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2 THE EVENING STAR, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1895-SIXTEEN PAGES. making powers of the government were not willing to go to the same extcnt that the President was in upholding the Mon- roe doctrine. He said also that he knew of No constitutional objection to the appoint- ment of persons to ascertain the facts for is guidance in any matter, without the ccnsent of the Senate. Concluding, he said that to amend the bill would lead to a misconception in England, and repeated his suggestion that the bill should pass the Senate In its original form. Mr. Sherman’s Remarks. Mr. Sherman followed Mr. Platt, repeat- ing his declaration of yesterday that he could not see the necessity for haste in the matter. The controversy was an ancient one, and it was only recently that the _United Sttes had taken cognizance of the question. The President's message Invites no hast. The American people need no special incitement to their interest In the upholding ot the Monroe doctrine. He said that while we had insisted upon preventinss Europea: encroachment vpon American soll, we had ourselves disregarded the d trine in the case of Mexico In taking pos- session of Texas and California. As a matter of fact, the doctrine had never been applied in any specific case. England is taking a very grave view of this matter. It requires no display of e citement on this side of the water lo com- pel the Erglish government to exercise the greatest care in dee!ding her future course. “Iam firmly convinced,” said he, “thit this controversy will be settled by Eng- lend and Venezuela, and that not a drop of American bicod will be shed in its ad- Justment.” A Very Grave Question. Mr. Mills of Texas followed. He said it Was a very grave question. War with Great Britain would be no child’s play. He was for peace, if it could beobtained honorably. The two governments had arrived at a place where they could mot agree and neither would yield. Where was the money to come from in case of war? We were burdened with $150,000,000 pensions at the time of war. The income tax had been declared un- constitutional. Where is the money to come from? he asked. Not on foreign imports. when we were ina great struggle. The iirst duty as we stood upon the edge of this crisis was to provide for an increase of the rev- enue. Mr. Lodge to Wall Street. Mr. Lodge gave notice that he would not offer his amendment to limit the time when the commission should report. He was in favor of giving the President the utmost power. He did not think that there should be any division In the Senate in the matter of supporting the President. Mr. Lodge sald that commissioners sught to be econ- firmed by the Senate, as it would strengthen the President's hands. Mr. Lodge said that he wanted to say to those people {a London who were trying to create a panic in this country by selling American stocks and securities that they cannot by this means influence the patriotic sentiment of the United States when it came to standing up for wnat was right. The at- tempt to create a panic in Wall street by this action could not deter the American Congress from doing its full duty. Encroachment on Alaska. Mr. Stewart (Nev.) referred to the alleged attempts of Great Britain to encroach upon the Alaskan boundary line, and said she had oppressed Nicaragua upon a claim which would not bear inspection by honest men. Now she was encroaching upon Ven- exuelan territory because Venezuela was 3a weak nation. If the United States felt un- friendly toward England, it was the latter's fault. ‘The President bas made an American declaration, and Mr. Stewart favored giving him full authority over the commission. He did not believe there would be war. * Upheld the President. Mr. White (Cal.) upheld the President, but @id not believe there would be difficulty in the way of an honorable solution. It had not been clearly shown that England was attempting to usurp territory that belonged to Venezuela. Congress should put all power to investigate into the President's hands, even strike out the word ‘“‘commis- sion” in the bill, and when the President recommended, it would be time for Congress ‘to act. Mr. Mitchell (Oregon) did not believe any foreign nation could secure a foot of ground in this territory tt did not now own, by treaty or cession, without violating the Mon- roe doctrine. Mr. Caffery (La.) advocated temperate action, and thought even the appointment of @ commission would be a warlike step. If war was necessary he would not hesitate on account of financial condition of the United States, but the people and members of Congress were excited, and should be given a breathing time. He did not share the opinion of men who said there was no danger of war, but prayed they were cor- rect. He favored the foreign relations com- mittee amendment. Mr. Chandler Favors the House BI. Senator Chandler announced that he had changed his mind since yesterday, and now believed that the House bill should be passed without amendment, and all power placed in the President’s hands. Whether Mr. Cleveland or some other distinguished member of his party was the candidate for President. there would be no question of foreign policy in the campaign, for on that the American people were united. Nor would they be deterred by any conspiracy of foreign capitalists to depress American stocks. If any stocks in Wall street had gone down they were stocks that deserved to go down. Mr. Chandler read an account of a meet- ing of London financiers, at which there was an alleged discussion of the advisabil- ity of withdrawing American investments. ‘This was the old game, he sald, to frighten Wall street, so that its influence would be brought to bear to deter Congress jrom patriotic action. vr. Tillman’s Question. Mr. Tillman (S. C.) asked Mr. Chandler whether, if the resolution passed the Sen- e, and the gold reserve disappeared, he would still vote for the resolution. Mr. Chandler said that was the same old lsposition of the populists to mix ques- tions. “I am not a populist,” said Mr. Tillman. “I learned my politics from Jefferson, Cal- houn and Lincoln.” Mr. Chandler said all drew their inspira- tion from those sources, and answering the question said he would vote for any sacri- fice to sustain the national honor. Mr. Turple’s Opinion. Mr. Turple (Ind.), a member of the com- mittee on foreign relations, declared that the bili bound the commission to pass upon matters of fact, to decide what was the