Evening Star Newspaper, December 16, 1895, Page 2

2 THE EVENING STAR, MONDAY, DECEMP™R 16, 1895—-SIXTEEN PAGES. LATE NEWS BY WIRE Lawyer Beasley of Chattanooga Shot at by Chief Justice Snodgrass. ANGRY GVER CHARGES IN A NEWSPAPER Men Came to Blows, Then a Pistol Was Drawn. AFFAIR CREATES EXCITEMENT oe CHATTANOOGA, Tenn., December 16.— Chief Justice D. L. Snodgrass of the su- preme court of Tennessee shot and painfully injured Lawyer John R. Beasley In the law office of Congressman Brown in this elty, a few minutca hefore noon today. Judge Snodgrass entered the law office to see Mr. Spurlock, who Is partner of Con- gressman 3rown, Mr. Beasley was sitting at a desky and the judge, walking up to him, denounced an article in the Morning Times which appeared over his (Beasley's) signa- ture, a He. Mr. Beasley protested that truth. ‘They came to blows, and Judge Snodgrass drew a pistol and shot at Beasley twice. One ball entered the left arm near the wrist and came out near the elbow. The other ball lodged In the ceiling. The charges made by Mr. Beasley in his ecard to the Times were to the effect that the supreme court rendered a decision in the railroad debt of the state case from a politics) standpoint, and not from justice. The shooting has created great excite- ment. Judge Snodgrass went before Justice Tom Cowart and waived trial, and upon giving $1,000 bond was released. ———__—_ ADJOURN TONIGHT. it was the MAY Werk of the Federatio Nearly Finishe NEW YORK, December 16.—The work of the annual convention of the American Federation of Labor has been practically finished, and it is expected that an ad- Journment will be reached tonight. Among the business remaining to be t:ansacted is the selection of the place for the nexi con- vention. Thé choice les between Cincin- nati and Chicago. A new editer for the Fererst onist, tte official organ of the as- sociation, Is also to be selected. President McBride occupied the chair at today’s ses- sion of the convention, —_———_— ALLEGED INFERNAL MACHINE. of Labor They Are Designed for Messrs. Puall- man and Armour of Chicago. CHICAGO, December 16.—A_ coilector making his rounds this morning found on a.mail box two packages, one ad- dressed to George M. Pullman's private residence on Prairie avenue, and another addressed to P. D. Armour’s residence at 37th street and Michigan avenue. He was suspicious. While the postmaster was be- ing told about the packages, Mr. Armour’ privat» secretary came to the post office and suid that a Southtown business man overheard a conversation last evening be- tween two men, in relation to an attempt to blow up Pullman and Armour. But the package on investigation was found to contain sawdust and mud. Superintendent Hanlon took one of the bembs home with him and opened it. The bomb, which was made from a section of lead pipe, was found to contain matches and a waite powder, which the superinten- dent belteved to be dynamite. — +. Fatal Fire at the Exposition. ATLANTA, Ga., December 16.—Fire broke out at the exposition grounds early this morning in a cafe adjoining the Mexican village, in which James Thompson of Bom- bay, India, an employe of the East Indian pavillion, lost his life, and several other occupants of rooms on the second floor were injured. ‘The fire was stopped before it spread to any of the adjoining buildings. ———__ More House Appointments. The following acditional appointments have been made in the House of Represen- tatives: E. J. Totten of Ohio, Charles N. ‘Thomas of Massachusetts, cler! at $1,600, N. S. Gallagher of Michigan has also been appointed assistant Hbrarian, ata salary of $2,000 per annum. —e——___ For Divorce. Through Attorney Alexander Wolf, Mary Strathers today filed a petition for divorce fram James Strathees, to whom she was married here July 2, 1885.. One child was born to them, and the defendant is charged with deserting and abandoning his wife April 15, 1889, ———__ His Will Filed. The will of the late John H, Outri dated July 18, 1891, was filed this afternoon for probate. His entire estate is left to his wife, Margaret, during life, or as long as she remains a widow. In the event of her death or remarriage the property Is to be divided equally among the children of the testator, Mrs. Outrich, the wife, is named as executrix. es HE ADVERTISED. ‘The Proof of the Value of Newspaper Publicity Was Convincing. From the San Francisco Post. “Once, when I was publishing a paper in Seattle, I convinced a man in a most em- phatic way that It paid to advertise,” said an old journalist. “He was a fairly pros- perous merchant, and I had tried for a long time to get him to Insert an advertisement in my paper. “Oh, it's no use,’ he would say. ‘I never read the advertisements in a paper, and no one else does. I believe in advertising, but in a way that will force itself on the pub- Ne. Then it pays. But in a newspaper— aw! Everybody who reads a newspa- Godges the advertising pages as if they were poison.” “Well,” said I, ‘if I can convince you that people do read the advertising pages of my paper, will you advertise?” “‘Of course I will. I advertise wherever I think it will do any good." “The next day I rar the following line in the lightest-faced agate in the office and stuck it in the most obscure corner of the Paper between a couple of patent medicine ads: ‘Ww at Is Cohen going to do about it?” » next day so many people annoyed asking what that line meant that sged me to explain the matter in my next issue. I promised to do it if he would let me write the explanation and stand to it. He agreed, ard I wrote: ya ie is going to advertise, of course.’ «lhe ¢ 1 jan Theory of Women. From the St. Louis Republic. Among the many Interesting traditions that have recently been brought to light by 4 gentleman who has been making. a care- ful study of the legends and folk’ lore of the Cheyenne and Arapahoe Indians of the Indian territory is one that accounts in an original way for the origin of woman. It ts little wonder that the Cheyenne and Arapahoe braves look down upon the wo- men as inferior beings. The legend says that originally all men were created with long, sleek and comely Were their delight, and they adorned them with paint, Leads and wampum. Then the world was at pe iscord and wars were unknown. Men became prosperous and proud, forget their Maker and became en- vious and quarrelsome. heir Maker be- came displeased with them and sent 2 scourge upon them to teach them humility , and make them realize their dependence on the Great Spirit. He amputated their tails, and out of these | beautiful members fashio: d women. Women, say the Cheyennes, still retain traces of their orivin, for we find them ever trailing after 1 frisky and impulsive. talls. These tails | Here is another suggestion for the business man who adver- tises or ought to advertise. Advertising space is valuable in proportion to the extent and character of circulation of the advertising medium. The Star’s advertising rate for a given space for three months or more is less than 5 cents per line, without changes; for ten thousand lines to be used within a year, changes at will, the rate is 7} cents per line. The Star’s circulation is be- lieved to be five times that of any afternoon paper in Wasb- ington—no other afternoon pa- per makes public its. circulation. On this basis it is therefore easy to calculate that a fair rate for space in other afternoon papers would be one cent a line where The Star charges five and 14 cents a line as against The Star’s charge of 7$ cents. AGAINST THE CREMATORY. The Protest of Citizens to Be Taken to Congress Tomorrow. The protests against the location of the garbage crematory at 24th and N streets northwest are being signed by hundreds of citizens. Copies may be found at the offi- ces of Hill & Johnston, J. V. Ruyck, Westcott, Wilcox & Hieston, in Washing- ton, and at C. H. Fickling’s,in Georgetown. Signatures will be received until 12 o'clock tomorrow, when the supplementary pro- tests from various citizens by letter and otherwise, and the general protest, will be presented to the District committees of Congress. THE SUGAR TRUST CONTEMPT. The United States Supreme Court Re- fuses to Stay Proceedings. In the United States Supreme Court today the motion made in behalf of Elverton R. Thapman for an order staying the con- tempt proceedings against him in the courts of the District of Columbia in connection with the Senate sugar trust inquiry of last session was denied. CONDITION UNCHANGED. Capt. Bassett Linble to Die at Any Moment. At 3:05 o'clock today the condition of Capt. Bassett was unchanged. He is Hable to die at any hour. ee age A STRANGE CARE! Remarkable Story of 2 Man Once in the United States Senate. From (he Chicago Thnes-Herald. Governor “Bob” Stewart, who was the chief executive of Missouri ones, and aft2r- ward United States Senator from that state, had a strange career. During his gubernatorial incumbency he was one day looking through the peniten- Uary at Jefferson City, when he saw among the convicts an aged man whom he recog- nized. On the following day he sent to the warden of the prison orders to have that man brought to the executive mansion. When the man appeared the governor, calling him by name, asked him if he hadn't once been the mate of a Missouri river steamboat. The convict admitted that he had been, and then the following conversa- tion ensued, the governor beginning: “Do you remember at one time of having taken blankets away from a boy who was a stowaway on the boat, and kicking hin ashore “The circumstance doesn’t occur to me new, but doubtless I did it. A steamboat mate in those days had to be considerable of a brute. “Yes, sir; and you filled the bill admir- ably. I was the boy rou robbed and kick- ed ashore very near to this capital city, and thus I became enabled to give you your pardon. Here, sir, take it. Now, right about. March out of that door and off these premises, and never let me see your brutal old face again.” The old convict walked away quite bris! ly for one of his age. A little while ago a Serator told me that ore day, about the close of the war, or, perhaps, a little later, he-was walking down Pennsylvania avenue in Washington with another Senator, when his companion ab- ruptly called his attention to a rather dis- tinguished-looking man in a gang of labor- ers who were cleaning the streets, and I think he said under police surveillance, “Do you know who that man is?” the second Senator asked. ‘No. “Well, that is ex-Governor and ex-Sena- tor Bob Stewart of Missouri. He was of convivial nature, and the convivialittes of Washington proved too much for him.” ——+ee—_-—__ TWO FEET OF ICE ON DECK. The Wild Run of an American Ship Before a Gale Off Cape Horn. From the San Francisco Examiner. The American ship W. F. Babcock,which arrived from Liverpool a short time ago, docked at Green street wharf this morning and began discharging her cargo of coal. ‘The Pabcock presented the appearance of a yacht before her hatches were opened, so spick and span did her houses, spars and deck look. The trimness of the craft gave little indication of the experience she had whil2 roundirg the Horn. From the east coast of Patagonia to the western shore she was twenty-one days, during which time she wes driven nearly 300 miles south- ward. The vessel would have been out several weeks longer but for the bold run made by Capt. Graham. The wind veered to the southwest and Graham took advantage of it. From noon one day to noon of the next the ship traversed nearly £50 miles, with heavy scas washing over her froin both sides. Capt. Graham remained cn deck all right lashed to the wheel. He gave him- self enough rope to carry him to both sides of the vessel, and more than once he was knocked down by the pitching of the ship. ‘It was a wild night,” said the captain yesterday, “and we took blg chances mak- ing our way through the pelting seas. The water came over from both sides, the wind blowing from one direction and the current running down like a mill race from the other. It was intensely cold, the wind blowing almost directly from the south pole. The crew felt the bitterness of the weather very keenly, some of them being frostbitten; but I did not mind it at all. It is possible that my anxiety for my ship kept my blood in circulation, so that I was oblivious to all other thoughts but the safety of the vescel. “It seemed to me that as soon as the spray struck the rigging it would become frozen, The main deck was