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2 THE EVENING STAR, THURSDAY, JANUARY 16, 1896-TWELVE PAGES. delegates to the convention from each of the territories. Senator Morgan announced that he would offer later a resolution pro- viding for a change in the whole system of representation in the convention, but it was the general opinion that the committee had no authority to consider any such matter, and he will probably have to wait and sub- mit his proposition to the convention itself. July 7 Selected as the Date. Some time was consumed in settling upon @ date for the convention. The last week in June seemed to be favored by many of the members, but it became known, through Chairman Harrity, that President Cleve- land and the gentlemen in charge of the Various democratic organizations upon which the brunt of campaign work wduld fall desired as late a date as possible. Af- ter severa! propositions were made, the com- mittee decided upon July 7 as the day upon which the national convention should meet. The vote on this proposition was 32 to 18, and no sectional lines were observed in the balloting. ‘Then the question of Ustering to the ar- guments in bel.aif of the various cities was taken up, and it was decided to call the list of states and hear cach city in its turn, each one to be given thirty minutes, the spellbinders to be allowed to divide this time as they saw proper. A recess was taken until 3 o'clock, when ihe open session began. The cities will be heard in the fol- lowing order: Chicago, St. Louis, Cincinnati und New York. ? Silver Talk Creates Satisfaction. It was developed in the course of the day at the Arlington that the prospects of the democratic party were expected to brighten considerably in the early future. This was due to che circulation.among the commit- teemen and other prominent members of the party that a substantial recognition of silver was to be shortly made by legisla- tion framed in such a way as to meet the approval of the President. The declara- tion was made that measures were’ now being taken to formulate a measure based upon what are known as the Faulkner amendments, which were introduced in the silver Congress, as it is now called. The Senator from West Virginia proposed to coin $80,000,000 of the bullion in the treas- ury at that time, at the rate of $5,000,000 ber year, and issue it in place of notes under the denomination of $5. The propo- sition now under consideration involves, it is said, an inerease of such coinage of bul- lion to $100,000,000, at $5,000,000 or $7,590,000, and its use in retiring currency under the denomination of $10. It is said the meas- ure provides for the coinage of the bullion as subsidiary cdin, and that President Cleveland would approve such a measure. The gossip occasioned by this information, which, apparently, was authoritative, was to the effect that such a recognition of silver would serve to draw the now diver- gent factions of the democracy together, and increase their chances for winning back some of the states it has lost. Chicago Pile in Shy. . . When the committee adjourned for recess the’ Cincinnati men smiled satisfactorily and said the queen city was Mable to sur- prise somebody before midnight. This con- fident feeling was said to be due to the fact that the ukase had gone forth that the committe would demand $50,000 cash in hand from the city selected for- the conven- tion and that M. E. Ingalls had a check of correct character for that amount in his Inside pocket. It was also said that neither New York nor St. Louis had anythi:g but promises, good as gold, but not — under tne circumstances, to put up, while Chicago was $10,000 shy of the amount. There was hot wiring to the windy city in consequence. An attempt had been made, Bo it was declared, to get the deficiency from Mr. L. Z. Leiter, but that gentleman's purse, usually so pliable, seemed to have lost its elasticity. Chicago’s representa- tives were certain of receiving an affirma- tive response to their telegraphic plea. Chicago received the necessary cash a few minutes before 3 o'clock, and the spirits of the representatives here were corre- Bpondingly high. Looks Like Chicago. When the committee reassembled this afternoon the general impression was that Chicago would be selected as the conven- tion city on about the third ballot. The National Committee. The full membership of the committee is as follows: William F. Harrity, chairman; Simon P. Sheerin, secretary; Robert B. Roosevelt, treasurer; Alabama, H. D. Clay- ten: Arkansas, U. M. Rose; California, M. F. Tarpey; Colorado, C. S. Thomas; Con- necticut, Carlos French; Delaware, L. C. Vandegrift; Florida, Samuel Pasco; Geor- gia, C. Howell, jr.; Idaho, F. W. Beane; Illinois, Ben. T. Cable; Indiana, S. P. Sheer- in; Iowa, J. J. Richardson; Kansas, Chas. W. Blair; Kentucky, T. H. Sherley; Loui- siana, James Jeffries; Maine, Arthur Sewail; Maryland, A. P. Gorman; Massachusetts, Jesiah Quincy; Michigan, D. J. Campau; Minnesota, Michael Dora Mississippi, Chas. B. Howry; Missouri, John G. Prather; Montena, A. J. Davidson; Nebraska, Tobias Castor: Nevada, R. P. Keating; New Hamp- shire, A. W. Sulloway; New Jersey, Miles Ros: ew York, W. F. Sheehan; North Carolina, M. W. Ransom; North Dakota, W. C. Leistikow; Ohio, Calvin S. Brice; Oregon, E. D. McKee; Pennsylvania, Wm. F. Harrity; Rhode Island, Sam. R. Honey; South Carolina, M. L. Donaldso. South Dakota, Jas. M. Woods; Tennessee, H. Cum- mings; Texas, O. T. Holt; Vermont, B. B. Smalley; Virginia, T. Taylor Ellyson; Wash- ington, H. C. Wallace: West Virginia, John Sheridan; Wisconsin, E. C. Wall; Wyoming, W. L. Kuykendall; Alaska, A. L. Delaney; Arizona, C. M. Shannon; District of Colum- bia, James L. Norris; New Mexico, H. B. Oklahoma, T. M. Richardson; Sam. A. Merritt; Indian territory, Robt. L. Owen. ——————_-e.