Evening Star Newspaper, May 25, 1896, Page 2

2 THE EVENING STAR, MONDAY, MAY 25, 1896-TWELVE PAGES. “HEADWAY OF SILVER Chicago's Democratic Primaries Wit- ness a Big Fight Today. FINESSE OP THE ALTOID MANAGERS Col. Morrison’s People Dissemb!e Their Love. ocratie prima- ago this after- ‘gates to the county con- This, in turn, selects ate convention which The promise of 3 will not be ha in s will have things “row. bolted ance, and the silverit own way. The ticance of t is that it puts the sound money fac tion in a position wh re is nothing and ate send county a conte to ri further co- Advised. s who believe in honest money t pre. annet be said that their ma. demoruiization among the deride it. Some of the who have join-d the sound money movemer s ing a fight at the primaries to being | thrown out of the c onvention to- morrow. The probual is that the ve let then few ree, ex-mini. i to head the silver or for delegate in his w standard ma H at he is willl with silver in Want to Stay In. Others of re have also ut themselves promin gn regular orga this free silver of absolute jeration than in order was expecied. t mbarrass the | the independent move- and those who committed abso- t is yet to be demon- time | ap- said 2» the Imes so sharply | question in the part will cost tion. On hn P. St. John adoption of a lanks for Ways and * third i at St. Louis, ta gold stand- prohibition | < Ht nd a gu » adopt a free sil- ef delegates who that it cannot of aceur: here hd or the arrived is so limit with any d Lwin, t opin 3 for one side ne y are out for a fight. ALASKA RE PE BLICANS. Cenyeation During Which a Delegate Was Strleken With Death. ICAGO, May A ial to i May 16, the ka, via .. May with sudden- ic results, in- gates to the At the met here kets the h varning. rry it into ef- or 3ugbee at an- = to hold a and more in con- During the tur- heir own, their view bee, who was a man in he . and who in the excitement had been subjected to v rough usage, was prosirated by a stroke of apoplexy. The regular organizat the business in han lowing nm proceeded with and elected the fol- ouis U-known mining Joanson, also of . Nowell, a Juneau; €. and United ‘y for under the Harrison administra- iham and W. A. Kelly of choos lters hastily chairman in place of and also elect who as: demand ¥ will go to St. in the convention. when he it house, where He was the most nts ever resided in time editor of the and county at- a three the conven: widely Alaska. Overiand Monthiy, terney Mr. Smythe Here. Mr. Henry M. Smythe of Virginia United States minister to the republic of Hayti. He has come home on a two- months’ leave of absence and has been in this city for several days. vis! White House and Stale Derevtaent mee prior to his departure for his Virginia home. Se es Balloting for Senator. BATON ROUGE, La., May 23.—The vote for United States Senator today: Blanch- Ard, 41; Denegre, 28; Price, 11; Pharr, 30; McEnery, 5; Blackman, 3. | several others. today he} ¢ TW ENTY-THREE DEAD Cyclone and Rain Storm Sweeps Through Towa. Lives Lost and Property Ruined— Many Bridges Washed Away on the Railways, DES MOINES, Iowa, May 25.—Twenty- three persons are reported dead, as tho result of the cyclone waich swept the northern part of Polk councy last night at 11 o'clock. ‘The towns afflicted are Bon- durant, Valeria, Santiago and Ira. No telephonic or telegraphic communi- cation can be established, except with Bon- durant, which reports four deachs there in the Bailey family, with five in the same family seriously injured. ‘Three in the Phalen family are killed at Valeria. At Santiago the list is three killed in the Bolenbaugh fa: Between Valeria and Ira the death list is nine. Mrs. Schell was killed at the for- mer place. Special trains have been started from Des Monies, with physiclans on board. ‘|W storm is said to have swept along the line of the Great Western from Bondurant to Marshalltown. Sw From a Depot DUBUQUE, Iowa, M terrific electrical storm, accompanied by a deluge of rain, swept over this section at mid- night, doing immense damage to railroad property. it came as if the wate The Mi. The rainfall was 2.8 Inches, and udde: and in such volume as out had burst upon the place. ippi river rose one and thi feet in the past eight hours and is ing rapidly. xr to railroad rty. me into Du- from terda direction sin reported that rnoon. ss Centr: Dubuque and Sioux € bridges were washed away at Hevue is gone. North the . washed out. On the Great rn road east of Dubuque one bri 1 down, but on the west the work of the s astro} Lost bridges and w wires down are reported all along. At Durango, eight miles west, the fiood swept down the valley, struck the tion in which were Mrs. rk, the agent, and her four children, besides Tom Griffin, a Joe Griifin, car repairer, and They were all on the depot tform the water struck it and ept it away. It is reported that the four children were drowned and that Brakeman Griffin ts missing. Joe Griffin saved him- self by grappling telegraph wires and go- ing with the flood until-he lodged in a Hiow the others were saved is not we the damage of streets and sewers is considerable. A relief train has been sent to Durango. MAD Towa, May 25.