Evening Star Newspaper, November 16, 1895, Page 2

LATE NEWS BY WIRE Action Taken by the Exhibitors’ As- sociation at Atlanta. INVITE THE DIPLOMATS 0 COME New Yorkers Assured of a Hearty Welcome. RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED ATLANTA, Ga., November 16.—The ex- hibitors’ association of the exposition have unanimously adopted the following resolu- tions: “Whereas, It was universally understood that the Idea gf basic foundation at the cotton states and international exposition was principally for cementing stronger the ties of friendship and commerce with our South and Central American and Mexican friends, and, “Whereas, Diplomatic day has been in- definitely postponed for reasons not known to this association, “Be it resolved by the Exhibitors’ Asso- elation, irrespective of any other body, That we respectfully tender our sincerest Invitations to the diplomatic representa- tives at Washington, that they may re- consider their postponement, as a majority of the large exhibits of commercial goods @nd machinery was especially installed at great expense for their spectal benefit, and ‘Be it further resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be immediately forwarded to the Secretary of State at Washington, D. C., to be transmitted by him to the re- Bpective members of foreign countries.” In refererce to New York day the follow- ing resolutions were adopted: “Be it resolved, That we, the Exhibitors’ Association of the Cotton States and Inter- ational Exposition, now dining 200 strong, Bnd representing the leading commercial Rnd manufacturing houses of the commer- Rial world, extend to the committee in tharge of the New York city and state legation, as the empire state, a most rty and cordial welcome and greeting, and, “Be it further resolved, That we, as the Exhibitors’ Association, tender to said com- mittee our services in every manner com- jo to their welfare and comfort during visit to the exposition, irrespective of any other body.” —_——_—_—_ WELLINGTON’S OPPONENTS. ‘Whey Are Preparing to Wage a Hot Figh it. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. BALTIMORE, Md., November 16—The fight among the republicans over the United States senatorship promises to become the hottest and most interesting the state has ever known.The faction opposed toCongress- ™man Wellington’s candidacy is preparing to throw every possible obstacle in the way of his success, and, as a preliminary step to- ward that end, a caucus was held last night, at which it was decided to first support some eastern shore aspirant, and failing in this, to unite on some western shore man other than Wellington. The opponents of the Allegany man also . decided not to enter the republican caucus, | brigade’ but to insist that all candidates shall come before the General Assembly, on an abso- lutely equal footing, and without the pre- liminary indorsement of any party caucus. Mr. Wellington's friends laugh at the op- Position to his candidacy, and say that it comes from the old ‘bread-and-butter of ex-federal officials, who are | anxious to bring him to terms and to extort | promises from him, which he absolutely re- fuses to make. Among the most prominent members of the anti-Wellington faction are Mr. Will- |4am T. Maister, Gen. Felix Agnus of the Baltimore American, Senator-elect Charles T. Westcott and Capt. William D. Burchinal of Kent county, Col. J. C. Mulliken of Tal- bot and some city politicians. ———._—_ THE SHARON ESTATE. Expiration of the Trust and the Heirs Come to Their Own. SAN FRANCISCO, November 16.—The Sharon trust expired by limitation today, end the heirs of the late Wm. Sharon will now come into possession of their shares of the big estate. Under the trust, the entire Property of the dead milloraire in Califor- nia, Nevada, Ohio, Missouri, Illinois and Washington, D. C., was conveyed to Fred- erick K. Sharcn and Francis G. Newlands In trust for the heirs. Some years ago Fred- erick Sharon resigned as trustee and F. G. Newlands has since been the sole trustee of the properties. If no other action had been taken, there would have been no partition of the real estate, and doubtless a sale of a considerable portion of it, but the heirs have long since provided against this, and the immense estate will be managed in the fu- ture just as it has been under the trust, with the slight difference that Francis G. Newlands will no longer exercise a trustee's authority over the property. ——_~—.__ DEMANDED HALF A MILLION, Claus Spreckels Visited by an In- sane Man. SAN FRANCISCO, November 16.—Claus Spreckels, the sugar “king,” was visited by an insane man today, who demanded $500,- 00 in gold. The man, who gave the name of C. W. Lockland, called at Spreckels’ of- fice and demanded that the money be given him in return for damages sustained while working on a railroad of which Spreckels 1s president. By a subterfuge he was in- duced to leave the room, and was imme- Glately arrested. Lockland is a well-dressed oung man, and was a guest at the Palace ‘otel. — SENATOR HILL TO LECTURE. He Enters Into a Contract to Make Several Appearances. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. NEW YORK, November 16.—Senator D. B. Hill today confirmed by telephone from Albany the report from Chicago that he ls to become a professional lecturer. He as made a contract with a lecture bureau, which has its headquarters at Minneapolis, to deliver several lectures. The senior New York Senator will make bis first appearance at Milwaukee Wednes- day, November 27. TENNESSEE SILVER MEN. They Will Confer Regarding Pla’ to Organize. NASHVILLE, Tenn., November 16.—Pur- suant to the call issued by J. M. Head, the Tennessee committeeman appointed by Sen- ator Harris and other free silv there will be a meeting here tomorrow of ecminen free silver democrats to devise plan to organize Tennessee democrats so @s to select free silver delegates to the next Rational convention. — THE SPECIAL KENTUCKY ELECTION. December 7 Fixed by the Governor as the Date. FRANKFORT, Ky., November 16.—The resignation of A. J. Carroll, representative- @lect from the Louisville district, has been feceived at the executive office. Should his Buccessor be a republican the legislature have @ republican majority on joint ballot, The governor has fixed December SoS dgte of election of Carroll’s suc- ————.