Evening Star Newspaper, May 26, 1896, Page 2

2 ' Pe THE EVENING STAR, TUESDAY, MAY 26, 1896-SIXTEEN PAGES. eral appearance of the paper that satisfied her it was not genuine. The Letters. After the usual noon recess, whieh was taken at this stage, the examination of Mrs. Iglehart was continued. On cross- examination by Mr. Darlington, she said that she had not made it a point to keep ail of Judge Holt's which in after years. Mr. eral letters, but only those she thought would prove of interest Darlington read sev- letters from Mrs. Iglehart to Judge t while he visited other relations where she then lived, he never came to see her. of these letters she said that she ery badly that she was unable to purchase a house near where she lived that was for sale at a great bargain, and was a much finer place than the one she then owned. In answer to a question, Mrs. Iglehart said that when she wrote that she had not the slightest idea cf tinting that he should advance her enough money to make the purchase. She denied that he cver ren- dered her any financial assistance, or that she ever asked for any. It was after that letter, she said, that she visited Judge Holt in this city. Infrequent Visits. Martha Scott, colored, a servant at Judge Holt’s house for twelve years, was then called to the stand. She described the in- terior arrangements of the house. One of her duties as hcusemaid was to answer the deor bell. The witn said that Maj. Throcknor- ten’s mother frequently called at the house to see the judge, but he always refused to see her. The witness said that at first she used to tell Mrs. Throckmorton that Judge Holt was not well enough to see her. Later the judze told her not to bother him at all when sh Throckmorton was in: came. When Mrs. stent she would pre- tend to go off and see the judge, but she would always bring back the same nies- witness said casion she that on the only oc- ould recall when Major Throck- morton called at the house ne was accom- panied ‘a stout lady ,whose name she could not remember,” but the judge re- fused to see them. Miss Josephine Throck- morton calied at the house twice a year er more apart. The judge saw her in the parlor. She did not call until the time her , When she went to see him about his case. ‘The wit- that Judge Holt at first refused to see her. Then Miss Throckmorton ask- ed to see Ellen, the cook, and urged the latter to intercede with the judge. He finally consented to see her, and she was in the library for a short time. These three visits were the cnly ones she remembered Miss Throckmorton ever mak- ing at the house in all the twelve years she was there, up to the time of the judge's death. It was his orders to the servants that he did not want any of the family inside of his house; they were all enemies to him, he said, and he did not want to see them. Miss Hynes, the witness said, visited at the house a couple of times, and seemed to be on friendly terms with the judge. . In Contrast. During these twelve years, ske said, she never siw Luke Deviin at the house. Wash- ingten Hoit and his family made a number of visits there, and the judge, she said, could not lave trea’ them ett if they had been his own children, and he seemed to be very fend of all of them. Judge Holt, the witness said, w: not the zort of man to discuss his family af- fairs with his servants, but he told her that if arything should ever happen to > wanted her to communicate tmme- diate! Mr. Washi When his fina ss began, the judge her a card, on which he had written his neph- ew’s neme and ad: ing her to tele- ph to Mr. Holt if he should ever be . Iglehart and Col. and Mrs. Sterett visitors at the he The Steretts ter they came to this always seemed to be on Ss with the judge, and he » them always, as he was lie and Maggie Sterett. appeared to be very devoted to ttle girls. witness said that she was off on a in the summer of "4, wher the ad a fall on a Wednesday, just a before he died. She returned Satur- ng. Holt, she said, often told her that 3 affairs re being looked by Washington Holt. in May before he died he sent her up- stairs to find a big flag that he had in a trunk. He wanted to know if it had been moth-e He said that he vanted to have it about him when he was buried “But, never mind about that, Martha,” he said, “all the arrangements for my 1 are provided for in my will, and won't be opened vntil after I am often told her that her pa- d devotion would be rewarded in Once he told her that when he y wanted her to secare his Keys watch and lock them up until Mr. Wa: ston Holt arrived. When he died she complied with this requ One of the was for a closet, in which he kept 3 private papers. He dled Wednesday morning. Washington Holt reached tie house Thursday. She then turned over the to him. They had not been out of ssion for a single moment. i rett, she said, was the first to reach the house, about ten minutes after the ge's death, coming as soon as pos- sible r she heard he was sinking. The witress told Mr. Holt when he ar- rived w the ju had said about a will, especially that part that referred to the funeral*arrangerents. A sea was at once instituted, but no will was found. The witness was shown the alleged will, but she said that she had never seen It before. Presents That Were Returned. She said further that the elder Mrs. Throckmorton used to send presents of flowers and fruit to Judge Holt, but he al- Ways sent them right back. Once Miss Throckmorton sent him some strawberries and cream, but he refused them, and told Martha to se n back. tha also that she remembered time when Willie Sterett found the piece of paper in the closet of Judge Holi’s roem after his death, the paper that con- tained the word vate of will, Jan. 1, IS86,"" a name and some initia She had this copied and the copy was sent to Mrs. Wesh. Helt The cross-examination of this witness was conducted by Mr. Darlington, and lasted until the adjournment of court for the day. A LATER WILL Theory Developed in Holt Case Yes- terday by a Witness. The Holt will case took a rather inter- esting turn late yesterday afternoon, when in the testimony of one of the witnesses there was-a reference to a theory, which the cav-ators enterta that there may have been another will, dated in 1886, near- ly thirteen years later than the will whose valfdity 1s betng questioned in the present trial. rs After The Star's report of the trial closed Worthington called to the Mi. yesterday Mr. stand as a witnes: the fifteen-year-ole Willie G. Sterett, ughter of Col. Wm. G. Sterett. Mr. Worthington said that it was a little out of the regular order to