Evening Star Newspaper, November 23, 1895, Page 2

Zz _ THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1895—TWENTY-FOUR PAGES, LATE NEWS BY WIRE —-—-+--—- Celebrating Brooklyn Day at At- lanta. A CONSPICUCUS SUCCESS OF THE FAIR Sp ee gee ay Troop A Acts as Escort to the Grounds. BY CARLETON _o POEM READ ATLANTA, Ga., November 23.—The dis- tinguished delegation from the city of churches which reached Atlanta by special train yesterday, aided by their fellow-in- vasders from Gotham and twenty thousand other enthusiastic citizens, united to make Brooklyn day at the exposition one of the m¢st conspicuous successes of the fair. The day was bright, the attendance large and the spirit of good-fellowship abound- ing. ‘The visitors were welcomed by the mayor of Atlanta, Porter King, to whose address Muyor Schieren of Brooklyn responded President Collier extended a salutation in behalf of the exposition company, «nd Mayor-clect Wurster of Brooklyn responded thereto. A poem by Will Carleton was read by Mr. Berri, after which caine the oration of the Gay by St. Clair McKelway of the Brook- lyn Eagle. Murat Halstead of the Standard Union aud Mr. Bryant of the Times closed the program with brief speeches. The Brooklyn party arrived at the expo- s'tion soon after 11 o'clock, the mayor being escorted by troop A, magnificently mounted on their own horses. It was a beautiful sight as the troop drew up on the plaza in front of the auditorium and sat with sabers presented while the mayor and his party drove up and alighted from their carriages. The guests were escorted to the stage by Mayor King of Atlanta, President Collier ard Vice President Bullock of the exposi- tion company, and the visitors were greeted with a rational air from Sousa’s band as they entered the auditorium. pate BULL FIGHT IN CHICAGO. Spectators Protested and a Brutal Ex- hibit Was Stopped. CHICAGO, November 23.—An equestrian show was held at Tattersall’s last night, and one of the events was riding wild cat- tle by cowboys. It turned out to be prac- tically a bull fight. Some of the cowboys Were the worse for liquor, and after teas- ing a big, long-horned steer until it was nearly maddened, they turned it loose and tried to rope It. Before they succeeded the steer ripped up a pony in a shocking man- ner. Loud cries of indignation came from the Spectators, and many left the building. The cowboys were disposed to continue their brutal work, but were prevented, and, after much trouble, the steer was taken out. a TO BE EXHUMED. Bolly of Annie Hurley Will Be Ex- amined Today. Coroner Hammett lest evening received from District Attorney Birney the order to exhume and.examine the pody of Miss Annie Hurley, wno died suddenly Sunday evening at her home, No. 416 K street rorthwest, as printed in yesterday's Star, and this morning he gave instructions to Undertaker John R. Wright to exhume the body and take ft to his undertaking estab- lishment on 10th street. To this proceeding the undertaker object- ed. He was willing to exhume the body, but was not willing that the body should be taken to his place and dissected. In view of the fact that this objection was made, the coroner ordered that the body be re- ™ ed to the alleged -morgue—the little brick structure adjoining the sixth pre- cinet stable. Detective Boyd, who was assigned to the case by Inspector Hollinberger, has con- tinued his investigation, but will take no action until after the holding of the autopsy, which wiH be either this afternoon or to- morrow. It is more than likely that Deputy Coroner Glazebrook will make the examina- tion this afterngon, as the body may be in an advanced state of ‘decomposition. As published in yesterday’s Star, Miss Hurley «ied Sunday, and before her burial, two days later, the kody was very much dis- colored. - gee THE NEW BATTLE SHIPS. Pluns for Their Construction An- nounced by the Secretary of the Navy. By act of Congress, approved March 2, 1895, provision was made for the construc- tion of two battle ships, to cost, exclusive of armamen‘, not more than $4,000,000 each. These are the first battle ships de- signed under the present administration, and the present Secretary was exceedingly anxious that they should be, without ques- tion, the best of their class. Bids for thelr coystruction will be opened the last day of this month. Plans for these vessels have Teen announced by the Secretary of the Navy. With 11,500 tons displacement, 10,000 berse power, sixteen knots speed, 368 feet of length and seventy-two feet beam, these ‘vill be the largest ships,in our navy Nevertheless, they will draw but twenty- five feet of water, or two feet less than the battle ships already built, and so may be more readily docked and can enter shal- lower harbors. A great novelty in these new vessels will be in the arrangement of the gurs, for the principal battery of thir- teen-inch and eight-inch rifles will be placed in double-deck turrets, while no less than fourteen rapid-fire guns of fivc- ineh calibers will be distributed id each ship. oo POTOMAC FLATS. the Case in Court ‘Today. ‘The Court in General Term, Chief Justice Bingham and Justices Hagner and Mc- Comas, this afternoon denied _the petition of Wm. H. Pearce, who prayed to be made @ party defendant in the Potomac flats case. ‘The court this afternoon decided to take up at 3 o'clock next Wednesday afternoon the case of those parties claiming lots in squares (5, 80, 129 and 148. These squares, Iving north of A street, were included with- in those lands in controversy in the Poto- mac flats se. The court held them to be includ within the improvements made by overnment on the river front, but held that the owners were entitled to be 1 if the government required Proceedings ss Divorces Allowed. ner today signed a decree di- vereing Virginia Brooke from Roger T. Brooke on the ground of adultery. Mrs. is granted permission to resume her maiden name, Virginia La Porte. A divorce was also allowed Henry L. Sherwood front Flora W. Sherwood on the ground of desertion: oe Wanted in Alexandr! Detective Baldwin of Roanoke, Va., who made so successful a raid on the gambling places across the river above the free bridge, came here last evening with papers for the arrest of several of the parties under indict- ment for alleged violation of the gambling laws, and succeeded in apprehending three of the indicted parties. They were Jack Heath, sr., Harry Riley and James Davis. Jack Walsh was also arrested, but his ar- rest, it is sald, was made because of an