filled with wa- ter, which the scuppers were Insufficient to unload. The result was that by morning we had two feet of solid ice on deck, and the ice was so thick on the running rig- ging that the latter could not be hauled through the blocks. As soon as day broke |[ had the crew out smashing the ice from the rigging with axes and hammers. When the men had the rigging clear chelr atten- tion was turned to the deck, and It was a frightful Job to break the icé up there. We made considerable time by the run, but we lost most of it in the Pacific. I was more |than three weeks on a trip that should not j have occupied six da: er ce To Restore Tariff Duties. Representative Smith of Michigan | introdu a lll to restore the Me | tarift DIM schedules covering agric | produets, wool and woolen goods and jets and K goods, has STREET EXTENSION Constitutionality of the Highway Act Questioned. INSTRUCTIONS ASKED FOR REFUSED _ Full Text of Judge Cox's Charge to the Jury, > A MAJORITY FI) DING Upon the resumption this morning of the hearing of case 419, Denison and Leighton‘s subdivision of Mount Pleasant, the first of the forty-seven subdivisions embraced within section 1 of the approval plan of street extension, testimony was continued on behalf of the lot owners, and later on behalf of the District. The same jury of seven appraisers sitting in the present case have been summoned by Marshal Wilson to sit in case 453, and the latter case will, It is thought, be con- cluded in less than a week's time. The witnesses examined today in case 419 were W. W. Townsend, owner of lot 49; Aibert F. Fox, real estate dealer; J. H. Lichliter, a builder; Robert B. Brown, Capt. Fiebeger, assistant to the Engineer Com- missioner; John M. Henderson, a lot owner Mr. Th Daniel, real estate dealer; B. P. Davis, real estate dealer. Wilnon’s Request for Instructions This concluded the testimony tn the case, and Mr. Nathaniel Wilson, on behalf gen- erally of tho lend owners, offered a series of instructions, which he asked the court to give the jury of appraisers. ‘The asked- for instructions attacked the constitution- ality of the street extension act, contend- ng that the a: ing of both damages and benefits contemplated by the act would invalidate it. The instructions a!so asked the court to tell the jury that they cannot assess benefits against any parcel of land not embreced with'n the sub vision tn questior nd that in asses: ng benefits they cannot take into considera- tion any supposed benefits resulting from the proposed extension of streets. Mr. Wilson also formally moved that the jury be d'scharged and the proceedings dls- missed because the filing of the approved plan of section 1 last August wa: the taking of the lands, and bec provision was made in the act for the com pensation of the owners in legal tender, It being unlawful to compensate them partly in money and partly in benefits: also, be- cause it {s not In the power of Congress to provide that one-half of both general and spec'al benefits shall be charged inst lot owners. The act is so contridictory and explained Mr, Wilson, that it ent, and for y be of the case. Judge Cox's Refusal. Judge Cox said he would refuse the in- structions, and would, pro forma, overrule the motion to discharge the jury, although he remarked that he sympathized with many of the matters urged by Mr. Wilson. It did not seem to him, however, that any- ene could be subjected to a double assess- ment of benefits. He did not, of course, know that the act ever will, or ever can, be enforced, but they would have to do the very best they could under the cireum- stances, Counsel on both sides decided to submit the case to the jury without arguments, and Judge Cox proceeded to charge the jury. The CRinrge to the Jury. In charging the jury Judge Cox said: “As to eaca of the several parcels of land proposed to be condemned as a public high- way, the jury are to ascertain what would be a just compensation to the owner foi such condemnation. 1 might perhaps add here that the Dis trict of Columbia does not expect to take the fee cimple ownersmp of the land, bur simply the vse of the land for the public highway; so that if hereafter it should be abandoned as a public highway the fec simple ownership would revert to the owner. It would always remain in him, { fact, subject to use as a public highway If the District should afterward abandor the road or street the ownership of the land in the present proprietor would re main unaffected. “And, in estimating said compensation, you may consider the most valuable uses to which said land may be put by the owner or other persons; the advantages of the lceality for residential, commercial or othe: purposes. “You may also consider what said land is worth in cash or its equivalent in the market, if a market exists for such land, also, what prices have recently been paid for land in said subdivision, and in its vicinity, making due allowance for differ- evce in situation and conditions of the land sold, and said value shall be ascer- tained as of the time of the hearing be- fere the jury. Damnge or Benelit. “That when any parcel of land to be con- demned as aforesaid shall be part of a larger parcel owned by the same person, you shail assess the just compensation for the part taken; you shall also take into consideration the damage or benefit whica the appropriation of said part for a public highway may be to the owner or owners of such larger parcel by lessening or enhanc- ing the value of the remainder not taken, and shall render your verdict accordingly for the amount of said compensation and damage, if you shall find such damage, or for the amount of compensation, less the benefit, if you shall find benefit. “That is to say, taking at random lot 105, we will say, you will find, first, what is a just compensation for the part taken, if any, of the extension of 16th street; and if you tind any benefit is derived from them by the balance of the lot over and above its present market value by having a new front on a wide highway, you will deduct the amount of that benefit, the percentage, if you can arrive at it, from the amount al- lowed fur damages for the taking of the eet. Sut there is a constitutional question here which the