__ AGAINST THE ROADS. Minnesota’s Suit Against the Propos- ed Deal Decided. ST. PAUL, Minn., November 16.—Judge Kelly of the district court decided the suit ¥ the state inst the proposed Great forthern and Northern Pacific deal ad- versely to the railroads, THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1895—-TWENTY-FOUR PAGES, BONA-FIDE CIRCULATION. A reference to the statement be- low will show that the circulation sworn to is a bona fide one. It 1s easily possible for a news- paper with an elastic conscience to swell its legitimate circulation enor mously, in order to deceive adver- tisers, by sending out thousands of papers to newsstaads, which are re- turnable, and which are in fact re- turned, but nevertheless are in- cluded in what purports to be an honest statement of circulation. Intelligent advertisers, however, judge by results, and bogus circula- tions don’t give them. The circulation of The Star is T™many thousands in excess of any other Washington paper and is be- lieved to be fully five times that of any afternoon contemporary. Circulation of The “Evening Star.” SATURDAY, Nov. 9, 1895. 35,211 MONDAY, Nov. 11, 1896... 29,259 TUESDAY, Nov. 12, 1895. 29,312 WEDNESDAY, Nov. 18, 1895. THURSDAY, Nov. 14, 1898. FRIDAY, Nov. 15, 1996. Total... -182,148 Daily average... 30,358 1 solemnly awear that the above statement rep- resents only the number of copies of Tus EVEX- Ing Stak circulated during the six secular days end- ing Friday, November 15, 1895—that is, the num- ber of copies actually sold, delivered, furnished or mailed, for valuable consideration, to bona fide purchasers or subscribers, and that none of the coples so counted are returnable to or remain in the office unsold. J. WHIT. HERRON, Cashier Evening Star Newspaper Co. Subscribed and sworn to before me this sixteenth day of November, A. D. 1895. E. E. RAMEY, ‘Notary Public, D.C. ee THEY SECURED LITTLE SPOIL. Men Supposed to Be Tramps Break Into an Express Car. PHILADELPHIA, November 16.—Three men boarded an express car on the Penn- sylvania railroad train leaving Jersey City at 8:30 last night, and after the train had Pulled out of the depot they pried the door open and secreted themselves in the car. Their presence on the train was not known until the train had reached Morrisville, Pa., a town on the opposite side of the Delaware river from Trenton. Here the men evidently becoming alarmed at being upcomfortably clcse to Philadelphia put on the air brake and brought the train to a standstill. The conductor and brakeman hurried back to learn the cause of the sudden stop. When they were within a few yards of express car No. 5015 they saw three men jump from it and run down the tracks and across the fields in the opposite direction from Morrisville. Upon examination by the trainmen it was found that the men had entered the car by forcing open the front door. On the floor of the express car lay the contents of several packages. The goods had been scattered all over the car, but nothing had been taken, the robbers evidently being in search of money, not merchandise. The police authorities of Morrisville and Trenton were at once notified, and in less than an hour after the attempted robbery officers were scouring the surrounding country for the daring would-be robbers, who are supposed to be railroad tramps. Private detectives in the employ of the express company have been sent to the scene of the attempted robpery to aid in running down the tramps. Particulars of the so-called “hold-up” were wired Mr. Moss, Washington manager of the Adams Express Company, this morn- ing. “It was not a hold-up,” said Mr. Moss. “My advices state that there were but two men involved in the affair, and they were tramps. The train which they got into is a special express train, made up in Jer- sey City, and ccnsists of about ten express cars. The cars which are not occupied by messengers armed with Winchester rifles are securely locked and sealed. In some way these two tramps got into the Balti- more car, which is not occupied by mes- sengers, and when apprehended had broken into two packages of no particular value. All our valuable express matter is kept in dynamite-proof safes and guarded specially by messengers, armed with Winchesters, who have nothing else to do but protect the property intrusted to them. The cars which are locked and sealed are patrolled regularly, and it was in this way that the tramps were caught before they had done any great amount of damage. The car into which they had broken contained nothing destined for Washington. The train has a Washington car, but carries chiefly matter sent from New York to Philadelphia, the Baltimore, Washington and southern ex- press matter being considerably the lesser part of the trainload. As a matter of fact, with express cars as carefully guarded as ours are, such a thing as a ‘hold-up’ is simply impossible.”” A small lot of cigars and a package of newspapers were the only pieces of freight missed. es COLLISION OF FREIGHTs. Killed and a Brakeman Badly Hurt. WILLIAMSPORT, Pa., Nov. 16.—One per- son was killed and another badly injured as the result of a head-end collision be- tween two freight trains on the Fall Brook railroad this morning. The dead wan was Fireman William Mc- Quade of Corning, N.Y., who was so badly burned and scalded that he died a few minutes after being taken from the wrec‘. Brakeman Kirkendal, also of Corning, had a leg broken and 1s otherwise severely in- jured. He was brought to the hospital in this city. There 1s but slight hope of his recovery. The wreck occurred at Cammal’s Rock, a short distance above Jersey Shore. Imme- diately after the crash the wreck caught fire and four cars were destroyed. The tracks were torn up for several yards. The loss to the Call Brook Company will amount to about $12,000. SS DETAINED THE LEON. A Fireman Suppored to Have Officers of the Cuban Republie Aboard. PHILADELPHIA, November 16.