____ ORGANIZING A REVOLT. A Few Republicans Restive Under Speaker Reed’s Policy. A determined effort is being made to organize a revolt against Speaker Reed among republicans in the House. It is a small band, said to be about forty repub- licans, who want to start an_ organized movement in opposition to the Reed policy of iriaction. Several conferences have been held and strong talk has been indulged in, but nothing has yet come of it. ‘The theory of it is that a do-nothing policy is simply in the interest of Mr. Reed's presidential candidacy, and not in the interest of the varty. It is urged, therefore, that the friends of other can- didates should not acquiesce in this policy, but should take steps to compel the Speaker to take a position on vital ques- tions. The tariff question, it is insisted by these anti-Reed men, should be forced to the front and action on a general bill inz sisted on. Consideration of some general financial measure, they say, should be in- sisted on. They want also to have the Pacific railroad and the Nicaragua canal questions acted cn. In other words, they want to present a policy of activity in antagonism to Mr. Keed’s policy and to compel a record to be made. They do not hope to be able to overrule the Speaker, but they want to make the fight for the purpose of putting him in the attitude of opposing republican measures if he does not permit their consideration. Thus far they have not been able to secure a leader of the revolt whom all the malcontents will follow; nor have they yet agreed upon a program of business satis- factory to all. + —____ NATIONAL CONGRESS. Religious Education to Be the Sub- ject of Discussion. Arrangements are being perfect2d by the executive council of the national congress of religious education for the congress of that organization to be held in this city April 20-23. A program is being prepared and the subjects will be treated in a‘ series of papers, which will be read and afterward discussed in open session. A large list of speakers has already been secur2d, and re- ports from religious education. institu- tions and denominational and interdenom- inational educational societies will be re- ceived. Some of the subjects for considera- tion as already agreed upon are: “The Family as an Insutution of Religious Cul- ture,” “Relig Education and the’ Wel- fare of the Educational Wrecked by Derailed Cars. STEUBENVILLE, Ohio, January 16.— While a freight train was going through Colliers Yards. in Wesg Virginia, today, several cars bed the track. An east- bound passenger train came along and ran into the freight cars. Engineer Rogers of Eest Liverpeol was instantly killed, and James Comboy so seriously hurt that he will die. LATE NEWS BY WIRE Another Unavailing Ballot Taken at Annapolis. WELLINGTON LOSES TWO OF HiS VOTES Proposed Pian to Break the Dead- lock. MAY TAKE A DARK HORSE ae : Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. ANNAPOLIS, Md., January 16.—At noon today the second joint ballot of the Mary- land general assembly for a United States Senator was taken with the following re- sult: . Republicans. Wellington ... Goldsborough Westcott . Mulliken. Dryden Dixon age .. Following the ballot a motion to hol second ballot was lost by a vote of 65 to 27. Numerous rumors of decided changes in the situation to be indicated by today’s vote were afloat this morning, conspicuous among which was the report that Robert B. Dixon of Talbot county, who has re- ceived the vote of Senator Norwood rince the balloting began, would display con- siderable strength. The report was not sustained by the result, for Mr. Dixon re- ceived only one additional vote, that of Delegate Applegarth of Baltimore city, but the eastern shore candidates are appre- hensive of his strength, and it is believed that he will show more power tomorrow. Mr. Dixon is the president of the Easton National Bank, and has some influential relatives and considerable connections in Baltimore, and it is predicted that he will soon win over the Talbot county vote from Col. Mulliken and eventually gain the united support of the “shore.” The Wellington men are unquestionably disappointed over today’s vote. Prior to the vote, they were predicting substantial gains for the sixtn district Congressman, but in- stead of gaining, the Weilingto2 vote has fallen off, Senator Strobridge of Baltimore, who has heretofore stood by him, voting for Mr. Goldsborough. Messrs. Goldsborough and Westcott both gained ever their showing yesterday. It is now the general ‘mpression that the convention tomorrow will remain in session until a Senator is elected, or it is demon- strated that no one of those now in the fleld can get a majority. Then, perhaps, a cau- cus may. be held and an 2ffort made to agree on some new man not now prominently be- fore the general assembly. a NO INTENTION OF YIELDING. London Comment on Mr. Balfour's Speech of Last Night. LONDON, January 16—The St. James Gazette, commenting this afternoon upon the speech which the first lord of the treas- ury, Mr. A. J. Balfour, made at Manzhes- ter last night, says: “A. J. Balfour does not give encourage- ment to the diplomatic amateurs who are trying to get the Americans to believe that we are wrong and will end by knuckling down. Those who have been led to believ® that the Marquis of Salisbury intends to apply to Washington, asking it to be good erough to arbitrate or conciliate, are much mistaken, and we sincerely nope they have not been able to lead American opinion to share their error, otherwise the results may be calamitous. There is an increasing dispositian both@n London and in Wash- ington to believe that the dispute can be arranged by negotiations between the or:ly genuine parties thereto, Great Britain and Venezuela. We have no quarrel with the old Monroeism; but if the Senate insists upon setting up a new Monrocism, which will render the United States absolute ar- biter of the affairs of the continent. of which one-third belongs to Great Britain, we certainly canrot avert the consequences by yielding. The issue, peace war, lies with the Americans. Nobody in England kas discovered a patent method to escape the danger of a conflict, unless the Ameri- cans themselves are anxious and willing to avert it.” The Globe takes the same view of the arbitration propositions, and asks: “How could a court be constituted whose decisions would be sure to command equal respect on both sides? ‘fo this day the Amer- icans have not carried out the Bering sea award, and the arbitrators have no means of enforcing it.” American Thanks to England. LONDON, January 16.—The foreign office has received a note from the American ambassador, Mr. Thomas F. Bayard, say- ing he has been instructed by his govern- ment to tender thanks to Great Britain for the kind offices of the latter toward Ameri- cans in the Transvaal. ————— PRESIDENT DOLE’S TRIP. He Goes to the Island of Hawali— Volcanic Eruption. SAN FRANCISCO, January 16.