gentlemen representing the lot owners have raised, as to whether Con- gress has any right to deduct estimated benefits from the land itself which is taken. In order that that question may be pre- sented on the record I direct you further that you shall state separately the amount of compensation due for the land taken, and also the amount of damage, if any, to the part not taken, or the amount of bene- fit, if any, to the part not taken, so that the figures will be before the court upon the final hearing, and the amount of bene- fit can be deducted or not, according to the final decision of this question of constitu- tional law, without the necessity of having another jury to pass upon the question. “In estimating the amount of damage to the part not taken you shall not consider the probabilities of a future sale of such part by its owner to the owner of the ad- joining tract, such probabilities being too remote. “You will remember that as to some of these lots the part not taken is of very lit- tle value in itself, a mere strip, sometimes, but the inquiry has been made whether the owner of the adjoining lot would not want to buy it. This instruction is that you will not consider that question at all. It is not to be assumed that the owner of the adjoining lot will take it, but you will consider the actual damage done by leaving that little piece. “You shall also ascertain what property, if gny, will be lessened in value by the abdhdonment of the whole or part of any existing highway involved in the plan adopted by the Commissioners, and shall ascertain and find the amount of damages properly payable therefor. e “For instance, lot 119, on Kenesaw avenue, is now a corner lot. It is at the in- tersection of 16th street and Kenesaw avenue. In that case the abandoned part of 16th street becomes a mere private way, and you should consider what, if any, dam- hat would be to lot 119. That when the amount due as compen- ation and damages for each highway or part of highway to be condemned as afore- said is ascertained, you shall ascertain and report what property will be benefited by the opening of such highway or part there- of, or by the abandonment of an existing highway or part thereof, and shall assess } the court was then continued until a verdict against each parcel which they shall find to be so benefiteg its proper proportional part of one-half of the entire amount of com- pensation and damages awarded for the ecndemnation of said highway, or abandon- ment of an existing highway or any part thereof. Effect{bny Market Values. “In fixing tle ¥hlue of the ground taken in this case the purpose of a perma- nent highway. You may cons‘der what effect, if any, the passage of the highway act urder which th's proceeding 1s had has had upon thé market value of the prop- erty in said gutdivision; and if you find from the evidencé-that the passsge of said act and the subsequent proccedings had thereurder has lessened the marke? price or value of said ground, or rendered it sn ™e. seh, depression of value, If you should find it. to exist, should not in- fluence your verdict in gscertaining the value of said ground, but your verdict should be for the fair market value of the ground without regard to the efvect, If any, of the passage of said act and proceed- irgs thereunder upon the value of the ground in safd subdivision. Which sab- stantially is, that you should covsider what the value of this ground would be if it had not been threatened with this invasion and this charge in the highways—if this law had not been passed at all. In other words, the District has no right to have an act of this sort passed which covers this prop- erty with a cloud, and depreciates its value in the market, and then take cdvantaxe of that depreciation to get the ground at a depressed price. That is plain coynon sense and henest A Majority Finding. In conclusion, Judge Cox told the jury that « majority finding would be all that is required by the law, and that they might take their own time in considering their vergict. e further consideration of the case by «s rendered, which one of the jurors thought would not be ezrlier than some time next month, DISTRICT IN CONGRESS Resolution in Rorard tothe Great Christian Endeavor Convention. A Monu nt Proposed to Hahnemann —Retirement of Government Em- ployes — Other Matters. Mr. Roach irtroduced a joint resolution in the Senate today authorizing the Secre- tery of War to grant permits for the use of the White Lot and part of the monu- ment grounds to the committee known as “the committee of of which W. H. H. Smith is chairman, having charge in the city of Washirgton of the arrangements for the fifteenth international Christian E1deavor convention. Thsse permits are to be for temporary sccupation and use during July, 1896, of the said grounds and for the purpose of erecting three or more great tents and the necessary platforms, seatings, etc., capable of seating 10,000 persons each, this conven- tion to be held July $ to 13, inclusive, 1896, A Hahnemann Monument. Mr. Gall.nger introduced a joint resolu- tion In the Seuate,today for the erection of 4 monument ‘n Washington, D. C., for the ornamentation of the national capital and n honor of Samue] Hahnemann,the founder of homeopathy. Retirement of Government Employes. ‘A bill was introduced in the Senate by Mr. Proctor, by request, today, providing for the retirement of employes in the ex- ecutive departments of the government of the classified service. A fund for the pese to be created holding cent of the sularies of clerks. Medical Colleges in the Dixtrict. The bill introduced In the House of Rep- resentatives February 15, 184, by Mr Heard, by request, providing for the incoi poration and regulation of medical colleges n the District of Columbia was introduced n the Senate today by Mr. Harris, It has the approval of the District Commissioners and the health oificer, Dr. Woodward. Aged Colored People’s Home. Mr. Gailinger introduced ip the Senate today a bill to provide a home for aged and infirm colored people. It is the same measure Mr. Hull introduced in the House of Representatives December It is expected that a hearing on this bill vefore the committee of military affairs of the House will be