—The Norwegian steamer Leon, from Port Moar- ant, for Philadelphia, which !s supposed to have on board a delegation of officers of the Cuban republic, was detained at Reedy Island today for inspection. When the Leon reached the Delaware Breakwater she had sickness on board, and one man was landed at the breakwater. The steamer then pro- ceeded up the bay to Reedy Island quaran- tine station, where she was thoroughly in- spected. She was released from quarantine this afternoon, —_—— Robberics Reported. Mrs. Annie Thomas, living at 716 Florida avenue northwest, has reported to the po- lice that her house was entered on Tues- day and $25 was stolen from a trunk. An Eagle bicycle, belonging to Moses Holmes of 476 Washington street, was stolen on Wednesday from H street be- tween 6th and 7th streets. Mrs. A. M. Blankenship of 2105 K street northwest has reported that a solitaire diamond ring was stolen from a box that was on her bureau within the last three or four days. A. Myers and Charles Smith of Rich- mond, Va., reported that three overcoats were taken from a train in the Baltimore and Potomac depot Thursday night. A slot machine and its contents were stolen Thursday night from in front of Paul Bonavires’ barber shop, at the corner of 5th and D streets northwest. District Attorney Birney reported that his stable at 1903 3d street northwest, was entered Thursday and a bridle, a lap robe and a shirt were stolen. RELICS OF THE SOUTH Mementos Found in the Confed- erate Building, ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF THE EXPOSITION Interest Shown in the Exhibits by Union Soldiers. SOME AFFECTING INCIDENTS Special Correspondence of ‘The Evening Star. ATLANTA, Ga., November 14, 1895. “Oh, you needn’t mind,” said a pleasant voice over my shoulder, as I wiped a few tears from my eyes, “great big men come in here and cry like babies; why, it was only the other day that I looked around and saw way off in one corner of this little room a man at least fifty years old, a strong, sinewy man, burying his face in his hands and sob- bing like a child.” I bit my lip and turned to the speaker who had caught me bending over an old suit of soldiers’ clothes in the confederate relic building at the exposition. She was a tall, stender, blonde girl, and she volunteered the information that she was the daughter of the late Gen. Kirby Smith and was in charge of the building. “Sometimes,” she says, “I just can’t stand it, and I have to go out. I don’t think I can stay in here confederate day, because all the old soldiers will be coming then. My, my,” she went on, “what stories I could write about my experiences in this building. One morning an old countryman came in and sat down a few minutes in silence, then Tis face lighted on the case containing my father’s old uniforms, and I heard him say to himself, ‘By George, if that ain’t Kirby Smith’s coat, and I fought under him in every battle from the beginning to the end of the war.’ And when I told him I was Kirby Smith’s daughter, the old man looked as though he would embrace me right there on the spot.” “And the women, too,” I said, “must show lots of feeling, don’t they?” “Well, not so much as the men. They ccme in—the old ladies who remember those days and the young women who have been told about it—look around, bite their lips to keep back the tears, and as they leave you hear them say something. Sometimes they are rebellious, and say, ‘I declare, I'd like them to fight it all over again, it makes me so mad! But generally they are quiet and tearful and pathetic, and you hear them say as they pass out, in quavering tones, ‘I just can’t keep from crying!’ ” Interest of Northerners. “And the northern people,” I said. “What do they think of these old guns and swords, these proclamations of secession?” “Oh, most of them are much interested, and the majority are sympathetic, too. Now and then a woman will come along and be disagreeable.” “A woman came in one day with two Union soldiers, and I asked her to register. She said, with supreme contempt: ‘No, thank you; I don’t care to register here.’ But the men she was with were lovely to me. They said they had been in the army and fought on the other side, but they ad- mired our soldiers and reverenced these mementos of the lost cause. 1 really think the northern people are more interested in these things than southerners. One of the sweetest experiences I have had was with a woman from Denver, Col. She came in and seemed so affected by all the things that I thought she must be a sou’ hern wo- man. Those poor, old, patched clothes over there made her cry, and as she turned to me I asked her if she had lost any one dear to her in our army. “No, my dear,’ she said. ‘My husband was killed in the federal army at the battle of Chickamauga; but my heart goes out to all of them, the blue and the gray, for I know well how both sides suffered.” And she gave me this badge of the Women of the Grand Army of the Republic to keep as a memento between us. “So often,” said Miss Smith, “the old sol- diers who own different relics here will pay the place a visit. Gen. Bulger, the man who owned that sword there, was here the other day. He is the oldest living confed- erate veteran, being ninety-six years old, and having lived under the administrations of all the Presidents except the first two. “The Chinamen flock here, too. They seem, on account of having been conquered themselves, to have a sympathetic instinct toward the place, and they look at the poor old flags and swords and pictures with the most appreciative interest. Some Southern Relics, “You see that horn there,” she said, pointing to a horn that lay in a case be- side the Bible which Alexander Stephens carried all through the war. “The man that cwns it paid me a visit recently, and he told me its interesting history. The horn was presented to him by a famous old hunter, whom he had never seen, and he simply fell heir to it through the will of the dead man, who bequeathed it to the greatest hunter in the neighborhood next to himself. It gave the first blast for ce- cession in Charleston. It has been the means for a number of years of earning for its owner three hundred dollars extra a year. This good fortune came through the exchange of courtesies between him- self and a northern gentleman living near his home, to whom he loans the horn for hunting parties. And in return for this the gentleman transacts all his business through the old soldier's post office, which in some way assists nis revenue.” “Over there said my informer, “is the fiddle which the same soldier carried all through the war, and which, between the hours of conflict; cheered many a lagging and homesick spirit.” Just here the owner of the Georgia barbe- cue, an old soldier who had served under General Kirby Smith, carried his pretty daughter