Evening Star Newspaper, May 16, 1896, Page 2

__ THE? #VENING STAR, SATURDAY, MAY 16, 1896—-TWENTY-FOUR PAGES. LATE NEWS BY WIRE The Methodist Conference Resumes i Balloting for a Bishop. ENTHUSIASM CAUSED BY M'KINLEY He Holds a Reception During the Recess. GREETED BY THE DELEGATES ee CLEVELAND, Ohio, May 16.—When the M. E. general conference was called to order this morning the third ballot for bishop was announced, amidst intense exeitement. The vote was taken yesterday afternoon, and its result was a secret until this morning, when it was made public. It showed that 510 votes had been cast. Three hundred and forty were necessary to a choice. The fol- lowing six candidates lead: C. C. McCable, 252; Earl Cra H. A. Buttz, Neely, 42. No sooner had the result been announced than a fourth was ordered. It required the tellers nearly two hours to count the vote. It showed that 2 votes were cast Three hun- ferty votes were ‘ieces The vote on the first stood as follows: C. C. 3 Sarl Cranston, 214; . R. Hamilton, 141; J. W. E. Bowen, 109. A fifth ballot was ordered. and that no choice was made. dred and a choice. didates ‘There are two bishops to be elected. ‘The 512 votes which were cast on the fourth ballot indicate the vote for one biszop only andin reality represent 1,024 votes. The ap- parent discrepancy of only 512 votes being atnounced caused some confusicn when in the report of the ballots it was shown that over 1,000 ballots had actually keen cast. This explanation w made by a prom- inent delegate to the satisfaction of the conference. While the vote was being counted the regular order was taken up. The death of Dr. J. W. Reed of New York was announced, and a committee on resolutions was appoint- ed. Rev. Wm. J. Martindale of Kansas pre- sented a memorial requesting Congress to prohibit the licensing of the sale of liquor in states where prohibition is in effect. It was adopted and ordered sent. The routine proceedings were Interrupted by a great applause near the door, and a shert man was seen ascending the stage. As he turned to the audience it was seen the man waa Major William M. McKinley, and the applause was deafe Joyce presented him and the with handk hiefs. Three times the ap- plause died away and three times was it renewed. Dr. Kynett wanted to take a recess at but the motion was defeated and the was continued. The regular re- cess was made fifteen minutes instead of . and nearly every delegate in the house ess the chair announced the next baliot. It resulted in no choice, but re- led some remarkable surprises. The © on the six leading candidates was as '; Earl Cranston, ilton, 1: FRED TAFT DROWNED Brave Effert at Rescue by Policeman Phil Browne, This afternoon a few minutes before 1 o'clock there was an exciting scene and sad fatality on the ri front at what is known a3 the little basin, near the bathing beach. Fred Taft, sixteen years old, whose parents live at 429 Ist street northeast, was in swimming with a party of companions, and there was an exciting scene when he called “Help,” and went beneath the sur- face of the water. There were several com- panions in the party, most of them pupils of. the Blake school, and during the day’s enjoyment about the river some one in the dared young Taft to swim across the n and back. “Tcan do it,” said the plucky fellow, “and I'm not afraid to try it. He was as good as his word. He was not fraid to try it, and plunging into the cold ater boldly struck cut in the direction of the other side of the basin. In a short while he was safe and sound on the other side, and when he reached the shallow wa- ter he stood and called across the basin to let his companions know that he had partly succeeded. Without waiting many minutes to rest himself he feturned to the deep water and started back In the direction of those whom he had left on the shore to welcome him upon his return. His stroke was as steady as it had been on the outward trip, but soon the youthful swimmer noticed that there was something the matter. The water had probably chill- ed him so that he was losing the use of but he continued to do his best, and it was rot until he was within fifteen or twenty feet of the shore that he realized that he was giving out and would need assis don’t think I can make it,” he called hose on shore, and the next instant he cried for help. Then he sank beneath the surface, and all his companions could see of him were his feet. Save him,” shouted one after another of his companions, and two of them, Jo- seph Demar and Frank Pugh, jumped in > water and went toward him. When got in reaching distance they saw et, and might have rescued him, but they feared he would drag water, and so they return around to the bathing t liceman Philip Browne found, and he soon made his way to the spot, and, diving, had the youth out of the water. A quick trip was made to the Emergency Hospital and a half dozen physicians work- ed over the body for an hour and a half before they would give up in their attempts to bring !im to. It was the general opin- fon, however, that life was extinct before the body was brought to the surface. Policemar. Browne was warmly congratu- lated on Lis pluck and heroism, for it was not an easy task to dive in such a place, where there was every chance of being caught among the submerged timbers. —_—_ DISTRICT IN CON @RESS. Against the Vivixection Bill. Senator Gallinger today presented a se- ries of resolutions adupted by the Amer- ican Medical Association, protesting against the passage of the bill regulating vivisection. The Probate of Wilis, Senator Gallinger today, for Senator Mc- Millan, introduced a bill prepared by Chief Justice Bingham of the Supreme Court of the District, regulating the probate of wills. Rate for Unskilled Labor. Mr. Southwick has introduced a bill in the House providing that the smallest rate for unskilled manual labor shall be $1.50 for eight hours’ work. To Prevent Contagious Diseases. Mr. Babcock has introduced in the House the bill of the Commissioners to prevent the spread of contagious diseases. A Statue of Gen. Grant. Mr. Heiner of Pennsylvania has intro- duced a bill in the House appropriating $500,000 for the erection of a statue of