Evening Star Newspaper, January 28, 1896, Page 1

- bd THE EVENING STAR. pads od areas PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY, AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, nol Mame Se —_ Cor, 11th fame by Eveni tar Newspap2r Oomp2 = @. HKAUFFMANN, Pres.) New York Office, 49 Potter Building. ‘The Evening Star is served to subscribers in the eity by carriers,-cn thetr own account, at 10 cen Per week, of 44 cents per month. Copies at the cccnter 2 cents each. mail—anywhere in the United States or Canada—postage prepald—50 cents per month. Saturday Quinteple Sheet toret ta: led, $3.1 (Entered at the Ottice at Washington, D. C., as second-class mail matter:) £7 All mail subscriptions must he paid in advance. Raies of advertising made known on application. , $1 per year, with Star. No. 13,386. WASHINGTON, D. C., TUESDAY, JANUARY 28, 1896-TWELVE PAGES TWO CENTS. District Intends to Oppose Street Extension Decision. LAND CWNERS ARE DISAPEOINTED An Effort to Be Made to Clear Away Title Clouds. COMMISSIONERS’ PLAN ‘There is no doubt that the street extension cases will be carried to the Court of Appeals by the District, and, should the decision of that covrt affirm Judge Cox's opinion that the act Is unconstitutional, it is more than Probable that the matter will be then car- ried tp to the United States Supreme Court. Speaking with a Star reporter today, Mr. S. T. Thomas, the attorney for the District, seid that the case would surely be appealed to the Court of Appeals. _ “If the Court of Appeals sustains Judge Cox, will the District then carry the case to the United States Supreme Court?” Mr. ‘Thomas was asked. “T cannot answer that question now,” was the rather on-committal reply of Mr. ‘Thomas. “Perhaps an appeal will not be necessary. Mr. Thomas explained that the effect of Judge Cox's decision will be to put at an end to ali future proceedings under the highway act. That is, he said, matters will stand as y did previcus to tae impaneling of the The appeal from Judge Cox's de- ‘on will, he stated, be perfected at once, and as the law requires the Court of Ap- peals to advance the case to an early hear- ing, he thought a decision by the latter court would be hac within a few weeks’ time. Are Disappointed. ‘The announcement by the District’s coun- sel of an intention to appeal the case is scmewhat of a disappointment to counsel for the land owners. They have, however, no fear of an adverse decision by either the Court of Appeals or by the Supreme Court. Indeed, so confident are they that they profess great surprise that counsel for the District should imagine that either of those courts Judge Cox's decision. They opinion as so convineing and sound as to at once remove 1 doubt in the matter. Hence, they de- ¢ that it is wrong and against the great weight of public opinion to longer tie up the lands in question by continuing what they believe will prove a fruitless effort to sus- tain the street extension act. “If the District Comm‘ssioners,” remark- ed Attorney A. A. Lipscomb, “have any re- spect for the force of public opinion they will drop this matter at once and not carry it on appeal to the United States Supreme Court, as I learn they threaten to do. There is, I think, no dovbt that the Court of Ap- peals will sustain Judge Cox, and I believe the Supreme Court weuld so hold should the case be carried there. What the Com- missioners should do is to drop the present extensive plan of street extension, and e: tend the great natural thcroughfares, the great arteries of the city. If they should do that I believe that Congress would grant the necessary appropriations. But the pres- ent plan is, I think, dead as dead can be.” To Remove the Cloud. Now that Judge Cox has declared the Jaw unconstitutional it is not at all im- Probable that proceedings will be insti- tuted having for their object the annul- ment of the map. Indeed, Mr. A. A. Lipscomb stated today that he will at once file a bill in equity on behalf of Mr. Wm. H. Saunders and himself, as trustees, for certain lands in Holmead Manor for that purpose. Mr. Lipscomb explained that the District Commissioners would be made the defendants, and that he would allege, as grounds for relief, that the mup of section 1 of the approved plan is a cloud on the title to the lands in question. He will, therefore, pray that the court de- clare the map to be a cloud on their title to the lands, and ask that it be removed by setting the map aside. Mr. Lipscomb explained further that the Street extension act having been declared unconstitutional by one branch of the Dis- Supreme Court, he felt confident that er branch of the same court, the uity Court, could but recognize that de- cision, and could not fall to be bound by it. The fact that an appeal will be per- fected from Judge Cox's decision will not, thought Mr. Lipscomb, stop the Equity Court from at ence granting the relief prayed for. Mr. Lipseomb thought, too, that such a decision by the Equity Court ia one instance would, in effect, blot out the map altogether. Commissioners’ Opinions. The Commissioners were Icath to discuss the decision of Judge Cox, which declared the highway act unconstitutional. Maj. Powell said the case would be appealed, and if the Court of Appeals sustained the decision, why, then there was nothing fur- ther to be done, but try and get a new bill passed. The major said that the Commis- sioners In the meantime would do their ut- most to obtain remedial legislation. A new ~ Lill will be prepared in accordance with Judge Cox’s decision and introduced The major seemed to think if the had passed there would have been tion concerning the constitutionality of the law, for then the owners would have been paid for the land taken. Commissioner Truesdell said: “It goes without saying that we shall immediately appeal the case and take steps to rid the law of those features which Judge Cox de- clared unconstitutional.” —_—— = NEW POLICE REGULATIONS. They Go Inte Effect Today—Street Cars and Bicycles. According to the orders of the