ail this witness at this time, but they were anxious to get through with her, so that she might return to school. The principal reason for calling Misa Sterett was to bring out the pleasant rela- tions that existed between Judge Holt and the Sterett family up to the time of the former's death. In the course of her testimony Miss Sterett said that after her family came to this city in IS8) she was a frequent visitor at Judge Holt’s house up to the time of his death. He was very nice to her and her sister, often made them presents of money, and seemed to be very fond of all of them. She said that he often came to her house in his carriage, and would frequently take one or other of them-out riding. She said that when she used to go to call on “Un- cle Joe,” as they all called him, he would take her on his knee. “How did he treat your mother, Willie?” “Ok, of course, he did not treat her- the way he acted to us little girls.” This created quite a ripple of laughter. After detailing at length a number of in- cidents that showed the pleasant relations existing between Judge Holt and the Ster- etts, Miss Sterett said that after her Un- cle Joe’s death she was looking for stamps among some old papers in a closet in his Fccm, when she came upon a piece of pa- in which she expressed surprise and | per, which she gave to her mother. two or three inches square. “What was on it, Willie?” “We object,” said Mr. Darlington. The Theory. “Now, your honor,” said Mr. Worthing- It was ton, rising and speaking with unusual emphasis, “that paper is not now in our possession. It was lost. We shall show, in the course of the trial, that this paper was in a satchel along with some other papers, in the possession of one,of the heirs, and this satchel was stolen by some thief while | that person was en route from the south | to this city. We shall show that the con- tents of the satchel, this piece of paper among them, were burned. S | The question was admitted, and Miss Sterett said that she noticed on the paper the words “date of will” or “my will” and the words “January 1, 1886,” together with some names she could not now recall. Emma Board, a colored servant in the house of Washington Hoit in Kentucky, tes- tified to a number of visits the judge made at his nephew's house. She said that the relati between them were of the pleas- { antest sort. Gn one occasion, she said, Judge Holt told her that she must remain in the family, and that he had provided for his nephew, Wash., in ais will. Getting Signatures. Before court adjourned two more wit- nesses were called by the heirs-at-law to give their opinion of the handwriting in the alleged will. Wm. H. Dobson and Al- bert L. Smith, clerks in the office of the judge advocate general, each testified that he thought the will was not genuine. “Have you any recollection of Mr. Dev- lin’s keeping an autograph album?” asked Mr. Worthington of Mr. Smith, as the oc- cupants of the court room craned their necks in anticipation. “Yes What use did he make of it?” “He was getting the signatures of peo- of note.” “Do you remember anything concerning any of the signatures in particular?” “I do remember his coming to me with a signature on a piece of paper and ask- ing whether it was not pretty good for President Lincoln.” “What else did he say?” Mr. Darlington here lodged an objection, which was sustained, and shortly after- ward the court adjourned. —_—<—— NEW BISHOPS CONSECRATED. pk Imposing Church Ceremony at Cleve- land. CLEVELAND, Ohio, May 26.—The con- secration of the three newly elected Metho- dist bishops took place today. Bishop Bowman presided and brought up the rear of the line of bishops, elders and candidates. He announced the singing of the hymn “Heralds of the Cross,” and Bishop Vincent read the collect. = The epistie from Acts xx, 17-35, by Bishop Thoburn, followed. The gospel was recited by Bishop Taylor. It was the gospel of St. John, chapter xxi, 15-17. The candidates were presented before the assembled multitude by the elders. They are: Charles Cardwell McCabe, by Rev. L. D. McCabe, D.D., and Rev. T. C. Iliff, D.D.; Earl Cranston, by Rev. D. L. Parker and Rey. S. Rust, D.D., and Joseph Hart- zell, by Rev. M. C. B. Mason, D.D., and Rev. Samuel L. Beidler, Ph.D. The call to prayer and by Bishop Ninde, prayer was offered by Bishop Fitz- Id. A very imposing service was the formal examination of the candidates and invocation of divine grace upon the event by Bishop Andrews. After prayer by Bisop Fowler came the lay 1 of the Bible. For Candidate ‘abe there ofl! ciated Bishops Foster, Bowman and Hurst; fer Candidate Cranston, Bishops Merrill, Bowman, Walden; fer Candidate Hartzell, Bishops Warren, Howman and Foss, and the presentecs in_each instance. Bishop Joyce offered prayer, and Bishop Newn e hymn, “The Min- Only s deci to transzet no further ss of the conference in open session until afternoon. The meeting was brought a conclusion with the benediction by nop Foster. TO THIS CITY, The Buxtons, Victims of Yesterday’s Terrible Assault at Gaithersburg. Special Dispateh to The Evening Star. GAITHERSBURG, Md., May 26.—The Buxton family, the victims of yesterday's terrible assault, are slightly improved to- day. Dr. J. Ford Thompson was sum- roned at 1 a.m., and spent the morning in redressing and examining the wounds. Upon his advice at 2 p.m. Sadie, Maud and Mr. and Mrs. Buxton were taken to the train for removal to Garfield Hospital, Washington. He is hopeful of their re- covery. Maud and Sadie, the daughters, are more seriousiy injured than first re- perted. For them he has but little hope. Quiet prevails and officers and people have given up further search, being pretty well satisfied of the guilt of the suspects, Randolph and Neale. Deputy Sheriff Thompson left for Balti- more this morning with evidence to strengthen the clues. : is THE FREE LIBRARY BILL, Agree to Compromise,Drop- ng Out the Sixth Section. There was a conference this afternoon upon the bill to establish a free library in the District of Columbia. The Senate was tepresented by Mr. McMillan, who held the proxies of Senators Proctor and Wetmore, and for the House of Representatives Messrs. Powers, Babcock and Milnes were present. The conferees agreed upon a compromise whereby the sixth section of the bill relating to the division of the ex- pense between the District and the na- tional government should be dropped en- tirely. This establishes the brary and throws the question of financial responsibility over to the next session of Congress, when it will be settled in connection wita the Dis- trict appropriation