—The steaniship Mariposa arrived from Honolulu this morning, bringing the following ad- vices to January 9: The voleano has broken out again and shows great activity. The outbreak began on Friday night, January 3, and a rise of the lake of about 200 feet took place that night. The lake is now about 200 feet wide and 250 feet long. The illumination was very strong, the glow being visible at Hilo. There has been no heralding of returning activity. President Dole left for the Island of Ha- wali yesterday. He will bes absent about three weeks. Land matters and the forestry question will occupy his attention while ab- sent. The U. S. S. Baltimore will leave for Mare Island on the 10th. The Bennington’s stay here is still for an indefinite period. ——.__ ENGAGED ON CORRESPONDENCE. Ex-President Harrison Refuses Him- self to Callers. NEW YORK, January 16.—“General Har- rison begs to be excused,” was the reply to the cards sent up to the ex-President’s room at the Fifth Avenue Hotel this morning. Assisted by Mr. Tibbitts the general spent the morning looking over and replying to his voluminous correspond- ence. It is understood that he will remain in town for one or two days longer. a ea CAUSED BY CUBA’S WAR. Assignment of New York Importers of Sugar. NEW YORK, January 16.—Perkins & Weish, sugar importers and exporters, have assigned to Benjamin Perkins, with pref- erences to creditors for upward of $125,000. The firm was rated at $200,000; and its credit good. The total liabilities are million dollars. Mr. Arnold, of counsel for the assignee, said that the cause of the failure was the Cuban war. The firm has been engaged in the sugar business, selling sugar con- signed by different planters in Cuba, and making large advances on the strength of assignments to be received. The condition of things in Cuba has prevented the ship- ping of the sugar, and there is no possi- bility of telling when any shipments can be made. put at half a —_——__ = ONE THOUSAND GO OUT. Strike of Miners in Ohio Today. COLUMBUS, Ohlo, January 16.—One thousand miners at the Morris Coal Com- pany went out today. Secretary Patrick McBride of the Miners’ Union says the strike, as reported to him, is on account of the discharge of 2 man for producing dirty coal, but Mr. McBride believes the men would not have gone out on that account. He s: some rule, ao doubt, or agreement between miners and operatcrs kas been, in the opinion of the men, violated. The com- pany headquarters are at Cleveland. TO RENEW RECIPROCITY What Representative Tawney Says is the Subcommiitee’s Plan. Hearings to Be Given to Those In- jured" by the Repeal of the Reciprocity Clause. Representative Tawney of Minnesota has‘ been appointed by Congressman Dingley a member of the subcommittee of ways and means on subject of reciprocity and com-| mercial treaties. When interrogated this morning as to whether the committee would take any action in the matter, Mr. Tawney stated that the subcommittee now have pending before them several bills relating to the subject of reciprocity. “There is very strong sentiment in the House,” he said, “in favor of reviewing the principles of reciprocity, and, if possible, of , engrafting it upon our existing tariff law. Hearing to Be Given. “In deference to this sentiment the sub- committee is now considering the propri- ety of granting hearings to all persons who were directly benefited by reciprocity clause of act of 1800, and who had been directly or injuriously affected by its re- conferred with the chairman of the subcemmittee and also with Mr. Ding- ley and other leaders of the House on the subject of granting to these parties he: ings before our subcommittee, and with- cut exception the proposal meets their approval. It has been suggested, how- ever, by some that if these hearings are granted there is danger that it may convey to the public the impression that the committee on ways and means will hear parties in respect to tariff in general and that will create more or less confusion in the minds of the public as to what ac- tion Congress proposes to take on the subject of tariff in addition to what the House has already done. “I do not think that there is any neces- sity for this fear, as hearings, if they are held, will be confined exclusively to the subject of reciprocity, over which only this subcommittee has jurisdiction. The advan- tages to be derived in hearings of this char- acter are very evident. The democratic party has always characterized reciprocity as a sham and contended that there was no material benefit resulting therefrom to the people of the United States. What Will Be Demonstrated. “If we grant hearings referred to we will demonstrate to the country by testi- mony of American citizens, who were di- rectly benefited whether or not the posi- tion of the republican party or the position of the democratic party is correct. “We have a tariff bill! now hung up by free silver Senators in the Senate, which, I think, will ultimately pass. Should Pres- ident Cleveland veto it we can then present to the House a measure that will revive re- ciprocity under our existing tariff. “Of course, free sugar was the basis of reciprocity in that act, but if President Cleveland should refuse to sign the tariff bill which puts wool on the dutiable list we should substitute wool for sugar, and say to Mr. Cleveland that if he will per- sist in allowing wool to come into this country free of duty then we will, by act of Congress, give him opportunity to say to those importing wool into this country that in consideration of advantage which they have in our market for their prin- cipal product they should give to us cor- responding advantage in their market for their agricultural and other products.” ————— CARDINAL SATOLLI'S PLANS. A Story That He Has Been Recalled Denied Today. Dr. Rooker, Cardinal Sutoili’s secretary, today denied absolutely the story which appeared in a New York paper this morn- ing, to the effect that the papal pro-dele- gate had been recalled and was likely to leave at any time for Rome. “Why, Cardinal Satolii is even now mak- ing his preparations for a trip to New Or- leans,” said Dr. Rooker. ‘He will be pres- ent at the opening of the winter school, which has been fixed for about the same time as the commencement of the Mardi Gras. He will be present for carnival week. He will go to New Orleans by way of At- Janta and return by way of St. Louis and Cincinnati. I doubt if he is back much be- fore the Ist of March. e “Even if a consistory should be held in March my own opinion is that the cardinal will not be summoned to it. It is far more likely that he will retutrn for the June