Evening Star Newspaper, December 5, 1895, Page 2

g THE EVENING STAR, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1895-SIXTEEN PAGES. —=—=€—=£=€£<_—«X—X—_—=—[=—=—KL—lPEDDDDl7D7~DDDD~DD~~D9~I“E]|_|/gJ =[—[==—_—v—|*" tRe constitution be approved by this con- vention, and that the same be transmitted to the several vestries of the parishes and separate congregations, in accordance with article 12 of the constitution. Substitute for the present article the following: “The election of a bishop of this church shall be made in convention by a concur- rent vote of the clergy and of the laity, the two orders voting by ballot, separately, in open convention; and when all the votes of both orders shall have been deposited, the tellers of the clerical and of the lay vote, respectively, shall proceed to count the votes, and if among those voted for one shall be found to have received a majority of the votes of the clergy and a majority of the votes. of the laity, he shall be de- clared duly elected. “Provided, That at least two-thirds of all the clergy entitled to seats, and at least two-thirds of all the laymen entitled to seats, be present in the convention; other- wise, a majority of two-thirds of each order present shall be required. “And provided also, That whenever it shall be proposed to elect a bishop coadju- tor of this diocese, notice thereof shall be given at an annual convention, and the election shall take place at the succeeding annual convention. “Before the adjournment of each annual convention @ standing committee, as re- quired by canon title III, of the canons of the general convention, shell be elected by a joint ballot of the clergy and laity, from #mong.the qualified members of the convention, to consist of four presbyters and three laymen, who shall be communi- cants of the church in good standing,which committee shall serve until their succes- are elected. They may be re-eligible. ancies oecurring in their body dur- sess of the convention shall be filled from the order affected, as soon as prac- table, by the concurrent vote of the re- maining members, all having been duly notified of time and place of meeting and object thereof, At their first meeting, which shall be on the last day of the con- vention, or as soon thereafter as practi- cable, they shall elect. one of their clerical members to be president. and another of their members, eithere lerical or lay, sec- retary. “They shall keep regular minutes of their proceedings, and a majority of the mem- bers, all having been duly summoned, shall constitute a quorum, except for such pur- oses as agreeable to their own rules or ement by canon, may demand a arger number. ‘hey may make rules of meeting and business, and alter or repeal the same from time to time, said rules not to be Inconsistent with the general canons nor the constitution and canons of the dio- ce T ¢ convention may adopt such canons concefning the standing committee as may be deemed necessary.” Bishop's Salary. The teport of the committee on salaries for the officers of the convention was then read by Rev. Alfred Harding. Its resolu- tions provided for a salary of $5,000 per annum for the new bishop and a salary of $250 for the secretary. In presenting his report, Mr. Harding said that they realized that this sum was by no means *~ large as should be Roffered to the NMshop of such an important diocese as Washington. They would ke to edd to this $1,200 for house vent, but the committee did not see their way clear to do it. However, this recommendation was but for the present, and there was every reason to believe that the sum could be considerably increased in the very near future. Mr. H. Pellew, who tock an active pert in the work of raising the fund for the endowment of the episcopate, explained that this salary of $5,000 might properly be regarded as the minimum or low water merk, and it was safe to say that It could he materia'ly increased by next May. The selary would certainly never go below this stem. and it was equally certain that it woul! soon go above it. He also deeply re- gretted that no provision could be mado at present for a suitable episcopal resi- dence. : . After some further discussion, in which Mr. Lewis J. Davis, Mr. Charles King and Rey. G. F. Williams took part, the resolu- tions were tinanimously adopted, Mr, Charles Abert suggested that some provision should be made for the compensa- tion of the treasurer, who fills an extremely important and arduous position. Me. Sey- mour W. Tulloch, who was elected to the | office yesterday, then rose and said such action was unnecessary dt the present time, for so long as he may be treasurer he would gladly serve without compensation. This announcement was received with every evi- ad of appreciation on the part of the convention, Rey. J. A. Aspinwall, as chairman of the committee to nominate the trustees of the episcopal fund, reported the names of the following, who were unanimously elected: Mr. H. 6. Pellew, Mr. Charles Bell, Mr. Lewis J. Davis, Mr. Chas. C. Glover, Mr. ——— Hagner and Mr. Henry S. Mat- ews. Standing Committee. The report ¢f the tellers for the election of the standing committee showed that only six received a necessary majority of. the 121 votes cast, eack ballot being for seven candidates. Those elected were Dr. J. H. Elliot, Dr. Thomas G. Addison, Dr. RR. H. McKim, Rev. Alfred Harding, Rev. Wm. H. Laird and Rev. J. B. Perry. A number of nominations were made tor the vacancy, but the election was postpon- ed until after luncheon, and at 1 o'clock the convention took a recess for an honr, Unexpected Turn of Affairs. Afler recess the election of the venth member of the standing committee was taken up, and while the tellers were count- ing the vote, Dr. McKim of the special committee on amendments to the constitu- tion was given the floor 4n support of the report of the committee. The various ts were taken up seriatim. sitting the third Wejinesday in January instead of the last Wednesday in May, met with unexpected opposition. Mr, Charles Abert objected to this,method of changing the constitution as ef itself un- constitutional. The report of the tellers for the election of a member of the standing committee was Introduced at