Evening Star Newspaper, March 18, 1896, Page 2

bo “Six whisky punches; a combination of rum, whisky, glucose, and so on, and so on. Later in the day he drank off what was left in a whisky bottle in his room. In the evening he went to call upon Miss Phillips, as was his custom, but she excused herself. Milliken sent the servant back again, and while the latter was gone he entered the house, hardly realizing what he was doing. He sat down on a lounge in the parlor and went to sleep. His presence there was not Suspected by the cthers in the house, and it was after midnight when he awoke. The house was not unlike that in which he lived, and when he awoke he started to go upstairs to bed under the impression that he was at home. The first he knew of his mistake was when he recognized Judge Phillips. Then he started to leave the house at once, anxious to make as little of a scene as possible. Tnat was all there was to the case, said Judge Goode, end the contention of the defense was that Milliken was not in a mental or physical conditisa to have committed the offense with which he was charged. Judge Phillips’ Testimony. The first witness called for the govern- ment was Judge Phillips himself. He de- tailed the various events that occurred in his Fousehold on the evening of July 4 lest previous to the time when the family separated for the night. He lived at 1517 Rhode Islard avenue. He retired to bed at about 11:15 o'clock. Shortly atter that he was awakened by the | reams of daughiers upstairs. Hie daughters cupied separate rooms on the third fleor, with a small passageway and a t between them. They told him ex- citedly that there was a man up there. Gertrude was in convulsions. He tried to calm their fears, but they insisted that they were not mistaken. After awhile his atten- tion was called to the closet between the and when he grasped the knob one tried to turn it from the inside. He held it firmly, but a few minutes after » saw the figure of a man pass between him and the gas in the rear room, showing that he had made his escape through the transom into.that chamber. The man ken and His Brother. jumped through an open window onto a roof im the rear of the house. The ladies shrieked fer help, and a few minutes later McKenney. accompanied by a special policeman, entered the house. They put the man, Milliken, under arrest, and took him away. The parlor, said Judge Phillips, is on the right as one enters the house. He did not go into the parlor that evening himself. Asked as to where the ladies were while he was starding at the door of the clo: Judge Phillips said that his wife daughters ran down stairs to the second story. cr xamined, Judge Phillips said that he was awakened shortly after midnight. for when he entered his daughter’s room a clock on the mantel pointed to 12:15. He remembered that fact particularly. Judge Phillips saii that he had known the defendant for abort two and a half years, and Millil "s deportment abou: the heuse was always thai of a gentleman. He was a frequent visitor, but up to the time of this occurrence Judge Phillips said that he dit not know that his presence there was in the character of a suitor for his daughter's hand. Continuing, Judge Phillips said that he did not recognize Milliken that night until after the latter was put under arres! ne answer to a qtestion, he denied t thi aut as - Tesult of an agreement between him defendant left the city afterward the defendant's brother that there be no prosecution if Milliken would } S to leave the city. Durms the course of Judge Phillips referred to the unfortunate rence #3 a stain upon his family. ‘ain, judge,” said Judge Goode, some member of your fami avd chat we do not believe.’ nis examination “Well. I regard it as a very unfortunate circumstance, to say the least, and from I have courted the fullest ing to have the whole tigation. oe tther questioning, which ittle of material interest, the witness was excused, and at 12% the court took a half hour's recess. After Recess. The first witness calied io the stand after recess was Judge Phillips, who was re- called by the government. In answer to a question from Mr. Birney, he said that his attention was first called to the-closet by the noise of a sliding bolt, and when he reached the docr the bolt was thrown back. He was __ satisfied that some one was insile, and he grasped the knob to prevent the person from coming . The Colored Maid. Annie Stitt, the colored maid at the Phillips’ house, was ther called. She said that on the evening of July 4, at 8:10 o'clock, Milliken came to the house and asked for Miss Gertrude. Miss Phillips begged to be excused, and then Milliken left a package fer her. As he started to leave he threw a nete for Miss Phillips onte the hat rack. The witness let him out and locked the door after him. She then took the note to Judge Phillips Examines the Plan. Miss Gertrude, who was in her room at the time. She did not see Milliken again until he was being brought down from upstairs by the policeman. On cros3-examination, Annie said that she first took the package up to Miss Phillips and them came back. Milliken was in the ball when she came down, and !t was after he left the note that she let him out. Miss Elinor Phillips’ Evidence. fhe next witness was Miss Elinor 8. Phil- Ups, the elder of the two sisters. She sald that on the night in question she retired to her reom about 10:15 o'clock. She was awakened by her sister, who came into her room and put her arms round her ndtk, telling her that there was a man in her reom. She heard a key clicking in a lock, and happened to look up at a clock. It was tren 2 minutes to 3 o'clock. Her sister was excited beyond measure. Her forehead was covered with perspiration, and yet she was icy cold. The first time she saw the defendant was after he was put under ar- rest by the policeman. In answer to questions put by Judge Goode Miss Phillips said that Milliken had been @ pretty constant visitor at the house for a couple of years prior to the occur- rence. “Do you know the relations that existed between them?” ‘Was Much im Love With Her Sister. “I know that he was very much in love with my sister.” “And your sister?” “She often spoke of him, and I know that she was ford of him, but I do not think she was in love with him, though she may have been.’ Miss Phillips said that Milliken often went to the theater and the opera with her sister. He had also accompanied ber to Cabin John bridge, going on the electric cars and walking the balance of the way. Her sister, she sald, had accepted a num- ber of presents from Miiliken—books, a sil- THE EVENINGJST AR, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18, 1896—-TWELVE PAG ver comb and brush, silver scissors and @ lorgnette. If she was ever in love with Milli- ken it was in the spring of last year. On the morning of July 4 her sister received a letter from Miliiken, telling her that ‘he was coming to call that evening. Miss Phil- lips denied that Milliken was ever accepted as her sisier’s lover. At times there were disagreements between Milliken and Miss Gertrude, such as will arise between two people under similar circumstances. About June 19 Miss Gertrade and Milliken hada falling out, which resulted in her forbid- ding him to come to the house. She did not see him until the night of the 4th, though he had called at the house a number of times. Miss Phillips said that though her sister told her that night that an attempt had been made to chloroform her, she herself did not notice any odor of the drug in the room when she entered. An effort was made to find. out from this witness what was the cause of the disagree- ment between Milliken ard Miss Gertrude, but the court held that this would be but hearsay evidence, and would not admit it. Miss Phillips was then excused. Miss Gertrude Phillips a Witness. Miss Gertrude Phillips was then called to the stand. For a number of years she has been regarded as one of the belles of Wash- ington. There is no question that she is a handsome young woman, twenty years of age perhaps, or a little more. This after- roon she was dressed entirely in black. On ker head was a stylish toque, surmounted by an aigrette. Around her shoulders was a handsome fur cape and a feather boa. She wore a thick tight-fitting black veil, which came down as faf as her chin and partially screened. her face, making her dark brown hair and brows look a coal black. While on the stand she remained seated and was remarkably cool and col- yers’ questic one, but fortunate! long. She said t she weat to hi She lighted the s: It was a rainy Afte vor her it did not last on the nige* reom about 10:25 nd prepared for hed. t. but the windows he had been asleep for ed by feeling a man’s kand upen her. She noticed a strong smell of chlorcform in the room. She gt once ran hack to her sister’s room and aroused her. That afternoon she had put her closet to rights, but the next morning she found everything there in the greatest disorder. On cross-examination Judge Gcode sought to find cut just bat was the nature of the relations between the defendant and the witness. “Was he not your accepted lover?” “And what were your feclings towird him?” “My feelings have undergone a change, but there was @ time when I loved him.” Miss Phillins said that she was intro- @uced to Milliken in August, 1893, and within a month or two after that he show- ed signs of his growing fondness for her. In his bearing toward her he was never anything but a perfect gentleman. Miss Phillips admitted that if there had_ not been some special hond hetween them she would never have gone alone with him to Cabin John bridge, for she had never been there with any one else. “An Embarrassing Question. “Now, is it not a fact, Miss Gertrude,” asked Judge Geode, as kindly and gently as he could, “that, even though it was not tacitly admitted, it was understood that in course-of time you would become man and wife?” This was almost too much for the young wonfan. Her eyes filled with tears and she shrank back visibly from the embar- rassing gaze of the crowded court- room. She faltered for a moment, and then— “T_T r.ally—don’t know. judge,” she re- plied in an almost inaudible voice. Though she was on the stand less than a half hour, it must have seemed much longer to her, for she was made to re- hearse many of the personal details of her life, such as a young woman naturally does rot care to talk about in public. She told of the intimacy that had existed betweea Milliken and herself; the terms that she nsed when cho wrote t him: haw she se- lected his neckties; of the quarrel that took place between them, and of the estrange- ment that followed and lasted until the oc- currence of the Fourth of July. Fortunaie- ly for her self-possession, it as ta what the quarrel was aboz Tad been other quarrels, she s:. one so final as that one.” ‘This concluded her examination, and Mn. Fred p. sicnenney was next called. Mr. MeKenney"s Version. Mr. McKenney testified that he was not acquainted with the defendant, but recog- nized him on that fateful July night. He was asleep that night at his home, two doors west of Judge Phillips’ house, on Rhode Isiard avenue. He was awakened by the cries of the !adies in Judge Philli house. He looked out of his front window just as a colored girl ran by. “For heaven's sake,” said McKenney. “what's the matter?” “Please come help Judge Puillips. got a burglar upstairs Mr. McKenney hurried to the house. Mrs. Phillips ard the young ladies were in ths parlor, and they begged him to go to the assistance of the judge, as he had caught a burglar, who had tried to chloroform Miss Gertrude in her bed. When he reiched the third floor he found the jndge in the back room. “The man is on that back roof,” Judge Phillips. “That's a good place to keep him.” re- plied Mr. McKenny, and then he turned down the gas and drew Judge Phillins out of range of the window lest the burglar might shoot him. Shortly after that. continued Mr. McKen- rey, ke heard a policeman’s whistle. When the policeman entered the room he called to the “burglar” to come in off the roof. This the man did in the meckest manner possible. It was Milliken. He had his coat turned inside out and his shoes tied to- gether and hung over his shoulder. No Resistance to Arrest Offered. The witness described the cetails of Mil- liken’s arrest, in which he assisted the offi- cer. “When the policeman went out on the roof fer tke supposed burglar,” said Mr. McKenney, “I went with him, taking ver; good care to let him go out first, howeve: Milliken cifered no resistance to h's cap- tors, especially when he saw that each one of fhem had him covered with a_re- volver. He held up his hands while Mc- Kenney held a revolver close up ‘to his ear. On the