error, and he was released. The officers made every effort to appre- hend the others for whom requisitions had been issued, but without success. This Morning the three men who were arrested waived any legal right they may have had and went to Alexandria, where they gaye pecurity for their appearance. Friends of the other men wanted said $hey would surrender this afternoon and pve ball for their appearance. Judge H (J ———————————— ee eee ee eee ee Ee eee eee ee eee eee = — — ee BONA-FIDE CIRCULATION. A reference to the statement be- low will show that the cireulition sworn to is a bona fide one. It is ‘easily possible. for a news- paper with an elastic conselence to swell its legitimate circulation enor- mousty, in order to deceive adver---: 4 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 circul: tions don’t give them. “"°"' * ~ The circulation of The .Star Js many thousands In excess of any other Washington paper and is be- lieved to be fully five times that of any afternoon contemporary. ~ Clreulation of The “Evening Star.” SATURDAY, Nov. 16, 1895.2... “38.918 MONDAY, Nov. 18, 1895... -29,588 TUESDAY, Nov. 19, 1595. 29,820 WEDNESDAY, Nov. 20, 1895. 29,426 THURSDAY, Nov. 21, 1895.. 29,509 FRIDAY, Nov. 22, 1595... see eee ee ROVRAD Total..... 183,507 Daily average... ..... 0... ...2.-eeree oe OBE 1 solemnly swear that the above statement rep- Tesents only the number of copies of THE Eve ENG Star circulated during the six secwlar days end- ing Friday, November 22, 1895—that Is, the num- ber of copies actually sold, delivered, furnished or malted, for valuable consideration, to bona fide purchasers or subscribers, and that none.of the copies so connted are returnable to or remain in the office unsold. J. WHIT. HERRON, Cashier Evening Star Newspaper Co. Subscribed and sworn to before me this twenty-third day of Novertiber, ‘A. D! tev. JESSE W. RAWLINGS, ae Notary Public, D.C. THE HOUSE OFFICES. Interest In the Contest for the Clerk- ship. i — A number of arriVéls*of members of the House last night and this morning has given new impetus to the contest over the reorganization. The headquarters of the candidates were_thronged today and <here was a visible tightening of the lines of battle. voy F Against Combinations. It transpires that considerablé fesling has been engendered among the friends of the candidates fer the clerkship by the sug- gestion of a combination betWeen' the states of Pennsylvania. New York and Mi: souri for the bestowal of the offices of clerk, doorkeerer and sergeant‘at-arms. The friends of..Candidate Henderson, who state they have not made any combin: tion, and claim mot.to,,Rave promised pa tronege, object to this arrangement, alleg- ing it to be a discrimination against west- ern members. They assert that the combi- nation is all the mere.-unjust. because the speakership is to go to the east. They claim that east of the Ailegbanies. there are ninety-one republicans in the next House, with one hundred and.tifty xepubli- cans representing the west and south. They ask if it is fair that these -ninety-one men shall control. the. principal offices of the House, and express their astonishment that any western members could give their sup- port to this arrangement. What’ the: Otter -Side -Snys. In reply to this arewnent, the, friends of the combination assert that in the first place the speakership, in the present case especially, should .yo; be charged against the east. They say Mr. Reed's election is not demanded by any one section, but by the republicans of the whole nation, ard that he would-recsive: the offic ‘were he a rative of the southwest corner of Texas. They declare that while two of the principal offices are proposed to be given to New York and Pennsylvania, the minor patron- age under them will be distribute! among tke republicans of the West and south. It is also claimed that. many western and southern men were driven into the ‘combi- ration,” as it is called, because it was necessary for them to make some combi- nation, and they allege that Gen.-Hender- son's managers have declined to perfect any arrangements of. this kind. Laboring With Western Members. The main efforts of the candidates at this time are devoted to laboring with the western men. One side inveighs against combinations as tending to shut the west- erners out, and the other féllows"utge that the only way to have a, word ta, say, about the House organization will be to go into effective deala <with».strohg’ state deiega- tions. Both sides have able and eloquent exponents of the argunrents, the’ result in many cases being to leave the hapless Representative tn’ a’ state 6f Hopeless inde- cision as to which cause he shall espouse ‘m order to prevent being left outside the breastworks. ST More Candidates. Mr. Charles ‘Wy Adams © of aryland has announced his candidacy for the aoor- keepership. ‘Mr. Adams held the place in the Fifty-first Congress. Another cand.date for postmaster has also entered the field in the person of Mr. W. H. Fairless of Vir- ginia. ee For the Eugene Field Fand. ‘The following subscriptions have been re- ceived at The Star office for the Eugene Field fund: Master J. Quinan Fox, $1; N. 3; Frances, $1, and Baby Girl, $1. ‘The first mentioned Is a bright Httlé falldw, aged five years, who thinks “Little Boy Blue prettier than anything,” and insists on having it read to him every evening: As announced in The Star some days ago would be done, these subscriptions will be forwarded, to- gether with other donations which may be i made by Washingtonians, io th Eugene Field fund in Chicago. — They Declined. s The Commissioners today declined to in- crease the pay of the laborers in the county to the same rate that laborers tm the city receive. Applying for Reltet.. Chief Clerk Sylvester of the police de- partment said this afternoon that the ap- plicants for assistance from the poor fund were largely on the increase, while the amount of cash on hand is very small. There were more than a dozen applications made today, an@ mést 0 e applicants are apparently worthy persons. . He said he could expend as much as $100 a day if he had it and give the money, only..te. persons who are really in distress. —_- Contempt Charged, The livorce proceedings instituted by Rose L. Pond against Hollister G. Pond were called up today before Judge Hagner on a tule to show cause why Mr. Pond should not be committed for contempt in failing to obey the order passed October 24 Jast.After argument Judge Hagner ordered that Mr. Pond pay his