Evening Star Newspaper, March 20, 1896, Page 1

———— THE EVENING STAR. galt ele PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY, AT THE STAR ORNs = 1101 Pennsylvania Avenue, Cor, 11th Etreet, The Evening Star Newspaper jr Gowpany, _ 8. H. KAUFF! 'N, Pres’ a i een ee a ‘The Evening Star 1s served to subscribers In the ity by carriers, on their own account, at 10 cents per week, or 44 cents mouth. Copies at the ecunter 2 cents cach. By mail—soywhere in the United States or Canada—postage prepald—50 cents er month. Saturday Quintrple Sheet Star, $1 per year, with foreign postage sukded, $3.00. (Eutered at the Post Office at Washington, D. 0, as second-class mall matter.) [All ma! subscriptions mast be paid tn advance. Rates of advertising made known on application. as ar. 0. 13,431. NEW JERSEY S FLOOD RECIPROCITY AGREEMENTS High Water Reported Throughout the State. FACTORIES PREVENTED FROM RUNNING Heavy Snow Fall impedes Travel in New York. : ALL SORTS OF WEATHER BOUND BROOK, N. J., March 20.—The Raritan river at Bound Breok, which be- Ban to rise early last ning, causing the residents to fear another flood such as they experienced several weeks ago, is subsiding teday, and the danger appears to have passed. The Middlebrook and Bound Brook at this place were the Streams that overflowed {nto the Raritan, causing that river to rise yesterday. In the east and west ends of the town, where the land is very low, there was about three feet of water in the strects lest night. The Italian co‘ony residi tan river on the flat land had their places flooded and some of their property washed mated that a damage of done. The storm caused a het in the Raritan river at New Bruns- ‘k. All the factorics located along the river had thetr cellars ticoded, and no work could be done today. ‘The water ran into Burnett street for some distance. one hundred feet of the ried away along th canal. This stops ing near the Rari- About owpath was car- Deiaware and Raritan the canal nm be made. r at Boonton and Mountain View is almost’ even with ite banks. Several small washouts occurred between Little Falls Mountain Vie: The water is almost even with the tracks of the D. L. and W. raitroad between the pleces named. Lincoin Park, & flooded, but no serious dam- expected, as the water is subsiding. Passaic river also rose considerable ng, owing to the storm of yest the low- gay, and partly washed away a poultry yerd. Snow Fall im New York. SARANAC LAKE, N. Y., March 20.—A blinding sno m has been in progress rday morning. Fifteen inch- €s of snow has fallen, causing much delay in the arrival of the trains. arch 20.—Wayne county -four inches having No trains from the west have arrived and the southeastern trains are delayed. There is ro sign of cessation of the storm, which !s the worst in the northern part of the county, the roads being blocked and busi- ness at a standstill. BUFFALO, Mareh 20.—The heaviest fail of snow this seasqn occurred last night. It is drifted badiy and all traffic impeded. Street car lines were opened with difficulty this morning. Hurricane in West Virginia. HUNTINGTON, W. Va., March Eurricane passed over Hari’s Creek valle: fifty miles south of here last night. Build. ings were blown down and immense dam- age was reported. Heaviest wind ever known in the section. Snow Storm in Canada. TORONTO, Ont., March 20.—A terrific snow storm which commenced iast night has greatly interfered with the railway trains. Only one train has arrived in the city today. Street car service in this city is totally demoralized. Several trains are stalled at outlying points. Telephone and telegraph service is greatly impeded. ——_—_ FELL FROM THE SKY. is snowbound, “twei fallen in the last twenty-four hours. A Mass That Crushed in a House and Buried a Family. HINDMAN, Ky., March 2.—The people of this vicinity are much exercised over the report here that a large mass of stone and cinder-looking substance has fallen on the side of Pine mountam, which is lo- cated on Greasy Fork of the Kentucky river, about twenty-five miles from this place. Persons living in the vicinity say they were startled by 2 whirring sound, and tken a crash. Large stones and ckurks of black substance came rolling down the side of the mountain, scattered in every direction for hundreds of yards along the valley. The house of Mrs. Hes- ter Yates on the mountain side was de- molished and the logs scattered in every direction. Mrs. Yates and family, consi: ing of several small children, were buried beneath the debris. The hard substance was over half buried in the mountain side, but striking a solid rock had burst into hurdreds of piec2s. People for miles eround have turned out and are now in search for the bodies of Mrs. Yates and her childre: ————————— “THE SAILORS’ FRIEND.” Serious tUlness of muel Plimsoll of Engtand. LONDON, March 20.—Mr. Samuel Plimsoll is seriously ill. He is the originator of the famous “Plimsoll mark,” to prevent the everloading of ships, was formerly a mem- SS ber of parliament and at one time president | of the National Amalgamated Sailors and Firemen’s Union of Great Britain and Ire- land. Mr. Plinsoll also wrote “Our Seamen” and “Cattle Ship: He was born in 1821. He went into parliament for the express purpose of helping the sailors’ cause, and instrumental in bringing about the e of several amendments to the ship- ping laws. —___— PASSED OUT TO SEA. ‘The Massachusetts Ready for Her \Builders’ Trip. LEWES, Del., March 20.