Commis- They have been ad- vertised for thirty days, and the public is supposed to have had ample notice of the changes and be prepared to comply there- h. The most fmpoftant of the new regula- tlons is that relating to the stoppage of Street cars using Improved motive power. In this connection the regulation says: “No street car shall move at a greater rate of speed than ten miles an hour in the city of Washington, nor at a greater rate of speed than fifteen miles an hour outside of said city; strect cars shall not exceed a rate of speed greater than five miles an hour at street crossings, and when neces- sary to stop, shall stop on the near side thereof, except where the mechanical ap- pliances make it impracticable for them to do so; nor shall any street car stand upon a street or avenue for a longer period than five minutes, unless the way be obstructed, nor stop so ag to obstruct a street crossing or intersecting street; and no street car shall follow a preceding car moving in the same direction at a less interval than 100 feet unless coupled thereto. Every street car in motion after sundown shall have two Ughts, one displayed at each end thereof, and all vehicles moving in streets with car tracks shall in general keep on the right side thereof, between the right side and the curb.” 5 ° Section 3 of article 10, relating to lights omabicycles, is amended, so that ‘hereafter, aieyclists need not have their lamps lighted until dark. Heretofore they were required Bron regulations to light their lamps at “Badown. Its Twenty-eighth Annual Meeting Be- gan in This City Today. Report of the Executive Council—Mr. Fraley is Again Re-Elected the President. The twenty-eighth annual meeting of the national board of trade tegan in the ban- quet hall of the Shoreham at noon today. There were accredited delegates present from the boards of trade, chambers of commerce and other similar bodies in New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Chi- cago, Clevelend, Cincinnati, Buffalo and other leading cities thrcvghout the United States, making the gatrerirg an influential and :mportant one. Previous to the con- vening hour the visiting delegates took oc- easien to pay their usual compliments to the venerable president of the organiza- tion, Mr. Frederick Fraley of Philadelphia, who is new ninety years old, and yet re- tains an active interest in business affairs and brings a vast amount of vigor and en- ergy to the aid of the associatiun. After Secretary William R. Tucker had read the roll, a committee on credentials, consisting of Messrs. G. Waldo Smith, Jon- athan A. J. mes, D. W. Tayler, Henry Fair- banks and W. M. Day, was appointed, and the report of the executive council was read and adopted. Program for the Meeting. After reciting the financial anxieties that existed during the year anc the necessity which confronted President Cleveland and made it incvmbent upon him to issue bonds to preserve the credit of the government, the report said: “The program for the present meeting contains many suggestions relating to the federal treasury, revenue and currency, all strongly favoring the readjustment of our financial system so as to secure safer and more stable conditions. . Little doubt can be entertained, judging by the past, that an intelligent and thorough consider- ation of these subjects will be secured and that the conclusions reached will prove of advantage to the country as an expres- sion of the merchant, manvfacturer and banker upon a subject which justly claims such importance in the economy, prosper- ity and success of this great nation.” Alluding to the question of a national bankrupt law the report says one of the problems before the country now, and for many previous years, is bankruptcy legis- lation, and that probably a large majority of merchants and traders prefer a bank- rupt law that In its provisions will alike protect the debtor and the creditor, the demand for some such law being ‘very great The report states that the question of deep waterways and canals and the improye- ment of navigable waterways of the coun- try is renewed by a number of the members of the board, and that the construction of the Nicaragua canal is earnestly advocated by several associations and arguments in favor of its completion are strongly pre- sented, and says that much interest is still evinced In the interstate commerce law, and the beard is again asked to place itself upon record as to the operation of the law and proposed amendments thereto. The death of the secretary, Mr. Hamilton O. Hill, was feelingly reverted to. In conclusion the report said: “At no time in the history of the nation has there been a greater necessity for the intelligent, thoughtful and practical men of the country to recognize the calls upon them to devote their attention to the earnest considera- tion and discussion of public affairs.” Mr. Fraley Again Elected. At the conclusion of the reading the elec- tion of officers for the ensuing year was proceeded with, Mr. Fraley being unani- mously chosen president for the twenty- eighth consecutive term. Ex-Gov. Stannard delivered a very complitrentary address in Mr. Fraley’s honor, to which that gentle- man responded with much feeling and at great length. Resignations of membership were received and accepted from the boards of trade of New Orleans and Detroit, and the election of vice president, who will form the executive council of the association for the coming y-ar, was proceeded with. Pend- ing the announcement of the nominations @ recess was taken. — NO COLOR LINE. Sentences Imposed on the Hazing Seamen Gunners Approved. That the naval authorities are determined there shall be no color line in the ravy is evidenced by their prompt approval of the sentence imposed by court-martial in the case of the four white men who were tried at the Washington navy yard for alleged persecution of the colored members cf the class of sef#men gunners. In this case Ramsay W. Smith, Edward Murphy, A. J. Lamont and Raymond W. Fox were tried and convicted by cour: trartial at the Washington navy yard of the charge of “conduct to the prejadice of good order and discipline.” The sentence im- posed by the court was that the four men ramed be dismissed from the class under instruction {n gunnery, to be confined in such place as the Secretary of the Navy may designate for a period of two months, and to lose all pay that may beeome due them during such confinenent, except the necessary prison expenses. ‘The loss of pay in the case of Fox amounts to $42, and in the case of the others it is $44 each. The proceedings, findings nd sentences of the court were approved today by Act- ing Secretary McAdoo, by wiaom the court was ordered, and the United States receiy- ing ship Vermont at New York was desig- nated as the place of confinement. eee THE STANFORD ESTATE. Argument for the Government Made im the Supreme Court. Argument was begun in the Supreme Court of the United States today in the ease against Mrs. Jane L. Stanford, widow and executrix of the last will of Le- land Stanford on the suit of the govérn- ment to recover from the Stanford estate Mr. Stanford’s proportion of individual lia- bility for the bonds of the Central Pacific Railroad Company. The argument for the government was begun by Assistant Attorney General Dick- enson, who spoke for about two hours. Mr. Choate followed in Mrs. Stanford's bekalf. —_——_+- e+ _____ Going to Fort Monroe. Assistant Secretary and Mrs. McAdoo will leave here this evening for Fort Mon- roe, where Mrs. McAdoo will remain some time for the benefit of her heaith. Mr. McAdoo will represent the Navy Depart- ment at the launching of the gunboat Hel- ena, at Newport News, Thursday morning, after which he will make a visit to Georgia. —-o+—_____ Today’s Cabinet Meeting. -The usual meeting of the cabinet was held this afternoon, at which all the mem- bers were present except Secretary Herbert, who remained away as a@ measure of ex- treme precaution, there being a case of measles in ‘his household. —————o.____ \ Mr. Wight'’s Will. The will of the late Eugene Barton Wight, the well-known Washington cor- respondent, was filed here today. It is deted September 3, 1891. and appoints his widow, Mary Devine Wight, executrix. enti song ient to care tor the testat mother, should she ever teed it, as would ‘have done. : Ballots Being Cast for Delegates to the Republican Convention, MR. SANDERS COMBINATION TICKETS Gcssip of the Candidates and Their Confidence of Success. SUPERVISORS TO MEET “T'll bet you a hat,” said Mr. Andrew Gleeson to an inquiring individual this morning who wanted to know what the re- sult of the primary elections was going to be, “that I will get more majority than Saunders does yotes.” Such was the confidence with which the famous contractor entered upon the day that was to decide the temporary political fate of himself and several other people. Mr. Gleeson did not bother himself much abcut the preparations for polling apparent- ly, for he climbed into his buggy and made his usus1 round of inspection of the street ard other work he is engaged on. His lieutenants had arranged all suchppre- liminaries for him, and their reports were of the most cheering and satisfactory char- acter. Perry Carson was smiling and sanguine and Mr. Saunders also seemed confident that he would be victorious when the con- test was concluded. Saunders Combination Tickets. Mr. Saunders’ tickets, of which some sixty or seventy thousand were printed, shewed a wonderful amount of shrewd mereuvering. Upon a skeet eight by four- teen were printed two sets of four tickets each. The first ticket read as follows: For suffrage and popular government. For delegate to the national republican convention, Perry H. Carson; for alternate, Jchn Bell; for delegate, Lorin M. Saunders; for alternate, W. F. Thema: ‘the others were as follow: For suffrage and popular government. For delegate to the national republican convention, Lorin M. Saunders; for alter- nate, W. F. Thomas; for delegate, L. C. Eailey; for alternate, John W. Freeman. For suffrage and popular government. For delegate to the national republican convention, Lorin M. Saunders; for alter- nate, W. F. Thomas; for delegate, Robert H. Key; for alternate, W. C. Payne. For suffrage and popular government. For delegate to the national republican convention, Lorin M. Saunders; for alter- nate, W. F. Thomes; for delegate, M. M. Holland; for alternate, F. J. Edmonston. It will be easily seen from this arrange- ment that Mr. Saunders had deftly arrang- ed his own name on the ticket with that of every other prominent colored candidate for delegate or alternate to be voted for this afternoon. There was some talk about these tickets being printed of a size outside the limits prescribed by the regulations, and some of the interested parties claimed that if such ballots were cast they would be thrown out. Col. Parker this morning, however, effectually dissipated any fears of this sort by stating that all tickets hon- esty cast would be counted, no matter whether they were three by six Inches in size or reached dimensions of as many feet. Ante-Voting Gossip. It was thought that there would be a great deal of dissatisfaction at the various polling places during the last hour on ac- count of the intention of the judges to take down the name and address of each person voting. It was pointed out that the delay necessarily arising from such a system would prevent many of the late comers from depositing their ballots before the time for the closing of the booths arrived, and that such a deprivation might lead to the impression on the part of those who suffered that the judges had intentionally wronged them. As the day wore on there were mahy rumors of intentions of com- mitting frauds on the part of this or that candidate, and those who were delegated to watch the polls in the interests of the several contestants ‘were loud in their as- servations of the course they would pursue in case such tactics were resorted to. Live- ly campaigning was done among the gangs of laborers and workmen engaged on