consistory. It is customary for a man to go to Rome within a year of the time he is raised to the cardinalate, but this is a mat- ter of etiquette rather than law. Now that his work is practically completed in this country I am sure he will leave with con- siderable regret. Just the other day he said to me that he would like it if, when his successor is appointed, he were given six months’ leave, so that he might travel through the United States and see the ecuntry more thoroughly than ke has been able to do. He has greatly enjoyed his stay of more than three years on this side of the water. Even when he was a priest at Rome and a professor in the propaganda he had a strong predilection for Americans. He counted his American students, with whom he came in close contact, as among the brightest of his students, and he al- ways had a warm place in his heart for them. So he came with his mind open to favorable impressions, and he was not dis- appointed. Quite the contrary. “The story that the cardinal will address a farewell message to the Catholics of the United States is as foolish as the other. Were he entertained at a banquet or any other public function prior to his depart- ure he might take occasion to say some- thing of the results and impressions of his stay in this country, but to issue such a letter as is referred to would be quite out of hic bailiwick. We have not received the slightest intimation as to who Cardinal Satolli’s successor will be, and it would be useless to hazard any guesses, though I think it pretty safe to say he will be an Italian.” Dr. Rooker’s own position is unchanged by the elevation and future recall of Cardinal Satolli. He received his appoint- iment frem the pope himself, and will con- tinue as the secretary of the papal dele- gation so long as it may please the powers at Rome. —— DISTRESS IN NEWFOUNDLAND. A Thousand Families in St. Said to Be Destitute. ST. JOHN'S, N. F., January 16.—A sen- sation has been created by a statement in the official organ of the government that a thousand families in St. John’s are with- out food, fuel or clothing, and have noth- ing with which to face the rigors of the coming four months. It further states that unless they are soon relieved’ many will perish. Out ports are also destitute. The city clergy are ar- ranging a meeting to prepare a plan for relief. The government will have to fur- nish supplies, as most of the citizens are unable to ass! John’s =e ELEVEN ITALIANS ARRESTED. One Said to Be the Hend of the Mafia. NEW YORK, January 16.—United States secret service agents today arrested eleven Italians alleged to be mémbers of a gang of counterfeit money passers. One of them, Nicolo Tornato, is sald to be the head of the Mafia in this country. ——___ Ex-Congressman Smithers Dend. DOVER, Del., January 16.—Ex-Congress- man N. B. Smithers, who was secretary of state under Governors Cannon and Marvel, died at his home in this city this morning. Nathaniel Barratt Smithers was born in Dover, Del., October 8, 1Ni8. In 1862, upon the election of William Cannon as gov- ernor of the state, Mr. Smithers accepted the position of secretary of state. In 1863 he was elected to succeed William Temple, democratic member-elect of Con- gress from Delaware, Temple having died before taking his seat in that body. When Gevernor Joshua Marvel took his seat in 1895 he selected Mr. Smithers as secretary of state, but the latter retired shortly after upon the death of the governor. oun geese New Bishop of Sioux Falls. ROME, January 16.—Rev. Father O'Gor- man has been appointed bishop of Sioux Falls, 8S. D. Many = Specula) NO aia TAKEN ~~ YET The Presbyteris! Committee Has Not Taken Up the Talmage Matter. (and Misstate- ments in neyo the Affair—Tal- é Cc mage H: a Resigned. The committee appafnted by the presby- tery of Washington lggt Monday to inquire into and report pecially on the status of pastoral relations in-tke First Presbyterian Church }as takelt nd action thus far. Rev. B. F. Bittinger, as stated clerk of the pres- bytery has formally: notified.Rev. Dr. By- ron Sunderland of the action taken by the presbytery and asked him to name a day when he will find it convenient to meet the presbyterial committee, ‘As Mr. Bittinger besides being clerk of the presbytery, is also chairman of the special committee, the notice to Dr. Sunderland may be construed to mean that no severely disciplinary ac- tion is likely to result from the work of the committee, but’ that the controlling alm will be to compremise all difficulties that have arisen and bring order with honor ont of the chaos of contention into which the church has been thrown. Outsidé of the gentlemen immediately corcerned there prevails naturally much speculaticn as to the outcome. The other Presbyterian pastors of Washington are seemingly divided in their views of the matter. Some declare that Dr. Talmage is here under fair colors, and should be sup- Ported by the presbytery even to the end that Dr. Sundcriland should accept an emeritus relation, and Rev. Mr. Allen, the co-pastor, should be paid his full salary for a year and then be permitted to resign. Ofhers assert that Mr. Allen has more than a mere financial consideration at stake, and sbould have a fair chance to preach just as agreed upon in his original con- tract. Dr. Sunderland speaks. cheerfully of the situation and expects the result to be in all ways satisfactory to the church and its three pastors. Of himself he speaks as a “back number” in the trouble, and for Dr. Talmage and Mr. Alien he asks simply fair play and a little time to softea the asperi- tes of the situation and bring about a sat- isfactory result. The rumor that Dr. Talmaze has resigned, or wolild do so is denied by him in New Or- leans, where he went the'first of the week to lecture. ee G. A. R. PENSION COMMITTEE. It Will Meet Tonight to Urge Certain Legislation by Congress, The pension committee of the Grand Army of the Republic will meet here this evening to go over pension matters and Prepare for urging certain legislation by Congress. Those present will include Benj. Brooke, Philadelphia, chairman; Gen. W. W. Dudley, Washington; A. S. Shaw, Water- town, N. Y., and Attorney General Ketch- am of Indiana, with General Walker, com- mander-in-chief ex officio. Gen.Walker will later appear before the House committee on pensions and urge legislation placing the pension office administration’on “bus- iness principles,” the stopping of “unwar- ranted interference with