—The United States battle ship Massachusetts, which had been enchored in the harbor for the past thirty-six hours, passed to sea at 8 a.m. today for her builders’ trip off Five Fathoms’ bank, twenty miles from shore, between two lightships located ten miles apart. The weather has cleared up beau- tifully, and the sea, although somewhat rough, is in good condition for trial pur- poses. ———.__. ATTACKED BY CHINESE, Raid on 2 Presbyterinn Mission 130 Miles From Shanghai. SAN FRANCISCO, March 20.—The steam- ship Peru brings news from China that the Presbyterian mission, 130 miles southeast of Shanghai, was raided by a band of rob- bers on February 7. Rev. Rufus H. Bent was shot in the thigh and seriously cut in the head. The robbers secured $300 from the mission safe and departed unmolested. ee Women Delegates Favored. WILLIAMSPORT, Pa., March 20.—The Central Pennsyivania Methodist Episcopal Church conference this afternoon voted to admit women as lay delegates to the gen- eral conference by 152 to 52. The proposi. tion to reduce the representation to the — = conference passed by 2 vote of 216 1o Commercial and Manufacturing Interests Desire Thoir Removal. Responses Received by the House Committee on Ways and Means to the Clireulars Sent Out. Very general response is being made by the commercial and manufacturing inter- ests of the country to the circular letters addressed to them by the ways and means subcommittee on rec‘procity and commer- cial treaties, inviting expressions of opin- ion from them as to the advisability of erdeavorirg to renew the reciprocity agree- ments made with many foreign courtries under the terms of the McKinley tarift act. The replies so far received number seventy-nine, including the largest manu- facturing concerns east of the Mississippi river and those most heavily interested in the export trade. Desire for Renewal. ‘There is an unquestionable preponderance of desire for the renewal of the reciproc- ity agreements noted in the replies, and in mary cases the writers cite figures to show the great diminution in their export trade that has followed the repeal of the provision of the law under which these agreements existed. In few cases is there any attempt made to conceal the self-inter- est of tke writers in the matter. For in- stance, among the few concerns which oppese reciprocity is a grain commission ‘se, which feels that it will be thus placed in competition with the great South American grain producing countries. An- other concern favoring reciprocity, in an- swer to the direct question, write: cidedly, yes. We are more and more con- vinced that what we want is not free trade, but fair trade, and the writer makes this admission after having been for fifteen years a free trader.” The next statement comes from a gr2at importing house,which writes that while reciprocity is all well enough the best interests of this coun- try Kes in free trade. As might be expected, politics crops out in many of the answers, and not a few of the writers do not nesitate to express preferences in the matter of the choice of the next President. Three Commercial Organizations. organizations ist of correspon- corded as Three great commercial are on the committee's dents, and all of them are mest emphatically faver.ng They are the Millers’ National Assoc’ of Milwaukee, C. A. Pillsbury, president; the Cincinnati chamber cf commerce and merchants’ exchange and Cleveland cham- ber of commerce. Of the seventy-nine are strongly in of the replies, advocacy reciprocity ag were under the McKi act; three are absolutely opposed to anything in the nature of reeiprocoty or that con- templates discrimination in trade with the world; four are inclined to favor a qualified kind of rec!proc'ty agreement, and four are not responsive to the direct questions of the committee, and merely take advantage of the opportunity to ven- Ulate some private griev: . Responses are still coming in, and { possible that they may tend to modify in some degree the very one-sided nature of the general response, so far as indicate: ——_-e+___—_ - LAST BILL DAY. sixty-four of a renewal as they A Perfect Flood of New Measures in the Maryland Legislature. ecial Dispatch to The Eveulng Star. ANNAPOLIS, Md., March 20.—Today be- ing the last day of the session upon which bills may be introduced, there was a per- fect flood of new measures of various kinds presented in both the house and senate. Ex-Congressman Henry Stockbridge and Mr. Archibald H. ‘Taylor appeared before the house committee o railways this morning to discuss the bill introduced by Delegate Putzel of Baitimore, which pro: vides for the congolidation of all proposed electric railways between Washington and Baltimore into one Ine, to be known as the Maryland and Columbia Electric Railway Company. Mr. Taylor opposed the bill, which he characterized as being “iniqui- tous,” while Mr. Stockbridge advocated its enactmect. The house committee on railways subse- quently made a faverable report on the Lill. W. W. Johnson, one of the repubtican caucus nominees for police commissioner of Baltimore, is at the state house today try- ing to hasten his election. ‘The democratic mejority in the senate is not likely to per- mit an election betore a decision is reached in the disputed election contests in Wor- cester and Anne Arundel counties. Senator Talbott’s bill to exempt news- Paper reporters from being compeiled to disclose their sources of information be- fore judicial or legislative bodies has been unanimously passe by the senate. cs LETTER CARRIERS’ ES PAY. The Kiefer Bill for Increase is Re- ported Favorably. The House post office committe2 today authorized a favorable report on a bill in- treduced by Representative Kiefer to in- crease the maximum salary of letter car- riers in cities of more than 75,000 popula- tion to $1,200 per annum, and in cities with a smaller population to $1,000 per annum. A Senate bill to regulate mail matter of the fcurth class was also favorably repori- ed. It permits government documents ex- ceeding four pounds in weight to be trans- mitted through tht mails. The subcomnut- tee in charge of the subject will report a bill fixing the salary of the Washing:on Postmaster at $6,000 from July 1, 186. —— NO WARRANTS YET. . Arrests in the Race Trnek Cases Look- ed for This Aftermoon. ~ Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 20.