—A cy- ‘clone struck Manchester at about 10 o'clock last night, leaving a track of six or eight miles in ho in rvins. Mrs. Ira Howland end Wm. Gray were seriously in- jured. Refuge in Cellars. May —A__ terrific yelonic in form, cecurred here last Mary buildings were unroofed, trees uprooted and cuthouses smashed. Telegraph and telephcre poles and wires we den hed and nem: us business fronts were smes in. The town Is al- most a leke. Hundreds of dollars’ worth of dariage was done, but The people tock refuge im cellars. The storm | track here at S p.m. and lasted an hour. At Alta Vista a man was killed and two rea badly hurt. Town River on a Rampnag MARSHALLTOWN, Iowa, May 25.—A cloudh erday between La Moiile and State Certre caused Linn creek, which flows through this city, to rise in an hour from a mere t to a river a half mile wide T Chieago and Northwestern tracks and readbed and two brid; La Moille were ly damaged, the ying crops and drowning con- cmpanied the r: this city Hings on the depth of three feet. in. lowlands stmed for a day or tw The Towa river is also on the biggest rampage for fifteen years. Devastation at North McGregor. MILWAU Wis. May 25—A cloud- burst at North McGregor. Iowa, resulted in the greatest destruction of property and the probable loss of several lives. One body has been recovered from the debris. A imile of tracks on the St. Paul road are under w: is between Mil- waukee only are running, cing broken, McGregor at shed away. through McG was com- or is a_small s 3 into the Mississippt just below n, but after the cloud- burst this morning the run was unable to carry the immense quantities of water, and it overflowed its banks, so that people Were taken compietely ‘by surprise, and buildings in the ravine along the siream were Inur.dated before they were away or could remove much of thi are to the effec tities Of driftwood de: down the little stream, ard ed the lowland MeGregor, vated, a The passen last night unable er train which left Milwaukee for South Dakota r to proce t the office of Division Su- ilins of the Prairie Du on that the road west of Mic- id probably not be in condition before tomorrow. The cars in » badly used by the heavy fleating about, but workmen are ged in digging them out. THE AR Husband Ordered to Pay a Monthly Sum for Support. Pending the final disposition of the peti- tion filed several days ago by Mrs: Lucy H. Armes, praying for a divorce from Maj. George A. Armes, Judge Hagner this after- noon signed an order directing Maj. Armes to pay his wife $100 a month for the sup- port and ma.ntenance of herself and chil- dren. The 15th of next month he is ordered to pay her $100 for counsel tees, and is also ordered to provide for payment of her wit- nesses. Major Armes is also restrained from in any way interfering with, molesting or harassing Mrs. Armes, or her care and pos- session of their children, being forbidden to visit the house where Mrs. Armes and the chiliren may be living. Mrs. Armes is authorized and empowered io receive and receipt for the rent of her houses, 712 and 714 10th street. The allowance to Mrs. Armes of $65 a month, under an agree- ment with her husband bearing date of November 27, 1894, is: waived. acoees TALK OF LYNCHING. ited Men Gathered on the Streets of Gaithersburg. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. GAITHERSBURG, Md., May 25.—Lynch- ing Is now being talked of, and the assist- ant railread ageat ventured the prediction that the men will not live until morning. A man from Rockville said that the tree to lynch them on had already been select- ed, and the boys who gave the damaging testimony were sent to the Rockville jail. —_—>-— The National University. The Senate has passed the bill to charter the National University. It was called up Saturday afternoon,*and acted upon after @ brief explanation by Mr. Frye. Some of | A small | Matters Brought Up in the Senate and House. GENERAL DEFICIENCY BILL CONSIDERED The Bond Bill Brought Up, but is Laid Over. FREE ALCOHOL CLAUSE The bill to prohibit the issue of bonds was the unfinished business in the Senate today, which gave it the right of way after 2 o'clock, but its author, Mr, Butler (N. C.), sought to expedite a vote by taking It up during the morning hour. He was met, however, by Mr. Hale (Me.) with the de- ficlency appropriation bill. Mr. Butler urged that he hoped to get a vote on the