wife $20 as alimony and $30 as counsel fees on or before Saturday next or be taken into custody and confined by the marshal until payment is made. > New Court Rules. Monday morning the judges of the Police Court will Issue a set of rules governing, to some extent, the conduct of lawyers and other3 about the court. This action is the result of a request made by Deputy Mar- skal McCormick because of the facts shown in the hearing of a case yesterday. The new rules will make “capping’’ an.offense punishable as contempt, and persons who habitually loiter about the court will be brought before one of the judges and made to explain their presence about the court. It is thought that the rules will have a good effect on those who have made the ecurt a resting place during past months. PACIFIC RAILROADS Senator Thurston Outlines a Plan of Adjustment. ONE CONTINUCUS LINE INTENDED Differs From the Government Di- rectors in Procedure. ‘OTHER TOPICS DISGCUSSED Senator John M. Thurston, the successor of Senator Manderson of Nebraska, is at the Arlington. Senator Thurston ts regarded as one of the best-informed men in the United States Senate on the subject of the Pacific ‘railroads, and he is looked upon as one of the most important figures in the United States Senate in connection with the settle- ment of the government's claim, so long standing, oa this railroad property. Senator Thurston was seen by a Star re- porter today. When asked what he pro- posed to do in the Senate in connection with the settlement of the government's claim, he replied: “I shall probably introduce a bill early in the session, and this bill will represent solely my own ideas of the solution of this ques- tion. The result to the government and to the property would be very much the same under the bill I propose to introduce as un- der the plan proposed by the government directors in their late report. About the only matter in which my views differ from the views of the government directors is in the character of procedure to reach the re- sult. One Continuous Line Intended. “I think the Pacific line from the Missouri river to San Jose, California, was intended by the government to constitute for alf prac- tical purposes one continuous line, to be operated as such, without any division at Ogden or elsewhere, whereby one part could cause any injury or destruction to the other by diverting its freight under through ar- rangements with other lines. With a view of restoring the through line to the condition contemplated by the original act, my idea Is for the government to ascertain what the entire indebtedness of that through line to the government will be on July Inext. That would be ascertained by taking the amount paid by the government and deducting from it the government credits for transportation and the amount in the sinking funds. Then. let the Secretary offer that claim, as one claim, to be sold to a purchaser as one claim, and sold to the highest bidder, who will offer, say, 50 per cent of the entire amount. Perhaps it might be well to put the mini- mum at 40 per cent, so as to insure a sale. IT think it is certain that a public offer of this sort would arouse such competition among the great railroad interests of the country that the government would obtain certainly” ail that its claim is or can be worth, or that could be made out of any forced sale of the property, or through any other disposition of it, in view of the fact that there is a very large first mortgage ahead of the govern- ment's claim on the entire line. The Foreclosure Proceedings. “My plan is to provide that the pur- chaser of this government claim shall take all the rights of the governmeat against the property, including its lien, its right of entry and of*foreclosure. Also, that some one ccurt of the United States, presum- ably the Nebraska district, shouid have complete jurisdiction to entertain and carry forward foreclosure proceedings of that claim by the purchaser as against the en- tire property, so that foreclosure suit could be commenced and carried through and the property sold under procedure in one court without complicating the proceedings by seven er eixht ts in separate United States courts. Then provide that a sale should be made on foreclosure proceedings to a ccmmitteé of trustees not less than ten In number, and their names should be returned to the court ith a report op the erder of sale. This measure should provide that that committee of purcha: tegether with five commissioners nominated by the President should constitute a cor- poration in the same manner us the or fal individuals and government commis- siorers were named a corporation under the original Pacific railroad act. “These individuals should be given a right to orga: and perfect a corporate y under the name of the Union and Central Pacifie Railway Company, and we should confer upon that corporation all the powers, rights, franchises and corre- sperdirg liabilities and obligations of the two companies under the original act of Congress. “The result of this plan would be that the government would receive almost at once in cash whatever its second lien against the properties is fairly worth in the market under competitive bidding. It weuld result in a speedy foreclosure and reorganization of the two railroad lines as one corporation, and, best of all, in a final settlement of the question that has been vexing the western people for so many years. “This outline of my proposed plan is, of course, subject to modification or chdnge before I formulate my bill, but I think it is substantially in outline what I shali pro-~ pose. Differs in Precedure. “This plan differs from the government Girectors’ plan, not in results, but simply in procedure. Their plan looks to a car- rying on of foreclosure proceedirgs by the govert ment itself and a disposition of the property at the end of those proceedings to the highest bidder, who will give at least a maximum price to be fixed. My (Plan, I think, is much simpler because it secures to the government all that It can hope to get, withdut further responsibilit: and Ieaves to the purchasers of the go’ ernment claim the burden of carrying on all the foreclosure proceedings and plan of orga) ization.”” “What would be the minimum the gov- ernment would.receive by this plan?" the reporter asked. “I should say the government would re- ceive from forty-five to fifty-five millions of dollars.” “Do you think this measure can be got- ten through the coming Congress?” A Practical and