bill. Immediately after the conclusion of the conference on the library bill the conferees on the bill to regulate the price of gas assembled and began their consideration of that question. o-—____ COPIES OF PATENTS. Reduction of Price to Something Like Nominal Cost. An important order went into effect yes- terday at the patent office in regard to the sale of patent drawings. A new law on the subject was passed recently by Congress, and approved by the President May 19. Yesterday Commissioner Seymour an- nounced that hereafter the prices should be as follows: For uncertified printed cop- fes of specifications and drawings of pat- ents, for single copies or any number of unclassified copies, five cents each; for cop- jes by subclasses, three cents each; by classes, two cents each, and for the entire set of patents issued, in one order, one cent each. Whis order will be in effect on and after July 1, 1896. This reduces the price of the drawings Most sought for from 23 cents to 5 and will be a great advantage to intending inventérs and patent attorneys. The old price was a relic of the times when by photolithography the cost of printing a copy of a patent did not fall far short of 25 cents. Nowadays for private tndividuals such printing is done at a trifling cost. The government, however, still prints patents in the same old, costly way, although now it is proposed to sell copies at something like modern prices. . A BIG PETITION. Representatives Want the Railway Postal Clerks’ Bill Considered. Representative Linton this afternoon pre- sented to Speaker Reed and the committee on rules a petition sizned by 321 members of the House, asking that a rule be brought in allowing consideration of House bil! No. 1, which provides for a reclassification of the railway postal agents throughout the country. The petition is the largest ever Presented, and Mr. Linton says that the House is almost unanimous in asking for the consideration of the bill. The bill provides for an increase cf about $130 a year for each railway postal clerk. There are about 7,000 clerks In the country. ‘The increase is recommended by the Post Office Department. Mr. Linton says that the postal railway clerks are the worst- paid men in the service of the government for the work they do. LATE NEWS BY WIRE Convention of the Cook County Democracy at Chicago. SILVER MEN IN FULL CONTROL Gold Standard Voters Kept Away ’ From the Polls. LOOKING TO PEORIA Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. CHICAGO, IIL, May 26.—Gov. Altgeld and the free silver democrats clinch their advantage of regularity in the Cook county convention today. The primaries yester- day afternoon were contested in few i stances by the gold men. The tickets were headed “Against the gold standard.” Claim is made by the silverites that 20,000 votes were cast. The sound money democrats had watchers at all the polls, who kept tab. They say evidence will be presented to the national committee showing that not 5,000 votes were cast in the entire city. However, there is no gainsaying that to- day’s county convention is the regular one. The delegates chosen to the state convention at Peoria have a fair sprinkling of men who are not extreme on silver, but this has been done as a matter of policy. It will not affect the overwhelming free silver majority in the state convention. Governor Altgeld and his friends, having shown that their control of the party machinery js complete, are now acting with a moderation that makes it more dif- ficult for the anti-silverites to form the bases for a bolt. A. S. Trude, who was selected for pre- siding officer of today’s convention, says he is against free coinage. He will prob&® bly be one of the delegates-at-large. Trude has a bitter personal feud with ex-Mayor Hopkins, who is at the head of the sound mney organization. The anti-silver democrats having for the most part kep! out of the primaries and of the convention, will hold a meeting Thurs- day night and go ahead with what they call the reorganization of the democratic party in Illinois. They tnsist that their Purpose to send a contesting delegation to the national convention, to name a new state central committee and to nominate a state ticket is unchanged. The anti-silver cause in Illinois appears to be languishing, and the reason appears to be the lack of sympathy by the majority of democrats with It. Goy. Altgeld and his supporters are to- day immensely pleased at the outlook, which they think presages the collapse of the projected bolt. The county convention today made plain that ex-Congressman Cable Is to be retired from the national committee, and that Mr. Thomas Gahann, a silverite office holder under Gov. Altgeld, 1s to be given his plac ee RIGHTS OF PRESBYTERIANS, Papers Submitted to the General Assembly, SARATOGA, N. Y., May 26.—At the open- ing of the Presbyterian general assembly session today the resolutions in regard to the Presbyterian house in New York were referred to the joint committee on home and foreign missions, and their report made a special order for Thursday afternoon. The committee on bills and overtures re- ported papers from the presbyteries of -w York and Long Island, stating their ntion to exercise their constitutional rights in the reception and Itcerse of theo- Icgical students. These papers were called fcrth by the injunction pizced on the pres- byterv cf New York a year ago agaiast receiving the students of Union Seminary. The papers were referred to the judicial committee. ‘The regular order was then taken up, being the report of home missions. The present debt was almost $300,000; receipts amountel to $720,433, and expenditures reached $858,985. 0 Fre the reunion fund recelpts reached $191,230. The cost of ad- tration agregated $281,922. is a total of 1,544 ministers, 1,830 churches and a membership of 100,000. During the year 9,11) new members have been added. The report of the committee made rec- ommendations as to methods of adminis- tration and provided for a committee of nine to investigate the affairs of the board in order to secure improved efficiency and any possible retrenchment, ——.+_—_ IOWA’S FATAL CYCLONE. Inder the Latest Estimate of the Loss of Life at North McGregor. MILWAUKEE, Wis., May 26.