Evening Star Newspaper, May 11, 1896, Page 2

THE, EVENING STAR, MONDAY, MAY 11, 1896-SIXTEEN PAGES. LATE NEWS BY WIRE Boilers on a Mississippi Boat Ex- plode. ——S SHE SANK IN LESS THAN A MINUTE — Three Persons Dead and Eight More Missing. SURVIVORS PICKED UP — VICKSBURG, Miss., May 11.—The large tow boat, Harry Brown, upbound, exploc her boilers twenty-five miles below this city at 11:30 last night; she was a complete wreck, and in less than a minute sank out of sight. The tow boat Wash Ponshell brought bodies and survivors to this city, arriving at 6 o'clock. Capt.John Kain, master; Dennis J.Lomey, cond engineer, and Dan Kain, pilot, who were injured, are in the hospital here. Pat Norman, Derby Fitsmorris, first mate, and First Engineer Wm. Dougherty, were lost. The latter's body was recovered. The Brown was bound up with a tow of empties. When the explosion occurred she broke in two. Of her crew three are here dead, elght are missing and the captain and four others are here bodly injured. The Ponshell picked up and landed the survivors. Many were slightly hurt. The chief engineer and head pilot are missing. PITTSBURG, Pa., May 11. Brown was owned by W. H. the exteasive coal operators of thi se city, and was one of the largest tow boats in the country. It was valued at $0,000, and was not insured. The Asociated Press dispatch from Vick- burg was the first intelligence Capt. Sam Brown had of the explosion. A short time later he received a telegram stating that the explosion had completely destroyed the boat killing three men Instantly and !njur- ing a number of others. Several of the crew were missing. He said the Brown had a crew of twen- ty-eight persons as follow Captain, John Keim, Pittsburg; Engin- eer, W. Dougherty, Pittsburg; second en gineer, Dennis Storey, Cairo; mate, “Dad” Fitzmoore, Louisy steward Frank Adrian, Cincinnati; pilots. Norman Dravo, Pittsbu Daniel Kaine, Louisville trick Kaneff, John Joyce, Sheehan, Thomas Judd, all of Pitt z There were also on board two cabin boys and a chambermatd from Pittsburg firemen and a number of roustadouts, whose names are unknown. ————— QUESTION OF VALUE. The Government Said to Be ing a Lot for Less Tan its Worth. On motion of Mr. Cullom, the Senate to- day considered the bill authorizing the sale of the title of the United States in lot 5, square 1113, in this city, to Frank D. Orme, ment of a consideration of $1,(W0. n asked for an explanation, and Mr. Faulkner said that probably the title to this lot had passed from the United States in Is#2, but that there was some question as to the exact ownership, and this bill was necessary to clear the title. Mr. Allen said he ught no tide belong- ing to the United States should be sold ex- cept at full value, and he urged that this value should not be computed on the basis of the real estate market in IS}2, but should represent that of t ulkner read a letter from District Attorney . but he failed to went over. GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY'S EXCURSION. A Study in the Fie! Monticello and Charlottesville. The famous yearly field day excursion of the National Geographic Society occurs this sesson next Saturday, May 16, and Chariottesville, Va., ard Monticello, the heme of Jefferson, are the objective points of visitation and study. An incident of the day also will be a brief call at the University of Virginia. A special train on the Southern railway will leave the Pennsylvania station at 0 a.m., stopping three minutes at Montpelier station for a distant view of “Montpelier,” the home of Madison, and reaching Char- lottesville at noon. The literary exercises will take place at Monticello, where Mr. Gardiner Hubbard, president of the society, Will call the society to order at 1:45 p.m. An address of welcome will be made by Mayor Patton of Charlottesvilie, to which President Hubberd will respond. Dr. Ran- dolph, rector of the University of Virginia, will speak. There will also be an by Postmaster General Wilson on son at Heme;” by Prof. Met ography Prof. Goode, on “Spottiswood's Jourr Ridge. After the speeches the party will leave Monticello at p.m. rrive University of Virginia at 4 p.m.; take dinner at Union Station at 4:0 te > p.m; leave Charlottes- ville for Washington at 6 p.m., and arrive in Washington at ¥ p.m. The souctety has exten da cordial invi- tation to the members of the scientific so- cleties represented ia the joint commission ot the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities, of the Sons of the American Revolution, of the Daughters of th American Revolution, and of the Co- lumbia Histerical Scciet. to join in €xcursion on the same terms as mem of the Geographic Society itine; schedule prepared by I retary of the society, y Across the Blue ats a fine topo- graphical map of the Clarlottesville region and full particulars of the j with also quite a chapter of i his- torfeal data of the s : grems can be obtained Mr. Hayd and the Daughters of the American Revo- lution will find them at their headquarters in tne Lean and Trust Company's building. —_ Hixtorle Property. As the result of an amicable suit for par- tition, there will be a trustees’ sale here this afternoon of a valuatle piece of real estate, which has never yet been out of the possession of the original proprietor, Anthony Holmead, or his descendants. The property, containing ut 415,000 square feet, or nearly ten is situated on Kilorama Heights between Massachusetts and Connecticut avenues, having a front- age of about fifty feet on Florida avenue. It originally belonged to Anthony Holmead, one of the original prop:'stors of land out of which the District was-formed, and it has never left the family, having been in- ted by Sophia S. Koll, a daughter of is. the heirs of whom petitioned for its sale and partiticn. The sale will be held at 4:%) this afternoon by Trustees Richard E. Pairo, a grandson of the original proprie- tor, and Leo Simmons. Not Ready to Answer. LONDON, May 11.