this point. It showed that one had received a majority vote. A mo- tion was made instructing the secretary of the convention to cast the vote of the con- vention for Dr, Kay Smith, but on a nd nay vote this was lost, and a third lot was made neccssary. —_ HORRIBLY MA Man Killed by Train. An old man, thought to have been an in- mate of Soldiers’ Home, was struck by a train and instantly killed between Terra ED. old a Railroad Cetla and Stott’s stations on the Metropoli- tar road branch of the Baltimore and Ohio rail- this The police were on oon after the fatal accident hanpen- 1, but there was some di rning the tictllars of the tragedy. he old inan wore the uniform of the ex- who ar ot conch inmates of the home, but is ve evidence that he e evidence that he w: cast-off garmer ‘nm about the commot to be Harrison Smith, and if this is his real name he was not an inmate of the home. The victim was disemboweled and de- and the disfigured body horrible a is sent to the eighth police sla- ul for the body to remove it to . oner Hammett will jon later in the Word w tien to the morgt after- —_—_ DISTRE OVERNM The h room at the whol has been rented to 8. B. Ross ¢ Jowing fizur for the months, $40 f¢ first the next three months a u ree ainder of the peri ISS, 1, endi nmactment, loners today forwarded iy enactm ing penaltics for charter oratious operating in the The € to a draft v Market Com sioners of the ny in reference to the oc- north side of B street be- ne and Yth str owers, tional Association of Wool Gro: era met behind closed doors today in or to adjust privately some differences n the tation 07 the memorial on . Which it was decided to dri to PROBABLE DEFALCATItON Leakage in the Potomae Insurance Oom- pany. A. H. Proctor Accused of the Affair— Said to Have Confessed—Well- Known and Liked. It has leaked out that a defalcation has taken place in the Potomac Insurance Com- pany, and, it is said, that Alexander H. Proctor, until recently looked upon as an exemplary young business niah, is accused of the wrong. He was assistant secretary of the company. The shortage is said to be about $3,500. The story goes that Procter acknowledged the shortage in-a communi- cation to the board of directors last Friday morning. A special meeting of the board was called as soon as the condition of things became known. Proctor’s resignation was imme- Giately asked for, and the surety company that furnished his bond was notified of the defalcation. The money taken, it seems, comprised partial payments on loans of the company and interest which was paid in from titme to time. The accused man is about twenty-seven years of age, and has been connected with the Potomac Insurance Company for near- ly ten years. He had a large acquaintance here, was popular and figured in West End society. It has developed that he had a love for fast horses and the race tracks. He haf no extravagances in other direct.ons. There is much sympathy expressed in. Georgetown for the young man. His heretofore blame- less life had commended him deeply to the people. J gets DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS. Senators Decide That the Republicans May Take the Committees, After the adjournment of the Senate to- day the democratic. Senators also held a caucus, thera being twenty-six Senators present. The caucus authorized the chairman, Senator Gorman, to appoint a steering committee, six of whom shall be old mem- bers, three to fill vacancies of those who were not re-eleeted.. This committee is to confer with the republican committee on committees for the purpose of reaching an agreenient at to Senate committees. The caucus also decided upon the nomi- nation of Senator Harris for president pro jtem. in case the republicans should decide to attempt te select one of their number to_this office. There were several speeches on the policy of the organization of the committee and all were favorable to permitting the repub- licans to take them, in case they spould decide that they wish to do so, Among those who spoke on this line were Senators Vest, Blackburn and Mills. No opposition was developed to this plan. The six members of the old committee who are to constitute a part of the new committee are Senators Gorman, Cockrell, Harris, Blackburn, Brice and Jones of Ar- kansas. Senator Gorman says that he will not appoint the other three members today. TO BE REINSTATED. Green Sand Molders nt the Navy Yard Improperly Discharged, A case of great interest to employes in the navy yard was-settled by Secretary Herbert today as a result of a thorough in- vestigation by various officers covering a reriod of many weeks, September 14 Chas. Waltemeyer, William Frothingham, E. R. Barbour, Joseph Sewell and Henry Samp- scn, green sard molders in the gun foundry, were discharged by direction of the com- mandant. Mr. Waltemeyer, a veteran, pro- tested, because other werkmen in his class not veterans were retained. The G. A. R. took up his case and secured an investiga- tion. It was explained in a general way that Waltemeyer had been selected for dis- charge when the work became slack because he had not shown the same fitoficiency as those retained. ‘The investigation developed considerable fezling on both sides, and much time was consumed in arriving at the exact facts and circumstances In the case. After a full consideration of the repert of the board and the records of the navy yard, Secre- tary Herbert came to the conclusion that the discharge of the four men named was not in strict accord with the rules govern- ing the emp!oyment of labor at navy yards. In communicating his decision on the case to the commandant of the navy yard, he says that if the rules in question had been carried out in letter and spirit, when it became necessary to make the discharges in the foundry, the loam molders, for whom there was no work, should have been dis- charged, and four of the five ‘green sand molders, for whom there was work, should have been retained. “Hecause of these irregularities, and. to correct the injustice done to those discharged,” the Secretary says, “you (the commandant) will direct that the green sand molders who were dis- charged be placed at the top of the eligible list, in order that they may