Feasible Plan. “I cannot tell that, and could not say what the strength of this measure would be in the Senate. I think, from my famil- larity with the Pacific railroad property and the whole situation, that the plan I have outlined will be practical and feasible, and that it will secure to the government all it can hope to get, and will give the peo- ple of the country a much better railway cervice, perpetuate what the government intended to provide for—a continuous line of railway operated under one manage- ment from the Missouri river to the Pacific coast. I have not the least idea whether any of the former owners of the Union Pa- cific or Central Pacific would undertake to enter the field as bidders for the govern- ment's claim. The field would be open. Any capitalist or combination of capitalists could become bidders, and I imagine the strife to secure that great property under these conditions would be great, and most likely would result in a bid considerably more than the government's claim. I do not care what interest secures that prop- erty so that it is organized as one line, so that our western people could secure the benefit following from such a course and the government could be divorced from this disputed and contentious matter.” Not a Doubtful State. “Will Nebraska be a doubtful state in the presidential election?” the reporter asked. ‘Our state is now reliably republican be- yond all question, and it will be so next year. It will not matter who is nominated by the national republican convention.” “Whom do you favor as a nominee of the national convention?” “The people of Nebraska generally favor Mr. McKinley's nomination. Beyond that I do not know that they have any special choice. There ts a very friendly feeling there for all the republican leaders who are prominently mentioned as possible nom- inees. I think that feeling exists throughout the country, and tt will insure a nomination next year without any of the old factional | the farmer. and personal bitterness that has character- ized some other republican conventions.” For Sound Money. “How is Nebraska likely to stand on the subject of money?” “The people of Nebraska earnestly desire to secure bimetallism by international agzee- ment or by any other plan that can be de- vised to make a greater market for our American mining products. But I believe they are thoroughly committed to the idea that they wish no legislation which will not. absolutely intain and provide for the equal parchasteg and debt-paying power of every dollar, and to that extent I think they are thoroughly in favor of sound money: They want the money provided by this government to be just as good as any other money. The result of the election last year which brought about my election to the Senate is direct assertion that the people of Nebraska are opposed to .pening our mints to the free and unlimited coin- age of silver at 16 to 1. I made that issue, and we overturfied the state and elected the entire legislature; ——————+e.+—___ THE RATCATCHER’S SECRETS. Joe Peoples’ Way of Clearing a Place of These Pests. From the Portland Oregonian. “I'm rough em rats; F am; yes,.sir; my name is Joe Peoples and I catches rata; 80 they calls me tHe réteatcher. Look here,” and Mr. Peoples'sléwly drew a hand from one of his capadfous trousers pockets, and that hand firmly held an enormous rat. It (the rat) blinksd Und’wriggled slightly, after which it remained quiet. The man put It back in his pocket., As he did so, it was noticeable that he allowed the rat to slip out of his hand into his pocket instead of plac- ing his hand in and drawing it away. He appeared to be fairly infested with rats, for he had one or more in each pocket, large enough to hold one. He even took one out of his sleeve, and it is possible that he had one in the crown of:his hat. He was an odd- Icoking character. He had unmistakably the air of a sailor; his expressions were sallor-like, and his critical observations of the ships in the river smacked of long sea experience. “See that ‘ere bark over yonder,” said Mr. Peoples. “She were alive with rats, for- ward and aft, ‘tween decks and In the hold. Well, I cleaned every rat out of that bark in less’n four days’ time. You ask the mate about It." Mr. Peoples mentioned several vessels, in- cluding a well-known coast steamer, and several hotels which he had cleared of rats, in no case taking over ten days’ time. “How do I do it? Well, y’see, that would be heavin’ the whole thing overboard as far as my profit is concerned. It took me a long time to learn how. I am the only one in tt at the present time, and [ makes bread and butter for me and Mrs. Peoples out of it. It’s not strictly bong-tong, but there's money tn it, and it’s interestin’. There’s no four-footed thing on earth that's on to more dcdges and up to more tricks than an old bald-headed rat. He winks at polson and laughs at traps. “No, I never polsons "em. No use. You can't poison ‘em all. More will come, and you have the dead ones lyin’ ’round between floors. I don't trap ‘em, either, only a few that I fixes up and turns loose again. Now, if you won't give it away, I'll let you in on part of the scheme. You see this big feller. I just caught him up at the hotel this morning. He was too smart for @ trap, but I laid for him and caught him with my hands before he could get back to the hole. Now, I'm goin’ to give him a torch and a bell to carry, ard‘dip ‘him all over In some- thing else that I won't tell you about, and then tonight I'll take him back to the hotel and let him ga free. . “I mean by ‘torch’ that Fl paint his back with phosphorous paint, so he'll be a ‘beau- t!ful sight and a shinin’ light’ in every rat hole he gets into, and by ‘bell’ F mean a Benooine bell, like this.” Here the rat- catcher drew from his vest pocket a tiny round bell, like a sleigh bell, but smaller. “This ‘ere bell I'll fix around his neck with a wire, so, even if the phosphorus wears off, he'll still be able to surprise his mates wherever he goes. Course, he feels sociabie and friendIy-like, in spite of the fx he is in, and wants to get back to his mates and spin a yarn to ‘em, maybe, about his funny ad- venture with the patcatcher. they don’t recog: They. give him the marble heart. They don’t like his burn- in’ back, nor his alarm bell, and, what's more than anything else, they (lon’t like the smell of him. He smells ike a thousand ferrets. All his mates will leave In a body as he comes around; he'll keep tryin’ to get with them, and finally