va- rious Constructions throughout the city, but outside of the colored people little in- terest was taken in the coming events of the afternoon. It became the general be- lief about noon that the result of the elec- tion, whatever the vote might show, would not be regarded as binding in accordance with the decrees of the board of election supervisors. The friends of Mr. Saunders, Mr. Nauck, Mr. Bradshaw and of all the colored can- didates declared that so far as sending one white and one colored delegate to St. Louis Was concerned it would have no effect on their claims if their candidates had the most votes; that Is, they asserted if two white men teceived the majority of the ballots they wouid be the delegates, while if colored candidate led the list they would go, and the convention itself would have to settle the question. It wes difficult to find white republicans of standing who intended to vote. A Star reporter interrogated nearly fifty well- known republicans during the day, and found only two or three who said they might vote, coupling the statement with the proviso, “if they could find the time.” There was a general impression that some of the secret societies intended tc take an active interest in the primaries in be- half of Oscar Nauck and Rev. Walter H. Brooks, but a counter rumor had it that these organizations were really going to give their support to L. M. Saunders, Police Precautions, In all the police precincts precautions were taken to prevent any trouble at the polls and to quickly allay any that might arise. In the first precinct, which em- braces the larger part of the business sec- tion and the unsavory “Division,” Lieut. Amiss assigned officers to duty at the three polling places, which, as he said jocularly, “are all at barber shops where razors are handiest.” A platoon of the reserves was held at the station house in case of emerg- ency. Lieut. Amiss said he did not antici- pate any trouble whatever. Mr. Saunders Went Security. Edward Jefferson, the colored man who was arrested on a charge of seriously as- saulting Charles Moore during a row at @ political meeting in Green’s Hall last week, was released on bail yesterday in order that he might participate in the election this afternoon. Candidate L, M. Saunders went security for hira, Wanted the Crowd Cleared. “Get a cab and go straight to the Ohio National Bank,” was the order given De- tective Boyd at police headquarters. Com- ing as the order did through Maj. Moore's office the detectives were greatly interested in the outcome, fully expecting there was a bank robber, check forger or some other high-class thief in the bank. Detective Boyd hired the cab and hur- ried to the bank only to find that he was the worst disappointed man in the city, for the request had come’from the bank to have the police clear the halls and side- walks of the scores of politicians, white and colored, who had gathered about there “stony “Col.” Saunders, whose office is Detective Boyd retired from the scene and had Lieut. Amiss send some uniformed men there to take care of the erowd. Bonrd of Supervisers to Meet. The board cf election superVisdrs, con- sisting of Messrs. M. M.. Parker, Perry Carson and Andrew Gleeson, will meet this evening at 7 o'clock in the.Gloyer building, on F street, to receive the returns. No one will be admitted to ‘the building ex- cept the persens bringing the returns from the various polling places and the repre- sertatives of the press, and policemen will be stationed at the building to pre- serve order and to prevent the assembling of too large a crowd. : = One Possibility. * One possibility of the electioa was whis- pered around among the colored politigians late this afternoon, and caused @ good deal of anxiety. This was no less than the chance that two white men might have the highest vote, and would, therefore, be de- clared the delegates: This. possibility grew out of the fact that there wege three white candidates among whom It,*was believed the bulk of the vote would be divided, and four colored candidates who promised to run strongly. It was rointed out that every ballot cout the name of a white man and a colored man for delegates. There- fcre, the entire vote will possibly be divided between three white men ard four colored men, and it is easy to realize the danger that the proportion in favor of the white might land two of the thiee' white candi- dates at the top of the poll. For instance, on an estimate of 21,00) votes, with three candidates sunning equal, the white men would have 6,666 votes each, and the colored only 5,000 each. Police Arrangements, The police arrangements: for controling the crowds’ at the polls are very simple. Trouble in some of the districts: is antici- pated, and all members of the férce are on duty. One sergeant and three men were detailed at each polling place, while all members of the reserve force are on duty at the station ready for an emergency. The patrol wagens are also kept.in readi- ness, and should seriou3 trouble arfse at any polling place, a score or-more of off- cers can reach the scene of the trouble in a few minutes. The Voting Actually Begun. The polls at the different precincts open- ed gererally promptly at 2 o'clock, and the voting began in all the districts. There were ho cases of disorder up to 3 o'clock, and nearly every one who desired to vote had an opportunity to do so. There were few questions asked as to residence in the District or whether the voter was a repub- lican or not. Friends of the different can- Gidates were present about the polling places with ballots, and were earnest in appeals for their favorites. The Tenth District? There was a gathering of “boothlacks, hangers-on in the Division and # sprinkling of interested spectators at thé corner of i2th and C streets northwest, just before the polls opered, at 2 o'clock. |The polling place was the small barber shop on 12th Street, west side, next to the ‘corner of & street. On a table just inside of the single window of the shop, the sash of which was raised, a