way down sj called out, “Judge, judge!” in an excited manner, and when the party reached the patrol box he asked McKenney to take a message for him to Judge Phillips, or to se- cure him an interview wita the judge. This the witness refused to do. Mr. McKenney said that when he was first awakened that night it was ten min- utes to 2 o'clock. The events of wnich he had testified occupied perhaps an hour. ‘The next morning he made a close exam- ination of the premises, and on the grass in front of the house he discovered « hand- kerchief and a broken bottle. It was impossible to say what the bottle had contained, though there was a very pungent odor about the cork. According to the label it had held sptrits of camphor. Mr. McKinney was excused shortly after 3 o'clock, when The Star's report of the trial closed. —_— A BIG CAR SHED. He's: seid irs the prisoner - I Huge Structure to Be Erected East of Lincoln Park. The building inspector this afternoon is- sued a permit to A. N. Connett, representing the Metropolitan railroad, to erect one three-story and one one-stofy brick car shed, to take in the whole of square 1057, which is on East Capitol and A streets, and 14th and 15th streets northeast. This car stable will be one of the largest in the city, and will be provided with every improvement and convenience that 1s po: sible. The front will be on East Capitol street and will be 433 fect in length. The estimated cost of the construction is placed at $100,000. The builder will be George Sachry. The butiding will be used for all of the offices of the company, and also a conductors’ reading room. —_—_. Called at the White House. Sir Stafford Northcote of tae British par- Mament, who is now visiting this city, call- ed at the White House today, in company with Secretary Olney, and paid his respects to the President. Sir Stafford was a mem- ber of the Canadian fisheries commission, which assembled here during President Cleveland’s first administration, and “he ™made the President's acquaintance at that ume. He was hi Secretary Haniilton Fish, connections with a in New York. and he has-business large importing house spoons and minor bicycle sundries will be THE €¥YCLE “SHOW Tt Will Open This Evening id ‘fhe Light Yofantry Armory. ATTRACTIVE EXHIBITS OF - WHEELS! Program of Music and Racing and Fancy Riding. DATES FCR THE CLUBS we ; The cycle show opens tonight at the Washington Light Infantry Armory,and the wheelmen and wheelwomen of the city are awaiting the event with a great deal of interest. The show in Baltimore and the one in New York were great successes, but Manager Buckley says he does not see how this one can be behind the others in the slightest degree in point of attractiveness. The exhibits will be almost the same as in the other cities, while some special fea- tures will be shown here which were lack- ing in the other two shows. ‘The representatives of the different firms that will have exhibits began to arrive yes- terday, and the hall presented an animated scene of disorder. Manager Buckley states that he is perfectly satisfied that the show will open this evening in as complete a state as it will be in at any time during the show. The hall will present an unusually pretty and attractive appearance when the doors are thrown open this evening. The decora- tions of the hall by the management are in royal purple and old gold, while the stage has been furnished in colors of baby blue and white. All of the hallways and lob- bies will be decorated in the prevailing col- ors of purple and gold. The different booths, of course, wil, be decorated ac- cording to the individual tastes of those who are in charge. The light will be fur- nished by about a thousand incandescent lights and four are lights, that will make the scene as brilliant as could well be imagined. The shapes of seme of the hooths are fantastic in the extreme, which allows some exceedingly; pretiy effects in draping. Some of the Exhibits. The exhibit of Parker, Bridget & Co. will be pretty. The stand will be in white, trim- med with gold braid, the corner posts being surmounted by a combination of five in- candescent lights. The leading part of the exhibit will be a full wax figure in the act of mounting a wheel, dressed in an up-to-date bicycle costume. The souvenir of the booth will be silhouettes, which will be cut by an artist who has been engaged for the entire show. The silhouettes will pe distributed | free. The exhibit of the Gormully & Jeff. people will be very pretentious, a large space being walled up for several feet, and the outside covered with pea green baize with Persian figures. The principal exhitit of the place will be the Grown-Live change- able gear. There wiil be on exhibition a $2,500 wheel decorated by Spaulding. Tiffany of Chicago. An immense elect: sign suspended from Ube ceiling advert the tires. Souvenir pins and other decor Hons will be distributed free. The District Cycle Company has a mag- nificent space at the south end of the hall. The background is in white and red colored bunting, arranged with artistic effect. In| addition to their other wheels, they will { exhibit the celebrated military cycle. Silver Ty among the souvenirs. The Crescent exhiiit is in one of the cen- | ter spaces, and the stand is prettily got ue Aifferent makes of Wheels, two tandems and one racing wh: will be exhibited. The souvenirs will be pins and handsome catalogues. Some Artistics Effects, The Maryland Manufacturing and Con- struction Company will Fave a pretty stand a the north wall, exhibiting the Postal, Suburban and Druid wheels. The bacik- BiLuuLe ther stand is in yellow ard Mack, centerpiece being a circle cf of the multi-colored electric lights, which will be kept in continual revolution. he Enterprise Cycle Company is near attracts im- 7e front entrance, and mediate attention by the imn pended from the ceiling ivini mes of the five wheels on exhibition, with the announcement that it's a hard hand to leat. The souvenirs of this stand will be buttons and pins, and also packages of courtpla: and orient mirrors. The exhibit of M. A. Tappan fs an attrac- trve one, and is one of the few cover etands in the hall, with a square pedestal and round columns; a framework of roof is suspended, covered with tennis nets. Along the edge of the roof is a string of electric lights, while around the pillars are erranged bats, golf sticks