Gen. Grant in Washington. ——_-e- Powderly Secures a Verdict. A jury in court of common pleas No. 2 at Philadelphia yesterday rendered a ver- dict for $4,225.73 In faver of Terrence V. Powderly, ex-general master workman of the Knigrts of Labor, in his suit Against the order for unpaid salary, amounting to $8,818.11 «nd interest. The verdict repre- gents the full amount claimed. The de- fense asked for a non-suit, on the ground that the action shculd never have been brought Inio court; that it had never been tried before the tribunal of the organiza- jlon—the general assembly. BONA-FIDE CIRCULATION. A reference to the statement be- Jow will show that the eirculation sworn to is a bona fide one, it ‘is easily possible for. a.newsr paper with an elastic conscience to swell its legitimate circulatiom enor mously, in order to deceive adver tisers, by sending out thousands of papers to newsstaads, which are re- turnable, and which are In fact re- turned, but nevertheless are in- cluded in what purports to be an honest statement of circulation. Intelligent advertisers, however, judge by results, and bogus circula- tions don’t give them. z = The family circulation of The Star is many thousands in excess of any other Washington paper and ts be- lieved to be fully five times that of our afternoon contemporary. Circulation of The “Evening Star.” SATURDAY, May 9, 1896. MONDAY, May 11, 1896. TUESDAY, May 12, 1596. WEDNESDAY, May 13, 1896. THURSDAY, May 14, 1896. FRIDAY, May 15, 1996. Daily average. d 1 solemnly awear that the above statement rep- Tesents only the number of copies of THE EVEN- ING Star circulated during the six secular days end= ing Friday, May 15, 1896—that 1s, the num- ber of copies actually wold, delivered, furnished or mailed, for valuable consideration, to bona fide purchasers or subscribers, and that none of the copies so couated are returnable to or remain in the office unsold. J. WHIT. HERRON, Cashier Evening Star Newspaper Co. Subscribed and sworn to before me this sixteenth day of May, A. D. 1896. JOHN C. ATHEY, Notary Public, D. C. A PUBLIC A. PA MEETING Leaders in the Order Talk at Center Market Hall. Principles of the Order Set Forth—A Reply Made to Senator Gib- son’s Criticisms. It is estimated that there were about 2,000 people present at the A. P. A. mass meeting at Center Market Hall last night. It was the first public meeting of the order held in this city, and the attendance was somewhat of a surprise. The entire audi- ence seemed to have been made up of friends and members of the order and the enthu- siasm and applause were unbounded. Local A. P. A. men present expressed themselves pleased at the success of the meeting, say- ing it would add many members to the or- Ger in this city, and would strengthen the order in all respects. ‘The singing was led by Rev. W. W. Dun- mire of Pennsylvania, the composer of the songs on the program. The songs, which were sold at three for 5 cents, and were freely bought, set forth in rhyme the avowed sentiments of the order. “The Little Red School House,” sung to the tune of “The Old Oaken Bucket,” was one of the songs which inspired enthu- siasm. ‘The proceedings were opened with prayer by Rev. Mr. Hatton of Pennsylvania. Judge Stone of Kansas City, Mo., was introduc as chairman. In his remarks he said that this meeting was held under the auspices of the A. P- A. councils of Washington. It was the first public meeting the order had held here, and it showed that the A. P. A. was making progress and was gaining con- fidence when it could “hold such a rousing open meeting in the capital of the coun- try.” ‘Then the speaker attacked the Cath- clic Church, and in the course of his re- marks said: “We will elect as the next President a man who will not obey the dictates of Mgr. Satolli. We intend that no foreign government shall encroach any further than it has. We will put a man in the President's chair who will say to the pope: ‘We want none of your interfer- ence.’ Object of the A. P. At the conclusion of his remarks Chair- man Stone introduced Judge Jackson cf Texas, who was loudly applauded. He is the supreme vice president of the A. P. A. Judge Jackson said that the A. P. A. is not without an object, and that it did not propose that its object should be thwarted. He recited as the chief objects of the order, restriction of immigration, the maintenance of the free public school system of the country and the complete separation uf church and state. At the conclusion of his remarks Judge Jackson was presented by the chairman with a large floral piece, on behalf of the A. P. A.’s of Washington. Talking of Senator Gibson. Col. C. C. Bradshaw of Montana was next introduced. He talked on free schools as the patriot-making institutions of this coun- try. Any boy, he said, could aspire to be President, even if he could not be a great duck hunter. Col. Bradshaw next paid his respects to Senator Gibson of Maryland. He did not mention the Senator’s name, but his allusions were plain. He said the A. P. A. would throw back the insinuations of the Senator, and would inform him that the order could not be driven from its con- vietions. ‘“‘We despise the man who makes these utterances,” he said, “but we defy him. We will not abuse him, because we do not believe in abuse. We simply say that we defy him.” The speaker spoke briefly of the purposes of the A. P. A. W. E. Shinn, state organizer of New York, spoke for a short time. He recited some of his experiences as an organizer, saying that he had had plenty of eggs thrown at him on several occasions. E. H. Dunbar of Boston, supreme secre- tary of state, who was next on the pro- gram, referred to himself as a bean eater. “Political corruption took away the fran- chise from the citizens of the District of Columbia, and the A. P. A. will see that everybody in this country will vote.’ The best friend of the people of this ‘country, he claimed, was the A. P. A. He asserted that the A. P. A. was rot organized to fight the Catholic religion, but to take this government out of the hands of the Catholic Church. Joseph Waldrop of California, next in- troduced by,Chairman Story, opened Ly at- tacking the Marquette statue. ‘hai, he said, must go. There were, he said, one hundred men in the House who would vote the sentiments of the A. P. A. Chairman Stone, saying the A. 2. A. knew no nationality and no color, intro- duced Thomas H. Hinson, colored, of Ohio, the only colored delegate to the supreme council. Hinson was warmly received. He cecmpared the Roman Catholic Church ‘to Goliath, and said the A. P. A. was David. He asked the colored people present to or- ganize councils in Washington. He was glad, he said, that he had found one col- ored council in Washington, and: hoped to ee te ape of members soon. The colored man, he said, is a patriot, be depended on. » an The Woman’s A. P. A. While Hinson was speaking a large num- ber of members of the Woman's A. P. A. entered the room, and were greeted with tremendous applause. They -vere visiting and local members of the order. Among them was Mrs. Carry Ostdyck, supreme president of the W. A. P. A. She was in- troduced to speak. She said that woman was the great aggressive power of the Catholic Church, and she could become the same in the A. P. A. The W. A. P. A. was the backbone of the A. P. A. She talked but a few minutes. F.C. Campbell, supreme treasurer of the A. P. A. the next speaker, attacked the Catholic Church, claiming that it had too much to do with the government of the country. a H. B. Ingram of New York and Maj. Holman of Massachusetts followed in speeches In the same vein. Another A. P. A. mass meeting will be held Monday night in Center Market Hall. VISITED M’KINLEY| Committee of A. P. A. Said to Have Called on the Ohio Candidate. REPORTED DENIAL FROM CLEVELAND Advisory Board’s Report to Be Acted On This Afternoon. (= HEADQUARTERS HERE At 1 o'clock this afternoon the Supreme Council of the A. P. A. had not reached the political matters before it, and everybody was on the qui vive for the next move. Early this morning the advisory board was to have made its report to the council, but did not have the report ready at 1 o'clock, and the matter will not come up until the afternoon session, which opens at 3 o'clock. “But there is going to be fun when the report is made and the council gets to work,” said a member of the board to a Star ‘reporter, and then the reporter stum- bled on some big news. At the first of this week The Star gave it as coming from one of the anti-McKinley men that their plan would be to have a committee appointed to visit McKinley, and to get from his own lips his opinions of the A. P. A. The actions of the advisory board when it met the early part of the week were so secret that it could not be learned for certain whether the committee was appointed. This morning, however, the news came from undoubted sources that the committee had been appointed, that it left here Wednesday, spent some time in Canton Thursday and returned here last night. These facts were known to but few men. Judge Stevens, it is said, appointed the committee, and it was his plan to have this done. What McKinley Did. “McKinley received the committee at his hcuse,” a delegate told a Star reporter this morning, “‘and they are said to have spent the night with him. At any rate the com- mittee returned here with a written report that they had seen McKinley, and that he had promised that if he was elected Prest- dent he would support the principles of the order. That is the report the com- mittee made to the advisory board, and the report to be made to the council today by the advisory bozrd will contain the written report of this committee. “I see a statement in the New York perers this morning that McKinley de- nies that the committee visited him or that he knew anything about a proposed visit from the committee. The committee did see McKinley and the fact is in black and white and will be before the Supreme Council to be passed upon by it.” How It Leaked Ont. A Star reporter learned that a member of the committee which wert to Canton, and probably the chairman of It, was Delegate Huddleson of California, and that the com- mittee was accompanied by two delegates, one of them be'ng Col. Von Fossen of Washington and the other State President Sapp of Kentucky, who is said to be a Mc- Kinley delegate to St. Louis. On receiving tris information The Star reporter called Mr. Huddleson out of the hall in which the Supreme Council is in session, and the following conversation en- “Were yu the chairman of the commit- tee which is reputed to have visited Mc- Kinley at Canton?” “I cannot tell you anything.” “You say you were not chairman of the committee or a memter of it?” “I cannot tell you anything, except that the matter will all be laid before the Su- preme Covr cil.” “Did _you stop at a botel in Canton or at a private residence?” “We were trere only a short time. I can- not tell ycu any more.” Then Mr. Huddle- son turned on his heel ard walked away, but he confirmed the report that a commit- tee went to Canton. If He Had Refused to See Them. That the committee did see McKinley ana had some kind of a conversation with him is confirmed, it is sald, by the report which the committee is making to the advisory board. Had McKinley, it is said, refused to see the committee or given it no satisfac- tion the report made by the committee would have been very different, and would have resulted in the entire Supreme Council turning against the Ohio man. The Denial Referred to. The denial referred to is in the following dispatch in today’s New York Herald, from Cleveland, Ohio, dated yesterday: Wiiliam McKinley was the most distin- guished visitor at the office of M. A. Hanna today. He came to discuss the canvass with Mr. Hanna, and will remain over Sun- day. A report was sent out from Canton that McKinley was to meet here a committee of the A. P. A. from Washington. Mr. McKin- ley said there was no truth in ft. “Many people come to see me every day,” he said, “and I see all who come, but no conference has been arranged and I have not been notified of the coming of any committee from Washington.” The Ban to Be Removed. As it stands now, it fs sald that the ban Piaced upon McKinley by the campaign committee is to be removed, and that he will be placed upon the same footing with all the other republican candidates, that 