—Later re- ports from North McGregor, Iowa, relative to the havoc caused by the storm and flood on Sunday night show that the destruction of the interests of the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul road at that point, as well as of the little town, is about complete. The total damage to the property of the com- pany 1s estimated at $125,000. The loss of life will probably be found to be nearer twenty than ten. Of thirteen persons known to be missing the bodies of six have been recovered. The water is receding very slowly. But little in the way of search for the recovery of property has been done. It will be at least ten days be- fore the St. Paul can resume operations on its line west of McGregor. — LIVES Lost, THIRTEEN Ferry Boat at Cairo, IL, Sank by a Sudden Storm. CAIRO, IL, May 26—A hurricane and Cloudburst struck this city at 8:30 this nforning. Thirteen lives ere krcwn to be lost by the sinking of the steam ferry boat Katharine at the wharf. Five miles of telegraph poles were blcwn down on the Mobile and Ohio railway. It ts impos- sible to tell the extent of the damage south of here, but it is believed to be very great. The passengers were all drowned. Of the crew only captain, engineer ard clerk are known to have been saved. Among the lost is Capt. Rittenhouse, superintendent of the Cairo City Ferry Company. There wag a terrific wind and rain. The opera house and union depot were un- roofed. Numbers of trees were destroyed and signs blown down, but no houses were destroyed and lives lost in the city. The ferry boat Katharine was capsized at the mouth of the Ohio, drowning all on board but the captain, engineer and clerk. As near as can be learned, the dead num- ber thirteen, among them Capt. Ditten- house, superintendent of the ferry; Dr. Orr's two daughters and Richard Thurman of Wickliffe and Charles Gilhoffer, a mer- chant of this city. Only three bodies, those of Thurman, Miss Orr and a deck hand have been recovered. A tug Is searching for the others. Busi- nee in the city is practically at a stand- sul. —__._ BATTLE WITH CIRCUS MEN. Tragic Result of an Attempt to Keep Order tn an Indiana Town. VINCENNES, Ind, May 26.—Fort Branch, a small village south of here, was, it is reported, the scene of a wholesale tragedy last night. A circus steamboat landed, and those on board proceeded to take the town. They sold liquor on board, and all were drunk and disorderly. The sale of rye and beer was ordered stopped, but little attention was paid to the de- mands made by the town marshal. A posse of citizens were deputized and marched to the river where the boat was meored. The posse made 2n attempt to arrest the boat gang, and a pitched bat- tle ensued, in which, it is reported, several were mortally wounded and five killed. The citizens made an attempt to secure the craft, but failed, the circus company anchoring it in midstream. All was quiet this morning. and the circis had left town. eee Balloting at Baton Rouge. BATON ROUGE, La., May 26.—The vote for United States Senator today: Blanch- ard, 45; Denegre, 60; Price, 13; Blackman, 3; McEnery, 9; Pharr, 8. Necessary to a choice, 67. WEYLER'S TOBACCO ORDER Contracts: Made Prior to Its Publication Will Be Réspepted. Information Recetyed from Minister Taylor at Madrigi—Tiie Negotia- tions in the Competitor Cuse. 3 —_ ae The State Department ts officially in- formed that all contractssfor Cuban leat tobacco entered into before the publication of the order prohibiting “its exportation will be respected, and that citizens of the United States proving themselves to be bona-fido owners of such tobacco prior to the promulgation of the crder will be per- mitted to export the same as heretofore. This information was received from United States Minister Taylor at Madrid and from Mr. De Lome, the Spanish min- ister at Washington, and is in response to @ diplomatic note of inquiry from the Secretary of State to the Spanish minister of foreign affair: The Competitor Affair. The President’s refusal to send the Sen- ate the correspondence with Spain in re- gard to the Competitor affair on the ground that it would be incompatible with public interest 1s accepted in diplomatic circles as a clear indication that the negotiations in that matter are in an unsatisfactory condi- tion. The officers and crew of the Com- petitor were sentenced to death by a Span- ish military court and the execution of the sentence Was suspended in order to permit this government to show that the men were entitled to trial by a civil court. It is pre- sumed that the Secretary of State has sub- | mitted his argument in support of a recon- sideration of the case, and that the Spanish government now has the matter under con- sideration. Meanwhile the men are in brigon awaiting the issue of the tedious diplomatic negotiations, which bid fair to run along for months yet. —-= CONNECTICUT AVENUE EXT! DED. A Proposition Before Congress Calls Out Much Opposition. A great deal of influence has been brought to bear upon the members of the conference committee on the District ap- Propriation bill for the purpose of acquaint- ing them with what is held to be the fai reaching importance of a seemingly insig- nificant amendment offered to the meas- ure when it was pending in the Senate by Senator Allison. The amendment, which is numbered sixty-nine, and may be found on page 21 of the District appropriation bill, appropriates $6,000 for paving Con- necticut avenue and Columbia road be- tween Florida avenue and Wyoming street and provides that Connecticut avenue shall be extended straight from Le Roy place to the District line on the line of Connec- ticut avenue as now established within the city of Washington. in a communication to the committee, Mr. W. L. Cole, the at- torney of Mr. W. H. Moses, presents a series of arguments against the proposed legislation. Mr. Cole declares that while there is no objection to the appropriation for paving the two avenues as proposed that the proviso for the extension of Con- Recticut avenue is open many. He states that it is a radical departure from the plan of street extension adopted and recorded August 31, 1895, which plan was adopted upon mature deliberation and after hearings before the Commissioners of the District and the commission of revision created by the act entitled "an act to pro- vide a permanent system of highways,” &c., and argues that it ought mot to be changed by hasty legislation tacked on to an appropriation bill. Mr, Cole further Says that there is ng provision for con- demning the ground for ‘extending the avenue in a straight tine as proposed or to pay for the private property to be taken for that purpose. He‘dectares that it is a mere legislative declaration of the inten- tion of Congress to emtend the avenue in a straight line, which: casts a cloud upon more than three-quarters of a million dol- lars’ worth of property, and without re- moving the cloud from the title of prop- erty embraced