it'll.end by every la: rat Ieavin’ the ship or the buildin’. known ‘em to fymp overboard and drow: hey couldn't get OW any other w: And back for a long time. I guarantees every place for a year. You see, that stuff I soaks the rat in scents up every hole and runway he goes through, like a fer- ret would, only worse, and my doctored rat goes over every rat promenade of the place chastn’ his friends before they leave the ship or the buildin’. No‘tat will alow himself to go into any plaée Where he smells a ferret. Not he. He just winks one eye and says: ‘ don’t think this place Is good for my health,” and gets out.” -% "© But his mates, ‘-e0-——___ ‘OD SENSES CAN DO. i.2=— How a Perfumer Can Readily Recog- nixe a Delieate Perfume... From Pearson's, Weeki It is remarkable how well a perfumer learns to recognize seent. In testing a sweet smelling liquid he wets the base of his left thamb with a little of it. Then he rubs the place rapidly with his right band. The alcohol in which the essence is dis- solved, being the more volatile, is at once evaporated and the substance which emits the odor remaining, he can smell it in its purity. Of course, it is an easy thihg to recog- nize the principal odors which are in use, but when several are mixed, as is com- mon, his task becomes more difficult. Yet a skilled man can not only tell you what three or four perfumes enter into the.com- position of the one he is testing, but also, reughly,-the relative proportions of.each. It is easy to tell the relative amount of wool and cotton in a plece of colored under- wear when you know how. Men who have made the subject a specialty can do this by holding the cloth in the light and looking along it. The cotton and wool can be dis- tinguished by the difference in their colors, which exists, although the same dye was used for both. The untrained eye could hardly detect the fact that the cloth had two shades, but the skill that comes from long practice makes the thing simple. There are many men, teo, who are able to tell an English book from an American book by the smell. The books printed in England in nearly every case have a pleas- anter odor than those made in America. The kind of paste, ink, paper and binding iomething to do with it. There are ways of telling who the pub- lishers of a given book are besides looking at the title page. Somehow every firm gives a certain characteristic look to every volume which it issues, and a skilled man, in nine cases out of ten, merely by looking at the binding and one of the pages, can tell from whose presses and bindery u work comes. This, of course, appli larger firms and to y tively recently. WHAT TR. 3 only to the books printed compara- oe Military Titles at a Discount._ From the Youth's Companion. ‘The extreme cheapness of military titles a few years after the war is well illustrated by a story that was told at a recent camp- fire. The narrator sald that in the year 1870 he was travelmg through a certain populous country district and stopped to converse with a farmer who had a consid- erable number of men at work in his hay fields. “Most ofthese men are old soldiers,” said indeed! Are any of them officers?” “Two of ‘em. One of ‘em there was a private and that fellow beyond was a cory poral, but the man beyond him was a major, and that man way over in the corner was a colonel!” “Indeed! Are they good men?” “Well,” said the farmer, “that private’s a first-class man and the corporal's pretty gcod, too.” fy ‘yBut how about the major and the col- 12° i © . “The major’$ so-so,” said the farmer. “But the colonel?” “Well,” answered the farmer, “I ain’t a- going to say a‘word against a man who was a colonel in the war, but I've made up my mind to one fhing—I ain’t a-soing to Ire any brigadier generals!” ieee The Bicycle Suit. From the Deteolt Freé Press, “Have you a,bicytle sult, Larkin?” “I have.” é “Does It fit?" & “My lawyer fears it will when it comes to trial.” THE HIGHWAY ACT|TESTING THE MATTER/FINANCE AND TRADE ————-—____ Amendments Agreed Upon by the District Commissioners. COURT 10 DECIDE es SUPREME Comrgjssioners Consider the Mer- chants on Lousiana Avenue. pei OTHER DISTRICT == A special meeting of the board of Com- missioners was called this morning to con- sider several important matters of public interest. The question of submitting a bill to Congress for enactment amending the highway act was considered, and the re- cent order of the Commissioners concern- ing the removal of the commission mer- chants from Louisiana avenue was dis- evssed at length. The hearing lasted sev- eral hours. The several amendments to the high- way act were taken up and considered and agreed upon. It is understood the bill will recommend the striking out of the entire eleventh section of the original 2ct and the substitution of another section making the assessment of property for benefits ac- crving from the extension of highways more specific. The benefits, if any accrue, are to be paid in four equal installments, with interest at the rate of 6 per cent per annum, and if not paid to be made 2 Men against the property and the same sold for taxes as other property in the District of Columbia. Section 17 of the original act is also to be amended in several important particulars. For instance, appeals from a final decree of the court in the matter of awards shall be taken to the Court of Appeals, and an- other provision will be inserted, it is said, providing that writs of error may be taken from the final decree’ of the Court of Ap- peals to the Supreme Court of the United States in cases arising under the act, and in any case where the constitutionality of the act is questioned. Since The Star first gave notice of the Commissioners’ anxiety in the matter and their desire to have the act amended they have been in conference with the leading real estate men of the city. This morning ex-Gov. Kellogg was called in and invited to participate in the discussion. Commission Merchants. After discussing the highway act. the Commissioners took up the question of the cor mission merchants on Louisiana ave- nue, who haye been recently served with notice pot to oceupy the sidewalk longer than cne hour for depositing their ship- ments. There was a disposition on the part of certain members of the board of Cor missioners to help the merchants, and it is understood the attorney fer the Dis- will be called upon for some sugges- NEWS tions. It may be that these men can be treated as Mcensed venders, and, under authority granted concerning their operations, be a!