1s, that the A. P. A. will decide that his rec- ord is such that he can be supported by the order. This wiil ve in the report to be made by the advisory board this afternoon, and the opinion is that the report will be unanimously adopted. As to the Committee Itself. It is understood that the report will fully exonerate the campaign committee, and will take the position that with the evi- dence before it, it had a perfect right to come to the conclusion it did as to McKin- ley. But, at the same time, the report will severely criticise the reliability of those who signed affidavits against McKinley. In other words, the Supreme Council, if it in- dorses the report, will set the campaign committee all right, will make it all right for McKinley, and will give a few affidavit makers a slap in the face. The order will stand in an attitude of supposed indiffer- ence to McKinley, and this will allow all the republicans of the order who desire to do so to vote for him. Tatk of Two Reports. There was some talk this morning that there might also be a minority report from the advisory board which would not fully exonerate the campaign committee, but from the best sources the indications were that this would not be done. The report drawn up by the advisory board is said to have been the work of personal friends of the campaign committee and of Judge Stevens. There is a prospect that many of the extreme McKinley men will try to have a substitute adopted severely criti- cistng the campaign committee, but this is not likely to be adopted. There is No Doubt of It. At 2 o’clock this afternoon there was no doubt among the delegates that a commit- tee had visited McKinley at Canton, and that it had an interview with him; also that it bad made a report to the advisory board as to that interview. The report of the advisory board was made to the supreme council at 8 o'clock this afternoon. What will be done with it not even the McKinley men seem to know. The delegates are worse at sea now than ever before. The anti-McKinley men are also at sea, but a member of the campaign committee said this afternoon: “We have not had our innings yet, but we will this afternoon, and we will drop some long files into the McKinley outfield.” The re- ported denial by McKinley that he was visited by the A. P. A. committee is being used for all it is worth by the anti-McKin- ley men, to show that there is something wrong somewhere. One of the McKinley leaders, however, said: “If you will read carefully McKinley’s statements you will find that he does not deny that the com- mittee saw him. The words he uses are ambiguous, and We will show that fact in the supreme council.” Will En@ in a Draw. , this afternoon is that to above, as to the the council, . will be adopted. It is nof-Mkely that there will be an indorsement of:McKinley, but it is likely that the blacklist placed on him by the campaign comnytiee will be removed. The Work Done Today. The council this‘morning decided that the permanent he: rters of the A. P. A. shall hereafter Washington, and it is made obligato! lat the supreme presi- dent and supretas secretary shall reside here, we Heretofore al state presidents and im- meulate past presidents were admitted to the supreme council as delegates without having to be elected by their state coun- cils. This part of the constitution has been stricken out and hereafter all delegates must be elected by the stute council. Another change in the constitution cur- tails the powers of the supreme president. The power of arbitrarily removing from office any state officer is taken from the supreme president, and he cannot make removals without ‘the concurrence of the state judiciary board. This change was made at the suggestion of Supreme Presl- dent Traynor. : Hope to Finish Tonight. Many of the delegates to the Supreme Council want to leave here for their homes tomorrow, and are anxious that the work of the council shall be finished tonight. It has been agreed that there shall be an afternoon and night session, and that the council shall work until midnight, if neces- sary, to finish. After the report of the ad- visory board Is disposed of, there will not be much more to do. The election of su- Preme officers will be the only other im- portant thing. The race for president is an animated one. It is between Col. Echols, state president of Georgia, and Col. Von Fossen of Montana, with the out- look that Echols will be the winning man. A good deal of caucusing as to the other supreme officers is in progress. FOR CHEAP GAS The Bill Debated in the Senate This Afternoon. Explained by Mr. Faulkner and Then It Was Opposed at Length by Senator Kyle. Senator Faulkner this afternoon called up House bill 6994, known when it passed the House as the “dollar gas bill." He sald that It had been fully considered by the District committee and had been con- sidered by the Senate up to the point of the actual passage of the measure. He called attention to the fact that it was reelly necessary that this bill should be disposed of today before the appropria- tion bill was laid before the Senate, for unless some iegtstation could be secured by separate bill regulating the price of gas it would be necessary to deal with the whole question in connection with the ap- propriations. Bill Had Been Fully Considered. Mr. Faulkner reminded the Senate that not only had the bill been read in full, but that the Senate, as in committee of the whole, had agreed to the District commit- tee’s amendments. Senator Kyle assured Mr. Faulkner that the bill would be opposed and widely dis- cussed. If the debate should be shut off on the measure itself {t would be resumed on the appropriation bill. There was some interruption to the course of the bill, to accommodate routine morning business, and then the gas ques- tion was again taken up, and the pending amendment was adopted. This was tn re- lation to the approval of extensions of stock, and requires such approval to be by the entire Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, © Mr. Gecrge moyeé to reconsider the vote by which the Senate adopted the commit- tee amenéments relating to the price of gas. 5 Mr. Kyle on Government