—J. J. O'Kelly, Parnell- ite, member of parliament for North Rose common, asked the government in the house of ccmmons today if representations had been made to Spain in order to obtain @ commutation of the sentence of death imposed upon Gildea, described as a British subject, one of the men captured on board the American filibustering schooner Com- Petitor, off the coast of Cuba Mr. Curzon, parliamentary secretary for the foreign office, said the matter had rais- ed important questions of policy and in- ternational law, and he asked Mr. O'Kelly to repeat his question tomorrow. The President's Callers. There were about a hundred persons, mostly of the fair sex. at the President's reception In the east room this afternoon. ‘These receptions are held every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday at 1:15 o'clock. ——_-+-e— Naval Movements. ‘The Olympia, Detroit and Machias arrived at Cheefoo this morning. The training ship Essex, at Southampton, this morning. CAPT. FIEBEGER'S PLACE No Thought Given to # Selection of His Sucosssor Here. Not Believed at the War Department That Four Engineer Officers Are Needed. As predicted in Saturday’s Star, Capt. Gustav J. Flebeger, assistant to the Engl- neer Commissioner of the District of Co- lumbia, has been nominated by the Presi- dent to the more exalted and better paying office of professor of military and civil en- gineering at the Military Academy. There is no doubt of his confirmation, and in that event the corps of engineers and the Dis- trict government will lose the services of a valuable officer. In his new office Capt. Fiebeger will have the rank and pay of a lieutenant colonel for ten years, after which he will become a full colonel for life, with a pleasant resi- dence at West Point. Question of His Successor Here. The question of his successor in the Dis- trict government has not even been con- sidered at the War Department, so that it is useless to speculate on the subject. It is more than probable that the office will remain unfilled, and that Engineer Commis- sicner Powell will be limited to two en- gineer assistants in the future. There were never more than two assist- ants up to two years ago, when Capt. Beach was ordered here to ass in the extra work connected with the construction of the big intercepting sewer. No Need of Four Office It Is sald at the War Department that there is apparently no longer any special necessity for four engineer officers under the District government, and that the duties devolving vpon them will probably hereafter devolve entirely upon Major Powell and his two remaining assistants, Captains Burr and Beach. The present Congress has provided a great amount of extra work for the engi- neer corps of the army in the matter of fortifications and river and harbor work dering the next fiscal year, and it is ex- tremely improbable that any officer of the e s can be spared for any detached ser- vice, no matter how important it may ap- pear from a local standpoint. — R. CLEVELAND AND CUBA. The President Expected Soon to De- clare His Position, About Congress there is a general, though vague, expectation that the President ts going to take more definite action with re- lation to Cuba. The rumors of a message or proclamation on the subject which have from time to time started were active this morning and do not appear to be dependent entirely on the Competitor incident. The reference of the case of the con- demned prisoners of the Competitor to the Madrid authorities is expected to result In saving the lives of the Americans. The announcement made formally to the newspapers this morning py Secretary Ol- that at tha request of the United States the Spanish government had ordered stay of execution until this government couid present the case under the treaty, 1s regarded as practically insuring the relief of the Americans from the death penalty. ‘The opinion is briefly expressed by the best authorities on international matters that war would surely result from the exe- cution of Milton if the circumstances are as they appear. NO TAWNEY BILL HEARING. on Hand to Oppose Mensure. A hearing on the Tawney bill for the re- tirement of government clerks was to have been given by the civil service reform com- mitt. of the House today, but the sickness and.absence of several members of the com- mittee prevented. e Mr. Tawney was the only membez of the committee who appeared. W. E. Carr and Joseph Trainor of the sixth auditor's office appeared to oppcse the measure. They talked on the subject with Mr. Tawney for a little while, but no hearing was had. Mr. Tawney expressed regret that thelr arguments could not be heard. ——_—_—__- 2+ Two Clerks the ‘The Commissioners’ Labor Bill. Senator Gallinger today, for Senator Me- Millan, reported favorably Senate bill 3008, authorizing the employment of day labor in the construction of certain municipal buildings and works in the District of Co- lumbia. a Request of the Committee. ‘The committee in change of the exercises attending the unveiling of the Hancock statue request that persons entitled to ad- mission to the grand stand take their seats before the arrival of the military proces- sion, which is expected to reach the statue at 2 o'clock. An acquiescence in this request will prevent confusion. —s Yachting on the Lakes. TOLEDO, Ohio, May 11.—Toledo has been selected as the point for the international yacht race between the Lake Michigan Yachting Club of Chicago and the Royal Canadian Club of Toronto. The champion- ship will go to the winner of three in five races, to be sailed August 2t and succeed- ing days. The city of Toledo puts up ¥ in gold for the winner. The event excites great Interest here, and Toledo will hold high festival on the occasion, ich will attract yachting men from al over North America. ees Greater New-York Bill Signed. ALBANY, N. Y., May 11.—Governor Mor- ton signed the Greater New York bill today. To Sell the Force Building. The Senate this afternoon passed the joint resolution {introduced by Mr. Lodge directing the Commissioners of the District to sell the property now occupied by the Force public school, on Massachusetts ave- nue between 17th and ISth streets, and to proceed to secure another site for the public ols now located in that building. Soo eae enagegeee tee hoolship Essex in Port. SOUTHAMPTON, England, May 11.