- lowed to use the sidewalk. Both Lieut. Amiss and Capt. Miller were before the Commissioners today concern- ing the matter. The police served no war- rants today. Commissioner Truesdell said the Com- missioners proposed to proceed against the morchants in accordance with the law, and that there would be no let up. To Make a Skating Rink. Messrs. Hutchins and ‘Towers have 2 scheme to convert the Convention Hall Inte an immense skating park of ice. To ac- complish this, however, Ic is necessary to have a steam plant to force the freezing liquid through pipes. ‘There is no suitable place within the market house building for a plant of this character, and an appli- cation Is now before the Commissioners fer a permit to erect an engine house in the square adjacent. There is one protesiant however, to the location of the steam piant. and the permit has been withheld pending an investigatio: — Novel Sait for Damages. ‘The Columbia Railway Company was this afternoon made the defendant in a novel suit, filed by Attorneys Ralston & Siddons, in behalf of Mary E. Slack. The plaintiff states that she formerly resided:on prem- ises adjoining the new power house of the railway company, and then goes on to say that since the commencement of the opera- tion of the cable road great noise and confusion have resulted from the boilers, engines, metal catles, drums and other machinery, rendering sleep impossible in the premises. In consequence of the noises, says Mrs. Slack, she has suffered from nerv- ous prostration and insomnia, and finally has been forced to move, thereby being put to a large expense. Damages in the sum of $5,000 are asked. — “The King of Rome” Just Dend. From the Galignani Messenger. Fer however, are aware that Napoleon I and Marie Loulse’s only son, the King of Rome, only died the other day at Arezzo, near Florence, at the ripe age of elghty- five, and that the youth who died in his early mantood in Austria was a fraud— that is to say, a supposititious child. Ac- cording to a tradition in the town of Arezzo, this old man was stated to be the veritable King of Rome. In support of this it is stated that he bore a striking likeness to the great emperor. The story of this man's life is that dur- ing the troubles which followed the disaster of Waterloo Marie Louise was afraid that some evil would befall her child, so she con- fided the real one to a monk named Capelli, who promised to keep it out of harm's way, but keeping the loftiness of its birth a se- eret. The other child, who bore the Roman kingly title, was, of course, a substituted one; but for some inexplicable reason or other was never informed of his false posi- tion, and happily died tn ignorance of it. It seems that the monk Capelli revealed one day the truth of his exalted lineage to his ward, and from that day forward the lad and man just dead, who always bore the name of Capelli among his closer acquaint- ances, called himself Napoleon Bonaparte; and even had visiting cards printed, bear- ing the name and title, “Napoleon, King of Rome.” Notwithstanding his supposed parentage, he pursued the humble occupa- tion of a cook till within a few years be- fore the close of his Hfe, when he was pen- gsioned by his old master. That the monk Capelli told an absolute falsehood I cannot believe; but that he was the son of Napoleon by Marie Louise is too outrageous for belief, and the whole tra- dition may have arisen from the fact that young Capelli was the natural son of Gen. Bonaparte, born of some Italian woman after or during his campaign in Italy. Sa A Foot Ball Episode. From the Loulsville Post. Few people saw the occurrence, but at the foot ball game last Saturday Van Nor- man of the Louisville Athletic Club team proved himself a hero. It was during the second half that one of the center men got the ball and started off on a run, but he was headed off where the mud was thick- est and, as he started to plunge into a pool of water he was grabbed and downed. ‘The pair rolled over in the mud, while the rest of the two teams came rushing on. Van Norman was in the crowd, and as he looked to see who had the ball he saw the poor center man with his face entirely under the water, while the wriggling, strug- gling mass of humanity was holding him in this position. For a minute Van forgot the ball, and, fighting his way to where the man was lying, Van Norman ran his fingers through the fellow’s long hair, and, bracing his feet on each side of the man’s head, he gave a mighty pull and lifted the fellow’s Htead from the water long enough for him to get a breath of air. The man’s face wag covered, and Van Norman never knew wh®m he had saved. The Case is Altered. From Life. 5 “See the girl with the pug nose!” “Hush! She is worth $15,000,000 in her own right. “What a charming retrousse!” The Stoek-Breking Oase Comes Up for Trial, The Methods.of Operation Pursued by the Hodgen Company—Lawyers Begin: Arguments. The test case to determine the legality of the stock-broking business in the Dis- trict of Columbia was commenced today before Judge Cox in Criminal Court No. 2. As stated in The Star, indictments were reported Thursday last by the grand jury against Samuel C, Heald, jr., and Daniel Ferry, charging them with setting up a gaming table. Messrs. Heald and Ferry, who had assisted in having the indictments returned in order to settle whether or not they have the right to transact their busi- ness, immediately went into court and gave bond for their appearance. As stated, the trial commenced today, District Attorney Birney prosecuting and Mr. Charles C. Tucker and Mr. Henry E. Davis appearing for Mr. Ferry, it being decided to place but one of the indicted men én trial. Mr. Birney opened by explaining to the jury the difference between bucket shops and legitimate stock offices, declaring that the former are conducted in violation of law in that they do a gambling business,pure and simple. He explained that the case would be one almost aolely of law and not of fact. For the defendant Mr. Tucker stated that Messrs. Ferry-and Heald are managers for the Hodgen Commission Company, and they had sought the trial to determine whether or not their business is legitimate. Mr. Tucker went on‘to say that the indictments were returned under an act of Congress ap- proved in 1883. That was twelve years ago, and, declared the attorney, the present case is the first prosecution under the law, and the defendants were of the opinion that it is high time for the community and