off to a dinner, which negro wait- ers truthfully proclaim as ‘De only square meal on de grounds, where de ladies am served polite and quick.” And so I was left to investigate the pathetic little secrets of this sacred place alone. There is the cradle in which Jeff Davis was rocked; there are the swords of Stone- wall Jackson and Robert Lee; there is an old spinning wheel, one of the few things left from the bonfire of Atlanta, and there is the saddle from which Gen, Paul Semmes fell, wounded to the heart, in the battle of Gettysburg. In the midst of all these signs and symbols of sorrow now and then there is a lighter note. A pair of satin slippers made by a plantation shoemaker for Ey bride during the war; a wedding dress, spun and woven and dyed by a bride bearing the old name of Calhoun—such a poor, pitiful little wedding dress of brewn homespun, corded along the seams and ornamented with homely brown buttons. It was such a dress as the young mistress would have considered too poor for the wedding of one of her slaves in the pros- perous days. Then there are queer old bon- nets of black satin and bombazine, that most dreadful of fabrics. Coal-scuttle head- gears, that were considered loves of bonnets in those meager days. In a case rests an open valise filled with the garments of a_ confederate soldier, tucked in one corner the last letter received from his wife. It has never been unpacked; is just as it came to her with the news of his death; the story is there as fresh as though it had happened yesterday. “Sunetified by Tears.” As one enters the door he sees on the wall opposite two confederate flags, held by a shield on which are written the words: “Fame's trophy sanctified by tears, Planted forever at her portal; Folded, true, what then? Four short years made it immortal.” Below this in a case is the Bible upon which Jefferson Davis signed the oath of oftice, whick was administered by Howeil Cobb. On the wall to the left is a picture of Joseph E. Brown, the Governor of Georgia during the civil war, and above It are little samples of the homespun dresses worn by his wife and daughter during the four years’ war—little print frocks, in which these fine southern ladies received their friends in the executive mansion. One wo- man has a confederate wuilt, each square containing bits of old flags and scraps of the lining of Jeff Davis’ hats, the names of various pon tedert heroes embroigered on slips of ribbon. A-pretty thing is an {l- luminated copy of that old poem on the confederate flag. This was Gene by a wo- man in those times, and js really as fine in its way as the dever of any quaint mis- On the left side of the sheet is a tiny medallion of Lee, woven about with passion flowers. So anxious were the exposition authorities that there should be in this great enter- prise no suggestion of old scars between the section that at first they would not allow a building for confederate relics. The Sons and Daughters of the confederacy gathered themselves together and built this Poer little edifice on the outskirts of the great show. The little structure is as piti- ful In @ way as an unknown soldier's grave, but not so forsaken by any means, for the people flock there each day by the hundreds. The Sons and Daughters of the Confederacy and the Confederate Veterans had their meeting there Saturday and they had a royai time. THE MARKET QUESTION Opposition to the Removal to Haymarket Square. Mass Meeting Held This Afternoon of Those Interested in This Matter —Some Opinions Expressed. The producers who have been ordered from the south'stde of the Center market to what is known ‘4s Haymarket Square, B street between Sth and 10th streets northwest, are very much in earnest ‘n re- gard to their determination to remain in their present locatidns if possible, and an adjourned mass ‘meeting of those interssted in the matter was held this afternoon in the hall corner ef 9th and B streets. Presi- dent George G. Curtis presided. To a Star reporter President Curtis before the meet- ing said: “We intend to stay where some cf us have been ever since the market was opened. “We shall try first to get the restraining order now in force again extended until after Congress meets, when we shall, as soon as possible, apply to Congress for a charter to build a market in Haymarket square. “I have been assured by a number of mon- eyed men that they will assist the truckers by subscribing to the stock for the erection of a suitable market house for the use of the truckers. If such a building shall be erect- ed, most of the objections on the part of the truckers to leaving their present locations will be removed. “Pending this action, however, the truck- ers intend to call on President Cleveland and ask him to signify a desire on his part that the order shall not be executed until a proper place is prepared for those who it is proposed by the Commissioners to dis- possess of the places cf business now used by them. “We have been assure] by a number of prominent ladies, who are the patrGns of the market, that they will accompany us im a visit to the President if we so desire, and it has been stated that Mrs. Carlisle, wife of the Secretary of the Treasury, who is a regular customer at the market, has expressed her willingness to go and see the Commissioners and ask them, In justice to the truckers, and as a favor to those who make their purchases from them, to re- voke the objectionable order. “It is stated that within the past couple of days 1,500 persons, among them many dealers who had not previously been ap- proached on the subject, have signed a petition to be sent to the District Commis- sioners asking that the objectionable or- der be revoked.” The meeting was begun at 2:20 o'clock, and Mr. Curtis, in the course of some re- marks, said he had been advised that the truckers have a right to stay where they are because they have gained adverse pos- session by having been allowed to hold their stands undisputedly—many of them— for over twenty-one years, and he proposed that this question shall be fairly tested by asking the courts to decide the matter. President Curtis explained the details of the plan for the erection of a new market building for the use of the truckers, as above stated. Mr. J. S. Gilliss of Mont- gomery county, Md., said he thought tnere {s abundant authority for the producers to stay where