—The United States schooiship Essex arrived here today and exchanged salwes with the ships and forts. The schoolship will re- main here for a fortnight. —_—___ Rallroading In Venezucia. From. the Indianapols News. Neither time nor space is left to tell of the great German railway to Valencia, a feat of neering and wild scenic grandeur un- equaled; running, not through mountain, as with us, but along with them, as if to give you every possibie vista of gorge, valley recipice and waterfall, often passing in ‘ent the same blood-c: ard Caracas, if you would avotd di fort, and pass through its hundred tunnels and over its two hundred bridges without being choked by smoke. In view of tha startling rise in values along this railway, from $%, two years ago, paid for an entire valley, now worth $100,000 in acreage of sugar and coffee, with no acres for sale, net- ting 19 per cent on $100,000, and bearing all the time three crops a year. Nor can I tell of the great feat of these Yankee German railroad bvilkiers in throw- ing a cable aeross an entire valley, from mountain to mountain, miles long, to swing across material,that railroad building might proceed from three points at once, and be finished ahead of time, instead of, as usual, behind time. +o+____ Resourcefal Children. From the Philadelphia Inquirer. Very early in life the child shows by many indications whether he ts to be a person with resources or without them. “What shall I do next?” Is a question familiar to mothers from small boys and girls, who look de- spairingly around their store of toys and games, all of which have lost their power to Interest and amuse. The child. who knows what to do next, and who is not dependent on mother or nurse for continual suggestion and stimulant, is the child who will probably carry through life a certain power of enter- taining and pleasing himself—a power well worth haying, well worth cultivating. ‘How the / Thos. Hynes. A FINAL REPORT Ford's Theater Disaster Commission Completes Its Labors. PULL LST OF THE AWARDS MADE Claims for Injuries Were Investigated. SENATORFAULKNER’S REPORT Very rearly three years ago, June 9, 1893, the old Ford Theater building on 10th street collapsed, killing over twenty people and more or less seriously injuring upward of a hundred others, all employes of the record and pension division of the War Departmer t. Last year Congress paid $105,000 to the heirs of twenty-one of the victims, who had lost their lives either immediately or directly as the result of the fall of the historic old structure. To- day Senator Faulkner presented to the Senate from the joint commission on that disaster the final report, accompanied by a bill providing for the payment of all re- maining claims, and also an amendment to the deficiency appropriation bill for the same purpose. It is expected that the e&mendment will be adopted, and if this is done the payments will be made immediate- ly. Amount Awarded. The lump sum appropriated for the claims for injuries is $144,800, and 1s diviced as follows: Thomas D. Anderson Frederick Achenbach. Jckn Baker. Ethelbert Baie! Alex. C, Black James S. Busselle Winfred Beck John C. Ballou. L. B. Bowman 8. S. Baker. C,H. Blis: P. G. Clark. J. F. Bixler. F. J. Calvert. Fdw. C. Carroll John F. Dunton George W. Davis George J. Drew John B. Dowd. Silas J. Dewey. Horace V. Easterling. Richard H. Gilliam George W. Green. Will Sm M. Grogan Thos. J. Griffith o. G. Garnett Wm. S. Gustin 2,500 700 2,000 ©. AL Harper. Jas. A. Howard Sami. N. Hilton Augustus Hubbell Isaac N. Hammer. Chas. F. Homer B. Ferman Housel Jas. G. Jones Wm. Jones. Milford M. Jarvis. Wellington Kregler. Chas. “A. Krause Wm. B. King. Clifton Lowe Frank F. Linden. Chas. Lucas. Wm. W. Lecture. Eugene Leger. Wm. Ludgate. Perey 8. Lowry. Denl. P. McCormack. ‘Theo. Morley. Chas. R. Miller. Cc. E. McLaughlin. John A. Miller John A. Magee. John J. Meding. Chas. S. McLaughlin. Simeon T. Neal. John EB. Nichol. B. J. O'Driscoll. John O'Neill Polk K. Pennington. Chas. H. Patterson Cc. M. Punteney. “has. L. Patten R. M. Patrick... Geo. T. Prewitt Seth V. Peck. Cassius C. Parker. Morton E. Rose Louis A. Rosafy. Wm. T. Richardson. Lloyd J. Smith.. Fountain F, Sams. Frank B. Smith. Edwin H. Spang. Jas. A. Stewart H. M. Shannon Robert A. Smith Chas. D. Shadbolt. Chas. J. Simm: Danl. K. Sarge: - George W. Smoot Peter U. Sommers. Jas. L. Taylor H. C. Thomas Francis W. Test. John H, Thomas. Smith Thompson. Wilson H. Thompson..... W. W. Valentine. Ja&. W. Webb. Nathan F. White. Nathaniel P. Worle: Rovert J. Walker. Arthur P. Whitney H. P. Willey Jas. A. White. W. L. H. Wright Albest G. Young. Three Death Claims. In addition to these amount, three death claims are included, at $5,000 each, making $15,000 in all, and bringing the grand total of the appropriation up to $159,800. These sums for deaths are to @e paid as follows: To Nina A. K.me, sole legatee of Arthur J. Kime, $5,000; to Mrs. Georgie R. Baid- win, sole legatee of David Henry Porter Brown, $5,000, and to Julia Muller, sole legate> of Wn. Schreiber, $5,000. Should any of the persons named die be- fore payment to the parties specified in the bill and amendment the Secretary of the Treasury is directed to pay the amounts allowed to the personal representatives of the persons so ‘lying. He is also directed ‘before paving over to the parties entitled to it the money allowed under the act to require them, in consideration of the amount allowed, to release, aScharge and free the United States from all claim, de- mand or damage by reason of any injuries received or losses sustained in the disaster. The Commission's Report. The report presented with the bill cites the law creating the joint commission, and after noting the appoiniment of Senators Harris, Faulkner, White, McMillan and Manderson, and Representatives Maddox, Brookshire, Piggott, Daniels and Upde- graff, continues: “The commission so ap- peinted have from time to time since the appointment carefully