—Nothing as yet has been done in regard to issuing warrants for the arrest of Llewellyn Bar- gen, manager of the Virginia Jockey Club, for violation of the anti-race track bill, but it is thought that the warrants will be served by Sheriff Palmer this afternoon. It was rumored this morning in Alexandria that Gov. O’Ferrall would send the militia to the race track to stop the proceedings there if some action is not taken by the county officials. This report is not verified. To The Star correspondent who called on Common- wealth Attorney Dick Johnson, in reply to a question as to whether or not he had re- ceived any communication from the gov- ernor in regard to the sending of troops to the track, Mr. Johnson said that he had not, and he did not think there was any foundation for the rumor. He further said that nothing had been done in regard to making out the warrants, and he had not fully tnade up his mind as to what action he would take. The assistant common-, wealth attorney is busy preparing the form of indictment to be presented to the grand jury on Monday. - German Sugar Import Bill. BERLIN, March 20.—The reichsiag com- maitiee teday concluded the first reading of ‘bil, and fixed the impert at'40 marke per hundred kiica saty ——_=.—__ Appointed Administrator. Henry Randall Webb was today ap- pointe® by Judge Cox administrator de bonis non of the estate of the late John Webb, in place of the late Wm. B. We Mr. Webb's bond was fixed at m WASHINGTON, D. C., FRIDAY, SEEEVE Gia) Nessas, WASHINGTON, D. 0, FRIDAY, MAROH 20, 1000-FOURTEEN PAGES Wo OmNTS |] 20, 1896-FOURTEEN PAGES. TWO CENTS. If you want today’s news today you can find it only in The Star. THE VOTING BEGUN| THROWN OVER THE BANK) JUDGE HOLT'S WILL|NEGOTIATIONS RESUMED| THE JURY STILL OUT —_>—_——_+ The Bayard Censure Resolutions Separated in the Bouse THE FIRS? CARRIED BY 180 10 71 The Senate Decides to Adjourn Over Tomorrow. TALKING DU PON' ND CUBA The debate on the resolution to censure Mr. Bayard, which has already occupied the attention of the House for two days, was resumed today, under .an agreement entered into yesterday to take a vote at 2 o'clock this afternoon. Mr. Adams (Pa.), who was minister to Brazil under the Harrison administration, in opening the debate today in favor of the resolutions, paid a high tribute to the per- sonakcharacter of Mr. Bayard, and his long service and commanding position as an American, that made his offense, while the representative of this county at the court of St. James, the more flagrant and repre- hensible. To show Mr. Bayard fully recognized his position as the representative of the whole people, he read from a speech delivered a year ago by Mr. Bayard at Wilmington, Del., in which the ambassador said: “I rep- resent no party as ambassador to Great ae ain, but my country and my own peo- ple. An Impeachable Offense. Mr. Fairchild (N. Y.) took issue with the majority of the foreign affairs committee as to the character of Mr. Bayard’s offense. They thought it was merely a censurable offense; he thought it an impeachable of- fense, and he expressed regret that the committee had not adhered to Mr. Barrett's original resolution to bring in articles of impeachment. Mi. Bayard’s utterances, he argued, co: stituted a criminal libel hin the defini- tion of the law, and, in view of his exalted position, a high crime against his country. Mr. Wheeler Against the Resolutions. Mr. Wheeler (Ala.), in cpposition to the resolutions, made the first reference to the tariff today. He said this attack on Am- bassador Bayard came from M. a stat2 that believed in protecti. pro= teetion sake. Maj. McKinley had, on this floor, argued in favor of high protection tor Iron cotton ties as absolutely n their production in this country. ties had Been placed on the free Wilsonebill, yet he read a_teleg Youngstown, Ohio, chronicling the first shipment of cotton ties to Bombay, India. ir. Hutebinson (Tex.) the second of the re down the wi tablished general princ' id he would vote alutions, layi thut our representatives at foreign ccun- tries shouid abstain from partisan but he could not vote for the censured Mr. Bayard by nam Mr. Willis in Opposition. Mr. Willis (Del.) was the lican to announce that he opposed censur- ing Mr. Bayard. Like Mr. Hutchinson, he sald -he would be willing to vote for the secord resolution, but he could not vote for the resciution of censure. First, state pride would lead him to vote against it. He respected Mr. Bayard as a man of force and distinction. He did not think, how- ever, that he betrayed any confidence when he said that Mr. Bayard was a born arts- tocrat, posing as a democrat. His in- stincts were feudal in ther nature. But his chief objection was the adoption of this resolution of ceasure would appear to be partisan whether it was or noi. He depre- cated partisan action before the world. “If we cannot be unanimous,” said he, ad- dressing the republican side of the House, “It is questionable whether it ill do cur country or cur party any good Mr. W2llis said he did not object to the