Ownership. Mr. Kyle then took the floor. He said that for several years he had been hearing complaints as to the quality and price of the gas furnished to the citizens of Wash- ington, ard it was evident that there was great discontent. He suggested that he favored the municipal ownership of gas plants as a sclution of such problems, and to this effect he read recolutions adopted by the Col.mbla Heights Citizens’ Associa- tion in behalf of municipal ownership. Mr. Kyle then related the history of the Spooner investigation into the gas ques- tion. “We are the board of aldermen for this District,” he went on, “and it is our duty to act for the best interests of the people of the capital. It is our duty to do some- thing promptly to reduce the prize of gas to the ccnsumer and to improve its quality.” He spoke of the fate of bills introduced by him to incorporate rival com- panies, that have been killed »y the pend- ing compromise. From Paternalism to Politics. Mr. Kyle drifted off into a discussion of paternalism and socialism in defense of his advocacy of municipal ownership of gas plants. This brought him to speak of the dif- ferences between the political parties, and in a few minutes his discourse related en- tirely to politics, and smacked strongly of a filibuster. At 2 o’élock the District ap- propriation bill was laid befoze the Senate, but, on motion of Mr. Teller, it was tem- porarily laid aside, and Mr. Kyle was per- mitted to go on with his discussion of the “dollar gas bill.” After awhile Mr. Kyle got back to the question of municipal ownership of gas plants and spoke of the experience of the cities that have adopted that system to prove the proposition that public manage- ment of gas and electric light plants re- sults in cheaper illumination. Senator Butler interrupted with an eulogy of the people's party, and after five min- utes Mr. Kyle resumed his argument for municipal ownership. The Gas Company and Congres: He said he realized that municipal own- ership was an improbable solution at this juncture, and that it will be better to try to regulate the present corporation. He did not know why the gas company had such a hold uron members of Congress, but he did know that lobbyists were around both houses every day pleading for non- intervention wiih’ their affairs, and that stockholders haveiteen busy whenever the gas bill has beéh 4p for discussion, asking Members rot to interfere with the invest- ments of the widows and orphans of the city. Mr. Kyle said’ that only this morning a member of Congréss had been approached by a man who Said he owned $20,000 worth of gas stock, and who asked that this in- vestment be protected. It paid him, he ac- knowledged, 20 ‘per cent per annum. Proved the People Wanted It. Mr. Kyle called attention to the fact that the board of tfade had advocated dollar gas, to prove that'the appeal for legislation was not the cry of a few disgruntled cit!- zens. ia He said that he would willingly grant the gas company a Feasonable percentage of the profit, but that it was an octopus that reached out and drew within it notable citizens, whose antagonism was thereby silenced and choked. Senator Faulkner arose to ask Mr. Kyle if he meant to ask if the gas company had taken in members of Congress. Mr. Kyle said he did not mean members of Congress, but that he alluded to citizens of the District. “Does the Senator know of any member of the District committee of the Senate,” asked Mr. Faulkner, “‘who has any interest, either direct or indirect, in the affairs of the gas company?” “I do not know any member of the Dis- trict committee,” Mr. Kyle, “who has any interest in the stock of the Washington Gaslight Company.” At this point Senator George called at- tention to thé lack of a quorum and the roll was called. 88S EE GAY DAYS IN CAMP Mortons Congratulated on All Sides Upon Their Success. FETED AT CLUBS AND ARMORIES The Juvenile Troop of Young Hussars a Feature. DE SOTO MATCH GOES OVER From The Star's Staff Correspondent. SAVANNAH, Ga., May 15, 1896. May week is fast drawing to a close, for this evening the announcement of the judges of the prize contests was made, when the Morton Cadets fyrmally received the title of “champion military company of the United States” and $2,500 in cash. The work of Capt. Shilling and his company has been the talk of the town, and since the contest every individual wearing an “M. C." cap has been stopped on the streets and heartily congratulated by en- tire strangers. Without doubt the Mortons are by far more highly regarded than any of the visiting organizaticns, and in fact, the youngsters are treated as heroes. It seems that everybody, particulerly the members of the Savannah companies, are daft on the subject of the Morton Cadets; the latter are being feted without cessa- tion at all the armories and clubs, and en- thustastic cries of “What's the matter with the Mortons?” and the cqually sincere re- ply, “They're all right, all right,” with the accent on the “all,” are heard at every hour, day and night, on the streets, at the theater and on the electric cars. Should the boys be found egotistical on their return home, it would be well to remember that the cause has been almost irresistible. Savannah is a military city, and her troops have certainly profited by the com- ing of the Morton Cadets. The state sol- diers have witnessed with their own eyes such an exhibition of tactical drilling that they freely admit, until this week, was never dreamed of. Although the Oglethorpe Infantry, the only competitor of the Morton Cadcis, is a Georgia company, no prejudice against the Washington lads has been apparent locally. Impartial Story of the Contest. The leading Savannah paper, in its re- port of the drill, very accurately states the story of the contest as follows: “The Galveston semi-centennial cham- Pionship cup, the $2,500 prize offered by the Military Interstate Association of Savan- nah and the championship of the United States belong to the Morton Cadets of Washington, D.C. “The honor was fairly won by the com- pany yesterday in the best exnibition drill ever seen in Savannah, and what is con- sidered by military experts to be the best €ver giver. in this