they are, and that there was no necessity for talking about putting up a new market. The question was still under discussion when this report closed. MARK’S CASE. Ss’ Mr. Davis Allowed to Make His Argu- ment Today. In the St. Mark's Episcopal Church case, arising out of the contested election of vestrymen last-Baster, the reading of the testimony was suspended this afternoon that Mr. Henry FE. Davis, of counsel for the complainanis, might make his argu- ment in the case; Mr. Davis being com- pelled to attend in the Olmstead will case Monday. The cese will probably continue for two or three days next week. Se ee HE DIDN'T BO ANYTHING BUT BID. How Mr. Page Secured # Fine Portrait of Edwin Forrest. A picture hangs on the wall of the hall of the Hotel Page that 1s recognized by few people, this fact showing how soon great men’s faces are forgotteu, no matter how familiar they may be during the perlod of their careers. The picture is of Edwin For- rest, the actor, and was one of the three oil paintings of Mr. Forrest made by Peter Rothermal of Philadelphia from sittings with the great favorite of the stage. The picture was painted in 1860, and is regard- ed as a remarkably fine likeness. It was painted for the late original proprietor of Wormley’s Hotel, who was a great admirer of Mr. Forrest. It hung for years in Wormley’s Hotel, and was sold along with other furnishings of the house about a year ago. When the auctioneer reached the ofl painting of Forrest there was a general murmur, “Who Is taat?” Some one said it was probably a picture of Mr. Wormley at some stage of his life, and the auctioneer remarked that he thought it was. No one could give a better idea of the identity of the picture except one of the men in the audience, and that one said nothing, but bid $15 for the painting. The picture was knocked down to him, and no one envied him his bargain. The bidder was Mr. Page, proprietor of Page's Hotel, who forthwith hung the work of art in his office and announced that it was a remark- ably fine likeness of the great actor, For- rest. —-—___ BIG BRUSSELS DEFALCATION. A Bank Robbed by Its $2,500,000. BRUSSELS, November 16.—The board of directors of the Societe Generale, a big banking institution of this city, recently discovered that it had been robbed of $2,- 500,000. The cashier was subsequently arrested in Paris, confessed to stealing the money and attributed his losses to speculations on the bourse. Cashier of —_—.__ ‘The Case Postponed. The Frost-McKanna bigamy case, which was set for hearing today before Judge Cox in Criminal Court No. 2, was post- poned until Monday next at the request of the attorney for the defendant, who was unable to reach this city until this morn- ing. It is expected that some sensational features will be ceveloped in the testimony. Both alleged husbands of the defendant are to be in court, as well as tht priest, who formerly refused to testify. ——._—_ Alleged Duplication of Pay Accounts. Charges of duplicating his pay accounts have been preferred against Capt. 8. K. Schwenk, U. S. A., retired, and the case is new before the Secretary of War, to de- termine whether a court-martial shall be ecnvened for their investigation. Judge Cole’s Statement. Referring to the published statement that he and Judge Louis E. McComas would be among the vice presidents at the republican jollification meetliig at Metzerott Hall this evening, Judge ¢..C. Cole stated to a Star reporter this afternoon that the state- ment referred to was made without consul- tation with either of them. —_——>—__ Promotions to Follow. The retirement, of Lieutenant Colonel J. R. Wilson of the medical department will result in the promotion of Major J. M. Brown to be lienter:ant colonely and Capt. D. M. Appel to be major. : MONROE DOCTRINE Probable Satisfactory Adjustment of the Venezuelan Question. SECRETARY OLNEY PRESSING MATTERS Taking Advantage of the Diffi- culties in Turkey. CONSIDERING WALLER’S CASE In diplomatic circies it is believed that the agitation of the powers over the eastern question ends all danger of conflict between the United States and Ureat Britain over the enforcement of the Monroe doctrine. It is thought that if the State Department presses the matter at this time to a speedy conclusion a peaceable victory will be wor by the United States. England has her hands full to hold her own with other Powers, if the division of Turkey is imminent, and with war threat- ened on the continent it is likely that she would go a long way to avoid embroilment with the United States. Her interests in the east, it is argued, are so much greater that she could well afford to forego her claims of very doubtful value and validity in Venezuela. It is the custom of all na- tions who make a. point of the practice of diplomacy, and especially of Great Britain, to seize such an opportunity as is now pre- sented to the United States to secure a satisfactory settlement of disputes. It is understood that Mr. Olney fully appre- ciates the situation and is endeavoring to make the most of it. Cuba Not Likely to Go to England. The suggestion that Spain may cede Cuba to Great Britain rather than let it fall under tke iniluence of the United States, which is made in cable dispatches this morning, is not thought much of, for the same reason of England's eastern compli- cations, if for no other reason. England cannot want to add anything more to her troubles. Lord Salisbury’s desire to estab- lsh a friendly alliance with this country, it is surmised, was influenced by the situa- tion which he foresaw must develop in Turkey. This country will put no fingers in that pie except to protect American citi- zens, and even if compelled to join other nations in chastising the Turk would ask for no part in the partition of the empire, but the moral influence of the friendship of this one disinterested government it Is thought would be beneficial to England in aad conflict that may occur over the ques- ion. Fortunate for Mr. Olney. Altogether, it is argued that events are falling out fortunately for Mr. Olney, and that luck may give the administration a vietery, which might not be so easily at- tained under different circumstances. Con- siderations similar to those expected to in- fluence the action of Great Britain as to Venezuela may operate to secure a satis- factory settlement of the Waller case with France. The