square tin box rested, and the re- mainder of the room was oecupied by the judges, who were F. F. Fergusoa, George Davis and George D. McCoy. The latter is a well-known young colored Sporting man, who presides at fistic enteptainments and is a promoter of athletic Sports of all descriptions. The clerk was D: Wallace. On the sidewalk in front of! polling place was William Nicholson; more famil- jerly known as “Bill Dudneyg’ the pro. prietor of the once well-kitpwm. Bill‘a. I: or. 10th street, and probably the best known Sporting man in Washingtom / Dudney had a pocketful of tickets bear- ing the names of Andrew Gleeson and L. C. Baliey, and every friend and acquaint- ance who came along 12th street was greeted by Dudney with a request to come up and drop a ticket in the box. There were few refusals to this lequest of Mr. Gleeson’s friend, es- pecially when a momentary investigation of affairs showed that there was no objec- tion on the part of the judges to any one, no matter who it might be, casting a vote. The modu: operand! was simple in the ex. treme. Dudney would pull out a ticket and fold it up, and beckon to some acquaint- ance, or a stranger, for the matter of that, and tell him to vote it. If the latter was willing, he would merely go to the window and deposit the ticket in the box. No question was asked as to what was the name of the voter, whether he resided in the tenth assembly district or in the Dis- trict of Columbia, for that, matter, or ether he was a republican. The crowd, which was constantly growing larger, en- joyed the proceedings amazingly; and little groups of white and colored men st@d around laughing. Several ‘of the early votes cast by white republicans were for sear Nauck and Rev. Waiter H. Brooks. The majority of the colored men at this polling refrained from vating, except when they could no longer resist the pleas and importunities of the friends of the respect- ive candidates, and especially those of Glee- son and Bailey. There was absolutely no safeguard of any character thrown around the ballot box. A man or a good-sized .boy just simply walked up to the window, fclded up the ticket which he might want’ to vote or which might be handed to him by some- body else who was interested in one or the cther of the candidates, and deposited the ballot without any question whatever on the part of the judges. The Eleventh District. The polling place of the eleventh district was in the dining room of St. Paul's Church, on 8th street between E and F streets southwest. The judges were Thomas Williams, representing Bailey and Key; Richard Eeverly, representing Hol- land and Saunders, and Edward Chase, representing Carson and Gleeson. Sergeant Berry was present with a squad of police- men, and good order prevatied throughout the afternoon. The electioneering took place on the side- walk in front of the church, where repre- sentatives of the various candidates caught each newcomer and solicited his Vote must earnestly. All manner of split tickets were out. As a rule, they were calculated to the advantage of M, M. Hollank -A strong feeling against Carson ‘seemed to prevail on ail sides, - - There are about five hundred voters in the district, and at the rate the ballois were deposited up to 3 o'clock: it was evi- dent that a full vote would be golled. About one-fifth of the voters were white But few cases of drunkenness were moticed. The ticket peddlers showed good ‘organization, and a constant watch was kept fer the ap- pearance of repeaters from ot&ter districts. Representatives of the field agaimst Carson frequently expressed anxiety @m this score, since they had been told that Carson men intended to make a-rushsen this poll- ing place toward the end of the aay. In the Nineteenth District. Voters living in the nineiéénth district assembled about the polling tfate in rear of M. T. O’Brien’s saloon, corner of Dela- ware avenue and H street, *€afty in the afternoon, and the judges, M. Ty O'Brien, Martin Hendricks and T, J. *Edmonston, cpened the little hole in the woodshed through which the ballots were handed and placed in the box. i By reason of a mistake no tickets bearing the names of Gleeson and Carson had reached the district half an hour after the polls opened and thére was considerable scratching indulged in. ‘The Saunders supporters were doing some quiet work in the large crowd of voters and they seemed” confident of pejling a large vote. 3 2 At 2:30 o'clock the: Haw many,of the voters; effect and it Wall and t= ed it -would=: 2 ~t@ call for. If you want today’s news tcday you can find it only in The Star. M’MILLAN’S INQUIRY|T° SET 'T AS'DE/HAWKINS A WRECK Commissioners Asked to Explain a Police Regulation. FAVORABLE ACTION ON LIBRARY BILL To Incorporate the Convention of the P. E. Church. OTHER DISTRICT MEASURES Mr. McMillan, chairman of the Senate committee on the District of Calumbia, has written to the Commissioners regarding the actioa of the police in causing drivers of teams on the avenue to walk their horses over the 7th and 9th street car tracks. In this letter Mr. McMillan asks to be furnished with a copy of the order under which the police are acting. He says his experience is that the order referred to is in the interest of danger rather than safety, especially since the cars are caused to stop before crossing the avenue at the streets named, Speaking to a Star reporter today, Mr. McMillan sai “As the cars stop at the avenue, I can- not see any good purpose in having drivers rein their horses up at 7th and 9th streets, I find that a pair of skittish horses are very apt to get unruly if reined up and then started off again at these points. It seems to me that the quicker a team can be got- ten over the tracks the better it is,.and 1 do not see what is accomplished by having the horses walked over the tracks.” It 1s understood that both Senator Lodge and Senator Wolcott have had their car- riages stopped by policemen at the 7th Street crossing of the cable line while on their way to the Capitol. They did not relish the interference, and