section of country, and probably in the United States. From be- ginning to end the drill was a wonderful exhibition of proficiency in military tactics. There were errors, of course. drill of this kind was ever given without errors, but the errors were few and of slight im- portance. “Had the cadets been as proficient in the extended order drill as they re in the school of the company the drill might be spoken of as practically perfect. W i is considered, however, that the cade never practiced in this drill until they be- gan to prepare for the Savannah contest, and that they had not fired a olank cart- ridge since their drill in Memphis a year ago, up to the time of their arrival on the grounds yesterday, the showing made by them cannot be considered as anything less than wonderful. “It was unfortunate that there was not cioser competition for the main prize. The Oglethorpe Infantry of Augusta, while they put up a fair drill, were clearly outclas: by the Morton Cadets, and this was ev! dent from the moment of their first ap- pearance on the field. The Ogiethorpes hardly expected to take first prize. They only recently decided to enter the prize drill, and did not have sufficient time in which to properly prepare themselves for it. “Superb Drill of the Morton: “The drill of the Oglethorpes in the school of the company occupied forty-five minutes. Had it not been a competitive drill, it could have been easily spoxen of as &@ good exhibition in the school of the ecm- pany, but when compared with the superb drill put up later by the Morton Cadets, the errors appeared to be glaring. The lat- ter had given several exhibition drills, and the spectators being familiar with their proficlency, were inclined to be critical. The Uniforms were not as spick and span as they should have been for a drill of this kind, and many of the men were not well set up, there being too many bent shoul- ders. The main errors were a lack of de- cision in the movements and a failure to maintain the distances accurately in march- ing. That nicety of precision in the rer- formance of every movement which is ex- pected of a company participating in a drill of this kind was lacking. “The exhibition in the manual was very fair, but there were some errors. In the firings it was noticed that blank cartridges were not used, the hammers being merely srapped instead. It was also thougit that several commands were omitted, as it was noticed that the Morton Cadets afterward went through several movements wi.ich were not performed by the Oglethorpes. “The Morton Cadets entered the grounds at 11 o'clock, headed by the Mount Pleas- ant Band, and accompanied by their spon- sor, Miss Sarah Mills, and her maids of honor, Miss Caro duBignon and Miss Hu- ger. The colors of the company were car- ried in the carriage of the sponsors. Head- ed by the band, playing ‘Dixie,’ the com- pany marched down past the grand stand, where it was received with enthusiastic cheers. The cadets were dressed in dark blue fatigue coats, with white trousers, and looked particularly handsome. After passing in review of the judges the com- pany was dismissed, then reformed and put through the manual of arms by num- bers. This was almost perfectly done, there being cne or two slight errors. “Excited Admiration.” “The full school of the company was then gone through with, including marching both by platoon and company front, fixing and unfixing bayonets, firing by platoons and by company, kneeling and lying down, as well as standing. With the exception of one volley the firing was perfect, the guns going off as cne piece. It has been noted that the Oglethorpes did not use cartridges in their firing in the company drill. It al- most took the breath of the spectators away to see the Mortons go down in the dirt in those white duck trousers when commanded to fire lying down. The trous- ers showed the effects of the contact with the earth, but this did not interfere with the drilling of the men in the least. The promptness and evenness with which every command was executed, the regularity of the movements and the precision with which the distances were maintained all excited the admiration of the spectators and won constant applause for the com- pany. : “The few slight errors were hardly no- ticeable in the uniform excellence of the drill. Some of the men appeared a little nervous when the company first appeared on the grounds, but this soon wore off and was responsible for no ill results. The drill was a splendid exhibition of what can be done with good material well han- dled. Captain Shilling certainly deserves to rank as one of the best company com- manders in the country, to say the least, and for his age he is without a rival. He conducted the drill throughout without the slightest hesitation or exhibition of nervousness. The drill was compieted in thirty-four minutes, and when the com- pany marched off the grounds at a double quick the spectators felt that it carried the prize money in their pockets. “The extended order drill by the Mor- ton Cadets, which followed, was better than some of their friends expected, owing to the short time which they have heen practicing in this drill. The movements were good, and the distance was -vell maintained, but there was occasional irreg- ularity in the firing and one or two notice- able breaks. The Mortons were attired for this drill in regulation costume, blue blouses, light blue trousers, campaign hats, Jeggins and cartridge belts. Their ap- ince was not quite so natty as in their ue and white uniforms, but the precisfon aes movements was equally as noticea- ‘The Zouave Competition. In the event of the refusal »f the gov- ernor of Tennessee to raise the embargo egainst the Neeley Zouaves, it is likely that the latter and the Aurora Zouaves will meet at Aurora in the near future in order to settle the question of superiority. The story ts to the effect that the mayor of Aurora, who ts now in Savannah, made the proposition, and it was promptly ac- cepted. The Aurora is the single remain- ing zouave organization that has not yet fallen before the Neeleys, and hence the grasping desire for a try at one another. The Auroras believe they can defeat the