glowing panegyrics on Mr. Bayard, but a “man,” said he, “might have the genius of Lucifer and still look through a key hole and whistle through a quill.” (Laughter.) Prcceeding, Mr. Willis drew the members around him in throngs, and aroused great enthusiasm, both on the floor and in the galleries by his eulogy of the value of the birthright of liberty and his outspoken contempt for American snobs, sycophants and simpletons who discredited their own country and worshiped at the feet of the aristccracy and royalty of the old world. Mr Turner Closes for the Opposition. Mr. Turner (Ga.) closed the debate of the opposition to the resolution in a strong ten- minute speech. His theme, like Mr. Bay- ard’s at Edinburgh, would, he said, be “in- div:dual freedom, the germ of national prosperity and progress,” a theme worthy of that noble chevalier. With withering contempt he described the triumphant re- publican party turning away from its duty to visit its wrath and indignation on a member of his party for a trivial act. What a prodigy! What an explo‘t in poli- ties! ‘The question was not whether Mr. Bay- ard had violated good taste in his address, but whether it was in good taste for the House of Representatives to condemn him for what he had done. Like Mr. Tucker yesterday, he paid an eloquent tribute to Mr. Bayard for his services to the south in the days of her despair, and he then proceeded to recall again the Chandler in- terview, and the charges of levying on the protected industries by the McKinley agents. ° Mr. Grosvenor (Ohio) tried vainly to in- terrupt Mr. Turner. “You have had your time,” said Mr. Turner. “When you stood over the grave of Gen. Schenck yesterday, defending him from the imputations against him, you sa‘d rot one word against these stories about the agents of the presidential candidate you favor. In the face of such a state of things, Mr. Speaker,” he contin- ued, “I ask if it is not a strange coinc' dence that the demonstration should fol- low the statement as the thunder follows the lightning.” (Applause on the demo- cratic side.) Speaking still of the charges of the politi- eal corruption, he said the “addition” was now going on. The ‘division and silence” would come later. (Democratic laughger.) He defended Mr. Bayard’s Dover, Del., speech, delivered in 1861, which Mr. Barrett had alluded to yesterday, saying that such sentiment required courag2 of as high de- gree as any displayed on the battlefield. He concluded by quoting the eulogy of Mr. Cleveland delivered by James Russell 1. owell at Harvard. Mr. Dailey for the Resolufions. After a few words by Mr. Newlands of Nevada in favor of the resolution, Mr. Hitt, chairman of the foreign affairs committee, yielded the remainder of his time to Mr. Bailey (Texas), who made a speech in favor of the resolutions. The Edinburgh speech might, he said, be a breach of propréety, but it did not warrant these resolutions of cen- sure. The Boston speech, characterizing the people of the United States as a violent people, was much more serious. It was a breach of good taste and of diplomatic eti- first repub- quetie, and was an. offense against our com- Seannon calcite applause.) One Years | submission to the laws repelled the ccusree that the Americans were a silent people. Mr. Bailey concluded by saying that a man who would express such utterances as those of Mr. Bayard at Boston was “unworthy to (Continued on Second Page.) Train Derailed onfths Fort Myar Trol’ Car Ran Over Private Morris and Both His Feet Were Crashed in the |Acctdent. ——— Trailer No. 49 of the Washington and Fort Myer railway}jumped the track this morning about 11:39 o’clock, while moving at a rapid rate, bufifortunately no fataiity Scouse: There we four persons in the car, including the Gpnductor. The scene of the accident was yards from the Ross- lyn terminal, and Just at a small stream, which has assumed the proportions of a creek since the laté rains, Every person in the car was more or less bruised, the most Rerious being Private Morris of the cavafry band at Fort Myer, who was run over py the derailed car and both feet mashed. The train was ingharge of William Wil- son, the conductor,#with George Cutzshaw, motorman. The train was composed of two cars, one open car built for the road, while the trailer was one of the old box cars used for so many years by the Metrop: way. The coupling of the cars is not very rigid, and the diffefence in the heights ef the platforms of bath cars is considerable. On account of to being drill day at Fort Myer extra preparations were made for the handling of the crowd, which, while not large, taxes the/dapacity of the road in its present shape. No Cause Known. Just how the accident occurred no one seems to know. The train was city bound ‘end running at a good rate of speed, there being a clear way. Just at the point of the accident there is an embankment of locse earth, which has been affected by the recent rain. The tracks are extremely weak at this point and sag considerably, and it may have been on this account that the car went off. The motor car remained on the track af*er the tratler was deraile but, on account of the speed, ‘af impo: Ible to check the caine eraniore space, Tue trailer bumped over the t'es for a distance of over twenty feet, the iron wheel leaving a deep impres- sion in the oak ties. The ain of the trailer was so great that th pling pin snapped and the ear rolled over to t bankment and part of the way down. The embankment at the point is over fifteen feet high, and but for the softness of the earth the car wonld have rolled to the bot- tom, with far more sertous results. How