be given pref- erence over all others when the services of additional green sand molders are re- quired.” The “veteran” issue is not in- volved in the settlement of the case. oe RELIEF WORK IN TURKEY. The Red Croxs Society Axked to Un- dertnke Ha Organization. BOSTO> December A special meet- ing of the prudential committee of Ameri- can board was held this afternoon for the purpose of requesting the Red C ciety, of which Clara Barton of W ton is president, to undertake in Turkey, as an International or A formal request was adopted, ani will be forwarded to Miss Barton at once. It is be- Veved by those advocating the step that the organization being international in its char- acter is the one which can successfully ad- America’s relief contributions in —_—— A BUNCH OF BEARS. Five Quickly Piled Up Hunter. ya California From the San Franc “T believe I got as big a bag of bears in as short a time as any man ever did,” sad Doe Stadley, the ex-sheriff and bear hunter of Merdocino. ‘A hag of bears?” excitimed the young man who had just been telling about oY snipe he had once killed. “What ¥ they—little fellows; what is it you them—kittens; no, cubs; that’s it “No, sir; they, were not kittens or cubs. ‘They were " declared Doc. “E think I piled up about a ton of bear meat in about thirty seconds. I was out hunting in the southern part of Trinity county about seventeen or eighteen y killed about forty and a bear or two i and were pretty near r when [ thought I would go out another deer to take home fr late in the afternoo: along in the brush, w » Post, bag re eall week: couple of and kili It was creeping y_L came stopped to see if the was stood looking about a big black bear c! ed up on the trunk of a big fir tr been uprooted. He mt away, and [ plugged hint in % rolled off the and down the hill tow me, Int before [had time to Ht he wag ad another bear climbed up on that same log to see What the row was abcut. 1 shot it in the head, and it rolled down the sa way the other had gone. da old to tak » AML after pad s it two big rlings, one after the other, climbered up on the log to be shot. “ ery one rolled down the hill toward me, and were kicking an thrashing around not ten steps away. By that time I came to th conclusion that I was in a bear country, and I didn’t lese any tine elm 1 ling. When I got well braced up among the limbs L sat and pumped lead into that pile oft every time one kicked [gave him a bullet, till they all stopped kicking. I had five bears in one pile, and I think they must have welghed over a ton altogether.” ee The new Episcopal diocese, ated 1 ding Kentucky into two dioceses, zed at Lex! pn, . yesterda: nd named dioe The cle m that had the ear. ig ba K of Lexington. Phe held to aanyi, who introduced liv- ing pi-tu this country, died yeste y at Ne of hronchial coasump- The bedy will be sent to Germaay interment. tion. for ady to break camp. | sign of deer, and while I | thirty yards | LATE NEWS BY WIRE Details of a Plot to Capture the City of Canton. MOVE TOOVERTHROW THE GOVERNMENT A Christian Chapel Used by the Conspirators. SOME OF THEM CAPTURED BOSTON, Mass., December 5.—Mail ad- vices received by reliable persons in this city from Canton, China, this morning, give details of an attempt to capture the city of Canton by a secret organization for the purpose of establishing an independent government. The writer say: ‘rhe pict ripened Octoder 27, when the attention of the United States consul was called to a suspicious telegram from a Hong Kong firm to its branch in Canton concerning the shipment of certain pack- ages. : The authorities were notified and the packages, which proved to be five barre of pistols and ammunition, labeled ment,” were seized on their rival. the same steamer from Hong Kong came 400 men, who expected to uid in the revolt. veniy= however, capiured five of them. The revoluitont Weapons, but it was learned were to be supplied by friends This se'zure of arms ard the capture of those implicated completely thwerted tne attempt, and the authorities are now mak- ing diligent search for the leader as well as for more weapors. z It is said there are thousands in sympa- thy with the movemert. The Hong Kong papers spek of it as a “patriotic move- ment” and worthy of support. ; The plan of the organization, which or:g- inated In Hong Kong, and was taken up Canton, was first to capture the city treas- vry, next to demolish the viceroy’s palace. By this time they would exp sufficient id to storm the city. hey next expected to proclaim an In- dependent government and to take meas- sres to hold the city. he moveme:t has involved the Chris- tians to a considerable extent, and great excitement prevails, especially inside the city, near a chapel, which had been used, unknown to the missionary, as a sort of rendezvous for some of the conspirators. —_—— ARE THEY CUBAN AGENTS? The officials, Suspicious Looking Persons Confer- ring at Hartford. HARTFORD, Conn., December 5.—The Telegram today says: There is a very strong stapicion here that emissaries and agents of the Cuban revolutionary party are here for the purpose of buy:ng arms of the Colt’ Patent Fire Arms Company, and to see if Pratt & Whitney's people have any ma- chine guns that can be put together on short notice. Several foreigners, looking like Spanish or Cuban gentlemen, are said to have held a conference in a hotel last night, but a search of the registers of all hotels failed to de- velop any clue. HAVANA, December 5.—General Suarez Valdes has telegraphed to Captain General Martinez de Campos mplimenting Lieu- tenant Winston Leonard Churchill, Lieut. Spencer, both of Briush army, and following the operations of the Spanish troops, for dis- tinguished behavior during the recent en- Bagement near Ciege de Avila, when Gen- eral Suarez met and defeated Maxime Gomez, who is said to have been compelled to retreat, with numerous loss. At the same time, as already cabled, General Na- yarro is reported to have defeated Antonio Maceo at Jicolea. In both cases the Span- ish troops occupied the insurgent positions with insignificant loss. , The schooner Suitano, after having been looted by the insurgents at Santa Cruz del Sur, was set fire to and burned. NEW YORK, December 5.