dispatches from Paris that this case is being earnestly pressed are construed to indicate that Mr. Olney is availing himself of the situation in that matter also. —_—_- e-______ EX-CONSUL WALLER, A Gloomy Account of His Condition— Sick and in Need. The family of ex-Consul John L. Waller, now imprisoned at Nimes, France, have re- ceived a letter dated October 16, in which Waller gives a gloomy account of his con- dition, He says that he has been suffering from a violent hemorrhage of the bowels. He says that the new directory of the pris- on has,in view of his condition, arranged so that he can purchase such rations of food as will be necessary for his health, and flannels to protect him against the cold, and he urges his family to send him money at once for these uses so that he can re- ceive it before the middle of November. This appeal for money found Mrs. Waller in a state of destitution. She has received no assistance from the government since she arrived in Washington several weeks ago, and the family of five have already ex- hausted their $4) received from public con- tributions before the State Department un- dertook to bring them from Mauritius. They are now penniless and dependent on charity. a NEW ARMY REGULATIONS. They Curtail the Power of the Com- manding General. The new army regulations curtail the powers of the major general commanding the army in the matter of granting of leaves of absence to officers of the army. His authority in that respect is now lim- ited to two months’ leave in any one case. Heretofore the limit was four months. + e+ —______ PROSPECT HILL CEMETERY. Mandam m the Commissioners to Pay the Company. Judge Bradley this afternoon, upon the petition of the Prospect Hill Cemetery Company, filed the 5th of last month, granted a writ of mandamus against the District Commissioners, commanding them to take such steps as are necessary to pay to the company the sum of $51,686. The ameunt in question was duly award- ed the company because of the taking by the District of land in the cemetery neces- sary for the extension cf North Capitol street. — BALTIMORE ELECTION FRAUDS. An Arrest for Obtaining Citizenship Papers Under False Representation. United States Marshal Pratt at Milwau- kee recently received a bench warrant from the United States district attorney of Mary- land, calling for the arrest of Karl Franz on a charge of obtaining citizenship papers under false representations. The warrant was placed in the hands of detectives who arrested Franz. According to the testimony of the detec- tives before the commissicner, Franz readi- ly told the whole story, detailing how he was to vote the democratic ticket, and when apprehended was furnished money and means with which to come to Milwau- kee. It does not appear from the papers what false representations were made. Commissioner Bloodgood considered the evidence sufficient to hoid the prisoner, and fixed bail in the sum of $1,000. If it cannot be furnished Franz will be taken back to Baltimore. It was stated during the examination that there are likeiy to be scores of arrests in Baltumore for the same crime Franz is charged with. ——e0--—_—__ FAILED TO GAIN ENTRANCE. Unsuccessfal Attempt to Rob an Ohio Bank. An attempt was made at an early hour yesterday morning by four men to rob the Monroe County Bank, at Wovusdeld, Ohio. They drilled several holes ia the vault, de- stroying the time lock, but failed to get in. Just before they began operations in the bank Sheriff J. P. Keyser had occasion to go to his stable in the rear of the bank building, and while walking down the alley the four cracksmen pounced upon him, bound and gagged him and robbed him of $00 and a gold watch. They then placed him in the stable, where he was found this morning. There was a large amount of money in the bank vault. + May Be a Libel Suit. Quite a stir was created today in colored social ard political circles by the announce- ment that Recorder C. H. J. Taylor would enter a suit for libel against Dr. Jerome R. Riley because of a chapter in a book re- cently published by Dr. Riley. The chapter referrei to is devoted to “the recordership of deeds.” The recorder has sent Dr, Riley @ letter demanding that the chapter be suppreseed or, as Dr. Riley infers, a libel suit is to follow. Dr. Riley, who is a col- ored democrat, was a candidate for the office of recorder. KNIGHTS OF LABOR. ‘The Committce om Appeals and Griev- ances Occupies the Day. ‘The Geieral Assembly of the Knights of Labor has been in session continuously all day on business brought up by the com- ™mittee on appesls and grievances. Much time was spent in iong speeches, and little business has been done. The business un- der consideraticn is largely conrected with strikes ard lockouts in various parts of the country. Z It is expected that the assembly will de- bute a resolution sympathizing with Cuba and voicing the opinion of the order on the silver question. A Reception Tonight. Arrangements have been completed by D. A., 66, K. of L., to give a reception tonight to the delegates to the General Assembly of the K. of L., now in session in this city, at the Builders’ Exchange. All the mem- bers of the societies of organized labor in the District have been invited to attend, and it is expected the event will be notable. It is expected that addresses will be made by General Master Workman Sovereign, General Worthy Foreman M. J. Bishop, C. H. De Leon of New York, Thomas B. Mc- Guire of the executive board, J. A. Brewer, master workman of D. A., 49, K. of L., of Brooklyn, N. Y., and Messrs. French and Kenny of the executive board of the K. of L., and perhaps others. The Workingmen’s Organizations. The Operative Stonemasons, Lodge No. 2, last night appropriated $10 for the ald of the locked-out drivers of the Anacostia Railway Company, and also decided to place a fine of $1 on any member who shall ride on one of that company’s cars. General Worthy Foreman Bishop of the Knights of Labor addressed the last meet- ing of the Laundry Workers. Two appli- cations for membership were received. —_————_ MILK CASES CONTINUED. Their Importance Makes an Examina- tion of Authorities Necessary. The first cases under the new milk regu- lations were called in Judge Kimball's court today, the defendants being Messrs. Ford & Graham and Frank P. Davis, who keep dairy lunch rooms, the former on 15th