pensions through biased complaints,” and will favor fixing $300 a year as the limit of income which bars a widow from receiving a pension. Gen. Walker said today; “We want the practice of sending assas- sins of pensioners’ rights through the cou: try at the beck and call of every one who has some personal aim to serve to stop. The G. <A. R. is in favor of using every means stop fraudulent operations, but in ninety-nine cases out of a hundred it is not the pensioner guilty of fraud in cases investigated, but those personating pen- sioners. Among n6! body of men is there less fraud. We betieve that, except where otherwise by speciat legislation, all pensions should be {ssued yniformly, the widow of a colonel receiving the same pension as the widow of a private.” ° TO EQUALIZE THEIR Pay. Watchmen in the Government De- part nts Ank Advance of Salary. The watchmen in the various government departments are Weeply iriterested in secur- ing the passage during this session of Con- gress of a bill to increase the salary of each captain of the several divisions of the watch force to $1,400 a year, of each lieutenant or sergeant to $1,200 and of each private to $1,000, The pay of watchmen at present is not uniform, it being in some of the depart- ments sconsiderably higher than in others. The work and responsibility, they say, is the same in all the departments, and they are obliged to be on duty 365 days in the year. Clerks have their Sundays and hol- idays, but watchmen have none. Two-thirds of the watch force do night work. Natural- ly the watchmen compare their duties with those of clerks, who work less hours in day- time and have their Sundays and holidays off. They do not ask that the clerks be paid less, but watchmen more. The present ay- erage salary of a watchman Is $720, which, it is claimed, is hardly enough for an aver- age family to live on. The aggregate in- crease in the appropriation to allow what the watchmen ask is less than $100,000. Transfers of Real Estate. Deeds in fee have been filed as follows: Richard Rothwell to Geo. Perrott, part lots 8 and 9, sq. 1017; $10. Ernst Gerstenberg et ux. to Rosa H. Nourse, part lots 22 and 21, sq. 995; $3,500. Wm. T. Willett to Edw. H. Berry, lot 12, blk. 11, Bloomingdale; $5. Jas. A. Taliaferro to Jno. A. Butler, lot 3, sq. 793; lots 150 and 151, sq. 1051; lots 138 and 142, sq. 860; lot 62, reservation 10; $10. John A. Butler to Jas. A. Taliaferro, lots 150 and 151, sq. 1051, and lots 138 and 142, sq. 860; $10. Lewis N. Charles to Julia T. McDonnell, lot 77, sq. 271; $10. Jno. F. Donohoe et ux. to Wm. Barnum, lot 27, sq. 1061; $4,000. Howard A. Miner et ux. to Geo. J. Easterday, lot 19, sa. 742; $10. Same to Allen W. Mallery, lots 16 and 20, sq. 742; $10. Wm. A. Meloy, trustee, to Isabella L. Nourse, lots 9 to 16, sec. 3, Lincoln; $250. Mamie E. Norment to Wal- ter W. Burdette, part original lot 10, sq. $20,000. Gerald L. Rathbone to Louise H. Harris, parts original lots 2 and 24, sq. $7,000. Leo Simmons et ux. to Wm. F. Gross, part lot 18, sq. 891; $10. Edw. G. Turner to Henry W. Hodges, lot 14, bik. 6, Kalorama Heights; $10. Miles C. Mun- son et ux. to Wm. O. and Ruth C. Denison, part lots 18 to 21, sq. 197; $10. Benj. J. Edwards et ux. to Thos. G. Hensey, lot 51, sq. 520; $10. Leo Simmons et ux. to Fredk. Devenpeck, part lots 18 and 19, sq. 891; $10. Theft of Trousers. William Key, a colored boy seventeen years old, who, came here from Pomonkey, Charles county, Maryland, and has been working at different places, was arrested today by Detective Boyd on a warrant charging the theft of some trousers and harness belonging to Carl Jaeger, the dyer, on 11th street. The boy, who protests his innocence, will pe given a hearing in the Police Court tomorrow. Funeral 6f D.‘P. McKeever. ‘The funeral of the; late Daniel P. Mc- Keever, who diéd at Asheville, N. C., on Tuesday, will take place tomorrow at 10:30 a.m. from his late residence, 212 6th street southeast, followed by requiem high mass at St. Peter's Church at 11 o'clock. The interment will be at;Bonnie Brae, Balti- more. 4 +. Among the Indians. The Washington Auxiliary, National In- dian Association, met this morning at the Ebbitt House. Mrs. Brackett presided. Mrs. Quinton, the president of the Women’s Na- tional Indian Association, gave an inter- esting address, telling of her trip during the past year through the west and along the Pacific coast. oe Prizes for Waltzing. An enjoyable ball and reception was given last evening by the Raleigh Pleasure Club at the new Odd Fellows’ Hall, M street be- tween 16th and 17th streets northwest. It was an enjoyable affair. The hall was pret- tily decorated. A feature of the evening was a prize waltz. The prizes were award. ed to Miss Jennie Johnson and Mr. Ralph Coleman. ee ne For the Children. Messrs. A. A. Birney and Wm. F. Holtz- man, trustees, for John H. Wheeler, have filed, through Attorney Woodbury Wheeler, @ petition for leave to invest a fund of $4,432 for the benefit of the children of said John H. Wheeler. THE INDICTMENT GOOD Motion in the Sugar Trust Case Over- ruled by the Oourt. Arguments an to Necessity of Proving _Every Allegation—An Early Adjournment Today. ‘The case of Mr. Elverton R, Chapman, the alleged contumacious sugar trust witness, was continued today before Judge Cole in Criminal Court No. 1. When court was opened the jury was excused until after recess, and Mr. Dittenhoefer resumed his argument, commenced yesterday afternoon, in support of the motion that the jury be irstructed to return a verdict of not guilty on the ground that the district attorney falled to prove all the allegations set forth in the indictment. The attorney dwelt par- ticulerly on the fact that the district at- torney had consumed much valuable time in attempting to secure witnesses to prove certain allegations in the indictment, and when he found it was impossible to secure the attendance: of such witnesses, declared the allegations in question to be imma- terial. “Since drawing the indictment,” remarked the court, “perhaps the district attorney has changeg his mind.” “That is a prerogative belonging to the court alone,” replied Mr. Dittenhoefer, “and it cannot be exercised by the district attor- ney. In closing, Mr. Dittenhoefer defied Mr. Birney to cite a precedent for the course pursued by the latter in the trial of this case. In replying to the argument, Mr. Birney declared that che one point to be deter- mined was whether or not Mr. Chapman re- fused to answer the questions propounded by the Senate investigating committee. All other matters are entirely foreign to the controversy. All that is necessary is for the gcvernment to prove the material allega- tions In the indictment. The argument was continued by Mr. Shellabarger in behalf of Mr, Chapman. Mr. Dittenhoefer made a brief supplemen- tary argument, and a recess until 2 o'clock was then taken. 