ Fire Wednesday destroyed the store and warehouse of M. I. Hill and several other bulldirgs at Lake Placid, N. ¥., entailing a less of $25,006. No Remembrances. As tending to show that Mrs. Olmstead had no reason for failing to remember her or her mother in the contested will, Mrs. Webb stated that the relations between them were all that should exist between a mother and ler daughters, and said that her sister was of a most lovable and forgiv- ing disposition, gentle and submissive. Mrs. Webb also stated that she knew none of Mr. Olmstead’s relatives, and she also stated that her mother, her child or herself had never received from Mr. Olmstead a single article or trinket possessed by Mrs. Olm- stead, he having even refused, said Mrs. Webb, to let her have a little ring worn by | her sister, which witness desired for her little daughter. Describing her sister’s physical condition from March, 1889, up to and including the date of the will, Jure 6, 1889, as being un- usually weak, listless, miserable, and, at all times, painful, Mrs. Webb was asked wheth- er in her opinion Mrs. Olmstead was at the time mentally capable of making a valid will. That {s, explained Mr. Totten, not that Mrs. Olmstead was insane, but whether she did or did not lack the mental capacity re- quired in the making of a valid deed or con- tract. Counsel for Mr. Olmstead objected to the question, unless Mrs. Webb based her answer alone on what ske had testified to. Quite on argument between counsel fol- lowed, with the result that the objection was finally withdrawn. Questions as to Sound Mind, Replying to the questicn, Mrs. Webb then stated that in her opinion Mrs. Olmstead did not, at the time of making her will, po the required mental capacity. Mrs. »b was next asked if, in her opinion, FACTS IN THE CASE Causes That Led to State Interven- tion in Alexandria County. GOVERNOR C'FERRALL'S WISE COURSE For Months He Has Been Prepar- ing for the Present Crusade. ITS CONTINUANCE CERTAIN The well-directed raid made Saturday night by Detective Baldwin and his assist- ants upon the notorious gambling den of Jack Heath and his sons across the river marked in an emphatic manner the grati- fying fact that the great commonwealth of Virginia has determined to intervene in the affairs of Alexandria county and rid that section of the state of the demoraiizing resorts that have flourished there without hindrance for a number of years. The ap- plaudable action of Gov. O’Ferrall in taking such a decided and determined step is a direct recognition of the argument per- sistently advanced by The Evening Star that the purification of Alexandria county could never be accomplished so long as the county authorities themselves were ex- clusively depended upon for the purpose. It was shown in the coiumns of this pa- per time after time that open gambling houses were conducted across the river with the full knowledge of the sheriff, the ccunty attorney and the other officials of Alexandria county, who excused them- selves for permitting this impudent viola- tion of the statutes by shifting the re- sporsibility from one to the other. Raids That Were Ridiculous. During Sheriff Veitch’s malodorous ca- reer a number of farcical raids were made by that official, proprietors of and players in gambling places arrested, the parapher- nalia seized and great publicity given to these alleged movements in the direction of reform. When th2 cases would be called, as they sometimes were, there would be no evidence forthcoming, and meantime the gamblers were working away, fleecing the public with the same paraphernalia that had been seized by the sheriff. The county attorney, himself an owner of race horses and a frequenter of the race tracks, indulged in vehement declarations of what he weuld do if the cases were properly pre- sented to him, and so the responsibility was whipped around from pillar to post and the gamblers paid tribute for the license they ae enjoyed to pursue their nefarious work. The Ef_ects Upon Washington. The polluticn that arose from this cess- pcol of iniquity, situated right at the side of the city of Washington, naturally affect- ed the cemmunity on this side of the river. It was a notorious fact that ninety-nine out of every Eundred of the players who were attracted by the games in Alexandria county were resicents of this city, and were, for the most part, men with respon- sibilities resting upon them, both of a do- mestic and a commercial nature. Young men occupying responsible positions went swiftly to their ruin in the dens of Jack- son City and Rosslyn and their vicinity. Parents were robbed by youths who had gotten under the influence of the gambling rooms. Day after day and night after night a stream of men and boys went i ss the gueduct and Long bridges to give their earrings to the scoundrels who spread their nets in seeming safety for the human suégeons on the other side. The Course of The Evening Star. The Evening Star, in its determination to bring the public both of Washington and of Virginia to a proper realization of the corditicns existing across the river, fre- qvently described them just as they were, without flevor of fancy or