street and the latter on F street. In the fcrmer case it was charged that the de- fendants were conducting a dairy under the provisions of the law without a permit from the health department. The facts were not disputed, but the case was sub- mitted in order to get a decision from the court upon the application of the law. In- spector Beaumont testified that he went into the defendants’ place and bought a mug of milk. The defendants, he told the court, have no permit. For the defense it was explained that the defendants conduct a lunch room business, most of the milk sold being drunk upon the premises. Occasionally a small quantity of the fluid is sold to be taken from the dairy. Mr. Pugh said he thought an argument was unnecessary in the case. What he wanted was for the court to determine whether or not the character of the de- fendant’s place brought it within the pro- visions of the law. Judge Kimball suggested that if the law applies to a ousiness of this character it would of course apply to all places where milk Is sold, such as cafes, restaurants, and even hotels. The question, he said, was one of much importance, and he did not care to finally determine it until he had examined authorities. 5 Mr. Pugh said that New York’s regula- tions, which are something similar to those in this city, had been construed, and he said he would look up authcrities on the question. In the case of Mr. Davis there was a charge that he failed to have posted in a ccnspicuous place the names of the per- sons fror whom he bought the milk, and this case was ccrtinued with that of Ford & Graham until next week. —_—>—_. HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETICS. Ambitious Feot Ball Elevens — The Coming Field Sports. The first team of the Eastern High School is asserting itself this year under the di- rection of Mr. Emory M. Wilson, one of the instructors of history and mathematics at the Eastern. Their latest victory was that of last Saturday when they defeated the strong Rockville team at Rockville in a close and hotly contested game by a score of 12 to 8. Their line-up in this con- test was Meigs, center; Snell, right guard McKenzie, left guard; Chappel,right tackle; Price, left tackle; Pierce, right end; James Williams, left end; Harry Hurst, right half back; Parsons, left half back; John Mau- pin, full back, and Kelly, the captain, quar- ter back. This iine-up will in all probabil- ity be the one used in all of the cham- pionship games. The second team of the Central School is also playing excellent foot ball and is developing some good players for next year's team. The boys on this team are Maynard, Watson, Ballanger, Shuster, Un- derwood, Gheen, Whitt, Ball, Curtis, Bo- gan, Clark, Washington, Young, Griffen and Mueden. The first High School championship game will be played Saturday, the 23d, betweep the Central and Eastern teams, and a sec- ond game will be played the Saturday fol- lowing between the same teams. These are the only two games scheduled up to to- day. Both wiil be played at National Park at the head of 7th and Florida avenue. The teams are very evenly matched, their average weight being abcut 145 pounds. As there is an especially strong desire of the Easterners to beat the Central team, two exciting and hard fought aud sharply con- tested games are expected. Next Wednesday will be the last day for entering the track and field games to be held on the Georgetown College campus the Saturday following. Since it was de- cid2d to have the foot ball game in the championship serles between the Eastern and Central teams there has been a disa- greement about the division of the spoils and the Easterners state that they will not play in Georgetown, so the two events will be pulled off on diferent fields. All profits that are made will be turnea over to the Teachers’ Annuity Aid Association by the managers. Each recess at the Central finds about haif a dozen enthusiasts prac- ticing the broad and high jump, and it is thought that they will show up well in these events. _—__—_ Great Run. The five nights’ billiard match between Frank Ives and Thomas J. Gallagher, at Daly’s Academy, New York, ended last night. Ives undertook to play 3,000 points, at the 14-inch balk line, against 1,200 by Gallagher, and lost. He made 2,323 and was beaten by 677 points. His play throughout the contest has not been of the steady char- acter which has made him famous. His un- steadiness was manifested last night when he accomplished the unprecedented run of 483, anchor barred, and yet only made 630 points in sixteen innings. But that run was @ revelation. Ive Grain and Cotton Markets, Cotton and grain markets, reported by W. B. Hibbs, stock, grain ‘and cotton broker, 1421 F st IN. Open. High. Low. Close. Wheat—Dee. SiG STi STH BT May. BI Gl% 61g 61 Corn—Dec. 23 238 2i 27 2 2% 294-% Oats—Dec. 18) 18% = 18! 18) Pork—Jan. 9.07 9.05B 9.05B 245 9.42 9.42 Lard—Jan. 5.60 5.62 5.60 5.00B 5. 5.80 5.80 5.80 460 457 4.57 482 480 4.82 Month. Open. High. Low. Close. 8.14 8.14 810 811 818 819 815 8.16 8.22 822 8.20 8.20 8.26 823 824 825 —— Baltimore Markets. BALTIMORE, November 16—Flour dull, anged—receipts, 18,737 barrels; shi; sales, 650 barrels. un- ments, 45 shipments, 86,081 bushels bushels; sales, 4,000 bushels—southern wheat sample, 65266; do. on grade, 62.65. Spot snd mouth, 36%a80%." November, ‘new. aod gia. 35% a35%: year. 3% * el sales, 81, White and yellow’ corn,’ 35a37. Oats steady— 2 white western, 2ia23%); No. 2 mixed, 22) receipts, 13,382 bushels; stozk, 234,218 bushels. Rye quiet and steady— 45, nearby; 47018 western—receipts, 199 bush ock, 93, els. Hay steady for choice ‘grdes—chotce timo- thy, $15.50. Grain freights dull, unchanged. Su- gar steady, unchanged. Butter firm—fancy cream- er, + 90, imitation, 7ai9: do. ladle, 16; store 5. rm Streaty 2; told storage, 0ai?, Cheese tifa, ‘uz: chang. FINANCE AND TRADE Extreme Dullness on the Stock Ex- change, SKEPTICISM IN REGARD TO READING Reassembling of Congress Used as a Club Against Sugar. GENERAL MARKET REPORTS Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. NEW YORK, November 16.