5 Motion Overruled. : When court reconvened Judge Cole ruled on the motion. ‘In my opinion,” he said, ‘dt was necessary only to show by the indictment legislation in the Senate provid- ing for the questions propounded by the committee. But the indictment contains other allegations, and the question is, Must they be proved? I find the general rule to be that unnecessary allegations need not be substantiated, but there are exceptions to the rule, and these the defease has em- phasized. I fail to see that any of the points dwelt upon fall within the excep- tions. “They are clearly surplusage. As this is the pioneer case under the statute it is not remarkable that the district attorney included many points in the indictment that were not material. I shall overrule the motion that the jury be instructed to return a verdict of not guilty.” The court then adjourned until tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock, when prayers for instructions to the jury will be submitted to Judge Cole. ee AT THE WORKHOUSE. DIED One of the Army of Tramps Passes Away. Some time last night or this morning one of the many tramps in the workhouse died suddenly under circumstances which may require a coroner's investigation. Just what time the man died could not be learned at the workhouse today, but the man’s body was in the dead house when a Star reporter called, and the officials gave the information that he had died some time after 11 o’clock. It is thought that the victim's real name is Daniel McGinn, although he has served time under the names of Robertson and Thompson. Yesterday afternoon he was received at the workhouse on a thirty-days’ vagrancy commitment under the name Daniel Rob- ertson. He was a sick man, but the keeper says he made no special complaint or request other than to take a regulation dcse of bromide, such as is given prisoners, especially when they show signs of having been drinking. McGinn, alias Robertson, alias Thomp- son, was put through the regular prison treatment preparatory to being sent to his room, and the bath, it is thought, af- fected him for the worse. _ ‘There was a rumor current that he had taken a dese of poison before he reached the workhouse, but if this is true no one was found who would say they had seen him take the deadly drug. Some of the prisoners who claimed to know him said he had been an alcool drinker, and they thought that the fiery fluid had eaten away somé vital organ and caused his death. It was about 4 o’clock when he reached his cell. Later in the evening he became sick and was removed to the hospital, where he died. The dead man was not a stranger on the farm. He had been there a number of times during the past four years, al- ways in the winter, for, it is said, he went north in summer. The unfortunate man, although presenting the appearance of a full-fledged tramp and having the appear- ance of a victim of alcohol, was well edu- cated and was a fine penman. He was forty-two years old and a native of ireland, where he had served in the eighteenth Royal Irish Infantry. SS THE SHERMAN STATUE. General Committee Today Inspecting Points Presented for n Site. The general committee having charge of the erection of an equestrian monument to Gen. Sherman will hold a meeting at the War Department tomorrow for the purpose of considering the report of the committee appointed to select a design for the monu- ment from among the twenty-three models submitted in competition. The committee will also determine which four of the de- signs are entitled to the individual awards of $1,000. The members of the general committee are engaged today in inspecting the various points about the city suggesied as sites for the Sherman monument. The environments of the site selected will have considerable weight in the selection of the design for the structure. The site which is said to find the most favor with the committee is at the scuthwest corner of Lafayette Square at the corner of Pennsylvania avenue and Jackson Place. Other sites under considera- tion are Franklin Square, the north front of the War Department building and the head of Sherman avenue at its junction with Whitney avenue near the Soldiers’ Home. There is a disposition to reserve Franklin Square for a monument to Franklin, the great civilian patriot. The selection of the Sherman site devolves upon a committee consisting of Secretary Lamont, Maj. Gen. Miles and a committee of the Society of the Army of che Tennessee, of which Gen. G. M. Dodge is chairman. The models now on exhibition on the top floor of the War Department will be re- moved within ten days after the awards are announced. a Government Receipts. National bank notes received for redemp- tion today’ $458,276. Government receipts— From internal revenue, $498,752; customs, $868,350; miscellaneous, $21,855. 2 Marriage Licenses. Marriage licenses have been issued to the following: James Hill and Ida Neal; Wes- ley H. Rollins and Annie Swart, both of Prince William courty, Va.; R. W. Lucas of Wilkeslarre, Pa., and Agnes V. Spiner of this city; Joseph S. Martin, jr., and An- nie M. Stansbury; Samuel S. Fraser and Louise E. Voehl; Wm. R. Reeve and Cath- erine E. Harper; Joseph G. Trunnell and Florence J. Jacobs; Albert L. Wayson and Annie M. Carrick, both of Anne Arundel county, Md.; William Davis and Ivy Phelps, both of Howard county, Md.; John Halliday and Alice Middleton; Richard Newtcn and Ida Vinn. SS Denth of Consul Jonas. Assistant Secretary Uhl has received a | cable message from Consul General Mason at Berlin announcing the death of Chas. Jonas of Wisconsin, United States consul at Crefeld, Germary. [FINAN CE AND TRADE Insignificant Character of Stock Transactions, ———— OPENING PRICES WERE THE HIGHEST | Confidence in Good Results of the New Loan Expected. GENERAL MARKET REPORTS Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. NEW YORK, January 16.