them- selves to know whether or not the business is legitimate. Mr. Tucker then e>plained that the term “bucket shop” was derived from the remark of an exchange member some years ago to the effect that the bust- ness transacted by the small brokers was merely a drop in the bucket, and thereafter the small establishments were referred to as “bucket shops.” Mr. Tucker also decribed at length the manner in which the business is conducted by the local brokers. The Business. Mr. Birney first called John B. McKeever, employed by the Hodgen Company at their office, GUS 7th street northwest, to receive quotations on the Morse instrument from the New York stock exchange. Mr. Mc- Keever described in detail the way the bus- iness is conducted, and during his examina- tion stated that 99 per cent of the deals are on margin. His company will not and has rever allowed gambling, declared the wit- ness, and the business ts carried on in pre- cigely the same way as is that of the large brokers and” stock ‘exchanges. Mr. Me- Keever, in answer to an inquiry as to where he secured his Khowledge of the business of the large brokers, explained that he has been’ in the émploy of several of the large houses and exchanges of New York and Philadelphia. Mr. Birney then read a statement, signed by Mesers. Heald and Ferry. It set forth that the Hodgen Company is a corporation urder the laws of Maryland, and has a paid-up capital of $25,000, an available cash assets of $150,000. Its principal offices are in Philatelptia, the Washington offices being connected by cirect wire leased from the Western Union “Telegraph Company vith the main office in Philadelphia, which turm has a direct wire to New York. Besides, the Washington offices have gold and stock “tickers.” Quotaiions are re- ceived, it was syated, from ihe stock ex- changes in New York, Chicago dnd Phila- delphia. ‘The. business.of the company is cf_a two-fold nature, it was explained. Stock, grain and provisions are purchased for cash for customers, and a charge or commission.of one-eighth of one per’ cent of the value of the stock bought or sold made. When an order is received to pur- chase or sell produce or stock, the order is wired to >the Philadelphia office, and the same ts’purchased, if possible, in the Phila- delphia exchange, or if not there procura- ble is bought in the New York exchange. The certificates of stock or warehouse re- celpts are delivered to the customer in Washington as soon as received. They are deliverable, by contract, within three days from the date of the orders. The company also deals in grain, provisions and stock on “margin,” so-called. The order for such is signed by the customer. Margin Work. When orders to purchase or sel] on mar- gin are réeived, it was further set forth, they are-net ordinarily wired to Philadel- phia or New York, unless the customer ex- ercises the right r@erved to him under the contract to purchase the stock outright before his margin is exhausted. Orders are receiyed to buy or sell on one, five, ten- point or greater margin. At any time after the purchase of the stock on margin the customer is entitled ‘to call for and receive the stock, grain or. provisions bought upon payment of the market price thereof, less the amount he has paid to the company as margin and commission. + ‘The company.has been in business in Washington about six years, so its man- agers declared in their statement, and in no instance where the delivery of the article putchasea@ fas been asked for has it failed to deliver the same. In numerous cases such calls have been made, and they have been invariably met by the delivery of the stock within the tht¢e days mentioned in the contract. The company always has on hand certificates of stock in various com- panies, ready for delivery. if called for. While in the majority of instances cus- tomers de not call for the delivery of the stock, the statement concludes, the com- pany is always ready, able and willing to deliver it in accordance with the terms of its contract. Whatever the intent of the customer may be, its interest is to deliver on call, and it regards its contract as a bona fide one and binding in every respect. In no instance since the company has been doing business in Washingion, its mana- gers contended, has it, its officers or agents represented to any customer, or agreed with any customer, that any transaction should not be regarded as an open and legitimate contract of purchase and sale. The Argumen: At the conclusion of the reading Mr. Tuck- er asked that the jury be instructed to re- turf a’yerdict of not guilty, and, as the sub- sequent proceedings were solely rexarding the law in the case, the jury was then ex- cused until Monday. morning. Argumeats on the applic law in the case at issue follow Tuck- er opening by quoting th> laws ring: gambling ‘tn: force ut the time of Charies II and Queen Anne. ‘The contention of the defendants was that their business is the legitimate selling of stock, and is iy uo sense gambling, and'that tire ct ton of courts tn other jurisdictions upon the same subject matter has’ supported the contention stated. Mr. Henry E. Davis also argue! on behalf of the defendants, and Mr. Laskey and Mr. Birney for the government. Upon the conclusion of the uments upon the applicability of the law, Judge Cox reserved his decision, and the case went over until next Monday morning. — ‘The Grand Prize Comes Here. A telegram has been received from At- lanta announcing the award of the grand prize, gold medal, ‘tothe “‘chryso-ceramics" display, at the exposition. The exhibit was made in the woman's building by the Misses M. and E. Healey of this city at the Invitation of the board of lady man- agers, conveyed through Mrs. Beriah Wil- kirs, the vice president of the District of Columbia. Grain and Cotton Markets. Cotton and grain markets, reported by W. B. Hibbs, stock, grain and cotton broker, 1421 F ‘st, GRA High. Low. Close. Bey G04 7 214-7 2eB I7% ef the Indications of an Increased Supply of Commercial Bills. BELIEF THAT GOLD LOSSES WILL STOP Final Quotations Showed Only Fractional Changes. GENERAL MARKET REPORTS Special Dixpatch to The Evening Star. NEW YORK, November 23.