and other ath- Jetic implements. Saks & Company have about the most roticeable stand in the hall. it is a mas- sive affair, with large round columns and peak-shaped roof, covered with blue and white bunting. They will exhibit a line of wheeis and also athletic goods. The Sterling exhibit ts the first from the dcor, and will be in charge of Mr. If. L. Stocks. A large sign suspended from the ceiling attracts the eye, while the marhle- ized wheel will engage the attention of the visitors. Wall signs, piano music and but- tons will be the souvenir: The Eclipse people will nave ar exhibit on the south side, and with them ay will give an exhibition of repairing badly punctured tires, with a three-inch or larg2r gash, without removing a tire from: the rim! Their souvenir will be a Dunlop va:ve made in the ehape of a whistle. The souvenir of the Eclipse people will be tickets entitling the holder to one lesson in bicycle riding at the Eclipse field. A Color Scheme. Just to the left, at the entrance, will be the exhibit of Jacobs Brothers, who will display the three wheels of which they are agents. At the oprosite end of the hall is| a stand of B. Rich, which is constructed in grac2ful outlines and covered with pink and white cloth. ‘The Syracuse exhibit is on the west side, to which due attention will be attracted by the unique sign. The Ariel, the Remington and the Hardy wheels will have booths on the south side of the hall, all of which will be prettily fixed up ard made attractive. The Folding Bicycle Company of Bridgeport, Conn., will have a full line of their wheels on view. The New Haven cycle and Messrs, Burr and Jones occupy the northeast corner, the former's booth having a background of del- icate yellow and white, while the latter is trinmed in pink and white, making a pret- ty combination and producing a good effect. The.stand of the Baston variety store ad- joins) these, and has a background of iin-j ported tapestry. The Morgan and Wright | people of Chicago have a center stand ad- | joining that of Saks & Co., in which they will entertain the public in tire patching work; ‘he souvenir will be pretty and unique. The Liberty wheel will be adjoin- ing the G. and J. stand, and the decora- | tions and souvenirs will be attractive. ‘This Evening’s Program. The a’Valdares, two of the finest trick and fancy riders in the world, who recent- ly came to this country from Paris, and the Benners boys, the smallest riders in the world, who make a business of bi- exhibitions. The La France Concert Com- pany arrived here this morning and will render @ delightful program during the progress of this evening’s session. The program will be as follows: Overture, “Washirgton Cycle Sh ’ orchestra; rey- erie, “Evening Bells,” Mandolin Clu’ waltz, “Sterling,” orchestra; gatop, “At the Fair,” Mandolin Club; Cracey-"High and Woolson, musical specialties, introducing vocal, mandolin, ocarina, autoharp solos, xylophone, metalephone ‘glasses, bottles, Chinese fiddle, etc.; march, “Columbia,” Mandolin Club; selection, “Carmen,” or- chestra; danc> (descriptive), “Ivance of the | Pickaninnies,” Mandolin Club; march, “Orient,” orchestra. ‘The opening ceremonies this evening will consist of an address of welcome by Mr. E, B. Hay, and responses will be made by President Robertson and Manager Buckley. After these simple exercises the show will be pronounced open. ‘The first race will be run tonikht on the home trainer. It will be the half-mile han. dicap, and the trial heats will be run off to- night with the following entries: G. J. | rel cycling, will be here this evening and give | Baur,L. Brown, J. E, Bischoff, P. P. Pat- rick, ff. Fiske, use, H. G. Greer, R. Jose, William” Jose, E. Klomen, A. W. Leeke, F. SH. Moore, L. Petz, W. L. Prince, H. Pritchard, C. D. Quill, George E. Smith, P..A."L. Schadg, W. T. Robertson, C. & Rosnaville, H. Seamark, H. R. Stocks, Paul ‘von-Boeckman and J. C. Clemmons. The.race tomorrow night will be the first heats of the milezace,gnd the finals in the if-mile handics < x So Som Niwhts. At a meeting pf the Washington Road Club held last- ing at-the hall, it-was decided to pe ‘nights to the enter- tainment of othek ¢ycle and athleti¢ clubs. The schedule d ‘upon was aa follows: March 19, the Unfversity Club and Queer Wheelmen; Mar¢h 9, Columbia Cycle Club; March 23, Arlingtory Wheelmen and Capital Bicycle Club; March 24, Washington Qut- ing Club; March 2%, Eastern Athletic Club and Columbia <Athfetic; March 26, LeDroit Park Wheelmen atid say ete Club; next Monday evening for unattached wheel- men, and Friday evening of this week is ladies’ night. The afternoon sessions will be more for the ladies who wish to avoid the crowds of the evenings. Children’s races will be run at this tiie, which are expected to be es- pecially interesting. It is expected that the attendance at all of the sessions of the | Show will be up to a high standard both cn account of the great interest taken in cy- cling in this city and because of ihe at- tractiveness and novelty of the show itself. —_——————_. RAILROAD YARD TRAGEDY. inquest Over the Remains of the Late George H. Wheeler. Policeman Henry of the fourth precinct made as thorough an investigation as he could yesterday of the circumstances at- tending tke killing of George H. Wheeler on-the Baltimore and Potomac tracks on Virginia avenue Monday night, and this afternoon’ Coronet Hammett held an in- quest at J. W..Lee's undertaking establish- ment. The brother of ‘the deceased, from Elk Ridge, Md., was present at the inquest, and in addressing the jury he said he under- stood that his brother was killed by a back- ing engine, on the end of which there was no Nght to warn persons of its approach. Coroner Hammett inquired whether or not there were electric lights along the line of the track, and he was told that there were none. “The tracks,” he was told, “are lighted only by the street lamps.” “They ought to be lighted by electricity,” arked the coroner, “for there are so many important and dangerous grade cross- ings along Virginia avenue.” Several witnesses were examined. It was evident from the proof that an engine on its way from the depot to the yard killed the unfortunate man. The engine was backing at the time, and blood stains were seen on the ash pan, while the dead man’s hat was found in the pan. An operator in the employ of the road , told the jury that he