—The course of prices in today’s stock market scarcely de- serves comment, owing to the insignificant character of the transactions. There is almest no buying outside of the room, and a general contraction of speculative Mabili- ties is credited with inspiring the spas- modic and professional interchanging of securities. London's prices were again fractionally above our closing, and were employed as an argument in justification of similar ad- vances on this side. The opening level was consequently the highest of the day in many instances, the dullness necessitating concessions a®the only available means of effecting a trade. The best judges of the outlook are hope- ful and express confidence in more satis- factory results after the government bond transaction is completed. The modification of the original circular was favorably received in banking circles, as it will, in some measure, assist in pre- venting a tight money market. The de- mand for gold and greenbacks for bond purchases continues large, and is a constant menace to the money market. There is no doubt that money is sufficiently abundant to meet all the demands of the situation, but bankers are not willing to extend loans while the bond issue furnishes an excuse for withdrawal of indefinite proportions. The evils of a too liberal time limit are being daily reflected in financial circles, and inactivity is adopted as the only safe course. ‘The market for foreign exchange con- tinues dull and unchanged in character. Indications point to further engagements of gold tomorrow, but the total amount is indefinite. The several reorganization committees, Reading, Erie and Union Pacific, were re- ported to be making satisfactory progress with the several schemes now in various Stages of advancement. Reading securi- ties are said to be nearly all in, and Union Pacific reports the depositing of a large majority of ihe first mortgage bonds. The success of these reorganizations will be beneficial ‘to the market generally, and will destroy many of the vulnerable points of attack on occasions of bear raids. ‘The industrial department was more ac- tive than its more conservative railway neighbor, Sugar, Tobacco and Leather pre- ferred, attracting the bulk of the trading. With the exception of the las: named, the activity was unprofitable. The trading of the-last hour was prac- tically featureless, prices in many in- stances reflecting fractional declines from the opening level. There is still a well- defined belief in the unprofitableness of trading in either account while all indica- tions point to inaction to the verge of stag- nation. ——_-—_— FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. The following are the opening, the high- est and the lowest and the closing prices of the New York stock market today, as re- ported by Corson & Macartney, members New York stock exchange. Correspondents Messrs. Moore & Schley, No. 80 Broadway. Open. High. Low. Last American Sugar........ 102% 103% 102 American Sugar, Pfd... 97 97 American Tobacco.. American Cotton Oil. Atchison, Canada Southern, Canada Pacific... 9% Lou! Long Island Traction. Metropolitan Traction... Manhattan Elevated. Michigan Central. Missouri Pacific. National Lead Ont. & Western. Pacific Mail... Phila. & Read Wheeling & S Wheeling & L. Erie, Western Union Tel Wisconsin Central Sliver... Washington Stock Exchange. Sales—regular call—12 o'clock m.—P Insurance, 100 at Si. American Graphophone, ti at 4. After call (unlisted)—American Graphophone Honda, $1,000 at 90: $1,000 at 90. jovernment . re; bid AI aed US a eipons i bid, 111 112% bid, 113% "asked: ee District of Columbia Gs, Bonds.—20-rear fund 5s, 103 d, 108 bid. Water stock id. Water stock 7s, 191 , fundii 116 bid, bia Railroad Gs, 112% bid, 113% asked. Washing- ton Gas Company 6s, series A, 199 bid. Washing- ton Gas Company 6s, series B, 110 bid. Washing- tou Gas Company conv. 6s, 120 bid, 125 asked. U. S. Electric Light conv. 5s, 123 bid.’ Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone 5s, 95 bid. “American Se- and Trust 5s, F. end A., 101 tid. American ity and Trust Ss, A. and O., 101 bid. ington Market Company Ist 6s, 109 bid. Wash- ington Market Company imp. 6s, 110 bid. Wash- ington Market Company ext. G4, 110 bid. Masonic Hall Association 5s, 105 bid.’ Washington Light aay, ast ~ bid. ‘Nati tocks.—Bank of Washi 5 bid. Bank of the iblic, 240 bid. iri set tam, 280 bid, 300 asked. tral, 275 bid. Farmers and ics’, 180 bid. Second, 138 bid, 140 asked. pital, . ‘est , 106 bi Tr: ", 99 bid, 103 asked. ta, 98 Rae 99% asked. Ohio, 85 bid, 95 curity Secnri ‘Safe Deposit and t Com tional Safe Deposit and Trust, 120 bid, 13s asked, Wastiogtos Loan and Trust," 119 bid, .120 asked. American Sccurtty and Trust, 140 bia. aWshington Safe De- It, : Railroad Stocks.—Capltal Traction Company, bid 78. asked. Metrapolltan, “99 'Did. TO) wake. Columbia, 55 bid, 65 asked. ‘Belt, 28'asked. Eck- ington, 28 asked. Georgetown and Tennallstown, 28 asked. Gas and Electric Light Stocks.—Washington Gas, #454, Did. 47 asked. Georgetown Gas, 45 bid, 55 |. U.S Electric Light, 121 bid, 128 asked. tocks.—Firemen’s, 34 bid, 38_anked. hid, 45 asked. Metropolitan, 70. bid, 90 asked. Corcoran, 50 hid. Potomac, "°08. bid. Arlington, 135 bid, 155 asked. Germat merican, 160 bid. " National Union, 10 bid. 13 asked. Co: Tonbla, 1M 186 asked. Wises, 7 hid, ‘ts asked. ' People’s, 514 bi asked. Lincoln, ‘4 bid, SY asked dee umercial. 4% bid, . 1 Es ‘Title Insurance s.—Real Estate Title, 106 bid, 116 asked. Coinmbia Title. 7 bid, 8 asked. Washington Title, $ asked. District “Title, 12 atked. ‘Telephone Stocks. Ivania, 38 td. 50 asked. Chesapeake aml Po 50 bid, ‘55 asked. Ameri- can Graphophons, 3% bid, 4 asked. Pneumatic Gun Carriage, .20 bid, 30 asked. Miscellaneous ‘Sto Washington | Market. 13 bid. Great Falls ive. 120 bid, 130 asked. Lincoln Hall, 70 bid. 90 d. Mergenthaler Linotype, 210 bid, 222 asked. Lanston Monotype, 6% bid, i asked. *Ex div. ee * Baltimore Markets. § BALTIMORE, Janvary 16.—Flour firm, unchai receipts, 11,494 barrels; shipments, 111 barrels; les, 936 barrels. Wheat tirm—spot and month, bid; | May, 6Sign69—receipts, 413 bushels: ‘K, 201,841 bushels—southern wheat by sample, ai 5a68. | Corn easy—spot_ and a32%; 4; March, 36! jay, 3544 asked; steac, ixed, 31% 931%, bushels: 14 bush: : 1,200,715 bushels; sales, 88,000 bushels— southern White ‘and yellow corn, "32%4a331%. Oats February, 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. Open, High. Low. Clase. 