—A special to the World from Havana says A body of $00 insurgents moved from the mountains yesterday, under Jayas and Vi- dul, and attacked the oid astronomical sta- tion outside Santa Clara city. A corporal and foreman were in charge, all volun- teers. ‘the rebels pursued their usual tactics, fir- ing a¥ the defenses without making an as: sault. x A column of 120 soldiers, under Staff Cap- tain Yncenga, went to the rescue. After brief firing the rebels retired to Loma Cruz, ten miles distant. ‘The only Spanish officer wounded was Lieut. Montesa. There is no reason why the rebels should not have captured the garrison and over- run the suburbs of the city, had they suffi- cient sand. There are few troops near Santa Clara. Consul General Williams visited General Sanguily today in the prison of the Cabanas fortress, accompanied by your correspond- ent. The purpose of the visit was to for- mally attest the sign#ture to the protest which General Sanguily, through the Amer- ican consul general, will address to the Department of State at Washington against the introduction of military evidence in his recent civil trial. Gen. Sanguily is in good spirits. tED OF CRUISERS. It Makes Some Difference When the Coul Bills Are Considered. From the Buston Transeript. Because cruisers in ordinary service do not, as a rule, come up to the speed they make on trial trips it by no meang follows that they cannot repeat the record they reach on such occasions. The explanation is that when they are on trial the builders pey the coal bil, which, when in servic Uncle Sam has to foot. An ocean liner may use 400 tons of coal a day, for her owners have receipts to offset expenses. There are ceipts for r, and her commander has orders to be careful of the coal, and to reserve engine power for when bursts of speed are demand- ndsman ty-knot ship whereas, u pt to imagine that the a going twen commander be « Gi trial trips rence in actual Jind to cent nt occur- re always bly Neptune | age of the bonus. So well is netion hetween the tial trip speed and 1 understood in England that > rated two knots sbelow when racing for ac- the reco: ceptance, coe A War Uinim, Mr. Faulkner -introduced enate authorizing the Secretary or the to ihe estate of A. H. late of the District of Co- allow of A. (Sr the a bill in the land, near Harper's Ferry, during the late w: | Hunter, From the Lewist ) Jonrnal. Jonathan has been into the woods eight- een seasons, and his occupation there has been gathering ‘spruce gum. He bullds a | cabin in the fall when he Is about to b gin work in a new territory. It is generally a stall one, but he takes great pains to} | make it one that can easily be kept warm. One year he ps five months without see- ing a human be! nd at the end of that time Fe found t another man had been 5 é 3 : z 5 El 2 They did not see each for the reason that the othe | was trapping, and confined his journeyings to a Valley Where a large stream and its bganches nim a field for his operations. ro mil y Stung lived in his little camp on the ege of a big spruce growth, and in following this he went away from; instead of toward, his neighbor, the tra When they had finished théir season's other's fellow per. work and got acaua'nied coming out, they told other » lones! ‘The Patent Ottite Building Bill—Land to Be Taken South of pthe Avenue. N Among the bills introduced in the Senate by Mr, Faulkner today were several he placed before the last Congress and which received attention before the committee on the District of Columbia. The bill to provide for a municipal build- ing and court house was introduced with- out change. It provides for a fireproof building, for the accommodation of the mu- niclpal offices and courts of the District, to be erected on or near Judiciary square, according to a design and plans to he ap- proved by a commission consisting of Gen. Casey, the Engineer Commissioner of the istrict and the supervising architect of the treasury. The cost is not to exceed $2,500,000, one-half to be paid by the Dis- trict and the other half by the United States. Acknowledgments. Mr. Faulkner also introduced a bill relat- ing to the acknowledgment of instruments affecting real estate within the District of Columbia. The measure provides the forms of acknowledzment to be used in the case of conveyances or other written instru- ments affecting real estate in the District of Columbia by natural persons and corpora- tions. All these bills were introduced in the last Congress by Mr. Faulkner. A Patent Office Building. Another bill authorizes the construction of a building for the accommodation of the United States patent office, the entire cost not to exceed $3,500,000 The bill proposes that a site be selected on the south side of Pennsylvania avenue. Praudutent Divorces. Mr. Faulkner reintroduced also the Dill to prevent fraudulent divorces in the Dis- trict of Columtia. A Telep In the Senate me Charter. today Mr. Gorman introduced a bill to permit the Stand- ard Telephone Company of Washing- ton ard Raltimore city to install, maintain and operate a telephone and telegraph plant and exchange in the District of Columbia. Lue vot ywov.aes Laat tue Stacdard Com- pany shall not at ary time charge mor than $36 per year for telephones in res dences, nor mere than $48 per year for these placed in business houses In the city of Washington, ard such additional sum for service in the District outside of Wash- ington as may be approved by the Commis- stoners; and. the yarlous departments of the District of Columbia and executive de- partments of the United States shail not be charged more than the rate of $18 per telephine per year for service within the city, and such additional amounts for ser- vice In the District outside of the city as nay be appreved by the S€cretary of the Interior. Chaplain Iyramer's Widow By a bill intyoduced in the Senate by Mr. Davis (by request), the Secretary of the Treasury is autherized to pay to Matilda S. Kramer, widow, and Mary W. Kramer, daughter of the late Samuel Kramer, the pay of a chaplain of the navy, from July 3, 1880, to May St, after deducting the amount already paid to aim while acting as such at the navy yard, Was! order of the Secretary being no regular