heard groans, and when he went out a few minutes later he fcund the dead body. The engineer and fireman on the engine were not in the city and it was reported that they would not return until 6 o'clock. For this reason the inquest wil! not be finished until this even- ing. DISTRICT IN. CONGRESS. The Capital Railroad Company. Mr. Babcock has introduced a bill in the House amending the act incorporating the Capital Railway Company, so as to author- ize the following change in the route: In- stead of crossing the Eastern branch by ferry at the foot of South Capitol or 1st street, to cross at the Navy Yard bridge; thence to 11th street east; north on 11th street to East Capitol street, connectinz with the Metropolitan railway; also a branch line from 1lgh street east westward on Virginia avenue to Sth street east, con- necting with the Capital Traction Co: and over the same routes to the potut ning. Billx F&VorAbiy Acted On. ‘The House Digirict,committee held a meet- Ing today and passed, upon a number of bills. The committee deglined to consider the bill incorporating tha National Capital Gas, Heat and Power Company, thus definitely shelving this measure. The bill to define the quaiifications af the inspectors of plumb- ing was indefinitely postponed. The committee favorably reported the bill “for the incorporation of associations for the improvement of the breed of horses, and to regulate the same, and to establish a rac- ing commission,” the provisions of which have already been published in The Star. A favorable repurt was also made on the bill providing penalties for violations of charter requirements by corporations. The bill was amended to stipulate willful viola- tions and ts provile for an appeal to the District Supreme Court. A favorable report: ws also made on the bill to regulate the disposition of property falling into the hands of the police depart- ment. ‘The bill to regulate the practice of veter- inary surgery wa’ favorably reported. Representatives of the Barbour estate ap- peared before the committee to protest against the bill to extend North Capitol street, already reported by the committee. Tomorrow at 10 o'clock the committee will resume the electric light hearing. —————+- 2+ ___. RECEPTION TO A PASTOR. Rev. J. E. Fout's Congregation Wel- come Him Back From Conference. The members and friends of Memorial United Brethren Church, corner North Capitol and R streets, tendered a recep- tion to their pastor, Rev. J. E. Fout, last evening upon his return to them from con- ference. This is the third reappointment of Mr. Fout to this charge, and the mem- bers greeted him last evening with hearty congratulations. An enjoyable musical program was given, after which ‘a handsome collation was served: Among those present were Mr. and Mrs. Edward Kern, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Spies, Mrs. Augustus Herring, Mr. and s. It. &. Crump, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Mayes, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. J. Holtman, Mr. oud Mrs. Washington Topham, Dr.’ and | Mrs. J. D. Bradfield, Mr. and Mra. Geo. Reeves, Mr. and Mrs. Caleb Cleveland, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. H. Erdman and son, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. McGregor, Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Frazier, Mr. and Mrs. William Spies, Mrs. J. N. Paine, Mrs. C. J. Whitbeck, Mrs. L. Barnard, Mrs. Charles Cake, Mrs. J. Dice, Mrs. Wm. Powell, Mrs. Nelson Paine, Mrs. Florence W. Young, Mrs. W. N. Reed, Mrs. R. B. Boucher, Mrs. Root, Mrs. J. C. Brad- ley, Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Reed, Mrs. Geo. Robey, Misses Lillie and Etta Searles, A. A. Armand, Mamie Capps, Bertha Cleve- land, H. M. Barnard, Young, Mary Dulin, Eflle Smith, Lottie Fincham, Etta Ford, Nellie Ford, Maud Hamacher, Menter, Clara Bartimens, Bessie Crump, Delano, Mabel. Bradley, Mollie Switzer, Effie Brad- field, Maggie Fraas, E. B. Spies and Addie Spies, Maud Spies,. Messrs. 8. G. Wise, Wm. Conradis, H. L. Morrison, Henry Waiters, Rev.iJ. B» Smith, Messrs. F. N. Smith, R. H. Grier, Geo. Ford, Albert Browning, Chas. Hering, Gerrodotte, Geo. Scrivener and Wm, Browning. The Emerich Hotel Case. The excise Ward, this afternoon gave. a hearirg in the case, of Emrich Brothers, who, it will. bexrecalted, were charged with gelling Hquor té Willie Carter, aged four- teen, at their potel, 485 Pennsylvania ave- nue northwest,. Willie Carter is the son of the late Righard;,Carter, and not of R. W. Carter, as, staied yesterday. He, in company with two other boys, obtained liquor in this, hotel, An acccunt of this charge was printed in yesterday's Star. Lieut. Kelly was present with the three boys, who had obtained the beer as stated by Willie Carter. _., The defendant re represented by Mr. W. A. Johnston. After the witnesses were separated, Chairman Johnson of the excise board rehearsed the case and stated the charge of selling liquor to minors, A state- ment from the defendant was read. Willie Carter testified to visiting the.Em- rich Hotel, taking a room, and having beer served to. him. Twe boys were with him when he bought beer. Lawrence Litz, fifteen years of age, re- siding at 41 New Jersey avenue, testified to rooming at the Emrich Hotel with Willie Carter, but did not get any beer there. ee Personal Mention. Capt. G. P. Cotton, first artiiiery, is in the city on leave Of absence. He'is at the Assistant Secreiary Hamlin kas returned from New York. ae A ON MISSIONARY WORK a (Continued from First Page.) mands immediate: notice at the hands of pie ive department of the govern- ~A Meshage From the President. There was another loud and long demon- stration of the floor and in the galleries as Mr. Vest closed, and it was increased to a storm of laughter by the announcement from the Vice President: “The Senator from Missouri will suspend while the chair receives a message from the President of the United States.” Mr. Pruden of the White House staff had stepped forward with the message in hand, but the laughter was so great that he was unable for some time to mate the usual announcement. In some confusion the mes- Sage was finally announced, and then, 19 add another sting, Mr. Vest arose and said: “I would be very glad if the presiding of- ficer of the body would examine that mes- sage and see if it is in response to anything that has occurred