romance. In its ie of Saturday. March 30, 1895, The Star published one of a series of such articles, verzl columns to_a comprehen- leration of these facts. The ar- ticle began with this expressive sentence: _“Lawilessness exists in Alexandria county, Virgit ia, to such a degree as to call from a county judge recently a declaration from the bench that there was more defiance of the law in Alexandria county than in any area cf like dimensions in the state.” Fur- ther on it was pointed out that the vice that hed been ejected from the District of Cclumbia had found a place safe from m- terference on the Virginia shore, and that the faro dealer, the pool seller, the policy shark, the thimble-rigger and all the brood of blacklegs had gathered there under the protection, seemingly, of the county of- Ree end ere formed colonies at every asy of eccess from Washin; ready for business. sou The Vice Described in Detail. The article then proceeded to describe in detail the conditions existing at Jackson City, Rosslyn, Alexander Island, and their vicinities, and showed the appalling state of affairs with plain directness. An interview was published with Judge Chichester, the judge of the. county court, in which he Spoke of his many attempts to remedy tha evil and his failure to secure the necessary assistance from the county authorities, and an interview was also published with Com- monwealth Attorney R. W. Johnson, whe took refuge, for the time behind his well- worn declaration that he could not proceed against the offenders against the law ualess the evidence was brought to him in a proper way. In the same issue of The Evening Star an interview was published with Gov- ernor O’Ferrali of Virginia, in which he re- ed to many inquiries of ‘The Star corres- pendent at Richmond. It is particularly timely to reproduce this interview now in connection with the recent intervention of the state. Gov. O*'Ferrall’s Strong Language. “For years Jackson City has been proper- ly styled ‘a curse spot,’ said Governor O'Ferrall. ‘Being located just opposite Washington, at the end of the Long bridge, and easy of access, it has been the resort of the most vicious classes of the city, and Leing only a small village, with no police regulations, it has been a matter of im- possibility to preserve order and supprest crime. The most stringent measures have been passed by the legislature of Virginia, and the most drastic laws enacted in refer- erce to gambling, but, while the statutes were strong enough, the arm of the law secmed to be too weak to enforce them at this place, on account of the desperate char- acter of its habitues, the easy means of es- cape across the Potomac into the District, and other reasons. “Pooi seliing on horse racing all over the country had become the favorite mode of gambling there, so last winter the lezis- lature passed an act just in its closing hours prohibiting in the broadest terms the making, writing or selling of books or pools or mutuals on the results of any trials of speed or power of endurance of animals or beasts, except upon the grounds owned or controlled by any agricultural as- sociation or county or city fair or any driving club or driving park already char- tered, and fixing the punishment for any violation at a fine not less than $200 nor more than $500 (one-fourtn to informer) and in:prisonment not less than thirty nor more than ninety days. Why He Signed It. “When the bill waa laid before me I did not like it,” continued the governor. “I could see that it allowed much latitude on agricultural grounds and driving parks, but I believed it would break up pool selling at Jackson City and relieve that commun- ity by removing the attraction which sup- ported its dens of vice, and I felt sure the privilege would not be abused nor carried to auy great extent by the agricultural societies and the chartered driving as- sociations, as they were managed, as I be-_ lieved, by gentlemen who would not toler- ate horse racing for the sake of gambling. I was satisfied there would be only agri- cultural fairs as usual in the fall, and, I believed, meetings on the driving parks for a few days only, spring and fall. Feeling the necessity of breaking up Jackson Clty and there being no time for an amend- ment to the bill, I approved it. “Soon,much to my surprise,I heard that an old charter granted some years since to the Grange Association of Virginia ‘for the pro- motion of agriculture,’ ete, and whose grounds were some miles fp in Fairfax county, had been purch$qed by certain per- sons in Washington cft, and that they intended to establish a driving park at Jackson City and run 4t under this old charter, and conduct racing and sell pools under the act of March;3, 184. I saw at once there was trouble, &nd instead of rid- ding the Virginia bank. of the Potomac of the cursed spot it Would be continued in an intensified form, and so it has been. Law-Abiding People Outraged. “I do not hesitate ogee that this place stinks in the nostrils the respectable and law-abiding peoplegof Virginia, and they feel outraged that a lot of non-resi- dent gamblers, who hayp no interest in the fair name or welfare of Virginia, should