boundary and he did not believe it should be given so great a power. Moreover, the passage of the bill wouid be an affirmation that the Venezuelan boundary came under the Monroe doctrine. The House Bill Passed. Senator Teller finished speaking at 3:40, and immediately Mr. Chandler moved to lay the amendments of the committee on foreign relations on the table. This was carried on a viva voce vote, with a few negatives being heard. The motion then eame on the passage of the bill. Senator Caffery asked if the bill was still subject to amendment, but was informed by Mr. Harris from the chair that it had passed the amendment stage. The bill was then passed without division in the shape h it passed the House day before and it consequently goes now ident for his approval. In Executive Session. As soon as the House bill for the Ven- exuelan commission had passed the Senate (at 3:45) went into executive session. THE HOUSE. The blind chaplain of the House in his in- vocation todty prayed for peace with honor. “Let us have peace,” he implored, “but let it be honorable peace.” On motion of Mr. Updegraff (Iowa) a bill changing the terms of United States court in the state of Iowa was passed. Mr. Thomas (Mich.) offered as a privileged matter a resolution which, after reciting allegations of fraud in the election of W. A. Jones to Congress from the first Virginia district, gave to J. J. McDonald thirty days in which to file his notice and evidence ef contest. Mr. Crisp made the point of order that the Tesolution should go to the committee on elections. The chair sustained the point of order, and the resolution was referred. The Speaker announced the appointment of Messrs. Hitt (Ill.), Adams (Pa.) and Wheeler (Ala.) as regents of the Smithsonian Insti- tution. As the House was ready to adjourn for the Follday recess, and only awaited the acticn ef the Senate on the biil appropriating $100,000 for the Venezuelan commission, at 12:20 p.m., on Mr. Henderson's motion, a recess was taken for one hour. When the House reconvened after the Tecess an adjournment was immediately taken until tomorrow. LATE NEWS BY WIRE Explosion of Fire Damp in Tennessee Mines. TWENTY LIVES THOUGHT 10 BE LOST Work of Rescuing the Bodies at Cumnock. REPORTS AS TO DYNAMITE NASHVILLE, Tenn., December Chattanooga, Tenn., special says: In an ex- plosion of fire damp this morning in the mines of the Dayton Coal and Iron Com- pany at Dayton, Tenn., twenty men are sup- posed to have perished. The bodies of five miners have been taken out. RALEIGH, N. C., December 20.—The As- sociated Press correspondent has just re- turned from Cumnock, the scene of the terrible explosion in the Egypt coal mines. The work of rescue began late yesterday afternoon. All the bodies discovered were brought to the Lottom of the main shaft, but none Were brought to the surface until early this merning, when twenty-four bodies were brought to the surface by the res- cuers. Elght bodies were found afterward, and are lying at the foot of the shaft. Two more bodies have been discovered, but are almost completely buried. They are now being dug out. The body of the foreman of the dynamite room has not yet been found. Reports as to the amount of dynamite in the mine conflict. Some of the miners say there were five cases, or two hundred and fifty pounds, in the mine, while the superin- tendent thinks there were only fifty pounds of the explosive there. The theory of the cause of the catastrophe generally held is that the first explosion was of coal gas, that then the dynamite exploded and after this came the stifling “after- er that suffocated all who remained ve. —_~—_ AN OLD BUILDING COLLAPSES. Terrible Disaster in a Big Min- menpolis Store. MINNEAPOLIS, Minn.,December 20.—The second floor of the Palace Clothing Co.'s b'g store collapsed about noon today. Gale Walters, a clerk, is dead, and others may be in the ruins. The store is a double front, and the entire right half of it collapsed: The walls are wea@ing badly and further collapse is feared. The building is an old one and was remodeled for the Palace com- pa use. The firm occupied the whole of t. ‘Tae collapse was caused by the storage of several tons of wall paper on the third foor, and the fact that the building had probably been weakened by recent repa‘rs. Two salvage corps were quickly at work throwing out the debris, and it ts believed no more bodies will be found. The wall paper was owned by A. H. Rainey, a ten- ant, to whom space was let. ——— FAILED TO BUDGE HER. Vain Attempts to Float the Steamer Spree. SOUTHAMPTON,December 20.—Although six tugs worked for two hours in an effort to Moat the North German Lloyd steamship Spree, which ran ashore yesterday morning on the Warden ledge, near Totland Bay, Isle of Wight, the steamer remains hard and fast. The attempt to pull her off was made an hour before high water, midnight, and was not given up until an hour after midnight. ‘The longshoremen say that the Spree was traveling at the rate of about twelve knots when'she ran on the ledge, and that, in con- sequence, she was driven firmly on the rocks. At low tide eight feet below her water line are exposed to view. —— MASSACRED BY ARMENIANS. Turkish Prisoners at Zeitoun Said to Have Been Killed. CONSTANTINOPLE, December 19, via Sofia, Bulgaria, December 20.—An official dispatch from Zeitoun says that the Ar- menians there on Sunday last massacred all the Turkish soldiers imprisoned in that town. This probably refers to the four hun- dred Turkish troops who were captured by the Zeitounlis when the uprising first oc- curred, although it has been announced that all the soldiers except nine, who were dead, had been released. ————— TWO TRAINMEN KILLED. Fatal Collision on the Adirondack Railway. UTICA, N. ¥., December 20.—A passenger and a freight train collided on the Adiron- dack railroad near Horseshoe Pond today. Engineer William Brasser of the passenger train and F. Myers, fireman, were killed. It is reported that one other person was killed. The reported cause of the collision is that the engineer of the passenger train was be- hind time, and was running ahead of the schedule to make up. —— Lost a Watch. Henry Wells, a colored hotel porter, was locked up last night by Detectives Horne and Weedon on a charge of stealing a watch from W. O. Hawke, a Baltimore base ball player. He is held until ‘ne loser of the watch can be heard from. ee Joseph Cook Broken Down. NILES, Mich., December 20.