60-60% 63%) FEDERATION OF WOMEN'S CLUBS. The Regular Quarterly Meeting This Afternoon and Evening. The District Federation of Women's Clubs helds its quarterly meeting this a’ ternocn and evening in the lecture room of All Souls’ Church. The meeting was called to order by the president, Dr. E. M. 8. Marble, following which: there will be re- ports from the presidents of the ten organ- izations forming the federatioa on the work accomplished by their clubs during the past three months. hese reports will be followed by a repert and informal! talk by Mrs. Ellen 8S. Mussey, chairman of the committee on the revision of laws affecting the legal status of women in the District. Letters from Mrs. Henrotin, president of the General Federation, upon the feasibility of agreeing upon an international court of arbitration, and the work which the feder- ation may do in this line, will be read, fol- lowing which Miss Rebecca Krikorian of Aintab, Armenia. will address the federa- tion upon the condition of affairs in her country. In the evening there will be an interesting Mterary and musical program and also a report and address by Mrs. Mus- sey. s +_~. —_—_ Brewery Men Discharged. Announcement was made at the confer- ence of brewers today that withthe re- | turn of several of Heurich’s locked-out men this morning all the breweries have as much working force as they need, and no more of the ex-employes will be given employment, while the men who were brought here from other cities to take the places of the locked-out men have given so much satisfaction that they will be kept at work permanently. This action of the brewers will, it is stated, result in the final discharge of about twenty-five brew- ery workers, besides the engineers and firemen who were called out by the as- semblies to which they respectively be- long. —_———__ Little Abbie Ryder. Judge Miller today turned over to the board of children’s guardians Abbie Ryder, the little girl who was before the court about two weeks ago on a petition asking that this action be taken. At that time it was shown that arrangements had been made by ‘he father, who ts the owner of Ryder’s Castle, to turn the child over to the Rev. Byron Sunderland as its legal guerdian, but before the papers had been finally signed the father yielded to outside influence ard changed his mind. When the case came before the court today there was no objection made to the proceedings by the father, and the court made the order turning over the child. Abbie will now live with a private family, and will not. be adopted by Dr. Sunderland. ————_—_ Entertained the Altar Boys. Mr. and Mrs. Newton H. Bowman enter- tained in a sumptuovs manner the altar boys of St. Patrick's at their pretty home, 29 E street northwest. First came a mu- s.cal program, which was furnished by the altar boys, assisted by Mrs. Mariani Maina, Miss Cora Gerish, Miss Gennie Glennan and Mr. Jack Hartnett. This was followed by supper. The parlor and dining room were beautifully decorated with palms and flowers. Among those present were Father McGee, who has charge of the boys; John Hannan, master of ceremonies; Harry Hickey, assistant master of ceremonies; Mrs. John Hartnett and Miss Costello, PETES SY SEES Talk on the Atlanta Exposition. An interesting and amusing talk was given last evening on the Atlanta exposi- tion by Rev. Howard Wilbur Ennis, pastor of the Western Presbyterian Church. The lecture was interspersed with musical num- bers and illustrations, which served to add not a little enjoyment to the occasion. Mr. Ennis gave a minute description of the exposition, and told many amusing anec- dotes of life in the present and past south- ern states. ee Was Unconscious. Last evering about 8 o'clock John Watts, colored, sbout thirty-five years old, was taken ill on the street in Navy place, and was removed to the Washington Asylum in the police patrol wagon. He was un- conscious when he reached the hospital, but under Dr. McDonald's treatment he soon improved. .—.—__—_ Adjudged Insane. Mary Lippard, the aged woman from Rockford, Ill, who was arrested at the Capitol yesterday as a crank, as published in yesterday’s Star, was adjudged insane . by the police surgeons today and sent ov. to St. Eiizabeth’s. : = —_~—._ Makes Complaint. William Gifford, whose “cider house” on Brightwood avenue was raided by the po- lice on suspicion that he had a stock of liquor there, and was keeping a “speak- easy,” complains that the action of the po- lice in his house caused his wife a scare, which has ended in her illness. The polic he said, found no whisky or beer in hi place. Marshall's calisaya tonic, the at ticle he sold, he claims, is a medicine, rec- ognized as such, and he thinks the law cannot reach him for selling it. He de- nies that he has sold any whisky. On the other hand the police claim that the tonic contains more than ten per cent alcohol, and upon this the case will be tried. —_ Seventh Street Property Sold. W. W. Burdette purchased from Mrs. Mamie E. Norman the property, 926 7th street, the consideration being $20,000. The adjoining building is owned by Mr. Bur- dette and he proposes to transform the two into one large store building, which will be leased to M. Goldenberg of Baltimore for a term of years. ———— Prof. Hazen on Ralloonin: “Ballooning” was the subject of an inter- es‘ing and edifying lecture delivered by Prof. H. A. Hazen of the weather bureau at Carroll Institute Hall last night. He said that the time was fast coming when the government would recognize the effi- cacy of obtaining results in weather pre- dictions by balloon ascensions, d gave some excellent vicws as illustrations of his subject. Some of the pictures were taken at an altitude of 16,000 feet, and gave an interesting account of the New York World’s balloon expedition, of which he was a member. The audience was large and appreciative, and embraced a number of scientific men, many of whom compli- mented Prof. Hazen at the close of his lec- ture. A Masked Ball. Germania Lodgt ‘0. 8, Improved Order, Knights of Pythias, gave a very enjoyable masked ball at Arion Hall, on Sth street, last evening. Some of the costumes were exceedingly ludicrous, while others were fine impersonations of the characteys in- tended to be represented. Impersonations of the characters in Trilby were, of course, the predominating feature, but ‘no clashes of rivalry were noted. The dancing floor was crowded from the grand march until! late in the morning, and was an exceed- ingly merry scene from start to end. Ger- mania Lodge is only ten months old, but bids fair to outstrip its older brother or ganizations in point of popularity.