in the lines of sald avenue according to the plans of a “permanent system of highways.” “The extension of the avenue in a straight line, as proposed," continues Mr. Cole, “would take four very valuable residence and two stables, bestges upward of 1,000,000 square feet of ground, the market value of which ranges from 7 cents to $3.50 per square foot, while of the ground for ex- tending the avenue according to the ‘per- Manent system’ one-half or more already belongs to the government, and upon the part to be condemned there is not a butid- ing or other improvement.” In conclusion, Mr. Cole says that to ex- tend the avenue in a straight line, as pro- posed, would require the cutting down of the high ground between Leroy Place and Wyoming avenue from twenty to thirty feet, infilcting great ‘damage upon abut- ting owners, ard rendering necessary a very corsiderable change of grades in the cross streets, while from Park road north across Rock greek’ a distance of over a thousand feet is a very deep ravine, which will have to be either filled or bridged. The extension of Connecticut avenue as proposed under the provigo of the amend- ment above described would, it is said, re- quire the destructiom of the handsome res!- dences of Mr. Charles W. Handy, Miss E. L. Dorsey, Mr. J. B. Wimer and Mr. Wil- liam H. Moses, and it is estimated that the expenses for the land taken for grading and paving and making the changes in the cross streets would amount to not less than $500,- 00, which sum is not inclusive of the dam- age that would be done to the four prop- erty owners mentioned or to the owners of the adjoning property. Residents of Washington and Connecticut Avenue Heights are opposing the proposi- tion. They declare that the amendment was introduced in the interest of owners of large tracts across Rock creek. a UNABLE TO AGREE. Conferees on the Indian Appropria- tion Differ as to Fee: The House and Senate conferees on the Indian appfopriation bill have been unable to agree for three weeks, and, from a re- liable source, it was told a Star reporter this morni.g that there would be no agree- ment at this session if the Senate con- ferees do not accept the propositions of the House men. The disagreement, it ts stated, is over the matter of the payment ot attorneys’ fees. About three years ago.the “old settler Cherokee Indians” obtained judgments against the government for something over $800,000. The Hcuse passed a law provid- ing that the attorneys engaged in the case should be patd out of the judgment. The law provided that theSecrétary of the In- terior should pass upén t#é claims of the attorneys, awarding them Payment accord- ing to their services.” THE House confer- ees claira that the Sceretary did this work faitbfully and satisfactorily. When the In- dian apprcpriation bf pa&sed the Senate amendments were mgde providing for the payment of fees to sertain lawyers. The Senate allcwed one attorney, it te stated, $29,000 for his services, ‘When Secretary Smith had previously all¥wed him only $8,000. Altogether the Senate added at least {80,000 more for feesthan the Secre- tary had granted. The House conferees propose that the whole matter of the claims of the attorney sbi be referred to the Court of Claims,-and will not consent to the Senate amendinerte! going through the House. They say they will hold their position until the next session before they will give in. pr DD es WALLING'’S TRIAL BEGUN. Accused, With Jackson, Bryan's Murder. NEWPORT, Ky., May 26.—The trial of Alonzo Walling for the murder of Peari Bryan began today before Judge Helm. Attorneys Lockhart and Nelson, the same who appeared in the Scott Jackson case, conducted the prosecution, while Col. Washington and Attorney Sheppard ap- peared for the defendant. Thirty-two men ‘were examined and six accepted as jurors before the noon recess. _ —_—-— Another Methodist Editor. CLEVELAND, Ohio, May 26.—At this morning’s, session of the Methodist con- ference it was. decided to create the office pf Voice Book editor. of Pearl MORE TAX ON BEER An Amendment Proposed to the Filled Cheese Bill, SENATOR DUBOIS GIVES HIS REASONS Mr. Sherman’s Motion to Table It Was Defeated. FREE ALCOHOL REPEAL BILL ——— SS. Mr. Quay was on the floor of the Senate today for the first time since his visit to Mr. McKinley and was greeted by a num- ber of Senators. The pension committee repcrted in favor of passing the bill pensicrirg Francis E. Hoover over the President's veto. The bill was passed pensioning the widow of Gen. George E. Spencer, at one time a United States Senator from Alabama, at $75 per month. On motion of Mr, Sherman, the filled cheese bill was taken up—yeas, 36; nays, 14. The effect of this was not to displace the bond bill, which continues as the un- finished business after 2 o'clcck. Mr. Thurston’s Position. In view of Mr. Thursten’s departure, owing to sickness in his family, the Sen- ator defined his position on a number of important pending measures, viz., favora- ble to the election of Senators by the peo- ple, to the bill amending the law for pun- ishment for contempt of corrt, to the fill- ed cheese bill and opposed to the bill pro- hibiting the issue of bonds. As to the last measure, Mr. Thurston explained that his opposition was not due te the principie of the bill, which he might approve at an- other time, but he felt it was too late in the season to withhold frem the adminis- tration the means of averting a monetary crisis. A Beer Tax Amendment. Mr. Dubois (Idaho) offered an amend- ment to the cheese bill placing a tax of 7 cents per barrel on beer, porter, ale, &c. In supporting the amendment Mr. Du- bois said it offered an opportunity to Mr. Sherman to execute the patrictic purposes he had recently expreas2d, without resort- Ing to the Dingley tariff bill, an “unjust, ungatisfactory, sectional bill, which cannot Pass the Senate.” That bill was a “trap, transparent and unfair.” This beer amend- ment would, he sald, yleld $25,000,000 addi- tional revenue. Mr. Dubois said Senators could accept this or else “quit posing be- fore the country as the cnly patriots.” The text of the Dubois beer tax amend- ment is as follows: “In order to raise revenue to meet the various expenses of the government the sum of 75 cents shall be levied and collect- ed, under such rules and regulations as the Secretary cf the Treasury may pre- scribe, on every barrel of lager beer, ale and porter manufactured in the United States, in addition to the tax now Imposed thereon.” Mr. Sherman’s Motion Defeated. Mr. Sherman (Ohio) replied briefly, urging that this was a move to cripple