Neeleys, and vice versa. The Mortons’ Concert. The much-heralded concert, under the auspices of the Mortons in their company street Wednesday evening, was set before the public the following morning in this wise: “The Easy Street Concert Company gave a@ concert last night. Admission was free, ladies half price. Mr. Shorty Harris gave a splendid exhibition of dancing. Frof. Muth did some very fine original skeich work; Juicey Steward, the great contortion- ist, was heartily applauded at the close of his act, and gracefully bowed his asknowl- edgments with his right leg tied up be- hind his neck. Prof. J. Whiskers Moran led the inhabitants of the street in several stirring choruses. Mr. Billy Wagner sang an alleged comic song. The performince wound up with a display of Mr. Clabavgi's ingrowing voice. Juvenile Troopers. A feature at Camp Gordon is the Young Hussars, a cavalry organization, consisting of boys not over ten years of age, uniform- ed in the regulation cavalry field dress, with yellow trappings. The members of this growing troop are armed with minia- ture sabers and their drill is really worthy of attention. The tiny cavalrymen are starch admirers of the Morton Cadets, and may be found in Easy street at all hours of the day. m The Naval Reserves is also something new to the Washington contingent, and the exhibitions by Savannah's bay-side defend- ers forms an interesting study. Mateh Postponed. The interstate military match for the De Soto trophy will be held over until next year, the reascn being an inability to se- cure entries. The conditions of the match stipulate that contesting teams shculd be representative of one command, and as the District was without a brigade team bere and the Jerseymen suffering under the same handicap, it was decided not to shoot the match, the firing between Georgia and the first Alaska cavalry team being merely for practice. z Without exception the Morton Cadets are more largely visited than any other com- pany temporarily resi under canvas, although the Mow sant Band and boys are far from lacking aera —S FUNDS FOR THE KREGLOS. The Entertainment to Be Given To- night at Allen’s Opera House. The sale of seats for the Kregio benefit which takes place at the Grand Opera House tonight, opened at the theater this morning. So far the advance sale has been very large, many prominent society people being among those who will be pres- ent. President Cleveland and Secretaries Herbert, Carlisle and Morton will occupy | boxes, and several Senators and Congress- | men have already procured seats. TheWash- ington First Nighters will attend in a body to view the first presentation of “The Step- ping Stones,” a sketch by Mr. C. Pollock. ‘The final rehearsal took place at the thea- ter yesterday afterncon and was perfect in | all its details. The program is as follows: Selection by the Arsenal Orchestra, which will appear in full uniform; a medley by the Boston Musical Club; Charles Hall, bass soloist; Ideal Mandolin Quartet; tie Davis, acrobatic dancer; Gertrude Raven- burg, pianist; J. H. Rhodes, violinist; Har- ry Park, trick clist; Goodwin Patten, clocutionist; The Washington Theater Com- pany, in “The Stepping Stones,” little Elsie Lower, dancer; Mrs. Fanny Hempstone, contralté Slien Rhodes, reader; Charles Roberts, basso; a wonder ballet; Constance Hurworth, whistler; Mozart Mandclin Trio; Miss MaeGregor, soprano; J. J. Hogan, dramatic reader, and Mr. Hal Clarendon and Miss Lucie Rogers, in “A Pair of Lunatics.” Last Night's Entertainment. The entertainment at Willard Hall last evening for the benefit of the Kreglo fam- fly waa rather slimly attended, but it is understood that a number of tickets were sold outside which were not presented at the door. Two plays were given, besides the quarrel scene from the ‘School for Scandal,” the two works being “Mulli- grub’s Mistake,” and “A Pair of Luna- tics.” In ‘Mulligrub’s Mistake,” Mr. A. T. Seaman and ‘Mrs. Clarendon Smith carried off the honors, while Mr. C. Garvin Gil- maine and Mrs. Smith, in the quarrel scene, were especially good. Mr. Hal Clarendon, jr., and Miss Lucie Rogers took the characters in a “A Pair of Lunatics.” Fancy dancing was given as an interpola- tion by the pupils of Miss Freeman, and Miss Mamie B. Smith contributed several vocal numbers. Those who took part in “Mulligrub’s Mistake” lesideS the two mentioned above, were Mr. Will Allen, Mr. Layton Burdette, Mr. Lauler Hart, Miss J. Bowen and Mise Mollie Rogers. At the close of the program th? Madrids came in late and three of the number, Messrs. Gal- laher, Yundt and Holmes, rendered several selections, which were highly appreciated by the audience. Their work was as fin- ished as could possibly be desired, and en- cores were emphatic and hearty. The amount contributed to the Kreglo fund by the employes of the Boston Va- riety Store was 39.50, — NEW SCHOLARSHIPS. Woman’s College of Baltimore Liberal to Our High Schools. At the meeting of the board of school trustees held at the Franklin building yes- terday afternoon it was announced that the Woman's College of Baltimore had made an offer of two scholarships annually to be awarded to the graduates of the Washington High School. The announcement was in the form of aj letter to President F. R. Lane of the High Schools from John F. Goucher, the presi- dent of the Woman's College. The letter is as. follows: “It is my pleasant duty to inform you that the Woman's College of Baltimore has created two additional scholarships (three in all), to the value of $50) each, for the use of the Central High School, one for the Eastern High School and one for the High School in Georgetown, to be awarded annually and to entitle the holder thereof to four years’ free tuition in the Woman's College of Baltimore in, such studies as may be required in one of its cow 's lead- ig to the degree of bachelor of arts. Re- stricted only by the conditions already agreed upon governing the application of the scholarship assigned to the Washing- ton High Schools in 1894. “If this grant of scholarship shall be ac- cepted by your trustees they will be avail- able for the scholastic year of 1896-7, and annually thereafter until the trustees of the Woman's College shall give notice of their withdrawal. “Hoping this may prove a stimulus to the young women of the high schools of Wash- ington to avail themselves of the oppor- tunities which the Woman's College is en- abled to offer them, I am, &c.” The offer was accepted with a vote of thanks to the officers of the college. The scholarships will probably be awarded to those who attain the highest standing in the examination for the Normal School. At the meeting yesterday it was voted to accept the offer of Dr. §. R. Wilder to pre- sent_a medal to the boy gaining the highest ranking in the manual training school of the seventh and eighth grades. Baltimore Markets. BALTIMORE, May 16.