be permitted to settle + ‘mselyes down on the south bank of the Potomac and there pursue their nefarious bysiness with brazen check, gathering from ¢very quarter the worst classes, under 4 charter granted to an honorable associatign of farmers ‘for the promotion of sgriculture,’ etc., some acquired by these men. “A short time since, under my direction, the attorney general obtained an injunction against the owners and managers of this race track. At the hearing, for reasons well understood between the attorney gen- eral and myself, the proceedings were sus- pended. Thess people are, however, rest- ing upon very uncertain ground, and while they seem to feel that they are secure, the day is not distant when they will find themselves mistaken. They have outraged decency, fostered crime, perverted legisla- tion and bid defiance to public sentiment already too long. It is not proper for me to state what steps will be taken. “Virginia prohibits faro banks, gaming tables and all species of card gambling, and she will not tolerate horse racing for the sake of gambling, upon ths shallow pretense of encouraging the breeding of horses. If she cannot make the raising of horses profitable without corrupting the youth of the country and drawing to her borders the people who have been run away from Guttenberg and Jersey City, then she had better stop the breeding of blooded horses. She is paying too dearly for the profit she makes. “T am a lover of fine horses; have owned many. But I believe it is as wrong to gamble with them as with cards, and one is as corrupting us the other.” Washington Citizens Take Action. The remarks of Goy. O’Ferrall and the fact that the viclousness existing in Alexandria county affected Washington almost exclu- sively, both in a moral and substantial sense, led the people of Washington to consider whether it would not be well to take some steps which might lead to assisting the state authorities in their desire to purify such an important and populous section of the com monwealth. Accordingly, ‘a committee was selected by a meeting of citizens to consider the conditions existing in Alexandria coun- ty. The committee addressed itself to its work with earnest vigor, and some of its members went to Richmond and consulted with Gov. O'Ferrall and the attorney general of Virginia on the subject. At this confer- ence Gov. O’Ferrall reiterated a strong de- sire and unwavering determination to rid Alexandria county of the gamblers that infested it, and accepted the proffer of the visitors to secure evidence which might aid tim in the prosecution of the violators of the law. The committee returned to Washing- ton well satisfied with their interview, and preceeded to secure evidence by means of detectives and others against the gamblers who were pursuing their avocations on the other side of the Potomac. This testimony was prepared by competent lawyers and transmitted to the governor of Virginia, and its receipt acknowledged: and the announce- ment made by Gov. O'Ferrall that when the attorney general had completed his duties before the supreme court;.then in session, the matter of eradicating the evils in Alex andria county would be taken up. Delay That Had a’ Purpose. Then there ensued a, Jong period of delay and inaction, which became irksome to the people of Washington and to the committee, which had worked so déalotisly to assist the Virginia state officials: Published comment en this apparent inactivity caused Gov. O’Ferral] to misunderstand: the real position of the people of Washington, and those who represented them in the, baard.of trade com- mittee, and, accordingly, Rhe Evening Star entered into a correspondence with hjm, which quickly led to a fu) appreciation on bis part of precisely how matters stood in Washington, and, on the other hand, gave asstrance to Washington ¢hat Gov. O/Fer- rall was not neglecting the matter. Fall Outline of His Pinns. On August 26 last Gov. O’Ferrall, in a personal letter written to the editor of The Star from Allegany Springs, Va., fully out- lined the course he was pursuing in relation to the evils in Alexandria county. In the course of this letter the governor wrote: “However, I believe I have matters so shaped now that I can take decisive steps, and as soon as I return to Richmond, which will be next week, I shall put on foot a move- ment from which I look for good results. “I have succeeded in having a special jus- tice appointed by the court who is believed to be an incorruptible man; I have secured the services of a courageous and reliable detective who will be clothed by the judge with the powers of a constable; he has been over the ground and understands it, and is familiar with every gambling house; he is at the head of a strong detective force, und will use his own men. He will have instruc- tions to raid every locality, arrest cvery gambler, aider, abettor, ete, and destroy every gaming table, device, etc. “The men when arrested will be taken before the special justice named and if the evidence warrants it he will send them to jail, or require them to give security for their appearance in court to answer inJict- ments. A special grand judy will be sum- moned and indictments found. If the par- ties are not present their bail will be for- feited and I will make requisitions for them upon the District. “This is my plan now, and I have great hope of success, but of course the utmost secrecy must prevail.’ The Attorney General Will Prosecute. Further on the governor said that when the time comes the attorney general will be on hand to direct the prosecutions. In con- clusion, Gov. O'Ferrall wrote: “The evidence placed in my hands by your board of trade will be used after the ra‘d has been made. If used before it would give alarm and put the whole gang on their guard. In view of all I have said I think it would be well to let the impression 59 out that the Virginia authorities are doing noth- ing, for when the raid is made I would like to catch them when they are in all their glory. I would like to gather in a regiment of them and the special constable why will have the matter in hand will capture every- thing in sight 1f he has a good chance. He is st the man for the business, and every gambler and crook will forever thereafter have a mortal dread of him.” _* In a telegram from Richmond last night Gov. O’Ferrall stated that The Star could now explain its recent silence as to the law- lessness in Alexandria county if it desired, referring to his letter of August 26 and the suggestion of secrecy until after the raid which it contained, and with this permission the excerpts from the governor's letter are published. How successfully and throughly his plans have been matured antl ‘carried out Is seen in the raid conducted by Detective Baldwin and his associates on»Hekth’s place Satur- day night, and it is still more gratifying to feel the conv‘ction which is inspired by Gov. O’Ferrall's utterances.in the interview pub- lished last March as Well Hs in the letter of August 26, that he istdetermined to carry on his crusade until the camplete extinction of gambling becomes a getjled fact im Alex- andria county. Gia dt An Additiong) we 3} Assurance. Gov. O'Ferrall of Virginid is quoted as say- ing, in referring to thé Fald Saturday night on the gamblers at Rbslyp, that he hoped this raid would put ap end to gambling in Alexandria county. ts + “If it does not, I shall pot my foot down on it in a still more effecffve manner. I do not propose to tolerate gambling in Virginia, and every man who breaks the gambling laws of this state will have to suffer for it. “If any other houses open up in Alexandria county I will have them raided promptly, and will continue my crusade against the nefarious trade until it is blotted out of ex- istence. I desire the gamblers to take warn- ing and to keep away from Virginia, and I desire them also to know that under no cir- cumstances will I extend them clemency.” ee Wanted to Know His Own Name. William D. Roab was the name and twenty-elght years was the age, given by an alleged crank who fell into the hands of Sanitary Officer Frank this afternoon. According to his story he came here from Renova, Pa., and although he gave his name as Roab he said he wanted to learn what his name was, and where he was born. He will probably be sent back to Pennsylvania. penitentiary for a term not exceeding three years, in the discretion of the court. Sec. 1167. If any person or persons, for the purpose of evading the provisions of TALK OF A DUEL : : istri by vi e' - Robert Neville Said to Have Chal-| cert within tre same, with the Intent lo give lenged Prince Iturbide. or receive any such challenge without the District, and shall give or receive any such challenge accordingly, the person or per- sons so offending shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and be subject to the same penalties as if such challenge had been given and received within the District. Sec. 1168. Every offender may plead a for- mer conviction or acquittal for the same offense in any state or county, and the same being established, shall be a bar to any fur- ther proceedings against such person under the preceding section. ——— Insurance Murderers Condemned. BERLIN, November 5.—At Prenzlow to- day Herman Springstein and his married sister, Augusta Bock charged with poison- ing Springstein’s wife last March and with having committed a series of murders be- tween the years 1888 and 1892, during which period Springstein’s parents, Au- gusta Bock’s husband, ker son and another woman are said to have been poisoned in order that tLe murderers might obtain the money for which their lives were insured, were both condemned to death. MANY DOCTORS COMING SEQUEL OF A ROW IN A CLUB PARLOR Detective Officers Detailed to Look Into the Affair. ALL PARTIES RETICEN Scciety and club circles at the capital are much stirred up just now over the story of an encounter between two shining so- cial lights—Prince Iturbide of Mexico and Mr. Robert Neville, a2 prominent clubman cf this city. The affair occurred several evenings since, according to the story, in one of the parlors of the Metropolitan Club, and while strong efforts were made to keep the matter within the four walls cf the building, it has finally leaked out. It is said that a challenge has passed be- tween the