have also en- tered protests against what they regard a3 a useless municipal regulation. A Church Convention Incorporation. Mr. Coffin of Maryland has introduced a bill in the House to incorporate the con- vention of the Protestant Episcopal Church of the District of Columbia. Rev. John H. Ellictt, Rev. Arthur S. Jones and their as- scciate members of the recent primary con- vention are the inccrporators. The corpor- ation is invested with the usual powers, and it is required that the act shall be accepted by resolution of the convention cf this diocese at its next annual meeting, and the certificate of acceptance filed with the recorder of desds for the District. The Free Library Bill. The subcommittee in charge of Mr. Mec- Millan's bill to establish and provide for the maintenance cf a free public library and reading room in the District of Columbia has decided to report the measure favor- ably, without amendment, to the full com- mittee cn the District of Columbia Friday, ven it is likely the bill will be discussed and acted on, so that it may be placed be- fore the Senate for final action by that bedy. Reporter of Court of Appeals. Mr. Henderson of Jowa nas introduced a bill in the House providing that the re- porter of the Court of Appeals of the Dis- trict of Columbia shall receive as compen- setion for his services an aintal salary of one thousand five hundred dollars, one- half of which shall be paid from the rey- enues of the District of Columbia; and that so much of the act of July 30, 1594, as pro- vides that the reporter of that court shall serve without compensation be repealed. Bridge Across the Eastern Branch. Mr. Hooker of New York has introduced a bill in the House to construct a free bridge actoss the Eastern branch at the foot of Massachusetts avenue extended. The Sec- rétary of War is directed to nave made as S90 4&8 practicable a plan, survey and estimate of the cost of constructing such a bridge, which bridge shall be of such strength and dimensions as to accom- modate the ordinary traffic which passes ever an ordinary highway, and also the tracks and traffic of any street railway or railways employing horses or electric or mechanical motors (not steam-operated motors), for the propulsion of its cara, which may hereafter be granted the right to cross such bridge by the authorities veeted with such power, together with the necessary approaches to such bridge, and to report thereon to the Congress of the United States on the first Monday of De- cember, 1896. The sum of $3,000 is appro- priated for such plan, survey and estimate, and such contingencies as are necessarily incident thereto, such sum of money to be immediately available upon the passage of this act: Provided, that the sum which may be expended under this act shall be treated and regarded as part of the gen- eral expenses of the District of Columbia, and the United States shall be credited with the amount which it may pay under this act for the construction of such bridge upon its fifty per centum of the expenses of the District of Columbia. z A Homeopathic Medical College. Mr. Babcock, by request, has introduced a bill in the House to establish the Wash- irgton Homeopathic Medical College. The Incorporators named in the bill are: Zal- mon Richards, Charles T. Ycder, Oscar C. Hatton, William W. Wright, Stephen T. Goff, John C. Parker, Charles T. Lindsay, Frank H. Williams, G. Howard Kennard, Robert B. Johnstone, James T. Hensley and Richard Foster. ‘The college is endowed with all the priyil- eges of other medical colleges. The pri fessorships to be established shall be ten in number, namely- Anatomy, physiology and hygiene, chemistry and toxicology, in- stitutes of homeopathy and practice of medicine, obstetrics and gynecology, ma- terla_ medica and therapeutics, surgery, forensic medicine, principles and practice of dentistry and prosthetic dentistry and metallurgy. The collegiate degrees to be conferred therein are’as follows, namely: Doctor of medicine, doctor of homeopathic medicine, master of homeopathics and doctor of den- tal surgery. A similar bill was introduced in the Sen- ate by Mr. McMillan today. Dr. Frank H. Williams, dean of the Washington Homeopathic Medical College, in his request for the introduction of the above bill, states, in addressing the Senate ccmmittee on the District of Columbia: “There 1s now a bill in your possession regarding medical colleges in the District of Columbia, and while we do not fear its provisions, it might, in censideration of the antagorism of the Washington Homeo- pathic Medical College to our Homeo- pathic College here, give us some trouble and also to our students. At any rate, we would request the dignity of a congres- stonal charter, The reason of the an- tagonism of the society is the intefest a number of its members have in the Bal- timore College. Our predecessor here, ‘The National Homeopathic Medical College,’ did do some crooked things, but we have now reorganized with a new name, a new board of trustees and a practically new faculty, and we shall conduct a college second to none ‘in the country.” . —_o+_______ Personal Mention. Maj. Gen. Ruger, commanding the De- partment cf the East, who has been in this elty for several days on business connected with the military establishment, returned to New York last evening. Capt. Lewis Merriam, U. 8. A., retired, is on a visit to this city with-a view to make it his pfice of permanent residence. Lieut. W.