—Flour dull, unchanged— receipts, 6,606 barrels: shipments, 6,615 barrels; sales, 300 barrels. Wheat quiet—spot_and month, CSa65%6; July, GTVaGT4; August, 67\,a6T!g—re- ceipts, "61,196 bus! stock, 704,176 bushels; sales,’ 58,000 bushels—southern’ wheat by sample, Tia72; do. on grade, 6734270%, and month, 34a. 4s June, Bata 8,589 bushels; stock, 21,600 bushels—southern white corn, 35a3% steamer mixed, shij 3, stock, eady—No. 2, 41 nearby: 43 western—stock, Hay wenk—choice timothy, $17.00. Grain ts tre , more airy, hanged. and’ butter steady, “unchanged. FINANCE AND TRADE Active Selling of Manhattan and Sugar. DULLNESS DOMINATED THE DEALINGS Effect on Prices of Political Legislation. GENERAL MARKET REPORTS —— Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. NEW YORK, May 16.—The trading in to- day’s stock market was purely perfunctory and is undeserving of comment. Man iat- tan and Sugar were active, in a relative sense, under sales for both accounts. Yes- terdays’ statement of earnings operated to the disadvantage of the former, and Ger- man cables announcing a liberal export movement in raw sugars attracted new selling to the latter. The motive for the decline in Sugar is not considered serious in well-informed circles. The general list was given over to dull- ress and closed practically at the opening ile no trustworthy week's gold outflow is obtainable at this carly date, the trading element is notice- ably apprehensive on this point. The re- cently adopted rial order” process by German and Russicn bankers has to some extent deiracted trom the significance of posted exchang» rates as indicating the Probabivities of gold export. The total loss of specie for the week ts es- timated ai $4,500,000, which added to th amounts previously quoted incre th aggregate of the season's loss to $13,550,000, As the active movement of gold to Europe has only extended over a period of forty- one days the dally loss since the first week in April will be seen to have been consider ably more than $300 000. Any material pro- longation of such a movement can scarcely avoid being reflected more substantially in Stock values, The political agitation has been an im- portant adverse factor during the week, and need disinclination to trade, pend- ing the settlement of certain doubts as to the rature of the currency platform to be adopt- ed at St. Louis has developed in speculative circles, Influences of this character should sradually decrease in importance during the next fortnight, but activity is not to be de- timate of next pended upon until the subject is definitely settled in convention. The early adjournment of Congress is expected te be followed by a rally of small proportions, but the industrial specialties will probably get the bulk of the advan- tage from such a course. ‘There is noth- ing more promising than a traders’ market in sight for the present, and co ently no re 1 change in values is expected. The bank statement reflects a very small decrease in lawful money, considering the amount of gold shipped during the werk The receipts of money from interior points have been on a large scale, and are credited with offsetting the efflux of coin. The weekly increases in this item also marks the gradual disappear of the monetary scare resulting from the Decem- ber panic. —_—_ FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL, The following are the opening, the highest 2nd the lowest and the closing prices of the New York stock market today, as reported by Corson & Macartney, members New York stock exchange. _Corresponde Messrs, Moore & Schiey, No. 80 Broadway Open. High. Low. Close. American Sugar 138 Tega, 1gR8 American Sugar, 03% 1083¢ American Tobacco. Otis ‘American Cotton Oi « Chicago Gas, Cis C. M.& St. Paul M. & St. Paul, Chic. 1k T & Paci Del, Lack. & W. Delaware & Hudson Den. & K. Grande, Pfd. Dis. & Cattle Feeding General Electr Ulinois Ceatral. Lake Shore. Erie..... Louisville « Long Island Metropolitan Ti Manhatten Elevated Michigan Central, Missouri Pacific. tional Lead Go. Nationa! Lead Co., Pfd- U. 8. Leather, Ptd New Jersey Centrai New York Central . Y.&N. ing. Cte -C. & St. Louis, rthern Pacific. Northern Pactite, Pra North American uni. & Western. Pacitic Mail... Phila. & Keaditg. Pullman Pal. Car Go Southern Railway, Pid Phila. ‘Traction: ‘Texas Pacitic Teun. Coal & iron Union Pacin: Wabash... Wabash, Pid Wheeling & 1. Erie. Wheeling & L. Erie, Pfd Western Union Tel. Bilvel Washington Ste ‘nment Bonds.—U lov, asked. US. ¥, 112 bid. 3.658, funding, curt ns Bonds.—Metropol Me trop itroad. 5 20 bid 100. bid, nd A., 100 0 Any t Se, A. al 100 bid. pany Ist Gs, 108 bid. Wash Mar ». 6s, 108 bid. Washington Market Gs, 108 bid. Masonic Hall Associa tion Ss, |. Washington Light Intantry 1st 6s, 100 nk of Washington, 289 240 bid. Metropolitan, |. 23 Obid 1H asked. Se nd, 13 Columbia, 130 107 bid. Trad ) asked. Ohlo, 1 ers’, 85_ bid. fe Deposit and Trast Companies Deposit and Trust, 118 bid, 120 asked. and ‘Trust, 121 bid. 125 ask ity and Trust, 143 bid, 1 llroad Stocks.—Capital National Safe Washington American Se Tennallytown, ect . 46 asked ric Light, 1 3 Insurance Ste n's, 30 bid, Franklin, n, 73 bid. “Goren, 50 bid, Potomac, Atlington, 328 bid. German American, e i asked. asked. People » Insarance Stocks. 110 asked. Columbia ington Title, 3 bid. peal phone, 9 -20 bid, Misecilaneous bid. 1k and Washingtom 90 asked. — 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 1522 Colaurbta.6r,m118.08 GRAIN, sd Wheat—July. Corn—July