—S. T. Searle has received a letter from his daughter, who is 4 missionary, stationed at Kobe, Japan, in which she says Joseph Cook, the noted divine, has arrived there recently from Australia. He is broken in mind and body. He had to give up his lecturing tour, and the probabilities are he never will re- gain his health or menta! vigor. ees Stabbed His Divorce Wife. ST. LOUIS, Mo., December 20.—The dead body of Irene W. Moser, aged twenty-seven, was found on the street last night. She bad been stabbed to the heart and instantly killed. The police at once instituted a search for Moser, from whom she had been divorced, and early this morning he was captured. He admitted the murder. —_—._—_ Experienced Rough Weather. PLYMOUTH, Eng., December 20.—The steamer Augusta Victoria, from New York, arrived this morning and reported heavy weather Friday, when the seas swept over the crow’s nest on the foremast. The look- out man was severely injured, and part of the bridge was carried away. Personal Mention. Julian Radon and D. H. Goule, two of the Cuban party from New York, are at the Raleigh. ‘Dr. E. G. Crum and A. P. Sweeney, well- known residents of Binghamton, ‘are at Page's. Mrs. G. W. Massie of Charlottesville, Va., arrived at the Shoreham this morning. R. C. Kerens, the St. Louis politician, will leave for home today in his special’ car, happy over the selection of his beloved city for convention honors. Edw. A. Bowers, assistant controller, has gone to New Haven, Conn., to spend the holidays with his family. Mr. Joseph H. Gunnell leaves Sunday afterncon for the Atlanta exposition, and from there will proceed to Linton, Fla., to spend the winter. Dr. J. DL. Dreber, president of Roanoke Ccllege, Salem, Va., is visiting friends in this city Burton Smith, brother of Secretary Smith of the Interior Department, {s in Washing- ton for a holiday visit. Mr. Smith is a practicing lawyer in Atlanta, and a popu- lar and rising citizen. He stands six feet two in his stockings, being slightly taller than his brother, the Secretary. ————_—-e- The case against Capt. Wiberg of the Danish steamer Hersa, suspected of con- veying arms, ammunition and men to Cuba, has been dismissed at Kingston, Jamatca. PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATIONS, A Long List of Postmasters Sent to the Senate. The President today sent the following nominations to the Senate: Postmasters—Frank P. Furlong, Hart- ford, Conn.; John Cummings, Livermore Falls, Me.; George W. Beal, Lisbon Falls, Me.; Edward B. Burr, Brewer, Me.; Her- bert M. Bates, Calais, Me.; Charles N. Peiley, Danvers, Mass.; Samuel E. Walker, East Northficld, Mass.; George L. Beals, Florence, Mass.; George H. Morgan, New- ten, Mass.; Fred. H. Fowler, Walpole, Mass.; Henry S. Moore, Hudson, Mass.; Willis F. Hardy, Ashland, N. H.; Waldo H, Jones, Lakeport, N. H.; Frank Strang, Westfield, Pa.; James Carnes, Sharon, Pa. Clayton E. Williamson, Jersey Shore, Pa.; Hambleton P. Wilson, Altoona, Pa.; Frank L. Hanley, Olneyville, R. Charles N. Brady, Newport, Vt.; Daniel C. Spaulding, Morrisville, Vt.; E. A. Ayers, Swanton, V Oscar McGregor, Richford, Vt.; James L. White, Hope, Ark.; John R. Matthews, Los Ange! Cal; Charles H. Holt, Buena Vista, Col.; Fred. W. Brush, Salida, Col.; i McDowell, Highlands, Col.; Charles A. Crae, Colorado City, Col.; A. Hewett Hill, Eustis, Fla.; John A. Dufield, Wood- stock, Ill; John Clark, Morrison, IL; Nettie Fiack, Milford, IL; H. S. Coffeen, Homer, ichael Malone; ML; Eben 8. Clemens, Chester, 11 tin, Carmi, 1U.; WilHam B. Vieming, Be- ment, ill.; Edward McCoy, Rock Rapids, Tow: Peter Stephany, Manning, Towa; J. J. Eichar, Clarksville, Iowa; David A. Fray- ser, Vinita, 1. W. G. Marlin, Florence, Kan.; David A. Adams, Georgetown, Ky. Zelinda Ashton, Flemingsburg, Ky.; Ed- ward Arnold, Decatur, Mich.; William Keough, Jonesville, Mic! Frank P. Bogard Ypsilanti, Mich.; A. B. M. Thomp- son, Webster Grove, Mo.; Jos. D. Baker, Edgar, Neb.; John S, Ellen, Willoughby, Qkio; Mary J. Huntington, Delta, Ohio; Mahlon Purdin, Medford, Ore.; Josh Down- ing, Brookings, 8. D.; Augustus Huntemer, Dell Rapids, S. D.; John F. Anderson, Lock- bart, Tex: Edward F. Rakow, Burling- ton, Wis.; Felix C. Bennett, Monroe, Wis.; Hvgh J. Mulholland, South Kankanna, Wis. Interlor—George H. Newman of Tennes- see to be agent for the Indians of the Col- ville agency, in Washington. —__—__—_+-2+____—_ MAJ. ALVORD’S CASE. The Okiahomna Indictment Received— He ts Sure He Can Explain. Major Henry E. Alvord, chief of the dairy division of the Agricultural Depart- ment, received by mail this morning a copy of an indictment by the Oklahoma territorial grand jury, charging him with embezzlement. Together with the copy of the indictment came a_ notice from Chief Justice Dale of Oklahoma terri- tory, notifying Major Alvord that he had refused to issue a warrant and would re- ceive his personal recognizance for his appearance at the proper time. Major Alvord’s friends are surprised at the news that he has been indicted hy a grand jury in Oklahoma. The proceedings agairst him in Oklahoma are claimed to be entirely the result of spite work. Major Alvord was for a time president of the Oklahoma Agricultural College, but en- countered so mutch opposition in the college board of regents that he resigned his posi- tion and came to Washington. The amount involved in the indictment is $60 for books which have disappeared since Major Alvord left Oklahoma. His suc- cessor has accounted for $4) worth of these books, and it is not unlikely that before Major Alvord can be heard In his defense the rest will be accountedefor. —__-2-+__ DISTRICT GOVERNMENT. A Subdivision. Mr. James R. Ellerson requested the Com- missioners to approve his proposed subili- vision of the lot on the northwest corner of 22d and R streets, which is 100 feet front on R street and 97% feet on 22d street, with- out insisting on the requirement that he shall donate 7% feet on the rear of sald lot for an alley. He said It caused him to give 250 feet of land at $2.50 per foot, and, nmde his lot too shallow. The subdivision was ap- proved without requiring tlre alley. Physicians to the Poor. Dr. A. T. Mitchell has been appointed phy- siclan to the poor, vice Dr. J. C. Meredith, whose term has expired. Resignation Accepted. The Commissioners today accepted the resignation of Dr. V. B. Jackson, resident physician at the Washington Asylum Hos- pital, and appointed Dr. T. B. McDonald to fill the vacancy. —_-_—.