arranged for as soon as committees are organized, and am effort will be made to have the bill passed by the House at an early day. The Capital Railway Company. Mr. Walthall introduced in the Senate to- day a bill to amend atu act entutled “An act to. incorporate the Capital Railway Com- pany,” approved March 2 185, The act 43 amended so as to change the route to have the road connect with the Metropoli- tan road at llth and Bast Capitol streets. Marringes in the District. Mr. Harris also introduced a bill to amend 720, 721, 722 and 733 of the Revised Statutes of the United States, relating to the District _of Columbia, in relation to marriages. The Dill {ts approved by the District Commissioners and Chief Justice Birgham. The Brightwood R.R. Company. Senator Proctor introduced, by request, a bill to amend the charter of the Bright- wood Railway Company of the D:strict of Columbia, being in an amended form the same bill introduced by Mr. Richardson tn the House at the second session of the last Congress. The bill fixs thes the houte for the extension of the road. Probable District Committee. ‘The Senate republican caucus on commit- tees is to be held tomorrow. The committee on District of Coiumbia is expected to bg made up as follows: McMillan, chairman; Gallinger, Hans- brough, Proctor, Witmore, Pritchard, Ba- ker, Harris, Faulkner, Gibson, Smith and Martin. A Delegate From the District. Mr. Crain of Texas introduced a bill in the House :cday providing that citizens of the District of Columbia may elect a dele- gate to the House of Representatives. Another Traction Company. Mr. Gibscn introduced into the Senate to- day a bill to incorporate the East Wash- ington Heights Traction Railroad Company of the District of Columbia. This bill is nearly similar to that introduced in the House on December 20, 1803, by Mr. Tal- bert by r quest. +--+ Romeo and Jullet Again, Vienna Letter to Lomlon Daily News. An extraordinary love tragedy, recalling the story of Romeo and Juliet, is reported from Altfoldt, Irma. Some time ago the daughter of a highly respected family made the acquaintance of an employe of the local administration, whose uncle is one of the princes of the Hungarian Church. The two fell deeply in love, and often met by stealth, as the young man’s parents could not forget a lawsuit they had had with the girl's family, and which was decided against them. The girl's father, who was orce a millionaire, but whom speculation had reduced, tried to persuade his daughter to marry a rich land owner who was anx- jous to make her his wife. The young man succeeded, however, in getiing a dis- pensation through his clerical uncle, and @ secret marriage was performed. A week ago the girl’s parents again made a violent scene to induce her to marry the land owner, She took their werd so much to heart that she took a-large dose of opium, and next morning was found uncon. scious in her bed. The young husband | hearing the news ran to the house, ard in the general confusion entered her room. Seeing her pale and motionless, and } lieving her to be dead, ke blew his bi s out with a revolver he had brought with him. The report woke the young woman, whom the opium had held in a tran When she saw her lover lifeless on ground near her, she took the from his dead hand and shot he} the | revoly If. OVERHEAD WIRES The Arlington Railroad and the Aqueduct Bridge, DELEGATION CALLS ON COMMISSIONERS > Coming Encampment Here of the Union Veteran Union. OTHER DISTRICT MATTERS Representatives of the Washington and Arlington Railroad Company appeared be- fore the Commissioners this morning and urged the revocation of the order of the Commissioners, which prohibited them from stringing wires on the Aqueduct bridge to convey the current from the power house of the Potomac Light and Power Company across the bridge to its plant in Virginia. It was explained that this permit had been granted, but was revoked because the com- pany failed to avail itself of the opportunity within a specified time. A hearing was set for tomorrow at 11 o'clock to further con- sider the matter. R. H. Phillips, attorney, and Messrs. Wal- ter and C. S, Hinchman appeared in the in- terest of the road. The Garbage Plant. Copies of the protest against the location of the garbage plant in the northwest have been placed in the offices of J. V. N. Huyck, Hill & Johnson, and Wescott & Wilcox, in Washington, and C. H. Ficklen of Georg: town for signatures. The Union Veteran Legion. Representatives from the three encamp- ments of the Union Veteran Legion in this city, headed by Corporal James ‘Tanner, appeared before the Commissioners to re- port the result of the latter’s invitation to the association to hold its next annual en- campment in Washington. Corporal Tanner was the spokesman for the delegation, He said the invitation was presented in Buffalo during the encamp- ment, and unanimously accepted The text encampment, he was glad to say, would be held in this city the second Wednesday in October, and promised to eclipse anything yet held. The thrée encampments in this city had decided to appoint a large executive com- miltce to take charge of the affair, and tendered the chairmanship thereof to Com- miss.over Ross, which the latter gracefully accepted, although he feared his manifold duties as Commissioner -would preclude him from giving much time to the matter. Col. Wright thought the encampment here would be even more successful than the one keld in Buffalo, where between 30,000 and 40,000 visitors were in attend- ance. He expected double that number in Washington rext October. Those present. were: Corporal James Tanner, Cols. Jas. R. Fritts, Wm. P. avis, Thos. J. Shannon, Luke Kelly, Chas. Waterman, Andrew Geddes and Mayor M, B.C, Wright. Peles to Come Down. When the Commissioners directed the Eckington and Soldiers’ Home Railroad Company to remove all poles and overhead wires ther) were several poles near the ter- minus of New York avenue which were left for the purpose of allowing the traveling public to charge from the electric cars to the horse cars, and be protected from the inclement weather. Tcday, however, the Commissioners decided that they, too, most be abardoned, and the following let- ter was written to President