chaplain ac payment not to exceed $t,sov. ants mentioned in this bill now this city. To Cancel Water Main Assexaments. In the Senate Mr. Harris has introdaved a bill authorizing the Commisstoners District of Cétumihta to canc wv main assessment. against that portion of block nine in =the subdivision of Brookland, District of Colunbia, w portion is ‘decribed as the trianguiar- shaped tract at the southeast corner of said block, fronting thirty-four and three one-hundredths feet on 10th street, and being seven and seventy-five one- hundredths feet maximum <lepth, and that the same be exempt from all gs} ecial assessments for water main, or street improvements so long as it remains a part of the lot of the said Mrs. F. W. Wa.lace. Mr. Murtagh's Claim. Mr. Stewart has introduced in the Senate a bill for the relief of William J. Murtagh, late proprietor of the National Republican of Washington, District of Coluinbia. The bill provides that the Secretary of the Treasury be authorized t» pay to William J. Murtagh, late proprietor of the National Republican newspaper, published in Wzsk- ington, District of Columbia, the sum of $7,847.72, due for printing ‘n said news- paper, by authority of ‘aw, and in accord- ance with vouchers filed, c. advertive- ments issued by the government. Estates of Married Men. Mr. MeRae of Arkansas has introduced a bill in the House in relation to the sep- arate estates of married women in the Dis- trict of Columbia. It is identical Lill offered in the Senate yesier: 2+ PAVEMENTS OF CORK. A Suggestion to Reduce the Wear on Modern Nerves. pular Health Magazine, From the Cork pavements have been suggested of | late as an improvement over the old methods of paving streets. Modern city life is so full of noise and confusion that any suggestion tending to reduce this noise should be considered. Persons may like city life, but sooner or later the constant wear and tear and the incessant noise and bustle of the streets affe give disturbed s| Cork ements and rubber tires to vehicles might keep per- sons more on the lookout in crossing crowd- ed streets, but such rms would yield a Guiet that would t shing. The mod- ern rapid transit street car is accompanied by much unnecessary clanging and ringing bells, and if public opinion could reduce se, streets, though crowded, would ly quiet. io be much cheaper than to a limited exient hown that it is durable sphalt are too y In wet weather, espe very warm have 1 ts, but of cork © enthusiastic wheéfman would fee z the tired city dweRer would be glid, ae soe a An bce From the St. Louis 1 The bicycle dots not go retirement eveii upon the ar ice and snow.. In,iact, the bic: e will be one of the big things on tce during the coming season. “From the = suggestion thrown out by a bd who lashed an ordi- nary skate to the front whecl of his safety, and was enabied to make good time over the surface of a frozen lake, two enter- prising young meh in Chicago have in- vented and patented an ice bicycle, and formed a company for its manufacture. With the first perfected model one of the sntors made a-mile in one minute and twenty seconds, and this can be improved upon, the skill of the rider being the only limit to the possibilities in the line 3f rec- ords. The change from the normal bi- eycle to the ice machine can be made in five minutes. The rear tire is deflated and toothed band of steel slipped over it. tire 1s then inflated until the tension ufficient to hold the band firmly in plac The blade is hollow ground, rendering The de- vice is quite cheap, costing less than $20, | and for thar reason cycling on ice Is sure to become popular, if not the reigning fad of the winter. Senator Hill of New York arrived at Fort Monroe last evening from the northwes: Upon being advised of Judge Peckham’, nomination to the United States Supreme bench he immediately replied: “The nom- ination is an excellent one and will be con- firmed" with a} 2t the brain and | The weight of | ling the theater one evening ¥ JDistRicT 81LLS/MRSSLACK'S DENIALS Never Used Bad Language or Loved an Actor. MORE AFFIDAVITS READ TODAY Lawyers Commence to Argue the Matter. NO DECISION TODAY — The introduction of testimony was con- cluded before Judge Hagner this morning in the contest over the custody of the children of the late Wm. H. Slack, instituted by their mother, and counsel commenced their arguments. The arguments will hardly be concluded today, and, as it is understood that Judge Hagner will preside as usual cver the Probate Court tomorrow, it is thought that the case will hardly be sub- mitted to the court much earlier than Sat- vrday next. _ The proceedings before Judge Hagner were instituted by the late Maj. Wm. B. Slack, the grandfather of the children, two little girls, who. on their behalf, prayed that all legal proceedings here and else- where be stopped until the contest over their father’s will be settled, thelr aunt, Mrs. Addie Slack Perrine of Trenton, N. J., having been given the custody and guar- dianship of them by their father's will. Just before the hearing was adjourned yes- terday afternoon, counsel for Mrs. Perrine gave notice that they would today ask leave of the court to read an affidavit of Ben- jamin Swan, Mrs. Slack’s colored butler. So, when the hearing was resumed this morning, Mr. Calderon Carlisie of counsel for Mrs. Perrine presented the deposition of Swan to the court, asking permission to read it as part of their testimony. He Objected. On behalf of Mrs. Slack, Mr. A. 8. Wor- thington objected to the introduction into the case of the affidavit, remarking that he was hardly able- to fitly express the strength of their opposition to its Introduc- lion. It was not only too late to introduce it, he thought, it having been made by a person heretofore available at any time, but to meet and answer it Mrs. Slack would be required to submit the affidavits of five or six persons, one of whom was now in Hurope. Therefore, it not only contained new matter, but its introduction into the case now would delay the case many weeks. ‘We do not fear its contents, your honor,” explained Mr. Worthington, “but we do not wish any more of the dreadful rublicity already given this case.” Mr. Jere M. Wilson of counsel