__. FAYERWEATHER’S MILLIONS, Decision in Favor of the Contesting Colleges. The general term of the supreme court of New York has affirmed the decision of Judge Truax in the Fayerweather will case in favor of the tive plaintiff colleges and the executors of D. B. Fayerweather, the costs to be paid out of the estate. oo Foreign Relations Committee. There was a meeting of the Senate com- mitttee on foreign relations this morning to talk over the Hitt resolution appro- priating $100,000 for the appointment of a commission to inquire into the facts of the Venezuelan boundary dispute. There were present Senators Morgan, Davis, Sherman and Turpie. The resolution was not before the committee, but they met in order to talk the matter over and to come to some understanding uf the course that should be adopted toward it in the Senate. Mir. Hitt also joined the committee, in order to explain some features of the House reso- lution. ; After consultation, {t was decided that the sense of the members of the committee present would be to amend the resolution in the Senate, as indicated in the regular proceedings. Transcontinental Rates to Go Up. A San Francisco paper says trans-conti- nental freight rates will be advanced by the Panama Railroad Company and all of the overland roads at a meeting to be called at Chicago or New York early in January. The advance, it ts said, will be the result of the new contract recently made by the Panama road and the Pacilic Mail Steamship Company, by which the former is given the right to fix the rates on westbou hipments. 0 Asked to Keep Away. In anticipation of his visit to Chicago, the Hebrews have sent a registered letter to Herr Ahlwardt, the anti-Semitic, re- questing him not to include Chicago in his tour of the couftry. While they make no threats, they intimate that if he does go tu Chicago they will give him a warm recep- tion. The letter was written at the re- quest of prominent members of the Jewish Club. ——-— +e. Nothing Too Good for Her. From the Indianapolis Journal. “Mr. Welloph wants to take me to the gallery to see the paintings, ma," said the daughter. “To the gallery!” exclaimed Mrs. Oddy- shay. “Ef you ain't good enough to be took on the first floor, you ain't good enough to go at all oe The cruiser Charleston is lying tempo- rarily disapled at Nagasaki, Japan. Both pistons of the engine are broken and the ship for several weeks will be powerless to move. M. D. Howell, a wealthy Stockton citizen, was last night at San Francisco acquitted of the charge of counterfeiting. David F. Hannigan, who killed Solomon H. Mann, the betfayer of his sister Lor- retta, has been adjudged e, and his re- lease from the State Asylum at Pough- keepsie, N. Y., will probably take place on Saturday next. A co1vention of Episcopal delegates from the diocese of Texas met in Dallas yester- day to organize the diocese of northern Texas. A blanket mortgage for $175,000,000, given by the New York, Lake Erie and Western railroad to the Farmers’ Loan and Trust Company of New York, has been filed in the county register’s office at New York, ‘The jury in the case of Sheriff Jamsen of New York, charged with neglect of duty, whereby three notorious prisoners escaped, last night announced their inability to agree, whereupon Judge Allison discharged them. Rev. Alfred L. Moore, rector of the Epis- copal Church at Akron, Ohio, has been de- posed from the ministry. ‘Last October Moore was to be married. He forged the rame of a fellow minister to a note for $50 to pay for his wedding sult, OLEOMARGARINE CASES Grand Jury Oonsidering Some Further Charges Today. Mr. Birney Says There Will Be No Let Up-Prominent Dealers Involved. <8 It is underatpod that witnesses were ex- amined by th¢ grand jury today in a case in which it{fs alleged that oleomargarine or some kifidrid substance was sold to the District Refcrm School either as butter or without the labels which the law requires to be placzd on oleomargarine, butterine and similar products. Witnesses have, too, been examined by the grand jurors in other ceses where, it is alleged, tke provisions of the cleomargarine law have been violated, and District Attorney Birney has every reason to believe that indictments will in a few days follow in all the cases in which witnosses have appeared before the grand jury. More to Follow. In addition to the cases already presented to the grand jury, more are expected to’fol- low as the result of investigations which have been and are now being carried on by District Attorney Birney and the Treasury Department officials. It is the purpose of Mr. Birney to allow no let up in the prose- cution of those dealers already indicted and those rereafter indicted, and the ac- cused parties will be placed on trial as early next month as practicable. Mr. Bir- ney wishes this distinctly understood, and while he would not, perhaps, if he could, prevent the sale of oleomargar:ne and kin- dred products, he does propose to stop once for all the unlawful sale of such products as pure butter, and to that end will prose- cute all offenders to the fullest extent of the law, ee THE CONFEDERATE VETERANS. They Talk of War and Elect Officers for the Year. ‘An unusually large number of members attended the meeting of the Confederate Veterans’ Association in their hall, #10 Penn- sylvania avenue, last evening, the’ occasion being the annual election of officers. A res- olution was offered by Mr. W. Q. Lowd commending the spirit of the President In his recent message on the Venezuelan ques- tion, extolling the Monroe doctrine and announcing the patriotic sentiment of ex- confederates and their attitude in case of war with a foreign power. The applause and ripple of excitement which followed manifested the hearty approval of the as- sociation and an evident desire of many to discuss and elaborate upon the question, but in view of the fact that eiection meetings extend to a late hour, it was deemed ad- visible to postpone action until the next meeting, consequently, after a little flurry of debate, the resolution was laid upon the table until that time. ‘The election of officers being in order, Maj. R. W. Hunter nominated for the presidency Mr. R. Byrd Lewis; Solicitor General Holmes Conrad nominated Mr. Magnus S. Thomp- son; Mr. W. H. C. Bayly nominated Capt. J. M. Hickey. On the second ballot Mr. R. Byrd Lewis was elected. Capt J. M. Hickey was then elected first vice president and Mr. Magnus Thompson third vice presi- dent. W. Q Lowd was elected secretary; George H. Ingrarf, financial secretary; Rob- ert M. Harrover, treasurer; A. G. Holland, sergeant-at-arms., Executive committee, Findlay