bend bill today, but Mr. Chandler (N. H.) int ted the remerk that there could be no vote today. The deficiency bill was then taken up. The important amendments reached and agreed to up to 2 o'clock included those of 2,079 to the Southern Pa Com pary for transportation of mails; Ford's Theater disaster payments, $154 elph’a, $10,000; (N.C) was recognized, but after some dis- cussion the bond bill was informally laid aside and the consideration of the deficien- cy bill continued. THE HOUSE. Mr. Kem (Neb.) resumed his obstructive Folicy at the opening of the session of the House today. He entered his objection to the approval of the journal, the change of reference of bills and other formal mat- ters, thus forcing all these parliamentary details to be executed by motions and votes. Mr. Kem still avows his determina- tion to object to everything unless he 1s recognized by the Speaker to move the pas- sage of a bill of local importance to his state. This being the third Monday of the month, It belonged, under the rules, to the Disirict of Columbia committee, and with- out any prelminary business, was claimed ie Mr. Babcock, chairman of that commit- ee. The Free Alcohol Clause, The District of Columbia business was finished at 2 o'clock and Mr. Evans (Ky.), from the committee on ways and means, moved that the House go into committee of the whole to consider the bill to repeal the free alcohol clause of the existing tariff law. Mr. Russell (Conn. attempted to raise the question of conside ation, but finding he could only do so’ by opposing Mr. Evans’ motion he demanded a vote on the motion, which was taken by yeas and nays. STRICT IN CONGRE: | The Deliar Gas Bill, | The House today non-concurred in the | Senate amendments to the dollar gas bill. | Messrs. Babcock, Odell and Richardson Were appointed conferees on the part of | the House. En the U.S. Electric Company's Behalf It is seldom phate from that a petition reaches the i | | | \ | out of town to inemorialize Congress on such a strictly local tter as that which was presented today by | Senator MeMillan from certain citizens of | Great Pend, Pa., protesting against the i age of bil nting privileges to any H is to the United States Electric Light- ‘ing Comy ed to Sen. y him to Mr. Mc “t committee, as foliows i to V4 in fi ng any € company y outside or within i District, ¥ against the Potomac | Heat and Power Company. The ates Electric Light any of ington, D.C., have t, and under President Harrisen's administration elec- trical experts were sent to the principal cities of this couniry and Europe to ex- amine electric underground conduits by this government, and in their report they stated the condults laid in Washington by the United States Blectric Light Company Were the best in existenc We are financially and in other ways in- terested in the future of the United States Electric Light Company, and some of us have paid 3162.50 a share for this stock, and new only $118 a share is bid. ‘The Commissioners of the District. have used their office and influence against the United States Electric Light Company, for the simple reason that the United States Elec- tric Light Company would not purchase this Potomac electric plant for $25,(4W). ‘Commissioner Truesdell, we understand, | was a stockholder in this Potomac Com: pany, but has since sold his interest. But he still favors this company in preference | to the old one, for personal interest oniy. The United States Elecirie Company ha been established in the District since 18% ard commenced to put In unc ‘ound | conduits before compelled to by Congress, it was very expen eat that time. At present the United State: rie Com- pany have about fifty miles derground | conduits 3 of in They have several | umes vo! uced the price of | lighting 1 , and have tried to j give the e received. We trust you will give this important subject your | immediate attention, delay may prove al to Gur compan nt this request first f you will, please, we will try to return it opportunity we have. Signed, + C,H. Tuthill, Mr: McKinne laid on the table, the Mill relating to the Potomae Company ha ing been reported favorably from the com- mittee. New Motor Power Within the City. Senator Gorman today Introduced a joint resolution similar to that offered im the House eariy in April by Mr. Rusk, author- izing the Eckirgton, Belt and Maryland and Washington Ratiway Companies to equip their respective lines within the city mits “ith such pneumatic or other mod- ern motive pcwer as said rallway compa- nies, respectively, may deem best." It is conditioned that ‘the motive power shall first be approved by the Commissioners, and that horses and overhead wires shall not be used. ——— FORD’S THEATER DISASTER. The Amcant to Pay the Claims of the Victims Passes the Senate. There