for Mrs. Perrine, stated that they were just as solicitous as to the publicity given the de- tails of the case, and were, therefore, quite willing that the court should jirst read the deposition before passing upon its com- petency and materiality. Was Rejected. Mr. Worthington replied that his side was quite as willing that the court should read it, but only for the purpose of passing upon its admission. Judge Hagner was then handed the dep- esition, and, after reading it, he decided that it should not be admitted in evidence, rot deeming it material to the «questions at issue. The affidavit, of several typewritten pages, Was then withdrawn. It is under- stood that it referred not only to the con- ecuct of Mr. Barry Bulkley at Mrs. Slack’s residence aficr the pow famous dinner at Harvey's, April 30, 1894, but also related to the conduct of Mrs, Slack then and at cther times, and to the relations between her and her husband. After Mr. George E. Hamilton of counsel for Mrs. Siack had stated that by an agree- ment between counsel the visits of the children to their mether would be discon- tirued today and tomorrow because of the death of their grandfather, Mr, Humilton read to the court the deposition of Mra. Slack and thai of her brother, Mr. Julian Gerard Buckley. Charges Denied. The two affidavits were in answer to those of Maj. Slack and Mrs. Perrine, read by the other side yesterday. Mr. Buckley stated that he and Mrs. Slack visited the home of Mrs. Perrine in Trenton, N. J., last April. They saw Maj. Slack and Mrs. Perrine, and informed them that Mrs. Slack had come for the gurpose of de- manding her children. Mrs. Perrine told them that she could do nothing in the ab- sence of their father, when she was re- quested to allow Mrs. Slack see her chil- dren. Mrs. Perrine thereupon spoke, very unpleasantly to Mrs. Slack, said Mr. Buck- ley, refusing to allow her to see Her chil- dren, saying that they did not longer care for their mother, having learned to call her (Mrs. Perrine) mother. Mrs. Slack then endeavored to get upstairs, where the children were, but was prevented by Maj. Slack and Mrs. Perrine. Mrs, Slack was, of course, very indignant and greatly ex- cited, and said to Mrs. Perrine that she cursed her with a mother’s curse. She also said to Maj. Slack: “May God bring you down to hell for this, Maj. Slack.” Mr. Buckley stated that he then took his sister awag, and at the railroad station she became hysterical, trying to kill herself by. jumping from the embankment, exclaiming that she couldn't live without her children. They then came here, where Mrs. Slack was ill for some time. Mr. Buckley said he had never known his sister to conduct herself {mproperly, or use profane lan- guage, or use liquor to an undue extent. ~» Mrs, Sinck's Explanations. In her affida Mrs. Slack agreed with her brother's version of the visit to Mra. Perrine at Trenton. She emphatically de- nied using profanity there, or at any place, saying that it was foreign to her nature. She also denied speaking here, or else- where, of her mother- jaw as an old brz- gard, and stoutly denied referring to her at any time as something worseg Refer- ving to the statement that she had once threatened to give her husband h—I, Mrs. Stack declared that she had been misunder- s 1, having said she would gz! him Hail Columbia, jon often used by her. Mrs. Slack said she had known Fred uling, the actor, from childhood. ith her trus- Paulding (whose was at old friend of kk invited him to call, true that she loaned Mr. Paulding & 000--a matter of which she first informed nd. It is true that she possesse r iphs of Mr. Paulding, but her hus- band knew cf it, and she denied that she secreted them under lock and key, It is also true that she wrote Mr. Paulding, but ith her hust 's knowledge and conseni. The letters were business communications, however. he may have said that she liked an expr she told him Mr. e ts Dodi when Mr Mr. Paulding very much, but not in the sense of loving hi t too, that she visited M idirg’s mother, but when he was absent, and It is true that on her w: home she was robbed. When she left her children to visit Boston she left with the approval of her physician, they not being ill, She went on urgent business, was gone buta week, and was accompanied by a female friend—a Miss Carrigan, That concluded the testimony on both sides, and Mr. Carlisle then proceeded to make the opening argument in the case. Arguments Begun. Mr. Carlisle referred to the various pro- ceedings In the controversy over the cus- tody of the children, here and in New Jer- , claiming that, while it was true that New Jersey court had awarded Mrs. the Slack the custody of her children, the New Jersey court was without jurisdiction in the matter. The will of the children's father, he stated, bequeathed their custody and guardianship to their aunt, Mrs. Per- rine, and until that will is set aside no court in New Jersey or elsewhere can de- feat the testator’s disposal of his children. There can be, remarked Mr. Carlisle, no doubt of the complete legal right of a ‘ather to dispose cf the custody and guard- auship of his children in the District of Columbia, and in support of his conten- tion Mr. Carlisle cited an old English stat- ute, which is today, he stated, still in full force and effect in the District. ‘Therefore, he argued, the father having so provided in his will, Mrs. Perrine cannot be disturbed in her possession of the chil- dren as long as their father’s will stands. It is true. exnlained Mr. Carlisle, that Mrs. Slack‘ls contesting the will, alleging that ‘t 48 not a valid instrument, but that contest 1s now pending before the proper District ccurt. Until it is set aside the right of Mrs. Perrine to the custody of the children is, he declared, absolute, and not even their moth- er can Interfere, no mztter how harsh or unjust or unnatural some people may view it. The parties being domiciled here, the will having been made and filed here, only the courts of the District, contended Mr. Carlisle, have or can have jurisdiction in the matter. Mr. Carlisle then addressed himself to the propriety and power of the Equity Court to proceed as prayed by the next friend of the children. The power of the court to restrain the institution and prose- cution of legal proceedings both here and elsewhere, he thought, could not be ser!