—Opening prices this morning were about on a parity with last night’s closing and were not sig- nificantly varied during the subsequent narrow trading. London cables reflected a fractional shading off in values, but for- eign interest in local dealings was too small to be a factor. Complete stagnation w: only averted by the evening up of traders’ contracts at the close of the week. The Granger shares were in moderate de- mand for this purpose, Burlington being particularly conspicuous by reason of its ready response to the character of the de- mand. The esrnings of this property, as well those of the neighboring members of the g1cup, are almost certain to absorb atten- ticn on the occasion of any revival of ac- tvity for the long account. eading was offered rather freely by traders and sold off sharply for a decline of 11-8 per cent from opening figures. The retrograde movement in this property is distinctly attributable to the provisions of the proposed plan of reorganization, and opinions differ widely as to the probable turning point in the downward course. That the plan approaches feasibility is not doubted, but the costly experiences with previous experimental schemes has made weak holders extremely skeptical of ex- pedients providing for an additional ex- penditure of money. The transactions in sugar resulted in a net decline cf 3-8 per cent from the opening level, considerable backing and filling with- in fractional limits making up the day’ business. ‘The pessimistic arguments based on the reassembling of Congress continue to be the dominant factors in this prop- erty, and a belief in lower prices is stead- ily adhered to by the best informed. The transactions in the general market during the coming week will be influenced largely, if not exclusively, by the condition of the foreign exchange market. The im- pression made on values by this week's ex- ports of three and one-quarter millions is less pronounced than was originally anticl- pated, but any important continuation of the movement would be followed by a lower speculative level. It is likely that some gold will go out early in the week, but as yet no reliable estimate of the amount is possible. The banking operations for the week re- fiect a contraction of nearly three millions in the locai loan account and a gain in law- ful money, all in specie. Tits latter fact i= explained by a return of the money sent into the interior several weeks ago for the purpose of moving the crops. The decrease in deposits and increase in reserve are the natural results of the changes in the pre- ceding items. Failures in London. LONDON, November 16.—Five failures were announced on the stock exchange to- day, the chief of them being Campbell & Campbell and Phillips & Brown. ————— FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL The following are the opening, the high- est and the lowest aad the closing prices of the New York stock market today, as re- ported by Corson & Macartney, members New Ycrk stock exchange. Correspondents Messrs. Moore & Schley, No. 80 Broadway. American Sugar Last, 100; American Su; 983 . & BR. Grande, Pfd. Dis. & Cattle Feeding.. General Electric. Illinois Central. Lake Shore. Eri Manhattan Elevateds... Michigan Central. Missouri Pact Lead Co. tional Lead Co., Pid. Leather, Pullman Pal. Car 6 Southern Railway, Pf Phila. Traction. Washington Stock Exchange. Sales—regular call—12 o'clock m.—U. 8. Blectrie Light, 10 at 133%; 10 at 1334; 7 at 133\. Government Boud: S. “4s, registered, 111: bid, 112% asked. . de, coupon, 111% bid, 1 asked: | U.S. 45, 1025, 121% bid.” U.S. 5a, 1904, 3 bid. District of Columbia Bonds.—20-year fund 5s, 104 bid. 30-year fund 6s, gold, 111% bid. Water stock 7s, 1901, currency, 116 bid. Water stock 7s, 190 Carrency, 118 bid. 3.658, funding. currency, 110 bid. 3iis, registered, 2-10s, 100 bid. Miscellaieous Bonds.—Metropolitan Pailroad conv. Ge, 115 bid, 116 asked: | Metropolitan Railroad, Os, 107 did. Belt Railroad 5s, $3 bid, SG asked. Eke ington Raflroad 6s, 100 bid. Cola‘nbia Railroad 6s, 111% bid, 113 asked. Washington Gas Compauy 6s, ‘series’ A, 112 bid. Washingtou Gas Company @s, series B, 113 bid. Washingtoa Gas Company 25 bid, 135 asked. U. 8. Electric Light cone. Ss, 130 bid, “Chesapeake and Potomac ‘Teie- phone 5s, 100 bid, 106 asked. and ‘Trust 5s, F. “and A., 100 curity and Trust 5s, A. “and O., 100 bid. Wash- ington Market Company Ist Gs, 110 bid. Wasb- ington Market Company imp. 6s, 110 bid. Wash- ington Market Company ext. (,'110 bid. Masonie Hall Association 5s, 102% bid.” Washington Light Infantry Ist 6s, 100 bid. Natlonal Bank Stocks.—Bank of Washington, 280 bid, 300 asked. Bank of the Republic, 240° hid, Metropol! 285 bid, 300 asked. Central, 270 bid. Farmers and Mechanics’, 180 ‘bid. 183 bid, 140 asked. Citizens’, 130 bid. Columbia, 130 West End, 108 Washing- bid; 140 asked. | Capital, ‘116 bid. bid. ‘Traders’, 104 bid, "106 asked. Lincoln,” 98% bid. Ohio, 4° bid. Safe Deposit and Trust Compantes.—Nai Deposit and Trust, 125 bid. 140 asked. Loan and Trust, 119 bid, 122 asked. curity and Trust, 130% id, 141 asked. ton Safe De 60 bid, 75’ asked. Tallroad Sto:ks.—Capital ‘Traction Company, bid, 81 asked. Metropolitan, 100 bid.” Columbia, 40 bid. Belt, 30 asked. Ecklogton, 26 asked. Georgetown and’ Tennallytown, 30 asked. Gas and Electric Light Stocks.—Washington Gas, 45% bid, 4634, asked. | Georgetown Gas, 45 bid. U.S. Electric Light, 138 bid, 135 asked. Insurance Stocks.—Firemen’s, 33 bid. Frankl 39 bid. “Metropolitan, 68 bid. Corcoran, 50 bi Potomac, 68 bid. Arlington, 140 bid. "Germ: American, 160 bid. National Union, 10 bid, 32 asked. Columbia, ‘12 bid, 13% asked. 7 bid. “People’s, 5% bi ed. Sincoln, 7% bid, bid, 5% asked. al’ Estate ‘Title, 107 bid, 116 asked. Colnmi itle, 7 bid, 8 asked, Washington Title, 8 asked. District Title, 9 bid, 1 asl Telephone Stocks.—Pennsylvania, 35 bid. Chesa- peake and Potornac, 60 bid, 56, asked. Americas Sraphophone, 3% bid, 344 asked. Pneumatic Gun Carriage, -27 bid, 30 asked. Miscelinneous Stocks.—Washington Market, 14 bid. Great Falls Ice, 120 bid, 130 asked. "Bull Run Panorama, 30 asked. Lincoln Hall, 60 bid. Mergenthaler Linotype, 214 bid, 221 asked. piers Se eS Struck by a Falling Scaffold. While working on the new addition to the bureau of engraving and printing building this morning John Denison, an iron worker, was struck by a falling scaffold and sus- tained contusions of the shoulder, arm and back. He was taken to the Emergency Hos- pital by Ambulance Surgeon Furlong, where the injuries were attended to. Denison is twenty-five years uf age and resides at 533 11th street southeast.