two men, but, as-mutual friends are trying to heal the breach, opintons differ as to whether they will ever meet on the field of honor. The principals in this unpleasant affair are both well known in Washington and New York. Prince Iturbide is a man in the thirties, a grandson of the Mexican Emperor Iturbide. He was adopted by Emperor Maximillian when the latter was laced at the helm of state in Mexico and ‘an the ship through the storm for a brief reriod. The prince is understood to have jong since run through his large patri- mony, but it is said that he receives an in- come of something like $25,000 a year as a grand duke of Austria. Neville is generally Known as a gentleman-farmer, and is a man who knows a good deal about horses. Three years ag> he was involved in a rather awkward affair at the horse show in New York, on which occasion he struck Mr. S. S. Howland, and was arraigned in a New York police court on the charge of assault. ‘The board of governors of the Metropol!- tan Club took the matter under advise- ment at the time, but Neville was not with- out influential friends and on their assur- ances that nothing of the sort would hap- pen again the matter was allowed to drop. ‘A few evenings ago Neville and the prince were sitting with several others ‘talking horse” and Prince Iturbide told of some feats of horsemanship which showed that he was no mean vaquero. Neville, it is said, remarked in a quiet sort of way, that some of these feats were practically impossible. Those who were present at the time, as well as the other members of the club, are loath to say anything about it, but it is understood that the prince looked upon Mr. Neville's remark as a reflection on his horsemanship, as well as his verac- ity. The prince offered to wager that he could do all that he said, but Neville re- fused to bet and finally the prince held a glass of water-under Mr. Neville’s nose and told him that he must either bet or take water. The Southern Surgical and Gynecological Association to Meet Here Next Week. Those Who Will Read Papers During the Three Day»’ Session—Entertain- ments Promised the Visitors Members of the medical profession in Washingtcn and others are interested In a noted gathering of physicians which is to assemble here next week. The eighth an- nual meeting of the Southern Surgical and Gynecological Association will be held at the Shoreham for three days, beginning No- vember 12. The sessions of the association are public to members of the medical pro- fession. The first session will be held Tuesday morning next at’ 9:30 o'clock. Dr. 8. C. Busey, president of the Medical Society of the District of Columbia, will deliver the address of welcome, and the response will be made by Dr. Louis McL. Tiffany of Bal- timore, president of the visiting association. Who Will Rend Papers. After these preliminaries the association will at once engage upon the discussion of papers which have be2n prepared by em!- nent surgecns and physicians upon technical medical subjects. Those who are expected to read papers the first day are the follow- ing: Drs. W. E. Parker of New Orleans, Bed- ford Brown of Alexandria, A. Vanderveer, Albany; H. Horace Grant, Louisville; W. O. Roberts, Louisville; W. L. Robinson, Dan- ville; J. McFadden Gaston, Atlanta; George H. Noble, Atlanta; E. S. Lewis, New Orleans; Joseph Price, Philadelphia; How- ard A. Kelly, Baltimore; Joseph Taber John- son of this city; George H. Rohe, Catons- ville, Md., and A. M. Cartledge, Louisville. Wednesday morning and afternoon the speakers will be Drs. J. D, S. Davis, Bir- mingham; J. T. Wilson, Sherman, Texas; Geerge Ben. Johnston, Richmond; W. F. Westmoreland, Atlanta; Christian Fenger, Chicago; Edmond Souchon, New Orleans; Louis McLane Tiffany, Baltimore; John A. Wyeth, New York; L. S. McMurtry, Louis- ville; J. W. Long, Richmond; Cornelius Kol- Neville, probably remembering the lent, is said to have held bis tongue in a manner that deserves credit for a man who is neither a coward nor accus- tomed to accepting affronts. Still this was a little too much for him, and in a few plain American words he told the prince just what he thought of him. Finally, the lie passed, for it is said, that the prince applied that unpleasant epithet to the Vir- ginian, Mr. Neville left for his apartments a few minutes later and afterward, as the story is now told, sent for an intimate friend who carried a challenge for him to Prince Icck, Cheraw, S. C.; John T. Henry, Chester, S. C., and James T. Jelks. Hot Springs. Wednesday's sessions will be participated in by Drs. J. B. Murfree, Murfre A. H. Buckmaster, University of Virginia, Iturbide. The latter received it at his nf si Iturbide. it otrect und sromptly named a | George A. Baxter, Chattanooga; W. B. friend to arrange the details of the affair. | Rogers, Meraphis; W. E. B. Davis, Birm- That is the way the matter rests at pres- | imgham: Herrv O. Marcy. Boston; George That eines ik will ever amount to -any-|H- Rohe, Catonsville, Md.; W. I. West- moreland, Atlanta; James A. Gogzans, thing more than this is merely a matter of conjecture. The friends of the two parties ure very reticent about the matter and