Morris Was Hart. Private Morris was standing on the front platform of the trailer, and the force of the derailment wap ay icient to throw him » Jest in time for the over his legs, between knee. By some it is the ankle and claimed that Morris jumped, but it Is more the probatle that he was thrown, There were: two lady passe rs in the car, one of whom withhcid her name, while (he other was Mrs. Crane, who- lives back cf Fort Myer. Both of these ludies were iy seared, their hende eut and more or less body bruis tined. Mrs. the worst injured @f the two. Conductor Wilson ‘was also sit iwlatly injured, his hands being cut. The force of the derailment was sufficient to break the front dash of the car, snap the axle and do other miscellaneous dam- age. It is claimed by the road ma ment that the accident was cansed by breaking of ihe axle. The peculiar sight ssed by a number of person after the accident the road officials sent for Mr. ‘Thomas Caton of the firm of Caton & Sons, to remove the wreck- age. Private Morris was carried to the office of the company, Where medical attendance was simmo for nearly two hours, before being removed to the hespital at the fort. An examination revealed the fact that both legs were brokeng besides a number of other bruises. —_>-— DR. KERSHNER'S SENTENC The President Approv prise of Naval Officers. Contrary to general expectation in naval circles, the President has approved the sentence of dismissal, imposed by court- mertial in the case of Medical Inspector Edward C. Kershner, and the name of that officer is no longer borne on the rolls of the navy. The President accompanied his approval of the record with a short state- ment of his reasons therefor, but this in- dorsement is withheld from the public for th2 present. Dr, Xershner was convicted by ccurt-mertial carly last spring of per- jury in connection with correspondence with Admiral Meade and Capt. Evans over the well-known West Ind’an episode. He was sentenced to be dismissed the service and the sentence was approved by Secretary Herbert as loag ago as last May, since which time the case has been in’ the hands of the President. The leng delay in its disposal led the officer and nis friends to hope for executive clemency. Conse- quently the Fresident’s action was un- doubtedly a great surprise and shock to them. Medical Inspector Kershner stood No. 2 in his grade and No. 17 in his ‘corps. He was appointed to the navy from Maryland, September 2, 1561, and reached the grade of medical inspector January 22, 101. He had an excellet record prior to the pres- ent instance, and had a longer sea service than any officer in his corps, aggregating nearly eighteen years. ‘The vacancy tn created in the medical corps will result in the promotion of Sur- geon John C. Wise, now attached to the Washington navy yard, to the grade of medical Inspector, and Passed Assistant Surgeon Oliver Diehl, cn duty at the Naval Hospital, Philadelphia, to the grade of sur- geon, It.will also incrgase the number of vacancies in the grade df assistant surgeon to fourteen. Great diffiquity is experienced in getting competent pefsons for these va- cancies. ——— Personal Mgntion. Surgeon Arthur G. Cabell, attached to the Michigan, the only. warghip on the lakes, is In she city on leave af absence. Lieut. J. O. Nicojson of the navy is at the Milten. He is on legve. Gen. J. H. Brinker gf the government prirting office, and_presigent of the Missis- ippi Association of Washington, is quite k at 1324 L street northwest. Assistant Treasurer Jardan of New York passe through here yesterday on his way to Fort Monroe for a sHort scason of rest and recreation. Dr. McGrath, chief: of the house staff of the Emergency Hospital, has returned to duty, after a two weeks’ absence devoted to a successfut search for reek and health, ee Crops Fail in South Africa. The of Agriculture is in re- ceipt of a letter from Roksburg, South Af- rican republic, in wifich the writer adduces several reasons =forj the belief that crops in that section this’ season will be a fatl- ure, and this. to anjextent that will afford m South: Afciee §<favorable_market for American corm, wot and flour. The wri- er states he seas. to Secretary Mor- ton a_loeak oy ining information if his si noi, Rowever, come to Sh writer's state- ments, must Be-taken for just what taey are worth. ane was | He remained at ihe place ; rw It to the Sur- | The Issues in the Contest Made Up and Signed. JUDGE AAGNER’S ORDER TODAY The Case to Be Probably Tried Next Month. FOUR POINTS AT ISSUE 3 ree After many mouths of unavoidable delay, the issues in the matter of the contest over the will of the late Judge Advocate Gen- eral Joseph Holt were made up and signed teday. As the case now stands, only the verdict of a jury is required to determine to whom belongs the estate, estimated to be worth about $150,000. That verdict will, it is expected, be rendered some time dur- ing the next month, or possibly and prob- ably a month or two later. History of the Cane. Judge Holt, it will be remembered, died in this city early in August, 184. For more than @ year it was supposed he had died intestate, and, upon the application of the heirs-at-law, nephews and their descend- ante, letters of administration were granted by the Probate Court to a local trust com- pany, who proceeded to administer upon the estate, consisting principally of per- scnal property. But the latter part of last August the register of wills received from an unknown person what purported to be a will of Judge Holt. The alleged instra- ment was inclosed in a large white en- velope, and addressed in printed char: ters, it