-F. Halsey-of the navy is visit- ing friends at 1719 Rhode Island avenue. Sequel to the Anderson-Bowles Runaway Marriage. The Little Girl Brought Into Court Today—How the Minister Was Deceived. The sequel to the runaway marriage of little Maggie Anderson, the thirteen-year- old child of Joseph Anderson, with Joseph T. Bowles, a soldier, said to be stationed at the Washington arsenal, was the filing today by the child’s father of a petition for the annullment of the marriage. The petition recites the age of the girl, and alleges that the 23d of this month Bowles enticed her into a marriage with him at Baitimore, Md., by the Rev. Mr. ;Wenzell. The petition was presented this afternoon to Judge Hagner by Mr. A. A. Lipscgmb, the attorney of the child’s fath- er, when she and her father were brought before the judge in his private room. The ch‘ld is a remarkably pretty and in- telligent one, and told her story of the marriage to the judge in a perfectly self- possessed manner. Noticing that her dress reached but a little below her knees, the judge inquired what induced the minister to marry her. She explained that her hus- band_was accompanied by a fellow soldier, one Doris, who represented to the minister that she was eighteen years of age. The girl also explained that she was furnished with a dress which fell to her heels, and that she also wore a long gossamer. The minister, she frankly admitted, was im- posed upon by both herself and by her husband and friend. The girl's father stated to Judge Hagner that the child became acquainted with Bowles at the Central Union Mission, where she was frequently taken by her mother, and where she often played the organ. Mr. Anderson was terribly worked up by the matter, and claimed that the child's mother had adv'sed him to allow matters rest as they were. Believing that a great and ter- rible wrong had been done his child, he in- dignantly refused, and stated to a Star re- porter that if there is any law, military or civil, to punish Bowles, he will invoke it. The girl stated that the night of her mai riage she spent with her husband in Balti- more, and that they returned to Washington the next day, when Bowles carried her to a house on 4% street and sent for her mother. Th's house, Mr. Anderson informed Judge Hagner, is frequented by soldiers, and he claimed that its reputation Is very bad. After hearing the statements of Mr. Lips- comb and of Mr. Anderson, and after pri- vately questioning the child, Judge Hag- ner signed an order, making the girl a ward of the court, and restraining Bowles from in any way communicating or inter- fering with her. The judge also placed the child in the custody of her father, directing that meantime testimony be taken in the ease. The girl anxiously- besought Mr. Lips- comb and her father to prevent any pub- city in the matter, but her father and her attorney declared that in the interests of other parents and for the safety of other children the widest publicity should be given the case, however disagreeable it might personally be to her father. —_.__ DISTRICT IN CONGRESS. Raising the Age of Consent. Mr. McMillan, chairman of the Senate committee on the District of Columbia, has received a request from persons inter- ested in having the age of consent in the District raised, for a hearing on this sub- ject on February 21. The age of consent here is now sixteen years, and it is very doubtful if the committee will agree to in- crease. Some members of the committee argue that sixteen years of age in the Dis- trict ‘s really equal to eighteen years in New England, and they say that if the age of consent is raised, it will open a door for blackmailing schemes to a dangerous extent. A Gas and Electric Light Hearing. The subcommittee of the House appro- priations committee on the District appro- priation bill today heard the Engineer Com- missioner of the District on the matter of gas and eleciric lighting for the city, and in explanation of his estimates for that pur- pose. The subcommittee also heard President Crosby of the Potomac Light and Power Company, who asked that the wording of the appropriation bill be made so explicit as to admit of competition without doubt by the various electric light companies in fur- nishing the city with electric light, espe- cially so that his company may be permit- ted to make proposals for performing the service. He submitted a written proposition to the committee to furnish arc lights with- in the city for $100 per year and outside the city for $80 per year, a price lower than is row paid, he said. The hearing was adjourned until 2:30 th's afternoon, when the lighting question was taken up again, after which a committee from the Federation of Labor was heard in behalf of more sewers and deep wells. To Pension Mrs. Heiner, A bill to pension Mrs. Helen G. Heiner, widow of Captain Robert G. Heiner of the first United States regular infantry, at the rate of $0 per month, has been in- troduced in the Senate by Mr. Cameron. Mrs. Heiner is a resident of Washington, D.C. For Mr. Crane's Services. A bill for the relief of the legal repre- sentatives of John H. €rane, deceased, has been introduced in the Senate by Mr. Gal- linger. It provides that $2,000 be paid to the legal representatives of the late Mr. Crane for services rendered by the said Mr. Crane in his examination of the expend- itures for laying water mains in the Dis- trict of Columbia during the years 1886 to 1890 inclusive. For Prohibition in the District. The W.C.T.U. petition for prohibition in the District was presented to the Senate today by Mr. Proctor. Mr. Proctor also introduced a bill to pro- hibit the manufacture and sale of spirituous and intoxicating liquors in the District of Columbia. It is similar to the measure in- troduced in the House on December 6 by Mr. Morse. oe Naval Movements, The flagship Philadelphia arrived at San Diego this morning. The Marblehead has arrived at Smyrna, and the Detroit has sailed from Foochow for Nagasaki. —_—____- o—____ Models Returned. The models of warships which formed part of the naval exhibit at the Atlanta exposition arrived at the navy yard this ‘ing, and will again be put in position in the Corridors of the Navy Department as soon as possible. . °. Called on the Presiden: Considerable comment has resulted from a visit made by Senator Thomas Carter of Mortana, chairman of the republican na- tional committee, to President Cleveland today, but it is believed to have no special significance. 