investigated the Ford Theater disaster and unanimously reached the conclusion that by reason of the fact that In the contract for removing the un- derpinning of said building no provision whatever for shoring up the building dur- ing the excavation was made, and the fact that no provision was made for expert superintendence, the building at that time containing about 500 government clerks, that in equity and justice the government should compensate the sufferers in that cisaster for the Injuries sustained by them. The commission have also, after reaching this conclusion, investigated each individual case. “The commission has taken evidence in each individual case, and made a typewrit- ten abstract thereof, thus reducing that which scemed material to the smallest compass. These abstracts in alphabetical order are appended to this report, and the commission find that in equity and justice the government should appropriate and pay to the several parties mentioned the respective sums set opposite the name as a compensation for the injuries sustained by them in the disaster. During the present Congress three additional death claims have beea made, which have been exam- ined by the commission, and the commis- sion find that in equity and justice the gov- ernment shculd mzke compensation in these three cages, believing their deaths to have teen caused by the disaster.” The survivors of the fall of the building who are named in the bill and amendment number 105, and the death claims in all adjudicated aggregate 24, making a total of 129 claims getiled by the commission. Thus th? injury allowances reported to- day average $1,379, running from one at $50 to one at $5,000, the latter figure having been chosen as-the.proper amount to pay for tote] disability as well as dtath. a SIX SCHOLARSHIPS Another Erilene of the Generosity of the Oolusgbian University. College Door’ Thrown Open to Quali- fled Hi, School Stndents of Both Sexes. The ambitious students who compose the graduating classes in the Washington High Schools are looking forward with eager interest to the approachin® examinations for the six scholarships in the Columbian College which are to be awarded this and eack succeeding year to the members of those classes and will be divided among those classes in proportion to the number of pupils in attendance on each. Three scholarships will be awarded to male and three to female students, and the awards will be based on competitive examina- tion. In no case, however, will a scholar- ship be awarded to a candidate whose ex- amination average is below 80 per cent. The scholarship will be open only to such students as shall, upon entering the Co- lumbian College, pursue the full course, classical or scientific, which takes four years. The candidates this year will be exam- ined at the university building May 28 and 2). The schedule for the examinations will be as follows: May 28, 9:00 to 10:30 a.m., English; 10:30 a.m. to 12:00 m., Latin, trigonometr, 0 p.m., Greek, solid geometry; 2:00 to 340 p.m., French, chemistry. May 29—9:00 to 10:30 a.m., German; a.m. to 12:00 m., physics; 12:30 to 2:00 p.m., algebra; 2:00 to 3:30 p.m., plane geometry. The division of the scholarships among the various high schools will not deprive any of them of scholarships. The Central High School by reascn of its greater num- ber of scholars and its higher curriculum will probably secure the majority of the scholarships, but even if but one scholar enters from each of the others an] passes above 80” per cent, each will receive a scholarship. The granting of the scholar- ships, which are in addition to the Kendall scholarship, means that the Columbian University ‘propcses to encourage Wash- ington youth in the public schools by gi ing away thirty years of tuition each yea! the six High chool scholarships repre senting twent, ur years, while the Ken- dall ts for six years. —_ FOR THE KREGLO LY. Subscriptions for Its Benefit Continue to Be Received. The tickets for the Kreglo benefit, which is to take place at Allen's Grand Opera House rext Saturday, are being sold right and left, and whenever a ticket has been presented it has generally been followed by a settlement In cold, hard cash for the re- Nef of the unfortunate family. Mr. Allen donated the use of his theater when the benefit was first thought of, and Mr. Harry Park and Mt. Byron S. Adams signified thelr willingness to do the printing. The talent who will participate are capable of giving a concert that would draw a crowd even though it were not for the object in hand, and there is every indication that the people of Washington w pond just as nobly to this as they have do: in the past to every other charity that come to their attention. Those who will take bart in the evening's entertainment are Prof. Rhodes, violinist; Miss Gertrude Ravenburg, pianist; the Madrid Mandolin and Guitar Quartet, Harry Parks, the H- cyclist, Miss Rhodes, elocutionist, and oth- ers, Whose names weil known to every resident of Washington. Subscriptions at The Star Office. The following subscriptions for the hen- efit of the Kreglo tamily have been re- ceived at The Star office: Heretofor $37.45 J. 18) BO T. R. Davi 50 Cash .. Fa) ympathy 1.00 - 2s 10.00 J. M. 50 Cigars 1.75 K. Anderson . 2.00 AL B.C. 1.00 Nauck & Nauck. 2.00 Total.. 7.20 Mrs, Harry 8. Jones, jr, writes to The Star to say that she turned over to the Kreglo family Sunday the sum of $22 she had collected In a very few hours. eee A Seandal in the Senate. From the New Yerk Times. WASHINGTON, May 10.