being generally bell so addressed by the person forwarding it in order to conceal, for some unknown rea- stn, that person’s identity. The pretended will was found to be dated Febr and it named Luke Dev- lin, a clerk A the War Department, as ex- ecutor of the estate, directing that it be jeqvally divided between Miss Lizzie v s of Kentucky. a cousin of Judge Holt's wife. and Mi: josephine Holt Throckmorton, a god-daughter, and daugh- ter of Major Throckmorton, U. S. army. The supposed will, scemingly in the hand- writing of Judge Holt, bore the names of President Grant, General Wm. T. Sherman and the latter's wife as witnesses to it, d the epinion of those familiar with the handwritings of the testator and the dis tirguished witnesses was that the signa } tures were genuine. Surprised at the Alleged WHI's Ap- pearance, Of course, the mysteriously forwarded elleged will ‘occesoned no little surpr: ter of wills, as well the in- terested parties on both sides, made every effort to ascertain not only the idenuty cf the person who mailed it to che register of wills, but also to discover where the had been ail ti years ince the + and why had been retair.cd year after the death of Judge alleged will aiso bore vnmis- | takable evidence of having passed through iire, and efforts were also made to discover how and why it had been subjecced to the flames. If, however, either side has soived those questions, or any of them, the mat- ter has been kept secret, for the public at large is a ignorant today of them as it was when the alleged instrument was re- eived by the reg-ster of wills. It is gen- ‘ally believed, though, that one or both sides have solved the mystery to their own saiisfaction at least. Shortly af-er the receipt in the Probate | Court of the supposed Mr. Devlin | offered it for probate. The heirs-at-law, of | course, objected to its admission, and the ! | court required them to show cause why it should not bi at they did in course of tie ccontending (matcie purported will | was a forgery. But they also answered that if it was genuine, and had been law- | fully made, it had subsequently been re- voked. Then, again, they insisted that if ic had been legally mad» and witnessed and never revoked, il had been procured by fraud or, undue influence exercised and practiced “upon Judge Holt by some person or persons. The execttor and the bene- ficlaries under the supposed will denied those charges, of course, and since then, some three months ago,tounsel for the heirs- at-law, Messrs. Shelluberger and Wilson and A. 8. Worthington, and those repre- senting the execator ‘and beneficiaries, Messrs. Blair Lee and J. J. Darlington, have been endeavoring to agree upon the issues to be submitted to a jury in the Cireult Court. Judge Hagner’s Order. Today Mr. Darlington appeared befere Judge Hagner in the Probate Court and stated that counsel had agreed upon the issues, which the judge was asked to sign and certify to the Circuit Court for trial. Judge Hagner thereupon approved them and signed the following order: “Upon the motion of the counsel for the caveztors in this case, counsel for the caveatces being present and the matter having been argued and submitted to the court, it is this 20th day of March, A. | 2 1806, ordered that the following issues this case be certified to the Suprem> curt of the District of Columbia, holding a special term as a Circuit Court, for trial by a ou 2s the paper writing be: ring date the 7th day of February, A. D, 1873, which was filed in this court on the 26th day of August, A. D. 1895, executed by the eair Sceepa Holt as his last will and testa- ment? . Was the execution of said paper writing procured by fraud, exercised and practiced upon said Joseph Holt by any Pp on OF persons? Was the execution of said paper wriling precured by the undue influence of an: person or persons? . It the said paper writing was exe- cuted by the said Joseph Holt as his last will and testament, has the same been re- voked by said testator Probable Trial Next Month. It is expected that the issues will be at once sent tp, and if that is done the cases may be tried some time next month, al- though it is thought that the trial will be delayed at least a month later. There are two divisions cf the Circu‘t Court, and they are presided over by Judge Bradley and Judge McComas, respectively. But before which one it will bé tried cannot well be determined until the calendar for the April term of the court is made up, which wil be in a few days. ————— Naval Movements. The monitor Monadnock arrived at San Diego this morning from San Francisco. This is her first cruise. The cruiser Mont- gomery has returned to Fort Monroe from a practice cruise at sea. The Coming Civil Service Order. The order soon to be issued covering in- to the civil service a large majority of the offices of the government now in the ex- } cepted class is still under deliberation by the President and the cabinet. The form in which the general extension will be made has not been definiicly decided. ‘The President has nbz determined whether + make the order a general one, Sony naming the offices toremain excepted, and extending the Sie ate ed the rest. or-to name specifically the offices to be classified and. omit the nomes of the offices to remain cxcepted and to which the order will not apply. It.is authoritatively esti- thated that the extension as now con- templated will involve about two-thirds of ton offices at present outside the civil sery- j ters were appointed today: Ground for Believing That the Venezuelan Boundary is to Be Arbitrated. The Limit of the Territory sidered to Be Determined