here today.” Mr. Vilas followed Mr. Vest, detailing the history of this land legislation and _inci- dentally remarkin: “If there is to be any missionary effort I think the people would ke glad to have it directed not far from here in the Senate." Most of Mr. Vilas’ speech was given to the circumstances un- der which the Indian land legislation was enacted. At 2 o'clock Mr. Cannon's resolution was temporarily laid aside and the Du Pont case was taken up, Mr. Thurston address- ing the Senate in behalf of Mr. Du Pont. THE HOUSE. Public interest at the Capitol was trans- ferred today to the House, where the reso- lutions to censure Ambassador Bayard for his speeches at Boston, England, and Edin- burgh, Scotland, last fall were to be brought into the arena of debate. Although the de- bate was not to open until 1:30 p.m., people began to crowd into the galleries before the session convened at noon. The spectators waited impatiently while the preliminary business was transacted. Some Routine Business. A resolution was adopted directing the Secretary of Agriculture to furnish an esti- mate for deepening the channel from Hamp- ton Roads to the navy yard, Norfolk. A bill was passed to pay the widow of ex- Governor Thomas L. Young of Ohio $478, an amount due him for longevity pay. Mr. Prince (iil.), from committee on elec- tions No. 3, made a unanimous report on the case of William S. Booze agt. Harry Wells Rusk, from the third Maryland dis- trict, in favor of the sitting member, and the report was adopted. The Bayard Censure Resolutions. At 1:15 the House took a recess for fifteen minutes pending the arrival of Mr. Hiit, chairman of the foreign affairs committee. At 1:30, when the House reconvened, Mr. Hitt immediately called up the resolutions, which were read at the clerk's desk. In opening his speech in favor of the adoption of the resolution, Mr. Hitt re- viewed the speeches delivered by Mr. Bay- ard. The one at Edinburgh, delivered two days after the November election, he char- acterized as a “political diatribe. Mr. Bayard’s auditors, he said, had that day read the election returns, no doubt with great regret, and it was to a sympathetic foreign audience that he delivered his pas- sionate address. That speech called atten- tion again to the speech previously deliv- ered at Boston describing the Americans as a “violent people.” That, he said, was the case upon which the committee on for- eign affairs reported these resolutions of censure. At first, he said, it had been hoped that it would be found on examina- tion that the Edinburgh speech was simply an academte address, but it was not so. The words referred to his own country, and bore upon parties and political issues here. As a private American citizen he had a perfect right to deliver his opinion, but representing officially the majesty of the United States he had no right to utter words which would reflect upon and wound the sensibilities of his countrymen. Mr. Bnyard’s Letter Criticixed. “He was an American,” said Mr. Hitt with emphesis. He then took up and ana- lyzed Mr. Bayard’s letter to the Secretary of State, explaining the circumstances un- der which his address was delivered. “Taink of it,” said he, ‘an ambassador and an ex-Secretary of State defending himself behind the bold letter of instructions to diplomatic officers. Why, Mr. Speaker, had a republican ambassador at his post abroad railed at the democratic creed as degrad- ing, as corrupting to the public life, is there a republican among the millions who would not have been wounded and have resented it as an affront to his country “Mr. Bayard’s sincerity, the truth or fal sity of the sentiment he uttered have noth- ing to do with the question.” Mr. Hitt here read some extracts from the Lendon press commenting on Mr. Bay- ard’s speeches. The London Times, he said, “in a curious tone of flattery and contempt,” had asked in amazement what would be thought of Sir Julian Paunce- fote if he should deliver in the United States a passionate speech in favor of home rule and had said that such speeches as Mr. Bayard’s would not be delivered by a diplomat. He referred to the manner in which the presidential influence had been used to drive reluctant members into voting for the resolution for the last Congress censur- ing Minister Stevens. in cerelusion he urged the propriety and duty of the adoption of the resolutions. Mr. McCreary (Ky.), ex-chairman of the foreign affairs commitiee, followed Mr. Hitt in opposition to the resolutions. Mr. McCreary in Opposition. In declaring his opposition to the. resolu- tions of censure, Mr. McCreary (Ky.) said that they were unprecedented in congress- ional history. The proposed action of the House was an invasion of the rights and authority of the President of the United States, and if the speeches of Mr. Bayard Teferred to in the resolutions required ac- tion by the executive, he was sure the lat- ter would do his duty at the proper time. Since the organization of the government the President, Mr. McCreary said, had con- trolied our diplomatic officers, recalling, re- moving or reprimanding them when it was deemed proper. There was, however, one case, Mr. McCreary said, where the acts of a, diplomatic officer had been condemned by the House, and that was of a prominent republican, Mr. Robert Schenck, the minis- ter to Great Britain, whose conduct in con- nection with the Emma silver mine was in- vestigated by a committee of the House and resolutions reported condemning his action. Mr. Schenck was also made con- spicuous while representing the United States at the court of St. James by the ad- dress which he wrote on the subject of poker playing, but there was no effort made to censure him for it. Mr. Bayard was not the first diplomatic officer representing the United States who had been assailed by his political opponents while representing ‘his country in England, and a vote of censure now, “prompted by prejudice ang partis: ship,” will not, he said, hurt Mr. Bay: The animus and purpose were tio well un- Gerstood. It might prove a garland of djs- tinction, and open the way to hima for’ high- er offices and greater honors. The people of this country, he continued, iow that Thomas F. Bayard had Proved himself a petrict, a statesman and a faithful public servant, and the people were behind him in his opposition to protection and trusts in far greater numbers