re- fuse to discuss it, but {t is thought they will be able to patch up a truce and avoid actual hostilities. Soreaore ocho roti Baltimore, president; Ernest 8. Lewis, New Orleans, and Manning Simons, Charleston, Maj. Moore and Inspector Hollinberger|s. ¢., vice presidents; William Elias B. said this morning that there had been no| pavig, Birmingham, secretary; Richard report made to the police department of the | jougias, Nashville. treasurer; and the propored duel, and not until they read of a °f | council is composed of George J. Engle- the affair In the papers did they know any-| "0" st, Toutes Hunter MeGuire, Rich- thing jotithe meter mond; Wm. David Haggard, Nashville; Both officials sald that an investigation | Redzord Brown, Alexandria, and Lewis S. would be made without delay, and if there | McMurty, Louisville. Dr. Joseph Taber je any truth in the report somebody will be | Johnson ‘of this city is chairman of the Groseeui las committee of arrangements. rosecuted. ss Moore sald, covers every | ¢,THEre, Will be no sessions of the assocla- act, and everybody in connection with duels, tion ini the leveninie (buts smmber Or social 2 ery y + | features have nged f } - and if anything has been done toward ar- 5 een or ihe ten tertainment of the visitors. The Washing- ranging sachs combat oe oe will have | ton Obstetrical and Gynecological Soclety an opportunity to listen to the case: oa Stele ae : qnarector Hollinberger said that, while he | Ttsatres Seece a song a ore Tuesday evening, the 12th instant, ut the knew nothing of the proposed duel, other fi ‘9 < than what he had read, he was not inclined Arlington, from 9 until 11 o'clock, and for the following night Dr. Josepn Taber to take much stock in the reports. He in-| johnson has issued cards for a reception at tended, however, to have the matter sifted, | jis residence, 924 17th street. and had detailed Detectives Horne and a Weedon to make the Investigation. eames ‘The two principals kept well out of sight | Maj. Cornish im a London Hospital. today. Mr. Neville was nelther at his | Maj. G. G. Cornish of this city is in St. rcoms on 18th street nor at the Meiropoli- i tan Club, although it was satd he had not ee a oo Pte eoen left town. At the club it was said that | the advice of Sir jam MacCormack, Prince Iturbide was not there and they did | M-D., the eminent surgeon, Walter Ed- not know where he was. munds, has performed an operation upon LAWS AGAINST DUELING. his left shoulder, with the hope of relieving as him of the pain occasioned by the loss of Statutes to Which the Attention of | his arm at Savannah. He is doing well Every Grand Jury is Called. and is expected to return to Washington in valacton to dueling in force | Pefore December, but whether or not the ‘The law in relad s operation will give the desired relief it is here is unusually severe, as may be seen | not yet known. frcm a reading of sections 1164, 1165, 1166, Ra ee 1:67 and 1165 of the Revised Statutes of Pensions Allowed. the District of Columbia, given below. Al-| pistrict of Columbia — Original — James though the practice cf dueling has lonz| Mulvey, Washington; Sidney Marlowe, sirce been discontinued here, yet upon the | ,iias John J. De Silvaria, Washington; ckarging of every new grand jury by the | patrick Carmody, deceased, Washington. judge presiding in the Criminal Court the | tncrease—Albert Uhlig, U. S. Soldiers’ attention of the grand jurors is particularly | Home, Washington. Reissue — Benjamin celled to the law p.obibiting and punishing Engel, pi sanineton) os ae eng e 5, Maryland — Original— James M. Smi these engaging in the code. This is done Elkton, Cecil; August Poster, chester, because of an ancient requirement of the | Howard. Relssue—John Stober. alias Will law, and the court inveriably so explains. | jam Richards, Baltimore. Original widow ‘The laws in question are as follows: —Lovinia Smith, Marion Station, Somerset. Sec. 1164. If any person shall, in the Dis- Se trict, challenge another to fight a duel, or shali send or deliver any written or verbal ee message purporting or intending to be such | Through Director General De Garno, challenge, or shall accept any such chal- | president Cleveland has been supplied with ler ge or mersage, or shall knowingly carry ° ir eeifver any such challenge or message, |® Prospectus of the industrial exhibition to be held in Johannesburg, South Africa, in or shall knowingly carry or deliver an ac- ceptance of such challenge or message to | May and June next, and has been requested to extend an invitation, in behalf of the fight a duel in or out of the District, and stich duel shall be fougrt in or out of the | government of the South African republic, District, and either of the parties thereto | to American merchants to make exhibits. shall be slain or mortally wounded in such ——_—_2+—__\_ Naval Movements, Gvel, the surviving party, and every person The cruiser Marion arrived at Acapulco, carrying or delivering such challenge cr message, or acceptance of such challenge Mexico, this morning on her way to Peru and Chile. or message, and all others aiding or abet- ting, shall be deemed guilty of felony, and, ‘The New