the Title Will Be Discussed. It is now agmitted in official circles here that direct negotiations with Great Britain respecting the Venezuelan boundary dispute have been resumed by our State Depart- rent at the point where they were left by the exchange of the notes of Secretary Olney and Lord Salisbury of last July and last November, respectively. Lord Salis- bury had the last word, according to the published correspondence, and the sending of the special message to Congress by Pres- ident Cleveland had the effect of delaying @ response to Lord Salisbury’s note, but did rot relieve our-State Department of the recessity of fulfilling the obligation to reply eventually. It Is believed here that not only has t response been made, but that other cx changes have followed, principally through the medium of Ambassador Bayard at Ion- don, and that once more the negotiations are running along in great good temper, with fair prospects of a satisfactory term!- nation. There is a determined refusal here to discuss the details of the project now under discussion between the three natioas (for there is reason to believe that Ven- ezuela is being consulted at every step by cur own government). From a consideration of the positions of Secretary Olney and Lord Salisbury last fall, however, it may be falily surmised that the main effort now is to agree upon some limitation of the extent of the ter- ritory to be thrown into arbitration or di- rect negotiation, and a compromise is look- ed for between the Schomburgk line and the line representing the extreme conces- sion which Great Brit: has been will to make heretofore, and the Essequiho, which marked the widest claim of the Venezuelan government to jurisdiction. It may be assumed with reasonable cer- tainty that once such an agreement is reeched as to the limitation of the arbitra- tion the remainder of the task of arbitrat- ing the title to the disputed tracts or of adjusting the matter by direct negotiation, while perhaps involving the consumption of much time, will not present particular difficulty or threaten to cause discord. -o- THE LEGISLATIVE BILL. Increase Made by the Senate Co: mittce on Appropriations. The Senate committee on appropriations today completed ccre‘deration of the legis- lative, exceutive and judi'c1 appropriation bill. As completed the b!1l carries an in- crease over the bill as | ssed the House of $165,109, the total heing $21, 4. The principal items cf inerease are $15.0") for clerks to Senaters, which the House fail- ed to provide for; $44,020 for the classi- fication division of the patent office; $12,500 for the atterney general's office, incident to the increase of salaries of United States marshals and district attcrneys. They also restored the salary of the President's pri- vate secretary to $5,009 per year, the House having reduced it to $3,500. The committee retains the House provi- sion changing the system of paying disirict attorneys and United States marshals, and in many cases inereases the allowance made to these officers. They strike out the House provision in regard to United States commissioners, and insert in lieu of it one instructing the Attorney General to in- vestigate and report to Congress the ques- tion of compensation to be paid to_com- missioners and clerks of United Staves courts. The committee also added a provision, ap- pointment of a register of copyright, at a salary of $20). He is to relieve the li- brarian of Congress of the copyright work which now goes to him. TO ADMIT ARIZONA. Only One Negative Vote in the Scnate Committee. The Senate committee on territories today agreed to favorably report the bill for the admission of Arizona as a state of the Union. There were only six of the eleven mem- bers of the committee present. They were Senators Davis, Shoup and Thurston, repub- licans, and Bate, Call and White, demo- crats. There was only one negative vote, which was cest by Senator Cail. The bill was introduced by Senator Car- ter, and, like the New Mexico bill, is an enabling act. It provides that the governor shall issue a call for an election of dele- gates to the constitutional convention thir- ty days after the passage of the act, in which he shall designate the day of elec- tion. The delegates are to meet at the seat of governmert on ihe second Monday after election. The constitution is to be submit- ted to the voters of the territory for rati- fication or rejection on the first Tuesday after the first Munday of November, 18%i, when the election of state officers and a representative in Congress is also to take place. NO SIGN OF WEAKNESS. What Senator Sherman Says of thi Senate Vote to Adjourn. Some of the opponents of the Cuban reso- lutions were inclined to accept the strong vote in the Senate in favor of an adjourn- ment tomorrow in the face of the opposi- tion of Senator Sherman, chairman of the ecmmittee on foreign reiations, as an indi- cation of the weakness of the Cuban que ten In the Senate. Senator Sherman does not take this view of the matter. He says he has never known the Senate, when ses- sion was no further advanced than the present one, to refuse to adjourn over Sat- Urday; that the vote. against adjournment was really larger ghan he expected, and that many of the strongest supporters of the Cuban cause voted for the adjournment for various reasons of their own. Conze- quently, he does not regard the vote #s in ary sense a test. pe PS AGAINST TERSTATE OBSCE’ A Bi Atmed at Transport Immoral Literature by Express. A very stringent bill for preventing the carrying of obscene Iterature and articles for indecent and immoral use from one state