—There appears to be danrer that the hcncrable the Senate j of the United States ts about to be put to an imprcper use in spite of itself. From many conversations with Senators it is ascertained that there is a strong vic- tion In the Senate that the clause in the river and harbor appropriation bill pro- viding for the improvement of Santa Monica, it.stead of San Pedro, as the har- bor of Los Angeles, Cal., has been adyanc- ed by selfish motives and strengthened by the exercise of “forbidden and abhorrent forces,” and that, do what they will, the Senators who krow this feel that they will be unable to vote against the harbor which Senator White seys is to be improved at the demand and for the benefit of Mr. Hur tington. It is reclly too bad alcut the Senate. This Santa Monica question begins to op- press the honorable body like a scandal. Senators who feel that they ought to have greater moral strength and who are on the point of crying alcud to be prevented from voting for a thing they are convinced is wrong go about whimpering to acquaint- ances out of the Senate that the lobbyists of the Senta Monica improvement’ swarm in the Senate lobbies and committee rooms, and even invade the Senate corridor and marble room, in defiance of the stiff rules of the Senate, to buttonhole Senators who haye not been won to the support of Mr. I{untington’s plans to get the government to spend nearly $3,000,000 to provide him with terminal facilities for the Southern Pacific railroad, when the government en- gineers have reported against the f!mprove- ment preferred by Mr. Huntington and in favor of San Pedro. If Senators really were vexed by the tn- vasion of the Senate marble room by lob- byists—all of them as femiliar objects as the clock of the Serate—they know that there really is no occasion to invoke the aid of the newspapers to clear out the lob- byists. A peremptory order to Col. Bright, the serge: nt-at-arms, by any one Senator would secure’ the exclusion for an indefinite time of lobbyists, even from the outer halls of the Ser ate, if it was considered desira- ble to so exclude them. The sergeant-at- arms is a man of nerve, and he has no fears of Igbbytsta. ——_+ e+ ___ Kipling asd His Brother-in-Law. Saturday Rudyard Kipling had his broth- er-in-law, Beatty 'Balestier,arrested at Brat- tleboro, Vt., on the charge of threatening to do him persqnal damage. Balestler had Feard it said Kipling had helped him finan- cially, and, meeting the jungle story writer in the road, told-him he would give him a week in which to, deny the report, and if by that time he,@ild not, he should proceed to whip him. Balestier was put under bonds to keep the peace, but could not furnish ball, Kipling offered to furnish the bond, but Balestier refurced. Beatty has been a sort of pet of the Bale- stier family, and there is reason for say- ing that Rudyard Kipling has also been ex- ceedingly kind to the young man. Well-au- thenticated reports say that Mr. Kipling has assisted his brother-in-law to the ex- tent of $1,500, and perhaps to a considerably larger amount, but this Beatty emphatically denies. Kipling has frown in popular favor in Brattleboro. The tI-feeling excited by hia earlfest syndicated newspaper story from that section, describing some af the pecu- Narities of the villagers, has worn away, and he is now widely respected. On the other hand, Kibling has been taught by his knowl- edge of men to respect hundreds of the peo- ple of Brattleboro, who have the sturdy vir- tues of the New Englanders. FORD PLEADS GUILTY His Trial Will Take Place Next Monday. ae COUNSEL TOBE ASSIGNED Trying to Fasten Other Crimes on Elsie Kreglo's Murderer. HE MEETS HIS WIFE ———— As predicted in The Star of Friday last would be the case, Irving Ford, the ne- gro brute who killed Elsie M. A. Kreglo last Monday afternoon, was this afternoon indicted for the murder, and then ar- raigned immediately before Judge Cole, in Criminal Court No. 1, before whom he will be tried next Monday. The prisoner pleaded guilty, but as indi- cated in The Star Saturday, Judge Cole re- fused to accept the plea, directing the clerk to enter a plea of not guilty. The judge also informed Ford that he would later in the day assign him one or more counsel, and then at the svggestion of Dis- trict Attorney Birney, Judge Cole set the case down for trial before him on Monday next, The witnesses in the case, including May- or Burleigh of Harper's Ferry, the man who captured Ford; the members of the Kreglo family, Detectives Weedon and Horne, and several others, were examined by the grand jury early in the day, and an indictment was soon agreed upon. The news of the return of the indictment, which was presented in court shortly after 2 o'clock, soon spread about the city hall, and when Ford, escorted by four or five bailiffs brought Into the court reom about 2 o'clock, a dozen or so spectators were present. Clerk Smith at once read the indictment and at ifs conclusicn asked: “How say you, Ford, wre you guilty or not guilty?” The wretch hesitated for a moment, and then, with a sigh, exclaimed: “Well, boss, I'm guilty.” “In view of the gravity of the charge, your honor,” said District Attorney Bir- n “I suggest that a plea of not guilty be entered. Yes.” replied Judge Cole, “I would pre- fer not to impose sentence on such a plea and charge, and the clerk will enter a plea of not guilty. ‘That was done, end then Judge Cole said he would assign counsel to defend Ford, who stated that he had no lawyer. Mr. Birney asked the court to set the case dcwn for trial before him Monday morning next. “I see no reason why the case should not be tried then, and the case be tried that day,” replied the judge. Ford was taken back to jail, and Judge Cole sent for Attorney Jcseph’ Shillington asking him to defend Ford. Mr. Shilling- ton promised to give a definite answer to- morrow morning. He will likely e the assignment because of his regard for the court's wishes, and Attorney Phillip Wal- ker will also probably be asked to assist in t man’s defense, The detectives have by no means aban- doned the {dea that Irving Ford, the con- fessed murderer cf sie Kreglo, is also the slayer of John Wesley Hall, the colored shoemaker who wzs so brutaliy murdered in his shop on the 7th cf last month, but they are still endeavoring to ascertain whether or not Ford actually committed that crime. So far as Fcrd is concerned, in emphatic denial that he manner implicated in the hor- ir, in which robbery may have been the motive. There is ar old silver ch missing from the shop of the hunch- back <hoemaker, but the watch found wher» Ford had disposed of it proved to he