was practically no debate on the amendment to the general deficiency bill appropriating for the Ford Theater disaster claims when that section was reached in the Senate today. The item was agreed to without change. Senator Platt called at- tention to the fact that the amendment Frovided that in the event of the death of any of the survivors mentioned in the amendment before payment should be made the Secretary of the Treasury should turn over the amounts allowed to the “personal representatives” of the deceased. He thought this too loose a phrase and sug- Bested that it should be “legal represen- talives. After a brief colloquy the amend- ment was accepted es it stood, with the} understanding between Senator Plait al Senator Hale, who had charge of the bul, that the quesilon would be carefully ex amined before the final passage of the bill. All the items relating to the District gov- ernment, as reported in The Star Saturday, were adopted without debate or change. Voday’s Presidential Nominations. The President today sent the following nominations to the Senate: Treasury—John F. Nash of New York to be surveyor of poeourversc4 of customs for the port of Justice—J. Ward Gurley of Louisiana to be attorney of the Unsed States for the eastern district of Louisiana. IN CONGRESS TODAY |!’ THE HOME STRETCHILQQKING FOR BAl Last Week of the Demodatio Campaign Money Men Set Forth in Biue Grass Vermneylar. age This is the last week of, the democratic campaign in Kentucky for control of the state convention to ‘select delegates to Chicago. Saturday next the counties will choose their delegates at mass conventions at the county seats, and then the tale will be told. The state convention follows on Tune 3. As they put it in the blue grass country, where racing 1s an institution, and supplies figures of speech for all human endeavors, the contestants have entered the home stretch: The good horse Silver, with Mr. Blackburn up, is moving easily and Is evi- dently still strong, while imported Gold with Mr. Carlisle up, shows signs of tiring. The finish is certain to be exciting, and both riders may draw the whip before the wire is reached. Mr. Blackburn has the Garrisonian trick of sometimes lifting his mount in. But Mr. Carlisle is no “farmer” when the pace is hot, and he has many times landed first urder great difficulties. The stake is not only the control of the ute convention, but, as the silver men be- e, the control at Chicago as well. The 1 argument of the silver men is that if Mr. Cariisle loses his own state the administra- tion’s fight will from that moment be hope- less, and they will be able to write their own national platform and nominate their own national ticket. ‘The change in Kentucky since last year, hen the gold men carried the de cribed to influences somewhat apart from the fi 1 question proper. The election E an governor in a state of unbroken democrati reported, who upon the ques with Mr. Carlisle. They altogether what a serious party division nt. They have since been on the stool of reflection, if not of repentance. They have not relished the charge of be- ible for their party's rout at the everywhere thrust at them in the » by the sliver men, Then came the e had held not realize did atorial contest at Frankfort, when Mr, the bolt of a and Blackburn was defeated by few gold members of the the repudiation of the by the gold inen of the tors Hill a E legislature, course of the I mi > of an surveying the fight from a distz In one way or another, it is asserted, the silver men have come to stand for orgarization and unity in the stale, and thereby have greatly strength- ered themseives for fight. Blackburn believes that silver will He has had much assistance from the side. Goy. Stone of Missouri is among ting stumpers, and Mr. Hailey of Texas leaves here tomorrow to deliver three speeches. Neither Mr. Carlisle nor Sena- tor Lindsay will appear for the other side, and this excites comment. FOR THEIR BENEFI ts Projected in Aid of the Families of the Dead Fireme The various movements for the beveft of the famties™or'the firemen who lpst their lives at ¢he regent disastrous conflagration en Louisiana avenue are going ‘forward with commenddble dispatch these, and what may be called the official benetit, Is to take piace at Allen's Grand | Opera House next Friday night, and the committee in charge, consisting of repre- tatives from each of s the three daily papers, is gratified at the, cordial manne in which volunteers, have come forwa with a desire to make the affair ag: success. ‘The list is an imme amd the com- mittee has been hard at’ work for some days past preparing the program and pick- ing out the avatlabiertaiemt which will be cho: en top pate in pthe Al- though the program ts not up fas yet, the committee he ep to 5 a