the cheese bill, which was in no sense a general rey- enue bill. On the general question of in- creasing the beer tax, Mr. Sherman sald that thirty millions of revenue already was ised from “that very useful and comfort- able drink,” and he thought the consumers of beer paid about enough. He moved to table the beer amendment, which motion was defeated—yeas, 25; nays, 30. The vote in detail follow: licans, Aldrich, Allison, Baker, . Cullom, Davis, Gailinger, Hawley Mitchell (Oregon), Morrill, Nelson, Perkin! Platt, Quay, Sewell, Sherman, Shoup an Wilson—18, Democrats, Cockrell, Hil, Mitchetl, Palmer, Pasco, Turple and Vilas— 7. Total, 23. Nays—Republicans, Brown, Cannon, Car- ter, Dubois, Hansbrough, Pettigrew, Teller Democrats, Bacon, Bate, Berry, Caf- fery, Chilton, Danfel, Faulkner, Gray, Har- ris,Jones (Ar Lindsay, Mills,Morgan, Pugh, Roach, Vest, Walthall, White—18. Populists, Allen, Butler, Kyle, Peffer and Stewart—5. Total, 30. A Running Debate. The refusal to table created something of a stir through the Senate, and there was a buzz of comment as the vote on the adopticn of the amendment was about to be taken. Mr. Vilas opposed the amend- ment, saying the tax on beer fell on the consumer, @ Wage-carning, hard-working class. Mr. Dubois said this opposition created a most ludicrous situation. Senators de- claimed for more revenue, and yet opposed @ move to raise revenue. It was the strangest spectacle he had ever witnessed in_the Senate. Mr. Dubois denied that this would place @ great burden on the consumers of the beer. Beer was cheap, two glasses for five cents, he said, and the price would not raise. Mr. Mitchell (Wis.) raised a laugh by remarking that he would like to know where Mr. Dubois got beer at two glasses for five cents. Mr. Mills (Tex.) supported the beer amendment, and pointed out that the op- position came from Senators who support- ed a greater tax on cheese, an article of food used by the poor. Mr. Alorich (R. L.) expressed gratification that the democratic party had by the vote just given placed itself on record in favor of a high beer tax. It had been generally supposed, he said, that the brewers of the country supported the democratic party, not only by their votes, but in a more sub- stantial way, and now, in return for this help, the party offered a heavy beer tax. Mr. Aldrich sald he did not know whether this move was in anticipation of the Chi- Shee convention, but in any event, he said, public would view this vote t herman vote with greai Mr. Nelson (Minn.) deprecated the move to inject the tariff or silver questions into this meritorious bill against fradulent cheese, Mr. Nelson, in answer to a question from Mr. Lindsay, said that Minnesota had essed a law to protect her own people, but could not make it extend to the export article abroad and in other states. Mr. Gray (Del.) said the cheese bill was confessedly not to raise revenue, so that the beer amendment was most opportune to make the bill what it purported to be, @ revenue meagure. At 2 o'clock the cheese bill, with the beer amendment pending, was laid aside, Mr. Sherman announcing that he would call it up as soon as the bond bill was disposed of. The Bond Bill Taken Up. Consideration of the bond bill was then resumed, and Mr. Pritchard (N. C.) spoke in opposition to the issue of bonds in time of peace. Mr. Lindsay (Ky.) opposed the bill. While he did not regard it as an act of repudia- tion, yet he belleved it would lead to the suspension of specie payments within sixty days from the time of its adoption. Con- gress was about to adjourn without giving relief to the treasury, and as a result it was likely to become necessary within a few months for the Secretary of the Treas- ury to resort to another issue of bonds. The danger to the treasury did not lay in the lack of revenue, Mr. Lindsay said, but in drains on the gold reserve required for redemption purposes. THE HOUSE. Mr. Kem (Neb.) made the point of no quorum on the approval of the journal in the House today, and ten minutes were consumed awaiting the appearance of the requisite number of members. Mr. Evans (Ky.), in charge of the free al- cohol bill, immediately moved that the House go into committee of the whole’ for the consideration of that measure, ard, pending that motion, moved to close de- bate at 2 p.m. On his demand for the pre- vious question, which was sustained on a rising vote, 91-54, Mr. Barrett called for the ayes and noes, and the roll v-as called. The vote resulted, 124-90. Mr. Evans’ motion was then carried, and the debate on the alcohol bill was resumed. Mr. Dolliver Favors the Bill. Mr. Dolliver (iowa), a member of the ways and means ccmmittee, spoke in favor of the bill, which, he said, had no more to do with the tariff question than the transit committee. It was a plain business propo- sitiof. He ridiculed the idea of attempting republicaa legislation against the opposi- tion of the “inert, populistic mass in the Senate and the inert, free trade mass in the White House.” Mr. Dolliver drifted from the discussion of the bill irto politics. He paid his re- spects to ex-Gov. Horace Boies of Iowa, who, he caid, leoking in vain through the dust and ecbwebs of a country law office for a republican nomination, joined the anti-prohibiticn element in Iowa and led the democratic party to victory.” On General Politics. With cutting satire he de: ~ibed Mr. Boles as tiring of the contemplation of the legal status of the town pump and turn- ing his attention to broader fields. He told or a dinner at the New York Reform Club in 1891 at which Cleveland, Carlisle and Boies were present, and at which the latter delivered a high tribute to the prosperity of the country under the McKinley law. He eulogized the splendid leadership of Reed, McKinley, Blaine and Harrigon, under which the McKinley law had been enacted, and described the misrepresentation of that law which had overthrown the splendid re- Publican phalanx and had given Congress over to the “wildest assortment of political freaks that ever added to the galety of na- tions." He went on to describe how Mr. Boies had once again “shifted his horizon,” and now sought, “with some local success,” to restore the prosperity of a republican administration by advocating the “unlim- ited manufacture of 5)-cent dollars.” The republican side displayed a good deal of enthusiasm during the delivery of Mr. Dclliver’s remarks, but Mr. McMillin (Tenn.) angrily protested against consum- ing the brief time for debate with a po- litical harangue, and Mr. Knox (Mass.) joined tn the protest. The latter said such ® speech