—The agere- gate gold outflow for the week, including today’s shipments, is $7,350,000, an amount which as yet has not significantly changed conditions in the exchange market. It Is hoped that an increased supply of commer- cial drawings, principally against cotton ex- ports, will come forward next week, there being seme indications already that hopes in this particular will be realized. The lberal proportions of recent ship- ments have developed a theory that short sterling and other accumulated obligations had been disposed of by the forwarding of a lump sum, which, if true in fact, will mark thextermination of large gold losses for the balance of the season. Bankers are not in harmony over the out- look, however, and moderate amounts of coin may go out within the next few days, especially should there be any disappoint- = in regard to the export of commodi- tles, Opening prices this morning were about on a parity with last night’s closing and attracted little trading for either account. The settlement in mining shares in Lon- don on Monday and the regular settlement beginning the following day will be factors in next week's speculation, the course of prices in the local market being largely de~ pendent on the nature of the result abroad. The characteristic of the trading in the market today was, on the previous days of the week, very dull, with the result that the final quotations, with a few exceptions, show very fractional changes from the changes last week. The situation in regard to the American Tobacco Company is still in the unsettled condition that has attended the affairs of this company for some time, and the nu- merous attacks with the consequent denials have caused the quotations in this stock to be one of the exceptions to the general list. The report of the condition of the national banks show that the loss in lawful money is estimated at $1,000,000, all in legal tenders, which, however, does not include the $4,000,- (00 used yesterday to get gold for export. The decrease in specie is probably, as here- tofore, chiefly in silver. For the first time in weeks the statement shows a very slight decrease in the loan item, and likewise a de- crease in the reserve is noted, which has not been the case for some time. The market at the close stiffened a little cn covering, but the changes were very slight. The following is the bank statement: Reserve decreased, $809,100; loans decreased, $221,900; specie increased, $516,700; legals de- creased, $1,500,300; Jeposits decreased, $1,- 058,600; circulation decreased, $28,000. —_— FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. The following are the opening, the high- est and the lowest uad the closing prices of the New York stock market today, as re- ported by Corson & Macartney, members New Ycrk stock exchange. Correspondents Messrs. Moore & Schley, No. S0 Broadway. Open. High, Low. Last. American Sugar. - WY MY MH ony Americau Sugar, Pf. 9 9 American Tobace: 88% 837%, BRK BBY Ameri-an Cotton Oi 18% Atchison. Canada Southern Canada Pacific... . Chesapeake & Oni>. 5. ©... C., O. & St L..203. Chicago, B. & Q. - Chic. & Northwestern-- Chicago Gas, Cfs. . Cc. M.& St Paul. C. M. & St. Paul, Pid Chic., R. L. & Pacific. Del., Lack. & W.. Pelaware & Hudson... Den. & R. Grande, Pid. Dis. & Cattle Feeding... General Electri lilino’s Central Louisviile & Nashyiile.- Long Istand ‘Traction. Metropolitan Traction .. Manhattan Elevated. Uy rs 10% ew Jersey Central... 1074 107g New York Central..0 3) 21 lt ae v ¥. & ss st a XC. & St Be ee as hern Pactfic... - 4 4 4 4 Northern Pacitic, Pid.) Wy ag North American. + 4% 4 4A Ont. & Western. Wisconsin Central, Silver. See Washington Stock Exchange. Notice.—On and after Saturday, November 30, e regular meetings ef the exchange willa cun- Vene at 12 o'clock noon instead of 10:30 a.m., aa heretofore. Sales—regular ‘call—12 o'clock noon—Metropolitaa Railroad. 16 at 103; 8 at 103. Government Bonds.—U. S. 4s, registered, 111 bid, 112 asked. U.S. 4s, coupon, 111% bid, 1 Ata S. 4s, 1925, 120% bid. U.S. 3s, 1904, District of Columbia Bonds.—20- bid. 30-year fund Gs, gold, 111% bid. Wa: Zs, 1901, currency, 136 bid. Water stock currency, 11S bid. 3.658, fundii bid. 3 210s, 100 . Miscellaneous Bonds.—Metropolitan Railroad coay. 63, 115 bid, 116 asked. Metropolitan Railron 1 6a, 107 bid. : Yekington Coltra Railroad 6a, 112 Washingtom, 3 Company Gs, series A, 112 Did. Washington Gas Company 68, series B, 113 bid. Washingtos Gas Company neov. 6s, 125 bid, L U.S ectric Light conv, Sx, 135 bid.” Chesapeake and tomae Tele; Ss, i00 bid, 105 asked. Ameri- can Security and Trost Ss, F. and 100 bid. American Security and ‘Trust ie, A. ©. 100 bid. Washington Market Company Ist 6s, 110 bid. ‘ashington Market Company imp. 68,110 ‘id. Washington Market Company ext. tix, 110 Md. Ma- sonic Hall Association 5s, 103 bid. Washingtoa Light Infantry Ist 6s, 100 "bid, xtional Bank Stocks.--Bank of aWshington, 280 |, 300 asked. Bank of the Republic, 240" bid. tropolitan, 285 bid, 300 asked. Ceetral, 270 bid. rmers a 3 140 asked. Citizens’, 130 bid. 140 asked. Capital, "116 bi ‘Traders’, 108 bid.” Lineuln, Ohio, 85 bid. US Did, 103° asked. ‘ational Safe Deposit and Trost Cony Deposit and Trust, 122 bid, 182 axl Washington Ian and Trist, 119 bid, 122 asked. “American Se- curity and Trust, 139% ‘bid, 142 asked. Washing- ton Safe Deposit, 60 bid, 75 axked. Rallread Stocks.—Capital Traction Company, 76 bid. 0) asked. | Metropolitan, 101 bid. 108 asked. Columbia, 40 Belt, 30 asked. Eckington, 36 usked. Georgetown and Tennailytown, 30 asked. iy ight Stock: Gas and Electric Li asked, ef % 185 asked. Firemen's. 35 bid. Frankia, an, 68° bid. Corcoran, 50 bid. Arlington, 140 bid. "German- Xaviomal’ Coton, 10. bid. Go- asked. Peo Lincoln, Tig bid, 8 asked. |, ate bid. 5Y, asked. Title Insurance Stocks.Reai Estate Title, 107 bid, 116 asked. Columbia Title, 7 bi, 8 asked. Washington Titte, T asked. District Title, 9 Md, 12 ask ‘Tel Stocks.—Pernsylvania, 37 bid. Chesa- peake and Potomac, 30 bid. Americam Grapho- Phone, 3% bid, 3%" asked. “Pneumatic Gun 27 bid, "30 ‘asked. > Bonds.—Washtngton Market,” 14 Great Falls Ice, 125. bid, 135 asked. ’ Bul Panorama, 30 asked. Lincoln Hall, 60 bid. ergenthaler Linotype, 217 bid, 228 asked. Baltimore Markets. BALTIMORE, November 23.—Flonr quiet, un- chan; rece! 13,449 barrels; shipments, 19, S33"ar sts Wheat firmer — r O8%a00; steamer Neo. 2 red, 3.963 ‘bushels; shipments, 16,000 b 4 bushel wales, 28,000 ‘n Wheat by sample, : do. on Corn firm—spot and month, Se es ‘and old, 344a84%: wear, 88%a8h 33%: Fi 3 jaja. sleamet > ship ‘orn, steaty—No. 4 2 mixed, 22n22%—re pments, 433 bushel Rye quiet—No. 2, 48a: nearby 7 western—receipts, 1,686 tushela’ stock, 5.257 bushels. Hay firm, good demand fa «Loies—cholce timothy, $15.50. Grain fretghy ear Buy ste ws unchanged. "Chess