2 , Mr. Thurber Has a Cold. Mr. Thurber, private’ secretary, to the President, is confined to ais house with a severe cold, and his duties at the White House are being performed by Major Pru- den, assistant private . Crew Forced to Leave the Suspected Filibuster. PICKED UP BY PASSING VESSELS Sprang a Leak Off Long Island's Eastern Point. MEN MAINTAIN RETICENCE VINEYARD HAVEN, January 28.—A par- ty of twenty-ive men, who were picked up from open boats off Long Island yesterday morning, by the schooner Helen H. Bere- dict, were landed here late last vight and left here early today for Woods Holl, Mass., whence they sailed last Sunday. The men were all reticent about their affairs, and would give very little information es to the circumstances attending the vreck, but it was learned that their ship was the steamer J. W. Hawkins, recently purchased at Baltimore for an alleged Cuban cruise, and that she sailed last Sunday night, hay- ing on board between seventy-five und one hundred men, bound, it is claimed, to join the Cuban insurgents. bs The rescued men report thit when the steamer was off the eastern end of Long Island she sprang a serious leak, and the water gained so rapidly on her that all hands were obliged to take to the boats. Yesterday morning the men were picked up by passing schooners, the J3enedict, bound from Norfolk to Boston, with coal, getting twenty-tive of them. It is thought that all of others were saved. The J. W_ Hawkins was a steamer of 125 tons ret. She was built at Kenne unk, Me., in 18*0, and haiicd from On Va 7 steamer has been engaged in the busi more ha ‘Two weeks ago a Mr. Tinsley appeared in isaltimore and offered to purchase the steamer for a Mr. Smith of New York. Those interested in the sale noticed that plenty of for the purchase was app: at hand, and that the buyers seemingly want- ed to get the vessel away as soon as pos- sible. A great deal of money was owed by the steamer to Baltimore parties. An old account of the crew and other penses: were promptly paid, and an opea account of a ship yard was alse settled. threatened libel suits for moacy 4 and their bills were promptiy adjusted. 'f sellers asked no questions and the buyers did not volunteer any informaiion of the future of the steamer. This is the vessel mentioned in Associated Press dispatches yesterday, concerning which the Spanish minister notitied the State Department, claiming that the Haw- kins left New York with an expedition of 150 men, arms and stores, in command of Calixto Garcia, and was going south to take more men and arms at 7 Fla., or elsewhere, and con. Cuba. NINEYARD HAVEN, Mass., January 28. —Thirteen more men from steamer Haw- kins have been brought in, The Hawkins had cannon and ammun‘tion on board. ——— > A RAILWAY RUMOR. ' Proposed New System, to Be Called the Baltimore and Ohio Northwestern BALTIMORE, Md., January 28.—It is not improbable that the refunding of the float- ing debt of the Baltgnore and Ohio Rail- road Company will result in the formation of a new system, to be known as the Bal- timore and Ohio Northwestern, The proposed coilateral trust loan will Probably amount to $12,000,000, instead of $10,000,000, as at first estimated, the great- «r part of it being intended to fund exist- ing debts, and the balance to provide for needed improvements on the entire system. To carry out this arrangement it is in- tended to form, it is Said, the Baltimore and Ohio Northwestern system out of the various small branches running from Pitts- burg to Chicago, and forming the main line to Chicago. The Pittsburg and West- ern branch will be the nucleus of the pro- posed new system. The scheme provides that a new bond be issued on thes guaranteed by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company, which will be sold to pay off the company’s debts incurred by these lines. Another interesting rumor in connection with the proposed formation of a new system is that in the event the idea is adopted Mr. Thomas M. King, second vice president of the Baltimore and Ohio, will 2 elevated to the presidency of the new ine. —_—-___ STILL ON THE BAR. i The Position of the St. Paul Remains the Same. NEW YORK, January 28—The position of the American line steamship St. Paul, on the bar off Long Branch, remains un- changed. However, a pilot has been called for to g9 on board the steamer in the hope that the vessel may be floated soon. The cargo is still being discharged and another effort will be made at the next high tide to pull the steamer into deep water. ae SIR JOSEPH BARNBY DEAD. He Was a Well-Known Musician Composer. LONDON, January 28.—Sir Joseph Barn« by, the well-known musician and principal of the Guildhall School of Music, died to« day. He had long suffered from an internal complaint and was much upset at the death of his friend Lord Leighton. Sir Jcseph breakfasted as usual and was then suddenly attacked with hemorrhage of the brain and suffered great agony until un- conscisusness supervened. Sir Josep Barnby was bern in 1838 and succeeded Gounod as conductor of the Royal Albert Hall Choral Society. He was knighted in 1892, and conducted the first passion service in England, at Westmin- ster Abbey, in 1871. His compositions in- cluded the oratorio “Rebekah” and many, hundred of services, anthems, hymn tunes, chants, ete. ———— REV. DR. BROWN’S CASE. t It Will Come Up After Mrs. David- son’s Trial. SAN FRANCISCO, January 28.—The committee appointed to consider the charges of immorality against Rev. Dr. Cc. O. Brown, pastor of the First Congre- gational Chucch in this city, has refused to act on the ground that it has no power. It was announced that at the conclusion of the trial of Mrs. Mary Davidson, who was arrested at the instance of Dr. Brown on a charge of blackmail, the charges of the minister will be heard by a competent tribunal of the church. ——— Divides Her Estate. * The will of the late Edmonia Page Jones, dated June 25, 1889, filed today, divides her entire estate equally between her sisters, Mary A. and Virginia Byrd Jones, with re- mainder to the survivor of them. Should the latter lose her government position thi former ts to care for her out the estate. Jones is appointed ex« ecutrix.