- ously doubted. But, even if the provisions of the will could be set aside before the instrument was deciared by the proper tribunal to be invatid and inoperative, Mrs. Slack, contended Mr. Carlisle, had been shown to be an improper person to have the custody of her children. He then discussed the testimony submitted on both sides, insisting that if any one thing had been demonstrated it was that Mrs. Per- rine’s custody of the little ones should not be disturbed, ani thai all proceedings re- specting their custcdy should be stopped until the contest cver their father's will shall have terminated. Behalf of Mrs, Sinck. > Mr. Carlisle closed his argument shortly before 2 o'clock, when Mr. John M. Powers of New York addressed the court on behalf of Mrs. Slack. The effect of the injunction said Mr. Powers, would be to prevent a mother from asking for her little children even by writ of habeas corpus, a right guaranteed to every American by the Con- stitution of the land. The effect of the injunction, too, would be to prevent the enforcement of a judicizl finding of a court of a sister state—that of New Jersey, where the mother of the chil- dren was awarGed the custody of them. The duty of both counsel and court in the present proceeding, sail Mr. Powers, was a most delicate one, but he was as- sured that both would perform the duty conscientiously and justly. Mr. Powers then detailed the married life of Mr. and Mrs. Slack, stating that while it is true that there followed in course 97 time an estrangement, it is also true that Mrs. Slack, as a true wife should do, entreated. her husband to return to his family, loving- iy telling him that she begged his forgive- ness for asking him to leave the house. Her wifzly advences were rot met by her husband, said Mr. Powers, in the spirit tkey had been made, and grave charges re made by the husband against the wife. They were shown to be false, said Mr. Powers, but the husband refused to return to his wife and family. It had been said on the other side, re- marked Mr. Powers, that Mr. Slack only refrained from suing fer divorce out of consideration for his children. Neverthe- less, Mrs. Slack allowed the children to visit thetr father vpon his written promise that he would return them to her. ‘That was more than a year ago, said Mr. Powers, but the father refused to allow them to return to their mother. Then the mother filed a petition for maintenance. In doing that, said Mr. Powers, she had the courage of absolute innocence of all and any wrongdoing, for she knew that in filing her suit her husband would have the opportunity of establishing, if they were true, the vile charges made by him. But Mr. Slack, declared Mr. Powers, did not believe, ‘could not have believed, in the charges. The charges were based on the tales of negro servants, and no court in the world, said Mr. Powers, would rob her mother of her children on such testimony, and that was the only reason Mr. Slack had failed to sue for divorce. ‘These charges of the servants were really all there were in the case, and they were that a woman, a mother, solicited a man in her own home, in the open presence of friends and seryants, to commit adultery with her. Such crimes are not committed in the light, in the presence of others, but are committed in darkness and in setret. Hence, remarked, Mr. Powers, the very statement of the charges downed them as false. “And yet, it was on such charges that two little innocent children had been re- quired tc base a proceeding to blast the life ana ruin the reputation of the mother, who bore them. There is but one bit of truth ir the whole matter.” exclaimed Mr. Pow- ers, “and that is that in making the hor- rible charges she has made Mrs. Perrine sought only to subject Mrs. Slack to the mortification and shame resulting from their publicity.” aoe THE CONFEDERATE FLAG. A Young Woman jaking am Income by Painting It. From the Philadelphia Press. ‘There is a young woman in New York who made for a confederate veteran a sketch in coils on parchment of the confederate battle flag. He was a prominent member of the southern set in Gotham, and the fame of his picture went through the ranks of those who were born in Dixie. The young woman was not well off in the world’s gvois, and she was glad to teke all the orders her veteran friend could get.her. I heard an order for half a dozen given at a dinner a few weeks ago. She is reaping the result of originality. Very few, even of the southerners, own fac-similes of this bat- tle fag. It was not complete in design when the war broke out, of course, and this pic ture contains, I think, four or five flags each a painstaking reproduction of the changes as they were made. They are grouped artistically together, the four in- termediate around the last as it was when it fe In the home of a southern matron who resides in New York, the wife of a well- known lawyer, hangs one of these pictures in heroie size It is framed in Georgia pine and over one corner of the frame is crossed the swords of her husband and father, both of whom were officers. That, while all bitter feeling is dead, senti- ment still remains is a fact of which the young woman who cunceived the idea is heartily glad. She asks quite a resonable sum for her work and she ts being kept very busy. Not only southerners living in New York are ordering her handiwork, but those who live below the line are sending for the flag. ——__—_-+e+ GROWTH OF NEW YORK. $71,000,000 Pat Into New Buildings Only a Part of the Record. From the Providence Journal. During the present year the growth of new buildings in New York city has been phenomenal. Up to October 1, or during only three-quarters of the year, there had been filed with the buildiag department the plans for new buildings to cost alto- gether $71,008,911, and plans for alterations to old buildings to cost $8234418. To form some con-eption of what this means a few comparisoas may be made. ce this sum of $0,000,000 represents the ue put into buildings fair to assume that ants at same time a reasonable valuatioa for other properties for the purposes