than they are behind those who sought to condemn and censure him. To censure Mr. Bayard at this time, Mr. McCreary thought, would be detrimen: tal to the cordial and pleasant relations be- tween our country and Great Britain, and Would detract from the prestige and confi- dence which he should have, when he, as a. diplomatic officer, represents our country in negotlations concerning important ques- ticns now pending. It was perfectly clear to his mind that the real gravamen of “this attack” egainst Mr. Bayard was the refer- erce to “protection” in the Edinburgh speech. The question of so-called protec- ticn, Mr. McCreary declared, was a liviag, important, absorbing question, which was engaging the attention of the civilized world. It was natural, therefore, in a com- prehensive address to educators and stu- dents, that Mr. Bayard shouid give his views on protection. Mr. McCreary con- cluded, in part, as follows: “When a citizen of our free country be- comes an ambassador or a minister, should he be required to surrender or suppress his true sentiments? Should he not have the right to speak bis sentiments politely and respectfully, if they are in accord with the policy of the government he rep- resents? The people of the civilized world are aware of the political revolutions which occur in this republic, and they are aware country a that we do not have in this ae tomatic ia ‘for life, but cfal dip! that our hese policies should ive no offense at home if they give none abroad. I am sure the republican majority im this Howse will have more praise for sbstaining froin the adoption of the pend- ing resolutions than they will have if they adopt them.” —— LABOR LEADERS HERE. They Are islation by Congress. Messrs. E. E. Clark of Cedar Rapids, Towa, grand chief of the Order of Railway Conductors; F. L. Sargent of Peoria, IIL, grand master of the Brotherhood of Rail- way Firemen; W. F. Hynes of Denver, chairman of the board of trustees, and F. W. Arnold of Peoria, grand secretary and treasurer of the same organization; Grand Chief Powell of Peoria, of the Order of Railway Telegrephers, and T. H. Morrissey of Illinois, grard master of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen, who have come to Washington to look after legislation before Congress affecting their own and kindred organizations, were at the Capitol today, and cofiversed with a number of members of Congress in reference to the bill intro- duced by Senator Voorhees of Indiana which is intended to give any railway em- ploye who is arrested for contempt of court the right of appeal to any other court, and also the right of trial by jury. They also urged that favorable action be taken on the bill of Mr. Erdman which provides for a board of arbitration in rail- Way disputes between a company and its employes, and the Phillips bill, creating a national non-partisan board, whose object will be to remove the necessity for any strike. Leoking After Certain Leg- ee A WIFE’S EXPERIENCE. She Alleges Cruel Treatment om the Part of Her Husband. Mrs. Margaret Richcreek “is the wife of Joseph Richcreek, a race herse man. His wife kept a boarding house at No. 222 In- diana avenue, and so long as he treated her well she says she was willing to support him. Monday she filed, by Lawyer Sillers, a suit for divorce, alleging cruelty to her- self and child for a period of several years. She had endured his ill treatment as long as she could, so «he alleged in the bill, and resorted to the divorce courts when pa- tience had ceased to be a virtue. Monday afternoon about 2 o'clock the writ was served on the husband, and two hours later when he called at the house she refused to admit him. One child had been placed in an institution in order to be kept free from the man’s alleged cruelty. The husband, who was much surprised when the notice of the sult was served up- on him, created a scene at the front door as well as in the house, and his wife. who alleged that he had threatened her, left the premises and swore out a warrant for him. This writ was returned to the Police Court today, and Judge Miller heard the case. After nearing all the proof in the case Judge Miller thought that the civil court might consider the question In settling the divorce matter. He did not feel that he should hold the husband, and dismissed the case. Less than half an hour afterward Law- yer Stilers entered court with Mrs. Rich- creck and remarked: “This is what the husband has done.” The wife exhibited an ugly cut on her face, which she said was inflicted by her husbend. She had gone directly home from court and her husband called soon after- ward. According to her statement, he talk- ed kindly to her; said he wanted to get some articles from the house and promised he woule not fill-treat her. With these promises she let him in, and soon after he got in the house, she said, he pushed -her into a corner of the room and pounded her in the face. She wes nervous and excited and was almost hysterical: Judge Miller referred her to the clerk’s office, where she went and swore out a warrant charging ascault and battery. Policeman Costello, who is cn duty at the Baltimore and Potomac depot, was notified that the warrant had been issued, and was requested to arrest the man should he come to the depot to take the train for Jackson City. ——__ AID FOR THE Poor. Moncey Contributed to Relieve Desti- tution and Suffering. The contributions to the Emergency lief Fund up to this afiernoon are lows: Through The Evening Star— Heretofure acknowledged. Cash Re- =. Through Mr. John Joy Edson: Heretofore acknowledged. E. H. Droop. i J. W. Ctickering and Miss F. E. Chickering Mrs. Phebe Mrs. Graham. John Smith. Grand total OLMSTEAD WILL CASE. A Rumor That It Will Be Settled Out of Court, It was rumored at the city hall this after- noon that the contest over the will of Mrs. John F. Olmstead would be settled out of court. It was said that the proposition to so dis- pose of the case came from Mra. Linda Hutchinson Webb, the sister of Mrs. Olm- stead, and who is contesting the will on the ground of undue influence and fraud, and the testamentary incapacity of Mrs. Olm- stead. The third trial of the case will, un- less it is compromised, be called before Judge Cox Monday next. Mr. Olmstead, it is said, so far declines a settlement of the controversy out of court. —__ 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. seas 2328? fe] x! BY a Baltimore Markets. BALTIMORE, March 18.