Harris, chairman; H. 2.. Biscoe, J. T. Callaghan, BE. C. Crump, T. W. Hunger- ford. Relief cbmmittee, H. B. Wooten, chairman; J. H. Walsh, G. Edmondson, Thomas Jarvis, A. 8S. Whitt. Reception ¢, Maj. R. W. Hunter, chairman; {lien Robinson, Hugh Waddell, J. W. Dar- den, Dr. W. P. Young. Chaplain, Dr. R. H. McKim. Surgeons, Drs. 5S. E. Lewis and J. L. Suddarth. —_——— Pomorrow’s Alexander Island Entries First race, seven-elghths mile, selling— Prince Klamath, 105; Romeo, 105; Andrew D., 105; Prathgr, 105; Hay Tay, 105; Leigh, Fatal, 102; Mayor B., 102; Some More, 102; Miss Agnes, 102; Baylor, 102. ec ce, five-eighths mile, selling— Second ee ciysmic, 112; Primus, 109; Minnie’ G., 109; Clausman, joo; Unity Seven, 109; Pat. J Gorella, 108; Blectro, 105; ‘ajan, 103; Caldwell, 102. Third race, six and one-fourth furlongs, sclling--Solitaire, 108, Jersey, 101; Blue Bird. 101; His Grace, 101, Doc Birch, 101; Little Joe, 98: Con Lucy, 98; Grand ‘Prix, 08: Rufus,93; Vent, 93; Waring, 84; Lottie Farragut, 105) Fourth race, six and a half furlongs, sell- ing—Imp. Plunderer, “10; Markstone, 110) Avon, 110; Artillery, 110; Pocahontas, 107; La Prentis, 107; Padre, 107; Paenoma Belle 107; Marguerite II, 05 Reform, 1 Wildfire, Windgate, 102; Piue Bonnett, Too Much Johnson, 1 Fifth race, five-eighths of a mile, selling— ‘he Moor, 1 Saginaw, 119; Gay, Lumberman, Chun, 104; Berwyn, 104; Imp. Samaritan, Pennbrook, ; Puilla, May Peters, 96: Hands Off, 81. Sixth race, tive eighths of a mile, selling— Black Hawk, 112; Eddie M., 112; West Park, 112; Trouble, 112; Tolosa, 100; Helen H., 109; Bella G, 109; He, 10; Foundling, 105; Drumstick, 105; Jack Wynne, 105; Franciscan, Sixth race off, and second divided, split forming sixth. Admiral Mende’s Lecture. The National Geographic Society have a treat before them this evening in the lec- ture on “The Caribbean Sea; the Mediter- ranean of the Western World,” at Metz- erott Hall, for which the admiral has pre- pared what bids fair to be the most inter- esting address of the entire course; not only interesting, but exciting, in view of the references to Venezuela and a final werd about Cuba, with which the lecture will close. . Suit for Damages. Suit at law to recover $5,000 damages was brought this afternoon by Michael Mulvi- hill against Emma J. Mason. False arrest and imprisonment is the charge, Mr. Mul- vihill setting forth that the defendant, April 15 last, accused him of stealing a cow belonging to Lilly M. F. Mason, as a result of which he was taken into custody. The accusativn, it is claimed, was made maliciously and witheut probable cause. —__— For Divorce. Bessie Blackburn, by Attorney James T. Hunter, this afternoon filed suit for divorce from George M. Blackburn. Her maiden name was Bessie Galvin, and she married Blackburn tn this city February 15, 1890, and lived with him until the following De- cember, when, it Is claimed, he deserted her without cause. The respondent is stated to be a member of the nineteenth United States cavalry, now stationed at Robinson's Island, Nebraska. ———._ About! His Wash. Horace Whitaker swore out*a warrant In the Police Court this afternoon against Lee Tuck, a Chinese laundryman, charging the celestial with assault and battery. In sup- port of the charge, Whitaker has a painful cut on his head, which, he claims, was inflicted with a piece of pipe in the hands of the laundryman. The trouble, Whitaker says, resulted from a dispute about his wash. The Chinafian, he says, used offen- sive language toward him, and when he returned the compliment the Chinaman used the piece of ,pipe on his head. It is probable that the case will be tried to- morrow, —_—__— Government Receipts. . National bank notes received today for redemption, $344,756. Government receipts: From internal revenue, $546,696; customs, $109,604; iniscellaneous, $12,691. ——___—_-e Return of the Baltimore. TOKIO, December 12,vla steamer Empress of China, Vancouver, B. C., December 20,— The U.S.S. Baltimore left Yokohama on the ie for home. The Olympla is still at Yoko- ama. —— Pension Money. A pension requisition for the sum of $10,275,000 was signed today by Secretary Smith to pay the next quarter’s pensions, coming due the Ist of January: ens NOT FOR SAKE OF WAR. Work Hastened at the Weeks Ago. It ts said at the Navy Department the work now in progress at the navy yard has no connection with the Venezuelan affair. As an accommodation to Mr. Cramp, the builder of the battle ship Massachusetts, who. desired to expedite the work on that vessel, orders were issued to push the man- ufacture of the turret gun mounts for that vessel at the yard. These orders were Is- sued two months ago and involved ‘he employment of day and night shifts, but, owing to a delay in the delivery of the material, the werk afd not actually begin until the Ist instant. Since then the work on the mounts has been almost incessant, in order, as it is stated, that “Mr. Cramp may get the Massachusetts off his hands as soon as possible.” EXTENSION HEARING. Navy Yard STREET Testimony in the Ingleside Case Closed Today. Testimony was submitted today on be- half of the landowners in case 453, Ingle- side subdivision, the second of the 47 sub- divisions embraced within section 1 of the approved plan of street extension, heard before Judge Cox in the -District Court. In the first case heard, 419, Denison & Leighton’s subdivision of Mt. Pleasant, one of the jurors stated to a Star reporter this morning that they wculd be prepared to submit their award to the court some day next week, probably Thursday next. The witnesses today on behalf of the lot owners were Benj. P. Davis, Edmund W. Woodruff, Chapin Brown. The testimony of Mr. Brown concluded the evidence in the case, and the hearing was adjourned at 12:30 until 10 o'clock to- morrow morning, Mr. A. S. Worthington, of special counsel for the District, inform- ing the court that he desired to briefly ad- dress the jury then. Judge Cox remarked that he hardly thought it necessary for counsel to address the jury, it not having been done in the first case, but stated that if Mr. Worthing- ton addressed the jury, counsel for the land owners, should they so desire, would, of course, be granted the same privilege. — DOG STOPS A DIVORCE SUIT. A Touching cident That Happened in a Herjin Court Recently. From a Berlin Letter: A touching incident occurred recently in the Berlin divorce court. Both parties ap- peared early on the Gay the trial was to come off with thelr lawyers. She arrived dressed in mourning, tried