or territory to ancther was today ordered to be reported to the House by the committee on commerce. The bill makes it unlawful to deposit with any express company or cther common carrier for in- terstate transportation any obscene matter or article for procuring: an abortion or pre- venting conception or adapted for any im- moral use, or notice of how such articles may be obtained. Penalty of not more than five years’ impra#onment and $5.00 fine is provided. — Feurth-Class Postmasters. The following local fourth-class pcostmas- ‘Chance, Somer- set county, Md., J. T. Tarleton, vice B. T. I. iB. J resigne: Hunter, Patrick county, Va., Mrs. Loula H. Leach, vice C. H. Leach, res'gned; Cheatbridge, Randolph county, W. Va., I. N. Hutchinson, vice W. 8. Woodford, igned. ‘The number of fourth-class postmasters appointed today was 40, of which 33 were Se Se vacant counet by death and resig- Waiting for a Verdict in the Case of Milliken, THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S ARGUMENT Judge Cole’s Charge oad Instruc- tions to the Jury. EFFECT Of INTOXICATION At 3 o'clock this afternoon the jury in the case against B. H. Milliken was stl out, having failed to reach a verdict, after three hours’ delberation. ai It was rumored about the court house that on the first ballot the jury stood 9 to 3 in favor of acquittal. There is a good chance of the jury being locked up over night. Judge Cole said that if necessary he would keep them a week before discharging them, and that he would not send for them untfl he was satisfied that they had reached a verdict. The Milliken case was given to the jury this morning at 11:40. The opinion then was that the jury would not be cut more than ten or fifteen minutes, but at the end of two hours no verdict had ‘been reached, and there was no telling when they would return. The morning was devoted to the closing Resta for the government and the judge = rge to the jury. The closing sy was made by District Attorney Birne: was an .nusually able effort. He gave Milliken a severe tongue lashing, and held all his acts on the night of that 4th of “ily up to the jury for their insvection, claiming that the evidence proved the defendant's guilt beyond the shadow of a doubt. Judge Cole's charge to the jury was not a long one, but it covered cll the essential Mr. Birney. peints in the case in a clear and succinct Statement of the law on the subject. Mr. D. E. Anthony of the defense, who is one of the most prominent trial lawyers at the New York bar, said to a Star reporter during the recess that never in all his twen- ty years’ practice had he heard a charge to @ jury that was fairer or more impariial. Mr. Anthony for the Defense. Yesterday afternoon it was thought that the trial would be completed by 6 0 ‘clock, but when the lawyers for the defense had finished their presentation of the case to the jury it was so late that the court decied it would be better not io crowd in District Attorney Birney’s speech and giv: to the jury at that hour, and the went over until 10 o'clock this mor: 4 The two lawyers fur the defer "De = Anthony. of w York and Judge John sae of Virginia—addressed the jury on be- halt of Mr. Milliken. Mr. Anthony is an elo. quent speaker and he put his best foot for- ward when he rose to plead the cause of his client. The scheme of his defense was the impossibility of the government's theory that a man could change trom a gentleman to @ brute, from a lover to 2 violent, beastly wretch, in the twinkling of an eye. Unless thé prisoner at the bar,” he said, “after two years of devotion and admira- tion for the woman had sudde become a raving maniac and a brute, Milliken never went to that room for any purposes of dis- honor. If I believed Miliien guilty of the erime with which he is charged I wish that my tongue would cleave to the reof of my mouth before I coud utter one word 4} defense. The guillotine and the would not be sufficient punishm lieve, if you observed her deme stand, you were convinced that Miss Ger- trude never believed herself that Milliken had ever attempted an assault on her. Then, why was all this?” Mr. McKenney‘s Detective Efforts. Mr, Fre] McKenney’s connection with the case was handled by Mr. Anthony without gloves. Mr. Anthony is a sarcastic man, and he ridiculed Mr. McKenney’s detective the court room and even made Mr. McKenney himself smile. He said that if the younz lawyer had been a Lecocq, a Hawkshaw or an In- spector » he could not have shown cut all the details of plow - Whenever there was a missing link he thought it his duiy to tind that m link. case it was the mysterious bottle. © next morning before the birds were singing in the trees, Mr. McKenney was out looking for 2 Judge Goode. tional evidence. He found the bottle on the sidewalk shattered into fragments and bear- ing on its label the words “Spirits of cam- phor.”” at was all that was necessary in Mr. McKenncy’s mind to prove that chioro- form had been used in the so-called assault, Mr, Anihony appezled to the sury to coi ease what a verdict of guiliy would mean parties concerned. It would blast the life of Mr. Mill-ken, as to whbtse guiit there is a great deal more than a shadow of a doubt; it would do the Phillips family no good at all. A verdict of not guiliy would be the best possible — of Miss Phillips. Judge Goode Analyzes the Testimony. Judge Goode in his address io the jury went over the details of the case with great care ard Izgal acumen, pointing out the @gereparcies In the testimony and argu- ing against the reasonableness of the idea that a man lika Mr. Mill:ken could ever have been guilty of such a vile and loath