—Flour quiet, —receipts, 6,280 barrels; 2,792 barrels; salcs, 300 barrels. Wheat inactive and higher FyATOy%: Iuly FINANCE AND TRADE The Market in a Desultory Cond!- tion. TRADING SLIGHT AND UNCERTAIN Buying Orders Came in Promptly During the Day. THE MONEY MARKET Special Dispatch to The Evening Star, NEW YORK, March 18.—Public interest in speculation has dwindled into insignifi- cance, and values now reflect the irrespon- sible estimates of the professional trading element. The mere absence of an outside demand has thus far failed to attract any ‘co! lerable volume of short selling, and, except in the industrial group, aggre: mess in the opposite direction is conspic- uorsly absent. London prices were frac- tionally lower this morning, and no impor- tant foreign busiress was reported. A somewhat better demand for money and a reduction in posted rates for foreign exchange were among the most important of the day’s developments. Rumors of sev- eral additional commercial failures in Phil- adelphia and a strained financial sitva: at that center had a tendency to restrict local activity. Later advices indicated that no embarrassment, except to those imme- diately concerned, would follow these fail- ures. . A three per cent decline in the price of Consolidated Gas was recorded during the early trading on the reported passage of a bill at Albany granting privileges to a new company to lay mains in the same territory. Buying orders appeared prompt- ly, however, and the bulk of the decline was recorded on the purchase of only a few hundred shares of stock. It is possivie that legislation may be had which will curtail the present earning capacity of this prcperty, and some long stock has been marketed in anticipation of this announce- ment. Sugar scold down 1 per cent during the morning on realizing sales, but the charac- ter of the selling was not alarming, the lerge transactions leing invariably made on an ascending scale. At the mceting of the American Tobacco Company held toduy nothing but routine business wes transacted, and officers of the ccmpany refused to discuss the various rumors recently circulated concerning the Purposes of the directory. It was denied that an issue of preferred stock had been decided upon, however, but it is quite prab- able that the advisability of such an issue has been considered. As to the payment of a dividend on the common stock, influential tobacco interests are reported as opposing the immediate resumption of disburse- ments. The street hesitates to act on these semi- official announcements for fear that ihe creation of w short interest at this junc- ture would simply be turthering the schemes of the manipulative interest. Last week's expensive experience is of too re- cent date to be entirely disregarded. A de- cline of 2 per cent was recorded in the stock during the forenoon, but IMberal buy- ing at the decline re-established the open- ing level. The trading toward the close of business was wholly corfined to the room and re- sulted in irregular fractional alterations in values. Washington advices have failed to throw any light on the Cuban sicuation, and the final disposition of this matter ts regarded as beirg essential to a revival of activity. Should a public demand he in- spired prices would respond easily and a new high level for the active list would be recorded. A waiting market, subject to professional vagaries, is all that the im- Mediate future promises. —_—. FINANCIAL AND COMMERICIAL. The following are the opening, the highest and the lowest and the closing prices of the New York stock market today, as reported by Corson & Macartney, members New York steck exchange. Correspondents Messrs. Moore & Schley, No. 8) Broatc:way. Last, American Sugar. 115) American Sugar, Pid. e 3 American Tobacco. American Cotton Oi. Lou i sainea ‘Traction letropolitan Traction. Manhattan Elevated. Michigan Central. Missouri Pacife. Sater res imgtém Stock Exchange. Sales—regular call12 0 tional Bank, 10 at 100%, 10 at 10 ‘Security and Trust, 5 at 146%. 10 at 70, 2 at 7. Metropolitan Railroad, 107%. United States Electric Light, , American Graj . 6. Lanston Muny- phupbone, i090 5. iype, 20 at 84. After call—Washington Loan aad ‘Tres, 1 at 120, vernment Bouds.—U. 8. 4s, registered, 108 bid, 109% asked. OU. 8. 48, coupon, 109% ‘bid, 111 asked. U. 8. 46, 1925, 116% id, 117% saked. TU. S. 5s, 112% bid, 113% asked. District of Columbia Bonds.—20-rear Fut 108, bid. B0- Fuud. gold 6s, 108 bid. Wi Stock currency 7s, 1901, 110 bid.” Water Stock cur- rency %s, 1903, 112 bid. Fund. currency’ 8. 109% bid. Miscetlancous Bonds.—Metropolitan Ratlroad 106%, bid. Metropolitan Railroad conv. asked. Bell asked. bid, 117 it Raitroad Ge, 85 ington Railroad €e, 101 asked. Columbia Ratiroad @a, 115 bid, 118 asked. Washington Gas wer. A, 108 bid, 112 asked. Wasut >, Ber. 109 bid. We conv. 6s, 146 bid, 123 asked. Stetes Klectric Light conv. 5s, 118 bid. and Potomac Telephone 5s, 98 <arity and Trust 6s, F. and A., 100 bid. American Security and Trust 6s, A. and 0., 100 bid. We Company ist 6s, 108 bid. Washing- ton Market Company imp. 6a, 108 bid. W: —. Market Company exten. 6s, 108 bid. Masonic Hall tion Ss, 105 bid. Washington Light In- Associa’ fantry Ist Ga, 09 bid. National Bank Stocks.—Bank Washington, 2ST ot Of Republic, 240 bid. Metropol | Purmers and. Mle: Central, 275 ' bid mers M 80 . 185 , 133 Capit End, 107 bid, "110 asked. Linco! 100% bid, 101% asked. ‘Trast National it and ‘Trust, 125 asked. Washington and Trust, 119 bid, 122 asked. gad Trest, 160i bid. W. Rallroad Stocks.—Capital Did, 73 asked. Metropoli 33. 'bid. Belt, 30 asked. Traction Company, *hy ‘Colninttis, . 24 tan, 108 bid. |. Georgetown Gas, 40 bid. ted States Electric Light, 118 bid, 118% asked. insurance Stocks.—Firemen's, 30 Wid, BS asked. Franklin, 38 Mid. Mefropolitan, 70 bid.” Corcoran, 32 bid.” Potcmac, 66 bid. Arlington, 140. bit ¢ merican, |. National "Union, bid, 13 asked. Columbia, 12% bid. 7B, bin), 8% asked. e's, Mw asked. ° Linool bid, . Washington Title, 3 bid. District Title, 7 bid. one Pennsylvania, 38 bid. peake and Potomac, 53% asked. ‘American Gra Phone 5% bid. © asked. Pucumatic Gan Cai ‘Miscellaneous Stocks. apiopaninaler Linotype Gia ty asked” Washington, Markets 13 bid rear larket, k Falis 180 aske@. Lincela Hall, & asked. *Ex. div.