to appear indif- ferent, but tears trickling down once in a‘ while, which she quickly wiped off with a lace handkerchief, proved that the defend- ant on the other side of the room was not quite forgotten. He spoke with his lawyer, who had taken all steps he considered pos- sible to bring about the reconciliation; now and then he threw imploring glances upon the little woman, which she did not seem to notice at all. With him was a little Skye terrier, “Petit,” who once was the de- clared favorite of his wife's; but now did not rece.ve any encouragement from his for- mer gracious mistress. Sadiy the small dog looked from one to the other, and evidently could yot understand why ‘these two people we:* so estranged. By accident the lady dropped her handker- chief. Quick as lightning the Httle Skye terrier jumped at it, picked it up, and brought it to his mistress. Sobbing loudly, she raised up the dog and kissed him, and as her husband, making good use of the oppor- tunity, went up toward her, she met him half way. and throwing her arms around his neck, sobbed loudly on his breast and promised him forgiveness. The divorce, of course, was out of the question, and he, she and both lawyers adjourned to a near res- taurant to ceiebrate the reunion brought about by the little Skye terrier. a GAVE THE FISH A JAG. This is One Way of Being Entertain- From the San Francisco Post. “Did you ever see drunken fish?" inquired a Sonoma county wine grower. No one would confess that he had seen in- toxicated fish, and the silence indicated a predisposition to incredulity. “I suppose you are going to tell us about a drunken catfish staggering down through the orchard and catching a bird?” suggest- ed one. “Do you think | am a liar?” demanded the farmer indignantly, but he was left in ignorance as to the belief of his hearers. “My winery is r:ght on the bank of a little creek. This time of the year the water stands in pools and every pool is full of trout, suckers and pike. All of the waste from the winery Is thrown into the creek, and that is enough to discolor the water, but the other day a big vat of sour claret burst and nearly all of it ran down into the hole of water just below the winery. In half an hour the pool was crowded with fish floating beily up. I thought they were dead, and pulled a big pike out, but he wig- gled and flopped around just lke an old drunk trying to get up without anything to hold va to. One by one they disappeared as they sobered up and when the water cleared two days afterward there wasn’t a dead fish dn the pool. They had just been jagged.” $e BISMARCK’S FEAT. He Learned Russian Rapidly, but Abused It Henrtily. From the St. Petersburg Revue-Historique. Bismarck was Prussian ambassador to St. Petersburg in 185 and lived in the house of Count Stimbock-Fermor. M. Al- exeieff was a law student at the time, and it was on ‘he recommendation of the con- sul of Hamburg that Bismarck selected him as his tutor. “By appointment,” says Alexeleff, “I went to the mansion at 10 o'clock tn the morning. Bismarck was then at break- fast. One of the lackeys showed me into the grand parlor, which was elaborately furnished. A feW :ninutes later Bismarck came in, dressed in a dark blue morning gown and wearing a black silk cap. Al- though he was only forty-five years old, he was already bald. I told him that I was a law student, and he began to ask me questions. While he was interrogating me I had a good chance to examine him. He was tall of stature, with broad, square shoulders, and thick eyebrows and mus- tache. Over the mustache on the upper ip there was a cicatrice, the result of a wound received in a duel when he was a student. He shook my hand, remarking, ‘You are a law student? Then you are my confrere, for 1 also have studied law.’ He pointed to a chair, named his conditions and fixed the hours of his lessons, “I determined to learn your beautiful language,’ said he, ‘although I know that a@ stranger gets a hold of it with a great deal of Cifficulty, and I know, too, the diabelical obstacles in its pronunciation. But I must get rid of those plaguey in- terpreters that are always at my heels wherever I go, spying all my movements. I have had already too much of them. M. Alexeleff began to teach his illustrious pupil the Russian alphabet and the pro- nunciation of each letter. Some of the Russian letters made the future chancellor rage. He swore and stamped, but at last he managed to pronounce them tolerably well. Bismarck worked hard, and in a few months he was able to trarslate into Ger- man one of the works of Turgeniev. He carefully concealed his knowledge of Rus- sian in the imperial court, but one day at the winter palace, at an official dinner, Em- peror Alexender II and Prince Gortchakoff were speaking in Russian. The emperor no- ticed that Bismarck seemed very much in- terested in thelr conversation. Turning to him, he said: “Do you understand Rus- sian?” Reluctantly Bismarck answered: “A little, your majesty.” “How long have you been learning eur language?” “Scarcely four months,” sald Bismarck, this time in perfectly good Russian. Alexander II complimented him upon his ability as a linguist, and told the Grand Duke Constantine Nicolaievitzh to put him through a sort of civil service examination in Russian. Bismarck passed the examina- tion gloriously, but he afterward regretted that he had allowed the emperor to make the discovery of his knowledge of the Rus- sian tongue. ——_—\—+e-—__ ‘The will of the late Wm. W. Story, the sculptor, who died in Rome about a mopth ago, has been filed in Boston. The will queaths the property of the deceased to his three children, Waldo, Julien and Edith, with the exception of small larsates, DECLINE IN STOCKS London Unloading American Se- curities. EFFECT FELT ALL THROUGH THE List Influence of the Government's At- titude Toward England. IMPROVEMENT TEMPORARY Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. NEW YORK, December 20.