of taxation. If this be so there has he2n added to the city in but a single year a city greater in vaiue than was the city of Bu‘falo in 1Ss0, greater than the city of Newark, in New J in that same , and almost equal to the en- tire value of the whole of Hudsoa county, ew Je} ncluding Jersey City, Hoboken Weehawken. Another $10,000,000 worth will perhaps be filed during the last quarter of the year, a grand total $00,000,009 for the 000,000 more thai the total of S04." On October 1 there, were in course of erection in New York 2,500 buildings, and of these eighty were great steel and .ron strac- tures down town, to be used for stores and offices. Popular Hypnotism, From the Cincinnat! Enquirer, The hypnotist smiled confidently. “Yes,” said he, “by making a few passes I can cause a man to go to any part of the city I choose.” “Hm!” said the railroad magnate, “I can do the same thing and send a man clear from here to San Francisco.” soo Baltimore Markets. ALTIMORE, December 5.--Flour anged—receipts, 10,088 barre sale antiet, nn 29,788 nit sa emer spot, Bs%qusTy; F x00d Oats firmer, 24 ‘on estern—receipts, 100,644 bushels. Hay —chulce Umothy, $15.60. freights stead, unchanged. Sugar, butter, and cheese firm, unchanged. FINANCE AND TRADE Regular Quarterly Dividends on Sugar Trost Declared, INDICATICNS POINTINGTO AN ADVANCE Estimates as to Saturday's Gold Shipments. GENERAL MARKET REPORTS Special Dispatch to The Evening Star, NEW YORK, December 5.—The selling of bankers’ bills in the foreign exchange mar- ket this morning. as the only means of sat- istying a liberal demand from remitters, in- dicates an early resumption of specie ex- ports. To what extent withdrawals of gold will be made between now and sailing hour on Saturday cannot as yet be determined, but careful estimates indicate a probable outflow of two or three millions. Transactions in reilway shares were again of that indifferent characier which has characterized the weck’s operations, the professional trader being unassisted in determining values. Investors find little evidence of any necessity to hasten intend- ed purchases, the weight of argument fa- voring a lower level as a condition prece- aent to a higher ore. Fluctuations, how- ever, are not likely to be wide, nor the re- sult of significant developments during thé inectivity of the public, but until the pres- ent inertia is overcome the cautious trader will save interest by waiting until the pur- pose of the market is more clearly defined than at present. 4 The industrial list, not being subject to the same influences which affect the more conservative railway issues, will be influ- enced by manipulation, and will in all peasy reflect a series of wide fluctua- ions, The action of Sugar today again empha- sized the conviction that higher prices will nut be opposed by the powerful inside in- terests. The regular quarterly dividends on both the common and preferred stocks were declared during the day. The prospect of paying this disbursement is relied upon to discourage short selling of the stock until after the books are closed. While the signs point to an evident inten- tien to force higher prices for the present, the opinion that the high level will be utilized for short selling in liberal volume sgill obtains in well informed circles. The trading in American Tobacco was largely in the interests of lower wie | pending litigation and a doubtful dividen: policy betng urged in justification of large sales. Should Congress take no action against the so-called trusts the courts throughout the country are ’kely to deter- mine the legality of certain profitable char- ters and supply the deficit in speculative material. The trading of the last hour was dull and void of significance, the purely professional character of the market insuring frequent changes of direction. SS 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. SO Broadway, Open. High. Low Last. American Sugar... - WE 105% 1087, 10435 American Sugar, 100 100° WE BOR American Tobacco. Tey 16K Ameri-:an Cotton Oi cee Chicago, B. & Q z Chic. & sorthwestern.. Chicago Gas, Cis UC. Me & St Paul ©. M. & St. Paul, Bid Chic., tT & Pacific Del., Lack. & V belaware & Hudson. ben. & K. Grande, Pf Dis. & Cattle Feeding. General Electric. Iino Central, Lake Shore. brie. Loutsvilie & Nashville. Long Islund ‘Traction Metropolitan ‘Iraction.. Manhattan Elevated. Michigan Central. Missour! Pacitl National Lead 5 ational Lead Co., Pid. 8. Leather. 5 New Jersey Central New York Central NY.&N. Eng. © N.Y. C. & St. Louis Northern Pacific. Northern Pacite, Norta American, Unt. & Western, racific Mail, Yhiia. & Keading. Pullman Pal. Car Co. Soutnern Railway, Pfd.. Phila. ‘iraction. ‘texas Pacutic. denn. Coal & iron Union Pacific... Wabash. Wabash, Pid Wheeling & 1. Erie. Wheetng & L. Erie, Pf. Western Union ‘iel. Wisconsin Central Silver... Washington Stock Exchange. Sales—regular cal!l—12 o'clock m.—U. 8. Electric Light, 10 at 5 2 'S. 48, registered, nat . 48, coupon, 111% bid, 112 1925, 120% bid, 121 asked.” U. 5 asked, District wubia Bonds.—20-year fund 5s, 104 bid. 30-year fund Gs, gold, 111 Water stock 116 bid. Water stock 7s, 1903, 3.658, funding, currency, 10s, 100 bid. ui ity and Trust 5s, F. and A, ity sod Trost’ 5s, A. and Market Company ist 6s, ket € y imp. r tds, 1 bid. Wash- O., 101 bid. i bid. ut bia. Nationai bid, 300 aske Metnopolitan, 280 bid Farmers and’ Mechanics’, 180 bid. Columbia, 180 bid, 140° asked, 4 bid. bia, 300 asked. Second, 134 bid, pital, Traders’, 104 bid, 165 asked. Ohio, 83 —National Sate askel. Washington inked. , 18 21 A asked. 36 bid. Metropelitan, 6S bid. © Wid, 75 " oO bid. | Columbia, Si asked. iron Franklin, . Gert Union, 10 bid, umbla Title, 7 District Tithe, 8 |. Chesa- Americas e344 Pneumatic Gua . 28 pid, Waneous Stocks. Washington Market, 14 eat Falls Ice, 125 bid, 135 asked. "Bull “AnOTAMA ed. Lincoln Hall, 60 bid. lergenthaler Linotype, 210 bid. a Grain and Cotton Markets, Furnished by W. B. Hibbs & Co., 1421 F street, members New York stock exchangg correspondents Messrs, Ladenburg, Thal mann & Co., New York, os W285 en Zeynege Fae * 17 20% S72 05, 9.10 9.02 585 6.35 5.00 5T 440 4.37 462 4.00 High. Low. Bis “Sot 8.19 8.10 5.26 B15 SaR KES