a timepiece other thar that taken from Hall's shop. Mr. Prather, an essociate of Hall, saw the watch at police headquar- ters, and he was positive that it had nevet belonged to his friend, who was so foully dealt with. Ford's genial of this crime did not satisfy the officers that he did not commit it, for he had made several denials of the Kroglo murder befcre he finally con- cluded to confess, and then he had to make several efforts before the full story was told. When it was first suspected that Ford may huve committed this other murder he was questioned about the watch and said he kad bought it from some unknown man for 50 cents. This in itself seemed a little doubtful, but Ford insisted that it was in this way that he had gotten the time- piece, which he afterward traded for a rifle. The prisoner ev21 went so far as to deny that he knew or had ever heard of Hall or knew of such a murder having been committed. But during the course of the investigation Detectives Horne and Weedon learned from M. J. BHoteler, on whose farm the Fords lived, that he (Ford) had told him of the murder, and said he could have seen the dead man, but he did not like to look at dead bodies. When confronted witn this statement later on Ford changed his story and ad- mitted that he not only knew of the mur- der, but he also knew Hall and had been in his shop. At the time of the murder he (Ford) was living at the home of his sis- ter, Mrs. Walker, on 12th_ street, only about three squares from where Hall was murdered. He does not give a good ac- count of his whereabouts on the night of the Hall murder. What the officers regard as a suspicious circumstance in this investigation is the fact that the light trousers) which Ford wore at the time of his arrest had a num- ber of blood stains upon them. These trousers he did not wear when he com- mitted the Kreglo crime, and the blood stains on them were dry as if they had been there for some time. How he got these stains on the trousers he has not yet explained. Thus far the officers are able to locate him not far from the scene of the Hall murder the night the crime was committed. They have the blood-stained trousers and his conflicting stories. Meets His Wife. Mrs. Lizzie Ford, the prisoner's wife, came in from her home in the country this morn- ing, and called at the jail to see her husband. The meeting was not particularly affec Lizzie had her fourteen-months-old bal with her, and Mrs. Walker, the prisoner's sister, was also with her. He was glad to see Lizzie and the baby, but the meeting did not cause him to shed any tears. He was mcre anxious about his personal comfort just at that time than he was about the wife and child about whom he has pretended to care so much since his arrest. The wife w much more affected than was her ‘husband, She seemed to overlook the terrible deed and his unfaithfulness to her, and talked to tim as she had taiked before he got in the trouble which will no doubt be his last trouble on this earth. “I want some clothes,” he said to her. “These don’t look nice.” And, in addition to exhibiting his vanity in this way, he also asked for one of the pictures the officere had taken of him. He feared the picture would not do him justice, for when it was taken, he said to his wife, he was not him- self, but was very much worried. And for fear the photograph fs not a good one, he js desirous of having another sitting. He wants one taken when he looks better, was what his wife said to the officers. During the interview between husband and wife the former told of the visit of the police in connection with the watch, and said he thought they were endeavoring to put that crime upon him. Ue told her that he was innocent of that crime, and said he had confessed to all he had really done, and he didn't want anything put on him that he had not done. When ;he left the jail he asked her to call again, and she says she will return later in the week. ‘Tho officers questioned her in the city hall about the murder of Hall, but she said she thought he was innocent of that mur- der. If he had committed it, she said, he had never told her about it, and she was unable to account for the blood stains on the light trousers. She repeaied to the officers the claim that she knew nothing of the murder of Miss Kreglo untll the offi- cers came to the house, and not until her visit to the jail today did he tell her that he had committed the crime. Another Charge. Inspector Hollinberger received informa- tion from the police today that Ford had killed a man {n North Carolina before he came here. This information came from Walter Ford, a brother of the prisoner. He is at present confined in the reform school, and it is said that his mind is not exactly right. The prisoner's wife when told of this statement said she had never heard of it before. If he killed anybody in North Carolina it was before she mar- ried him. > ee | DISTRICT GOVERNMENT. Adverse Report. Adverse report is made by the Commis- sioners upon the proposed amendment to House bill 5210, which proposese the repay- ment of one-half of the amount paid by persons who have had artificial stone or granolithic pavements made in front of their premises. Railroads Complained Of. At the morning session of the board of Commissioners today the Commissioners gave an audience to the railroad commit- tee of the South Washington Citizens’ As- sociation. The committee presented two grievances. First, it wanted to know why the Anacostia railroad had abandoned that part of its route between 2d street and the 7th street wharf. For several months not a car had been run over this part of the route, and the patrons of the road were much inconvenienced thereby. The route was an important one, said the citizens, and there was no good reason why Presi- dent Griswold should be allowed to violate his charter obligations. The Commission- srs replied that they had sought by the assage of a bill to get authority to en- ‘orce charter obligations, but the bill up to this time had failed to become a law. With this bill a law, it would be an easy task for the authorities