York, flagship of the North At- lantic station, left Fort Monroe, Va., this upon conviction, shill be punished by im- prisonment and confinement to hard labor morning for Tompkinsville, N. ¥., to take cn a supply of ammunition. in the penitentiary for a term not exceed- The battle ship Maine sailed from New ing ten years, in the discretion of the court. Sec. 1165. If any person shall give or send, York this morning for target practice in Gardner’s bay, after which she will go to or cause to be given or sent, to any person in the District, any challenge to fight a duel, Newport to get her torpedo outfit. —EEE— > or to engage in single combat with any deadly or dangerous instrument or weapon Gone to Atlanta. Mr. Renick, chief clerk of the State De- whatever, or if any person in the District partment, has gone to Atlanta to take shall accept any challenge to fight a duel or to engage in single combat with any deadly charge of the State Department exhibit at the exposition. or dangerous instrument or weapon what- ever, or shall be the bearer of any such chal- ‘Two National Banks Close. lenge, every person so giving or sending, or NEW WHATCOM, Wash., November 5.— causing to be given or sent, or accepting such challenge or being the bearer thereof, and every person aiding or abetting in giv ing, sending or accepting such challenge, ; The Bellingham Bay National Bank has closed its doors by order of the directors, being unable to meet the county treasurer's demand for the county's deposit. No state- shall be deemed guilty of a high crime and misdeameanor, and, on conviction, shall be ment of assets and liabilities has yet been given out. The cashier reports the Habili- punished by imprisonment and confinement to hard labor in the penitentiary for a term rot exceeding five years, in the discretion of ties approximately at $105,000, of which ‘000 Is due depositors. The assets are 000. the court. Sec. 1106. If any person shall assault, he suspension of the Bellingham Bay National Bank precipitated a run on the strike, beat, or wound, or cause to be as- saulted, stricken, beaten, or wounded, any Bennett National Bank, which continued until the close of banking hours. Directors person in the District, for declining or refus- ing to accept any challenge to fight a duel, held a meeting and adopted a resolution not to open this morning, and directing the pres- or to engage in single combat with any deadly or dangerous instrument or weapon ident to wire the controller of the currency to place the bank in the hands of the ex- j \ whatever, or shall post or publish, or cause | aminer. The directors say that within thir- to be posted or published, any writing charg- ing any such person so declining or refusing ty days sufficient assets can be realized on to settle all creditors. Alexandria City, Ala. Officers of the The officers of the association for 1995 are as follows: Louis McLane Tiffany, Associntion. to accept any such challenge to be a coward, or using any other opprobrious or injurious language therein, tending to degrade and disgrace such person for so declining or re- fusing such challenge, every person so of- fending, cn conviction thereof, shall be pun- ished by confinement to hard labor in the BADGES AND BATONS ——_- Examination of Candidates For Places On the Police Force. SOME OF THE QUESTIONS WERE PGSERS Subject of Promotion One Many Officers Want Answered. TOUGH LEGAL eS POINTS There were four applicants for positions on the police force to take the first civil service examinaticn held under the civil service rules, as heretofore published in The Star, ard Capt. Austin and Chief Clerk Sylvester were members of the board to examine, them. The questions bore upon the rules of the manual, and some of them corcerning the occasions and circumstances in which policemen may make arrests are questions calculated to puzzle even the judges of courts. There were twenty-two questions asked. The Questions, They were as follow: “What tcrritory comprises the metropoli- tan police district of the District of Co- lumbia? “Give the bounds of the first police pre- cinct? “Bounds of the second precinct? “How are promotions of privates on the force made? “Upon what charges may a member of the force be removed? “When a person is arrested charged with theft or embezzlement, and the property is recovered at the same time, what disposi- tion should be made of the prisoner and property? “How much time should a member of the force devote t> the department business? “When and where sre smoking and drink- ing intoxicants prohibited? ‘May a policeman serve a civil process? “When ard how should a person accused oe te a felony be detained for rial? “What officers are authcrized to receive collateral? “How far may ance in civil case: “May a policeman be a member of a po- litical organization? May he entertain and express political opinions? “How should a serious disturbance be quelled? “When should the revolver be drawn, and when used, and how many chambers should be carried loaded? ‘What Is the first duty of a policeman? “How ofter should a policeman consult the station house books, and why? “When may a policeman leave his beat? ‘When