ounce itS results in the mat- omor: Of course, the chief feature be the Marine i nder Prof. Fan- ciull, the te was made by Col. Heywood, commandant of the mari barracks, as soon as it was known that several firemen had lost their lives in the fire. Mr. Allen has donated the use of the Opera House of which he is in control, as heretofore announced, and in addition che employes of the rr have signified ; their entire wi to work without compensation on the night in question, tendering all thelr efforts toward swelling the fund and the affair a ccm- plete succe thair service, A. Betz, ti usher; Jax. Beller, burg f aker; W. Moore, 1 Hitcheolk, doorkeeper; ps, machi Howard, Al. Adamson, S: Harry Daw s and A. 1. V Among the latest who have tendered their services for the benefit are Mir. David Bangs, elocutionist;-Mr. Aaron Stern, im- personator, and Mr. Waltar Stetson. “Miss Teresa Buehler, saprano. has also conirtb- uted her efforts. An effort will be made to select those to particinate who will not re- quire any special stage setting, so as not to embarrass the hand and cause a general delay between the various features The tickets have been placed in the hands of the firemen and the pollen, and it is ex. pected that enough will be ssid to fll the house many times over. The other movements for the benefit of the families of the men are and If each one turns out as Ss. William A. and Frank warnell, Joe Bontz, as- an. the projectors of the affair seem to thine the fund will be iy dollars, Chief among th the benefit to 1 given at the re Opera House n which wi da select Mr. Goldwin Patien a In the presentation of Col. John A. Joy: Mr. William H. ‘Yy, in clalities. This entertainment is A spe isc under the auspices of the police and fire departs ment, but the members of those two branches of the local governinent will not attempt to dispose of the ticket i benefit at Allen's has taken y npie A game of base ball will be played at Capitol Park next Wednesday for which the policemen and fir also sell tickets. The game will tween the Printing Office and the Pp: men’s teams, and an exciting contes looked for. The game will be « o'clock, A performance will be given Wea y evening at Willard Hall, fucluding “ta plays, “Mr. Bob" and “Hearts and face: ry an aggregation of well-known local talent, the proceeds of which. will be evenly divided mmf the Kreglo family afternoon nen will and the firemen’s fund, and J t Post, G. A. R., will give ‘in ener at Grand “Army Hall Thursday evening which is expected tp rep a neat sum, The Burnt Cork Clubt whith was announe- ed through the col of The Star ag having signified its j tenfion of giving a benefit performance, $yill put on a show at Odd Fellows’ Hall June J), being assisted by the orchestra from é Carroll - tute. The performang ‘i be the reane club effort, and with assistance of the orchestra will be éspeclally enjoyab! A number of small ghiidren who reside in the southwest part of the city gave an ene tertainment a few days ago in the rear of G24 B street southwest, i have turned in $1.62 as the proceed4, to,.be used for the firemen’s fund. Those wh, isted in the mcvement were May, Ward, Rickie Johne anson, Mary and Natthie Nessmith, Pannie Blunt, Ernie and Ritz Engley, Mabel Coole Pearl'Van Sant und Masttr Franke Jono son. The firemen’s benefit which had been scheduled to take place at Metzerott Musi¢ Hall Monday, June 1, has been declared off through an objecticn of Chief Parris to the manager of the entertainment paying a cemmission to ticket sellers. The fund al. ready raised through the sale of tickets for the performance, $22 has been turned ever to him, and those who bought the tickets may have their money refunded by applying to him. Mrs. Flora C. Dyer will give a dance Wednesday evening, May 27, at her acad- emy, 1517 R street northwest, for the Lene- fit of the fund. The admission will be 50 cents, and all of the proceeds will be turn- ed over to Chief Parris. ated ee First Lieut. Willlam W. Williams, nine- teenth infatry, having been found by an examining Soard unfitted for promotion on account of physical disability, has been granted leave of absence until further or- ders. The chief of | Ex-Disbursing Officer Kieckhoofer Still in Custody. SECURITY HAS BEEN FIXED AT $25,000 The Heavy Defalcation Charged Against the Prisoner. THE ARREST YESTERDAY Following upon his recent forced resig- nation and the intimations of discrepan- cies in his official accounts, Francis J. Kieckhoefer, late disbursing officer of the State Department, was placed under arrest yesterday morning on three warrants, sworn out by the United States through Fadward I. Renick, chief clerk of the State Department, charging the embezzlement of the sum of $37,466.40. Mr. Kicckhoefer was taken to the Police Court this