to impose fines for vio- lations of charters, and compel the rail- roads to live up to their charters more strictly. The committee then called attention to the practice of the Pennsylvania railroad in switching its trains and cars on Virginia evenue to the detriment of the public crossing the tracks. Virginia avenue at 4% street was constantly blocked by shift- ing trains, and it was no unusual sight to see twenty-five teams waiting to get across. This constant shifting of trains was a great nuisance. The through trains made no delays. It took them scarcely half a minute to pass that street. It was the shifting from one track to another and the making up of trains that caused the nui- sance. The Commissioners promised to look into the matter and communicate with the rail- road people to see if anything could be done to remedy the nuisance. The committee was composed of J. B. Prout, chairman, and Andrew Archie. ——— LIVED WITHOUT A BRAIN. Paradox Who Has Been a Mystery to Physicians. From the Wilkesbarre Reco-d. A Williamsport man has surprised the scientists by living for years without a brain. John Bly, aged twenty years, who ated recently, had suffered for a long time with a tumor, which grew into the very base of the brain and occasioned his death. The growth had a visible effect upon his brain, and the case became a curlosity to the medical profession. The tumor was im- bedded too deeply into the brain tissue to admit of an operation. It was found that the tumor was nearly as large asa billiard ball. It was so located as to demoralize the nerves of the sight center, and, as a consequence, young Bly was blind for over three years. It was developed at the autopsy that the entire brain had been holiowed out by the action of the tumor. The cavity vas at least five inches In length and was filled with pus. All that was left of the brain was a thin shell, composed of the tougher tissues, which were less susceptible to the process of decay. When an incision was made in the shell the whole mass collapsed The circumstance which made the cas: almost unprecedented in the annals of medical science was the manner in which the patient retained his rationality and faculties under the circumstances. the senses of touch, taste, hearing and smell, had very tolerable contro! of his locomotor muscles, could talk, and, in fact, Was comparatively Jiscommoded in no other way than by he loss of vision. His retention of memory was remarkable. He was able to memorize poems up to within two weeks of his death. e+ -__ N A TELEPHONE EXCHANGE. Created Considerable Excitement Before He Was Captured. From the San Francisco Examiner, A plain, ordinary, mischievous mouse had more fun with the telephone service of the elty and the Sunset connections for about ten minutes last night than could have been bought for heaps of nickels. The young ladies who answer hellos and make wrong switches did not recover their com- posure for some time. The mouse first peeped through a crack under the switchboard in the Sunset room. His lttle black, beady eyes glittered mis- chievously for a moment and then he started on a scamper across the room. He had only gone a few feet when there was a screech from the young lady near- est him. The girl next to her took up the scream and made a rush for the man- eger’s desk. The other girls, one by one, joined in the chorus and sought places beyond the reach of the frightened animal. The bells went unheeded, and in the midst of the excite- ment the janitor rushed to the rescue. At his appearance the mouse fled. For a few moments all was serene again, and then came a scream from one of the young ladies at the local switchboard. In a few seconds the score or so of girls in that room were screaming in chorus and balancing themselves on convenient perch- es. The mouse in its excitement sought a place of refuge in a corner, and there the janitor had it at his mercy. As its body was carried out the girls resumed their places, but the answering hellos had an pene. of the scream in them for over an jour. MOUS! From the Lewiston Journal. Bar Harbor, the home of the famous bull wrestler, has produced another Sam- son, Dr. F. C. Ames, whoshas been enter- taining the Bangor folks with such feats as bending gas pipe and iron bars, and finally wound up the exhibition by lifting three men, whose combined weight was 525 pounds, and walking about the room with them as easily as an ordinary man would carry a basket of feathers. The heaviest of them, weighing 230 pounds, was perched on his shoulders, while he carried the other two, weighing 145 and 150, respectively, in his arms. In the Penobscot exchange he lifted a load of 500 pounds and carried it around the room with ease. This feat was wit- nessed by several well-known men. Last inter in Bar Harbor he lifted a load of 775 pounds. The most remarkable feature of this physical wonder is that Dr. Ames was a weak man and a wreck from disease ten years ago, but by dint of careful train: ing he has developed his muscles and body, until today he is a perfect ciant. Therein is how he beats Sardow and the other giants of these days. —_-+0+___ Grain and Cotton Markets. Furnished by W. B. Hibbs & Co., 1421 F street, members New York stock exchange, correspondents Messrs. Ladenburg, Thal- mann & Co., New York GRAIN. ‘Open. High. Low. Close. 6s bs 65) 20) 31 5 T2a | 357 457 4la2 4.720 4.77 4.00 4. 4:15 4120 Low. Close. 7.98 8.10 796 8.12 Teo 813 September: T4878 Baltimore Markets. BALTIMORE, May 11.