would furnish but a poor answer to those whose interests were affected when they asked for the reasons for the passage of this bill. Mr. Bartlett (N. Y.) opposed the bill to repeal the free alcohol clause in the name of the druggists and manufacturers of New York city. Mr. McMillin, in advocating the bill, de- nied that the proposed legislation was in \he interest of the whisky trust. Mr. Dingley’s Closing Remarks. After some further remarks by Mr. Col- son (Ky.) and Mr. Parker (N. J.), in op- position to the bill, Mr. Dingley, chairman of the ways and means committee, closed the debate In favor of the measure. There were, he sald, three facta te be borne in mind--first, this was not a tariff bill; it was simply an internal revenue bill; sec- ond, with claims against the government piling up good administration demanded its repeal, and third, the present provision was absolutely unworkable. It was known to be so when it was placed in tne biil by the Senate. It was expected that it would be reframed in conference. The Commission Amendment. At 2 o'clock general debate closed, and Mr. Evans formally offered the amendment for the appointment of a commission to ex- amine all questions relating to free alcohol and report at the short session of Con- gress. Mr. Quigg (N.Y.) asked why this amendment could not be substituted for the bill. Mr. Evans replied that this idea was fanciful. Mr. Walker (Mass.) declared that the ection of the ways and means commit- tee was a justification of the administra- tion's course in refusing to enforce the law. Mr. Skinner (N.C.) offered an amendment to exempt from internal revenue taxation all brandies, high and low wines and other spirits distilled from fruit. —_ CAPITOL TOPICS. Northern Pacific Reorganization. The House committee on judiclary teday ave another hearing on the bill to author- ize the reorganization of the Northern Pa- j cific railroad. Senator Carter of Monta.a, who made the principal speech, dwelt upon the importance of the road as a military factor in the event of war with Great Britain, A Service Pension Bi The House committee on invalid pensions teday authoriz-d a favorable report on a service pension bill. It provides that all soldiers and sailors who served ninety days in the civil war shall receive a service pension of $3 per month, which shall be increased by the ad- dition of one cent per day for cach day scrved over and above the ninety days. It is provided that this provision shall not in- terfere with any pension granted for dis- ability. It is estimated that the passage of this bill would add thirty millions of dol- lars a year to pension expenditures, In Favor of Aldrich. The Aldrich-Underwood election contest from the ninth Alabama district was de- cided today by the House committee on election No. 1, in favor of Aldrich, the re- publican-populist contestant. The Imprisonment Clause. Several prominent representatives of com- mercial and transportation interests today appeared before the House committee on commerce to oppose the bill introduced by Representative Shurman of New York to re- peal the imprisonment penalty clause of the interstate commerce ect. The dele- gation was headed by Interstate Commerce Commissioner Yeoman, and included H. F. Dousman, Chicago board of trade; B. W. Wasscn, Vice president Cincinnati chamber of commerce; Elliot Durand, president Chi- cago freight’ bureau; E. P. Wilson, Cin- cinnati freight bureau. —__e___ CRIMINAL ASSAULT, Serious Charge Against William H. Giles, a Young Colored Man, Yesterday afternoon the police of the third precinct were notified that Lillie Hawkins, a colored girl thirteen years old, had been criminally assaulted in a house in Stevens court, near 2ist and K streets. Sergeant Keefe and Policemen Wortz and Russell went to the house and made an investigation. Last night they arrested William H. Giles, a well-dressed young colored man, and the child {identified him as her assailant. She claimed that he gave her some whisky and made her drunk be- fore the assault Was committed. An emp- ty whisky flask was found in the room. Giles, who denies the charge, is held be- hind the bars, and tomorrow he will be taken to the Police Court for a preliminary examination. See Dropped Dead. Kate Dyson, colored, thirty-three years old, dropped dead on the street near Maine avenue and 3d street about 6:30 o'clock last evening. Her body was removed to her late home, in Dixon’s court. ° Will Filed. The will of the late Mary M. Ourdan, dated Novemeber 29, 1880, containing a cod- icil, dated January 26, 1895, was filed today. It names Margaret I. Ourdan, a sister, as executrix, and makes her sole beneficiary. —— 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. | i “ - 00 BOG BOK 260ml G0%-7% 505-74 pita 5 2 Big” 2st Sept.cersss 2% —2Y-90 2d Onte—July. + ise By Hy 18% Sey . 3" 185 1 TE™ Fo 6 6.9 wat 330. G. 71S 4.27 4.27 4. 4.15 4.40 34 4. 4.30 377 Sit 3. 3.77 3.07 397 BST Bua COTTON. Poe. “High. Low. Close. 177) 7. 775 1.78 78 7 TIT 7: 76 1H 7 78 7238 780 721 78 Baltimore Markets. RALTIMORE, May 26.—Flour dull, unchanged— receipts, 12,017 barrels; shipments, 3,928 barrels; sales, 110 barrels. Wheat weak and lower—spot and month, 654165%; July, G5a63\; August, Oa 6544—receipt 198 ‘bushelx; stock, 733.920 bush- els; sales, 86,000 busbels—souther wheat by sam- ie, 66a69; do. on grade, @5a6S. Corn weak and wer—apot month, 42%a32%: June, 324233; July, 38) ramer miged, B1}4a31\4 receipts, 125, bushels; stock, 527,948 “bushels; sales, 92,600 bushels—sonthern’ white corn, 2314: do. vel” 33 '4a33¥. saeeety low, Oats steady—No. 2’ white western, 2 mixed do. 24! a2 _rrcelgte, stock, 196,49 ‘bushels. ‘Rye quiet, . 2, 40ad1 nearby western, 42a 26,70 receipts, 1,469 bushels; stock, 00 bushels, Tay steady, moderate demand—chol-e timothy, $16.50a $17.00. Grain freights quiet, unchanged. Sugar and butter steady, unchang. ‘firm—fresh, Cheese ‘steady, unct Whisky un- 10%all. ebanged. FINANCE AND TRADE Effect of the Continued Loss in Specie. NEW YORK’S RAPID TRANSIT PROBLEM Encouraging Crop Prospects and the Granger Shares. GENERAL MARKET REPORTS > Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. NW YORK, May 26.