morn- ing from the first precinct station, where he was held in custody all day Sunday and last night, and the matter informally dis- cussed pre Judge Miller. Mr. Arthur W. Fergusson, attorney for Mr. Kieck- hoefer, waived an examination, and bail was fixed at $25,000, An unsuccessful ef- fort was made to have the figure reduced, Mr. Kieckhoefer was returned to the first precinct station, and his attorney set out in quest of bondsmen. It will he remembered that October who had been dis- ate Department for ving been appointed by Hamilton Fish’ during the second ad- ministration of President Grant, left the under pressure, the incident cay ing some surprise, as Mr. Kieckhoefer was generally regarded as a thorough and com- petent officer. Shortly after the resigna- tion it was intimated that a_ shortage, | thought to amount to about $ eM), ee | {sted in the accounts of the late disbursing | officer, after an expert investigation, | It was claimed that a further deficit in the trust funds of the department to the amount of $127.00) was apparent. Adding to this the original 312,000 made the total amount of cash lacking in Mr. Kieck "Ss general account, so said the auditing jcers of the Treasury Department, reach OX), The Trust Fund. Several weeks ago the Treasury Depart- ment filed suit in the elvil cour gainat Mr. Kieckhoefe bondsmen, to recover the amount of his bond, $11,600, An effort, it is said, was made to settle the matter without resort to law, but terms of agreement with Mr. Kieckhoefer could not be reached. The punts of the trust fund, which is made | up of money pai ents in settleme ws of the y ated until sin the keeping of ttinances. Be- | suspicious, Olney of the trus' Hy fund and as . was brought nt. fhat the disbursing offi a re lig bond for t kK and the of i | | wha tainty exist preferre in the proc expe ¥ broki t of Mr. Kieck fon was the olliciais cording to annua. Kieckhoe thie years M been at Leips rm. Once o country, it was the opinion of the offici: to lay hands on Mr. Ki efer, i€ 1 nes » would | diftieul h mat evening swore wainst Mr. Kieckhowfer charges, to the effe m use $18,229 ast 10, and $t¢ taking. a The warrants set forth Kieckhoefer, w in th » of the U of America i nd convert to his own all moneys of the me into lis poss: sion as a clerk in the employ of the United States. The Arrest. Since his removal from office Mr. Kieck- hoefer has remained in this city, and ha displayed no tends to get beyond the reach of the law. He has been supported by his friends in the declaration that he has not been guilty of dishonesty. If any pancies have been found, it w . they were due to errors in book- | nd not because of embezzlem art of the disbursing oilicer. it is said, s: des! gation of tne si iy unprepared for art i Lelieving that the civil pi | would be the extent of the charges against j him. i } ewes nily Although the the United State placed in the Tene | wher and Cart force, who ir of Mr. Kieckhc Both his home club were visited before it was rned that the man they were in search of had eft early in the day with a party of friends to visit Cabin John bridge. The detectives at 8 o'clock Sanday morning ca Kieckhoefer’s r 1 ith d found bim ju ng for breakfast inform2d of the onject | oft the ¥ ho appevred greatly but imn tely tives to police headqu si us sent for, and conference, lasting over an hour, was held, Mr. Renick, tant Distric Aime Hollinberger | Fergusson participated. could not be given Sunday Mr. Kieckhoefer was later taken to the first precinct station and made as comfortable sible in a witness room on the secund He stated at the station that he was of no wrong, iding that he had nothing to fear, because of the knowledge of his innocence. It was very unfortunate, though, said Mr. Kieckhoefer, that errors in hi counts should have crept in and resulied in his being accused of crimin- allty. Mr. Kieckhoefer declared that his arrest was not anticipated, and he regarded it as unfair that he should have been taken into custody Sunday, when it was impos- sible for hima to give bail. He had no in- tention of leaving the city or the country, aid Mr. Kieckhoefer, as he expects his family to sail from Southampton to join him here June 2. As to the charges against him, Mr. Kieckhoefer explained that he knew no more than the bare state- ments contained in the warrants, As stated, the proceedings in the Polica Court this morning were decidod and informal, and there is no entry re: ing them onthe record of the cour prisoner and his counsel entertain doubt as to ability to disprove the charges or to secure bondsmen to effect the release of Mr. Kieckhoefe Stil Held. At 3 o'clock this afternoon Mr. Kieck- hoefer had rot been released. Eartier in the day, however, Judge Miller stated that he would be at the Police Court