—The recent irterpretation of the Monroe doctrine by this government aroused all Europe to a wholesale liquidation of our securities this mornipg, values being totally ignored in the haste to dispose of securities whose worth, in the hands of foreigners, has be- come entirely problematical. Ten active stocks at noon today reflected @ loss of $50,000,000 by comparison with the best prices Monday. If the diplomatic af- fairs of this continent are to be governed entirely by this government, European funds will not be invested on this side to assist the process. From an opening level in which declines varying from 1 to 4 per cent were record- ed, values crumbled steadily until the en- tire list reflected declines between the ex- tremes of $5 and $10 per share. The total loss for the week is enormous, and the failures of several small firms at- test the strain to which financial concerns bave been put at a time when they could least oppose it. Gold was engaged up to $3,000,000, but the sharp advance in money rates from 6 to 8 per cent naturally discouraged an increased outflow. Rumors of a premium on gold were freely circulated, and a moderate hoarding of funds was reported. The treasury, forced to the verge of an- other bond issue in order to restore confi- dence in existing obligations, is deprived of a market for its loan by the same tinstru- ment which doubled the necessity for more revenue. At the moment it is useless to predict the immediate course of prices; the street is in a state of panic, not from fears of war, ut from a lack of confidence in its ability to successfully absorb the securities which have suddenly becpme objectionable abroad. An Improvement. Foreign cables after the close of the Lon- don market reported a moderate improve- ment in the speculative feeling and a rally due to the covering of short contracts tem- porarily followed in the local market. The announcement of the Senate’s ap proval of the House biil was the occasioi of another Crive against prices. This ac- tion, from a financial standpoint, destroys all hope of immediate relief to what has ne the earmarks of a mest trying situa- tion. London's attitude will continue to domi- nate the course of prices in the local mar- bet until foreign sentiment changes or for- eign holdings become so reduced as to no longer be a menace in times of interna- tional differences. To insure immunity in the latter form additional losses to local investors must first be recorded. Market to Continue Sensitive. The market must continue to be sensitive for some time to come, no matter what hap- pens, and neither side, except for a quick turn, offers many inducements except to the extremely hazardous. * The last hour’s trading, while in some in- stances moderately improved from the ex- treme low level, was attributed to nothing pacts substantial than covering by the early ers. CAUGHT WHEN STOCKS FELL. Suspension of New York Brokers An- nounced. NEW YORK, December 20.—The failure of Nicholas Frothingham & Company, an- r.cunced today on the stock exchange, is an urimpertant one. C. 3S. Frothingham !s the only member of the firm, his member- stip dating from 1877. The failure is due wholly to the fall in stocks. Nelson J. Waterbury, counsel for the house, advised assignment for the pro- tection of creditors. He says that he be- lieves the firm will resume business at an early date. “If it had been a question of banks,” said he, “Mr. C. F. Frothingham, who has been doing business in the street since 1868, would not have been forced to make an assignment. The assignee is Cliaton E. Sweet.” The failure of S. S. Sands & Company was later announced on the stock exchange. A n:ember of the firm said it was due to calls on them for stecks they had in loan. The failure was precipitated by heavy decline in stocks over night. They have no out- standing contracts. The firm is one of the oldest on the stock exchange, and has been regarded as one of the most substantial. De Neufville & Company ‘have announced their suspension on the stock exchange. J. J. De Neufville says the failure was due to the decline on the stock market and their inability to call in margins. Obliga- tions are small. On the London Exchange. LONDON, December 20.—Soon after the opening there was a marked depression on the stock exchange The Evening Standard, referring to this depression, said this afternoon: “The de- clines were in sympathy with a further heavy fall in Americans, which went down from $1 to $3, St. Paul leading the way. American berds were also freely offered, and unless these are taken up for New York the outlook is gloomy.” There was extreme depression on the Manchester and Glasgow stock exchanges. The Westminster Gazette, referring to the condition of the stock market, says that there was a financial pantie in the fall in prices of American railroads, the de- clines belng: Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul, 4 3-4; Loulsville and Nashville, 3 3-8; Denver and Rio Grande preferred,’ 2 3-4; Illinois Central, 2; Atchison, 1 5-8, and Ca- nadian Pacific, 2 1-2 Continuing, the Westminster Gazette says: “Not only {s the selling for the ac- count of investors, but speculations for a drop have commenced on a considerable scale.” The Philadelpbin Market. PHILADELPHIA, Pa., December 20.— The stock market here today Is very weak and “feverish. Nearly all of the stocks traded in on the Philadelphia stock ex-' change opened below yesterday's closing prices. Pennsylvania railroad was off 114; Metropolitan Traction cropped from 104 to 99 7-8, and at 1:30 was quoted at 96 3-4; Philadelphia Treetion, from 68 7-8 to 67 general mortgage 4's, from 73 3-4 to 701 Vehigh Valley, frcm 38 5-8 2 asked. Some of the local industrials declined as much as $8 a share. a The Boston Market. NEW YORK, December 20.—A Boston dispatch to the Evening Post says: Prices on the Boston market followed the decline on the New York exchange today. At the opening there was Lttle activity, but there seemed to be in the air a semi-panicky feel- ing, while all the local stocks showed a sharp falling off from yesterday's prices. Montana, the local mining stock, opened down 1% at 70 and then broke to 68. Butte opened 14% off from yesterday, while West End comnion was off 1% to 67%. The railway lists were also off more or less, the only one holding its own being C., B. and Q. Bell Telephone declined % to 301, and the industrials showed a decline all along the line, Boston Brokers Suspend. BOSTON, December 20.—Messrs. Sawyer, Clarke & Co., brokers and bankers, closed their doors at noon. The concern is a minor one. ‘Treasury Officials Reticent, The cabinet meeting adjourned shortly af- ter 1 o’clock, and Secretary Carlisle return- ed to the Treasury Department, where he had another conference with Assistant Sec- retary Curtis. Secretary Carlisle refused ‘to ene <= — —— —————————eeeeesees SS he had nothing to say. Mr. Curtis said he did not care to discuss the situation. In reply to an inquiry as to what the Treasury Department would do to reileve the situa< tion, he said: “What can we do? It is s matter for Congress, and not for the Treas- ury Department.” —___- e-______ FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL, The following are the opening, the high- est and the lowest aad the closing prices of the New York stock market today, as re- ported by Corson & Macartney, members New York stock exc! ndents Messrs. Moore & Schley, No. $0 Broadway. Open. High. Low. Last. Chicago Gas, Cis C.M. & St. Paul. C. M. & St. Paul, Chic., KR. 1 & Pi Metropslitan Traction... Manhattan Klevatgd. New Ji ntral New York Centra! N Y.