may a citizen make an arrest? ‘May an officer legally arrest a person charged with a misdemeanor without a warrant, and wnen? “When may an officer arrest for felony without a warrant? “When may he break open a door to make an arrest?” The Promotion Question. Socn after the four applicants had been seated and were given the questions one of them concluded that ne did not care to wear the uniform and use the baton, and so he deserted. One of the other three passed successfully and will, no doubt, soon receive his appointment. Another examination is soon to be held and it is thought there will be more than four applicants. The fourth question, “How are promo- tions of privates on the force made?” is the one which most interests those who are already on the force. They are anxious to learn the way they are made, for some of them have been forgetten in the line of promotion and many of them are under the impression that a “pull” is as necessary as efficiency. Several of the questions are regarded as difficult, for the reason that they involve legal problems, but these are all explained in the manual, and an applicant who is familiar with the contents of that little book should find it an easy matter to make a good percentage. ee MAKING UP A TIME TABLE. The Movement of Trains Plotted Out on a Binckbonrd. From the New York Tritune. To the average man a railway time table is a more or less perplexing thing, from which the desired information can only be wrested after much careful study. Even when all seems plain sailing a little asterisk often carries the traveler to the bottom of the page with diabolical glee, and there in- forms him that the train upon which he has set his heart runs only Sundays, or does not run Saturdays, or in some other way upsets his plans. Railway men say that time tables are simpler than they were ten years ago. Americans have an advantage over their British cousins in this matter, for no more fearfully and wonderfully compiled book exists on this earth than Bradshaw's “Guide.” Where an American would get a time table issued by the road upon which he wishes to travel, an Englishman always flies to Bradshaw's. The operation of making up a time table is a comparatively simple cne as pursued by most roads. As a rule, the passenger time table is made up twice a year, for the sum- mer and winter seasons. In the general superintendent’s room in the Grand Central station there stands a huge time board, which has made up a great many tables for the New York Central and Hudson River railroad. It occupies half one side of the room, and extends from the floor to the ceiling. Upon it are ruled vertically twenty-four heavy black lines, the space between each of which represents one hour. Between these are smaller black lines, which cut the hour up into spaces of five minutes eac! the quarter hours being green and the hours blue. From the bottom of the board, extending upward, the names of all the sta- tions on the line are printed along the side. They are at varying intervals, correspond- ing to the distance in miles between eack station. From each station a heavy black Ime runs horizontally across the board. When a‘table is made up, a pin is stuck in the interval at the bottom of the board, rep- resenting the exact time at which each train starts, Another pin fs placed at the interval representing the time at which it will arrive. A string is then stretched from one pin to the other and represents the passage of the train. The points at which the string in- tersects the horizontal lines leading across the board from the different stations repre- pent the time at which It will pass each sta- tion. policeman render assist- The Girl and the Gun. From the Philadelphia Press. Three young men from Leiperville, a suburb of Chester, Pa., presented them- selves at the Chester Hospital yesterday morning to have heavy shot taken from various parts of their bodies. It appears that the men, Shan Dougherty, James Houghton and James Dougherty, had gone into the orchard of the Lukens farm to get some apples. The sixteen-year-old daughter of the owner demanded that the men leave the premises, but they defied her, and continued to pick apples from the trees. Miss Lukens then went into the house, and appeared with a double-barreled shot- gua, one barrel of which she discharged at the men, after taking careful sight. Shan Dougherty recetved three of the shot in his face, one in the side ard another In the back; Houghton one below the ear, one in the back and a couple in the neck, and James Dougherty caught two of the shot in the head, and as many more in the face. The young lady’s aim was good, and the trespassers fied, while the girl held the other barrel in reserve, lest they should refuse to leave the orchard. —___---_—_ Government Receipts. National bank notes received today for redemption, $250,420. Government receipts From internal revenue, $370,344; customs, $314,906; miscellaneous, $35,407. $< +—____ W. 8S. Stewart's Will. By the previsions of the will of the late William S. Stewart, dated June 20, 1591, and filed today, the widow, Annie Z. Stew- art, is appointed executrix and made sole beneficiary.