Newbold of the compan; “The Commissioners of the District of C lumbia direct me to notify you to remove, within four days from this date, from New York avenue, within the limits of the city ngton, all the iNegaliy-maintained poles and overhead wires of your road on said avenue, and that if the same are not removed within that period, proceedings will be instituted in the Pclice Court of the id District to compel that action. “fhe Commussioners also direct me to send you the inclosed copy of a report of General Inspector Beggs recommending a point on Eckington place from 650 to 900 feet north of the bourdary as the least ob- jectionable location for the establishment of a transfer station where the motive agency of your road changes horse power to electricity, ———— STATUE OF GRAN It Will Be Erected im Fairmount Park, Phila phin, Next Spring. From the Philadelphia L.dger. The finishing touches are being given to a new equestrian statue of Gen: Grant, which will be cast In:bronze this month and erected in Fairmount Park, Philadel- phia, early next spring. The nearly finished clay model of {he statue is In the studio of Mr. Potter, at Enfield, Mass., but will be brought to New York this month to the bronze foundry to he cast. The statue measures fifteen feet from {ts base to the top of the head of Graat, being about the size of the Wash- ngton statue in Union Square. The horse is nine fect high at the withers. He stands on his four fect, as if his rider had reined him in at the edge of a precipice. ‘The figure of Grant is wrapped in an ample cloak with a cape, the hat sloughing forward, the feet encased in top boots. The features are well defined and distinct- ly recognizable, the expression, as well as the whole attitude, suggesting strength, nerve, endurance and characteristic reti- cence. Grant did not usually carry a sword, ard Mr. French has therefore d's- pensed with that accessory, which, how- ever, is scarcely missed, the figure being so thoroughly martial in sentiment and spirit. You infer from the closely wrapped cloak of the general that he is facing a wintry blast, an impression which is strengthened by the strong light on the face, like the glare of sunlight reflected from a snow-covered landscape. soe Revival of the Husking Bee. From the Hartford Courant. One of the most gratifying things in this much-shouted, long-drawn-out end of the century Is the revival of the husking bee. The barn party has struggled hard to get the better cf it. ‘Barn party’—incon- gruous name—brings to mind a floor nicely polished for dancing to the music cf the city orchestra, with no trace of hay or straw, and the horses resting in roomy stalls. “Barn party’ belongs to the city village, and marks a weak attempt to bring together the old and the new. In “husking bee” there is the odor cf the breath of cattle, the light of the jack o’ lantern, the warmth of the summer sun stowed away in the mows, the dancing of bright eyes, the laughter of red-cheeked girls, the gurgle of the cider jug and withal the itching from the rye beards that make dust on the rough board floor. ‘Husking bees’? belong to the country cross roads and beyond. We know there is a revival of them, because almost every one of our exchanges mentions them in its correspond- ence, but, unfortunately, not enough at- tention has been given to them in print to make a boom. The nearest to it was when it was written of a bee over in East Hartford that it was decided to call all the ears red ears, and “the girls liked it.” —_—__ -+e*0 —___ Huge Snow Ball Story. From the Chicago Tribune. Passengers on the Flint river division of the Flint and Pere Marquette railroad who came tc the city the other day report ob- serving a strange phenomenon in large, level fields not far from the city. Hun- dreds of snow balls, some of them of colos- sal size, have been rolled together, it is thought, by the action of the wind. The fields were covered with them, and nature | accomplished in one night what it would take a large force of boys several days to do. = Oleomargarine Case. Story, one of the dealers re- violation of the oleo- | Ar George W. ceatly indicted for margarine law, was today brought into | court on a bench warrant, and released on $1) bail, Clayton M. Emrich qualifying as rety. | pounds, 12 ELECTRIC ELEVATED ROADS. Operation of This System in Chicago Has Proved Saccensful. From the New York Evening Post. Chicago is the only city in the United States having an elevated rallroad operated by electricity. The Intramural elevated railroad, which was in operation around the grounds at the world’s fair, constructed by the General Electric Company under the “third rail system of patents, was the first road of this character in the country, and It proved beyond dispute that electric- ity could be successfully used as a motive power for elevated railroads. The Metro- politan elevated railroad, then in course of construction, and on which it was intended to use steam, decided to change their plans to accommodate the use of electricity. The track is constructed with a ninety-pound T rail, each rail being electrically bound near its center to the supporting structure. The third, or trolley rail, consists of a forty-five pound T rail, located on one side of the track and elevated about six inches above the timber safety guards. This third or conductor rail is supported at in- tervals of about five feet on six-inch-square blocks of Georgia pine, treated with par- affine. The blocks rest on a low, circular fron pedestal, with no t:sulation other than the wood. The trolley rafis are con- nected by a light fish-plate, and are bonded on the under side by means of three short copper strips. The motor cars in use are forty feet in length, and have a seating capacity for forty people, the seats being on the side, and are used as smoking cars. The con- trolling devices are located in cabs at the diagonal corrers of the car, and occupy about one-half of the platform, each car containing a three-horse power motor, op- erated by means of single reduction gears and a small air pump for working the braking device. The present power equip- ment of the motor cars consists of two one hundred horse power motors of the seneral electric 2,000 volts