—Flonr_dull, unchanged— receipts, 8,254 barrels: wales, 150 barrel dull and lower—spot, 6944; nionth, §S!a65 and July, 68a68i4—receipis, 43,838 bushels 315,176 bushels—southern wheat by sample, . on grade, 69a72. Corn easy 3 26'(43544; July, 354 receipts, 75,185 bushe sales, ‘44,000 _ busbels— White corn, 36; ‘do. yellow, No, 2 white western, 254226; 24g bid—recetpts, 16,518 bushels; stock, 120,803 bush- Rye quiet but firm—No. 2, 41942 nearb 44 western—receipts, 16,513 bushels; stock, 120, bushels. Hay quiet tut steady—cholce ‘tiinoihy, $17.000$17.50. Grain freights qulet—steam to Liv. erpool per bushel, 24.224. June; Cork for ordre Der quarter, 28.744. May, 289d. June. ‘Suzar steady—granulated, 5.45 per 100 pounds. Rutter firm—fancy creamery, 16a17; do. imitation, 13414; do. ladle, 12; good ladle, 10a11; store packed, Sald. 0,503 Eggs steady—fresh, 9%. Cheese si —fane; New York. "00. pounds, Toualotss dor 35 pounds, it 1. per gallon for finished iper gallon for Jobbing x 1. Wh 1.8001.81 free car ids; sta ae } | He had | nd’ month, | FINANCE AND TRADE Fears of Trouble With Spain De- press Values. MODERATE . SELLING BY LONDON Political Outlook to Be More Prom: inent in Speculation. GENERAL MARKET REPORTS - Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. NEW YORK, May 11.—Valucs were unfa- vorably influenced this morning by fears of complications with Spain growing out of the findings of the court-martial in the case of the recently captured crew of the Competitor. London sold moderately on this account, and inspired a similar move- ment on, the part of the local room ele- ment. Concessions ranging from % to 1 per cent resulted from the first hour’s trading, but were regained on the announcement th. the matters in dispute would be diverted into diplomatic channels, thus eliminating all fears of hasty action on the part of the Spanish authcrities. The political outlook is not being urged as a factor, as was the case last week. but is not likely to remain long in the back- ground. The money plank of the new plat- form will be awaited with more than usual interest In financial circles and will find immediate reflection in values. Belief in a strong Indorserent of sound money, once the nomination is secure, is doing much to overcome the silver attitude adopted for the benefit of western delegates The engagement of over two millions gold for export by tomorrow's steamers and the provable continuation of the outflow dur- ing the week prevented any important un- dertakings in the long account. Foreign houses predicted a decrease in shipments by comparison with the move- ment of the last ten days, but the later demand for coin makes the fulfillment of this prophecy doubtful. The tr: ment ix alone affected by gold shi this season of the year. The movement too well recognized as an incident of season to force liquidation by investors. Rumors of an agreement to adjourn Con- gress on the Sth of June were favorably ed, the industrial lst in partic leing responsive to this desirable ir gence, The volume of business is un Froved, and there is little indication of any immediate extension of the demand. The pericd between now and the middie of June is likely to be marked by a series of pr sional movements based on to the many important matt the verge of settlement. While t final result seems to be assured, the is the it rowness of the present market’ makes possible to force fractional profits from Loth accounts. The railroad Met, particularly the Grancer shares, attracts moderate buying on co sions, but, unfortun. stability of prices, such purch ly specu- lative. The ind markably well, considering the character «ral market, and there ts app abatement of confidence in ar the upward movenent in th There is very little in the pres gen- y no on of tion to invite participation on the part of the general public, and until this condition is changed nothing important is likely to develop. The demand for money for bus!- ness es is encouraging, and promises on. Commis- sion hous: the actual adjoura- ment of ¢ to be a necessary tion precedent to a return of publi in speculation. Narrowness is, the likely to prevail during the bala Month, and fractional changes will in all probability mark the extent of the daily fluctuations, During this time the long ao- count seems likely to be least favor —- FINANCIAL AND COMMERICIAL. The following are the opening, the highest and the lowest and the closing prices of tne New York stock market today, as reported by Corson & Macartney, members New York steck exchange. Correspondents Messrs, Moore & Schley, No. 80 Broacway. Open. igh. . 23 193 108 108 o- 13% Last. American Sugar. American Sngar, Balto. & Ohio. Canada Southern Canada Pacific, chicago, B. & Q Chic. & North Chicago Gas, C CM. & St. Pauli. 7 CM. & St Paul, Pid Chic, RT & Paciti Del, Lack. & W Delaware & Hui Den. & R. Grande, P' Dis. & Cattle Feeding. 15 General Electric, 243g Minois Central patos Lake 14946 Erie .. - lthy Louisville & Nashville.. 49% Long Island Traction... Metropolitan Traction... 107% Manhattan Elevated... 1074 Michigan Central. % Missouri Pacife. National Lead C National Lead Co. S. Leather, Pri w Jersey Central ‘w York Central &N. Eng. Cis N.Y.C. & St. Louis Northern Pacific. Northern Pacitic, North Amer Ont. & Wester Pacific Mail Pullman Pi ©o.... Southern Ratlway, Pfd. la. Traction, . Wabash, Pid. Wheeling & L. Erie... Wheeling & L. Erie, Sia Westera Union Tel. . Silve - Washington s Sales—reeular call—12_ o'cloe $600 at 10, Metropolita District Sat vy 10 at 129; 10 ‘at 123 Government Bonds.—U bid, 10% asked. U. S. 4s, 2 ands, . gold, 110 hid 108 Wa urrency, 112 bid. on Railroad Railroad 6s, 11 spans Bs, cs Gas Company Gas Cou Light cony Tele 109 id, 14 asked. Colun Washington id, 1i#ty asked, 10 a8 Washin, ay Chem 100 bid, 108 Auperican 2 as 100 bid. An Y., 100" bid. 10S bid. conltatae rere nad nko. West End, Uncolm, . 110 “posit and Deposit and ‘Trust, 1 and Trust, 121 bid, 1 and Trust, 141 bid, Deposit, 30 bid. orks.—Cay ae ¢ Light Stocks. Washinzton Gi : "Georgetown Gas, 40 Md, 50 asked. Um Hlectric Light, 118 bid, 118t, asked. ee an oar Tnsurance ovks.—Firesmen's, 3 4bid. 38 bid. Metropolitan, 75 oid. | Corcoran Potomac, 5 bid. Arlin: Sid. American, 178 bid. ational Union, lumbia, az = Rig ee oo = ‘ incon, 7% bid, Sig mked: Commercial, on eu tocks.—Real Exiate ‘Title, tle, 5% bid. Washi tle, Tiy Did, 10 aske yivania, 38 bid, iT Wid." American « ‘Telephon a Chesapeake and 1’ aphone, omar, 6,bid, 6% asked.” Pocumatic Gun Oar 25 naked. Miscellaneous Stocks. — Mergenthaler Linot, 129 bid, "180 asked. Tanston Monotype, T pe asked. ‘Washington Marke’ Ice, 120 bid, 180 asked. 18 Did. Great Hall, 00 asked