late this afternoon, and would then take action in the matter, should Mr. Kieckheefer present bondsmen. ee British Representatives Appointed. Word has been received here that the British government has appointed Prof. Darcy Thompson and Mr. Barrett Hamil- ton to represent that government in the propcsed international inquiry as to “whether the present restrictions of the Beritig sea fishing are sufficient for the pro- tection and well-being of seal life.” The two gentlemen sailed from Liverpool Sat- urday on the steamer Lucania. The repre- sentatives of this government have not yet been announced. | Monica ar He Thinks the Sentiment is 16 to 1 or Bust. Believes the West and South Would the Chiengo Were a Gold Man Nominated Bolt Convention Senator Tillman got back to the city this mcrning after an absence of some time frcm the Senate. He has been on a tour through the south, haying made speeches in Texes, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia and in his own state, where he went to attend the state convention. “Wherever I have been,” said Senato> Tillman, in response to a question of a Star reporter, “it is 16 to 1 or bust. Every- where the sentiment is practically the same.” “Do you think there would be much of a bolt at Chicago should the convention be for gold and nominate a gold man.” “1 think the whole south and west would walk out. The border states can't in the party on a gold platform. In southern s it's free silyer on one side ard republicanism on the other.” “Do you think the silver men will con- trol at Chicago?” “Oh, yes, they are almost sure to be in control. “Ry what kind of a majo “By upwards of a hur Asked whether he thought there would be contesting delegation from South a Senator Tillman answered: nat ground have they got to send a con- testing delegation?” The Tillman Badge. The first of the ‘Wiman badges has shown up at the Capitol. It is a silver pitchfork, with three prongs, and on each prong is Impaled a gold bug. On the han- dle of the pitehfork Tilman” and the gold bugs impaled on the prongs are la- beled “Car: and jeve- yes are being turned out nta concern at the rate of hun- dreds a day, and are being worn exten- in the south, Th eds of them in arance of the Tillr made sike the candidate, Besides a pic- » there is, “For President, J. They Don't Love Each Other. The bitter feeling beiween Senator Till- man and Senator Irby was increased at the recent South Carolina convention. Sen- ator Tillman attacked Senator Irby and said that the latter “had been more hon- ored by the state than he had honored himself.” “That's a He," Serator Irby is ail to have retorted. 8 rejoinder, it is stated in South Carclina papers, was not heard above the noise, or there might have been trouble. Only a few people sit- ling near Senator Irby heard the remark. It has long been known among South Carolinians that there was bitterness be- tween the two men. They have bare! spoken when they met, and it is now said that they will n each other, Senator Tillman Governor John ¢ Evan tes Sena- tor to in On Harri(y’s Threat. Commenting today on Chairman Har- rity’s threat that would-be bolters may be debarred from the naticnal demo crati or Tillman said: ve no more eff, myention than Mich! that he is not the n dis 0 no h its mor y was devoted wholly to the ¢ on of con- ference reports. river and b i mise prope adopted wi to the Presi 1 report on t al bill w E STOW) Ye last year. ae sundry ppropriation Lills were se By a vote 1d ed on its iB to secial ans, ten dem ed against insis' ols. one pop: of the and the side signei and harbor bill Saturday afternoon, and it was sent to the Presi- dent for his action Saturday night. ee ee To avestigzte Departmental Re- movain, In the House Saturday, Re ative Low (N.Y.) Introduced a resoluilon provid- ing for the appointment of a conmittee of five members to Investigate generaily all the material fact: rannected with the removal, ment of ¢ ste Kreglo Memorial Service. The memorial services to be held this evening at Metzerott Music Hall at § lock in testimony of the pure life and sie Kreglo promise . and will be p: many of the prominent wo- of the city. er and a number of the i land office have sent soviet cht depot at the Baltimore and Potomac depot send $10.23 to The ar for the benefit of the Kreglo family. — ome Pension Bills Passed. Among the pension bills passed by the nate afternoon one pen- sioning Harriet Newell Barrett, a Horton orn in 1800, and a da roof a nary soldier; increas the pen- of Mrs. of nd Brev. A Carr, ex-secretary of state of from te a bill als, widow of George Pauls, a German subject, who was Killed by the revenue cutter Colfix at Wi- mington, N. C., an indemnity of oe ‘To Look After the National Guard. First Lieut. Samuel W. Miller, fifth in- fantry, has