type. The cur- rent is taken up from the trolley rail by means of sliding iron shoes }ocated on the side near each corner of the car. The mo- tors are capable of hauling four coaches, but two more motors can be added at any time to haul longer trains, as occasion warrants. A speed of fifteen miles per hour can be attained, but owing to the short stop that is made at each station, an average speed of twelve miles is generally figured on. DOES HER OWN COOKING. What She Eats Their Daily Meal “To eat pickles is show a lack of edu- cation,” said Mrs. Rorer, in the course of a lecture. “Plenty of phesphorus throws light upon the brain. Cooked apples are more easily digested than raw, but are not so valuable from a health standpoint. The sugar of nature is in fruit; man’s sugar will create more destruction than a mad Jog. Oatmeal is a valuable food if cooked for ten hours and well masticated. All starchy foods,must be cooked for hours. Buckwheat cakes are an abomination unto the Lord. Cabbage and onions if rightly cooked have no odor. When there is odor they are ruined es food. To cook them rightly put them into water that is boil- ing hot, then keep it alraost to the boiling point. Will cook in less time in water at 200 degrees than at 240." Mr. Atkinson said the ladies sitting about him claimed that she (Mrs. Rorer) was largely responsible for the indigestible things they put on their tables, as they all kept house by her cook book. ‘“‘Yes,” answered Mrs. Rorer, “I know it; but I wouldn't eat the things in that book fo: all the money there is in the country. Asked what she did eat, she said for breakfast she had wheaten grits and cream, a broiled chop, shredded wheat biscuit and coffee without milk or sugar. For lunch a Welsh rarebit and fruit. For dinner a light soup, meat and two vegetables, one to be green and served with a little ofl and lemon juice, a wafer and cheese. She did all her own cocking, and never gave over an hour to preparing a meal, and never in her family was any special preparation made for any one. RFEW. A Petition to the City Council Asking for Such'a Law. From the Utica Bess. Everybody who has business on the streets of this city in the evening knows’! that # great many boys, and girls are there, too, who ought to be at home. The curfew bell in olden times used to ring every evening, and after that the young folks had to be home. The custom has been revived in some American cities and is said to have been attended with good results. A petition is soon to be circulated for signature in Utica, of which the fol- lowing is the heading: “A petition to the Common Council of Utiea: “Gentlemen—What is known as the cur- few law requires all children under sixteen years of age to leave the streets and re- tire to their homes on the ringing of a nine o'clock bell at night, unless they are ac- companied by parents or guardians. Re- lieving that such a law would be an ef- ficient means of securing good government, good morals and the highest welfare of the young, and believing that it would have the sanction and support of the adult pop- ulation, > “We therefore. as citizens of Utica, earn- estly petition your honorable body to pass an ordinance embodying the essential prin- ciples of the curfew law, and make all ne- cessary provisions for its enforcement.” ee A Prehistoric Road. From the San Francisco Call, Herman C. Cooke and C. A. Fauble, who are exploring the San Miguel mountain, near this city, and who were reported some days ago to have found an ancient roadway and tunnel to a gold mine, are in this city. They say it can easily be seen that a dirt road over the crest of the hogback rising from Sweetwater river well up the moun- tain side was first traveled extensively. Later travel was diverted over a part cf the distance to the level shelf, and this new road is the one that creates wonder and astonishment. The grade is so perfect that Cooke and Fauble believe it was established by the best of surveying instruments, and solid rock has been cut out so deep that powder or some other explosive must have been usec ‘The fills on the lower side have been made on true lines, and a distance of 1,000 or more feet of this kind of work shows educated workmanship. Traces of wagon tracks can be seen on the surface of the roadway soo Grain and Cotton Markets, Furnished by W. B, Hibbs & Co., 1421 F street, members New York stock exchange, carrespondents Messrs. Ladenburg, Thal- mann & Co., New York. GRALN. Ht « . he. . Ol = Whent—Dee ce ee oy oe lay. as bat Corn—Dee. Ot Mas Baltimore Markets. BALTIMORE, December 16.—Flour dull—western super, $2.45082.65; do. extra, $2.75a§3.00; do. fam- ily, $3.154$3.59, winter wheat patents, $3.55a$3.85; SUFI do. $3.50083.705 epring do. straight. $5250 .50—reeeipts, 10,852 barrels; shipments, 845 bar- tls. Wheat dull’ and easy—spot_and month, 65a 65; January, Gig bid; May, 67% 4n68; steamer No. 2 red, G2ai2!4~ receipts, “452 bushels; ship- ments, 39.300 busheis; stock, 520,278 bushels: sales, 1,000 bushels—southern wheat by sample, 66a66'4; on grade, 62ieagstg., Corn 2590 3 Fear, S2%a82 4asz%: “Fed- iuary, 32438; Murch, {Baki}: steamer mixed, % receipts, 129,724 — bushel: bushels; stock, "1,423,940 bushel 187,000 bushels” southern ‘white cc Tiga? 183. Oats easier —N White west- al; No. mixed, 2214023 — receipts, stock, 212.768 bushels. liye quiet and steady . 2. 44445 near dba. West stock, 10,6 bushels. Hay eaxy—cholce tUmoth: $15.50, vers qulet, rate s pool per. bushel January Sugar fi ter firm do. 16. 7; Himed, 16. pounds, Tat Cheese steady fan 35 pounds, 1 | Stantially from the opening level. ——<—<—<—— |FINANCE AND TRADE Over Three Millions in Gold to Be Shipped Tomorrow. | PRICES GF STOCKS WERE IMPROVED The Reading Plan to Be Announced This Afternoon. GENERAL MARKET REPORTS Sat Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. NEW YORK, December 1t.