&N. Eng. N.Y... & St. Lo Pullman Fal. Car Southern Rattway, Pf Phila. ‘Traction Washington Stock Exchange. call—12 o'clock m.—Caj Washington Gas, riage, WO at 2S S. 4s, registered, 11! dn, 1925, 12 2 he 3. 5s, 1904, 111y bid. ~ District ef Columbia Bonds.—20-year fund 5s, 104 bid. 30-year fund 63, gold. 111 bid. Water 7s, 1901, currency, 115 bid. Water stock 7s, 1 currency, 116 bid. 3.658, fundiag, currency, 1. bid. registered, 2-08, 100 bid MsceJanacus Bonds.—Metropolitan Railroad conv, 6s, 115 bid, 117 asked. Metropolitan Railroad 5a, 107 bid. Belt ia Ss, 53 asked. Columbia Railroad 66, ed. Washington Gas Company 68, serics A, 112 bid) Washington Gas Trac- at 46%. cents; 100 at Government bid, 111% asket. U. asked. W. Company 6s, series B, 113 bid. W.shingtor Gas Company eonv. 66, 125 bid, i835 asked. U. 8. Elec- trle Light conv. 38, 125 bid. Chesapeake and Po- Deal tomac Telephone Ss, 101 asked. American Security and Trust ds, F. and A., 100 bid. American Se- curity and Trust ia, A. and O., 100 bid. Washing- ton Market Company ist 66, 110 bid. Washi Market Company imp. Gs," 110 bil. | Washington Market Company ext. Gs, 110 bid. Masoute Association 5s, 103 bid. National Bank Stocks.—Bank of Washington, 236 }id, 300 asked. Banke of the Iepubitc, “240° bid. 140 asked. Citizens’, 130 bid. 140 asked. Capital, "115 bid. lop ‘asked. Tenders’, 102% i colng 98 bid, 103 asked. Oblo, S5 bid, 96 asked. Safe Deposit and ‘Trust Compantes.—National Safe Deposit and Trust, 120 bid, 130 asked. Washingtoa Loaa and Trust, 118 bid, 122 asked. “American Se- curity amd Trust, 139 bid, 145 asked. ton Safe Deposi Maflroad Stocks.—Cap! ital ‘Traction Company, *75 bid. Metropolitan, 90 bid, 100 asked. Colui 45 bid, 6 asked. Belt, 30 asked. Eckington, asl Georgetown and’ Tennallytown, 30 asked. Gas and Klectrie Light haan Sag eae Gas, 49 bid; 47 anked. | Georgetown Gas, vs Etectrfe Light, *120 bid. 124 asked. Insurance Siocks.—Firemen’s, 35 bid. Fravklte, $8 bid Metropolitan, OS bid: Corcoran, 30 bid. Potomac, 69 bid. Aritugton, 155 asked. "Germas- American, 100 bid. , National Union, 10 bid, 13 shed. Columbia, 12, Usd, 1545, aaed. People’s, FX . 5 laa cola, 7% bbl, 8 asked. Commercial, 4% bid. ‘Title Insurance Stocks.—leal Estate Title, 100 bid, 116 asked. Columbia Tit the, bid Ty asked 4 asked. District Title, & bid, ‘Telephone Stocks.—I ansylvania, 37 hid, 50 asked. Chesapeake and Totoniac, 82 bid.” American Graph- pone, 3% bid, 4 asked. Pneumatic Gun Carriage, bid, 2 asked. Miscellaneous Stocks.—Washington Market, 14% bid. Great Fails lee, 123 bid, [30 asked. Lincole Hall, 75 bid, 40 jergen Lanstoa Mcnotype, 5 bid, 8 asked. Washington Title, 10 asked. asked. Mergenthal r Linotype, *239 asked. *Ex div. Baltimore Markets. BALTIMORE, December 20.—Flour quiet and steady, unchanged—receipts, 10,118 barrels; ship- ments, 1S barrels: sales, 000. barrels. Wheat weak ‘and lower—spot and, inonth, 63 65'ga65%; steamer No. . 486° bushels; stock, 517,236 bushel bushels—southera W by saniph grade, 61426444. 7 3 St x bushels—southera white corn, St . yellow, 2 white western, 24a 31440324. Oats quiet—No. Bhi Now 2 ‘nilxed, 2 receipts, 928 bushels; ik, 204,759 bushels. Rye stendy—No. 2, 44aa5 nearby; 46.47 western—re-eipts, bushels; k, 09,525 bushels. re 100 Hay quiet—cholee timot! 315.50. Grain frelzhts steady, engagements smal changed. Sugar Urm, unchanged. Batter steady, uuchanged. Eggs weak—fresh, 21. Chevse steady, unchanged — Grain and Cotton Markets. Furnished by W. B. Hibbs & Co., 1421 F street, members New York stock exchange, correspondents Messrs. Ladenburg, Thal- mann & Co., New York. GRAIN. Hich. Low. Close. 57 57 Bek Ss : ig, Sho ahr Ss ATR 5 Be 3a 548 420 420 sa a Low, Close, 792 198 Soo gon 8.05 BIL 813 820 NATURAL SOFT SOAP. It is Found in a Series of Pits in the Big Horm Mountains. Cheyenne Cor. Denver News. A party of gentlemen from the east, who have been hunting and fishing for the past mcnth in the Big Horn mountains and basin, met, while there, with a pertinent Mlustra- ticn of the natural marvels of the great cen- tral west. This was nothing less than the discovery of a series of pits, or vats, of natural soft soap, the excellent quality of the product showing that old Dame Nature is well competent, when in the mood, to hold up fully the end of her string as a house- wife. ‘These natural soft soap pits, seven in number, and having an average capacity of about 1,000 gallons, are scattered over am area of two or three acres of alkall land, situated just below the mouths of half a dozen hot springs and two large springs of practically pure lubricating oil. The water from the hot springs and the ofl drainage cembining with each other and acting on the alkali deposit, constitute a natural soap manufactory, the product of which is gath- ered in the adjacent series of earth cavities or pits. Just below the pits themselves ts a wide tract of spongiest marsh soil, in whose depths the soft soap surplus is absorbed. ‘The product is perfectly marketable, and in the coming commercial development of the Big Horn basin there will doubtless be a natural soft soap syndicate. ————\_coo—__—__ A Strange Sight. From the Portland Telegram. “I saw a very strange sight while I was over in Vancouver Saturday,” a bill col- lector for a Portland house was telling a friend on the car this morning. “It was a coffin strapped to a bicycle, and it was being taken to the country, evidently, for the rider had the appearance of being dressed for a long, hard ride. It was # Strange combination. The coffin was strapped across the handle bars and over the front wheel. The big black varnished box almost hid the rider, whose head just appeared over the lid. The coffin was car- ried safely and quickly, and I suppose beat a wagon ail hollow. In the early days they used to carry coffins on horseback. This, to my mind, would not seem half so uncanny. A bicycle, you know, is the very spirit of life itself—especially when it runs away with you and breaks a eS