been detailed to attend the en- campment of the Indiana National Guard during the last week in July. Capt. Eben Swift, fifth cavalry ‘ond Lieut. John P. WO, Ryan, third cavalry; Second Lieut. W. A. Phelps, twenty-second infaatry, and J. S. pton, first artillery, have been detailed to attend the encampment of the I'inois National Guard at Camp Lincoln from July 11 to August 1, oo Counsel for Venezuela. Mr. James J. Storrow of Boston, one of the best-known lawyers in the United States, and for many years the principal counsel of the American Bell Telephone Company, has been engaged by the gov- ernment of Venezuela as assoviaie counsel with Mr. Scruggs in the m: of the boundary dispute between it and British Guiana. 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 “ Righ. Low. Ch Wheat—July 6154-3 60 ow z , 18% Eb eo) B24R FSaSs sanisass & | "=, L WHAT MR. TILLMAN SAYS FINANCE AND TRADE Engagement of Gold for Export To morrow Announced. DEALS IN MANHATTAN THE FEATURE Effect of the Traction Company's Quarterly Statement. — GENERAL MARKET REPORTS Special Dispatch to The Ev NEW YORK, May 2 ag Star. —Opening prices this morning were about on a parity with last week's closing level, but yielded immediate- ly to sales for both accounts. London's celebration of the Whitsuntide holiday left local values entirely within the control of professional traders. ngagement of $1 by tomorrow's st early in the day pects of further withdra’ the week are aot encouraging to stock values, The outflow continues to be largely due to from the pnt, and it is London volume to The 3,000 gold for ex- ar in sufficient anprofita ble. . in Manhattan were ure of the trading, the illogical having been entire at 107, yield 3 under which point it cove The transit project is now re of little assistance to the ma’ present dividends. In this conr sarterly report of the M Minhattan’s most act esting. According to the surplus of the surface road for the qua’ us March 31 is $180,849, as compar ho $i for the same period one year ago. The withholdin, sion in the case of the Lace 3as Company Supreme Court had a cided, clon the price of the company’ Rumors of a favo frecly circulated this merning cision were early March, the stock advancing to 30 on the prospect. Liquidation of long stock and short elling resulte in a 2 per cent this morning to 23% point the covering of short stock the deci 2 regular semi-annual dividend of 2% cnt and an extra dividend of 1 per r red on the preferred stock of the company uring the afternoon. Sugar was active lining scale, as result of protit- A further ad- vance of 1-16 per cent in races for the re- fined product was an “4 during the merning. Th Court decision in the sugar be the payment of over was not regarded : rediate The following are the opening, the h and the lowe: New York and the closing ock rnarket & Macartne Prices ¢ today members ange. Correspondents, Messrs. ore & Schiey, No. 80 Broadway. Low. Close. Ame gar ee; 1B American Sugar, - American Tonracco. Gin Wy “Gh erican Cotton Oli nic. R.T & Paclt Dei, Lack. & W Delaware & Hu x denn. Coai & iron Unien Pasitic Wabash Westin Union Yel. BE rc essr ech Washington Stock Exchange. Sales—reguls 2 o'clock Raiirea me at 12) $1,009 at 12 National + Washing Lanston Monotype, Government Bon Wy asked . coupon, . 48, 1025, 2 , Lay as 112% bi of umbia We Did. yea Water Stock currency 110 bid. Water Stock cur 112 bid. Fund. currer » so sl 6s, 100 bid, 6s, 113 bid. Comy Gas Cc ington ‘ompany conv. 6: tric 1 Pe ted ght cony. ask: 100 bid. A. and ¢ Washington Market Compa: ws 1 hington Market exten, sonic Hall J tion 5 ington Light Company 4a- pfan- c 5 bid. try Ist Gs, 100 bid. Nationla Bank Stocks.—Rank of Wash- ington, 280 bid. Bank of Republic, 240 bid. Metropolitan, 285 bid, 300 asked. Central, 280 bid. Farmers and Mech: inv bid. econd, bid, 140 asked. 130 bId, Columbia, 130 bid. Capital, i West End, 107g bid, 110 asked. Traders’, 100 bia, 103 asked. Lincoln, 105 bid, 110 asked. Ohio, 85 bid. Safe Deposit tional asked. bid, urity and Trust, 14 Deposit, ston Safe ction Com- olitan, 118 mbia, 5S bid. It, 80 bid. George Tennailytown, Gas > ington Gas, 46 asked. polita bid, 45 Corcor 1. Potomac, 6 bid. Arlington, German Ameri- can, 165 bid. National Union, 10 bid, 1 asked. 14 asked. bid, coin, 7% bid, 84 asked. bid. Insurance Stocks.—R 102 bid, 110 asked. Washington Title, ennsylvanis Chesapeake and Potomac, 00 bid, 62 asked. American Graphophone, ‘0!3 bi 9% asked. Pneumatic Gun Carriage, bid, .25 asked. Miscellaneous Stocks.—Merganthaler Lin- otype, 125% bid, 126% asked. Lanston Monotype, 7% bid, 8 asked. Washington Market, 13 bid. Great Falls Ice, 120 bid, 130 asked. Norfolk and Washington Steam- boat, 100 bid. Lincoln Hall, 90 asked. ie Titl 5% bid, 6 asked. Telephone Stocks. - 5 asked.