—Gold to the amount of $3,150,000 was engaged this morn- ing for export by tomorrow's steamers. The exchange market ruled steady through- out the day, and indications looking to a discontinuance of the efflux of coin are not encouraging. Notwithstanding this fact, prices in all parts of the active Hst were improved sub- Manhat- tan was the feature of the activity, a 5 cent advance being recorded on a con: able volume of business. The reason for the advance was ascribed to a series of vague rumors relative to an important transaction about to be made which will greatly enhance the value of the property. A moderate sized and of late perceptibly nervous short interest disregarded the ab- sence of detail and was soon engaged in the active liquidation of an unprofitable ac- count. The grangers were advanced fractionally on a moderate volume of business, the mcvement being mainly attributable to and sympathetic with the course of Man- hattan. Reading was strong throughout the day on the official announcement that the new pian will be announced at 3 o'clock. The liberal proportions of the decline in the price of this property encourage the be- let that the various hardships in the pro- pesed plan of reorganization have been fully discounted, and that improvement will result from now on. The fact that the provisions of the scheme have been privately submitted to the consideration of the larger holders or their representatives is sufficient evidence of a strong disposition on the part of such interests, still in possession of original holdings, to assist in the execution of proposed undertaking. The industrial department was again ac- tive but less steady than last week. The recent advance in the more active mem- bers of this group has obliterated the short interest, and in so doing destroyed the greatest element of strength immediately available. From the temper of the major- ity it seems probable that advances will attract more sales than purchases. There is so little definite information to go on, however, that the more prudent operators are disposed to, hold aloof until evidence of a pronounced purpose on the part of inside interests is forthcoming. Sugar would advance were it not for the evenly divided chances of the passage of an increased bounty on German sugars just as Toledo would be freely sold were it not for the possibility, thorgh apparent im- probability, of a settlement with the anti- trust interests. ‘The market presents, on the surface, stronz indications of stability, but without an extension of the buying power pr‘ces cannot be permanently established at the present level. : — FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL, The following are the opening, the high- est and the lovest 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. Sow. Last. American Sugar. - 14 10s 084g 103K American Sugar, Pid... 98 ws" 88 American Tobacco. 3 13g 74 American Cotton Of. 18 ib 138 Atchison... Wy 1% 16% 16% Canada Southern. ce ee Canada Pacific, 55 SSK (BBS Chesapeake & Vig 1 lie iby ©.,C., C. & StL. a a at 4 Chicago, B. & Q. Chic. & Sorthw Chicago Gas. Cis. ©. Ma St. Paul C.M. & St. Paul, chic, K. I & Pacitic. Del., Lack. & W Detawure & Hudson... Den. & K. Grande, Pfd. Dis. & Caitle Feeding. General Electric ‘ Miinois Central Lake shore. Ene. s Louisvilie & Nashvilie.: Long Island “fraction. Metropolitan ‘iraction.. Manhultan Klevated.... Michigan Central. Missouri Pacific. National Lead Co. . ational Lead Co., Pid: U. 5. Leather, Pia. s New Jersey Central. pew York Central. Northern Pacific, Norta American. Unt. & Western. Facitic Mail, rhia & Keading. Puliman Fal. Car Co.... Soutuern Railway, Pfd.. Phila. iraction. Wabash, Pi Wheeling & L. Erie. + Wheeung & 1. brie, Pid, Western Union ‘tel....! Wisconsin Central, Sliver... Washington Stock Exchange. Sales—regular call—12 o'clock m.—U. 8. Elestrie Tight, Sat 122; 10 at 128. After <ail—Mlet tan Railroad 6s, $1,000 at 116; $1,000 Pritt $1,000 at 116; $2,000 at 116 Columbia Iatlroad Ge, $500 at 113, Government Bonds.—U. S. 4s, registered, 111. bi BeOe asked. U.S. 48, coupon, 112% bid, 112 asked. U.S. 48, 1925, 121 bid, 121g asked.” U. Ss, 1W04, 115 bid, 116% asked. District of Columbia Bonds.—20-rear fund Sa, 104 -year fund (#, gold, 111 bid. Water stock renes, 115 1d. W currency, 116 bid. 8.658, funding. currency, 11! Biss, registered, 2-108, 100 bid. ous Honds.—Metropolitan Raflroad conv, Hd, 116t3 asked. Metropolitan Rallroad £6, Trelt Railroad Ss, 84 bid, ST asked. Eek: ington Railroad Gs, 98 bid, 103 asked. Columbia Railroad fis, 112 bid, 114 asked. Washington Gas Company ts, series “A, 112 bid. Wasbincton Gas Company ts, series Bf, 113 bid. Washington Gas Company conv. Gs, 125) bid, 135 asked. trie Light. eon 120 bid. Chesapeake and Po- tomac Telephone Ss, 0 bid. “American Security and Trust 5s, F. and’A., 102 bid, 105 asked. Amer- fean Security and Trust Ss, A. and 0., 102 bid, U.S. Elee- 105 asked. Washington Market Company Ist @s, 310 bid. “Washington Market Company imp. 6a, 110 bid. Washington Market Company ex: 110 bid. Masonic Hall Assoctation Ss, 103 bid! Washington Light Infantry Ist 6s, 1 National Bauk Stocks.—Bank of W |. 205 asked. Bank of the Re ropolitan, 285 bid. 800 asked. 0 vid. Farmers and Mechanics’, 181 bid, 195 asked. See- ond, 125 bid, 140 uxked, — Citizens’, lumi: Did, 140 asked. West 106% bid, 108 asked. Lincoln, 98 bid, 96 asked. Safe Deposit and Trust Compantes.—National Sate Deposit and Trast, 120 bid, 128 asked. Washington Loan and Trust, 119 bid, 121 asked. “American Se- curity and Trust, 139 bid, 145 asked. Washington Safe Deposit, 75 asked. Railroad Stock: 741 Md, 78 asked. politan, 98 bid, 100% lumbia, 45 bh » #0 unked. Exkingtan, 30 ‘Georgetown and’ Tennallstown, 30 asked. ic Light Stocks.— Washington Gam, 47 asked. Georgetown is, 45 bid, 5S 12214 bid 155 asked. , Bo bk asked. Frauklin, 38 bid. Metropolitan, 68 bd orsoraa, 50 bid.” Potomac, 60 bid, 70 asked. Arlington, 140 Mid, 155 asked. German-American, 169 bid. IL TER, aekeds Mizu 8 bid. Big sake. Peoptes, bid, 13% # . asked. *, Big’ bid, 5% asked. Lincoln, 74 oid, S asked. Commercial, 44 bid. Tithe Tustrance Stocks.-Real Estate Title, 110 Md, 116 asked. ania Title, 7 bid, 8 asked. Disirict Title, 8 bid, nia, 37 bid. Chesa- Lot ae ania tan “tans oe , 3% bid, 4% asked. Pacumatie Gan Carringe, 28 Md. £0" asked Miscellaneous St bid, 230 axked. Washington Falls Tee, 120 bid, 12 asker 90 asked *Ex div, Washington Title, 7 asked. Mergenthaler Linoty jacket. 14 bide Lincoln Mall, —EE~ Divorce Grantet. Chief Justice Hinghain this afternoon ng Hardenia Gray, dive sinned a deci j from Thomas ¢