—Stock values were fractionally depressed during the initial trading this morning, but subsequently re- sponded to professional buying for moder- ate gains. London did but little and was not a factor in the local trading. Careful estimates as to the amount of gold likely to be shipped toward the end of the week reflect a probable loss of $3,- 000,000 in addition to the $1,500,000 sent out today. The foreign exchange market con- tinues steady under moderate offerings against gold shipments and is particularly sensitive to any increase in the demand from remitters. The continued loss in specte has produced a well-defined spirit of uneasiness among the trading element, since its recent recog- nition of the fact that no large outside i terests seem willing to begin an aggress' campaign under present conditions. There is no pressure to sell, except for the short account, and consequently nothing more serious than a traders’ movement is im- mediately probable. Both accounts will he utilized in reflecting the varying moods of the professional element. Manhattan declined 1 per cent during the morning, under moderate Iquidation and an extension of the short interest. The appointment of a subcommittee to devise a plan of rapid transit at today’s meeting of the executive committee is an official acknowledgment of the necessity for immediate action in this particular. The defeat of the plan submitted by the rapid wansit commission makes an open- ing for the elevated authorities, and it is not improbable that the defects in the commissioners’ plan will be remedied and submitted on behalf of the elevated road. No matter how promptly efforts in this direction are undertaken present dividend Prospects will remain unimproved. All new schemes require new supplies of money and cannot become immediately remunera- tive. The failure to inspire more than teme porary confidence in the wisdom of higher prices for the stock of this company is not unnatural under the circumstances. Burlington’s April statement, now about due, will not, in all probability, be en- tirely enccuraging, but notwithstanding the tardinees of the corn movement con- fidence in its ultimate irfluence on the earnings of this road prevent any sig- nificant selling. Sugar was the active feature of the in- dustrial st, selling down to 1213-4 under renewed lquidation at the opening and sutsequently rallying under an improved demand. ‘ The skillful manipulation of the iast ten days has resulte? in a revival of confi- dence in the future speculative value of the property. A 2 per cent decline in the price of Consolidated Gas was recorded during the forenoon on a fair yolume of business. In other parts of the Ist steady and almost enti y me trading of the last kour y void of feature. The more were, in a majority of inst tionally improved, but the perce gain and loss in the general Ii: significant. Untfl the short inter pri sumes proportions justifying a rally the present purposeless market is likely to continue, ee FINANCIAL AND COMM CIAL. ‘The following are the opening, the hizhest and the lowest and the closing prices of the New York stock market today, as reported by Corson & Macartney, members New York stock exchange. Correspondents, Messrs, Moore & Schley, No. 8) Broadway. Open. High. Low. Close, American Sugar. 1B 128% IIR 19856 American Sugar, PR... ..... id NR American Tobacco. "e6K K OOK American Cotion Oil . seeee *. Atchison... ww 14% iB Balto. & Ohio. Seiex Desces) epee Canada Southern. a iB Canada Pacific... “: eeese asses eases Chesapeake & Oni. iy OY iby i6y C..C., G. & StL. 3% 35 Chicago, B&Q. 70% Chic. & Northweste! 105% Chicago Gas, Cis M. & St. . M. & St. Paul, Chic., N.I & Pacific Del, Lack. & W. 16! Delaware & Hndson. -~ 126% Den. & K. Grande, Pia. Dis. & Cattle Feeding.. General Eiec Diinois Centra Lake Shore. Erie Long Island ‘Traction.. Metropolitan Traction. Manhaitan Elevated. 208% Michigan Central. 4 Missouri Pacife. = 2M National Lead G National Lea€ Co., U. 3. Leatuer, Pid w Jersey Central iew York Central NY. &N. Eng. Ci N.Y. C. & St. Louis Northern Pacific. Northern Pacific, Pfd. North American. Ont. & Western Pacific Mail Phila. & Reading Pullman Pal. Car Co. Southern Railway, Pid. Paila. Traction wr a Wheeling & I. Erie. Wheeling & L. brie, Pra Western Union Tel.. Bilre Washington Stock Exc Sales—regular call— ock m.—U. Light, 10 at 128. Mergenihaler Linotsix 126%. Lanston Monotype: After call— Mergenthaler Linotype, 3 Washington Gar, t 40%. Lanst 100 at 8%, Government Bonds, S istered, 18 Did. 1094 asked. U.S. 4s, coupon, 10M% bid, 1 asked. U. 8. 48, 1925, 116% bi Ti asked. U. 8. ds, 1904, 112% bid District of Columbia Bonds..-20-yoar fund Gs, 108 bid. 30-year fund 6a, gold, 108 bid. W: stock 7s, 1901, currency, 110 "bid. Water stock 7s, 1008, currency, 112 bid. “3.055, funding, curr 106 id. Miscellancous Bonds.—Mezropolitan Railroad 106% bid. Metropelitan Rallroad conv. 68, 125) Did, 127% asked. Belt Railroad Ss, 8) bid! Boke ingion Railroad 6s, 100 bid, 103 asked. Columbia Railroad 4, 113 bid, 113% ssked. Washington Gae Company 68, series A, 114 Md. Washington Gas Company 68, series B, 215 td. Washlazion Gas Company conv. G6, 15) oid. “U. § trie Light conv. 58, 125 bid. Chesapeake Tele- hone 58, 102% bid. American Sec ‘Trust 8, F. and A., 100 bid. American Security and ‘Trust Se, A. and 0., 100 bid. Washt) om Market Company’ 1st Ga, 108 Mid. Washington Market Company imp. 6a, 108 bid. Washington Market Masonic Hall Asocia- ight Infantry Ist Con ext. 63, 108 bid. a Ss. 108 bid. Washington fationa! Bank Stocks.—Rank of Washinton, . Bank of the Repnblic, 240 bid. Met bid, 300 asked. and Mechanics’, 180 Di gens’, 120 bid.” Colnmbia, bid. " Wext End, 107 bid. coln, 105 bid, 107 asked. ¢ 85 bd. Sate Deposit and Trust Companies. National Safe Depostt and Trust, 115 bid. 120 asked. War Loan and Trost, 120 bid, 12 Sasked. “American Se- curity and Trust, 142% bid, 146 asked. Washington Safe Deposit, 60 bid, Raflroad Stocks.—Gapital Traction Company, 74% id, 78 asked. Metropolitar, 118 bd, 120 asked. Columbia, 58 bid. Belt, 10 bid, 30 asked. Erle ington, 20 Did. Georgetown and T own, 7 bid. Gas and Electric Tight Stocks. Wash @& bid, 6% asked. Georgetown Gas, & asked.” U. 8 Bicctrie Licht, 722 Md. 1281) Insurance Stocks.—Firemen's, 34 bid, Franklin, 37 bid, 45 asked. Metropolitan, orcoran, 50 bid.” Potomac, 65 vid. bid. German-American, 145 bid. 10 bid, 14 asked. Columbia, 11% bid. Did, 8" asked. People's, BY ‘id. "Linco Commercial, bid. Tithe insurance ‘Siocks.—Tleal Hstate Title, 108 did, 110 asked. Columbia Title, 5% bid. | Washe ton ‘Title, 8 bid. Disirict “Title, 7 bid, 11 ‘Telephone Stocks.—Pennsylvania, 38 bid, 50 ask ‘Chesapeake and Potomac, 60 Wid, @5 asked. Ameri- can Graphophone. 9% bid, 9% ‘asked. Pneumatie Gun Carriage, .20 bid, 23 esked. Miscellaneous Stocks. — Merzenthaler Lino! 125% bid, 126% asked. Lanston Monotype, 8 8% asked. Wasbingcon Market, 18 bid.’ G: Falls Tce, 120 bid, 130 asked. Norfolk and Wi ington Steamboat, 100 bid. Lincoln Hall, 90